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back in the day
By George P. Edmonston Jr.
It’s a much-used cliché, but indispensable for what I want to discuss in this
column.
It was first uttered by the French
novelist and journalist Jean-Baptiste
Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) in the January 1849 issue of Les Guêpes, a monthly
journal he started to showcase his satirical wit and pithy observances about life.
What he said was: “Plus ça change, plus
c’est la même chose.” It’s usually translated
to: “The more things change, the more
they stay the same.”
As I watched the unfolding magic
that was this year’s Beaver baseball postseason play — culminating in a mindboggling back-to-back national championship at the 2007 College World Series
— the historian in me thought of another
astonishing year in the university’s history, a time much like our own, an early
mini-golden age of institutional and
athletic achievement guided by gifted
coaches and their student-athletes, and
by a president for the ages.
Flash back to 1907. With the retirement of the venerable Thomas M. Gatch
as president in the early spring of that
year, Oregon Agricultural College moved
quickly to hire William Jasper Kerr to
guide the fortunes of the school.
Kerr, to use another well-worn
phrase, hit the ground running. By the
end of 1907, he had opened Waldo Hall,
given permission to the YMCA/YWCA
to begin construction of an activities
center for students to be named Shepard
Hall, and launched a project that would
provide a new home for industrial arts.
These facilities were but the start of
a campus building program that would,
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by the time of his retirement from Oregon State
in 1932, double the land
owned by the college and add more than
23 other buildings to its physical plant, all
of which are still in use today and many
of which are beloved campus landmarks,
including Strand Agriculture Hall, the
Memorial Union, Weatherford Hall, the
Women’s Building, and Moreland and
Langton halls.
Compare this with our own time
when current President Ed Ray oversees
slightly less than $500 million of both
new construction and the renovating of
older buildings, all designed to achieve
what Jasper Kerr was trying to do a
William Jasper Kerr, president of Oregon
State from 1907-1932, left a strong legacy
that extends to the modern-day campus. He
doubled the amount of land owned by the
college and presided over the addition of 23
buildings, many of which are now campus
landmarks. Photo from the OSU Archives
century
ago… prepare this university for the needs of the
century ahead.
Part of Kerr’s preparation included
reorganizing academics to include four
new colleges, each under the supervision
of a dean. They were Agriculture (Arthur
Burton Cordley), Commerce (John Andrew Bexell), Engineering (Grant Adelbert Covell) and Home Economics (Juliet
Greer). Within a few years, these four
would enjoy a level of national prominence like never before.
As well, Ray’s “preparation” has included: a new School of Civil and Construction Engineering; a new degree in
accounting for the College of Business;
and announcing the university will on
Oct. 26 launch the public phase of a capital campaign to help raise the resources
the university will need to remain a
national leader in the coming decades.
Wouldn’t President Kerr be proud to
know OSU was just named the top university in the nation in the study of agricultural sciences?
As do Beaver fans in 2007, fans of
OAC athletics in 1907 buzzed with excitement, highlighted by a football team
that turned in a seasonal performance
still unequaled at OSU.
Under the direction of Head Coach
Fred Stevenson Norcross, the Agrics (as
they were known) finished a six-game
campaign not only undefeated and
untied, but also without allowing any
points on defense — a mythical, pristine,
holy grail season if there ever was one.
This included a 10-0 pasting of St.
Vincent’s College of Los Angeles on its
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home turf for the championship of the
Pacific Coast. At the time, this was the
greatest athletic achievement any school
in the state had achieved.
When the team arrived back in Corvallis, the public rejoicing rivaled the
homecomings enjoyed these past two
years by OSU’s national champion baseball teams.
who was brilliant in his ability to develop young muscle, the men set records
for margins of victory that are still in the
record books. A few of the scores never
fail to astonish modern-day pundits of
the game.
Example: At the conclusion of the
second game of the campaign, Albany
College found itself on the short end of a
Oregon.”
Over on the baseball diamond, three
Agric starters, coached by Joe Fay, finished the season with batting averages
over .500. The next highest was .475, then
.347. Talk about a “murderer’s row!”
In track, 1907 was speedster Forrest
Smithson’s final year in Corvallis, and in
1908 he would become OSU’s first Olym-
The now-towering American Elm trees that line the lower campus pathway were just saplings in spring 1907, when Agriculture Hall (now Education Hall) on the left, the Administration Building (now Benton Hall) in the middle and Mechanical Hall (later Apperson and now Kearney Hall)
to the right, dominated the east campus skyline. Photo from Harriet’s Collection in the OSU Archives
Strong defense was expected and
appreciated by football fans of that time.
From 1906 to 1908, Norcross’ Agrics
yielded but four points in 72 quarters,
completing 18 games without enough
tallies to amount to a single touchdown.
The one blemish, a four-point field
goal (under turn-of-the-century rules),
came in Salem at the hands of Willamette
University in the last game of the 1906
season.
Norcross had arrived at OAC late
that summer and was the college’s third
choice for the job. He proved a magnificent hire, winning 14 games over a threeyear period, with four losses and three
ties. He was a graduate of the University
of Michigan, the same university OSU
had to beat in this year’s baseball Super
Regionals to advance to Omaha.
Meanwhile, OAC men’s and women’s basketball teams were making history of their own.
Led by coach W.O. “Dad” Trine,
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72-0 score. This is the only game in OSU
men’s basketball history in which an opponent failed to score a single point.
Other examples: On a swing through
the state of Washington, Winlock was a
no-show at 104-5, with Centralia High
School taking it on the chin at 83-38.
Back home in Oregon, Pendleton
High went down 63-9, and Pacific University, 73-2. The season ended 17-1, the
lone defeat coming at the hands of the
“Crescents,” a barnstorming team from
Chicago on a tour of the Pacific Northwest.
In a return match, the last game on
the schedule, the Agrics got sweet revenge over their Windy City visitors
with a 38-32 victory. Shortly after, OAC
was crowned Champions of the Pacific
Northwest.
Not to be outdone, C.V. Swann’s
women’s varsity basketball team finished its 1907 campaign with a perfect
7-0 record, and the title, “Champions of
pic gold medal winner by setting a world
record in the 110-meter high hurdles at
the London Olympics.
Let us also remember that Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, home of Beaver
baseball, was introduced in 1907.
The Class of 1907 graduated several
students who would go on to make their
own special contributions to the future of
their alma mater: Harold Wilkins from
Corvallis would one day compose the
music and words to the OSU Fight Song;
Lee Arden Thomas of Huit, Wash., would
be the chief architect of the MU; and Helen Margaret Gilkey of Montesano, Wash.,
would become one of the world’s leading
botanists and a legendary faculty member at her alma mater.
With another four months to go before we say goodbye to 2007, what other
magical goodies lie in wait?
Football team, are you listening? q
George P. Edmonston Jr. is history and
traditions editor of the Oregon Stater.
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director’s cut
Alumni, strong association critical to OSU’s future
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By Jeff Todd
Executive Director, OSUAA
Sometimes, in the course of my duties, I
travel to other campuses to help evaluate
the work of the local alumni association.
It’s a good exercise; invariably I gain insight into what we at the OSU Alumni
Association do well and where we might
improve.
More importantly, I always return to
Corvallis reconvinced of the importance
of our work.
Engaged, supportive alumni are
critical to the future of universities everywhere, and OSU is no exception. You, the
graduates of Oregon State, are in fact the
most concrete examples of the university’s mission and work — your success reflects positively on your alma mater and
serves to inspire current students.
Conversely, the growing excellence
and impact of the university enhances
the value of your degrees.
In this and many other ways, OSU
and its graduates are inextricably linked.
That’s a big part of why leaders at the
university and the alumni association are
committed to creating and supporting
a dynamic alumni community in which
graduates are engaged with one another
and with the university. A vibrant, dynamic alumni association should foster
a mutually beneficial relationship where
alumni support their alma mater with
time, talent, and treasure while also receiving value in return from the university for
their life-long connection and loyalty.
Several of my colleagues recently
shared a report they had written, outlining the key characteristics of model public university alumni associations. We are
fortunate to have many of them in place
at Oregon State.
Great associations have strong volunteer leadership. The board of your
alumni association is made up of impressive leaders from the alumni community
who accept the responsibility of serving
their fellow alumni and advancing the
cause of Oregon State. They have no oth-
er purpose; they get nothing but satisfaction in return for their loyalty.
Their mission — our mission — is
clear: Engage alumni and friends in the
life, promotion and advancement of the
university.
The best associations are trusted
and directly accessible conduits to their
university, its programs, personnel and
services. Through our programs and communications,
we actively connect alumni
and friends to the campus.
They seek to be the key
source for alumni of information about the institution. To
this end we are working hard
to establish osualum.com as a
gateway to the university and
the alumni community. The same is true
of our approach to customer service when
you visit or call the CH2M HILL Alumni
Center. And this publication — the Oregon
Stater — is a big part of our outreach.
Vibrant alumni associations represent the voice of alumni in the institution’s decision-making processes. When
important issues arise at Oregon State,
we make sure the university is aware of
your thoughts, ideas, and concerns.
Successful alumni associations strive
to align and coordinate with the other
university advancement areas — development, marketing, and communications. To this end, the association maintains strong partnerships with the OSU
Foundation and University Advancement. Our strategic plan relates directly
to the priorities of the university.
In the better alumni associations, staff
and volunteer leadership maintain a strong partnership. We are
fortunate to have a board that is
highly engaged and supportive
of the work of our professional
team.
Conversely, our staff values
the diverse expertise, experience, and views of the talented
Jeff Todd
and committed board of the
alumni association.
Our goal is to be a model program
among our peers. When alumni association leaders from other campuses size up
our efforts, we want them to leave thinking: “Now, that’s the way to do it.”
OSU President Ed Ray often states,
“Our graduates are OSU’s greatest contribution to the future.”
It’s equally true that OSU alumni —
and, we believe, the OSUAA — are critical to the university’s bright future. q
Ten years after opening, the CH2M HILL Alumni Center has hosted more than 725,000 people
on the OSU campus, at events that range from massive conferences and charity auctions to
high school proms and campus memorial services. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
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membership matters
Four honored with OSU Alumni Association awards
A philanthropist and timber industry giant, a world-class ocean shore expert, a
tireless alumni volunteer and a retired
alumni magazine editor have received
high honors from the OSU Alumni Association.
This year’s E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to
Sam Wheeler, ’50, retired vice president
of Willamette Industries, in recognition
of significant contributions to the university and the state
of Oregon.
Wheeler became
an OSU Foundation
trustee in 1978 and
Sam Wheeler, ’50
served as chairman
and president of the board during the
years that the university was dealing
with deep cuts as a result of Measure 5.
He serves on the boards of many nonprofit groups.
The Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award was presented
to Professor Robert
A. Holman of the
College of Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Sciences. His career
in oceanography includes the development of the Coastal
Imaging Laboratory,
Robert A. Holman
which specializes
in the extraction of wave and beach measurements from video imagery over several decades. He joined the OSU staff in
1979.
Nancy Austin
McCoy, ’65, won
the Jean and C.H.
“Scram”
Graham
Leadership Award
for setting a fine
example in the
many roles she has
Nancy Austin McCoy, ’65
taken on as an OSU
alumna.
She served eight years on the OSUAA board and during her tenure as
president, she became an avid promoter
of the Beaver license plate scholarship
program, calling the plates “portable billboards” for OSU. A former high school
science and English teacher, and Sherman County treasurer, she and her husband, Tom McCoy, operate a wheat ranch
near Wasco.
The Honorary Alumni Award was
given to George Edmonston Jr., editor of
more than 100 issues of the Oregon Stater
alumni magazine.
An avid historian, he also co-authored the book,
Tales from Oregon
State Sports, and is
still called upon to
give campus tours
to share his wealth
of knowledge about
significant campus
and Corvallis landGeorge Edmonston Jr.
marks as well as
speak at campus events.
Edmonston remains on the Stater
staff as history and traditions editor.
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Cara Fischer takes helm of OSUAA board
The 2007-08 president of the OSU Alumni Association board has a strong connection to the
alumni association — starting with her first
contact with OSU.
“I was able to attend college thanks in
part, to a scholarship provided by the alumni
association,” Cara Fischer, ’76, said at a recent
board meeting.
Fischer is the member services director
and policy advisor for the Association of Oregon Counties, a 102-year-old organization
in Salem that advocates for Oregon counties
with state and federal governments.
Fischer succeeds Eric Schoenstein, ’88.
She said she plans to maintain OSUAA’s
progress in updating and following its aggressive strategic plan. Doing so will help the
association better serve OSU and its alumni,
she noted.
“I’m looking forward working with the
Cara Fischer will serve one year as OSUAA
alumni board in partnership with OSU and board president. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
the OSU Foundation to kick off the university’s first major campaign,” Fischer said. The
Campaign for OSU is set for a public launch
Oct. 26.
Alumni fellows to be
honored during
Homecoming weekend
Colleges on campus have nominated
several alumni who have distinguished themselves in their professions and communities. The OSUAA
Alumni Fellows will receive their
awards during the Classes without
Quizzes luncheon at the alumni center on Oct 26, during Homecoming
weekend.
Fellows also will visit with students in their departments to share
their stories and expertise.
OSUAA-sponsored Homecoming events include a bonfire and
concert Friday night and a parade
Saturday morning. Also that weekend: a College Fair will be held, the
Beavers will play Stanford in football
and host a cross country championship and the OSU Foundation will
hold several events to kick off the
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Newsmakers
Rod Commons, ’65, has been inducted into
Year by Editor and Publisher, a newspaper
operate Keudell Farms near Stayton.
the College Sports Information Directors of
industry publication.
Michael C. Smith, ’99, a market forecaster
America Hall of Fame. He has been sports
Alan Keudell, ’80, chairman of the board of
for Hewlett-Packard in Corvallis, has filed to
information director at Washington State
NORPAC Foods, was recently honored as
run in the 2008 election as a Republican can-
University for 31 years and worked as an as-
the 2007 Farmer Cooperative Director of
didate for President of the United States. He
sistant sports director at OSU from 1966-73.
the Year by the National Council of Farmer
is hoping to convince his party to shift back
Chris Anderson, ’72, chief executive officer
Cooperatives, an organization representing
to its core values. He and his wife, Kathleen
and president of the Orange County Register,
3,000 farming cooperatives across the na-
Murphy Smith, ’02, ’03, have two children.
has been named National Publisher of the
tion. He and his brother, Steve Keudell, ’79,
www.smithforpresident.com
Gebhard, ’57, Central Point, celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary in June with friends and
family.
Ken Archibald, ’58, and his wife, Jackie, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with friends
and family in Salem.
School.
Steve Robertson, ’71, is owner of Hells Canyon
Winery in Marsing, Idaho
Herb Arathoon, ’72, manages commercial property
for Compass Commercial in Bend.
Dan Earl, ’74, is owner of Sundance Books in Reno,
Nev.
Charlie Gunderson, ’75, is chief operating officer of
Airbee Wireless in Rockville, Md.
Patty White Bedient, ’75, is executive vice president
and chief financial officer at Weyerhaeuser in Federal Way, Wash.
Rich Cushman, ’75, is owner of Viento Wines Inc., in
Hood River.
Becki J. Heath, ’76, is supervisor on the Okanogan
and Wenatchee National Forests in Wenatchee,
Wash. She and her husband, Monty Heath, have one
son, Evan.
Dr. Patrick Paradis, ’76, ’77, is owner of Woodburn
Pet Hospital, which was recently expanded and
remodeled.
Dave Lamb, ’77, is general manager of Portland
General Electric’s Western region line operations.
Ron Boucher, ’77, is branch manager and financial
consultant at the Salem office of A.G. Edwards &
Sons.
Dan Nichols, ’78, is a county commissioner in Harney County and a rancher in Diamond.
Kristin Wells Webster, ’78, is principal of Pioneer
Middle School in Steilacoom, Wash.
Alice Carlton, ’79, is supervisor on the Plumas National Forest in Quincy, Calif., where she lives with
her husband, Mike Reagan.
1930s
Lucile Porter Ketchum, ’30, celebrated her 100th
birthday on July 16 in The Dalles. She worked her
way through college as a florist and by waiting
tables in Kidder Hall. She met her late husband,
William Ketchum, ’28, at Oregon State and they
were married in 1935. She keeps busy weaving on
her loom, creating pine needle baskets and ceramic
dishes.
Dr. Marshall Welles, ’30, ’31, Pasadena, Calif., gathered with friends and family on July 28 to celebrate
his 100th birthday. After receiving his pharmacy
degree from Oregon State and a medical degree
from Rush Medical School in Chicago, he became
a medical missionary for several years in Asia, and
spent three years in a prisoner of war camp in the
Philippines with his wife and two sons. He settled
in Pasadena and retired from his medical practice
at age 84.
Carroll Brown, ’33, Medford, will be 100 years old
on Dec. 8 of this year. He was born during same
year that the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
(originally the Crater National Forest) had its beginnings — and where 50 years later, he would find
himself forest supervisor. He was recently honored
at a celebration of the forest’s centennial.
1940s
Bob Lundeen, ’42, writes, “I was disappointed to see
in Class Notes that there were none from the 1940s.
So, just for the record, as a class of 1942 alumnus
I am happy to report that I’m still enjoying life at
my home in Deer Harbor, Wash., keep involved in
community affairs here and am taking an active part
in Oregon State’s upcoming fundraising campaign.
Sorry that I won’t be able to make the 65th anniversary class reunion but I will be on a long-planned
cruise on my own boat with some old friends.”
1950s
Doug Peterson, ’50, recently served as grand marshal for the 2007 Azalea Festival in Brookings.
Vernon Gebhard, ’56, and his wife, Lenore King
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1960s
Judy Skow Holt, ’61, has retired from her chemical
research position at the University of Oregon and is
now a high school counselor for continuing education in Bend.
Jan Wepster, ’63, was named Hazelnut Grower of
the Year by the Nut Growers Society of Oregon,
Washington & British Columbia. He was honored
for his instrumental help in establishing an endowed
hazelnut professorship at OSU. He and his wife,
Linda Wepster, a retired special education teacher,
live on their farm near Sheridan.
Larry Chalfan, ’65, is founder and executive director
of Zero Waste Alliance, a nonprofit organization
that focuses on industrial ecology and sustainable
business practices.
Dale R. Laurance, ’67, is chairman of the board of
Ingram Micro in Santa Ana, Calif. He is the former
president of Occidental Petroleum Corp., and a
member of the Academy of Distinguished Engineers
at OSU.
Roy Saigo, ’69, has retired as president of St. Cloud
State University in Minnesota.
Glenn Borchardt, ’69, director of the Progressive Science Institute in Berkeley, Calif., has written a book
describing his study of the origins of the universe,
The Scientific Worldview: Beyond Newton and Einstein.
John Leonard, ’69, ’72, is associate professor of
economics at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research in Almaty,
Kazakhstan. “Tell your readers ‘hello’ for me.”
Phillip Nickel, ’69, Grants Pass, has written a
memoir, My Nickel’s Worth, about his years growing
up on a small farm, earning a PhD. in entomology
and teaching for many years at California Lutheran
University in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
1970s
Fran Noble Bush, ’71, has retired after teaching first
grade for more than 30 years at Garibaldi Grade
1980s
Bill Nicholson, ’80, is vice president of customers
and economic development at Portland General
Electric Co. in Portland.
Gary Bedell, ’80, is executive vice president and
chief credit office at South Valley Bank & Trust in
Eagle Point.
Perry Salvestrin, ’80, and his wife, Carolyn Hall
Salvestrin, ’81, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this March. He is the park manager at
Joseph Stewart State Park and she is a Creative
Memories consultant and private piano teacher.
They live with their son, Michael, in Trail.
Debbie Brennecke Bassett, ’82, Grants Pass, is
co-owner of TLC Solutions, a company that helps
senior citizens move. She and her husband, Greg
Bassett, have two daughters. www.nideb.com
Pam Marsh Westland, ’82, is manager of the real
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estate loan division at the Medford branch of
People’s Bank of Commerce.
Tom Michaels, ’83, grows award-winning gourmet
truffles at his orchards in Chucky, Tenn. Featured recently in the New York Times and Gourmet magazine,
he uses specially trained dogs to locate the black
Perigord truffles underground.
Scott Pilcher, ’83, is an account executive at Technocom, Inc., in Wilsonville.
Kimberly Walters Zahr, ’84, has been named vice
president/area retail leader for KeyBank in the MidWillamette Valley.
Charlie Sitton, ’86, OSU basketball standout and
former professional player, returns to his home town
of McMinnville every summer to hold the State
Champ Hoop Camp for the youth of the community.
He was recently inducted into the McMinnville
High School Hall of Fame. He owns Century Hotel
in Tualatin, which caters the loge-level restaurant at
Reser Stadium during football season.
Donald Richards, ’86, ’89, has joined Mirus Capital
Advisors, Inc., an investment banking firm headquartered in the Boston area.
Jim Rise, ’86, is vice president and general manager
of the Wilsonville campus of the Xerox Corporation.
He and his wife, Rhonda Rise, ’85, have a son and
daughter.
Mike Kasberger, ’86, is manager of the Ochoco Irrigation district in Prineville.
Paul A. Spilsbury, ’87, is a commander in the U.S.
Navy and executive officer of the naval air station at
Whidbey Island, Wash.
Ernie Brown, ’88, is principal of Hazelbrook Middle
School in Tigard.
Judi Sefert Steward, ’88, ’98, has retired as an OSU
Extension Service agent and the administrator of the
Lake County Extension Office in Lakeview.
Patrick Royal, ’88, is principal of North Medford
High School.
Scott Reeburgh, ’88, is a real estate agent at Windermere/Crest Realty in Camas, Wash.
Teresa Barry Decker, ’88, is the director of pharmacy
at Lake District Hospital in Lakeview.
Andrew Charter, ’89, is vice president of pharmacy
at Haggen Inc., in Bellingham, Wash.
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Alan Fudge, ’90, is director of the Business Development Center at Linn-Benton Community College in
Albany.
Geoff Clark, ’90, assistant trainer and equipment
manager for the Portland Trailblazers, recently met
the woman whose life was saved due to his donation
of bone marrow to treat her acute lymphoblast leukemia. He donated the marrow in 2006 to a 33-year-old
woman from Texas, Lynn Watson, whom he met this
past January when the Trail Blazers visited Houston.
Kerrie McCallister Walters, ’90, is tourism and
downtown coordinator for the Grants Pass Visitors
and Convention Bureau.
Kimberly Nelson Jacobsen, ’90, is a host for two TV
shows, The Oregon Coast Show and Inside Clackamas
County which air weekly in the Portland-area.
Palmer Muntz, ’90, is associate vice president of
enrollment management at Taylor University Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Jennifer Lyda Stever, ’91, is owner of Stever Design,
a kitchen and bath interior design company in
Grants Pass where she lives with her husband, Mark,
and their three sons.
Shannon Baylor Bohard, ’91, is director of marketing at OSU Federal Credit Union in Corvallis.
Tim Porter, ’91, is district principal in Condon.
Harry DeWolf, ’92, is director of the Portland district
of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Portland office managed about 1,200 loans last year, for
$275 million in loans that were totally backed with
fees paid by the borrowers. He and his wife, Grettel
Adell DeWolf, ’92, live in Sandy.
Laurie Washburn Hieb, ’92, Wilsonville, is executive director of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association.
Robert C. Harding, ’92, is senior vice president of
Pacific Continental Bank in Portland.
Leigh Ann Wyatt Evans, ’94, is vice president and
Lakeview branch manager of South Valley Bank &
Trust in Lakeview.
Cara Wilson Steele, ’95, is crime analyst for the
Salem Police Department.
John Weisner, ’95, is owner of Coral Construction
Company in Wilsonville.
Josh McDowell, ’95, is a project manager and structural engineer at Group Mackenzie in Seattle.
Bill Garber Jr., ’96, is director of government affairs
for the Appraisal Institute in Washington, D.C. He
was recently received a “Top 40 under 40” award
from the October Research Corporation.
Adrienne Livingston, ’97, Portland, is executive
director of the Black United Fund of Oregon.
Bev Curtis, ’97, Gresham, was co-chair of the Oregon
Potters Association’s Ceramic Showcase at the
Oregon Convention Center in May.
Christine Clow Bradbury, ’97, is an account director
at Leopold Ketel & Partners in Portland.
Joanne Truesdell, ’97, Silverton, is president of
Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.
Mark Bender, ’97, chair of agriculture studies at
California State University Stanislaus, was named
Ag Leader by the Turlock (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce.
Bryce Willcox, ’98, practices dentistry at Bull
Mountain Orthodontics in Portland. He was
recently named one of Portland’s best dentists by
Portland Monthly Magazine and is the founder of the
Advanced Orthodontist
Education Study Club.
His wife, Dr. Sarah
Chambers Willcox, ’98,
’04, is a veterinarian in
Lake Oswego. The two
often travel to Wildlife
Safari in Winston to
provide dental care to the
animals there.
Ryan Pearson, ’98, is
a major in the U.S. Air
Force, serving at McChord Air Force Base in
Joyce Varuska Boss, ’99
Tacoma, Wash., where his
lives with his wife, Jennifer. He was recently named Western Air Defense
Company Grade Officer of the Year.
Joyce Varuska Boss, ’99, the senior accounting manager of TripWire Inc. in Portland, has been elected to
the 2007-2008 board of the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants.
2000s
Brian A. Davis, ’00, is a design engineer at Tolman
Engineering PLLC., in Jamestown, N.Y.
Jose Cortez, ’01, is training with the Oregon State
Police to become a state trooper. The former Beavers
kicker began his pre-academy training in Salem on
July 30.
Wade Hilderbrand, ’01, was recently awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. He is a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy currently serving his second
tour as commander of a
special operation EOD
Unit in Iraq. He and his
wife, Christi Scoggins
Hilderbrand, ’01, live in
Niceville, Fla.
Ryan Torland, ’01, is district wildlife biologist at
the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife in
John Day, where he lives
with his wife, Brittany.
Matthew Rygg, ’02, is
Wade Hilderbrand, ’01
director of student services at Multomah Bible
College & Biblical Seminary in Portland, where he
lives with his wife, Michelle.
Andrea Chavez Gibson, ’02, ’03, is a development
officer for the Central Oregon Community College
Foundation in Bend.
Denae Lytle Simms, ’02, is owner of Bloomers Country Nursery in Lakeview.
Alisa Bishop, ’03, is the program assistant at the
Teen and Youth Center in Seward, Alaska.
Chad Waldron, ’03, is a teacher at North Lake
Community School in Silver Lake. He has recently
written a book, Waldron’s Dairy Tales, about his years
growing up on a dairy farm. He and his wife, Janet,
have three children.
Danielle Stephens, ’03, Walla Walla, Wash., has
been named one of 15 “New Faces in Engineering”
by the National Engineers Week Foundation. She
is a structural engineer with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers and has served in Iraq, building and
restoring sewer and water systems in Baghdad, as
well as working to restore infrastructure in cities
damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
David Rothberg, ’03, has received a medical degree
from the University of North Dakota School of
Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks, N.D.
He is completing his residency training in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Elvin Smith, ’03, is a real estate broker at Keller Williams Realty Mid-Willamette in Corvallis.
Greg D. Jackson, ’03, is marketing manager for
the Willamette Valley operations of AmeriTitle in
Albany.
Marcia Richardson, ’03, is health and beauty aids
lead buyer for the Astoria Cooperative, a shareholder-owned grocery store in Astoria.
Matt J. Olsen, ’03, has opened a State Farm Insurance agency in Canby.
Alina Minnick, ’04, is owner of Edge Fitness in
Wasilla, Alaska.
Susan Binder, ’04, is a kitchen and bath designer at
Forrest-Temple Lighting and Interiors in Corvallis.
Vanessa Klingensmith, ’04, ’06, is a Lincoln County
4-H Extension agent in Newport.
Dustin Nichol, ’05, and his wife, Heidi, were named
Sweet Home Junior First Citizens. He is a teacher at
Sweet Home High School and coaches and referees
youth sports.
Heidi Wentzell, ’05, ’06, teaches high school math in
Lakeview.
Jennifer E. Krenz, ’06, formerly a faculty research
assistant in the OSU Department of Crop and Soil
Science, is working in Namibia as a Peace Corps
Crisis Corps Volunteer. She will be teaching children
affected by HIV/AIDS agricultural production techniques and life skills.
Keith Frost, ’06, Corvallis, is owner of Southern
Oregon Sauce and Spice Co., which he developed
thanks to the OSU College of Agricultural Sciences,
the Austin Family Entrepreneurship Program, the
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alumni profile
Microbiology grad starts biodiesel company
It might sound simple — if you are a chemist
said. “Home brewers don’t usually do that. It
or a technically savvy inventor — to turn
is really dangerous to make at home.”
frying oil into biodiesel for your truck.
It is, sort of. It’s also quite dangerous to
do in your garage.
Scott Johnson, ’00, found that out after
he had been making his own fuel at home for
Since May, blends of Gen-X biodiesel
fuel have been available in several nearby
states through fuel distributors who truck it
out as fast as Gen-X can make it.
Governments encourage the use of
a few years. Nowadays, he does it the right
“green” fuels through tax credits and rebates.
way, the safe way, and he sells it to others.
The vegetable and animal byproducts Gen-X
Johnson is president of Gen-X Energy
uses are considered green because: “We are
Group Inc. (Genxenergies.com), in Walla
using carbon that was introduced within the
Walla, Wash. He and five co-owners
last year, not introducing new carbon to the
built a biodiesel plant that provides
environment,” Johnson explains. “Right now
the environmentally renewable fuel for
most school buses burn diesel fumes which
Northwest consumers.
cause cancer and birth defects, but burning
The process, using locally created
products like used canola oil, beef tallow
and soybean oil, employs a device called a
reactor and creates methanol (commonly
biodiesel reduces aromatic rings (cancerous
fumes) by 80 percent.”
He started at OSU in engineering,
switching to science, pre-med, pre-vet and
used in race cars) as a byproduct. Methanol
biology before eventually graduating with
is highly explosive.
a degree in microbiology and a minor in
“We recover and retain it to keep our
workers and the environment safe,” Johnson
chemistry.
Scott Johnson works with his partners to meet
demand for their biofuel product. Photo by Dean
— Ann Kinkley Brickey, East Oregonian
Enter to Win
a great gift from the
www.osugiveaway.com
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class notes
OSU/ODA Food Innovation Center in Portland
and the OSU Food Technology department. www.
southernoregonsauce.com
Meghan Roos, ’06, is a conservation officer in Buhl,
Idaho.
Miles Mattern, ’07, is a financial representative in
the Portland office of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
Marriages
Randall D. Hallum, ’94, and Jennifer Qiao Juan,
Tucson, Ariz.
Ten Yoshioka and Theresa Otley, ’94, Tokyo, Japan.
Craig Conner, ’98, and Brenda Reddaway, ’98,
Portland.
Jeremy Dean, ’01, and Sherice Peacock, ’02, ’05,
Rocklin, Calif.
Kevin Cates, ’01, and Abigail Cochran, Port Orchard, Wash.
Aaron Branderhorst and Kelly McAlpin, ’01,
Milwaukie.
Jeremy Todd and Kendra Koenemann, ’02, Cornelius.
Samuel Fisher, ’02, and Mayura Ueda, Portland.
Brian Hedlund and Mary Dahm, ’03, Klamath Falls.
Ian Machan, ’04, and Mary Johnson, Portland.
Benjamin Clayton, ’04, and Lara LeGrady, Miramar,
Calif.
Nathan Lee, ’04, and Nika Carter, Walla Walla,
Wash.
Jeff Malkowski, ’05, and Jayme Rise, ’05, Santa
Clara, Calif.
Andy Cadotte and Melissa Barnhart, ’05, ’06,
Corvallis.
Ryan Kelso, ’06, and Crystal Bennett, Sandy.
Tanner Perrine, ’06, and Elizabeth Baynes, ’06,
Corvallis.
Obituaries
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Christmas Jean Tuttle Gaily, ’23, La Grande. Born
near LaGrande on Christmas Day in 1901, she was
OSU’s oldest living graduate at the time of her
death. At age 16 she boarded a train for Corvallis
and did not return home until she graduated. She
was a home economics major and lived at Waldo
Hall. Her son, Dean Gaily, ’56, lives with his wife,
Carole Bate Gaily, ’57, in Nanaimo, B.C.
Miriam Duncan Mason, ’28, Dallas Texas. Pi Beta Phi
Elisabeth Sick Campbell, ’30, Seattle, Wash. Alpha
Chi Omega
William K. Baker, ’31, Huntsville, Ala.
Eugene “Gene” H. Fisher, ’33, Oakland. He
established a scholarship fund for OSU agriculture
students more than 30 years ago and was inducted
into the Oregon 4-H Hall of Fame in 2004. Fisher
helped organize the Oregon School Board Association in the 1950s and served on the Oregon State
Board of Education for 15 years helping to establish
the state’s community college system. He served 30
years on the board of directors of the Federal Land
Bank Association and received OSU’s Distinguished
Service Award in 1985. In 2006, Fisher was named
for the second time, Douglas County Tree Farmer of
the Year, at age 94. Phi Kappa Psi
Irene Leach Watts, ’33, Scappoose. Delta Zeta
Ruth Mispley Solander, ’33, Riverside, Calif. Alpha
Gamma Delta
Alice Ash Smith, ’35, San Leandro, Calif. Alpha Chi
Omega
Dorothy Row Barron, ’35, St. Paul, Minn. Delta Zeta
Jessie A. Farver, ’35, ’39, Junction City.
Keith P. Fenner, ’35, ’38, Green Valley, Ariz.
Marguerite Bishop Miller, ’35, Seattle, Wash.
Virginia Cooper Rose, ’35, Salem. Pi Beta Phi
Florence Shull Lawson, ’36, Beaverton. Kappa Alpha
Theta
Merle F. Taylor, ’36, Albany. Alpha Tau Omega
Robert H. Mealey, ’36, Walterville. Delta Sigma Phi
Einar J. Flood, ’36, Portland. Sigma Chi
Mildred Packard Nichols, ’37, Hamilton, Texas.
Alpha Delta Pi
Velna White Byrd, ’37, Wasilla, Alaska.
Warren D. Jones, ’37, Tucson, Ariz. Phi Gamma Delta
Maude Williams Budke, ’38, Dayton.
Richard C. Gearhart, ’38, Tallahassee, Fla. Phi Kappa
Psi
Ruth Lange Smith, ’39, Portland.
Herbert L. Hammond, ’39, Corvallis. Phi Kappa Psi
Janet Hinkle Kyle, ’39, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Alpha Chi Omega
Robert S. Trouton, ’39, Davis, Calif. Sigma Nu
Stella Shuck Dehlinger, ’39, Klamath Falls. Alpha
Gamma Delta
Alvin B. Friedrich, ’40, Canby. Theta Chi
Dale D. Doherty, ’40, Tacoma, Wash.
George A. Broten, ’40, ’47, Reno, Nev. Delta Upsilon
Kathryn McGuire Keen, ’40, McMinnville. Kappa
Kappa Gamma
M. “Mickey” Stout Douhan, ’40, Port Townsend,
Wash.
Margaret Brown Keck, ’40, Campbell, Calif.
Ava Nelson Kenny, ’41, West Linn.
Don A. Goodall, ’41, Dunedin, Fla. Delta Tau Delta
Elmer H. Helenius, ’41, West Linn. Sigma Nu.
Helen Clarke Reeves, ’41, Mountain View, Calif.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Doris Wohllaib Nelson, ’41, Lake Oswego.
Jerry Harvey Kleene, ’41, Los Altos, Calif. Pi Beta
Phi
Harold W. Tyler, ’41, Portland. Delta Upsilon
Donald D. Meyer, ’41, Seattle, Wash.
Alice Cunningham Rutherford, ’42, Junction City.
Curtis J. Peterson, ’42, Eugene. Delta Chi
Arthur E. Irish, ’42, Eugene. Lambda Chi Alpha
Donna Read Chenoweth, ’42, Portland. Alpha Delta
Pi
Ira E. Miller, ’42, Gold Beach.
Ralph M. McCugh, ’42, St. Louis, Mo.
Milton E. Coffey, ’43, Placerville, Calif. Theta Chi
William D. Dennis, ’43, Portland. Lambda Chi Alpha
Paul H. Peters, ’43, Phoenix, Ariz. Kappa Sigma
Iona Gimre Peterson, ’44, Torrance, Calif. Alpha
Gamma Delta
Marjorie Force Ayres, ’44, Woodside, Calif. Kappa
Alpha Theta
William O. McCluskey, ’44, Portland. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon
Robert G. Beck, ’45, San Anselmo, Calif. Sigma Nu
Pherne E. Nelson, ’45, West Richland, Wash.
Ralph V. Lesh, ’45, Roseburg.
Susan Sturm Simpson, ’45, Escondido, Calif. Pi
Beta Phi
Richard B. Robins, ’45, Molalla. Theta Chi
Genevieve Berg Alford, ’45, Carrollton, Texas. Phi
Chi Theta
Dr. Roger Stack, ’46, Redmond.
Arthur W. Wilson, ’46, Portland.
Mary Lou White, ’46, Morrow Bay, Calif.
Jane Joseph Yocum, ’47, Albany.
Robert E. Reiman, ’47, ’67, Corvallis. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Betty Hobart Butcher-Cheadle, ’47, Alpha Chi
Omega
Harold L. Weeks, ’47, Broomfield, Colo.
Walter C. Kirchner, ’48, Ahwahnee, Calif.
Albert H. Piche, ’48, Saratoga, Calif. Donations may
be made to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis, OR,
97333.
William J. Sauerwein, ’48, Portland.
Douglas C. Robinson, ’48, McMinnville. Sigma Phi
Epsilon
Earl A. Newberg, ’48, Nehalem. Phi Kappa Tau
William W. Foree, ’48, Elko, Nev. Pi Kappa Alpha
Ronald E. Mohr, ’48, Gresham.
William E. Field Jr., ’48, Wilsonville. Alpha Tau
Omega
James E. Long, ’48, Rexburg, Idaho.
Barbara Douthit Conant, ’48, Portland. You may
make remembrances to the OSU Foundation, Corvallis OR, 97333.
Delbert D. Stowe, ’49, Prineville.
Merl H. Payne, ’49, San Carlos, Calif.
Shirley Amsberry Madden, ’49, Redmond. Delta
Zeta
Dr. James J. Norton, ’49, San Diego, Calif. Delta
Upsilon
Lawrence B. Kimbrough, ’49, Lititz, Pa. Delta Chi
Vernon L. Kitchel, ’49, Portland.
Alfred L. Pfeifer, ’50, Salem. Alpha Sigma Phi
Boyd O. Bush, ’50, Bellevue, Wash.
Diana Charais Mullineaux, ’50, Arvada, Colo.
Wayne K. Davis, ’50, Tigard.
Donald F. Davidson, ’50, Portland. Sigma Chi
Gayle Williams Enney, ’50, Pilot Rock.
Donald L. Dorward, ’50, Washington, Ill.
George C. Hein, ’50, Portland.
Philip G. Youngs, ’50, Hemet, Calif.
Burton E. Jeppesen, ’50, Beaverton. Memorial donations may be made to the Oregon Small Woodlands
Scholarship Fund the OSU Foundation, Corvallis,
OR 97333.
Ralph A Meiling, ’50, Lebanon.
William L. Bartels, ’50, Gaston. Delta Upsilon
G. Walter Titus, ’50, Danville, Calif. He was a
retired major general in the U.S. Army and a World
War II veteran. He retired in 1981 as commander of
troop command at the California Military Academy
and was later given command of the California State
Military Reserve. Delta Sigma Phi
Stephen A. Sutherland, ’50, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Edward J. Campbell, ’50, El Cajon, Calif.
Robert P. Dunn, ’50, West Chester, Pa. Beta Theta Pi
Ronald L. Ring, ’50, Medford. Phi Gamma Delta
Eli H. Keeran, ’50, Elma, Wash.
Gara Houchin Nyberg, ’51, Corvallis. Alpha Phi
George Doka, ’51, Vallejo, Calif. Delta Chi
Stanley E. Hartman, ’51, Beaverton.
Gene L. Durham, ’51, Cottage Grove.
Herbert J. Allen, ’51, Corvallis. Phi Kappa Psi
Robert P. Leonard, ’51, Mt. View, Calif. Phi Kappa
Theta
Norman L. McGill, ’52, Peoria, Ariz.
Denny R. Barnard, ’52, Florence.
Jimmie E. Engle, ’52, Eugene.
Gilbert M. Batty, ’52, Medford.
Charles B. Crawford, ’52, Placerville. Delta Sigma
Phi
William R. Furtick, ’52, ’58, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Elmer G. Porter, ’53, Portland.
Buford C. Bale, ’53, Monroe. Delta Sigma Phi
Gordon R. Ralph, ’53, Portland. Chi Phi
William M. Troutman, ’53, Garibaldi.
Sam Baker, ’53, Fircrest, Wash. He held Oregon
State’s single-season and career football rushing records and went on to play 15 seasons in the
National Football League. He played at OSU from
1950-52 and rushed for 1,947 net yards that included
808 yards his junior season. Both those were Oregon
State records at the time.
Bailey L. Brem, ’53, Albany. He pitched on the 1952
baseball team that played in the College World
Series and was present last spring when the Beavers
won the 2007 championship in Omaha. After
STAT E R
graduation he played professionally and then
coached high school baseball. He was inducted in
the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. Phi Delta Theta
Donald V. Agidius, ’53, Walla Walla, Wash. Pi Kappa
Alpha
Martin G. Beam, ’54, Richland, Wash.
Dennis D. Rice, ’54, Portland. Phi Gamma Delta
Ormond H. Doty, ’54, Albuquerque, N. M.
Richard G. Farnes, ’54, Portland. He was prresident
of the OSUAA from 1971 to 1972. Phi Delta Theta
Donald T. Montgomery, ’55, Brookings.
Richard E. Gervais, ’56, Bend. Beta Theta Pi
Samuel L. Goforth, ’56, Phoenix, Ariz.
Charles Harold Johnson, ’57, ’58, Duncan Mills,
Calif.
Frank Torkelson Jr., ’57, Sacramento, Calif.
Marvin A. Tarr, ’57, Quilcene, Wash.
Franklin A. McEdward, ’57, Seattle, Wash.
Robert Frommelt, ’58, Woodland, Calif. Sigma Nu
Gene V. Rider, ’58, Reedsport.
James E. Berney, ’59, ’61, Troutdale.
Richard A. Savage, ’59, Frisco, Texas.
Walter M. Schuh, ’59, Mount Vernon, Wash.
Arthur L. Wilkie, ’60, Portland.
Dale L. Hing, ’60, ’71, Beaverton.
Glenn F. Lindsay, ’60, Portland. Delta Tau Delta
Paul D. Knaupp, ’60, Vernonia.
Gerald J. Brindle, ’61, Eugene. Phi Sigma Kappa
Meredith Huggins Gilley, ’61, Portland. Alpha Chi
Omega
Kathleen Price Robinson Anderson, ’61, Boise,
Idaho. Alpha Gamma Delta
Joe H. Prohaska, ’62, Salem.
Dennis L. Child, ’62, Oregon City. Theta Chi
Phil E. Schroeder, ’62, Fremont, Calif.
Sally Saxton King, ’62, Covina, Calif.
Dennis A. Crowe, ’64, Creswell.
Keith J. Thompson, ’64, ’66, Tillamook.
Suresh S. Kerwar, ’64, Pacifica, Calif.
Donald R. Miller, ’65, Gresham.
Jean M. Saubert, ’65, Bigfork, Mont. She was a
member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1966. She
tied for a silver medal in the giant slalom and won
a bronze medal in slalom at the 1964 Olympics in
Innsbruck, Austria. She was a physical education
teacher in Oregon, Colorado and Utah. Alpha Chi
Omega
Dorothy M. Considine, ’65, Ojai, Calif.
Sharon Clabaugh Branstiter, ’65, ’71, Toledo.
Susanne L. Rennie, ’66, Lake Oswego. Alpha Gamma
Delta
Herbert D. Warren, ’66, Junction, Texas.
Kenneth Mow Mar, ’66, ’72, Carlsbad, Calif.
Sharon M. McDonald, ’66, Sacramento, Calif.
Paul M. Bajema, ’66, Yorba Linda, Calif.
Samuel B. Knapp, ’66, Silverdale, Wash.
Phillip E. Barnette, ’66, Riverside, Calif. Delta
Upsilon
Sook Hee Porter, ’67, Madison, Wis.
Nancy LeTourneux Rasmussen, ’68, Tuscon, Ariz.
Barbara Knowles Anderson, ’68, Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Carolyn Carter Golondzinier, ’68, Visalia, Calif.
Ervin L. Atkins, ’68, Salem.
Ching-Lin Chang, ’68, Portland.
Tiah Raley Lawrence, ’68, The Dalles.
Dwayne L. Brown, ’69, Seattle, Wash.
Gary D. Smith, ’69, Adair Village.
Toby A. Levy, ’69, Middlebrook, Va. Sigma Kappa.
Scott Boley, ’70, ’74, Gold Beach.
Karla Dolum Vogt O’Neill, ’70, Woodbridge, Va.
John G. Barksdale, ’71, Lakewood, Wash.
Leslie Ishimaru Maley, ’71, The Dalles.
Dennis L. Childers, ’72, Portland.
K. “Mike” Mayer Brewer Moomaugh, ’72, San
Diego, Calif.
Steven A. Iverson, ’72, Portland.
alumni profile
2001 graduate Nichole Maher has made a booming success out of a Portland nonprofit
center that serves Native Americans. Photo by Dennis Wolverton
OSU ‘transformed’ her, says Native leader
Her broad smile is quite genuine. So is the
“Educational foundations have begun to
skill 28-year-old Nichole Maher, ’01, brings
support us now that we have been visiting
to her position as executive director of the
them,” she said. “I bring along community
Native American Youth and Family Center
members to speak, to tell their story.”
(NAYA Family Center) in Portland.
“My gift is in hiring very talented people,”
NAYA serves primarily self-declared
Native Americans but, in accord with the
said Maher, an Alaskan Native who is Tlingit
hospitality of the Native culture, she said, no
and grew up in Siletz, Ore. “They do good
one with a need is turned away.
work and I get to brag about them.”
The 30-year-old center serves the
needs of the more than 38,000 Portland-
Maher attribute her leadership skills to
the opportunities that she received at OSU.
“I was not prepared for college,” she
area Native Americans from 300 tribes.
said. “At age 17, I had never used a
It provides tutoring, student advocacy,
computer — this was in 1996 — and had
Native clubs and seasonal programming
not taken prerequisite math classes. I wasn’t
for students, as well as an extensive sports
prepared at all.” She attended the OSU
league. Family services include a domestic
SMILE (Science and Math Investigative
violence prevention program, employment
Learning Experiences) program the summer
services and housing resources.
The NAYA Family Center, now located
before starting college. Tutors, scholarships
and leadership opportunities on campus
near the site of a former Chinook chief’s
helped support and train her as she pursued
village on the Columbia River, has grown
two bachelor degrees, in applied health and
under Maher’s watch, from a staff of seven
in ethnic studies, while working full time.
to the current 70 and a budget of $280,000
in 2001 to nearly $5 million in 2007.
Many attribute the growth to the
“I was transformed at OSU,” she said. “I
found out I was really good at school and
could be very effective, and I had so many
advocacy of its young leader. When
leadership opportunities. The Office of
she speaks about the challenges of its
Indian Education at OSU was phenomenal
patrons and successes that the non-profit
organization has had, people listen.
— they deserve a lot of credit.”
— Ann Kinkley
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Fall 2007
class notes
Arvid D. Hixson, ’73, Myrtle Point.
Douglas A. Schamp, ’73, Brownsville.
James T. Darmody, ’73, Tualatin.
Tracy L. Epping, ’73, Summerville. Phi Kappa Theta
David C. Cook, ’74, Salem.
Linda Smith Drake, ’74, ’78, Hillsboro. Kappa
Omicron Nu
Ronald C. Rau, ’74, Saginaw, Mich.
Brian W. Workman, ’75, Portland.
Mary Ann Schaaf, ’75, North Plains.
James P. Collins, ’76, Longview, Texas.
Dexter D. Henderson, ’76, Loveland, Colo.
David T. Reiling, ’77, Portland.
Melvin C. Dietz, ’77, Albany. Phi Kappa Tau
Paul R. Moyniham, ’77, Danville, Calif.
Kathleen G. Shovlin, ’78, Issaquah, Wash.
Marion Eisen Spinrad, ’78, Sun City, Ariz.
Robert J. Sordello, ’78, Fairview.
Timothy H. Lee, ’78, Lake Oswego. Delta Tau Delta
Gary B. Meyer, ’79, Jamestown, N.D. Phi Delta Theta
Raymond E. Siemssen, ’79, Allyn, Wash.
Anita Haynes Simmons, ’79, Beaverton. Alpha Delta
Phi
Thomas E. Ward, ’79, Portland.
Daniel W. Carlin, ’80, Hermiston.
Fredrick P. Timm, ’80, Oshkosh, Wis.
Carl Hofmann Jr., ’80, Modesto, Calif.
Brian F. Tate, ’82, Portland.
Charles G. Johnson Jr., ’82, Baker City.
Michelle M. Hanten, ’82, Merlin. Kappa Kappa
Gamma
Dean T. Houlette, ’83, West Linn.
Gregory J. Miller, ’84, Albany. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
John P. Montgomery, ’84, Bend.
Kathy M. Gienger, ’85, Lincoln, Calif. Alpha Gamma
Delta
David H. Brandenburg, ’88, ’91, Portland.
Matthew L. Stone, ’89, Whitefish, Mont.
Thomas O. Dill, ’91, Imperial, Neb.
Dawn C. Dickinson, ’92, Waldport.
Richard S. Lee, ’96, San Antonio, Texas.
Gregory D. Young, ’97, St. Helens. A major in the
Oregon Air National Guard, he died when his F-15
jet fighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean during
a training exercise. He was one of two F-15 pilots
who flew their jets over Reser Stadium prior to the
2006 Civil War football game.
Harold K. Thiehsen, ’01, Lebanon.
Sommer N. Chambers, ’02, Portland.
Maria T. McGuire, ’06, Portland.
Purnima Guru Subramanian, Corvallis. She was
a Ph.D. student in microbiology at the time of her
death.
Tarek Aboul-Kassim, ’95, Corvallis. He was an
instructor in the Department of Civil, Construction
& Environmental Engineering.
Faculty & Friends
John W. Barnes, Santa Barbara, Calif. Phi Gamma
Delta
Donald W. Berry, ’47, Medford.
Steven A. Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Calif. He was
a faculty research assistant in the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife in the 1990s.
Chuck W. Bettelyoun Sr., Corvallis. He worked for
more than 20 years at OSU as a supervisor.
Julius J. Binder, Madras. He was an extension
agent in Jefferson County for 23 years, retiring in
1976.
Elizabeth Domachofsky Ford Bond, ’43, Corvallis.
She was a seed analyst in the OSU Seed Laboratory
for 25 years.
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Richard Bullock, Langley, Wash. He was instrumental in the establishment of the North Willamette
Experiment Station and was its first superintendent
in 1957.
Velda J. Brust, ’53, ’61, Corvallis. She retired as an
associate professor in the Department of Health &
Human Performance.
Ina Goodrich Conyers, Albany. Alpha Gamma Delta
Leslie Taylor Combs-Litzenberg, ’66, Tacoma,
Wash. Beta Sigma Phi
Lloyd R. Corey, Waldport. Alpha Sigma Phi
Erma Eller Cron, Portland. Chi Omega
Marjorie Whitaker Davenport, ’47, Salem. She
taught in the College of Home Economics.
Donna Aline Eakin, Austin, Texas.
Dr. Ted Foulke, Corvallis. He consulted at the OSU
Student Health Center and hosted OSU international students.
Jim Gilstrap, Corvallis. He came to Oregon State in
1997 with Mike Riley as the offensive line coach. He
stayed through the 1998 season and then returned
with Riley in 2003. He was the OSU football coordinator of support services at the time of his death.
Louis H. Gross, ’39, Mount Angel. He was an extension agent in Yamhill County from 1943 to 1973.
Margaret Putnam Hesse, Ephrata, Wash.
James A. Harvey, Corvallis. He was a polymer
scientist and adjunct professor at OSU as well as a
fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering. He performed in OSU
theatre productions and occasionally worked at the
campus radio station.
Ronald E. Jones Jr., Salem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
C. “Les” Leach, ’51, The Dalles. He worked in the
offices of the Extension Service and the Department
of Agriculture.
William O. Lee, ’65, Corvallis. He was a professor
in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Marion McGarry Lowrie, Salem.
Don McIlvenna, Corvallis. He taught in the history
department at OSU for 30 years.
Evelyn Brant Morgan, Salem. Alpha Xi Delta
J. Kenneth Munford, ’34, Corvallis. He taught in the
English department, was OSU director of publications
and a founder and head of the OSU Press from 1954 to
1977. For many years he wrote historical stories for the
Corvallis Gazette Times and the Oregon Stater and was
a constant consultant for the Stater staff on the history of
OSU. In 1969, he co-authored, with former Dean of the
College of Home Economics Ava Milam Clark, Adventures of a Home Economist which documented Clark’s
life of educating women and improving the lives of children in the U.S., China, India, Syria and Iraq. Theta Xi
Robert J. Nathman, Philomath. He was an electrical
technician at OSU.
Lowell L. O’Connor, Tucson, Ariz. Delta Upsilon
Lyman E. Rinker, Portland.
Arthur L. Rowland, Corvallis. He worked for the
housing department from 1972 to 1985.
Winnifred Winkler Stransky, Arroyo Grande,
Calif.
Bette Seydel Stilz, Olympia, Wash.
Gertrude Mueller Strowbridge, Corvallis. She was
105 years old. She came to Oregon State in 1921 to
study accounting and used her skills for several
years to manage a medical office. She ardently encouraged three generations of her family to pursue
college degrees at OSU. A photo of Mrs. Strowbridge appeared in the Sept. 2005 issue of the Stater.
Jean Kleffman Stuckey, Hemet, Calif.
Elizabeth Sulzman, Corvallis. She was a professor
in the Department of Crop and Soil Science.
Ramona Jackson Wood, Corvallis.
Pop Quiz answers
From page 8
1. The answers are B for the monolingual
children and A for the bilingual children.
Monolingual Navajo speakers categorized it
in terms of its shape (yellow rope with blue
rope). They presumably did so because
Navajo
language
privileges
distinctions
based on shape, size and firmness. So, for
instance, there is a prefix that you use when
talking about ropes, mittens, socks — even
a pile of fried onions — which marks the
object you are speaking about as a member
of the ‘slender, flexible objects’ category.
On the other hand, the bilingual children
chose to group the objects according to
color (yellow stick with yellow rope). English
speakers, lacking a classification system
based on shape, size and firmness, are
more likely to make distinctions based on
color. Anthropologists wonder: Do specific
cultural systems, such as language, merely
identify for us what is in the world, or do
they create our perception of the world?
2. The answer is B. Most people pick either
A or C. They might choose A because they
can’t hear a difference when pronouncing the
words. They might choose C because they
are misled by our crazy English spelling into
believing that the difference between “t” and
“d” represents a difference in pronunciation
in the two pairs. It may have in the past, but
it doesn’t in the pronunciation of these words
today. If you hook a native-born English
speaker up to a sonograph, it will show
that the speaker “heightens” or “lengthens”
the vowel in the second word in both pairs
in comparison to the first word every time
without changing the consonants. We don’t
hear it because these phonetic differences
in English do not affect the meaning of the
words. We learned to make the distinction
when we learned to speak English as
children, but we aren’t consciously aware of
it and can’t actually “hear” what it is we are
doing.
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