1940s

Paul Carter (’49 English) recently received a 70-year service award from the Greater Salt Lake Boy Scout Council. After 42 years in newspaper advertising, he continues as an independent contractor with Geiger Bros., a national promotional products company.

1950s

Brothers Sam ’50 and Fred Kamaka ’51 are the president and vice president of Kamaka Hawaii, the oldest ukulele factory in the Hawaiian Islands. Their father, Sam Sr., founded the business in 1916. The brothers took over in 1953. Today they share the business with their sons and are starting to include their grandchildren. The company employs about 30 people and produces more than 3,500 instruments a year.

Orville Lee ’53 has been retired for 15 years from the practice of architecture. He is enjoying life with his wife LaLoie in Front Royal, Virginia.

Chellis Smith Jensen (’57 Speech) has independently published a children’s book Miss Anathena Gilly Gully from Puddle Rumple Tilly Willy. The story about a quirky lady and her pet parrot is written primarily for children ages 6 to 9. It’s available at bookstores in Pullman, Tacoma, and Bend, Oregon. Jensen lives in Tacoma.

1960s

Carol Lemon Allen ’61 and her husband Jim have received the National Water Safety Congress Award of Merit for their publication Arizona Boating & Watersports/Western Outdoor Times.

1970s

Jim Moll (’72 Comm.) received the City of Oroville’s Samuel J. Norris Award for Excellence in recognition of his outstanding efforts and commitments in improving the quality of life in the City of Oroville, California. Jim is known as the “Voice of Oroville” for his work as a newscaster for 1340 KORV and for his efforts as an emcee at many local events.

Dan Small ’72 was recently promoted to vice president for institutional advancement and associate vice president of external relations for Tacoma Community College. He has worked at the college for 31 years.

Jim Holt ’74 and his wife Hannah co-coach the Bellevue High School gymnastics team. They also work internationally, coaching in countries that include Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Iran, and Chile.

Larry Tripp (’78 MS Soils) recently retired after serving 32 years with the USDA-Forest Service. He joined the Forest Service after graduating and was first stationed in southeast Alaska, followed by assignments in north central Washington and finally Idaho. He was twice named Federal Land Manager of the Year by a national motorized recreation organization and received a Secretary of Agriculture Honor Award while District Ranger on the Boise National Forest. He and his wife Sandy live in Boise, where she is employed at the National

Interagency Fire Center.

Rich Tomsinski (’78 Bus. Admin) was appointed to a three year term on the State of Washington Productivity Board by Gov. Christine Gregoire. The board promotes improvements in state agency operations. Rich is a deputy project director for Washington’s Employment Security Department.

1980s

Lynn Espinoza ’83 is president and principal of Speak! Communications, Inc., providing media and presentation training to business executives. Clients include Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Safeco.

After a long career as a TV news anchor and reporter in California and Seattle, Margo Myers ’83 has started her own PR/Marketing firm in Seattle: Margo Myers Communications.

David Winters ’83 has launched www.letsjustbarter.com. The nation-wide website allows you to trade what you have or can do, for what you want. Winters lives in Central Washington.

Seattle attorney Steve Edmiston’s ’84 latest independent feature film (as writer and co-producer), “Crimes of the Past,” premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and has been picked up for global distribution in 2010 by MarVista Entertainment.

Park Howell ’84 was named 2010 Advertising Person of the Year by the American Advertising Federation

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Metro Phoenix.

In March, Leon Rice ’86 was hired away from his job as assistant basketball coach at Gonzaga to be head coach at Boise State. Rice and his wife, Robin, have three sons, Brock, 12, Max , 10, and Kade, 6.

1990s

Nelson Holmberg ’95 became executive director of the Port of Woodland in April 2010. Prior to that he worked at the Port of Vancouver as communications manager. He has worked in public relations and communications for more than two decades.

Brooke Guthrie ’97 just started a business giving foodie walking tours in Olympia. The two and a half-hour tours visit downtown restaurants where guests can sample Northwest fare and visit with the chefs. Guthrie lives in Olympia with her husband and toddler. More information about the tours is available at www.brookesbites.com.

2000s

Erika Towne Schneider ’01, her husband Dylan, and daughter Kassidy are excited to announce the birth of Ella Rae born on Jan 12, 2010.

Nichole Schofield (’04 Comm.) is broadcast producer for Magner Sanborn, a Spokane-based advertising, brand design, and marketing communications firm. Schofield oversees television production on the national Qualcomm account. She already has national and international experience producing work for Expedia, Volkswagen, and Direct TV.

Somer Breeze ’06 lives in Puyallup. She will marry Trevor Hanson of Graham, Washington, on June 5, 2010.

Hilary Cooley (MS ’04, PhD ’08) is a wolf biologist for Idaho Fish & Game, working out of the Nampa Regional Office. She lives in Boise with her hound dog, Emma, and husband Skye.

Amanda Krull ’06 married Todd Wright ’08 in January 2009. They left Pullman in April for a 27-month tour with the Peace Corps in Botswana.

After working as a business reporter in Minnesota for two years, Amy Trang (’06 Comm.) has moved to Chicago where she is a writer and editor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Josh Brown ’08 and Leah Stites ’08 both graduated with degrees in elementary education. Josh is currently a helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army and stationed in Alabama. Leah is completing her masters in school psychology. The two, who met in high school, are living in Alabama after a honeymoon in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The April wedding was in Sequim, Washington, where the couple is originally from.

Richard Evans ’08 is getting married on July 24, 2010, to Jennifer Brown ’09.