PSU Magazine Spring 2003

ALUM NOTES Ryan Stormer is a business and planning analyst with The Boeing Company. Stormer lives in Portland. Neil Waibel is a civil engineer with Harper Houf Righellis, a consulting firm in Portland. '99 Alida Glasscock MS '01 is a special education teacher al McKinney Elementary in Beaverton. She is also a teacher representative to the PSU Grad– uate School of Education Consortium, sitting on hiring committees for two new profes– sors. Glasscock and her husband live in Beaverton. Shara Lerman graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in May 2002 and began work as an associate at Skad– den, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. Allan McCandless is a work– force development specialist at Training & Employment 'R\U'Foundation PORTIAND STATE l)NIVERSITY 26 PSU MAGAZlNE SPRlNG 2003 Consortium. A resident of Baker City, McCandless is pursuing a second degree in business administration at Eastern Oregon University. David Morgan is owner of Boredombooks in Portland, sell– ing scholarly used books to pro– fessors and librarians over the Internet. He has a four-momh– old son. April Thrun is a media planner at McCann Erickson, an adver– tising firm in San Francisco. Susan Traynor is a theatre events coordinator for San Mateo Community College in San Mateo, California. She is also working on a master's degree in education at San Francisco State University. '00 Gabriel Adoff MA, a senior information engineer at Intel in Beaverton, has completed a CD with his bluegrass band, The Stragglers. He writes, "I'd love to see any other PSU alums and bluegrass fans come down to one of our shows in Portland." Paula Brown has earned the professional designation, certi– fied internal auditor, from the lnstitute of lmernal Auditors after working as an internal auditor for TriMet since graduat– ing from PSU. She was on the board of directors of the non– profit TriMet Employees, Inc ., which manages the fitness facili– ties available to TriMet employ– ees. She also has served three years as a volunteer garden manager for Portland Parks and Recreation's From and Curry Community Garden. Betsy Dasenko is a teacher with the Greater Albany Public School District. Dasenko lives in Corvallis. Gabriella Divine is national learning manager at Randstad North America. Divine lives in Apex, North Carolina. Laura Pacewic MPA is teen par– ent program director at Camp Fire USA, Mt. Hood Council. Pacewic lives in Tigard. Kevin Williams MSW is a clini– cal social worker at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient facility in Ashland. '01 Claudia Arnett owns La Bou– tique, a store featuring special occasion dresses, including dresses for Quinceafi.eras, the coming out celebrations for 15-year-old Hispanic girls. Arnett lives in Hillsboro. Erik Emerick is an analyst at PacifiCorp in Portland. Beth Hamon is a synagogue musician and teacher. She leads youth and fami ly worship music at Congregation Beth Israel and teaches in Beth Israel's religious school. In February she released a CD, City of Love, a collection of original Jewish folk songs She lives in Portland. Anna "Annie" Hartle is a stu– dent in the nursing program at Chemeketa Community College and is a member of the women's basketball team. Amber Krummel is attending University of Wisconsin at Madison, working toward her doctorate in biochemistry. Tim Murray MBA is a loan originator with Home With continuing low CD rates, how can you maintain income? There has never been a better time than now to talk about charitable gift annuities. Many seniors find that taking one-third of their CDs and acquiring 8% or 9% gift annuities may restore lost income. Students and programs at Portland State University, Oregon's only urban university, will also benefit from your gift. Single life gift annuity rates range from 6% to 11 .5% based on age (minimum age 60) . Benefits to you include: ✓ Guaranteed income for life ✓ Partially tax-free income ✓ Current charitable tax deductions ----------------------------------- Name ___________ ___________________ Address ___________________________ Phone ______________ Email ____________ Year of birth ______ Spouse's year of birth ______ Return to Philip Varnum, PSU Foundation, PO Box 243, Portland OR 97207-0243 or contact him by phone at 503-725-5881 or by email at varnump@pdx.edu .