Portland State Magazine Fall 2011

2011 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA ANGELA WYKOFF '72, MS ' 75, '80 A pioneer for women engineers During her 24-year career as an energy engineer, Angela Wykoff overcame obstacles and proved her worth in a traditionally male field. In her early days at Bonneville Power Administration, she applied for a field job working on electrical trans– missions but was turned down. The reason? Women couldn't do the Job because it required the ability to command a four-wheel drive vehicle. Her supervisor intervened and she got the position. Later, she remem– bers being one of only five female engineers at an international conference of 800. Now retired, Wykoff has brought her drive and determination to Portland State as a frequent volunteer, including member, committee chair, and eventually president of the Alumni Association Board. As chair of the PSU Advocates, the lobbying arm of the Alumni Association, she helped the University obtain vital funding for several maior campus infrastructure projects, including renovation of Lincoln Hall. After serving on the presidential search committee, Wykoff made such an impression on President Wim Wiewel that he recruited her to join several other university-wide committees. PSU connections run in Wykoff's family. Her husband, son, and daughter are graduates. Today, Wykoff con– tinues to be involved with the University and currently serves on the busy City Club research committee. 24 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2011 Ra-ed Raslan '84 is a consul– tant civil engineer and director of the research and development department for the Central Directorate of Projects with the Ministry ofinterior in Saudi Arabia. Mark Clemons MUP '85 is the director of project development in the Portland office of design firm Group Mackenzie. He is married to Mary Weber '83, MUP'88. Rebecca Washington '85, MPA '95 is the career ser- vices coordinator for Portland Community College's Cascade Campus. Washington received the 2010 American Association for Women in Community Colleges Excellence Award. Barbara Basney MBA '86 was recognized with the 2011 Rising Star Graduate Alumni Award by the PSU School of Business Administration. Basney is vice president of global advertising at Xerox Corporation. Michael Garey '86 is vice presi– dent of global admin istration and human resources for ova– Solar Technologies, a company based in Fremont, California, that bu iIds large-scale photovol– taic power plants. Garey is part of a team establishing factory operations in Yangzhou, China. Daniel Lenzen '86 is a principal member of Concept Entertainment, which owns and operates eight restaurants, bars, and nightclubs in the Portland area. This past year, Lenzen and his parrners spent $14 million renovating Grand Central Bowling. Lenzen has volunteered on various boards and committees, including the Portland Rose Festival Founda– tion, Chapter Housing Corp., Portland entral Precinct Advi– sory ommitree, and the Old Town C hina Town Neighbor– hood Asso iation. Leroy Sloan '86 is now a licensed property and home inspector. He owns Aspen Homes, a home building and inspection company based in Bend for the past 18 years. Alona "Lonnie" Feather '87 created the painted glass walls on the first Aoor and third Aoor study areas of the Higher Edu– cation Center at Rogue Com– munity College in Medford. Teresa Hopman-Thurman '87, MS '96 was selected as one of the Oregon Outstanding Social Studies Educators of the Year by the Oregon Council for the Social Studies. She is an elemen– tary teacher at Blossom Gulch Elementary in Coos Bay. J. Greg Ness MBA '87 wa honored with the 2011 Dis– tinguished Graduate Alumni Award by the PSU School of Business Administration. ess is the president and chief executive officer of Stan orp Financial Group, Inc., a nd Standard Insurance Company in Portland. Dan Swift '87 is a senior direc– tor at the commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield in Portland, where he was honored as the number one overall producer and top office broker in both 2009 and 2010. Swift has also served on the budget and design review boards for the city of Happy Valley. Dan Swift '87 Marilyn Turner MT '87 is a senior manager in Compensa– tion and Benefits Consu lting with Grant Thornton, a global accounting, cax and advisory organization, in Portland.