Portland State Magazine Winter 2009

and is one of the oldest settled neighborhoods in Oregon. Don Bloodworth '79 is the new chief financial officer with Tyfone, a global company char is developing banking technol– ogy for cell phones. Blood– worth works in the company's Porcland headquarters. Larry Dodds MBA '79 is che executive vice president and chief operating officer ofAdventist Health in Roseville, California. Dodds is a fellow in the Ameri– can College ofHealthcare Ex– ecutives. He lives in Granite Bay, California, with his wife, Jane. 1980-1989 Grace Kuto '80 recencly revised her cookbook, Harambee! Stories and Recipesfrom the African Family Circle. Kuto was raised an orphan in Chwele, Kenya, and despite living in Porcland for many years, remains devoted to her former home. She is a longtime patient services admin istrator in the school of dentistry at Oregon Health & Science University. lsikAytac '81, MS '85 is an associate professor ofsociol- ogy at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. Aldie Howard '81 has returned to being a land use consultant in Oregon. Howard had just become interim ciry administra– tor and planning director in Vernonia, when rhe town was flooded in December 2007. Howard lives in Forest Grove. Ky Huynh '81 is cofounder, chief technology officer, and vice president of op– erations at Connect-Tech, a fine-wire assembly manu– facturer in Beaverton. Mark Prater '81 staffs the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where he advises Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member, who is working to reform the pension system and make changes in our tax laws. Don Williams MPA '81 is the chief operating officer at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt law firm, where he has worked for the past 24 years. Williams lives in West Linn with his wife, Janee. Ruth Rogers Bauman MPA '82 is the vice president of actuarial and underwrit- ing at C lea r Choice Health Plans, Inc., in Bend. Donna Henderson MSW '82 was a featured writer along with her sister, Bonnie Henderson, at the October Writers' Series offered ch rough the Nye Beach Writers Group in Newport. Henderson has written a collection of poetry citied Transparent Women. She lives in Monmouth with her husband, Richard Suclifc. Steve Heniges '82 is the new vice president ofsales and marketing for Comp– View Medical, an audiovi– sual provider for health care environments. The company is located in Beaverton. Clayton Hoffman '82 is a third-generation artist spe– cializing in sculpture. Hoff– man teaches cartooni ng and sculpture classes in elementary schools through the Young Audiences Art for Learning program. He recencly received a grant from the Regional Arcs and Culture Counci l for his Web site, www.ArtByClay. com. He lives in T igard with his wife and two sons. Sharon Williams '82 is a Porcland attorney specializing in family mediation. Williams and her husband, John Deics, have four daughters and three grandchildren. Williams writes, chat she attends "at lease one PSU Viking footba ll game a year! I had a great experience at PSU and am a loyal alum." ALUMNI NOTES Become a card-carrying member of the PSU Alumni Association! JOIN on line at www.alumni.pdx.edu or call 503-725-4948 PSU Alumni Association PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY W INTER 2009 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 21