PSU Magazine Winter 2003

Marcia Darm is a gynecologist in Ponland. She was elected chair of the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners (BME) for 2002-03. BME supervises Ore– gon's medical doCLors, doctors of osteopathy, and other health care professionals. M. Jean Yates MST is sports director at Bergfreunde Ski Club, a nonprofit sports and activities club. Yates writes, "I run, ski, bike, hike, and lead natural history trips Lo national parks and monuments and to wi lderness and recreational areas. I retired three years ago after 31 years al Centennial Middle Schoo l, where I was an earth science and national parks teacher. " She lives in Gresham. Philip Cartwright MBA is pres– ident of Market Decisions Corp., an information management and consulting company He founded the company in 1978 and lives in Portland. Achim Hupka is owner of Gold River Financial Management, an insurance and investment firm in Grants Pass. Jan vonBergen teaches art at Southridge High School in the Beaverton School District. Von– Bergen was chosen to participate in the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program in Tokyo, Japan. The program allows pri– mary and secondary school teachers in the U.S. Lo travel Lo Japan for three weeks in an effort LO promote greater inter– cultural understanding. Dianna Pipkin is a supervisor of containment management for BDP lnternalional, and for the past two years has worked on comract through BOP for East– man Chemical in Kingspon, Tennessee. James ''.Jim" Spinden is federal security director at the ldaho Falls, Idaho , airport. Spinden is also responsible for security al airports in Pocatello, ldaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He previously served as a Washing– ton Coun ty sheriff for 10 years and in 1996 was named the Oregon Sheriff of the Year. Gregg Dohm is an associate principal and marketing leader at Jones & Stokes, an environ– mental consulting firm. Dohrn is responsible for promoting the integrated delivery of environ– memal, land use, and trans– ponation planning services to communities throughout the Northwest. He lives in lssaquah, Washington. John L. Becker, Jr., is chief marketing officer and executive vice presidem of CDA of Amer– ica, a national insurance market– ing firm in West Palm Beach, Florida. He writes, "In 1993, founded Worldwide Semi narian Suppon, a nonprofit foundation that is currently funding 30 Catholic seminarians in Tanza– nia, Africa. Since its inception , WSS has raised in excess of $300,000 for seminarian tuition and the construction of semi– nary facilities. " John Emerson writes, "I have just taken early retirement from an undistinguished career al Oregon Health & Sciences Uni– versity. I hope Lo spend my lime with freelance writing and Leaching in the Asian studies area, travel and Leaching English in Ch ina and Mongolia, and Lending my two Web sites." Emerson lives in Portland. Thomas "Tom" Hirons is an instructor of business at George Fox University in ewberg. Hirons has been teaching and lecturing on sociological prac– tices and business manageme!ll al the college level since 1988. He also serves as executive director of the Yamhill County Business and Industry lnslitute. Making it as a literary agent in Colorado ERRY "CHIP" (HUNT) MACGREGOR '79 has always recognized his love for words. His combined work in writing, co-authoring, and ghost writing has led to 91 books Lo date. Now a literary agent, MacGregor repre– sents a wide range of successful writers at Alive Communications in Colorado . One of his authors, Lisa Beamer, has written the best-seller Let's Roll! , about the coun– terattack her husband , Todd, led against terrorists on the plane that went down in a Pennsylvan ia field on Sept. 11, 2001. MacGregor's own work hit a best– seller list in 2002 with Mind Games, an expose of why people call psychic hot– lines. In addition, he has written three books on card tricks. After he began rep– resenting other authors, Alive Communications recruited him four years ago. Unlike many agents, MacGregor is directly involved with editing and story direction for many of his clients, which gives him the satisfaction of working with words. While a theater arts student at Portland State, MacGre– gor performed in community theater and University shows. "Professors like Jack Featheringill and Bill Tate were instru– mental in my student career," says MacGregor. For work study, he chose a job editing Clearing Mag– azine, a project of the education school. After graduation, MacGregor did magic shows and stand-up comedy in clubs at night and worked in a bank by day He returned Lo school to obtain a Ph.D. in policy and management at University of Oregon, and it was there that he first con– sidered a career in writing. He taught for a while at Biola University in California, but left to return to Portland and write full time. For PSU students who knew Chip Hunt, the name change to MacGregor may be a surprise. lt is his mother's maiden name, and he took it on to keep it alive. "I may be the only person in the world who has a twin brother with a different last name," MacGregor laughs. While the path to his present position came with many twists and turns, MacGregor said he absolutely loves his job. However, he says, the real magic in his life is his marriage of 20 years, and his three teenage children . -Kelli Fields WINTER 2003 PSU MAGAZINE 23