Journalist turns to clerical life with husband The career of Joan Laliberte ('62) took a rather unexpected turn a few years back, when she traded in her journalist's notebook for a clerical collar. Now the former psychology major at PSU has the distinction of being the first woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in the diocese of Idaho, Which one of these faces called you? She and her husband, Peter Maupin, are also the first husband and wife clergy team in their diocese. Currently, Laliberte is interim clergy at St. James Episcopal Church in Payette and her husband is interim priest at SI. Michael's Cathedral in Boise, Remember the call you got one evening from an earnest PSU undergraduate appealing for money for the Alumni Fund? More than likely. the voice that convinced you to make a donation belongs 10 one of the four faces above. (If not, you'd better start wondering where your check went!) Three evenings a week, after the Alumni Fund staff has left for the day, Pat, Diane, Jim and Mark descend on the Offices in the DeE building to practice their salesmanship and elocution. They must be getting good - they've raised 525,000 in pledges since last October I helping 10 move Alumni Fund 4 toward ~s $100,000 goal. Their tactics are best left unrevealed. but if you graduated with a business degree between '65 and '75. are 30-40 years old and live west of Portland, you've probably already succumbed to a honey voice, a good old boy, a political provocateur, or a soft sell. "I'm not a salesman, but these guys are," says Diane, a sophomore in speech communication. But she establishes rapport with other speech majors, talking about old profs and sharing career tips. "'t's kind of an adventure," says Jim, a junior in marketing. One of the funnier calls was to an alum who was well into a boisterous party and could only manage a "Yeah, wow, Portland State, I remember that place...hey, you want to come up here and party with us?" Mar1c:, a senior in International Business, likes to get to the heart of PSU budget problems, but conversation stopped dead once when he lit into the "budget slashers" and "axe-wielding trolls" only to discover he had a state legislator on the line. More than paychecks reward the caners. For Pat, a senior In marketing and the supervisor of the telephone campaign, it's a "great experience" to hone communication and sales skills while promoting something he believes in. Why not give the students a break by calling them first? Their number is (503) 229-4911, but don't be surprised if it's busy. Laliberte met Maupin, also a former journalist, when they were both serving with the Peace Corps in Peru, and they were married at the Experiment in International Living in Putney, Vermont. For a time, the couple were layreaders in charge of the Episcopal parish on the Ft. Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho, before they both decided to enter the seminary. Maupin and Laliberte were graduated from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1978 with Master of Divinity degrees. They were ordained as deacons in Laramie, Wyoming soon after, and returned to Idaho, where Laliberte did supply clergy work (which she refers to as "Dial-a-Deacon") and some freelance writing and editing, while Maupin did extended Clinical Pastoral Education at the same hospital in Boise where laliberte had done her CPE. LaUberte was called to the St. Richard C. AasIand 71 James A. Fisk 76 Scott T. Lucas 78 Diane A. Reynolds '73 Richard N. Ames 78 Jane E.. Fleming 73 Robert C. Luton 71 Julie A. Aisef '78 'INiIiam E. Anderson 72 Martina Fredericks 78 VICtoria A. MacDonald 75 Ellen W. Robinson 74 Jane E. Angus 70 TheI8sa A. Garcia 73 VICtoria L Mahoney 70 Kaihleen J. Rouske 73 Peter 8al'bur 74 Jerry Gayken 74 Mhur G. Meyer 70 Ruben J. Saezvijande 70 Gregory E. Battram '75 Balbara J. Gerrcoe 75 Joseph A. McA/Iisler 72 Kathleen C. Shaw 75 KaIheMe 8. Bauer 78 Margo O. Goldman 70 Norman C. McGibbon 71 TImOthy J. Shelman 74 Janet J. BeriemIWl 72 Karen A. Gosser 72 Richard D. Miller 77 Joyce E. Shields 70 KemeIt1 N. Boettcher 73 Rochelle Grey '73 Winston A. Mijler 72 Lana L SlOutt '77 Thomas D. Bohan 71 K Bruce Hampton '71 Judith C. fIooore 72 Deborah C. Sullivan 78 Thomas W. Borkus 72 Melvin J. Harnett 70 Richard A. Moore 71 Robert W. SurMer 75 f'IisciIIa F. Borrusso 71 Ashby C. Harrington 73 Betty J. Neset 72 Carol e. Swanson 75 Richard L Bossardt 71 Edisol W. Harris '76 Miriam l. Nolte '78 Jana L Taft 70 Robert T. Brady Jr. 77 Kathleen M. Hams 'n Susan G. Noonam 75 Ronald J. 10085 BoMie S. Briso:Je 71 Terry L Hautanen 77 Marjorie M. o'Comor 70 Ann A. Unger '75 cathy A. Brunscheon '77 Marlene S. Hergert 71 Dermis C. Okoh 74 Joanne N. Uyeda '70 Patrick E. Carlson '73 SIlly G. Hodge 71 Louise G. 04s0n 76 Donald P. Wallace 71 Cheryl K. Cauthorn 72 WIlla B. Holmes 71 John F. Ormiston 75 Eric 8. Watness 74 Michael E. Ceooanti 71 Kathleen A.. Howlett 76 James R. Page 72 Norman D. Webb 72 :=IdKK.~72'72 =~~ m~~71 =F~~~7r Kristine A. Dale 75 Franklin J. Jolly 75 Russell V. Perkils 72 Winiam E. Whitehead 73 WIhm H. Daudistel Jr. 74 John E. Jones 71 Carolyn M. PhIllips 70 Frank J. wtVting 71 Jean L Davis 74 KattWe M. KeUy 70 Cynlhia S. Ph~1ips '73 Eura M. Wildman 71 AafanI Oevi 77 Anry S. Kline 70 Dennis L Phillips 'TT Rodney L. Willett 71 larry L Dexheimer '73 Joan S. Kobayashi 72 Stephanie G. PIerce 77 Paul J. Williamson 74 Katen O. Dyer 76 Brian G. Kocina 74 KaIherine M. Prunty 78 John O. WIf1dust 71 Paul R Farley 71 Jon S. Krager 72 EIleen M. PI..dman 70 Jo Am Witty 72 Lai1a S. Fawzi 77 Robert D. Laird 70 Charleen A. QuHlan 72 David A. Waster 76 Janet C. FlOCh 73 Robert M. lewis 71 Robert D. Reed 71 Jau-Vang R Wu 75 Marisa A. t.ro 71 l.i1cIa L Zgonc 75 H you see any of these aliens, please ask them to phone home: University RelatIons Services, (503) 229-4911 16 The Rev, Joan lallberte James parish in Payette last summer, and both Laliberte and Maupin were ordained priests in August, 1982. As a journalist, Laliberte had gained recognition for her work in the states but also as an apprentice in foreign correspondence in Peru. She worked at the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello for seven years, and also spent time with the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Uncoln City News Guard in Oregon. Looking back to her PSU days, LaUberte sees Dr. Frank Vecchio's Spanish literature classes and her reading of the classics of Spanish spirituality as clues to her development. "I suspect Dr. Vecchio would be a bit shocked at this outcome, however," she wrote recently. "I wasn't even a Christian in college." Alums match gifts with accounting firm PSU's Department of Accounting, within the School of Business Administration, will receive at least $20,000 in private contributions over the next five years from Arthur Andersen and Company, thanks to PSU alumni who are employed with the firm. The first installment of the 5-year pledge was presented through the University's Alumni Fund to the Accounting Department by Jim Estes, a partner with Arthur Andersen. His check for $4,400 represented donations by PSU alumni at Arthur Andersen and a matching amount from the firm. Marilynne Keyser, who studied accounting at Portland State, coordinated the Alumni Fund program in the firm. Arthur Andersen is one of many major local firms which makes provisions for matching alumni contributions to PSU.
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