PSU Magazine Winter 1993

'79 Samuel Brooks has been elected to the executive committee of the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce as the vice chair for small business. Brooks is the founder and execu– tive director of the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs Center. Deborah Burton MSW, of Portland, has been elected vice president of the Oregon Nurses Association. Linda Folkestad MBA has opened Folkestad Commercial Realty Inc., in Portland, a new company that will provide property management services to institutional and private inves– tors and owners of commercial properties. Steven James is the branch manager in the building products div ision at W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. James, who lives in Lake Oswego, deals with sales in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Paula Palmer has been elected treasurer of Mu ltnomah County Legal Aid Service Inc. Palmer lives in Canby. Stan Snyder, along with his brother, Roger Snyder '79, opened the Northern T rust Mortgage Co. Inc., in Portland this past August. Northern T rust will make real estate loans for home purchases, re-financing, and home equity. Wendy T anski has been named vice president in the real estate service group of U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co., a subsidiary of U .S. Bank. She lives in Tualatin. '80 Daniel Cornwell is an air traffic controller with the LAX Airport Tower in Los Angeles. Keith P inkstaff is an insurance adjuster at GAB Business Ser– vices Inc., and is a night student at Northwestern College of Law, Lewis & Clark College. In his spare time he races motorcycles professional!y. Martha (Gormley) Pinkstaff is a writer-editor at Bonneville Power Administration in Portland. She is also a graduate of the Oregon School of Massage and is setting up a private prac– tice in Portland. '81 Keith Belz works for the United States Army as a chaplain. He recently transferred from Ft. Knox, Ky., to Ft. Sill, Okla. He is work ing with chapel choirs, special music, and is involved with religious ministry and coun– eling. Kathryn Anderson Porterfield '83 MS has received a $25,000 grant from the Milken Family Foundation for her accomplish– ments as an educator. Porter– fie ld, who teaches fifth and sixth grades at Lynch View Elemen– tary School in Gresham, was one of six Oregon educators to receive the award. Porterfield plans to spend the $25,000 on a trip to New Zealand, a country with one of the highest literacy rates in the world. She has studied New Zealand's teaching methods and given workshops on them around the nation. Jo Rymer, vice president of Pro Tem Temporary Services in Portland, has been elected presi– dent of the Oregon Association of Temporary Services. Russel Wiebe '88 MA is a visit– ing lecturer at Leh igh University in Bethlehem, Penn. Wiebe spe– cializes in 18th-century British literature and is currently pursu– ing a Ph.D. from Lehigh Univer– sity. '82 Edward Carveth MBA has been elected vice president of the Portland chapter of Tax Execu– tives Inc. Carveth is vice presi– dent of Finance at Mentor Graphics in Beaverton, Ore. Karen DeVoll has been named executive director of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association. DeVoll, who lives in Portland, is the public rela– tions manager at Goodwi ll In– dustries. SHOW YOUR COLORS! IP~~ s• tll{ t 1. J\ t) s 1.\l1 I. 1'.; l VI ~ ~ 1 l ,, . Sweatshirts • Jackets • Hats • Mugs • Decals The Portland State Bookstore carries an impressive selection of PSUimprinted sportswear and merchandise for alumni, athletes and Viking fans. PORTLAND STATE BOOKSTORE 1880 SWSixth & Hall • Portland • (503) 226-2631 ~HOPE RANCH ARanchCare, Inc. Recovery Program A special place on the road to recovery... Hope Ranch is a state-licensed residential treat– ment program located on 44 pastoral acres in the coastal mountain range 40 miles west of Eugene. One-To-One Counseling... Group Counseling... Work Therapy Programs... A Non-Traditional Treatment Approach... Hope Ranch offers a long-term (60-day minimum) residential treatment program committed to heal– ing the "whole" person ( 18 and over) through a healthy balance of one-to-one counseling, group therapy/processing sessions, and work therapy. RanchCare, Inc. - 895 Country Club Rd ., A 250 - Eugene, OR 97401 •Local 683-1534 or Toll-free (800) 935-2273 PSU 25