In Memoriam: Prudence Douglas, 1924-2017 rudence Douglas, who served Portland State as an adviser to international students and a faculty member in English as a Second Language, died August 14. She was 92 years old. Ms. Douglas was born in Goudhurst, Kent, England, in 1924. At age 14 her family moved to Chilliwack, British Columbia, where she attended high school. She graduated from Oregon State University in 1946 with a bachelor’s degree in home economics. While at OSU she met Manfred Douglas. They married in 1946 and spent their first two summers living and working in a Forest Service lookout in Drain, Oregon. They then moved to Buffalo, New York, where Ms. Douglas worked as a dietician. Their daughter, Ann, was born in Buffalo. In 1953 the couple moved to Portland where a second child, Dave, was born. When the children grew older, Ms. Douglas entered Portland State and earned a master’s degree in Middle East studies in 1963. She remained at PSU as an adviser to international students. Lewis & Clark College hired Ms. Douglas to start a language institute and teach English as a second language. She earned her second master’s degree, in literature and linguistics, in 1974, and returned to Portland State, where she taught English as a second language for the next 12 years. Ms. Douglas retired from Portland State in 1986 but continued to teach, first in Costa Rica, then in China. In 1988 she and her husband moved to Manzanita. In 2002 she returned to Portland to live at Terwilliger Plaza, where she ran a meditation group and enjoyed many friends and family. Ms. Douglas is survived by her daughter, Ann, of Portland, and her son, Dave, of Lake Tahoe. At Ms. Douglas’s request, no formal service was scheduled. -–Doug Swanson The RAPS Scholarship The RAPS Scholarship helps students who are pursuing studies in gerontology. To contribute, please send a check payable to the PSU Foundation/RAPS Scholarship to Retirement Association of Portland State/RAPS; Portland State University; P O Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. There is a link to a form for scholarship contributions on the RAPS website www.pdx.edu/raps under the “Scholarship Fund” tab. To contribute by credit card, please contact the RAPS Office Manager at 503-7253447 or rapsmail@pdx.edu . --Nancy Chapman 5 P
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