PSU Magazine Spring 2000

'70 Chuck Hoffman is president and owner of Hoffman Instrumentation, a manufactur– ing firm in Hillsboro. Raymond Maddix is a vice pres– ident with U.S. Bank. Maddix lives in Vancouver, Washington. '71 Christopher Howell MA won a Pushcart Prize this year for his poem "A Party on the Way to Rome." The poem appears in The Pushcart Prize XIV: Best of the Small Presses, available in bookstores. This is the second time his work has been so honored. Howell lives in Spokane where he is director of Eastern Washington University Press. Chuck Newport is president of Construction Management Services, Inc., in Sisters. Daryl Robison is a second– generation cranberry grower. Robison formerly was employed by Coors-Curry Electric Cooperative for 22 years. He lives in Sixes. Carol Rudy MST retired from Grant High School after 31 years. Rudy taught social studies and served as activities director. Les Schwartz is the buyer at Electromatic, an electronic repair firm in Portland. '72 Penny Amy is professor and director of biotechnology program at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Jan Deardorff MS is the library media coordinator for the Corvallis School District K-12. John Mollan MS retired in July after teaching elementary school in the Evergreen School District in Washington for 30 years. Mollan wrote Thirty Years by the Chalkboard: Some Irreverent Observations on Education, published by Educational Passport Options. He and his wife, Donna, live in Vancouver, Washington. Elizabeth Mongue is a book– keeper with Portland Public Schools. Dan Wilcox is a partner in the CPA firm of Mackey Kuenzi Wilcox & Company in Canby. '73 Jim Coleman serves as county counsel for Clackamas County and represents the county in civil matters. He previously was with Ramis Crew Corrigan & Bachrach LLP providing legal services to municipal clients. Brian Cone is a field services supervisor and industrial project manager with Oregon Analyti– cal Laboratory, an environmen– tal analysis firm in Beaverton. Kathleen Jackson is senior vice president and director of the personal trust and investments group at the Chicago Trust Company. Jackson has over 20 years' experience in the invest– ment management community. She lives with her husband and two children in Naperville, Illinois. Deborah Pienovi is principal and tax department director at Perkins & Company PC in Portland. '74 Greg Avison MBA represented PSU at the January inaugura– tion of Larry Large '64 as presi– dent of Oglethorpe University, Atlanta. Avison works for CAP Gemini America, an informa– tion technology and manage– ment consulting company. He lives in Smyrna, Georgia. Kathryn Baker-Katz is a GIS technician with the U.S. Forest Service Deschutes Ranger District in Sisters. Steve Pfaff is a loan officer for Community Mortgage in Keizer. Pfaff has been involved with the Keizer Chamber of Commerce eight years and will serve as board president in 2000. Linda Wright-Smith is a profes– sor of multimedia design at the University of Cameron in Lawton, Oklahoma. ~en Susie Goldsmith '75, MSW '77 purchased a Long Beach, Washington, bed and breakfast in 1996 with partner Bill Verner, she found her new endeavor just as demanding as her social work career. Along with the substantial upgrades that the Boreas Inn (www.boreasinn.com ) needed, the sale of her business, Health Access, fell through, forcing a two-hour commute from Portland to Long Beach several times a week. Goldsmith would like to do more lectur– ing on entrepreneurial social work, which encourages the application of social work training in nontraditional settings, such as the private sector. "I think a lot of people go through social work programs with an altruistic attitude, and never consider that Hard work, however, has paid off. Goldsmith sold her other business in 1998, the inn remodeling is complete, and occupancy levels have doubled since 1997. Awards and positive customer feedback also help counter grueling 14-hour days, seven days a week. Comparing her new profession to social work, Goldsmith says, "It's nice to have clients here because they want to be, not because it was mandated. With beautiful ocean views, gourmet three-course break– fasts, complete concierge service, and lots of brownies-people are happy to pay the bill and come back again." Goldsmith still maintains ties to PSU, where her family has quite a legacy. "Between my mother, Mike, and me, we had five PSU degrees. My father, Gerson, was the lawyer brains behind the estab– lishment of Portland Student Services, and I'm involved in the Mike Goldsmith Scholarship selection process when it comes up every couple of years." their skills are worth charging for." Goldsmith herself provides a bargain service these days: a night at the Boreas Inn equals the fee she used to charge for one hour of therapy. And once a social worker always a social worker-a sympa– thetic ear comes with the room. -] . David Santen '99 SPRING 2000 PSU MAGAZINE 21