PSU Magazine Winter 1994

Compiled by Carla Wal/ace '60s Leo Elia '60 retired from the Department of the Navy after more than 30 years of service. Elia, now of Bremerton, Wash., was a physicist and leader for projects dealing with ultrasound inspection. Frank Caldwell '61 retired in August from the Division of Audits, State of Oregon. Caldwell, an audit manager, worked for the State for 32 years. He currently lives in Milwaukie, Ore. Wolff von Schmidt '61, a profes– sor of German literature at University of Utah, traveled to China in October as a guest of the Chinese government to deliver academic papers. Von Schmidt is the author of nine textbooks. He and his wife, Carole, have li ved in Salt Lake City for 25 years. Betty Gedney '62, now retired, is operating a bed & breakfast out of her own 1907 home in Portland. David Jimerson '64 is an assoc– iate professor of music at Portland State. Fred Miller '64 is the vice presi– dent of Public Affairs at Portland General Electric. He was previously director of the Executive Department for Gov. Robert and former Gov. Goldschmidt, director of the Transportation under Gov. Atiyeh, and director of the Ener– gy under Gov. Straub. Miller lives in Salem, O re. Loretta J. Clark '65 is a social worker with Providence Hospice in Portland. She received her MSW from San Diego State in 1981 and has worked with children, adoptions, alcohol and drug programs, and in the field of aging. Sally Fouch '65 represented PSU President Judith Ramaley at the inauguration of Rev. Michael Sheeran as president of 24 PSU Magazine Regis University (Denver, Colo.) in September. Fouch is a computer human interface specialist for US West Direct in Denver. Bill Fuller '65 works in sales for KPDX FOX 49 in Portland. He spends his non-work hours purs– ing an interest in vintage Chev– rolets. Fuller and his wife, Kathy, have been married 29 years. Adriana Cortes Hwang '65 has returned to her position of assis– tant professor at Kutztown University (Pa.) after a year of sabbatical leave. During the 1992-93 academic year, Hwang visited Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, and studied Romance language. Michael Kliks '65, president of CTS Foundation in Honlulu, Hawaii, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture and conduct research in medical and veterinary parasitology in the Republic of Kazakhstan in East– ern Europe. During the past 25 years, Kliks has taken his exper– tise around the globe and has published more than 60 journal articles and textbook chapters. Linda L. Davis '66 has opened her own consulting business, Linda Davis Associates, in Beaverton. The firm specializes in planning, community develop– ment and local government management and administra– tion. Davis was formerly the Community Development direc– tor for the City of Beaverton. Gary St. Clair '67, a U.S. Postal Service employee for over 22 years, is manager of Finance for the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles. He is responsible for accounting, budgeting, and payroll for over 60 stations and local post offices. Sue Ann Johnson '68 is prin– cipal of Marysville Elementary School in the Portland School District. Mary Ann Wersch '68, director of Human Resources at Reed College in Portland, wa elected chair-elect of the Northwestern Region of the College and University Personnel Associa– tion for a one-year term. Jeffrey Barker '69, a Portland Police sergeant, was elected to a two-year term as vice president at large of the Portland Police Association (PPA). Barker, who has served on the PPA Execu– tive Board since 1977, is the longest serving member on the board. Tim Emerick-Cayton '69 recent– ly had his book, Divorcing with Dignity, Mediation: The Sensible Alternative, published by Westminster/John Knox Press. Emerick-Cayton, a pastoral coun– selor, is senior partner and a con– flict/family mediator for Pacific Professionals, Inc. He lives in San Rafael, Calif. Dr. Conrad Willock '69 repre– sented PSU President Judith Ramaley at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bicentennial Observance in October. President Clinton was the guest speaker. Willock stated that "the experience was truly an honor and a lot offun." '70 Ty Busch was appointed assis– rant professor at Worcester Polytechnic In titute (Wor– cester, Mass.) in Social Science and Policy Studies. He is a sab– batical replacement for the fall semester. Busch, who lives in Sturbridge, Mass., is also teach– ing at Boston University, Nichols College and Fisher College. Michael Carl MS was named dean of the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois Univer– sity in Chicago. Carl was pre– viously dean of the School of Education at the University of Alaska in Anchorage. John Hilzer retired in October after 27 years of service in the Naval Reserve. Hilzer, of Portland, was a chief yeoman at the time of his retirement. Amy Kline Gage has been a stre s management program coor– dinator with Preventive Medicine Research Institute for five years. Gage, who lives in Mill Valley, Calif., also serves as executive director of the Interna– tional Association of Yoga Therapists. Joanne Yost Love MEd teaches special education in the David Douglas School District in Gresham. She is married to Michael Love '69, who is a credit and purchasing manager at Columbia Corrugated Box Company in Tualatin. Leila Saad MAT represented PSU President Judi th Ramaley at the inauguration of Jean Dowdall as president of Sim– mons College in November. Saad is director of the Univer– sity Resource Center at Boston University. Thomas Trebelhorn was named the manager of the Chicago Cubs in October. Trebelhorn, who received a 1990-91 PSU Outstanding Alumni Award, managed the Milwaukee Brewers from 1986 to 1991. '71 Janna (Smith) Brown works in public relations and fundraising for Community Youth Services ofWashington County. For the previous eight years she lived in Honolulu teaching, writing speeches for legislators, and working in public relations and advertising. Brown has been mar– ried for 11 years and has three children. Susan Carlton represented Presi– dent Judith Ramaley at the inauguration of Barbara Rose Hatton as president of South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, S.C.) in Novem– ber. Carlton is director of a foster grandparent program in Cayce, S.C. Jerry A. Fenter is a full-time studio artist, currently showing her work at Gango Galleries in Portland.