PSU Magazine Spring 2003

'91 Scott lkata is a Curry Courny deputy district attorney. lkata formerly spent one year as a defense attorney with a firm in Portland and most recently worked in Medford in indigern criminal defense. He lives in Gold Beach. Jeanine Johnson is an occupa– tional therap ist at Rehoboth McKinley Hospital in Gallup, New Mexico. She writes, "My daughter, Hillary Cabral, now attends PSU, as well as working as an assistant in the orientation program at PSU!" Robert Schuff MS '93 is infor– matics core director at Oregon Health &: Science University in Portland. Susan Wright, a realty specialist with the U.S. General Services Administration, has been appoirned contracting officer. She acquires leases of office and related space for the federal gov– ernment in Tucson and southern Arizona. She is married to H. Roderick Wright MS '94. '92 Heather (McCartney) Chris– tensen is teaching composition and rhetoric at the College of Southern Maryland. She earned a master's degree in writing from DePaul University in Chicago. D. Denise Nelson MSW is a social worker at Kingman Regional Medical Center, a home health and hospice facility in Kingman, Arizona. Wendy Crook Ryde MA '97 is non-immigrant visa unit chief at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. This is her second tour with the State Department. She was previously in Muscat, Oman. Mary Walker MPA works at the Portland Veterans Affai rs Med– ical Cerner and is completing her 32nd year as a nurse man– ager in medical surgery and crit– ical care units. She is also been an Air Force reservist for 23 years, holding the rank of colonel. She is commander of the 446th Aeromedical Evacua– tion Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington. Susan Wilson is the coordina– tor of academic advising at Port– land Community College, Cascade campus. '93 Robert Ensign MA is director of the adolescent clay treatment program at Tualatin Valley Cen– ters in Tigard. In January his book, Lean Down Your Ea,· Upon the Earth and Listen, was pub– lished by University of South Carolina Press. Lynn Ingraham MEd is in her sixth year of teaching mathe– matics and French at the Van– couver, Washington School of Arts &: Academics. David Whitaker MS opened DK Whitaker Engineering of Port– land in October. His new com– pany specializes in the analysis and design of wetland mitigation and stream restoration projects, as well as hydraulic analysis of stormwater systems. '94 T. Lance Leveque MST '98 is a special agent with the U.S. Departmern of State's Diplo– matic Security Service. He is currently assistant security attache at the American embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emi– rates. In fall 2003, he will be the security attache at the consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Robert Murray MS, MST '96 is an assistant professor of music at Murray State University in Kentucky, where he teaches applied trumpet and directs a Jazz Ensemble His students have recently been in national com– petitions and given international performances. Murray is also principal trumpet in the Owens– boro Symphony and was a soloist on a recent recording. He is also principal trumpet with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City. '95 David Ball is sports editor of The Gresham OLil1ooh. Ball for– merly was sports writer and editor of Th e Sandy Post and has taken first place writing awards for sports stories in 2002, 2001 , 2000, and 1997. Robert Bremmer MA '97 is a department director at the Art Institute of Portland and a cap– stone multimedia instructor al PSU. He has developed more than 20 pro bono educational software programs through PSU, and his novel, Awahening in Midair, was published by Pub– lish America in November. David Eder is an insurance agent with American Family Insurance in Salem. Eder was a member of the P U football team from 1989 to 1992. He and his wife, Monica, live in Keizer. Kerry Loehr received an MBA from the University of Dayton, Ohio, in 2002. Loehr is a pro– gram manager at Adalis Corp. He lives in Portland. Steve Osburn is a corporate account representative with Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. Titus Reynolds MS '98 is a traf– fic analyst at Charbonneau Engi– neering, LLC, in Portland. Matthew Wilson is a firefighter with the Santa Barbara City Fire Department. He and his wife and their two-year-old son live in Sarna Barbara. Amos Yong is an associate pro– fessor of theology at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also the book review edi– tor for the Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and evan– gelical theology editor for the Religious Studies Review. '96 Meghan Wysong has her own business, Meghan Wysong Translator and Interpreter. She also works at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washing– ton. Wysong lives in Vernonia. '97 GregJurca is assistant vice president and relationship man– ager in the lending department at First Independent Bank in Vancouver, Washington. Lee Litchy is a marketing man– ager at Portland General Electric in Portland. Mark Brown MPA works as Willamette River navigator, a federally funded position designed to help river commu– nities obtain additional resources for local needs and assure them cooperation from federal agencies. '98 Gretchen Bennet, a certified public accountant, recentl y Joined the Portland office of RGL Forensic Accountants and Consultants. She was previously an internal auditor with the Portland office of PacifiCorp. Kristina Brouhard MBA is manager of national categories at Safeway, Inc., in Pleasanton , California. Pamela Cunningham MEd '01 is a special education teacher with the Molalla River School District. She writes, "I spent July in Australia. In September I bought a house and married Ron Cunningham. I have two daughters, Heather and Hollie, ages 11 and 9. I have been play– ing golf for about one year. What a great hobby!" Nancy Devine MS is a speech and language pathologist with Providence Health System. Devine lives in Tigard. Kathryn King is owner of KJK Real Estate Investment Special– ists in Portland. Kings firm hosts a free monthly community forum, Land lord Study Hall , to help landlords become more effective and law abiding. Nathan Pratt is an engineer in training at CHEC Consul tams, Inc. , a civil engin eering firm that specializes in pavement engineering design. Pratt lives in Redding, California. Ryann Roberts is a physical therapist at the lll inois Bone and Joint Institute in Gurnee, Illinois. Tonya Shimmin is a self– employed artist living in Van– couver, Washington. She writes, "Along with private commissions for murals and paintings, 1 teach fifth-grade art once a week at Cornerstone Christian School." 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