Perspective_Fall_1986

Compiled by Cliff lohnson Vanport Ron.Jki E. Walcotl has been named vice pre!iident of purchasing at Fabric Wholesalers, Inc" in Ponlaod. '57 ....wrem:e l. (85) and kathleen D. ('76 BA) Smith journeyed to Moscow during August, where lawrence Smith conducted the M(&"ow Philharmonic Orcheitra in a joint appearance wilh the Ofchestra's regular conduct(J(. Smith has been conductor and musical director of the Louisville (Ky.) Symphony since 1981. Kathy recently completed her training as.:a phySician. '59 Ricmrd A. Cole ISS), (ormerly administrator for curriculum development in the Portland Public School Distrio, has been named curriculum director for the David Douglas School District in !iOUtheast Portland. Cole holds master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Washington. lim Perkin (8S, '73 MS), named one of lhe nation's top 10 5e<ond.:ary school principals while at Clackamas High SchooL Milwaukie, Ore., has resigned to become principal at MOSi JUnior High School, Oregon City, Ore. Recurring budget problems in his old distriO and duties as a new step-father played a rote ill his de<:isiOn to chanKC Jobs, '60 Bruce E, Ricturds rBS) is a new vice principal at lincoln High SchOO, Portland. He is a fO/Tllef assistant principal at Lakeridge High School, lake Oswego. Ore. '61 D,lVid A. Durfee, M.D. (BA), an Oregon City, Ore. ophthalmologi!tt, has been named secretdryltreasurer of Physicians Associalion of Clackclmas Counly (PACO. Guy H. Hilncock rBS, '67 MSW) hilS been appointed director of Kerr Youth and Family Center, Pordand, a program of Albertina Ken Centers for Children. l oser A. Upium !BS) has been named art'a manager fOf all 5 O U t h e a ~ 1 Portland branches of First Interstate Bank ofOr('gOfl. '62 Adri.nM Brockmiln (BS, '77 MUP). an auo4'rl('y for the City of Portland, has been appointed chairwoman of the lake Oswego, Ore, Planning Commission. Milton R. Smith rSS), one- of the founders of Floating Point Systems, Inc., BeavettOfl, Ore., who has also been serving as the firm's general coon!oel and as a director, has been named interim chairman and chief executive officer following the sudden resignalton of Lloyd D. Turner Oct. 15, Smith is a manag10g partner in the Portland law firm of Acker, underwood and Smith. '64 Ancil K. H.nce (8A) returned 10 Portland Sept. 27 after spending the previous 89 days as a member 01 a rafting party ndVigating the Yangtze River in China. The Portland free· lance photographer joined the Yangtze venture .IS a rock climber, a specialty he has long enjoyed, '66 Sen. Iilod Monroe (O·Portland) IBS, '69 Msn has been named an aSiislanl to thE> preside-nl of Warner P.acific College, Portland. Kim H. Whitman IDS, '78 MS) has joined Melvin Mark 8rokeMge Co .. Portl.:and, in office aftd telali leasing and sales. He is a fonner eICecutlve director 0( the Oregon Republican Party. page 4 / PSU Perspective, Fall 1986 Iilev, Gary l . Widrig 18A) h a ~ been illstatred as the new pastor al the Free M e t h o d i ~ t Church in Albany, Ore. He and his wife, Mary lou, are parents of six children. '67 Lois C. Beck (BA), an aso;ociale professor of anthropology at Washington University, SI. louis, Mo. , is the authof of a new book, "The Qashqa'i of Iran" {Yale UniverSity Press, 368 pp.J The wO(k is considered to be tht' firS! full·scale historical and anthropoligical account of the pastoral nomadic people who occupy a strategic area between the Persian Gulf and Iran's major population centers. lYlye l. Darby (MSn, who has taught American politics at David Douglas High School near Portland (or the past 2] y e a ~ , was one of only two teachers in Oregon and 30 nationwide chosen to attend this year's prestigious ''Taft Institute for Two Party Government." a two·week dose-up look al leading government figures. Darby plans to share what he learned with his American politics classes. William Mortimer (MSl. a mathematics teacher at Mark Morris High School, longview, Wash.. has been named to a five· year term on the Lower Columbia College Board of Trustees. t-te is also a member of the Cowlitz Economic Development Council and is a former president of the longview Education Aso;ociation, '68 frieda Fehrenbacher (BA), an art professor al M()()fe College of Art in Philadelphia since 1971, had her work displayed on the PSU campus this fall. Her oil paintings, charcoal and pastel drawings have been shown in more than SO exhibitions to date, and her work is included III over 20 art collections. Rkbard Kelson tBS) has joined David Evans and Associates, Inc., a Portland-Vancouver c o n ~ l t i n g engineering firm, to provide electrical engineering services. He most recently owned his O\I.'n consulting firm, KlC Engineering. Michael ....ndt.i, CBS) has }oined the Portland offkes of Dain Bosworth, Inc. as a vice presidenVinvestrnent officer. Ric .... rd ~ (SS) has been elected a vice president of Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and loan Association. Roy ~ l c n s k y (85) owns Oregon Berry Packing Co" Hillsboro, Ore. Recently named rhe 1986 Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce Farmer of tile Year, Malensky grows and ships fresh red raspberries 10 250 locOltions in the United Slates and Canada. He expects to work this winler on expanding his markets overseas, including Japan. Beverly ,. 0000 (MSn has been named supervisor of the Friendly Visitor Program operated by Crisis Support Network in Naselle, Wash. The program provides emotional support and education to young parents, single parents, first-time parents, and those having problems, Tom Parr iMS) has been named principal of Benson High School in the Portland School Oistrict. Terrie Wetle, Ph,D, (BS) has been named associilte director of the Division on Aging at Harvard Medical Schoo(, Boston, Mass. She also has completed iI recent book, Older Vereran5: Linking VA and Community Relations, which has been published by Harvard University Press. '69 Dennis Doht (BS), a principal in the firm of Interwest Financial A d v i ~ , Inc .. has met all necessary qualifications and has been admitted 10 The Registry of Financial Planning. Ron Hillbury (SS), a veteran of Portland advertising and broadcasting, has ,oined Turtledove Clemens, Inc., Portland, as an acCOUnt manager. Janet .... ughlin CBS) is now a slICth-grade leachef at Sunset Elementary School, Hermiston. Ore. She has taught at schools in Bogota, Cotombia and lar.llmie, Wyo" as well as in five Oregon districts. Robert E. Shimek (65) h i I ~ been elected to the board of directors of Century West Engineering Corp.. Portland. '70 John G. Foster (BS) has been named a vice president al Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings and loan Association. He joined the firm in 1977 as property manager. '71 Merit> Bradford (MS) has been named director of special instruction and support services for the Portland School District. Iticturd Drinkwater (BS) is the new city engineer for the City of Wilsonville, Ore, He formerly served as an engineer for the City of Beaverton, Ore. '72 b lph R. Bieker 185) has ioined Fred S. James & Co. as an account executive. The firm is the North American unit of Sedgwick Group, an International insurance brokerage firm. Michael G. Jordan (NlS), principal of Sabin Element.:ary School, Portland, has been appointed to the Consolidation of Education Grants Advisory Committee by Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh. Anthony P.rkto, (BS, '76 MFA), a Portland artiS! and creator of art glass and icons, combined his works with another artist in a display of American Art in Romania, at Maryhill Museum of Art, Maryhill, Wash., Aug. 3Q-Nov. IS, Stdney Smith (BS) has been proffiO(oo to vice president <lnd commercial 10<ln offICer of The Oregon Bank's business services division, Pordand, His responsibilities include business development and commercial lending services to business customers in west Portland, the Sunset aod 1-5 corridors, aod the OOftheT"n coast region. Lt. Steven Winer,ar ('74 85, '76 65, '64 MPS) of the Washington County, Ore. Sheriff's Office, has been named the (irst police chief in tile city of Tualalin, Ore, '73 Patricia J. Collins eMS), who organized c.c. Publications of Tualatin, Ore. with fellow lake Oswego speech pathologist Gary Cunningham, recently observed the firm's tenth anniversary. It now publishes educational programs written by 109 educators, researchers and speech pathologisls from 26 states i1nd Canada. David James Duncan (BA), whose first novel, The River Why, was published by Sierra Club Books three years ago, has sold his second book to Doubleday & Co., Inc. for an advance "in excess of S100,000," he said. The book is tentatively titled "The Brothers K," and dedls with a father and four SOf15 involved 10 minor-league ba5eball. Continued on page 6 Grad satisfies campus pizza appetite Working his way through PSU by waiting tables al Jake's in downtown Portland, Eric Stromquist ('81) had his sights set on graduate school and teaching political science at the college level. Owning and managing a pizza-by-the-slice business didn't seem to be in the cards. But this fall, Stromquist and his two partners, all Jake's "alumni," opened their second Hot lips Pizza storefront near Ihe PSU campus, at 1909 S.W, SiXlh, In a building previously occupied by a video arcade and a bookstore, Hot lips Pizza is right across the street from a Pizza Hul. That doesn't bother Stromquist. who says, "They're tapping a slightly differenl market- people with a little more time and money." Hot Ups Pizza is not just cheap fast food. Featuring "unique combinations" with names like "Tex-Mex" and "Tomato Overkill:' Hot lips uses high-quality ingredients that mean "less profit, but we'll stay in business longer," according to Stromquist. Originally an East Coast phenomenon, pizza by the slice is growing fast on the West Coast. and Stromquist and his partners would like 10 see fheir lipstick-kiss logo displayed throughout Oregon, Washington and Ca lifornia. " I don't see myself on the cover of Fortune," admits Slromquist. BUI he has high hopes for his PSU location. "Twenty thousand students go marchjng by here once a day... and we offer something fun that appeals to students economically," he says, Cheerful Tortoise and Sam's Hofbrau, watch out!

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