PSU Magazine Spring 1997

'76 Craig Coffey is the vice presi– dent of manufacturing services with Gunderson Inc., in Portland. Gunderson is a builder of rail cars. James Harp is the wine steward at John's Market Place Wines in Multnomah Village in Portland. Harp formerly served as a wine consultant in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Newport, where he was involved with the wine festival. Shripad Tuljapurkar PhD was awarded the Mindel C. Sheps Award for outstanding contribu– tions to mathematical demogra– phy or demographic methodology. Tulj apurkar formerly was a professor in the department of biological sciences at Stanford University. He is proprietor of Mountain View Research Inc. , in Los Altos, Calif. '77 Krystal Angevine MSW is the director of social services at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Ind. Barbara Nolan writes that fo llowing graduation from law school, she was employed as a deputy district attorney for the Family Support Unit of the Marion County District Attorney's Office. Today, she has a private practice in divorce and family mediation and has contracted with both Clackamas and Multnomah counties to offer mandated Parent Education classes. Nolan has two children and lives in West Linn. Anthony "Tony" White MPA, PhD '94 is the secretary to the U .S. Entity, Columbia River Treaty at Bonnev ille Power Administration. White provides all administrative upport for the two presidential appointees named to ensure that the provi– sions of the U.S./Canadian treaty are carried out. His responsibilities include negoti– ating agreements, maintaining file , and coordinating meet– ings. He began his career with BPA in 1989, "buying and sell– ing power." Michael Wong is a magician living in Garden Grove, Calif. Wong entertains at Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Magic Castle and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows. He tailors his act to meet the ages and interest of his audience and performs humor– ous, esteem-building shows at schools and conventions. '78 Michael Hanegan is vice presi– dent of Selectr n Inc., a telecommunications security contracting firm in Tigard. Hanegan has worked with the company for 18 years. Richard "Rick" Melching MS is superintendent of the Evergreen School District in Vancouver, Wash. Melching has been O scar Flores-Fiol '77 recently completed the first official poster for the Nike World Masters Games, which will bring 25,000 men and women to Portland in August 1998. The brilliantly colored original oil painting depicts an exuberant parade of animals performing all the Olympic sports, along with a background that includes costumed people and flags from around the world. Flores-Fiol did a similar poster for the Pan-Pacific Swimming Championship that takes place in Maui this June. A native of Peru, Flores-Fiol began his career as an artist in 1982 and has since had numerous shows in Hawaii and in Portland. His paintings have been sold in cities all over the world. Beard Frame Shops, which includes 25 galleries and stores in the Northwest, is currently featuring his work. Flores– Fiol lives and works in Eagle Creek, where he finds inspiration in the land– scape of trees, rolling hills, and distant mountains. Last year Flores-Fiol, for the second 1 9 q s N 1 K ~ •• ,~S ,~ ..L?.. !1 .~ .. ~ ,r , ~ .. ~ s GAME s time, became the honorary Consul of , .. ,;·:::~, :·;r:.:." Peru to the Northwest, a job he says allows him to promote cultural understanding between Peru and the United States, as well as pursue his artistic interests. "The emphasis now, at least among Latin American diplomatic appointees, is upon commitment to many fields-particularly business and art," he says. "It is really this cultural interaction that serves as the basis of all else in the field of diplomacy and world harmony." 24 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 1997 employed with the Evergreen School District since 1984. He is pursuing his doctorate in educa– tional leadership at PSU. Shannon Montoya is the vice president of finance for Beard Frame Shops in Portland. Robert Paar MBA '81 is vice president of Adams Magnetics Company, a Chicago-based company undergoing a restruc– turing. Paar is responsible for setting up a new manufacturing division in Elizabethtown, Ky. '79 Daryl Maloch MS and his wife, Janice Maloch '81, are partici– pating in a teaching exchange program, sponsored in part by the National Education Association. The Malochs are teaching fifth grade in a community on Australia's east coast for 12 months. Daryl and Jan will resume their positions as fifth grade teachers at Tom McCall Upper Elementary School in Forest Grove when they return in December. Edward Trompke is an associ– ate with the law firm of Tarlow, Jordan & Schrader in Portland. Trompke specializes in business and corporate transactions. The firm focuses in the practice areas of construction, real estate and land use, municipal govern– ment, employment law, debtors' and creditors' rights, and business and corporate law. '80 Mark Allred is controller at Epitope Inc., a biotechnology company that develops and markets medical diagnostic products. Allred previously was a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche. He lives in Portland. Alice Freuler is the assistant executive director at the Oregon Dental Association in Portland . Freuler oversees oper– ations, administration, and convention planning. She has been at ODA for 10 years and previously was the director of communications. Terry McGrath is owner of Futura, a firm specializing in private real estate development