Portland State Magazine Spring 2012

PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION •./::J:1 1960-1969 Edre (Reese) Berry '66, '67 is a retired transcriber with rhe County of Los Angeles. Previ– ously, Berry worked for First Interstate Bank and Norcresr China, both in Porrland. He lives in Long Beach, California. John Polos '66, an engineer, founded Polos Electronics in 1979. The Barde Ground, Washington, company special– izes in securiry systems and home theaters. He retired in 2004 and handed control of rhe company ro his son. Polos now spends his rime volunteering with the Boy Scouts and the Young Eagles pilot program, and meets regularly with rhe PSU chapter ofphi Kappa Phi. Joan Albertson '67 is retired from a career char starred in 1969, when she became one of rhe first 2,000 women co be certified as a public accountant in the United States. A longtime resident of Gresham, Albertson serves on Gresham city police committees and is administrator of the city's Government Affairs Council. Albercson received a 2012 White Rose Award from the Oregon March of Dimes. James Westwood '67 received the 2012 Legal Citizen of the Year award from rhe Classroom Law Project for his work with We the People, a U.S. Constitu– tion program for high school students. He is a partner at Stoel Rives law firm in Portland, where he is regarded as a con– sritutional scholar specializing in state and federal appellate courts. Westwood was a mem– ber of the PSU team char won the 1965 General Electric Col– lege Bowl, a nationally televised "quizbowl." 1970-1979 Kay Toran MSW '70 is president and chief executive officer ofVolunteers ofAmerica Oregon. In January she was named to the Albina Com– munity Bancorp Board of Directors. Toran also sits on rhe Oregon Community Founda– tion Board of Directors and the University of Portland Board of Regents. For a career supporting and empowering at-risk com– munities, Portland Mayor Sam Adams named April 19, 2009, Kay Toran Appreciation Day. Glen Maynard '71 is a mental health counselor and consul– tant in Portland. Maynard has directed mental health and addictions programs at Oregon Health & Science University, Providence Health System in Portland, and ar PSU. Arthur Nelson '72, MUS '76, PhD '84 is the presidential professor of city and metropoli– tan planning at the University ofUtah in Salt Lake City. He has written more than 20 books, and his work has been sponsored by organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2000, he was elected ro the college of fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Nelson also works as a private consultant. Margaret Doherty '73 is state representative for House District 35 in the Oregon Legislature. She previously worked for 22 years as a labor consultant with the Oregon Education Association before retiring co open a home-based floral design business in Tigard. Doherty has also served on the Tigard Planning Commission and volunteered for rhe Tigard Public Library for more than 10 years. Cathleen Cavin '74 has retired after 20 years with che Bonn– eville Power Administration in Portland, where she was an analyst for the Columbia River Treaty, an agreement between Canada and the U.S. that facili– tates the development of dams on the upper Columbia River. She previously worked for 17 years as a scientist and program manager in the Arctic, Antarc– tica, and onboard the research vessel Polar Duke. Cavin lives in Portland. Steve Laccinole '74 is the owner and founder ofSelpeco Resources, Inc., an engineer– ing firm for ore and chemical terminals and storage facilities. The company is located in Bel– levue, Washington. Laccinole was previously vice president of corporate development at Harris Group, an engineering consulc– ing firm. Jerome Griffin '76 has been appointed vice president for academic affairs at African Methodist Episcopal University in Monrovia, Liberia. The pri– vate college is the second-largest college in Liberia. Griffin was formerly dean of the college of education at Tubman Uni– versity, a public university in Liberia. Roberta McEniry '76 is a Portland-based consultant for Resources Global Profession– als, an international business consulcing firm. Previously, she was a deputy executive director with the Housing Authority of Portland. McEniry has served as president and board member for both the PSU Alumni Associa– tion and the PSU Foundation. Oscar Flores-Fiol '77, an international artist living in Eagle Creek, has created an oil painting, The Quantum I & 2, co mark his 73rd birthday. The painting represents influences from his 35 years as an artist and depicts petroglyphs and ancient cultures from Egypt, Japan and Peru. Flores-Fiol is also a consul emeritus of Peru, and hopes co sell the painting and donate a portion of the pro– ceeds co the Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund. Ken Butler MFA '78 is an art– ist and musician whose hybrid musical instruments, multi– media performances, and sound sculpture installations have been featured in galleries, clubs, museums, festivals, and cheaters around the world. He lives in New York. Gregson Parker '78 is the owner of Forensic Accounting Services in Portland, which spe– cializes in fraud investigations. Parker is also a member of the Multnomah County Inter– agency Committee for Abuse Prevention. Marilyn Bergen MS '79 is a partner with Confluence Wealth Management, a Portland financial planning firm. Medical Economics magazine and Worth magazine have each selected her multiple times as one of the rop financial advisors in the U.S. Bergen has also served as board president of the Oregon chapter of the Institute of Certi– fied Financial Planners, and is currently chair of the Portland Allied Professional Partnership steering committee. Samuel Brooks '79 is president and co-founder of S. Brooks and Associates, Inc., a Port– land staffing agency. He is also the founder, president, and board chairman of the Oregon Association ofMinority Entre– preneurs, che largest minority– owned business association in the Pacific Northwest. Brooks has been a delegate to che White House Conference on Small Business. Vanessa Bunker MS '79 retired in 2011 after a 19-year career with the Tigard-Tualatin School District, most recently as princi– pal of C.F. Tigard Elementary. In 2004 she was named Oregon Elementary Principal of the Year, and in 2005 the National Association of Elementary School Principals named her a national fellow. Bunker now lives in Beaverton. SPRING 2012 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 21