1950s
Ann Elkinton McClure (‘58 Journalism), a 20-year association executive, has been selected as a member of the 2009 Leadership Academy faculty of the Georgia Society of Association Executives.
1960s
Wayne Foster, x‘65, a former All-American lineman for WSU and Prep All-American at South Kitsap High School, now paints to raise money for his 50th high school reunion in 2012. Following a career in football for the CFL’s BC Lions and NFL’s Oakland Raiders, he took up painting about 10 years ago. Prints of Foster’s acrylic-on-canvas entitled “Autumn Afternoon” are on sale at the Kitsap Regional Library’s Bremerton branch.
Donald O. Olson (’65 DVM) was presented The Thoroughbred Industry Awards Backstretch Person of the Year Award for 2007. This award recognizes his outstanding contributions toward horse racing and backstretch support. Olson recently retired from the Hastings Park Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia, after 17 years of service.
Janet (Peterson) Baker (’69 Fine Arts, Ed., ’96 Soc. Sci.) retired in 2007 from North Thurston Public Schools. She was employed as a Therapeutic Interventionist. Both of her daughters graduated from WSU. She lives in Olympia.
1970s
Ken Strong (’71, ’75 Arch.) accepted the position of architect for Wycliffe Associates in Orlando, Florida. Strong is responsible for the firm’s planning and design of facilities worldwide that are in support of Bible translation, education, literacy, and related projects for various NGOs around the world. His missionary work is funded through donor partner contributions.
Pamela Nelson (’73, Ed.) is owner of Foothills Auto Center, Inc. in Burlington. She was nominated for the 2009 TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year award. A third-generation car dealer, Nelson began her career in the auto business following a class in Chevrolet’s School of Merchandising and Management. One of four finalists for the TIME award, Nelson represented the Washington State Auto Dealers Association.
Larry H. Knipp (’74, PhD Bact.) recently retired as Chair of the Biology Department at North Park University in Chicago. For 35 years, Knipp served as a professor of biology.
Dale Goodwin (’78 Comm.) was inducted to the Professional Association of Volleyball Officials national hall of fame on December 19, 2008 after serving as an NCAA volleyball official for 28 years. He lives in Spokane with his wife Mary and children Ben and Brook. He works as director of public relations for Gonzaga University.
Rich Tomsinski (’78 Bus. Admin.) has been promoted to deputy project director for the Washington State Employment Security Department. Here he will lead development of a new tax collection software application.
1980s
Edward Lee Lamoureux (’80 MA Speech Comm.) recently published Intellectual Property Law and Interactive Media: Free for a Fee. As the Associate Professor of Multimedia and Communication at Bradley University, Lamoureux has provided a text for students of media communication regarding the intellectual property law in new media. More information and a glossary of terms may be found at his supplementary blog, freeforafee.com.
Worcester P. Bong (’81 Mech. Engr.) is facility manager for the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System in Prescott, Arizona. Bong has over 20 years of experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which included engineering positions in Honolulu, Hawaii and Seattle, Washington.
Colleen Nolan (’82, Animal Sci.) has been named dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Following her education at Washington State University, Nolan received a Masters from the University of Idaho and a PhD from Texas A&M University. For the past four years, she has served as the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences and taught biology since 1991 at St. Mary’s University in San Antonia, Texas.
Martha Leighton, x’84, sends greetings to all other WSU women rugby players from 1984-1985. She invites them to look for “Studmuffin Rugby Alumni” on Facebook and join in.
Tammy J. Lindberg (’84, Hum. Nutr.) retired from the Air Force on February 1, 2009 after 22 years of active duty service as a fully qualified registered dietitian. As a lieutenant colonel, Lindberg served as the operations officer and food production flight commander for the 59th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, the largest Nutritional Medicine Service in the Air Force. Lindberg and her family have relocated to San Antonio, Texas, where she will work for the State of Texas.
Kirk Werner (’85 Comm.), and author and illustrator, has written the first three in a planned series of children’s fly fishing books published by Johnson Books (Boulder, Colorado). He lives in Duvall, Washington with his wife and two children. For more information on his books, visit www.olivethewoollybugger.com
Michael Frazier (’88 Engl.) has joined the Denver office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP as an associate. After earning a bachelors at WSU, he went on to pursue a law degree from Lewis & Clark College, Northwestern School of Law. For the past fourteen years he has focused on litigating automobile collision, premises liability, hazardous waste, and construction defect matter.
1990s
Derek Young (’93 Comm.) recently founded Emerging Rivers Guide Service, a Snoqualmie-based fishing guide business focusing on the Yakima River as well as other rivers in the Western United States. See his website for more information at www.emergingrivers.com.
Megan Albertus (’94 Polit. Sci.) made her acting debut on NBC’s successful reality television show “Momma’s Boys.” A graduate of Ferris High School in Spokane and WSU, Albertus’s interest in arts and entertainment overcame her education—her “solid Plan B”—to offer the opportunity to act on America’s stage.
Patrick Brown (’95 Comm.) and Heidi (Robbins) Brown (’95 Comm.) announce the birth of their second daughter Eleanor Marie Brown on March 11, 2009. Eleanor and older sister Charlotte are already planning their time as future Cougs!
Andrew Michael Roberts (’95 Ed.) was honored with the 2008 Iowa Poetry Prize for his book of poems something has to happen next. Roberts, who completed his MFA at the University of Massachusetts, calls his work “simply a book of small poems.” His composition speaks of love, abandonment, catastrophe, obsessions with time, and what is always possible. Roberts now lives in western Washington.
Jennifer Albright (’99, MA Crim. J.) and Steve Lothspeich welcomed daughter, Caitlyn Lothspeich, in February 2009. The proud Cougar grandparents are Gary and Merrie Albright (‘73).
2000s
JR Salmon (’02, Bus. Admin.) married Nicole Furuc on February 1, 2009 and became Daddy Oats to Isabella. The family lives in Seattle, WA.
Sandra Villarreal (’02, Comm.) graduated from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas with a MA in Communication in December 2008.
Rebecca Flanagan (’04, Polit. Sci.), a tax associate at the KPMG Portland office, has been honored as an outstanding volunteer with the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Community Service. Flanagan offered her professional services to CASH Oregon during the 2007 tax season as well as serving as an organizer for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Ashley Johnson (’04, Comm.) is the new publications writer at Texas A&M University-Commerce in Commerce, Texas. Ashley also serves as managing editor for Pride, the A&M-Commerce alumni magazine.
Caron (Dorman) Treloar (’04 Bio.) and Kevin Treloar (’04 Bio.) welcomed their daughter, Morgan Elizabeth, into their lives on October 12, 2008. She will be a fifth generation Cougar.
Katie (Rosenthal) Dorsey (‘05 Comm.) and Jake Dorsey (‘05 Comm.) were married June 14, 2008, in Everett, Wash. They live in Sacramento, California.
Lt. Jeffrey Alex Kromm (’06, Soc. Sci.) married fourth-generation Coug Alison Caitlin McLean x’05 in November. Jeff, who was commissioned Army lieutenant in 2007, is based at Ft. Drum, New York.
James Van Domelen (‘06 Psych.) has been hired by Aeon Amity Corporation to teach English to children in Tokyo, Japan.
Liv Larson (’07, Hosp. Bus. Mgmt.) married Joshua Rockwell (’09, Hosp. Bus. Mgmt.) in Makena, Maui on February 28, 2009.
Stephen Matthews (‘07, Bus. Admin.) was promoted to Materials Manager II at St Jude Medical, Neuromodulation Division in Portland, Oregon.