Portland State Magazine Fall 2009

ALUMNI NOTES Making sure others know where your will is located is as important as making one. To learn how to leave a lasting legacy to PSU, visit our Web site at www.pdx.edu/giving/planned. For more information on including PSU in your estate plans, please contact: Mary Anne Rees, Director of Gift Planning 503-725-5086, mrees@pdx.edu . 28 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2009 Diane O'Malley '83, MBA '00 is an accounting manager for che Porcland Youth Philharmon– ic Symphony. O 'Malley also reaches hospital icy accounting ac Mc. Hood Commun icy College. Arthur "Chris" Nelson PhD '84 is director of the Metropoli– tan Institute and professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Polycechnical Inscicuce and Scace University in Alex– andria. Nelson specializes in growth management and mec– ropol ican development paccerns. Sandra Ward Webb '84 received a 2009 Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Rec– ognition Award. Webb teaches biology ac Mililani High School in Waipahu, Hawaii. Her sister, Linda Ward '94, accended the ceremony in Washington, D.C. Ward is an assistant co the president of New York-based The Greenwall Foundation, which provides arcs, humani– ties and bioech ics grants. Eric Hungerford '85 recently retired as a lieutenant colonel for military intelligence in the Un iced Scates Army Reserve. Hungerford is a member of che Artillery Honor Society, Honor– able order ofSaine Barbara. He lives in Silverton, with his wife, Diane, and their four children. Rosanne Vecchio '85 is a bro– ker at the Windermere/Cronin & Capland Realty Group in Portland's and Northwest Johnson office. Karen D'Arcy PhD '86 is chair of che Division of Science at Governors Scace University in University Park, Illinois. D'Arcy's husband , Bruce Dumdei PhD '84, is che principal of air serv ices at URS Corporation, an engi– neering design services firm in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Robert Goitein MBA '86 is assistant director of Qual– ity Resources at Adventist Medical Center in Portland. Eric Olsen MBA '86 received a 2009 Facu lty Excellence Award from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is chair of the marketing, strategy, and international business deparr– ment and director of che spore management program in che university's college of business. Eric Spangenberg MBA '86 is dean of che college of business at Washington Scace University in Pullman. Katja Tunger Freeborn '87 is a teacher at Aloha High School in Aloha. Freeborn says professors Michael Reardon and Lawrence Wheeler were inspirational. Michael Erickson '88 is found– er ofAFMS Logistics Manage– ment Group in Tigard. Erickson scarred the company in his base– ment, and the Portland Business journal recencly honored it as one of 2009's fascesc-growi ng private companies in Oregon. Patrice Hudson '88, MS '08, a program administra– tor in the PSU Center for Academic Excellence, has been appointed co-chair of che PSU President's Commission on che Status ofWomen. Phillip Lucas '88 is a professor of religious studies at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. Michael Ascura '89 is a lieucen– ant colonel in che U.S. Army. Ascura is the produce manager for crew served weapons at Pica– cin ny Arsenal in New Jersey. Mary K. Turina '89 is president and chief operating officer of Chi ldren's Cancer Association in Porcland. 1990-1999 Suzanne Dalton MA '90 is professional development coor– dinator for che Confederation of Oregon School Administrators.