PSu Magazine Winter 2002

' A. James Luthy is a senior civil and environmental engineer at David Evans and Associates, Inc., in Portland . Sallie Olson MT is a cert ified public accoun tant at AKT Retirement Plan ervices in Salem. 0 1on provides consult– ing services in the retirement plan arena to mall and medium-sized bu inesses. Michael Garey earned a mas– ter's degree in human resources from Golden Gare University in 1997 and is vice president of human re ource for lnvision Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of bomb detection equipment used in airport security. Garey re ides in Hercules, California. Thomas Parrott writes, "After five years with Motorola in the U.S., I moved to Malaysia, where I have been working for Carsem Semiconductor for the past 10 years ... married with three kids." Parrott is the busi– ne manager at Carsem Semi– conductor, an assembly and testing facility in lpoh, Malaysia. Patricia Barr is principal at St. Mary's Academy in Portland. Barr previously was an English teacher at the academy, coordi– nating the writing center and advising student staff of the newspaper and literary maga– zine. She began teaching sec– ondary school in 1988. Patricia "Patti" Kennedy own an acupuncturist practice in Florence. Kennedy received a master's degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland. Ron Osibov MST is principal at Crow High School in Crow. Osibov taught school for more than 20 years prior to becoming an administrator. Thomas Tekulve MBA is vice president of finance in the con– tract operations department of Southwest Water Company. AVID CRESAP MS '87, PHO '97 SURPRISED even himself when he went from teaching differential equations to long division and loved it enough to stay. Formerly a professor of statistics at University of Port– land, Cresap is now an elementary teacher at Lakeshore Elementary in Vancouver, Washington. The change of venue came about for him in an unexpected way. Cresap taught at Univer ity of Portland for 12 years. On occasion, he held a class at the university titled Math for Elementary School Teacher . When asked if he had ever taught elementary grades, Cresap had to admit that he had not. So he decided to take a abbatical to improve his credibility with th e students. For the 1999-2000 school year, he found a position as a fourth-grade teacher. Although he's ha three children of his own, Cresap had never felt drawn to working with kids. He anticipated that he would pend a year working with this new student audience, learn a great deal, and leave with new perspective. What he didn't expect was the infectious excitement that nine- and ten-year-olds have for learning. "Kids c re like sponges," says Cresap. "They like learning just for the sake of it. For the effort you put into teaching Tekulve lives in West Cov ina, California. Deborah Halliburton is a chef at the Rebecca Inn's Canoe Room at the Port of Ilwaco. Halliburton lives in Ocean Park, Washington. Gretchen Hill is a medical lab– oratory technician with Legacy Laboratories (part of Legacy Health System) , splitting her time between the Legacy Clinic in St. Helens and Emanuel Hos– pital in Portland. Hill earned the highest score in the nation on the American Society for Clinical Pathologists certifica– tion examination. Alice Cotton illustrated and wrote When Buildings Speak: Stories Told by Oregon's Historical Architecture, published by Artemis Publishing. Cotton pre– ented a seminar entitled "Why Talk to your House?" at PSU Weekend in November. She lives in Portland. Robert "Bob" Querry is owner at The Permit Center, an enter– prise offering consultation ser– vices for development permits. Querry formerly was an associ– ate planner at the San Juan County Permit Center. He lives in Friday Harbor, Washington. Beth Sammons is a literature and composition instructor at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham. Sammons also serves as MHCC's representa– tive on the Oregon Writing and English Advisory Committee, whose mission is to promote high academic standards in English. James "Jim" Orth i vice prin– cipal at Lake Oswego High School. Orth co-authored an athletic program handbook defining the responsibilities and expectations for athletes, par– ents, and staff for the Lake Oswego School District. He for– merly was a principal with the North Marion/Albany School District. them, you get back great reward ." Fourth graders are also a challenge, and Cresap learned a lot from other teachers about clas room management, gaining a new respect for the wisdom elementary school teacher bring to their work. Cresap draws upon hi own imagination and home life to inspire student . He raises cattle on a farm and has brought in parts of a butchered steer to show stu– dents during science class. He uses the names of hi dog and cat as characters in mul– tiplication and divi ion tory problems. At time , Cre ap misse university level mathematics, but he doe in-service work with other elementary teachers. Now, however, Cresap can say that he knows exactly what they are experiencing. He's achieved credibility within the elementary community and found a profession that draws on his knowledge, creativity, and enthusiasm for teaching. -Kelli Fields WI TER 2002 PSU MAGAZINE 25