PSU Magazine Summer 1989

Greg Stilson (BS) and Christie Stilson ('74 BS) report they have fo rmed Paradise Publications in Portland. They now co- author and publish Hawaiian guidebooks, in– cluding three titles released this spring. Patrick H. Vaughan (BS) has been named manager of the site assess– ment division of SRH Environmen– tal Management in Portland . '74 Fritz Bartsch (BS) has been pro– moted to vice president and manager of the executive banking department at U.S. Bank of Oregon . Shirley Bass (BA), a Portland at– torney, has been elected secretary on the 1989 board of directors for the Altrusa Club of Portland Founda– tion. The club is an international organization of professional people who provide community service. Lloyd Beemer CPA (BS), a cer– tifi ed publi c accountant with Beemer Johnson Smith & Co. in Portland , has established I.Limbers CPA Review ofOregon. The publica– tion prov ides comprehensive study information for candidates taking the CPA exam in Oregon. Patrick F. Donaldson (BS), an ex– pert in business crime and security, has been named executive director of the new Citizens Crime Commis– sion, a coalition of Portland- area business leaders. Eva Parsons (MA) has accepted the position of executive director of the Business Youth Exchange, an 'af– filiate of the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. She was most recently human resources manager for Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey, a Portland law firm . Stephen Pearson (BS) reports he is working as Southern Cali fornia representative for Biola University and for the "Biola Hour," now heard on more than 90 radio stations across the nation. He also serves as chaplain in his local unit of the U. S. Army Reserve. Jay C. Thomas (BS), a Portland in– dustrial psychologist and owner of the firm bearing his name, has been named 1989 pres ident- elect for the National Association for Perfor– mance and Instruction. PSU 26 '75 Barbara Alberty (BS, '78 MBA), director of student services in PSU's School of Business Administration, has been appointed a new board member at PC Northwest Inc. , a human resource consulting firm headquartered in Portland . Richard R. Askay, Ph.D. (BA), associate professor of philosophy at the University of Portland , received the Burlington Northern Outstand– ing Teacher Award during recent commencement exercises held at the university. He has been a faculty member there since 1982 . Anna Brown (BS), a partner in the Portland law fi rm of Bullivant Houser Bailey Pendergrass & Hoff– man, has been elected treasurer on the 1989 board of directors of the Multnomah Bar Association. Norman Eder (MA), director of ex– ternal affairs and development at Oregon Graduate Center in Beaver– ton, Ore., has been appointed vice president for public affairs there. He now manages a seven- person staff in charge of governmental relations, public relations, publications and special events. David Fitzpatrick David Fitzpatrick (BA , '77 MS) has been elected associate actuary by the board of directors at Standard Insurance Co. , Portland . He now prices Standard's dental insurance products, handles all the firm's rein– surance requirements and serves as underwriter for Standard's group long- term disabil ity and life in– surance cases. Steve Gentzkow (BS) has been named a partner and co- manager of the residential department of Palmer, Groth & Pietka Real Estate Ap– praisers in Portland. Jon Gramenz (BA) has joined Clackamas County Bank in Sandy, Ore., as a loan offi cer. He held a similar position in the Bank of Cali fornia's Portland offi ce. James Herbst (BS) has been named assistant vice president and com– mercial account officer at U.S. Bank of Oregon's West Metro Commer– cial Banking Center in Beaverton, Ore. Moonja Sa HoUosy (MA) has joined the Portland office of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Inc., a Minne– apolis- based investment firm , as a vice president and investment executive. Thomas A. Lockhart (MBA) has been elected by the board of direc– tors of Paci fi Corp, Portland , as vice president of power systems fo r both Pac ific Power and Utah Power & Light. Lockhart is now responsible for integrated power operations and wholesale power transactions for the combined Pac ifi c- Utah powe r system. David L. McClung (MBA) has been elected chairman of the na– ti o na l Fin a nc ia l In stituti o ns Marketing Association. He is senior vice president and director of marketing at Far West Federal Bank John McDaniel (BS) has been pro– moted to vice president and director of operations at Covalt Enterprises Inc., parent company of Izzy's Piz– za Restaurants. He now oversees management recruitment and train– ing, operations personnel training, and supervision of the operations at all 15 restaurants in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Dan McGivern (BS), executive director of Sho- Craft Sheltered Workshop in Vancouver, Wash., has been named an employment coun– selor for Network Employment Training for Work . Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, Ph.D. (BA), reports he returned to Portland State in April for the first time since graduation, to give a PSU Geog– raphy Colloquium presentation. He is now an assistant professor of geography at Mississippi State University. Tom Moyer (BS) has sold his 296- screen Luxury Theatres movie house chain and affili ated com– panies to Act ill Theatres of San An– tonio, Texas for a sum reportedly in excess of $150 million. Fred Rosenbaum (BS), senior part– ner in Rosenbaum and Rosenbaum Life Insurance Brokers, Portland , is the recipient of the 1989 Torch of Liberty Award presented by the Pacific Northwest Regional Ad– visory Board of the Anti- Defama– tion League of B'nai B'rith . Rosen– baum served fo r over a dozen years as chairman of the board of commis– sioners for the Housing Authority of Portland. He also founded a summer camp for low- income youths near Astoria, Ore., while serving as a major in the Oregon National Guard . '76 Val Anderson (BA), a ten- year empl oyee in The Oregonian newspaper's advertising department , has been promoted to retail division advertising manager at the paper's parent publishing firm . John L. Hutchison (MSW) has been named vice pres ident of marketing for Capitol Health Care and chief operating officer fo r Health Maintenance of Oregon Inc. Both are subsid iaries of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon. Hut– chison is the former vice president of marketing fo r Physicians Associa– tion of Clackamas County. Steve Mauritz (BS, '86 MS) will be the new princ ipal at River Grove Elementary School in Lake Oswego, Ore. , this fall. He is currently fini shing his second year as prin– cipal at Estacada Junior High School in Estacada. Dennis H. Ross, P.E. (BS), reports he has been appointed vice presi– dent/engineering at Management Services Institute Inc. in La Mirada, Calif. The firm specializes in public agency finance. He is the former city engineer for the City of La Mesa, located near San Diego, Calif. Rolland D. Royce (BS) has been promoted to senior vice president and controller at Oregon First Bank in Portland , which recently was renamed West One Bank . Royce also serves as a member of the bank's ex– ecutive committee and senior loan committee.