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Rebecca Oglesby Smith, ’35, writes from her home in Long Beach, Calif.: “I am 92 years old and with the exception of my arthritis, I’m doing well. My sister, the late Jean Oglesby, ’33, was in the Registrar’s Office and the Department of Engineering at OSU. Our family used to live on what was then called “Corvallis Orchards,” about 1 ½ miles west of Corvallis, but I noticed the last time I was there that the apple and pear trees are all gone and a housing development is there.”Clifton Clemens, ’38, celebrated his 100th birthday at the Bend Villa Retirement Community. He graduated with a degree in industrial arts despite never attending high school. A park in Sisters is named in honor of his many years of service to that community.

Margaret Wolcott Double, ’40, writes: “I have happily returned to Oregon after 49 years in Sacramento and now reside in Medford, near my daughter, Lois Double Nobles, class of 1969.”John Hansen, ’41, and his wife, Ruth Plummer Hansen, ’41, recently celebrated 65 years of marriage at their home in Dallas.

Ek Mahl, ’56, San Rafael, Calif., writes: “After 36 years of teaching high school science, I am now a docent volunteer at the California Academy of Science, the National Park Service at Marin Headlands and the California State Parks at Angel Island.”Bob Adams, ’58, a retired pharmacist, has been honored with establishment of an OSU pharmacy scholarship in his name by Samaritan Health Services. He has served on the board of directors of the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital since 1970. He and his wife, Betty Schackmann Adams,

’54, live in Lebanon.Carl Berntsen, ’58, ’67, has retired from active duty as a volunteer auxiliary coxswain in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, serving for 18 years and participating in 500 on-the-water operations, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He retired in 1979 as the director of Timber Management Research (a division of the U.S. Agriculture Department) in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Mary, live in Kitty Hawk, N.C.Bill Ward, ’59, is northwest regional director of the American Society for Engineering Management. He is a professional engineer and CEO of Management Engineering Associates, LLC in Camas, Wash.Glen Klock, ’59, ’68, is owner of AgBASE, Inc. and Western Resources Analysis, Inc. in Wenatchee, Wash. He recently worked on a USAID project in Oman, Jordan, to teach mid-level managers about environmental and water resource issues.

Stanley Hong, ’59, Honolulu, Hawaii, has retired as president of Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc. He is currently a trustee of the King Wm. Charles Lunalilo Trust Estate, which is one of Hawaii’s four royal trusts designated for the benefit of the native Hawaiian people.Tom Harvey, ’59, Vero Beach, Fla., is a volunteer and special deputy sheriff in the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, working courthouse security and road patrol. He likes to spend vacations traveling in the United States and internationally.

Rick Dexter, ’63, ’67, North Hampton, N.H., writes: “I am semi-retired from Lucent Technologies and working as a tutor at Berwick Academy in Maine. I have seen a game at the new stadium; what a great facility. Now let’s win!”Jay Hansen, ’64, writes he is “twice retired (from the Air Force and the state of New Mexico) and am now working at Boeing’s flight test center.” He lives in Seattle with his wife, Barbara Huehn Hansen, ’65, and reports that their son, Eric J. Hansen, ’90, ’92, is assistant director of marketing for OSU University Housing & Dining Services.Lee S. Ting, ’65, former head of Hewlett-Packard Asia, is managing director of WR Hambrect Co., an investment bank based in San Francisco, Calif. He is a board member of the Lenovo Group Limited

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n Helen Nickum, ’50, has retired from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 in Portland, where she has worked for the past 18 years, capping off her 61 years as a secretary for various private and politi-cal organizations.

n Barakat Abu Irmaileh, ’71, is an agri-culture professor at the University of Jor-dan in Amman, Jordan. He was recently honored with the Outstanding Interna-tional Achievement Award from the International Weed Science Society. He is the chair of the Near East Weed Science Society.

n Ayumi Konishi, ’81, is the director of assistance programs in Vietnam for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He will oversee 34 projects working with government agen-cies, development partners and civil so-ciety and non-government organizations.

Konishi worked for the United Nations for several years and has most recently been director of the governance, finance and trade division of the Southeast Asia Department of the ADB.

n Gregory Lum, ’82, librarian at Jesuit High School in Portland, has been ap-pointed by the American Library Asso-ciation to join 14 other librarians from around the country as a member of the

2007 Best Books for Young Adults Selection Committee.

n Meg Greiner, ’86, ’93, has received a top Disney Teacher Award as the 2006 Outstand-ing Education Specialist. She was selected from among 75,000 nominees and was one of 44 finalists.

Greiner teaches physical education at Independence Elementary School in Independence. She received a $10,000 personal award during a profes-

sional development week at the Disney-land Resort in Anaheim, Calif., and her school received $5,000. The award also includes a week-long institute in Florida for Greiner and her principal as well as a school consultation with experts from the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston.

n Jerrold Winandy, ’93, a research proj-ect leader at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wis., has received the 2006 Award of Merit from the Ameri-can Wood Preservers’ Association. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.

n J. Michael Scott, ’73, wildlife profes-sor and director of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Idaho, has received one of the highest awards given by the U.S. De-partment of Interior, the Distinguished Service Award, for his work as a senior scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey.

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in China and Microelectronics Technology Inc. in Taiwan. Ronald A. May, ’65, is president and CEO of Pinnacle Bank of Oregon, headquartered in

Beaverton.Mel Hall Vannice, ’67, writes: “I am six years into my fourth career as a Windermere real estate agent in the very fast-paced Seattle real estate market.”Alice Goetzinger McCain, ’68, Siletz, has retired from teaching and is a volunteer grant writer for Siletz Valley Friends of the Library.Robert J. Hocken, ’68,

’69, received the 2006 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the director of the Center for Precision Metrology and is the Norvin Kennedy Dickerson Jr. Distinguished Professor in the department of mechanical engineering and engineering science. Roger E. Vlach, ’68, ’72, Bend, writes that he is “a financial adviser with the Vlach Group with my son, Jeremy, am happily married to Irene and enjoying serving on the board of trustees for both the OSU and OSU Cascades Campus foundations.”Olivia Smith, ’69, Portland, has retired after 27 years with Clackamas County Mental Health. She and her husband, Alan Nettleton, enjoy traveling.Ralph Peterson, ’69, received an honorary doctorate from Boise State University at its spring 2006 commencement. He is chairman, president and CEO of CH2M HILL, based in Denver.Stephen Tomasovic, ’69, ’73, is senior vice president for academic affairs at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.Tom Brown, ’69, is president and CEO of Newspapers of New England, which publishes

the Concord Monitor as well three additional daily newspapers. He is a former editor of the Barometer, serves as secretary of the New England Newspaper Association and is on the board of the East Oregonian Publishing Company. He lives in Concord, N.H., with his wife, Carol Burroughs Brown, ’69, a high school English teacher.

Ayele Tirfie, ’70, Klein Windhoek, Namibia writes: “In 2000 I was invited by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of the Republic of Namibia (formerly Southwest Africa) to be an adviser in industrial development with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises. The OSU Commons on campus, the College Inn in which I lived, the forest around, the breathtaking coast and others are alive in my mind.”Gerald Mulvey, ’70, has retired from a 26-year high school teaching and coaching career at Hidden Valley High School in Florence. He and his wife, Merilee Mulvey, enjoy traveling with Karl Schilling,

’71, and Connie Randall Schilling, ’71, of Estacada.Bob D. Edwards, ’71, is Import Sales Manager for Boise Cascade’s International Marketing Group in Boise, Idaho. He was the Southern Idaho/Eastern Oregon representative on the OSU Alumni Association board during the mid-’80s.Harold Melvin, ’71, ’77, has retired from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta and is president of Fisher Consulting Enterprises. He lives in Gull Lake, Alberta and enjoys playing the fiddle with a local music group.Erin J. Haynes, ’72, ’79, Corvallis, has retired from the OSU Alumni Association and is raising money for the Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis, Boy Scouts, Philomath Public Schools and the Corvallis Rotary. He is in his 31st year as an adviser for Phi Delta Theta.

Ken Tsang, ’72, is director of operations for the environment, health and safety division of Dow Chemical Company’s Asia Pacific Region, based in Shanghai. He has been with Dow since 1978.Richard J. Maturi, ’72, is owner of 21st Century Publishers in Cheyenne, Wyo.John D. Berry, ’73, ’75, has retired as forest supervisor on the Eldorado National Forest in Placerville, Calif.Scott Maley, ’73, has retired from Northrop Grumman in Norman, Okla.Dennis Hadley, ’74, Silverton, represented Oregon at a recent National Farmers Organization convention in Ames, Iowa.Kass Walsh, ’74, has retired after 31 years of teaching in Hillsboro.Carol Ann Holcomb, ’75, ’77, has received the Myers-Alford Outstanding Teacher Award from Kansas State University’s College of Human Ecology. Known for her special efforts to get to know all her students, she also created the master of public health program at the university. Holcomb is also proud to have as colleagues at Kansas State two other OSU alumni: Provost Duane Nellis, ’78, ’80, and Dean of Agriculture Fred Cholick, ’72.Randy Jespersen, ’75, is president of Terasen Gas Inc., a natural gas distribution utility in Surrey, B.C., Canada.Barbara Tenney Hosford, ’76, has taught health careers and physical education for 23 years and developed the sports medicine program at Hood River Valley High in 1999. She coaches varsity volleyball and tennis and teaches EMT-B/First Responder classes through Columbia Gorge Community College. She and her husband, Mitch, live in Hood River.Candy Goar Baker, ’76, ’80, was named Oregon Assistant Principal of the Year by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. She was one of three finalists for National Assistant Principal of the Year. After more than 27 years at West Albany High School, Baker will be principal at the Albany Options School this fall.

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Charting a new courseShe has lived most of her life in the West. She fondly recalls going to sea as an oceanographer on the OSU research vessel Yaquina. Starting this fall, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, ’77, ’83, will move to New York City and begin a new adventure, helping to chart a course for the Episcopal Church in the United States.

Jefferts Schori was elected presiding bishop, the first woman ever in this position, earlier this summer, becoming chief pastor of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church, one of 38 provinces of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

She first moved to Corvallis to study oceanography at Oregon State. After she received a master’s degree in 1977 she became the first woman doctoral student in the oceanography college.

“I had a wonderful graduate education at OSU,” said Jefferts Schori. She said she especially appreciated oceanography

professors Jim McCauley and Bill Pearcy.She met her husband, Richard Schori,

in 1979 when he was chair of the math department. He retired in 2001. Their daughter, Kate Schori Harris, graduated from Corvallis High School in 1999.

Jefferts Schori found her interests in the world of science and humanity deepening, and she began studying and eventually teaching philosophy at OSU. This led her to study theology and in 1994 she was ordained a priest.

After her ordination, she was appointed pastoral associate and assistant to the rector at the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan in Corvallis, where she remained until her appointment as bishop of the Diocese of Nevada in 2001.

As the first woman presiding bishop, with a short tenure in the church, and being a fairly liberal thinker, Jefferts Schori may find her new waters choppy at times. Friends say they have no doubt that her honesty, curiosity and sense of justice will serve her well.

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Dottie Merryman Bertelli, ’76, ’80, was presented the Crystal Apple Award from the Greater Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce this spring and has retired as principal of Hillsboro High School.Sally Hendren Wales, ’73, has retired after 27 years with the pharmaceutical company Merck. She is a part-time pharmacist for Safeway in Portland.George F. Smith, ’76, is president and CEO of Norpac Foods in Stayton.JoAnn Cichy York, ’76, is vice president of human resources at Portfolio Recovery Associates in Norfolk, Va. She retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1996 and lives in Chesapeake, Va.Wayne Miller, ’76, was named Citizen of the Year by the Helix Community Chamber of Commerce. He is a fifth-grade teacher in the Helix School District and is director, president and booster club founder.Robert Goldstein, ’77, has received a Benjamin Franklin Award in the travel writing category from the Publishers Marketing Association for his 2005 book, Gentleman From Finland: Adventures on the Trans-Siberian Express. The former Barometer editor lives and writes in Seattle. Susan Speulda Swanson, ’77, ’88, Philomath, writes: “I am a higher education information system consultant with clients in the U.S. and Canada. I also teach at the University of Phoenix. My husband, Mark Swanson, ’79, is retired after 30 years with the state and is enjoying golf, book collecting and some travel with me.” Their son, Nathan Swanson, ’05, is a contractor at Intel in Hillsboro. Taun Deverill, ’77, is an pilot for U.S. Airways, where he has worked since 1999. He lives in Gilbert, Ariz.William A. Schurg, ’77, ’82, has received the Fellow Award from The Equine Sciences Society for outstanding service and contributions to the society and the horse industry.Ellen Morris Bishop, ’78, ’83, Enterprise, is executive director of the Oregon Paleo Lands Institute in Fossil.

Craig Spiegelberg, ’79, is president and founder of LogiTel Corp., a VoIP solutions company in Vancouver, Wash.Dan Thomsen, ’79, is operations manager at Pacific Power in Cottage Grove.David McLean, ’79, ’86, is a financial representative for First Tech Credit Union in Eugene. He writes:

“Finally relocated back to Oregon last fall, after moving away 17 years ago. We have 200 feet of creek bank, complete with ducks (what else would be in Eugene?). Beavers have been rumored to lurk about, but we have not seen any!” He and his wife, Marla Hinds McLean, ’79, celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in August.Diane Travers-Chamberlain, ’79, teaches Spanish at Laramie High School in Laramie, Wyo., where she lives with her husband, Kevin, and son, Ryan. Her daughter, Melanie, attends the University of Wyoming.Jeff Jensen, ’79, is senior director of clinical operations at Metabasis Therapeutics Inc., in La Jolla, Calif.John Rawson, ’79, is owner of Flanders Pharmacy in Northwest Portland. He hand mixes prescriptions and invented and patented a Magic Wart Cream 10 years ago.Kelly Morgan, ’79, is CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg.

Edda Zerkel King, ’80, Lebanon, writes: “I am a small business owner and mother of three children. I have been married for 25 years (to a Duck).”Rev. James M. Clark, ’80, is pastor at Fairwood

United Methodist Church in Renton, Wash. He has been married to Rev. Paula McCutcheon for 20 years, and they have two sons, Aaron and Kenneth.Rod Boettcher, ’80, is director of financial aid at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham.Steve Calvert, ’80, has retired from a 26-year pharmacy career with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif. He has moved to Nipomo and plans “to play lots of golf and travel.”Trish Woodbury White, ’80, received the A.H. Robbins Bowl of Hygeia Award for the state of Alaska from the American Pharmacological Association. She and her husband, Dirk, are co-owners of Harry Race Pharmacy and White’s Pharmacy in Sitka, where they live with their two children. She serves on the boards of the Sitka Summer Music Festival, Sitka WhaleFest and the Sitka Garden Festival.Darren Kipper, ’81, is principal engineer with the engineering services group of the City of Portland Water Bureau. He is currently managing the technical services branch.Doug Turner, ’81, writes: “I have been training for my fourth Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, a 50-mile bicycle race against the Durango & Silverton Steam Train over two mountain passes in Colorado.”Dr. Ken Olson, ’81, ’84, owns Willapa Veterinary Clinic in Raymond, Wash., where he lives with his wife, Audrey. He was recently named Citizen of the Week for his work on the board of Willapa Harbor Hospital and as chair of the Willapa Health Foundation.Jeff Cushing, ’81, Tualatin, is the chief operating officer at Salem Hospital.Karylinn Hutting Echols, ’81, is a partner in The Tugman Group, an international consulting firm, and is a member of the Gresham City Council.Kris Crowston, ’81, is owner of KO Screening in Vernonia.

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They stayedThey stayed on the air throughout the hurricanes.

As the 5 and 6 p.m. news anchor for CBS New Orleans’s WWL-TV station, Dennis Woltering, ’73, and 27 other crew members spent the first night of the storm hunkered down in the emergency bunker at his station’s transmitter, an old brick bottling plant, broadcasting around the clock. They next camped out in the ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel and then moved back to the TV station in the French Quarter.

When the levee failed, they returned to the bunker until street violence caused the station’s owners to send Woltering and the crew to the LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication in Baton Rouge to continue their broadcasts. Eventually, Woltering was able to get back into New Orleans under police protection.

“The station had done a lot of pre-planning for this type of disaster,” Dennis said.

“That’s why we were able to stay on the air.”Dennis and his wife, Carol Washburn

Woltering, ’70, who have lived in New Orleans for more than 10 years, met at OSU’s KBVR

radio station; he was a DJ, she a news reader. Dennis has been a newscaster since leaving OSU and Carol is an educator at the Arden Cahill Academy.

“I teach drama to little people,” says Carol. “The children seem to be recovering well from the storm, but half of the population of New Orleans hasn’t returned and life has changed here.”

“People outside the area need to know that things are coming back, but very slowly,” Dennis said. “With 250 thousand homes empty, people are still very emotional, especially when they drive through the abandoned neighborhoods.”

Dennis has been sent by his station to give live reports from The Netherlands about flood gates designed to keep out storm surge, barrier islands and other flood-deterrent methods that the Dutch have employed. New Orleans officials would like to finance changes like these with oil and gas revenue dollars that flow through Louisiana to the nation.

“We need to survive this season with a small hurricane to breed confidence,” he said.

This spring, Dennis’ TV station received the Peabody Award for its crew’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall and aftermath.

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Laurie Roe, ’81, ’05, writes that she “graduated once again from OSU with a master’s in adult education. The more things change, the more they stay the same at our alma mater. Continuing now in my seventh year as organization development and training manager for Spirit Mountain Gaming, Inc., an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Enjoying support of our Beaver football team and the new Reser expansion. Hello to all Chi-O’s.”Paul Talwar, ’81, a Navy captain, has retired as commanding officer at the Navy Supply Information Systems Activity in Mechanicsburg, Penn. He lives in Springfield, Va., with his wife, Sue, and two daughters, Kylee Rose and Ali Kate. Jill Brandsberg Pridgeon, ’82, Newport, is working at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. She completed an internship at the Marine Research Labs of the University of Hawaii in June.

Lee J. Gadinas, ’82, is finance director of the city of Newport.Mike J. Riley, ’82, is the first Oregonian to be given Professional Researcher Certification by the international Marketing Research Association. He is CEO of Riley Research Associates Inc. in Portland.Karen Johannes, ’83, is chief financial officer of Paulson Investment

Company Inc. in Portland.Karin Smith Bolin, ’83, is a financial adviser/stockbroker in Aloha. She writes: “I have two teenage sons, Tyler and Trevor, who will hopefully attend OSU in the near future! Go Beav’s!”Lisa Barfield, ’83, Silverdale, Wash., writes: “I retired from the U.S. Navy in 2004 and am enjoying life in

the Pacific Northwest.”Michael Tribby, ’83, is a senior revenue accounting auditor for a travel management company in Atlanta, Ga. J. Mark Ripkey, ’84, is the Director of Information Technology for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Reserve Forces Command in New Orleans, La. He writes about his experiences during last year’s hurricanes:

“My staff deployed and successfully operated a full Continuity of Operations Center that maintained operations for the Navy Reserve Force. We had our operations moved and all data secured two days prior to the storm hitting and the catastrophic loss of our data center. It took the cooperation of many Navy organizations and contractors to secure our data and ensure continued operations.”Stephen Redman, ’84, and his wife, Diana, are owners of a Windermere Real Estate office in Las Vegas, Nev.Jodene Boechler Dunn, ’84, Milwaukie, is a blood bank technical specialist for the northwest region of Kaiser Permanente. Rob J. Pace, ’84, is head of the financing group of Goldman Sacks & Company in New York. He and his wife, Jennifer Boomer Pace ’85, live in Greenwich, Conn., with their three children.Dr. Mark Burgess, ’86, is owner of the Southwest Animal Hospital/Exotic Animal Practice in Beaverton. He lectures about his research on ferret diseases and other exotics at Portland Community College and OSU.Colleen Rutledge Davis, ’87, owns a consulting business, C Davis Consulting, which helps organizations meet their strategic knowledge needs. She teaches vocational business classes at North Central Texas College and lives in Lewisville, Texas, with her husband, Kevin Davis, ’85. Ken Booster, ’87, is owner of BooCo Construction Inc. in Portland. He welcomed fellow CEM classmate, Joe Vlastelicia, ’87, to the company in March.Maggie McHugh, ’87, has retired from the U.S.

Forest Service. She lives in Gold Beach with her husband, John Hawkins, and plays viola in the Curry/Del Norte Orchestra in Smith River.Chadd-Paul Flues, ’87, is co-owner of T-Paul’s Urban Café in Astoria.Mark Heckert, ’87, of HTS Consulting, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Wildlife Federation. He and his wife, Beth Searcy,

’86, live in Puyallup, Wash., with their three children.Paul Siller, ’87, Chandler, Ariz., writes: “My wife, Diana J. Siller, passed away on 9/21/05. She is survived by myself and our two children, Anthony (9) and Natalie (5).”Wayne Hagan, ’87, is a major in the National Guard and Army Reserve, serving since July 2005 in Iraq. His wife, Elaine, and two sons are at home in Kirkland, Wash.Daniel L. Duyck, ’88, is leader of the construction practice group at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in Portland. Lacy Warnock Renard, ’88, marketing coordinator for Web Steel Buildings, has been named Citizen of the Year by the Sandy Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Sandy with her husband, Jacques.Susan Willis Vickers, ’88, teaches English as a Second Language to children in the Sacramento, Calif., area and is in training for a masters body building competition.Lisa Lindquist Elsener, ’88, is controller for Neil Kelly Company in Portland.Renee D. Jensen, ’88, is program administrator/administrative assistant at Northwest Health Foundation in Portland. Theresa Westfall MacLennan, ’88, is the public safety specialist at Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue in Silverdale, Wash.Tim Dunn, ’88, is vice president of handset business unit at TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc, in Hillsboro.Michael R. Montero, ’89, has joined the law firm of Echeverria Law Office in Reno, Nev., where he lives with his wife, Jeanette, and their three daughters.

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Shauna Cordray Hartz, ’89, Elmira, is the finance director of Junction City.

Alan Fudge, ’90, is an accountant with Anderson Group Certified Public Accounts LLC in Albany.Gunnar Hansen, ’90, is chief officer of the operations and financial departments at Clear Choice Health Plans in Bend.Dr. Sandra Statter, ’91, ’94, has joined the staff at the Woodburn Pet Hospital. She and her husband, Gary Wickwire, live in Woodburn.Linda Lee Erlandson, ’91, is a nurse practitioner and has recently moved from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, N.Y, to work at the hematology/oncology department at Mountain State Tumor Institute in Boise, Idaho, with her husband, Brad Erlandson.Roman Hernandez, ’92, has been appointed to the

Oregon Health & Science Board of Trustees by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. He is an attorney with Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt in Portland.Wayne S. Henry, ’92, lives with his wife, Nickola, and their two children, in Renmark Australia, where he owns a citrus packing shed.James A. Coats, ’93, is vice president of

business development at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc., in Portland.Cassandra Sloan Nicholson, ’93, teaches art classes at Woodstock Community Center for Portland Parks and Recreation.Darcy Turnbo, ’93, is an agent at Prudential Real Estate Professionals in Salem.Scott Schraeder, ’93, writes; “After many years in public relations, I finally took the plunge, went back to grad school and became a teacher. I am currently teaching at a military academy here in Chicago and couldn’t be happier. I only wish I had done it much sooner!”Christie Woodward Timko, ’93, is district attorney of Grant County. She lives near Canyon City with her husband, Erich. Michael Wengel, ’93, is executive vice president and CFO at North Bay Bancorp in Napa, Calif.Rob Brandes, ’93, ’95, is interim director of property services for Josephine County in Grants Pass, where he lives with his wife, Shelly Morrow Brandes, ’92,

’93, and their son, Cade.Tonya Bond Dowse, ’93, ’94, is director of the Siskiyou County Economic Development Council in Yreka, Calif.Angie Freeman, ’94, is the Zumwalt Project manager for The Nature Conservatory in Enterprise. She is a graduate student at the University of Idaho and a member of the Human Ecosystem Study Group.Dr. Danna Kaze Catt, ’94, ’98, is owner of the Pear Blossom Veterinary Clinic in Medford, where she lives with her husband, James Catt.Ian Shields, ’94, ’97, is head football coach at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, where he lives with his wife, Norma, and their two sons.Tiffany Adams, ’95, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and

Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She was recently

named to OSU’s Council of Early Career Engineers.Mike Hale, ’96, is owner of Bunchgrass Consulting, a rangeland management firm, and Bunchgrass Beef, working from his ranch on Prairie Creek near Joseph. He and his wife, Sara Miller, play old time historical music for community events.Alycia Wood, ’97, is the

curator of the Arcadia Historical Museum in Arcadia, Calif. She has also published two pictorial history books: Place County Mining Camps and Rocklin. Christian Friese, ’97, writes she “recently moved to San Francisco and will be working as a Realtor for Hill & Co. Real Estate, Lombard Office.”Jeffrey Winkley, ’97, is financial manager for the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.Anne Temte, ’98, is president of Northland Community & Technical College in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Miriam Richards, ’98, Corvallis, nearly reached her goal of climbing the highest point of each mountain in each state and becoming the first deaf person to highpoint. In May, she reached 15,500 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley but was unable to reach the peak when the medicine that she takes for multiple sclerosis froze and her symptoms began to set in. Richards is an American Sign Language

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An accidental filmmaker“I call myself an accidental filmmaker.” This is quite a humble statement coming from Satsuki Tomine Ina, whose documentary

“From a Silk Cocoon” recently won critical acclaim, including a Northern California Emmy and a Best Director Award from the New York International Film and Video Festival. “From a Silk Cocoon” pieces together the story of Ina’s parents, Shizuko and Itaru Ina, who were kept in Japanese internment camps during World War II.

After her parents’ deaths, Ina found letters they had written to one another. Delving into their story of love, loss and injustice, she was encouraged by a colleague to put their memories into a film. Using their letters and diaries, Ina breaks through years of silence and gives the memory of Japanese Americans wronged in World War II a voice. “I think I felt the anger that they never expressed,” said Ina. “In my memory of my parents, they never expressed anger. They were very silent and worked at being good Americans.”

The emotional documentary details the removal of Ina’s parents from their home, Itaru’s refusal to sign a loyalty questionnaire and the subsequent separation of Itaru from

Shizuko and their two small children, Satsuki and her brother, Kiyoshi. Itaru was sent to a camp in North Dakota while Shizuko remained with her children at the Tule Lake Segregation Center in California. Neither Itaru nor Shizuko were guilty of disloyalty.

The task of translating the letters was an emotionally taxing one for Ina: “I could feel my mother’s terror and fear. In her diary she wrote, ‘I wonder if today is the day they’re going to line us up and shoot us.’”

Ina received her master’s degree from OSU in 1970 and a doctorate in guidance and counselor education in 1980. She says her training has helped her assist people from culturally diverse backgrounds in her work as a psychotherapist specializing in cross-cultural counseling.

She founded the Family Study Center in Sacramento, Calif., which focuses on a culturally diverse clientele. Ina is currently working with groups in Japan to have “From a Silk Cocoon” broadcast there. Hopefully, international exposure of her provocative work will bar future injustices: “What happened to the Japanese in the 1940s is similar to the suspension of national liberties today: racism and fear bypassing constitutional rights. I am hoping our story will prevent it from happening again today.”

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instructor at Western Oregon University. Berk Sunar, ’98, is associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.

Julie Lehi Bridges, ’00, is human resources manager at Human Resources Solutions in Henderson, Nev.Ryan Dow, ’00, is senior project manager for WSP Cantor Seinuk, working on the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in New York.Kris Zyp, ’00, has launched a web development company, Zucia. He and his wife, Nikki, live in Oregon City.Justin Oliver, ’00, is chief of military justice for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. He and his wife, Julie, live in Yigo, Guam with their son, Asa.Tirza Jensen Wibel, ’00, Silverton, was awarded the Bronze Anvil from the National Public Relations

Society of America for an article she wrote in a national trade magazine. Her article was one of 900 entries in the feature story category. Wibel works out of her home for corecubed communications, a Louisville, Ky., company.Autumn Hufford, ’01, is manager of the Central Bend branch of Wells Fargo.Jeff Patterson, ’01, is

a project engineer for Kamph Construction Co. in McMinnville. He and his wife, Kari Zyp Patterson,

’01, attend Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland.Mike Bonetto, ’01, ’06, is vice president, business development & government affairs for Clear Choice Health Plans in Bend.Amy Summers Akana, ’02, and Dave Akana, ’02, live in Bellingham, Wash., with their daughter, Cashel.Jennifer Hing, ’02, Washington, D.C., is communications director for Congressman Joe Knollenberg of Michigan.MacKenzie Thames, ’02, is project engineer for R&H Construction Co. He lives in Vancouver, Wash.Shane Sawyer, ’02, is senior account manager at Bridge City Legal in Boise, Idaho.Jason Rodriquez, ’03, writes: “I graduated from Western Illinois University with an M.A. in College Student Personnel in 2005.” He is assistant director of multicultural affairs at The College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.Glenn Beyer, ’04, Bend, is the head of the production department at Cascade Publications Inc. and Cascade Magazine Company LLC, which publishes Cascades East.Adrian Gall, ’04, is a research biologist with ABR Inc. Environmental Research and Services in Anchorage, Alaska, focusing on radar ornithology, avian collision studies and seabirds.Benjamin Ward, ’05, and his wife, Leticia Durham Ward, ’05, are lieutenants and platoon leaders serving in Iraq with troops from Ft. Carson, Colo.Gerri Spencer Couper, ’04, ’06, is a staff accountant at Jones & Roth, P.C., in Eugene, where she lives with her husband, Anthony Couper, ’04.Angie Dey, ’05, is a design associate at Neil Kelly Company Design/Build Remodeling in Portland.Pynne Luebbert, ’05, a designer at Corvallis Custom

Kitchens & Baths, was recently awarded grand prize in the Corian Inspirations kitchen design contest. She and her husband, Justin Luebbert, ’01, will enjoy the prize of a seven-night Caribbean cruise.Rose Alsbury, ’05, is executive director of the La Pine Chamber of Commerce.Jamie Rupprecht, ’06, is a design associate at Neil Kelly Company Design/Build Remodeling in Portland.Mari Embertson, ’06, is pursuing a master’s in health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is continuing her swimming career with Club Wolverine and is preparing for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Jim Travis, ’85, and Gena Snow, Honolulu, Hawaii. Gregory Vorderstrasse, ’91, and Allison Amend, Washington, D.C. Warren Juenemann, ’91, and Jacinta Duyck, ’01, Cornelius. Ron Alvig and Beth Tooley, ’92, Bend. Erich Timko and Christie Woodward, ’93, Canyon City.Rob Weaver, ’95, and Allison Roper, ’96, Portland.Jeremy Dibble, ’97, and Erika Sundholm, ’98, Portland. Chuck Anderson and Jessica McMilin, ’98, Philadelphia, Penn.Shaun Fagan, ’00, and Amy Roberts, Sherwood.Malcolm Beard and Martha Edwards, ’00, Colorado Springs, Colo.Glen Akers, ’00, and Stacia Quick, Clackamas.Andy Schaecher, ’01, and Liz Rava, ’03, Salem.Ryan Torland, ’01, and Jandy Buckles, ’02, Baker City.Michael Weaver and Joanna Smith, ’02, Salt Lake City, Utah.Dustin Moore and Carly Bruebaker, ’02, Beaverton.Matthew Riggs, ’02, and Molly O’Leary, ’04, Central Point.Michael Kelly and Lisa Duncan, ’03, Portland.Matthew Fiorito, ’03, and Darrelle King, ’03, Eugene.Ivan McCracken, ’03, and Tara Norris, ’02, Portland.Stephen Polacek, ’03, and Sarah Common, Schweinfurt, Germany.Nicholas Merriss, ’06, and Mandy Larson, Sacramento, Calif.

Helen Perry Lingelbach, ’31, Portland. Nadene Mayfield Goff, ’31, Scotts Valley, Calif. Sigma Kappa Irene Griggs Brandeberry, ’31, Albuquerque, N.M. Alpha Omicron Pi Edward C. Lewis, ’33, Seattle, Wash. Ruth Currin Spaniol-Ketcham, ’33, Stayton. Delta Zeta Leland F. Maybach, ’34, Arbor Acres, N.C. Phi Kappa Tau Mary Stevenson Boeschen, ’34, Milwaukie. Gene Beach, ’35, Portland. Stanley W. Chiswell, ’35, Portland. Kappa Delta Rho Blanche Bowman Kindley, ’36, Portland. Pi Beta Phi Mary Allen Rolfness, ’36, Bend. Alpha Gamma Delta Ruth McNealy Donnelly, ’36, Aurora.

Remembrances may be made to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Alpha Delta Pi Elvin A. Duerst, ’37, Washington D.C. Phi Sigma Kappa Frances Witzig Milne, ’37, Bozeman, Mont. Laurence D. Bush, ’37, Modesto, Calif. Pi Kappa Phi Viola Houk Schmidt, ’37, Lake Oswego. Louis M. Crow, ’37, Portland. Sigma Nu William A. Welder, ’37, Vancouver, Wash. Fanny Hazlitt Goff, ’38, Venezuela. Maxine Swenson Taylor, ’38, Pleasant Hill. Russell W. Revell, ’38, Medford. Delta Sigma Phi Cornelia Smiley Tellefson, ’39, Milton-Freewater. Alpha Delta Pi Gordon West Olcott, ’39, Salem. He was the son and nephew of two of Oregon’s governors, Ben Wilson Olcott and Oswald West. Phi Delta Theta Jean Bowman Clark, ’39, ’40, Salem. She was the first OSU female geology graduate at both the bachelor’s and master’s levels. Remembrances may be made to OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Delta Zeta Margaret Jackson Hoyer, ’39, San Francisco, Calif. Wesley L. Vaughan, ’39, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Olive Kendrick Britt, ’40, Doswell, Va. Delta Delta Delta Margaret Redelings Massing Yadon, ’40, Billings, Mont. Delta Delta Delta Nellie Lyle Meyer, ’40, Terrebonne. Paul Astleford, ’40, Hillsboro. Toini Lammi Jacquemin, ’40, Hillsboro. She was curator for the White House Library under the Johnson and Nixon administrations. Uriah Eyolfson Lynds, ’40, Portland. Dr. E. Colton Meek Jr., ’41, Portland. Phi Gamma Delta Robert S. Hampton, ’41, Portland. Sigma Phi Epsilon Frank Anderson, ’41, Heppner. Loy A. Cole, ’41, Grants Pass. W. Lewis Hallmark, ’41, Portland. Remembrances may be made to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Robert L. Johnson, ’41, Seattle, Wash. W. Stanley Coates, ’41, ’56, Napa, Calif. Dale Throckmorton, ’42, Hillsboro. Jeanne Winterbottom Zirbes, ’42, Covina, Calif. Kappa Alpha Theta Robert T. Brakke, ’42, Palo Alto, Calif. Remembrances may be made to the OSUAA c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Phi Delta Theta Alfred W. Schnurbusch, ’43, Salem. Theta Xi Donald H. Parsons, ’43, Bend. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Lois Peterson Arnold, ’43, Eugene. Dorothy Meyers Graves, ’43, Moraga, Calif. Kappa Alpha Theta Margery Walton Heller, ’43, McMinnville. Delta Delta Delta Sally Walt Keenan, ’43, Seattle, Wash. Delta Delta Delta Betty Saum March, ’45, Lacy, Wash. Chi Omega Elliott F. DuBois, ’45, Corvallis. Memorials can be made to the OSU Band Fund c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Alpha Tau Omega Ethel Wolley Fine, ’45, Enterprise. Jo Hector Roth, ’45, Albany. Pi Beta Phi Mary L. Kaser, ’45, Portland. Chi Omega Dr. William P. Kean, ’45, Albany. Alvin F. Wright, ’46, Mesa, Ariz. Barbara Mattes Stevens, ’46, Santa Rosa, Calif. Kappa Alpha Theta. Donald C. Eldredge, ’46, Vancouver, Wash. Sigma Nu Dr. Douglass S. Johnson, ’46, Oregon City. Sigma Phi Epsilon Elmer N. Noren, ’46, Boring. Mary Wilhelm Robertson, ’46, Corvallis. Sigma Kappa

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Virginia Owens Baker, ’46, Corvallis. Bette Lorenz Ronish, ’47, Lewistown, Mont. Kappa Delta Carleton G. Fanger, ’47, ’48, Portland. Claire M. Carver, ’47, Beaverton. Donald R. Trigg, ’47, Coquille. Phi Kappa Tau Dorothy Becker Terhune, ’47, Jefferson. James H. Lakie, ’47, Keizer. Jane E. Luther, ’47, Tacoma, Wash. Joseph W. Day, ’47, Keizer. Phi Sigma Kappa Leland W. Edwards, ’47, Central Point. Lyle G. Sage, ’47, Richland, Wash. William D. Hughes, ’47, Portland. William O. Blackledge, ’47, Woodburn. Phi Delta Theta H. Joe Myers, ’48, Corvallis. Donations may be made to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Alpha Gamma Rho Ivan “Ike” Newton, ’48, Corvallis. Richard G. Beane, ’48, Klamath Falls. Kappa Delta Rho Willard I. O’Harra, ’48, Canby. William H. Wright, ’48, Eagle Point. Darwin J. Davis Jr., ’49, Portland. Edith Kyle Cobb, ’49, Albany. Beta Sigma Phi James C. Swarbrick, ’49, ’53, Oceanside, Calif. Alpha Tau Omega Justin T. Morgan, ’49, Fair Oaks, Calif.

Robert K. Saiget, ’49, Portland. Kenneth E. Shank, ’49, Portland. Remembrances may be made to the OSU College of Engineering c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Mary Glatt Cavagnaro Zeazas, ’49, Portland. Delta Delta Delta Masao Kinoshita, ’49, Seattle. Robert C. Austin, ’49, Columbus, Ohio. Sigma Pi Willard L. Carlson, ’49, Clear Lake, S.D. Donald L. Robin, ’50, Bend. Gerald W. Henderson, ’50, Davis, Calif. Robert L. Bailey, ’50, Lake Oswego. Harry H. Honegger, ’50, ’52, Eugene. Robert G. Balk, ’50, Beaverton. N. Knute Lamvik, ’50, Gresham. Contributions may be made to the OSU Athletic Department, Corvallis, OR 97333. Delta Chi Robert A. Blakeney, ’50, Portland. William E. Morgan, ’50, Portland. Robert L. Singleton, ’50, Paso Robles, Calif. Delta Chi Wynne M. Maule, ’50, Minden, Nev. Bill H. Harland, ’51, Dallas. Delta Chi Dr. Paul F. Bailey Jr., ’51, Portland. Phi Gamma Delta Frank M. Stefanek, ’51, ’53, Portland. Jacquelin Holland James, ’51, Salem.

John R. Schubert, ’51, ’56, Bend. Phi Kappa Sigma Keith A. Hook, ’51, Sun City West, Ariz. Marjorie Cooper Fleck, ’51, Portland. Roy A. Ledbury, ’51, Damascus. Wyman “Bill” Hoeye, ’51, ’58, Scio. William H. Pritchard, ’52, Salem. Donald E. Beecroft, ’52, Keizer. Glenn O. Daline, ’52, Corvallis. Nellie Heaton Kelley, ’52, Albany. Kappa Delta Pi John T. Davidson, ’52, Sandpoint, Idaho. Kendall H. Longley, ’52, Clarion, Iowa. Deane Irving Martinez, ’53, Mesa, Ariz. E. “Bud” Shirtcliff, ’53, Redlands, Calif. He played on the first OSU baseball team to go to the College World Series in 1952. Memorials may be made to the

“New Baseball Scoreboard” c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331. Sigma Nu Jack P. Egan, ’53, Waianae, Hawaii. James A. Huff, ’53, Gilroy, Calif. Alpha Tau Omega Maurine Jones Johnson, ’53, Salem. Nancy Lum Luck, ’53, Astoria. Wesley J. Birge, ’53, ’55, Lexington, Ky. Dan Russell, ’54, Bellevue, Wash. Doris Tautant Carr, ’54, Santa Barbara, Calif. James S. Dahlstrom, ’54, San Jose, Costa Rica. Sigma Chi Leland “Skip” Thornton, ’54, Lakeview. Kappa Psi Lew Krauss Jr., ’54, Selma. Pi Kappa Alpha Robert F. Barclay, ’54, Eugene. Thomas W. Coiner, ’54, Medford. Pi Kappa Alpha Jack Wendt, ’55, Baker City. Robert M. Kent Jr., ’55, Seal Beach, Calif. Walter J. Bardy Jr., ’55, Surprise, Ariz. William B. Wyllie, ’55, Crescent Lake. Cecil R. Tulley, ’56, Sherwood. Kappa Sigma Robert H. Collins, ’56, Duncan, S.C. William M. Robinson, ’56, Santa Maria, Calif. Lambda Chi Alpha George “Vern” Ellison, ’57, Corvallis. Sigma Phi Epsilon Richard F. Pollard, ’57, Gresham. James D. Griggs, ’58, Wilsonville. Beta Theta Pi John R. Langrell Jr., ’58, Forest Grove. James L. Bibeau, ’58, Torrance, Calif. Jimmie L. Bryant, ’59, Seattle, Wash. Lowell W. Gordon, ’59, Goldendale, Wash. Walter V. Guthrie, ’59, Mill Valley, Calif. John “Fred” Graf, ’60, Prineville. William M. Zinniker, ’60, Eugene. Constance Meyer Lydon, ’61, Olympia, Wash. Irving C. Olson, ’61, Paso Robles, Calif. Delta Chi M. Michael Meheen, ’61, Monterey, Calif. Richard W. Holmes, ’61, Oak Grove. Malcolm D. Mallery, ’61, Sandlake. Alpha Gamma Rho Victor R. Carlson Jr., ’61, The Villages, Fla. Donald T. Stensland, ’62, Portland. Alpha Sigma Phi Richard T. Shannon, ’62, Sacramento, Calif. Susanne Sasaki Myers, ’62, Newberg. Beta Alpha Psi Robert R. Dent, ’62, St. Helens. Phi Sigma Kappa Barbara Worthylake Wyatt, ’64, Albany. D. Howard Backlund, ’64, King City. James A. Caldwell, ’64, Klamath Falls. Murray D. Crowe, ’64, Applegate. Ronald R. Grant, ’64, ’66, Olympia, Wash. Lambda Chi Alpha Nicolis F. Moravec, ’64, Spring Valley, Calif. Robert D. Smith, ’64, Newberg. Phi Sigma Kappa David C. Nunenkamp, ’65, Sacramento, Calif. He served under four governors as deputy secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Theta Xi Donald R. Moffitt, ’65, Lopez Island, Wash. Douglas J. Coyle, ’65, Lebanon. G. Darrell McMurray, ’65, Corvallis. Lloyd S. Lyda, ’65, Mountain Home, Idaho. Mildred Bryn Snippen, ’65, Albany.

Richard E. Ruhl, ’65, Lexington. Michael E. Dahlgren, ’66, Grants Pass. Priscilla Deyoe Jacobson, ’66, ’69, Albany. Dennis M. Dignan, ’67, Arlington, Va. Kappa Sigma Linda Hammack Giles, ’68, Portland. Kappa Kappa Gamma Robert W. Heino, ’68, Aloha. James H. Walters, ’69, ’70, West Linn. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Robert J. Price, ’69, Salisbury Md. Kappa Sigma. Steven D. Waker, ’69, ’71, West Linn. Sigma Chi Lanny R. Udey, ’70, Seaford, N.Y. Lucille Yungen Koski, ’70, Corvallis. She established the Art Koski Travel Grant in 1993 in honor of her late husband, who was a professor of public health at OSU. Contributions may be made to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331 Stephen R. Larson, ’70, Portland. Arthur R. Gilmore, ’71, Canby. Daniel K. Elliot, ’71, Coral Springs, Fla. Donald G. Lindahl, ’71, Saint Paul, Minn. Lila Weeks Swanson, ’71, Portland. Clarence K. Mellbye, ’72, Salem. James R. Eckley, ’72, Silverton. Lawrence L. Veal, ’72, ’87, La Grande. Norman S. Mah, ’74, Stockton, Calif. Omar M. Olsen, ’74, Corvallis. Russell E. Denman, ’74, Gresham. Deborah J. Creighton, ’75, Eugene. Kappa Kappa Gamma Gregory A. Southwell, ’76, Sherwood. Michael P. Basey, ’76, ’77, Corvallis. Richard S. Harris, ’76, Beaverton. Minnie Higgins Hamilton, ’77, Toledo. John F. Fryer, ’78, Lake Oswego. Paul D. Gilbertson, ’79, Lake Oswego. Cheryl A. Bell, ’79, North Bend. Patrick J. Horton, ’79, Beaverton. Sandra Boyden Alston, ’79, Medford. Sigma Kappa Lonnie M. Phelps, ’81, Corvallis. Michael D. Krause, ’82, Bend. William J. Tensen, ’82, Boise. Thomas B. Howes, ’85, Merritt, B.C, Canada. John C. Sprenger, ’87, ’89, Salem. Kerry R. O’Donnell, ’87, Bend. Patrick T. Ryan, ’87, Albuquerque, N.M. John P. Collins, ’90, Katy, Texas. George A. Petroccione, ’91, Albany. Jeanette Coyle Anderson, ’91, Sublimity. James W. MacLean, ’94, Concord, Calif. Matthew G. Crandall, ’98, Las Vegas.

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Robert Charles Wilson, ’50, Corvallis. His construction company built many Corvallis and OSU buildings, including Cheldelin Middle School, Philomath High School, the Corvallis Clinic, the Plaza 9 Shopping Center, the OSU Federal Credit Union, Burt Hall, the pharmacy building addition, the U.S. Forestry Laboratory addition, several local churches and parts of the Good Samaritan Medical Center. He served on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees for 31 years. Through the OSU Foundation, he established a scholarship for construction engineering management students and one in honor of his late wife, Patrician McEwan Wilson, for students who are members of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

Pop Quiz answerFrom page 12

Logos, pathos and ethos are the three appeals identified by Aristotle (pictured on page 12) for persuasion in speaking and writing. Logos appeals to logic, pathos appeals to emotion, and ethos appeals to credibility and the character of the speaker. Writers use all of these appeals, carefully attuned in each situation to their particular audience. A particularly successful example of appeals to logos, pathos and ethos is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” (Read it at www.thekingcenter.org/prog/non/Letter.pdf)

Thanks to Sara Jameson, ’04, instructor and coordinator of composition in the OSU Department of English, for her help with the quiz.

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Britt C. Lewendal, ’01, West Linn. Michael Q. Pfohman, ’02, Salem. James J. Wilton, ’03, Missoula, Mont.

Paul-Emile Bernier, Corvallis. He was a professor in the department of poultry science from 1947 to 1977. He was a member of the OSU Triads Club. In 1966 he received the Most Avid Rooter Award of the OSU faculty and staff.Donald M. Bieberdorf, St. Helens.Arthur R. Bierly, Vancouver, Wash. Ernest J. Briskey, Surprise, Ariz. He was a former dean of the College of Agricultural at OSU. He developed the international program division, The Oregon Agricultural Research and Education Policy Advisory Board, the Agricultural Hall of Fame and the agricultural wing of the LaSells Stewart Center. Contributions may be made to the Art About Agriculture program, c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331.Jane Kerr Jones Carlson, Gresham.Karl Drlica, ’41, ’52, Beaverton. He formed the nation’s first women’s rowing team at OSU in 1952 and helped created the National Women’s Rowing Association in 1966. He retired in 1983. He had recently published a memoir of his time working for Gen. Douglas MacArthur to help institute democracy in post-war Japan (see Book Notes pg. 8).Margaret Flynn Dunne, Pleasanton, Calif.M. Caroline Wall Eddy, Bellingham, Wash.Harry N. Elliott, ’40, Portland. He was a varsity wrestler and OSU wresting coach. He was 101.Neal R. Fischer, Keizer. Sigma Phi EpsilonJane Higdon, ‘97, ‘00, Eugene. She developed and managed the Micronutrient Information Center in

the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU.Ruth Robb Haefer, Boise, Idaho.Miriam Macpherson Holman, ’37, and her husband Lenn C. Holman, ’49, recently died in La Grande. In the 1950s and ’60s, they owned and operated Holmans’ Sunnybrook Restaurant and the Kaffe Haus in Corvallis. Miriam taught in the College of Home Economics in the 1940s. Miriam died in March and Lenn died in May. Lory M. Johnston, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Phi Gamma DeltaRichard D. Kappers, Portland. Sigma Alpha EpsilonAnn Reiling Low, Kahului, Hawaii. Chi OmegaMarjorie Kuh Morray, ’78, Corvallis. She was a professor of English and taught in the OSU English Language Institute until her retirement in 1983. Phi Kappa PhiCharles R. Ross, Corvallis. He died March 5 at age 97. He was a longtime OSU Extension forester and co-wrote Trees to Know in Oregon with Ed Jensen. Ross was instrumental in the establishment of the Oregon Small Woodlands Association and the Greenbelt Land Trust. He and his wife, Elsie, donated open space parks in the Corvallis area, including Chip Ross Park, Bald Hill and Fitton Green Natural Area, preserving some of the hills still seen around the city. In 1986, Charles and Elsie Ross were named the Western Region Outstanding Tree Farmers. The Oregon Society of American Foresters gave him its Life Achievement Award in 1992. Quentin L. Rugg, Athena. Sigma Alpha EpsilonEdward L. Snell, Mountainlake Terrace, Wash. Donna Kenyon Templeton, ’54, Albany. She was a technical typist in the math department at OSU for 25 years.Lorraine Miller Towey, Corvallis. She served on the faculty in the College of Home Economics from 1966 to 1996 and published more than 50 journal articles as a dietitian and researcher. Memorial gifts may be made to the OSU Valley Library, c/o OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR 97331.

Alan K. Wallace, Corvallis. He had been a professor of electrical engineering at OSU since 1984 and was one of the world’s leading researchers in the evolving field of wave energy. At the time of his death he was the director of the OSU Motor Systems Resource Facility.

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By Kip CarlsonSabby Piscitelli knows when a pass play is going to end badly for Oregon State’s defense.

“The ‘Oh, crap’ moment is probably when you see separation and you know that ball is in the air and the receiver is going for it,” OSU’s senior safety said.

“It’s not a comfortable position.”But it’s one the Beaver defensive

backs found themselves in quite often last season, and one they must avoid if they want to meet their own high expec-tations for 2006.

Oregon State ranked last in the Pac-10 in pass defense in 2005. Piscitelli

– who is one of 55 players being con-sidered for the Nagurski Award, given to the nation’s top defensive player

– is confident that he and his teammates along the last line of defense are up to the task. Last season, Piscitelli was the only returning starter and he was joined by a true freshman Al Afalava at safety and redshirt freshmen Brandon Hughes and Keenan Lewis at cornerback. OSU

went 5-6 and missed out on a bowl game for the first time since 2001. The entire group of defensive backs returns a year wiser this fall.

“The camaraderie as a secondary has really grown between us four – we worked out in the winter together, we worked out in the spring together, and we’ve been together for most of the sum-mer,” said Piscitelli, whose 10 career in-terceptions are the most for any player who will be in the Pac-10 this fall. He and fellow seniors Matt Moore and Joe Newton, along with junior Yvenson Ber-nard, are co-captains for 2006.

“We knew one of the biggest things we wanted to work on this spring was eliminating the deep ball, and we did

pretty well at that in the spring, for the most part,” Piscitelli said. “Another thing was just big plays – we can’t give up big plays. We held teams to third-and-10, third-and-eight, third-and-long, and then we’d give up a deep pass, a deep

post or something. That was the biggest thing – we can’t give up big plays and deep balls.”

It’s easy enough to say “we can’t give up the deep ball,” but how exactly do you go about it?

Secondary performance primary for football

Sabby Piscitelli runs an interception back in the Beavers’ spring scrimmage. Photo by Dennis Wolverton

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“A lot of times, maybe we were looking back for the ball too early, or we had bad feet,” Piscitelli said. “Two things in football that can really kill you are your feet and your eyes. Most times in the secondary, it was a little bit of both; but the biggest thing that we really focused on in the spring was technique.”

Another thing that will be necessary for Piscitelli, Afa-lava, Hughes, Lewis and the rest is to not be haunted by the over-the-top disasters of last season.

“It was a great learning experience,” Piscitelli said. “My first year starting (in 2004) our secondary ended up like third or fourth in the nation overall. Last year was almost the re-verse. I learned a lot as a football player and as a man. …

“That year is behind us, no one thinks about that any more. You need a short memory, and I think that we’re out to prove ourselves this year and I think our secondary is going to open a lot of eyes.”q Pass defense was a focus during the spring game. Photo by Dennis Wolverton

Oregon State was the only Division I school in the nation with two College World Series teams in 2006. While the baseball team fought its way to a na-tional title, the Beavers also reached the softball CWS in Oklahoma City, June 1-3. OSU was eliminated in two games, los-ing to Pac-10 foes Arizona 3-1 and Arizo-na State 3-2 in extra innings. The Beavers finished with a 43-16 record and a No. 8 national ranking.

“Overall, I’m very proud of their fo-cus and how they played,” coach Kirk Walker said. “They came in and for the most part were not intimidated by their opponents, by the game or by the stadi-um. It is always very difficult to go into this type of play and they did a pretty great job. There are things we will work on in the off season but this was a great experience physically and emotionally.”

Junior pitcher Brianne McGowan and sophomore utility player Cambria Miranda earned All-America honors for the Beavers and were selected to repre-sent the United States in the World Uni-versity Games. The Beavers’ 28-game winning streak was the longest in college softball in 2006, and they were ranked in the national top 10 for 16 consecutive weeks. They hosted the NCAA Region-als and NCAA Super Regionals for the

first time in softball. That included com-ing back in the Super Regionals to beat California twice after dropping the open-ing game, securing a trip to the series.

It was OSU’s first College World Series since the Beavers played in the AIAW College World Series from 1977 to 1981, and the eighth straight season OSU

had made the NCAA tournament.“The senior class really brought this

program to a whole new level,” OSU senior catcher-first baseman Lisa Allen said. “I hope that it will help recruiting for them. I couldn’t ask for anything more, to be at the College World Series. It’s every girl’s dream.” q

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The OSU softball team celebrates a playoff win over Nevada. Photo by Dave Nishitani

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Locey returns homeOregon State added a hometown boy and OSU alumnus to its football coaching staff when Jay Locey was named assistant head coach on June 16. Locey, who grew up in Corvallis and was an All-Coast safety for the Beavers in 1976, spent the past 10 seasons as head coach at Linfield College in McMinnville, where he guided the Wildcats to the 2004 NCAA Division III national championship.

Locey will coach running backs and tight ends. He is the grandson of former OSU athletic director Percy Locey.

At 51, Locey is one of the most suc-cessful coaches in the history of small col-lege football. The five-time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year led the

Wildcats to an 84-18 record as head coach, including a streak of 41 consecutive regu-lar season wins.

“Jay is a great addition to our Or-egon State staff,” said OSU head coach Mike Riley; he and Locey were

teammates on Corvallis High’s 1970 state championship football team. “Jay will be a great mentor for our players and I’m ex-cited to have him as part of the staff.”

Locey replaced Riley as Linfield’s defensive coordinator in 1983, and has experienced three national titles and 13 conference championships as assistant or head coach. The Oregonian named him one of Oregon’s 25 most influential sports people in 2005. He also was selected the 2005 Samson Division III Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. As a stu-dent at OSU, Locey was twice singled out as the school’s top student-athlete.Benny Awards go to athletesOregon State’s baseball team and softball and women’s gymnastics teams were named the male and female teams of the year when the eighth annual Benny Awards were handed out on June 7. Foot-

ball wide receiver Mike Hass and baseball outfielder Cole Gillespie shared the Male Athlete of the Year honor, while softball pitcher Brianne McGowan and utility player Cambria Miranda shared the Female Athlete of the Year award.

Football offensive guard Jeremy Perry was the Joe Za-her Male Newcomer of the Year, while gymnasts Tasha Smith and Jami Lanz and swimmer Saori Haraguchi shared the Female Newcomer of the Year award. Men’s golfer Vincent Johnson won the Male Performance of the Year, while Smith, McGowan and Mi-randa shared the Female Performance of the Year award. Oregon State wins Civil War seriesFor the second consecutive year, Oregon State won the Civil War Series, an all-sports competition between OSU and Or-egon presented by the Northwest Dodge Dealers. The Beavers won by a 12-5 score in 2005-06, the same margin as in 2004-05; that is the largest margin of victory by either school in the seven years of the series.

The schools compete head-to-head in football, men’s and women’s basket-ball, volleyball, softball, men’s and wom-en’s golf, wrestling, and women’s soccer. Winning the football game is worth two points and wins in the other competitions are worth one point. Each program has won the series three times and there has been one tie since the creation of the com-petition during the 1999-2000 academic year.

Zalesky to lead wrestling programOne of wrestling’s winningest coaches became linked with one of the sport’s winningest traditions when Jim Zalesky

was named Oregon State’s head coach in April. Zalesky, who had coached at Iowa for the past nine seasons, replaced Joe

Wells, who retired after 14 sea-sons at OSU.

Zalesky’s Iowa teams won three national champion-ships and compiled a 127-34 dual meet record; he was twice named National Coach of the Year. His teams won NCAA ti-tles in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and the Hawkeyes finished second in 2001 and 2004. Zalesky’s

teams captured three Big Ten team titles and his wrestlers won 10 NCAA individ-ual titles and 45 All-America honors.

Zalesky wrestled for Iowa in the ear-ly 1980s and was a four-time All-Ameri-can and three-time NCAA champion at 158 pounds.

In coming to Oregon State, Zalesky takes over a program with a long tradi-tion of success. The Beavers rank third in all-time dual meet victories with an 895-286-26 mark dating back to 1909, and the Beavers have placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships 18 times. In the pre-NCAA Championships era, Oregon State won the 1926 team national title at the Amateur Athletic Association meet.

Wells spent 14 years at OSU and compiled a 161-94-3 dual meet record. He led the Beavers to a Pac-10 championship and guided them to four top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, including a runner-up finish in 1995.OSU great Terry Baker inducted into National High School Hall of FameTerry Baker, who won the Heisman Tro-phy while quarterbacking Oregon State in 1962 and helped the Beavers into the men’s basketball Final Four in 1963, was among 12 individuals inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame on June 29 in Orlando, Fla.

Baker was a three-sport starter at Portland’s Jefferson High before going to OSU, lettering in football, basketball and baseball.

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