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class notes60Bruce A. Rose, ’79, Eugene.Robert E. Morris, ’79, Portland.Timothy I. Voth, ’79, Newberg.Bruce L. Alexander, ’80, Corvallis.Kenneth S. Kirkham, ’80, Coppell, Texas.Gary H. Keppen, ’81, Klamath Falls.Jeffrey W. Crawford, ’81, Plano, Texas. Pi KappaAlphaBernice Morgan Reynolds, ’83, Sweet Home.Lawrence R. Perket, ’83, Longview, Wash.Stephen B. Walker, ’83, Salem. Alpha Gamma RhoLindi Hepworth Riley, ’83, Sutherlin.Michael R. Irwin, ’84, Coquille.Stacy Picard Leonetti, ’84, North Plains.James M. Hanna, ’86, Brownlee, Neb.Donald W. Cheney, ’88, Beaverton.Max A. Galeai, ’88, Pago Pago, American Samoa. Theformer Student Battalion Commander of the NROTCat OSU was a lieutenant colonel and commandingofficer in the U. S. Marines and was killed by a suicidebomber in Iraq on June 26. He was based at MarineCorps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe.Troy L. Hawkins, ’88, Orange Park, Fla.Ronald W. Kitterman, ’90, Adair Village.Roy A. Howell, ’91, Salem.Bryan J. Cook, ’92, Richland, Wash.Tamara Jurgens Ellis, ’92, Hillsboro.John A. Larrabee III, ’94. Kelso, Wash. Memorialsmay be made to the Beaver Athletic Student Fund,OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281. Pi Kappa PhiForrest B. Baker, ’97, Eugene.Michael J. Comer, ’99, Encino, Calif.Jeffrey A. Ammon, ’01, Orem, Utah. He was alieutenant in the U.S. Navy who was killed May20 in Afghanistan by a homemade bomb. He wasattached to Navy Region Northwest at Bangor, Wash.and served with the Provincial Reconstruction Teamin Ghazni.Rebekah Sauter Vance, ’05, Portland.Jason D. Seeley, ’07, Milwaukie.Nicholas L. Faas, Dallas. He was a senior at OSUstudying philosophy.Benjamin C. Gerling, Albany. He was a senior inpolitical science. A Reserve Officers Training Corpsscholarship fund has been set up in his name at theOSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Kendra L. Hoffhines, Salem. She was a senior in theCollege of Health and Human Services.Faculty & FriendsStuart S. Beals, Sherwood. Delta UpsilonEleanor Reynolds Becker, Corvallis. She was amedical transcriptionist in student health servicesfor 15 years.Alice H. Bergman, State College, Penn. She was alibrarian for the College of Forestry.David J. Burkhart, Hood River. He was an OSUExtension Agent in Columbia and Hood Rivercounties.Donald E. Campbell, Corvallis. He was a professorin the College of Health and Human Services for 17years.John C. Campbell, ’49, Corvallis. He was safetydirector in the College of Engineering.Dorothy B. Chambers, Oregon City.Kim K. Ching, Fremont, Calif. He was a professor offorest genetics in the College of Forestry.Marie F. Cripps, Corvallis. A Biochemistry andBioPhysics Reading Room was recently named inher honor. Memorial contributions can be made tothe Ray, Frances, and Dale Cripps Student SupportEndowment, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Harold C. “Shorty” Dorn, Reston, Va. He was aprofessor of journalism from 1966 to 1989.Myron E. Doty, Tacoma, Wash. Phi Gamma DeltaLouise Ferguson, McMinnville.Duane S. Fitzgerald, ’40, Florence. He worked at theOSU Memorial Building as building manager and anassistant professor until his retirement after 24 yearsof service. Alpha Tau OmegaAlbert Gates, Salem.Patrick D. Gilroy¸ Rancho Mirage, Calif. Phi DeltaThetaNancy Fisher Harrison, Salem.Dorothy B. Hayden, Albany. She was employed formany years at Weatherford Hall.Peggy Hayes, Corvallis. She worked at the OSU SeedLaboratory until her retirement in 1977.Barbara Freeman Hinman, Newberg.Edward W. Jenks, Tangent.Margaret Moser Keup, Topeka, Kan.Eugene H. Knutsen, Astoria. Sigma NuMatthew Kralj, Gresham. Remembrances may bemade to the Matthew and Frances Kralj Scholarship,College of Education, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Edmund P. Lowry, Beavercreek. Alpha Tau OmegaJudith N. Luthy, Santa Fe, N.M. She worked for OSUSea Grant in the College of Oceanography.Harry L. Lydiard, Port Angeles, Wash. Alpha GammaRhoBruce W. Peterson, ’72, Corvallis. He worked formore than 25 years in the OSU payroll department.Donations may be made to the OSU Foundation,800-354-7281.Austin W. Pritchard, Portland. He was a professorof marine zoology for 40 years, retiring in 1993.Mary E Rasmusson, Yakima, Wash. She was anenvironmental researcher in the Department of Fishand Wildlife.Richard Y. Richardson, Portland. Beta Theta PiFrancis L. Rigby, Yakima, Wash.Olive Sandgren, Corvallis.Regina P. Schroeder, Medford.H. Wayne Schultz, ’92, Corvallis. He was a professorin the College of Pharmacy for 32 years.Warren S. Staton, ’50, ’51, Corvallis. He wasassociate professor in the College of Engineering.Contributions may be made to the Apperson HallRenovation, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Donald B. Unger, Corvallis. He was a librarian atOSU’s Kerr Library.Don C. Walrod, Albany. He was chair of theColumbia County Extension Service. Remembrancesmay be made to the OSU Extension Service, OSUFoundation, 800-354-7281.Girtha Price Walton, Corvallis. She was anaccountant in the OSU Extension office from 1933through 1946 and returned to work on campus from1964 through 1971.Douglas West, Monmouth. He was a computerscience technician at OSU until his retirement in1994.Harold O. Witcraft, Sacramento, Calif. He wasa vocalist who worked for many years withentertainers such as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.Theta XiPost your notesAs the number of living OSU alumni movespast the 150,000 mark, the Oregon Stater, like alumnimagazines everywhere, is wrestling with how tohandle the increasing number of class news items,and the Stater staff needs your help.While we don’t have anything drastic in mind,over the next several issues we would like to scaleback the number of class news items we publish.We don’t want to cut back on printed obituaries foralumni or for faculty and friends, but we would liketo migrate personal and professional updates to ouronline community at osualum.com.If you haven’t already, please log on and activateyour profile at osualum.com. It’s free and you’ll needthe ID number on your Stater label.Pop Quiz answersFrom page 121. Bend is in what is called a rain shadow, theregion on the lee side of a mountain whereprecipitation is noticeably less than on thewindward side. Air moving horizontally overCorvallis toward the Cascades obviouslycannot go through the mountains. Air coolsas it lifts and if the air is humid, clouds formand droplets typically precipitate out onthe windward side of the Cascades, givingCorvallis its 40 inches of rain and leavinglittle precipitation left for Bend.2. An El Niño event is characterized byextensive ocean warming that begins alongthe coast of Peru and Ecuador and extendswestward over the tropical Pacific. Duringa La Niña, the central and eastern tropicalPacific Ocean turns cooler than normal.Major El Niño events occur once every twoto seven years as a current of nutrient-poortropical water moves southward along thewest coast of South America.3. When hurricanes move over a largelandmass, they rapidly dissipate for tworeasons. First, they lose their energy source(warm water). That’s also why a hurricanemoving northward over the Atlantic willnormally remain at hurricane strength formuch longer than will its counterpart atthe same latitude over the eastern Pacific,because the Atlantic hurricane has thewarm Gulf Stream to sustain it. Second,friction with the land surface slows surfacewinds and they blow more directly into thestorm, an effect that causes the hurricane’scentral pressure to rapidly rise, weakeningthe storm.4. When viewed from above, the majorityof tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphererotate counterclockwise about their centralcore of low pressure. A few have been seenrotating clockwise but those are rare.5. CFCs have a very long lifetime (theaverage lifetime of a CFC molecule isbetween 50 and 100 years) and are noteasily removed from the stratosphere,where the ozone destruction takes place.STATER