V23 #2 Spring 2002 - Archives - The Evergreen State College

ALUM NOTES
Alum Notes is compiled by the Office of Alumni Affairs and edited for length and content.
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Marsha Morse, '73, Vashon, received a
graduate degree in whole systems design from
Antioch University.
John Manley, '74, Canby, OR, works as a
team developer for the Multnomah County
Library. He is also finishing a master's thesis.
Tim Girvin, '75, Seattle, principal of Girvin
Strategic Branding and Design, created the titling
and graphics for the CBS documentary on 9/11
shot by French brothers Jules and Gedeon
Naudet, and narrated by Robert DeNiro. Girvin's
firm also designed the Web site portal for the
Gere Foundation, founded by actor Richard Gere
to award humanitarian grants mainly to assist
the people of Tibet.
Christina Meserve, '75, Olympia, is board
certified as a trial advocate by the National Board
of Trial Advocacy, the only national board
certification for trial attorneys. Requirements
include extensive documentation, including
independent peer review from judges and
attorneys, as well as successful completion of
a day-long examination.
Raymond Pavelko, '75, West Salem, Wl,
is president of Partners in Empowerment, Inc.,
a nonprofit organization providing resources to
mental health consumers in western Wisconsin.
In 1999, Pavelko formed a company to conduct
mental health research.
A Greener Emmy
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Jacqueline Harris, '76, Battle Ground, is
completing her master's thesis in interdisciplinary
studies at Marylhurst College with a focus in
comunication/organizational development.
jharris103@aol.com.
Scott Baker, '77, Seattle, a founder of
Evergreen's Alumni Association, is happily doing
what he likes best, messing with trees.
Chuck Cauchy, '77, Traverse City, Ml,
has a large family and loves northern Michigan.
He founded and is president of Tellurex
Corporation, hse@traverse.com.
Michael Mills, '77, Portland, OR, started
an ombudsman office for the city of Portland.
Michael Huntsberger, '78, Olympia, and
former KAOS general manager, has been
awarded a graduate teaching fellowship at the
University of Oregon, Eugene where he will
pursue a graduate degree in communications.
He will continue as head of Media & Communications
Consulting, providing organizational
support and development services to noncommercial
broadcasters, www.theradiosite.com.
Andrea Osborn (Dashe Roy), '78,
Olympia, married Thamas Osborn '77 last
December. They live on Cedar Flats Road with
Andrea's daughter Annika, 18, and their huge
dog, Cody. Andrea's son, Benjamin, attends
Ringling School of Arts Design in Sarasota, FL.
I won an Emmy in 2001 for sound design on "Civil War to Civil Rights," a PBS show. The
previous year, I was nominated for an Emmy for "All We Want is Make Us Free," a TV special
about the Amistad story. On the radio front, The Traveling Radio Show, which started in
1977 at KAOS with fellow Greeners Torn Hood, Franklin Ruetz and David Gordon, is likely
to be launched nationally after a very successful run on regional National Public Radio affiliates.
Look for broadcasts and Webcasts this fall or see our Web site at www.travelingradio.com.
I've also managed to fit in directing
"Big World," a national news and
entertainment radio program distributed
to college stations, and I've recently
accepted an adjunct faculty position at
Quinnipiac University, teaching radio,
audio and video production. I'm constantly
"greening" students with techniques and
philosophies I learned at Evergreen, and
while the students don't quite know what
to make of me, they love the hands-on
learning. Work continues at my studio,
Living Sound Productions in Bethany,
Conn, and I've been happily together for
22 years with Sharon Steuer, a well-known
artist and author.
Jeff Jacoby, '78
Diane Selden, '78, Portland, OR, has a
14-year-old daughter, Zoe, and is a master's
level psychologist who coordinates programs
for low income and immigrant clients through
Schools Uniting Neighborhoods.
Thomas Ghormley, '79, Seattle, has a
6-year-old daughter, Ariahna, who is bilingual
and well traveled.
Patricia Ritter, '79, Ridgefield, started
her own counseling practice after receiving
a master's of social work degree from the
University of Portland. She also wrote and
Doubleday published her first mystery novel,
The Nursing Home Murders.
Eric Buck, '80, Chicago, is an architect with
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates,
which just won the American Institute of
Architects Firm of the Year Award, a high honor
in architectural circles.
Scott Dethlefs, '80, Spokane, received a
master's in teaching from Whitworth College and
now teaches high school media production.
Ingrid Fabianson (Bauer), '80, Richmond,
IN, graduated from a seminary studies program
with a master's in divinity.
Thorn Farris, '80, Port Angeles, brokers
Baseball NW Sports Training Facility, complete
with batting cages.
Larry Gourley, '80, Goldendale, is deputy
auditor and clerk of the court for the Klickitat
County Commissioners Office. He is also a parttime
news reporter for KMCQ (Q-104) in the
Dalles, Ore.
Karen La Verne (Rogers), '80, Bellingham,
moved to the country and lives on a little farm
with lots of animals. She became a grandmother
in 2000.
Connie Monaghan, '80, Los Angeles,
is perpetually unemployed and making pottery.
If things work out, she looks forward to owning
a gas station.
Ralph Wallin, '80, Seattle, operates a small
custom furniture and restoration shop.
Dennis Carey, '81, Brighton, CO, is
raising and training American paint horses in
Scotts Bluff, Neb.
Carol Ellick, '81, Tucson, AZ, visited
Evergreen in June 2001, and says it felt oddly
comfortable. With her 14-year-old daughter in
tow, she wandered toward the Mods where,
with a smile, her daughter said, "Mom, can I
go here?"
John McLaren, '81, Seattle, is an architect
and received the 1999 Victor Steinbrueck chair
from the University of Washington College of
Architecture and Urban Planning for his
housing advocacy work.
Mark Olson, '81, Mount Vernon, works for
the Washington State Department of Ecology
and has two beautiful daughters.
Patrick Sheahan, '81, Berkeley, CA, is
an architect and just completed a new live/work
building for his wife and himself.
Shelby Sheffield, '81, Santa Fe, NM,
married in 1993 and has two wonderful children,
ages 5 and 1. She is studying graphic design.
Robert Weinapple, '81, Richmond, CA,
is directing the main stage show for the Tahoe
Shakespeare Festival this summer.
Steven Engel, '82, Portland, OR, founded the
Animal Tracks Literacy Project in 2000 to teach
all ages how to identify animal tracks and read
the stories they hold. Last fall, he helped
students at a Raymond, Wash., elementary
school create and write 23 stories about local
wildlife by making tracks in the new cement
sidewalks along five blocks of downtown
Raymond.
Patrick McManus, '82, Vashon, lives with
his 8-year-old daughter and is working as a
Feldenkrais practitioner.
Timothy O'Connor, '82, Portland, OR, works
as vice president of finance for Healthworks, Inc.,
a health information software company. His
youngest son, Colin O'Brady, will be attending
college this fall. Tim and his wife, Catherine
Downey, plan to relocate to their
three-acre farm on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Patrick Atkinson, '83, Ethel, is retired and
wrote his first children's novel, The School of
Magic Animal Quest.
Jennifer Boehm (Morrissey), '83, Ojai,
CA, has taken up surfing after seven years
of ski life in Sun Valley, Idaho. This year, she
and Stephen celebrated their 10th anniversary.
Daughter Kayla is 9 and son Ian is 6. They are
hard at work developing and marketing herbal
formulas for their company, Botanica BioScience.
Chris Chappell, '83, Olympia, lives with
partner, Julia Lippert, and dog, Sasha. He has
worked for the Washington Natural Heritage
Program as an ecologist for 10 years and still
loves it. Before that, he received a master's
degree and traveled Asia and Latin America.
Yasmine Galenorn (Corbally), '83,
Bellevue. Crossing Press published her fifth
book, Crafting The Body Divine, last fall.
Three more books will be released this year:
Meditations on the Wheel of the Year, Sexual
Ecstasy & The Divine and Totem Magic.
Linda Livingston, '83, Lakewood, is a
family counselor.
Wilmer W. Melendez, '83, Lakewood,
conducts psychiatric mental health evaluations
for people with chronic mental illness who have
been involuntarily committed.
Bruce Ostermann, '83, Worland, WY,
is still living the good life in the wilds.
Jordan David Pollack, '83, PortTownsend,
spent the past 18 years as a firefighter, including
the last three as chief. He teaches and consults
about fire and emergency topics around the
West.
Virginia Sabatier (Lowery), '83, Baton
Rouge, LA, retired last fall from Louisiana State
University. She and her husband have been
traveling and visiting their children since then.
Chiyuki Shannon, '83, Roy, received a
doctorate from the Union Institute with a
dissertation titled Stalking The Multicentric Ego:
A Collage of Folk Improvisational Self-Work.
Christopher Stearns, '83, Portland, OR,
works on salmon habitat enhancement and also
human rights in Burma.
Amy Wales, '83, Charlemont, MA, left her job
at Franklin County Solid Waste Management to
become a graduate student.
Steven Whalen, '83, Olympia, has been
working at South Puget Sound Community
College in media production and library network
resources for 10 years.
Ona Harding-Ahrens, '84, Chehalis, and
Richard Ahrens '89 have seven children and
enjoy working together. Ona is a nutritional and
psychological counselor. Richard is a movement
therapist and licensed massage therapist.
Eric Kessler, '84, Friday Harbor, and Sharon,
had a daughter, Addi, in January 2001. They live
in the home they moved 12 miles across San
Juan Island.
Peter Moser, '84, Seattle, teaches fourth
grade.
Janice Richards, '84, Greenbank, owns
and runs Harbor House, a bed-and-breakfast
at the Pleasant Harbor Marina.
Riede Wyatt, '84, Ranches De Taos, NM,
works at Blossoms Garden Center and Nursery.
Debbie Barrett, '85, Maple Valley, received
an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix.
Martha Hurwitz, '85, Seattle, is working on
a novel and expecting a child in July.
Jerome Johnson, '85, Olympia, is semiretired
and has been a juvenile counselor with
a private organization in Olympia for the past
few years. He is also an active civil rights
advocate and enjoys practicing kung fu.
Lee La Croix, '85, Seattle, owns a collectively
run bakery in Freemont, has three children and
a great husband.
Stacy Sheldon, '85, Fairfax, CA, practices
Feldenkrais holistic healing. She has 2-year-old
twin daughters.
Hugh Watson, '85, Tacoma, lost his
significant other, Richard Watson, last spring.
Kurt Batdorf, '86, Anacortes, is a copy editor
for the Everett Herald.
Curt Charnell Bondurant, '86, Bainbridge
Island, will soon publish his first novel, There's
A Gold Mine in the Sky.
Becky Burton, '86, Milwaukee, Wl, is a
faculty member in biology at Alverno College.
Whitney Cochran (Petersen), '86,
Olympia, celebrated her 15th anniversary of
employment with the Washington State Attorney
General's office. She has two daughters, ages
10 and 13.
Alan Rose, '86, Olympia, has two children,
Shayna, 12, and Dylan, 8. Alan enjoys his
landscaping job.
Chris Tolfree, '86, Seattle, is finishing his
second master's degree at Seattle University.
Kathryn Absten, '87, Vaughn, works for the
Olympic Education Service District as a math/
technology specialist.
Bob Basanich, '87, Berwyn, IL, and
Amy Moon '91 live near Chicago with their
18-month-old son, Leland Basanich. Amy works
part time as a senior biologist with an environmental
consulting firm doing environmental
impact statements for road and railroad projects
and conducting stream surveys to evaluate fish
and benthics for wastewater treatment plants.
Bob is a media systems technician, traveling
all over the country setting up video walls and
video conference equipment.
River Bean, '87, Palmer, AK, is an
organic farmer.
Victor Bourque, '87, Olympia, has been a
lieutenant for the Bellevue Fire Deptartment for
15 years. He is married with two kids, ages 3
and 6 months.
Robert Brown, '87, Brighton, MA, works
in Woburn and wonders what happened to all
the cool people he met at a previous Boston
Greener gathering.
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