PSU Magazine Winter 1997

Stephen L. Miller has been awarded a mid-year sabbatical from Portland Public Schools to begin a master's degree in liter– acy in education at PSU. Miller will temporarily leave his first grade Spanish Immersion Program teaching position at Ainsworth Elementary School to attend PSU full time through August 1997. William "Lance" Siebler is a certified public accountant at Pittman & Brooks in Tigard. Siebler writes, "I'm half way through the master of taxation program, and I recently completed my eleventh consec– utive Portland Marathon." Jodi Kay Watson is the director of advertising and marketing at Pacific Linen in Woodinville, Wash. David White MSW is the mental health director for Jefferson County. White has been in the mental health field since 1970 and is particularly interested in working to help developmentally disabled persons and their fami lies. He lives in Madras. '89 Rhonda Jean Dimick is a staff accountant and CPA with Hansen, Hunter & Kibbee, an accounting firm in Portland. Laura Michael received her M.A. in Russian literature from the University of Washington and is a free lance translator. Michael tran lated Stories from a Siberian Village by Vas ily Shukshin, a Russian author, which was published in September. John McDonald-O'Lear MBA is the director of planned giving at Marylhurst College. McDonald-O'Lear formerly was with the Loaves and Fishes program in Portland. Christine Pesceone is a teacher at Alameda Elementary School in Portland. Laura Raymond works in Washington, D.C., for the Centre for Development and 26 PSU MAGAZI EWINTER 1997 Popu lation Activities as an administrative assistant for a Rumanian family planning program and resource develop– ment organization. Raymond also is enrolled in a master's program in international health and development at George Washington University. '90 Walter Amacher MPA is the special events director for the American Cancer Society in Portland. Renita Gerard is the resource development manager at Community Partners for Affordable Housing, a Tigard and Tualatin housing develop– ment corporation. Gerard formerly wa the executive director of Washington County's Christmas in April, a national program in which volunteers renovate housing for low– income and disabled citizens. Lisa M. Kittle is a kindergarten and first grade teacher with the South Lane School District in Cottage Grove. Larry Meisner is co-owner of Tualatin Valley Health Care Center in Hillsboro. The center provides care for elderly patients with dementia, behav– ioral problems, and A lzheimer's disease. Peter Stack is partner of Flight of the Month C lub in Ashland. The company sells aviation– related products. '91 Laurence Coleman MBA '93 is a disabi lity benefits analyst at Standard Insurance Company in Portland. Douglas Ertner MBA is an account executive at Central Electric Co-Op in Bend. Ertner formerly was the co-op's purchasing agent. Luisa Ponzi is a winemaker at the family-owned Ponzi Vineyard Winery in Washington County. Following graduation, Ponzi studied in Burgundy for three years to expand her forma l winegrowing education. Harry Wilson writes, "As one who returned to college after working many years, I wrote and published a book based on my work experiences." Wilson is the author of Keep It Simple!, a book about implementing total quality management in small companies. He lives in Aloha. '92 DiAnna Crossley is a medical technologist at Providence Medical Center in Portland. Crossley works the night shift in the hematology and chem– istry departments. Michael Farris MS is a voca– tional rehabilitation counselor with Hawaii Rehabilitation and Placement, a disability manage– ment faci lity in Honolulu. John B. Kim returned to Hawaii after graduation to pursue his master's degree in social work. Kim is the intake coordinator at Life Foundation in Honolulu, an agency provid– ing services to AIDS patients. Laura Looney is the volunteer program coordinator with a drug demand reduction program at the Oregon National Guard. Robert McCarthy is a chauffeur with Fantasy Limousines in Portland. Kenneth McCoy is owner of Graphex, a creative services business in Portland. Ronald O'Day MS is superin– tendent of Alsea School District No. 74. He lives in Lebanon. '93 Douglas Gershon Aaron MSW '95 is working as a chaplain and youth counselor for the fam ily crisis intervention unit of Bikur, Cholim, a charitable social– serv ice agency in Baro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. The fami ly has a new addition, Chava Leah. Steven Bluestone is the commercial property manager for Bluestone & Hockley Realty Inc. in Portland. Kelly Brennan is the forensics director and speech instructor at C lackamas Community College in Oregon City. Karen (Wagner) Des is owner of Des Consu lting in Portland and assists clients with real estate investment analysis, small business consultations, cash flow projects, and budgets. Des also heads the tax credit compliance area for low income housing at Guardian Management Corporation. Seaman Keith Fajer has returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., after completing a six-month deploy– ment aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Fajer was a member of a squadron that supported the U.N. peace efforts in Bosnia. Lisa Laser and her husband, Robert "Bob" Ransdell PhD '91, have been living in Cannon Beach for three years and are returning to Portland. They were married in August 1994. Norma Lauzon is a marketing and customer service represen– tative with Thrifty Payless Inc., a drug store and retail chain based in Wilsonville. Ruth Murray MS is a media specialist at Athey Creek Middle School in West Linn. Murray was named Oregon Secondary School Media Specialist of the Year (1996) by the Oregon Educational Media Association. Joel Stuart MS is the new vice principal at Siuslaw Middle School in Florence. Stuart formerly taught grades 3-6 in the Lake Oswego School District. '94 John Branscomb is a software engineer with Rosetta Technologies Inc., in Beaverton. Karen Burton is the new prod– uct coord inator at Micro Systems Engineering Inc., a hybrid manufacturer in Lake Oswego. Lt. Michael B. Hughes is a member of the 304th Rescue Squadron, U.S. Air Force, and is stationed ar the airport in Portland. Hughes is co-pilot of an HC-130, an aircraft designed