1930s
Constance McCormick (’35 Mus.) attended her class reunion at WSU and found she was the only one in her class there. She said she horned in on the 40th- and 50th-reunion grads, but was made so welcome by all that it was a lifetime thrill. She thanks all those who made her trip to Pullman from her home in Seattle so memorable. She is 93.
Glen Wilson (’39 Mining Engr.) and his wife, Jeanne, a former WSU student, are living in retirement in San Jose, California. Glen volunteers in the anthropology department at San Jose State University.
1950s
Charles E. Millard (’53 Gen. Stud.) was honored in March 2005 by having the newly surfaced track at Yakima’s West Valley High School named after him. He had coached the track and cross-country teams while teaching math, chemistry, and physics at the high school for 26 years. He retired in 1982. For him, the credit goes to Jack Mooberry, who coached him at Washington State from 1949 to 1952.
Ron and Jane Baker (’55 Ag. and ’56 Home Ec., respectively) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 19, 2005. The two met at WSU, were married at Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle, and established their home in Hermiston, Oregon. They are founding members of the Hermiston Christian Center.
Harold A. Sanders III (’57 Zool.), Cincinnati, Ohio, retired in 1999 after 40 years with the U.S. government, then went to work for Pfizer, Inc., traveling worldwide until he retired again in 2005. Now he is a volunteer ombudsman with the Ohio Department of Health and with senior-care nursing homes and long-term care facilities. He has five daughters, some of whom live in the Seattle area.
Bruce Johnson (’59, ’62 M.S. Civ. Engr.) published Flexible Software Design: Systems Development for Changing Requirements, in May 2005 through Auerbach Publications. Bruce is a retired associate professor of information and decision sciences from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He lives with his wife, Carmen, in Estes Park, Colorado.
1960s
Manzoor Ahmad (’61 An. Sci.) is the 2004 recipient of the WSU Alumni Achievement Award. He lives in Pakistan, where he is vice chancellor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
Jane Hess (’62 Mus.) received her J.D. She retired from 40 years of teaching to pursue a career in law. A quadriplegic, she has been confined to a wheel chair since a 1987 auto accident involving a drunk driver.
Sandy Gallemore (’64 Phys. Ed.) is president of both the Women Investing Now investment club of Statesboro, Georgia, and the Coastal Georgia/South Carolina chapter of the National Association of Investors Corporation. She is also executive secretary-treasurer of the Southern Academy of Women in Physical Activity, Sport, and Health.
Richard E. Betz (’65 Ag. Econ.), Hermiston, Oregon, was recently named successor to the chairman of the board of Columbia Bankcorp.
George V. Smith (’67 Hist.), Dekalb, Illinois, is associate deputy director of the Office of Library Services for The Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Paul Hirzel (’69 Gen. Stud.), Pullman, is the American Institute of Architects’ 2005 Housing Committee Award recipient.
1970s
Diane Lee Alfano (’70 Ed.) retired June 2003, after teaching 33 years in Washington—29 years in Spokane and the last four in Bellevue. She moved to Gilbert, Arizona, to be near her son and became a real estate agent. She continues to do math consulting for middle school teachers, a job that enables her to travel throughout the country.
Richard Krolak (’70 Pol. Sci.) has been promoted to chief of the office of health policy and planning administration for the California Pacific Employees’ Retirement System, based in Sacramento.
Claus-Michael Naske (’70 Hist.) published his 12th book, Ernest Gruening: Alaska’s Greatest Governor, May 2004. A professor emeritus in history at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, he was awarded the $10,000 Usibelli Prize for excellence in research in 2001. He retired from the University of Alaska Press that same year, having served as director since 1988.
David Cotton (’72 Police Sci.) retired after serving 25 years with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
Michael Miller (’73 Pol. Sci.) was promoted to statewide director of litigation and field services for Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
Michael Drake (’74 Bus. Admin. & Mktg) was promoted to senior vice president of Columbia Bank in Tacoma.
Michele Johnson (’74 Police Sci., ’75 M.S. Police Sci.) has been promoted from president to chancellor of Pierce College in Lakewood, Washington.
Guy Kazuo Murashige (’74 Pol. Sci., Hist.) is a service director for United Airlines. He has been traveling around the world working for United in the 30 years since he graduated from WSU. He plans to retire in a couple of years and move to Vietnam.
John Filicetti (’77 Ind. Tech., ’77 Ed.) is Program Management Office director for Children’s Hospital in Seattle.
Judson H. Clendaniel (’78 Bus. Admin.) founded The Clendaniel Co., Inc., a commercial real estate appraisal and consulting business. He is a member of the Appraisal Institute and a past member of the Shoreline Board for the City of Bothell. He has written a number of books, including one on telecommunications infrastructure. He is married and has two children.
Dan Jamison (’78 Hist., Ed.) is in negotiations with the Sherwood School District in Oregon to succeed Ron Saxton as superintendent.
Bryan Lawlis (’79 Biochem.) has been appointed to the board of directors of GlycoFi, Inc. He lives in California.
David W. Mitchell (’79 Psych., ’81 M.A. Ch. Dev.) recently opened the Tri-Art Gallery in Richland, selling fine art outdoor sculpture. He also operates a counseling business.
1980s
Lisa Beckett (’81 M.S. Phys. Ed.) is professor of physical education at Pomona College in California. She has been a faculty member there since 1987 and serves on the NCAA West Regional Advisory Committee.
David Bricka (’81 HRA) is executive director of the La Conner Chamber of Commerce. Previously he was general manager of the Three Rivers Inn in Sedro-Wooley and assistant director of the 2005 Tulip Festival.
Scott D. Furman (’81 Ag.) is Okanogan County’s assessor and was recently elected president of the Washington State Association of County Assessors. He has been employed by Okanogan County since 1984.
James P. Merryweather (’81 Biochem.) is executive vice president of Ciphergen Biosystems Inc. in California.
Phillip Meske (’81 Comm.), Castiac, California, and his wife, Kathleen, have founded MeskesMusic, offering seminars and materials for using music as a classroom teaching tool. Among their materials is a CD with music by Kathleen and lyrics by Phill. To view their materials see www.meskesmusic.net.
Charles Tilton (’81 Mech. Engr.) and Donald Edward Tilton (’85 Mech. Engr.) have expanded their company, Isothermal Systems Research Inc., in Liberty Lake. The company is expected to grow to 1,000 employees in the next five years from the current 200.
Joseph Villagomez (’82 Psych.) was appointed secretary of public health for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Sheila Geraughty Leek (’83 Pol. Sci.) has been promoted to real estate portfolio and leasing manager at Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane.
Robert Littlejohn (’83 Ph.D. Bot.) is headmaster of Trinity Academy in North Carolina.
Jackie Balzer (’84 Soc.) is dean of student life at Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Susan Joanne Bauer (’84 Comm.) has been chasing her three kids, Nicole,10, Drew, 8, and Blake, 3, while working part-time at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a media relations specialist. She and her husband will be celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary.
Steve DeSordi (’88 Math.) assumed command of the U.S. Air Force’s 28th Operational Weather Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. He was recently transferred from Sembach Air Base in Germany, where his squadron won the 2004 Fawbush-Miller Award for being the best weather squadron in the Air Force.
Barbara Ann Finnell (’88 Ed., ’95 M.A. Sp. and Hear. Sci.), Chandler, Arizona, is self-employed as a home health speech therapist. She previously taught special education children for 13 years in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Steven Edward Reynolds (’88 Arch.) is the CAD manager at Davis Carter School, a large architecture firm in Alexandria, Virginia. He is in charge of production standards and quality control. His other good news this year comes in the form of Clara Maud, the newest addition to the family.
1990s
Debbie (Hamilton) Dailey (’90 For. Lang. and Lit.) just moved to Helena, Montana, with her husband, George, after living in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, for years. She played piccolo in the Coeur d’Alene Symphony and oboe in the Coeur d’Alene Chamber Orchestra. She also strutted her stuff as a Red Hot Mama and worked as a paralegal. She is the mother of five, ages 7 to 31. She now works for Montana Legal Services Association, is learning the cello, and is happy and healthy.
John Morgan (’90 Comm.) recently joined In-Store Broadcasting Network as director of research and analytics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Peter Unagaro (’90 Bus. Admin., Mgt) has been named president of the Cray Company, Seattle’s supercomputer maker.
Marty Dickinson (’91 Gen. Stud.) has been appointed president of the Downtown Spokane Partnership. Previously she served as vice president of both the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce and Spokane Area Economic Development Council.
Ayako (Moriya) Hufford (’91 Bus. Admin.) has accepted a position with Merrill Lynch Tokyo, leaving a job with ABN-AMRO in August.
Andy Lee (’91 Hist.) lives in Jamison, Pennsylvania, and works as a pilot for JetBlue Airways.
Mark Mosely (’91 Gen. Stud. and Soc. Sci.) was named manager of Freightliner’s St. Thomas, Ontario, plant.
Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt (’92 Engl., ’96 M.A. Engl.) was recently elected secretary of the National Two Year College Association, a branch of the National Council of Teachers of English. She is co-chair of the TYCA conference this year. She is also secretary of the Yakima Regional Library Board and a volunteer with the Pegasus Project, a therapeutic riding program. She teaches English and directs the writing center at the Yakima Valley Community College.
Kathy Hanpa (’92 B.A. Arch. Stud.), Belgrade, Montana, married Tim Russell May 28, 2005, in Bozeman, Montana. Kathy is an architect with JLF & Associates in Bozeman, and Tim is a production lead with Cherry Tree Design. Kathy is originally from Montana, and Tim is from Portland, Oregon.
Toby Charles Schwarz (’92 Bus. Admin., ’96 Ph.D. Ed.) is the head track and field/cross country coach at Whitworth College. He was promoted to full professor in the Department of Kinesiology.
Gregory M. Davies (’94 Bio.) and his family have recently moved back to the Bay Area. He will be working at Egan Junior High in the Los Altos School District, one of the top districts in California. He’ll teach physical science to 8th-grade students and will supervise an environmental awareness club.
Jeffery Hellam (’94 Rec. and Leisure Stud.) is the proud owner of Hellam’s Vineyard wine shop in La Conner.
Maureen Johns (’94 Comm.) has a new little “future Coug” in the family down in Texas. Little Miss Lorraine is scheduled for the freshman class of 2023 in Pullman! Go COUGS!
Jody (Gabriel) Cameron (’95 Math., Ed.) recently moved to Ellworth Air Force Base in South Dakota after five years in Europe. She is mother to Lexi, 6, Payton, 4, and Caroline, 2.
Shelley Richards (’95 Civ. Engr.) was married to David Rodriguez October 2004. They live in Portland, Oregon. She also received a promotion to environmental design oversight manager for Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners.
Michael D. Bajema (’97 Crim. Just.) is a captain in the US Army. He returned from his second tour in Iraq with the 1st Armored Division after having been awarded the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal. He recently took command of a Brigade Reconnaissance Company in Friedberg, Germany.
Bret F. Busacker (’97 Bus. Admin.) has joined the Cincinnati office of Thompson Hine LLP as an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group.
Joe Eschbach (’97 Mech. Engr.) was hired by Astoria Software of San Mateo, California, as chief marketing officer.
Colleen O’Neal (’97 Ed.) is principal of Homelink and CAM schools, K-12 parent-partnered alternative schools in the Battle Ground School District. She is also treasurer for the 18th Legislative District Democrats.
Julie Linahan (’98 Comm.) was named Newport Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau incentive travel industry sales manager.
April Owen (’98 Bus. Admin. and Acctg) was rehired by BDO Sideman in Spokane as tax senior associate.
Kari-Ellen Elsdon (’99 Hum. Dev.) completed her M.Ed. in guidance and counseling in June 2004 and married Travis Elsdon in August of that year. She now works as a counselor at Wilson High School in Tacoma.
Grady and Rian Emmerson x’99 and x’00 welcomed Talia Rose to the family September 12, 2004. Grady is the new head football coach at North Central High School in Spokane.
Amy Huckabay (’99 Bus. Admin., For. Lang.) was hired by Pulakos and Alongi Ltd. of Albuquerque as a CPA, tax supervisor.
2000s
Cory Cameron Carpenter (’00 Bus.) is regional sales manager for JELD-WEN, manufacturers of pools and windows in West Sacramento, California. He is active with the local alumni association.
Chris Cashman (’00 Comm.) and Cara Hildt announced their engagement and plans for a July 9 wedding in Bellingham.
Shannon George (’00 Biochem., ’02 M.S. Chem.) has been hired by HollisterStier in Spokane as a new product discovery scientist.
Edith Suzanne Marshall (’00 D.V.M.) earned her M.P.V.M. degree from UC Davis in ’04. Now she is working as a researcher for the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance in California. She has also volunteered on two trips to Guatemala with the Rural Area Veterinary Service.
Dana (Erickson) Repp (’00 Ag. Econ.) and her husband, Aaron, announce the birth of their first child, Derek James, on November 30, 2004, in Pullman. Aaron farms near Dusty, and Dana is a stay-at-home mom.
Shawn Kendall Martin (’02 Comm.) has been producer and director of KSMQ Public TV of Austin, Minnesota, since August 2002. His third child, Lily, was born June 11, 2005.
Ying “Yvonne” Du (’03 Ph.D. Civ. Engr.) was hired by Integrus Architecture of Spokane as a structural engineer.
Jessica Frazer (’03 Bus. Admin.) has a new position as senior business systems analyst for Harland Financial Solutions in Bellevue.
Bill Graffis (’03 Gen. Stud. and Math.) is pursuing a career as an artist. His gilding work can be seen on display around much of the Houston area.
Colin Andrew White (’03 Bus. Admin.) has just published his college honors thesis, which he wrote with former WSU professor Dave Croasdell, as a book titled, Case Studies in Knowledge Management. White is a systems analyst for Deloitte Consulting in Seattle.
Liz Commeree (’04 Bus. Admin., Mgmt.), Spokane, was hired by Northwestern Mutual Finance Network as assistant director of development.
Melissa Marie Elliott (’04 Psych.) just completed her first year at Gonzaga University in a master’s program for school counselors. She is also working in a practicum at Willard Elementary School, Spokane.
Jennifer Marie Lasher (’04 El. & Sec. Ed.) was married to Steven Ray Short November 27, 2004, in Ridgefield.
Nathan Rea (’04 Agribus.) has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Rep. Greg Walden as a staff assistant.
Jana (Smith) Sutton (’04 Hist., Ed.) married Jeff Sutton (’02 Engr.) December 6, 2003. The two met as residents at Scott-Coman Halls and then started dating a few years later when they were resident advisors.