1940s
Donald H. Greeley (’41 Gen. St.), Satellite Beach, Florida, writes, “When we aren’t traveling as tourists somewhere, we spend the balance of our time in Florida.” He has retired from the military and from Boeing.
Myron D. Calkins (’42 Civil Engr.) retired as director of public works for Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 after more than 21 years in that position. In 2002, Kansas City and the American Public Works Association published his oral history, which was prepared by Frederick M. Spletstoser, a history professor at William Jewell College.
1950s
Richard Gordon (’58 Physics) and Annette Weissenborn Gordon (’59 Speech Comm.) are retired in Richland. Richard keeps busy with his consulting company, Knowledge, Ltd., golf, and “intense relaxation.” Annette is involved with the Steven Ministry, volunteer tutoring, and serving allied arts in Richland.
Since 1985, Barre Toelken (’59 M.A. English) has directed Utah State University’s Folklore Program. Earlier, he taught folklore and medieval literature for 19 years at the University of Oregon. He is the author of several books on folklore.
1960s
June R. Aprille (’67 Zool.) is provost and chief academic officer of the University of Richmond (Virginia), a school of 3,400 students with an endowment of $1 billion.
1970s
Susan Wayenburg Hinz (’70 Comm.) retired June 30, 2003, after more than 28 years at Washington State University. Most of her career was spent as editor of the WSU Calendar-Bulletin, which became WSU Week, the University’s internal publication for faculty and staff. She now teaches public relations courses at the University of Idaho and WSU. A past president of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, she is serving her second term on the Pullman City Council.
Philip Levendusky (’71 M.S. Clinical Psych., ’73 Ph.D. Clinical Psych.) received a 2003 Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association. He is director of psychology and psychology training and vice president of network development for McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric teaching facility of Harvard Medical School.
Sheila Helgath (’71 Botany, ’74 M.S. Forestry & Range Mgmt.) is manager of environmental certification systems at Pacific Lumber Co. in Scotia, California.
Norman F. Sather (’71 Bus. Adm.) is CEO of the Tacoma-based Pettit Oil Co., with offices in Hoquiam, Port Townsend, and Port Angeles.
Paul J. Fletcher (’72 Civil Engr.) has been promoted to the rank of major general in the U.S. Air Force. He is deputy for Air Force Plans and Programs at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Jim Kresse (’73 Comm.) has been promoted to news editor at The Spokesman-Review. He has been with the Spokane daily newspaper for 24 years.
Carol Parker (’74 Ph.D. Educ.) is counseling program chair of Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Janice M. Stroh (’74 Human Relations, ’87 M.B.A.) began her new position as vice chancellor for finance and administrative services at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, last September.
G. Scott Eymer (’75 Political Sci.), Nampa, Idaho, was elected chairman of the State Broadcasters Association. He is vice president and general manager of KIVI-TV, Channel 6 (ABC) in Boise, and KSAW-TV (ABC) in Twin Falls. He and Sandi DeFreese-Eymer (’75 Psych.) have been married for 30 years and have two sons.
Paul B. Jackson (’75 Comm.) is station manager for KBTC-TV, the Tacoma-based public television station.
Gary Schulz (’76 Ag. Educ.) is chairman and manager of the International Agri-Center in Tulare, California.
After 25 years service, Kim Zangar (’77 Crim. Just.) retired in June 2003 as a captain with the Washington State Patrol, the highest-ranking female officer to spend a career with the WSP.
Kay M. Ferguson (’78 Spanish) reports that her job as a press and public affairs officer with the British embassy in Seattle was terminated January 31, 2003, as the result of budget cuts. While searching for new employment, she volunteers her freelance writing services, under the trade name of Island Girl Creations, to various organizations.
Tim Healy (’78 Speech & Hearing Sci., ’82 Speech & Hearing Sci.) is in his seventh year as head women’s basketball coach at St. Martin’s College in Lacey. He previously compiled a 100-37 record as head boys’ basketball coach at Olympia High School. Before accepting his current position, he was a speech-language pathologist in the public schools for 13 years. He and his wife, Cathy Davis Healy (’79 Educ.), live in Olympia.
Hospital dietician Pam Sleight Parsons (’78 Nutr.), Santa Rosa, California, wrote Voyage of Integrity (published) and Quest for Liberty (in press).
John H. Pierce (’78 Polit. Sci.) is executive vice president, business development, at Seattle-based Script IQ, an innovator in Web-based medication management and physician connectivity. He has spent 15 years in health plan operations.
1980s
Angelo Hill (’80 Gen. St.) was appointed head women’s basketball coach at Casper College, Wyoming, last summer. He has 14 years of coaching experience at a New Zealand prep school, professional levels, and at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper.
Cathy Johnson-Delaney (’80 D.V.M.), Seattle, was honored as 2003 Exotic DVM of the Year at the 2003 International Conference on Exotics in Palm Beach, Florida. She is author of the Exotic Companion Medicine Handbook, published by the Zoological Education Network.
Duane Brelsford (’81 Humanities), Pullman, is a real estate developer and president of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. His latest venture, the Village Centre Cinemas complex, opened in November.
Lorraine M. Brutsche (’81 Child & Family Studies, ’90 Ph.D. Educ.), Arlington, is a child and family psychologist at the Everett Clinic.
A play by John L. Martins III (’82 Gen. St.) was recently produced at the Crossley Theatre in Hollywood, California, in cooperation with Actors Co-op. Titled Dietrich, it was inspired by the true story of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The schoolteacher in Sierra Vista, Arizona, has been an associate member of the Dramatist Guild of America since 1984.
Peggy Stowe (’82 Marketing), a third-generation owner of Stowe’s Shoes and Clothing Store in Burlington, accepted the Skagit County 2003 Business of the Year Award last May.
Kerry Catt (’84 Math.) is the new manager for the Oden, Utah, main branch of Wells Fargo Bank.
Dan Gustafson (’84 Hotel & Rest. Adm.) has been elected president of the St. Louis Area Hotel Association. A Marriott employee for 19 years, he is overseeing a $17 million renovation at the Marriott Pavilion Hotel.
Shan Kelley (’85 Agri., ’91 Educ., ’91 M.S. Voc. Tech. Educ.) married Cheri Luttermoser July 28, 2002. They live in Olympia. He teaches in the North Thurston School District.
Matt Tucker (’85 Ag. Econ., ‘87 M.A. Bus. Adm.) was promoted to senior vice president at Banner Bank in Walla Walla.
R. Chris Longston (’86 Comp. Sci.) has been a truck systems manager for Paccar/DAF Trucks for 16 years. He is on a two-year assignment in the Netherlands for Paccar.
As president of The Hotel Group in Seattle, Douglas Dreher (’87 Hotel & Rest. Adm.) is responsible for the oversight of all managed and owned properties, new hotel development, acquisitions, and strategic planning.
Jane Hoffman (’87 Music) was promoted to chief petty officer while serving with the U.S. Navy Band, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy.
Brian J. McCluskey (’87 D.V.M.) is an analytical epidemiologist with the USDA’s Veterinary Services in Littleton, Colorado.
Daniel Roark (’87 Chem. Engr.), Spokane, is the co-owner of MatriCal, a manufacturer of products used in drug discovery by pharmaceutical companies.
Sydne Richelle Phelps (’89 Nursing) is vice president of the Washington State Nurses Association unit at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. She works in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and is a cancer patient case manager.
Marine Corps major Jeff Tontini (’89 Hist., ’89 Educ.) is an operations duty officer for the HMX-1, the unit that operates the presidential helicopter Marine One.
1990s
Donna Johnson McGinnis (’90 Comm.) was promoted to senior associate at The Rome Group in St. Louis, Missouri. The consulting firm services public and private nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
Erick Everson (’91 Political Sci.) married Holly Gossard July 5, 2002. He is the president of Travel Tek in Boulder, Colorado.
Stephen Duffy (’93 Crim. Just.) and his sister, Kerry Duffy, own City Dock Coffee and four other coffee shops in Severna Park, Maryland. The Greater Severna Park Chamber of Commerce named them 2002 Small Businesspeople of the Year.
Vincent G. June (’93 M.B.A., ’96 Ph.D. Bus. Adm.), Fort Myers, Florida, is dean of student affairs at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Tim Leavitt (’94 Civil Engr., ’97 M.S. Env. Engr.), an environmental engineer for PBS Engineering and Environmental in Vancouver, serves on the local city council.
Brett Nelson (’94 Engl.) founded ChopperCam, Inc., a one-man company that operates a small fleet of ground-controlled, miniature helicopters with film, video, and still photography equipment on board. He is contracted to capture images for motion picture production, commercial production, government agencies, research institutions, and small business. He builds the helicopters in his Spokane garage. Clients include DreamWorks SKG, Discovery Channel, ESPN, NASA, and Nissan.
Robert J. Nock (’94 Mech. Engr.) is general manager of the Ampco Northwest toilet partition facility. He has 10 years of experience in manufacturing and the thermal insulation industry. Ampco Products, Inc. headquarters are in Miami.
Gloria Villalobos (’94 Phys. Sci.) is the director at Novins Planetarium in Lakewood, New Jersey. She is featured in the book, Women of Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier, which came out last summer.
Jihong Zhao (’94 Political Sci.) is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Tamara Taylor (’95 Political Sci.) has been promoted to the adult felony division of the Benton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Kennewick.
Jay Jordan (’96 Engl., ’96 Teach. Cert.) teaches English in the Spokane School District.
Jason Fiman (’97 Crim. Just.) and Alice Thomas Fiman (’97 Polit. Sci.), Olympia, report the birth of a son, Alexander Thomas, May 29, 2002. Jason is a juvenile correctional counselor. Alice is a public information officer for the Washington State Legislature.
Navy LTJG Juan R. Garcia (’97 Microbiol.) has returned to San Diego after six months in the Mediterranean and Arabian seas aboard the USS Peleliu.
Daniel Gibbons (’97 Bus. Adm.) joined Paine, Hablen, Coffin, Brooke, & Miller LLP as an associate, focusing on bankruptcy and business law.
Jeff Newgard (’97 M.B.A.) is vice president of commercial banking in the Tri-Cities office of the Baker Boyer Bank.
Tua Vang (’98 Political Sci.) received a commission after completing the Navy Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.
Brooke Smith Cox (’99 Ani. Sci., ’02 D.V.M.) is a veterinarian at the Moses Lake Veterinary Clinic.
Brian Gates (’99 Ph.D. Pharm.) is clinical assistant professor of pharmacotherapy at WSU Spokane. Last June, he received the Pharmacist Mutual Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year Award.
Tanisha Harris (’99 Social Sci.), multicultural director at Heritage High School, received Vancouver’s 2002 General George C. Marshall Leadership Award for her community dedication and work as an advocate for minority students.
Andrew Owen (’99 Arch.) is an associate designer at Digby Bridges, Marsh & Associates PA. He and his wife, Dawne, live in Lake Worth, Florida.
Natalee Rosinski (’99 Vet. Sci., ’01 D.V.M.) and Ryan Andrews (’01 Land. Arch.) were married September 1, 2002. Natalee is a veterinarian at Companion Animal Hospital in Aberdeen. They live in Westport, where Ryan is a city planner.
2000s
Jessica Biel (’00 Comm.) is marketing coordinator for PRR in Seattle.
Tina E. Kirkpatrick (’00 Comm.), Redmond, made it a goal to follow her dreams after graduating from WSU. She has visited some exciting places and recently was offered her first role in a musical. She is a cocktail waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery in Bellevue.
Julie Ann Langhans (’00 D.V.M.) wrote last summer from Long Beach, California, that she was engaged to be married November 23, 2003 in Maui—to John R. Musella (’98 Comm.). The two met when she was moving to southern California.
Joshua Negley (’01 Intl. Bus.) was commissioned as a naval officer after completing OCS at Naval Aviation Schools Command in Pensacola, Florida.
After completing an internship at KHQ-TV in Spokane, Jina Yun (’01 Comm., ’02 Political Sci.), Tacoma, became local news anchor for a 24-hour Korean-American television station in Federal Way.
Kathleen Brumbaug (’02 Engr. Mgmt.) married Loren Johnson August 17, 2002. They live in Bothell. Both work for Boeing.
Andy Cockle (’02 Agri. Educ.) married Ronda Pulse. They live in Olympia. Andy teaches at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines.
Michelle Yates Mandis (’02 M.S. Env. Engr.) was a presenter at the American Chemical Society’s Northwest regional meeting last June. She represented Portage Environmental and her client, the Groundwater Protection Program, Fluor Hanford.
Clayton Stout (’02 Crim. Just.) graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey, in February 2003.