PSU Magazine Spring 1993

Compiled by Carla Wal/ace '46 Walter R. Grande is the presi– dent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Historical Society. He was the co-editor of "Rails to the Pacific Northwest" and "4449 Album" and has authored numerous articles on Pacific Northwest railroading. '56 Margaret Wallen celebrated her 80th birthday on Oct. 14, 1992. Wallen is a member of the YMCA Neighborhood Account– ability Board and the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce. She is also the founder and treasurer of the Youth At Risk Committee in Gresham. '59 Richard A. Cole is the director of Curriculum and Federal Programs at David Douglas School District. Thelma Taylor celebrated her 85th birthday on Feb. 13, 1993. Taylor remains active leading a women's exercise class, teaching and singing at her church. '61 Myrna (Murdock-Wickstrom) Oakley began full-time freelance writing in 1980, after 20 years with Portland Public Schools. Oakley has had four books published and now teaches writing and marketing of fiction and non-fiction at Marylhurst College near Portland. '62 Gerry Cameron, former president of U.S. Bank of Washington, steps into the newly created position of vice chairman. Cameron will oversee the U.S. Bank of Oregon, U.S. Bank ofWashington and U.S. Corporate Banking. 24PSU '64 James Hill is the assistant vice president of State Farm Insurance. He lives in Bloomington, Ill. Blanch Massey has worked in New York City representing the interests ofseveral European book publishers for 18 years. '65 Robert Hohensee is the director of accounting at World Gospel Mission, a missionary organiza– tion headquartered in Marion, Ind. James (Jim) E. Johnson, a retired lieutenant commander from the Naval Reserve, works as the assistant regional manager at the Washington State Auditor's Office. Charles E. Keller is studying the Brao language of Cambodia; working with a native speaker, Keller is translating the Bible into this language. He and his wife live in Makinen, Minn. Dan Simmons was appointed director of the Executive Depart– ment for the State of Oregon in November 1992. Elizabeth (Leighton) Victorino is a social worker with the Department of Health, Develop– mental Disabilities Division, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii, and is a part-time real estate agent with Kauai Realty, Inc. '66 Steve Jonas has retired from the U .S. Air Force after 31 years of service. Jonas was a deputy com– mander IRD-34 (Intelligence Reserve Detachment) at Fair– child Air Force Base Intelligence Office in Spokane, Wash. George (G.L.) Penrose is an associate professor of history at Hope College in Holland, Mich. John Polos is a hydraulic en– gineer in the Reservoir Opera– tions Section at Bonneville Power Administration. '68 Virginia Ellis Adams has been an elementary school teacher in the Banks School District for 25 years. She will retire at the end of the 1992-93 school year. Ronald Caplan owns and manages an accounting and tax practice in Mesa, Ariz. Caplan also is an adjunct faculty member at Gateway Community College in Phoenix and Ottawa University in Tempe. Robert McKibben, of Portland, has been the materials manager at Eastmoreland Hospital for five years. Norwyn Newby is a neuro– surgeon practicing in Bend, Oregon. His wife, Barbara Newby ('68), works at Central Oregon Community College. '69 Gloria Davis MS, an education– al specialist in private practice, tests college students for possible learning problems. Davis is on the board of directors of the Orton Dyslexia Society. She lives in Portland. Harriet M. Jackson is the prin– cipal at Gilbert Heights Elemen– tary School in Beaverton, Ore. Larry Sayrs retired from the U.S. National Guard and the Oregon-Washington National Guard in 1990 after 23 years of service as a physician's assistant. Sayrs is now a physician's assis– tant at Odessa Memorial Hospi– tal and Clinic in Odessa, Wash. '70 Edwin S. Collier MA is a professor of theatre at Pacific University in Forest Grove. Steven Dennis is a course developer with AT & T Network Systems. He lives in Woodridge, Ill. Roger Fantz has taught mathematics in the Reynold's School District for 20 years. '71 Robert Handy MA is the director of the Brazoria County Historical Museum in Angleton, Texas. Melvin Harnett is a senior special agent with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, in Richland, Wash. Barbara Clark Hermanson was promoted to manager of Applica– tion Development Repre– sentatives in the Fred Meyer Inc. Information Services Department. She has worked for Fred Meyer since 1971. Arlene Mills Loeffler MST retired from teaching school and is living in Sun City, Ariz. Joan McMahon MS, associate professor of speech communica– tion at Portland State University, received a three-year training grant for $313,986 from the U.S. Department of Educa– tion. The grant provides faculty positions and student stipends to prepare speech-language pathologists and audiologists to serve children with speech, lan– guage and hearing handicaps. Kent Mehrer joined Analogy Inc. of Beaverton after working for Mentor Graphics for 71/2 years. Kathleen D. Rich is a clinical psychologist in Portland. Rich specializes in marriage, family and human sexuality concerns. Ronald J. Schmela MS com– pleted I 7 years in the oil and gas industry and is now an editor and associate publisher for Hart Publications, Inc. David L. Swanson is an assis– tant non-commissioned officer in charge of U.S. Air Force Strings in Brandywine, Maryland. Harry Tate is the Team Leader for the eighth grade at Byron Middle School in Byron, Ill. Toni (McMillan) Terrel MS is a biology teacher at Wabash High School in Wabash, Ind.