PSU Magazine Spring 2004

center in Alexandria. Nelson has conducted pioneering research in land use planning, growth management, public facili ty finance, and urban development policy for the past 20 years. '77 Mike Richardson has produced another movie, Hellboy, based on a Dark Horse comic book. Richardson, president and co– founder of Dark Horse Comics in Milwaukie, now has seven major motion pictures under his producer's bell, including The Mask and Timecop. This sum– mer's much-anticipated movie match, Alien Vs. Predalo1; lists Richardson as executive producer. , l Carol Kemhus is principal of Ogden Middle School in Oregon City. Kemhus received the ational Distinguished Princi– pals Award fo r the state of Oregon in a ceremony held in Washington , D.C., in October. The award is presented by the National Association of Elemen– tary Principals and the U.S. Department of Education. Julius Lusky writes, "After spending many years in law enforcement , security, business administration, l am arriving at education, teaching others what I have learned al PSU and other related roads l have traveled to get where I am. Thank you , PSU, for the outstanding work you did to condition me to per– fo rm al my best." Lusky lives in Bakersfield , California. Robert Parsons is general man– ager al The University Club of Portland. Parsons also is a board member of the Portland Opera. Paul Gilchrist is a vice presi– dent al US Bank in Portland . Gilchrist formerly served as a relati onship manager. The cheering goes on HE CHEERLEADlNG SQUAD OF 1967-68 auended a Viking football game this past fall in support of one of its members. Marylou Wendel Webb was not only a cheerleader back then, but also homecoming queen-a tradition that ended with her crowning. Now 35 years later, she finally passed on the crown at the November 8 game. "The homecoming event disappeared," says Webb, "in part because the culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s was chang– ing, and there were not enough traditional students to support it. " For the past two years, PSU marketing students have worked to bring back the homecoming tradition. A successful dance in 2002 led to this past fall's week of events, including selection of a court of five men and five women. Sixty-eight students nominated themselves or others and faculty advisers selected the court. Students voted for a king and queen during halftime at the November 8 Vikings' football game against Weber State. Webb, 56, likes to call herself the vintage queen, and she wouldn't think of ending her reign without the support of squad mem– bers. In 1967, the cheerleading squad had no coaches and no uniform budget. They spent their own money, coordinated their schedules, and created their own routines. Today Webb is a dean at Portland Com– munity College and credits the cheerleading squad with providing early leadership skills in her professional life. £. Members of the 1967-68 PSU cheerleading squad were (above, left to right) Diane Takeuchi, Marylou Wendel, RoeAnn Child, Jim Souders, Geri Weiss, Anne Truax, and Peggy Rinella. ◄ Marylou (Wendel) Webb (left, center) recently passed on the homecoming crown with most of the squad pre– sent: (left to rigltt) Peggy (Rinella) Schlegel, Anne (Truax) Ellet, RoeAnn (Child) Oberg, and Diane Takeuchi. SPRI NG 2004 PSU MAGAZINE 23