1950s
Bob Schuster (’50 Geology) retired after 60 years as a teacher, research scientist, and engineering consultant specializing in the studies of geologic hazards.
1960s
Chuck Stocker (’60, ’67 Ag.), former East Valley School District superintendent and a long-time Spokane Valley resident, was selected by the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce as the 2011 Harry E. Nelson Citizen of the Year.
Iain Baxter& (’64 MA Fine Arts) is a conceptual artist in Canada. A retrospective of his work was recently displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and is headed to Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario through August 2012.
Joel DeLisa (’64 Zoo., Pre Med.) of Chatham, New Jersey, was recently elected into the Institute of Medicine. He has served as professor and chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the New Jersey Medical School for the past 25 years.
1970s
Marsha Monro (’70 Comm.) was recently appointed director of development and fundraising for UCSF Partners in Care. She also serves as vice president of Associates for San Francisco Opera Guild.
Thomas H. Ulrich (’71 Zoo., ’75 Genetics & Cell Bio.) recently joined OriginOil’s board of advisors. OriginOil, Inc. develops technology that extracts oil from algae.
Don Warrick (’71 Bus., ’76 MBA), a paraeducator and student supervisor at Syre Elementary School, has been selected as the 2012 Shoreline School District Support Person of the Year.
Lee Robinson (’74 Hotel & Rest. Admin.) is retiring after more than 27 years as vice president of sales in the cruise industry, most of it with Princess Cruises and Cunard Line.
Bill Baker (’75, ’77 MS Forest and Range Magmt.) retired from the Bureau of Land Management after 35 years. He has served as Twin Falls, Idaho, district manager for the last 21 years.
Boyd Spratling (’75 DVM) was reappointed to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board by the Bureau of Land Management. He has a large animal veterinary practice in Elko County, Nevada, where he has lived since 1963.
Vicki Thayer (’76 DVM) is president of the board of directors of the WINN Feline Foundation.
Dan Lundberg (’78 Music) of Capital High School was inducted into the Washington Music Educators Hall of Fame February 17 during a special ceremony in Yakima.
Stephen L. Starr (’78 Hort.) joined the senior management team at Pacific Coast Canola as vice president of seed procurement.
Sam Adams (’79 Bio., Ed.) won the 2011 Miller-Manchester Mentor Teacher Award bestowed by the WSU College of Education.
1980s
Cameron Mitchell (’82 History) a Benton-Franklin Superior Court judge, was the 2012 recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award. Mitchell was appointed to the bench by Governor Gary Locke in 2004.
Maureen Hyzer (’83 Forest & Range Mgmt.) is deputy regional forester for the Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service.
Mark Thoma (’85 PhD Econ.) was recently made a fellow of The Century Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank and nonprofit public policy research group. He is a macroeconomist at the University of Oregon and the author of the blog Economist’s View.
Mitch Bulthuis (’86 Forest & Range Mgmt.) is acting district ranger for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and Eagle Cap Ranger District.
Doug McMakin (’86 Elect. Engr.) of PNNL’s National Security Directorate has joined the elite ranks of Battelle Distinguished Inventors, reserved for staff members with 14 or more U.S. patents over the course of their careers.
Blaise D’Sylva (’87 Comm., Ad.) leads Anheuser-Busch’s U.S. media, sports, and entertainment marketing division.
Bret Larreau (’87 Ag. Engr.) is manager of business development at Walla Walla’s Key Technology, a designer and manufacturer of automation systems for food processors.
John Volk (’87 Elect. Engr.) has a doctorate in systematic theology from Marquette University in Wisconsin, where is is now an adjunct theology instructor.
Roger L. Heeringa (’88 Civil Engr., ’89 MS Civil Engr.) is president of DCI Engineers in Seattle, which provides project and client management and structural engineering design on projects throughout North America.
John O’Toole (’88 Arch.) was named principal at Boora Architects in Portland, Oregon.
Rick Pratt (’88 MS Elect. Engr.) of PNNL’s Energy and Environment Directorate has joined the ranks of Battelle Distinguished Inventors, which is reserved for staff
members who have received 14 or more U.S. patents. In 2006, he received PNNL’s Inventor of the Year award.
1990s
Celeste Beeks Mastin (’90 Chem. Engr.) is on the board of directors for Metabolix, Inc., a Massachusetts-based bioscience company focused on developing
sustainable solutions for the world’s needs for plastics, chemicals, and energy.
Tom Matula (’90, ’93 PhD Physics) is chairman of the Scientific Board for Plandai Biotechnology, Inc.
Randy Dickey (’91 Comm.) and his wife, Heather Gardner, welcomed the birth of son Lennon Carlysle Dickey on November 20, 2011.
Pete Hughes (’92 Comm.) was hired by DNA Seattle, a full-service advertising agency, as associate creative director.
Chris Roberts (’92 Bus. Admin., Finance) is vice president and commercial banking team leader for AmericanWest Bank in Spokane.
Terry Goldman (’94 Hotel & Rest. Admin.) became hotel manager for the DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland after serving 14 months as the president/CEO of the Washington County Visitors Association.
Jason Sturgill (’98 Marketing) recently finished a project at the Portland Art Museum titled “Art is Forever.” He is currently in the MFA program at Portland State University.
Joe Wilds (’98 MBA) recently joined Chicago-based Maddock Douglas as managing principal of health care innovation.
2000s
Malia Jacobson (’00 Comm., ’04 MBA) appeared on the “Parent to Parent” segment on King 5 News in December 2012 to talk about her article “Raising Moral Children,” the cover story in December’s issue of ParentMap magazine.
Kate Kurkjian (’03 Hosp. Bus. Mgmt.) is director of convention services at the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Jeron Chatelain (’04 MS Crop Sci.) is a research associate at Limagrain Cereal Seeds, the North American subsidiary of farmer-owned seed company Group Limagrain.
Keola Loo (’05 Social Sci.) joined the Arizona State University football recruiting staff as a graduate assistant working with the on-campus recruiter.
Scott Walter (’05 PhD Higher Ed. Admin.) is librarian at DePaul University. A former member of the WSU library faculty, he has been named the 2012 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian by the Association of College & Research Libraries.
Justin Ulbright (’08 Movement Stud.) is coordinator for the Peavy Papers, the student portion of the Journal of Kinesiology and Wellness. He is a manager and personal trainer at Snap Fitness in Cheney, Washington, and a coach for Team St. Luke’s, a Spokane wheelchair sports team.
John Schork (’09 Liberal Arts) has joined IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based graphic novel and comic book company, as associate manager of marketing and public relations.
2010s
Dan Tappel (’09 & ’10 MS Civil Engr.) was selected by The Wenatchee Valley Business World as one of “30 Under 35.” He is a structural engineer in training for Pacific Engineering and Design and volunteers as a mentor in 4-H robotics competition.
Jim Brown (’10 Public Admin.) earned his diploma after 27 years. He worked as a sheriff’s deputy and eventually became a sergeant with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and recently returned to WSU to complete his degree.
Shavana K. Howard, (’10 Social Sci.) completed U.S. Navy basic training at recruit training command, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Mike Urban (’11 Acctg.) finished his degree after enrolling at WSU 19 years ago. A Mount Vernon resident, he owns an equipment rental store and is in his second term as city councilman.