PSU Magazine Winter 1998

UM Compiled by Myrna Ouray Vanport Thomas "T.A." Heckard retired from J.K. Gill Company after 32 years. Heckard writes, "... Vanport was good to me and readied me-not for a flood– but with the guts to go on to U of 0 and later grad work at U of W. I am a long-ago editor of the Vanguard, where at times I just about gave up. My pride, the need, and my car kept me at it. Seems my wheels were the only way to get the news to the print shop in Kenton! I am now 77 years old ..." He lives in Portland. '50 Clement "Clem" Norton is a clarinetist. His wife writes, "Clem is still going strong with his music ... He arranges for 4- to 40-piece groups. Keeps busy with Shriners Orchestra/dance band (he leads) and dixie music. He was their director for 10 years. He also plays with the Providence Medical Stage Band around town." '56 Catherine "Cathy" Williams has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Directors as the Alumni Ambassador in the Bend area. Williams retired from Portland Public Schools and is a self-employed career education consultant. In her spare time, Williams enjoys traveling, history, and athletics. '59 Verne Davis is vice president for advancement at Multnomah Bible College and Seminary in Portland . '62 Edward "Ed" Allick is an Oregon City commissioner. Allick taught history and N 0 TES coached wrestling at Gard iner for 12 years. He owned The Sausage Kitchen in Gladstone prior to his retirement four years ago. Merle Pasternack MS '67 retired from the Portland School District following 30 years in education. His most recent posi– tion was student management specialist. Pasternack's wife, Susan '63, who retired in 1996, was also with the Portland School District. Other fam ily members and PSU alumni include daughter, Nancy '94, who is a CPA with Perkins & Company in Portland and son, Mark '91, who designs Web pages and lives in Salem. '65 Judith "Judy" Hoiness is an art teacher at Central Oregon Community College. Hoiness, whose works include water color drawings and calligraphy, has two paintings on display at the Broken Top Club in Bend. David Leland is chairman of Leland & Associates, a consu lt– ing firm providing project analysis and market studies for developers, as well as advisory and management services on real estate development projects throughout the western U.S. Leland formerly was with Columbia Willamette Development Company in Portland. '66 Herb Goblirsch's illustration of an Oregon chinook is on the new state license plates for sale in 1998. The Oregon Trail plates are being replaced by this special plate which costs $30 above the regular renewal fee. Goblirsch is an artist and commercial fisherman living in Otter Rock. Jerry Joslin is a successfu l sculptor living in Lake Oswego. He specializes in cast bronze, and his pieces of dancers, families and mythological creatures-are in private collec– tions, city parks, libraries, and hospitals around the country. The Lake Oswego City Hall displays one of his pieces as does Providence Children's Hospital in Portland. Joslin started out as a geologist and was a firefighter for 16 years. Today, his sculpting supports him, his wife, Jeanie and son, Sergei. John Polos is owner of Polos Engineering and Electronics, an engineering and alarm systems business he started since retiring from the Bonneville Power Administration. Polos lives and works in Battleground, Wash. '67 Linda Denton retired in November fo llowing 30 years' employment with the State of Oregon Human Resources Department. Denton spent the past 25 years as a vocational rehabilitation counselor. She lives in Portland. Robert Pattison is interim director of the Law and Justice Department-West Side Center at Central Washington University-Lynnwood Center. Pattison lives in Woodinville, Wash. Chuck Littlehales '65, a Newport judge, has joined the PSU Alumni Association Board of Directors as an Alumni Ambassador. He is helping the University form stronger ties with alumni in the Newport area. Dennis Olson of Pendleton, John Jalali of Medford, and Cathy Williams of Bend are also PSU Ambassadors. After graduating from Portland State, Littlehales went on to receive a law degree from the University of Oregon. He was appointed Newport district attorney in 1970, and won election to the position in 1972. He began his judicial career as an elected district judge in 1976 and eventually became circuit judge in 1982. From 1988 to 1995, he served as presiding judge and now sits on the executive commit– tee of the Judicial Conference. "PSU gave me a wonderful undergraduate education. I started college at U of 0 and transferred to then-PSC after one year. I felt the one-on-one exchange between professors at Portland State was excit– ing and enlightening. I remember sparring with Haggard, Blume!, Brinkman, and Stevens. I owe a great deal to PSU." Littlehales and his wife, Patti, find time to travel, garden, and get together with their two daughters. They also enjoy fine and performing arts in Newport and Portland. WINTER 1998 PSU MAGAZINE 21