with excitement about the multitude of birds that visited her feeders. But there were bad memories, too, like when her husband arrived home just in time to arrest a man burglarizing a construction trailer outside their home who came close to assaulting her and the neighbors. As for the societal meaning of their presence there, Sandy Moose says that the move was made with good intentions. “The gentrification part is offensive and unfortunate,” she says. “At the time, [his approach] was a viable solution, and it was the only solution to get things stopped.” ONE OF THE officers patrolling Portland in the 1990s was Portland State’s current chief of Campus Public Safety, Willie Halliburton, then an early career officer. “I was disrespected, called every name in the book,” Halliburton says. “I was looked upon as a sellout, a traitor.” He approached Moose, his lieutenant at the time, with a request to transfer to another precinct. Moose laughed. “He said, ‘Willie, I came from North Carolina to Portland. I got the same treatment,’” Halliburton says. “‘It’s about earning people’s trust. Once they know you, you’ll get the respect you need.’” Within six months, Halliburton could see that trust building, he says. “That saved my career in Portland.” Moose made a priority of touching base with the small group of African American officers, says Campus Public Safety Lt. Kevin Modica, who also was an officer with the bureau. “It’s nice to have somebody looking out,” he says. Modica lauded Moose’s efforts to introduce new elements of policing, including asking officers to review and incorporate data into their patrols. “People didn’t necessarily agree with all of his policies, but they respected him,” Halliburton says. “He was a man of his word, a man of integrity.” COLLEAGUES and family have described Moose as firm, fair and direct, with a dry sense of humor. He loved the Baltimore Ravens, New York Yankees and motorcycles. Moose was also known to have a temper, with several disciplinary measures taken against him during his time with the bureau for volatile interactions with city employees and store clerks. Moose later commented that he was ashamed of his behavior while adding that he believed the incidents and the disciplinary actions that followed were racially motivated. His career also included controversial decisions, such as the introduction of AR-15 rifles to the bureau. Amid backlash over his outbursts, Moose left Portland in 1999 to head the Montgomery County Police Department. Officers there had recently shot two unarmed Black men, and the Maryland department was seeking someone who could ease racial relations. Kenck-Crispin questions whether Portland was ready for Moose. “He had successfully expanded community policing, but Portlanders were never able to get past his outbursts and his race, and thus lost an opportunity,” he wrote in his thesis. “Obviously, the Montgomery County Hiring Committee was aware of Portland’s public perception of the candidate Moose. But here he was being hired for attributes and ideas that drew so much fire in Portland, Oregon.” THE SKANNER Charles Moose hands out job and education information at an Iris Court open house in the early 1990s. Moose wrote his doctoral dissertation about the North Portland public housing complex , dedicating it to “ the tenants who taught me to see them as people who deserve a safe place to live.” ALUMNI IN THE NEWS Sara Jean Accuardi ’06 wrote an audio drama, Landscape, which was presented by Portland’s Theatre Vertigo as part of the Fertile Ground Festival. Accuardi’s 2019 collaboration with Theatre Vertigo, The Delays, won a Drammy Award for outstanding original script. Jeff Allen ’89, principal scientist for European software giant SAP, has championed corporate social responsibility projects for Haiti for decades. His public release of Haitian Creole language data helped lead to the inclusion of the language in Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate and more. Sasha Bassett MS ’16 accepted a position as an adjunct instructor in sociology for Pace University in New York City. Keren Brown Wilson PhD ’83 and Michael DeShane MA ’71 PhD ’77 capped off Portland State’s $300 million Campaign for PSU with a gift to the PSU Institute on Aging. Their contribution will expand career pathways for students interested in supporting Oregon’s elders. Adam Carlin MFA ’18 was named director of learning and engagement at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Bryant Carlson PhD ’18 began work as a senior instructor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Aaron Clausen ’20 and Nolan Gold ’21 are working as junior assistant camera and junior grip, respectively, on Wendell and Wild, a Netflix stop-motion animated feature starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Scott Cline ’72 MA ’82 published Archival Virtue: Relationship, Obligation and the Just Archives with the Society of American Archivists press. Cline is a distinguished fellow of the Society of American Archivists and served as founding archivist and director of the Seattle Municipal Archives from 1985-2016. Carol J. Pierce Colfer ’66 co-edited the book Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society, published by the Earthscan Forest Library. Colfer is a senior associate with University of Washington’s Center for International Forestry Research. Jason Duika MM ’10 was featured in the January issue of Classical Singer magazine. See his site at jasonduikabaritone.com. Ryan Farwell ’07 joined the Ocean Beach Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in Ilwaco, Washington as an occupational therapist. Janna Ferguson MArch ’17 was made partner of her architecture firm in Boulder, Colorado, now called Ferguson Pyatt. Steve Forrester ’71 co-wrote and edited the book Eminent Oregonians: Three Who Matter about Richard Neuberger (of Neuberger Hall fame), Abigail Scott Duniway and Jesse Applegate. Forrester is president and CEO of his family’s company, EO Media Group, and former editor and publisher of The Daily Astorian. Madeline Frisk MS ’21 is now Portland State’s coordinator of student government relations and adviser to Greek life. As a graduate student, Frisk served as a senator and academic affairs director for the Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU) and is excited to help new student leaders at PSU. 36 // PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE
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