PSU Magazine Summer 1988

state, also serving most of Mon– tana from her office in Spokane. She is reportedly the first woman state geologist serving her agency and the only one to date to have official responsibility for two states. Paul LaViolette (Ph.D. ) has become the first American scien– tist to receive the deepest ice core samples ever drilled in the Earth, directly from the Soviet Union's year-round base at Vostok in the Ant a rc ti ca. Th e Portl a nd researcher, who currentl y works outside the " main stream" U.S . science community, believes th e samples may hold evidence of historic "superwave" episodes in– volving explosive outbursts from the center of the Milky Way gala xy in whi ch th e Ea rth resides. H e contends these erup– tions may have pushed cosmic dust into the Earth's atmosphere, causing great climati c changes. The Russian ice core samples are thou ght to hold trapped air bub– bles and particles which can be a nalyzed, giving Dr. LaViolette a look a t a tmospheric conditions on Ea rth extending from more than 160,000 years ago to the last Ice Age some 12,000 years ago. Kerry Moell (BA) has been pro– moted to m a n age r a t th e Portland offic e of Price Wa terhou se, ce rtifi ed public accounta nts. Arlene Way (BS), a C.P.A. with the firm of Rooper, Onstott, Broehl & Way in The Dalles and Hood River, Ore., has been nam– ed a shareholder in the firm. She has been with the organization since 1983, and specializes in farm and ranch accounting and taxes. '84 Jayne Bruno (BA) has been ap– pointed as permanent director of the Beaverton, Ore., Arts Com– mission. She had been serving as interim director of the commission since 1986. Bruno is currently working toward a master's degree in public administration at PSU. Linda McLain ('84 BS) and Leslie Currie have joined to form the certified public accounting firm of Currie & M cLain in Van– couver, Wash. Laurie M. Schwartz-Knee (BS) is the new developer of programs to assist horseback riders with mobility handicaps who visit the new, nonprofit Circle "R'' Ranch, located on 40 acres in rural Washington County, Ore. She has also been appointed to the Oregon Developmental Disabilities Plan– ning and Advisory Council. The council oversees all state-run pro– grams that deal with developmen– tal disabilities. Schwartz-Knee, who suffers from cerebral palsy, traveled across America in her wheelchair in 1981 to dramatize the needs of disabled people. '85 Ray Bartlett (MS) and his firm, ECO Northwest, a re serving as economic and land-use consultants to a steering committee under con– tract to the C ity of Portland. Their combined task is to explore ways in which the Interstate 5 Freeway could either be relocated or else routed under its current route along the Willamette River's east bank between the Steel and Mar– quam Bridges. Norman "Butch" Pribbanow (BS) graduated in mid-May from Willamette University Law School in Salem , Ore., wh e re hi s classmates selected him to give the commencement speech at the class banquet. Pribbanow was rendered quadriplegic by a 1973 accident. Dwight D. Wallis (BA), an ar– chivist with the C ity of Portland, has been elected director of educa– tion for the Association of Records Managers and Administrators. Lisa R. Weaver (BA), a human resources representative with Avia Athletic Footwear, Portland, has been selected to represent the Portland chapter of Business and Professional Women. The pro– gram honors young women's scholastic work, community ser– vice and career achievements. '86 Gloria Chenoweth (BS) of Design Council Inc. in Portland, received two first place awards for design: one for Western Paper Company's 1986 Christmas card and another for Pacific Printing Industries Award design. Carol Hendricks (BA) has been promoted to director of consumer se rvice a t Anth ro Co rp. , a Tektronix company which designs and markets furniture to accom– modate computer equipment. '87 Peter E. Hooper (BS) is undergo– ing primary flight training at Cor– pus Christi, Texas, to become an aviator with the U.S. Navy. Hooper chose his naval career after watching F-4 fi ghter planes taking off and landing at Portland Air Base while he worked on a con– struction job at nearby Portland International Airport. J. Greg Ness (MBA) has been named assistant vice president of human resources at Standard In– surance Co., Portland. H e is responsible for recruitment, com– pensation, benefits, training and employee development. Dee Ann Wall (BS) has joined Metropolitan Statewide Service Company's Portland offi ce as an account representative. Wall most recently served as a junior sales assistant at Paine Webber in Portland. In Memoriam Pauline B. Acaiturri ('61 BS), a retired librarian for Vernonia, Eugene and Springfield , Oregon Public Schools, died March 10 in Sweet H ome, Ore. Most recently, she owned and operated Polly's Bloomers, a rhododendron and azalea nursery. Survivors include her husband, sister and brother. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Linn County U nit, P.O. Box 616, Lebanon, OR. 97355. Dr. John P. ''Jack" Allen ('65 BS) of Galesburg, Ill., was killed March 25 while on routine train– ing maneuvers as the flight surgeon aboard an A-37 Air Na– tional Guard fighter jet that crash– ed near Rushville, Ill. He was 45. Dr. Allen was chief of neurology at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Peoria as well as a neurologist in private practice in Galesburg. Survivors include his wife, son, daughter and mother. The family suggests that remem– brances be contributions to the Boy Scouts of America. m 27 Clifford Bergen ('65 MST), a consultant with Mount H ood Christian School in G resham, Ore., died M ay 22 at a local hospital. He was 63. A former ad– ministrative assistant at the school, he belonged to the American Scientific Affiliation, an organiza– tion fo r professionals interested in the intermingling of science and Christianity. Survivors include his wife, daughter and two grand– daughters. Contributions may be made to the American Scientific Affiliation, P.O. Box 668, Ipswich, ME. 01938. Donna Byers ('64 BA), a Portland native who taught high school in Rochester, N.Y. , died of cancer April 13 in Rochester at the age of 45. She was also known as a skill– ed storyteller in her readings at M emo ri al Art G all e ry in Rochester. She earned a master's degree from the University of Rocheste r a nd la ter was a Fulbright exchange teacher in England. Survivors include her husband, father, mother and sister. Peter H. _Gray ('58 BS), a credit manager and accountant for HJM Corp. of Tualatin, Ore., died of cancer April 21 in his Tigard, Ore., home. H e was 58, and a member of the National Associa– tion of C redit M anagement. Mr. Gray also was a past performing member and board chairman of the Portland Symphonic Choir. In addition, he was a board member of the Choral Art Ensemble and a member of the American Choral Directors Association. Survivors include his wife, three sons, five dau ghte rs, hi s mother, two brothers and eight grandchildren. The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Association. PSU