AlumNotes COfltinued from p. 8 '79 Wade W. Younie (8S) has been PHXT1ole-d to associate in the Portland firm of 1.. 10011 Engineers. Inc. He specializes in ("ivil and structural engine('ring Younie and his wife, Cathie, have twin ~:m5 aged two. '80 Randy S. Knipple (65) has been named m..lnager of the Appleway office of Firs! Interstate Banle. in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He and his wife Connie are the p.uenls of it son and.1 daughter, '81 larry J. Brant (BS), .... ·ho passed his stale b.u examination in July, has joinPd the Portlimd law firm of Mitchell, lang ,lnd Smith ilS a Iri.ll associolle. '82 laMI Groh IBA; is beginning it sp\'en'monlh fellowship which will support her performance in Carnegie Hall wilh the National Orchestra of New York. last summer, she was Ofll' of 75 young musicians selecled from U.S. music schools to receive it full fellowship for Sludy and performance with the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra. Kilrm Hilley rBAI is currently playing violin in Portland with different groups, including the Portland Opera Orchestra. She al~ received a full fellowship lasl summer for study ilnri performance' with the Colorm Philharmonic Orenestrol. She now plans eililef to continue studying violin performance on the gracluilte level, or find an orchestral po$ition. J.H. "Duleh" Sigmund, Jr. (BS) has Ix'<'n named design engineer and survt'y managerlor Robert E. Meyer Consultants. Inc. tREMl, of Beaverton, Ore. He is design engineer for a $365,000 storm drain ilnd ~reet Improvement projecl in lhe city of Gaston, Ore. William ZurehH (MBA) has been named vice presidentlregional credit supervisor in the branch ildministration department of Ort'gon Bank, He is a graduiltc of Pacific Coast Banking School. '83 GET CAMPUS CALENDAR Alumm Beneftl<; (drd 229-4948 led C. Macy {Mn, who holds a master's de8rt'e in laxation flom PSU, has been named lax supervisor for the Portland office of Touche Ross & Co., (PAs. Joan Neff IBAl Silng alto solo during Forest Grove, Ore:s tenlh annual presenliltion of the popular Christmas oratorio, Handel's "Messiah'· on [)e(:. 15. Shl.' currently IS a solois\ .....ith the Oregon R!!pertory Singer> and with the Choral Arts Ensemble. D.JI1e A. Stowell {BA) is sports !!ditor at the Woodburn Independent newspaper, Woodburn, Ore. '84 Ebrahim Moshiri {Ph.D. ) has been hired to develop a nt'W comput!!!" 5Cience curriculum .11 the Portland Community College Cil5Cacle campus. The vocaliooal program will be aimed at small business needs particular to th!! campus' north/northeast Portland communily area I Four PSU graduates who joined Meier & Frank Department Stores are now reported by the firm to be managing departments wilh annual sales figures in excess of a million dollaf5 e<lch. The graduates, their stores and departmef1ts are: Ion lloyd ('84 BS), Clackamas Town Cent!!!", Small Wears Department (luggaBt.', sporting goods, stationery and notions); Juanita MacCartney {'54 BS), Washington Square, "Kids Inc." Department Ichildren's items); Mary Reimers 1'83 BS), Vancouver Mall, "The Works" Department (juniors section/women's clothing); and D.avid Wiese rB3 as). Washington Square, Housewares [kpartment (kitchen ware and smart electric appliances). USE PSU LIBRARY Alumm Beneftl!. Cdrd 229-~948 In Memoriam Shflidan B. Cochran 1'73 BAI, an employment specialist for Germain·Bennett Rehabilitation Consultants, lake Oswego and Portland. died Jan. 3 of cancer al the aBt.' of 37. Born in Portland, she was a member of the Tualatin Hills Recreation Women's Softball league. Survivors include her parents, a brother and her grandmot~, all of Portland. lamf!§ T. Oorigan 03 BS). a re-cenlly refired long-time emp/oyt'e of Eseo Corp., Portland, died of a heart attack on Oct. 5. A native of Portland and a highly-de<:Ofated combat ~:~!~ :;a~o;~ :a~ ~s r~'U~g~~~o~:se leaves his wifE', son, two daughters and four grandchildren. Katherine M. Lilmber1h {'74 BS), a retired schoolteacher, died Ian. 11 in a local hospital. She was 68. A Portland resident since 194:;, she taught in elementary schools until 1979. She was choir director and pianist al Allj Temple C M E Church, Portland. Survivin art:' a daughter, two wns, nine grandchildren and silt great.grandchildrt>n. Vernon L Lusby (Vanport), owner of the Korner Pocket Tavern in northeast Portland, died ill home in October of cancer. He was 58. A veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, he WilS an <lctive supporter of Iht Little league and Parkrose Babe Ruth baseb.lll program, as well as d chief of the VMCA Indian Guides. He i~ survived by his wife, four sons, a slste!', two broth!!!"s and his mother. George L. Schroth (Vanport). a lifelong Portland·area resident. died of heart disease Nov. 21 in a Portland hOSPital. He was 55. He worked for 25 years as an electrical technician for the Boeing Co., retiring in lune. Survl\'0r5 include his wife, Ihr(>(' sons, a daugntet. a brother, his mother, and three grandchildren. John l. Thomp5On (Vanportl, a Portland lawyt'f, died Nov. 5. He worked for 15 year:<; with Farmer!. Insurance Group, and ITlmt recently had wooed on risk management mailer:<; 101' the J(;Jiser-PermallE:'llte Health Care Program. Surviving art' his wife, a son, lwo daughters, a siSler and nine grandchildren. Korean Studies gift "You can only eat 3 meals a day" by Clarence Hein Jay S. lee, whose personal energy and keen business sense helped build his United Industries, Inc., into a successful import-export business, is laying a foundation for enhanced Korean studies at Portland State University. With an initial personal gift of $20,000 to PSU and a promise of continuing support, lee has established the Korean Studies Endowment Fund, which he'd like to see grow to many times that amount over the next few years with help from other Korean residents of the Portland area and from local firms which engage in trade with Korea. "look," lee says, "education made me what I am today (he is a graduate of New York University) and I want to return some of my success to the community and help to encourage Korean Studies at Portland State." lee came 10 the United States some 30 years ago, "a young immigrant" who wanted to live in New York City. His wife talked him into settling in Portland in 1964, a fortuitous choice for tho? budding businessman and for Portland Slate. The establishment of the Korean Studies Endowment Fund is not the first example of lee's commitment to Korean studies or to Portland State. He began contril;luting to Korean language classes at the University nearly 15 years ago. But the classes, to now, have been taught only during summer and not by regular, permanent faculty. For lee, working to put Korean Studies on a more permanent basis reflects his own pride in his native country and its place in today's international scene. "I'm proud that I'm from Korea," he says, "and I'm proud of what I've done in Portland." lee doesn't hesitate to talk about the importance of Korea and Korean studies to anyone who will hold still long enough to listen. Jay S. Lee A sort of one-man Chamber of Commerce for the program, lee does not hesitate to call on others to contribute to the cause. "It's the Korean Studies Endowment Fund but anybody can contribute," he says, pointing out that there are 20,000 Koreans living in the Portland area. "Look, your money won't do you any good unless you use it," he says. "If you have made good money, well, you only can eat three meals a day. You can't eat six. You only can smoke one cigarette at a time. You can't stick three in your mouth at once. I'm honored that I can help." The Korean Studies Endowment Fund will help establish Korean Studies programming and materials at PSU as well as cuhural and academic exchanges between Portland and Korea. PSU, Oaegu U. sister schools Portland State now has a sister university in the Republic of Korea after a January visit to campus by Oaegu University President Tae Yung Rhee. PSU President Joseph Blumel and Rhee signed an agreement and exchanged gifts on Jan. 7 to formalize the relationship. A cooperative agreement has existed between PSU's School of Social Work and Oaegu's Graduate School of Social Development since March, 1984. The most recent agreement is university-wide. The formal agreement between PSU and Oaegu pledges cooperation between the two institutions "for the enhancement of international understanding and human advancement through exchange of faculty, co-sponsorship of seminars and workshops, joint research and the sharing of information and professional and academic accomplishments." Oaegu University is relatively young, like Portland State, and has approximately 15,000 students. Organized in 1956, Oaegu now has programs in business, law and other professions. President Blumel called the South Korean university a "fine institution and we are proud to be associated with it." Oaegu President Rhee said of the agreement, "We wish to be pioneers in establishing relations between universities in Korea and the United States." He predicted the PSU-Oaegu relationship would lead to "mutual learning.., 9
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