1930s
Paul B. Hansen (’37 Chem. Engr.) lives in Neenah, Wisconsin with his wife Jane.
1940s
John M. Kuhlman (’48 Econ.) was recently featured in The New York Times for his work tutoring immigrants to read and write English. He lives in North Carolina.
1950s
John A. Sandor (’50 Forestry and Range Management) was awarded the Gifford Pinchot Medal by the Society of American Foresters for his 60 years of work in the field of forestry. He lives in Alaska.
1960s
John Abelson (’60 Physics) recently celebrated the publication of his book, Uncle Phil and the Atomic Bomb. The history is a story of his uncle Philip Abelson (’33), a scientist who worked at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory on the atomic bomb project. Before the older Abelson died in 2004, his nephew was able to record interviews with him about his exciting career in science. Abelson, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, retired from teaching at Cal Tech in 2002 and lives in San Francisco.
Carolyn Burke Malnes (’60) was recently honored by the Music Teachers National Association as a MTNA Foundation Fellow at the 2008 MTNA National Conference in Denver, Colorado. She is a music teacher in Lynnwood, Washington.
Ken Brink (’61) and his wife Helen (’61) moved Port Townsend after graduation. Both taught at Port Townsend High School. They are active in many community projects and events, including the Elks and the Rhododendron Festival for which they are the 2008 Senior Royalty. They have four children and seven grandchildren.
Irene (Tichelaar) Silverman (’68 Pol. Sci.) has had a career traveling the world as a Navy supply officer. Now she has settled with her husband David in Liberty Lake, Washington.
Gaylon S. Campbell (’68 Ph.D. Soil Sci.) and his son Colin Campbell (’95 Ph.D. Soil Sci.) both work at Pullman-based Decagon Devices. This spring instruments they designed and built to test thermal and electrical conductivity were aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander. Campbell senior founded Decagon in 1983.
Lenny Kanner (’69) lives in California. He likes to keep healthy and is enjoying retirement. He hopes to contact class of 1969 friends, who can reach him by e-mail to lennykanner@yahoo.com.
1970s
Ronald F Marshall (’71 Phil.) recently published “Eaten Alive,” an essay about the misrepresentation of the Biblical book of Jonah in children’s literature. Marshall has been the pastor at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle since 1979. His wife Jane L. Harty (’71 Music) has taught music at Pacific Lutheran University since 1978. They married in 1972 and have three children.
Jim Moll (’72 Comm.) was selected by the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce as Business Professional of the Year. His office was also selected as local Small Business of the Year. Moll is branch manager of A.G Edwards/Wachovia Securities in Oroville. He has been an Oroville resident since 1974 and has been married to his wife Claudia for 32 years.
Rick Wayenberg (’73 Comm.) was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame this spring. He was honored for his lifetime of service to wrestling, his community, and to the young people he taught and inspired. After graduating from WSU, he taught wrestling in Idaho and Washington, and for nearly 30 years he officiated in national, regional, and Olympic trial events. After retiring in 2006, he moved back to Pullman.
Marcia Whitney-Shenck (’73 Comm.) will be teaching English in Cameroon, Congo, and Uganda for nine months beginning in September.
Richard Fulton (’75) has moved from Whatcom Community College to assume the post of vice chancellor for instruction at Windward Community College in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Karla (Colbert) McNeilly (’77 Crim. J.) retired after 30 years in public service. She was chief of probation for the City of Spokane at the time of her retirement.
Frances Schlaefer (’78 Nursing) is administrative director for the Johnson Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. She previously worked at Providence St. Peter Hospital and Everett Medical Center, both in Washington. After completing nursing school at WSU, Fran earned a master’s degree in nursing pediatrics at the University of California.
Rich Tomsinski (’78 Bus. Admin.) lives in Olympia with his wife, Barb. They have eight children who live around the state as well as in Hawaii. Three of them are Cougars.
1980s
Sean Fenton (’81 Speech and Hearing Sci.) recently appeared in an AVIVA commercial and in an ad for Apple. He is teaching acting at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. This summer he directed “The Dogs of Baghdad” at the Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. He has three children.
Bev Kalish (’81 Crim. J.) is controller for Sourced Solutions Group, LLC, an international consulting firm.
Dan Berger (’82 Const. Mgmt.) retired on June 7, 2008 from the US Army Reserves as a lieutenant colonel after 28 years of service in the Army National Guard and Army Reserves. He continues his career as a senior risk engineering consultant with Zurich Insurance Company, where he has been employed since 1987.
Jim Franklin (’83 HRA) is the general manager of Premier Resorts’ The Point Orlando Resort. Franklin, who lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, most recently worked for Magna Hospitality in Rhode Island. He is single and enjoys hiking and bicycling.
Carla Stratfold (’83 Political Sci.) is CEO of OnRequest Images, a web-based enterprise that creates brand-aligned imagery for businesses. She works from the company’s offices in Seattle.
Brian Seltzer (’85) is a certified public accountant with the firm of Puttman & Teague, LLP, in Portland, Oregon. He also earned an MBA in sustainable business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Christopher Bence (’86 Elec. Engr., ’93 Engr. Mgmt.) recently assumed command of the 373th Air Expeditonary Wing at Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan.
James Ramskill (’86) has been chosen by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to attend the Naval War College in Rhode Island. James has led data center planning for the intelligence community and is a GS15 Step 10.
Debora (Sheldon) Buffington (’87 Bus.) is vice president of MetLife, Inc. She oversees all aspects of regulatory compliance for the company’s sales of life insurance and annuity products through third-party distributors. She lives in California.
Hiroshi Hasegawa x’88 retired in 2002 after teaching at Nihon University for 40 years, 21 of which he was the English chair. He has published several books, including works on Beowulf. He lives in Tokyo.
1990s
John Gottschalk (’91) was promoted to manager of engineering for Benton PUD, Kennewick. He resides in West Richland.
Sean McLean (’91 Comm.) and his father Mick McLean (’67 Econ., ’73 Comm.) share an office and teaching duties at Arizona Western College and Northern Arizona University in Yuma.
Debra Cabrera (’92 Soc.) is dean of academic programs and services at Northern Marianas College. She is also the accreditation liaison officer for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges and the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities. She lives in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
John Oliver Gonzales (’93 Political Sci.) hosts a talk show on a TV station in the Northern Mariana Islands. He is also a candidate in the race to become the Northern Marianas commonwealth’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
James McPherson (’93 Comm., Ph.D. ’98) celebrated the publication of his second book, The Conservative Resurgence and the Press: The Media’s Role in the Rise of the Right, in July. He lives in Spokane.
Jennifer (Fenich) Burger (’95) welcomed baby Abigail Renae Burger on May 19, 2008. She weighed 7 lbs 0 oz and was 18.5 inches long.
Michael Eliassen (’95 Hist.) has been commanding Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in Southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
Gary Holcomb (’95 Engl.) has received the 2008’s President’s Award for Research and Creativity.
Jennifer (Miller) Brown (’96 Child, Cons. & Family) has a new book, What Angry Kids Need: Parenting Your Angry Child Without Going Mad. The book, written with Pam Provonsha Hopkins, was published in spring 2008 by Parenting Press in Seattle.
James M. Pjura (’98 Biol.) is the conservation and zoning code enforcement officer for the Town of Weston in Connecticut.
Josh Meek (’99 Engl., Ed.) and wife Courtney celebrated the birth of their second son, Mason Robison Meek, on April 1, 2008.
2000s
Jamie Armstrong (‘00 Comm.) and husband Scott Armstrong (’98 Comm.) of Renton proudly welcomed their first son and future Cougar, Owen Michael, on June 4, 2008.
Cody Janson (’00 Civ. Engr.) and Amy (Budge) Janson (’01 Sp. Comm.) welcomed the arrival of Chloe Jane Janson, who was born April 27, 2008.
Phil Haberthur (’00 Soc. Sci.), an attorney with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, was recently appointed to the City Council for the City of Battle Ground.
Carrie Holmes (’00) will take part in the first ever Mt. Everest skydive in Nepal in October.
Bernard Lagat (’01 Bus. Admin.) qualified for the U.S. Olympic track and field team at the trials in Eugene, Oregon, in June. He is slated to compete in the August games in the 1,500 and 5,000 meter events.
Jim Ross-Nazzal (’01 Ph.D. Hist.) celebrated the publication of his first book, The US Veto and the Polemics of the Question of Palestine in the United Nations Security Council, 1972-2007.
Elizabeth Talley (’01 Crim. J.) received her master’s in social work from Eastern Washington University in December, 2007.
Karen A. Whelan (’02 Soc. Sci.) has been named deputy attorney general for prosecuting workers compensation fraud by the Office of the Nevada Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Justice.
Richard Robbins (’04 Comm.) is the wine manager for Marine View Beverage in Sumner.
Dale Edberg (’04 Biochem.) was elected to the board of trustees for the Minnesota chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He is employed by the Mayo Clinic and resides in Rochester, Minnesota, with his wife and two children.
Katie Feldhusen (‘04) married Brad Beeman (‘06) on June 14, 2008, in Spokane, Washington. The couple now resides in Bothell.
Shelley Broader (’06 Soc. Sci.) left her job as chief executive of Sweetbay Supermarket in Tampa, Florida, for a position as President with Michaels Stores, Inc., the craft, home décor, and art supplies store. Broader is credited with saving the Kash n’ Karry supermarket chain by overhauling its image and way of doing business. She is also a board member of Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Jeannette Tracie Johnson (’06 Intnl. Bus.) and Scott Allen Mason (’05 Bus. Admin.) were married in Kennewick on June 7, 2008.
Molly O’Neill (’07 Lib. Arts) is meetings coordinator for the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Virginia.