Class Notes, Fall 2023

1948-49

Undergrad Class Correspondent: John Reitz BS ’48, BM ’49 jvreitz@aol.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1950

Ross Montgomery BS, who served his country during World War II and attended Lewis & Clark on the GI Bill®, was featured alongside his wife, Jeanne, in a story in Harrisonburg, Virginia’s Daily NewsRecord. The story shares Ross’ and Jeanne’s perspective on their 76-year partnership as well as memories of their wartime service.

1954

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

1956

Betty Doggett Folmsbee BM writes: “After retiring from 34 years of teaching music, I am enjoying my riverfront apartment at Homewoods on the Willamette, a retirement community in Jennings Lodge, Oregon. My standard poodle and I recently retired from doing pet therapy volunteering with Kaiser’s Sunnyside Medical Center and Hospice Care. We now spend time giving pet therapy to residents in our community. Life is good!”

1959

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

1960

Dick Kite BS writes: “I retired with my wife, Carole, after 100 combined years as ministers of music.”

1961

Brian Aldrich BA writes: “My work on housing the urban poor in developing countries, which generated several edited books and a summary article in Habitat International, has generated part of a chapter regarding an online debate about the role of government in providing housing for the poor. I took the ‘con’ position, which is to let the poor work on building their own housing and community (as they do in so many developing countries). There were 11 online debates, with responses from around the world. The debates are being published as Shelter in the Storm by Columbia University Press. The debate I participated in is one of those chapters. I am 84 years old, and I think this is the last professional contribution I am going to make in regard to my career of research and publication on the subject. Much of the research was published in India in the Guru Nanak sociology journal.”

1962

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Nancy Knudsen BA knudsenk@plu.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

1963

Welton Rotz BA writes: “In 1964, I enrolled at San Francisco Theological Seminary and also began sculpting. In 1965, I joined my fellow seminarians on the Selma-Montgomery March. I eventually left seminary to sculpt full time and to explore my own spirituality. Having a California contractor’s license helped support my sculpting. In addition to other sculptures, I have six permanent installations in New York City. After 55 years of sculpting, a neurological disease has affected my hands to the extent I can no longer hold a tool. Now I write short stories.” See also “Bookshelf.“

1964

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Joan Harris BS writes: “My husband of 46 years passed away in 2021. In 2022, I moved to Seattle. In 2023, I sold my house in Tacoma and moved to Renton, still near my eldest daughter and her active kids. I have volunteered through the PTA at my grandson’s school, South Shore Elementary. It’s a very universal grade school. I plan to be volunteering at Renton High School next school year. Thank you, all, for attending Alumni Weekend. It was most informative, and so much has changed since I graduated—and for the better.”

Sandra Osawa BA is an awardwinning filmmaker and producer in the Pacific Northwest. Her documentary Maria Class Notes Tallchief (2007), examines the life and impact of the influential ballet dancer and member of the Osage Nation. Osawa, herself a member of the Makah tribe, has spent her career elevating contemporary Native issues in films such as Lighting the Seventh Fire (1995), Pepper’s Pow Wow (1996), and Princess Angeline (2011).

1966

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Carla Shafer BS chuckanutsandstone@gmail.com “Finishing our seventh decade keeps us busy, and family is most important. Please send me your news and updates!”

1968

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Marilyn Lane BS beach439@charter.net “Please send me your news and updates!”

Sharon Fukumoto Jones BA writes: “I was so glad to see and talk to everyone during our mini reunion. [See Marilyn Lane’s note at top right.] It brought back so many memories. I was the first person in my immediate family in Hawai‘i to choose to go away to ‘the mainland’ for college. It was all an amazing adventure. When I first got to Lewis & Clark, I was so jet-lagged! Luckily, everyone as so friendly and helpful. I remember going into someone’s room and trying to smoke a cigarette for the first time. I turned green and had to run to the bathroom. ‘Mother’ Ann Helm BS, in particular, was a presence when I needed advice. I miss her. Ann was the reason I went to Japan my junior year. What a learning experience! Thank you to Dr. Rosalind Hamar BA ’69, MAT ’74 for beginning the overseas study programs. It has been wonderful that Marilyn Lane BS has been able to keep us together with these mini reunions. Thank you to Roz and Virginia for opening their home to us all. I am hoping that we can all do this again.”

Marilyn Lane BS writes: “For almost 20 years, four to seven of us who roomed on the same floor in Copeland Hall during our freshman year of 1964–65 intentionally gather. We’ve held at least four mini reunions so far. Looking back over the years, I think we would all say how fortunate we are to have stayed in touch 56 years and counting.”

1969

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Undergrad Class Correspondent: David Grube BA lynnanddavidgrube@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Marceen Scott Bloom BS writes: “I fondly recall our wonderful Brazil overseas study group. After graduating, I worked at the state health division, in real estate, and then in construction. I also spent more than 14 years as a welding assistant at Intel. I’m now living in Sellwood, Oregon. Always art and cars!”

David Grube BA celebrated two 50th anniversaries this year: his wedding in Agnes Flanagan Chapel to Lynn Hansard in January, and his graduation from medical school in June. David and Lynn live in Corvallis. David reports that he is “still singing” in retirement.

Rosalind Hamar BA, MAT ’74 writes: “I totally agree that I feel fortunate to still be in touch with such an amazing group of women. We should get together more often! Virginia and I felt honored to host all of you at our house. So many good stories to share with each other!”

Lily Hill BA writes: “For the past two years, several of us have met from across the country on Zoom to honor my freshman roommate, Ann Helm BS ’68, who has passed. We reminisce and share our memories. This year, I suggested that we really need to meet in person.

Marilyn Lane BS ’68 graciously took it upon herself to help organize our gathering around the time of the Lewis & Clark reunion. I flew from California. I attended the Golden Medallion Luncheon, slept one night in a dorm room, and enjoyed walking the beautiful campus and nearby creek path. I am so grateful to see dear friends from such an important time in my life!”

1970

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Rand Dawson BS rdawson@oregonfast.net “Please send me your news and updates!”

Marti Davis BS writes: “So amazing to connect with my classmates, but even better to tweak my memory. Our dinner hosted by Roz (Rosalind Hamar BA ’69, MAT ’74) and Virginia was delightful. So many fun crazy stories … life is such an adventure. We need to do this again soon and add more chapters!”

Bettye Eldridge BS, MAT ’75 was married with two children when she received her undergraduate degree from Lewis & Clark. She moved immediately into teaching with Portland Public Schools. While maintaining her house, children, husband, and teaching job, she enrolled in L&C’s master’s degree program in education. She credits “a great babysitter” with helping her succeed. Eldridge taught at both the elementary and middle school levels. She retired after a nearly 22-year education career and remains in the Portland area.

Steve Larson BA writes: “After graduation came alternative service in Portland, years as a grad student in Washington, marriage, and closing 33 Seattle schools so that one could be a view for Frasier Crane of the TV show Frasier. My two children started school in Seattle while I commuted to Edmonds, Washington, to plan a new administration building and golf course. In 1989, I left for Arlington, Virginia; divorced; launched satellites; decorated lions on Taft bridge; planned, built, and renovated Arlington schools; restored the lights to a darkened Pentagon after 9/11; and married my friend, Shari Crandall. My daughter, Francesca, is a stand-up comic in NYC, and my son, Tony, consults in Oregon’s power industry. Beatrice and Beck are their awesome children. Shari and I recently moved to Portland, discovering we live across the street from college roommate  Poulshock BS ’74’s film studio. One implication of aging is a circle.”

Doug McKinney BA writes: “I am so grateful for L&C, a wonderful foundation for learning, relationships, and life. Following graduation and a move to Berkeley, I attended the Graduate Theological Union, where I studied Greek, Hebrew, theology, and ministry. In 1978, I traveled to Guadalajara for Spanish. In 1980, I was ordained an Episcopal priest and served various Bay Area parishes and multicultural ministries. I then moved to Hillsboro for two years with Oregon Rural Opportunities, a farmworker support 32 | L&C | Fall 2023 agency. Returning to San Francisco, I developed a lay pastoral care program for parishioners to serve as prison and hospital chaplains, hospice workers, and youth ministry volunteers. I later earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology in context with cross-cultural spirituality and worked as a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. In 2018, I retired. I have lived in LA since 1998. For 47 years, I have been with Tom Gossard MM ’80, a former Berkeley Symphony violinist. For eight of those years, we’ve been married. Beyond my current interests of Jewish studies, architecture, contemplative prayer, and meditation, life feels engaging, challenging, funny, and blessed.”

1973

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Jerry Miller BS jretriever@outlook.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1974

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Jim Miller BS writes: “I retired from GE and IAT Partnership to establish the M Fund to finance and facilitate leadership development initiatives for nonprofit organizations operating in Chicago’s most distressed urban neighborhoods.”

David Poulshock BS is in the last stage of postproduction on his film documentary SPACE, a meditation on the meaning of art. He enjoyed a busy summer producing TV commercials for major Northwest entities, including Moda Health, Parr Lumber, and Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette. On July 9, Poulshock was reported to be the oldest individual to swim the 2023 Portland Bridge Swim. “Unfortunately, the tide was coming in, and it was like swimming uphill the entire time. So, I was among 20 swimmers pulled from the swim, too far behind. But I made it to mile seven and have started training for 2024!” He is also enjoying “the random serendipities that prove the universe is a friendly place”: An alum buddy, Steve Larson BS ’70, and wife just moved from Bend, Oregon, to across the street from his office. “We’ve already enjoyed an evening out.”

1975

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Susan Olson BA olsonsu@ohsu.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Jim Kershner BA has been putting his history degree to work as a staff historian for HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopedia of washington State history, for which he has written more than 250 historical essays. He also writes a daily history column for the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington.

Michael Metroke BS, JD ’79, MPA ’85 has spent the last 40 years in the legal profession, working with such entities as the City of Portland, the State of Oregon, Pacific Power, and Portland General Electric. He also served as an adjunct instructor for the former public administration program at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling. He is married to Marcia Metroke MPA ’87 and lives in Southwest Portland. Metroke is also a writer working on a science fiction series beginning with The Masada Affair, which was published by Outskirts Press in 2022. See also “Bookshelf”.

Eric Olson BA is professor of strategic management and marketing in the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). He’s also a former department chair and interim dean. In April 2023, Olson realized his artistic dream with a gallery show titled Hiatus, featuring 10 large-scale structured acrylic paintings at the GOCA Project Space/ENT Center for the Arts, UCCS. Olson created the original watercolor sketches for these works when he was a student at L&C, but they lay dormant for more than 40 years while he pursued his academic and administrative career. With the onset of the pandemic, Olson finally found time to complete these works. Each piece borrows a title from a song with a positive message and invites viewers to draw their own interpretations based on their unique stories.

Ray Smythe MAT spent his teaching career in the David Douglas School District of Portland, Oregon. He is the author of seven books, the latest of which, Coping With Grief—My Personal Journey of Learning to Overcome Sorrow, was inspired by the tragic loss of his lifetime partner of 49 years. It’s been embraced by those who are similarly navigating their grief. Smythe also has been writing a column for the Desert Sun in Palm Springs, California, for more than 20 years. He personally lives by Robert Byrne’s words, “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”

1976

Undergrad Class Correspondents: Ken Goe BA kengoe1020@gmail.com Doug Leary BA dougleary@gmail.com “Please send us your news and updates!”

Barbara Gaston BA writes: “I’ve been working at a small medical device start-up in Eugene, Oregon, since 2019, when I ‘retired’ after a long history with Hewlett-Packard and subsequent spinoffs. Check us out at synergicmed.com.”

Phil Thwaits BS enjoys an active retirement in the Atlanta area, playing golf, basketball, and poker as well as fishing, biking, and seeing the world. He retired nine years ago at age 60 after 32 years with a plastic injection molding company. After graduating from L&C, he made stops in Seattle, Long Beach, California, and Erie, Pennsylvania, before settling in Atlanta. He earned an MBA from UCLA along the way. Thwaits has been married for 36 years after meeting his wife, Lori, on an airplane. They have four children (two boys, two girls) and one grandchild, with a second on the way. He cherishes the friends he met at L&C and his many memories, including an off-campus job as a tour guide at Blitz-Weinhard, which included free beer as part of the compensation package.

1977

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Ginger Harville BA gbharville@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1978

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Ann Vogel BA vogelann4@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Doug Freeman BS has pivoted to ghostwriting books for clients nationwide after a career focused on technical and business writing/consulting. Book topics have ranged from innovation and entrepreneurship to mental health and business fraud. He and his wife, MacKenzie “Holly” Freeman, also are a part of a medical device start-up. They are enthusiastic supporters of the Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership. with Freeman serving as a Winterim mentor. They’ve also been longtime participants in L&C’s Community Friends Program and have loved being a local “family” to several students.

R. Scot Sellers BS was appointed as director of the board for Maui Land and Pineapple Company.

Vivien Straus BA has performed her one-woman show, After I’m Dead, You’ll Have to Feed Everyone, to sold-out audiences at her California ranch and in New York City. Critics rave, “One of the best celebrations of life imaginable.” For details and upcoming shows, visit VivienStraus.com.

Randy Stender BA retired last December after a 43-and-a-halfyear career with Merrill Lynch. After starting with them in Portland in 1979, he and his wife, Susanne, moved to Eugene, Oregon, in 1983. Stender remained there with the company in various capacities, including management. His wealth management practice was transferred to two of his children, son Sam Stender BA ’09 and daughter Sally. Randy and Susanne have spent a good part of their retirement traveling to various locales, including Hawai‘i, Arizona, Alaska, Greece, and Turkey. They plan to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in person in November. Many more trips are on their to-do list. When not traveling, they love spending time with their four grandkids.

1979

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Katie Byrnes BA katieblcpc@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Brian Dunkley BA retired in June 2022 after 30 years in medicine. He worked as a diagnostic radiologist for Kaiser Permanente. He writes: “Great specialty. Perfect fit for me. Could not have had a better profession. I am truly fortunate.”

1980

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Kathleen Holder BA holder.km@gmail.com “Thanks to everyone who sent me updates for this issue. I hope to hear from other classmates soon about what they’ve been up to lately.”

Dan Balmer BA recorded his 12th CD this year. A member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame, he traveled to New York to record with “two of New York City’s finest”: Gary Versace and Rudy Royston. Balmer also continues playing gigs around the Northwest and subbing with the group Pink Martini in the United States and Europe. He remains a member of the music faculty at Lewis & Clark. His CD release was held November 10 in Evans Music Center on campus.

Bowen Blair JD, an environmental attorney and author, was appointed to the National Park System Advisory Board, which advises the secretary of the interior and the director of the National Park Service. The board also has a regulatory role in recommending new National Natural Landmarks and National Historic Landmarks and provides recommendations regarding the national historic significance of proposed National Historic Trails. Blair began his four-year term in 2023.

Mark Floyd BM retired from Citibank last year after 37 years in corporate finance, working in New York, Dallas, and London. He lives with his wife of 37 years outside of New York in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. He is enjoying traveling more often, learning Spanish and how to sail, and making frequent trips into New York City for culture.

Jacqueline Stoeckler BA is chair of a new West Kootenay Watershed Collaborative in Nelson, B.C., Canada, where she focuses on changing landbased practices to prioritize water source protection. Kootenay Lake provides 40 percent of the quantum of water to the Lower Columbia River system.

Karen Percelle BA is enjoying country life in Sisters, Oregon, working as an art consultant and doing volunteer work with Harmony Farm Sanctuary for animals.

Kathleen Grubb Holder BA has “graduated” into retirement after 26-plus years writing for and about the University of California at Davis. Before joining UC Davis, she worked as a reporter for newspapers in Woodburn, Oregon, and Vacaville, California, and for the Associated Press in Sacramento.

Kathryn Soter BA is executive director of the Good Future Design Alliance (GFDA), a mission-based organization of professionals dedicated to reducing waste in the design and build industry. The building industry perpetuates a culture of waste. Five hundred million tons of construction waste and over 12 million tons of discarded furniture wind up in landfills each year. The design community (architects, interior designers, builders, makers) have a role in solving this problem. This is where the GFDA comes in, providing education, resources, tools, and networking opportunities to help members establish low-waste practices. For more information, visit thegfda.com or contact Soter directly at Kathryn@thegfda.com.

Mike Hedrick BS retired from the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University (CSU) at East Bay after a 28-year career. Now a professor emeritus in the department, he continues to teach part time in the CSU Faculty Early Retirement Program. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A and recently stepped down from a three-year commitment as a councilor for the American Physiological Society. In his free time, he plays bass guitar in a Bay Area cover band called Take Cover. Check Instagram for videos: @takecovertheband.

Phil Schock BA and his wife live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Camas, Washington. After retiring from a career in management at Intel, Schock has enjoyed living on the Oregon coast, learning Spanish, and serving on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. Schock’s wife has continued her work as a psychotherapist. They enjoy traveling in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Pieter Lefferts BA, an artist and author, says he’s delighted to announce that his book, What the Kek Kek Saw, a novellength fable, is a 2023 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner for Young Adult Fantasy. Published by UnCollected Press in 2022, What the Kek Kek Saw is for all ages and is available at online retailers and independent bookstores. See also “Bookshelf,” p. 36.

Russell Holder BA, after a longish career as an attorney, has left the legal profession in order to act as “the CEO of a company that owns and manages a successful chain of roach motels in Northern California.” He is also pursuing, with renewed vigor, his lifetime passion of “writing things that no one is interested in reading.”

Scott Walker BA writes: “After graduating from L&C, I went to the University of Oregon and got a degree in computer science. I retired from that career 15 years ago. For fun, I recently took a part-time job editing science fiction for Aethon. Writers include Jeffrey H. Haskell, L.L. (Lisa) Richman, and Jon Frater.”

1981

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Lisa Dodson BA lisagrilldodson@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Montgomery Van Wart MAT is a professor of public administration at California State University at San Bernardino. In April 2023, Van Wart was recognized with the institution’s 2022–23 Outstanding Professor Award.

1982

Donald Dexter BS is the founder of Eugene (Oregon) Dental Sleep Center, which opened in early 2023. Previously, Dexter worked for 25 years as a dentist in the Eugene area. He also maintains the Don Dexter Gallery, which showcases local Indigenous artists. 34 | L&C | Fall 2023

1983

Peter Larsen BA has worked for the Orange County (California) Register as a pop culture reporter since 2004.

1983

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Norma Kop BA ndckop@hawaii.rr.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Debra Jenks JD was appointed to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees and is currently the board’s chair. Jenks, a partner and attorney at Jenks & Harvey, is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and currently serves on the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from New College of Florida.

John Vogel BS recently retired from Columbia Bank after 37 years in banking and financial software. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Sunriver, Oregon, and spend their time hiking, skiing, and traveling the world.

1984

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Mary Hull Caballero BS started ManageWise, a management consulting firm, after serving two terms as the elected auditor of the City of Portland. ManageWise devotes its services to public, private, and nonprofit organizations trying to make the world a more just, equitable, and balanced place. It advises on challenging governance, performance, and communication matters. Find more info at managewise.us. Jerilee Henderson MMEd was named 2023 Pioneer of the Year by the Tillamook County Pioneer Association.

1985

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Sarah Marin BA sarah.marin@comcast.net “Please send me your news and updates!”

Sheila Gallagher BA writes: “Mike Thompson BA ’84 and I (aka old Barbie and Ken) are happily retired and firmly settled in downtown Minneapolis. When not hanging out with our four adult kids or new granddaughter, we enjoy traveling and spending time outside recreating, plus drinking beer at our local brewpub and reminiscing about the good old days. (When were those again?!) Look us up if you’re in Minnesota. We’d love to take you out for a beer, nonalcoholic kombucha, or even a little THC (newly legal!), although we don’t inhale. Hope to catch up with everyone at the next few years’ 40th reunions, starting in 2024. Go Pios!”

Colin Wheeler BS has moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to join Saudia as vice president of network planning. He has also recently married for the first time, to Suji Ati. Wheeler would love to meet up with any Pioneers visiting Jeddah.

1986

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Kim Crofcheck BA kcrofcheck@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Alan Amling BA retired from United Parcel Service after 27 years and finished his PhD. He is now an associate professor of practice at the University of Tennessee. His first book, Organizational Velocity, was published last year.

Amy Beltaine BA (formerly Amy Smith) and her husband, Hawthorne Post, relocated to Portugal in 2020. Beltaine continues to offer spiritual mentoring and now teaches a spiritual direction certification course with Cherry Hill Seminary. While she misses her three grandchildren in Portland and Phoenix, she is delighted to be using her L&C religious studies degree, following her call, helping people, and living in a beautiful location in sunny southern Portugal. For more information about Beltaine’s work, visit AmyBeltaine.info.

Bobby Brewer-Wallin BA, professor of theatre at Willamette University, is marking 24 years of teaching this fall. He teaches courses in costume design, global fashion history, the material culture of resistance, and clothing and memory. Bobby and Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin BA ’85, MAT ’94 led a study abroad program in Galway, Ireland, in spring 2022. He is also a resident artist at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, where he recently designed costumes for True Story, by E.M Lewis. His website offers a glimpse into other recent design work: bobbybrewerwallin.com.

James Wilder Hancock BA writes: “The last 18 months have been an exercise in extreme transition. Shifting professional priorities, continental walks, embracing minimalism, and a more nomadic lifestyle mean adaptation and transformation have become my daily companions. In spring 2022, I completed my job on Henry Selleck’s Netflix movie, Wendell and Wild, in Portland, which I am forever grateful to have had during the lockdowns of 2020. I started the gig in 2019, mere days after my completion of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. The project carried me all the way through to my start of the Continental Divide Trail, which I spent nearly five months walking last summer. My experience of both trails—a cumulative 5,400 miles—was life changing. I then returned to Portland for a couple months to focus on screenwriting and reducing what was left of my possessions in storage to as close to zero as possible. This is all to serve another requirement of my new life, which is to be freer to travel and live clutter free, both in mind and material. All of this serves to allow me to focus 100 percent of my career going forward on writing and producing, which was my original intent when I embarked on this professional filmmaking vector some 30 years ago. I am currently residing in and developing/producing wildly entertaining film projects in LA. However, I have recently returned from my first trip to Maui, where I spent a month falling in love with the island. As soon as I got back to the mainland, I wrote a business plan for a hybrid stop-motion studio in Wailuku and am fully prepared —mentally and emotionally, at least—to live out the rest of my days on that magical bit of land.”

Robert Hendricks BA is relieved to be living in Idaho again after 35 challenging years in the California Bay Area. He traded in his “pharmaceutical drug discovery research hat” for a “farmer’s hat” and is now growing blueberries on a small u-pick farm in Eagle (redbarnblueberries.com).

1987

Sarah Mitchell BA writes: “I’m currently residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working as a midwife and well-woman provider. I am grateful to Dr. Jane Atkinson and Dr. Kathleen McLaughlin (professors of cultural anthropology and religious studies, respectively) for their combined impact and inspiration to follow the path of becoming a midwife and caring for women. Contact me at touchstone.sarah@gmail.com.”

Tracy Schlapp BA and Daniel Wilson BS ’88 run Bridgeworks Oregon, a nonprofit that brings music and art to incarcerated people in Oregon. Recently, they have been touring prisons and cultivating writing communities wherever possible. In July 2023, they launched the PonyXpress Journal, which will enable them to continue publishing the writings and art of Oregon’s prisoners. See also “Bookshelf.”

1988

Undergrad Class Correspondents: Sydney Dickerson BA, MEd ’89 sfdickerson66@gmail.com Teresa Pacelli-Dill BS tlpacelli@yahoo.com “Please send us your news and updates!”

Jim Abeles BA writes: “After a later-in-life career in law enforcement, I retired as a deputy sheriff in 2020 and opened Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island, Oregon. We have concerts, farm-to-plate dinners, u-pick berries, and lots of fall harvest activities. I get to work with my wife, Kat, and our two daughters. I also enjoy running into old friends and classmates here at the farm.”

John Aney BA joined Lewis & Clark as senior advancement officer in June 2022. In this role, Aney works closely with alumni and parent donors in the Bay Area and Washington, D.C. He is thrilled to be back on campus and is enjoying his new role. He reports: “This is a particularly exciting time to be back at Lewis & Clark. There are so many wonderful things happening on campus, and it’s great to be able to share the excitement with alumni and parents.” Aney and his wife, Mary Dakin BA, live in Lake Oswego with their daughter, Emaline (future Pio?). Their oldest daughter was married last summer and lives in Portland with her husband. In addition to his work at L&C, Aney still performs as a semiprofessional actor in the Portland area.

Todd Beaird BA, JD ’91 writes: “I will be spending more time on the Lewis & Clark campus as my daughter, Kayla, has started her freshman year there as of fall 2023! And so a second generation will stand behind the Frank Manor House and gaze in awe on Mount Hood—at least on the few days where it’s not hidden behind the clouds. Kayla’s current plan is to study environmental science, possibly continuing on to Lewis & Clark Law School to study environmental law (although we all know plans can change over four years). ‘Whoa, oh, what I want to know is where does the time go?’”

Carrie Goux BA writes: “I joined the Biden-Harris administration this year, returning to the State Department as a senior advisor. I’m living in the D.C. area with my husband and four children.”

Erin Waterman BA writes: “I am proud to have watched my daughter graduate from Reed College in May of this year and obtain a job in a childhood cancer research lab studying the same cancer she survived. After making it through my own cancer journey in 2021, I have been accepted into a graduate program in public health and/or health care social work in 2024. I want to contribute in some way to patient care. I intend to level up my life and begin a new career by age 60 using my 21+ years as a medical transcriptionist for hospitals and 8+ years transcribing for global media production. When I can manage any time away from paying bills long enough to hear my own voice, I intend to write a fictional novel about a transcriptionist who solves a major problem facing humanity by connecting dots no one else does through intensive listening. It’s never too late to keep learning and growing.”

Daniel Wilson BS and Tracy Schlapp BA ’87 run Bridgeworks Oregon, a nonprofit that brings music and art to incarcerated people in Oregon. Recently, they’ve been touring prisons and cultivating writing communities wherever possible. In July 2023, they launched the PonyXpress Journal, which will allow them to continue publishing the writings and art of Oregon’s prisoners. See also “Bookshelf.”

1989

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Andrea Ball BA aball1017@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1990

Kevin Noreen BA writes: “I recently launched my own executive leadership consulting business, Kevin Noreen Consulting, focusing on developing and retaining top talent in K-12 education and private sector businesses. Reach me at kevin@kevinnoreenconsulting.com.”

Laura Whittemore BA writes: “After 37 years in the Pacific Northwest, I made some major life changes and moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where I live in the heart of the isthmus a block from Lake Mendota. I love my midlife switcheroo! I’m on Instagram at @kingbird68 if you want to connect.”

1991

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Laura Mundt BA lmundt@lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Ann Flannigan BA remains deeply involved with the arts. She is currently board chair for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia, Washington, which recently completed an $8 million capital campaign. She also enjoys serving as emcee for nonprofit fundraisers throughout the community. Flannigan is vice president of public relations at WSECU and helps to oversee the company’s philanthropy and community involvement as part of her role.

Michael Healey BA was named director of litigation at Wagner, Falconer & Judd Ltd. in Minneapolis in 2021. He practices in the areas of employment and personal injury law. He was recently interviewed by CNN Business News on the National Labor Relations Board’s decision impacting employers’ ability to demand confidentiality and nondisparagement from employees being terminated during the pandemic.

Jennifer Huenink BA, JD ’94 is working with a group of current L&C students, including her daughter, to restore the historic rose garden on lower campus. To see their progress, visit their Instagram, @rosegardenrestoration.

Tarrell Kullaway BA was elected to the city council of San Anselmo, California.

Jennifer Seavey BS is chief programs officer for the Island Institute, a nonprofit in Maine. Previously, she served as executive director for Shoals Marine Laboratory. Seavey holds a master’s degree in wildlife science from the University of Washington and a doctorate in natural resource conservation from the University of Massachusetts.

1992

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Edgard Garcia BA eagspanish@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Robert Cantwell MEd writes: “I recently accepted a position as director of early childhood for Concordia International School Shanghai. I moved to Shanghai, China, with my partner, Sarah Cantwell MEd. If there are any alumni in Shanghai, I would love to attend or host an alumni event!” Ruthe Farmer BA, founder of the Last Mile Education Fund, was featured in the New York Times in April 2023 in an article titled “For Lower-Income Students, Big Tech Internships Can Be Hard to Get.”

Julia Venables Fendrich BS writes: “My daughter, Olivia Fendrich, is a third-generation Pioneer, starting this fall. Class of 2027!” She is the granddaughter of John “Jack” Venables BS ’56 and Dorothy Wymore Bryant BM ’59.

1993

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Marcye Mokler BA mokler93@alumni.lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Renne Emiko Brock BS received the 2020 Thinkerer Award from the organization Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education. She was honored for her leadership and service toward the spirit of cooperative development within immersive virtual environments. In 2021, Brock became a founder and board member of the international Virtual Worlds Education Consortium. She is chair of the business and information technology division at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington.

Rustam Kocher BA and Efti recently “retired from the rat race” and moved to Coimbra, Portugal. You can follow their travels here: https://indokochersabroad.substack.com.

Jude Pate JD was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court in April 2023. Pate previously served as a superior court judge in Sitka. He has been an Alaska resident for 29 years and has practiced law for 28 years.

Sagala Ratnayaka BA is senior advisor on national security to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe as well as his chief of staff.

1994

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Antonia Marie De Meo JD is director of the U.N. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). UNICRI is an autonomous U.N. research and training institute that works globally to implement research and capacity-building programs in both traditional and emerging areas of crime prevention, criminal justice, security, and the rule of law. A trial lawyer by training and a former prosecutor, De Meo has more than 20 years of experience in rule of law and human rights, including criminal justice and crime prevention, gender equity, child rights, and migrant rights. De Meo holds a master’s degree from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College.

1995

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Ilka Bailey BA ilkabailey@hotmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1997

Undergrad Class Correspondents: Anne Bunn BA anne@anneandsam.com Sam Thompson BA sam@anneandsam.com “Please send us your news and updates!”

Chris Stack BA writes: “I made a movie with some compadres— including Merritt Wever, Samantha Soule, and Will Pullen—in June 2021 that’s up and streaming on Amazon and iTunes. Filmed in Seattle and on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. Supremely indie. Run don’t walk to your nearest couch to watch. The press log line is thus: ‘The first feature from writer-directors Samantha Soule and Daniel Talbott, and starring Chris Stack (AMC’s Interview with the Vampire) and Soule (Godless), Midday Black Midnight Blue follows Ian (Stack) as he grapples with his shifting memories of Liv (Soule), a woman he once loved. For Ian, it’s a chance run-in with Liv’s sister (Wever) that sparks a journey in which he has a chance to reconnect to the light and fight his way back to life.’”

Selim Star BA writes: “I’m in Sun Valley, Idaho, lawyer’n and stuff. One kid off to a PhD program, one off to ballet professional training, and another in high school.” Inti St. Clair BA was elected president of American Photographic Artists.

Jon Weigand BA writes: “After starting my film and video career with skills I learned back in the L&C graphics lab, I helped the Portland-based stopmotion animation studio ShadowMachine craft the Academy 38 | L&C | Fall 2023 Award—winning Pinocchio for Netflix last year. It was a new role for me, working as a visual effects survey lead. My team documented shots for the VFX studio based in Toronto and scanned the film’s assets with 3D lidar scanners. I’m very proud of the film and the crew I got to make it with!”

Leslie Trabant BA, after spending almost 39 years in Lake Oswego, moved with her husband to the Columbia River Gorge area during the pandemic. While they enjoy the extensive recreation available in this beautiful area, they continue to travel the world with the goal of visiting all seven continents. Five down, two to go!

1998

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Jan Martin BA jzmartin@shaw.ca “Had fun catching up with everyone at the reunion in June!” Andrew Beckham BA, MAT ’01, along with his father, Stephen Dow Beckham, Pamplin Professor Emeritus of History, run Beckham Estate Winery, in Sherwood, Oregon. In August 2023, the winery was named by Wine Enthusiast magazine as one of the eight must-visit Willamette Valley wineries.

Molly McAllister BA writes: “I was appointed the global chief medical officer for Mars Veterinary Health, the largest global veterinary care provider in the world. In my role, I oversee and support the delivery of veterinary care by approximately 6,500 veterinarians in nearly 3,000 veterinary hospitals on four continents. I am working to juggle this role while raising my two children, Anders and Harper, who are 9 and 6, so I am also focused on advocating for women in executive leadership. I am also the proud founder of the Diversify Veterinary Medicine Coalition, now in its third year of advancing BIPOC representation in veterinary medicine through the provision of scholarship, internship, and education grants.”

Patrick McMahon BA leads business development and customer support at Technoform North America. Megan Offner BA is owner and manager of New York Heartwoods, where she turns her art background toward the design and fabrication of beautiful wooden furniture. Jaime Puccioni BA is running for reelection as town supervisor for Niskayuna, New York. Her first term began in 2021.

Bryson Slothower BA, MAT ’08 writes: “I enjoyed the class of 1998 annual volcano climb and ski event involving Matt Crumbaker BA, Jeff Matthews BA, Ben McKinley BA, and myself. After a couple years of climbing Mount Hood, we switched to Mount St. Helens in 2023. On our descent, we encountered a fellow climber with a broken leg. Ben McKinley, in true Pio fashion, put her up over his shoulders and skied several miles to her car. Way to go, Ben.”

Ivana Vuco BA writes: “I am currently employed at USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance as a regional humanitarian advisor. I’m posted the BHA regional office at at the U.S. Embassy Budapest (Hungary), where I advise on and manage all U.S. government humanitarian operations in North Africa. I’ve also served in USAID’s rapid deployment teams in disasters (something we call the Disaster Assistance Response Team or DART) in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Iraq, and, this year, in Ukraine and Haiti. I am also hoping to finish my PhD studies in humanitarian assistance this year, but that remains to be seen.”

1999

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Allan Webster LLM was appointed vice president of regulatory approvals by Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), a nonprofit tasked with the safe longterm management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel inside a deep geological repository in a manner that protects people and the environment for generations to come. The NWMO is guided by a dedicated team of world-class scientists, engineers, and Indigenous knowledge holders who are developing innovative and collaborative solutions for nuclear waste management.

2000

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Annie Lovejoy Elasky BA annsara_lovejoy@hotmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Cameron Hays BA taught U.S. history at the high school level both remotely and in a hybrid format throughout the pandemic. He also used this time as an opportunity to earn his school administration licensure and complete his fourth graduate degree, a second MA in teaching diverse learners (a combination of secondlanguage acquisition and special education). He is currently working as a specialist in gifted and talented education in Aurora, Colorado.

2001

Justin Voss BA completed his EdD at Creighton University in May 2023.

2002

Megan Lamarre BA and her business partner, Craig Dorfman, took over ownership and leadership of Mandate Media in May 2023. After 14 years with the company, Lamarre is thrilled to continue the work of helping progressive political candidates and organizations engage their supporters online.

Elizabeth Teague JD was promoted to vice president of operations for Kids Above All, a social service nonprofit based in Chicago, Illinois. The organization works to build better lives for children and families impacted by poverty, violence, and systemic injustice. This role includes overseeing grant funding, data and quality, risk assessment, facilities, and project management of the strategic plan and program expansions.

2003

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Traci Sanders BA htraci@hotmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Bronson James JD was appointed by then Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 to the Oregon Supreme Court to fill the seat of retiring Chief Justice Martha Walters. James had been a judge on the Court of Appeals since 2017 and previously served as a trial judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court. In addition to his time on the bench, James serves on Oregon’s Ad Hoc Committee on Unconscious Bias and the Judicial Leadership and Education Committee. He also coaches mock trials through the Classroom Law Project.

Jonas Lerman BA works as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice and lives on Vashon Island, Washington, with his family. He met his wife, Kristin Mjolsnes, on a Lewis & Clark overseas study program in Siena, Italy. They have a 5-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son.

Katie Williams BA is the business travel sales manager for Hyatt Centric in downtown Denver, Colorado. After starting as a front desk agent, Williams has risen through the ranks at several Hyatt locations.

2004

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Anisa Goforth BA was recently promoted to full professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montana. In addition, she successfully published her book titled Culturally Responsive School-Based Practices: Supporting the Mental Health and Learning of Diverse Students with Oxford University Press. She lives in Missoula, Montana, with her husband, James, and their 5-year-old daughter, Kora.

2005

Ellen Cynar BA is vice president of brand impact at the Organic Project. Recently, the organization has been partnering with well-known corporations, like JPMorgan Chase and Nike, to ensure easy access to period products in public restrooms for employees.

2006

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Craig Beebe BA craigwbeebe@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Laurel Nakanishi BA, a poet, essayist, and teacher, visited campus to read from her published work as part of the English department’s 2023 Reading Series.

2007

Jamie Cassutt BA is a councilor for the fourth district of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is also chair of the economic development advisory committee.

Dawson Law BA was appointed as U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence representative to His Majesty’s Treasury and the British government on sanctions and illicit finance issues.

Meredith Price BA, JD ’13 joined NVIDIA Corporation In July 2023 as a senior director in the legal department. Price’s work will focus on commercial, IP, and strategy development for NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and AI product, software, and service portfolio. She previously served as an associate general counsel and director at Intel Corporation.

2008

Eric Atcheson BA accepted a job as an associate chaplain for the health care system of Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham (Alabama), where he ministers to patients and their families in intensive care and emergency situations. He has also started writing his third book on the impact of the “great resignation” and surviving professional and spiritual burnout.

Riana Dilley BA writes: “I served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nicaragua (2012–14) as an environmental education promoter. I recently helped to coordinate a library club in my community. Now I teach second grade at a Spanish immersion and International Baccalaureate school in Minneapolis. I teach my students to think critically about their community and the world.” Maxfield Fulton BA completed his dissertation, “The Melodramatic Unconscious: The Cinematic Afterlife of Fin-de-Siècle Vienna,” at Yale University. He was awarded the Francis Blanchard Prize for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Art History.

Namik Paul BA, after beginning a career in journalism following graduation, discovered, instead, a passion for acting. After a modeling stint in Delhi, Paul landed a role in the popular show Qubool Hai and moved to Mumbai. His next big project is performing as the lead in Lag Ja Gale, which follows Paul’s character as a well-off hotelier.

Samantha Robison BA, recipient of Lewis & Clark’s 2015 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, has produced a documentary for PBS about her family’s cattle ranch in Montana. The film is titled 108 Max Lane.

Nichole Tennyson JD has been appointed chief legal officer of Daimler Truck North America. In this newly established role, Tennyson joins the company’s senior leadership team and will lead a dispersed team across North America. She will be responsible for all legal and compliance matters, corporate audit, and external affairs while advising the company on risk and governance.

Corey Van Landingham BA has been awarded the 2023 Levis Reading Prize for her latest poetry collection Love Letter to Who Owns the Heavens. As part of her award, Van Landingham received $5,000 and was invited to read from her work at the James Branch Cabell Library at Virginia Commonwealth University in October 2023.

2009

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Megan Maier BA, JD ’19 meganmaier2009@gmail.com “I’d love to hear about your personal and professional accomplishments! In addition to collecting class notes from 2009 grads, I work on keeping voters informed about election technology and supporting election protection efforts that keep voters voting through long lines and equipment failures. Reach out with your updates!” Emily Henke BA has two children, a demanding job, and can’t remember what she did five minutes ago. Has anyone seen her keys? Or toddler?

2010

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Zach Wilson BA zwil22b@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Michael Clutter MEd is the new interim vice principal for the North Marion (Oregon) School District.

Nicole Krishnaswami JD was the recipient of the 2023 Leadership Award from the Federation of State Medical Boards. Krishnaswami is currently the executive director at the Oregon Medical Board.

Steven Levitte BA is a gastroenterologist at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Following his graduation from Lewis & Clark, Levitte went on to earn a doctor of philosophy degree in cellular and molecular biology and his medical degree at the University of Washington.

Kate Rosenheim BA was hired as specialist and head of sale for post-war and contemporary art at Bonhams, an art auctioneer based in New York.

Betto van Waarden BA is a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Leuven Catholic University’s Research Foundation–Flanders in Belgium. In early 2023, van Waarden was the recipient of Journalism History’s Tom Reilly Award for his article titled “The Many Faces of Performative Politics: Satires of Statesman Bernhard von Bülow in Wilhelmine Germany.”

2011

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Christina Greever BA pepper.greever@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Maren Corbly BA is celebrating one year of hanging out her own shingle as Maren Corbly Counseling in Southeast Portland and online for folks in Oregon. She is proud to support people who are navigating grief, trauma, and more that life throws our way. For more information, visit marencorblylpc.com.

Katherine Paul BA is a singersongwriter in the Pacific Northwest who performs as Black Belt Eagle Scout. Paul spoke with Rolling Stone about her latest album, “The Land, the Water, the Sky,” and about her music being featured in the Hulu drama Reservation Dogs. She also discussed the album with the Seattle-based publication The Stranger, where she described how her creative process was affected by her recent move from Portland to her Indigenous homeland at the Swinomish Reservation.

2012

Undergrad Class Correspondents: Renda Nazzal BA rnazzal6@gmail.com Brandis Piper BA, MAT ’13 bpiper1489@gmail.com “Please send us your news and updates!”

Daniel Rubin JD was appointed chief counsel at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Rubin was acting chief counsel and staff attorney at the department between 2013 and 2018. Previously, he was a policy assistant at the Conservation Strategy Group, a graduate fellow at the California Energy Commission, a law clerk at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and a law clerk at the Department of Water Resources.

2013

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Chris Van Putten BA vanputtenchristopher@gmail.com “Hello, everyone! Enjoyed seeing everyone at our reunion this past summer.”

Nate Cohen BA is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, as well as a director and activist. In 2023, Cohen directed Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, by Simon Stephens, for Griffin Theatre Company.

Samuel Dodson BA is an associate professor of information science at the University of Buffalo. In 2016, he earned a master’s degree in library, information, and archival studies at the University of British Columbia, and in 2021, he completed his PhD in information science.

Joseph Erikson MAT, in his mission to engage the systems that induce and benefit from poverty, became an award-winning political activist and ethnic studies teacher in the greater Seattle metro area. He moved back to Portland during the pandemic to focus on documenting our current historical moment from a class/labor perspective. He’s started development on his directorial debut, Class Wars, which has been sponsored by Film Independent and is currently in production, with a tentative release in late 2024.

Eric Inman MA writes: “I’m running an outdoor experience program based on the work I was introduced to in the graduate school’s ecopsychology certificate program, the hero’s journey course, and additional details from my time at Lewis & Clark and beyond. I am also currently progressing through a psilocybin facilitator’s license program. Plus, I did an interview with another L&C grad school alum, Donald Altman MA ’04, on KBOO community radio that aired in August 2023.” To listen to the broadcast, visit kboo.fm/media/ 117475-wilderness-therapy. For information about Inman’s related business, Evolve Wild, visit evolvewild.com.

Amanda Jensen MAT, who teaches third grade at Highland Elementary School in Gresham, Oregon, was a recipient of the 2023 Multnomah Education Service District Regional Teacher of the Year award.

Rachit Malhotra BA writes: “Has it really been 10 years since graduation? Very well, then. I moved to Seattle last year after about seven years in Chile. I took the Spanish I learned with Spanish instructor Cecilia Benenati (gracias, profe!), and I’m proud to report that I can now likely have a real conversation with her or Professor Freddy Vilches. I work in marketing, and since it’s a fully remote company, I’m able to plan trips to Chile pretty easily. I’m grateful for that. If you’re ever in town (Seattle or Santiago), or just want to connect, feel free to hit me up! Here’s my LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ rachit-malhotra. And here’s my email: rachit.s.malhotra@gmail.com.”

Laura Nash BA and Theodore Stenmark BA got married in June 2020. The following year, they both completed graduate degrees. Stenmark received a PhD in applied physics from Portland State University, and Nash received her MA in critical studies and an MFA in applied craft and design from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Stenmark now works at Intel, and Nash works as a freelance communications specialist.

Faolan Thompson BA received a master’s degree in gender studies from Charles University in Prague last September. They are continuing their graduate studies this fall at the University of Pittsburgh, where they are pursuing a doctorate in history.

2014

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

Alena Borgatti BA defended her doctoral dissertation in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in August 2023. She will begin her clinical doctoral internship at Denver Health this fall. Taylor Herbert BA earned a JD from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2017. From August 2017 to May 2022, Herbert worked as an attorney with the Office of the State Public Defender. In May 2022, Herbert moved back to Eugene to continue their work and is currently a staff attorney at Public Defender Services of Lane County. In that capacity, Herbert handles Measure 11 (carrying mandatory minimum sentences, like robbery and assault) and co-counsels more serious sex cases and murders.

2015

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Clay Alexander BA clay.g.alexander@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Lincoln Boyd BA was recently selected to attend the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Weapons School (MPRWS), where he His paper is titled “Coin Diving, Tourism, and Colonialism in the Caribbean,1890–1940.”

Stan Fonseca BA, adjunct instructor in history, was published in the summer 2023 issue of the Oxford University Press’s Journal of Social History. His paper is titled “Coin Diving, Tourism, and Colonialism in the Caribbean,1890–1940.”

Charlene Williams EdD, former principal of Roosevelt High School in Portland and current deputy superintendent of Vancouver’s Evergreen School District, has been nominated to lead Oregon’s Department of Education by Governor Tina Kotek. If she is confirmed by the state senate in the fall, she will be the first Black woman to take the position.

2016

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Evelyn Guerrero BA i.evelyn.guerrero@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

2017

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Heather Wells BA wells.heather65@gmail.com “Hello, Class of 2017! I am your new class correspondent, Heather Wells (née Schadt). I look forward to hearing all your news and updates. Feel free to email me anytime!”

Caroline Gray BA is a senior researcher and producer at Eurasia Group Foundation. It’s an organization that seeks to connect disenfranchised people with digestible information about geopolitical issues, as well as to create opportunities for young and disadvantaged people to engage in the global landscape and politics. Previously, Gray worked on the Truman National Security Project in Washington, D.C.

Cole Hildebrand BA is a junior agent at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. After graduating from Lewis & Clark, he earned a master’s degree in English and American literature from New York University. Class Notes

2019

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 20–23, 2024

2020

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Cole Harris BA coleharris0000@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Emma Celebrezze BA writes: “I graduated in May 2023 with my master’s degree in historical studies from the New School for Social Research. After graduation, I enjoyed a few weeks of the hot, humid NYC summer before making my return to Minnesota. I’ll be spending the next 12 months as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the International Institute of Minnesota, working to expand their distance learning options for immigrants and refugees in the state. I’m also looking forward to reconnecting with the Pio community here in Minnesota!”

Kelly House JD was named Michigan Journalist of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. House is also the winner of the 2023 Environmental Journalist Award from the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club. Previously, she reported for the Oregonian, where her coverage of the environment and other topics garnered national honors and sparked state efforts to better protect Oregon’s natural resources.

Rayce Samuelson BA is an overdose prevention specialist with OnPoint NYC. His work with the pioneering overdose response organization was covered in a spring 2023 story published in the New York Times titled “One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis.”