Portland State Magazine Fall 2010

ALUMNI PROFILE ROSANNA BOWLES '77 Dishing up tradition Rosanna Bowles has a simple suggestion: "Unplug and try and take a moment of quality time." Forging quality moments and transforming them into time-honored rituals is the aim of Bowles' first book, Coming Home: A Seasonal Guide to Creating Family Traditions, which was published in March. "It's a book about living and living well," Bowles says. Coming Home combines Bowles' idiosyncratic tradi– tion-building tips like belting out tunes from Mamma Mia! and throwing a '60s-themed birthday party with over 50 original recipes that incorporate fresh, seasonal produce-the foundation, as Bowles sees it, of true Oregon living. Being in tune with the seasons is "very much part of being an Oregonian," Bowles says. "I think that's really the answer to living well." Bowles' desire to write a book sprang from her experi– ence with Rosanna, Inc., the artisan dishware company she launched in 1982 with little more than an idea and a $15,000 line of credit. Bowles' Seattle company is now worth between $7 million and $10 million, and her internationally distributed products have been featured in myriad publications, including Good Housekeeping, 0 magazine, Bon Appetit, and Country Living. Bowles-who primarily studied Italian, French, literature, and art history at Portland State-attributes Rosanna, lnc.'s sustained success to her liberal arts back– ground and Portland roots. "I was very lucky to be educated here and grow up here and I think that's the basis of the success of the company," Bowles said. "I literally use my language, art history, and literature background everyday." BY LOUIE OPATZ 26 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2010 1960-1969 Sonja Haugen '64 is gen– eral manager of Springbrook Properties, a 450-acre mixed– use development in Newberg. Sally Ann Peters Marson '66, MST '68 has been appointed co che city council of Colum– bia City, Oregon. Marson, a retired U.S. Bancorp vice president, is on Columbia City's parks and audits committees. Roger Warren '67 is an executive enrollment coun– selor for Un iversicy of Phoenix. He and his wife of 42 years, Karen Lusher Warren '64, live in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Beverly LoPiparo Eberly '68 is a retired C lackamas elemen– tary reacher. Eberly volunteers weekly for che Democratic Party of Oregon and the Tualatin Food Bank. 1970-1979 Barry Simon '73 is an inde– pendent investment adviser with Wedbush Securities in Santa Monica, California. Simon was recently elected vice president for resource development in the United Na– tions Association of the USA, Southern California Division. Daniel Mosser '74 is a profes– sor of English at Virginia Poly– technic Insriruce and Scare Uni– versity in Blacksburg. His most recent publication, A Digital Catalogue ofthe Pre-1500 Manu– scripts and Incunables ofthe Canterbury Tales, was published by Scholarly Digital Editions. Lenore "Stoffel" Savage MST '75 is the gifted resource reacher and independent study coordi– nator at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. For more than 30 years, Savage has held similar positions ac che high school and ac Piedmont Virginia Commun icy College. Melanie Billings-Yun '76 Melanie Billings-Yun '76 is an adjunct professor in che Master ofincernarional Management program ac Porcland Scace. Billings-Yun has written a new book, Beyond Dea/mak– ing: Five Steps to Negotiating Profitable Relationships. Peggy Ryan '76 is a globa l content manager for Ince!. Ryan assists in managing technical breakout sessions for che Ince! Developer Forum in Ch ina and in San Francisco. Judith Sedler '77, a retired human resources manager, is active in ladies golf ac che San Diego Country Club and is volunteering for the Ladies Professional GolfAssocia– tion and che Red Cross. Jeff Aden '78 is a senior vice president for Banner Bank in Lake Oswego. Aden volunteers with che Junior Achievement of Oregon and Souchwesc Washington Board of Direc– tors' executive and board development committees. William Stoller MBA '79 is founder and vice chair- man of Express Employment Professionals headquartered in Oklahoma City. He also owns and oversees Stoller Vineyards in Dayton, Oregon. Stoller received the 2010 Distin– guished Graduate Alumni Award from che PSU School of Business Adminisrration. 1980-1981 Connie Beck '83 is an associate professor of psy– chology ac University of