PSU Magazine Spring 1997

'86 Robert Jarrett is the corporate controller at Sarif Inc., in Vancouver, Wash. Sarif is a high-tech company that manu– factures SVGA display proj ec– tors and will manufacture active matrix polysilicon LCDs later this year. Richard Roper MBA is an account representative at Morrison Knudsen Corporation, a facilities management firm. Roper is responsible for manag– ing the day to day facilities operations of the video and network division of Tektronix in Beaverton. Steven "Steve" Seeger is a franchi e owner of a Sears retail store in cappoose. Seeger plans to open another facility in St. Helens in the future. '87 Gail Dundas is principal at Public Relations Counsel in Seaside. Dundas is a former member of the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Debra L. Hall writes that she's "at home full time with her adopted daughter from China (born Augu t 8, 1994, adopted May 25, 1995)." Hall lives in Portland. Marie Oberg MS retired in December after serving as the librarian at Ranier Elementary School for 25 year . Oberg owns Cottage Antique in Rainier and plans to open a second shop on the Toledo ranch she shares with her husband, Robert. Linda Wood works in purchas– ing at the Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver, Wash. '88 Traci Campbell is controller at IN YNC Partners Inc., a public relations firm in Portland . M. Nina Nguyen is the confer– ence center sales manager for the Portland Hilton. Nguyen 26 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 1997 has been with the company since l995. Maria Schumacher was one f ix winner of the Pharmacia Biotech & Science Prize for Young d entists. Schumacher does post-doctoral research at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Maria formerly worked for two years as a qual– ity control chemist for A lpkem Corporation in Wilsonville. Paul Steger EdD is principal of Lent Elementary School in Portland . '89 Rebecca (Ryan) Hart reports she is practicing therapeutic massage at her business, Transformation Massage, in Ocean Park, Wash. She special– izes in Swedish/Shiatsu, Reiki, and Aromatherapy, and welcomes any alum to come by and share a cup of tea and a sea breeze when on the peninsula. Laura Verboort is the merchan– dising manager at Transitions For Health Inc., in Portland. The company manufactures Speak Up ... for the Ben Padrow Forensics Program. We need the help of Ben's former student to make the Padrow Forensics Program a reality. Please get back in touch by calling Steve Kosokoff, Department of Speech Communication, 725-5378. alternative health care products, such a vitamins and nutritional upplements designed for women. James Wilkinson MS '91 is a hydrogeologist with Kokusai Kogyo Company Ltd., a Japanese consulting firm . Wilkinson's position involves projects and travel in less-devel– oped countries. He writes that "this has helped me to expand my thinking to a more global perspective and is a great oppor– tunity to learn about and expe– rience other cultures." He formerly was with the United States Geological Survey. He li ves in Tokyo. '90 Nathan Charlton M '92 is an a sociate with KPFF Consulting Engineers in Portland . Charlton has been with KPFF for six year and has worked on numer– ous micro fabrication facilities, long-span steel structures, and fast track projects. Todd A. Hanson is owner of Norsman Sporting Arms & Ambush Archery in Bismarck N.D. The business carries clas- ic, antique, custom, and collectible firearms and tradi– tional archery equipment. Heather Hughes is a driver for United Parcel Service in Albuquerque, N.M. Brent MacNab received the Oscar Fish Scholarship of Excellence. The scholarship provides full support in completing a master's degree at the Uni versity of Hawaii at Manoa and include one emes– ter of study at Oxford University. Michael Saty is the general ales manager at Nickel Ad , a publishing firm in Portland. '91 Kelly June Cannon MA '94 is a writer and content coordinator with Formations Inc., a Portland-ba ed exhibits design firm. Formations designed and fabricated exhibits at Warm Springs Museum, Pacific Northwe t Natural History Museum in Ashland , and the Mt. St. Helens Forest Learning The late Ben Padrow (center front) surrounded by the 1963 team.