PSU Magazine Winter 1995

David Scofield, BS ' 2 has been elected as associate of quier Associates Inc., a georechni al and environmenta l comu lring firm located in Lake Oswego. cofield worked a an eng ineer– ing geologist and georechn ica l engineer for the past five years. David L. Wheeler MAT '7 has been a member of the Mr. Hood ki Patrol for l 3 years. Wheeler was rhe rec ipient of the C harles C. Hask ins Award as rhe out– sta nding auxilliary ski parroller in the nation . He teaches phys i– ca l education at Rowe Juni or High in Milwaukie. '74 Lloyd Beemer is a certified public accountant and partner at Beemer, Johnson, Smith and ompany in Portland . Dennis Derby MBA '78 and G reg H einze arc parme~ and developers of a residential develop– ment, Altamont, on Mount Scott in east Portlm1d. Altamont has been named the 1996 ire of trecr of Dreams home ·how. Derby is owner of Double D Development in Portland and Heinze's company is Shelburne Development in Tualatin. Beverly (Erickson ) Bear MSW is a psychiatric social worker in Wasco, and a writer for Bear Books. Ramona H olmes has been appointed assistant professor of music education at Seattl e Pacific University. Mack Lai ha been named secretary of the Portlm1cl Rose Festival Association. Lai is <U1 assistant manager of U. . Bancorp. Ralph Luchterhand MBA '86 is a financial planner with IDS Financial Services in C lackama " Luchterhand formerly wa · manager of a ream of forest product engineers. Lon Mercier is co-owner of Mer– cier Fine Arts in Portland. H i an arri r, specializing in graphite drawings, dry-brush watercolors, and egg tempera paintings. 24 PSU Magaz ine Karen Sparwasser has been named assistant director of human resources at Mr. Hood Community Co llege. parwasser previously worked at IBM fo r 23 years. '75 Steven Abel was named partner of rocl Ri ves Boley Jones & Grey, a Portland law firm . Abel focuses on land -use and re lated rea l e rare matters. Eric Funk M T '78 is a com– poser living in Bozeman , Mont. Funk's cata logue of 63 works include commi ·siom from the O regon Symphony, Portl and Symphonic C ho ir, and Portland Brass Quinter. R owa nne H aley is the city pro– gram coordinator for The Salva– tion Army in 1\ ml am l. Haley is the fir r civ ili an chmen for rhi position. D ennis Pearson , an opromerri ·r in Lebanon, has been chtren president-elect of O regon Optometric Association. Diane Stockton MBA '88 has been appointed manager of regulatory affa irs with Kennedy/ Jenks Consul rants in Portland . Stockton has more than 15 years of experience in env ironmental management and regulatory comp li ance in the Northwest. Judy Witt MS and her husband, Peter MBA '8 l , own The Hobbs Group, an educationa l consult– ing and program development company in Portland. Judy i completing her doctorate ar the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, Ca lif. '76 Phillip eeley MBA is vice pn: ·i– denr of administration and technology fo r Consolidared Freighrways in Portland. '77 George Martin MA reache · Engli h and litera ture ar Sugiyama Togakuen Univer:,iry in Nagoya, Japan. Marrin ha:, li ved in Japan for rhe past eight years. Randy Miller MS served as a panelist at the Oregon Ente111ri ·e Forum in eprember and di ·cussed entrepreneuiohip m1d maintaining quali ty of life. Miller is president of The Moore Company, a Portland consumer electronics and video games wholesaler. Robin Remmick was named director of development of Portland Center Stage, former ly O regon Shakespeare Festival. Joan Smith was promoted to finance Jirecror for the city of amas, Wash. Smith formerly served as accounting supervisor. '78 Jeffrey Brooks ha · been named controller of the Australia Division of T ektroni x in New ourh Wales. '79 Deborah (Smith ) Poulsen i· a law librarian with Perkins Coie in Portland. Pou1 en researches sraruatory findings and historica l legislation. Int.roducin& Odelle Kermorvnnl-&llon H ere is a Realtor with an international flare ! A native of France, Odette has made Portland her home and now specilizes in finding homes for others. • 1971 PSU Graduate •Experienced •Dedicated • Highly Re~utahle •Associated ReaJ Estate Broker 'lf!Z-1673 Tbe l".quity Croup. Inc. Oefiltora & !Ion Homes for TodBy <?f Tomorrow '80 Don C lark is a life skill>reacher at Woodburn High School. Bonnie Leiser ha; rece ived a chartered life underwriter des ig– nation from rhe American College. Leiser is a elf– employed financial planner in the Portland area. Kirk McCormick has been hired as Baker C ity Police Department's code enforcement officer. McCormi ck will be enforcing the city's codes ; uch a> weed abatement, zoning, and animal control. Robert Sullivan has joined Mersereau & Shannon following five years with rhe Portland Development ommiss ion. Sullivan was instrumenta l in creating over 3,000 affordab le housing units for Porrlanders and wi ll continue to focu:i on affordab le housing in Portland. '81 Ed Simmons MS has been chosen as ;issistant principal at Woodburn High School. Simmons has been in education 15 years and most recentl y was a high school teacher at Gladstone, where he worked ex tensively with Hispanic students in rhe career program. '82 Stephen Ashby has opened hi own fin ancial firm, Stephen E. Ashby, in Newberg. Ashby is a certified public accountant specializing in tax accounting and financia l planning needs. C heryl (Bryant) D eLyria MS is a specia list for the visually im– paired with rhe Barrie Ground, Wa h., School District. She received a master's degree, while on a full scholarship, from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University in orientation and mobility. DeLyria's husband , David '90, is an archaeologist.