PSU Magazine Winter 1993

Marc Di Francisco, of Lake Oswego, is the vice president of marketing for American Show Management, the nation's largest producer of regional com· puter and office technology trade shows. Ryan Dunbar has been named manager of the Visa department for C lackamas County Bank, headquartered in Sandy, O re. Gillian Hall '92 MBA is working on her Ph.D. in computer infor– mation systems at Arizona State University's College of Business. R ichard Ladd MBA operates a 3,500-acre farm in partnership with his mother, Lorraine Ladd, in Ione, O re. In addition to grow– ing wheat and alfalfa, Ladd main– tains a herd of 45 polled Hereford cows. Mark Lovgren MBA has accepted the position of coor· dinator for medical administra· tion at St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital, one of Columbia University's teaching hospitals. St. Lukes is a 1300-bed fac ility with 1400 doctors and 600 resi– dents. Colleen Mullery PhD received a 1992 award for the Best Doc– tora l Disserta· tion from the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management. This is the first time the award has been presented to a graduate of Portland State. Mullery is an assistant professor in the School of Business at Northern Hum– boldt State in Arcata, Calif. Anne Norris MBA has been promoted to manager at Perkins & Co., a Portland certified public accounting firm. Nishith Shah is an application engineer in Honeywell Inc., home and building control division in Beaverton. Pamela Wolf received her MAT in August 1992 from Lewis & C lark College. Wolf teaches sixth grade at Hazelbrook Mid– dle School in the Tigard - T ualatin School District. '92 David Cram is an accounting personnel coordinator for Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has been appointed as a control– ler for JAARS Inc. , a di vision of Wycliffe located near Charlotte, N .C. He and his family will be moving there in July 1993 from their current home in Vancouver, Wash. Chris Elsenbach has joined Peter's Office Supply Co. of Portland , as director of contract interiors. Bryan Goodman MBA is a titanium production engineering manager at Precision Castparts Corp. Goodman lives in Eagle C reek, O re. John Keveren MBA is a sales– man and offi ce manager at Mark Prewitt Consulting Service, a company that sells Mac intosh Computers at a discounted rate, and provides service and main– tenance. John and his wife, Jami, live in Portland . In Memoriam Allan Gallagher '75 MA, prin– cipal of Eastham Elementary School in Oregon C ity, was the victim of homicide in early October. An Eastham teacher was indicted for the crime, but subsequently died from wounds suffered during his apprehension by police. Allan is survived by his wife and three grown sons. 0 WE CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT PORTLAND STATE People like you can enhance the quality of education at Portland State University. Particularly with one of our life income gift plans. Fund it with cash, securities, or real estate, and you get a nice income tax deduction .. . plus an income for life (yours or someone else you choose). Often, you can increase your spendable income. You also avoid tax on capital gains and may save estate tax . HELP US, AND WE'LL HELP YOU. 28PSU With a life income gift plan, you enj oy the benefits now. You also experience the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing your gift will benefit Portland State sometime in the future, after you have received all of your lifetime benefits. Help us, and we'll help you. That's what a Portland State life income gift plan is all about. Interested? Let u s hear from you . D Please send me information about Portland State's life income plans. I would also like to have information about: D The tax advantages of an outright gift of securities or real estate. D Making a bequest to Portland State. CITY/STATE/ZIP_________________ Return to the PSU Foundation, P.O. Box 243, Portland, OR 97207