PSU Magazine Spring 1994

PSU Salutes on May 5 PSU Salutes is taking on a First ThursJay flavor this year at the PortlanJ Art Museum North Wing, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on May 5. The event will feature student artists, briJge builders, jazz musi– cians, a dance performance, and an insiJe look at the University District plan. Actor Scott Parker '76 MA '77 will host the evening, which will include wine anJ beer (no-host) anJ hors d'oeuvres. In aJdition to faculty and alumni awards, the Alumni Association will he presenting OutstanJing Friends AwarJs to Jeannine Cowles, a suc– cessful Oregon business woman; Jack and Deane Garrison, co-owners of Nautilus Plus Fitness Centers; and the Association for PortlanJ Pro– gress, the downtown business group. Admission is $5 per person; call the Alumni Office at 725-4949 for reservations. Awarding faculty service teve Brannan '57, a leader in the fi eld of spec ial education , will be presented the Di·ringuished Faculty Servi ce Award at PSU Salutes May 5. The awa rd , given by the PSU Alumni A · oc iation , honors fa culty fo r the exce ll ence of the ir classroom teach– ing and fo r vo luntary se rvice outside the Uni ve rsity that benefits the community at large. Brannan, a PSU graduate, began teaching at Po rtl and S tate in 1966 after completing his doctorate in special educat ion at the Uni versity of North ern Colorado. He is one of severa l faculty who took the lead in developing P U's pecial Education Department. And his long- time efforts of integrating stud ents with disab ilities in to zo PS Magaz ine neighbo rhood ·chool· have he lped Portland tare become an acknow– ledged advocate fo r th e di abled in the community. In 1972, Brannan fo unded and deve loped the Mt. Hood Kiwanis amp Program fo r disabled indi viduals, a project he has continued to support through th e yea r . This nationally recognized outdoor recreation program for children and adults, a lso serves a a practicum ite for spec ial educati on teachers. The program has been a model fo r similar projects across the country. Outstanding grads honored C harles "Chuck" C lemans '56, whose caree r in public educa tion spans clo e to 35 yea rs, and Judi Hofer '6 1, pres ident and CEO of Meier & Frank , have been named PSU's O utstanding Alumni for 1994. They will be honored at the PSU Salute May 5. C lemans and Hofer were cho en by a committee of alumni fo r leader hip in their respective fi e lds, a we ll as the ir service to the Uni ve rsity and to the community. Clemans, who is we ll re peered in education c ircles statewide, began his ca ree r as a classroom teacher in the Portland Pub lic Schoo ls. He later held several central offi ce pos itions and fo r 11 yea r se rved as the district's director of inter-governmenta l relations. He wa · uperintendent of O regon C ity choo l from 19 0 to 1990. Despite levy defeats and budge t cuts, the district rece ived many awards and considerable recognition for the quality of its educational programs during his leadership. S ince his "retirement" in 1990, C leman continues to wo rk as an educa– tional con ul tant spec iali zing in co llective barga ining fo r a number of school di strict . C lemans i al o a member of the boa rds of director of th e Metropolitan Arts Commiss ion , Junior Achieve– ment, and th e lackamas ounty Historica l Soc iety. He is also a past pre ident of the P U Alumni A oc iarion and currently se rves on th e Pre ident' ounc il and head the stee ring committee planning PSU' 50th Anni ve r ary celebration in 1995-96. Judi Hofer grew up in ru ra l Washing– ton County, O re., and recalls taking th e G reyhound bus as a young girl to shop in busy downtown Portland . Little diJ she Jream th en that at age 21 she would be the youngest buyer in Me ier & Frank 's hi tory o r that he would later return to head the store, now a Jivision of the May Company. After graduating from Portl and State , Hofer went to work a a management trainee at Meier & Frank. Her ca reer in reta iling has been markeJ by ready progress. In 198 1 she was tran ferred back to Po rtland as pres ident and CEO of Me ier & Frank but left in 1983 to ta ke over the leadership of the May Company's California operati ons. he returned once aga in in 1988 anJ has been at the helm of Meier & Frank eve r since. Hofer is treasurer of the A soc iation fo r Po rtland Progress; cha ir, United Ce rebra l Pa lsy; boa rJ of director member, Po rtl and Art Muse um; and honorary chair, "Fabric of Life" AID benefit . She is al o a founJer of The Committee of 200 , made up of the 200 top women in busine in America . With Hofer's bless ings, Me ier & Frank ponsors a schola rship for minority tudents at PSU, the onl y chool rece iving such a commitment. Hofe r is also a strong champion of the Uni ve rsity District, a des ignation that will a llow continued development of P U as a major urban uni ve rsity.