PSU Magazine Spring 2006

Saluting alu111ni and friends of Portland State The lives and accomplishments of the following seven people were honored at the annual PSU Salutes reception May 11 . Margaret Dobson '53 (Vanport) President's Award for University Advancement ♦ Faculty mem– ber since 1955; profes– sor emerita of health and physical edu– cation and executive vice president emerita ♦ Highest ranking woman administra– tor at PSU from 1980 to 1990 ♦ Former board member of the Viking Backer Advisory Council ♦ Generous donor to Viking athletics scholarships, programs, and other campuswide programs ♦ Member of the National Softball Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame ♦ Viking baseball player in 1951 Dick Powers Outstanding Friend of Athletics ♦ Volunteer team photographer for over 17 years ♦ Photographer of thousands of PSU images used in Viking programs, media guides, and other communications ♦ Former Multnomah County reserve deputy, who assisted 1946 Vanport flood victims ♦ Veteran of three decades of decorated military service Michael Reardon Distinguished Faculty Career Award ♦ Faculty member since 1964; profes– sor emeritus of history and humani– ties; former provost ♦ Early pioneer and longtime sup– porter of international advancement and recruitment ♦ Recipient of the George C. Hoffman 28 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 2006 Award for Faculty Excellence and the Mosser Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching ♦ Recipient of the national PEW Leader– ship Award for Transformation of Undergrad– uate Education and a Kellogg Award for Leadership in Institu– tional Transformation Mike Richardson '77 Outstanding Alumnus Award ♦ President and publisher of Dark Horse Comics, third largest comic book publisher in the U.S. ♦ Founder of Dark Horse Entertainment, producer of such movies as The Mask, Alien vs. Preda– to,; and Hellboy ♦ Supporter of PSU Athletics the Millar Library ♦ Viking basketball player from 1973 LO 1977 Jim Rippey President's Award for Outstanding Philanthropy ♦ Founder of the Hopes & Dreams Schol– arship for first– generation students at PSU ♦ Lead donor to the Future of Promise scholarships program at Portland's Roosevelt High School ♦ Member of the PSU President's Circle ♦ Donor to the new PSU Northwest Center for Engineering, Science, and Technology ♦ Sponsor of Northwest Science Expo, the region's premier science fair for middle and high school stu– dents ♦ PSU Foundation board member Joan Shireman Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award ♦ Faculty mem– ber since 1985; profes– sor emerita of social work ♦ Founder and first director of PSU's Ph.D. program in social work and social research ♦ Founder of the Charles and Joan Shireman Endowed Scholarship for PSU students interested in careers in child welfare or juvenile justice ♦ Volunteer and board member for more than 20 years at Friendly House in Portland ♦ Board member for the Oregon foster care Citizens Review Board Milton Smith '62 Outstanding Alumnus Award ♦ President of Smith Invest– ments, an investment and accounting firm ♦ Board member for the Swan Island Net– work, lnc. ♦ A founder of ThrustMaster, Inc. , and of Floating Point Systems, Inc. ♦ Past chairman of the Oregon Council of the American Engineer– ing Association (AEA) and a mem– ber of the AEA national board, the Oregon Business Council, and six other nonprofit organizations ♦ Generous supporter of PSU physics, engineering, and other programs D