1940s
Daniel Ogden (’44 Poli. Sci.) was honored with the Washington State University Alumni Achievement Award for his 50-year career in academia, the federal government, and his local community.
1950s
Wey Simpson (’50 Speech) was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters.
1970s
John Mraz (’70 Fine Arts) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Advertising Federation-Spokane (AAF) at the annual ADDY Awards & Gala at the Davenport Hotel on March 8, 2014.
Kirk Mayer (’72 Business Admin.), manager of the Washington Growers Clearing House Association, has been named “Apple Citizen of the Year” by the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.
Kathy Herrick (’74 Ed.) retired as a high school counselor in the Beaverton School District in Oregon after 40 years in education. While in Beaverton, Kathy wrote and implemented the “Safe and Drug Free Schools” grant and the Carol M. White grant for physical education. She also served on the board of directors for the Oregon Partnership for a Drug Free America.
Richard Fulton (’75 PhD English) married Debra Lee in Kaneohe, Hawaii, on September 7, 2013.
Thomas Lumpkin (’76 Agronomy) received the 2014 Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture for his work to reduce poverty and improve food security worldwide.
Craig Williamson (’76 BS Pol. Sci. and Admin.) was recently appointed to serve on the Insurance Fraud Advisory Board for the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner Special Investigations Unit.
Dan Berentson (’77 Comm.) was appointed public works director by the Skagit County Board of Commissioners.
Joan Consani (’77 Comm.) was hired as director of finance for the Blue Mountain Community Foundation.
Bertha Lynn (’77 Comm.) was inducted into the Murrow Hall of Achievement. For 37 years she was a fixture on Denver’s television news at KMGH-TV 7 and KUSA-TV 9. She is a multiple Emmy Award winner and has also been inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Heartland Chapter Silver Circle, the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado Hall of Fame, and the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame.
Kerry Brock (’79 Comm.) was inducted into the Murrow Hall of Achievement. She was an anchor and reporter for KOMO TV in Seattle and a media analyst for CNN, Fox, Time, Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.
Jere Dick (’79 DVM) was selected to be an associate administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.
Frank V. Paladino (’79 PhD Zoophysiology) received the Archie Carr Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sea Turtle Society at their annual meeting in New Orleans on April 18, 2014.
Beth Tuura (’79 Comm.) was inducted into the Murrow Hall of Achievement. From 2002 through 2014 she has worked as a technical director for every Olympics for NBC. Currently she is a freelance technical manager for CBS Sports and NBC Sports.
1980s
Charles B. Kastner’s (’81 MA History) new book, The 1929 Bunion Derby: Johnny Salo and the Great Footrace Across America, was published by Syracuse University Press.
John L. Martins III (’82 Gen. Studies) won the grand prize for his screenplay, Aktion T-4, at the third annual Act One Screenwriting Competition in Hollywood. The script details the exploits of two religious laymen who struggled against the Nazi forced-euthanasia program known as “Aktion T-4.”
Craig Soehren (’83 Business Admin.) was awarded the Commercial Realtor of the Year Award by the Washington Association of Realtors.
Mark McMaster (’85 BS Mech. Eng.) has joined intellectual property services firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Seattle as an associate with the patent team.
Dwight Dozier (’86 Social Sci.) joined George Washington University as senior associate vice president of development.
Darin Rasmussen (’86 Ani. Sci.) has been appointed director of public safety and chief of police at Western Washington University.
Steve Card (’87 Fin.) was hired as Western Washington University’s athletics director.
Paul Drumheller (’87 Chem. Eng.) became a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
1990s
Tyler Jones (’92 HBM) was hired as director of golf operations at Sun Valley Resort. In the past, he has managed Olympia Country and Golf Club, Palouse Ridge Golf Club, and Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.
2000s
John “Ibby” Ibsen (’00 Comm.) was inducted into the Murrow Hall of Achievement. Ibsen is senior vice president of creative film services for Walt Disney Studios.
Steve Maxwell (’00 Bus. Admin.) has joined Kitsap Bank as executive vice president and chief lending officer.
Laura Watson (’00 Elec. Eng.) earned the prestigious Federal Engineer of the Year award for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Keyport.
Seth Anderson’s (’02 Arch.) business, Ascent Architecture & Interiors, is one of six finalists for the Charrette Venture Group’s national architecture business plan competition.
Kelli Collins (’02 Agribusiness) and Kendra Myers (’05 Acc.) opened Joseph’s Grainery in Colfax after four years of building their family business.
Jason Gesser (’02 Comm.) has taken a position with the Cougar Athletic Fund as assistant director of development.
Jaime Radcliff (’04 Ed.) founded GunBoxLive, a device that provides security alerts when a gun is moved, accessed, tampered with, or stolen.
Ray Gibler (’08 MAC) has been awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor at Northwestern College for the 2014-15 school year.
Daniel Pederson (’08 Comp. Eng. and Bioeng.), a doctoral student at Purdue University, received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to continue his work with implantable medical devices.
Seth Green (‘09 PhD Counseling Psych.), a lieutenant commander with the U.S. Public Health Service, was recognized as the Public Health Service junior officer of the year for 2013.
2010s
Casey Graika (’10 Comp. Sci.), and his brother, Skylar Graika’s (’12 Comp. Sci.) business Footmarks has been selected as the only provider of beacons—devices that communicate with shoppers’ smartphones in the hopes of improving the retail experience—for Microsoft’s Retail Innovation Center.
Rikki King (’10 Pol. Sci.) was awarded with “New Journalist of the Year” from the Society of Professional Journalists—Western Washington.
Christina Turner (’12 Comm.) was hired as a Cougar Athletic Fund (CAF) program assistant.
Manuel Lamson (’14 Kinesiology) became a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force after graduating in May.
Zach Nielsen (’14 Public Affairs) and his wife, Kendall Nielsen (’14 Ed.) graduated from WSU Vancouver in May. Zach was hired as a police officer in Mount Vernon.