PSu Magazine Winter 2002

' 5 Bill Kidd MS '99 has written a psychological thriller entitled The Company, a story involving the FBI that takes place in Washington, D.C. The book, published by Publish America, is available via amazon.com and publishAmerica.com. Kidd lives in Portland and will be giving readings in local bookstores. Kristine Shigley is an adminis– trative supervisor in Portland's Office of Transportation. '96 Robert Brudvig MST is direc– tor of the percussion studies program and teaches music the– ory at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Brudvig has per– formed with the Oregon Sym– phony, Tucson Symphony, and Portland Opera and completed a seven-state tour this year with Starfire, a harp and percussion group. He is also completing his doctoral degree from the Uni– versity of Arizona's musical arts program. Paul Slyman MS is administrator of the Land Quality Division for the Oregon Department of Envi– ronmental Quality. Slyman has worked for DEQ since 1993 and formerly served as administrator of the Environmental Cleanup Division and manager for DEQ's environmental cleanup, spills, and orphan sites programs. He lives in Portland. Robert Vieira EdD is vice provost for academic affairs at Oregon Health & Science Uni– versity in Portland. Vieira for– merly was the director of affirmative action and assistant to the president at PSU. David Fulks II is a civil engi– neer at Entergy Corporation, a power generation and distribu– tion corporation in New Orleans. Priya Sukumaran MA '00 and Volker Schmid MS '96, were married in a temple ceremony in Malaysia held this past August. The two met as inter– national students at PSU. Their wedding was attended by Schmid's parents, who flew in from Germany, friends and col- leagues from PSU, and all of Sukumaran's family from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and India. Schmid is a PhD candidate in the physics department and an exchange student from Dresden, Germany. Jeremy Emerson is creative director at Finestra Media, Inc., a Portland firm that designs and creates Web-based multimedia learning products and company or organization Web sites. Emerson lives in Portland. Brenda Herren is a library assis– tant at St. Helens Public Library. Herren lives in Ranier. Unlock the value of your appreciat with a Charitable Gift An If you have highly appreciated securities locked up by the threat of capital gains taxes, consider a charitable gift annuity to the PSU Foundation. Your gift will benefit students and programs at Portland State University, Oregon's only urban university. Single life gift annuity rates range from 6.4% to 12% based on age (minimum age 60) . Benefits to you include: ✓ Guaranteed income for life ✓ Partially tax-free income ✓ Current charitable tax deductions ----------------------------------- Name ______________________________ Address ___________________________ Phone ___ ___________ Email _____________ Yea r of birth ______ Spouse's yea r of birth ______ Return to Philip Varnum, PSU Foundation, PO Box 243, Portland OR 97207-0243 or contact him by phone at 503-725-5881 or by email at varnump@pdx.edu . James Nelson was a Spanish medical interpreter at Pacific Interpreters for one year follow– ing his graduation from PSU through the honors program, with a dual degree in Spanish and international relations. Nelson worked in Sen. Gordon Smith's office in Washington, D.C., while earning a master's degree in international affairs from George Washington Uni– versity. Niraj Sarda works for Farbman Group, a development and land acquisition firm in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Chad Wood has earned a JD degree at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego. Hsin-Tzu Chou is the purchas– ing and inventory control man– ager for Oregon Scientific, Inc., in Tualatin. Steven Flunker MBA is ecom– merce project manager with JCPenney Logistics. Flunker lives in Frisco, Texas. WINTER 2002 PSU MAGAZINE 27