PSU Magazine Winter 1997

Compiled by M yma Ouray Vanport Martin Levinson attended the inauguration of Augusta Souza Kappner as president of Bank Street College of Education, September 30, 1996, in New York. Levinson is a film editor for ABC-TV. '57 Col. Dana Roecker retired in April after a career spanning fou r decades in the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve. Roecker is president of the Retired Officers Association, Rome-Utica chap– ter, and the Reserve Officers Association, Central New York chapter. Roecker and his wife, Frances, live in Utica, N.Y. '58 James McGee is a semi-retired special education teacher. McGee taught for 31 years in the Portland School District and still substitutes locally. He lives in Portland. '62 Ramon Damerell conducted research for l0 years and completed a travel guide, Mazatlan: Inside/Out, which was published in 1996. The book can be found in travel book stores. Damerell lives in Salem. Scott G. McNall is provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Chico. McNall previously was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. He is the son- in– law of John Allen, PSU profes– sor emeritus of geology, who died in December. '63 David T. Saunders retired in 1973 after a distingu ished career as an educator, administrator, 22 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 1997 writer, editor, and publisher of educational texts. Saunders earned his degree at age 54 following numerous interrup– tions. After his retirement, he traveled extensively and began writing fiction. His works include mystery, environmental, and political novels. He writes, "I'm at the computer every day, working on the ninth mystery novel. Nearing 88, I'm in good health." His wife, Doris Saunders '76, was a social worker before her retirement. '64 Jeanne Stewart Large was elected chair of the board of trustees of Group Health Cooperative (GHC) of Puget Sound for 1997. GHC is a not– for-profit, consumer governed, health maintenance organiza– tion serving 660,000 enrollees in Washington and Idaho. Large lives in Redmond, Wash. Duane DeTempie is a professor of mathematics at Washington State Un iversity in Pullman, Wash. DeTemple has been with the university for 26 years. Leo Henry MSW is a licensed mental health clinician at the Health Practitioners C linic in Canby. Henry assists people suffering from employment– related stress, depression, and other complaints. He is a member of the National Association of Social Works and is also a licensed minister. Sonja Lee Haugen is general manager of Austin Industries, a holding company in Newberg. '66 Edre Berry BA '67 is enrolled at Long Beach City College. Jon Jalali '67, MBA '71 is the newly appointed ambassador to Medford, Ore. This honor comes to him from the PSU Alumni Association which recently created an Ambassadors program to form stronger ties with alumni in communities at a distance from campus. Chuck Littlehales '65 and Dennis Olson '68, MS '80 serve in similar posts in Newport and Pendleton. Fortunately, Jalali did not have to relocate. He is already a citizen of Medford and is in fact the city's financial director. In this position, Jalali works with budget, purchasing, licensing, and payroll. Medford is a "full-service city," according to Jalali, which means the city management team, includ– ing the finance director, oversee most aspects of city life. After graduating from PSU, Jalali went to work as an accountant for Schnitzer Steel. He left the company to teach in Tehran, Iran, for a year, and then returned to PSU to complete his MBA. Jalali worked at the University in the business office for seven years, eventu– ally reaching the position of assistant business manager. He moved to Medford in 1978 after working in Corvallis. Jon and his wife, Mary, spend their spare time traveling and entertaining in their new home. D Berry writes "Mrs. Healy's and Mr. Howell's fine instruction is making the French class easier than it ordinarily would have been." Berry lives in Long Beach, Calif. David Papkoff is the executive vice president of Blackwell North American, a book and information services company in Lake Oswego. Papkoff has been with the firm 13 years. '67 Judith Holland Samecki MA is an associate professor of French at Laurence University in Appleton, Wis. Sarnecki earned her doctorate from the Univer– sity of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. Karen Shepard is a manage– ment consultant with Perkins Medical Consulting in Portland. Shepard formerly was the chief financial officer for Legacy Ambulatory Care Corporation. '68 Frieda Fehrenbacher is a professor of basic arts at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. Fehrenbacher won the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation's award in recognition of distinguished teaching. O riginally trained as a figurative artist, she later became involved in structural abstraction and color. Her draw– ings depict contemporary rein– terpretations of classic myths. Marvin Slifman is an engineer– ing CAD manager with Aspen Technologies, a manufacturer of computer modems. Slifman lives in Portland. '69 Dennis Bleything is a free– lance writer in Portland. Bleything also is president of the Oregon chapter of Candlelighters Foundation, an international organization supporting families of children with cancer.