Portland State Magazine Winter 2011

PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Chapin Zakrzewski MBA '05 i an acquired products buyer for Xerox orp. in Wilsonville. Sarah Cody '06 Sarah Cody '06 is an associ– ate wich Cocker Fennessy, a public affairs consulting firm in earcle. Cody remains "a lifelong, loyal Viking." Katrina Pariera '06 is a doctor– al smdenc and Annenberg Fellow at the school of communications and journali mac University of alifornia-Los Angeles. Khaled Al-Wadani '07 is an executive representative in the Liquid Marine Trans– portation program at Saudi Basic Industries Corporation in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia. Michelle Bowden MPA '07 was named che 2009-2010 Toa cma cer of che Year ar its annual Celebration of Lead– ership event. Bowden is che calent coord inaror for Disc rice 7 Toastmasters in Porcland. Daniel Lerch MUS '07 is program director at che Pose Carbon In cicute in anta Ro a, California, and lead editor of The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Cenmry's Sustainability Crises. An expert in local government responses co global fo sil fuel depletion, Lerch credits professors Barry Messer, Erhan Seltzer, Loren Luczenhiser, and Yivek Shandas for helping wich his thesis and first book, Post Carbon Cities. Jacqueline Marcotte '07 is a graduate srudent ar Easr Caro- 1 ina University in Greenville, orrh Carolina. Marcone is a researcher and surveyor in rhe field of maritime archaeology. Jordan Senn '07 is a linebacker fi r the Charlocre Panthers in Charlorre, North Carolina. Ashley Stevens '07 is founder and creative direcror of The Ah Project in Brooklyn, ew York, an online and print initiative for college-age adults about che effects ofloving someone wirh a severe mental illness. The project won a appi: Ideas that Matter grant and will partner wirh che Jed Founda– tion in ew York City. Mary Dallas Allen PhD '08 i an assistant professor with the school of social work at Univer– sity ofAlaska in Anchorage. Raymond Crick '08 is a pension administrator at the acrua ry consulci ng firm Milliman, Inc., in Portland. Crick enjoys traveling co Poland, China, and Europe. He is srudying Mandarin. Erin Devaney '08 is the scheduler for Oregon Con– gressman David Wu in hi Washington, D.C., office. Jessica Eggertsen MSW '08 is a counselor wirh the Success at Souchern/TRiO program at Southern Oregon University in Ashland. Julie Nakama '08 is a graduate srudent in rhe English depart– ment ar University of Pirrs– burgh. akama's research interests include archirecrural design and theory, fash- ion cheory, and issues related to rime and space in cinema. London Nielsen '08 is a sale analy r ar Pep iCo and a ales managemenr trainee ar Pep i- ola orrh America in Purchase, ew York. She plans co continue her educa– tion ar New York University. Salman Almakky MBA '09 i a en ior network engineer 28 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE WINTER 2011 for Freight Business Systems at TransCore, Inc., in Beaverton. Ben Blake '09 is a loan officer wirh Academy Mortgage in Portland. An Iraq War veteran, he and his wife, Christie Corley, have a one-year-old son, Boston. Blake fondly remembers reading at the Urban Center on campus. Beckie Child MSW '09 is board president of Mental Health America of Oregon located in Portland and a research associate in the Regional Research Insrirure in che chool of Social Work at Portland State. Child, who works on local, scare, and national memal healch issues, ha helped create mental health peer-operated drop-in centers and nonprofit organizations. Katie Reiners '09 is director of operations at Lee Davies Real Esrace in Portland. Meghan Warning MS '09 is an associate attorney wirh rahancyk, Kent & Hook in Bend. Warning has volunteered with CASA of Clackamas ounry, Habirar for Humanity, and Guide Dog for che Blind. Cynthia L. Martin '10 is a graduate rudent in the American srudies division of urban studies at University of New Mexico-Albuquerque. Martin's disserrarion focuse on rhe city of c. Louis. Angela Previdelli '10 is an administrative assistant and design assistant for Walker Macy, a landscape archi– tecture firm in Pordand. In Memoriam LaRay Barna MS '70, a soci– ate professor emerita of speech communication, died Oct. 16 in her Oak Grove home. he was 88. Prof. Barna taught ar P U from 1956 to 1990 and was one of rhe first instructors in the English as a Second Language program where she starred inter- ulrura l communication courses for training ESL teachers. Michael Tichy, professor emeri– tus of hea lth and physical edu– carion, died 0cc. 31 in Portland. He was 89. When he arrived on campu in 1955, all courses, including PE, were raughr in Lincoln Hall. He made the best ofir while also coaching ba eball. Dr. Tichy received many fitness and sporr awards through rhe years and regularly published his research findings. C. NormanWinningstad MBA '73 C. Norman Winningstad MBA '73 died Nov. 24 after a long illness. He was 85. Mr. Winningscad was best known for founding Floating Point Sysrems, a spinoff company of Tektronix, where he was an engineer. Floating Point is gone, bur Mr. Winningstad was in– volved in many ocher high-tech companies in O regon through the years. He was featured in Portland State Magazine and received an outstand- ing alumni awa rd in 1989. Craig Wollner '66, MA '69, associate dean of the PSU College of Urban and Public Affair , d ied Nov. 20. Dr. Woll ner was a respected reacher, historian, editor, and author, but it was as a colleague char Dr. Wollner stood our for his unfailing support and warmth. He held many poses on campus, including on Portland State Magazine's advisory committee. His insighrs and dedication ro rhe Univer icy will be missed. ■