1930s
Florence Dorothy Picha Wade (‘38 Home Ec.) celebrated her 100th birthday in August, proclaiming her slogan, “Don’t let the rocking chair get you!”
1970s
Bill Gordon (‘70 Hotel and Restaurant Admin.) was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to the board of Columbia Basin College.
Sara (Sally) Bartrum (‘71 Soc.) was honored as Washington’s Head Start/Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program Director of the Year in October.
Ronald F. Marshall (‘71 Phil.) recently published two books: Hunger Immortal: The First Thirty Years of the West Seattle Food Bank, 1983-2013 and Kierkegaard for the Church: Essays and Sermons.
Judith Bense (’72 PhD Anthro.) was honored as a “Grad Made Good” by the Florida State University Alumni Association and the FSU Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society on November 16. She is president of the University of West Florida.
Barbara Stevenson Jackson (’76 Ani. Sci.), co-owner of her family’s 30,000-head southern Arizona feedyard and ANCW president, spoke at the Washington Cattlemen and Cattlewomen’s Convention in Pasco in November.
Rick Rogers (‘76 Ed.) has retired from his position as superintendent of the Oakley School District in Oakley, California.
1980s
Peter Anderson (’81 DVM) was selected for a Fulbright Specialists project. He will lead faculty-development programs and hands-on-workshops at the Tzu-Chi University College of Medicine in Taiwan for two weeks.
Iris Bombelyn (’83 Eng.) was presented with the Career Achievement-Industry Award at the 2013 Women of Color STEM Conference in Dallas, Texas, in October.
Washington State Athletic Hall of Famer Jack “The Throwin’ Samoan” Thompson (‘84 Bus. Admin.) will be inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class.
Chang Oh (‘85 PhD Chem. Engr.) received the Technical Achievement Award from the American Nuclear Society for his work at the Idaho National Laboratory.
The Wine Alley, owned by Allison Helfen (‘88 Hotel and Restaurant Admin.) and her husband, won “Best Wine Shop” in King 5 Evening Magazine’s Viewer’s Poll for the sixth time.
1990s
Idaho State University has named Laura Woodworth-Ney (’91 MA Hist., ’96 PhD Hist.) as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Keith Balderston (‘94 Sport Man.) attended the Cannes Film Festival for the showing of the film Revenge, in which he plays a bartender.
Dewight Hall (’96 Bus. Admin.) is CEO of Columbia Fresh Produce, which was honored with the Washington Secretary of State’s Medallion Award recognizing civic engagement, voter education efforts, government services, and a commitment to giving back. The company sells apples and fresh produce around the country. The staff includes Alison Bruggeman ’05 and Julie Sievertsen ’95 MA.
2000s
Aimee Do (’02 Eng. Man.), a manager at Boeing, was honored at the 2013 Women of Color STEM Conference in Dallas, Texas, in October.
2010s
CG Engineering in Edmonds hired Dirk Rogstad (’11 Civil Eng.) as a design engineer.
Teirney Hall (‘12 DVM) and Jesse Olsen (‘13 DVM) joined the team at Alpine Veterinary Services in Laurel, Montana. They are also engaged to one another.
Boeing honored Scott Button (’13 MS) with the company’s annual Special Invention Award for his work helping the company meet delivery commitments on large-scale, complex product development programs.
CG Engineering in Edmonds hired James Ellis (’13 Civil Eng.) as a civil engineer-in-training.
Jennifer Leach (’13 Bus.) joined the Olympia Lacey Tumwater Visitor and Convention Bureau as its special projects and events manager.