Perspective_Spring_1981

be efficient at processing informa- tion, scientists and engineers need an efficient "numbers cruncher" to perform millions of calculations in a short time. In answer of that need. they now have a choice of buylng a multi-million dollar main-frame com- puter, or its comparatively iow-cost counterpart. the array processor. manufactured by Floating Potnt. Obviously. the numbers crunch- er is catching on. Floatlng Polnt C. Norman Winningstad ('73 Systems has grown 50 times in the MBA), president of Float~ngPoint past frve years. and grossed $42 Systems, Inc.. Beaverton. has been million in sales last year. The com- named "Small-Business Man of the pany produces a payroll that inleCtS Year" by the Small Business Ad- about $1 million into the local ministration (SBA). economy each month, according to Winningstad, who started the com- Winnlngstad. pany in 1970. found a need that had Winnlngstad will be offtcially to be filled in the mushrooming corn- recognized by SBA during Small puter field. He explains that while Business Week, May 10-16. bustnesscomputers are designed to Charles Scott ('67, '69 ML, . .... asststant dean of tnstructlon for science. math and enatneerino at __,an Greer 1721 15 water pro.ec.1 sLpervlsor for !he city of Sher aan Ore. Previously she was assistant planner with Yamhill County. " " Clackamas Commun ty College He nas Deen wllh tne co ege tor 12 Donna Haines ('70) is the work ex- perience counselor for Placement Services at PSU. Formerly, she was a job counselor with the Oregon State Employment Div~sion.She is marr~edto Jerry Haines ('76) and lives in Portland. years and ltves with hls family in Gladstone. ice presi- ank and is he Walnut Janice Wi dent w~th currently t Park bran lson ('69) IS a v Flrst National B; he manager oft ch in Portland. Dennis Howell ('73) s marketing manager for (ndLstra, accoLnts at Pac 1.c hortnwesl Bell In Pon and Joe B. Andrus ('70) has been named Coordinator of the city of Portland's Office of Emergency Services. HIS office advlses the mayor and oversees emergency planning and communications for the city in times of crises or disaster. A graduate of PSU in urban studies. Andrus most recently work- ed as a field representative for the state Bureau of Labor. Jeanene Keeger ('79) works for the accounting firm of Peat. Marwlck 8 Mltcheli Co., and resides in Portland. Dennis King ('70) owns The Verttable Quandary Tavern in Portland. Sharon LaHaoe('76) .s coord nator of tne Soutnern Oregon Pam Center. Daniel C. Ellis ('73) has been ap- oolnted bv Gov. Ativeh to the State and has a private counseling prac- tlce in Roseburg. Ore. John Lanslord ('75) has his own real estate business. New Heritage Prooerttes. In Washouoai. Wash. He Phyllis Commeree ('78) Is the direc- tor of nurslng service atthe Lebanon Community Hospltai. Lebanon, Ore. She recently transferred from banuel Hospttal In Portland, where e served as nursing supervisor d nursjna coordtnator In the Greg Bak~ -s. ----- er ('77) IS deputy dlrector ul llrlausa and adminlstratton for the Port of Astoria Prev~ouslyhe super- vised the Porrs revolvtng . ' . the state Economic Devei Department. ~mployment~elat~dnBsoard, as management representative. Ellis is an attorney, and formerly was ad- min~strativeassistantto former MuIt- runa tor -,' opment Sh an En se coor- ;emices at .,+,".A formerly worked as branch manager of United Properties In Camas. nomah County Commtssioner Mel Gordon. lamel Renab Itat on Center Pr.0, !hat sne rrorreo a? Dwyer ?mor at HOSD la n Pon ana Wash Peter Barbur ('74) is a ca dlnator for mental health : Providence Hospital In PC Dr. Jon Erickson ('73) is at residency at the Fort Sam Houston Burn Center in San Antonio. Tex., specializing In dermatology. He and hls wife. Jennene c70). llve in San Antonlo. Charles R. Leonard ('75) is a fireman for the City of Portland asslgned to the North Portland area. mes C. Corcoran r73) is a sales presentative for Fraser Paper Steven L. employed Bell. Portl; ble for col Campbell ('74) with Pacific No Ind, where he IS ordlnating advel Impany in Portland. Frank Lockwood, 761is sales and ser\.ce reoresenrat.ve for copy responsi- rt~slng. RU as tdolph Cunningham ('73) is an slstance worker for the Oregon Adult and Family Services Division in Portland. machlnes at Downs Supply. Inc. In Hermiston, Ore. where he has lived for the Dast four vears. Prevtouslv. Rulino 6. Flores ('71) IS a Navy Lieutenant currently serving as supply officer of the dock landing ship USS Point Defiance, a unit of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. The ship's home port is San Diego, and it is deployed to the Western Pacific. Sharon Carulel ('75) has returned from a year of study at the University of Durham. England as a Rotary Foundation Fellow. She is presently employed at Riley Creek Middle School. Gold Beach. Ore., where she operates a resource roon handicapped. re was sen ce manager for Moun- tam Copy Mach nes. Pend eton. Ore Prudence Douglas ('70) is an in- structor in Engitsh as a Second Language program at PSU. She Ned as an advisor 15 years ago len the program began. She has io started a class that shows ESL ichers how to teach the specialty. Thomas Lucas ( 74) s tne d rector of water qualqry plannlng lor the Oreqon State Department of En- i for the Se wt als peclal tei 1seIle- is in N C John Gardin ('75) is the new director of the Douglas County Council on Alcahoiism. Previously he was coor- dinator of the Special Offenders Program in Douglas County, Ore. vironmental Quality in Portland Ann Cavanauah ('711 is s Robert Macllveen ('76) is practicing general dentistry with Dr. Robert L. Anderson at the Portland Medlcai Center. Aner obtaining his B S. in biology at PSU. Macllveen was accepted to the U of 0 Dental School. He siudied at Guy's Hospital in London on a summer scholarship in 1979, where he was involved In --"I surgery and pathology. In 1980. studied at the L.O. Panky :itute, University of Miami Medical 1001,on a scholarshlp, - . educat on nstrLctor at Ni Grays Rlver Valley Schoo Innan Eder ('75 MS) has started a nsulting firm in Portland called In ie 0. Washingtc taught in I Ore. In state. She pr 3eaverton and 1 ... ... eviously C0 .he Dailes, IS9 he norge ('73) is st with First State ranagh Giles ('7 --..-, -.,"-".;", fnior vice Bank in Edward G 8 prestdent Portland. iues Research w alth care issues merly was in bu hich specializes and policies. H siness in Chicag f0t tnomah m rlir.*(nr Tanya CoI11er ( 14) IS MUI County's lobbyist and actit., -..--.-. Dartment of Ink Candy Cal miss1onS ouurlrlr, '1) is ad- . '". of the De ernmenta served as and has t former C( bara Rob* . - . . - - - . ?rgov- viously she ty lobbyist. istant to oner Bar- lbbled for !land. She he ummer Inst In the Sct Memorlal Col seum In Porl marred Davld G les ast s I Relations. Pre' asststant coun and has moved to a farm Hilisboro area. ~eena staff ass wnty Commissi erts. She also I( support from 19 eph P. Medley ('TI) is a Lutheran tor, and recently received a F." Ma Mir an Sei ster of Divinity degree in Inesota. His first assignment is as asststant pastor of a church In ~ttle.Wash., where he lives.

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