1930s
Virginia Griffith (’38 Ed.) recently celebrated her 100th birthday. After graduating from WSU, she and her husband, John, moved to Oregon, where she taught elementary school. She now lives in Portland.
1950s
David E. Allen (’52 Engl.) is an Episcopal priest. Once a month he assists the Boston Chinese Ministry at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts.
1960s
Melanie (Wood) Berg (’63 Home Ec.) retired after 33 years of teaching students ranging from preschoolers to college students. She now lives in the Big Bottom Valley near Mount Rainier.
Daryl Wall (’65 Mech. Engr.) and wife, Barbara Wall (’65 Hist.), are retired in Miami. They spent two years with family in the Peace Corps in Ecuador, and 37 years with Boeing living in Honduras, Mexico, and the USA.
Shaikh M. Ghazanfar (’69 Ph.D. Econ.) is professor emeritus at the University of Idaho in Moscow. He published two books: Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the “Great Gap” in European Economics and Islamic Civilization: History, Contributions, and Influence. He is editor for the Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient/Medieval World. Ghazanfar received the Moscow Community Unity Award in 2005 and the UI Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award in 2007.
Bill Price (’69 M.A. Anthro., ’82 Ph.D. Anthro.) was named executive director for the American Language Institute at San Diego State University.
1970s
Ashok Dhawan (’70 Elec. Engr.) is CEO of Mobius Microsystems, a producer of timing technology for electronics. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Tor Holtan (’71 Bus. Admin.) is vice president and chief innovation officer of Kellen Company, a global professional services firm.
Jim Smiley (’71 Comm.) is director of operations for Steele Fitness. Previously, he worked for Bell telephone system for 20 years and was regional vice president for U.S. West. He also started a consulting company and served as president of a nailing and stapling equipment company. He has two children and lives with his wife in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dick Sturza’s (’71 Bus.) car is a token to his alma mater. He completely restored a ’67 Mercury Cougar, painted it crimson with silver pin striping, and emblazoned “WSU Go Cougs” on the hood. He lives on Camano Island.
William (Willie) Lyon (’72 Bus.) retired after 35 years as a manger with the U.S. Customs Service in New York. He is now taking time to ski, work out, and travel.
Jeff Thomas (’73 Engl., Ed.) is accounting manager for The Neiders Company LLC, a Seattle-area real estate investment firm.
Sam H. Ham (’74 For. & Range Mgt., ’79 M.A. For. & Range Mgt.) won the William C. Everhart Award from Clemson University for sustained achievements in fostering an appreciation for our natural and cultural heritage. He is director of the Center for International Training and Outreach and is a professor of communication psychology and international conservation at the University of Idaho.
Margaret (Tylczak) Heffelfinger (’74 Comm.) published her third book, Every Dog Has Its Day. Her son, Hart, helped illustrate the book.
Stewart Anderson (’76 Ed.) is assistant vice principal for Hiawatha and Scootney Springs elementary schools in Othello.
Lucille Linden (’77 M.C.E.) was presented the Meritorious Service to Extension International Programs award at the National Conference of International 4-H Youth Exchange. She was the first woman named National Coordinator of the 4-H Japan Exchange in 1982, and has worked with three Japanese exchange programs.
1980s
Howard Strand (’80 Crim. J.) and his wife, Brenda Nellums, have a winner. Their homebred thoroughbred, Gabby Lane, won her first race at the prestigious Del Mar racetrack in California. In early August, the horse paid $71.40 on a $2 win.
David Bricka (’81 Bus.) is executive director of the Chamber of Commerce of Sedro-Woolley, his hometown.
Don Ott (’82 Comm.) is commissioner of the California Pacific Conference, a 10-member Division II athletic league sanctioned by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. He was an associate commissioner of the West Coast Conference for 16 years. He is also pastor at the Castro Valley (California) First Baptist Church.
Robert Lowery (’84 Comm., Polit. Sci.) is director of publications at Central Washington University. He is the voice of the Wildcats and was honored as the 2006 employee of the year at CWU.
Jonnelle Pierce’s (’85 Elem. Ed.) son, Austan, was diagnosed with cancer in 2003. After many surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment, Austan’s cancer is in remission. He lost his left leg in 2006 while battling the disease. The family lives in Spokane.
Karen Chong-Wulff (’86 M.B.A.) is vice president of the fixed-income division at ICMA-RC, a non-profit organization that manages and administers retirement plans for the benefit of public sector employers and employees. She lives on the East Coast.
Cindy (Browne) Rosefield (’87 M.A. Mus.) is director of instrumental music at Las Positas College in Livermore, California. She has played bass with the band Wake the Dead and with jazz guitarist Mimi Fox. She and her husband, Tom, have two children.
Janet White’s (’88 Zool.) oldest son, five-year-old John Jr., is co-starring in the Lifetime Television Network hit series Army Wives. The series is filmed in Charleston, South Carolina, where the White family resides.
1990s
Julie (Lesmeister) Bock (’91 Ed.) received her master’s degree specializing in elementary reading and literature from Walden University. She graduated with a 4.00 GPA.
Cary C. Countryman (’92 Polit. Sci., ’95 M.B.A.) was elected president of the Hospitality Information Technology Association (HITA). After leaving WSU, he earned a Ph.D. from Purdue University. He teaches hospitality and tourism management at Brigham Young University and lives in Hawaii.
Alan Anderson (’93 Bus. Admin.) is a partner at the Blackwell Sanders law firm in Kansas City. He will focus his practice in energy law, including conventional and unconventional exploration and production, as well as renewable resources.
Elesa (Baerwald) Field (’93 Engl.) and husband, Mark Field (’92 Hum.), Bothell, welcomed a daughter, Avery, May 19, 2007. Avery joins brother, Ethan. Elesa manages a team of web editors, and Mark is a graphic designer.
Shannon Cohen (’94 Comm.) is a teacher for the Sumner School District and was recently awarded the WAVE Teacher of the Year award. Previously, she was a producer for FOX Sports.
Marlowe Dawag (’94 Chem. Engr.) married Joseph Laubach August 3, 2007, in Kirkland.
Pete Tingstrom (’94 Bus. Admin.) received an M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Angie (Anderson) Weedon (’94 Child Cons. & Fam. Life) and Erik Weedon had their first child, Kellen Fredrick, July 9, 2006. Kellen will be a big brother in November.
Tracy (Hacklin) Dullum (’95 Bus. Admin.) recently celebrated one year in business as a mortgage broker at Anchor Bay Mortgage, Gig Harbor.
Stacy (Siroky) Perrus (’95 Comm.) is marketing communications manager for Arbitron, Inc. in Columbia, Maryland. Previously, she worked with the National Association of Broadcasters and helped develop their Webby-nominated website.
Tamara Taylor (’95 Polit. Sci.) is senior deputy prosecuting attorney in the Felony Unit of the Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. She is engaged to Thomas Hanlon. The wedding will be in November at Christ the King Catholic Church in Richland.
Jeff DiNanno (’96 Comm.) and wife, Sonja, announce the birth of their daughter, Sofia Bella. Sofia was born in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Duncan Wilson (’96 Ag. Ed.) is executive director of Sound Youth Counseling in Tacoma. The Christian ministry works with at-risk youth in collaboration with Tacoma Public Schools, the juvenile court, and other local churches and social services organizations.
Karen Temple Rich (’97 Comm.) is agency principal and partner at Rich Marketing, a firm in Seattle that consults on advertising. She joins her husband and business partner, Court Rich.
Jan (Shupe) Staley (’99 Crim. J.) and husband, Richard Staley (’98 Ed.), welcomed the birth of their second child, Taylor, July 2007. Richard is principal of the middle school in Tenino, where he served as assistant principal in 2006.
2000s
Kevin Bellinghausen (’00 Hum.) and Zoe MacFarlane (’01 Bus. Admin.) were married July 21, 2007 in Seattle.
Jessica (Ray) Flatt (’00 Pysch.) and Robert Flatt, a graduate of Sam Houston State University, were married September 2003. She currently works as a behavioral health specialist with Maternity Support Services at Community Health Care in Pierce County.
Shana (Heaton) Horvath (’00 Comm.) gave birth to a baby girl September 2007. She lives in southern Idaho.
Bryan Long (’00 Music, ’01 Ed.) is assistant principal of the elementary school in Umatilla, Oregon. He welcomed the birth of his first son, Devin, in April.
Bill Wisneski (’00 Comm.) won two Emmy Awards from the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Television Academy for producing and writing. His documentary told the story of a woman who leads humanitarian efforts in Vietnam.
Holly Merrie Nakamoto Yep (’00 Comm.) and Timothy Sil-Ming Yep (’02 Arch.) announced the birth of Dominic Kim-Hong Yep, born July 2, 2007, in Pleasanton, California.
Angela (Smeltz) Scharnhorst (’02 Spanish) graduated from medical school and is now a resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Karen Whelan (’02 Soc. Sci.) graduated from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a practicing attorney for Thagard, Reiss & Brown, LLC in the areas of construction defect defense and insurance defense.
Holly Wysaske (’02 Engl.) married William Jones July 2006 in Maui, Hawaii. The couple lives in Spokane and both work for KHQ-TV.
Shawna Geier (’03 Pysch.) and Josh Labberton (’03 Comm.) were married June 10, 2007, in Lacey.
Marissa Nixon (’03 Engl.) and Paul Thompson (’05 Pharm.D.) were married January 14, 2007. They live in Kent.
Christina L. Gilchrist (’04 Ph.D. Ed. Psych.) is director of research for Wellspan Health of York, Pennsylvania, a community-based nonprofit organization and health network.
Patrick Heaton (’04 Bus. Admin.) is head of operations at the Sherwin Williams Commercial Branch in Meridian, Idaho.
Megan (McCarthy) Nelson (’04 Soc.) is an academic advisor at Oregon State University’s College of Business.
Jessica (Allen) Siderius (’04 Comm.) and Graham Siderius (’05, Bus. Admin.) were married August 18, 2007. They will reside in southern California.
Brian Keith (’06 Bus. Admin.) was promoted at Portent Interactive, an internet marketing agency in Seattle. His new job is in business development.