PSU Magazine Winter 1988

Dennis Kviz (BS) is president of a new firm , Compute Able Network , Inc. of Portland , which was the only Oregon business invited to join a special trade delegation to the Sov iet Union Sept. 25- 0cl. 10. '77 Michael R. Bellish (BS) has been named program manager for the Washington County Area Agency on Aging in Hillsboro. Ore. Florence C. Berman (BS, ·so MSW), a Portland soc ial researcher and writer. recently completed a survey of more than 100 Portland– area women whose husbands have retired. She began her research after her own husband announced his retirement al age 57. Roy B. Conant (BA) and his wife Rebecca have opened Conant & Co– nant. Booksellers in Northeast Portland. The store specializes in books published by some 150 univer– sity presses around the country. Ann L. Gardner (BS) has been pro– moted to project manager in the economic development department of the Portland Development Commis– sion. Stephanie Hallock (BA , '79 MPA) has been named administrator of the Oregon Department of Environmen– tal Quality's Hazardous and Solid Waste Division. She most recently worked at the offices of The Hallock Agency Inc., a Portland public rela– tions consulting firm. '78 Milton V. Asher (BS) , assistant con– troller at Reinsurance Agency, Inc. in Chicago, was awarded the protes– sional insura nce des ignation of Chartered Property Casualty Under– writer (CPCU) in October. Ralph L. Cherry, Ph.D. (MS), has been appointed director of the Geron– tology Center at Purdue University– Calumet in Hammond, Ind . The center works to promote the educa– tion and integration of older people in Northwest Indiana. Cherry is an assistant professor of sociology at the un iversity. PSU 26 Ralph Cherry Nancy J. Combs (MS) is the new librarian at Tom McCall Middle School in Forest Grove, Ore. She had held a similar job in the neighbor– ing Banks, Ore., School District. Brian Kleiner (MST) is the new principal of Wood Middle School in Wilsonville, Ore. He is the former principal of nearby Milwaukie Junior High School. '79 Samuel Brooks (BS), president of S. Brooks & Associates Inc., Portland , has been elected chairman of the Na– tional Advisory Board of Small Business Development Centers. He also was one of seven Portland- area minority business owners honored Oct. 4 with national Minority Enter– prise Development Week awards. Terry N. Crawford (MBA) has been promoted to major programs mana– ger of Intel Corporation's Systems and Software Engineering Division in Hillsboro, Ore. He has been with the firm for the past eight years. Linda S. Dodds (BS) has produced an audio cassette tape and map guide called " Portland Downtown Discov– ery Walk ," the result of fi ve years' work to chronicle interesting histori– cal facts and tidbits about downtown buildings and landmarks. The walk– ing tour aid is available in local b<iokstores. Dodds is married to PSU history professor Gordon B. Dodds. William Stoller (MBA), owner of Express Temporary Services, Port– land , is a new director on the board of the Portland Metropolitan Cham– ber of Commerce. '80 Debby Ebel (BS) ha5 joined the sales staff of ERA Lois Ebel & Associates, Realtors of Forest Grove, Ore. She is the former purchasing and fac ility manager of the Metropolitan Clinic in Portland . Jane Hartline (MPA), marketing director fo r Portland 's Washington P.ark Zoo, has been elected as a new board member of The Nature Con– servancy's 10,000- member Oregon chapter. Bonnie T. Leiser (BS) has joined Oregon Bank in Portland as vice president in the Business Services Group. The bank has 56 branches throughout Oregon. Leiser is the former vice president of Security Pacific Business Credit in Portland . Pamela Luna-Raffy (BS, '82 MST), health and P. E. coordinator for the San Diego County Office of Educa– tion in Cali fornia, received one of two awards in August from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for her work in developing drug prevention programs and cur– ricula for use by educators and ad– ministrators countywide. Maya Myoga (MST, ''if/ Ph .D.) has joined the Japanese business depart– ment at Ernst & Whinney in the Portland offi ce of the accounting firm . He is a former visiting assis– tant professor of business at PSU. Joseph K. O 'Brien (BS) has been promoted to audit senior manager at the Portland office of Touche Ross CPAs. Scott P. Patterson ('88 BS) recently joined the firm's professional staff. Timothy W. Stewart, M.D. (BS), an obstetrician/gynecologist, has joined the practice of West Hills Women's Clinic PC in Southwest Portland . He completed his residency this year at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. '81 Priscilla Blume! (BS) has joined the Portland firm of Groups Inc. as an associate. She will specialize in short- term projects and special event management and in arrangements for foreign visitors. She is married to fo rmer Portland State President Joseph C. Blume!. Na'im Hasan (BS) realized his dream to become an Olympic com– petitor at Seoul , Korea, in Sep– tember. Although the American taekwondo expert missed earning a medal in the Korean martial art. he did win his fi rst match during his fi rst world- class competition, marched in the games' opening ceremonies with the world's top athletes. and has already promised to return to Seoul next summer to compete in the taekwondo world championships. Nancy O'Donnell (MS) is the new principal of Cannon Beach Elemen– tary School in Cannon Beach, Ore. She joined the Seaside School District in 1968 as an elementary teacher, and is the district's first female school principal. Joni Osmond (BS) is a new staff member at PSW Direct, a division of the Pihas Schmidt Westerdahl advertising and public relations agen– cy in Portland . She comes to PSW from Oregon Business Magazine, Portland , where she was account ex– ecuti ve responsible for special sec– tions and new projects. Susan M . Swartzel (BS) has joined the Portland office of William M. Mercer- Meidinger- Hansen, an em– ployee benefit and compensation con– sulting firm , as manager of the de– fined contribution practice. '82 Mark B. Matthews (BS) reports he has opened a general law practice in Hillsboro, Ore. Elaine Tan (BS) has joined The Oregon Bank , Portland , as assistant vice president. She will represent the bank to firms interested in develop– ing international business. Prior to joining Oregon Bank , Tan was the Oregon Economic Development De– partment's trade development officer for China and Asian countries. Jebra Turner (BS) has been pro– moted to telemarketing supervisor at Anthro, a former Tektronix Inc. firm that designs and markets technology furniture.