Pam R i i 176) opened his own John Twoman 1'791 Is teachino ~. . . t rm TUSK Digttal Controls. In elementary pnystcal education nthe January. 80. Tne firm. located in Redmond Oregon. scnool system Cowall s. Oreoon. burlds soecial comp~terlzedbartssuch as edger Thanas Edward Veith ('791 marned and lrmmer Scanners wnch reduce Tamara Ann B l a c ~ b ~ ran .PSU sawmr ' waste stuoent. Sept 13 Fred Rorenbaum ('75) has been re- appointed by Gov. Attyeh to the Oregon Milltary Council. He is a colonel in the Oregon Air National Guard. servlng as director of personnel management Steve Sanchez ('70) has been named the US. Wresti~ngFed- eratlon's "Coach of the Year." after leading the Merced High School wrestling team to the Cai~forniastate championships. In his elght years as head coach at Merced, his teams have placed seven bmes among the top ten. Sherry Veughan ('70 MA) was featured In an October Issue of The Sunday Oregonian, sharing her knowledge of Russian cuistne. Fluent In Russian. Mrs. Vaughan has served as a translator of Russian works tor US publ~cations. She 1s pan-tlme coordinator 01 foreign archlves at the Oregon Historical Soclely, and serves on the boards of Ftrst National Bank and Nordstrom's In Ponland. Dkk Viskov ('70) is Sales manager 01 Bolse Cascade's Office Products Dlvlsbon. Portland He lives In Gresham PSU grad name1 'Teacher of the Yo-' I bp Carla Kelly thrlve on challenges." says "I Bonnje Morgan ('68), recently voted Oregon's Teacher of the Year by the State Depanment of Educatton. 'A teacher has to really grab some of these kids and make them stretch." she says. "Often they're lust bored." State Super~nfendentof Public Instruction Verne Duncan present- ed the award to the Sam Barlow Hlgh School Engllsh teacher at the Oregon School Boards Association meeting at Portland's Marrcotl Hotel In November. Duncan quoted Bob Taylor, prin- cipal of Barlow, who sald. "i have never worked with a flner profes- atonal. Bonnle demands excellence and looks for new challenges '' Morgan. 49. has taught at the school In Gresham for the past eight years. She also Initlaled and serves as coordinator for the Advanced Placement Program. teaches advanced Engllsh to Sentors. conducts a lower level Engl~shcourse tor sophomores. and IS cnlef negotiator for her school's teacher association. A! 27. Morgan found herself a widowed h~ghschool drop-out with few marketable lob skills. With hvo chlldren lo support, she secured a secretartal pos%llon with the Parkrose Baolts: Church, where she worked wllh young pwple. "I realized !hat i love to teach." she recalls Sheentered PSU in 1965. Looking back. Morgan admits that "those eemfv vogt ('76) edits a magazine Jama Windall ('70) is a denlist for the Depanment of Geology and practicing In Newport. Oregon. Mineral lndustrles in Portland. Previously, she taught English in the N m a n Wlnnlngalad ('73) Chairman midwest. of the Board and Chief of Executive Offlcer of Float~naPolnt Svstems. Robed Wahw ('791 s the Executlve nc . has becornga memhrr of the D rector of Oregon Student LobDy. DOnrd of d~rerrorsof Cox Cable of *or* ng wotn lea#slators --* -'-'- " ash nqton County government In Salem. Ted Watson 1'71) has joi Macadam Forbes. Inc.. ( Brokerage Co., speciallzl industrial and commercl; estate In southeast Pofll Dm ned P; :ommercial S. ~ng~n ftr 31 real m and. P q David Wnter ('791 IS tha manager 01 Tne Assocma anc a Serv ces fn T garc Gary White ('71) is a firs1 Ileurenanl In the Av Force, serving as weather offrcer at Fort Lewis, Wash. He entered the service afler graduation. havlng been involved In the ROTC program. I assistant TI tes Frn- In I. A1 PI ... . ~-. - #m Zandoli ('76 MS) is a counselor gundance and vocation for the ternative lnstruct~onalMethods 'o~ectat the North Clackamas bchool D~strtct.He was employed to assst in tra~ningspecla1 educat~on bus drivers In how to handle student behanor. and has helped to write a training manual for the district's bus drlvers. years were hell." Although she v.-_ "hungry to learn." and spent many late ntghts pouring over her studies. she also had two chlldren to ralse on a wldow's compenstlon. Flndlng she had a strong aptitude in English. the determfned student (then In her 30's) flnlshed her degree in three years She credits several PSU professors, lnciud- inq Marlorte Kirrie in Engllsh and Ewln Lange in chem~stry,for the personal support she received during those oflen trying years. "I would llke to panlcrpate some day In a 'thank-you pafly' glven by alumnl for facully to express my gratitude to those who encouraged and guided me through those years." she Says. Parkrose Htgh School, where she student-taught. offered her a contract before she graduated, and she went stralght from college classes to a full-time lob. When a teaching posttion in the journalism department at Berlow High opened. Morgan was recom- mended to fill ~t She set up the newsroom, darrroom, stuaent n e ~ bsureau. an0 led the school newspaper to severa nat onn awards. Realizing her forte was In deveioptng programs. she resigned the )ournalism posctlc-n after eslab- I~shing11ssuccess, and began developcnga program for advanced Students at Barlow. Work~ngfor a school which, in 1979, spawned both the Oregon -- ez Young ('70) is a principal lrlner of Creative Company. Ilem's only lull service advertising m Prev~ously,he co-hosted a orning talk show on televis~onin 3rlland. Bonnie Morgan, teacher at Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, won the Oregon "Teacher ol the Year" award. Nurseotthe Year and the Coach of the Year. Morgan gtves much credit to a supportive worklng environment provlded by Prlnctpal Bob Taylor. "A great leader. "she stated." ts one who can create an atmosphere In whlch followers experience ex- cellence." The contident and engaging teacher believes that an "equal value" approach to education promotes a more lively exchange in the classroom. She observed that When educators deal with students on an equal basis. they beneflt as well as the students do, in Increased awareness. "There's an opportunity to learn from the students, too." she sald. Currently. Bonnie Morgan is in- volved In a communications seminal tor adults, and belleves a similar program can be developed to help teachers be more effectlve in solvinc problems occurring In their lobs. She contends that not enough emphasis IS placed on such corn- munlcatlon In teacher educatton courses 8" college. "We have hang-ups coming out 0 our ears," she sald "Commun~ca- tlon IS more than words It's - "
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