PSU Magazine Winter 1994

Michael St. John MS is a co– author of the career education texts You're Hired! from Contem– porary Books. St. John received the Excellence Award from the Portland Community College Foundation and US Bank. '76 Laura Ross-Paul, an artist, showed her work at Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle last fa ll. She is represented in Portland by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, where she will be exhibiting in fall 1994. Ross– Paul, who has three children, Ii ves in Portland. '77 Stephen Jenkins was promoted to the national sales manager for JMR Apparel of Wilsonville, Ore. Jenkins is responsible for managing 35 independent sales representatives selling in 48 states. James R. Johnson MS repre– sented PSU President Judith Ramaley at the installation of Juliu LeVonne Chambers as chancellor of North Carolina Central University in October 22. Johnson lives in Durham. Mercedes Niiranen is the direc– tor at Oaks Pioneer Museum in Portland . Kay Kempton Raade is teaching fourth-and fifth-grade students in the gifted program for the Pitt County Schools in Greenville, N.C. Kim Rogers MPA is general manager at the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe in Darrington, Wash. Michael Wong, a magician, has created a program called "Drug Busters," a 45 -minute elemen– tary school magic show. Wong, who lives in Garden Grove, Calif., has entertained for private parties at Disneyland , Knott's Berry Farm, and Magic Castle in Hollywood and in Las Vegas. An accomplished Chinese chef, Wong also enjoys playing classical piano and doing Chinese watercolor. 26 PSU Magazine '78 Ralph Cherry MS was promoted to associate professorship at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Ind. Debra Harris MST was in– ducted into the Southern Oregon State College Alumni Hall of Fame for the numerous teaching awards she has received. Harris, currently work– ing on her doctorate in Albequerque, N.M., will resume teaching at West Linn High School in West Linn, Ore., in January. Diane Smith Whalen MSW graduated with a Master of Arts in Community Service and Administration from Regis University in Denver, Colo., in August. Whalen is employed as an adult educator for spiritual directors at the Priory Spirituality Center in Lacey, Wash. '79 Kacy Colleen Anglim is a Chap– ter One coordinator for Portland Public Schools. Anglim, now working on her graduate degree in curriculum and instruction, also sings at various estab– lishments in the Portland area. Ellen Howard recently had her ninth and tenth books publish– ed. The BigSeed, published by Simon & Schuster, and The Tower Room, published by Atheneum, are for young people. Howard lives in Kalamazoo, Mich. Linda Lubush is a parole and probation officer with C lack– amas County Community Cor– rections, specializing in upervising female offenders. In her free time Lubush enj oys running. She finished her first marathon in September 1992. Gale Morgan MSW represented PSU President Judith Ramaley at the inauguration of Frederick G illiard as president of College of Great Falls in November. Morgan is a real estate sales associate in Great Fall , Mont. Nominate your favorite professor The Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the second annual Distinguished Faculty Service Award. The award, which is accompanied by a $500 check, is designed to honor a faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions both to the University and to the community. Criteria for selection includes academic credentials (full-time teaching faculty), evidence of excellence in classroom teaching, and evidence of extraordinary voluntary service outside the University. The first Distinguished Faculty Service Award went to Dean Emerita Wilma Sheridan of the School of Fine and Performing Arts. This year's award will be presented in the spring at PSU Salutes, the University's recognition event. Deadline for nominations is Feb. 15. For information, please call the Alumni Office at 725-4949. Anna Renaud is a realtor and investor with Dan Schwartz Realty, Inc., in Phoenix, Ariz. Carolyn Wood MSW, a Wilson High School teacher in Portland, recently won first place for a series of poems, from the Oregon Council of Teachers of English 1993 "Teachers as Writers" competition. '80 Michael Billman helped open three new stores for SAV-ON Office Supply in Texas. Billman is managing one of the stores in Victoria, Texas. Rienhard Siegfried Jensen III MBA is the co-founder and vice president of operations at Applied Laser Technology, Inc., in Beaverton. Joann Johnson MA recently completed a month -long trip to Mainland China, concluding an exploration of the people and cultural artifacts of the country. When not traveling, Johnson ser– ves as president of the American Association of University Women in Vancouver, Wa h. William Walker MPA became president of the Pac ific North– west Regional Council of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials in October. Walker, administrative services director of the Housing Authority of Portland, will serve a two-year term. '81 George Babnick is a sergeant with the Portland Police Bureau. Eric Stromquist co-owns Zeebento, a Japanese re taurant, and is a partner in the Hot Lips Pizza restaurants in Portland. Stromquist, who loves food and humor, has combined the two in his new creation, "Fortune Quirkies," cookies which offer humorous fortunes uch as, "Everything you know is wrong" and "Yesterday was your lucky day." Stromquist and his wife live in Portland . Dr. Andrew Zygmunt MS is a research scientist at the Masonic Medical Research Lab in Utica, N.Y. The lab is involved in biomedical research. '82 Vickie Leaird Beard is a product analyst for Systematics Financial Services, Inc., in Little Rock, Ark. Kylene Johnson Quinn MBA has started Quinn Consulting Group, a market research and strateg ic consulting firm. Quinn, who is working on her PhD dissertation in Public Admini – stration, teaches courses at PSU and WSU-Vancouver David Ash Young is on the advanced engineering staff at General Motors.