Portland State Magazine Winter 2011

Dennis Goodyear '76 is as– sistant director of the library and information commons at Avila University in St. Louis, Missouri. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Kathleen. Jerome Griffin '76 is dean of the College of Education at William V.S. Tubman Univer– sity in Liberia, West Africa. Carolyn Cole '77 has been the recipient of many art awards in the past 25 years. Her abstract paintings have shown nation– wide and are in numerous private and public collections. Her husband, James Min- den '77, also has exhibited his paintings around the country. Diana (Bassett) Darby '77 is the owner of Risk Plan Insurance, an independent property and casualty insur– ance agency in Longmont, Colorado. Darby has devel– oped a specialty line insurance program for dams, reservoirs, and irrigation systems. Stephen Schloth '77, MS '80 has retired from Bonneville Power Administration after 39 years, most recently as an IT specialist. Schloth also was a part-time math instructor at Clark College in Vancou– ver, Washington, from 1981 to 1997. He now plans to "specialize in having fun." Mark Dodd '78 is a representa– tive for the financial planning division of MetLife in Bellevue, Washington. Dodd enjoys half– marathons, skiing, and golfing. He lives with his wife, Cathy, in Kirkland, Washington. Sandra Traver Hasson '78 is the director of regional finance for the Coastal Bend-Texas chapter of the American Red Cross in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mark Verheiden '78 is co– executive producer of Falling Skies for the TNT network with executive producer Steven Spielberg. Verheiden has writ- ten for television on Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Smallville, Caprica and for films such as Timecop and The Mask. His work also includes 125 comic books. Verheiden lives in Pacific Palisades, California. Terry Crawford MBA '79 has won the Brauner Award from Willamette West Habitat for Humanity for his 13 years of volunteering. 1his is the highest volunteer award given by Willa– mette West Habitat. Crawford, who began with Habitat two years before retiring from Imel in 1999, is now its construc– tion site supervisor. He and his wife, Peggy, live in Tigard. 1980-1989 Perry Hotchkiss, Jr. '80 is a Realtor with Hawaiian Island Homes in Hilo, Hawaii. Michael Jackson '80, MS '83 is a geologist in the branch of solid minerals at the Bureau of Land Management Rich– field Field Office in Utah. Connie Taylor '80 is chief operating officer and Oregon regional manager for Hart Crowser, Inc., a consulting services firm for environmental compliance and geotechni- cal and seismic engineering. Annette Culbertson '82 is a reading specialist with Porcland Public Schools in Porcland. Culbertson has worked for the district for more than 26 years. Donovan Oliver '82 is a network engineer at Or- egon Health & Science University in Porcland. Owen R. Owen '82, PhD '88, MS '90 works for Exxon Mobil in Nigeria. Karen Stewart '82 is an as– sistant to attorneys Mike Porter and Naomi Levelle-Haslitt at Miller Nash in Porcland. 24 PORTLA ND STATE MAGAZINE WINTER 2011 Ramon Torrecilha '84, MS '86 Ramon Torrecilha '84, MS '86 is the acting head of college and executive vice president at Mills College in Oakland, California. Chris Tackett '85 founded the Oregon nonprofit, Friends of People with Auditory Deficien– cies, and helped start Las Voces del Silencio in Guatemala. Tackett hopes to raise money and recruit volunteers to help Guatemalans with hearing problems succeed. Tackett was an engineer in the commission– ing and testing group at Bonn– eville Power Administration. April Brookins Duvic MST '86 is a vocal music program director in the music depart– ment at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Nancy (Belzons) Faber '86 has retired from Bonneville Power Administration after 31 years and is now the vice president of Northwest Supply Management Association. Susan Holway MA '88 is founder of the Finnish– American Folk Festival in Naselle, Washington. Hol– way is working on a book of personal biographies of Oystervi lie people. Frances "Fran" Moga '88, MS '91 has been awarded the 2010 Esther Mathews Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Oregon Career Develop– ment Association. Moga, who is semi-retired, consults with small businesses and offers individual career coaching. She was an assistant director of career development in the PSU School of Business Administration. Debra Anderson '89 is an associate professor in the col– lege of nursing at University of Kentucky in Lexington. 1990-1999 George Hughes '90 has been promoted to partner at Hoff– man, Stewart & Schmidt, an accounting firm in Lake Oswego. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tigard. Aisha Musa '90, MAT '92 is an assistant professor of Islamic studies in the religious studies department at Florida International University in Miami. Musa has published a book, Hadith as Scripture: Discussions on the Authority of Prophetic Traditions in !slam. Timothy Polly '90 is an instructor of integrated metals and machine tool technol- ogy at Mt. Hood Commu- nity College in Gresham. Angela Haseltine Pozzi MS '90 has started a nonprofit organ ization named Artula Institute for Arts and Environ– mental Education (www.artula. org), where she leads an effort to pick up plastics from Oregon beaches and make educational art. As part of the effort, she has created a fearure-lengh docu– mentary film, Washed Ashore. Wayne Svilar '90 is an adjunct professor in the sociology and criminal justice programs at University of Porcland. He retired as a sergeant from rhe Portland Police Bureau, where he headed the cold case and hostage negotiation units. John WilliamWolf'91, MA '94 is a clinical financial analyst for the department of medicine at Stanford Univer– sity in Palo Alto, California. Tami Buedefeldt '92 is the manager of the office of student affairs in the school