PSU Magazine Winter 2001

Mark Hillin i a enior image analyst with Orbital Imaging Corporation, a remote sensing company in St. Louis. Joanne Lau is outreach coordi– nator for Community Energy Project in Portland. Piyapong "Pete" Suppipat MBA is an accountant with the city of Vancouver, Washington. Rebecca Swartzentruber MS is a special education teacher at Wy'east Middle School in Hood River. Christopher Borton writes, "Shortly after graduation, I accepted the position of chief real estate appraiser with the Chicago District of the Army Corps of Engineers, where I work with non-federal partners on water-related projects in the Chicagoland area." Randall "Randy" Ealy III MPA i city manager for Esta– cada. Ealy formerly was city manager of Wheeler and also has served as an executive ana– lyst for Metro's executive offi– cer, Mike Burton. Donna H ouston MSW is a child development specialist at Sweet Home Junior High School. Timothy Lambert write , "After leaving Perki ns & Company, P.C., in Portland, I accepted a position as plant controller for Paris Metal Product , LLC, a medium-sized manufacturer of heet metal." Lambert lives in Paris, Illinois. Mark Reeves MS i a enior environmental engineer with the solid waste program of the Oregon Department of Environ– mental Quality in Salem. Dana Sedlak is development coordinator of external relations for the PSU School of Business Admini tration. Victoria Brown is manager at the Tualatin Transportation Management As ociation (TMA). TMA is a service of the Tualatin Chamber of Com– merce, advocates for mass tran– sit to ease congestion and improve air quality. Christen Depweg is a market– ing assistant with KPFF Con– ulting Engineer in Portland. Depweg supports the firm in its structural, civil, and surveying marketing efforts. Marcia Grzybowski is a course management specialist for the PSU Graduate School of Educa– tion's Continuing Education Department. Ryan Murphy is a material planner with Freightliner Cor- Tell us all about yourself Please let us know about you or your PSU friends for Alum Notes. Tell us about honors, promotions, appointments, and other important events in your life. Send your news by e-mail to psualum@pdx .edu or use the form below. D Check here is this is a new address. Name while attending PSU ---------------------- Street----------- City _ ______ State __ Zip Code ___ Occupation------------- Employer _____________ Home/Business Telephone----------------------– Home/Business E-mail------------------------- Send to: Myrna Ouray, Alumni Relations, Portland State University, PO Box 752, Portland OR 97207-0751, 503-725-4948. 28 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 2001 poration, a truck manufacturer in Portland. Debra Wartman is an adminis– trative assistant with the city of Portland. Richard Wilhelm is an associate in the intellectual property department of Mi ller, Na h, Weiner, Hager & Carlsen in Portland. Wilhelm has more than 20 year's legal experience, managing regulatory compliance and technological projects in the financial ervices industry. Christopher Zahas MURP i an as ociate at Leland Consulting Group, real estate economics and development advi ers. Zaha formerly was a project coordinator with Portland Development Commission, helping to implement urban renewal projects in Portland' Lents neighborhood. Kevin Mulligan '71 died Octo– ber 6 following a heart attack. Mulligan was the Northwest regional communications direc– tor for AT&T Broadband. Mul– ligan worked in media, including television, for more than 20 years. In 1992, his step– son, Jim Stolpa, his wife, and their infant son were lost in a blizzard in the S'ierra Madre Mountains. Mulligan organized a search party and later sold the story rights of their rescue and survival. H is ties to PSU go back to 1970 when he organized the student strike protesting the war in Vietnam. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and two stepsons. Sheldon "Shelley" Maron, pro– fe or of special education, died Oct. 29 from complications of diabetes. He was 58. Dr. Maron, who taught at PSU since 1978, specialized in the education of visually impaired children. In the early 1990s he over aw a three-year, $226,000 grant to prepare teachers to work with visually handicapped children from the Pacific orthwest. He wa teaching in the Graduate chool of Education up to the week before his death. Dr. Maron is survived by his wife and daughter. D