PSu Magazine Winter 2002

ALUM NOTES '7 Lt Art Johnstone retired after operating a data processing equipment brokerage firm for the past 16 years. He bought and sold IBM mainframe-based products all over North Amer– ica. Johnstone worked for IBM in Portland and Eugene follow– ing graduation. In 1981 he took a position with ITT Courier. After five years with ITT and attaining the level of director, he left to start his own firm. He writes, "My wife, Terri, and I have recently completed build– ing our dream vacation home on the Deschutes River and plan on spending half of our time in Central O regon. " Linda Preisz MUS '76 is the historic preservation planner for C lackamas County. Preisz pro– vides advice regarding the maintenance of aging structures and how to keep historic prop– erty looking authentic. She i also a member of the Pink Phoenix dragon boat racing team, a team of women who have conquered breast cancer. She lives in Portland. I John Rosenberger is deputy director of the Highway Divi– sion for the O regon Department of Transportation. Rosenberger prev iously was with Washington County's Department of Land Use and Tran portation for 26 years, most recently serving as director of the department. He lives in Hillsboro. ' I I- Robert "Bob" Macllveen is president of the Oregon Acad– emy of General Dentistry. The national academy makes up the largest segment of the Ameri– can Dental Association and its primary mission is to provide advanced dental education for its members. Dr. Macllveen led a group of 12 people into the mountains of Nicaragua, where he and a missionary dentist per– formed dental surgery in Baca- 24 PSU MAGAZINE W INTER 2002 can and 12 surrounding pueblos. He has performed such missions in Africa and Central America and is now developing a pro– gram on third-world dentistry through the O regon Academy of General Dentistry. Shripad Tuljapurkar PhD is the Morrison profes or of popula– tion studies and professor of biological sciences at Stanfo rd Univer ity. Tulj apurkar li ves in Mountain View, California. I I Michael Scorvo writes, "0.0. 1982; Chief of General Medi– cine SAC Headquarters, USAF, 1983-85; ER physician 1985-94; retired in 1994 due to early onset of Parkinson's Disease; Vietnam veteran ... have a son, Sean, who is also an ER physician . . . give to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. " Dr. Scorvo lives in Salem. I James Engles Jr. MST is princi– pal at Rhododendron Elemen– tary School in Florence. '7 Donna Derington is store man– ager at Rejuvenation, Inc., in Portland. Derington has been instrumental in helping furni h the Simon Benson House on the PSU campus. ' Karen King is senior consultant at Strata Information Group, a higher education information technology consulting firm in San Diego. Victoria (Massa) Tyler is a management in science and technology department admin– istrator within the School of Science and Engineering at Oregon Graduate In titute in Beaverton. OGI recently merged with Oregon Health & Science Uni versity. Marilyn "Mel" Billingsley is a speech pathologist at Honolulu Special Services with the State of Hawaii's Department of Education. ABC ALUMNI BENEFIT CARD I Your Passport to PSU • Alumni ID card • Customize your ABC Card to meet your needs by adding on annual memberships to the Stott Center, Library, and the Microcomputer Labs (additional fees apply) • Discounted rates on PSU Theater Arts productions • Reduced rates on outdoor equipment rental • Low-cost use of the Viking Bowl and Billiards • Pay-as-you-go access to the Stott Center recreation facilities (day-use fees apply) Call 503-725-4948 for details or check out our Web page at www.alumni.pdx.edu A S13RVICE OP YOllR PSU ALPMNT ASSOCIATION Mary Mertens James is a hare– holder in the law firm of Har– rang Long Gary Rudnick in Salem. James was elected to a four-year term as a member of the American Inns of Court Board of Trustees. Trustees man– age the affairs and conduct, manage, and control the overall policy and busines of the National Inn Foundation. James has served as pres ident of the Willamette Valley American Inn of Court. In October she and her husband, Art, attended the Annual Celebration of Excellence dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court as guests of Justice Ruth Bader G insberg. J Diana Dickerson is president at Verinfo rm, LLC, a firm provid– ing web software for healthcare– related businesses. Dickerson lives in Portland. Ellen Wax MURP '92 has rejoined David Evans and Asso– ciates after seven years with the city of Portland Bureau of Plan– ning and Office of Planning and Development Review. Wax is experienced in research and analysis plans, policies and regu– lations perraining to land devel– opment, as well as legislative planning involving develop– ment of goals and policies for community preservation and enhancement. She lives in Portland. Stephen Chaffee is an osteo– pathic physician at Dalla Fam– ily Medicine. Dr. Chaffee and his wife , Elizabeth, home-school their five children and enj oy church activities and music. They live in Dallas. Jane Matthews i K- I 2 library media coordinator with the Franklin Community School Corporation in Franklin, Indiana. Fiza Noordin is a loan officer at Bank of the Ca cades in Bend. Noordin earned an MBA from the University of San Francisco and ha 13 years of banking experience.