Summer 2007 - Linfield College

LINFIELD
MAGAZINE
Summer 2007
The many
faces
of nursing
Table of Contents
A View from Melrose
Departments
Wildcat champions
on and off the field
When I first announced to my family that I had
outfielder, Kevin Mills ’08, who is studying math and
been appointed president of Linfield College, my
education. Both of these young people have displayed
Minnesota nephew immediately exclaimed, “Hey,
remarkable character as well as talent on the field and in
they’ve got a great football team!” My nephew attends
the classroom.
St. John’s, a college that has faced Linfield on the
I could even move on to other extracurricular achievegridiron in the past.
ments in art (Laura Hayes ’07), drama (Patricia Hews Everett
This year one of my Midwestern colleagues, Paul
’07), and music (Chris Engbretson ’07), because our students
Aslanian, served as our interim CFO. Paul has taken to
are competing nationally in those fields as well.
referring to Linfield as “the Notre Dame of NCAA
But my main point is this. When a student is looking
Division III.” Paul is talking about more than football
for excellence, both within and outside the classroom,
when he makes his quip: Notre Dame is one of America’s
Linfield is a great choice. Tim Benzel knew what he was
strongest academic institutions.
doing when he chose Linfield. Our athletic teams get
It is true: Linfield has a great tradition in football;
plenty of press, but in fact our academic programs are the
we possess the most consecutive winning seasons in
true measure of our achievement. I contend that Benzel,
history. And this year we set a new mark at the college,
Johnson, Smith and Mills and all the others are champions
when our softball players won the first national champibecause they have their priorities in order – because they
onship of any Linfield women’s team.
decided to attend an academically excellent college.
But like Notre Dame, we possess other great traLinfield has enabled them to find their calling and pursue
ditions as well. Not only do we excel in athletics, we
their passions – on the playing field, in the studio, on the
excel in academics.
stage and in the classroom.
When Tim Benzel ’06 was a senior at Evergreen High
– Thomas L. Hellie
School in Vancouver, Wash., he made
two lists. The first ranked small college football programs; the second
rated colleges by academic excellence. Tim found the lists intersecting
at Linfield College, where he eventually became our starting quarterback
and graduated last December with a
3.56 GPA, majoring in economics
and finance. Tim has just become an
analyst with Lehman Brothers in
New York City.
Another example is tennis player
Becca Johnson ’07, the first Linfield
athlete to be named NCAA West
Region Senior of the Year. In addition
to a host of athletic honors, Becca
majored in both physics and mathe- The Linfield and McMinnville communities gathered to celebrate the women’s softball
matics and graduated with a 3.78 team’s national title, the first women’s national championship team at Linfield. Those
GPA. After graduation she plans to honored on their return are, back row, from left, Coach Jackson Vaughan, Amanda
attend chiropractic or medical school. Attleberger, Scott Carnahan, Kelly Bird; middle row, Brittany Miller, Jenny Marshall,
It would be easy to continue Meredith Brunette, Jena Loop, Stephanie Rice, President Thomas Hellie, Cori Simmons,
with this list. I could mention Lisa Lisa Smith, Michelle Silbernagel, Assistant Coach Lisa Allen, Assistant Coach Ben
Smith ’07, a national champion Blosser; front row, Erica Hancock, Rochelle Friend, Candice Fujino, Jenessa Peterson,
softball player who majored in inter- Jessica Popiel, Danielle Stratton, Kendra Strahm, Rachelle Willden, Jessica Bock and
national business, or Linfield’s star Samantha Van Noy.
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A View from Melrose
Linfield Digest
’Cat Tracks
Alumni News
Class Notes
Alumni Profile
Inside Linfield Magazine
Champions. Whether it’s on the field, in
the classroom, in a clinic or around the world,
Linfield students, faculty and alumni are
champions. In this issue we explore many
kinds of winners. We take a close look at
the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of
Nursing, which combines the liberal arts with
hands-on clinical practice to educate some of
the top nurses in the region. Their reach is
also being felt in places such as
Cameroon, where students worked with an
alumna in January. We salute the Wildcat
softball team for their national title, the first for
any Linfield women’s team. Read on for the
work by a Linfield professor who aids the
devastated Gulf Coast. We also take a look
at service by a Linfield student in the local
community and research by an alumna at
the bottom of the world. As we prepare for
Linfield’s sesquicentennial next year, we will
continue to bring you stories, both past and
present, of Linfield champions.
Features
6 Educating nurses
The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing combines the
liberal arts with a community health focus to educate the next
generation of nurses.
13 Digging into disaster relief
Professor Rob Gardner returns to the Gulf Coast to continue his
research and to help rebuild the devastated area.
14 Linfield professors to retire
Professors Barbara Drake, Joel Marrant and Fred Ross share their
memories, which span four decades of teaching at Linfield.
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Lora Koenig ’99 spent a summer in Antarctica collecting data
about Earth’s climate.
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-- Mardi Mileham
Keep the spirit of hope alive
Ruth (Musunu) Titi Manyaka ’69 keeps hope alive for some
of the world’s most vulnerable people.
On the covers:
Front: Nursing students, clockwise from top, Joe
Romero ‘07, Michelle Gibson ‘08, Lucas
Arcoverde ‘07, Catherine Rutledge-Gorman ‘07,
Jaimie Warren ‘07, Stacy Griffin ‘08, Megan
Rodgers ‘07, Richard Ojeda ‘08
(Juan Calvillo photo)
Science secrets under the ice
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National champions
The Wildcat softball team used grit, determination and talent
to take the NCAA national championship, the first women’s
team title in Linfield’s history.
Back: Scenes from commencement May 27
LINFIELD MAGAZINE
Editor
Mardi Mileham
[email protected]
503-883-2498
Assistant Editor
Laura Davis
Graphic Design
Candido Salinas III
Photography
Tom Ballard
William Beckman
Kelly Bird
Juan Calvillo
Laura Davis
Catie Holm
Mardi Mileham
Rob Reynolds
Matthew Thayer
Contributors
Kelly Bird
Thomas L. Hellie
Marvin Henberg
Beth Rogers Thompson
Advisory Board
Ed Gans
Dick Hughes ’75
Sherri (Dunmyer) Partridge ’86
Amy (Westersund) Rogers ’96
Summer 2007 Vol. 4, No. 1
Linfield Magazine is published three
times annually by Linfield College,
McMinnville, Oregon
President
Thomas L. Hellie
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Vice President
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Bruce Wyatt
Director of Alumni Relations
Debbie (Hansen) Harmon ’90
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Fulbright scholars plan for study abroad
Three Linfield College graduates will study or teach abroad next
year. From left, Jason Tashea ’07
received an Austrian government
teaching assistantship awarded by
the Austrian Ministry of Education;
Julia Back ’07 earned a Fulbright
award to study fur seals in
Melbourne, Australia; and Ryan
Jones ’07 earned a Fulbright award
to study and teach in Innsbruck,
Austria. Linfield has produced 15
Fulbright winners since 1999 and
was named a top producer of
Fulbright awards for bachelor’s
institutions in the Chronicle of
Higher Education last fall.
Key executive appointments announced
Three individuals will take on senior administrative positions at Linfield
W. Glenn Ford has been
named vice president for
finance and administration. He
replaces Carl Vance, who
served in the position for 10
years. Ford’s responsibilities
will include overseeing the
financial management of all
components of the college,
W. Glenn Ford
including the McMinnville
Campus, the Portland Campus and the Division of
Continuing Education. Before coming to Linfield,
Ford was vice president for business and finance and
chief financial officer at Utah State University. He has
a bachelor’s degree in forest products (business management option) and a master of business administration from the University of Idaho.
Bonnie L. Saucier
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Bonnie L. Saucier has
been named dean of the
Linfield-Good Samaritan School
of Nursing in Portland, replacing
Bev Epeneter GSH ’68, who
served as interim dean for the
past three years. Saucier has
had a distinguished career as a
faculty member and an administrator, most recently serving
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as professor of nursing and former dean of the
Indiana State University College of Nursing. She
has worked in many regions of the country and has
worked with a variety of programs and schools in
Europe and Asia. She holds a bachelor’s from
Stephens College, a master’s in education from the
University of Missouri, a master’s in science from
the University of Missouri at Kansas City and a
Ph.D. in nursing theory and research from Texas
Woman’s University.
Fred Ross, professor emeritus of education, has been
named senior advisor and
assistant to the president. He
retired from the faculty in June
after teaching for 24 years. He
will represent the president’s
office at meetings and events,
coordinate interactions with
college trustees, manage
inquiries and correspondence
Fred Ross
directed to the president and
lead initiatives launched by President Thomas L.
Hellie. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale
University, and both a master’s and a doctor of education from Stanford University. (See related story
on page 14.)
Hellie inaugurated as
Linfield’s 19th president
The rhythmic beat of Taiko Drums and the colorful
flags of 22 countries set the stage for the inauguration
ceremony of Thomas L. Hellie as the 19th president of
Linfield College on March 2.
Amid the celebration of the college’s tradition of
excellence, Linfield students, faculty, alumni and friends
were reminded that excellence requires vigilance.
“By all measures, whether on the athletic field or in
the classroom, on stage or in the laboratory, in the concert
hall or in the hospital ward, we have competed well and
attained excellence at Linfield College,” Hellie said during
his inaugural address.
“However, excellence is always a goal, never completely achieved,” he added. “One can never be complacent or relax. You always have to work harder or you’re
going to fall behind.”
And excellence cannot be defined only by grade
point averages or SAT scores, he said.
“I am talking about a passion for learning,” Hellie
told the more than 700 people who attended his inauguration. “We will recruit faculty and students who are
passionate. Passionate about service, education, citizenship and the world.”
Delegates from more than 60 colleges and universities
around the world, four former Linfield presidents and more
than 150 faculty and staff participated in the installation ceremony marked by pageantry and tradition. Hellie accepted
the charges made to him by representatives from students,
alumni, faculty, community members and the American
Baptist Churches.
His formal installation was the culmination of a
week-long series of events under the theme “Educating
Global Citizens.” Activities included panel discussions by
leading authorities on global health and global warming
and former Linfield Fulbright scholars discussing their
experiences working and studying abroad. In addition,
Josef Jarab, an academic leader and politician from the
Czech Republic, presented a lecture on preparing students for a global arena and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Tracy Kidder discussed his book Mountains Beyond
Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would
Cure the World. International life at Linfield was celebrated with an Asian music concert and an evening of entertainment and performances by international students.
Even as Hellie reminded those present that much
work lies ahead to keep Linfield one of the top colleges
in the region, he said that Linfield’s rich traditions will
remain central to the college.
“At Linfield we will continue to connect learning, life
and community,” Hellie said. “We will do it by focusing
Thomas L. Hellie gives his inauguration address in front of a
backdrop and banner designed by Ty Marshall, professor of
theatre, and painted and constructed with assistance from
Laurel Schultz ’07, Dawn Moore ’08, Jacob Costelloe ’07,
Dinah Greenfield ’07, Ben Karlin ’08, Trish CastanedaGonzales ’09 and Robert Miller, technical director.
on the liberal arts, by integrating professional programs, by
linking theory with experience, and by serving and studying in our local community. These ideas are not new to
Linfield – you were committed to them long before I
arrived. But I can promise that I will do my best to
embrace, defend and champion them.”
– Mardi Mileham
For complete inauguration coverage go to:
www.linfield.edu/president/address.php
For stories on inauguration speakers:
www.linfield.edu/press/detail.php?id=798
Global health:
www.linfield.edu/press/detail.php?id=799
Linfield Fulbright winners:
www.linfield.edu/press/detail.php?id=800
Tracy Kidder:
www.linfield.edu/press/detail.php?id=801
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Educating nurses
The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing combines the liberal arts with
a community health focus to educate the next generation of nurses.
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arole Delaunay ’08 listens intently through
her stethoscope as she checks the blood pressure of an older woman in a brightly colored
scarf.When she’s finished, Delaunay turns and
reports the results to an interpreter who in turn translates the information to the patient.
Delaunay, Jennifer Nen ’08 and Ashley Barram ’09
are surrounded by Vietnamese and Russian immigrants
at the Immigrant and Refugee Community
Organization (IRCO) in east Portland. Each Tuesday
they spend at least three hours there, checking blood
pressures, updating records and making referrals for
about 50 patients. The students are honing their nursing
skills, while learning about the challenges of communicating through language and cultural barriers.
In the three semesters since the nursing clinical was
established at IRCO, students from the Linfield-Good
Samaritan School of Nursing (LGSSN) have been
merging social services and health care, said Sherry
Archer, an assistant professor of nursing who teaches
community health.
“The goal of the program is to help get the clients
into the health-care system,” she said. “Each client carries a card with the name of their clinic in English and
Vietnamese or Russian. Students often make referrals or
call the doctor if a patient’s blood pressure spikes or they
have other health needs.”
IRCO is a cacophony of sounds and different languages. Some people chat, some exercise, some pray and
others sing in their native languages in the activity center. When clients meet with the students, they often are
accompanied by husbands, wives or friends, each wanting to be a part of the process.
Nen said the biggest challenge is trying to communicate the information through an interpreter. But it’s a
lesson that will serve her well.
LEFT: Jennifer Nen ’08,
left, works with a Russian
immigrant at the Immigrant
and Refugee Community
Organization in east
Portland. Linfield nursing
students get hands-on
experience at IRCO, one
of dozens of clinical sites
students work at throughout
the metropolitan area.
RIGHT: Carole Delaunay
’08 checks the blood
pressure of another IRCO
patient while an intepreter
talks with other clients in
the background. The students monitor blood pressure and refer the patients
to clinics as needed. Most
clients are immigrants
or refugees and speak
little or no English, giving
students the opportunity
to work with interpreters.
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“Because of the diversity of America, I am going to
be working with translators throughout my career,” she
said. “This is really good practice.”
IRCO is just one of dozens of sites where Linfield
nursing students complete nearly 1,000 hours of clinical practice in addition to their nursing, science and
humanities course requirements. Ask any nursing
student and she or he will tell you that the LGSSN
nursing curriculum is grueling.
Nursing education has
changed dramatically in the
117 years since Emily
Loveridge founded the
Northwest’s first nursing
school. Even 25 years after
Linfield merged with Good
Samaritan School of Nursing
to establish a nursing baccalaureate program, the challenges nurses and educators
face are vastly different.
Although diseases such as
typhoid fever, malaria, tuberculosis and diphtheria are no
longer prevalent in the
United States, more people
are living longer with chronic diseases such as cancer,
diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Changing demographics and
an aging population require that today’s nurses be culturally competent to better serve a more diverse society.
Nurses must navigate an increasingly complex healthcare system and learn rapidly changing technologies.
Strong critical thinking and communication skills are
required to help them address not only the health needs
of their patients, but also their emotional and spiritual
needs.
LGSSN, the third largest nursing school in Oregon,
has revised its nursing curriculum to meet those changing needs and as a result has doubled its number of
nursing graduates in the last six years. The program
offers a baccalaureate degree with a liberal arts
emphasis and a focus on community health. Students
can complete a BSN in one of three ways. An accelerated program, usually completed in 18 months, is for
those students who have a prior degree. The traditional
program requires that students transfer in with two
years of coursework on
the McMinnville Campus
or another accredited insitution. The RN-BSN program
is designed for currently
licensed RNs who want to
complete their baccalaureate
degrees while continuing to
work full time.
Beverly Epeneter has a
long history with LGSSN.
She graduated from the
Good Samaritan School of
Nursing diploma program,
completing her master’s at
Oregon Health and Science
University before joining the faculty after Linfield
merged with GSH. She earned her Ed.D. at Portland
State University while working as a faculty member
at Linfield.
Epeneter, who has guided the school as interim
dean of nursing for three years and will return to the
faculty ranks in the fall, said nurses must possess sharp
critical thinking skills, show compassion and demonstrate a commitment to the profession.
“They need to be prepared to practice the things
“They need to be
prepared to practice the
things we can’t imagine
in a world that we
can’t even envision.”
– Beverly Epeneter
we can’t yet imagine in a world that we can’t even envision,” she said. “They must be prepared to confront
issues as they arise and develop solutions as they
appear.”
The liberal arts component, coupled with an
emphasis on community health, gives Linfield nursing
graduates an edge by honing their critical thinking and
communication skills.
“I think we take a more holistic approach to nursing education,” Epeneter said. “We care about the medical aspects, but we also focus on the caring aspect.
Students learn how to connect with their patients in
ways other than just their diagnoses.”
Leader in diversity
Changing demographics in Oregon and across the
country mean there is a greater need for nurses to serve
and understand the Latino, African American, Asian and
Eastern European communities. Coupled with that is
the need for all nurses, regardless of background, to
understand how different cultures approach health care.
“Nurses need to be able to engage with and understand the complexities of different cultures, races, religions, genders and physical and mental abilities and
how those can affect a patient’s care,” Epeneter said.
LGSSN has taken the lead in Oregon in developing
successful recruitment and retention of students of
color.
Although Linfield had focused on increasing the
diversity of its student body for a decade, those efforts
kicked into high gear in 2004 with a three-year grant
from the Health Resources and Services Administration
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
to boost the number of Hispanic students.
Since then, the number of Latinos at LGSSN has
tripled, from nine in 2004 to 28, or 8 percent of nurs-
ing students, according to Peggy Wros, professor of
nursing and associate dean of nursing, who is project
co-director along with Professors Rebecca Boehne and
Barbara May.
Wros credits much of the success to the addition of
Ninfa Murillo, the director of multicultural programs,
and Gerardo Ochoa, scholarship outreach administrator.
They have developed bilingual marketing materials and
a bilingual website, and support services that are critical
to the success of the Latino students.
“There are different types of support,” Ochoa
said. “There is financial, moral, academic and social
support. We have realized that students need to have a
balance of all four. Financial support can come from
scholarships and loans. Moral support can come from
parents, partners, husbands, wives or children. They
need to have social support from peers, faculty and
staff, and they need to have academic support from
programs on campus.”
Ochoa works one-on-one with students, urging
them to apply for as many scholarships as possible. He is
relentless in encouraging students, said Ricardo Ojeda
’07, who toured as a musician before his interest in
alternative healing eventually led him to nursing school.
“He is very proactive,” Ojeda added. “I am always
getting emails encouraging me to check out different
scholarships and look into different financial aid packages. It’s a tremendous resource.”
Murillo’s and Ochoa’s service stretches beyond the
Latino students.
“We’ve been successful in our recruitment and
retention of Latinos,” Murillo said. “But we need to
extend these strategies to others who are also underrepresented – black, Native American, Asian and Eastern
European students. The goal is to mirror the changing
needs of the community. ”
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Diversity on
the Portland Campus
is defined broadly.
Students today are from
different racial, cultural,
educational and socioeconomic backgrounds.
There are more men,
as well as more gray
hair. The changing face
of nursing is reflected
through students such
as these:
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Ricardo Ojeda ’08, a
musician who has toured
the country, pursued
nursing because of his
interest in alternative
healing and the opportunities in the profession.
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Catherine RutledgeGorman ’07 is the
married mother of
two with a master of
divinity degree.
Michele Gibson ’08, a
single parent, began
working on her degree
several years ago and
has since attended several institutions, including
spending a year on the
McMinnville Campus.
Lucas Arcoverde ’07, a
Brazilian who completed
a bachelor’s in international affairs at Lewis &
Clark College, enrolled
in nursing school after
working as a certified
nursing assistant.
Stacy Griffin’08
enrolled at the nursing
school right out of high
school and will spend
fall semester in an
internship at the Walt
Disney World College
Program in Florida.
Anthonette “Net” Guy
’07, the married mother
of four, left a career in
the insurance industry to
pursue her dream of
being a nurse.
Megan Rodgers ’07
commuted to
McMinnville for four
years to compete on
the award-winning
Linfield tennis team
while pursuing her
nursing degree.
Jaime Warren ’07,
with a Ph.D. in genetics
and her own health
coaching consulting
business, works with
people who have
chronic illnesses.
Joe Romero ’07, a member of the ’04 national
championship football
team, realized nursing
was a viable profession
after meeting a male
nurse while working on
a forest fire crew.
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And the younger students bring enthusiasm to the classes.
“These 20-year-olds are great,” Catherine Rutledge-Gorman ’07 said.
“They are optimistic, idealistic and have boundless energy. I learn a lot from
them and it’s been more of a plus for me than I ever thought.”
But that same diversity requires flexibility.
“As we get different students we have to customize our services and our
teaching methods to make sure they are successful,” Murillo said. “That’s an
ever-changing learning process.”
Each student has a different story and career aspiration. Some will go
into international nursing, spending much of their careers abroad. Others
will specialize in surgical nursing, pediatrics, oncology or mental health, or
work in hospitals, clinics or nursing homes. Still others will pursue advanced
degrees and may eventually return to the classroom to teach the next generation of nurses.
Ojeda said his nursing education has made him look at his own humanity in a way he had not previously.
“It’s kind of a crash course in compassion, and it’s making me continually redefine myself,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to make some kind of difference at a point in someone’s life when it is most needed. If it were me, I
would want a well-educated, compassionate nurse there. I want to be that
kind of nurse.”
– Mardi Mileham
Nursing/Portland
Campus Facts
Enrollment
351
Nursing
Traditional
Accelerated
RN to BSN
267
80
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Health Science
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Total
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Faculty
Ricardo Ojeda ’07, left, Heather Fruhling ’08, Chris Nowatzki ’07 and Sherry Archer, professor of nursing, were among 18 students
and faculty who participated in the Heath Care Action Day at the state Capitol in Salem in April. The event included a rally and
meetings with legislators and their aides. The day-long event was part of a community health nursing course and gave students an
inside look at legislative action and lobbying.
tion of minority students will ultimately benefit the
entire profession, according to Kristine Campbell, executive director of the Oregon Center for Nursing in
Portland.
“Linfield is the leader in the area of diversity,” she
said. “The grant they received to increase the number
of Hispanic nursing students in their program led to a
statewide summit to discuss who is addressing the issue
and how we can work together. What Linfield has
learned about recruiting and retaining more diverse students will work for the rest of the schools and we won’t
have to reinvent the wheel.”
A variety of work groups, representing nursing
schools and health care agencies and organizations in
the state, were formed at the summit and are still meeting to address the issues, Campbell said.
Other courses also emphasize cultural competency.
January Term classes on health care in Africa, Southeast
Asia, Mexico, China and India help students gain cultural awareness. Clinicals reach into Portland’s various
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Gender:
Female
Male
ethnic communities at sites such as IRCO and the
Virginia Garcia Clinic in Hillsboro.
Diversity is not limited to ethnicity and is broadly
defined on the Portland Campus. Students today are
from different racial, cultural, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Others have one or more degrees.
Many are married with families or are single parents.
Still others are traditional age and may also want a taste
of a traditional college campus.
Moving toward diversity and greater cultural awareness and competency presents challenges not only to
students, but also to faculty and staff. But those same
differences – in age, education, race and culture – add
richness to the classes.
“The life experiences of the older students bring so
much to our nursing classes,” Stacy Griffin ’08 said.“Those
of us who are traditional age don’t have that much experience, so we learn by listening to their stories.They bring
in ideas we would have never thought of.”
Nursing
Science
Humanities
87%
13%
Age:
18-21
22-29
30 and over
25%
38%
37%
Average GPA:
3.64
Ethnicity:
White
Hispanic
Asian
Unknown
79%
6%
6%
9%
Pass Rate
Jean Lucas ‘08 demonstrates the proper way to brush teeth to a group of kindergarten
students at Aloha-Huber School. Lucas and other nursing students teach health and
dental hygiene and conduct vision clinics at the school under the watchful eyes of Kim
Bartholomew ‘95 and ‘96, school nurse in the Beaverton School District, and Annette
Christiansen ‘05, a clinical instructor.
NCLEX licensing exam
2001-02:
81%
2005-06:
93%
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Helping the world’s poor
Jake Crevistan ’08 lets a Cameroon boy listen to his heartbeat
during a health screening. Linfield students conducted health
screenings, delivered babies, and treated typhoid and many other
diseases during a January Term class in Cameroon, working with
a health organziation run by Ruth (Musunu) Titi Manyaka ’69.
What began as a health screening project for orphans
ended with eye-opening lessons on the struggles facing
some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Fourteen Linfield College students spent January
Term in Cameroon, conducting health screenings
and much more for Women, Environment and
Health (WEH), a non-governmental organization
devoted to serving the needs of women, orphans
and vulnerable children. It was founded in 1999
by Ruth (Musunu) Titi Manyaka ’69, who invited
the Linfield students to help with the program. (See
related story on page 20.)
Although the class was rewarding and challenging, it
was also emotionally and physically draining. Students
saw poverty and disease in ways they had never before
experienced.
The majority of the students were nursing or health
science majors from the Portland Campus, although a few
were from McMinnville.
The students conducted assessments on orphaned
and vulnerable children in the local villages, taking temperatures, blood pressures and pulse and heart rates, and
documenting the villagers’ vaccinations, diet and use of
mosquito nets. The assessments established a database
for WEH to track the health of the local children.
But the students’ experiences went far beyond that.
“We delivered babies, treated typhoid, saw gangrene
and started IV treatments for patients suffering from
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malaria,” said Joe Romero ’07.
They also observed or helped with emergency surgeries, set a broken arm and gave away over-the-counter
medicines they carried to Cameroon in their luggage. In
many cases, they used their own money to help those
who were the sickest.
Hollie Saulie-Rohman ’08 spent part of the class in a
hospital shadowing the staff and helping take care of
patients. She observed surgeries and births in conditions
that would be considered unsanitary here.
“They do a great job with what they have, which isn’t
much,” she said.“We saw so much happiness in some horrible conditions, that it made me re-evaluate my life and
made me wonder if I value material things too much.”
Communicating was a challenge. French is the dominant language, so Linfield students were teamed up with
students from a Cameroon nursing school to assist with
translations.
As word spread that the students were there, many
from surrounding villages came each day, seeking treatment. In many cases, the students had little to offer but
their kindness and ability to listen.
Six months after she returned, Michelle Gibson ’08,
is still haunted by the face of one severely deformed
child, desperate for medical attention. She continues
searching for an organization willing to help. When an
HIV-positive woman shared with Gibson, the mother of
three children, her desire to have another child, Gibson
realized she could not apply her Western values in meeting the needs of her patient.
“That’s when I realized that the patient is the most
important thing,” she said. “In nursing, I am going to
come across many people who, for reasons based on religion or culture or society or economics, may choose a
different path than I. I didn’t realize how much I really do
embrace that until I met that woman.”
Jake Crevistan ’08 said the experience crystallized for
him how closely education and health care are linked and
how one can’t really exist effectively without the other.
“I learned how to dig deeper and question how our
actions actually affect another culture, another people,” he
said. “I think there is a fine balance between the two.”
The students came face-to-face with a culture that was
very different from their own, said David Groff, one of the
course professors and director of the Portland Campus.
“They were faced with how differently some people
live and the kinds of chances that they have,” he said.
“They related really well to the children and they showed
a high degree of professionalism and care for the children
and their patients.”
– Mardi Mileham
Digging into disaster relief
Rob Gardner, assistant professor of sociology who is studying grassroots responses
to disasters, has traveled to Louisiana three
times since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
struck the Gulf Coast in 2005.
In 2005, millions of people
watched from afar as Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita turned the world
upside down for Gulf Coast residents.
Rob Gardner, Linfield College
assistant professor of sociology,
watched as well, with the eye of a
social scientist. Then he traveled to
Arabi, La., in January 2006 – the
first of three trips – to study grassroots community involvement following natural disasters.
“There was utter devastation,” he
said.“Large items had been picked up
and dropped randomly across the
landscape. You could drive for three
hours and still pass homes that were
flooded and completely destroyed by
the floodwaters and the levy breaches.
It was surreal.”
Gardner spent the month living
and volunteering in a relief center, the
Made with Love Café, sponsored by
Emergency Communities, a grassroots
group that emerged following the
hurricanes. Having conducted prior
research on temporary communities at
bluegrass music festivals, Gardner discovered an interesting overlap between
the Gulf Coast tragedy and temporary
festival communities.
“It was the same type of setting
I would have experienced in a bluegrass festival,” he said. “People making do with what they had, creating
temporary tent shelters for people to
share food, music and community.“
Volunteers came from around the
country to help fill the gap left by
national agencies.
“People were going without
food, shelter, transportation and
clothing,” he said. “The smaller relief
organizations were able to respond in
a more agile way than traditional
models.”
Since that first trip, Gardner has
returned to Louisiana twice. In
March 2006, he worked with
Linfield students to “muck and gut”
decaying homes. And this year, he
and Ed Gans, assistant professor of
mass communication, co-led a
January Term class there to study
community change and the role of
mass media during the storm.
Thanks to a Linfield collaborative
research grant, Gardner and sociology
major Kate Lee ’08 spent the summer
surveying volunteers online to learn
about their motivations and experiences. They found the majority of
volunteers traveled more than 1,000
miles and most came from large cities.
Many were retirees, students or people
in a transitional phase.
“It was an interesting subsection
of the population,” said Gardner, who
will present initial findings at the
American Sociological Association
conference in New York City in
August. He has also received a grant
from the Natural Hazards Research
Center at the University of
Colorado, funded by the National
Science Foundation, which will
allow him immediate access to investigate the grassroots response in the
event of a future disaster.
For Lee, who took part in both
the Linfield alternative spring break
and the January Term class, the trips
have been life changing. She came
away with a love for the area and its
people, but more than that, the experience has focused her goals. She is
interested in housing issues and
hopes to bolster her experiences
with an internship next year.
Ironically, the most difficult part of
the trips for Lee was returning home.
“Seeing everything how it
should be and remembering our
work made me wish I could go back
and help more,” she said.
– Laura Davis
Thousands of volunteers staffed relief centers such as this Emergency Communities site
in Waveland, Miss., after the hurricanes in 2005. Gardner, who spent a month at the
Made with Love Café in Arabi, La., during January 2006, returned in January 2007
with a group of Linfield students.
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Linfield professors
to retire this summer
They arrived on campus before computers, email and cell phones. Much has
changed since Joel Marrant, Barbara Drake and Fred Ross joined the Linfield
College faculty nearly three decades ago. Here they provide a glimpse back at
their tenures and ahead to their futures as Linfield retirees.
pounds of sugar into my old Plymouth’s crankcase the
evening after I delivered my first lecture on evolution.
Favorite campus hangout: In the oaks, and the
Catalyst when it was the social heart of the college.
Favorite course: Folklore and Mythology. It has
allowed me to roam free and play with important stuff,
and keep tabs on what’s in students’ heads and hearts.
What I will miss: I’m taking all the important things
with me. Loves and friendships travel well all the way to
the 19th hole.
What I won’t miss: The inanities that plague all modern institutions. And people who take themselves way
too seriously.
Joel Marrant, left, with Stan Towner, professor emeritus of sociology, during the opening of an exhibit in the Anthropology
Museum that highlighted Marrant’s career.
Joel Marrant, professor of
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Title of final public lecture, if invited to give my
own eulogy: “Curious mind; Pretty good heart;
Flawed technique”
anthropology since 1978
Retirement reading list: I’d love to get back to reading novels and poetry.
Good moment: Getting back from my 2007 Jan Term
journey knowing that all 181 who had gone out with
me over the years had come back alive.
Retirement plans/travel: Archaeology at the Salmon
River Estuary and Mt. Rainier; working with communities at the Trappist Abbey and Romania; exploring
more of Ireland; grandfathering and golfing. Slowing
down to enjoy each moment.
Bad moment: Discovering students dumped five
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Changes in teaching and students: An unsettled
and disorganized idealism still lies at the core. I’ve gotten better at getting out of the way, but most students
have grown ever more anxious and timid about what to
do with the freedom.
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Barbara Drake on her Yamhill-area farm
Fred Ross at Potter Hall
Barbara Drake, professor of
Fred Ross, professor of
English since 1983
education since 1983
Most memorable moment: Being hired. I had a
good job at Michigan State, but I wanted to move back
west and this job seemed to be in the perfect place. It
still seems like it.
Favorite campus hangouts: After Potter Hall, the
weight room, pool and HHPA multipurpose room for
yoga.
Learned from students and colleagues: What you
can accomplish in a smart, supportive work group. From
students I’ve learned that education definitely does take
place — by the time they graduate, enormous changes
have gone on, all to the good.
Favorite course: My American Expatriate Writers in
Europe January Term class. Colleagues are amazed that
I get to live that dream and take students with me.
What I will miss: Having students on whom I can try
out new ideas for teaching and learning.
What I won’t miss: Having way too much to do. As
a writer I’m always trying to balance my writing time
with grading and class preparation.
Title of final public lecture, if invited to give
one: “How to Live the Good Life Through Books” or
“Would Hemingway and Stein have Sent Text Messages
if They’d Had Cell Phones in the 1920s?”
Retirement reading list: I downloaded a list of popular novels that take place in Italy. When I can’t be in
Europe, I enjoy reading fiction that takes place there.
Retirement plans/travel: I plan to continue writing,
publishing and giving readings from my work. I have a
couple of book manuscripts in progress.
Biggest change: In the technology of teaching. We no
longer use ditto machines, blue mimeograph paper and
reel-to-reel film projectors.
What I won’t miss: Getting blue fingers from preparing those mimeos! Grading all of those papers.
Most memorable moment: When the Education
Department moved from Cook Hall into Potter Hall in
1989. The change provided more space and united the
department with the Linfield Pre-Kindergarten.
Changes in students: They’ve remained consistently
interesting, challenging and motivated to become
teachers through the years.
Favorite course: Education psychology because it explores
the theoretical underpinnings of most of what teachers do.
What I will miss: The semi-annual renewal, which
accompanies meeting new students and starting courses
over again.
Retirement plans: My wife, Cindy, and I plan to take
a retirement trip to France and Switzerland to hike the
“Haute Route” around Mont Blanc. Following that
trip, I will become senior advisor and assistant to
President Hellie.
– Laura Davis
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Science secrets
under the ice
L
Lora Koenig ‘99 participated as part of a team of scientists collecting
data in Antarctica about Earth’s climate history. She is shown here
processing an ice core for safe shipment to a lab for analysis during
a recent trip to Greenland.
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ora Koenig’s work has taken her to the ends
of the earth.
On a recent expedition, she found herself
pushing against 30-knot Antarctic winds and
slogging through snow to lower herself into six-foot
pits – all in the name of science. Beneath her boots,
6,000 feet of ice held clues to the Earth’s past.
Koenig ’99, a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Earth and Space Sciences at the University of
Washington, spent the summer in Antarctica drilling ice
cores and studying climate change. She was part of a
team of scientists, funded by the National Science
Foundation, en route to the South Pole collecting data
about Earth’s climate history.
Traveling on sleds pulled by tractors, which Koenig
described as mobile homes on skis, the group of
researchers traversed the continent, stopping to drill an
ice core every 100 kilometers. The cores enable
researchers to reconstruct climate histories going back
millions of years. The samples contain atmospheric
information including records of past temperatures, gas
concentrations, chemicals, storm systems, forest fires and
volcanoes. Koenig collected 100-meter-long cores,
which recorded 300-1,000 years of climate information.
“We’re trying to learn if the climate is changing significantly and how it’s changing over large areas,” said
Koenig, who works with passive microwave satellites to
determine temperature and snow accumulation rates.
The team’s primary goal was to understand the climate of the last 1,000 years and use the information as
a benchmark to predict future climates. The expedition
began at Taylor Dome and will finish at the South Pole
station in January 2008. The research will be combined
into one large data set that documents climate history.
At roughly 1.5 times the size of the United States,
Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest continent on
Earth. When Koenig arrived at the Taylor Dome field
site in November – Antarctica’s summer – temperatures
dipped to minus 40. During a five-minute walk to the
shelter, she felt the bite of the cold wind through her
down parka and facemask.
“The cold temperature doesn’t affect you as much
as the wind chill,” Koenig said. “Your face starts to hurt
immediately if it’s not covered.”
Constant sunshine made it difficult to sleep, but
Koenig learned to pull her hat down over her eyes to
Lora Koenig ‘99 uses a radiometer to measure microwave emission of the snowpack. The measurements are used to validate
space-borne satellite measurements of ice sheets.
find darkness.
“The sun never sets, it just goes around in a circle,”
she said. “You can’t tell if it’s the middle of the night or
the middle of the day. You can work until 3 in the
morning and there’s the same amount of light.”
Still, Koenig thrives on the extreme conditions. Last
year, she studied the Greenland icecap in conjunction
with NASA and the University of Washington.
It is work she prepared for at Linfield.With the help of
Linfield advisor Steve Bricher ’86, professor of mathematics, Koenig blended her love of environmental science,
math and outdoor adventure at Linfield. She boosted her
math major with an internship at the Yamhill County
Watershed and twice participated in the Outdoor
Environmental Studies class during January Term.
Growing up, Koenig heard plenty of stories about
Linfield from parents Dan and Marilyn (Olsen) Koenig,
both ’70, who met on campus. As a student, she met her
own husband, Joel Siderius ’99, now a program coordinator at the University of Washington. Koenig said she
benefited from the personal attention at Linfield.
“It always felt like a good fit,” she said. “Now I realize how much Linfield really gave me in critical thinking skills and having someone there to help me through
it all. You can never get lost at Linfield.”
– Laura Davis
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Student finds niche
in community service
Monica Nelson ‘07 sorts clothing that has been donated to
Henderson House for victims of abuse during her internship there
last year. Nelson combined her interests in social work, psychology and the Spanish language for the position.
When it comes to community service, Monica
Nelson’s actions speak for themselves.
As a sophomore, Nelson ’07 became president of
SPURS honor society, a service organization involved with
projects ranging from community food drives to caroling at
nursing homes during the holidays. Last year she studied in
Costa Rica, where she participated in a Habitat for
Humanity building project. As Zeta Tau Alpha philanthropy chair, Nelson organized the Duck Derby on campus to
raise money for breast cancer research and education.
“I just love to do all different types of service,”
Nelson said.
By the time she reached her senior year, Nelson, a
sociology and Spanish major, wanted to find an internship that involved helping others and did not confine
her to an office.
“I wanted to be working directly with people as
much as possible,” she said.
While surfing the Internet, she found Henderson
House, an organization that provides services to victims
of domestic and sexual abuse and maintains a shelter in
McMinnville for women and children escaping abuse.
Here, Nelson knew she could put her Spanish language
skills to use and help people.
Nelson began working with Henderson House in
the summer of 2006. She organized donations, worked
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ing in the shelter, transported clients and helped with
renovations to the shelter.
“The fact that Monica is always willing to do anything to help is amazing,” said Rhonda Fabreth, executive director of Henderson House. “We need more volunteers like her who are willing to lighten our load so
we can focus on helping our clients.”
This spring Nelson participated in the 30-hour
Henderson House volunteer training, which allowed
her to interact one-on-one with clients. She took part
in a fundraiser organized by the Order of Omega
Honor Society collecting donations at home basketball
games for “A Generation of Change,” which was a benefit for Henderson House.
Nelson’s experiences with Henderson House have
not only taught her about working for a non-profit
organization, but have also affected her life.
“I have always known domestic violence is a reality,
but listening to people’s stories has been really personal
to me,” Nelson said. “It has made me all the more passionate about wanting to do something about domestic
violence and work in an area of social services.”
Nelson’s work at Henderson House has led to an
interest in psychology and social work.
“Careers with organizations like Henderson House are
usually thankless,” Nelson said.“But the work that they do
is so necessary and important to the communities we live in.”
– Laura Graham ’07
Henderson House has served survivors of domestic and sexual violence in Yamhill County and
surrounding counties since 1981, providing more
than 35,000 shelter nights to women, men and
children. For more information or to seek help,
contact the following organizations.
Henderson House
www.hendersonhouse.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.ndvh.org/educate/index.html
Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org
National Center on Domestic and Sexual
Violence http://www.ncdsv.org
Kids get moving
toward good health
Local youth recently found out
health can be all fun and games
during an after-school nutrition
and physical activity program at
Linfield College.
Twice a week, eager young participants sipped fruit smoothies or
munched “ants on a log” (peanut
butter, raisins and celery) during
hands-on nutrition lessons before
heading out to play. There were scavenger hunts, slip-and-slides, traditional sports and swimming games.
The program, developed by
Janet Peterson, assistant professor of
health and human performance
and recent winner of the Samuel I.
Graf Faculty Achievement Award,
focused on helping children live a
healthy lifestyle. Participants ranged
in age from 7 to 18.
The single most important element to improving kids’ health?
“Get moving,” said Julie O’Neil
’07, this year’s program coordinator.
She knows active children are more
likely to feel good about themselves
and perform better at school.
“Every child should learn the
importance of living a healthy
lifestyle,” said O’Neil, who will
pursue a
master’s in public health promotion
at Oregon State University in the
fall. “It’s important to get them out
playing and enjoying activity.”
But with cutbacks in physical
education classes and the growth of
the video game industry, today’s
youth often don’t get the recommended 60 minutes of daily activity. And, Peterson said, 70 percent of
overweight kids are likely to
become overweight adults.
“If we can give them tools to
make good decisions now, we can also
work on adult obesity as well,” she said.
With guidance from Peterson,
more than 20 Linfield students ran
the program, gaining practical
experience outside the classroom
in addition to serving the community. They performed fitness evaluations and prescribed an exercise
regimen for each child.
Enrollment has nearly doubled
from 17 to 32 since Kendra Victor
’05 led the first project in 2005.
Although it initially targeted overweight youth in the community,
the program is now geared to all
kids, stressing a healthy lifestyle.
Two of this year’s most energetic participants were 7-year-old
twins Emily and Megan DeYoung,
daughters of Bill and Amy (Chan)
DeYoung, ’89 and ’87. The twins
both play soccer, but their parents
know that’s not enough.
“We want to encourage them to
choose to be active during the down
time instead of watching television or
being on the computer,” said Amy, an
accounting clerk at Linfield.
Sisters Emily, left, and Megan DeYoung take
part in a wheelbarrow race with the help of
Janet Peterson, left, and Julie O’Neil ‘07.
DeYoung is already teaching her
daughters nutrition at home and she
was happy to have it reinforced.
“When it comes from fun,
young people, it catches their attention and sinks in more,” she said.
– Laura Davis
Tips for healthy families
• Make cooking an activity and
eat at the table as a family.
• Make fun snacks, such as trail
mix or fruit-kabobs.
• When baking, use applesauce
instead of oil or butter and use
whole-wheat flour.
• Make homemade pizza with
lots of veggies.
• Avoid fast food, or choose a
grilled chicken burger or salad.
• Ride a bike or walk to school.
• Join a sports team.
Julie O’Neil ‘07, left, and Janet Peterson, assistant professor of health and human
performance, stressed the importance of exercise and nutrition during an after-school
program for youth. The program culminated with a one-mile Fun Run coordinated by
the Order of Omega, Linfield’s Greek honor society, on May 6.
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Approaching the sesquicentennial
Keep the spirit of hope alive
Linfield in the war years
When Ruth (Musunu) Titi Manyaka ’69 began writing a young woman on the opposite side of the world, she
could not imagine how her life would change.
Manyaka was reunited with her friends and mentors
Allen and Margaret (Cook) Anderson, both ’47, and
friend and former college roommate Carol (Smith)
Hosler ’68 of Kearny, Ariz., when she traveled from Africa
to give the commencement address to the class of 2007.
Calling Anderson her “spiritual father,” Manyaka said he
was instrumental in bringing her to Linfield College.
Manyaka, the daughter of an American Baptist pastor
and a teacher, was raised at a mission station in the Congo.
She began writing to Hosler, who encouraged her to
attend Linfield. Anderson, the head of the Baptist Youth
Fellowship in Washington state, galvanized young people
who held car washes, mowed laws and organized garage
sales and other fund raising events to help Manyaka attend
Linfield.
“The generosity of your hearts has continued to
spread and we have touched generation after generation
since we left Linfield,” Manyaka said.
After completing a biology degree at Linfield,
Manyaka received a master’s degree in public health from
Loma Linda University. She later met and married
Raphael Titi Manyaka, a graduate student in engineering
from Cameroon. Eventually they returned to Cameroon,
where Manyaka taught biology at a secondary school in
Douala, the country’s capital, and raised four children.
Following her retirement from teaching in 1999, she
founded Women, Environment and Health (WEH), a
non-governmental organization devoted to serving the
needs of the most vulnerable populations in Littoral
Province. This past January, she hosted a group of Linfield
students and faculty who worked with WEH in the local
villages. (See related story on page 12.)
The goal of WEH is to address the basic problems
facing rural communities in Cameroon.
“Women are the core of every society, and that cannot be overstated in the context of the Cameroon,”
Manyaka told the more than 5,000 people who attended
graduation. “Someone has said, when you educate a
woman you educate a nation.”
Cameroon, located in the Congo basin of Central
Africa, is rich in biodiversity and endowed with numerous natural resources.
However, the people are poor and don’t benefit from
the natural wealth around them. Many live on $1 a day or
less. WEH is trying to help communities organize to
improve their lives, she said.
“Poverty, ignorance and disease are the biggest ene-
(Editor’s note: This vignette provides a look back through 150 years of history as Linfield approaches its sesquicentennial in
2008. Marvin Henberg, professor of philosophy, is writing an illustrated history titled Inspired Pragmatism: An Illustrated
History of Linfield College. Barbara Seidman, dean of faculty, is editing the text and will write an afterword for the book. It
will be available through the Linfield College Bookstore this fall.)
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Ruth (Musunu) Titi Manyaka ‘69, left, was reunited at commencement
exercises with Allen Anderson ‘47 and her former roommate Carol
(Smith) Hosler ‘68, who were instrumental in bringing Manyaka to
Linfield from the Congo. Manyaka presented the commencement
address and then visited with a number of friends from her Linfield years.
mies of Africa today,” she added. “We believe if we can
combat poverty, we empower people to fight ignorance
and disease.”
WEH has organized an agricultural project for
women, growing food crops and livestock and helping
find markets for the produce as well as improving the diet
of local families. They have identified 800 orphans and
provide school materials for nearly 400. They are training
local villagers to address common diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The biggest challenge
they face is HIV/AIDS, Manyaka said, with many believing that it is due to misfortune or evil spells.
She praised Linfield Professor Sherry Archer, Portland
Campus Director David Groff and the 14 students who
spent last January Term working with her and others, calling them Linfield’s ambassadors to Africa.
“I believe these young people had an experience that
cannot be matched elsewhere,” she said. “Your coming to
Africa opened your eyes to a world different from the one
you are familiar with. I challenge each of you this day to
set a goal to serve mankind. No action is too small to go
unnoticed.
“Say no to prejudice, no to war, no to indifference,”
she urged the graduates. “Make it your aim to touch at
least one life at a time. Keep the spirit of hope and compassion as you go on life’s journey and never give up.”
– Mardi Mileham
Though founded prior to the American Civil War,
No records can be found of alumni lost in the
McMinnville College’s place on the frontier insulated
Korean War, the first for which draft deferments
it from that terrible conflict. No records have come to
became available for college students. Films of
light of any founders or students serving for either the
Korean War soldiers being treated for battlefield
Union or the Confederacy. Oregon Baptists did split
wounds were shown during a 1952 chapel program
between pro- and anti-slavery
to bolster Linfield’s turnout
factions, with McMinnville
for the annual Red Cross
College subscribing to the
Blood Drive.
anti-slavery cause.
College draft deferThe first recorded alumni
ments continued dur ing
to die during combat – Bertie
the Vietnam War-era, but
Clark and Frank Hibbs – parbecame controversial and
ticipated with at least 17 other
were ended by a draft lottery
McMinnville College students
among all selective-service
in the Spanish-American War
registrants in December of
of 1898. Eleven nurses and
1969. By this time the countwo interns left the Good
try was deeply divided on
Samaritan Hospital to provide
the merits of the war, and
medical services in that conthe student-rights movement
flict, as well.
came to the fore at Linfield
The First World War
as across the country.
found McMinnville College
According to Linfield Bulletin
graduate and army Lieutenant
records, which may not be
Leonard Hopfield, class of
exhaustive, at least five alum1901, drilling roughly 75 men
ni died in Vietnam. They
from his alma mater for enlistwere Army Captain Richard
ment at the end of the spring
Goss ’54, Army Lieutenant
semester of 1917. Roughly
Ralph Leroy Williams ’62,
167 McMinnville College
Navy Lieutenant Stephen
men were veterans of the
Richardson
’63,
Navy
conflict, with at least six killed
Lieutenant Wayne Alan
in the line of duty. Good This plaque, listing the names of Linfield students and
Armstrong ’63 and Army
Samaritan sent off 103 gradu- alumni who were killed in World War II, used to hang
Lieutenant Paul H. Eklund
ate nurses to Army hospitals, in Memorial Hall. The name of Hubert A. Santo was
’63. Eklund received posthusubsequently added.
many serving in France.
mous awards of the Bronze
– Rob Reynolds photo reproduction
Mobilization for World
Star Medal and the Silver
War II at Linfield was comStar Medal.
mensurate with the size and gravity of that conflict
The most recent Linfield graduate to die in
for the nation. Over 500 alumni, faculty members
defense of country was Army First Lieutenant Erik
and trustees saw service, with 25 listed as dead or
McCrae ’01, who died in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 4,
missing in action. Nurses from Good Samaritan
2004. English Professor Lex Runciman published a
also rallied to the cause, with over 100 enlisting. In
fitting tribute to McCrae in the fall 2004 edition of
1945, a liberty ship, the S.S. Linfield Victory, was
The Linfield Magazine.
commissioned at the Oregon Shipbuilding
Corporation in Portland.
– Marvin Henberg
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‘Cat Tracks
‘Comeback ’Cats’ fight
back to win the title
Courage, determination and grit led the
Wildcat softball team to its first national
championship – and the first-ever
women’s team title in Linfield’s history.
Dubbed the “Comeback ’Cats” for
fighting their way back from elimination
seven times, the Wildcats captured their
fourth consecutive Northwest Conference
title and the NCAA Division III Western
Region title on their way to the championship.
The Wildcats, who finished fourth in the nation last
year, started the championship series by winning two
lopsided victories before Washington-St. Louis knocked
them into the elimination round with a 6-3 win. But the
Wildcats were not to be denied. They pounded out 22
hits during a wild 22-10 victory over Wisconsin-Eau
Claire before snapping Washington-St. Louis’ 25-game
winning streak, with a 1-0 squeaker in eight innings, setting up a re-match with the Bears for the title.
There was no doubt that the Wildcats were ready to
win. They hit four home runs – two by Amanda
Attleberger ’08 and one each by Meredith Brunette ’08
and Lisa Smith ’07 – to win 10-2 in six innings.
It was a record-breaking year for the ’Cats, who went
45-7 on the season, setting school records for home runs
(50), team field average (.975) and runs per game (7.75).
Seven players hit over .400 on the season and the team was
number one in the nation in team batting average with
.388.They outscored their opponents 99-33 in the playoffs
and 56-18 in the championship tournament and faced
three All-American pitchers, scoring 30 runs off them.
The win was especially sweet for Smith, who
broke her arm in two places during the seventh
game of the season. Five weeks later, Smith was back
in action. She, along with catcher Jena Loop ’07,
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were the only seniors on the team.
Five players were named to the All-Tournament
team (Brunette, Loop, Attleberger, Stephanie Rice ’08
and Brittany Miller ’10), six were named to the All-West
Regional squad and nine were named to the Northwest
Conference all-star team. Jenny Marshall ’08 and Rice
were named to the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch
Coaches Association All-America Team.
Between the regionals and nationals the Wildcats
spent 15 days on the road, traveling 7,000 miles, from
McMinnville to Pineville, La., to Salem,Va. Returning via
charter flight after their championship victory, the team
touched down in Springfield, Mo., Cheyenne, Wyo., and
Salt Lake City, Utah, before finally arriving in
McMinnville at 2:30 a.m. on May 23.
They visited the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg
to pay tribute at a memorial to the recent shooting victims and spent time with patients at a Veterans
Administration Hospital.
In McMinnville they were honored at a community
celebration, which included a city proclamation of May 25
as “Wildcat National Softball Championship Day.”
“I am very proud of our team and the way they
battled throughout the playoffs,” Head Coach Jackson
Vaughan ’97 said. “We were in a number of tough games
against highly ranked opponents, but each time our team
was able to rise to the occasion and play their best
softball when it was needed. This is the mark of a true
championship team.”
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End of era: Carnahan exits field
tant students get the educational
experiences to be successful in whatever their career endeavor is after college. Not only the lessons they learn
in the classroom, but also the successrelated skills and lessons they learn
through participation in athletics.”
Carnahan learned that philosophy as a student after being recruited
to Linfield by Rutschman to play
football and Helser to play baseball.
He earned a teaching degree and
married Cathy (Wark) ’73. After a
six-year stint coaching baseball at
Lower Columbia Community
College, Carnahan returned to
Linfield as a member of the faculty
and head baseball coach. He was
named director of athletics in 1996.
Career stats
Scott Carnahan ‘73, received a framed
portrait with the names of every former
player before the final game of the season
on April 29 at Roy Helser Field. He will
remain as athletic director.
Plenty of numbers surround
Scott Carnahan ’73 as he retires as
Linfield College head baseball coach
this year.
Among them: 1,174 games
coached, 727 games won, more than
500 players mentored.
But one number is more meaningful than the rest to Carnahan –
98. That’s the percentage of Linfield
varsity baseball players he coached
who completed bachelor’s degrees.
Carnahan, who will remain as
Linfield’s athletic director, has spent
the past 24 years molding students
first and athletes second, following in
the footsteps of Linfield coaching
legends such as Roy Helser ’36, Ad
Rutschman ’54, Paul Durham ’36
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Linfield record: 562-375-2
Career record: 727-445-2
Northwest Conference record:
359-127
NWC Coach of the Year:
11 times
NAIA District 2
Coach of the Year: 3 times
Under his leadership as athletic
director, Linfield has been awarded
the McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy
three times, honoring the top overall
athletics program in the NWC. He
has overseen major upgrades to athletic facilities, including the 2004
$1.4 million renovation of the running track and football field.
During his tenure as baseball
coach, Carnahan’s teams have won
11 Northwest Conference championships – five straight between 1992
and 1996 – and finished second on
six other occasions. He has been
named NWC Coach of the Year 11
times and NAIA District 2 Coach of
the Year three times.
Over the years, Carnahan has
passed along his own attention to
detail and commitment to excellence, continually reminding players
that “everything counts.”
“We go into each game with an
underlying confidence, expecting to
win,” he said. “We play without fear
of making mistakes or losing. If we
play our best on the field, we’ll put
ourselves in a position to be successful. We won’t have any regrets.”
Players have been touched by his
passion, including Jon Searle ’03,
who applies many of the lessons he
learned as an outfielder to his current position at Nike.
“I feel lucky to have had the
opportunity to be a part of the rich
tradition of Linfield athletics,” he
said. “Carnahan taught me simple
lessons like teamwork, leadership,
time management, sportsmanship,
patience, confidence and, most
importantly, family.”
Standout moments on and off
the baseball diamond pale compared to the relationships Carnahan
has made.
“The wins and losses all kind of
run together,” he said. “But the
connections I’ve had with my players are the most memorable.”
Scott Brosius ’02, who will succeed Carnahan as head coach, attributes much of his own success to
Carnahan. Brosius won three World
Series titles with the New York
Yankees in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and
was named the Most Valuable Player
of the 1998 World Series.
“Carney’s had a huge impact on
my development as a player, a person
and now a coach,” Brosius said. “He’s
built a program that has carried on
what Linfield athletics is all about –
the pursuit of excellence, both on
and off the field. He’s a tough act to
follow.”
– Laura Davis
Scholarship fund builds a legacy
Chelsea Machida ’11 knows a thing or
two about achievement.
Machida, the daughter of Keith and Mary
Machida, both ’86, holds Hawaiian state titles
in both the high jump and 1-meter dive and
plans to compete in track and field when she
arrives at Linfield in the fall.
Now Machida can add one more
Chelsea Machida ‘11
achievement to her list. She and five other
(Matthew Thayer photo,
students with family ties to Linfield will
courtesy of The Maui News)
receive scholarship assistance thanks to the
Linfield Alumni Association.
The Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, administered by the
Alumni Leadership Council, provides financial aid to the children,
grandchildren or siblings of alumni. It is the only fund specifically targeted to support legacy students. The fund’s growth depends on
annual giving by Linfield alumni and friends. The application deadline for 2008-09 awards is Feb. 1, 2008.
In addition to Machida, this year’s recipients selected by alumni
include: Stephanie Anderson ’11, daughter of Bonnie (Doerfler) Anderson
’83;Travis Kinder ’11, son of Joseph and Mona (Haldane) Kinder ’84 and
’85; Phoebe Robinson ’11, daughter of Myron Robinson ’92;
Jade Severson ’11, sister of Derek Severson ’91; Jeffrey Voth ’10
of Salem, grandson of Irvin Voth ’41.
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Alumni and Parent
Events 2007-08
August
9-12 Alumni Shakespeare trip
September
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5-6
Family Weekend/Parents
Council Breakfast
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Central Oregon reception
13
SOU pre-game event
19-20 Homecoming
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San Francisco reception
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Menlo College pre-game
picnic
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Longboard Vineyards
November
6-17 Discover Tuscany
6
Boise reception
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Speed Networking
December
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Take advantage of new online features including social networking
opportunities, an improved career center with job postings, campus
news, photo sharing and your own customized login page. Create and
communicate with special groups – dorm buddies, teammates or just a
great group of old friends.
Sign up now and get connected. New and returning users of the online
community will be asked to log in initially with a student ID to activate new
features. Contact the alumni office for your student ID number.
Costa Rica reunion
Financial Aid Workshop
Costa Rica reunion
President’s Club dinner
Entrepreneur lunch,
Professor Sandie Kiehl
January
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Sesquicentennial celebration
February
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Alumni scholarship deadline
TBD Southern California receptions
March
TBD Real estate workshop
TBD Arizona receptions
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Relive your Costa Rican memories. Alumni and students who have
studied abroad in Costa Rica are invited to join Mayra Herra-Monge,
director of the Linfield College Costa Rica program, for a reunion
Sept. 18 in Portland. Share stories and photos from past trips, and
reconnect with Herra-Monge while enjoying Costa Rican cuisine.
For more information, contact Debbie Harmon ‘90,
director of alumni relations, at [email protected] or 503-883-2607.
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Professor Jackson Miller
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50 Year Club Luncheon
Sesquicentennial Plaza
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1950-59
Marguerite (Doak) Schreiber
’32 of Los Alamos, N.M., was
honored by Living Treasures of
Los Alamos in April. The ceremony and reception recognized
Schreiber’s work in the community
including leadership in groups such
as Mesa Club, League of Women
Voters and the school board.
Bernice Kerr ’34 of Portland
celebrated her 100th birthday on
Jan. 13. She drove until she was 99
years old and is a member of the
Courtyard Senior Plaza Red Hat
club.
Albert Beeler ’35 of
McMinnville, retired longtime
McMinnville businessman, earned
a special Merit Award from the
McMinnville Downtown
Association.
Ritchard Lyon ’39 of Quincy,
Pa., and his wife, Mollie, celebrated
their 65th wedding anniversary in
May. Ritchard also celebrated the
65th anniversary of his ordination
and beginning of ministry in
American Baptist Churches, USA.
Joe Bakkensen ’53 of
Warrenton was appointed to the
budget committee by the Clatsop
County Board of Commissioners.
He previously served on the board
of commissioners and the county
planning commission.
1960-69
James Twedt ’61 of Beaverton
is CEO of Hydra Fuel Cell.
Patti (Day) Webb ’61 of
McMinnville is manager of the
McMinnville Downtown
Association.
Carolyn (Materna)
McCloskey ’62 of McMinnville
helped form an organization to
advocate on behalf of refugees. The
group adopted more than two
dozen Bosnian children.
Eugene Gilbertson ’63 of
Seaside is co-head track coach at
Seaside High School. He began
coaching at Seaside in 1965.
Gary Brooks ’66 of Sheridan
runs a dental practice in Willamina.
He’s been treating patients and per-
forming community service in the
area since 1983.
George Murdock ’66 of
Pendleton is editor and publisher of
the East Oregonian. Most recently, he
served as superintendent of the
Umatilla-Morrow Education
Service District.
Robert Stewart ’66 and ’69 of
Newberg was named 2006 Citizen
of the Year by the Chehalem Valley
Chamber of Commerce. He served
as mayor of Newberg from 2002 to
2007.
Harold Boyanovsky ’66 of
Lake Forest, Ill., is president and
CEO of Case New Holland.
Stephen Holmes ’67 of
Heidelberg, Germany, is a member
of the training and consultant consortium that won the European
Union train-the-trainer contract in
the area of diversity management.
Bruce Welch ’67 of
Greenbrier, Ark., is retired from
three different companies – Phillips
Petroleum Co., ChevronPhillips and
ConocoPhillips. He is the co-inventor on more than 130 U.S. patents.
John Youngblutt ’67 of Keizer
retired from Century Insurance.
Carol (Adams) Gleason ’68
of Corvallis retired after 35 years in
physical therapy, including 30 years
in sports medicine at Oregon State
University. Last year she volunteered
at the Angkor Hospital for Children
in Cambodia.
Carolyn (Jones) Anderson
’68 of Cannon Beach is postmaster
at Cannon Beach. She was honored
for excellent service as postmaster in
2006 by the U.S. Postal Service.
Tim Roberts ’69 of
McMinnville, who has run a dental
practice since 1976, was elected to
the McMinnville School Board.
1970-79
Jody Stahancyk ’70 of
Portland, founding partner for
Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson and Hook
law firm and a former Linfield
College trustee, was nominated for a
Portland Business Journal 2007
Orchid Award. She was also named
the 2007 Ultimate Rainmaker by
Commerce magazine, honored as a
2006 Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers
magazine and named one of
Oregon’s 25 best female lawyers.
Richard Louie ’71 of Tigard,
a retired photographer, is president
of the Chinese Consolidated
Compassion is key when teaching military children
Balancing firmness with compassion is a key part
of Gerry Grubbs’ job as assistant principal of
Evergreen Elementary School in Washington.
Evergreen is on the Fort Lewis Army Base, and
almost every student has had a parent deployed to Iraq
or Afghanistan. Also, the Army built the school in
1991 to serve medically fragile and severely handicapped children. About one-fourth of Evergreen’s 800
students receive services for some type of disability.
As Grubbs ’89 explained, Fort Lewis is a compassionate duty station, for those whose family members
need special medical care. Evergreen’s staff includes
two nurses, as well as award-winning teachers, one a
National Disney Teacher of the Year.
Grubbs studied education and sociology at
Linfield and received a master’s in special education
at Western Oregon University. He taught in
Tumwater, Wash., for nine years before becoming
an administrator.
Because so many of Evergreen’s students have
special needs, Grubbs attends even more meetings
than most educators. “It’s a matter of making sure you
have all the resources in place, and there’s a lot of
turnover, so the needs are ever-changing,” he said.
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Benevolent Association.
Martha (Bird) Cox ’72 of
Beaverton, chief financial officer at
Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc.,
was recognized by the American
Foundry Society for 35 years of
service. She is a member of the
Linfield Board of Trustees.
Randal Oster ’72 of Park City,
Utah, a private practice psychologist, is director of the Juvenile
Court Mental Health Unit for Salt
Lake County and the psychological
consultant for the Salt Lake County
Division of Alcohol and Drugs,
Youth Corrections and the Utah
State Office of Rehabilitation.
José Gaitán ’75 of Seattle,
Wash., is chairman of the Public
Facilities District, an appointed
board that oversees taxpayers’ investment in Safeco Field.
Rob Stephenson ’75 of
McMinnville is pictured in a fundraising calendar featuring local men
for Habitat for Humanity Women
Build. Each man is featured along
with a cheesecake recipe.
Larry Bentz ’75 of Fairview,
former principal of Springwater
Trail High School, has retired after
31 years in education.
Kathy (Yonker) Bernards ’76
of McMinnville has been named to
the Leadership Council of the
Oregon Cultural Trust.
Don Carbonari ’76 of
Portland is the manager of debt and
investment management at the
Bonneville Power Administration.
David Baca ’78 of Portland has
been named managing partner at
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP law
firm. Baca specializes in mergers and
acquisitions, and securities law.
Curt Shepard ’78 of Beverly
Hills, Calif., has been appointed to
the City of Beverly Hills Fine Arts
Commission, charged with selecting
and placing works of art in the city’s
parks and other public spaces.
Keith Lazelle ’76 of Quilcene,
Wash., is a photographer. His work
was recently featured in a photo
essay in Horizon Air magazine.
1980-89
David DeLap ’80 of
Milwaukie is the third generation
in his family to head the Lake
Oswego-based DeLap White
Caldwell & Croy firm.
Steven D. Taylor ’80 of Orem,
Utah, is working on his MBA
through Brigham Young University.
He is a CPA and worked at KPMG
accounting firm and other firms as
general accounting manager, controller, vice president of finance and
accounting, and chief financial officer.
Carol L. Doane ’80 of
Vancouver, Wash., is retail sales
supervisor at The Columbian, where
she has worked in advertising and
marketing since 1981. She is also a
member of the Clark County Fair
Board, covering marketing and the
fair’s scholarship program.
Mike Yonker ’80 of Portland is
senior director of strategic planning
and finance for Nike Inc.’s Global
Footwear Division.
J.C. Luoto ’82 of Coquille
married Irene Trendell Oct. 14. He
is an RN at South Coast Surgery
Center in Coos Bay.
Randy Mueller ’83 of
Plantation, Fla., is general manager
of the Miami Dolphins.
Audrae (Erickson) Hughes
’84 of Kensington, Md., had a
daughter, Kyra Lorenne, Oct. 3, her
third child.
J. Marty Hunter ’84 of Canby
is a teacher at Canby High School
and a basketball coach at George
Fox University.
Joe Parvankin ’85 of Gresham
married Shannon O’Donnell July 1.
He completed a master’s in teaching
at Concordia University and plans
to teach middle or high school
social studies and language arts.
David Wiegan ’85 of
McMinnville was one of the leaders
of the award-winning McMinnville
downtown historic lighting project.
Gail Wilson ’87 of Wasco married James Webb Jan. 6.
Wray Hoskamer ’88 of
Navarre, Fla., and his wife, Holly,
had a son, Christopher, Oct. 4.
Lisa (Innes) Woodruff ’88 of
Grants Pass owns Logan Design
which produces signs and graphics.
Katherine (Pitman) Huit ’88
of McMinnville is executive director
of the Yamhill County Historical
Museum.
Pamela Weber ’89 performed
in the Sunday Piano Series at the
Newport Performing Arts Center.
John T. Carden ’88 of Seattle,
Wash., owns the Elliott Bay Brewing
Company in Seattle and the Elliott
Bay Brew House and Pub in Burien.
1990-99
Kelly McDonald ’90 of
McMinnville is pictured in a fundraising calendar featuring local men
for Habitat for Humanity Women
Build. Each man is featured along
with a cheesecake recipe.
Jeff Thomas ’90 of McMinnville
has launched Lightbulb Co., to help
demystify the process of getting a
product to market. He developed the
coiled garden hose and developed a
company to market it. He has also
worked with AQSports to market the
deep water running shoe.
Mike Maxwell ’92 of Lake
Oswego is vice president and
general manager for the Pacific
Northwest for Cingular Wireless.
Steve Killgore ’92 of Eugene
has re-opened the Fort Hill mill to
provide lumber for his firm, Cascade
Structural Laminators in Chehalis,
Wash. Killgore is also majority partner in McKenzie Forest Products in
Springfield.
Kristine Oller ’93 of Glendale,
Calif., received the 2006 Volunteer
of the Year award from the Los
Angeles Chapter of the National
Association of Professional
Organizers.
Anthony Magden ’93 of
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Gerry Grubbs ’89 accepts a U.S. flag from Cayla, a first-grader
whose grandfather carried it over Afghanistan in a C-131
transport plane three years ago while her father served in Iraq.
Deployments create stress. “Kids get emotional,
and you have to know when to be tough and when
to be compassionate,” Grubbs said.
One benefit of his job: lots of hugs.
– Beth Rogers Thompson
2007-08 Alumni Scholarship recipient
Jeff Voth ’10, with his grandfather
Dr. Irvin Voth ’41.
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Portland married Lisa Lund Dec. 8.
He is aquatics and weight room
manager for Nike Sports Center in
Beaverton.
Kris Woodburn ’93 of Grants
Pass is deputy city attorney.
Heidi (Potter) Klosterman
’93 of St. Louis, Mo., is associate
general counsel for Washington
University. She and her husband
have two children.
Gordon Hoerauf ’93 of
Springfield retired from the Oregon
Community Credit Union.
Jennifer Bond ’93 of Sherwood
married Terry Andersen Sept. 16.
Sharon Wood Wortman ’93
of Portland is the author of The
Portland Bridge Book.
Nathan and Sherra (Inman)
Welp ’93 and ’95 of Portland had a
son, Doctor Henry Ulysses, their third.
Helen (Casey) Durst ’94 of
Hillsboro retired from Tektronix.
Lisa Anne (Thompson)
Idoeta ’94 of Burns and her husband had a daughter, Elaia Teresa,
Jan. 28, their second.
Craig and Andrea (Dewees)
Haisch ’95 and ’94 of McMinnville
had a son, Logan Gregory, Feb. 12.
Craig is director of planned giving
at Linfield.
Marlene Kanehailua ’95 of
Beaverton retired as a dancer for the
Portland Trail Blazers after 12 seasons.
Aaron Neerenberg ’96 of
Hillsboro and his wife had a daughter, Norah Rose, Nov. 22.
Dawn (Schramm) Hutchison
’96 of Bellingham, Wash., had a son,
Nathan Roger, June 27.
Kristi Stahl ’96 of Eugene has
been awarded a Fulbright Teacher
Exchange to Hronov, Czech
Republic, for the next academic year.
Jennifer M. Smith ’96 of St.
Petersburg, Fla., completed her doctorate in marine science at the
University of South Florida.
Amber (Katz) Reimers ’97
of Laguna Beach, Calif., and her
husband had a son, Maxwell, Feb. 9,
their second.
Amy Hascall ’97 of Beaverton
is a real estate broker with John L.
Scott Real Estate. She received the
Emerald Award for real estate sales
and production for 2006.
Tina (Squires) Galey ’97 of
Scappoose is a family nurse practitioner at Clatskanie Family Health
Center.
Mary (Nightgale) Lago ’97 of
Hillsboro handles wealth management, personal trust and private
banking for First Republic
Bank/First Republic Trust Company.
Greg and Tonya (Peters) Hill
’97 and ’98 of McMinnville had a
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daughter, Brooke Michelle, Jan. 24.
Greg is assistant athletic trainer at
Linfield.
Shane Hawkins ’98 of
Portland and his wife, Jeana, had a
son, Mason Robert, Oct. 19.
Tiffany (Duff) Goldwyn ’98
of Portland and her husband had a
son, Zachary Elliott, Jan. 10.
Jeff Menold ’98 of Issaquah,
Wash., and his wife, Jaime, had a
son, Joshua Craig, April 10, their
second.
Jtyler Marquart ’98 of Federal
Way, Wash., works in marketing for
Intel Corp.
Alex and Andrea (Costine)
Botten ’98 and ’01 had a daughter,
Adisyn Elizabeth, April 4.
Chad Riddle ’98 of Lafayette
and his wife, Jenny, had a son, Gavin
Andrew, Feb. 1, their second.
Jami (Dryden) Davids ’99 of
Portland and her husband, Adam,
had a son, Joshua Joseph, Nov. 29.
Julie (Croxton) Duyck ’99 of
Forest Grove and her husband,
Charlie, had a daughter, Emma
Claire, June 4.
Ryan Hunter ’99 of Roseburg
and his wife, Mykal, had a son, Ty
William Massaro, April 18.
Ashley Barott ’99 of St. Paul,
Minn., is atttending the University
of Minnesota College of Veterinary
Medicine.
2000-06
Jay and Rebeka Gipson-King
’00 and ’99 of Tallahassee, Fla., had a
son, Gavin George, April 29.
Christine N. Spade ’00 of
Yuba City, Calif., is a counselor at
Yuba Gardens Middle School.
Sally Maltman ’00 and Scott
Preppernau ’04 of Portland were
married April 21. She is an actuary
with Milliman Inc., and he is an
actuary with Mercer Human
Resource Consulting.
Mitchell Cooper ’00 of
Wilsonville is a district parts and
service manager for Mitsubishi
Motors North America, assisting
dealers in Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming and southwest
Washington in improving their fixed
operations.
Brian and Karla (Sartor)
Larsen, both ’00, live in
Cambridge, Mass., where he is a
staff scientist in the Center for
Space Physics at Boston University.
He is working on a NASA satellite
mission currently under development. Karla is an ecological research
associate for the University of
Wyoming.
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Katie Hahn ’00 of Boise,
Idaho, married Jay Story July 8, in
McCall, Idaho. She completed a
master’s in integrated art education
and is a sixth grade teacher at Eagle
Middle School.
Kate Jones ’00 of Mukilteo,
Wash., will spend the next two academic years teaching high school
English at Seoul International
School in South Korea.
Erick and Jaime (Moore)
Trachsel, both ’00, of Portland had
a son, Cohen William, Jan. 28. Erick
is a national sales manager for
Destination Hotels and Resorts and
Jaime is front office coordinator for
McKinstry Co.
Kate Dulemba ’00 of Seattle,
Wash., is a sales representative for
Franco Sarto.
Dena Dragon ’00 of Portland
married Scott Holstrom Sept. 8. She
is a labor and delivery nurse at St.
Vincent’s Hospital.
Eric and Samantha
(Schmehl) Hines ’00 and ’99 had
a daughter, Lorelei Vienna.
Maegan Jossy ’01 of Beaverton
is recreation supervisor with
Hillsboro Parks and Recreation.
Laura A. Gigson ’01 of
Portland recently released a new
CD titled If You Come Out and Greet
Me, her first full-length album.
Cynthia L. Behrend ’01 of
Vancouver, Wash., is an audiologist
at Vancouver Ear, Nose and Throat.
Melissa Jensen ’01 of
McMinnville has opened her own
CPA office.
Patrick McCanna ’01 of
Woodinville, Wash., was a speaker at
the Voice, Video and Vision conference this spring.
Christopher and Jennifer
(Pierce) Flores ’01 and ’99 had a
son, Gabriel Douglas, Jan. 14.
Nathan and Clarissa
(Johnson) Bay ’02 and ’00 of St.
Louis, Mo., had a daughter, Cordelia
Kristine, Dec. 2.
Traci Mullis ’02 of Canby
married Kris Yates Jan. 27.
Lynda (Hoff) Weigan ’02 of
McMinnville received a Manager’s
Award after serving on the
McMinnville Downtown
Association board of directors.
Kip and Jeanie (Jones)
Peterson, both ’02, live in
Gresham where he works as a
commercial insurance and bond
broker for Assurety Northwest
in Portland. Jeanie completed a
master’s in social work at the
University of Washington and
works for Legacy Emanuel
Hospital.
Ted Farry ’02 of Manhattan
Beach, Calif., completed his MBA
at Pepperdine University and works
for Countrywide Commercial Real
Estate Finance.
Ryann Bernard ‘02 of
Alexandria, Va., married Alex
Morales March 10. She is an
attorney in Washington, D.C.
Deanna (Quindt) Recinos
’02 of Gladstone and her husband,
Ellyar, had a son, Isaac Andrés,
July 1. She and her family recently
returned to Oregon after living in
Guatemala for three years where
she taught kindergarten.
Elizabeth Dozier ’02 of
Washington, D.C., married Russ
Kelley Aug. 26.
Nicole Wattenbarger ’02 of
Albany works for First Commercial
Real Estate in Salem.
Carrie (Carnahan) Parry ’02
of Bothell, Wash., had a son, Connor
Scott, Aug. 17.
Aubrey Turriga ’03 of
Chandler, Ariz., married Gustavo
Nava Valencia Oct. 21.
Matt Kitchen ’03 and Krista
Gardinier ’06 were married July 8.
He is a high school teacher and
Krista is an RN at Emanuel
Children’s Hospital.
Ty Matthews ’03 of
McMinnville is pictured in a fundraising calendar featuring local men
for Habitat for Humanity Women
Build. Each man is featured along
with a cheesecake recipe.
Casie Gill ’03 of Sherwood is a
tax senior at DeLap, White, Caldwell
& Croy.
Stephanie (Mathie) Bergh
’04 of Lake Oswego and her husband, Conley, had a son, Joseph, in
October. She works for Veritas
Private Advisors.
Joshua Johnson ’04 of
Portland completed a summer
internship with the FBI in
Washington, D.C., and received a
master’s in industrial/organizational
psychology at Central Michigan
University.
Chris and Meaghan (Whalen)
McDonald ’04 and ’02 had a
daughter, Maheila, July 25.
Thomas Ford ’04 of Federal
Way, Wash., plays wide receiver/defensive back for the Alaska Wild indoor
football team.
Jake and Chelsea (Zeal)
Roberts, both ’04, live in Portland.
She has been accepted into the
OHSU physician assistant program
and he teaches middle school
physical education at Centennial
Middle School.
Jenny Wolstenholm ’04 of
Shelby, N.C., married Brian Reed
April 21.
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Annie (Farnady) Lucchesi
’04 of Reno, Nev., is completing a
master’s in plant biology at the
University of Nevada Reno.
Matt Smith ’04 of Beaverton is
a teacher at Beaverton High School.
Eric Arellano ’04 and Emily
Tinkle ’05 were married July 15.
Justin Johnson ’05 and
Miranda Miller ’06 were married
Sept. 30. She is teaching first grade
in Sherwood and he completed his
master’s in materials science engineering at Oregon State University
in June. He will work as an environmental engineer at the Bonneville
Power Administration.
Charlotte Brockman ’05 of
Oakland, Calif., is taking acting classes
and participating in the theatre at the
Jean Shelton Actors Lab in San
Francisco. She is also working to
improve volunteer relations and bunny
rescue efforts at the International
House Rabbit Society Headquarters.
Seth Prickett ’05 of Banks is
chief of staff for Rep. David Edwards.
Shannon Turner ’05 of
Beaverton married Russell Dunn
Aug. 12. She is a staff RN at the
Portland VA Medical Center.
Lara Anna LeGrady ’05 of
Gainesville, Fla., married Benjamin
Clayton Dec. 29. She is completing
a physician assistant program at the
University of Florida.
Erin O’Loughlin ’05 of Havre
de Grace, Md., is in her second year
with the Maryland Conservation
Corps, an Americorps program.
Brant Shilliam ’05 married
Jessica Applegate ‘06 April 21.
Jordan Turner ’06 of Tigard is
a third grade teacher in the TigardTualatin School District.
Jessica Lewis-Caporal ’06 of
Salem will enroll in the Certified
Nurse Midwifery/Women’s Health
Nurse Practitioner Program at the
University of Utah in August.
Cherylen Becker ’06 of
Hillsboro married Christopher
Marshall Feb. 23.
Aaron Ramsey ’06 and Julia
Kanago ‘05 were married Jan. 14 in
Tucson, Ariz. She is a Ph.D. student in
sociology at the University of Arizona
and he is a software engineer with
Environmental Systems Products.
Matt Mishler ’06 of Portland
volunteers as a Young Life leader in
the Clackamas area. He has traveled
to Tanzania, Africa, on a Hoop Life
tour organized by Young Life. The
group played basketball against the
Tanzania Olympic/club teams, organized skills clinics, built a basketball
court and did missionary work with
local high school students.
Adam Hunt and Lindsey
Dyer, both ’06, were married Feb. 3
and live in West Linn.
Corrin Cunningham ’05 of
Waipahu, Hawaii, is a conservation specialist with the O’ahu Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, drafting conservation plans for agricultural producers.
Christopher I. Niebergall-
Eltagonde ’06 of Portland is a
teacher at Martin Luther King Jr.,
school.
Trinia Johnson ’06 of
Roseburg competed in the Miss
Douglas County Pageant.
GSH
Shirley (Bowers) Tighe GSH
’60 and Linfield ’76 has published
the seventh edition of her textbook
Instrumentation for the Operating
Room, a Photographic Manual. The
textbook has over 800 photographs
of operating room instruments
with descriptions of where and how
instruments for 137 surgical procedures are used.
Simone (Pauwels) Jackson
GSH ’84 and Linfield ’84 of
Tigard has worked as an acute care
nurse and is currently serving as an
adjunct faculty member at the
Linfield-Good Samaritan School
of Nursing.
In memoriam
Kathryn (Reifenrath) Wyffels
’31 of McMinnville, April 14.
Margaret Robson ’31 of
Penney Farms, Fla., Feb. 27.
Elizabeth (Davidson)
Glicksman ’32 of Portland, Feb. 6.
Willowbelle (Matscheck)
McCain ’36 of Salem, Feb. 17.
George Harrington ’37 of
Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 21.
Maxine (Babcock)
Clostermann ’37 of Portland, Feb.
6. Survivors include her daughter,
Linda (Clostermann) Holzman
’67, and granddaughter, Ellen
Anderson ’06.
Robert Sawyer ’36 of
Prineville, Jan. 19.
Frances (Rogers) Hyde ’38
of Portland, Jan. 24
Walter MacArthur ’39 of Des
Moines, Wash., Feb. 6.
Agnes (Albin) Ellis ’39 of
Beaverton, Dec. 8.
Eudora (Woodworth)
Millegan ’39 of McMinnville,
March 20.
Sidney Nicoll ’39 of
McMinnville, March 26.
May (Hanada) Driggers ’49
of Canby, May 6.
Betty (Davis) Moore ’40 of
Montesano, Wash., Feb. 22, 2006.
Marjorie (Sipe) Hayley ’43 of
Boring, Jan. 11.
William Walker ’49 of Albany,
Feb. 5.
Edith (Rupprecht) Rychlick
’50 of Sherwood, Jan. 12.
James Hartzell ’50 of
McMinnville, Jan. 30.
Edgar Miller ’50 of Canby,
Jan. 30.
James Luoto ’53 of Portland,
Aug. 8.
Elmer Fricke ’53 of
McMinnville, professor emeritus of
mathematics, Feb. 18. Survivors
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Alumni Profile
Nursing alumna nurtures children, families facing cancer
in the clinic it’s like a party,” said
Allen, last year’s Lloydena Grimes
Award winner at the Linfield-Good
Samaritan School of Nursing.
“Children are watching movies and
playing games. You wouldn’t know
they have cancer. They’re amazing.”
Allen got a glimpse of her future
while still a Linfield student, working
at Legacy Cancer Services. With
degree in hand, she began a fouryear stint with Legacy Health System
at Meridian Park Hospital on the
oncology unit and at Legacy Cancer
Marni Allen ’96
Services providing cancer prevention
Marni Allen ’96 spends her days and early detection services to the
surrounded by the laughter and community.
smiles of children.
After earning a master’s degree
Ironically, most are fighting cancer. at the University of Portland, Allen
Allen is a nurse practitioner at St. joined the faculty at Boise State
Luke’s Regional Medical Center University, stepping away from
Mountain States Tumor Institute in oncology to fulfill a longtime aspiraBoise, Idaho. She provides care to tion to teach. She integrated her paschildren and their families at the sion for culture and diversity into her
Pediatric Hematology Oncology lessons and taught nursing students
clinic, the only children’s cancer pro- to consider the cultural aspects that
gram in Idaho.
might influence patient care.
As she works with families often
“It goes beyond making sure a
facing catastrophic circumstances, professional interpreter is available,”
Allen is constantly amazed by the she said. “It’s learning from a cultural
resiliency of children.
standpoint what is important to a
“So many times when you walk client and meeting those needs.”
include his wife, Myrtle (Miller) ’76,
sons, Eric and Brian both ’80, daughter Leanne (Fricke) McClellan ’83
and grandson, Brandon ’03.
Glenn Scofield ’54 of
Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 28.
Delbert Coursey ’55 of
McMinnville, Feb. 17. Survivors
include his wife, Dixie (Alcorn) ’61.
Russell Morris ’56 of Salem,
Feb. 17. Survivors include his wife,
Katharina (Van Elten) ’56, and
son, Russel ’86.
Nancy (McGrew) Copeland
’56 of Portland, March 15. Survivors
include her husband, Richard ’59.
Clyde Woods ’61 of Portland,
April 29.
Theo Johnson ’61 of
Newport, Feb. 20
George Matteson ’62 of
Portland, April 5. Survivors include
his brother, Donald ’66.
Nancy Singletary ’62 of
McMinnville, May 30. Survivors
include her husband Craig, professor
emeritus of communications, and
daughters Carol (Singletary) Smith
’77 and Marcia (Singletary)
Satterwhite ’87.
Sharon (Probasco) Allen ’64
of Boise, Idaho, Nov. 26. Survivors
Allen was instrumental in securing a federal grant for nurses, the
Greater Awareness for Idaho Nurses
(GAIN) grant. As lead author of the
proposal, she was responsible for
course development and implementation at every nursing school in
Idaho. She remains a consultant on
the program.
“I really like to finish what I
start,” said Allen, who emerged from
Linfield with a strong sense of professional responsibility.
She is past president and a board
member of the Idaho Nurses
Association, where she advocates for
nursing issues and lobbied on
Capitol Hill on behalf of safe nursing
practices. She is also a strong proponent of Camp Rainbow Gold, an
American Cancer Society camp.
Allen said her Linfield experience prepared her in all aspects of
nursing, from in-patient care to
community health and program
development.
“I feel very fortunate,” Allen
said. “I am truly grateful for my
Linfield education.”
– Laura Davis
include her sister Patty (Probasco)
Mark ’67.
Clifford Mitchell ’72 of
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 7.
Charity Kropf ’79 of Canby,
March 19.
Timothy Glenn ’00 of
McMinnville, March 1.
GSH
Bonnie (Grow) Thomas
GSH ’45 of Portland, Aug. 11.
Survivors include her sister-in-law,
Kathryn (Thomas) Wells GSH ’45.
Nancy (Semler) Paulson GSH
’68 of Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 23.
Lois (Siddall) Miller GSH
’48 of Portland, March 5.
Trudy (Weiss) Colpitts GSH
’48 of Albemarle, N.C., Jan. 23.
Friends and family
Steven Toussaint of Lake
Oswego, May 26, 2006. He was a
former nursing professor. Survivors
include his wife, Christine
(Benson) ’92, and his daughter,
Colby ’97.
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Ruling with respect
Just when Judge Sandra
Thompson ’68 thinks she’s heard it
all, a defendant insists she had to steal
a scarf to wear to church. The judge
is unmoved.
Thompson knows what it’s like
to lack money to buy what you want
– or to pay your court fine. “I give
people a year to pay their fine, and
I’ll make special arrangements if they
don’t have the money, including
community service. But I expect
them to fulfill their obligations,” she
said.
In the 1960s Thompson chose
Linfield from colleges the National
Scholarship Service and Fund for
Negro Students matched her with,
based on her SAT scores and personal information. But after three
years, the financial aid
ended and she couldn’t afford to stay.
Thompson withdrew from Linfield
and went home to Santa Monica,
Calif.
Family friends provided a private scholarship, enabling her to
receive her B.A. in political science
from the University of California,
Los Angeles, in 1969.
“Each time I have encountered
some obstacle in my life, there has
“Each time I have
encountered some
obstacle in my life,
there has been some
blessing to help
me get over it.”
– Judge Sandra Thompson ’68
been some blessing to help me get
over it,” she says.
Her Linfield days were not over;
she now serves on the college’s
Board of Trustees and chairs the
committee on student affairs.
Thompson,
who
earned her law degree from
the University of Michigan
in 1972, was appointed to
the South Bay, Calif.,
Municipal Court in 1984
by then-Gov. George
Deukmejian and was elevated to Los Angeles
Superior Court when the
courts were unified in
2000.
Her many honors
include the Thurgood Marshall
Judge Sandra Thompson ‘68
Scholarship Foundation Award of
Excellence in 2006 and the Joan
Dempsey Klein Distinguished Jurist
Award from the California Women
Lawyers in 2005. The California
Association of Black Lawyers named
her the Bernard S. Jefferson Judge of
the Year in 1999.
She also served as president of
the National Association of Women
Judges in 2005.
Thompson, who hears misdemeanor criminal cases, didn’t always
want to be a judge. “I wanted to be
an actress or a singer, but I felt I was
not good enough to make people
stop eating their dinner and listen,”
she said. As a Linfield student, she
appeared in the play No Strings.
She describes herself as “an
inveterate theater-goer.” One of her
favorite plays, which she saw again
recently, is Twelve Angry Men, about a
jury.
The seeds of her judicial career
were planted in high school. She
presided over student court hearings
on infractions such as smoking and
wearing open-toed shoes without
nylons. The adviser encouraged her
to consider becoming a judge.
Thompson had no idea at the time
that she would have to become a
lawyer first.
She worked as an Inglewood
city attorney and a Los Angeles
County deputy district attorney
before her judicial appointment.
Prosecutor Joan Jenkens says it’s
a pleasure to try a case before
Thompson. “She’s always prepared.
She’s fair to both sides and goes out
of her way to make the jury feel
respected and important. She’s so
respectful of everyone. … And she
knows the law like a son-of-a-gun.”
– Beth Rogers Thompson
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