PSU Magazine Winter 1999

Easrern Region Excellence Award for srare soc ial service workers. H i wife, Dixie Lee Ring Lund EdD '89 is dean of ex tended programs ar Eastern O regon University. Sheila Stephens BA '77 conducrss seminars on writing life srories ar retirement facili– ties in the Porrland area. '73 Thom Armstrong MA '8 l is vice pres ident of instruction ar C irrus College in G lendora, Ca lif. A rmstrong previously served as associate dean for rhe social sciences division ar Mr. Hood Commun ity College. He writes, "A product of PSU 's H istory Department, I credir much of my professional success to such professors as Bernard Burke, Jim Hearh , and rhe !are George Hoffmann ." Armstrong se rved as PSU student body president in 1972- 73 . Steve Eng MS is a freelance writer and the author of A Satisfied Mind: The Counrrv Music Life of Porter Wagon~r published by Rurledge Hill Pre,;, in 1992, and Jimmy Buffe tr The Man from Margaritaville Ret•ealed published by St. Martin's Press in 1998. Eng lives in Nashvill e, Tenn . George Veile is president of Room Serv ice Aud io & Video Systems, a residential home rhearer systems fi rm in Portland. Veile has been with rhe company for 23 years. '74 Martha (Ojard) Allen-Lucus MEd '87 is owner of Rose C ity Consulting, an internet consulr– ing, dial-up accounts, and Web design business in Portland . She also works for Washougal Schools. Wayne Gungl is a permit center supervisor for the bui lding inspection department for rhe ciry of Redd ing, Calif. '75 Michael Bercutt MBA is presi– dent of O pus Home , Inc., a cusrom homebuilder in Porrland. Charlotte Candelaria MST is a reacher ar Sirka High Schon! in Sirka, A laska. Mary H ochstetler MS '95 is the principal ar Carus Elementary School. a rural elemen tary school in C lacbmas County. Hochsrerler prev iously was a counse lor and an insrrucrional coordinator. She lives in Lake Oswego. C raig Johnsen is a ce rti fied professional public buyer w1rh rh e city of Pnrrland. John:<en received a rresidenri al cirar10n from rhe Nmi.111:11 lmrirure nf Gnvernmenrn l Purchasing for deve lop ing a manual on pmfe,. sinnal service C<mtr:icrmg. He li ves in Tigard. '76 Peter Barnett 1< rhe d1recrm of I luman Resources ,n Mr. Hood Cnmmun iry C:nlkge 111 G resh:1m. R:1rnetr previously w:1s rhe human resource manager for corrpolar, Inc., in Twin F;;i lls, Idaho. Brian H einze is vice principal ar Lake Oswego High School. Heinze previously was a science teacher and softball coach ar Tualarin High School. He has coached football , basketball , and track & fi eld. Heinze also participates in marathons, triathlons, and bicycle rides. He and h is wife, Mary, li ve in Tualatin and have 18-month – old twin daughter . '77 LeRoy Bradfo rd, Jr. is a senior business admin istrator at TRW, Inc., Space and Electronics Group, an automorive, space, and defense corporati on in Redondo Beach, Calif. Larry Carrales is owner of Rose's G lassworks and Gifrs, a stained glass business in Metzger. His shop does repairs and commission work . Carrales spent rhe previous 30 years in rhe home remodeling business. Janer "Jan" Collins MS is prin– cipal ar Hayhurst Elementary school m Porrland . Colli ns ha hec n wirh Porrl and Public Schools for 26 years. Meridel Prideaux is sole owner of Prideaux Group, Inc., an O regon corpora– tion specializing in marketing communications. Prideaux is presi– dent of Young Audiences of O regon/Sourhwesr Wa,hingron and also serves on rhe ho:1rd of rhe Portland/ O regon Visitors Assoc iation. Joa n Du rgin is rhe fin ance d irector for rhe ciry of Camas, W:1,h. '78 Diane Sonderskov is retired from c.;nnderskov Productions, whl'rt' ' he was a playwright and performer. Sonderskov lives in ~c·:m l e. '79 Michael Ary is a contract writer wirh rhe Bonneville Power Adminisrrarion . A ry lives in Issaquah , Wash. Ahmad Jaber MS '83 is director of engineering services ar rhe Urah Department of Transportation in Salr Lake C iry. '80 Richard Alford is director of finance and support services ar rhe Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland . Bernard "Bernie" Cliff is a social worker wirh rhe Department of Social and Hea lth Services in Pasco, Wash . C liff writes, "I would li ke to keep in touch and provide assis– tance to rhe United Indian Srudents for Higher Education , since I was the pre ident of U ISHE from January 1977 to June 198 1." Jerri Wolfe MS has written rwo parenting books, I'm Two Years Old 1 and I'm Three Years Old ', published by Pocker Books. T hese books use rhe ch ild's perspective ro rel! parents why ch ildren behave the way rhey do, how they fee l, and whar they need from their parents. Wolfe lives in Boise, Idaho. Merrie Ziady MST '82 is a part– rime career transition consul – tant at Lee Hecht Harrison in Portland and is a self employed consultant offering a smoking ce sation program. Zi ady also reaches Italian ar Porrl and Commun ity College's commu– n ity educarion program, and she teaches an advanced employee benefits class through the PSU Professional Development Center. She previously was a benefits admin istrator wirh Mu ltnomah County. '81 Bruce Bryant MBA is the chief executive offi cer at Valley Community Bank in McMinnvi lle. Bryant has been in rhe banking business since 1970 and with Valley Community since 1987. '82 James Bernard is rhe th ird– generation business owner of Bernard's Garage, Inc. , in Mi lwaukie. T he garage rece ived the Art Morse Shop of the Year award , presented annually by the Porrland unit of rhe Automotive Service Association. Laurie Erek son is principal of Payette Lakes Middle School in McCall, Idaho. Erekson previ – ously was principal at Waldo Middle School in Salem. '83 Joshua Fliegel is the Peace Corps agency's regional office manager in Seattle. Fliegel manages the recruitment of all volunteers in Wash ington , Idaho, Montana, and A laska. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines from 1984-86. WINTER 1999 PSU MAGAZINE 21