PSU Magazine Winter 2001

lished by O regon Historical ociety Press. Contributors include graduate student Rafael Gutierrez, Professor Joe Porac– sky, David D rescher '87, and Ralph Thomas Rogers MS '94. I I Donald "Donn" Barrett MS '76 is senior internal auditor with Consolidated Freightways Company in Portland. Barrett has been with the company for 23 years. He writes, "... wife Susan and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary th is year .. . spent three weeks at our cot– tage in County Longford, Ire– land. We became grandparents of twin girls on June 19." Brian Cone is the industrial services manager at North Creek Analytical Laboratory in Beaverton. Richard Fink is a partner at General Tran portation Services in Portland. Harvey Schowe BS '77 is an engineer with Bonneville Power Administration in Portland. Norman "Norm" Berney MS is coordinator of student govern– ment and student activities at C lackamas Com– munity College (CCC). Berney was named Advi– sor of the Year by the American Student Association of Com– munity Colleges in April. He has been affiliated with CCC since 1972, prev iously erving as a track, cross-country, and wrestling coach for 18 years. He lives in Oregon C ity. James L. Black MS '77, PhD '81 was appointed by President C linton to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee on Expanding Training Opportuni– ties. Black is an associate profes– sor of computer information systems at Johnson State Col– lege in Vermont, and he owns Software Seminars, a corporate training company. Molly Cook writes, "I returned to the Northwest in June 1999 after spending three year in Maine teaching and writing. I have ince moved to Bellevue, Washington, where I work as an internal organizational commu– nication consultant for Entrance, Inc., a 350-person consulting engineering firm." D. Scott Davis is chief finan– cial officer and senior vice pres– ident of finance for UPS in Atlanta. Davis, a certified pub– lic accountant, joined UPS 14 years ago. He also serves a com– mittee of the Georgia Council on Economic Education . Richard Koenig is an organic instrumental systems specialist with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in Port– land. Joel Selling is business develop– ment manager at Prezant Associ– ate , Inc., an industrial hygiene and safety company in Seattle. I Mario Bolivar MSW '77 is director of the Wallowa Valley Mental Health Center. He and his family live in Joseph. David "Dave" Fitzpatrick MS '77 is ass istant vice president and associate group actuary at The Standard in Portland . Fitz– patrick has also been appointed to the faculty of the University of Phoenix teaching business statistics. He also serves as vice president for strategic planning and projects on the PSU A lumni Association board of directors. Peter Behr is vice president at National Mortgage Company in Portland. Behr is also treasurer of the American Heart Associa– tion, Nortli.west Affiliate's board. Nancy Goldman is getting noticed for her green thumb. Her garden is featured in this month's The Garden , a maga– zine of the Royal Horticultural Society, and it appeared in the August 2000 issue of Country LivingGardener. Goldman, who is vice president of the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, will co-direct a garden and library tour of England, Ju ly 11 -21, in support of PSU Friends of the Library. For info rmation, con– tact Goldman at 503-282-1150 or e-mail brokenpots@yahoo. com. ARK GARDINER '75 IS FINDING A UNIQUE WAY to strengthen ties with his alma mater and to also indulge his passion for sports. A part owner and CFO of Portland Family Entertainment (PFE), Gardiner helped start up the sports and entertainment business in 1998. Now, with 30 employees and annual revenues exceeding $10 million, PFE is a partner with the city in the $38.5 million renovation of PGE stadium (formerly Civic Sta– dium) and will operate all aspects of the stadium for the next 20 years. Last summer, PSU and PFE reached an agreement that will bring the Vikings back to the site where they've played since 1967. Besides providing the Vikings with a spiffy, fan– friendly venue to showcase its football team, the school will benefit from an attractive 10-year lease, says deputy athletic director Brent Wilder. "Playing in a first-class sta– dium will be a big boost for us. We hope it will double our net football revenue from last year." Gardiner is one of four PSU alumni at PFE, which also owns the Portland Beavers and Tri-City Dust Devils base– ball teams and the new Portland Timbers soccer team. Joining him are senior vice-president Mike Higgins '84, sales director Ron Henderson '87, and event coordinator Mike Carrico '73. Gardiner, who learned the intricacies of public financing from the ground up, worked as an economist for the city of Portland and climbed to director of fiscal administration– basically the CFO/CAO of the city. He left in 1985 to specialize in public finance consult– ing. In the 1990s, Gardiner worked on about 30 sports- and entertainment-related deals including arena projects in Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Diego. Since helping to start PFE, Gardiner has traded in his frequent flier coupons to spend more time with his wife, Mary Nolan (a state representative from District 11), and their five-year old daughter, Liz. Gardiner, a former PSU Alumni board member, says he is delighted to be working with PSU again. "We're excited about the succe s of the Vikings football program, and we look forward to helping bring them a higher profile." -John Rumler WINTER 2001 PSU MAGAZINE 23