PSU Magazine Winter 2001

ALUM NOTES Jerry Roberts is a lieutenant with the Hermiston Police Department. Roberts is a 25- year law enforcement veteran and in 1998 was invited to attend the National Academy for Police Officers at FBI head– quarters at Q uantico, Virginia. Carol Van Natta is director of development at the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business. Van Natta lives in Westminster, Colorado. Ronald "Ron" Carlson MS is principal at Washougal High School in Washington. Stephanie Hallock MPA '79 was recently named director of the Oregon Department of Env ironmental Quality (DEQ). Hallock joined DEQ in 1988. She was most recently admini - trator of the DEQ's Eastern Region . Jerome "Jerry" Moss ha been principal at Hathaway Elemen– tary School (Washougal School District) for six years. Mos and his wife, Kathleen, enjoy golf and snow ski ing and live in Camas, Washington. Shery Phillips is development upervisor at ADP Dealer Ser– vice , a software development firm in Portland. Jeff Svejcar i executive direc– tor of the Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC). 0 AC administers rudent financial aid programs for the benefit of Oregonians attending institutions of postsec– ondary education. Svejcar was deputy director for seven years. Rex Larson MS is principal at Gause Intermediate School in Washougal, Wash. Randal "Randy" Rosin is gen– eral superintendent at Advanced American Diving/ M. Cutter Company, a marine, industrial construction, salvage, machine works, and diving firm in Vancouver, Washington. David Streicher is senior attor– ney at Black Hel– terline LLP, where hi prac– tice focuses on taxation, estate planning, and business. tre– icher is a member OHN CALLAHAN '83 IS AN UNLIKELY creator of a kids' cartoon show. With cartoons syndicated in more than 75 newspapers, his humor is raw, profane, and– not exactly family fare. Which makes for an unlikely alliance between Callahan and Nickelodeon in creating Pelswick, the life and times of a 13-year-old boy who happens to be a quadriplegic or "permanently seated" as Callahan him elf has been ince a traffic accident at 21. Callahan has been working on the concept for several years, involved from premise to scripts to "make sure the artists don't draw like they are able-bodied." "It satisfies my 'edgines 'to have a cartoon with a kid in a wheelchair," says Callahan, who lives in northwest Portland. Whether Pelswick is sliding off his bed into his chair, or rolling down a hallway talking to friends Ace or Goon, the thing that makes him stand out on tele– vision is barely noticed to those around him-being in a wheelchair. "The way they treat Pelswick is the way he deserves to be treated-naturally. I thought it would be fun to have a character in the chair, to demystify the experience." The show is filled with personal memories and quirks. Ace and Goon are based on childhood friends, and Pelswick's grandmother, Gram Gram, is based on a family friend. "One of my favorite things is Pelswick on a teeter-totter-he paces that way, rolling back and forth. I pace in my chair. I would right now but my battery's low," Callahan says. What's next for Callahan? He still has the movie ver ion of his life story being dis– cussed, with Robin Williams as himself, directed by fellow Portlander Gus Van Sant. But "being discussed" is a slow process. "By the time Robin and Gus make the movie, we'll all be in wheelchairs," he laughs. -Mark Wigginton 24 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 200 1 of the Oregon Bar, as well as the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountant . Paul Maier i a data conversion specialist with M & M Consu lt– ing in Beaverton. Chester "Chet" Orloff MA retired from the position of executive director of the Oregon Hi torical ociety in December. Orloff continues to work as director emeritus of the society and is pursuing potential pro– ject with Oregon Public Broad– ca ting and the news media. Julie Pedersen-McDevitt is a retirement plan con ultant with Lincoln Financial Group, a non-profit retirement planning firm in Lake Oswego. Steven H edberg was recertified as an expert in business bank– ruptcy law and creditor ' rights law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. Hedberg is a parmer at Perkins Coie, L.L.P., and heads the firm's reor– ganization and bankruptcy prac– tice group in Portland. Jay Rathe is a certified public accountant at Jay Rathe CPA, P.C., in Portland. Candace McCormack Clarke i fisca l director of Columbia Com– munity Mental Health, an agency serving Columbia county. Clarke is al o an adjunct facu lty member at the mall Busines Development Center in Port– land. She lives in St. Helens. Eric Ellis is a property claim adjuster with Travelers Property Casualty in urance company. Ell i lives in Troy, Michigan. David Manougian is chief oper– ating officer with The Golf Channel. Manougian previou ly served as director of golf sales and marketing for Nike, Inc. He live in Orlando, Florida.