Portland State Magazine Spring 2012

which provides research and rechn ical assistance on urban environmental issues. Curtis also serves on the steering committee of the Multnomah Food Initiative, a community partnership that promotes a sustainable, healthy, equ itable loca l food system . He lives in Northeast Portland with his wife and two daughters. Traci Klena '10 is a real estate broker and a member of The Hilbert Team, a Portland-based affi liate of Prudential NW Properties. Traci Klena '10 Heather Petrocelli '10 has launched a website ,jilmstory.org , which explores the relation- ship between film and history. Petrocelli is a master's student in history at PSU. David Rosenbaum '10 is a National Defense Science and Engineering Fellow at the University ofWashington in Seattle. While at Portland State, Rosenbaum was honored with a commendation award for under– graduate academic achievement by the Maseeh College of Engi– neering and Computer Science. Mihir Sathe MEN '10 is a design engineer in Hillsboro with Intel Corporation. Sara Tunstall MBA '10 is founder and owner of Spoolcown, a manufacturing company chat sews produces for Portland area designers. Previously, Tunstall managed the product line for Queen Bee productions, which is now one of her clients. Ryan Tuttle '10 will be climb– ing Mount Rainier as part of the 2012 Climb co Fight Breast Cancer, a fundraiser for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Turrie lost his grandmother to breast cancer when she was 56, and his sister-in-law to lung cancer when she was 23. He lives in Wallingford, Wash– ington, with his wife and two children. Stephanie Van Hook MA '10 is executive director of The Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, California. Van Hook says she is grateful to Tom Hastings in the Conflict Resolution Department at PSU for his ongoing mentorship and support. She co-taught a course with Hastings last summer on Gandhi and conflict resolution. Kristin Heller MS '11 is a director and coach for the outreach program at North– west Children's Theater in Portland. As a student, Heller was assistant director for the PSU production of The Merry Widow, and played Anna in the Patrick Marber play Closer. In Memoriam Regarded by many as "the found ing father of pottery in Oregon," Raymond Grimm, professor emeritus of art, died January 22. H e was 87. Professor Grimm taught for 35 years at Portland State, starting in 1956. In 1968, he established the first university hot glass studio in the region. William Hamilton, professor emeritus, died February 28 in Portland. He was 87. Dr. Hamilton taught at PSU from 1970 to 1986, and served as dean of arts and letters. Con– sidered a radical theologian, Dr. Hamilton was a promi– nent member of the Death of God movement of the 1960s. PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Jim Heath, professor emeritus of history, died January 4. He was 80. A favorite of students, Dr. Heath taught at Portland State for 26 years, starting in 1967. He was a scholar of American presidents and in 1976 wrote the book Decade of Disillusionment: lhe Kennedy Johnson Years. Jim Heath Kristine Nelson, professor emerita and former dean of the School of Social Work, died April 22. She was 68. Through her 40-year career as a social worker, researcher, and educa– tor, Dr. Nelson contributed significa ntly to improving socia l work education as well as child welfare practices. Hildegard Weiss, professor emerita of English, passed away in Portland on March 30. She was 93. Professor Weiss was hired in 1946, a founding faculty member of the Van– port Extension Center, which became Portland State College in 1955 and Portland State University in 1969. She retired from reaching in 1986. ■ SPRING 2012 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 27