PSU Magazine Summer 1987

I • PSU ·MAGAZINE· Cover: Former assistant teacher Patricia Crippen takes her 3- and 4- year-olds on an outdoor excursion during a warm spring day at the Helen Gordon Child Development Center. See story about the center on pages 7-9. ---·CONTENTS·--- FEATURES SUMMER 1987 Herpes Simplex-1 Biology professor Robert Millette's investigation of the most common herpesvirus is contributing to genetic and cancer research. Pages 5-6 Caring for PSU's Children The 15-year-old Helen Gordon Child Development Center at PSU has come of age as a showcase preschool in an ideal facility. Pages 7-9 Appointment in Salem Gov. Goldschmidt has selected several PSU grads to help him run Oregon's government. Who are they and what led them to Salem? Page 10-13 Returning to Vietnam Twenty years after serving in Vietnam as a soldier, education professor David Berman found a country still trying to recover. Pages 17-18 DEPARTMENTS Around the Park Blocks Sports 2-3 16 21 22-23 24-28 29 Books Campus Notes Alum Notes Calendar PSU Magazine is published quanerly for alumni and friends of Ponland State University by the PSU Office of Public Affairs. Editor/ Photographer: Cynthia D. Stowell, Contributors: Clarence Hein ('65), CliffJo hnson; Calendar Editor: Pat Scott. Letters to the editor, news items and inquiries about advenising should be directed to the Editor, PSU Magazine, Ponland State University, P.O. Box 751, Ponland, Oregon 97207; (503) 229-3711. Please send address changes to the Office of Development, Ponland State University, P.O. Box 75 1, Ponland, Oregon 97207. PSU suppons equal educational opponunity without regard to sex, race, handicap, age, national origin, marital status or religion. PSU MAGAZINE PAGE 1