PSU Magazine Summer 1989

Compiled by Cliff Johnson Vanport Richard M. " Bix" Bixler, well known in Portland advertising circles for over 30 years, has retired as retail advertising manager of n 1e Oregonian newspaper. He was in– strumental in developing the paper's zoned news and advertising sections in the late 1970s. '58 Patti Nell (BS) reports she is work– ing as a gifted/talented education coordinator for the Akron, Colo., School District, where she also received two recent grants for development of gifted/talented pro– grams in ru ral high schools. '61 Judith K. Hofer (BS) has been named to the board of directors of Key Bank of Oregon. She is presi– dent and chief executive officer of Meier & Frank , Portland , and also serves on the board of directors of Greyhound Corp. '62 Jerry Parsons (BS) has been elected executive vice president , chief finan– cial officer, secretary and treasurer by the board of directors at Willa– mette Industries Inc., Portland . Milton R. Smith (BS), vice chair– man of the board of FPS Computing in Beaverton, Ore., has been ap– pointed as interim executive direc– tor for the Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation. '64 Michael Schrunk (BS), Multnomah County District Attorney, has received one of the Oregon Women's Political Caucus " 1989 Good Guys Awards." The honors are given each year to men who have made substan– tial contributions to the advancement of women in Oregon. PSU 24 I ALUM NOTES I '65 John F. Scott (BS) has been named general manager of Cronin and Caplan Realtors. He is also the new designated broker at the fi rm's main offi ce in Portland, and was recent– ly named one of four 1989 Realtors of the Year by members of four Portland- area Boards of Realtors. '66 John K. Sherwood (BS) has been elected vice president and manager of The Bank of Cali fornia's real estate banking group in Portland. '67 William L. Hennrich William L. Hennrich, Ph.D. (BS) , has been named vice president and treasurer of Hoffman- La Roche Inc., headquartered in New Jersey. He joined the fi rm in 1972 as a fi nancial analyst. Hoffman- La Roche is a principal producer of prescript io n drugs and other medicinal products. Herb Koss (BS), a Portland- area builder and developer for over 20 years, has joined RE/MAX & Associates in Lake Oswego, Ore., as a real estate sales associate. He is credited with building over 400 homes and other structures, as well as developing some 650 lots prin– cipally located in the West Linn area. David G. Remington (BS) reports he has been named executive vice president and general manager for a new Arizona- based insurance agency, American Guardian Lloyds, in the fi rm's Dallas, Texas, office. Ray Van Beek (BS), owner of a Portland CPA fi rm who formerly worked for the G.I. Joe's department store chain , has purchased the cha in's e ight rema ining Jea n Machine clothing stores in Oregon, with plans to re- establish them as a fam ily- run operation. '68 George Kosovich (BS), who has had a severe hearing loss since chil d hood , now wo rk s as a Portland- based coordinator for the State of Oregon's Deaf and Hearing Impaired Access Program. The pro– gram seeks to make state agencies accessible to those with hearing problems. Robert E. McCall (BS) has joined Security Pac ific Bank Oregon as fi rst vice president for the retail branch system. McCall is also responsible for managing the bank's new commercial banking region. John G. Wiencken (BS) , a Portland accountant and consultant who specializes in assisting fa iling com– panies, has been legally authorized to take over management of and of– fer his plan to reorganize the beleaguered Plaid Pantry chai n of 169 convenience stores. Julius Wilkerson (BS, '75 MS) has joined Investment Management & Research in Lake Oswego, Ore. , as a broker. He was formerly with Titan Capital. '69 Larry W. Becker (BS) and Mert Meeker ('81 BS) have been elected membership co- chairs fo r the Oregon Insurance Council of the Western Insurance Information Ser– vice. Becker is vice president of branch operations at North Pacific Insurance Co. in Portland; Meeker is marketing director for Killian Pacifie, a Portland developer. Brian D. Black (BS) has been named assistant vice president in the income property finance division at U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. in Portland , where he has been a loan officer since 1985. Joel C. Lewton (BS) reports he has been named pastor of the United Church of Raymond in Raymond , Wash. Michael A. Nelson (BS), president of BenjFran Development Inc., Portland , has been named 1989 news letter chair/editor for the Portland- area chapter of the Na– tional Association of Industrial and Office Parks. David Streight (BA , '81 MS), a teacher of religion and philosophy as well as a school psychologist at Orego n Episcopa l Schoo l in Portland, is the sole Oregon winner of a new fellowship from the Na– tio na l End owment fo r th e Humanities and Reader's Digest. The fellowship allows him to study the subject of love for a year, unen– cumbered by classes and academic paper work . His wife, Pamela Vohnson ('69 BA , '80 MAT) , teaches French at the same school. '70 Elizabeth "Sherry" Crownhart– Vaughan (MA), executive director of the North Pacific Study Center at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, was one of II Oregon women named as 1989 White Rose honorees for her documentation of Russian history in the North Pacifi c and promotion of American- Soviet dialogue. Carol Edelman (BA), president of Edelman Naiman Bissett interior ar– chitects, Portland , reports that her firm collaborated with the design team recently honored with a Na– tional Endowment for the Arts Federal Design Achievement Award. The award cited the team's contribu– tions to the interior design of the popular Mount St. Helens Visitors Center in Southwest Washington. Peter Gearin (BS), head of CARS (Consolidated Automotive Resource Service Inc.) in Portland , continues to work toward creating Oregon's first car importing facility outside of Portland , near Astoria. Gearin , formerly president of Consolidated Convoy Co. , sold the trucking firm to Ryder Systems Inc. of Miami, Fla. in 1987.