PSU Magazine Spring 1992

'67 Ruth Dalphin and her husband, Judah Roseman, are co-directors of Associates for Creative Well– ness in Cherry Hill, N.J. Dalphin is a certified instructor of Shiatsu Massage. Jonathan Jalali '7 l MBA is finance director for the C ity of Medford, Ore. Joseph Whittington, an employee of Tektronix, is the 1991-92 treasurer for the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association. '68 Melvin R. Byrd is managing pur– chasing services for Palomar Col– lege in San Marcos, Calif. Byrd was previously procurement manager for General Dynamics in San Diego, Calif. James Frazier is senior vice presi– dent at Rollins Burdick Hunter of Oregon, an insurance brokerage firm in Portland. He is manager of the Employee Benefits Department. A. Scott Parker has had a paper accepted in the archives of the T.S. Eliot Society of St. Lou is, Mo. Parker's paper is an analysis of the Eliot essay, "Tradition in the Individual Talent." Gary R. Pope is chief financial officer for Oregon Episcopal School in Portland. Pope writes that in the last three years he has traveled to Europe, Russia, and the Caribbean, and he is plan– ning a trip to Africa next fall. Michael Vidan is vice president of gypsum and roofing for the Georgia Pacific Corporation. Vidan writes that he and his wife Doris have lived in Atlanta, Ga., for 14 years and have four children. Vidan has been with the corporation for 23 years. Terrie Todd Wetle '71 MS, '76 Ph.D., has been promoted to director of the Braceland Center for Mental Health and Aging in Hartford, Conn. She was one of last year's Outstanding PSU A lumni. '69 Jeffrey Barker is a sergeant at the Portland Police Bureau's North Precinct. Barker edits The Rap Sheet, a monthly newsletter, and is also a board member on the Fire and Police Disability and Pension Board. Judith Leece directs a learning center at the York campus of Penn State University. Leece received a Master of Arts in ex– pository writing from the Univer– sity of Iowa in 1986. Barbara Ann Pugh has resumed a full-time career after retiring from teaching in 1972 to raise her two sons. Pugh graduated from Emmett T ravel School in December 1991 , and is an out– side sales agent for The T ravel Shop in Raleigh Hills, Ore. Captain Donald Suloff has recently been named deputy director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, a federa l scien– tific agency in Rockville, Md. The agency, which dates back to 1807, produces the nautical and aeronautical charts for all U.S. waters and airspace. Curtiss Prickett MS is director of the Sylvan Leaming Center in Beaverton. Prickett recently returned to O regon from Scottsdale, Ariz., where he was a certified public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand. Yvonne Weber MS, '73 Ph.D. is a senior env ironmental protec– tion specialist with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He was the firs{ recipient of PSU's Environ– mental Science Doctoral degree. '70 Mary Ann Brandon writes that she's a senior criminalist with the Portland Police Bureau. Brandon, who graduated from the Oregon Police Academy in 1977, teaches a "Who Dunit?" course at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMS!) during the summer. She has also completed advanced fingerprint science training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. SUMMER SESSION PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSl1Y F!I EXPLORE ~ THE pOSSIBILITIES Open Enrollment No admission requirement and no additional tuition for non-residents. Variety Over 500 courses in 50 departments, including 12 foreign languages. Summer Repertory Theatre Cat Among the Pigeons, June 25-July 18 Uncommon Women & Others, July 30-Aug. 22 Lecture Series Tour the World at Home this Summer Wednesdays at noon Trains, Crane,& Higher Planes Thursday evenings in July Off..cantpus Programs Alpine Ecology, cascade Volcanoes, Geology of the Portland Area, NW Volcanic I..qndscapes, and Portland on a Pass. Overseas Programs Contemporary Studies in Japan, Italian Culture, Natural History of Palau or the Virgin Islands, and Paris as aWork of Art. Haystack Program in the Arts & Sciences One- and two-week courses and workshops held in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Classes in art, environmental studies, music, oral history, theater arts, and writing. For a complimentary catalog and brochures on programs, call or write: PSU SUMMER SESSION ScttooL oF Ex.TENDED STUDIES PO Box 751 Portland, OR 97207 (503) 725-4081 Toll-free (800) 547-8887 X4081 PSU 23