Portland State University Magazine Fall 1991

Vanport Ronald Boehi is the chairman of Coroon & Black, Inc., a Euge ne insurance brokerage. Boehi has been president and chief executive officer of the operation since 1984. '61 Judith K. Hofer (BS) has been elected treasurer of the Portland Progress Association. Hofer is president and chief executive officer of Meier & Frank in Portland. '64 Ancil Nance (BA) is president of t he American Society of Magazi n e Photographers, Oregon Chapter. Nance is a free- la nce Portland photog– rapher with headquarters in The Galleria. '66 Raymond Miller (BS) was rece ntl y appointed to the O regon State Structural Code Advisory Board. Miller has his own Portland engineering con– sulting business. Karmen L. Schmidt, M.D. (BS) is associate professor of pathol– ogy and laboratory medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Ce nter in Houston. Schmidt was se lected by her stu– dents to receive the John H. Freeman Outstanding Teacher Award. '67 James Westwood (BA) is the 1991 -91 president of the C ity C lub of Portland . Westwood, a partner in the law fi rm ofMiller, Nas h , Wi e ne r, Hager & Carlsen, has been very active with the PSU Alumni Associa– tion, and is a former president of the PSU A lu mni Boa rd of Directors. 24 PSU '68 David Hatch, DMD (BA) prac– tices general dentistry at Kaiser Permanente's Sunset Dental Office in Hillsboro. '69 James Buck (MS) is the new director of personnel for the G resham grade and high school districts. Buck was prev iously superintendent of the Orient School District, a small district near Gresham. Stephen B. Carter (BS) is assis– tant vice president for Quality Service at Standard Insurance Company in Port land. He is responsible for developing cor– porate quality strategies. Carter has been with Standard In– surance for 22 years. Richard Hawkins (BS) is the newly elected treasurer for the Japa n -Ame ri ca Soc iety of O regon. Hawkins is corporate secretary for the Ernst & Young accounting firm in Portland. Also elected to serve as presi– dent-elect for the soc iety is Sho Dozono ('69 BS), president of Azumano Travel Service Inc. Noreen Saltveit (BA), a Portland attorney, has been ap– pointed to the mediator panel of United States Arbitration and Med iation of Oregon. Masaru Yatabe (BS) is the vice president of Cascade Estates Co rporat io n , a Portland deve lopment firm that just com– pleted its first U .S . project. Yatabe was formerly with First Interstate Bank of Oregon. '70 Nicole Aas-Rouxparis (BA) , an assistant professor of French at Lewis & C lark College, is the recipient of a 1991 Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Awa rd . The award recognizes significant and meri tori o us achi evement in teaching. Robert P. Selby (BS) is senior design princ ipal for Envision Strateg ic Market ing Design, Inc., a Portland graphics firm. Lauren Van Bishler (BA) has joined the Irwin-Hodson Com– pany, a Portland printing firm. Van Bishler is a sales repre– sentative with a background in commercial graphics. '71 Thomas R. Holm (BS) is the director of the Office of En– vironmental Chemistry at the lllinois State Water Survey, in Champaign, Ill. Holm conducts resea rch o n gro undwate r geochemistry. Edwin P. Radtke Jr., DDS, (BS) writes that he has a dental practice in northwest Portland, has been married for 23 years, and is the father of two boys. Richard Schulberg (BA) is a managing partner in Rubicon International, an international management consulting and business dev el opmen t com– pany. Schulberg assists foreign bus inesses e nt ering U.S. markets and American busi– nesses entering foreign markets. Barney Speight (BS) is vice pres ident of corporate po licy and development for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon. '72 Margaret Brechan (BA) has had her first book published. September to April is the fict ional story ofan alcoholic woman and her struggle toward recovery. According to Brechan, the in– sp irati on fo r the book came from a friend with a drinking problem who admitted that she was always looking for books that would tell her she was not alone. Brechan, who was born in Seattle in 1911, li ves in Po rtl and . S h e enrolled at Portland State at the age of 59, and received a bachelor's degree in English. September to April, published by Fireplace Books, is ava ilable in local bookstores. Stephen Gimbol (BS) is vice president and manager of sales training at Paulson Investment Company, Inc. The company is a fu ll service brokerage, head– quartered in Portland. '73 Debra Bartlett (BS), and her husband Bruce ('73 BS), visited fami ly and friends in Portland over the 4th of July. Debbie is currently senior vice president for the May Company in Den– ver, Colo. John Brosy (BS) wa promoted to associate at David Evans and Associates, Inc., a profes ional se rv ices consu lt ing firm in Portland . Vaughn Myers (BS) was elected treasurer of the board of Junior Achievement-Columbia Emp ire Inc. '74 Deborah Walleri (BS) lives in Fairbanks, Ala., is the mother of four ·children, and teaches first grade. W a ll e ri writes that shoveling snow is now one of her favorite past times. '75 George E. Richardson, Jr. (BS) was elected president of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in June. He has been on the board since 1986 and served as vice president for the past year. He is director of state and local government relations for Northwest Natural Gas Co.