Class Notes, Spring 2023

1949

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

John Reitz BS ’48, BM writes: “Things are going well for me and my child bride. We were both second marriages in 1983. She was 44 and I was 59. We are both well and happy. We attend Tucson Symphony Orchestra concerts and many stage plays. I am still playing my trumpet in two 18-piece jazz bands and a community orchestra that rehearses every week and does occasional concerts. My one concession to the age of 98 is the use of a cane for balance, not for pain.”

1953

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

1958

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

1962

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

1963

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Patricia Cafferata BA, previously Nevada’s state treasurer and Nevada state assemblyperson, has been elected to the board of directors for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

1964

Don Bonker BA is the author of A Higher Calling (Elm Hill, 2020), a memoir that covers his life and career as a U.S. congressman for Washington’s Third Congressional District from 1975 to 1988. Bonker describes the importance of his faith in his work and shares stories about others in his life who sought to put the greater good over self-interest.

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!”

Roger Clark BA has enjoyed reading an advance copy of Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain, by his late wife’s daughter, Margaret Willson. Margaret briefly taught a gender studies class at L&C some years ago. Ahead of some recently proposed local rebate incentives, he converted his home to “all electric” by replacing a gas heater with a heat pump system.

John Condon BA retired to Florida 10 years ago after serving as director of the low-income hearing assistance program for northeastern Massachusetts. John and Connie Clark have four children and 10 grandchildren. Condon rowed competitively all over the United States and Canada at the masters level during the 1990s. Now he enjoys pickleball and volunteer landscaping for the couple’s condo association.

1968

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

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

Sara Scott Cerato BA writes: “I was installed for a two-year term as the president of the governing board of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra. In this role, I’m responsible for all the affiliated groups, committees, and boards that support the activities and fundraising programs of this 122-year-old institution. The orchestra is famous for its groundbreaking trip to China in 1973, when it became the first American orchestra to perform in the People’s Republic. Many foreign trips have followed. In September 2022, the orchestra was scheduled to perform in London at the Royal Albert Hall, but it was the night Queen Elizabeth II died. At the last minute, instead of the planned Beethoven concert, they switched to Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from the Enigma Variations and played God Save the King, making the Philadelphia Orchestra the first to perform the British national anthem for the new monarch, King Charles.”

>Lex Holland BS writes: “Same wife as at our last three reunions, same house and two kids as at our last two reunions, but I’ve experienced other major changes since the last reunion. Being tired of work (and their being tired of me), I retired from the U.S. Department of Education in 1996 and then started teaching accounting part time at Metropolitan State University of Denver in 1997. They are not yet tired of me, nor am I tired of them, so I am still teaching there. I also started teaching disabled skiers in 1997 with the National Sports Center for the Disabled. If I continue there for seven more years, I get a lifetime pass to Winter Park. In my leisure time (which I try to maximize), I do lots of skiing and tennis, as well as some biking, travel, scuba, yoga, and hiking. In 1996, I looked for—and found—my birth family (parents, three brothers, one sister, four nephews, and a niece). It is sort of interesting being in a room full of people who look like me (poor souls).”

Marilyn Lane BS writes: “I experienced a true sense of joy and pride when I heard that Lewis & Clark College had hired Robin Holmes-Sullivan, who readily identifies as a member of the LBGTQ community. I spent much of my educational career closeted and am elated that young students who fall in love with someone of the same sex have much better chances for a life without fear of being ‘outed.’”

Brian Laycoe BS writes: “After 50 years in medicine (orthopedic surgery), I have retired with Diane Laycoe BS ’71 in Ridgefield, Washington. We both competed in show jumpers [equestrian events] up and down the West Coast from our ranch. Since being a medical officer in the U.S. Navy from 1973 to 1975, I’ve continued involvement in the American Legion.”

1969

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

1970

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

Pam Evenson Hepper BS was a childcare worker in residential and day care settings after her graduation from Lewis & Clark. She married her husband, Rick, in March 1973. The couple, who live in the Sellwood area of Portland, will soon celebrate 50 years together. Pam and Rick have a daughter and a son, and each of them has given them two granddaughters. They recently moved into a tiny house in their backyard, passing the big house on to their daughter. Hepper worked at Laughing Horse Books for seven years. Then, from 1994 to 2014, she ran her own delivery business, Ambling Bear Delivery. Pam retired, in part, to backpack in the Eagle Cap Wilderness with her daughter and her two oldest granddaughters. During retirement, Hepper writes poetry (which she has been doing since 1972), exercises, and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Richard Kronman BS and spouse, Maureen, lost their home and all of its contents in the 100,000-acre Malibu fire in November 2018. It has now been over four years, and they are still rebuilding. They describe “a lot of red tape, agency restrictions, and city codes, making the process tenuous and challenging” to their patience. When not rebuilding their home, they are still working, playing in senior and amateur golf tournaments, and enjoying family trips to Mexico. Unfortunately, all photos, Pioneer Logs, and other items that were part of the Lewis & Clark experience were lost in the fire. “But,” Kronman says, “I have still retained the wonderful memories of a great generation.”

David Poulshock BS came to Portland via Klamath Falls, Oregon, to attend L&C in 1966 and never left the city. After stints as a keyboardist in the cult band Upepo and as a “Mad Man” for a few Portland ad agencies, he formed Red Door Films. He’s been “making movies” ever since, including dozens of TV commercials and corporate films, as well as the Wee Sing kid videos for Universal Home Video and the public TV programs Mathematics Illuminated and America’s History in the Making. Currently, he is nearing completion of his feature documentary, Space: A Meditation on the Meaning of Art, which he began filming in summer 2014. You can see the film’s trailer at https://vimeo.com/355448984 /90133ca10f. A member of the 1966–67 L&C swim team, Poulshock is in training for his sixth Portland Bridge Swim (July 9, 2023), which consists of an 11mile swim down the Willamette River under 12 bridges, from Sellwood to St. Johns. Reportedly, he is the oldest swimmer to have competed in this event. Poulshock says the word “retirement” is not in his dictionary.

Kirk Ward BS says his experience on L&C’s 1967–68 overseas study program to Brazil opened up a whole new world for him to explore. During his 45 years in Portland, he engaged in investment real estate and development while also developing a love for river running, logging some 10,000-plus miles. His favorites runs have included the Grand Canyon and some 1,300 miles in the Arctic and high Arctic, including one or two areas he thinks have not been run by others. He says some rivers emptied out into northern waters where you could step on the far shore and walk directly to the North Pole. Ward has now retired back to Bend, Oregon, near his family’s old dairy farm (but he’s not milking cows).

Williams BA writes: “I will always treasure my years at Lewis & Clark for the experiences learning about so many interesting subjects. I loved majoring in international affairs (minoring in economics) and studying anthropology, history, art, etc. So many unique people made everything so special! Participating in the initial overseas study program to Brazil was also an extraordinary voyage for all 23 of us, including Professor Landers!” After L&C, Williams went on to earn an MBA in international business from Columbia University. He’s had a long and varied career in international finance and investment banking. He adds: “I have enjoyed 15 years in retirement but confess to being more busy than ever: three grandchildren, golf, oil painting, board positions, plus loving our three homes in New Jersey, Nantucket, and Kiawah. Williams married his “true love and best partner,” Pam, in 1974. He says their son, Geoff, “has been the joy of our lives.”

1972

Patrick Markham BS began working in radio in 1986. He first purchased the Roseburg, Oregon, station KQEN-AM and later bought KRSB-FM. His company, Brooke Communications, now owns six stations in Douglas County, Oregon.

1973

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

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

1974

Chris Helmer JD was honored with the Oregon State Bar 2022 Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award. A partner at Miller Nash with over 40 years of litigation experience, Helmer has blazed the way for female lawyers in Oregon and has served as a mentor to countless law students and new lawyers. Currently, Helmer is serving in multiple leadership positions in the International Bar Association and teaches as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School. Helmer holds an LLM in international law from Columbia University.

1975

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

Deb Schallert BS has been appointed to the Oregon Cultural Trust Board of Directors.

1976

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

David Borofka BA retired in 2019 from Reedley College in California after 36 years as an English instructor. His collection of short stories, A Longing for Impossible Things, was released in spring 2022 by Johns Hopkins University Press. His novel, The End of Good Intentions, will be published in fall 2023 by Fomite Press. He and his wife, Deb Everson (Gardner) Borofka BS ’79, have lived in the Fresno, California, area for nearly 40 years. She is the Reading and Writing Center coordinator for Reedley College. They have two daughters, Katherine and Kristian, and one grandson, Everson Philip.

Jeff Creswell BA retired as an elementary school teacher in 2009. He has kept active sharing a curriculum strategy called Storyline Approach. Storyline is a hands-on, multidisciplinary, experiential way of integrating curriculum. He also facilitates retreats for the Center for Courage and Renewal. These retreats offer people from all walks of life a chance to slow down, rest, and renew their commitment to the good work they do in the world. His wife, Sarah, died suddenly in 2006. He remarried in 2010. He and his wife, Caryl, have eight children between them and many grandchildren.

Cyndie Johnson Glazer BS retired recently after 15 years with the Lake Oswego Public Library. While there, she started the nationally recognized community reading program, Lake Oswego Reads, which afforded participants the opportunity to spend the day with authors such as Anthony Doerr, Abraham Verghese, and Timothy Egan. She and her husband, Peter Glazer, were awarded the Bob Bigelow Lifetime Achievement Award by the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce for 2020. Cyndie has been on the board of the Lakewood Center for the Arts for more than 20 years. She has two adult children and four grandchildren. Cyndie says she loves every moment of being a grandma.

1977

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

Bob Rowe BA retired as CEO of NorthWestern Energy after 14 years in the position.

1978

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

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

Mindy Baxter BS and her husband, Bob, live a quiet life on the central Oregon coast, where they hang out with their small dog, Molly. After graduating from L&C, Baxter worked in a group home for delinquent boys before going to back to school. In 1984, she graduated from Willamette University College of Law. She then moved from Portland to Newport, Oregon, where she focused on family and juvenile law as a legal aid attorney, a solo private practitioner, and an associate at a small law firm. Baxter became a mediator in 2000. Over time, she realized that the “juvenile justice system is almost broken because of its emphasis on punishment,” so for the past 25 years, she has used her knowledge of the law and her mediation skills as a restorative justice practitioner. Baxter likes to swim, boogie board, play bass guitar, and attend almost annual reunions with her three besties from L&C and fellow trekkers from the 1976 Iran overseas study program.

Peter Fagan BS has spent the past decades pursuing his myriad interests rooted in family, place, entrepreneurship, and adventure. With a nod to his childhood ice cream route, Fagan developed Industrial Catering, a successful enterprise, with 35 mobile catering units and a grocery store. After selling the business, he bought a large medical clinic. Fagan and his wife, Jeannette, raised four sons, all of whom, like Peter, are ski racers. When not traveling, Peter and Jeannette live on their eight-acre farm on Sauvie Island, Oregon, with four dogs that love to romp on the Columbia River beachfront property.

Cathy Boeckling Olson BA retired in 2016 after 35 years in commercial insurance claims management. She spent five of those years working in Atlanta, where she made many lifelong friends. In 2019, she and her husband, Steve (brother of Rosemary Olson BA), moved from the Portland area to Whidbey Island, Washington, to be closer to Steve’s family in Seattle. The couple likes to fish, crab, garden, and hike, and treasures their laid-back lifestyle. They also like to catch up with old friends, visit Cathy’s family in the Bay Area, and root for the San Francisco Giants. Ann Vogel BA met with several of her classmates from the 1976 Iran overseas study program, including Richard Webster BS ’76, Diane Hollister BA ’76, Ilene Harris Kapp BS ’77, Lisa Gaylord BA ’76, Fred Pfaffle BS ’74, Mindy Baxter BS, and Jeff Jones BA ’77. Vogel writes: “All of us agreed that the Iran program affected the trajectory of our lives in profound ways, and we are grateful to have had this experience. Some of us remain in touch with host families and students we met in Iran. I am enjoying more free time after my careers in marketing and independent school teaching and administration. I worked most recently as a decade-long director of international programs at an independent school in Tacoma, Washington. My husband of 30 years and I have an adult son and daughter who live in Chicago and Seoul, respectively. Keith and I live on the shores of the Kitsap Peninsula, a ferry ride west of Seattle, and we love to travel. I remain close to 36 | L&C | Spring 2023 many students from the ‘Iran Trip ’76,’ and, just as in the old days, we closed down two watering holes when we had a pop-up reunion in Portland last summer!” Bev Nix Whitley BA is enjoying retirement in Williamsburg, Virginia, after 37 years in management with JCPenney. She has two married children and one beautiful granddaughter. Music remains an important part of her life; she sings in a church choir and occasionally serves as church organist. Whitley and her husband, Fred, enjoy travel and nurturing relationships with family and friends.

1979

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Katie Byrnes BA ’79 kate.byrnestte@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1980

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Kathleen Holder BA ’80 holder.km@gmail.com “Thanks to everyone who sent me updates for this issue. I hope to hear from other classmates soon about what you’ve been up to lately.”

Michael Bender BS is attempting retirement a second time after careers with Apple, Cisco, and VMware. He and his wife, Jenny, are in the process of remodeling a 100-year-old home in Tacoma, Washington, where they will become snowbirds as they split their time between Washington and Mexico.

Tom Hames BS joined the board of directors of the Colorado Snowsports Museum in Vail, Colorado, in 2017. Hames is a regular presenter at the museum on the history of the World War II 10th Mountain Division, America’s only alpine soldiers. His father was a member of that division. On July 24, 2022, the Colorado chapter of the Lewis & Clark Alumni Association met at the Snowsports Museum. After hearing a presentation by Hames, the group toured Camp Hale, where the division trained.

Steven Hayward BS is a conservative author, policy commentator, and scholar. He is the author of a number of books, including The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution (Forum Books, 2010) and Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments That Redefined American Conservatism (Encounter Books, 2018). Russell Holder BA recently retired from California’s Office of Legislative Counsel after 231/2 years of work as an attorney helping to draft legislation and providing legal advice to the state’s lawmakers.

Marta Johnson Judson BA enjoys splitting her time between Sun Valley, Idaho, and Nantucket, Massachusetts. She is the honorary consul for Liechtenstein, which brings her annually to Liechtenstein and Munich, where she enjoys visits with Peg Derose-Schaefer BA ’81. Judson would enjoy hearing from any classmates if they are in any of these locales.

Dik McLellan BA shares: “I have been in Taiwan for 40 years and witnessed a society change from a dictatorship to a thriving democracy. Along the way, I have been married for 35 years and have two sons, the youngest of whom should graduate from university in June.”

Christopher Roberts BA reminisced: “As the Class of 1980 was processing our impending graduation and the scary next episode in our lives, Fir Acres Theatre was presenting the first production, post–U.S. premiere of Sam Shepard’s play Curse of the Starving Class. James Ostholthoff was the theatre’s director /professor and John Maki BS was the play’s director. His soonto-be-wife, Kathleen Minifie BA, was costume director. Curse was about a poor California family in the midst of an emotional breakdown and featured a creepy interloper, Ellis, played by yours truly. Those moments, on and off stage, were pure joy for all of us and a perfect way to exit the stage of Lewis & Clark College. But this, of course, was just a sideshow to the main event, ironically best witnessed outside the theatre: Mount St. Helens exploding on our lives. Literally! Talk about a curtain call!”

Anita Shelton BA lives in Seattle, where she makes art, has a backyard farm, restores forests, works in perinatal acupuncture, and is a climate activist. She came across her 1978–79 India overseas study program journal and is grateful to Dr. Kathleen McLaughlin for requiring that assignment. She would love to hear from old friends from India, Howard Hall, or Big Bird days.

1981

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Lisa Dodson BA ’81 lisagrilldodson@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1983

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Norma Kop BA ’83 ndckop@hawaii.rr.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Molly Marcum JD was named 2023 Lawyer of the Year in Health Care Law in Portland, Oregon, by Best Lawyers. Marcum is a partner at Keating Jones Hughes, whose practice includes advocacy and defense of health care providers at their licensing boards, in credentialing matters, and in civil litigation.

1985

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

1986

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

Dana Haynes BA, previously editor of the Portland Tribune, has been promoted to editor in chief for Pamplin Media Group.

Anne-Seymour St. John BA writes: “I keep in touch with, and occasionally get to see, close friends from L&C: Ann (Nuesse) McClellan BA ’87, Sarah Mitchell BA, and Lisa (Aweida) Ross BA ’85, MA ’89. In addition, Barb Masterson BA ’85, Jane Loeser BS ’84, Amy Ross, Justine Miani BA ’85, and Donna Andrews BA ’85 are among the 18 L&C students on the 1984 Greece overseas study program with whom I keep in particular and happy touch, though the entire parea (group) sends each other birthday wishes all the year round since our first reunion at L&C earlier this millennium. Every so often, I get to exchange emails with Stephen Dow Beckham, the L&C history professor who made that major so engaging for me. He graciously responds when I write to him about one thing or another. I just passed the exams to renew my U.S. Coast Guard’s captain’s license, and though I haven’t used it to teach a sea course at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School since I was pregnant with my third daughter (21 years ago!), I’m keeping it current, just in case; it’s easier than trying to accrue 365 days of sea time again (fun though that could be). Last summer, I started a granola business, selling my grandmother’s yummy recipe at the local farmers market, and that’s been very satisfying.”

1987

Chip Bury BA writes: “Although late in my career, I am pleased to have been selected as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development. Currently, I am posted in Uganda with my family, working on a portfolio that includes refugees and resilience programs. It has been a long but rewarding journey, and I am happy to speak with anyone who may be interested in this tour of career. chip.bury@gmail.com.”

Michael Holtzclaw BA is the new chancellor of the University of New Mexico at Los Alamos.

Claire Randall BA is CEO of Grand Central Bakery. In summer 2022, she spoke with the Portland Business Journal for an article about Grand Central’s challenges during the pandemic and her company’s plans for the future.

1988

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

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

1989

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

Harsha Abeyaratne BS, BA ’90 writes: “I am in my 19th year at Muskingum University, where I’m an associate professor of music and coordinator of keyboard studies. Last fall, I was on sabbatical and performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York. This was my second performance there; I performed previously in 2012. I also got to play at Texas A&M University– Commerce, West Liberty University, and Graves Recital Hall at Graves Piano. In addition, I took some lessons with Péter Takács, a highly respected pianist and teacher, at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It was an intense but exciting semester! Needless to say, I will always have fond memories of my time at Lewis & Clark! Also, it would be an honor to return to L&C at some point and play a recital there.”

1990

David Moskowitz JD writes, “I have been working continuously on wild fish and wild river conservation issues, beginning with volunteering for the Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) during my first year of law school. Over time, I have worked for the Northwest Steelheaders, Oregon Trout, Native Fish Society, NOAA Fisheries, Metro Regional Services, Wild Salmon Center, WaterWatch of Oregon, and Deschutes River Alliance. I ran my own legislative advocacy consultancy and now have been the executive director of The Conservation Angler (TCA) since 2016. In 2021, we were thrilled to hire staunch wildfish advocate Rob Kirschner JD ’07, who was serving as general counsel at Freshwater Trust for Joe Whitworth JD ’00, as our legal and policy director. (I first met Rob when he and some of his fellow students, including Joseph Furia JD ’08, Eric Shoemaker JD ’07, Thor Tingey JD ’07, and Andy Mitchell JD ’07, attended a Career Services event in which I’d participated.) On my first day of law school, former dean Steve Kanter, as part of his address to the incoming class, urged us to get to know each other, ‘because these classmates will become your law partners, your bosses, your clients, your mentors, your spouse, and definitely your friends.’ Wise words from one of my favorite professors.”

1991

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Laura Mundt BA lauramundt@comcast.net “Please send me your news and updates!”

Tony Paolucci BA and Laura Mundt BA will be providing some matching funds for new donations made to the Kimberli Ransom BA ’91 Overseas Scholarship this year. “Please help honor our classmate who passed away last year and make overseas education possible for future L&C students.”

Wendy Levy Rush BA lives near Boston with her husband, Eliot. They have two kids; one is a junior at the University of Connecticut, and the other is a junior in high school. Rush is an eighthgrade science teacher in Dover, Massachusetts.

Laura Whittemore BA is a birder and teacher with the TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center in Skamania County, Washington.

1992

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

Dawn Parker BA is a professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Previously, Parker served as director of the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation. Parker holds a PhD in in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California at Davis.

Jason Stanford BA writes: “We moved to Dallas so I could take a job as special assistant to the superintendent of schools in the Dallas Independent School District. We were lucky enough for our sons to visit at the same time so we could all go to the George W. Bush Presidential Center together.”

1993

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Marcye Mokler BA shadowrungirls@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

1994

Robert Wilson BA writes: “In May 2022, I was invited to be a writer in residence at the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum, Idaho. While there, I conducted an ecological survey of the property and composed a piece about teaching science with the stories of Ernest Hemingway. I also coauthored a piece for our school magazine, and inspirEd awarded us the gold for magazine writing. This work and opportunity are pure manifestations of my interests and studies at Lewis & Clark.”

1995

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

Ilka Bailey BA writes: “I’m happily living in Portland with my two kids and my lovely wife. I work at Portland State University as the director of advising for the business school. I am trying to encourage business students to see beyond capitalism.”

Aaron Meyer BS is founder of the Aaron Meyer School of Concert Rock, which offers music education for youth, performance opportunities, and private lessons. Meyer’s work focuses on a unique combination of classical music with rock.

1996

Scott Kerin JD, an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon, was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Justice’s Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service for his role as one of the prosecutors in the U.S. v. Steven Pinto case. Following extensive pretrial litigation and a five-week trial in Fargo, North Dakota, a jury convicted the defendant for running a large criminal enterprise involved in the unlawful manufacture and distribution of hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills manufactured with fentanyl.

1997

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

Razvan Mihailescu BA still resides in the Portland metro area and is following his passion for photography via a new independent business venture. His current portfolio includes nature, street, art, and black-and-white photography. He’s considering a possible expansion into creative portraiture in the near future. Mihailescu is available for special projects; browse through his work at razmfoto.com. He writes: “I look forward to our 25th reunion!”

1998

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Jan Martin BA jzmartin@shaw.ca “Looking forward to catching up with everyone at the reunion in June!” Chris Arends BA enjoys his career in investment management, crediting the business, economics, and international affairs programs at Lewis & Clark for an excellent foundation. After fellow L&C alumni taught Arends how to properly swim, bike, and run back in 2003, he undertook a couple dozen triathlons. He lives in Eugene with his wife and 9-year-old son. Arends continues to enjoy the occasional race, along with joking around on the tennis court like he did with Til and the team for four years. He says he’ll be at the alumni tennis match again this spring.

Becky Ellison BA has completed her master’s of science and nursing education.

Nedra Rezinas BA has been working with small- and medium-sized businesses in the digital marketing field for more than 20 years. In 2016, she began teaching digital marketing at Portland Community College’s CLIMB/ Small Business Development Center. In fall 2022, she began work as a digital marketing adjunct instructor at Portland State University.

2000

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Annie Lovejoy Elasky BA ’00 annsara_lovejoy@hotmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

2001

Jules Bailey BA took over as president and CEO of Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative and BottleDrop in January 2023. David Bean JD concluded his term on the Multnomah Bar Association board of directors and now serves on the board of directors of the Multnomah Bar Foundation. Bean continues to practice family law at Wyse Kadish, serving as a mediator and representing parties in traditional contested cases, as well as in collaborative divorces.

Travis Litman BA has joined the law firm of Wilkinson Barker Knauer as a partner. Previously, Litman served as acting chief of staff of the Federal Communications Commission.

2002

Rhett Bernstein JD was reelected as the West Linn, Oregon, municipal judge in November 2022. He has served in the position since 2013. Bernstein previously was a prosecutor in Lake Oswego, Oregon City, and Milwaukie. He started his own practice as a defense attorney in 2005.

2003

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

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

Bronson James JD was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 to fill the seat of retiring Chief Justice Martha Walters. Previously, James was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Multnomah County 40 | L&C | Spring 2023 Circuit Court. He began his career as a public defender, later transitioning to a private practice focusing on criminal defense, immigration, and civil rights litigation. Samantha Murray JD is the executive director of the interdisciplinary Master of Advanced Studies Program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (MAS MBC) at the University of California at San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where she teaches graduate courses on ocean law and policy. In 2019, Murray was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Fish and Game Commission, where she serves as president. She also has directed ocean and water programs at Ocean Conservancy, the Audobon Society, and the Oregon Environmental Council. Murray played a key role in the design and implementation of California’s network of marine protected areas and has served on the Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee and CalTip Citizens Committee, as well as numerous boards. Most recently, she attended the November 2022 U.N. climate conference COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Christine Walter BA is founder and head cidermaker at Bauman’s Cider, part of Bauman’s Farm in Gervais, Oregon. The company, which produces 100,000 gallons of cider a year, hosts the annual Bauman’s Cider Festival each fall. For two consecutive years, Bauman’s has won Midsize Cidermaker of the Year at the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition. Also, for three consecutive competitions, it has been recognized as the Northwest’s Small or Medium Cidery of the Year at the Portland International Cider Cup. In 2022, Walter was named to the board of the American Cider Association.

2004

Leah Feldon JD is the interim director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Previously, Feldon served as the deputy director. She has worked with the department since 2005.

Anisa Goforth BA was recently promoted to full professor at the University of Montana. She recently coauthored a new book titled Culturally Responsive School-Based Practices: Supporting Mental Health and Learning of Diverse Students (Oxford University Press, 2023). The book is designed to support school-based professionals in conducting assessment, intervention, and systems-level services for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Yi-Kang Hu JD won a position as city councilor of Tigard, Oregon, in the 2022 general election and currently serves as president of the council. In his day job, Hu is a food and drug lawyer, helping food, drug, and cosmetic companies navigate the regulatory framework of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Prior to his legal career, he was a research scientist and earned a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology.

2005

Amy Chesbrough BA writes: “My thesis for my honors history degree was about underground midwives in California in the 1970s. I learned a lot about natural childbirth and how modern medicine has integrated the techniques of midwives from that era. I recently became a labor and delivery nurse, and it is very satisfying to put those practices into action!”

Nicole George BA was featured in a “ForbesWomen” article titled “How One Woman Is Elevating Other’s Voices and Growing Alongside Them.” Read it here: https://www.forbes.com /sites/jiawertz/2022/10/25/ how-one-woman-is-elevatingothers-voices-and-growing-alongside-them/?sh=27e8bb0b6dfc Zach Mann BA, a filmmaker, was a producer for 1-800-HOTNITE, which was shown at the Portland Film Festival in 2022. The film follows a young boy, orphaned during a drug raid, as he escapes into the city with his two friends. Nick Richey BA wrote and directed the film.

2006

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

Jason Simms BA was named to the 2022 Hartford Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty list of business leaders in Connecticut. Since 2013, Simms has been founder and principal of Theirsay, a public relations firm that represents some of the largest professional services firms in Connecticut as well as category leaders from other states (such as No. 1 camping app, The Dyrt, which is based in Portland). Connect with Simms and read his interview in the Hartford Business Journal at theirsay.com.

2007

Ryan Lockard BA, founder of Specialty Athletic Training, announced that he is expanding his business to Eugene, Oregon. His company currently offers personal training to special-needs clients in the Portland and Vancouver areas. “This has always been something I’ve wanted to do,” said Lockard, in a conversation with Eugene’s Register-Guard.

2008

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Benjamin Hole BA is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Insalaco College of Arts and Sciences at Marywood University in Pennsylvania.

2009

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Megan Maier BA, JD ’19 meganmaierb@gmail.com “I would 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!”

Jacob Bourne BA recently started a new job as media relations manager at the global law firm of Haynes and Boone. He coaches attorneys on three continents for media appearances and self-promotion, and he guides strategic messaging for the firm in markets across the globe.

Maxfield Fulton BA completed his PhD in film studies and art history at Yale University in 2022 and has been teaching at colleges in the Boston area. In November 2022, he and his husband, John Hose, welcomed their first child, Henry Douglas.

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 North Marion (Oregon) School District. Haben Girma BA, a human rights lawyer and advocate for disability justice, was awarded the Dr. Alan R. Morse Lecture in Advocacy for People with Vision Impairment. Girma is the first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School.

Laser Webber BA released his first solo album, Overreacting, on February 10, 2023. Webber, who performs under the name “Laser the Boy,” writes songs about social justice, queer identity, and Dungeons & Dragons. After 10 years with his band, The Doubleclicks, he’s excited to release his new album. He also wrote and produced the musical Teaching a Robot to Love. It’s a sci-fi musical about the trans experience that had an award-winning sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and is currently available for licensing at theatres around the country. Check out Webber’s songs and musicals at lasertheboy. com.

2011

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Christina Greever BA ’11 pepper.greever@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Bret Kravitz JD is the general counsel and secretary at Green Thumb Industries, one of several new members of the company’s executive team.

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 Timmons JD was named the Rio Grande waterkeeper and Wild Rivers program director for WildEarth Guardians. For the past several years, he has been a staff attorney with WildEarth Guardians, litigating a variety of climate and energyfocused cases that resulted in significant wins related to the federal government’s approval of oil and gas leasing and development on public lands. When he’s not playing outside, Timmons can be found in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2013

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Chris Van Putten BA vanputtenchristopher@gmail.com “Hello, everyone. I’m looking forward to our reunion this summer!”

Alexandra Pallas BA writes: “I recently accepted the position of marketing brand manager for Pelican Brewing Company in Pacific City, Oregon.”

Christopher Van Putten BA started a new position as director of accounting for Portland Saturday Market. The nonprofit will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024 and currently has no wait-list for vendor applications while having nearly recovered to pre-pandemic business levels. He’s grateful to have converted his years of entrepreneurship after graduating into a passion for helping hundreds of small business owners achieve their goals.

2014

Zoe Grover JD is stepping into a new role as executive director of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI), for which she has been a board member since the organization’s founding. Previously, Grover served for nine years as executive director of another nonprofit, Stop Handgun Violence. At PAARI, she will be leading a network of over 650 police departments across 40 states that are committed to using their role as first responders to treat addiction as a disease. James Henry JD was named one of Modern Counsel’s “35 Under 35.” He is associate general counsel for ZoomInfo, the Vancouver, Washington–based software company that made waves with its huge IPO in 2020. Henry also serves on the board of the Washington Timbers Football Club, a local nonprofit youth soccer club.

Micah Leinbach BA is the founder and director of the nonprofit Bus for Outdoor Access and Teaching (BOAT). In November 2022, Leinbach joined other L&C alumni with careers in the outdoors to speak at the College Outdoors Open House. See also page 37.

2015

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

Shanna Fricklas JD started working as U.S. Congressional House liaison (attorney advisor) for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of External Affairs in November 2022.

2016

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

Jason Luhnow BA has joined the Portland Trail Blazers as an assistant video coordinator. Hannah Rempel BA was chosen as the 2022 Editors’ Choice and People’s Choice award winner in the Visualizing Science competition by the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Rempel is currently pursuing a PhD in marine science. Her winning illustration is a depiction of a molly miller blenny (Scartella cristata), a type of fish, in Micron pen and watercolor.

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!” Erica Clausen JD was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Lawyers’ Campaign for Equal Justice Oregon, the main support organization for statewide legal aid programs. Clausen is an attorney with Miller Nash. Her practice focuses on eminent domain, public entities, nonprofits, and higher education, as well as sports and entertainment. She also has broad familiarity with complex civil litigation.

Rachel Perry BA graduated with a degree in rhetoric and media studies. After graduation, she stumbled into HR and now works for Roadtrip Nation, a career-oriented nonprofit that helps people define their own roads in life through documentaries, books, podcasts, and more. She lives in Southern California with her partner, Isaac Goldstein BA ’16, who is working toward a PhD in statistics from the University of California at Irvine. They have a cat named Waffles. Perry also celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last year in Vancouver, British Columbia, with four other L&C alumni.

Missy Rogers BA taught at a French immersion school in Portland after graduating from Lewis & Clark. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she earned an MA in English at the University of Southern California (USC) in 2020. She taught undergraduate writing at USC for two years, then made the transition to the field of corporate learning and development in mid-2022. Today, Rogers lives in Hermosa Beach, California, with her partner, Clare. She works as a learning and development specialist at the consulting firm Mercer.

Jesse Simpson BA works as government relations and policy manager at the Housing Development Consortium, a coalition of housing organizations in Seattle. He is a member of the board of the Urbanist, an online publication with an emphasis on independent journalism, research, and advocacy for housing, land use, and environmental sustainability.

Heather Wells BA enjoys the world of social work via her job at La Plata County Department of Human Services in Durango, Colorado. She works with the elderly and disabled who are living in poverty. Wells will be celebrating her five-year anniversary with the department in July 2023. She and Noah Wells BA were married in September 2018, and they now enjoy life in the mountains with their dogs. They met on campus when they were placed in the same New Student Orientation group. Noah also works for La Plata County in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office.

2018

ARTS & SCIENCES REUNION June 22–25, 2023

Dara Reckard BA became an official Peace Corps volunteer at a ceremony in December 2022. She is a part of the 25th cohort to serve in North Macedonia in Eastern Europe. North Macedonia is one of 28 countries (out of the Peace Corps’ total of 62) that is welcoming back volunteers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. More than 800 volunteers have served in the country since 1996. For the next two years, Reckard will be teaching English as a co-teacher alongside local Macedonian first-through ninth-grade teachers. She looks forward to creating meaningful relationships with her students and counterparts and exploring the mountainous outdoors in her free time.

2019

Audrey Gutierrez BA visited Lewis & Clark’s Frank Manor House to read from her recent work as part of the English department’s fall 2022 Reading Series. Gutierrez’s work has appeared in F(r)iction, CALYX, Prometheus Dreaming, and Artslandia.

Hannah Harrington BA writes: “This year, the word that’s nestled at the forefront of my mind is ‘reconnection.’ What does it mean to reconnect to each other, and to our college community, after nearly four years have passed? It may mean awkwardness, possibly discomfort, and yet, it may mean laughter, fun, the rekindling of old relationships, and the building of new ones. This year, though I’ve never been to a reunion before, I am on the planning committee for Alumni Weekend 2023 because I believe this year could be something special. When we give of ourselves, when we are present, and invest in the people and places that have made a true impact on our lives, the possibilities are endless. Let’s take the time to reconnect with each other at Alumni Weekend 2023! I’d love to see you there!”

Anna Merkt BA works as a farmhand at Colorado’s Tierra Vida Farm and previously served as a wilderness therapy instructor. In November 2022, she joined other L&C alumni with careers in the outdoors to speak at the College Outdoors Open House.

Becca Yant BA writes: “I moved to the East Coast last year to study health law at American University Washington College of Law in D.C.! I am also nonbinary and use they/them pronouns.”

2020

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

2022

Adrian Aliwarga BA is founder of Rose City Sneakerfest, a celebration for shoe lovers in the Portland area. In November 2022, sneaker collectors and admirers met at the Leftbank Annex for the second year of the event. Rory Bialostosky BA was appointed interim mayor of West Linn, Oregon, by his fellow councilors in January 2023. Previously, Bialostosky served as president of the West Linn City Council. At the age of 23, he is the youngest mayor in West Linn’s history.

Emily Clark BA is a trail crew leader for the U.S. Forest Service in Montana’s Flathead National Forest. In November 2022, she joined other L&C alumni with careers in the outdoors to speak at a College Outdoors Open House. Drew Hancherick JD has joined the Lake Oswego office of VF Law as an associate in the firm’s real estate, land use, and environmental practices group. Zoe Keliher JD is an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). She holds a commercial multi-instrument pilot’s license, as well as seaplane, helicopter, and aviation maintenance licenses, which she uses along with years of experience and knowledge to investigate and learn from aircraft-related accidents. She is one of only six female investigators with the NTSB, out of a team of 40. Diana Ramos JD joined Miller Nash’s financial services industry team in the firm’s Portland office. Ramos assists banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions with a variety of banking matters, including regulatory compliance and operations. She has extensive experience in the banking industry, having worked in financial institutions for more than 15 years.