faculty Notes Jon Abr.vnson, Physics. hJs ll'Ceived J ooe-year want of S14,4S0 from Ihfo Oregon Affiliate 0# the American Hearl A s ~ I J t i o n 10 study "Oxidation induced CaH release from 5.1fcoplasmlC reticulum." Nancy Benson, SPffial (dUColhon, h J ~ been naml"d Re-;idenl Director of the Oregon A5ian Te.1Chf'r Educ;lIion Program, OSSHE Forer!!" Study ProKrams. She will ~ p e n d FJII 198(, at Beijing TeOlchers College, te.lching and adviSing Oregon Students panicipalinM in this new Iravellsludy program In the People's Republic of China. Henry C a r l i ~ . Engli5h, received the annual Push<"arl Prize (Qf h i ~ poem, "Off Pon Townsend, One Month BelOfe . ," which will appear in the collection Push<:.ut PriLf' XI: Ikst of,fIt. Small Pr('Ut'S 11986·87 edition). C.ume .110;0 was a winner in 1tM.> flitn .mnui'll compe!'IIOO sponsored by PEN fan inlt"roational Writers OfganizJlionl and the National Endowment fOt the Arts, for hiS short story. ''The Gardge Sale." Thi5 IS the <oecond PEN Prize Carlile hdS woo for a short story. M i c ~ 1 Cummings, Geology, and Paul Trone, gradu.lle r ~ a l ' ( h a ~ i s t a n t in Geology, w e r ~ a w a r ~ a S59.]00 contract by Rockwell International Corporallon, HJnford, Wash., 10 determine the inftuence of a hydrolhcrmOl! s ~ t e m on the mineralogy and 8('QChemislry of tops of Columbia River baS-lit ftows. Nilnrite D.ivis, Sociology, has been appointed associate editor JOT two international journals' The /Otlfn.11 of Violence, AHHres5ion, and TfflT)fism and Conlemporof'Y C,i$e5. KW.in Hsu, Emerita, Physics, has been appolllied Consuillng Professor at the Shanghai Institute of MechanICal Eng.neE'rlllg. The ABC ALUMNI BENEFITS CONTINUE TO GROW Count the many services now available to you as a PSU alum! Offered only to Portland State alumni at special Alumni Benefit Card savings;. * Sports and recreation * Library privileges • Insurance benefits • low cost rental of recreational equipment (including skiing gear) * Membership in PSU Co-op Bookstore • Travel programs * Parking privileges • Discounts on social and cultural events * Monthly calendar of University events • Discounts on athletic events Call your Alumni Office today and sign up for your ABC Card. PSU ALUMNI I' ( ilo'\. _ l'Ij , I .,', Institute is Iocatt'd on Ihfo former colml)Us of the University 01 Sh.Jngh.-Ji-Hu JiilnH, v.here H ~ u studied ('36 BS) and tolUght (I93i-47) A.B_ Paulson, English, has had a story chosen 01' one of the best published In The Gt!orsiil Review during the last forty years. The ~ t o r y , "College Life." appt'ars thiS spflng in the a n n i v e ~ r y issue of thc Rt'vlew. Marek A. PerkOWSki, Elect"Cdl Engineering, received this year's 59.500 Design Aulom.)tlon Scholarship from t .... ,o leading organlzallons In his field, the Institute or Electrical anc.! Electronics EnKineering (IEEE) and the Association of CompulinE! Machinery [ACM}. The fuods will allow gradu<lte student David S SmIth 10 WOfk fulJ-tifll(' to conclude desIgn <i an advanced high-speed computer that should aid development of high.lewl ar1iflCial intelligence languages,. Smith's work is part of a long-term project u4 Perkowski's to build a true logic de!.ign m.ilchine. Irme Pbce and Alice Yellwl, BUSiness Admlflistratton, have h.x:I the fourth edlllOfl of their 195& textbook, Of(1Ct' NlJrldb'('tnffl/, published under the lille A1,lrldgemMl of I ~ Electronic Office. Charles R. White, Political Science, and Sheldon Edne-r, Center for Urban StudieS. h,we had ttwir study of the 1982 Oregoo gubernatorial election published in Thad Beylc. ed., Re-Electlng lhe Governor, University Press of America, 1986. Stephen M. bpylowski, TheatCf Arts, won the , 965 Willie Award from W ; J / . l n ~ l e Wet>k newsp.lpe!" for Best 5eI Design lor his set in the Summer Festival Theater Company prodl.lCtion of "Night of the Iguana." ~ e E. llich.ftTJson, Jr. (,75), director 01 Corporille Budgets "nO S t r d t ~ c ~ n n i n g for Northwest N"turd/ C.u Company; lids Men ilppointed to d four-year term on 1M Ore-gon Siale Board of Higher Education. He fills the .'dcilncy /eft by OSBHE President A/v;n BrJliste, whose term expired lUI){! 30. A business ildministra/jon gr"d, Rich.Jrdson lids been employed ill Northwest NiJlur,,1 Gas for 21 years. He is currenlly 5elVinS 0/1 The Planning forum as secretary to the BOdrd of Directors, dnO is on the Boord of Directors of Blad Oregonians for Business Politicdl Action Committee. As athlete, coach, administrator Love looks back by Clarence Hein Roy love was a successful baseball coach (257-215) when he left coaching to become Athletic Director at Portland State 14 years ago. "For me, it was time for a change, for new challenges, and I felt I could have a positive impact on the development of PSU's athletic programs_" The past decade and a half have been marked by success and disappointment, satisfaction and frustration for love. Now, he says, it's time again for a change. He leaves Ihe AD's post this fall to return to teaching and coaching. Roy love was no stranger to Portland State at the time of his appointment as Athletic Director. A four-year varsity athlete and 1961 graduate of PSU, he served thirteen years as baseball coach and assistant football coach for the Vikings. When he talks aoout the University's athletic programs, it is from the triple perspective of athlete, coach and administrator. "It's been a good 14 years," he says, while noting thai progress hasn't been as rapid as he would have liked. "Development of the athletic program has paralleled development of other phases of the University. It's been two steps forward and one back." Each success, he notes, has brought its attendant problems. "First, look at community involvement. We've had tremendous people, starting with Earl A. Chiles and AI Giusti, who have given not only money but time and persona I commitment to Portland State athletics." But, love says, the problem is that the base of support has not been large enough. Women's athletics is another area of mixed results, " I think PSU has been a national leader in development of women's athletics," love says, citing the national success of women's volle}'ball and the Giusti Tournament of Champions women's basketball tournament. "The Giusti was nationally recognized," he said, "but we just couldn't keep it up. We had generated corporate and community sponsorship but just couldn'l gel enough fans in the seats 10 produce the necessary revenue." In fact, love says, his main frustration has been the difficulty in developing fan support for Viking athletics. "A lot of people have missed some outstanding athletic performances at PSU," he says, pointing to the numbers of professional and All-American athletes who spent their collegiate careers here. On the plus side, love has participated in the inauguration of a new football conference (the Western Football Conference) at the NCAA Division II level. Women's volleyball has joined the Mountain West Athletic Conference and the baseball program became part of a restructured PAC-l 0 conference. The new conference affiliations have been good for PSU athletics with the Viks capturing the WFC championship two years ago, the Mountain West volleyball championship each year since joining the conference, and the PAC-I 0 Northern Division title. "There is a basic organization of university and community support. Now, we need a plan for progress. " And, love speaks with pleasure about the support he has received from key members of the University administration, faculty and staff. "There is a basic organization of universtty and community support," he says. "Now, we need .a plan for progress." That will be the first priority for new Athletic Director David Coffey. "If nothing else," love says, "the past 14 years have set the stage for continued upward development. There is no question in my mind that 14 yeats from now, all our programs - academic and athletic - will be beyond our sister institutions." love plans to remain on the PSU faculty (HPE) following his return to the campus next year. He'll also coach the golf team. "Portland Siale ~ ~ u f d ~ ~ t t ~ I : ~ ~ t ~ o : ~ ' ~ ; ! h e i : ~ ; ~ ... PSU i'mpeclive, Summer 1986/ _ 13
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