You r classmates may have known what yon were doing as a student at PSU, but . . . what are you doing for the rest of your Ufe? For all alumni of PSU, "Alumni Notes" is an opportunity to let fellow claaamates h o w what you are doing these days. Share information about yonrself with other PSU graduates, whether you are coaching little league or are the president of M.I.T. Be a part of Alumni Notes. T o submit informa- tion, contact the Alumni Office at 229-4948 or drop a postcard to PSU Alumni Office; P.O. Bo x 751; Portland. OR 97307. Jack L. Bogan recently retired as a Lane County employee. He is married to Maryellen Bogan (Van- port). They live in Eugene, where Maryellen is a substitute teacher for the Eugene Schooi D~strict. Alvin Hoerauf is the principal of McKinley Elementary School in Salem. Ore. Ray Lokting is a commercial sales representative for the Ed Maione In- surance Agency. Lokting and his family ilve In Northwest Portland. Lynn Haldernan ('58) is a professional accordionist, well known to many Portlanders. He is an experienced keyboard instructor and teaches mustc in the Portiand public school system. Wayne Atkberq ('82) nas been ap- paonred to the Portland Metropolltan Area Boundary Commlsslon by Gov Vic Ativeh. Purpose of the Commis- son s to gulae the growth of cltles. specla1 servlce alstrlcts. and pr vately-owned commcn ly systems Arihur Bloom ('68) is a senior sanitarian for Multnomah County Health Sanitation, with the Oregon Deoartment of Human Services, and sekes as chairman of the state Sanitarians Registration Board. Hunlly Collins ('69) education wrlter for The Oregonian, has won the grand award of the Nationai School Board Association's competition for daily newspaper reporting on educa- tion. Her winning entry was an article on Portland's Adams High School. She will receive the award and plaque at a convention in Dallas, Tex. in April. Bill Deiz ('68). formerly newsman for KOIN-TV in Portland and now with KPiX-TV. San Francisco, has become familiar to natlonal TV audiences as the reoorterlnarrator for a syndlcateo 30:mlndte news spec a, on tne ercptlon of Mo~nSt t heens. "Er~ptlon:St. Helens Ex- plodes" is the oniy syndicated televi- sion special available on the volcano and wiil soon be available on home video cassette. Donald Desirnini 1'621 has been - ~~-~ named executive lice presdent for corporate finance at Evans ProaLcts in Portland Bend. Ore.. a consultina business aeai~ng~4ths~bsurtaceb~sposaHle currently serves on tne State Sanatarlans Reglstratlon Board and previously was the regional director of the Oregon Environmental Health Assoclatlon. Arnold Goldberg ('65) is the training coordinator for the Social Security Disability Program. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Mid- Willamene Valley Council of Governments and Marion County Fire Dlstrict I. Goidberg also teaches emergency medical procedures classes. Steven lckes 1'68) has been ao- po~ntedto serve on the Oregon State Employment ana Tram ng Co~ncl The E ~ g e n eresodent IS Ine Lane ~ount~~mplo~ment and Tralnlng Department director. John Lightowler ('67) is vice presi- dent of flnance with E.G. Stassens, a Robert Fm('67) is sole proprietor of Portland realty firm. Previously, he On-Site Wastewater Systems in worked for Pope and Talbot, and with Price Waterhouse and Com- pany in Portland. Gladys McCoy ('67) has become presiding officer of the Board of Multnomah County Commissioners in Portland. David McGowan ('69) is the director of finance for the city of Bethel, located near Anchorage, Alaska. He was formerly with the Burnside Con- sortium in Portiand. Jim Pwrc ('64) is an accountant for Aramco Oil Company in Saudl Arabia. Elinor Pierce ('64) has been invited to teach arts and crafts to school children in Linbe, Haiti. Pierce. who has taught in the Portland area for many years, began her new teaching assignment in January. Michael Schrunk ('64) has been named to the State COmmiSSlOn On Organfzed Crlme by Gov. Atiyeh. He is currently Multnomah County District Attorney. Comedian on his way - to fame and fortune by Carla Iielly "I think I've always been a funny for Nofziger's Shoes - to be shown quy." Says Rick Reynolds ('79). on local television. winner of radio station KKSN's "~au i h off held in Portland's Euphoria Tavern last fall. With that conviction, the "funniest man in Oregon" has headed for the bright lights of San Franc~scoto begin what he hopes will be a successful career in comedy. Reynolds, until February, worked as a comprner operator for First National Bank, wrote about televi- sion for Wiiiametle Week, and was a KATU-N employee. The 29-year-old comb. who wrote his first standup routine only last fail. was received bv an enthusiastic audience during the course of the KKSN competition, which lasted from September to December. Appearing several times, Reynolds was met with a response he termed as "tumuituous." AS winner of the comedy contest. he was awarded club dates at both The Punch Line in San Francisco and The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Other agents and managers who saw his taient poten- tial llned him up for several comedy spots in San Francisco. He also cut some commercials In Portland - one lor CODA (Comprehensive Op- t~onsforD r ~Agbusers, Inc I and one Rick Reynolds The self-orociaimed "class clown" of h s ;970~~e;nolds Hlgn Scnool Qraabatlng class beqan hns career In nLmor as stJaent ea,tor of tne 1 gh school paper. A humor column, en- titled "Revnolds Ranks Revnolds:' In ah.Cn ne'polnteo out tne'd stflcts aam,ntslrattve aefic~encles.won him g~l'aws,out was so controversla that it was banned, he said. The senior class voted him ''best actor" and, of course. "most talkative." While still a student at PSU, Reynolds and some friends put together The Oregonite, a parody of The Oregonian newspaper. The paper sold well, although it lasted for oniy three issues. Last fall. Reynolds worked out a comedy routine with the help of a videotam recorder, and he was per. form~nga few weeks later To further refine hls act. Reynolds appeared at several comedy spots In Portlano During one appearance, he was bill- ed with three Drofessional comics I lrom San ~ranciscowho encouraged h m to "go pro.' San Francisco. they recommended, would provlde a much bener chance for a comedian to earn a living because there are more outlets for such talent. "I think interest in local comedy talent is growing in Portiand." says Reynolds, and predicts that i professional comedy spots wiil swn be avatlable. But for now. a guy just breaking into "show biz" has to go where the action is.
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