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NEW LIFE MEMBERS�e OSU Alumni Association welcomes the following alumni and friends who have shown their commitment to Oregon State University by becoming life members of the association since the list was last published in the winter Stater. �ey allowed us to surpass our life membership

challenge and raise $37,500 for scholarships. Alumni and friends who didn’t join as part of the challenge can still show their commitment to OSU and make a difference to Beaver Nation by becoming life members. Learn more at osualum.com/life.

Ellina ArakelovaElizabeth G. Asai, ’76Rick G. Asai, ’76Laurie M. Barton, ’89Richard Marvin Berry, ’55Deana Michele Beyer, ’81Douglas Edward Beyer, ’82Kathy and Jim BickelJeffrey Walter Brandsema, ’75Steven Dee Brown, ’86 & ’89Judy Conner Bryant, ’65Brentley M. Bullock, ’83Samantha Michelle Burian, ’09Gary Buskuhl, ’82Janet Baumhofer Buskuhl, ’83Sara Berenice Camacho, ’11Evan Sterling Clark, ’14John M. A. Clayton, ’54Nancy D. ClaytonMartin Lee Cody, ’82Jerome Colonna, ’66 & ’70Henry D. Crowhurst, ’62Darin T. Curtiss, ’94Mary E. Downey, ’85Bryan David Duncan, ’08Teri Margaret Everett, ’80John M. Evey, ’71Beate Johnston Evey, ’71Brent J. Fetsch, ’87Rebecca Anne Field, ’90Peter Gregory Foiles, ’76Scott Matthew Franklin, ’10Robert W. Furer, ’65Barbara Furer, ’65Carl F. Garrison, ’87Debora GarrisonRonald Garst, ’73Karen GarstMatthew James Geniza, ’12Karen Hall Gigstad, ’60Harold B. Gigstad, ’59Dave Gooding, ’62

Ann Reed Gooding, ’63Karol Hodge Gray, ’71 & ’74Todd Greco, ’73Vanessa J. GrecoMark Grant Greenfield, ’01Susan E. Greer, ’70Gary George Gustafson, ’72 & ’74Linda K. GustafsonDebbie Zerba Hallander, ’73 & ’79Doug C. Hallander, ’71Carol Lindbloom Hamlin, ’62Paula Cavanaugh Hammond, ’78Richard John Harr, ’64Diane Elkins Harr, ’64Mark Thomas Hehnen, ’78Theodore Charles Hendrickson, ’13Patrick Hibbard, ’90Erik Jackson Hokkanen, ’13Clinton Ray Holsey, ’80Julius Gabor Horvath, ’00James Harvey Howard, ’69 & ’75Sharon HowardDaniel E. Jarman, ’88Kellie JarmanKannan Jeyakumar, ’09Lloyd D. Johnston, ’69Matt Alger Kuchin, ’09Amanda Lewis-Lapp, ’11Nicholas M. Lapp, ’11Janice Kuhn Linsky, ’71Thomas A. Lorence, ’72Ginger LorenceBrian Lorts, ’10Tracey L. Lorts, ’10Ryan William Maier, ’97Angela N. McBrideMichael J. McBrideGary E. McCown, ’86 & ’90Marlene Lindsay Montgomery, ’70Larry M. Munz, ’62Michelle E. Neeley, ’99Hai-Nam Nguyen, ’14

Lynn Marie Nichols, ’11Lois A. Nobles, ’69Kenneth D. Parker, ’94Daniel C. Patillo, ’86Russell Scott Pattee, ’86Sherri Miller PatteeJodi Patterson, ’80Spencer A. PetersonShirley PetersonAmy Doerfler Phelan, ’89Jeff Potter, ’75Todd Rodger Quier, ’84Michele Suzanne Quier, ’85Robert Charles ReffBrian Scott Reznick, ’02Michael S. Roth, ’83Lori B. Rush, ’78Richard L. Rush, ’69Daberath Kouts Ryan, ’72 & ’87Shannon Caye Saban, ’01Kenneth B. Shaw, II, ’72Pamela Jean Shaw, ’72Carolyn Stott Smith, ’55Joe D. Smith, ’63Robert B. Smith, ’91John L. Snyder, ’85Megan M. SnyderJack David Spiegelman, ’85Maryann SpiegelmanStephen Lynn Swaney, ’93Michelle SwaneySarah J. SwartsRobin Renee Traver, ’05 & ’09Luke M. Traver, ’05Randall Winfield Tripp, ’66April S. Turple, ’91 & ’92Leslie E. Urban, ’12Jeffrey Alex Weagel, ’12Sarah Nicole Weaver, ’08 & ’12Patrick Douglas Wright, ’73Bennet Sze-Bun Yee, ’86David Alexander Zahler, ’92 & ’97

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AWARDS

Ralph “Steve” Besse, ’43, was recently presented with a medal recognizing him as a chevalier in the Legion of Honor, France’s highest military decoration. Second in command of a landing craft infantry vessel, he made about 10 different landings onto Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. �e medal was presented by the honorary French consul for Oregon at Besse’s home in Corvallis. He retired in 1982 as associate director of international agriculture for the OSU School of Agriculture.

David R. Williams, ’71, was named 2014 Surveyor of the Year by the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon. He is president of Hickman, Williams and Associates, Inc. in Bend.Wes Colgan III, ’98, Colorado Springs, Colo., was named 2014 Educator of the Year by the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. He is the education product manager for ADInstruments North America, which builds data acquisition systems for life-science research and teaching, and is an adjunct instructor at Pikes Peak Community College.Julio Omier, ’99, ’01, assistant principal of Rancho Mirage High School, was awarded the Administrator of the Year award, Valuing Diversity, by the Association of California School Administrators Region XIX.Heather Leslie, ’05, Providence, R.I., an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University, has been selected as a Leopold Leadership Fellow for 2015. �e fellowships award outstanding academic environmental researchers with training to integrate science into decision-making.

APPOINTMENTS

Stuart Gunness, ’73, Sheridan, is owner of Gunness Landscaping. He was recently featured in “Time of Your Life” published by McMinnville’s News-Register.

Kimberly Hyde ©ompson, ’74, is chief development officer for Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland.Doug Willrett, ’82, Cross Plains, Wis., is a researcher at Agro Biosciences responsible for the company’s Polyphenol Biotransformation Platform. Rev. Kimberly L. Still, ’86, is associate for ministry development at �e Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla.Laura Faye Smith, ’93, is a Portland actress who portrays DeEtta Calvert in NBC’s TV series, “Grimm.”Michael O. Stevens, ’97, Hillsboro, has joined Herron Law in Lake Oswego handling personal injury cases as well as small business services. Elle L. Weatheroy, ’98, is the Portland Police Bureau’s first equity and diversity manager. She comes from a family of police officers including two brothers and her father, Portland’s first African American police sergeant.Laura Conroy, ’99, is public information officer for the Multnomah Education Service District in Portland. Ryan Stewart, ’10, ’13, is an assistant professor of crop and soil environmental sciences at Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Blacksburg, Va.

OTHER NOTES

Hazel Plummer Torgerson, ’38, celebrated her 100th birthday this spring at her home in Portland. Her sophomore year, she and six other women started a co-op house for women at OSC to share living expenses. Several of her children and grandchildren followed in her footsteps, graduating from OSU.

Beauford E. Averette, ’66, Salem, has published a novel, �e Adralack Crack on Mt. Baker, telling the fictional story of four university professors’ adventures following a hiking trip on Mt. Baker in rural Washington.Kim E. Ruyle, ’87, ’91, Coral Gables, Fla., has written a guide for business leaders through a fictional account of one executive, Lessons from a CEO’s Journal: Leading Talent and Innovation. Mike Sissel, ’94, Chandler, Ariz., is owner of a youth leadership company that provides students with critical social and emotional skills through a program called Lenses of Leadership. He recently published a book, Seriously Dad?, which is written as a conversation between a father and his 13 year-old daughter, designed to empower both parents and teens. George Edmonston Jr., ’07(H), retired editor of the Oregon Stater, has compiled columns written for �e Newberg Graphic into a book, Newberg: Stories from �e Grubby End. His stories cover a wide variety of historical subjects from the KKK to Herbert Hoover.Robert Lamb, ’08, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology at Brown University, Providence, R.I., recently traveled to Easter Island on a research project led by Evie Wieters, ’90, of the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Chile, to study the diversity of the coral-dominated marine life surrounding the island. news.brown.edu/articles/2015/01/easter

OBITUARIES

Barbara Burtis Peck, ’32, Forest Grove. Alpha Delta PiEdward J. Finley, ’33, Portland.George t. Mueller, ’38, San Pedro, Calif.Malcolm W. Stransky, ’38, ’39, Saratoga, Calif.Richard C. Fry, ’39, Belmont, Mich. Delta ChiBetty MacDaniels Hansen, ’39, Portland. Delta ZetaRichard A. Kerron, ’40, Portland. Delta UpsilonArthur F. Schoenborn, ’40, Portland.Helen Jendrzejewski Welter, ’40, Littlerock, Wash.Howard E. Graham, ’41, Portland.Doris Brown Schoenborn, ’41, Portland.Ralph E. Stoffer, ’41, ’59, Portland.

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Ruth VanPatten Fleming, ’42, Bloomington, Ind.Forbes W. McRae Jr., ’42, Seattle, Wash.Curtis C. Blundell, ’43, Mesa, Ariz. Alpha Tau OmegaJessie Finley Klocke, ’43, Hoopeston, Ill.Jeanne Johnson Nash, ’43, Eureka, Calif. Chi OmegaWilliam R. Shelton, ’44, Pacific Grove, Calif. Delta ChiDonald D. Strode, ’44, Cincinnati, Ohio.Marion Kierzek Leyrer, ’45, Lakewood, Wash. Kappa Kappa GammaJean Gordon Mitchell, ’46, Newberg. Delta Delta DeltaCarolyn Rawlings Webb, ’46, Corvallis.Joy Bracken Fricke, ’47, Tucson, Ariz. Delta GammaJune Russell Hopkins, ’47, Salem.Otto Steinbrenner, ’47, Sacramento, Calif.Doris Read ©oen, ’47, Portland. Delta ZetaPhillip N. Alexander, ’48, Albany. Sigma Phi EpsilonQuentin S. Aubol, ’48, Bonita, Calif.James A. Doig, ’48, Portland. Alpha Sigma PhiBarbara Alford Ehman, ’48, Portland. Alpha Gamma DeltaJune Griffith Haugen, ’48, Ponderay, Idaho.Margaret Hall Johnson, ’48, Roseburg. Kappa Alpha �etaWilliam K. Johnson, ’48, Medford.Don G. Parkinson, ’48, Bellevue, Wash.Dorothy Folsom Robbins, ’48, Lebanon. Sigma KappaMarjorie Olson Albright, ’49, Shafter, Calif. Delta ZetaRobert B. Allison, ’49, Nevada City, Calif.James E. Barnard, ’49, Beaverton. Donations may be made to the Barnard and Kinney Construction Scholarship Fund at osufoundation.org.Jonita Lorentzen Bump, ’49, Hillsboro.Loyd F. Carter, ’49, Hillsboro.Donald J. Chalmers, ’49, Gresham.Allan A. Coleman, ’49, Eugene. Kappa SigmaWesley L. Coyner, ’49, Seattle, Wash. Delta Tau DeltaPatricia McKenna Coyner, ’49, Seattle, Wash. Delta ZetaArthur H. Dahl, ’49, Edgewood, Wash. Phi Kappa TauRussell E. Frame, ’49, Jacksonville, Fla. Kappa SigmaDonald R. Kennedy, ’49, Portland.James N. Lynch, ’49, Cathlamet, Wash.Garth T. Rouse, ’49, Turner. Phi Delta �eta

Rodney G. Swanson, ’49, ’49, Grants Pass.Alfred E. Van Winkle, ’49, ’50, Spokane, Wash.Richard R. Pelo, ’49, ’51, Walla Walla, Wash. Lambda Chi AlphaJack R. Bailey, ’50, Vancouver, Wash. �eta ChiCharles T. Berns, ’50, Portland.James J. Dillman, ’50, Phoenix, Ariz.Wilbur L. Gage, ’50, Portland.Herbert L. Haberlach, ’50, Canby. He wrestled for the OSU Beavers, winning the Pacific Coast Conference heavyweight title in 1950. He qualified for the 1952 Olympics wrestling squad and represented his country in Helsinki, Finland. Memorial contributions may be made to the OSU wrestling program at 800-354-7281. Alpha Gamma RhoEldon E. Korpela, ’50, Astoria.Tilton L. O’Brien, ’50, San Jose, Calif.Lois Connelly Parkinson, ’50, Bellevue, Wash.Dale M. Bassett, ’51, Longview, Wash.Arthur A. Biederman, ’51, Gleneden Beach.George W. Chin, ’51, Klamath Falls.Clifford R. Crusan, ’51, Monterey, Calif.Robyn L. Godwin, ’51, Sun City, Ariz.Bonnie McCanse Graham, ’51, La Grande. Delta ZetaHarry Hogue, ’51, La Palma, Calif.Harold W. Kowal, ’51, Campbell, Calif.Lewis L. Lasswell, ’51, Littleton, Colo.Allan Lichens, ’51, Clackamas. Pi Kappa AlphaRobert A. Martin, ’51, Las Cruces, N.M. Pi Kappa PhiD. Compton McKerahan, ’51, Portland.John W. Pappas, ’51, Advance, NC.Robert F. Rasmussen, ’51, Kansas City, Mo. �eta XiGordon G. Shannahan, ’51, Portland.Gordon N. Smith, ’51, Visalia, Calif.Leo G. Wade, ’51, Happy Valley.Dossie W. Works, ’51, Lincoln City.Betty Sonnemann Box, ’52, Salem. Kappa Alpha �etaSuzanne Rowlee Guyton, ’52, Atlanta, Ga. Kappa Kappa GammaRichard G. Horne, ’52, Reno, Nev. Delta UpsilonJoseph Sonnenfeld, ’52, Colorado Springs, Colo.Willard A. Troyer, ’52, Sierra Vista, Ariz.Walter J. Hart, ’52, ’66, Keizer. Delta Sigma PhiJohn L. Christie, ’53, Astoria.W. Edward Freuer, ’53, Carmichael, Calif.

Delta UpsilonJames A. Lewis, ’53, Forest Grove. Delta Tau DeltaRoger W. Skaar, ’53, ’57, Kirkland, Wash.Walter V. Johnson, ’53, ’59, Lincoln City.John B. Waite, ’53, ’65, Portland.Ronald H. Dalton, ’54, Liverpool, N.Y. Phi Gamma DeltaDavid L. Eyres, ’54, Fair Oaks, Calif.James W. Jenks, ’54, Salem. Beta �eta PiTed A. Kasparek, ’54, Lake Oswego.Virgil R. Morton, ’54, Yreka, Calif.James O. Norton, ’54, Portland. Phi Delta �etaRobert B. Herrmann, ’55, New Bern, N.C.William J. Kelley, ’55, Drummoyne, Australia. Kappa SigmaJames J. Palmer, ’55, Montesano, Wash.John E. Dealy, ’55, ’59, Philomath.Henry J. Gagnon, ’56, Newberg. Alpha Tau OmegaPayton F. Rowell, ’56, Portland. Delta Tau DeltaHerbert Wong, ’56, Highlands Ranch, Colo.Kenneth D. Kerri, ’56, ’66, Sacramento, Calif. �eta ChiHoward H. Hinck, ’57, Beaverton. Memorial contributions may be sent to the OSU Howard Hinck Memorial Fund, osufoundation.org. Sigma ChiBruce H. Jones, ’57, Petersburg, Alaska. Delta Tau DeltaFrank A. Pellegrino, ’57, Modesto, Calif. Lambda Chi AlphaB. Steve E. Stephenson, ’57, Santa Fe, N.M. AcaciaKathleen Wilson Vaughn, ’57, Klamath Falls.Donald W. Oja, ’57, ’61, Renton, Wash. Delta Sigma PhiRobert L. Allord, ’58, ’64, Dundee. Part of the 1955 team with Swede Holbrook that went to the “Elite 8”, he was in the OSU Basketball Hall of Fame. Phi Gamma DeltaWilliam K. Howell, ’58, Westport, Wash. James B. Kleen, ’58, Salem.Gerald D. Marshall, ’58, Beavercreek.Raymond C. Schaaf, ’58, Bishop, Calif.Carl M. Berntsen, ’58, ’67, Kitty Hawk, N.C.Laird L. Smith, ’58, ’70, Hillsboro.Victor F. Fitzgerald, ’59, North Richland Hills, Texas. Kappa SigmaDonald L. Freeman, ’59, Mill Creek, Wash.Margaret “Chickie” Gilfillan Doty, ’60, Corvallis. Donations can be made to the F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Faculty Award Endowment Fund, osufoundation.org. Kappa Alpha �eta

OBITUARIES | ALUMNI


OBITUARIES | ALUMNIRichard H. Hunt, ’60, Sacramento, Calif.A. Joel Neuschwander, ’60, Hubbard. Donations in his name may be made to Oregon State Wrestling at 800-354-7281.James H. Phillips, ’60, Vancouver, Wash. Phi Kappa PsiErnest J. Porcelli, ’60, San Jose, Calif.Patricia Snowden Roppel, ’60, Wrangell, Alaska. For 50 years she wrote newspaper columns along with 13 books and more than 100 historical articles, primarily about Southeast Alaska history. Alpha Omicron PiDarrell G. Vandehey, ’60, Beaverton.Floyd Vandervelden, ’60, Coos Bay.Gary N. Ward, ’60, Richland, Wash.R. Karl Anderson, ’61, Sacramento, Calif. Phi Sigma KappaSandy McGregor, ’61, Oregon, Wis.James K. Black, ’62, Coos Bay. Sigma Phi EpsilonDonald H. Doyle, ’62, Redmond.Patricia Carroll Miller, ’62, Roseville, Calif.©omas C. Christian, ’63, Kirkland, Wash. Sigma Alpha EpsilonGeorge M. Goodwin, ’63, Richland.Orson B. Hansen, ’63, Nevada City, Calif.Donald R. Severeid, ’63, Des Moines, Wash.Faye Allen Brosh Price, ’63, ’71, Corvallis.Jerry D. Hall, ’64, Veneta.Adrian L. Matson, ’64, Corvallis.Stacy R. Stiller, ’64, Anchorage, Alaska.Bonnie Boyd Huston, ’65, Lake Oswego. Kappa Kappa GammaGale Montgomery Pugh, ’65, Portland.Margaret A. Williams, ’65, Richland, Wash. Alpha PhiNiels A. Skov, ’65, ’67, Lacey, Wash.Corinne Clay, ’65, ’76, Mount Angel.Michael A. Angelo, ’66, Juneau, Alaska. Delta Sigma PhiJudith Kessi Gates, ’66, Yarrow Point, Wash.Bruce E. Graham, ’66, Cashmere, Wash.Frederick L. Langston, ’66, Comfort, Texas.Audrey Hatch Maddox Swygard, ’66, Corvallis.Robert H. ©omas, ’66, Silverton.Larry D. Wells, ’66, Portland. Phi Kappa PsiJames M. Williams, ’66, ’67, Portland. He was an advisory board member for the Austin Entrepreneurship program and the OSU Advantage Accelerator. He was also on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees and in April 2014 was inducted into the OSU Business Hall of Fame. Phi Delta �etaJohn A. Cason, ’67, Prineville.Robert D. Crabtree, ’67, Whitesburg, Tenn.

Corinne Mellott Farran, ’67, Benton City, Wash.Robert L. Hastings, ’67, Campbellsville, Ky. Phi Kappa TauDaniel A. Panshin, ’67, ’71, Saint Paul, Minn.N. Paul Johnston, ’67, ’72, Orem, Utah.Linda Jenkins Anderson, ’68, Portland.Rod O. Davidson, ’68, Tacoma, Wash.F. Rick Holbrook, ’68, Fargo, N.D.Siegfried F. Kiemle, ’68, Seattle, Wash.©omas E. Kline, ’68, Salem.James G. Mitchell, ’68, Freeland, Wash.Joe M. Reid, ’68, San Ramon, Calif. Beta �eta PiRay D. Tanner, ’68, Christiana, Tenn.Chrisanne Clark Lauritsen, ’68, ’72, Salem.Gregory D. Barnette, ’69, Lynden, Wash.Larry J. Barrows, ’69, Astoria. �eta ChiBill D. Enyart, ’69, Bend. A member of the “Giant Killers” team, he played for Coach Dee Andros from 1965 through 1968. Known as “Earthquake” or “Buff”, he earned 1st team All-Pac-8 Conference honors in 1967 and 1968 and 1st team All-American honors in 1968. He was inducted into the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011. See story on page 54.Maribel Vincent Newby, ’69, Herndon, Va. Kappa DeltaPaulettie K. Brading, ’70, Medford.Allan J. Buttle, ’70, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.John G. Kane, ’70, Burnsville, Minn.Sarah McClain Scott, ’70, Albany.Martha Snyder Sullivan, ’70, Citrus Heights, Calif. Kappa Alpha �etaKim Wallace, ’70, Kamas, Utah.L. Del Martin, ’70, ’71, ’75, Corvallis.Donald W. Force, ’71, Laramie, Wyo.Betty Harrington Griffiths, ’71, Corvallis.Jim S. Peterson, ’71, Corvallis.Marga VonWeiss Bryan, ’71, ’72, Albany.George B. Henley, ’72, Pleasant Hill, Mo.Carole Law Jones, ’72, El Cajon, Calif.Philip R. Lind, ’72, Albany.Sandra Welp Matthews, ’72, Salem.Gregory R. Oldham, ’72, Lake Oswego.Randall E. Spry, ’72, ’74, Lincoln City. Delta Sigma PhiJamie Emerson Grant, ’73, Hamilton, Mont. Chi OmegaDennis C. Kokes, ’73, Harrisburg.Leroy C. Nickerson, ’73, Hood River.Douglas P. Sheron, ’73, Portland. Sigma Nu

Daniel H. Schubert, ’73, ’82, Anchorage, Alaska.Michael D. Crossland, ’74, Salem.Craig S. Lawrence, ’74, Orange, Calif.Clarence E. Ledoux, ’74, Baton Rouge, La.Laurena Yok, ’74, Beaverton.Margarita P. Donnelly, ’75, Corvallis. She was a founder of Calyx, a journal featuring women’s prose, poetry, art and photography, which has been publishing the work of promising women writers since 1976. Deborah Kokes Larsen, ’75, North Bend. Chi OmegaJohn E. Anderson, ’76, Excelsior, Minn.Otis Keener Earle, ’76, Idaho Falls, Idaho.James T. Nunley, ’77, Pleasanton, Calif.Diane Roloff Pritchard, ’77, Vale.Kerry Hobson Brown, ’78, Portland.Mary Savage Hall, ’78, Albany.Ann L. Morgan, ’78, Corvallis.Steven A. Larson, ’79, Worland, Wyo.Susan M. Kimmel, ’80, Beaverton.William L. Mitchell, ’80, Boring.Marie Rietmann, ’80, Portland. Sigma KappaBarbara O’Heir Gaidimas, ’81, Bend.Marguerite H. Gould, ’81, Maupin.Linda A. Paganelli, ’81, Healy, Alaska.Frederick J. Ulmer, ’81, Camas Valley.Julie Schmidt Hiles, ’82, Hillsboro.Peggy George Seitzinger, ’83, Portland.Mary L. Batteen, ’84, Carmel Valley, Calif.Susan J. McGregor, ’85, Kirkland, Wash. Alpha PhiCarolanne K. Cadenhead, ’87, Oregon City.Garry S. Huls, ’87, Zionsville, Ind.Duane W. Cheney, ’88, Gold River, Calif.Frank M. Flynn, ’89, Portland.Erin O. Roberson, ’89, Chattaroy, Wash.Mark H. Smith, ’89, Richland, Wash.Jeffery D. Moss, ’92, Springfield.Robin Sandeno Ippoliti, ’94, ’97, Corvallis. Juanita M. Alexander, ’96, Vancouver, Wash.Jon J. Maestri, ’97, Corvallis.Margaret S. Laws, ’00, Florence.Wanda Holder Sherman, ’01, Grants Pass.Brad W. Kasenberg, ’05, San Diego, Calif.Mark A. Vaught, ’06, Pullman, Wash.Andre F. Parris, ’13, Bend.Lexie L. Merrill, ’14, Corvallis.Kasey P. Williams, ’14, Corvallis.Erik S. Cardone, Bend. He was a senior studying psychology at OSU Cascades.

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Cora L. Adams, AlbanyBonnie Ballard Allen, Eugene. Sigma KappaRobert S. Allen, Albany.A. S. Anderson, Portland.Bernhard Baer, Springfield.Winiford S. Bailey, Vancouver, Wash.Edmund J. Bailey, Valencia, Calif.George S. Bailey, Corvallis.Alton F. Baker, Eugene.Sydney J. Baker, Austin, Texas.Ruth M. Baker, Saint Cloud, Minn.Alexander R. Bartley, Corvallis.Margaret L. Barton, Frederick, S.D.Carl Baskin, Wappingers Falls, N.Y.Rachel K. Bean, Oklahoma City, Okla.Jack Bell, Walnut Creek, Calif.Dorothy Goodrick Bell, Moraga, Calif. Kappa Alpha �etaRobert Berman, Corvallis.Faith K. Black, Salem.Sharon Lovelett Boldt, Medford. Chi OmegaMarcus J. Borg, Powell Butte. He was a professor of religion and philosophy at OSU for 28 years until his retirement in 2007. He was an internationally revered speaker and scholar who authored or co-authored 21 books, some of which were New York Times and national bestsellers. See story, page 9.Janis L. Botsford, Las Vegas, Nev.Vernon L. Bowlby, Corvallis.Alexander Boyd, Wickenburg, Ariz.John M. Brenneis, Berkeley, Calif.Douglas S. Brett, Spokane, Wash.Henrietta Brett, Spokane, Wash.Bryan V. Cady, Scottsdale, Ariz.Lynette Cardwell, Corvallis.Dolores Senti Cassinelli, Portland. Chi OmegaJohn G. Cettel, Springfield.Warren T. Chapman, Seattle, Wash.William A. Cheney, Petoskey, Mich.Eldon W. Chowning, Albany.Robert M. Cook, Tempe, Ariz.Kathryn M. Coskey, Philomath.Florence Craft, Keizer.David H. Craig, Summerville.Cora B. Crane, Palmdale, Calif.Christine Crossland, Salem.David D. Culbertson, Lehi, Utah.Norma Ogle Cummins, Roseburg.Betty C. Curl, Orlando, Fla.Muriel Davis, Corvallis.James W. Deardorff, Portland. He was a research professor in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences from 1976 to 1986.

OBITUARIES | FACULTY & FRIENDS

Wilber E. Dehne, Springfield. Phi Kappa TauSteven J. Dodrill, Eugene.Carol Pomeroy Elwell, Salem. Pi Beta PhiDale Erickson, Courtland, Kan.Grazelle Farley, Happy Valley.Jean Monroe Farrell, Portland.Jean S. Ferrell, Corvallis.Elmer H. Fields, Corvallis. He worked at OSU from 1970 to 1989.Mike Finley, Prineville.George Fisher, Corvallis.Don Fister, Lebanon.Robert E. Fitzgerald, Sandy.Jack R. French, Terrebonne.Karen French, Portland. She was internship coordinator for students majoring in Health Management and Policy, and interim manager of the OSU Craft Center.Evelyn R. Frolik, Albany.Harriet Fullerton, Pasadena, Calif.James D. Fullerton, Pasadena, Calif.Louise Garrison, Pullman, Wash. She taught English at OSU for many years.William J. Gibbon, Danville, Calif.Johnnye M. Greenhood, Roseville, Calif.Patricia D. Griffith, West Linn.Donna Brown Hammack, Portland. Delta Delta DeltaVirginia F. Harger, Spokane, Wash.Irwin C. Harris, ’41. He was news editor of the Daily Barometer, edited the 1941 Beaver yearbook, and in later years served as advisor for both. He was athletic news director from 1942 to 1951 and was responsible for organizing the athletic news bureau in Gill Coliseum in 1950. As the men’s varsity tennis coach from 1943 to 1964 Harris amassed a dual match record of 154-53, including a winning 30-7 record vs. UO, and was inducted into the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. In the second half of his career at Oregon State, he was a professor of journalism, director of student activities, and director of student publications and public events. Harris was a founding member and past president of the Western Association of University Publications Managers. Following his retirement in 1981, he wrote and published a book on the history of the Memorial Union at OSU. Donations in his name can be made at osufoundation.org. Lambda Chi AlphaRobert Henigson, Deer Harbor, Wash.Nancy D. Herrera, Beverly Hills, Calif.Arden M. Hill, West Sacramento, Calif.

Roger Hoak, Lawndale, Calif.June D. Hopkins, Aurora.Andrew K. Hsiung, Elk Grove, Calif.H. Jim Hukari, Corvallis.Joyce L. Ingle, San Diego, Calif.Leonard J. Jennen, Federal Way, Wash.Margaret L. Johnston, Corvallis.Courtney Jones, Keizer.Barbara E. Jones, Columbia City.Phillip A. Jones, Corvallis.Stephen L. Kaattari, Williamsburg, Va. He was a professor of microbiology for ten years.Bess I. Kerron, Portland.Robert King, Adair Village.John E. Kreitzer, Beaverton.James R. Lancaster, Barrington, Ill.Robert E. Larson, Hood River. He was a researcher and professor emeritus in pharmacy and toxicology from 1965 to the late 1990s.Ronald K. Laux, Corvallis.Abraham Linder, Richmond, Va.Beverly H. Long, Corvallis.Marilyn M. Lowery, Houston, Texas.Jon J. Maestri, ’97, Corvallis.C. L. Mardock, Wilsonville.Jean A. Mark, Portland.Florence A. Mason, Corvallis. She worked for 25 years as a cook in the student dining halls at OSU.Phyllis Wood May, Portland. Kappa Kappa GammaStephen R. Maze, Corvallis. He was employed at the OSU Bookstore for several years before working as copyright clearance coordinator in the OSU Printing and Mailing Department.George A. McCoy, Lombard, Ill.J. C. McEldowney, Corvallis.Ronald L. Metzler, Corvallis.Vern J. Meyer, Billings, Mont.Michael J. Michael, Saint Clair Shores, Mich.Rose Miken, West Linn.Darrell J. Miller, Yorktown, Va.Donald C. Mills, Setauket, N.Y. Phi Gamma DeltaJohn H. Moffett, Holland, Ohio.William R. Montague, Columbia, S.C.Marilyn Mohr Moore, ’75, Baker City. She worked for 37 years for the OSU Extension Service and was inducted into the OSU 4-H Hall of Fame.Grace Wheeler Morrison, Portland.Betty Christensen Mosar, Kirkland, Wash. Alpha Chi Omega


OBITUARIES | FACULTY & FRIENDS

Audrey J. Mounts, Gresham.©omas P. Moyer, Rancho Mirage, Calif.Maril Myers, Redway, Calif.Mark R. Nauman, ’87, Coos Bay. He worked for several years in the College of Forestry.Frederick M. Nelligan, Oak Grove.Suzanne Nelson, Lake Oswego.Richard C. Nelson, Erie, Pa.Deanna Newman, Shasta Lake, Calif.K. Jake Nice, Corvallis. He taught in the College of Education from 1969 to 2000.Brent P. Olsen, Philomath.Laura A. Ott, Houston, Texas.©omas W. Pederson, Corvallis.Gary B. Pitman, ’65, Sun City, Ariz. He worked in the College of Forestry in the 1980s.Alice W. Price, Cambridge, Mass.Mary ©ornton Proctor, Alameda, Calif.W. Jim Purtzer, Corvallis.Jeannette F. Reid, Albany.Neil Richardson, Eugene.

Carl Roberts, Simi Valley, Calif.Robert F. Robinson, Newport Beach, Calif.James C. Rogers, Lincoln City.Bettie S. Romppanen, Mercer Island, Wash.Gayl M. Rosenbaum, San Bruno, Calif.Dolores L. Schaufelberger, Portland.Arthur J. Schiewe, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.Doris E. Schneider, Portland.Diane L. Schweigert, Sherwood.Frances R. Shorb, Powers.Ray C. Silvander, Estacada.Glenna G. Simpson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Philo Jack Simpson, Spokane, Wash.Winnie M. Smiley, Albany.O. Ernie Smith, ’57, West Linn. He was director emeritus of the OSU Extension Service and associate dean of horticulture. He received the Alberta B. Johnston Award for Extension Leadership in 1994.Lilly L. Smith, Kansas City, Mo.John J. Specht, Santa Cruz, Calif.

George C. Stapleton, Marshall, Mo.Kenneth R. Steele, Salem.Margaret W. Terrill, Snyder, N.Y.S. Elaine Johnson Urban, ’89, Pendleton. She worked at the OSU Experiment Station in Hermiston.Janet E. Waite, Portland.Jan L. Ward, Bend. Sigma Alpha EpsilonArthur H. Warren, Yarmouth Port, Mass.Isabel E. Weitzel, Eugene.Kenneth A. Weitzel, Eugene.Joseph G. West, Corvallis.Darrell Westerling, Hermiston.Ramona R. Wheeler, Corvallis.David P. White, Albany.Louanne M. Whitton, Salem.Mary Dearing Widmer, Corvallis.Richard B. Wright, Medford.Paul Yakymi, Woodburn.

During a recent trip to Antarctica on the National Geographic Explorer, Patti Lindsley Fedler, ’76, and her husband, Joe Fedler, ’77, of Sedona, Ariz., discovered that several OSU-educated experts were aboard. Joe Holliday, ’83, and Andy Szabo, ’12, were naturalists on the ship and Dr. Dean Gushee, ’83, was the ship physician.

“We enjoyed lectures by Joe Holliday (ice caps and glaciers), Andy Szabo (humpback whales of the Southern Hemisphere), and Dr. Dean (fascinating National Geographic article on emperor penguins and seals),” she wrote.

Szabo directs the Alaska Whale Foundation and is a courtesy faculty member at OSU’s Marine Resource Management Program. Holliday is a geology and oceanography professor at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., where he also directs the honors program. Gushee is medical director and chief of emergency services at Mason General Hospital in Shelton, Wash.

After figuring out their connections to OSU, they decided a photo was in order — in front of a Beaver orange lifeboat.

“And then,” she wrote, “with all the activities on the ship it took us four days to get the picture!”

From left to right: Patricia Fedler, Joe Holliday, Joseph Fedler, Dean Gushee, Andy Szabo. (Photo by Steve Morello)

OSU Alumni in Antarctica

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Cake lady’s wedding cakes

come with advice

Known as “the cake lady” in Central Oregon for her delectable and beautiful cakes and cupcakes, Linda Porfily Hickman, ’63, ’65, dispenses baked goodness and counseling as she runs �e Cake Lady Shoppe in Bend with her daughter, Deanna Kinsey.

Her husband, Gene Hickman, ’64, ’66, is a retired rangeland conservationist who works as the bakery’s fix-it guy, transportation foreman and occasional barista. He also has consulting work researching vegetation in southwest Oregon at the time of the early settlers.

Which college to attend wasn’t much of a decision in Linda’s family.

“My dad’s brother, second brother, third brother, and aunt went to Oregon State,” she said.

“My uncle was Frank Porfily, a (Beaver) football player in the ’30s. He got sick and three of the coaches came over the mountain to visit. He was that kind of a person; he was the top of the pile. And when they left, two days later he died. He had pneumonia and it backfired. So that meant a lot to us, that they would come see him.”

She majored in education for both of her degrees. She and Gene were campus sweethearts.

“We met at the end of our sophomore year at OSU. For our first date, he was two hours late.” she said. “I was born and raised on a ranch on the other side of Prineville and I learned from my momma how to be patient. So I waited.”

�e bakery is a labor of love, but not the only job Linda remembers with fondness.

As a student, “I got a good job in the Women’s Building. I got 50 cents an hour to hand out towels; that was awesome!

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Linda Porfily Hickman has been known to offer both encouraging and cautionary counseling to recep-tive customers. (Photos by Hannah O’Leary)


Big money! �en he got a job at $1.75 an hour and that was a killer wage.”

“�at was after I graduated from 75 cents an hour at the pots and pans kitchen at Sackett Hall,” interjected Gene.

“In those days, a dime was a dime and a penny was a penny and our tuition was $75,” she said. And a dress code was a dress code. Sort of.

“When I was in school if you were a girl, if you ever got caught with pants on while on campus, you would be in the Dean of Women’s office. I’m not kidding you. �e way we did it was, we rolled our pants up past our knees and wore long coats. �at way they couldn’t tell. You wore your coat all day.”

Linda enjoyed a long career as a teacher but always found time to bake cakes. “I wanted to learn how to decorate because I wanted to make my momma a pretty cake,” she said.

“I took a class from a decorator in Corvallis and made my first cake (depicting a church building) when we lived in Ashland,” she said.

“I kept wanting to change out (of my major) and my professors would get me and put me in a corner and put a finger in my face and say: ‘You need to stay in this field.’ ‘No, I want out!,’ I’d say. ‘You need to stay in this field.’ And I came from a home where if an adult put a finger in your face, you did what they said.”

Not that she regrets her education, even after half a century as a cake baker.

“My master’s was in health education,” she said. “It was awesome. I wanted to get counseling too but I didn’t have time to pick that up, but I wish to God that I had, because that’s kind of who I am.”

Gene explains: “�ey come in here to buy a wedding cake, and they get counseling about being married, a lot of them do.”

Linda meets with customers in a quiet side room, away from the café patrons. In that peaceful spot, with a sweeping view of the Cascade Mountains, she can add a little something to their order.

“�ese kids, when they finally get their cake ordered, I say to them: ‘May I speak to you about being married and what being married really is?’” she said. “Most of them say yes. �is year I got a letter from a young girl and she said, ‘Cancel my cake. Because we talked about what you talked to us about and realized what we’re doing, it’s not gonna make it.’

“I’ve had two or three of those. I always tell them you better look at it now. I can’t tell you the number of people that walk

out of here changed; I had one girl who just sat there and sobbed.”

“I tell them what love is,” Linda said. “Love is, ‘I choose you — with your goods and your bads — and I vow myself to you until I die.’”

Said Gene: “You thought this was a cake shop, didn’t you?”

�e shop can get pretty busy, but even the cake lady has limits.

“We won’t do more than 1,000 people in one weekend worth of weddings,” she said. “We can do quite a few small cakes. We did 14 weddings in one weekend with small cakes; normally we do four to six.”

Gene tries to fix what breaks, and he’s mastered the art of delivering the sometimes complex creations without ruining them. “I tell her, ‘You can’t afford me and I don’t want to get fired, so I work for free.’”

When will the cake lady retire?“I tell my daughter every year I’m going

to quit and I watch them make cakes and ... I can’t quit,” Linda said. “I’ve been doing this for 49 years.

“I like to give people more than they expected. �at’s how you need to do life — to make life a joy. I enjoy it a lot because, I can’t tell you how many people walk out of here different, because of our cake — and we affect their lives.

“�ere’s so many broken people out there. We like to make people happy.” q

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