PSU Magazine Spring 2003

fFATURES page 14 Greetings from a Student Abroad 8 Michaelangelo Aust keeps in touch while traveling through Europe . Urban Visionary Retires l Urban and Public Affairs Dean Nohad Toulan steps down after 31 years. Vital Signs 2 Computer engineering professor is looking for new meaning in medical monitor data. Crime's Aftermath 14 Why are violent crime victims in Oregon not seeking compensation from the state? The Fox and the Business Plan 16 Aesop's Fables can teach the principles of strategic management. For The Love of the Game 18 Player, manager, coach: Tom Trebelhorn dedicates his life to baseball. DEPART:vlf T S Around the Park Blocks 2 Hantavirus Found in Portland Parhs, New Microscope Reveals the Super Small, Relocating an Outcast People, Controversial Increase in Freshman GPA Letters 5 No Pretty Picture for Iraq, Igno1ing Realities in the Middle East, Shrews Are Not Rodents, They're Nol Bats Either Off the Shelf 6 Selling Mrs. Consume1; Crescent: A Novel, Away From My Desh, An Illustrated History of Lahe Oswego, Navigating the Darh Side of Wealth Alumni Association News 20 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Alumni Association, Outstanding Honored al PSU Salutes Alum Notes 2 Kelley Nassie] '89 to Star in Portland Opera Production, Scott MacIntosh '00, MS '03 Involved in Nuclear Containment in North Korea Philanthropy in Action 28 High School Artists Benefit from DePreist Professorship, Alumni Couple Funds Business Research Sports 9 Basketball Player Overcomes Heart Problem, Free Softball C vcr page 29 Following his PSU graduation, Michaelangelo Airst (pictured) traveled to Monaco, the Madrid Royal Palace in Spain, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris before hitting the books again for grad school. See story pages 8-10. EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS Nicole Ramsey, Douglas Swanson, Jean Tuomi, Martha Wagner DESIGN CONSULTANT Terry Daline EDITORIAL OFFICE 325 Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4451, FAX: 503-725-4465 E-MAIL: psumag@pdx.edu ADDRESS CHANGES PSU Foundation Demographics P.O. Box 243 Portland, OR 97207-0243 503-725-49ll E-MAIL: psuupdates@pdx.edu ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Pat Squire MPA '95, Director Simon Benson House P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4948 E-MAIL: psualum@pdx.edu ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tamara lewis '69, President Jeff Austin '77 Jacqueline Bell '71 Roger Capps '60 Gerry Craig '66 Brian EagleHeart '99 David Fitzpatrick '75, MS '77 Craig Gilbert '89 Michelle Girts '83 Chris Groener '99 Bob Hormel '62 Komi Kalevor '88 Bill lemman, Vanport Roberta McEniry '76 Terry Pinnell '01 Gary Purpura '71 Brian Ray '85 Don Riggs '83 Gary Salyers '57 Rosanna Schewerda '91 , MT '93 Ann Takamura MPA '97 Trish Trout MA '88 Cathy Williams '56 ALUMNI AMBASSADORS JonJalali '67, MBA '71 , Medford Mary Mertens James '78, Salem Jack Ohman '99, Portland Dennis Olson '68, MS '80, Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Bend PSU Magazine is published three times a year during fall, winter, and spring terms. Contents may be reprinted only by permis– sion of the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. Four-color printing is paid for by the PSU Foundation. PSU is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity institution. SPRING 2003 PSU MAGAZINE