January 18: Engineering tour We will tour the new engineering building, the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, 1930 SW Fourth Ave. at SW College St., at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 18. Please meet in the atrium. This facility opened its doors last winter term. Light refreshments will follow the tour. February 15: Economist Tom Potiowsky Our speaker will be Thomas Potiowsky, professor of economics, PSU. He will talk on state economics. He has been chair of PSU Department of Economics, state economist from 1999 to 2006, and a consultant. Please mark Thursday, February 15, at 1:00 p.m. March 15: Potluck March is our Lunch Potluck, so mark March 15. Speaker is to be announced. April 12: President’s Luncheon April is our annual President’s Luncheon and awards event. Please mark Thursday, April 12, at noon. Note: This is the second Thursday of the month. May 17: Psychologist Leif Terdal Our speaker will be Leif Terdal, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Oregon Health & Science University. He will present a talk and a slideshow entitled “Escape from Nazi-Occupied Norway: A Mother and Three Boys.” Please mark Thursday, May 17, at 1:00 p.m. This meeting is also our ice cream social event. Holiday Dinner includes surprise for Fiascas Upcoming programs Seventy RAPS members and guests attended the Annual Holiday Dinner on the evening of December 21 in the MAC club’s Lownsdale Room. Attendees enjoyed celebrating the holidays and the fellowship of friends and colleagues. There was a no-host bar and social hour at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and entertainment. During dinner, Michael and Marjorie Fiasca were surprised when their children presented them with a corsage and boutonniere in celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary. President Bruce Stern had the pleasure of introducing the family. Darrell Grant, jazz pianist, composer, and professor of jazz studies at Portland State, provided the entertainment with two of his PSU jazz studies students. Joaquin Toler played bass and Kyle Williams played guitar; both are seniors at PSU and come from local high schools. The trio began with some traditional jazz pieces and then played a medley of holiday music. And then there was a special treat: Darrell, solo, played a medley of African spirituals passed on by his mother. Mike Fiasca (left) gets a boutonniere and Marjorie Fiasca a corsage at RAPS’ Annual Holiday Dinner. Darrell Grant (piano) and students Kyle Williams (guitar) and Joaquin Toler (bass) entertained RAPS members at the dinner. —3—
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