PSU Magazine Spring 2003

L University salutes alumni, faculty, and friends May 1 Lowell Burnett '64 Outstanding Alumnus Award • Founder, CEO, and past president of Quantum Magnetics, a high-tech firm developing detection systems for explosives, narcotics, and concealed weapons • Physicist specializing in chemistry and physics instrumentation • Professor emeritus, San Diego State University • Principal investigator on more than 40 research grants and contracts • Author or co-author of over 150 journal articles, technical reports, and conference presentations • Consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment Mark Colville Outstanding Friend of Athletics • Orthopedic physician specializing in sports medi– cine at Rebound Orthopedics & Sports Medi– cine in Port– land • A team physician for PSU athletes for almost 16 years, attending approximately 130 football games (home and away) and many volley– ball, soccer, basketball, and wrestling events • Attends the injuries of all athletes through approximately 300 consul– tations a year on campus and avail– able for phone consultation at all times • Financial contributor to the Viking Club and season ticket holder • Helped create a physician examina– tion office in the Peter Stott Center Gretchen Kafoury MPA '00 Outstanding Alumna Award • Twenty-year veteran of public service, beginning in 1968 with Peace Corps service in Iran • Former Mult– nomah County commissioner, Portland City commissioner and state representative • Faculty member in PSU's Hatfield School of Government • Internship coordinator for College of Urban and Public Affairs • Chair of the Domestic Violence Fund • Co-founder of the Women's Invest– ment Network • Led the Simon Benson House preservation effort George Cabello-Castellet Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award • PSU faculty member since 1975 • Professor of Spanish language and literature • Named "Dr. of the Year" in 1987 by the Oregon chap– ter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese • Works with the Northwest Film Center to showcase contemporary Latin American and Spanish film • Organizer of the Cine-Lit Confer– ence at PSU • Co-author of Nosotros, a collection of essays and interviews with Spanish-speaking Oregon residents Marta '90 and Ken Thrasher President's Award for University Advancement • Created a scholarship fund in the Graduate School of Education • Made significant gifts to the Gradu– ate School of Social Work, Business Administration's Food Industry Leadership Center, the Music Department's jazz program, and the Northwest Center for Engineering, Science and Technology • Marta serves on the Graduate School of Social Work Advisory Board • Ken is co-chair of Building Our Future, PSU's first capital campaign ; serves on the Business Advisory Council of the School of Business Administration; and has helped in the development of PSU's Food Industry Leadership Center Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and Christopher Folkestad, Executive Director President's Award J or Outstanding Philanthropy • Created the Macdonald Opportu– nity Scholarship for high school graduates • Created the Marilyn Folkestad Scholarship in the Center for Excellence in Writing • Provided major support for the Camp– bell Professor– ship in Children, Youth & Fami– lies of the Graduate Maybelle Clark Macdonald School of Social Work • Provided sup– port for the Leadership Fellows Pro– gram of the Institute for Nonprofit Management, to help train leaders for the region's com- Christopher Folkestad munity organizations • Has supported the Simon Benson Awards dinner D SPRING 2003 PSU MAGAZINE 21