PSU Magazine Summer 1987

'85 Michael Hoglund (MUP), a plan– ner for the City of Portland, has received a "meritorious project award" from the Oregon Chapter ofthe American PlanningAssocia– tion for devising a planning pro– cess which helps cities a.nd de– velopers to work cooperatively when establishing new conven– ience stores in city neighbor– hoods. Christine Redmond (BS), a local artist who paints in oils, had a one-woman show of her works featured at the Valley An Associa– tion gallery, Forest Grove, Ore. during April. '86 James Milton Smith (BS) is the new accounting clerk for the Port– land and Tigard, Ore. locations of Computer-Land Portland. He formerly served as computer spe– cialist for the accounting depart– ment at the City of Portla nd's DepartmentofEnvironmental Ser– vices. In Memoriam Lt. David R. Kinnaman ('73 BS), the legal adviser for the Portland Police Bureau, died Mar. 31 in his Portland home of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 43. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War, he had been with the Police Bureau for 18 years. JanS. Long('61 BS), a teacher and coach at North Marion High School in Aurora, Ore., died of cancer May 30 in a Portland hos– pital. He was 51. He taughc world geography and driver education until illness forced his resignation a month prior to his death. Russel E. McCollister ('70 MS), superintendent of the Sheridan, Ore. School District since 1985, died April 18. He was 57. Leodis V. McDaniel ('57 BS), prin– cipal of Madison High School in Portland since 1983, died Apr. 11 of a heart attack in a Portla nd hospital. He was 51. He joined Madison High School in 1974 as a counselor, becoming vice prin– cipal in 1979. Edwin C. Moody ('77 BS) was found drowned in the Willamette River Apr. 28. He was 33. Mr. Moody worked as a n insurance underwriter from 1978 to 1981 , then became a street preacher. Patsy Pfeifer ('70 BS), who owned and operated Artifex Typesetting Co. in East Multnomah County, Ore. since 1972, died of a heart attack in her home on May 16. She was 55. Paul Graham Popham ('65 BS), manager of support services at McGraw-Hill Inc., the New York publishing company, and found– er of the Gay Men's Health Crisis - the first and largest volunteer group in the world providing ser– vices for people with AIDS - died May 7 in New York from com– plications related to the disease. He was 45. He served as a n Army officer in Vietnam, receiving a medal for heroism, and continued in the Army Reserves as a Green Beret until 1985, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of major. Richard L. Sander ('60 BS), a former nurseryman, grower and landscape gardener, died of can– cer Mar. 21 at his Beaverton, Ore. home. He was 58. E.L. ''.Joe" Schmoyer ('67 BS), a claims supervisor for Aetna Life & Casualty since 1971 , died of an internal hemorrhage May 18 in a Portland hospital. He was 44. James W. "Bill" Tranch ('61 BS), former automated information ser– vices manager for the Bonneville Power Administration, died May 24 of cancer in his Po rtland home. He was 48. A lifelong Port– land resident, he was employed by the power agency for 27 years. Ralph Charles Weagant (Van– port), owner and manager ofPort– land radio station K.KEY since the mid-l 950s, died May 9 in Hills– boro, Ore. of an apparent heart attack. He was 59. A return to Vietnam Continued from page 18 this belief, that we as Americans still fail to understand the Vietnamese (and other cultures in what we refer to as the non-Western world) and still attempt to impose our ethnocentric bias upon them. This is symbolized politically by our failure to extend diplomatic recogni– tion to their government. Part of the problem is that knowledge of contemporary Vietnam on the part of both scholars and the general public is limited to official government statements and documents, to Western embassy sources who have only slightly more access than the occasional visitor, and to observations a nd impressions formed from regulated contacts and travels throughout the country, such as ours. Still, in the American classroom, we should attempt to understand Vietnam through Vietnamese eyes. At the very least, we should introduce our students to the notion that there are differences in American and Vietnamese perceptions of reality. This understanding is critical if we are to teach new generations to appreciate other cultures. If we fail, as we presently are, we will continue to send our youth to fight and die in countries like Vietnam, for reasons difficult to understand. For this soldier, the nightmare may be drawing to an end. Meeting the former enemy face-to-face has shown him to be a human being who, in his own wartorn country, is willing to drink with his former enemy - to share a toast to peace. Psu David Berman would like to thank the following for the opportunity to revisit Southeast Asia: PSU Office ofAcademic Affairs, PSU Foundation, William j oiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences at University of Massachusetts-Boston. Helen Gordon Center Continued from page 9 advantage of a rent-free building and support services from the University, an investment PSU has happily made through the years. "The PSU administration has been sensitive to the needs of its students, faculty and staff and the special role PSU plays in the community as an urban institution, and has been very supportive of our program," said Browning. It seems to be one of those situations in which everyone benefits: in this case, parents, children and institution. And for those on campus who have little direct contact with the children of the Helen Gordon Child Development Center, it is an occasional reminder, on a fall or spring day, of where academia's responsibilities ultimately lie. PSu PSU MAGAZINE PAGE 28 •