![Marcia Steele Hoover ’90 at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Bill Wagner](https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/902/2013/04/2013summer_hoover_thumb-198x198.jpg)
Summer 2013
Marcia Steele Hoover ’90—Running with a mission
Nike World Headquarters is its own strange utopia. A visit to the well-groomed grounds just south of Portland starts in the parking area with sounds of children from the outdoor play yard of the child development center. A walk into the campus meanders between four-story office buildings named for great athletes and coaches, and then past geese on grass and a group of women doing jumping jacks and stretches on a plaza in front of Lake Nike before starting their run.
The plaza connects to a cafeteria, one of six eateries on the property, where Marcia Steele Hoover breezes in wearing running shoes and two … » More …