Professor and alum keep language map in the family by Cynthia D. Stowell A PSU anthropology professor and a graduate in graphic design have teamed up 10 (reate a handsome full-color map of nearly 50 native languages of the Pacific Northwest ~ : S ~ a ~ ~ : ~ ~ h ~ f ~ ~ e ~ a ~ ~ r : n ~ e r '" always wanted to recruit the family," said professor emeritus Wayne Suttles, the father oi seven. Added his son Cameron Sullies (79), " I've always been interested in maps. I remember as a kid working with Dad on his maps." The collaboration began in the early 'lOs when the two were both on campus. " I needed a map for classes I was leaching, so I asked Cam to draw me one," said Dr. Suttles. The resuhing black and white map was the first one to cover exclusively the professor's area of specialty - southeastern Alaska to northern California. As Cameron's cartography skills sharpened, partly under the tutelage of Fritz Kramer in the geography department, the map underwent refinement. In 1978, the Suttles produced a two-color language map which they published and distributed themselves. Useful in many classrooms beyond Suttles', the supply of 1.000 maps is now nearly depleted, much to the relief of Cameron, who has had to package and mail each one. AlumNotes '73 'OirMI.\ T ~ ~ (85), employee hE-ollth manag,emcnt coordinator for Pacinc Power & light Co. sInce 1985. has been oll>POinted to a lWo-year term 00 the Oregon G o v e t n o r ' ~ CouncIl fOf Health. FItness and S p o r 1 ~ . '74 kverty Gt.dder (MST), principal .It Aloha High School In 8eavmon, Orr., has Ix-en appointed to the Nat/OlUl AssociatIOn of Secondary School Pnneipals' Commlnee on School-College RelatIOnS. The youp works to Imp!'ove reiallons between c o l l ~ ilnd SoeCondary schools, p.lrticularly m the area of a d m i ~ S l o n s and recruitmenl. She r ( ' J ) f ~ t s nme western states on the committee M i c h ~ Go&dha:mmn (BS, works as a specialized consuhant for D i ~ l b i l i t y P r o f ~ s H ) ( l i l l ServICes In Eugene, Ore" where hEOKWocales bel:ter 11\'mg facilities for people WIth mobility problems c t w . r ~ twrir (BS) has begun leKhmg physics and ChemIstry to Sl.uderits at Newberg HIgh Sct.ool. Newberg. Ore. Judy LKhetvnrier (MS) h a ~ been named principal of Llncotn High School in the Portland School District. C h r i S I ~ Mocft iBS) has been appointed dlfectol' of NotIOnal ret.lrl sales for Miller B ~ l r r g Company, Milwaukee. WIS. His accounts include on- and orf-preml§t' rrlall c"ams, shIp chandlers and the mllrldry pogo 6 / PSU PerspecNve, Fall 1986 The latest incarnation of the map was born of the professor's desire to show language families in differe nt hues and the son's dream of an art print marketable outside the classroom. Western Imprints, the press of the Oregon Historical Society, agreed to publish the map, which appeared in 1985. All of the maps have been unusual in that they were presented from the perspective of someone approaching the west coast from the ocean. "That reminds people Ihat north is not up and south is not down," explains Dr. Suttles. "In most of the native languages there are no words for the cardinal directions. They have words describing toward water, away from water, upstream, downstream. Besides, it shakes people up to see a different perspective." Drawing on his own field work and the research of "dozens and dozens" of linguists and anthropologists, Dr. r a u ~ ~ : a ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ ~ a ~ : i ~ ~ l b ~ ~ ~ i l ~ u a l village and tribal names, all at approximately the time of European contact. As Suttles points out in the text that accompanies the map, the northwest has a greater diversity of native languages than any other region in North America. Most of the languages are still spoken to some extent, said Suttles, except for those of western Oregon, where Indian populations were decimated by '75 T.nya Collier (BS, '79 MPA) h . i I ~ been appointed to the Metropolitan Service Dlstflct COUncIl. ~ IS employed H a labor repfe5t'fltahve for the On'gon Nurws ~ i a t t o n . Linda G. f ~ n ISS), mathtomatics department chair and teacher at We5I Unn HiS" School, West Unn, Ore., is one of only 108 teachM acrO!ts the country to be selected by lhe White HOlM to " . ~ c e i v e Presidential Awards for ExceUeflCp In SCIence and Mathematics Teaching. Each teacher receives a S5,OOO grant plus gifts of equipment to be used at their schools. Gerald M. Hubbud IBS), Willametle Center Manager for Pooland Gfonernl Eie<:tric Co., Ponland, has been named past j)fesident emt>fltuS of the loternatlOOal Facility Management Association. He is responSIble (Of Corpor;lte membership and Intemationat ch.lpter development. RtchOlrd KUCZH (MS) is the new labor economIst serving eight hstern Oregon counlies from the Orrgon State Empioyment Servkf" office in Pendleton, Ore. He becomes one of nine state economISts stalioned throughout Oregon who predict and analyze counry-by-county employmf!nt trends In cKkIilion to maintaIning labor statistics and demot;raphtCs. Kenneth A, Nrkon (85), a princip.ill wilh OTAK, Inc., Lake Oswego. Ore., was recently in$lalled as president of the Engineermg Coord,natmg Council of Oregon. MichH,1 R. SIrf:kher (BS) recently Qualified a ~ a member m tlle 1986 ChairrTUn·s CouncIl of New York lIft' Inwlance Co Members rank In the top (OOr percent of the firm's 9,000 agents in the U.S and CaniKb, b.ned on their 1985-6(, sales pf'riormance C<JrnHOO Sunles ('79) and his f.tMr, emeritus professor of anthropology WaYM Suttles, IooIt over tM Norlhwrst IWtivr I.mglUge m.Ip 'My CrNted. non-native disease or violence and the remnants were grouped together without cultural distinction on a few reservations. Dr. Suules, who has laught at Portland State since 1966, will soon have another publication to his credit - a collection of articles he has written through the years. And he is currently completing work as volume editor of the Northwest Coast volume of the Smithsonian'S comprehensive Handbook of North American Indians. Meanwhile, Cameron, who spent eight years in the city of Portland planning bureau as a graphic '76 C r ~ Saker (BS) has been named rewon<rl manager for NorthWt"St Funding. Ltd., tIgard. Ore G.iry Barthoklmew (85), aSSiSlant coot,oIler and budget director ilt Harsh Investment Corp., Portland, has been selected the most villuable member of the Portland-Columbia Chclptet" of the National AsSOCiation of Accountants. Wesley L. Davis (MB"), owner of an Aloha. Ore. CPA firm bearing his namt', hJS been elected 1986-87 president of lhe Aloha-Sunsel Rotary Club. David Ford (BS) has been named to a neoN community relations group ror Portland General EleclftcCo. Anrw Kntthl, D.M.D. (85), a Portland d e n t i ~ t wrves on the current Multnom.ah Dental Society board of directOl'S ... Verne H. Moore IMU5) W.lS recently appointed to the Oregon Governor's Commission on Senior Services Robert Weiss (BSI, a Portland school teacher, purc"ased a lonery ticket whtCh proved to be worth $10,000. He later collected $B,OOO, the ilmoun! 01 thE- check due after federallalt.e5 had been deducted. '77 Jamrt Chaney IMS) is in charge of the Chapter 1 readin8 program involVing studerlts al Hermiston High School, Hermiston, Ore. S h i r ~ M. Kina lBA) has been awarded a Fulbright grant 10 condoct doctoral rese,lfch In West Ge(many. She plans 10 complete her doclOfale In rom.mce lolnguages and litt'fillure at the Un1V('r1lty of W a ~ h l n g t o n aftf'!" 5he returns from her fulbnght ye.lt "broad. illustrator, is now in business with his wife Karen Madsen, also a 1979 graduate of PSU. Doing business as "Folo-Trek," the couple is designing and marketing do-it-yourself post cards, a line of graphic frames that fold around favorite snapshots and are ready to mail. Foto-Trek has found "a niche in the market" between Sleeting cards and amateur photography, reported Cameron. and is growing rapidly. Has the father-son collaboration ended? "We've talked about some local area maps.. ." said Wayne Suttles, his voice trailing off. his son silent. Martie Ranslam 185, 'B6 MSW) and Oawn weeks ('BS MSW) St'f'o'f! as COOfdinatOf and as social Vt'Orkef. ri!Sp('Ctively, of Mount Hood o\oiedkal CenIer'S recently restructured Alcoholism Treatment Services program in Gresham, Ore. The program now inviles family and fneoch to participate directly In the recovery j)fOCI!SS, aloog with the actual alcohol or chemical abuser. '78 Petf'!" M. Cbrr. IMSTl is the neoN vice principal at Banks High School, Banil5, Ore. Clark Pfl"Yiously taught in the Oregon City, Ore. School District for the PelS! seo.en years. John Cobsurdo, D.M.D. (BSI. J Portland dentist. has been elected to serve as an officer in the MulTnorn.lh Ot'ntal Society for 1986-B7 Barbara Rehman 185, '8J MPAJ, a public utilities specialISt with the Bonneville Power AdministratIon, is a new member of lhe BeaYe1lorr, Ore.• Planning CommissiOn. Prior to moving to Beaverton, she worked WIth the North Portland Housing and Community Development C l t i z ~ Advisory Task FOfCP, recommending to city officials how to sPt'fl(t some S9 million for housing olnd community Improvements. '79 Maria Boucher (85) h.ls been ""meet controller of AudIO Group, Inc., Portland Samuel Brooks !SSt president of s. BrooI<s and Associates, tnc., Portland, has been apPOinted to the National Advisory Board of Small 8usiness Development Centers by the dlreclor of the u.S. Small Busine\ Administration. David K. Carboneau !BS), controller at Portldnd General E ~ t r i c Co.. Portland. has been elected t r ~ a W t e f of the NOfmwest Ek.>«:trrc lIght & Power ASSOCiatIon ConrinU«l on pige 11
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