PSU Magazine Summer 1990

..Analys is of Procurement Func– tion" was accepted in April by the Bodle ian Library of Oxford Uni – versity, England . Byrd lives in San Diego, Calif. , and works fo r the Convair Di vision of General Dynamics. Don Dickinson Don Dickinson (BS , ' 72 MBA) has been promoted to senior vice president at Gerber Adverti si ng Agency in Portl and . Dick inson. who has been with the agency for 18 years, will continue his role as account supervisor and will main– tain responsibility fo r agency promotion. Dickinson is a mem– ber of the PSU Alumni Board . Terry L . Ha rrington (BS) writes that he is celebrating 20 years with United Parcel Service (UPS ). Har– rington, who li ves in Pleasanton, Calif., is the N. W. Reg ion district industrial engineering manager fo r UPS . '69 Virginia Homeier Anderson (BS) writes that she is an admini s– trative ass istant for Educational Services in the Parkrose School District and is completing her di s– sertation. Diana Brimhall Diana Brimhall (BS ) has been named chief of the Public Affa irs office for the Portland District of the U.S . Army Corps of En– gineers. In her new pos ition , Brimhall w ill foc us on public re la– tions fo r hydroelectric power, fl ood control, recreation and fi sh and wildlife for a di strict that covers 79 ,405 square miles in Ore– gon and 8,740 miles in southwest– ern Washington. O tis Falls (MS) has been ap– pointed new superintendent for North Douglas School District. Fall s, currentl y superi ntendent of Grant County Distri ct No. 4 in Pra irie City. Ore. , rece ived hi s doctorate in educational leader– ship from the U. S. International Uni ve rsi ty in San Diego, Ca lif. Charles H. Hunt (BS) li ves in Medford , Ore. , and works as an air traffic controller. Hunt , who is the contract chairman fo r the ati onal Ai r Traffic Controll er's Assoc iation, orthwest/Mountain Region, writes that his current em– phasis is on stress in the work– place fo r the air traffi c controller. C laudia A. Stockton (BS) has joined the rea lity firm , Profess ion– als 100 Inc ., in the Portl and exec u– ti ve branch. Stockton is a member of the Washington County Assoc i– ation of Real tors. '70 Tyrone Busch (BS) is an instruc– tor of history at Shawnee State Uni versity in Portsmouth . Oh io . Busch received his MA in Ameri– can soc ial history from the Uni ver– sity of Nevada, Las Vegas. Beverly Bernt Herbert (BA) is a judge for the Workers Compensa– tion Appeals Board for the state of Cali fo rn ia. Herbert , who lives in Santa Barbara, Ca lif., taught high schoo l in Oregon , Austra lia and Japan before attendi ng law school. She has been a j udge for nearl y fi ve years in Ventu ra County, Cali f. Robert Liddell (BS) has been elected mayor of West Lin n, Ore. Liddell is an account executi ve with Portland Genera l Electric 's corporate sales group . Formerly regional sales manager w ith the Benj . Franklin Savings and Loan Assoc iation , he spent 15 years as program director for the Colum– bia- Pacific Council of the Boy Scou ts of America. Liddell has li ved in West Linn fo r the past 11 yea rs, where he has served on the West Linn Budget Committee and the city's Poli ce Task Force. James D. Smirh Money in the bank Jim Aalberg ('72 BS) has initiated a new scholarship for graduate students studying banking and fin ance in the PSU School of Business Administra– tion. Aalberg, a senior vice pres ident at Security Pac ific Bank Oregon, convinced seven other business school alumni working at the bank to contri – bute to the fund and the bank matched their contributions. J ames D. Smith (BS) has joined KeyCorp as vice president and na– tional property/casualty insurance director. KeyCorp is a fi nanc ial services company based in A l– bany, New York . Smith , who has been in the insurance industry fo r 17 years , will remain in Portl and with his wife Ter ry H . Sm ith ('72 BS) and three children. Nancy Tang (BS , ' 73 MBA) has been elected vice president of the Oregon Soc iety of Certified Pub– lic Accountants for 1990-9 1. Tang is vice provost of academic affa irs at PSU. '71 Michael A. McGee (BS ) is superintendent of the new pri son be ing built in North Portl and. The Aalberg began working for limAalberg the Bank of California after grad uating from Portland 's Franklin High School. With the financial help of hi s employer and by working six days a week , he received hi s degree in business admin istration from PSU. In 1975, he joined the Oregon Bank which was subseq uently acqu ired by Security Pacific . Aalberg is in charge of the Business Banking Group , a division that calls on corporations with sales of $5 mi ll ion to $75 million. In describing the scholarship and hi s commitment to the Uni versity, Aalberg said, "PSU afforded me the opportunity to attend a first-rate uni versity and maintain full -time employment. We put together this scholarship as a way of saying thanks to the school. " The other Security Pacifi c contributors are: Lynn M . Bright ('83 MBA), Kathleen Jansen (' 89 MBA), Gordon Holoman (' 69 BS), Bonnie Leiser ('80 BS), Raedene Keaton ('87 BS), S.E. Smith ('72 BS), and Robert McCall (' 68 BS). Aalberg also serves on the PSU Foundation Board of Directors, is a member of PSU 's Corporate Assoc iates and is active with the Viking Athlet ic Association. PSU 25