PSU Magazine Summer 1989

Social Work Alumni Association The PSU Graduate School of Social Work is form ing an Alumni Assoc iation and invites all Portland State social work graduates to join . The purpose of the association , according to organizer Gary Dominick, '77 MSW, is to support graduate social work educa– tion using the united influence, loyalty, and resources of its alumni . The association plans to focus on several areas, including coordinating an annual social work conference, acquiring conti– nuing education credit options, supporting current student issues regarding the education of social workers, and providing a forum for alumni influence in policy and direction for the Graduate School of Social Work . For further information call or write the Alumni Association , Graduate School of Social Work , Portland State University, P.O. Box 741 , Portland . OR CJ72(J7, (503) 464-4712. '77 Delyn Kies (BS), one of the top regulators of Portland"s highly com– petitive trash hauling industry whi le serving for seven years as the city's director of solid waste, has joined Northwest Strategies Inc . , a Portland- based public relations and consulting firm . John Salisbury (MS) and other Clackamas County, Ore., teachers journeyed to Independence, Mo. , in April for five days of lecturing to local school students about the Oregon Trai l. Oregon City, Ore., marked the western end of the 2,300 mile trip from Independence. David Sinclair (BS) has been named a senior vice president at U.S. Bank of Oregon . He now manages staff who process the bank's consumer loans in Portland , Eugene. Sa lem , Med fo rd and Pendleton. '78 Don K. Aina (MST) , a basic mathematics teacher at Evergreen Junior High School in Hillsboro, Ore. , has been named bishop in his home ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints in Forest Grove, Ore. John Colasurdo, DMD (BS), a Portland dentist , was elected vice president of the Italian Business– men's Club of Oregon during the group's January meeting. Michael Maley (MSW) has been appointed to the Oregon Develop– mental Disabilities Council by Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt. Maley is the current admi nistrator of developmental disabilities ser– vices for Albertina Kerr Centers for Children in Marylhurst. Ore. '79 Sara Larson (BA) reports she is now directing her own firm in Seat– tle, Wash., specializing in corporate identity logos and signage design . Mark R. Lindley (BS), a Portland attorney formerly with Buck ley, Lindley P.C., has joined another Portland law firm now known as Buckley, Montgomery, LeChevallier & Lindley P.C. Patrick N. Mullaney (BS) and two partners who own JMR Inc. report that thei r Wilsonville, Ore., silk– screening business-begun in a garage just three years ago– currently boasts 25 employees and annual sales approaching $2 million. Diane Snedecor (BS) was awarded a certificate of excellence by the Northwest Wholesale Stationers group during its recent annual meeting. She is a sales represen– tative for Pentel of America , a major manu facturer of pens and pencils headquartered in Torrance, Cali f. '80 Sara M . Allison (MBA), a Portland management development consu l– tant , has been elected secretary of the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland . William L. Gaynor (MPA) has been named president of ambulatory services fo r the new corporation Legacy Health System , formed by the recent merger of Health Link and Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center in Portland . Gaynor fo rmerly headed a for- profit sub– sidi ary called Good Samaritan Health Enterprise. Sally A. Nofziger (BS, '86 MBA). corporate secretary at PacifiCorp, Portland , has been elected to the fi rm's board of directors. Rick Simpson (BS) has been named vice president at U.S. Bancorp Pro– perties Group in Portland . He began his career with the firm in the con– trollers division in 1981. '81 Keith Frutiger (BS) reports he has been promoted to fl eet manager in vehicle operations for the Portland District of the United States Postal Service. Mark Musick (BS) is a new senior account manager at This Week magazine in Tigard , Ore. Dwight Schwab (BS) has been named a top sales producer for 1988 on the 35- person staff at the Lake Oswego, Ore. , rea lty firm of Handel, Hasson and Jones Inc. '82 Stephen Ashby (BS), a certified public accountant , recently opened his own office in the St. Johns business district of North Portland . Ryan Killgore (BS) has been named vice president and district manager fo r the Columbia County district of U.S. Bank of Oregon in Saint Helens. He joined the bank in 1979. Thomas Nissen (BS) is teaching Eng lish to Japanese adults in Fukushima, Japan . He is employed by AMVIC, a system of over 70 Eng li s h co nve rsati o n sc hoo ls throughout the world headquartered in Tokyo. Virginia Stadler (BA) has joined the sales staff at PhotoC raft Inc., a Portland commercial photographic lab. She will serve as the firm's representative to advertising and public relations firms. '83 Lynn Bright (MBA), senior vice president and director of marketing for Security Pacific Bank Oregon in Portland , has been named vice president/programs for the Oregon chapter of the American Marketing Association . Melanie Sievers ('81 BS), a marketing research analyst at Pihas Schmidt Westerdahl Co. in Portl and , also was elected as a chapter vice pres idenJ . David Liebbrandt (BS) , a registered professional engineer, has been named an associate of Murray, Smith & Associates Inc., engineers and planners in Portland. Charlene Rhyne, MSW (MSW), coordinator of admissions in PSU 's Graduate School of Social Work , recently collaborated with several other researchers in the nation's first study of physicians in Oregon who have over- prescribed psychoacti ve drugs to aggressive patients. The report is carried in a current issue of the Western Journal of Medicine. '84 Kathleen Barneby (BA), director of special events at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., was one of four staff members there to share two bronze awards recently from the Counci l for Advancement and Sup– port of Education (CASE). The four were recognized in the public rela– tions category for promoting the an– nual Tom McCall Forum Debate at the university. PSU 27