1940s
Katherine P. Grigg (’45 Home Ec.) has been traveling around the world, including Austria, Germany, and Scotland. Grigg also has been volunteering weekly at the Northwest Hospital in Seattle for the last 18 years.
1950s
Hal Lyons (’50 Bus. Admin.) and his wife, Bev, La Quinta, California, are members of the University Club of the Desert and the local Cougar Booster club. Both provide scholarships for needy students at the College of the Desert and WSU.
Sherry L. McManus x’50 and Joe Wise (’50 Soc.), Bellevue, married in Hawaii December 2004. They reunited after they both lost spouses of over 50 years.
Paul W. Morgan (’50 Pol. Sci. and Admin.) has been managing a community food bank that serves more than 100 households and about 450 people per month out of John Knox Presbyterian Church in Keizer, Oregon. Morgan oversees a volunteer staff of 35 to 40 people.
E. Laird Hansen (’56 Bus. Admin.) was recently elected president of the Washington State Air Force Association. Hansen is vice chair for Verity Credit Union’s board of directors in Seattle.
Mary Coon Knodell (’56 Ed.) is past president of United Vision for Idaho, a nonprofit think tank working for social and economic justice in the state.
Lawrence Dodd (’57 Geology) was recently honored when the Walla Walla Public Library named a room for him to recognize his support of preserving historical materials both as a volunteer at the public library and as archivist at Whitman College’s Penrose Library.
Robert D. Duncan (’57 Bus. Admin.) and his family own a winery, Berghof Keller, in Leavenworth. They specialize in German-style wines
1960s
John Flinn (’62 Mat. Sci. Engr., ’72 Ph.D. Engr. Sci.) was inducted into the Idaho National Laboratory’s Hall of Fame December 2005 for his lifetime achievements in metal alloys. Flinn teaches at the University of Idaho in Moscow.
Lenny Kanner (’69 Police Sci.) has retired in California after traveling the world.
1970s
Crista Claar Whitelatch (’72 Ed.) and husband, Bob, own Claar Cellars Winery, an estate winery in Pasco.
Bruce Johnson (’74 Comm.) CDR, USN (ret), Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a senior proposal writer for a large defense contracting firm.
Dale E. Carlton (’75 Elec. Engr.) is retired and lives in the Des Moines Marina. He spends winter months in his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Carol Rediske-Mudd (’75 Psych.) has changed her name to Maitri Sojourner. Maitri had her first two-person art show at the Side Door Studio in Olympia in January 2006.
Cynthia Duren (’76 HRA) is business manger for Market Vision Inc., Spokane.
Dave Pratt (’76 Psych.) released his new novel, Buried in the Records, a mystery set in Olympia and Lakewood, in January 2006.
Mike Hathaway (’78 Comm.) was promoted to vice president of Encore Media Group. He will be responsible for sales and major business initiatives in Seattle and San Francisco. Mike and his wife, Patty (’78 Food and Nutr.) live in Edmonds with daughter, Courtney, and son, Cameron.
Linda Jones (’78 Bus. Admin.) is director of corporate communications at Avista Corp., Spokane.
Bob Baker (’79 Elec. Engr.) is the senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group. He lives in Arizona.
Daniel Quall (’79 Gen. Stud.) was appointed senior vice president of the Sonus Network, a national professional hearing care network, in December 2005.
1980s
David J. White (’80 Crim. J.) is chief of detectives and support services for the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, where he has worked since 1980. He recently graduated from the FBI National Academy Program in Quantico, Virginia.
Laurie (Johnson) Loth (’81 Pol. Sci.) is a senior loan consultant with Washington Mutual Home Loans in Bellevue. She was named to the President’s Club for the fourth year as a top producer for the company.
Jeff Thoren (’81 Vet. Sci., ’84 D.V.M.) has founded Gifted Leaders LLC, a firm that provides coaching and consulting to help workplaces cooperate with purpose, leadership, and heart. He lives in Arizona.
John Kozba (’82 Elec. Engr.) is a visiting professor in the systems engineering department at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
James Watanabe (’84 Hist., ’85 TC Ed.) is chaplain at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont, Texas.
Tom Butler (’86 Comm.) is the primary morning anchor at the Fox network-owned affiliate KMSP-TV in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area. Tom was formerly at ABC in Memphis for five years.
John Jerkovich Jr. (’87 Comm.) joined the Oregon Lottery’s Retail Operations Department as the corporate accounts representative. He works in Salem, Oregon.
Jud Preece (’87 Soc. Sci.) returned to Pullman September 2004 as marketing director for WSU’s alumni relations. He and wife, Laura (’88 Engl./Bus. Admin.), have two little girls, Berklee and Berit. Coming to Pullman? Look us up!
Allison (Reeves) Helfen (’88 HRA) and her husband, Scott, have opened a wine store in Fairwood called The Wine Alley.
Laurie (Smith) Jordan (’88 For. Lang.) has launched Conexion Marketing, a Seattle full-service agency to help businesses target local Hispanics.
David Murillo (’88 Mech. Engr.) was appointed power manager at Grand Coulee Dam December 2005.
Tom Pounds (’88 Elec. Engr.) is still working as an electrical engineer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He also is doing his best to keep the WSU flag flying on ESPN College Game Day shows during the football season.
Stacy Siroky Perrus (’89 Comm.) and husband, Jim, Ellicott City, Maryland, announce the birth of their second daughter, Eleni Sofia December 5, 2005. Eleni has a one-and-a-half-year-old sister, Alexandra.
1990s
Patrick Gendreau (’90 Comm.) is vice president of organizational development at Gordon Trucking. Patrick, his wife, Pam, and their two children, Nicholas and Natalie, live in Puyallup.
Laura Leist (’90 Comm.) is the author of Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life, due in bookstores nationwide spring 2006.
Gil White (’90 Pol. Sci.) has joined the Seattle office of CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate firm, as a sales associate. White previously spent 15 years as a major gifts fundraiser.
Rex Stults (’91 Comm.) is industry relations director for Napa Valley Vintners, a 270-member wine industry trade organization. He was previously CEO of the St. Helena Chamber of Commerce. He lives in Napa, California.
Barbara LaBoe (’93 Comm.) is the health reporter at The Daily News in Longview.
Yong Wang (’93 Chem. Engr.) received the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA 2006 Asian American Engineer of the Year Award for his outstanding scientific achievements and contributions to his community.
Gary H. Pickering (’94 Bus. Admin., Fin.) is vice president of business banking at Skagit State Bank, Bellingham.
Jason Wandler (’94 Pol. Sci.) is a partner at the law firm of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, LLP, Seattle. Jason and his wife, Carrie, live in Kenmore.
Chuck Lietz (’96 Bus. Admin.) is senior vice president and director of finance for U.S. Bancorp Equipment Finance, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
James Rotholz (’96 Ph.D. Anthro.) recently published his second book, Walking the Spirit: Embracing Life as a Spiritual Journey. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with his wife, Louise, and both continue to struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Katie Christiansen (’97 Women’s Stud.) and husband, Erik Christiansen (’98 Crim. J.), are expecting their first child in June 2006.
Jana (Pursley) Meinhold (’97 Hum. Dev., ’00 M.A. Hum. Dev.) completed her Ph.D. at Oregon State University with a dissertation focusing on sibling relationships. She is an assistant professor at Portland State University. She and husband, Travis Meinhold (’98 Hum.), live in Portland, Oregon, where Travis works in real estate development.
Justin D. Ball (’98 Geol.) recently joined Kleinfelder, Inc. as a staff professional. He transferred from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked for Geologic Services Corp. At Kleinfelder’s Albuquerque offices Ball will be supporting the underground storage tank program.
Jason Davis (’98 Comm.) is a reporting manager at COMSYS, Phoenix, Arizona.
Charmaine Harvey (’99 Pol. Sci.) joined First Independent Bank in Camas as branch manager.
2000s
Jeff Evans (’00 Comm.) is manager of baseball media relations for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. Evans was formerly assistant sports information director at Arizona State University.
Ryan Gillette (’00 Kines.) graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.
Andrea (Ballard) Brower (’01 Psych.) and her husband welcomed their first son, Rick Leon Brower III, September 30, 2005. Andrea, who has her Master’s in Teaching, is a sixth-grade math and science teacher in the White River School District, Bonney Lake.
David Berg (’02 Crim. J.) married Julie Brown (’02 Comm.) and is program director for a juvenile treatment facility in Spokane.
Cody Grabenhorst (’02 Hist.) is a broker at Coldwell Banker Mountain West Real Estate, Salem, Oregon.
Tyler Litzenberger (’02 Fin.) is a real estate representative for the Opus West Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona.
Adam Query (’02 Hist.) and wife, Eve, welcomed firstborn son, Dominic Kristos McQuery, November 3, 2005. Adam is stationed in Fort Gordon in eastern Georgia.
Bernadette Flynn (’03 Comm.) is donor relations coordinator and marketing assistant for the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation, Kennewick.
Teresa Alexander Hammer (’03 Soc., Anthro.) received her M.S. in anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
Joel Curl (’04 Kines.) was hired by the Tukwila Fire Department October 2005.
Caron Dorman (’04 Biol.) and Kevin Treloar (’04 Biol.) were married June 4, 2005. Caron is in the doctoral program in physical therapy and Kevin is in the master’s program in education at Northern Arizona University.
Robin Kurdirka (’04 Int. Des.,’05 M.A. Int. Des.) is an interior designer at ALSC Architects, Spokane.
Crystal Victoria Lambert (’04 Soc. Sci.), Vancouver. is in her second year of law school and works as a law clerk in the law office of Alfred Bennett. Crystal was married June 18, 2005, to William Lambert.
Andy O’Keeffe (’04 Civ. Engr.) and Jamie Overlin (’04 Hist.) were married August 13, 2005 in Kent. Ian Somppi (’05 Pol. Sci, Hist.) and Emily Poland (’03 Comm.) were in the wedding party.
Andrea Cirignano (’05 Comm.) is an advertising sales account executive at KNDU-TV. Kennewick. Andrea is also working freelance for the Tri-Cities Republic newspaper and Reactor Magazine.