In memoriam: Mary Gordon-Brannan, 1943-2020 MARY ELLEN FRAZIER GORDON-BRANNAN, who served Portland State for 30 years as a professor of speech and hearing sciences, died at her home in Portland on March 18. She was 76 years old. Professor Gordon-Brannan was born June 15, 1943, in Lafayette, Indiana, to Lloyd Jr. and Wilma Frazier. She graduated from East Tipp High School in Lafayette in 1961, and was honored as salutatorian of her class. She was a speech pathologist, earning a master’s from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from Wichita State University. Professor Gordon-Brannan was the Speech and Hearing Sciences program director for the last 18 years of her 30-year career at Portland State, which began in 1972. On December 12, 1991, she married a fellow Portland State professor, Steve Brannan, at her home in Southwest Portland. She is survived by her husband, Steve; her sisters, Alice (Roy) Knoy, of Lafayette, Indiana, and Kathie (John) Connelly, of Sarasota, Florida; and her brother, John (Carol) Frazier, of Brookston, Indiana. A celebration of life will be held later this spring. 4 The RAPS Sheet May 2020 In memoriam: Leif Terdal, 1937-2020 LEIF TERDAL, a longtime RAPS member, died at his home on Sunday, March 8. He was 82 years old.Dr. Terdal was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 26, 1937, to Alf Terdal and Harriet Hansen Terdal. He was the second of three children. When he was six months old, the Terdals returned to Norway to live in the village of Rubbestadneset, about 40 miles south of Bergen. In May 1940 the Germans occupied Norway, and Alf Terdal was able to escape to New York City. About 18 months later, Mrs. Terdal and her children Roy, Leif, and Edward, made their escape. In 2007 Dr. Terdal gave a talk entitled “Escape from Nazi-occupied Norway” to a RAPS general meeting. A story in the June 2007 RAPS Sheet related Dr. Terdal’s memory of the family’s escape: “On October 27, 1941, the Terdals boarded a fishing boat to make the 200-mile trip across the North Sea to the Shetland Islands. A German plane strafed the boat during the passage. “‘I remember being below with my mother and two brothers, and you could see holes opening up in the side of the boat,’ Terdal recalled. The plane made two passes, then left. One crew member was killed.” Three months later, the family was reunited in New York City. Dr. Terdal lived with his family in Staten Island, New York, until he was about 12 years old, when the Terdals moved to Muskegon, Michigan. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, in 1959. It was also at Taylor that he met fellow student Marjorie Starkweather. They married on June 13, 1959, one week after their graduation. Dr. Terdal earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University, and was a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at Oregon Health & Science University. He was involved with Portland State during his career, serving as a presenter in the School of Social Work’s social services certificate program in the 1960s. He also collaborated with Master of Social Work students and faculty on a research study leading to their joint thesis on assisting parents of preschool children with seizure disorders. In 1994 Dr. Terdal was appointed to a State Board of Higher Education committee tasked with considering the reorganization of public higher education in Oregon. His RAPS involvement included being an original member of the Hiking Group and a longtime Book Group member. He and his wife, Marjorie, professor emerita of applied linguistics, frequently hosted Book Group discussions at their home. Dr. Terdal is survived by his wife, Marjorie; sons Erik and Paul; and grandsons Finn, Reed, Lukyan, and Levko. His brothers, Roy and Edward, preceded him in death. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. THE DEADLINE FOR booking the RAPS trip to Portugal has been extended to May 31.The coronavirus pandemic prompted Collette, the company that RAPS partners with for the trip, to extend the deadline. The 10-day trip, scheduled for October 3 to 12, will visit Lisbon, the Portuguese Riviera, and several other stops, including five UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The cost is $3,749 per person, which includes round-trip airfare from Portland and 12 meals. Part of your fare will benefit the RAPS Scholarship. To get more information, contact Larry Sawyer at 503771-1616 or larry_sawyer@comcast.net. To learn more trip details, go to http://gateway.gocollette.com/link/944136. Collette extends Portugal trip deadline
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