PSu Magazine Winter 2002

Squire appointed to alumni commission Alumni Relations Director Pat Squire has been appointed to an international commission on alumni relations spon– sored by the Council for Advancement and upport of Education (CASE), a profe ional organization for advance– ment officers in the education field. The CASE Alumni Commission has 24 international members, as well as members from institutions aero s the United States. The commission meets three times a year to discuss cur– rent is ues and trends in alumni relation and to advise CASE on educational programs for alumni profes– sionals. Squire also serves on the executive c mmittee of the CASE regional board of directors. She has been alumni director at Port– land State since 1989. Nominate an outstanding alumnus or professor There's no better way to recognize an out tanding alumnus or say thanks to a faculty member who made a difference in your education than to nominate him or her for one of the PSU Alumni Association's annual awards. Send in your nominations by Feb– ruary 4 for an alumnus or faculty mem– ber who has advanced the University and hi or her community. Selected honorees will be recognized at PSU Salutes on May 2. For nomination materials call the Alumni Office at 503-725-5073 or g online at www.alumni.pdx.edu . Dick Berry, a member of the 1947 Vanport College football team, holds up a picture of the team, the school's first. At the invitation of coach Tun Walsh, Berry spoke to the current PSU football team after the events of September 11 postponed its first home game. Berry and his daughter, Nancy Baker '80, attended the reunion luncheon and Vanport Classic football game. Vanporters enjoy September reunion Nearly 100 Vanport alumni and friends attended a reunion on Septem– ber 22. The event, ponsored by the Alumni Association, coincided with the Vanport Classic football game, Portland State ver u Grambling State University. Bill Lemman emceed the reunion luncheon program, which also featured former student John Hakanson, presi– dent emeritus of Clackamas Commu– nity College; Dick Halley, professor emeritus of economics; and Brock Dixon, former professor of political science. Vanport alumni are those who attended Vanport and Portland State extension centers from 1946 through 1955. Alumni and friends enjoyed lunch, a historical video of Vanport's evo lu– tion to Portland State University, a tour of the Simon Benson House, and then boarded a bus for a pre-game party at the Multnomah Athletic Club and the football game at PGE Park. "It was a great day," says Lemman. "People really enjoyed seeing each other and the incredible progress that has been made at the University since the Vanport days." Alumni Association takes new look from house The elegance and traditional architecture of the Simon Benson House provided inspiration for the PSU Alumni Association's new logo. The logo fea– tures elements found on the house it elf: a dormer combined with Victorian-style brackets and trim. De igner Funk/Levi & Associates of Portland and Eugene wanted to convey the warmth and • = • u PsuAlumni Association PoRTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY friendliness of the hou e' architecture as a symbol for the character of the Association. The firm's work has appeared in popular de ign magazines and books, and has won numerous awards. The new logo will appear on letterhead, envelope , T-shirts, busine s cards, and other association materials. D WINTER 2002 PSU MAGAZINE 21