PSU Magazine Spring 1999

Luc Normandin MBA is the accounting manager at Interface Engineering, Inc., an engineering and consulting firm in Milwaukie. '77 Agnes Hoffman MBA is the director of Admissions and Records at Portland State. '79 Bruce Anderson is director of customer services at Health Net, the second largest HMO in California. Anderson lives in Sierra Madre, Calif. Arthur "Art" Buck is owner of Tax Services, Inc., an account– ing and tax services firm with offices in Beaverton and Durham. Margaret (Marks) Jacobs MBA is vice president for total quality at Henkel Surface Technologies, an organization specializing in surface treatment technology and services. Jacobs' duties include quality system imple– mentation for North and South America and resource responsi– bility for Henkel's worldwide integrated management system. She lives in Rochester Hills, Mich. '80 Patricia "Pat" Bowman MSW is branch manager for the Columbia County Branch of Services to Children and Families in St. Helens. Philip Garrow is an attorney and owner of Philip H. Garrow, Attorneys, in Bend. Rebecca "Becky" Hundley BA '88 is a psychology teacher at Banks High School. Michael K. Jackson MS '83 is a geologist with the Bureau of Land Management in Richfield, Utah. Susan Wiese is an electrical engineer and manager for protective relay systems with Bonneville Power in Portland. 22 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 1999 '81 Larry Brant has joined the Portland office of Garvey, Schubert & Barer law firm as an owner. Brant specializes in taxation, busi– ness law, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate law. He is a member of the Oregon and Washington state bar associa– tions. Eric Stromquist has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Stromquist is director of education at the Western Culinary Institute. He and his wife, Lori, live in Portland. Terry Van Allen MST, MPA '88 is the director of research initiatives at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Van Allen lives in Kemah, Texas. Donald Williams MPA is chief operating officer at the Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt law firm in Portland. Williams oversees business operations and administrative support staff. He has been with the firm 13 years. '83 Sharon Brabenac MBA '88 is director of alumni relations and annual giving at Marylhurst University in Lake Oswego. Brabenac was previously the student organization and leader– ship development adviser at Portland State. Ranee Niedermeyer is chief of staff to Oregon Senate President Brady Adams '69. Kevin Shimpach is an agent with Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a Conseco Company holding that specializes in insur– ance and related services for older people. Shimpach lives in Vancouver, Wash. Dr. Gary Tubbs is a physician at the Deer Point Family Practice in Boise, Idaho. Tubbs is certified with the American Board of Family Practice. '84 Jeff Crump is CFO with First Federal Savings and Loan in McMinnville. C rump manages the accounting department and oversees financial reports and investments. He previously was a bank auditor for the U.S. Treasury Department. Albert "Al" Gosiak is presi– dent and CEO of Pendleton Grain Growers, Inc., a farmer– owned cooperative. Gosiak is a certified public accountant and formerly was vice president of finance for Duckwall-Pooley Fruit Company. Pamela Gesme Miller is the deputy director at Oregon Trout, a non-profit agency dedi– cated to protecting and restor– ing native fish and their ecosystems. Miller serves on the PSU Alumni Board of Directors and lives in Portland. '85 Dr. Amy Eshleman is an assis– tant professor at Oregon Health Sciences Universitf in Portland. Anne Kadin MBA is a broker at Kadin/Saul Properties, Inc., a real estate brokerage company in Portland. '86 Steve Hoskins MST is an eighth-grade teacher with the Battle Ground School District in Washington. '87 Steve M. Brown is a reporter with the Tacoma Daily Index, a business newspaper in Tacoma, Wash. Brown, an ex-Vanguard reporter, writes, "... nearly got arrested covering Kaiser Aluminum strike. Also named vice president of the board of directors of Victory Music, a non-profit acoustic music orga– nization.. .Teach, perform and produce maritime music...am married to a Greek-American and have three teenagers...live on an island in the Puget Sound and have to take a ferry to get anywhere..." Marian Fenimore MSW is the lifeline program coordinator for the Jewish Family and Child Services in Portland. James Koenig is a senior specialist engineer in liaison engineering at the Boeing Company, an aircraft manufac– turer. Koenig lives in Portland . Danielle (LaMear) Rosendahl writes, "[ recently gave birth to my second child, a daughter. My husband and I own Dynasty Capital Corporation, a private investment banking firm. As we pass PSU, my four-year-old son reports, 'This is where you went to school Mom!' I am very impressed with the changes and improvements PSU has made in the last decade since I gradu– ated. I am proud to call myself an alum." '88 Brett Downey is production manager at Northwest Paper Box, a packaging manufacturer in Portland. Jacqueline (Brown) Lydston received a MSW degree from Walla Walla College in 1998. Lydston is married to John Garwood MS '78 and their son, Thomas, was born November 15, 1998. Paul Maywood MS is a commod ities trader and inde– pendent consulting geologist in Higganum, Conn. Annette Straessle MBA '92 is accounting manager at Ash Grove Cement in Portland. '89 Anthony "Tony" Doody is a registered representative with WMA Securities, a company specializing in tax-strategies and fi nancial services. Doody is a long-time Vikings football fan. He and his wife, Kim, were married at halftime during a PSU footba ll game in November 1994. Former PSU president Judith Ramaley served as flower woman and Randy Nordlof '79, former PSU athletic director, was ring bearer. Their wedding was attended by 14,500 fans.