PSU Magazine Spring 2003

Compiled by Myrna Duray '56 John Haney is retired after working 34 years at KGW-TV He writes, "I was in the first graduating class at PSU and got my degree in the same building and on the same stage where I had graduated from high school (Lincoln Hall, then known at Old Main)." He and his wife live in Battle Ground, Washington. '64 Ancil Nance MST '72 is a pho– tographer and Web site designer based in Portland. Nance has been self-employed since 1973 and writes, "Five years ago I made a career alteration, retain– ing my photography business but adding Web site design, including the account of the 1986 Upper Yangtze River Expedition, which will be the subject of a documentary movie soon." '65 Ruth Nisly MSW is beginning a six-month Men– nonite Central Committee assignment as a teacher in Colum– bia. Nisly for– merly worked as a social worker for the Washington Department of Children and Family Services in Vancouver. John Trullinger MS '71 is a retired music educator who most recently taught at Taft High School in Lincoln City Tru llinger lives in Lincoln City and continues to teach privately. Lewis Wong is a self-employed certified legal assistant (ABA certified). Wong introduces the use of search engines and online legal research to fellow condo– minium owners who are defending or suing to protect themselves and their homes against condo association boards. He lives in Los Angeles. 22 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 2003 '66 Cliff Goldman MS '79 retired from Portland Public Schools in December as a speech and lan– guage pathologist. Now in pri– vate practice, he specializes in stuttering therapy and has become an authorized dealer for SpeechEasy, a fluency device. Goldman also volunteers at the Dougy Center for Grieving Chil– dren as an adult facilitator. Carol Wray Sturgill MS '71 is an elementary school teacher with the Clover Park School District. She lives in Lakewood, Washington. '68 Robert Holt is vice president and safety consultant at Marsh USA, Inc., an insurance broker– age. Holt is also "reentering the freelance writing field ... devel– oping a proposal to an editor for a book." Holt and his wife, Sonia, have two daughters and four grandchildren. They live in Sammamish, Washington. Terrie Wetle MS '71 , PhD '76 is associate dean of medicine for public health and public policy at Brown University Medical School and was recently named president-elect of the Geronto– logical Society of America. She lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. '69 Joseph LeBaron has been nom– inated as ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Prior to his recent nomination by President George Bush, LeBaron served as deputy assis– tant secretary with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) at the Department of State. He has also served as director of the Office of Iran and Iraq Affairs in the U.S. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain, and consul general in Dubai. '70 Karl Krueger joined Bridgetown Realty in Portland as an associate broker after retir– ing from the state of Oregon as an administrative law judge. Marge Stewart was recently named Business Management Executive of the Year for U.S. Military Operations in Europe. A licensed civil engineer, Stewart is chief of the engineering resource management division for the U.S. Army'.s Base Support Battal– ion in Grafenwoehr, Germany. She also plays trumpet in three groups, the most notable being the 150-year-old concert orches– tra in Amberg. She has lived in Germany for the past 17 years. Richard Storch MSW is a U.S. Public Health Service commis– sioned officer serving as the mental health program director and a clinical provider at Nimi– ipuu Health, the Nez Perce Tribe's health care facility in Lapwai, Idaho. He was deployed to the World Trade Center disas– ter to provide mental health ser– vices at "ground zero" for rescue and recovery workers. '71 Krista Fischer is executive director at Insurance Informa– tion Service of Oregon and Idaho in Portland. Elizabeth (Prideaux) Roniger is a substitute teacher and tutor in the Albany and Corvallis school districts. She earned a master's degree in elementary education from Lewis &: Clark College in 2001 and married Fred Roniger in 2002. '72 Gerald Calvin graduated from the University of Northern Col– orado with an MS and EdS in rehabilitation counseling in 1974. In 1985 Calvin completed his PhD. Calvin retired in 2002 after 17 years in private prac– tice. He and his family live in Colorado. Gloria Gray is a staff psycholo– gist with the California Depart– ment of Corrections, Pleasant Valley State Prison, in Coalinga, California. Ann Romano is a sales associate at Windermere/Cronin &: Caplan, a realty group in Portland. '74 Dan Bisenius is project man– ager at Bonneville Power Administration in Vancouver, Washington. Bruce Trachtenberg is director of communications for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, a private foundation in New York City. Charles "Ted" Vollet is clinical director for Lutheran Commu– nity Services, a nonprofit mental health clinic in Boise, Idaho. '75 Joyce Edwards MSW is a prin– cipal with The Leadership Group , a consulting firm in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Lloyd Walworth MST has been teaching music for 31 years in The Dalles School District. Wal– worth was a finalist for the 2003 Oregon Teacher of the Year. '76 Don Leadroot MUS is the Northwest Manager at Asset Preservation, Inc., in Portland. Lawrence Lehman writes, "After 25 years in Yakima, Washington, I moved to Greeley, Colorado. The Rocky Mountain National Park is beautiful and provides great hiking. Unfortu– nately, the area is experiencing the worst drought conditions ever recorded. " Lehman is a planner with the city of Greeley. Thomas Peterson is engineer– ing director at the Port of Port– land. He has been with the port for 17 years.