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David Andersen new president of alumni boardDavid Andersen, a 1980 business graduateand president of Portland-based relationship with Oregon.”get Oregon State to have a symbioticAndersen Construction Company, has Andersen knows first-hand the challengesof tending one’s own businessassumed leadership of the OSU AlumniAssociation board of directors.and family lives while undertaking a demandingvolunteer role, but he said it’sAs president of the all-volunteerboard, he will work closely with associationexecutive director Jeff“I’d like to find ways toworth the effort.Todd and others to help leadhelp more alumni connectan organization of volunteersback to the university,” he said.and employees that serves“It’s hard for an individual toabout 150,000 alumni, operatesplug in and be heard, but thethe CH2M HILL Alumni Center,produces the Oregon Staterence to help you be hearduniversity’s got enough pres-and the osualum.com Web site,when you connect.”and offers many other programsand events.pany has built some of Port-Andersen — whose com-David Andersen“It’s a great honor,” Andersen said of land’s landmark buildings as well ashis new position.several structures on campus, including“I believe Oregon State is bringing the alumni center, and is the main contractorfor OSU’s next major building,value to the state of Oregon throughthe students it graduates and through the Linus Pauling Science Center — willresearch and service to Oregon’s industries.I want to help build on that, to fiscalserve as president through the 2008-2009year.Other new and continuing officersof the association’s board of directorsinclude:First vice president: Bill Perry, ’89,liberal arts, Canby; second vice presidentand treasurer: Penny Yano Atkins, ’79,business, Caldwell, Idaho; immediatepast president: Cara Fischer, ’76, liberalarts, Salem; representative to OSU FoundationBoard of Trustees: John Porter, ’83,business, Tualatin; representative fromOSU Foundation Board of Trustees: JimYoude, ’62, agricultural sciences, Vancouver,Wash.New members of the board of directorsinclude:Jon Bettendorf, ’89, business, Beaverton;Maddy Palmer Biggs, ’94, liberalarts, Portland; Linda Chandler Hirneise,’75, business, Agoura, Calif.; LawsonKnight, ’94, science, Walla Walla, Wash.;Ryan Mohr, ’04, agricultural sciences,Beaverton; Tash Shaheed, ’95, forestry,Eugene.47Fall 2008