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AwardsFred E. Winger, faculty, 1947 to 1974, named to theBusiness Education National Hall of Fame. The lateWinger was a national promoter of typewriting skills.The Business Education Association inducts deceasedbusiness educators into the Hall of Fame every two years.OSU’s Business Education Resource Center is named inWinger’s honor. His wife, Lorrine Skaff-Winger, ’72,lives in Ashland.O. Christian Nelson, ’55, Outstanding Senior/RetiredInterpreter Award, National Association for Interpretation,for his work as a historicaland natural interpreter.Nearly 50 years ago hehelped found what is nowthe NAI. Nelson retiredfrom East Bay RegionalParks, Oakland, Calif.,in 1989. He and his wife,Ann Walther Nelson, ’56,moved to Friday Harbor,Wash.Vis Upatisringa, ’59,’76, Helen EverettAward, Humboldt LibraryO. Christian Nelson, ’55 Foundation, Arcata, Calif.He is an emeritus professorof mathematics at Humboldt State University. His wife,Sally Bailey Upatisringa, ’68, received the same awardfor her service in 2005.Nancy Giuliani, ’68, ’75, Newport, LifetimeAchievement Award, National Association of JournalismEducators. She was one of 10 retired educators in thenation to receive the award.David C. Phipps, ’85, Environmental Leaders in GolfAward, Golf Course Superintendents Association ofAmerica/Golf Digest. He is superintendent of StoneCreek Golf Course, Oregon City. The course is a CertifiedAudubon Cooperative Sanctuary.Richard Braatz, ’88, AAAS Fellow, AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science. Heis Millennium Chair, Department of Chemical andBiomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign.Thomas W. France, ’92, named to Best Lawyers inAmerica annual legal ranking guide. He practices law atVenable LLP, McLean, Va.Jason Regier, ’98, Denver, Colo., won a gold medal atthe 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing as a member of theUSA wheelchair rugby team. He trains with the team andspeaks professionally about his experiences with studentsand organizations.Brandt Eichman, ’01, Young Investigator Award, SigmaXi – The Scientific Research Society, assistant professor,Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, VanderbiltUniversity. They recognized him as a leader in researchinto the structural biology of cellular mechanisms thatmaintain DNA fidelity.AppointmentsRichard Evans, ’69, board chairman, AbitibiBowaterInc., Montreal, Canada.Scott Jenkins, ’73, director and chief exploration officer,Star Gold Corp., Post Falls, Idaho.Duane McDougall, ’74, chairman and CEO, BoiseCascade Holdings, L.L.C., Boise, Idaho.Paul Sakamoto, ’77, president and CEO of DFTMicrosystems in Montreal, Canada.Thomas Temple, ’79, vice president of wood products,Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wash.Laura Edwards Guthrie, ’81, senior vice president ofhuman resources, Calpine Corp., Houston, Texas.Tom Ray, ’81, vice president, Montana operations forSpring 2009Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc., Columbia Falls, Mont.Debra Olson, ’82, executive vice president, generalcounsel and corporate secretary, Ausra, Inc., San Jose,Calif.Karl Scronce, ’82, president of the National Associationof Wheat Growers. A third-generation farmer in KlamathFalls, he serves on the board of Oregonians for Food andShelter.Rob Pace, ’84, board of directors, Robert HalfInternational Inc., Menlo Park, Calif. He is an advisorydirector with Goldman Sachs.James Baumgardner, ’84, ’88, president and chiefoperating officer, American Ecology Corp., Boise, Idaho.Terry Contreras, ’85, assistant general manager, RedHawk Casino, Placerville, Calif.Rich C. Harrison, ’89, National Glass AssociationBoard of Directors. He is senior vice president and chiefoperation officer for Safelite AutoGlass, Columbus, Ohio.Thomas Monroe, ’89, commander, U.S. Navy, assistantprogram manager at Naval Sea Systems CommandPMS404 (Undersea Weapons), Washington, D.C.Justus Poling, ’05, vice president and commercial loanofficer, Bank of Clark County, Vancouver, Wash.Brooke Sproull, ’08, financial representative,Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Lake Oswego.Other NotesJacqueline Swint, ’51, Tigard, published stories gleanedfrom her 30-year career working overseas for the U.S.government in Who Was that Man? And Other StoriesAbout Adventures in Eight Countries (Inkwater Press).Chuck F. Query, ’58, Santa Cruz, Calif., wrote A Historyof Oregon Ferries since 1826, which describes more than500 historical and current ferries.Joe R. Cowles, ’68, received emeritus status at VirginiaTech, Blacksburg, Va. He retired as associate dean andprofessor of biological sciences.Jeri Rutherford, ’80, Marsing, Idaho, awarded a patentfor a new bicycle seat design. She founded Century LifeDesigns, which produces the only USA manufacturedbike seat.Tim Fox, ’80, ’88, La Pine, former teacher and coach, is aquadriplegic as a result of a body surfing accident. Usingone finger, he wrote about his experiences in A Pain in theNeck (The Tim Fox Story).Penny Ostrem Kittle, ’83, published her fourth book forwriting teachers, Write Beside Them (Heinemann). Sheteaches at Kennett High School in Conway, N.H.Scott Kemp, ’92, and his wife, Angela DeMars Kemp,’91, built a resort lodge near Ketchikan, Alaska, Scott’shometown. The family operates Saltery Lodge in thesummers. The rest of the year they live in Corvallis wherethey own Knife Edge Software.Elisabeth Naughton Campbell, ’94, writes romanticadventure novels from her home in Keizer where she liveswith her husband, Dan Campbell, ’92, and their threechildren. Her debut release, Stolen Fury, won severalawards and was a 2007 Golden Heart Finalist.Kyle Ringer, ’05, owns Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge, Gold Beach.The lodge has won awards including the 2007 Travel andLeisure “No. 1 Place to Stay in the Country” and severalawards from Condé Nast Traveler, and in February 2009 itwas among Sunset magazine’s top 20 romantic getaways.MilestonesBarbara Burtis Peck, ’32, celebrated her 100 th birthdayon Feb. 22, 2009 in Forest Grove. Friends noted herlifetime of service which include preservation ofPortland’s Pittock Mansion; 55 years as a Red Crossvolunteer; helping found what is now Tualatin Hills Park& Recreation District; and — along with her late husband,Norton Peck, ’31 — making generous donations to OSU.Bill Keil, ’50, and his wife, Gloria, Portland, celebratedclass notestheir 50 th wedding anniversary at Timberline Lodge onMt. Hood.Jerry Winegar, ’69, and his wife, Sharon, celebratedtheir 40 th wedding anniversary in Monmouth.Alex Bianchi, ’00, and his wife Mary, San Jose, Calif.,welcomed daughter Elia Rose.Amy Mattsen Wilson, ’02, and Jed Wilson, ’04,announce a son named Aidan Alexander.Shannon Snow, ’04, married Nick Vealitzek, Boise,Idaho.Chris Bates, ’06, married Susie Semenek, ’95, Corvallis.Sara McNall, ’03, married Daniel Keudell, ’05. Heworks on the family farm in Stayton and she is marketing& fundraising coordinator for Oregon Health CareFoundation in Portland.ObituariesAlumni are welcome to add obituary information, photosand tributes to their fellow alumni at www.osualum.com.Click on the “Online Community” tab and select “ClassNotes”. Submissions will be confirmed before posting.Ella Miller Van Arsdale, ’26, Corvallis. She was anExtension agent in Deschutes County in the 1920s. Shewas 103 years old.Nora Coldiron Corbin, ’33, Santa Fe, N.M.Ruby Atkinson Leonard, ’34, Portland.Marjorie L. Lumm, ’35, Corvallis. Chi OmegaMaurice D. Brands, ’35, Portland. Phi Gamma DeltaMaurice G. Staton, ’35, Cohoes, N.Y. Delta ChiElizabeth Leary Morrison, ’36, Salem. Sigma KappaFlorence Fromherz Gross, ’38, Mount Angel.James J. Robertson, ’38, Wilsonville.Manton A. Carl, ’39, Hubbard. Alpha Gamma RhoFredrick M. Hayman, ’39, Hood River. Theta XiJohn W. Olsen, ’39, Nyssa. Phi Kappa PsiMary Driggs Lange, ’39, Stillwater, Minn. Kappa DeltaJay E. Taylor, ’40, Ravenna, Ohio.Douglas A. Skoog, ’40, Palo Alto, Calif. Kappa DeltaRhoHelen Trindle Reitzer, ’40, Las Vegas, Nev.James G. Kirwan, ’40, Portland. Remembrances may bemade to College of Engineering, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Ray Sato, ’40, Hood River.John V. Walker, ’40, Boise, Idaho.Katherine Miller Hawkins Cunningham, ’40, Portland.Kappa DeltaNell Penland Green, ’40, Seattle, Wash. Delta DeltaDeltaRichard C. McCarthy, ’40, Coos Bay. Kappa SigmaWilliam B. Morse, ’40, Sherwood. Sigma Phi EpsilonBruce T. Hulse Jr., ’41, Renton, Wash.Charles E. Cottel, ’41, Eugene. Phi Sigma KappaDonna Wear Winslow, ’41, Stockton, Calif. Pi Beta PhiRamona Yearsley Smith, ’41, Logan, Utah.Ann Whitman Kilborn, ’42, Medford. Pi Beta PhiForrest R. Gish, ’42, Tigard.George D. Drury, ’42, Cottage Grove. Kappa Delta RhoHarold S. Heldfond, ’42, Palm Desert, Calif.Melvin R. Knudson, ’42, Tacoma, Wash. Lambda ChiAlphaRichard C. Dunlap, ’42, Salem.Elizabeth Fox Kent, ’43, Beaverton.George M. Zellick, ’43, Lewiston, Mont. He was amember of the 1942 Rose Bowl team. Phi Delta ThetaLeo E. Chaffin, ’43, Salem. Theta ChiGrover G. Lee, ’43, Morgan Hill, Calif.Harry Moss Jr., ’43, Portland. Sigma ChiRalph W. Martin Jr., ’43, Monmouth. Alpha Sigma PhiWayne R. Howe, ’43, Seattle, Wash.Beverly Shaw Pahl, ’44, Portland. Pi Beta PhiNancy Ross McConnell, ’45, Corvallis. Delta DeltaDeltaVesta Senders Lee, ’45, Paradise, Calif.Betty Jo Green Joseph, ’46, Ogden, Utah.Janelle Hostetter Nichols, ’46, El Sobrante, Calif. 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alumni profileTop official for K-12 education in Oregon got started at Oregon StateBy Jodi KerrOregon Superintendent of Public InstructionSusan Castillo knows firsthand thateducation is the key to opportunity.Castillo grew up in Los Angeles. Shemade her way to Oregon in her mid-twentiesand took a job doing clerical work for PearlGray, director of what was then OSU’saffirmative action office. Gray recognized herpotential and changed her life by urging herto take some classes.Before her Oregon State experience,Castillo recalled, she tended to daydreamand was indifferent to education. Since thenshe has become a passionate believer in thepower of learning.“I know my opportunities would havebeen narrowed without my education atOregon State University,” Castillo said. “Itreally did change my life.”Her enthusiasm for college was fueledby the practical experience available in herbroadcast journalism classes.“I loved that studio time and theopportunity to be creative,” Castillo said.“We were encouraged to take risks andexpand our thinking to achieve even more. …I loved my time there.”Castillo graduated in 1981 with abachelor’s in communications and wenton to be a television reporter and newsanchor in Eugene. Her life changed againwhen she accepted an appointment to filla vacant Democratic seat in the OregonSenate, becoming the first Hispanic womanto serve in that body. She later won electionto that seat, and held it until she won astatewide election for her current job in 2002,becoming the first Hispanic woman to holdstatewide elected office in Oregon.Superintendent of public instructionmay not be Oregon’s highest profile publicoffice, but the job description is bit daunting.Here’s how it’s described on her official Website:“The superintendent is responsiblefor providing statewide leadership forsome 566,000 elementary and secondarystudents in Oregon’s 197 school districts.The responsibility also extends to publicpreschool programs, the state schoolsfor the blind and the deaf, regionalprograms for children with disabilities andeducation programs for young people instatewide juvenile corrections facilities. Thesuperintendent recommends policy to theState Board of Education, which adopts“You need people who say ‘you can dothis,’” says Susan Castillo. “Our job is toshow kids their potential and give themconfidence and support.” Photo by DennisWolvertonrules affecting local schools. The departmentalso coordinates with 20 education servicedistricts that provide specialized resourcesand programs to school districts in theirregions.”Although her office does not overseehigher education, she’d like to see moreOregonians attending college.“Education is key, especially with ourknowledge-based economy,” she said. “Theworld is changing fast, and our studentsneed to be ready.”She also recognizes that educationmust be affordable.“College is expensive,” she said. “Thelevels of debt students are acquiring werenot happening when I was at Oregon State.If you leave college with a huge amount ofdebt, you have that obstacle in your wayright from the beginning of your professionallife.”She considers herself an advocatefor students, and believes that one way toimprove schools is to use Main Street talentand resources in the classroom.“We need a stronger partnershipbetween the classroom and businessowners,” she said. “Students need to seehow what they are learning is relevant in theworkplace and the wider community.”Oregon’s education system isundergoing many changes.“We are breaking ground on how we aredoing the work of educating our children. Weare seeing incredible success, but we are notthere yet,” Castillo said. She acknowledgesthat too many Oregon students areunsuccessful in school.“That is why we created new high schooldiploma requirements and we are raisingthe bar and expectations for every studentin the state,” she said. “We are closing theachievement gap and believe that kids arecapable of higher levels of work.”Although some Oregon school districtsare cutting school days because of budgetproblems, a longer school year on Castillo’swish list.“Students need more time to learn andwe need to re-think the school day, and howwe spend the day,” she said. She challengesall Oregonians and especially her fellowOregon State alumni to be open-mindedabout changing the education system.“It’s about not thinking about how schoolused to be, but how school needs to be,”she said. “We need relevant and rigorouslearning. We have some shining examples inOregon, but our challenge is that we need tohave that kind of experience at every schoolin Oregon.”While some political observers havementioned her as an eventual candidate forgovernor, her focus remains on Oregon’seducation system.“I am very focused on this work,” shesaid. “I have had people encourage me torun, but I am not done here.”Castillo returns to the OSU campusevery chance she gets, observing that it’sbeautiful no matter what season. She saysOregon State has changed for the betterwith the times, resulting in a more diversecampus population and an expansion of itscampus locations outside of Corvallis andinto cyberspace.“I am proud of the work Oregon Statehas done to increase access to education,”she said.She noted that while she supports allof Oregon’s educational institutions, when itcomes to sports, it’s “Go Beavers” on CivilWar days.Jodi Kerr, a senior in liberal studies, is awriting intern for the Oregon Stater.57Spring 2009

class notesalumni profileAfter Oregon State, a life growing wine, wineries and winemakersOSU graduateZelma Long hasworked with wineriesaround theworld to help themsucceed in a widevariety of localconditions. Photocourtesy ZelmaLong58By Ann KinkleyIn 1965, with a new science degree fromOSU in hand, Zelma Reed Long began workas a hospital dietitian in California. She soonrealized she didn’t particularly enjoy her work,and she jumped at a new opportunity whenher in-laws bought a winery in Napa Valley,Calif.As it turned out, her OSU training ingeneral science and nutrition made her themost logical person in the family to studywinemaking.“It gave me the building blocks to studyenology and viticulture at (U.C.) Davis,”she said. (Enology covers all aspects ofwinemaking including fermentation andblending grapes. Viticulture is the practiceof vine growing and grape harvesting.) Theonly woman in her class, she received hermaster’s degree in 1970, and althougha divorce has since changed her familyrelationships, her winemaking duties at LongVineyards continue to this day.During her first 25 years in the business,Long held positions as chief enologistat Robert Mondavi Winery; winemaker,president and CEO of Simi Winery; andeventually retired as executive vice presidentof Moet Hennessey California Wineries in1996. Her consulting for wineries in SouthAfrica, Germany, and Israel enhancedher international reputation, and shetravels frequently to speak at winemakers’conventions around the world.Long has also helped many Americanwineries with her enthusiasm and knowledge,regularly consulting in California, Oregon andEastern Washington.She directed the American Society forEnology and Viticulture and was foundingpresident of the American VineyardAssociation. In 1989 the American Institute ofWine and Food named her the first recipientof its Wine and Food Achievement Award inWinemaking. Long was named an AlumniFellow by the OSU Alumni Association in2001.She and her husband, viticulturistPhilip Freese, operate Zelphi Wines fromtheir home in Northern California and, alongwith a third partner, co-own a newer venturein South Africa, Vilafonté Vineyards. Shebecame interested in starting a vineyard inSouth Africa after speaking at conferencesthere.“I fell in love with the wine, the climateand the potential for making wine,” she said.Living several months in South Africaduring harvest time has proved to be bothenjoyable and successful. Vilafonté, the firstAmerican and South African joint winemakingcollaboration, was named a top fivefinalist for “New World Winery of the Year2008” by industry magazine Wine Enthusiast.John Platter’s 2009 South African WineGuide rated Vilafonté Series C 2006 as a 5Star Wine, out of 6,400 wines tested.Despite the current economy, Longsees a bright future for winemakers. Becauseof the specific nature of a vineyard’s soiland climate, a good wine from that vineyardstands out from its competition.“The kind of wine grown in Oregon can’tbe grown anywhere else,” she said.“There are a set of flavors and chemistrythat can’t be reproduced. Wheat, forexample, is a commodity, but wine is sitespecific. It has a personality and a flavor ofthe place that no one else can duplicate. Ithas more added value — it is a place-relatedproduct. So as an agricultural product it hasmore potential stability.”“People increasingly want things thatare local,” she said. “And more people areenjoying wine as a beverage — a few yearsago it began to out-sell all other alcoholicbeverages.”STATER

Roger P. Boennighausen, ’66, Vista, Calif. He was acaptain and naval aviator who amassed more than 6,000flying hours during 322 combat missions over NorthVietnam. He had served as commanding officer of NavalAir Station, Alameda, Calif.Boyd E. Olson, ’67, Mesa, Ariz.Daniel G. Murphy, ’67, Denver, Colo.James D. Noteboom, ’67, ’68, Bend.Don V. Coleman, ’68, ’70, Corvallis.Willis A. Meeuwsen, ’68, Banks. Alpha Gamma RhoDr. Michael J. Markham, ’69, Portland. Remembrancesmay be made to the OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Sigma Phi EpsilonGregory A. Clark, ’69, Springfield.Joe W. Templeton, ’69, College Station, Texas.Susan L. Simmons, ’69, Pendleton.Terry N. Toedtemeier, ’69, Portland. His photographscan be found in the Smithsonian Museum of AmericanArt and museums in Houston, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland,Princeton and Stanford. He was photography curator atthe Portland Art Museum at the time of his death andrecently completed a photographic journal with JohnLaursen, Wild Beauty: Photographs of the ColumbiaRiver Gorge, 1867-1957.Thomas A. Pick, ’69, La Pine.Alvin G. Higgens, ’70, Kalama, Wash.Frederick W. Miranda, ’70, Vancouver, Wash.Harry L. Hofstetter, ’70, Rupert, Idaho.Ila Williams Withrow, ’70, Lebanon.Michael L. Hendrix, ’70, Corvallis.Robert J. Marta, ’70, Wauconda, Wash.Thomas A. Rawlins, ’70, Heppner.Craig W. Wells, ’71, Los Gatos, Calif. Lambda ChiAlphaDavid G. Moore, ’71, ’85, Corvallis. Sigma ChiKoreen Williamson Loe, ’71, Fall City, Wash.Margaret M. Shaw, ’71, Coos Bay.David W. Johnson, ’71, Cote d’Ivoire, Africa.Timothy J. Gorman, ’71, Henderson, Nev.Betty Lou Sommers Leonard, ’72, Lebanon.Carl J. Martens, ’72, Salem.David E. Jordan, ’72, ’74, Deer Island.Steven J. Naylor, ’73, Forest Grove.Daniel E. Close, ’73, Fontana, Calif.Steven A. Wheeless, ’73, Creswell.Walter W. Johnson, ’73, State College, Pa.Dan W. Reberger, ’74, Richland, Wash.Margaret Lewis Ulrich, ’74, Beaverton.David M. Lusetti, ’74, Longmont, Colo.Joseph J. Bruner, ’74, Keno.Marvin W. Weiss, ’74, Canby.Timothy G. Fuller, ’74, Tybee Island, Ga.Mary Washington Gabriel, ’74, Sugarland, Texas.David J. Allan, ’75, Brenham, Texas.Gerald W. Douglas, ’75, Lake Oswego.Donald L. Krein, ’75, Lincoln City.Thomas R. Nunamaker, ’75, Pullman, Wash. TheRoyal Statistical Society, University College London,U.K., named a theorem based on his work, Nunamaker’sTheorem, in 2002. Delta Tau DeltaHarold W. Bump Jr., ’76, Napa, Calif.Norman S. Brock, ’77, Walterville.Kristi Amacher Goeks Robertson, ’78, Albany.Walter F. Burns, ’78, Caledonia, Mich.John M. O’Brien, ’79, Coronado, Calif.Michael F. Marks, ’79, Corvallis.Julie O’Hearn Weir, ’79, Modesto, Calif.Jeffrey B. Foley, ’80, Fairfield, Conn.Herman B. Chiu, ’81, Corvallis.Susann Lunsford Patton, ’81, Torrance, Calif.James M. Templer, ’82, Denton, Texas.David J. Holmes, ’83, Verona, Wis.John H. Champion, ’83, Bakersfield, Calif.Awad M. Elgarguri, ’84, Corvallis.Daniel S. Schoenthaler, ’84, Prineville. Sigma AlphaEpsilonKathleen Moore Blankenship, ’84, Portland.Kenneth P. Wilson, ’84, ’88, Corinne, Utah.Kurt A. Gustafson, ’84, Corvallis.Tamara Miles Spies, ’84, Creswell.Betty L. Vogel, ’86, ’93, Sweet Home.David L. Bradford, ’86, ’08, Albany.Manley W. Jennings, ’86, ’89, ’92, Albany.Nancy J. Williams, ’87, Lowell.Clay E. Christopher, ’88, Aloha.Michael B. Sun, ’88, Port St. Lucie, Fla.Richard A. Dalrymple Jr., ’90, Klamath Falls.Todd E. Ertler, ’90, Salem.Rick D. McGill, ’93, Portland.Kevin G. Dromgoole, ’94, McMinnville.Jon E. Christensen, ’97, La Grande.Mark A. Lambert, ’97, Otter Rock.Rosemarie Lerra Hubley, ’01, Corvallis.Martha L. Barr, ’06, Eugene.Gayatri Shrivastava, Corvallis. She was a doctoralstudent from Indore, India, studying chemistry.Klara Christof, Salem. She was a master’s student inmechanical engineering.Faculty & FriendsGeorge M. Ackerman, Hood River.H. Andy Andersen, Portland. He helped start the OSUConstruction Engineering Management program.Laura Anderson, Roseburg. Remembrances may bemade to the Oregon 4-H Foundation, 800-354-7281.Louis M. Anderson, Albany.Gary G. Arel, Redding, Calif.Charlotte Lignoski Ayers, Vancouver, Wash.Billy T. Bailey, Corvallis. He managed the OSUBookstore printing department for 12 years.Joseph H. Baker Jr., Mobile, Ala.Thomas L. Barr, Santa Ana, Calif.Audra Hurt Bell, Richardson, Texas.Charles S. Bennett, Portland.Cecil Blount, Santa Rosa, Calif.Charles L. Boddy, Toledo.Louise Tontz Boehm, Hillsboro.Roger L. Braker III, Portland. Kappa SigmaMargery Wohlgemuth Brash, Albany.Penny Henderson Britton, Anacortes, Wash. KappaAlpha ThetaA. “Dick” Brown, ’67, Prineville. He worked for theOSU Extension Service in Corvallis and Prineville.Donations may be made to the Shane Brown MemorialScholarship Fund to support OSU veterinarian students,at any Wells Fargo Bank branch.Alice Unruh Burrell, Salem. Alpha Chi OmegaRobert F. Cain, ’52, Corvallis.Daniel T. Carroll, Florence.Craig M. Carpenter, Saint Helens.Scott R. Carpenter, ’72, Eugene. He worked for theOSU Extension Service.Joseph M. Carson, Salem.Howard E. Christensen, Middletown, R.I.O. “Chris” Christensen, Tucson, Ariz. Beta Theta PiHazel Gearhart Clark, Elkton.Tom F. Clowers, Tacoma, Wash.Austin M. Colbert, ’71, Palm Springs, Calif.Christopher R. Cook, Klamath Falls. Beta Theta PiIris Shaver Coulson, Portland.Barbara Bell Craig, Mount Angel.Daniel F. Creary, Lake Oswego. Sigma Alpha EpsilonMyrna E. Crim, Salem.Mary J. Culbertson, Corvallis.Raymond H. Dahl, Silverton. Delta UpsilonJeffrey J. Dail, Portland.Joan Galloway Daron, Salem.Georgia A. Davis, Albuquerque, N.M. She was atechnical librarian at OSU from 1984 to 1995.Virginia Estell Davis, Portland.Dennis W. Day, Sweet Home.C. Bob Delozier, Portland.Edward D. Dewitt, Klamath Falls.Gordon E. Diebel, Portland. Remembrances may bemade to the Judy Diebel Riddell Fund, OSU Foundation,800-354-7281.John R. Donel, Corvallis.Raoul S. Duerden, Keizer. Kappa SigmaRobert F. Dunaven, Salinas, Calif.Marcia Durbaw, Los Angeles, Calif.Norma Cole Eckholm, Coos Bay.Donald E. Elliott, Portland.A. “Jeanne” Winebarger Emery, Baker City. Sheworked in the veterinarian lab at OSU.Lucile King Eskeldson, Lebanon.Elvy L. Fredrickson, Portland.Jonathan R. Fulton, Seattle, Wash.Joseph N. Gayles Jr., Atlanta, Ga.Laverne Goman, Puyallup, Wash.Jerry N. Green, Corvallis. He was a beef cattleherdsman at OSU for 20 years.David L. Guerin, Little Rock, Ark.Lowell E. Hadley, Newberg.Betty Whiteside Hall, Grass Valley, Calif.Helen Moppin Hall, Athens, Ga.Glee Wildig Hamlin, Corvallis.Althea Lynch Hanchett, Fortuna, Calif.Katherine Heaney Harper, Portland.Bruce L. Henderson, Salem. He had been an assistantcoach and director of operations for women’s basketballat OSU.Alice Ashton Heyl, Lake Oswego.Walter J. Hilands III, Seaside. Sigma Alpha EpsilonDouglas K. Hillard, Freeland, Wash.Glenn R. Hubbard, Portland. Tau Kappa EpsilonEdward L Hurd, Clackamas. Alpha Sigma PhiDolores F. Hutchins, Bend. She worked at the OSU SeedLaboratory for 22 years.Roger C. Inman, Tallahassee, Fla.Lloyd R. Jackson, Portland.Rita M. Johnson, Redmond.Erma Barton Johnston, Salem. Alpha Chi OmegaPatricia Hudec Jolley, Boise, Idaho.Georgia Galligan Jubitz, Hood River.Gene Killion, Yakima, Wash.Floyd B. King, Corvallis.Alice Chase Knowles, Eugene.Rufus K. Kraxberger Jr., Canby.Bruce A. Krieg, Pendleton.David E. Kuntz, Lancaster, Pa.Howard A. Lovvold, Astoria. Sigma NuI. “Art” Lutz, Portland. Remembrances may be made tothe OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Constance Morton Lynch, North Bend, Kappa KappaGammaMarion E. MacDonald, Camden, Del.Betty Burr Madson, Roseburg.Joseph A. Mahar, Portland.Rachel Maksud, Chicago, Ill. Donations may be made toGeorge & Rachel Maksud Fellowship, OSU Foundation,1-800-354-7281.Gertrude Landenshauser Maxwell, McMinnville.G. “Rick” McClung, Waldport.June C. McConkie, Pleasanton, Calif. Pi Beta PhiClyde O. McKinney, Longview, Ill.Gilbert Mickel, Port Angeles, Wash.Keith Mobley, Medford.Glenn V. Moffet, Jacksonville.James R. Moore, Beaverton. Beta Theta PiC. Joyce Moser, Grants Pass. Phi Delta ThetaMilton J. Nixon, Spearfish, S.D.William F. Mally Sr., Keizer.William S. McGuire, Corvallis. He taught in the cropscience department from 1956 to 1985. Remembrancesmay be made to the McGuire Crop Science ScholarshipFund, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.William E. Moore, Santa Barbara, Calif. Phi GammaDeltaBetty J. Ogden, Salt Lake City, Utah.Victor Okazaki, Portland.Donald L. Overholser, ’61, ’68, Salem. He taughtmedical microbiology at OSU from 1966 to 1992. Acomputer laboratory in the department is named in hishonor. Remembrances may be made to the OverholserMicrobiology Scholarship, OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.Julia R. Owens, McMinnville.Constance Hatt Passburg, Longmeadow, Mass.Donald A. Peake, Portland. Phi Gamma DeltaHelen Clele Persinger, Sheline, Wash.Lois Pye Petersen, ’66, ’68, Corvallis. She taughtphysical education at OSU from 1960 to 1989.59Spring 2009

class notesalumni profileWho knew one of the nation’s beloved figures went to OSU, sort of?By Ann KinkleyA hush comes over folks who have gatheredfor a town hall meeting in Philomath, justwest of Corvallis. The time is 1865, thecrowd is told, and President AbrahamLincoln has arrived. Trumpets sound, theColors are presented and the assembledhold hands over hearts while reciting thePledge of Allegiance.Actor Steve Holgate, looking eerily likethe great man, takes the stage and turns theclock back to the time of the Civil War.Holgate had long been a Civil War buffwhen the idea of writing a one-actor playusing Lincoln’s words only came to himabout 10 years ago, as he was planning acareer change.“People always told me I look likeAbraham Lincoln — for better or worse,” hesaid.“I choose to take it as a compliment.”He received his masters’ degree ininterdisciplinary studies from OSU in 1978and was a legislative staffer for the U.S.Congress and the Oregon Senate before hejoined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1984. Hewas an embassy press officer for the StateAlumnus Steve Holgate has portrayed Pres.Abraham Lincoln for audiences around theworld. Photo by Dennis WolvertonDepartment in several nations, includingFrance, Madagascar, Morocco, Mexico,Bahrain and Sri Lanka.Before he retired in 2002, he wrotea play about Lincoln and performed itoverseas. He studied the former president’slife as recorded in newspapers, letters andother historical records to flesh out hispresentation. With the 200 th anniversary ofLincoln’s birth this past February, Holgatehas found his Lincoln presentation to bequite popular.As a member of the Oregon LincolnBicentennial Commission, he has portrayedthe president at a variety of fundraisingdinners, Civil war reenactments and townhalls.Because his career had him spend somuch time out of the country, Holgate hasnot often been back to OSU.“I truly enjoyed being a student inCorvallis,” he said. “I worked for theBarometer; did movie reviews and a politicalcolumn for a while.” He still writes for theState Department on occasion from hishome in Tigard, where he lives with his wife,Felicia.60Jack Price, Beaverton. Phi Kappa PsiJoanne R. Price, Santa Cruz, Calif.Margolyn M. Procopio, ’07, Albany. She worked at theOSU Austin Family Business Program.Mildred P. Rauch, Lexington.Edna Barber Riddle, Portland.John N. Rideout II, Roseburg.Charles R. Rohde, Pendleton. He was an agronomist formore than 35 years at the Columbia Basin AgriculturalResearch Center.Jack G. Roof, Galveston, Texas. He taught chemistry atOSU.Laura Petersen Richardson, Hermiston.Cheryl N. Sartwell, Knoxville, Tenn. She was a longtimeadvisor to the Delta Delta Delta chapter at OSU.Lester D. Schall, Purcell, Okla.Daniel C. Simons, Albany.Per H. Sjogren, Portland. He directed the OSU MBAprogram at its beginning.Dorothy A. Skwark, Corvallis. She taught businesscourses at OSU.Earl E. Smith, ’50, Gresham. He taught engineering atOSU.Katherine Crossett Smith, Hillsboro.William P Smotherman, Westborough, Mass. He taughtbio-medical research at OSU.L. Paul Soward, Albany.Edward T. Spencer, Sweet Home.Charles B. Stanton, Portland.Lisa Bond Stewart, Salem,Catherine Curtz Stockman, New Britain, Conn. KappaAlpha ThetaPaula Smith Uglesich, Eugene.Marion D. Thomas, ’37, Corvallis. He worked for theOSU Extension Service. Contributions may be made tothe OSU Foundation, 800-354-7281.David Thureson, Tacoma, Wash.G. “Gene” Tower, ’38, ’44, Roseburg. He was a researchassistant at the OSU wood products lab.Nancy R. Truax, Corvallis. Delta Delta DeltaJoanne M. Vangeest, Philomath.Susan Dickson Veley, Portland.Jennie Hershey Vicars, Whiteson.Keith L. Waters, Joseph.Kenneth E. Waud, ’50, Richland, Wash. He was anExtension agent in Prineville.Nancy R. Webber, Corvallis. She had been head ofacquisitions at the OSU library.Wayne L. Weeks, Salem. Tau Kappa EpsilonHelen L. Wells, Hamburg, Ariz.Floyd Whitrock, Green Valley, Ariz.John E. Wood, Seattle, Wash.John T. Yoke III, Corvallis. He taught chemistry at OSUfrom 1964 to 1990.Pop Quiz answersFrom page 121. d. Oregon does not have an open primary law.The Oregon System, a practice that allows a popularvote to initiate legislation (initiative) or approvelaws passed by the legislature (referendum), beganin 1902. Oregon gained more national attentionthrough passage of additional reforms againstcorrupt practices (1908), establishing employers’liability (1910), and mandating eight-hour workdays(1912). These and other laws gave Oregon a reputationas a progressive state, although South Dakotawas the first state to adopt the initiative andreferendum system in 1898.2. It was the first men’s dormitory, built in 1892and originally named for Oregon Senator ThomasE. Cauthorn, who obtained state funding for constructionof the building. It was later called KidderHall, then was renamed in 1963 in honor of JohnFairbanks, professor and chair of the Department ofArt and Architecture from 1923 to 1946.3. b. Joint occupancy of land west of the Rockiesall the way to the Pacific Ocean ended when theBritish-American boundary was established at the49th parallel. The Oregon Territory included presentdayWashington, Oregon and Idaho, and parts ofMontana and Wyoming.4. a. Bonneville Dam was an Army Corps ofEngineers project in 1938. The dam’s constructionprovided jobs during the Great Depression andcreated inexpensive hydroelectric power for PacificNorthwest industries.5. c. Joseph Lane was an Indiana legislator and thefirst Oregon territorial governor to be appointed bya U.S. President. He was inaugurated on March 3,1849 and was well known for favoring slavery andsecession.6. OSU’s moon tree, a Douglas-fir growing on theeast lawn of Peavy Hall, was one of 450 seedlingsgiven to state forestry organizations throughout thenation as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrationin 1976. The tree seeds had orbited the moonin 1971 with astronaut Stuart Roosa of Apollo 14.STATER

…but not leastPower to — no,make that FROM —the studentsTaylor Hansen, a sophomore in nutrition,does her part to power the campus whileshe works out at OSU’s Dixon RecreationCenter. Students who use the center’s ellipticalexercise machines can now produceelectricity for the power grid. Using a technologycalled ReRev, the center retrofitted22 of the machines so users can generatepower while burning calories.Experts expect the system to produceabout 3,500 kilowatt-hours of electricityper year. ReRev uses a battery-free systemcalled ReCardio.OSU students have decided by campus-widevote that part of their fees will buyrenewable energy for the campus, and thestudent money paid for the ReRev system,which is coordinated by OSU’s SustainabilityOffice and Recreational Sports Department.The system requires multiple bikes togenerate significant power, so it is not yetappropriate for home use.“We’ve been using them for one month,”said Brandon Trelstad, ’02, university sustainabilitycoordinator. “The power output isa little bit lower than expected, but they aretypically a very utilized machine.“They operate exactly the same way asany other elliptical machine. So the studentsare choosing them only because they wantto create energy.” Details are available at:oregonstate.edu/sustainability/blog/. Photoby Dennis WolvertonSpring 2009

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