—3— Book Club: ‘The Madonnas of Leningrad’ The RAPS Book Club will next meet on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 1:30 p.m. (We are skipping January because of travel by the regular attendees.) We will read The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean, for February, and The Elegance of the Hedgehog, authored by Muriel Barbery, for March. —Mary Brannan Bridge Group: Bids on Jan. 12 The RAPS Bridge Group meets at 1:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Jan. 12. The group is open to all members of RAPS. If you are interested in playing or need information about the group, please call me at 503-292-0838. —Colin Dunkeld Hikers: New hikes for 2010 Twelve hikers held a turkey dinner potluck and planning session at the Sawyers’ home on Dec. 12. Hikes were planned through 2010. There will be five local hikes, two coast hikes, one gorge hike, two Mt. Hood Forest hikes and one Banks/Vernonia hike. Our 2010 hikes will be on the fourth Tuesday. The Tuesday, Jan. 26, hike will be at Tryon Creek State Park, located on Terwilliger Boulevard about one mile south of Lewis & Clark College. Meet at the nature center at 9:30 a.m. We will have lunch at a local restaurant. Confirm participation to Larry Sawyer 503-771-1616 or larry_sawyer@comcast.net by Monday, Jan. 25. —Larry Sawyer Past Tense PSU AND THE NIKE SWOOSH In 1971 Phil Knight, then an instructor in accounting in the School of Business Administration, quite accidentally met Carolyn Davidson, a graphic art student, in one of the hallways of the Art Department. Overhearing her comment about her limited financial resources, he introduced himself and offered her a job at $2 per hour to develop graphics and a logo for his young company, Blue Ribbon Sports. BRS needed a new brand for a new line of athletic shoes he was planning to introduce in 1972. Carolyn accepted the offer and shortly thereafter presented Phil and his associates with several designs. Although unexcited about any of the sketches at the time, Phil selected the “swoosh” with the expectation that “it would grow on him in time.” Carolyn billed him for $35. The rest is history. Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike, Phil Knight became the richest man in Oregon, and the Swoosh became probably the most recognized logo in the world. Carolyn did additional work for BRS and Nike and also received an undisclosed amount of Nike stock for her contribution to Nike’s great success. Her design studio, Carolyn Davidson Graphic Design, endured for 27 years. —Roger Moseley Past Tense features glimpses into Portland State’s history. To submit a story (or an idea for one), e-mail the RAPS History Preservation Committee at raps@pdx.edu. RAPS club reports RAPS welcomes new members The following faculty and staff, who retired in 2009, receive a free RAPS membership from January 2010 to June 2011. Layton Borkan, Assistant Director for CAPS, Student Health and Counseling John Burchard, Humanities Librarian Bradford Carder, Campus Dispatcher, Communication Services Douglas Cook, Operations Specialist, Information Technologies Alan Ely, Office Specialist, Political Science Chris Goodrich, Coordinator Veterans Services, Advising Service Barbara Guetti, Professor, English David Holloway, Associate Professor, English Joanne Klebba, Professor, Business Administration Nancy Koroloff, Associate Vice Provost, Graduate Studies and Research Maria Teresa Lee, Office Specialist, Career Development Richard Logghe, HVAC Control Technician, Facilities Jon Mandaville, Professor, History Stephen Martin, Professor, Music Donald McClave, Special Assistant, President’s Office Keith Mettie, Building Manager, Auxiliary Services Dragan Milosevic, Professor, Engineering Management Jeffery Milton, Administrative Program Specialist, Business Affairs Sherri Mundell, Administrative Program Assistant, Financial Aid Brian O’Sullivan, Electrical/Control Systems, Facilities Lawrence Pardun, Environmental Health and Safety Gladys Perez, Spanish Instructor, Foreign Languages Maria Ruiz, Director, Latin American Studies Una Swanson, Supervisory Instructor, Child Welfare Partnership Shirley Thompson, Accounting Technician, Bursar’s Office Victor Walsh, Director, Professional Development
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