Portland State Magazine Fall 2009

ALUMNI NOTES COMPILED BY DONNA HARRIS '07 Vanport Ronald C. Packard '53 is a part-time lobbyist represent– ing California cities, utilities, and government agencies in Wash ington, D.C. Packard represented California in the U.S . House from 1983 to 2001. He lives in Carlsbad, Cali– fornia, with his wife, Jean. Lawrence Leighton Smith '57, an internationally known conductor and pianist, is music director of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Smith is also music director of the Sun river Music Festival outside Bend, Oregon. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his wife, Kathleen '76. Wallace Harding '59 is senior vice president of real estate finance at Norris Beggs & Simpson, a financial services organization. Wallace, a former PSU Alumni Association and PSU Foundation board member, lives in Wilsonville with his wife, Linda '59. 1960-1969 Richard William Riggs '61 is a senior judge for the Oregon Judicial Department. Riggs retired from the Oregon Supreme Court in 2006. Sandra Satterberg '62 was one of25 women business leaders given the 2009 Orchid Award by the Portland Business Jour- Portland State University Independent Study Accredited by NCCU and NAAS Quality. Flexibility. Convenience. We offer quality accredited online- and text-based high school, dual credit, and college courses. Our instructors are licensed professionals who are motivated to help our students achieve their goals. • Start anytime. • Take up to 12 months to finish a course. • Transfer credits to the institution of your choice. Celebrating 100 years of academic service. Learn more, go to www.istudy.pdx.edu or call 1-800-547-8887 ext 4865. 26 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2009 nal. Since 1997, Satterberg has been principal ofJesuit High School in Beaverton. She lives in Portland with her husband, Rodney '62. Gordon Riese '64 is a retired footba ll official for the Pac-10 Football Conference. Riese continues to provide technical assistance for the conference by reviewing game tapes and evaluating the work of game officials. He lives in Port- land with his wife, Susan. David Nebert '65, a retired oceanographer, volunteers as chairman of the Screese Area Volunteer Fire Depart– ment Commission in Fair– banks, Alaska. Nebert is also a volunteer instructor of Taoist Tai Chi. He lives in Fairbanks with his wife, Mary. Richard Ball '68, MST '72, a retired Canby High School teacher, is giving back to the community. Ball is chairman of Canby's Southwest Neighbor– hood Association, vice chairman of Canby Area Transit, a board member of Cedar Ridge Civic Association, and is serv ing on che citizens advisory search committee for Canby's new police chief. His son, David '95, and daughter-in-law, Lisa Koch '96, are PSU graduates as is his daughter, DeAnna '99. Paul Soderholm '68 has retired as a d iscrict representative for the Illinois Lutheran Broth– erhood, a financial services company for members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Soderholm works on his family's tree farm in Mount Morris, Illinois, and also works on prairie conservation issues. 1970-1979 Linda Cramer '70, MPA '89 is owner and founder of Parent Care, a geriatric consulci ng firm in Naples, Florida, which was recently acquired by national provider SeniorBridge. Christopher Howell MA '71 is a professor of creative writing at Eastern Washington Univer– sity in Cheney, Washington. Howell 's poems, essays, and translations have appeared in many anthologies and journals, including Denver Quarterly, Harper's, and Iowa Review. He is also senior editor for Eastern Washington University Press. Marisa Lino '71 is corporate director for federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., office of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global secu– rity company. Lino was a U.S. diplomat, who held postings in Albania, Italy, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Tunisia, and Peru. Glenn C. Maynard '71 is an assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the Behav- ioral Healch Clin ic at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Maynard created a nationally recognized program chat assists people with mental illness to continue to live in a community setting rather than being inscicucionalized. David Harmon MS '73 is a teacher at King's Acad- emy, a private Christian school in Oregon City. Robert Card '74 is executive vice president and risk manage– ment director for Columbia River Bank in The Dalles.