PSU Magazine Spring 1992

Compiled by T eresa O' Hearn Schumacher '80 Vanport William Borgeson writes that he rece ived his law degree from Georgetown University Law School in 1957, and, after 25 years as Assistant U.S. Attorney, he retired in 1988. Elaine Cogan has just published her second book, Successful Public Meetings. Cogan and her husband are partners in Cogan Sharpe Cogan, a Portland plan– ning and communications firm. Mary L. Kearns writes that she has her own business, Grecian Gardens, located in Milwaukie, O re. She produces wedding cakes, ann iversary cakes, and flora l arrangements. Kearns and her husband, Walter, have been married 37 years. Norman Lindstedt is a partner in the Portland law firm of Lindstedt, Buono & Gordon. Rodney G. Minott is a senior research fellow for the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif., and a professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval School in Monterey, Calif. Thomas R. Moffette writes that after a long career in nuclear power plant safety and design, he is retired and living with his wife Ann in La Jolla, Calif., near their four daughters. Alan J. Zell is the 1991 -92 vice president for the Oregon Chap– ter of the American Marketing Assoc iation. '57 Vernon Utz , who has been teaching secondary education at Western O regon State College for 22 years, will n'tire in July 1992. '58 Otto G lausi owns G lausi Oil Company in Eugene, O re., a distributor for Chevron USA in Lane County. '59 Harvey Steele writes that he has worked for the federal govern– ment for the past 30 years. Steele, who lives in Portland, is one of a handful of import specialists for the U.S. Customs Agency on the Pacific Coast. '60 Harvey Cooper has returned to O regon from Oh io and joined the eastside Portland office of O regon Dental Specialists. He is an endodontist. '61 Alfonse Peterson li ves in Win– ton, Calif., and owns a financial services business. Peterson, who retired from the military in 1986 as a Lt. Col. , teaches psychology, human resources and av iation psychology part-time at the college level. '63 Jack D. Sanders is retired and living in Seattle with his wife Sydney Sanders '78. Before retir– ing, Sanders taught fifth and sixth grades in the O rient and Portland Schools. '64 Marvin Cage is a physicist with the National Institute of Stand– ards and Technology and lives in Gaithersburg, Md. David R. Hosford is a professor of biology and mycology at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. He has taught at Central Washington since 1969. Lambert Deckers is a professor of psychological science at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Deckers, who has taught at the university for 23 years, spent fa ll semester 199 1 at the Un iversity of Dusseldorf in Germany doing research in the psychology of humor. Barcelona Bound When Lee Ann McNerney '87 travels to Barcelona, Spain, next fall for the '92 Paralympic Games, it will be the latest challenge for a young woman who has already met and over– come an inordinate number of trials. three rows of the bus were killed except McNerney. Held in conjunction with the Olympic Games, the Paralympics are the competitive zenith for the physi– cally challenged. McNerney will be one of 380 American athletes compet– ing. Her events are the 100-, 200-, 400-and 800-meter freestyle swim, and the 50-and l 00-meter backstroke. Along with the fulfillment of her per– sonal goals, McNemey also hopes to serve as a role model. "As I continue to gain recognition in swimming com– petitions, I hope my achievements will bring about a positive outlook for other physically challenged persons," she says. McNerney, 27, is a former long dis– tance runner from Woodburn, Ore., who competed on the PSU Track and Cross Country Tearn. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Spanish, she volunteered for the Peace Corps and was stationed in the Dominican Republic. She spent two years there counsel– ing mothers on health care and nutri– tion for their children. On the day she was to return to the states, McNerney boarded a bus for Santa Domingo and seated herself behind the driver. Ten minutes later the bus collided head-on with a truck. All passengers in the first 22 PSU Flown to a facility in Miami, Fla., doctors discovered that McNerney's left leg had been completely crushed by the driver's seat and had to amputate it above the knee. Four months later, she began swimming for physical therapy and forming plans to compete. Today, 2 1,1 years after the acci– dent, McNerney is finishing a master's degree at Columbia University in New York City, in language, literature and social studies, with plans to teach at a community college. Following spring graduation she faces her next challenge, the Paralympics. Athletes must provide their own funding for the games, and McNemey could use some help. Persons inter– ested in helping to sponsor McNemey's trip to the Paralympics should write her at P.O. Box 202, Woodburn, Ore., 97071. Any contribution would be welcome.