Lincoln High School Alumni Association

Volume 20, No. 1 Fall | Winter 2016/2017

Alumni Highlights

Endowment NewsA Glimpse to the Future By Carolyn Mae Studenicka Jackson, LHS ‘55

count 17 years as a working fund created to help your Lincoln students step into a future of hope, joy and success.This Summer at our LHSAA Endowment Fund quarterly meeting on July 17, we had a Garden Party and Rosebud reception to honor our LHSAA Scholarship Winners. Each winner received their scholarship money, a free one year LHSAA membership, a Certificate of Achievement, and their names engraved on a plaque that is kept in the Alumni vintage cases in the main hall on the first floor at Lincoln. Continued on page 2

2 The Bulletin BoardThe Cardinal TimesClass of ’56 Reunion

Highlights

3 In MemoriamFood Drive

From the Past

4 Student ProfileClass of ’76 Reunion

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The Rose Garden Workday in May. L-R Brian Lamson,’78; David Perlman, ‘65; Carolyn Studenicka Jackson, ‘55; David Evans, ‘78. Our Memorial Rose Garden is temporarily being relocated. You may still visit the LHS Queen’s Rose Garden located in the Courtyard on the east side of the LHS Campus.

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are killed, Dr Wittemyer, by tracking elephants in real time and their migration patterns, can help the Kenyan government, land use planners, developers and politicians work around wildlife routes, regulate human expansion and modify infrastructure. (Amy Yee, the New York Times, Tuesday, July 5, 2016) For more information, visit: www.savetheelephants.org Ron East, class of 61, played foot-ball, wrestled and won State in the Javelin his senior year. Ron accepted a scholarship to play football at Oregon State but eventually left school and enlisted in the Marine Corp Reserves. After boot camp Ron played defensive tackle at Columbia Basin College, receiving All-Conference honors. In 1966 he played for Montana State University where again, he received All-Conference honors, plus winning the Big Sky javelin champion.Ron was inducted into the Northwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and the Montana State University Hall of Fame.During his professional career (1967-1977) he played defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, The Hawaiians (WFL), Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, and Seattle Seahawks. After Ron retired from the NFL he became a real estate developer in Seattle, Washington.

Beyond 7/2Colin O’Brady, class of 2002, was a star athlete during his youth, receiving national honors in swimming

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Happy Holidays!

150 years!Lincoln will be 150 years old – Spring, 2019. We are beginning to gear up for celebrations. If you are interested in becoming involved, please contact us. Updates coming……..

Following in Huge FootstepsDr. George Wittemyer III, class of 1993, is the scientific director of the conservation group Save the Elephants. He is an associate professor in conservation biology at Colorado State University and has been studying elephants at the Samburu National Reserve, Kenya since 1997, before his graduate studies. Poaching has wiped out matriarchs, prompting researchers to study elephants more closely to monitor the orphans and the complex social ties within the family networks. Researchers worry that the loss of elders, especially the matriarchs that were targeted by poachers for their large tusks, would severely impair the ability of younger ones to survive and thrive. Social networks are just one area of research for Save the Elephants. In addition to how elephants are migrating and whether orphans show negative physical effects after their mothers

“If you can’t wait for your ship to come in, row out to it.”Recently while watching an old movie I heard the above statement. It hit home with me because I often feel just that way. Since 1999 the LHSAA has been in pursuit of a dream. (The movie was about a manipulative woman! But?) Well, let me continue.This dream started with a gift and has led to lives transformed by action. It is time for celebrating an Alumni milestone. We now

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A Glimpse to the Future Endowment News

The Bulletin Board How did you pay for College? The Endowment Committee would like to hear your story. Tell us by writing us at LHSAA • PO Box 23756, Portland, OR 97281-3756.

We always need your help finding

our LHS graduates who have passed

away. Email lincolnalum@hotmail.com

or call 503-452-2225.

Subscribe to The Cardinal Times. Stay up to date on your alma mater and support journalism students.Want the latest on the lead water crisis? We’ve got it covered. Interested in Lincoln’s sports successes? You’ll find it in our pages. Looking to network across the community of alumni? We cover the biggest names and the hidden gems.We strive to create high-quality content while providing a learning environment for aspiring journalists. Thank you for your support.

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Katherine Anne Fin received the $9,000.00 Bertha Hunter Language Scholarship that she will use at University of California at Berkeley in September 2017. Kate’s first year will be in Morocco in a special study program. A young woman, Rona Wang, who likes to share her thoughts and feelings in writing was presented with the $550.00 Hathaway-Dickey Math award, which she is using at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall.Adam Selker, a man interested in Math, programming and engineering, received the $550.00 Dr. Malcolm scholarship that will help him at Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA. A cash award for $100.00 is to honor a former teacher, Marie Allen. It went to Zoe Parkel along with a Certificate for Service to the Senior Class. Zoe is attending Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. It was a pleasure to award double scholarships to Emery Roberts. She received the LHSAA $1,750.00 Leadership Award and the $550.00

scholarship for Technology. Emery is at Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. Emery is a strong young woman with a loving and helpful heart.We are in our boats and rowing out to you with our message. We want to tell you that it is time to continue your support to help with the growth of this fund. Our address is LHSAA Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 23756, Portland, OR 97281.Your Endowment Fund Committee: Carolyn Mae Jackson, ‘55; Chris Brown, ‘89; Ardys Reverman PhD, ‘56; Dr. David Perlman ‘65’ Marlyce Gholston, ‘54; Dr. Lee Emery, ‘56; Christopher Lancefield, ‘92; Harris Matarazzo, ‘75, and Roselyn Rae Taylor, ‘64. n

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Top Photo: Class of ’56 Ladies Luncheon: Linda Holman Baumann, Jo Williamson Hatfield, Dicey Delbrueck, Linda Kilham Goebel.Bottom Photo: Class of ’56 Ladies Luncheon.

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1. L-R Christopher Lancefield, ‘92, Rona Wang, 2015 and David Perlman, ‘65. Chris helped with the presentations. David was the MC at the Rosebud Reception Rona was presented with the Hathaway-Dickey Math Scholarship.2. L-R Katherine Anne Fin, 2016, and her Father Brian Fin. Kate received the Bertha Hunter Language scholarship for $9,000.00. 3. Ardys Urbigkeit Reverman, ‘56. Ardys did not want to learn to play the Cowbell at our Rosebud reception. We have a shout out to the class of 1956. At their 60th reunion they honored the LHSAA Endowment Fund. 4. Carolyn favored the group with her solo rendition of ‘Crazy.’ WillyNelson wrote it and Patsy Cline made it famous. 5. Everyone Danced, Visited and shared Memories.

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Do you have a class reunion or class luncheon in the planning? Let us know so we can post your information on our Website: lincolnalum.org.

Looking forward to 2019 when

Lincoln High School will celebrate 150

years as a public high school.

Are you interested in becoming a LHSAA Director or committee member?LHSAA Board meetings are the 1st Thursday of each month. The LHSAA Endowment Fund Committee meets quarterly on the 3rd Sunday of January, April, July and October.

Looking for a birthday gift?

Consider presenting a Gift Membership to a

Cardinal family member, or classmate. Alumni

dues are only $15.00 a year.

Keep up with your classmates. Visit our Website and sign up on the Cardinal Alumni Directory.

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Class of ‘56 Ladies Luncheon

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“We are the poorer for the loss of their company, but are well served that they were once among us”– Anonymous

In Memoriam FOOD DRIVE“Any effort that brings together people of all ages and backgrounds—students, parents, teachers, alumni—for the betterment of our city is something I will always support. A holiday food drive brings out the best in all of us; I would encourage everyone in the Lincoln community to get involved with this exciting new initiative. It’s a wonderful way to lend a hand in the fight against hunger and will help ensure a brighter holiday season for hundreds of our fellow citizens.”—Ted Wheeler, Portland Mayor-Elect & LHS Class of ‘81There’s a long tradition at Lincoln High School of giving back to the community. To put it simply: Cardinals care. A new initiative brings together students, parents, staff, and alumni to help Portland’s hungry—including Lincoln families in need—during the holidays. Now in its third year, the LHS Alumni Food Drive delivers food boxes on the Saturday before Christmas. Last year volunteers, led by Lincoln’s Black Student Union, packed and delivered nearly five hundred boxes. The Lincoln community raised a generous portion of the approximately $20,000 needed to purchase the food from Oregon Food Bank. The remainder was under-written by the Jesuit High School Alumni Association, which has run its own successful holiday food drive for more than four decades and has lent a helping hand as Lincoln gets its own program off the ground.This year, our goal is to increase • the number of boxes delivered;• LHS alumni and student involvement;• our fundraising effortsTo reach these goals, we need your help.• Donate: all funds go directly to purchasing food; there is no overhead. Please mail your tax-deductible gift today to LHS Alumni Food Drive, 1600 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97205. Or donate online:https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/AlumniBSU-Holiday-Food-Drive-Donation/Id7Ah• Pack and deliver boxes on December 16 and 17: contact volunteer coordinator Janet Lamson, 503-260-2942 or jlamson53@gmail.com• Find out about sponsorship opportunities for your business: contact Brian Lamson, LHS Alumni Food Drive chairman, 503-319-2725 or lincolnhighschoolfooddrive@gmail.comWe hope you’ll get involved with this worthy effort to fight hunger in our community.Planning Committee: Brian Lamson (chair), Tom Booth, David Evans, Jill Farrow, John Grout, Kathleen Hart, Bob Keerins, Janet Lamson, & Glenn McMath. n

Third Annual LHS Alumni

FROM THE PAST

Lovely Cardettes take a Breather. Yearbook 1954 picture of the Cardettes.

and soccer. He swam all four years at Yale. While at Yale, Colin traveled to Tanzania as part of his studies program and spied Mount Kilimanjaro. The sight of Mount Kilimanjaro ignited a dream to climb the Seven Summits, the Explorers Grand Slam.2006 (after graduation) found Colin cycling from Connecticut to Oregon, a 4000 mile journey to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. Prior to beginning his professional career in finance, Colin began backpacking around the world but his trip was cut short by an accident in Thailand, where 25% of his body was burned, mostly damaging his legs and feet. He was told by his doctors that he may never regain his ability to walk normally but Colin defied this prognosis and trained and placed first overall (amateur) at the 2009 Chicago Triathlon. Since then Colin has turned Pro, competing in 22 countries on six continents - representing the United States in the Triathlon.The challenge, Beyond 7/2- January 2016 Colin set out to shatter a world record, summiting the tallest peak on each of the seven continents, ski the last degree to the North and South Poles in less than six months. On May 27th he accomplished his goal, completing the Grand Slam in 139 days. Beyond 7/2 has partnered with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to raise $1 million towards eliminating child obesity.For more information, visit: http://beyond72.com/therecord n

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This list includes known deaths since our Winter/Spring 2016 newsletter. Please tell us of others who have died since then. We depend on you to provide us with obituaries from other parts of the country.

Mollie Schnitzer Levin, 1931Mary Murty, 1935Madelyn Ward Cowley, 1935John Beatty, 1936Harold Borenstein Boren, 1936Jane Howe Sheldrake, 1936Jack Milton Lockie, 1936Margaret Selling Labby, 1936Maxine Jackson Selberg, 1937Oscar Spliid, 1937John Stendal, 1937Mary Wintler Gregory, 1937Sylvia Lebenzon Volchok, 1938Margaret Rawson Gannon, 1938Richard DeNeffe, 1939Jean Goldsmith Kaster, 1939Marjorie Foster Saltzman, 1940Vivienne Goldberg Bonnin, 1940Min Mudrick Zidell, 1940Emma Verdurmen Lebenzon, 1940Helen Booth Pegnone, 1941Colleen Collins Sheets, 1941Walter Burrell Gleason, 1941John Granato, 1941Marilyn Hoare Nielsen, 1941Lucy Odrljin Curran, 1941Janet Sternberg Blumenfeld, 1941Kenneth Koe, 1942Alfred Mann, 1942Irene McInnis Starr, 1942Beverly Prehn Yett, 1942Keith Turley, 1942Betty Axe Cohen, 1943Lois Lessard Lecocq, 1943Jean West McNeil, 1943William Radakovich, 1943Edward Wilson, 1943Gloria Bassindale Bartels, 1944James Davis, 1944Barbara Grutze Roessner, 1944Jean Halling, 1944Ronald Peterson, 1944Elizabeth Shane, 1944Jerome Stern, 1944

Monte Thoen, 1944William Whitney, 1944Gilford, Wong, 1944Mary Jane Owens McNulty, 1945Iris Burton Holt, 1946Robert Lee, 1946William Rider, 1946Pat Walcott Moats, 1946Ardith Wassgren Lord, 1946Charles Wheeler, 1946Johanne Wong Chan, 1946Helen Durtschi Rose, 1947Sterling Heidegger, 1947Sally Seley Flynn, 1947Janis Enke Kennedy, 1947Donna Gaylord Pickens, 1947Thomas Becic, 1949John Begg, 1949Stanley Goodell, 1949Merrilu Bernard Majovski, 1949Harry Clair, 1949Belva Craton Woolman, 1949Donald, Haman, 1949Robert Neighbor, 1949Jack Wright, 1949Alan Zell, 1949James Covert, 1950Kenneth Handy, 1950Dean Morehouse, 1950Mary Ellen O’Reilly Gowan, 1950Annette Pfenning Wilkins, 1950Ilene Randolph Hershner, 1950Harold Burkett, 1951Henri Constans, 1951Jerry Giesy, 1951William Hirschfeld, 1951Mary Jo Mickelson Gillespie, 1951Arnold Silver, 1951Ronald Tremayne, 1951Donna Young Huggett, 1951Alice Booton Boyd, 1952Carolyn Bracken Henderson, 1952Peggy Brandon Macdonald, 1952Roger Knutson, 1952

Ernest Warren, 1952Walt Haubold, 1953Anne Scott Coleman, 1953Rosemary Jossi Lindquist, 1954Marilyn Burns Forsyth, 1955Richard Easton, 1955Tom Harding, 1955Bruce Kerr, 1955Gene McMullen, 1955Charles Moo, 1955Marvin Carey, 1956Gordon Long, 1956Constance McGonigle, 1956Lynne Thompson Roy, 1956David Weaver, 1956Ardus Williams Stevens, 1956Michael Myers, 1957Brian Pindell, 1957 Nancy Davidson Shaw, 1958Donald Green, 1959Signe Toly Ettlin, 1959Norman Decker, 1960Peter Pfau, 1960George Brill, 1961William Chambers, 1961Donald Cowne, 1961Jenean Evans Richards, 1961Sybil Reed Bunton, 1962Tim Burke, 1964Chrisanne Clark Lauritsen, 1964Ian Dunlap, 1966Paul Homlitas, 1967Charles Rauw, 1967 James Timothy Brown, 1969Floyd Hendren, 1969Philip McKinney, 1970Alexandra Shaw Woodworth, 1970 Dana Walker, 1972William Cowley, 1974Sonja Ireland Schmidt, 1979Tracy Nemcek James, 1981Daniel Wedick, 1989Jack O’Hollaren, 2014

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Alisha Zhao, Nation’s 10 Top teen volunteers organizing activities to help homeless kids reach their potential, including arts and crafts projects, games, tutoring, peer mentoring, life skills classes and donations of school supplies. In recognition of her leadership, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales named her the first teen on the city’s Human Rights Commission. Shannon O’Malley, a former Nike Foundation program coordinator who serves on the Kids First advisory board, told The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Amy Wang last year that Zhao is a “rock star.” “She just brings a level of excellence that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in someone her age,” O’Malley said. “To see the people that she’s

brought in to support this project and the different networks that she’s tapped into is so impressive.” For being selected as one of national national honorees in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, Zhao was awarded $5,000, an engraved gold medallion plus a $5,000 grant from The Prudential Foundation for a nonprofit charity of her choice.

— Betsy Hammond

Alisha Zhao, a junior at Portland’s Lincoln High, was named one of the nation’s 10 top teen volunteers Monday for her work with homeless children and teens. The17-year-old was judged among the 10 most impressive from a field of more than 29,000 youth volunteers. She has created and led a large nonprofit devoted to helping homeless youth break the cycle of poverty.

Zhao first created a club at her school to provide services to local homeless people, then founded the non-profit “Kids First Project” to expand her efforts and focus on youth. She recruited an advisory board, a board of directors and volunteer leaders, and began

David Evans ’78 Director, MembershipDavid Perlman ’65 Director, LHS Liaison Master Planning CommitteeTo contact the LHSAA Board or any of its members:Phone: 503-452-2225E-mail: lincolnalum@hotmail.comMail: PO Box 80338 Portland, OR 97280Web site: www.lincolnalum.org

LHSAA Endowment P. O. Box 23756Portland, OR 97281

Marlyce Rugroden Gholston ’54 PresidentHarris Matarazzo ’75 Executive Vice President and HistorianLeslie McClung Costandi ’75 Secretary, Newsletter EditorMarjorie Roland MacQueen ’52 Corresponding Secretary, Database Invoicing, Website Carolyn Studenicka Jackson ’55 Treasurer, Archives, Endowment Fund ChairmanRoscoe Nelson ’66 DirectorGordon Evans ’53 DirectorBrian Lamson ’78 Director, Membership 2nd Vice President,

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(L to R) April Harris, Peggy Harber, Karin Welch, Laura Potter, Leslie Church, Ellen Houha

(L to R) Cynthia Adams, Rebecca Lewis, Douglas Kreft

(L to R) Steven Schlesser, Douglas Kreft, Todd Bonime, Chris Gehr, Brad Stocks, Elena Stocks (L to R) Gerry Burton (husband of

Jenny Lowell Burton), Steve Lehman, Jenny Lowell, Brad Stocks, Jon HermansonClass of ‘76 Reunion