PSU Magazine Summer 1987

-----·ALUMNOTES·----- Compiled by CliffJ ohnson Vanport Kenneth M. Evansen, president of Insurance Solutions & Service Co., Inc., Portland, has received "outstanding production" ratings from two national life insurance firms. Vern B. Pearson, senior vice pres– ident in the Public Affairs Division of U.S. Bancorp, Portland, is one of the five new members recently n amed to the Portland Com– munityCollege Foundation board of trustees. Ronald Still, president of Ron Still Co. and former Portland police chief, has been named vice president of the board of direc– tors of Rejan Inc. '59 David Hedges (BS), has been named assistant to the commis– sioner in Portland City Commis– sioner Dick Bogie's office. '61 Judith Hofer (BS), president and chiefexecutive officer ofFamous– Barr Department Stores, St. Louis, Mo., was recently named one of the nation's top ten business– women by Savvy Magazine. Les Larson (BS) has won a third term as director of the Oak Lodge Water District in Clackamas County, Ore. Larson also owns and operates the Oak Grove Learning Tree Day School Robert C. Root (BS), assistant vice president with First Inter– state Bank, Portland, is serving as treasurer of The Hollywood Boosters, a civic betterment or– ganization active in the northeast Portland district. Gary Whelan (BS) has been appointed assistant vice president in the Portland office of Marsh & McLennan, an international in– surance broker. He joined the firm in 1983 as manager of the health care services unit. '62 Jerry A. Parsons (BS), vice presi– dent/ controller ofWillamette In– dustries, has been elected presi– dent of the Portland Chapter of the Fin ancial Executives Institute board of directors. '65 James A. Cronin (BA, '80 BS) has been named executive director of the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Portland. Lee Knight (BS), principal at White River High School in Buck– ley, Wash., has been named prin– cipal at Woodland High School in Woodland, Wash. Kenneth Moss (BS, '66 MST), boys' basketball coach at Centen– nial High School, Gresham, Ore. for the past ten years, has given up coaching to coordinate the summer and night high school programs within the Mt. Hood Community College District. Moss will also continue in his position as head of the Centennial High counseling program. Louise Smith (MSW) received a governor's award for outstanding volunteer service at a May 4 cere– mony in Olympia, Wash. Smith, who is blind, volunteers for the Coalition of Handicapped Or– ganizations, training staff and leading workshops for clients. '66 Robert H. Colfelt (BS), president ofValley National Bank in Forest Grove, Ore., has been named to the Pacific University board of trustees in that city. John Wendebom (BS), former popular music critic with The Ore– gonian newspaper, is spearhead– ing a new monthly publication called The Main Event, which pre– views shows scheduled at the city– owned Memorial Coliseum, Civic Stadium and Portland Center for the Performing Ans. '67 Richard J. Mimnaugh (BS), has been elected president of the Portland Apparel Association. He is a Portland-area distributor for Munsingwear, Inc. James N. Westwood ('67 BA), a partner in the Portland law firm Miller, ash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, has been named chair– man of the American Bar Associ– ation's Forest Resources Commit– tee. Hi s two-year term begins in August. '68 Gene S. Chandlee (BS) has opened the Tigard, Ore. branch of the San Francisco-based inde– pendent insurance adjustment firm of Dorsey, evin & Associ– ates Risk Services, Inc. Rodger Clawson (BS) was sworn in as a Gresham, Ore. city council– man May 5. To keep his seat, Clawson must stand election for a full two-year term in November, 1988. Dr. Donald Lange (BA) has been named clinic director of Psycho– logical Service Center-West, a new mental health facility located in Hillsboro, Ore. '69 Mary Burki (BS, '76 MUS, '82 Ph.D.) has been named to a new position as director of develop– ment at Central City Concern, Portland. She will negotiate new contracts, lease agreements and management arrangements with hotel owners to provide addi– tional housing for low-income residents of downtown Portland. '70 Helen H. Lindgren (BS) has been elected president of the board of directors of Albertina Kerr Cen– ters for Children, Portland. She has been a Kerr board member for five years. PSU MAGAZINE PAGE 24 Ron Melott (BS), president of Melott Associates, Beaverton, Ore., has been elected president of the Cascade Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engi– neers. Gordon E. Smith (BS), of Market Place Foods, Inc., Garibaldi, Ore. and Vernonia Market Place, Ver– nonia, Ore., has been elected vice-chairman of the board for United Grocers, Inc., Oregon's largest food wholesaler. '71 Paul G. Cook (BS) h as joined Charles Davis and former State Sen. Nancy Ryles on the new three-member Oregon Public Util– ity Commission created by voters last November. Cook has been involved in banking for nearly 30 years. Most recently, he had been serving as vice president and man– ager of the head office commer– cial banking center for Key Bank. Madeline Janovec (BS), a Hills– boro, Ore. artist a nd printmaker, had her works on paper dis– played for the month of May in her city's public library. Linda Maxwell (BA) has been appointed director of financial aid at Illinois State University. She is the former associate director of financial aid at Ball State University in Indiana. Janice Page (BS, '73 MSW) has been named the new Teen-Par– ent Project director at the Mt. Hood Council ofCamp Fire, Inc., Gladstone, Ore.. Sgt. Les G. Youngbar (BS) has been named interim chief of the Lake Oswego, Ore. Police Depart– ment. '72 James Aalberg (BS) has been promoted to senior vice president a nd manager of the commercial banking division for Rainier Bank Oregon, Portland. William Korach (MST) has been named superintendent of the Lake Oswego, Ore. School Dis– trict, effectiveJuly I. He had been serving as the district's acting ' •