PSU Magazine Spring 1998

'72 Richard Cremer is president and attorney at Richard A. Cremer, P.C. in Roseburg. Cremer specializes in criminal defense. Brad Lynott has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Lynott is the director of the business law program with Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Lynott formerly was an attorney with U.S. Bank. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Beaverton. Robert Poon is president and CEO of Golden City Financial Inc., in San Diego. The company provides real estate finance, insurance, and asset management services. Dennis Tarr is the owner of Gallucci's Pizzeria in Lincoln City. '73 Sandra Hobbs Morey is manager of environmental compliance at Tri-Met in Portland. Conrad Pearson is owner of Pearson Financial Group, a financial planning business in Tigard. Pearson also established the Tigard Area Community Foundation, an endowment fund that benefits Tigard nonprofit organizations and enables the community to become more self-sufficient. '74 Pamela Bridgehouse MA is the music specialist for the Gervais and Silver Falls School Districts. Bridgehouse lives in Scotts Mills. Michael Preisz is the owner of Preisz Associates, an investment and insurance services firm in Portland. '75 William H. Brown MS is the senior advisory commissioner for the city of Carson, Calif. The commission was set up to advise the mayor on govern– mental issues as they relate to local citizens. Gregory Chan MA '75 is a professor and executive assistant to the president at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. Christine "Tina" Cornwell writes that she is a "full-time, stay-at-home mom of a two– year-old son and does graphic design part-time at home." Musician Robert C. Jones '67 has reached a pinnacle position in the music world, and he hasn't seriously played an instrument for years. "I got training and experience in arts management before it was a degree," says Jones. Armed with a law degree from Lewis & Clark College, Jones went on to manage the Minnesota Orchestra. He was most recently president of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, a post he held for 14 years. In February, Jones became president of the National Symphony Orchestra and vice president of music at the John E Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.. In this dual role, Jones is furthering the artistic goals of the nation's symphony and the nation's stage with the world as their audience. Jones started as a musician playing saxo– phone, clari– net, and flute in Portland symphony, opera, ballet, and chamber music perfor– mances. With an economics degree from PSU, he became secretary-treasurer of Local 99 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and was elected to the international executive board of the AFM. 24 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 1998 At the National Symphony Orchestra, Jones will be chief operating officer in support of the institution's artistic mission. He will work closely with Music Director Leonard Slatkin, an old friend of Jones'. At the Kennedy Center, Jones is responsible for all music activities, including the Opera House Orchestra. Music is also an interest of Jones' wife, Susan '67. She played clarinet with the Oregon Symphony before becoming a free– lance musician in Minneapolis and a regu– lar extra in Indianapolis. On earning a master's in library science from Indiana University, Susan managed the library of American States Insurance Companies in Indianapolis for seven years. Today, she is concentrating on playing the piano and recently acquired a grand piano of Sylvia Killman, her longtime, now retired, Portland teacher. Cornwell lives in Homewood, Calif. Curry Felt is an area sales manager with Leggett & Platt Inc., a manufacturer of springs used in furniture. Felt lives in Redmond, Wash. Scott T. Miller is president of Optical Sales Corporation, a wholesale optical company in Beaverton. '76 Janet Livesay is pre ident of Janet Livesay & Company Inc., a printing brokerage in Portland. '77 Gregory Becker is the owner of Becker & Sons Excavating Inc., in Hillsboro. Gary Fribbs MBA is a business school instructor at Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. Judith Rice MBA is the direc– tor of volunteer services for the 1998 Nike World Masters Games and is responsible for recruitment and training of over 10,000 volunteers for the Portland– based event. Rice formerly was executive vice president and manager of human resources for U.S. Bank. Julia Schoen and her husband, Gary, are owners of Wine Country, a retail store handling wine, cigars, and gifts in Solvang, Calif. '78 Michael Aherne MBA is the plant manager at Consolidated Metco, an aluminum die casting company in Clackamas. Bonnie Simmons Cave is a child specialist at Christie School, a school and residence in Lake Oswego for children with psychiatric needs. John Garwood MS is a counsel– ing psychologist with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Portland.