sports Tasha Smith enjoys trading energy with her fans By Kip Carlson Clearly, many components of gymnastics success are aspects of physical prowess, but it can be emotional chemistry that completes the equation. Some of the sport’s athletes are blessed with charisma that reaches the top rows of an arena; their performance becomes an emotional exchange with the crowd. Tasha Smith, an Oregon State junior, is one of them; her scores have helped the Beavers excel in women’s gymnastics. Her signature floor routine won her 9.95 points and a Pac-10 title March 29 at the Pac-10 Championships. Then, when OSU hosted the NCAA Regional Championships April 12 in Gill Coliseum, she and teammate Mandi Rodriguez tied for first in the floor routine as OSU gymnasts won all events on the way to the team title. Smith became a favorite at Gill in her freshman season when her floor routine done to hip-hop music captivated fans. The star from Auburn, Wash., has gotten that reaction since she started gymnastics at age 10. “Ever since I was little, and I still don’t really know why, to be honest, but people tend to come up to me and say, ‘I really enjoy watching you,’” Smith said. “I’ve had the worst meets of my life and just fell completely, in every event, and they’d say, ‘You’re so fun to watch — I love watching you!’ It’s a great feeling … I find myself … saying, ‘What am I doing that’s making me stand out so much more than what others do?’” And what has she come up with for an answer? “I still haven’t found it,” Smith said. “I have one year left in gymnastics, and I still don’t know. I see other people do routines … we’ll go to a meet and I’ll see another gymnast do a hiphop routine, with hip-hop music, and I’ll listen, and people clap but no one really screams. Then I’ll go, and people completely Star OSU gymnast Tasha Smith practices hard and gets the most out freak out like it’s something they’ve never seen before. of her talent by engaging crowds with hip-hop music and lively routines. Photo by Dennis Wolverton “I think people really appreciate what I do because it’s not traditional; it’s really me just being me.” Smith scored OSU’s first 10.0 in five years on Feb. 22 when Dick Foxal is in his 21st season as an assistant coach in the she nailed her floor exercise in a dual meet against Brigham OSU program. He puts Smith’s rapport with the crowd in the Young in Corvallis. More than 4,000 fans were on hand. Smith same category as those enjoyed by Beaver legends Joy Selig Pe- said a strong vibe with a crowd lifts her performance. tersen, ’92, and Chari Knight Hunter, ’97, ’01. “Oh, yeah — it definitely does,” Smith said. “I don’t think “Joy was that little redhead out there that people really I could have ever got a 10.0 in club off a 100 crowd. It’s like, if wanted to come and see,” Foxal said. “Chari was one that really I land my first tumbling pass and the crowd goes crazy, my did that in a little different way; everyone was wanting to come adrenaline starts pumping. Most people in the gym, we get so and see, ‘Is she going to make another 10? And what event is tired when we do a floor routine; but in a meet, the louder the she going to do it in?’ crowd gets, the more my adrenaline pumps.” “They’re special in a way where there’s just something “It changes the whole atmosphere, it changes how you feel different there that people connect with. They’re all different. … I get standing ovations from 3 or 4,000 people, and it really Tasha has this explosive power, then has her own style in her makes those days that are hard in the gym a lot easier. Whendance performance that I think amazes people because they ever I get really upset or frustrated, I think about how much just haven’t seen that before. And she does it so well and draws the crowd appreciates me, and it makes me appreciate the gift people into her routine; you just can’t help but watch.” that I have.” Spring 2008 45 sports Field and Gill Coliseum, will open this spring; it includes a 17,000-square-foot weight room and a wrestling room. The department plans to build a Student Success Center to provide academic help for athletes and other students. (See story, page 36.) Later would come a practice gym for men’s and women’s basketball in the Gill annex. “Why that’s so important,” De Carolis said, “is because with so many teams in Gill practicing, it’s sometimes hard to, No. 1, shoehorn your practices around the academic schedule; but more important, if someone wants to work on their game individually, you can’t find gym time.” Price tag The cost of sprucing up Gill and building the second phase of the Sports Performance Center would total around $10 million, De Carolis estimated. The athletic department is considering requiring a separate BASF donation — perhaps $100 to $300 per seat — for basketball seating priority beyond what donors currently pay for football seating priority. Given the past 18 years, might it be the wrong time to be asking for money? “No, I don’t think it’s a tough time at all,” De Carolis said. “Here’s the deal: We’ve had a lot of people talk about they’d like to go back to the old days. Well, that’s great, but it takes money to have success. When you look at the coaches in this league, I think Tony Bennett is probably the ninth-place coach and he’s making $800,000; we were only paying Jay $475,000. I think it paid off in football by investing in Dennis Erickson, Mike Riley, the stadium, and I think it’s time to do that in basketball. “While you don’t like raising ticket prices or asking for more money, it’s just a fact of life. If we’re going to move the needle on this thing, we’re going to have to invest in the basketball program.” Does De Carolis get the sense that alumni and other boosters are willing to pony up? “I hope so,” he said. “This program has a long history of success and they’re very proud of that history. The last 17 years, with the exception of one, hasn’t held up the legacy we had up until that point in time. So I still hear the stories about how people used to camp out on the ramps and how this can be an awesome and difficult place to play. Well, it’s time to get back to that. “But you need resources to do that, and it’s just not going to happen because we want it to happen; you have to help make it happen. We’ll see.” Those being asked to invest in rebuilding OSU basketball needn’t look far to see what’s possible. “Look at football, and criminy sakes, look at baseball,” said Charlie Sitton, a star on the OSU team ranked No. 1 in the nation in 1981. “You’ve got 11,000 people here in Portland to watch a baseball game on a Sunday, and I think it’s just incredible. We all know people will support a winner, but they’ll also support a program that works hard and the kids come out and play hard. Win, lose or draw, if you’re playing hard and leaving it all out on the floor, there are a lot of boosters in this valley that will support that.” While a wide cross-section of Oregon State fans want to see the men’s basketball get better, players from the glory years may seek it most keenly. Several have met with De Carolis to offer suggestions, and part of the talk has been about how they might help the new coach. “I think he needs to be open-minded,” Sitton said. “I hope he kind of reaches out for some opinions or ideas or thoughts from some of these alumni, and I think he needs to go as far as the Mel Counts, Jim Jarvis (era). Those guys need to be heard … “There are a lot of guys that care, there are a lot of alumni that remember how it used to be — not only basketball players, but there are a lot of alumni out there who are just dying for something good to happen with that program." q Kip Carlson, formerly assistant sports information director at OSU and now an extended learning assistant at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis, is sports editor of the Oregon Stater. During high school he worked part-time to buy himself a season ticket to watch the Orange Express. Haruguchi makes OSU history with swimming title 52 Saori Haruguchi became the first swimmer in Oregon State history to win an NCAA national title, capturing the women’s 200-yard butterfly on March 22 at Ohio State. Haruguchi’s time of 1 minute, 52.39 seconds set an NCAA Championships meet record. “I had so much fun swimming the 200 fly today,” Haruguchi said. “Before my race all I thought was I can do this if I have fun. I had fun and I won. I appreciate all of the people who have helped me get here. I just want to tell them all thank you for everything.” Haruguchi also earned All-America honors by placing fifth in the 400 individual medley and eighth in the 200 individual medley; she had also earned All-America status by placing sixth in the 2007 fly in both 2006 and 2007 and by swimming on OSU’s 16th-place 800 freestyle relay team in 2007. Haruguchi’s victory makes it three straight years that OSU has produced a team or individual national champion, as the Beavers won baseball titles in 2006 and 2007. Haruguchi is Oregon State’s first individual national champion in any sport since Les Gutches won back-toback wrestling titles at 177 pounds in 1995-96. She is OSU’s first female national champion since Amy Durham won the floor exercise in women’s gymnastics in 1993. STAT E R section Beavers big hit in Portland When Oregon State’s starters headed onto the field for the first game of their baseball series against Georgia on Feb. 29 at Portland’s PGE Park, the public address announcer intoned, “Beaver Nation, your long wait is over.” That could be taken several ways. First, it meant the conclusion of a nearly two-hour rain delay prior to the start of the game. There was also the fact that it meant the finish of a long winter of waiting for the two-time national champions to return to a diamond in their home state. And finally, it meant that after nearly 10 years, Oregon State was spotlighted in an athletic event in the state’s biggest city. The Papé Grand Slam — in which the Beavers took two of three games from Georgia — drew nearly 30,000 fans for the series, which had been moved from the OSU campus because of construction at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. An Oregon State team with six returning starters and a highly regarded recruiting class attracted back-to-back Pac-10 regular season record crowds of 10,710 on March 1 and 11,166 on March 2. Photo by Dennis Wolverton Former rowers hear big plans for crew program Hundreds of Oregon State rowing alumni gathered on March 1 to share memories, dedicate three new rowing shells and hear plans for a new $2.5 million boathouse aimed at keeping the Beavers in the upper echelon of the Pacific-10 in the sport. Plans for the new boathouse include a building with side-by-side men’s and women’s locker rooms, a team room, a main entryway with display cases for trophies and a new workout facility with Spring 2008 space for at least 60 rowing machines. The Quonset hut that has served as a small boat storage area would be demolished and a third bay would be added to the main boathouse, built in 1985. “The Barn,” the two-story riverside landmark built in 1907, will remain standing but will get some much-needed work. It serves as OSU’s main indoor workout area at the crew docks but now sways during workouts, has a damaged roof and is missing several windows. The cost of the new boathouse will be fully supported by private donations to The Campaign for OSU, which aims to raise $625 million, including $130 million for athletics. Two former OSU rowers, Bob Poole, ’67, and Robert Zagunis ’77, head up fundraising efforts for the boathouse project. One of the new shells was dedicated to Charlie Owen, ’92, a former Beaver rower who coached Oregon State’s women’s rowing team from 1991-2006. 53 section class notes Newsmakers Mary Carlin Yates, ’68, ’07 (honorary), is the of the National Academy of Sciences and the Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. first senior government civilian who is not an American Academy of Arts and Sciences and George Orr, ’87, Burns, was named United employee of the U.S. Defense Department to is the Evan Pugh professor of mathematics States Ranger of the Year by the Bureau be named to a top-level job at a U.S. military at the Penn State Eberly College of Science of Land Management. He was honored for regional command. The Pentagon has named in University Park, Penn. Andrews is his investigative work and management of her deputy for civil- collaborating on a multi-volume study of wildfire evacuations and patrols over the military activities Srinivasa Ramanujan’s lost notebook, which past two years. He is the only BLM law at its new Africa he discovered in the Trinity College Library at enforcement officer in more than 10,000 Command, AFRICOM, Cambridge in 1976. square miles. Vi Ruby Rexford, ’62, was inducted into the Kent Connaughton, ’73, Arlington, Va., has National 4-H Hall of Fame in Washington, been appointed Eastern regional forester D.C., in October. The retired University of of the USDA Forest Service, headquartered Idaho Extension agent lives in Emmet, Idaho in Milwaukee, Wis. In this position, he will with her husband, Wayne Rexford, ’62, ’72. oversee 15 national forests in 20 eastern commanded by Gen. William E. “Kip” Ward, which began operations in October at Stuttgart, Germany. Mary Carlin Yates, ’68 Yates will supervise coordination between states. other U.S. government agencies and the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award Stanley B. Collins, ’66, is a co-recipient military, to help African security forces tackle in Horticultural Entomology from the of the American Chemical Society’s Team regional crises and terrorist threats. Yates Entomological Society of America. He is a Innovation Award for 2008. While working was previously an ambassador to Ghana research entomologist at the U.S. Pacific at 3M in Saint Paul, Minn., his team of 25 and Burundi, and worked extensively on the Basin Agricultural Research Center in Hilo, researchers applied new technology to the Burundi peace process. Hawaii. creation of sandpaper, leading to thousands She spoke and was honored at OSU’s He is nationally and internationally of new applications for specialized industrial recognized for his research on tropical abrasives while improving the environmental invasive pests, pest risk management and impact of the manufacturing process. Collins, George Andrews, ’60, is president-elect of high temperature and irradiation quarantine who retired from 3M’s Optical Technology the American Mathematical Society. He will treatments. He is currently associate editor Center in 2002, is an expert in small particle serve as president in 2009. He is a member for Journal of Economic Entomology and and microreplication technologies. commencement in 2007. 1940s Mary Lewis Christlieb, ’47, ’65, and her husband, Norm Christlieb, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on July, 4, 2007 at their home in Ashland. 1950s 54 Peter A. Follett, ’85, has received the Jack L. Kerrebrock, ’50, professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has joined Aurora Flight Sciences in Cambridge, Mass., as principal engineer for propulsion. He taught at MIT from 1960 to 1996. Paul See, ’50, is the author of a new book, The Ornery Country Kid, which includes more than 45 stories about growing up on the Oregon Coast. It is available at the Seaside Museum. Ed Park, ’55, Prineville, has been a hunting and fishing writer and photographer for nearly 50 years. He is a regular contributor to Hunting the West and Predator magazines. R. Stevens Gilley, ’56, Honolulu, Hawaii, has been appointed executive director of the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation, the third largest charitable foundation in Hawaii. He also serves as a director of the Coast Guard Foundation and on the OSU College of Business advisory board. Chuck Ades, ’57, Encinitas, Calif., was named Horticulturist of the Year by the San Diego Horticultural Society. He is owner of Ades & Gish Nurseries in Encinitas and San Marcos where he still works part-time, is an active member of the American Begonia Society and sits on the board of the Quail Botanical Gardens and the San Diego County Farm Bureau. Dick Tutt, ’57, and his wife, Sally Jenkins Tutt, ’57, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home in Eugene. Bob Adams, ’58, a retired pharmacist, was recently honored when Samaritan Health Systems created a $5,000 scholarship in his name. The Bob Adams Scholarship is the largest single scholarship awarded by the OSU College of Pharmacy. He is former chairman of Samaritan Health Systems in Corvallis. He and his wife, Betty Schackman Adams, ’54, live in Lebanon. 1960s Jerry Evans, ’61, is owner of the Jacksonville Inn and has run marathons in several countries including an Oct. 2007 race in Istanbul, Turkey and a week later in Athens, Greece. Ron Petrie, ’61, ’70, is a retired educator and a grief counselor. He met his wife, Joanne, at a bereavement class offered by an organization she founded called One to Another. They now give seminars together. Petrie is also the author of a book, Into the Cave: When Men Grieve. Norm Monroe, ’62, has joined the staff of Portland Mayor Tom Potter as a policy advisor working with the Human Relations Commission and on public safety issues. Janan M. Hayes, ’64, ’65, retired chemistry faculty member and administrator at Merced College (Calif.), has been elected to the board of directors of the American Chemical Society. David Ripley, ’65, has retired from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was made a Lifetime Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, one of seven Lifetime Fellows out of a membership of 3,400. He and his wife, Julie, are now living in Florence, Ore. Larry Crook, ’66, has retired after 41 years at the Ag West Supply farmers’ co-op in Rickreall. Bill Blake, ’68, Keizer, has retired from the family nursery founded by his grandfather more than 100 years ago. His son, Joel, will manage the business, Willow Lake Nursery and Log House Gardens. Michael G. Heath, ’68, Las Vegas, Nev., has written and self-published a book called Disappearance of Innocence (AuthorHouse). It is a coming-of-age novel set in the high desert of southeastern Oregon. Greg Peters, ’69, San Diego, Calif., is president of the STAT E R aerostructures division at Goodrich Corp. 1970s George Shackelford, ’70, is a counselor at Sisters Elementary School and coaches varsity football at Sisters High School. Steve Eubanks, ’70, has retired after a 37-year career with the U.S. Forest Service. He was forest supervisor on the Tahoe National forest for the past nine years. He and his wife, Nancy Weber Eubanks, ’71, live in Nevada City, Calif. Mary Bors Kirchhofer, ’71, is a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in The Dalles. She recently qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Roundtable. Jim Reinhart, ’72, has opened a Chinese Herbal Medicine pharmacy in Astoria. Anna Mooney Bifano, ’73, is senior vice president, talent resources manager at the Bank of the Cascades in Bend. Roger G. Jordan, ’73, has retired after 25 years as city manager in Dallas. He was the longest-running city manager in Oregon. He received the Wes Kvarsten Professional Service Award from the MidWillamette Valley Council of Governments in 2007 and has served on the State of Oregon Safe Drinking Water Commission since 1987. William Lex, ’73, Mendocino, Calif., has just returned from seven years in the United Arab Emirates as director (equivalent to president) of Fujairah Men’s and Women’s Colleges. Phil Winters, ’75, Scottsdale, Ariz., has introduced a healthy snack product with help from the OSU Food Innovation Center in Portland. The center helped him by determining the required nutritional values of his product at a very low cost. He has been marketing Grandma Winters’ Nuts and Bolts Mix for the past year. Rick Allen, ’75, is owner of Heater Allen Brewing in McMinnville where he makes hand-crafted artisan lager. Verson Pandian, ’75, Bend, is a retired chemical engineer and sport cyclist who recently completed the Paris-Brest-Paris 1,200-kilometer randonneuring (long-distance cycling) event. Elisabeth Paeth Schafer, ’77, is a paralegal for the Sitka, Alaska district attorney’s office. She was recently named 2007 Victim-Witness Paralegal of the Year by the State of Alaska’s district attorneys. Gary Cooper, ’77, is the manager of the Coeur D’Alene (Idaho) District of the Bureau of Land Management. John Shaver, ’77, is chief financial officer of the East Oregonian Publishing Co. which is moving its headquarters from Pendleton to Salem in 2008. Ken Fish, ’77, is senior vice president, general manager at Nautilus Inc., a global fitness company headquartered in Vancouver, Wash. Landis Kannberg, ’77, co-director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the past 30 years, is the new director of the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a collaboration between the PNNL and OSU in Corvallis. Christine Erickson Williams, ’79, Alexandria, Va., is executive vice president of the American Society of Civil Engineers Foundation. Jeff Harvey, ’79, Camas, Wash., is president and CEO of The Holland Inc., the parent company of Burgerville restaurants in Oregon and Washington. 1980s Chuck Reppas, ’80, is a real estate developer in Central Washington, with offices in Leavenworth. Spring 2008 He is currently planning a retail and condominium development in the old Leavenworth Fruit Company warehouse that will follow the city’s Bavarian theme. Mike Stowell, ’80, Mercer Island, Wash., is executive vice president of Aviation Partners Boeing, a joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company. Britt Thomas, ’81, ’87, is executive vice president and chief credit officer at CenterPointe Community Bank in Hood River. John Wulf, ’81, is executive vice president, business operations and chief business officer at Trellis Bioscience, Inc. in San Francisco Ellen Matsen Boyer, ’82, has been appointed to the board of directors of Sterling Financial Corp. in Spokane, Wash. She currently serves as COO/ CFO of Kibble & Prentice, a financial services firm in Seattle. Mark Christensen, ’82, is chairman of the board of Celio Corp., a mobile computing technology company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Teresa Gilmore Gustafson, ’82, is a certified arborist and the city of La Grande’s tree care educator. W. Tom Nelson, ’82, ’83, is economic development manager for the city of Sherwood. Lisa Bowman Steenson, ’83, Battle Ground, Wash., is co-creator of a board game called “Redneck Life” which was named top game at the 2006 Toy and Game Industry Conference. Rick Sander, ’83, is president and chief operating officer at ISE Corporation in San Diego, Calif. Taymoor Arshi, ’83, is senior vice president and chief technology officer at Arbitron, Inc., a media and marketing research firm in New York City, N.Y. Amber Simmons Russell, ’84, is the director of the MBA Professional Track at George Fox University in Newberg. Dan Krein, ’84, juvenile director for Tillamook County, has been named to the Oregon Commission of Children and Families, by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski. He will represent the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association on the committee. He has worked in the juvenile justice system for 23 years. John Hartford, ’84, is principal of M. A. Lynch Elementary School in Redmond. Russ Reinhard, ’84, is president and CEO of Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City. Jeffery Fellows, ’85, is vice president of regulatory affairs at Velcura Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. Aaron Larsen, ’86, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He also received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his service at the Pentagon and the Bronze Star Medal for his recent service in Afghanistan. He and his wife, Carlene, and their two sons are scheduled to be posted in South America this summer. Arwyn Coates Larson, ’87, ’93, is a biology instructor at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario. Dr. Robert Dammeyer, ’87, ’91, is medical director of the Apple Tree Cove Animal Hospital in Kingston, Wash. Juan Palma, ’87, is the Eastern States office director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management offices in Springfield, Va. Lori Richter Wolff, ’88, is owner of an interior decorating business, One Horse Studios in Dundee. Brad Lord-Leutwyler, ’88, is a philosophy professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a candidate for the President of the United States. His independent presidential bid was offered via the web, which put a $25 limit on any donations to his campaign. James A. Moore, ’88, Aurora, has been named one of Portland General Electric’s Outstanding PGE Volunteers for 2007. He is a specialist in PGE’s Realtime Marketing Operations. Kurt Holland, ’88, is the managing editor of the Itemizer-Observer in Dallas. He and his wife, Sandra Louie Holland, ’87, live in Kings Valley. Lisa J. Mason, ’88, was honored by the Auburn, Wash., school district for her outstanding service as physical education specialist at the Chinook Elementary School. Richard Gustafson, ’88, is executive vice president of operations at Global Relief Technologies in Portsmouth, N.H. Scott J. Olson, ’88, Creswell, is publisher of the Cottage Grove Sentinel. Alain Brown, ’89, ’97, is teaching drama and history at Sweet Home High School. Bruce Koike, ’89, is director of the Aquarium Science Program at Oregon Coast Community College in Lincoln City. He is also an artist who creates Gyotaku fish printings. Rod Volbeda, ’89, and his wife, Melissa Meyers Volbeda, ’89, are owners of Willamette Valley Cheese Company in Salem. They recently won six awards at the American Cheese Society competition in Burlington, Vt. Their organic cheese is made from animals that they raise and is marketed in Oregon and Washington. 1990s Jeff Fox, ’90, is chief financial officer of Willamette Valley Vineyards in Salem. Vince Dye, ’90, is a marketing teacher at Taft High School. Al Skinner, ’91, baseball coach at Glide High School, received the Class 3A Coach of the Year award by the Oregon High School Baseball Coaches Association. His 16 seasons at Glide has resulted in a 328-109 record. Chris Ellertson, ’91, Portland, is president of Health Net Health Plans of Oregon. Tim Porter, ’91, is principal of Condon High School. Dr. Mike Rudisile, ’91, has returned to his medical practice at Providence Medical Group in Central Point, after six months as a Navy lieutenant commander at the National Military Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rudisile has also served a tour in Iraq with the 5th Marine Division. Renee Anderson Newman, ’91, is vice president and director of the cash management office at First Independent Bank in Portland. Turner Waskom, ’91, is senior business relationship manager with Wells Fargo Business Banking Group in Bend. He is owner of Bend Bike ’N’ Sport and is board president of the Cascade Cycling Classic. William K. Bentley, ’91, Olathe, Kan., is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps Active Reserve program. He is currently attending the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and pursuing a doctor of business administration from Northcentral University. Amy Solomonson Miner, ’92, is the public information manager for the city of Beaverton. Gary Kilburg, ’92, has received George Fox University’s 2007 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Teaching. In 2000 he helped create The Mentoring Institute, which assists public and private schools in designing K-12 mentoring programs for new teachers. Kilburg is a member of the board of directors of the International Mentoring Association and has been a professor in the master of arts in teaching program at George Fox for the past 15 years. Lance Gatchell, ’92, ’97, is a hydrologist on the U.S. Forest Service Sweet Home Ranger District. He and his wife, Stefanie, live in Sweet Home where he is a member of the city planning commission. Jessica Cavatal Leitner, ’92, is executive director of the Edwards Center, Inc., in Aloha. The non-forprofit agency provides residential and employment services for adults with developmental disabilities. Shannon Penney Riggs, ’92, recently won the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Oregon Book Award for 55 class notes alumni profile Art, math, medicine help him help kids Dave Collins fits a brace for Leslie Morse, 15, at Shriners Hospital for Children — Portland. Photo by Dennis Wolverton Dave Collins’ job is to help kids be kids. As “I get instant gratification,” Collins said. director of the prosthetics and orthotics lab “Kids roll in in a wheelchair, and they walk at Shriners Hospital for Children in Portland, he can see the results of that work nearly 5,000 times a year. Collins ran track at OSU — the last group to run before the program was canceled, he Shriners have provided this help for children for more than 100 years. Portland’s devices are adjusted and often remade. To provide variety and a personal touch, children can choose designs to be hospital is the second oldest out of 22 impregnated into the plastic that forms artificial limbs and other devices. Mexico, and the Portland lab creates more into the orthotics business, it was pro rodeo. prosthetics than any of the others. Children and their families come by bus, degree, he headed to Arizona to work in the air, train or car to be evaluated, fitted, and dairy industry. trained to use their new devices. His pastime of steer wrestling led to a lot as a child grows or needs change, the spread across the United States, with one in noted. But it wasn’t running that got him After graduating in 1988 with an agriculture All services — physician visits, therapy, They might choose a cartoon character or Dalmatian dog spots, or — soon — even the orange and black athletic logo of a certain university in Corvallis. “Last spring,” Collins said, “as I watched Beaver baseball fans arrive head to toe in of injured body parts, which led to an interest hospital stays and the devices are provided Beaver attire, I began to wonder if I could in orthotics — basically, making and applying at no cost to the families, thanks to donors secure the license to have a Beavers pattern orthoses, devices that support or correct to the Shriners’ organization. Several other available for the children to choose.” human function — and eventually to a career groups help with transportation expenses. Melody Oldfield, OSU’s director of as a board-certified orthotist. Years in private industry prepared him for what he considers to be the ultimate job — the one he has now. Having returned to Oregon with his family, he directs a talented crew of artful technicians who create artificial 56 out.” constructed — in as little as 24 hours. And “We are the best-kept secret,” Collins said about the no-charge children’s hospital. “And it’s a fantastic thing to be able to help kids walk. Art, math and medicine — smash it together and it helps kids.” At the first visit, sometimes for children limbs and supportive devices for children, as young as a few days old, measurements free of charge. are taken, molds created and devices marketing, was quick to cooperate with a free license, and the design will soon be available to children in Collins’ lab. “The kids are really excited about it!” he said. Will Duck fans get a similar offer? “Eventually,” Collins said, “but I’m a Beaver, so I wanted to start there.” STAT E R REUNIONS Children’s Literature for her book, Not in Room 204, a picture book geared to young readers dealing with childhood sexual abuse. Harry Ahn, ’93, is owner of the Wild Wood Café in McMinnville. Todd Pierce, ’93, is a creative writing professor at Cal Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Shue-Wing Chan, ’94, has been named president and CEO of Chicken of the Sea International in San Diego, Calif. Sonya Baker King, ’95, is a massage therapist at Zingti Massage in St. Helens. Kevin Purnell, ’96, Prairie City, is principal at Adrian High School in Eastern Oregon. Sean Potter, ’96, is a science and math teacher at Siuslaw High School in Florence. Susan Boyanovsky, ’96, is program manager of the Chemeketa Center of Business & Industry at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. Carma Michaels Mornarich, ’97, is executive director of the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation. She and her husband, Jeff Mornarich, are co-owners of I-5 Auctions and live in Roseburg with their three children. Colleen Webb Ghasedi, ’97, is a child and family therapist at Friends of the Family in Corvallis and Albany. Leah McMahon, ’97, is owner of three coffee shops in Gresham. Silk Espresso is open at two locations while a third café is located inside the East Hill Church. Eleanor Jacobson Beatty, ’98, is a partner in the law offices of Koho & Beatty, Attorneys at Law, LLC in Keizer. Lisa Mobley, ’98, ’07, teaches vocational agriculture at Monroe High School. Adrian Castro, ’99, ’00, is a teacher and coordinator for the Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equity in schools. Mike Caudle, ’99, is head coach of the wrestling program at Gladstone High School. He also serves as an academic advisor and counselor at Clackamas Community College. Stacy Major, ’99, ’03, is a child development teacher at Aloha High School and directs the Little Warriors preschool program that she started eight years ago at the school. She and her husband, York Major, ’96, live in Beaverton with their two children. 2000s Belton Lubas, ’00, is head volleyball coach at Redmond High School in Redmond, Wash. Dr. Kyle J. Shaver, ’00, is an emergency room physician at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, where he lives with his wife, Stacie Omernik Shaver, ’99 and their 1-year-old daughter. Jason Pittman, ’00, Placerville, Calif., is an assistant professor of geographic information systems at Folsom Lake College. Anna-Marie Pimm Chamberlain, ’01, ’02, is the Malheur County livestock and range specialist with the OSU Extension Service in Ontario. Michael Cruise, ’01, is a physician assistant at Bend Memorial Clinic. Aaron Tinkle, ’02, is a part-time professor at the OHSU Dental School and has a dental practice in Canby. Dawn M. Hofsted, ’02, teaches math at Forest Grove High School. Elizabeth Erwin Groves, ’02, is marketing manager for the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. Jessica L. Papell, ’02, is volleyball coach at The Overlake School in Redmond, Wash. Kyle Mason, ’02, ’07, is a social studies teacher at Mapleton High School. Matthew Johnson, ’02, is a captain in the U.S. Air Force and is stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida where he lives with his wife, Kinetta and daughter, Isabella. Ron G. Johnson, ’02, is vice president of academic services at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, Calif. Jon Welter, ’03, ’04, is athletic director at Central Catholic High School in Portland. Matt Kennedy, ’03, ’06, is the Malheur County 4-H Extension agent in Ontario. Robert Manske, ’03, is an attorney in the law firm of Pridgeon Bjornsen & McCrum, LLC, in Newport and Lincoln City. Matt Olsen, ’03, is a State Farm Insurance agent in Canby. Shawn Cleave, ’03, is the governmental affairs specialist at the Oregon Farm Bureau in Salem. Marci Hansell, ’04, is sales assistant and escrow coordinator at Hoyt Realty Group in Portland. Staci Palin, ’04, earned her doctor of jurisprudence degree from the Willamette University College of Law in 2007 and is a staff attorney for Legal Aid Services in Klamath Falls. Rebecka Hartkop, ’04, ’05, is a science teacher at LaCreole Middle School in Dallas – and a professional cyclist. A member of the Capitol Subaru Cycling team, she usually places in the top three in the most competitive women’s category in bicycle road races throughout Oregon. She also competes in cyclocross, criterion, mountain-bike racing and marathons. Shannon Snow, ’05, is a fund development specialist for the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council in Boise, Idaho. Jack Smith, ’05, is a second lieutenant and pilot in the U.S. Air Force at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Matthew Clark, ’05, is teaching vocal music at Sweet Home’s junior high and high schools. Sarah Holmen Shewell, ’05, is the Warrenton Trails Coordinator on the Oregon Coast. She will coordinate the development of a 25-to-30-mile trail system connecting Fort Stevens State Park and Fort Clatsop National Historic Park. She was assigned to Warrenton through the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments program. SAVE THE DATE GOLDEN JUBILEE REUNION Classes of 1958, 1953, 1948 and 1943 Reunions June 5-8, 2008 Come home to Oregon State and celebrate your reunion! Use our website and online community to register, chat with classmates and more. HOMECOMING AND FALL REUNIONS October 26-November 1, 2008 (Homecoming Week) Return to campus for Homecoming! Activities include reunions (classes of 1968 and 1963), parade, Classes Without Quizzes, and Beaver football vs. Arizona State. Visit our website for more information www.osualum.com 57 08 GJ ad_2.indd 1 Spring 2008 3/11/08 1:43:01 PM class notes Brooke Ekins, ’06, is the member and convention services manager of the Salem Convention and Visitors Association. Christopher Gowgiel, ’06, is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marines. Daniel Bolen, ’06, ’07, is a vocational agriculture and shop teacher at Willamina High School. Francisco Rodriguez, ’06, is president of Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, Calif. He was recently named Man of the Year by the Elk Grove Citizen for his work in the community. Griffin Zollner, ’06, is a personal banker at the St. Helens branch of U.S. Bank. Nichole Palumbo Gardner, ’06, ’07, is teaching language arts at Sweet Home High School. Rob Townsend, ’06, is general manager of Construction Materials Exchange which recycles dirt and rock at constructions sites. They recently completed a light rail project in downtown Portland, crushing 80,000 tons of street and sidewalk materials into reusable road bedding on site. Candace D. Hargrave, ’07, is a design associate at Neil Kelly Co. in Portland. Nathalie Weinstein, ’07, is editorial assistant at The Daily Journal of Commerce in Portland. Adam Neil, ’07, is a construction project engineer for Skanska in Portland. Alia Johnson, ’07, is serving as an AmeriCorps volunteer at the Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation office this year working on resource management. Dr. Dan VanderMay, ’07, is a veterinarian at Jobs Peak Veterinary Hospital in Gardnerville, Nev. Jacob LaCombe, ’07, is a choir and drama teacher at Blanchet Catholic School in Salem. Mary Horch, ’07, will represent Oregon at the April 2008 Miss USA pageant. Horch, who was crowned Miss Oregon USA in November, was born and raised in Corvallis and has a business and marketing degree from OSU. Matthew Peterson, ’07, is architectural panels inside sales manager at Sapa Profiles Inc., in Portland. Ryan Vaughan, ’07, is community service coordinator for the Crook County Juvenile Center in Prineville. Silvia Navarro, ’07, is an English teacher at Culver High School. Marriages 58 Jeffrey Barnes and Anne-Marie Fagnan, ’75, Corvallis. Glen Metzler, ’91, and Laura Nelson, Lebanon. Craig Freeman and Melissa Larson, ’96, Beaverton. Alex Zarganes, ’98, and Jessica Johnson, Bend. Scott Morris, ’99, and Stacey Stanley, Albany. Christopher Folkestad, ’00, and Carolyn Denison, Portland. Jas Carpenter, ’00, and Hallie Stubbs, McMinnville. Jeremy Stewart, ’00, and Mari Lyn Petrick, Lake Oswego. Ben Harding, ’00, and Andrea Hellwege, ’02, Yakima, Wash. Brent Faught, ’00, and Fabiola Tapia, Arlington, Va. Christopher Weinman and Amanda Christensen, ’01, Eugene. Kevin Pine, ’02, and Dana Buchanan, ’03, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Keelan Rogers, ’03, and Annika Kessi, ’04, Corvallis. Jeremy Knox, ’03, and Alicia Dennis, Richland, Wash. Nicholas Hadley and Brittanie Haskins, ’03, Bend. J. Adam Peterson and Lucinda Guerra, ’04, Medford. Chad Alan Bennett, ’04, and Jennifer Haley, ’04, Clackamas. Robert Lambert, ’04, and Leigh Brown, Seattle. Zach Williams, ’04, and Marissa Allen, Canyon City. Nathan Agalzoff, ’04, and Heidi Pearn, Forest Grove. Ian Erickson and Nicole Keck, ’04, Portland. Derek Adamire and Meghan Peacock, ’04, Port Angeles. Jeff Brubaker, ’04, and Jessica Ward, ’06, Stayton. John Delplanche, ’04, and Vanessa Jackson, ’05, Portland. Adam Sowa, ’04, and Kilee Buckmiller, ’05, ’06, Albany. Kevin Thurman and McKenzie Everingham, ’05, Hillsboro. Craig Robins, ’05, and Jamie Siglin, Beaverton. Bryan Heinrichs and Michelle Heidinger, ’05, Aloha. Jim Rowenhorst, ’05, and Heather Fossen, ’05, Medford. Darian White and Rachel Joyner, ’06, Albany. Nhat Ha and Jessica Snider, ’06, Portland. Kevin Riker, ’06, and Genevieve Dedek, Portland. Jeremiah Provenzola and Kira Choate, ’06, Portland. Jacoby Fox and Ashley Patrick, ’06, Beaverton. Whitney Madsen and Kendra Ira, ’06, Havre, Mont. Jason Springer, ’07, and Crystal Sullivan, ’04, McMinnville. Scott Wilson, ’07, and Melissa Mills, ’07, Corvallis. Christopher Gualtieri and Chrystal Castle, ’07, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Tyler Tipton, ’07, and Stephanie Powers, Marysville, Calif. Ben Yliniemi and Jena Ainsworth, ’07, Independence. T.C. Queener, ’07, and Jodie Marie, Redmond, Wash. Eric Sturzinger, ’07, and Christina Anderson, ’07, Destin, Fla. Obituaries Maude Dawley Hartley, ’27, Vacaville, Calif. She was 103 years old. Pi Beta Phi Elsa Ringel Emigh, ’28, Walla Walla, Wash. She was 101 years old. Elizabeth Edwards Youngstrom, ’29, Boise, Idaho. She was 100 years old. Kappa Kappa Gamma Ruth Nomura Tanbara, ’30, Afton, Minn. She was 100 years old. Elsie Crail Richardson, ’31, Davis, Calif. Lloyd T. Dunn, ’31, Seaside. Audry Shirley Prindle, ’32, Boise, Idaho. Delta Zeta Lloyd H. Griggs, ’32, Cottage Grove. Lambda Chi Alpha Adolf F. Benscheidt, ’33, Long Beach, Calif. John R. Godman, ’33, Huntsville, Ala. Elizabeth Steel Genne Conover, ‘35, Claremont, Calif. When she graduated from Oregon State in 1935 she was the third generation of women in her family to receive a college degree. She was a member of the National Board of the YWCA of the USA from 1958 to 1982, and served as vice-president and president of the board from 1970 to 1979. She was a member of the YWCA World Service Council until her death. Robert A. Enke, ’35, Portland. Isabel Van Waning Mayer, ’35, Lebanon. Kappa Kappa Gamma James L. Mershon, ’35, Shedd. Warde H. Erwin, ’35, Portland. Beta Theta Pi Jean Ross Graham, ’36, Corvallis. She was the wife of C.H. “Scram” Graham, longtime director of the OSU Alumni Association, who died in 2001. Her countless hours working as a volunteer for the association was recognized with the creation of the Jean and C.H. “Scram” Graham Award, annually awarded by the association to an outstanding alumni association volunteer. She and her husband were the first recipients Jean Ross Graham, ’36 of the award, in 2000. Remembrances may be made to the OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Kappa Alpha Theta Rosemary Larsen Gregory, ’36, Fox Island, Wash. Caroline Wagner Perrine, ’37, Tualatin. Chi Omega Chung Kwai Lui Wei, ’37, ’41, East Orange, N.J. Born in Guangzhou, China, she came to OSC as an exchange student to receive her master’s in science and then became the first woman to receive a doctoral degree in science (physics) from OSC. She was a nationally ranked research scientist in the field of phosphors and florescent lamps. She worked on many of the nation’s World War II top secret Army/ Navy research projects including The Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. On March 21, 1949, President Truman signed a Congressional Bill granting her permanent residence in the United States because of her important work. Eleanor Roosevelt named her “Woman of the Day” on May 30, 1949. Edwin R. Collin, ’37, Carlsbad, Calif. Sigma Phi Epsilon Emil Johnson, ’37, Bellevue, Wash. Raymond Bennett, ’37, Bend. Sigma Phi Epsilon Clifton T. Clemens, ’38, Sisters. Eliot R. Peck, ’38, Sigma Phi Epsilon Harry F. MacKay, ’38, Corvallis. Delta Tau Delta Howard W. Christenson, ’38, Indianapolis, Ind. Marjorie Metzger Young, ’38, Eugene. Delta Zeta Ralph S. Senders, ’38, Los Angeles, Calif. Phi Kappa Tau Murel A. Long, ’38, Theta Chi T. Burke Hayes, ’38, Lake Oswego. He was one of the founders the CH2M HILL engineering firm which made a major donation toward building of the CH2M HILL Alumni Center, home of the OSU Alumni Association. He was a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. A longtime member of T. Burke Hayes, ’38 the OSU Foundation board, he received an OSU Distinguished Service Award in 1986 and the OSUAA E.B. Lemon Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Ralph A. Keiser, ’38, Cupertino, Calif. Bertha Arnspiger Straus, ’39, Medford. Martha McCully Miller, ’39, Chelan, Wash. Alpha Delta Pi Bonnie Bolton Johnston, ’39, Salem. John C. Plankinton Jr., ’39, San Francisco, Calif. Theta Chi Roberta Heidrich Webb, ’39, Granada Hills. Chi Omega Walter H. Stastny, ’39, Malin. He died in January and his wife, Mary, died in Nov. 2007. Theta Chi Byron C. Scott, ’40, Tangent. Memorials may be made to the Byron C. Scott Grass Seed Endowment at the OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Chester E. Otis, ’40, Santa Rosa, Calif. Alpha Gamma Rho Lois Zinser Kelley Rands, ’40, Lebanon. Marian Frick Courtney, ’40, The Dalles. Robert M. Hill, ’40, Hood River. Sigma Chi Mary Burris Plankinton, ’40, Delta Delta Delta Lewis H. Coplen, ’40, Mesa, Ariz. Nina Asbahr Hassler, ’40, Salem. Wayne Wiesner, ’40, Kent, Wash. He was a cofounder of the American Helicopter Society in 1943. During his career, he worked for several firms noted for their achievements in pioneering vertical flight, including Kellet Autogyro Corp., Hiller Aircraft, Boeing, and Vertol. His work spanned 15 helicopters, three autogyros and three wind turbines. After his retirement he consulted with NASA and various government agencies. Kappa Sigma. Wayne died in STAT E R Dec. 2007 and his wife, Janet Richens Wiesner, ’41, died in Jan. 2008. Chi Omega. Contributions may be made in Wayne’s name to the College of Engineering or to the Janet Richens Wiesner Scholarship for Undergraduate Women in Science, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Barbara French Kirkbride, ’41, San Mateo, Calif. Gamma Phi Beta Dorothy Adamson Moran, ’41, Sublimity. Oliver D. Olson, ’41, Portland. Harry W. Fall, ’41, Santa Rosa, Calif. Kappa Sigma Merle E. Johnson, ’41, Menlo Park, Calif. Lowell P. Eddy, ’42, ’47, Bellingham, Wash. Delta Sigma Phi David H. Williams, ’42, ’49, Sutter Creek, Calif. Henry Garnjobst Jr., ’42, Phi Delta Theta Iva Putman Thompson, ’42, Harbor. Agnes E. McConnell, ’42, Portland. Joel F. Kahn Sr., ’42, Woodland Hills, Calif. Delta Tau Delta Merle L. Hentze, ’42, Junction City. Remembrances may be made to the OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Thomas W. Barber, ’42, Springfield. Alpha Sigma Phi Paul B. Duruz, ’42, Manitowoc, Wis. Delta Tau Delta Lauren F. Godard, ’42, ’52, McMinnville. Ralph R. Moulton, ’42, Grants Pass. Willard E. Goyette, ’42, Pittsfield, Mass. Carlo A. Poutala, ’43, Sandy. Dr. Robert W. Maris, ’43, Issaquah, Wash. He was the nephew of Homer Maris, 1918 graduate and faculty member who composed Oregon State’s alma mater, Carry me Back. Phi Delta Theta Edgar W. Hoover, ’43, Beaverton. Helen Hannan Ralph, ’43, Modesto, Calif. Nell Keeney Burleson, ’43, Houston, Texas. Pi Beta Phi Robert W. Wright, ’43, Vancouver, Wash. Sigma Nu Wilbur E. Wieprecht, ’43, Carson City, Nev. Betty Zumwalt Boak, ’44, Alpha Gamma Delta Scott H. McMurdo, ’44, Corvallis. Sigma Phi Epsilon Carolyn Allen Hary, ’44, Pi Beta Phi Kathryn Larson Ash, ’44, Canby. Louise Melvin Hansen, ’44, San Jose, Calif. Shirley Tamson Paulson, ’44, Salem. Carolyn Barnard Van Bokkelen, ’45, San Mateo, Calif. Gamma Phi Beta Dr. Samuel R. Orr, ’45, Forest Grove. Kappa Sigma Elizabeth Burdon Bloomer, ’45, Mountain View, Calif. Pi Beta Phi Margaret Cooney Graham, ’45, Santa Paula, Calif. Alpha Chi Omega Roberta Bramwell Dalrymple, ’45, Stayton. Alice Jones Rutter, ’46, Ashland. Alpha Gamma Delta Dorothy Angerman Kilburg, ’46, Seattle, Wash. Pi Beta Phi James E. Hayden, ’46, Grass Valley, Calif. Delta Sigma Phi Patricia Sexton Bissell, ’46, Sacramento, Calif. Delta Zeta Thomas A. Davis, ’46, Hillsdale, N.J. Phi Delta Theta Richard P. Peat, ’46, Klamath Falls. Phi Kappa Psi Roger W. Johnson, ’46, Chehalis, Wash. Virginia Nelson Schutt, ’46, Bremerton, Wash. Albert E. Garvin, ’47, Portland. Carol Park Jeffrey, ’47, Corvallis. Rev. Victor E. Gibson, ’47, Welches. Beta Theta Pi Glenn L. Campbell, ’47, Scappoose. Chi Phi Charles L. Jensen, ’47, Albany. Kappa Sigma Ida Willard Barrows, ’47, Klamath Falls. Preston H. Orem, ’47, Portland. Alpha Tau Omega Bryce J. Brisbin, ’48, Las Cruces, N.M. Phi Gamma Delta Charles F. Street, ’48, Klamath Falls. Dale A. Herigstad, ’48, Salem. Jerome “Jay” LeMaster Jr., ’48, New York, N.Y. Delta Upsilon Doris Issak Seibert, ’48, Canby. Edward B. Hart, ’48, Lake Oswego. Kappa Sigma Lowell R. Brisbin, ’48, Hillsboro. Phi Gamma Delta Robert W. Morris, ’48, Eugene. Lulla Hansen Markman, ’48, Andover, Mass. Thomas H. Deschner, ’48, Seattle, Wash. Spring 2008 Clarence “Fred” Campen, ’49, Chesapeake, Va. Elton “Ed” Salisbury, ’49, Salem. Willard E. Hoffman, ’49, Oregon City. Richard J. Gahlsdorf, ’49, Salem. Virgil C. Simon, ’49, Portland. Delta Tau Delta Arthur L. McKay, ’50, Palm Desert, Calif. Pi Kappa Phi Bruce A. Yeager, ’50, Coos Bay. Dale A. Davis, ’50, Oregon City. Phi Sigma Kappa Emanuel C. Zografos, ’50, Houston, Texas. Kappa Delta Rho Donald M. Gay, ’50, Anacortes, Wash. Alpha Sigma Phi John W. Maier, ’50, Santa Maria, Calif. Edward F. Gottlieb, ’50, Tigard. Henry J. Gratkowski, ’50, ’62, Alexandria, Va. James L. Mitseff, ’50, Portland. Kappa Delta Rho George W. Thiessen Jr., ’50, Portland. Robert D. Conklin, ’50, Surprise, Ariz. Delta Tau Delta Glendon F. Wegner, ’50, Port Orford. Robert R. Hawes, ’50, Pendleton. Sigma Nu Harry W. Woodward, ’50, Keizer. Herbert R. Elliott, ’50, Renton, Wash. Jack R. Hagen, ’50, Springfield, Ohio. Sigma Chi Robert D. Affolter, ’50, Hillsboro. Phi Kappa Tau Al E. Lucas, ’51, Bainbridge Island, Wash. Jerome G. Smith, ’51, Grants Pass. Dalton D. Johnson, ’51, Lebanon. Phi Gamma Delta Robert M. Cole, ’51, Sequim, Wash. Edward J. Venini, ’51, Portland. Robert C. Payette, ’51, Sun City, Ariz. James A. Mohr, ’51, Florence. Oliver B. Larson Jr., ’51, Corte Madera, Calif. Beta Theta Pi Richard H. Eddy Jr., ’51, Klamath Falls. William D. Tate, ’51, Meridian, Idaho Charles F. Connelley, ’52, Phoenix, Ariz. William G. Meneice, ’52, Salem. Ralph W. Stearns, ’52, Merrill. Kappa Delta Rho James P. Cradler, ’52, Gasquet, Calif. Robert R. Wilson, ’52, Tillamook. William G. Nautel, ’52, Portland. Bruce E. Linkous, ’53, Vancouver, Wash. Howard L. Myers, ’53, Long Beach, Calif. Sigma Phi Epsilon Robert D. Best, ’53, Beaverton. Shirley Ann Berger, ’53, Sacramento, Calif. Benjamin F. Jones, ’54, ’55, Bothell, Wash. Dr. Richard D. Sloop, ’54, Salem. Theta Xi Evelyn Claussen Anderson, ’54, Corbett. Alpha Gamma Delta Bruce R. Horton, ’54, Springfield. Alpha Gamma Rho William V. Cook, ’54, ’57, Gresham. Pi Kappa Phi Harry W. Oswald, ’54, Wellborn, Texas Allen L. Steinhauer, ’55, ’58, Kappa Delta Rho Carolyn Colby Timmins, ’55, Greenbrae, Calif. Kappa Alpha Theta David L. Massee, ’55, Salem. Sigma Phi Robert F. Prickett, ’55, Hillsboro. Delta Tau Delta Donald R. Rarey, ’55, Spanaway, Wash. Delta Tau Delta Robert W. Chambers, ’56, Coos Bay. Thomas Colasuonno Jr., ’56, Mobile, Ala. Sigma Pi Roderick H. Beale, ’56, Portland. Sigma Nu Audrey E. Keicher, ’56, Alpha Gamma Delta Ronald R. Lethin, ’56, Astoria. Theta Chi Kerwin D. Kerr, ’56, Elizabethtown, Ky. Ronald W. Johnson, ’56, Mesa, Ariz. Phi Delta Theta Dale B. Haller, ’57, Portland. Shirley K. Meyer, ’57, Salem. Rev. O.D. Jay McKee, ’57, Boise, Idaho. Lamar W. Coleman, ’58, ’63, Livermore, Calif. Philip T. Newson, ’58, Williamsburg, Va. Delta Sigma Phi Louise Alfred Hogan Ferguson, ’58, McMinnville. Myrna Helen Pinkerton, ’58, Seattle. Sam D. Oberg, ’58, Dallas. Vivian Norris Stephens, ’58, Springfield. Stuart S. Beals, ’58, Sherwood. Remembrances may be made to the OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Jackson Wong, ’59, Annandale, Va. Leo A. Skoubo, ’59, Auburn, Calif. Jerry R. Long, ’59, Bakersfield, Calif. Delta Tau Delta Dr. George M. Maskell, ’60, Portland. Donald A. Boates, ’60, Portland. Clark A. Fisher, ’60, Philmont, N.Y. Kappa Delta Rho David P. Brittain, ’60, Fort Meyers, Fla. Dewayne C. Parker, ’61, Salem. Robert C. Brotherton, ’61, Oregon City. Brian R. Busch, ’62, Nashville, Tenn. Sigma Chi Jerry T. Matsunaga, ’62, Folsom, Calif. Raymond A. Haskins, ’62, ’77, Eugene. Vernon L. Gentry, ’62, Orangevale, Calif. Richard B. Roberts, ’62, Auburn, Calif. Phi Kappa Psi Walter J. Them, ’62, McCall, Idaho. Roy E. Plyler, ’62, Grants Pass. Thomas B. Laird, ’62, Menlo Park, Calif. David L. Follett, ’63, Cornelius. Firmin N. Falleur, ’63, Lyons. G. “Wick” Wickberg Jr., ’63, McMinnville. Ray S. Richmond, ’63, Maupin. Tonya Roscoe Perner, ’63, Burlingame, Calif. Alpha Omicron Pi Robert M. Brown, ’63, Corvallis. William H. Boughton, ’63, Sebring, Fla. Charles D. Hedy, ’64, Albany. Garth E. Davis, ’64, Hood River. Alpha Gamma Rho Suresh S. Kerwar, ’64, Pacifica, Calif. Truman W. Conn, ’64, ’68, Walla Walla, Wash. Linda Lemon Hubbard, ’65, Playa Vista, Calif. Alpha Chi Omega Marjorie Maybury Kellogg, ’65, Gold Hill. Richard W. Icenhower, ’65, Grants Pass. C. H. “Bud” Jones, ’66, Independence. Edward J. Swenson, ’66, Portland. Carolyn Fields, ’66, ’67, La Jolla, Calif. Pi Beta Phi Dr. Luther G. Baker, ’66, Sequim, Wash. Ralph E. Clark, ’66, Walnut Grove, Calif. Sigma Phi Epsilon William E. Albright, ’66, Calistoga, Calif. Marijo Sulek, ’68, Beaverton. Robert Buford Johnson, ’68, Sisters. Sharon Hansey Wood, ’68, McMinnville. Donalee Spangle Blaine, ’69, New Castle, Del. Susan Hamm Fritz, ’69, Lake Oswego. Edgar A. Possehl, ’69, Clackamas. Glenda McLain Green, ’69, Corvallis. Saylor S. Milton, ’69, Ventura, Calif. Leroy L. Burns, ’70, Vancouver, Wash. Michael A. VonAhlefeld, ’70, Portland. Richard A. Jones, ’70, Salem. Byron D. Keller, ’71, Portland. Janet Foster Simmons, ’71, Beaverton. Barbara Wittmer Houston, ’71, Eugene. Linda Revell Johnston, ’71, Bradenton, Fla. Douglas R. McLane, ’72, Beaverton. Elizabeth L. Edwards, ’72, Sheridan. Merlin W. Baker, ’72 Santa Barbara, Calif. Glenn C. Lovett, ’73, Portland. Remembrances may be made to the Glenn Lovett Scholarship Fund, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Sigma Phi Epsilon Mary E. Phillips, ’73, Seattle, Wash. Orrin H. Potampa, ’73, Madras. Shirley Shelley Sperr, ’73, Portland. Ronald A. Weinkauf, ’74, Onalaska, Wis. Phyllis L. Francis, ’74, Portland. Robert L. Wirt, ’74, Redmond. Carl D. Decker, ’75, Williamsburg, Va. Howard W. Thornton, ’75, Albuquerque, N.M. Gloria D. Nelson, ’76, Corvallis. Rev. James Nibler, ’77, Newberg. Neal F. Blassingame, ’77, Seattle, Wash. Clare V. Smith, ’77, Sun Prairie, Wis. Sigma Nu Mary Tuckerman McCoy, ’77, ’80, Salem. Rebecca Kamelhar Landau, ’77, Portland. Karl A. Magnuson, ’78, Salem. Randy W. Hermens, ’79, Portland. Timothy I. Voth, ’79, Newberg. Reeta R. Sutton, ’79, Lake Stevens, Wash. Robert E. Roughton, ’79, Folsom, Calif. Dennis D. Autio, ’79, Portland. Robin Small Ireland, ’79, Bellingham, Wash. Diane C. Thompson, ’80, Clatskanie. 59 class notes Julie Weis Womack, ’80, Albany. Mark W. Rohde, ’80, Fayetteville, Ariz. Susan A. Morris, ’80, Lamy, N.M. Kris D. Crowston, ’81, Hillsboro. Brian D. Reynolds, ’83, Portland. George C. Bird, ’83, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Kathleen King Brintnall, ’83, Corvallis. Donald E. Gehring, ’84, Corvallis. John S. Phillips, ’84, Reno, Nev. La Verna M. Herbert, ’84, Florence. Marva Dell Robinson, ’84, Albany. Vicki Baker Beede, ’85, Eugene. Leslie Cochran Derrick Strobel, ’86, Portland. Pi Beta Phi David M. Livings, ’88, St. George, Utah. Frederick N. Weston, ’90, Medford. Ronald W. Kitterman, ’90, Corvallis. Jennifer L. Hoffman, ’95, Denton, Texas. Peter C. Smith, ’95, Statesboro, Ga. Susan Whitehill Haugh, ’95, Woodburn. Jason K. Anderson, ’01, Halsey. Jeffrey A. Scoggins, ’02, Seattle. Karson L. Wessels, ’03, McMinnville. Scott N. Hackett, ’06, Bend. Zachary T. Haines, ’07, San Marcos, Texas. Alexander J. Frassenei, Silverton. He was a freshman at OSU. Chi Phi Faculty & Friends 60 Trepha Hamm Baron, Hillsboro. Harold O. Bjornstad, Shedd. Floyd E. Bolton, ’84, Corvallis. He served as an associate and assistant professor of agronomy in the Crop and Soil Science Department at OSU and was a principal advisor in OSU wheat investigation and development projects in Tunisia and Turkey. He retired in 1990 and was named a College of Agricultural Sciences Diamond Pioneer in 2006. Carl E. Bond, ’47, ’48, Corvallis. He began his teaching and research career in OSC’s Fisheries and Wildlife Dept. in 1949 as assistant aquatic biologist. Specializing in the study of freshwater fish, Bond became one of the world’s leading authorities on Sculpin cottidae. He was also involved in research internationally, working in Latin America and Africa, as well as India and Iran in Peace Corps projects from 1967 to 1971. In addition to his teaching post, Bond was assistant dean of the Graduate School from 1969 to 1974. He received the American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence in 1998 and the OSU Distinguished Service Award in 2000. He became professor emeritus in 1984. Remembrances may be made to the Carl E. and Lenora J. Bond Scholarship Fund, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Carl M. Brophy, Medford. Alpha Tau Omega Jeunesse McQuiston Burson, East Wenatchee, Wash. Delta Zeta Jo Ann Austin Cereghino, Lucile, Idaho. Chi Omega Aileen Fredrickson Donovan, Napa, Calif. Myron ‘Doc’ Doty, Tacoma, Wash. Phi Gamma Delta Ira S. DuPratt, Carmel, Calif. Alpha Tau Omega Duane S. Fitzgerald, ’40, Florence. He was building manager of the OSU Memorial Union and an assistant professor for 24 years. Alpha Tau Omega Fred W. Fox, Muncie, Ind. He was a professor of science education at OSC from 1957 to 1982. The Fred Fox Distinguished Service to Science Education Award is given annually by the Oregon Science Teachers Association to honor those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to mentoring and developing new teachers. The Fred W. Fox Scholarship in the OSU Department of Science and Mathematics Education was established in his name by a former student. Remembrances may be made to OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. William J. Fredericks, ’55, Ocala, Fla. He was a professor in the OSU Department of Chemistry. Virginia M. Fronk, Portland. Carl J. Froude, Tigard. Sigma Pi Robert J. Groce, Portland. Theta Chi Norval T. Grubb, Portland. Theta Chi Frances Cornes Hankins, Port Angeles, Wash. Robert D. Herburger, Sonora, Calif. Alpha Gamma Rho Bob Houglum, Sun City West, Ariz. The longtime Corvallis radio host served up “Toast and Coffee” on KLOO-AM radio from 1964 to 1987. Reese M. House, ’70, Washington D.C. He was a professor of counseling and education at OSU. Mildred Bonge Stutsman Jacobson, Seattle. Albert A. Karpstein, Beaverton. Chi Phi Robert B. Kerns, Klamath Falls. Sigma Nu Vester C. Marrs, Corvallis. She worked at OSU from 1947 to 1952 and from 1965 to 1978. Gail Burnett Schoel Labbe Martindale, Portland. Pi Beta Phi Georgia Mell Mikesell, Albany. Marietta Debrez Morgan, Santa Cruz, Calif. Alpha Gamma Delta Alan A. Munro, Corvallis. He was an OSU art professor from 1962 to 1995. Olaf G. Paasche, Corvallis. He was a professor of mechanical and metallurgical engineering at OSU from 1946 to 1976. Elaine Wilson Packard, ’76, Albany. She worked for OSU Housing for 28 years, until 1998. Eleanor Haley Pailthorp, Corbett. Chi Omega Cliffton Parker, Corvallis. He worked at the OSU Bookstore. Robert J. Raleigh, Baker City. He was a superintendent at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center and an emeritus professor in the Dept. of Animal Nutrition. He was honored in 1980 with the Earl Price Award from the School of Agriculture at OSU and was awarded the Western Section Distinguished Service Award in 1980 by the American Society of Animal Science. Rhonda Rictor, Corvallis. She was a revenue agent at OSU for 23 years. John L. Ritchey, Alsea. A. “Rosy” Rosenwald, ’42, Davis, Calif. He was an assistant professor of veterinary science and assistant veterinarian at OSC from 1937 to 1942 and became the first poultry veterinarian for the University of California Extension Service, serving at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis from 1950 to 1977. He was founder of the Western Poultry Disease Conference in 1951 and named Extension Veterinarian of the Year in 1975 by the American Association of Extension Veterinarians. In 1980, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Aviation Pathologists and was honored in 2005 as Poultry Scientist of the Year by the Pacific Egg and Poultry Association. Peter Senn, Chicago. S. Jeanine Shelley, Portland. Kappa Alpha Theta Louise Brommer Small, Reno, Nev. Alpha Chi Omega Bonnie B. Smith, Lebanon. She was an administrative assistant to the dean of the Department of Health and Physical Education at OSU for almost 30 years. Lester A. Tehle, Portland. Phi Kappa Psi Henry A. Ten Pas, ’49, Corvallis. He taught agriculture at OSU from 1948 to 1981. Alpha Gamma Rho Ruth Stone Thomson, Sequim, Wash. Kappa Alpha Theta Geraldine Blakeslee Thune, University Place, Wash. Heather J. Timms, Christchurch, New Zealand. Charles J. Watt, Twin Falls, Idaho. Lambda Chi Alpha C. Fred Westersund, Pendleton. Lambda Chi Alpha Lorena B. White, Corvallis. H. Orlin Witcraft, Sacramento, Calif. Theta Xi Carvel Wood, Corvallis. He was a professor of education at OSU. Joyce Gleeson Woodfield, Spokane, Wash. Clifford D. Wyckoff, Grandview, Wash. Sigma Phi Epsilon Alan D. Zimmerman, Corvallis. Pop Quiz answers From page 13 1: d. All of the above (bamboo stalks, rayon fiber, manufactured fiber). Bamboo can’t be spun directly into yarns. It must first be made into a cellulose pulp, treated with chemicals (the same used to make rayon) to create an aqueous solution, and then pumped through a spinneret (looks like a tiny shower head) to create long, continuous fibers. These fibers can be used in filament form or cut into short staple fibers. The fibers are spun into yarn, which in turn is woven into fabric. Essentially, the bamboo cellulose is converted into rayon fibers. Rayon is one of the most absorbent fibers and therefore it is used in products like disposable diapers and kitchen wipes. Some manufacturers capitalize on rayon’s absorbency by blending the “bamboo” rayon fiber with cotton fiber for use in bath towels. 2: c. Silk. Known for its rich luster and hand, silk is the strongest natural fiber. Due to its strength and ability to decompose, it is sometimes used for suture thread. Of those listed, viscose rayon is weakest. It was originally sold as a less expensive alternative to silk in the early 1900s and was termed “Chardonnay Silk”. The strength of viscose rayon and silk differ dramatically, with a tenacity (strength compared to size) of 1.0-2.5 grams/denier and 4.5 grams/denier, respectively. 3: c. Petrochemicals. Polyester, as well as nylon, acrylic, and olefin, are synthetic fibers. Although different chemical compounds are used to create each synthetic fiber, many synthetic fibers are derived from petrochemicals. Because polyester is derived from petrochemicals, some consumers have environmental concerns regarding its use. However, polyester can be recycled back into fiber suitable for clothing. Also, empty plastic soda bottles can be ground up, melted, and spun into polyester fiber. 4. Nylon is the best performing carpet. Both nylon and polyester are strong, but nylon is more resilient and it returns to its original position after being walked on. In high traffic areas, polyester carpets tend to matt over time. One way to reduce the impact of carpet on the environment is to buy carpet that lasts longer, thus reducing the number of carpets sent to landfills. The carpet industry has focused efforts on recycling, whether by refurbishing used carpets or by using recycled carpet components to make new carpet or building materials. The carpet industry is also focusing efforts on improving indoor air quality, which may be impacted by adhesives used in carpet manufacture and installation, as well as carpet pads. The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has developed a certification program specifying volatile organic compounds emission tests and requirements. Carpets that conform to CRI standards can display the CRI “Green Label.” STAT E R …but not least Linus Pauling wrote hundreds of love letters to his wife Ava Helen over the years. Photos courtesy OSU Special Collections E ighty-five years ago a new instruc- unshared Nobel Prizes, donated the items tor faced an Oregon Agricultural to his alma mater in the 1990s. While teaching the chemistry class — College chemistry class for the first time and nervously asked who could quite an honor for an undergraduate — he “describe the nature of ammonium hy- was increasingly smitten with Ava Helen but worried about the possible appeardroxide.” With no takers, the instructor — a ance of favoritism toward her, said Clifdark-haired, charismatic young senior ford Mead, head of OSU Special Collecby the name of Linus Pauling — quickly tions and an expert on the life of Pauling. “They wrote notes back and forth to scanned the roster for an easily proeach other on assignments she turned in nounceable name. “Miss … Ava Helen Miller,” he called — it was obvious to others they had someout. The young woman answered correctly thing for each other,” said Mead. “Even “and was very attractive” to boot, Pauling though she was the smartest student in said decades later, recalling the birth of a the class, he gave her a B. She was angry, romance that lasted nearly 60 years, pro- but they soon made up.” Ava Helen died in 1981, and Linus duced four children and was documented was inconsolable for months afterward. by a steady stream of love letters. Those letters are among the more He died in 1994 at the age of 93. Adapted from a story by Todd than 500,000 items in the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers in OSU’s Valley Li- Simmons, OSU’s assistant vice president for brary. Pauling, the only recipient of two university advancement. Spring 2008 On the Web: Hear Linus Pauling recall his first meeting with his future wife: oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/ special/LPloveaudio1977.mp3 See a page from one of his love letters to Ava Helen: oregonstate.edu/ dept/ncs/photos/ linusletter.jpg View many online presentations related to Pauling: osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ specialcollections NONPROFIT ORG U.S. Postage PAID BMP
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