Class Notes, Fall 2015

1951

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

1952

Robert Peters BA recounted his experience watching Martin Luther King Jr. stride confidently into Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1965 in an article in the Eugene Register-Guard. Peters, who, at the time, was a young Methodist minister with three young boys at home and another on the way, was one of 150 people who formed a buffer to protect black marchers from hateful crowds along the route. Peters later became a public defender and a University of Oregon history professor before retiring in 2005.

1956

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

1961

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent: Roger Adams notes@lclark.edu

Brian Aldrich BA, who taught sociology for 40 years, has retired from Winona State University, which is part of the Minnesota State College and University System. His sons, Michael and Robert, both graduated from Winona State in May 2015. Aldrich’s research and publications were in the area of housing of squatters and others in developing countries.

1964

Class Correspondent: Margi Crain Brown notes@lclark.edu

Sandra Osawa BA has released a new documentary titled Princess Angeline. The video explores the story of the Duwamish people and their unrecognized tribal status primarily through the life of Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. Sandra and her husband, Yasu, have produced a 10-part series on American Indian issues for NBC; five documentaries for PBS; a one-hour television special on treaty rights called The Eighth Fire; plus over 50 videos for museums, tribes, and organizations. Sandy received Lewis & Clark’s Distinguished Alumna Award in 2009. For more information about Princess Angeline, visit upstreamvideos.com.

1965

T. Wayne Harris B.M. taught music in public schools for 31 years until his retirement in 2001. He now enjoys having time to tackle various home projects and other activities. Jim Mitchelmore BS, who married Betty Patterson CAS ’66, began teaching social studies in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1965. Three years later, he moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he taught for another 30 years. During the course of his career, he coached track for a total of 47 years. He also did scorekeeping and statistics for more than 40 years. Mitchelmore has been active in music and has directed a choir for a number of years.

1966

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent C. Allen Neighorn BA notes@lclark.edu

John Venator BS shares that his home, Casa de los Venados, will be featured in an upcoming issue of Travel and Leisure magazine.

1969

Class Correspondent: Michael Homan notes@lclark.edu

1971

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

1972

Class Correspondents: Beth Knudsen, Bob Oleson, and Ronald Gaither notes@lclark.edu

1973

Class Correspondent: Becky Dimond notes@lclark.edu

1974

Class Correspondent: Merrilee MacLean notes@lclark.edu

1975 Missy Dalgarn BA retired in June 2010 after a 30-year career in human resources management within the consumer products industry (Pillsbury, Kraft Foods, and Daymon Worldwide). In 2014, Missy and twin sister Mindy created The Mop Shop, a nonprofit organization that provides cleaning supplies to those in need in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

Gary Grenley JD received Lewis & Clark Law School’s 2015 Distinguished Business Law Graduate Award. The honor recognizes demonstrated exemplary leadership. Grenley is a partner in Garvey Schubert Barer’s business litigation practice in Portland.

1976

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent: Susan Bennett Olson notes@lclark.edu

Linda Austin BA, choreographer and performer, received a Performing Arts Fellowship from the Portland-based Regional Arts & Culture Council in 2014. With the support of the fellowship, she is revisiting past work and embarking on the creation of a new three-year, three-phase project, (Un)Made. She continues her efforts to support other artists through programming at Performance Works NorthWest (pwnw-pdx.org), which she cofounded in 1999 with husband Jeff Forbes BA ’78.

Douglas Neville BS now lives at a residential care facility in the Cully District of Northeast Portland. He developed cellulitis in his legs and feet and had to relearn how to walk. Neville is completely retired from the landscape maintenance business that he owned for 25 years. In his early career, he was active in Democratic politics, doing research for Neil Goldschmidt’s 1986 campaign for governor and writing speeches for Bud Clark when he was Portland’s mayor. Neville also did a KOPB radio show on Oregon history. His social life consists of participating in groups such as the Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Masonic Portland Lodge #55.

1978

Philip Berkowitz JD was appointed 2014–15 vice-chair of the International Employment Law Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law. Berkowitz, a shareholder in the New York City office of Littler, is also the U.S. practice cochair of the firm’s international employment law practice group.

Ann Lehman JD was honored by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee in May 2014 for 20 years of advocating for women and girls. “Your dedication and service were instrumental in our city gaining international and nationwide recognition through the years, and your service has bolstered San Francisco’s reputation as a leader in equality and justice for all,” said Lee. “You have blazed a trail for generations of San Francisco women, and our city thanks you for your many significant contributions.” Lehman is principal at Zimmerman Lehman, a consulting firm to nonprofits, located in El Cerrito, California.

1979

Class Correspondent: Maggie Englund notes@lclark.edu

Jack Lundeen JD received the Hon. Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award in March from the Clackamas County Bar.

1981

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondents: Cindy Thompson and Lisa Grill Dodson notes@lclark.edu

1982

Class Correspondent: Jamie Hackel Hyams notes@lclark.edu

Adrienne Inglis B.M., flutist and composer, toured with the flute-harp duo Chaski to perform Latin American folk music in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in November 2014. The duo, along with the Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus, performed two of Inglis’ original compositions: “Misa Trinitaria” and “In Heaven and on Earth.”

Bill Powell CAS was recently named a Power Broker by Risk and Insurance magazine. He was one of 21 retail insurance brokers chosen for the honor based on superior customer service, depth of industry knowledge, and success in addressing difficult client challenges.

1983

Class Correspondent: Mark Peterson notes@lclark.edu

1984

Class Correspondent: Susan Corlett notes@lclark.edu

Kathleen Singer King JD was appointed to the position of general magistrate in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida in March 2015.

1985

Class Correspondent: Sarah Reynolds Marin notes@lclark.edu

Deborah Friedman MA has been appointed chief operations officer for Health Share of Oregon, the state’s largest coordinated care organization. She will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the operating plan to support the corporation’s business strategy. Since 2013, Friedman had served as Health Share’s behavioral health director. She has 20 years of experience in Medicaid managed care, including more than 16 years in operations. Prior to joining Health Share, Friedman served as mental health organization director for Clackamas County. She earned a BS in sociology from Oregon State University, an MA in counseling psychology from Lewis & Clark’s graduate school, and an M.BA from Portland State University.

Wendy Hall Ragusa BA celebrated 10 years as development coordinator with the Skagit Valley Hospital Foundation in Mount Vernon, Washington, in May 2015. Her duties as a staff fundraiser and event planner include directing the annual Festival of Trees weekend, supervising the public relations committee, and managing the fine arts program for Skagit Regional Health.

David Toovy BA has worked for Northwest Acute Care Specialists as an emergency physician for 20 years. He is currently the medical director of the emergency department at Legacy Meridian Park Hospital in Tualatin, Oregon, and directs the hospital’s medical scribe program. “The scribe program was the first of its kind in the Portland metro area,” he says. “We employ over 75 premedical and pre-physician assistant students to assist us with our charting in real time. We have a comprehensive pre-medical program to assist them getting into medical and PA schools.” Toovy and his wife, Kathy Harris BA ’84, home-schooled their son (age 17) and daughter (age 19), who will be starting college this year. Through the years, he and his wife have hired many L&C students to care for their children, home, and pets. “Many of those L&C students are like our elder children, and we keep in touch on a regular basis, attending their weddings and celebrating their life accomplishments. It’s been a wonderful tie to our alma mater.”

1986

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondents: Sally Dadmon Bixby and David Lawrence notes@lclark.edu

Beth Skillern JD was listed in Best Lawyers in America 2015. Skillern is with Bullivant Houser Bailey.

1988

Jill Tanner JD was recognized by the Oregon Commission for Women with the annual Oregon Women of Achievement Award. Tanner is the presiding magistrate of the Oregon Tax Court, where she has served since 1997.

1989

Class Correspondent: Andrea Ball notes@lclark.edu

Dean Alterman JD had his book How to Build a Real Estate Law Practice published by the Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association in April 2015. Alterman, a partner with the Portland firm Folawn Alterman & Richardson, has been practicing in real estate law for more than 25 years.

Penny Kittle MAT received the Kent Williamson Exemplary Leader Award from the Conference on English Leadership (part of the National Council of Teachers of English). This is the second major award she has received in her career—the first was the James N. Britton Award in 2009 for her book Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing. Kittle teaches high school English part time in Conway, New Hampshire. She works with school districts domestically and internationally to improve instruction in reading and writing.

1990

Class Correspondent: Sean Hanley notes@lclark.edu

Becky Lukens MAT, Ed.S. ’10 is the new principal at Kraxberger Middle School in Gladstone, Oregon. In 1993, she founded the Portland-based Pacific Crest Community School, where she served as codirector and teacher. Previously, she taught history at West Linn High School and Nestucca Union High School in Oregon. Lukens says, “The brilliance that is potentially in every student who walks through the door should be supported. Our job as teachers is to pull students out of their comfort zone in a safe way so they’re willing to take risks and find where they want to go.”

1991

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent: Laura Mundt notes@lclark.edu

Mark Porter JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. Zena BA is finishing her first year with the Peace Corps in Mongolia, where she works at the University of Humanities as a teacher trainer and student teacher educator. She also works with the Darkhan-Uul Ministry of Education to provide advanced teacher education opportunities for local teachers. In addition, she works as a curriculum writing trainer for the Ulan Bator Ministry of Education’s curriculum development department for their new national curriculum. This past winter she was honored by the Darkhan-Uul Aimag’s Ministry of Education at the province-wide World Language Day Celebration for her contributions to “supporting improvement of language acquisition” in the community.

1992

Ruthe Farmer BA, chief strategy and growth officer of the National Center for Women & Information Technology and director of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, received the inaugural British Council’s Education UK Alumni Award in March 2015 for Social Impact, United States. That same month, she was interviewed as part of Forbes’ Self-Made Women series, “From Outsider to the C-Suite: A Story on How to ‘Get to the Yes.’”

1993

Class Correspondents: Erik Thorin and Marcye Mokier notes@lclark.edu

Joshi Clare BA was recently named senior vice president of investments at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Tony Ross BA was named assistant director of public services for the District of Columbia Public Library system, which is charged with overseeing 12 libraries across Washington, D.C. When he’s not wrangling librarians, he’s wrangling his two kids.

1994

Stacey Kim BA, after over five years working for that other Portland college (ahem, Reed), has taken her career up the hill to Lewis & Clark to be the director of marketing and communications. She enjoys discovering the things about campus that have changed as well as those that have stayed the same. When not on campus, Kim loves to spend time with her third-grade twins (Maddie and Riley), go out for a run, read a great book, or cook a good meal for friends and family.

Benjamin Wolff JD became the chair of Sarcos LC, a leading global robotics and sensor company (formerly known as Raytheon Sarcos, the robotics division of the Raytheon Company). He is responsible for overseeing the direction of the company and engaging with strategic partners, customers, and investors. He was CEO, president, and chair of Pendrell Corporation from 2009 to 2014. During his tenure at Pendrell, Wolff navigated a turnaround of the company by facilitating a resolution to a complex subsidiary bankruptcy and creating more than $500 million in value for equity holders by eliminating more than $1.5 billion of consolidated debt.

1995

Class Correspondent: Carly Henderson notes@lclark.edu

1996

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent: Jo Becker notes@lclark.edu

David Aman JD was named in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. A shareholder with Tonkon Torp in Portland, Aman maintains a business litigation and intellectual property practice.

1997

Lori Balbi BA will be retiring from the Foreign Service with the diplomatic rank of first secretary on October 1, 2015. She has returned to the Pacific Northwest.

Jennie Bricker JD became editor of the Real Estate and Land Use Digest, the flagship publication of the Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use Section. In addition to her legal practice, Jennie Bricker Land & Water Law, she has a writing and editing business, Brick Work Writing & Editing.

Darren Drabek BA ran his seventh, eighth, and ninth marathons (in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey) this past fall and winter. In the future, he plans to run the Portland Marathon. Staying fit helps him keep up with his three kids in Saratoga Springs, New York. He is also the international student advisor at Skidmore College. In 2014–15, he organized Skidmore’s special recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholars Program partnership. Drabek’s work at Skidmore also includes advising students who take part in the Davis Projects for Peace. Many Davis UWC Scholars have dear friends who attend Lewis & Clark.

Jesse Moon Longhurst BA earned a PhD in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University in December 2014. She teaches in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University.

1999

Class Correspondents: Nicole Miranda and Mike Skrzynski notes@lclark.edu

Carrie Wynkoop BA has launched an Oregon wine club called Cellar 503, which has been featured on Great Northwest Wine and in other media outlets. Most Cellar 503 members sign up for two bottles every month—either two reds, two whites, or one of each. (Other options are also available.) Each shipment is themed around a region, a season, a different style of wine, or a part of Oregon wine culture. Learn more at www.cellar503.com.

2000

Class Correspondent: Sierra Hutchinson notes@lclark.edu

2001

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Class Correspondent: Katie Clarkson notes@lclark.edu

Bryan Kirkpatrick JD was named a 2015 winner of the Client Choice Award for Intellectual Property—Patents for Oregon by International Law Office and Lexology. David Koempel JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014.

2002

Andrew Moratzka JD was named one of the top 50 energy and environmental trailblazers in the United States by the National Law Journal. Moratzka is a partner at Stoel Rives in Minneapolis.

Jeanette Schuster JD was named chair of the environmental and natural resources practice group at Tonkon Torp. Schuster’s practice focuses on advising clients on compliance with complex regulatory requirements under federal, state, and local environmental statutes and regulations; buying and selling contaminated property; regulatory agency enforcement defense; and contaminated site investigation and cleanup (including of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site). She also conducts environmental due diligence on complex corporate transactions and advises clients on issues related to the siting and permitting of renewable energy projects.

2003

Zachary Cohen JD was elected president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County. Cohen, a partner and litigator at Lesavoy Butz & Seitz, focuses primarily on business, real estate, and banking disputes. He also handles tax appeals, zoning matters, emergency injunctions, employment cases, and bankruptcy and estate litigation. Cohen has appeared at all levels of the state’s trial and appellate courts, as well as federal courts, and before various local, state, and federal agencies. He was named in the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. In 2011, he was included in the Top 20 Under 40 by Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal.

Christy Doornink JD was elected president and managing attorney of the Pacific Northwest law firm Reinisch Wilson Weier. Doornink, the second woman to be the firm’s president, focuses her practice on Washington workers’ compensation defense. She volunteers her time with the St. Andrew Legal Clinic Race for Justice, Wilsonville Leadership Academy, Girls on the Run, Ronald McDonald House, and Oregon Food Bank. She also mentors first-year law students.

2004

Class Correspondent: Diana Wiener Rosengard notes@lclark.edu

2005

Parna Mehrbani JD was named a 2015 Orchid Award Winner by the Portland Business Journal and was honored during their Women of Influence awards ceremony in April 2015. Mehrbani, a Lane Powell shareholder, was recognized in part for her work with several community organizations, including the Oregon Minority Law Association’s IMAGE program and the Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls.

2006

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

Berit Engstrom BA, a tour leader for Insight Cuba, was interviewed by the Cuban Handshake (thecubanhandshake.org). Engstrom traced the origins of her love for Cuba to Lewis & Clark’s overseas study program in Havana. She also shared her experience of being in a cross-cultural relationship with a Cuban, as well as her thoughts on current changes in Cuba.

David Roghair JD was appointed magistrate judge and standing master for the trial courts of Barrow, Alaska (also his hometown). Roghair replaces Mary Treiber JD ’80, who retired in November 2014. Previously, he was the magistrate judge in Tok, Alaska.

2007

Class Correspondent: Aron Phillips notes@lclark.edu

Katie Cercone BA was one of 12 artists selected to receive a 2015 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, which makes BRIC’s media and education courses and facilities available at no charge to professional Brooklyn-affiliated visual artists. Cercone explores embodied feminism, the shamanic impulse, and the spirituality of hip-hop through performative video sculpture. In 2014, her work was included in exhibitions at the Gitana Rosa Gallery, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation. Her work has also appeared in the Brooklyn Museum (2013) and the A.I.R. Gallery (2012). She has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for the U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program (2015), and has been an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Scott Devlin BA matriculated to the doctor of pharmacy program at Creighton University’s School of Pharmacy and Health Professions this fall. Devlin was named to the school’s Dean’s List for fall 2014. He also served as class president during the second semester of his first professional year.

2008

Class Correspondent: Maura Walsh notes@lclark.edu

Amy Baugher BA started a new job as a health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.

Amber Case BA, a member of Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees, has joined a Tennessee-based health care company called Healthways. Her work will focus on improving high-tech design through a concept called “Calm Technology.” As she explained to the Oregonian, “It’s all about designing technology that gets out of your way and lets you live your life.”

Damien Hall JD was appointed to the board of governors for CareOregon, a nonprofit that provides health plan services to four coordinated care organizations serving about 250,000 Oregonians. Hall, who is with Ball Janik, practices in the areas of land use and real estate.

James Reddick BA won the Irene Corbally Kuhn Scholarship from the Overseas Press Club of America. Reddick was working as a journalist in Beirut when the Arab Spring erupted in 2011. He wants to return to take stock of the region’s collective loss and document the next chapter. Fluent in French, with some Arabic, Reddick wrote about Nakba, the day Palestinians and Lebanese sympathizers make an organized annual march to the Israeli border via the reverse route taken by fleeing Palestinians in 1948.

Tyler Volm JD was named to the ambassador board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest. In this role, he will contribute to the organization’s fundraising and community outreach efforts. Volm, who works for the law firm Barran Liebman, has volunteered with the organization for five years as a Big Brother and mentor.

2009

Class Correspondent: Kelsey Harrity notes@lclark.edu

Levi Johnston JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014.

Mark Sherman JD was named a 2014 Rising Star. He is an associate at Hart Wagner. Andy Van Fleet, who completed his initial administrator license at Lewis & Clark’s graduate school, will be the new principal at Tigard High School. He came to Tigard High last September, initially to replace an assistant principal who had retired. He began his teaching career in 2002 at Southridge High School and later served as associate principal at Willamette High School from 2010 to 2013. He was named a member of Beaverton’s Nike Teacher Leader Academy and is a former basketball coach. He also coaches Southridge’s women’s track and field team.

2010

Class Correspondent: Stephanie Locke notes@lclark.edu

Scott Rider JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. Nawneet Vibhaw LLM received the Environmental Law Champions Award from the Asian Development Bank. Vibhaw, who has taught environmental law in India, is with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices in its environmental law practice.

2011

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 23−26, 2016

2012

Class Correspondent: Josh Cohn notes@lclark.edu

Jeffrey Cruttenden BA has developed a mobile app called Acorns, which enables people to invest small change on the go. Acorns’ piggybank investing model strives to take away the difficulties involved with investing, like hidden fees, hefty commissions, and risky propositions, so that college students (and others) can start investing sooner with less stress. The app’s name was inspired by the adage “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”

Zachary Rose MAT proudly shares that he was voted teacher of the year, winning the Crystal Apple Award at Weiser Middle School in Weiser, Idaho. Jason Yareshes JD accepted a position as a magistrate of the commonwealth in Charlottesville, Virginia. Yareshes’ primary responsibilities include conducting probable cause hearings; issuing search and arrest warrants, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders, and civil warrants and subpoenas; conducting bail hearings; and issuing orders in minor civil matters.

2013

Liv Brumfield JD joined the Portland office of U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer BA ’70, JD ’76. Brumfield serves as Blumenauer’s field representative on environmental, natural resources, and agriculture issues.

Craig Fouts JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014.

Elizabeth Inayoshi JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014.

Lonnie Kleinman BA, a community engagement fellow at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Jewish Southern Life, based in Jackson, Mississippi, works with Sunday school programs to teach lessons related to social justice and activism in 13 Southern states. “I mostly work with adults to help them participate in long-term, sustainable service that matters,” she says. “I partner with congregations to learn about service through a Jewish lens.” Kleinman was featured in the Arizona Jewish Post in February 2015.

Nick Lawton JD, LLM ’14 won second prize in the ABA’s Public Land Law and Policy writing competition for his LLM seminar paper, “Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act: Demanding a Gift of Federal Lands.”

Peter Tran JD was recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014.

2015

Kory Andersen BA was awarded the John E. Brandl Public Leadership Fellowship, a full-tuition fellowship with a paid research assistantship for two years of graduate study at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Andersen will study urban planning with an eye to making everyday lives more beautiful, more livable, and more meaningful.

Joel Reschly JD won the Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition organized by the Environmental Law Institute and the National Association of Environmental Law Studies. Reschly is the first Lewis & Clark law student to win this prestigious competition. His paper, “Pesticides, Water Quality, and the Public Trust Doctrine,” analyzes how courts could use the public trust doctrine to regulate certain forms of water pollution and argues that the current regulatory framework governing pesticides is insufficient to protect human health, the environment, wildlife, or water quality.

Cedar Jocks BA had a video installation titled “Contingent Memory” on display in Portland’s Mark Woolley Gallery from July 18 through September 13, 2015. Using video as his primary medium, Jocks’ work explores ideas of folk memory along with sexual and racial identity realized through research into the art and theory of the beat generation and current social practice work. Mark Woolley BA ’74, MAT ’77 and his wife, Angelina Woolley BA ’75, are also alumni of the college.