1940s
Shirley B. Gordon (’44 Chem. Ph.D. Ed.) has received the 2005 National Leadership Award from the American Association of Community Colleges. Gordon is the chair of the board of directors for Phi Theta Kappa at Highline Community College in Highline.
Jack Carter (’47 Ag. Econ.) was selected to receive the 2005 Agri-Business Award during the North Dakota State University Harvest Bowl.
Irwin Rose (’47 Zool., Pre-Med.) received the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He also received WSU’s 2005 Regents Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Donald Leon Shaw (’48 Elec. Engr.), Mercer Island, has been retired from Westinghouse since 1984. He recently attended his 62nd high school reunion in Vancouver, Washington.
1950s
Janily Patrick (’58 Ed., ’73 M.A. Ed.) has retired after 30 years of teaching, mostly in the Pullman school district. Janily looks forward to traveling and spending time with family during retirement.
Hellon (Davis) Stewart (’58 Ed.) has retired from Pasadena United School District and now co-chairs two docent programs at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, California.
1960s
Ned Wogman (’61 Chem.) has been the director of the Homeland Security Program Office at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland since February 2003.
William D. McFarland, Jr. (’62 Vet. Med.) of Fort Benton, Montana, received the president’s award for the Montana Veterinary Medical Association in September. McFarland is the association’s delegate to the American Veterinary Medical Association’s House of Delegates.
Sam Reed (’63 Soc. Stud., M.A. Pol. Sci.) of Olympia was elected president of the National Association of Secretaries of State for 2005-06. In May 2005, Sam received Gonzaga University’s Law Medal for his conduct during the 2004 gubernatorial election in Washington.
Elizabeth (Ahnquist) Taylor (’65 Soc.) of California has formed “Woodles” by Woody, a collection of folk-art line drawings. The website is www.woodles.biz.
Nayda Littlefield (’67 Ed.) of Moses Lake and her husband, Gregory, are ambassadors for Lions International, traveling the world under the title of District Governor D-5.
Thomas George Eastman, Sr. (’68 Pol. Sci.) was appointed regional manager Northwest for the Ford Customer Service Division September 1, 2005. Eastman retired as an lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and has been with the Ford Motor Company for almost 30 years. He lives in Snohomish with his wife, Lori.
Tom Noer’s (’68 M.A. Hist.) book, Soapy: A Biography of G. Mennen Williams, received the Michigan Historical Association Award for the best book of 2005. Noer is Valor Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Patricia Jean Scott (’68 Ed.) of Phoenix, Arizona, is a doctoral academic counselor for University of Phoenix Online.
Webster Ruble (’69 Comm.) of Oregon has just published a book of 12 short stories, Pure Sawdust, about Grays and Willapa harbors in Washington.
Lyle Erwin Russell (’69 Math.) retired from the City of Tacoma in 2004 after more than 32 years of service as a computer programmer and application systems analyst. He is now doing volunteer work for the Secretary of National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Pierce County, and elsewhere in the mental health community.
Catherine Lee Wamsley (’69 Ed.) of Hermiston is executive director of Umatilla-Morrow Head Start, Inc. She has been with the agency for 30 years. Her husband, Tom, is a University of Oregon alum, and their son and daughter are both WSU graduates.
1970s
James Herbold (’71 Math., ’72 Comp. Sci.) and wife, Margi, own and operate Bonner Garden Bed and Breakfast in downtown San Antonio, Texas.
Carol March (’71 Biol./Ed.) is starting her 30th year of teaching, with 20 years in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Harold G. Butchart (’72 Lib. Arts, ’74, M.A. Police Sci.) is stationed in Djibouti, East Africa, with the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Civil Military Operation for the War on Terror.
Scott Carson (’72 Bus. Admin.) was appointed vice president of sales at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in December 2004.
Bruce Foster (’72 Build. Theory & Pract.) was appointed president of Affholder Inc., a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies Inc., Chesterfield, Missouri. Affholder specializes in tunnel construction.
Mike (Charles M.) O’Connor (’73 Bus./Econ.), Spokane, was promoted to the post of Washington State director for Crown Financial Ministries in September.
Marie-Francoise Butchart (’74 For. Lang.) has begun her 25th year as a French language teacher and department chair at Saint Paul’s High School in Covington, Louisiana.
Michael (Tony) A. Hudson (’75 Bus. Admin.) has joined LPL Financial Services Inc. in Lakewood.
Donna Nelson (’75 El. Ed., ’81 M.A. Reading) is the elementary program teacher for the Montessori Children’s School in Wenatchee.
Dan C. Jamison (’78 Hist., Ed.) is superintendent of the Sherwood School District, Sherwood, Oregon.
Lee Kilcup (’78 Const. Mgt.) is chief executive officer of GLY Construction in Tacoma.
Ronald E. Oscarson (’78 Ag. Engr.) has been director of facilities for Spokane County since October 2005.
Karen Molenaar Terrell (’78 Ed.) just saw her book, Blessings: Adventures of a Madcap Christian Scientist, make its appearance on amazon.com. Karen teaches social studies in the Burlington School District.
1980s
Matt Evans (’80 An. Sci.), Flagstaff, Arizona, is the business development manager for Transnation Title Insurance Co. He has spent 20 years in banking.
Steve Gordon (’81 Bus. Admin. & Acctg.) is chief financial officer with the Trumba Corp. in Seattle. Trumba specializes in OneCalendar, a computer-based communication calendar.
Ronn Hagan (’81 Env. Sci.), Mandaville, Louisiana, and his family survived Hurricane Katrina with minor damage.
Margaret Simmons (’81 Home Ec.) is vice president of academic affairs at Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona.
David Sutherland (’81 Pharm.) is pharmacy manager at the Wenatchee Food Pavilion.
Cindy Jacobs (’83 M.S. Vet. Sci., Microbiol.; Ph.D. Vet Sci., Microbiol.) is executive vice president and chief medical officer of OncoGenex Technologies, Inc., Seattle, a clinical-stage biotechnology company.
Bradley A. Roeber (’83 Acctg., Bus. Admin.) has been the regional president of AAA Chicago since April 2005.
Kirsten Birkeland (’84 Comm.) married Eric Koldinger on Sauvie Island, Oregon, September 18, 2005. Kirsten is working for Waggener Edstrom, a global high-tech public relations firm.
Kraig Naasz (’84 Hist.) is president and chief executive of the National Mining Association.
John Schultz (’84 Pol. Sci.) is senior vice president of business development for Clinical Data, a pharmacogenomics company in Newton, Massachusetts.
Jody Stewart-Strobelt (’84 Pol. Sci.) was named Eastern Washington University’s Faculty of the Year in 2005. Stewart-Strobelt teaches German.
Kitty Gibbs (’85 Comm.) launched her own marketing and communications consulting business, Kitty Gibbs Marketing & Communications, in Gig Harbor.
Mike Wurm (’85 Soc. Stud., Ed.) is chief professional officer for the Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, Nevada. Wurm has worked for the Boys and Girls Club for 10 years.
Alysonn (Olcott) Cassidy (’86 Gen. Stud.) is a freelance newspaper and magazine columnist living in California. Alysonn’s last child just started kindergarten.
Lori L. Bye (’87 Rec. & Leisure Stud.) is manager of the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center in Glendale, Arizona.
Jim Drinkwine (’88 Comm.) graduated with an M.B.A. from City University in June 2005.
Scott McVay (’88 Psych.) is vice president and private banking officer for Columbia Bank in Tacoma.
1990s
Mark Field (’92 Gen. Stud.) and his wife, Elesa Field (’93 Engl.), Bothell, announce the birth of son Ethan on December 29, 2004.
Jeff Gehrman (’93 Anth.) is director of sales for Best Western Lakeway Inn & Convention Center, Bellingham.
Bradley Parish (’93 Crim. Just., Soc.) joined the law firm of Zimney Foster P.C., Grand Forks, North Dakota, as a member attorney.
Laura Bridges (’95 Engl.) was appointed community outreach manager for the City of Gresham, Oregon, in July.
Jennifer R. (Fenich) Burger (’95 Hum. Nutr. & Food Sci.) and husband Everett welcomed Ashleigh Marie on October 29, 2004. Jennifer is a physicians’ assistant in Spokane Valley.
Darhl Edwards (’95 Bus. Admin. and Const. Mgmt.) and Lusol (Jimenez) Edwards (’93 Ent.) welcomed daughter Indi Edwards on May 10, 2005. The Edwards family lives in Snoqualmie.
Tom McGirk (’95 El. Ed., Engl.) is regional manager for Naegeli Reporting Corporation in Spokane.
Patrick Waer (’95 Hist.) and Natalie (Francek) Waer (’94 Fam. & Child Stud.) welcomed their first son, Jackson Charles, on May 18, 2005. Patrick is an assistant baseball coach at Fresno State University, Fresno, California.
Jason Weisner (’95 Mgt.) has opened a Pizza Schmizza franchise in Longview, Washington.
Matt Drew (’97 Comm.) was appointed lead account executive for the Campbell-Ewald Advertising North Central Region in Chicago on the Chevrolet account.
Kelly (Keeler) Reep (’97 Comm.) is the Skagit Valley College Foundation event coordinator/fundraiser.
Robert Waymire (’97 Fin.) was promoted to Southwest regional analyst for Hyatt Hotels and Resorts.
Jennifer A. Becker (’98 Bus. Admin.) married Matthew Harris on June 18, 2005, in Colfax.
Matt Malgensini (’98 Civ. Engr.) married Michelle Wright in Seattle in August. Matt is a civil engineer, and Michelle is an advertising director. They live in Everett.
Daniel Evans (’99 Comm., ’02 M.B.A.) is assistant vice president and business relationship manager at Wells Fargo’s Eastern Washington Business Banking Center in Spokane.
Mareth Flores (’99 Comm.) and Jayson Francis were married June 25, 2005, in Issaquah. They now live in Bellevue.
2000s
Gale Mickelson (’00 HBM) is an account executive for Northwest Embrodiery in Milton.
Ray Deyo (’01 MIS) and Kalae Chock (’02 Comm.) were married June 24, 2005. Kalae is an anchor/reporter for KPAX news and Rob is a data analyst for the Forest Service. They live in Missoula, Montana.
Danielle Heitert (’01 Psych.) and Justin Zemlicka (’03 Crim Just.) were married July 16, 2005.
Jeremy Lewis (’01 Bus. Admin.) is a district supervisor and financial advisor for Waddell & Reed Financial Services.
Carmen Seidel (’01 Hum. Dev.) and husband, Shaun Seidel, had a baby, Aryanna Nicholle Seidel, September 4, 2002. Carmen works for as a universal banker for the U.S. Bank in Yakima.
Debra Riendeau (’02 Nurs.,’04 M.S. Nurs.) joined the faculty at St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine, as an assistant professor of nursing in fall 2005.
Sarah Anne Johnson (’03 Engl.) is working for Americorps VISTA and organizes book drives, fundraising, and reading events.
Carly Morse (’03 Mvt Stud.) is coordinator for Sport Clubs and Youth Programs for University Recreation at WSU.
Catherine Muench Walker (’03 Sport Mgt) is assistant director of compliance at Elton University’s athletic department.
Wyoshe Umeca Walker (’03 Engl.) is a special education paraprofessional in the Seattle School District. She is pursuing a master’s degree in teaching.
Jaime Lynne Wilcox (’03 Comm.) is the director of youth and children’s ministries at The Community Church of Smoke Rise in Kinnelon, New Jersey.
Camille Marie Williams (’03 Sport Mgt) teaches in the Try Wait! Program for middle and high school students in Kailua, Hawaii. She married Justin Word on August 21, 2005.
Laurie Carlson (’04 Ph.D. Hist.) is the founder of Field & Feast magazine.
Joey Allen Currie (’04 Crim. Just.) is a project manager for a company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He travels around the United States to work with businesses in OSHA compliance and safety.
William LaValley (’04 Soc. Sci.) is the purchasing agent for Samson Rope Technologies’ Ferndale location.
Daniel J. Moody (‘04 Comm.) is a market manager for the American Diabetes Association in Vancouver. He coordinates American’s Walk for Diabetes events and the School Walk for Diabetes programs for Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Daniel Reidt (’04 Pharm.) bought the Hart & Dilatush Pharmacy in Spokane in September 2005.
Jane Ann Schiltz (’04 Fine Arts) is doing relief work with AIDS orphans in Musoma, Tanzania.
Bryan Jackson Taylor (‘04 Comm.) is an outside sales and marketing representative with Gerber Collision and Glass in Renton. Bryan completed a summer internship with the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce in 2004.
Jessica Gonzales (’05 Bus. Admin.) is an insurance agent for Farmers Insurance in north Spokane.