PSU Magazine Winter 2000

reports to those entities. She writes,".. .! feel that my degree was well worth the investment in time and monies." In Memoriam Penny Cooper '65 died of cancer on Nov. 25 . She was 56. Cooper taught school in Milwaukie and Cove, and at Englewood, Candalaria, Baker and McKinley elementary schools in Salem. She was director of the Bush Barn Pre– school Program. She was also a published poet, freelance writer, and avid reader. Cooper is survived by her husband, son, and two daughters. Richard Huson '67, an Oregon-based and nationally recognized investment analyst and entrepreneur, died Oct. 12. He was 59. Huson began his career as a securities analyst for U.S. Bancorp. In 1980, Huson and Jim Crabbe founded Crabbe Huson Group, a money management and mutual fund company in Bend and later moved their headquarters to Portland . Huson was featured in PSU Magazine in spring 1988. He i survived by his wife and two children. Hazel Hays '73, MS ' 74 passed away Nov. 3 at age 80. Hays was former director of the State Board of Parole, man ager of the Multnomah region of the State Adult & Family Services Division, and manager of North Portland's A lbina Human Resources Center. She was a leading civil rights activist and mentored young African Americans. Hays was active in the NAACP and served as first vice president of the Portland branch and chairwoman of its Labor & Industry Committee. She is survived by her three daughters. Karen Kaye Morey MSEd '94 died Dec. 4 of complications of cancer at age 54. Since 199 1, Morey, who lived in Gresham, was head teacher at the Edgefield Children's Center in Troutdale. She is survived by two sons. Alexander "Sandy" Gassaway, professor emeritus of geography, died Dec. 7 of lung cancer at age 75. Gassaway taught at PSU from 1966 to 1991. His teaching and research field included world population and food supply, social and economic development of Third-World countries, and transportation. He also conducted extensive re earch for more than 20 years on the agricultural marketing system in the arctic region of Norway. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and two sons. Ralph Macy, professor emeritus of biology, died Nov. 17. He was 94. Macy served on the PSU facu lty from 1955 through 1972. He was an expert in the field of parasitology. Macy was also a prolific writer, and authored three books, including Wooden Sidewalks , which recounts his experiences coming of age in McMinnville during the first part of the 20th century. Macy is survived by his wife, two grandchildren, and two great– grandchildren. D ABC ALUMNI BENEFIT CARD YOUR PASS TO PSU CALL 725-4948 FOR DETAILS ASERVICE OF YOUR PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WINTER 2000 PSU MAGAZINE 27