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'80s
Pete Capell, '80, is director of the Clark County public works department in Vancouver, Wash.

Wing-Kit Chung, '80, is the director of financial services at Portland Community College.

Coral Estes, '81, is a lieutenant at the Washington State Patrol in Olympia, Wash., and has been assigned to the technical services bureau as administrative assistant.

Jane O'Keeffe, '81, a Lake County commissioner in Lakeview, has been elected first vice president of the Association of Oregon Counties.

Roy Whitman, '82, is a vocational-agriculture teacher at Amity High School.

Sam Skillern, '82, is executive director of the Salem Leadership Foundation, a community-development ministry that helps kids, families and neighborhoods.

Meghan Canfield Arbogast, '83, '98, who recently placed third in the Long Beach Marathon, is listed as the 33rd fastest American woman marathon runner according to Runner's World. She is an EPA contractor and lives in Corvallis with her family.

James Dodson, '83, is branch manager of Robert Half International in Vancouver, Wash.

Jim Cochell, '83, is chief executive officer at the JP Davis & Co., Portland.

Kathe Hawe, '83, is program director at Adolfson Associates Inc., an environmental consulting firm in Portland.

Mark Jensen, '83, who practices dentistry in Bend, was elected president of the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry.

Said Amali, '84, '87, is a soil scientist and civil engineer with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants in Portland.

Grant Mitman, '84, is a phycologist specializing in microbia ecology at Montana Tech of the University of Montana. He was recently featured in an article in Discover about his work with toxic wastes.(discover.com/dec_00/featnewlife.html)

Tim Stiles, '84, is vice president of creative services at The Cobalt Group.

Mary F. T. Spilde, '84, '96, Eugene, will become president of Lane Community College in August.

Darly Mitchell, '85, operates helicopter-mounted cameras during the morning flight crew's traffic reports on Oregon's News 12, KPTV.

Jeff Roberston, '85, is a commercial lender with West Coast Bank in Olympia, Wash.

Robin Butler Wyll, '85, is a marketing and desktop publishing consultant and resides with her husband and two children in Woodinville, Wash.

Brian Monihan, '86, is publisher of the Lake Oswego Review and West Linn Tidings.

Neal Brown, '86, is vice president and retail manager at Umpqua Bank of Roseburg.

Rich Tolvstad, '86, '87, owner of RT & Associates, Inc., has been appointed by Governor Kitzhaber to the Oregon Construction Contractors Board.

Tom Bennett, '86, is a reporter for The Daily Astorian.

Douglas Bochsler, '87, is a mechanical engineer for R&W Engineering of Beaverton,

Alan Bullard, '87, is vice president and team leader at U.S. Bank in Boise, Idaho.

Jay Yelas, '87, a professional tournament fisherman from Tyler, Texas, placed third to win $30,000 at the BASSMASTER Louisiana Invitational, held at the Red River near Shreveport, La.

Ken Bernards, '87, is owner and winemaker at Ancien Wines in Napa, Calif.

Brad Tylman, '88, Corvallis, takes his traveling exhibit of more than 100 reptiles, "Brad's World of Reptiles," to about 25 fairs and 200 schools every year.

Gary Conner, '88, '90, is a bridge engineer with CH2M HILL in Corvallis.

John R. Cooper, '88, has retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service. He is an instructional designer for Concurrent Technologies Corp in Mukilteo, Wash., where he lives with his wife, Julia

Wilczynski Cooper, '88, '89, and their two sons.

Kelly Walther, '88, a project coordinator for William I. Peterson Engineering, has been elected vice president of the Keizer Chamber of Commerce.

Paul Rowton, '88, is teaching a computer technician program at Brownsville School for local high school students.

Pete Gonzales, '88, executive director of Oregon Tilth, is expanding the organic certifier's research and education program to embrace the new USDA National Organic Program.

Eric Knox, '89, who coached basketball at Columbia Christian High school for nine years, is the founder and pastor at "The Well," an inner city church in Portland.

Matt Stone, '89, is a sergeant with the fire protection bureau emergency mobilization unit of the Washington State Patrol in Olympia, Wash.

'90s
Debbra Harris Wallace, '90, '91, a volunteer for the Jefferson High School SMART program in Portland, is working to establish a "Peace Sanctuary Zone" to help reduce violence in the neighborhood.

Thomas Dutoit, '90, is a State Farm Insurance Agent in Salem.

Dan Marston, '91, is a loan officer for a mortgage company in Lake Oswego where he lives with his wife, Michelle Dirksen Marston, '90, and their three children.

Dr. Sydney C. Piercey, '91, has joined The Corvallis Clinic as a member of the neurology department.

Pete Schreder, '91, is a stock/riparian agent for the OSU Extension Service in Linn County.

Ronald Carlson, '91, is principal at Washougal High School in Washington.

Mike Cunningham, '91, a teacher in Albany, welcomes communication from other alumni affected by Amytotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Anyone interested in discussing the effects of ALS can e-mail him at zcunning@home.com.

Andrea Moore, '92, is fitness manager of Sports Club Las Vegas, Nev.

Dr. Katie Davies Houts, '92, has begun her family medical practice at the Winding Waters Clinic in Enterprise where she lives with her husband, Daren Houts, '93, who is pursuing a master's degree in education. She is the first woman physician in Wallowa County and is working with Dr. Lowell E. Euhus,'64.

Terry Lambert, '92, is a journeyman organ builder with John Brombaugh in his studio near Eugene, crafting old-world tracker organs for international clients.

Vicki Thomas, '92, is a counselor at St. Helens High School.
Shawn Schoeffler, '93, is vice president of media relations for the Fiesta Bowl. He was thrilled at the Beavers' success at the Bowl Championship Series in Tempe, Ariz. on January 1.

Christopher Eppley, '93, is city manager of Keizer.

Mondy Edberg, '93, joined the firm of Berger/Abam Engineers Inc. in Portland.

Valarie Zeek, '93, is assistant manager/trainer at The Ultimate Piaffe Dressage Stable in Lake Oswego.

Teresa Kuwahara, '94, a representative for 7,000 potato growers in the United States, is helping develop markets in Asia for the National Potato Promotion Board of Denver, Colo. She is also international marketing manager for American Potato Growers in Japan.

Amy Saegaert, '94, '99, is a design consultant with Neil Kelly in Portland.

Errol Noel, '94, is co-owner of The Toy Factory in Corvallis.
Lynette Nelson, '94, is an account coordinator for Tri-Ad in Bend.

Brady Howe, '95, '99, provides technical support for Internet banking products for Fiserv Ecom Service in Corvallis. He just returned from a month long volunteer service trip to Zimbabwe, Africa.

Don Horneck, '95, is a research agronomist at the OSU Hermiston Research and Extension Center.

Kimberly Gifford Gruen, '95, recently directed the play "Beautiful Bodies," a comedy about women in their 30s, at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany.

Len Gerken, '95, is a dentist and father of two in Corvallis.

Rafael Cruz-Conde Gret, '95, writes that he is a project manager responsible for headlamp/rearlamp projects with Audi, Renault and Ford in Valeo, Spain, and has "very good memories of OSU, which is now so far away!"

Tracy Fouch, '95, and her husband, Craig Jones, '95, quit their jobs, sold their home and hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada during the summer of 2000.

Jon Issacs, '96, Portland, is the political coordinator of Beverly Stein's campaign to become governor of Oregon.

Amy Pendergast, '96 is a senior health education specialist at Shasta County Public Health. She recently led a United States delegation to the YMCA International Youth Conference in Singapore.

Brian Partridge, '96, is owner of Golden Pawn stores in Redmond and Bend.

Diane Bohle, '96, an advisor for the OSU distance education program in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, is executive director of the Prineville-Crook County Chamber of Commerce.

Sar Richards, '96, is director of casino slots for Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City.

Cheryl Buckholz, '97, has been awarded a $5,000 graduate scholar grant from the University Club of Portland for research in medical therapeutics as part of her doctoral studies in pharmaceutical technology at OSU.

Cynthia Wilcox, '97, is an instructor at Intel in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Deanna Drinkwater, '97, is advertising executive at Lake County Examiner in Lakeview.

Amy Caruso, '97, '00, is a veterinarian at the Chehalem Animal Clinic in Newberg.

Brad Ryan, '97, is a partner with Chigbrow Ryan & Co., Chtd., CPAs.

Heather Wilt Antonissen, '97, has recently appeared with the Opera San Jose in "Carmen" and the Chautauqua Institute Apprentice Program in New York.

Jane Higdon, '97, '00, manages the OSU Linus Pauling Institute's online Micronutrient Information Center at lpi.orst.edu/infocenter, which gives facts about vitamins and minerals that are verified by scientific studies and reviewed by experts in the field.

Jill Ledet, '97, a hypnotherapist in Newport, has written two songs that are performed by Cody Lyons and Cathy Rider on an album called "America," released by Hilltop Records.

Megumi Uehara, '97, joined Sienna Architecture Co. as an interior designer.

Melissa Maher, '97, is owner of Imports De Latierra in Ellensburg, Wash.

Peggy Brentano Schindler, '97, a Webmaster for the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, has created a Web site with fun facts about the state called Oregonkids.com.

Ruth Jenkin, '97, a captain in the Deschutes County Sheriff Office, was named Oregon Jail Commander of the Year for 2000.

Sean Gallagher, '97, is assistant principal at Madras High School.

Teri Lawrence Snedaker, '97, is a graphic artist at the Herald and News in Klamath Falls.

Eric S. Partin, '97, is a lieutenant aboard the Trident missile submarine USS Ohio, homeported in Bangor, Wash.

Aturo Vargas, '98, is owner of Kalli Mexican Cuisine in Monmouth.

Brian Gold, '98, is a language arts teacher at Sweet Home Junior High School.

John Hannah, '98, is a science teacher and coach at Castle Rock High School.

Megan Prewitt, '99, '00, is a vocational agriculture teacher at Hood River Valley High School.

James Bieker, '99, has completed his Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training and is stationed at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, Wash.

Josh Hanning, '99, is an agent at Ag Insurance in Baker City.

Melissa Rainbolt, '99, writes she is a registered nurse in pediatrics at The Corvallis Clinic and "loves her job!"

'00s
Christopher Ell, '00, is a civil engineer for GeoDesign Inc. in Portland.

Brent Nelson, '00, is an agent for Country Companies Insurance in Bend.

Cameron Swearengin, '00, is a structural design engineer with C.L. Youngman Consulting Engineers in Salem.

Cara Boyle, '00, is a technical analyst with Merck Pharmaceutical in North Wales, Pa.

Janie Michiko Mori, '00, is a veterinarian at the Ontario Animal Hospital in Ontario, where she lives with her husband, Mike Van Patten.

Mackenzie Behrle, '00, is a vocational-agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Willamina High School.

Cody Waite, '00, is a loan officer at the Intermountain Farm Credit Association in Alturas, Calif.

Megan Prine, '00, is a sales-customer service representative for Roberts Seed Co. in Tangent.

Michele Tomseth, '00, is assistant director of international programs at Linfield College.

Sam Morris, '00, has created a Web site for chocolate milk lovers, www.cmilk.com.

Susan Peterson, '00, Coquille, is an extension agent in Coos and Curry counties.

Associated General Contractors (AGC), Oregon-Columbia Chapter, has established a scholarship of interest to students entering the OSU Construction Management Education Program. The scholarship is named in honor of Hal Pritchett, '57, '61, who for 35 years has served on the OSU faculty and established the Construction Management Education Program, which he managed until his retirement last year.

The creation of the scholarship was announced at AGC's annual conference. Dale Campbell, AGC Foundation chairman, pointed out that more than 1,000 students have graduated from the OSU program under Pritchett's tutelage and now provide leadership for the construction industry in Oregon, Washington and elsewhere throughout the United States.
Campbell said, "Hal has no equal in his passion for the construction industry." Pritchett continues to serve OSU on a volunteer basis as development director for the OSU Construction Education Foundation.

The AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter Foundation provided initial funding for the national scholarship. The fund will be managed by the AGC of America Education Research Foundation.
Students interested in applying for the scholarship should contact AGC of America at (703)548-3118.

Those wishing to contribute to the Hal Pritchett Scholarship should contact Steve Malany, '91, at P & C Construction Co., (503)665-0165 or John Tenneson, '91, at Excel Excavation, (503)691-9811.

Dick Shellhorn, '66, as Benny the Beaver, and his friends at the Iceworm Winter Festival in Cordova, Alaska.