PSU walking tour Take a walk around campus The PSU campus has changed dramatically since the University first took up residence in the Park Blocks in 1952. From one building - Old Main - the campus has grown to over 25 buildings in a 28-block area. Grads coming back to visit can be overwhelmed and a little confused by the changes. BUI a new "Walking Tour" brochure can make campus visits easy and informative. The brochure, available al the Admissions Office after Sept. 1, is a pleasant ramble through the buildings and past the artwork of the PSU campus, with enough historical noles sprinkled in to pique the walkers interest. For instance, the Walking Tour introduces Smith Memorial Center as the only building on the eight Oregon higher ed campuses to be named after a student, then takes the walker inside to look at two sculptures and out the Park Blocks door to a sugar maple that was dedicated to a former PSU administrator. The Walking Tour was designed and photographed by PSU alumnus Rob Reynolds ('74), a local graphic artist who regularly shares his talents with the University's Publications office, originator of the brochure. Reynolds' photographs enliven the Bulletin, PSU's biennial catalog, as well as numerous campus brochures, posters and newsletters. If you're in lawn and want to take a walk, or oul of town and want 10 see how PSU has changed, write or call for the Walking Tour at the Portland State Admissions Office, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, (503) 229-35tt . Manning's message Continued from p. 3 changed his mind, "Trade and investment opportunities exist immediately," he beamed. 'We need China very badly as a market for Oregon products, and we now hav that opportunity, It was exposed to 15 of us who would not have seen this (otherwise). And as a missionary group, I think that we have had an impact," he emphasized. Nevertheless, Manning is now quick to advocate better coordination and organization of the developing trade relationship with its Pacific Rim neighbors, China and Japan. "The principal problem to be overcome is the ego issues and the foolish competition between the state and the city (Portland), i.e. who takes credit for a firm from Japan selecting Oregon for a production facility. The bickering only hurts the people of the state of Oregon. Jim Mannins accepts outstanding achievement award from Gov. Atiyeh for his efforts in international marlceling. international business programs and now through its developing Institute of International Trade and Commerce. "I've never seen a situation where education had more to contribute to the future growth and development, well-being and quality of life (of our people) than if we take the lead in the state of Oregon," enthused the man with the message. ,I C @ \ m r p ? ~ ~ ~ \ U A o / ~ - Briefly. .. Two studies on eklerly launched Spero Manson, acting director of PSU's Institute on Aging, has begun research on the relationships between physical illness and depreSSion in older American Indians. A grant of $37,500 annually for the next three years from the federal Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration will fund the research. Older American Indians "are at especially high risk for health problems and, thus, especially vulnerable to depressed mood," said Manson, who will utilize intervention and prevention techniques as part of his research. Earlier this year, PSU and Oregon Health Sciences University received a post-<ioctoraltraining grant from the National Institule of Mental Health that will fund investigations into the mental disorders of minority elderly populations in the Portland metropolitan area. Under the supervision of Manson, trainees will conduct the research, which is unusual in its focus on links among aging, culture and mental health factors. Foreign language profs abroad The University's Foreign Language Office resembled a passport office this ~ p r i n g and summer ~ faculty members departed for overseas assignments for both PSU and the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Among the PSU language faculty working throughout the world this summer were David Romey, directing a Hispanic Studies Program in Madrid; Sandra Rosengrant, Russian Overseas Program; Frank Vecchio, Acquiring language Proficiency in Summer (ALPS) Program in Mexico; laurence Kominz, Overseas Program in Japan; Earl Rees, Overseas Program in Mexicoj William Springfield, On-site language Study, Yugoslavia. Public Administration program accredited PSU's Graduate Program in Public Administration, in the School of Urban Affairs, has joined 75 other public administration programs in the U.S. that are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Following a recommendation by NASPM, the program will receive departmental status at PSU beginning Sept. 15, t964. Computer Science moves to Engineering The Department of Computer Science at PSU has been transferred from the College of liberal Arts and Sciences under Dean William Paudler to the School of Engineering and Applied Science under Dean Hacik Erzurumlu, effective July 1, 1984, Computer Science shares quarters with Electrical Engineering in the Portland Center for Advanced Technology. Suit settled out of court A libel suit brought by Black Studies director Darrel Millner against history professor Susan Karant-Nunn last year for remarks she made in The Oregonian was settled out of court in early July, Millner had filed for $100,000 in damages after Karant-Nunn criticized a muhi-<ultural education program Millner was proposing (or the Portland School District. The two signed an agreement slating their "respect for one another as profeSSionals" and their support of "academic dialogue as an appropriate means of resolving misunderstanding and differences in opinion." In Memoriam Eugene Wayne McNally Eugene Wayne McNally, as50Ciate professor of Health & Ph ysic.. 1 Education 3t PSU since ]958, died May 24 of ..n apparent heart .. tlad. He was 57. " l et's come together with a joint organization which speaks for the state of Oregon. Every half-billion dollars of sustained export sales in the state of Oregon generates 30,000 jobs, That should be our goal and our mission. " PSU service awards honor pair Gene McNally was graduate coordinator and health education cOO/'dinat()f of HPE. He had been active in PSU's Adull Fitness Program since 1955 and was a memtJe.r of the Pll'Side,ll's Councit for Physical Fitness. Edll()f of the OAHPfRD journal (Oregon MsociatlOfl of Health, Physical Ed., Recreation & Dance), McNaUy had received thai OtganizallOfl's award for Outstanding Contribuhon a5 well as an outslanding service award from Americ.n Red Cross. McNally is survived by Katherine, his wife of 33 years, two children and a brother. Manning believes that Ihe state's Department of Economic Development could take the lead, incorporating staff and money from the City of Portland as well. The city of late has been engaged in its own trade development efforts. Manning thinks Ihal if Oregon's governor and Portland's new mayor-elect can work together on this issue, Oregon can make great strides toward the realization of its true Pacific Rim trade potential. Manning sees Portland State as having "an opportunity to take a strong lead in forming the future economic base for the Slale of Oregon" through the University's At spring commencement June 8, the University presented Distinguished Service Awards to two Portland residents known for their extensive volunteer work in the community. louise K. Scott was recognized as "an energizing force for volunteerism in Portland," and particularly for her work on behalf of the city's musical climate and the isolated elderly and infirm, During her decades of leadership, Mrs. Scott served as the first president of the Chamber Music Northwest board and has sat on several other boards. She helped organize and raise funds for Project linkage, a group of twenty churches in Northeast Portland providing assistance to homebound elderly. Leland H. Johnson, a retired banker, has performed community service "so broad that it constitutes a second career," according to the award citation. Johnson is a trustee of Pacific University and has been active in many organizations devoted to health, education and the arts. The citation reads, in part, "leland Johnson does not rest with good intentions, but turns them into gocx:f works, giving generously of his time and talents in return for the trust placed in him." James W. Coombs J. . mes w. Coombs, associate professor emertlus of Engineering & Applied Science died July 4. ' One of the original Vanport f. . culty members, Jim Coombs was among the founding fathers of PSU's engineering programs. He became co-ch .. irman of the Engineering Department In 1956 and chairman the following year, continUing umillhe Department merged wilh lhe degree-graming Applied Science Department. From Ihat time until his retiremenl in 1972, Coombs s.erved on the executive committee of that department, whiCh is today the School of Englfleerlng & Applied Science. Coombs was involved in the design of PSU's xlt!'nCe Buildin8 2, now hoUSing Civil and ' - " e c h a n i c ~ 1 Engu'"lerftng and most science l ~ b o r a t 0 n e 5 . 13
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