Class Notes, Fall 2019

1948–49

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

1954

William Lewis BS writes: “We moved to a smaller house. Attend bluegrass festivals. Enjoy the quiet life. I dismantled my shop and now enjoy being a gourd artist.”

1955

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Ruth Gregerson Tyler BS writes: “I am still living in my own home in Salem, Oregon. Thanks for all the alumni news from the Gatehouse newsletter. Delta Phi Gamma was such a big part of my experience at Lewis & Clark. I appreciate staying connected with the college.”

1959

Dick Danskin BS writes: “Received my MS degree in counseling from the University of Oregon in 1962. Spent 32 years as a counselor and community service director in Woodland, California, and Salem, Oregon. Retired in 1994. Have three married daughters, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.”

1960

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1962

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

Edgar Martin BS, previously chair, president, and CEO of Willamette Valley Bank, was inducted into the Oregon Bankers Hall of Fame in June 2019.

Janet Vaughan Schwandt BA married Gary Baker BA ’61, and their union produced four children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. After retiring early from a hotel marketing career, Schwandt married her current husband. Before moving to Rockaway Beach, Oregon, in 2012, they lived in the Ozarks and the mountains of northern New Mexico. Since returning to Oregon, Schwandt has reconnected with her L&C rally mates Margaret Huntington Ward BS, from Lake Oswego, Kris Bremicker BA, from Sun Valley, and Stewart Hall roommate Joan Wolf BA, from San Francisco. The friends enjoyed a catch-up getaway in a river cabin near McKenzie Bridge.

1965

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1966

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Carla Shafer BS chuckanutsandstone@gmail.com “Hello, class of 1966! Please send me your stories about what is going on in your life. It’s great to hear about your interests, accomplishments, work, and exploring. Connection is good. Each year when I visit the L&C campus, I enjoy the diversity of students and faculty and the vision for quality higher education that it sustains.”

Ross Mouer BA attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston after graduating from Lewis &Clark. He then spent six years in Japan completing PhD research on income inequality and social stratification in Japan. In 1976, he took up a one-year university position in Brisbane, Australia. However, an operation to remove a brain cancer and subsequent recovery and monitoring resulted in his staying put until 1988, when he moved to Monash University in Melbourne and became professor of Japanese studies. From 2010 to 2015, Mouer was professor of work organization and social change at Meiji University in Tokyo, which involved work in Malaysia for roughly three to four weeks each year. During his academic career, he published extensively on work organization in Japan, theories of Japanese society, Japan and Asia literacy, and paradigmatic change in images of Japanese society. Once “fully retired,” he continued to lead two 10-week seminars per year on Christianity and society in Tokyo. Now he writes and enjoys life at home in Melbourne with his wife and four children. He would be happy to hear from classmates at ross.mouer@monash.edu.

1967

Robert “Farley” Buell BS, a retired high school teacher, lives near Hobart on the island state of Tasmania, off the southern coast of Australia. He fly-fishes for trout extensively and does backwater fishing in times of flood on the South Esk. He has also fly-fished in Alaska, other parts of the United States, Canada, Argentina, and New Zealand. He is married and has two grown children living in Australia.

1968

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

1969

Undergrad Class Correspondent: David Grube BA David.GrubeMD@gmail.com “Hey, class of 1969! I am your new class correspondent for the Chronicle. I’d love to hear about what you’re doing, especially if you missed our wonderful 50th reunion on campus this past June. Please email your notes to the address above.”

1970

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1971

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Zørch BS zorch71@pacbell.net “Always putting a twist on life, whether it be life in a geodesic dome, building an off-grid tree house, or roaming the world, the class of ’71 is vital and involved. Here are three more snapshots. Be sure to share your snapshot in the next issue.”

Sandy Weronko Halonen BA writes: “Married Bryce in 1976. Was library director at Willamette University and executive director of NEDCO, a nonprofit community development organization. Retired in December 2009. I’ve lived on 40 wooded areas near Monroe, Oregon, since 1986. I now spend time gardening, spinning and knitting, reading, and traveling abroad. Recent travels include India, the Himalayas, Botswana, South Africa, Scandinavia, and aboard a Russian icebreaker around the Siberian coast and Wrangel Island.”

Richard Moore BS writes: “As tempting as it is to report on all my cool escapades over the last 50 years, it seems a bit self-serving. I wrestle daily with the question, ‘What if it isn’t all about me?’ But if you want to peek through that window, just go to youtube.com and search moorerichard001. You’ll find a very colorful and musical depiction of my life’s work as a songwriter and dilettante. My latest project is an off-grid tree house on Abiqua Creek, an hour south of Portland. Life is a grand blessing, and retirement is recess with a debit card. Still married to Val Huddleston BA ’70, retired Pio cheerleader and most excellent spouse of 34 years. Stay in touch with your college pals, it’s well worth the effort.”

Tom Sherwin BA, JD ’74 writes: “Yes, still active. Thirtieth year in practice as CEOResourcesInc.com. Not imaginative enough to have any idea what I would do if I retired, so I keep on doing something I really enjoy. My daughter, Mary (yes, I was a late-in-life dad), is entering her third year at Connecticut College. Think L&C, only overlooking the Thames River rather than the Willamette. Same liberal arts basis with 1,900 students. Ninety miles from home rather than 3,000! She’s going to Amsterdam in the spring to pursue her interest in social justice. I worked to bring together the first Japan ’69 group reunion (21 of 23 living members attended) as part of L&C’s 150th anniversary. It was very fulfilling for all of us.”

1973

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

Bill Walker BA, former Alaska governor, has joined the law firm now named Brena, Bell & Walker. He resides in Anchorage with his wife, Donna.

1975

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 25−28, 2020

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Susan Bennett Olson BA solson75@alumni.lclark.edu “It doesn’t seem possible, but next year will be our 45th class reunion! Please start making plans to join your classmates on campus to reconnect. In the meantime, please email me with stories of your interesting activities, family events, travel adventures, etc. We would all love to hear from you!” Mindy Dalgarn BS recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Mop Shop, which she ran with her twin sister, Missy Dalgarn BA, before Missy’s recent passing. The Mop Shop, based in Elizabeth, Illinois, provides cleaning supplies to those who self-identify as being in need in Jo Daviess County. To date, more than 1,000 clients and family members have registered. The ultimate goal is that mop shops will become as prevalent as food banks. The award-winning Mop Shop has been featured on television and radio and in multiple newspapers. As a nonprofit, the Mop Shop relies exclusively on donations. For more information, visit www. themopshop.org.

Eric Olson BA has been named interim dean of the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

1976

Linda Austin BA is a Portland-area dancer and choreographer. Her latest project, a solo show titled Ordinary Devotions, was featured at Performance Works NorthWest in spring 2019. The Oregonian described her performance as “an ode of loving kindness to an aging body.”

1977

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Ginger Baehr-Harville BA harville77@alumni.lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Yoko Natori Gulde BA, now retired, volunteers at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center. She is project coordinator for the translation of the Oshu Nippo, a Japanese-language daily newspaper published in Portland in the early 20th century. The center will post the first 10 issues (300 pages) translated from Edo-period Japanese to English on its website. Gulde has recruited and coordinated more than 100 translators from both Portland and Japan for the project.

1978

Toby Padgett BS has been professionally represented for over a year by 910 Public Relations in Michigan. As a DJ and Pacific Northwest station manager with Kingfisher Radio (a British radio group), she gained 910’s attention as a long-established radio personality specializing in Beatles music and trivia. “I’m over the moon about being represented by 910, and through introductions from other 910 clients, I’ve become friendly with Beatles family members and friends I’d never dreamed of being in contact with before,” Padgett said. “910 Public Relations is one of the best things that’s ever happened to me!” She broadcasts under her professional name of “Toby Chicago” and credits her communication professors at L&C (especially Steve Hunt and Richard Hoyt) for teaching her “how to communicate with almost everyone on almost every level and to remain calm, direct, and confident when doing so.” P.S. “910” is “The One After 909”!

Donna Roisom BS, MAT ’85 was named the 2017–18 Northwest Coach of the Year for Girls Tennis by the National Federation of High School Coaches Association. Roisom heads the girls tennis program at Grant High School in Portland. While at Lewis & Clark, she played tennis, soccer, and basketball. In 1976, she was ranked No. 1 in the National Collegiate Water Ski Association with an undefeated season.

1979

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Kate Byrnes BA katieblcpc@gmail.com “Thank you, everyone, who attended our 40th class reunion in June. It was fun to reconnect with fellow classmates!”

Katie Weil Byrnes BA recently joined the Lewis & Clark Board of Alumni and looks forward to her term. Byrnes volunteers at KairosPDX, a charter school that seeks to close Portland’s persistent opportunity and achievement gaps for historically underserved children, their families, and their communities.

Stacey Rout-Thompson BA writes that she’s celebrating her fifth year as VP of academic services at Chabot College in Hayward, California. She was elected as region five representative to the state chancellor’s office.

1980

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 25−28, 2020 Brett Buckley JD, the presiding district court judge for Thurston County, is the recipient of the 2019 Washington State Bar Association’s Outstanding Judge Award. His court recently created the Court in Schools initiative, which schedules actual small claims proceedings in Thurston County high schools with the goal of showing students how the judicial branch operates. The court is also working to livestream all of its proceedings. “The public is better served when the people doing the public’s work do so in the most transparent manner possible,” says Buckley.

Jason Heald BS, director of music at Umpqua Community College, spoke with the Roseburg, Oregon, paper the News Review about his life and career. The turning point, he says, came when he decided he would rather join a band than be a lawyer. He worked for years as a musician before deciding he’d like to teach. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Portland and a PhD in composition from the University of Oregon. Under Heald’s leadership, Umpqua’s music program has grown significantly.

Christopher James BA is a musician, composer, and producer. His third solo album, Grace From Persistence, was released in April 2019. Recorded over several months in Portland and New York City, it features more than 30 musicians. James’ music reflects a mix of genres, from jazz to classical to pop. Marianne Lewis BM, organist and choir director at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish in Eastsound, Washington, performed at the opening of their Brown Bag Concert series last June.

1981

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

Roger Ralston BS, an artist and teacher in Spokane, Washington, creates public art installations, sculpture, and illustration. An exhibition of his recent work, Field Research, was shown at the Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art in spring 2019. team competes annually in Las Vegas and Lacey, Washington. Atiyeh’s highlights from the past year include riding in Cycle Oregon, where she spent seven days straight riding in eastern Oregon. She also traveled to France to cheer on the U.S. Women’s National soccer delivery van. “See you in a parade next year!” she writes.

Jonathan Burton BA is finishing his final term as a member of the Lewis &Clark Board of Alumni. He’s found alumni board service a meaningful way to give back to the college. Burton is a commentary editor

1983

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

Leslie Atiyeh BA still plays soccer on various women’s teams. Her over-50 tournament team to another World Cup championship. While there, she visited with fellow alum Rev. Scott Herr BA in Paris. In addition to managing her carpet import/wholesale business, she occasionally drives guests around Yamhill County wine country as a Lyft driver. Leslie is helping her husband, Tom, restore a 1931 Model A and columnist at financial news website MarketWatch, coming full circle from his days as opinion editor of the Pioneer Log. This past year, he and his family welcomed a high school exchange student from Germany and a cocker spaniel puppy, both of which carried enough wattage to warm and brighten his San Francisco home.

Catherine Johnson-Ference BA said she felt especially grateful for the connections she made at L&C when hosting Ginger Irwin Moshofsky BA and Erika Davis Frank for a fun-filled visit to the San Francisco Bay Area last spring, and again while visiting Istanbul, Turkey, with Ayse Acar BA, Catherine Laflin BA ’84, and Mae Fadaak BA. She thanks Acar and her parents for their hospitality and kindness. “Whether it’s in one’s own community or beyond, reconnecting with L&C college friends makes the journey — and 2019—that much more special.”

Scott McLaughlin BA, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, has assumed command of the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.

Hadi Razavi BS says time flies—he feels like it was only yesterday when he attended Lewis &Clark. He and his wife live in New York and have a college-bound daughter. Razavi, who works in banking, says he looks forward to receiving the Chronicle to see what his classmates are doing. He considers his time at L&C “the best days and years of my life.”

1984

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Michael Wenzel BA singer203@yahoo.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Pablo Arizmendi-Kalb BS is senior vice president of operations at PF Atlantic Holdings, which owns and operates Planet Fitness health clubs. Previously, he served as U.S. regional vice president with Starbucks. Tracii Hickman BA, who was a member of the class of 1984 reunion committee, enjoyed reconnecting with her classmates from 35 years ago during Alumni Weekend. For the past 10 years, she’s been in Walla Walla, Washington, where she’s winding down her career with the U.S. Forest Service.

1985

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Undergrad Class Correspondent: Sarah Marin BA marin85@alumni.lclark.edu “Hey, #bestclassever, our 35th reunion is coming up! Mark your calendars now: June 25–28, 2020. Be there.”

Kate Brown JD, governor of Oregon, was elected vice chair of the Western Governors’ Association. She joins incoming chair Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, in providing leadership for the association’s regional policy work. The Western Governors’ Association was established in 1984 to foster nonpartisan policy development, the exchange of information, and collective action on issues of critical importance to 19 Western states and three U.S. territories in the Pacific.

1986

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Kimberly Crofcheck BA kmc86@alumni.lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

1988

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

Keith Holman JD is now a legal fellow with the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) in Washington, D.C. ACUS is an independent federal agency charged with promoting improvements in the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of the procedures by which federal agencies conduct regulatory programs; administer grants and benefits; and perform related functions.

1989

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Andrea Ball BA aball1017@gmail.com “Class of ’89, we had a wonderful 30th reunion. Now who’s ready for our 35th?! In the meantime, send me a note about what’s happening in your world.”

Andrea Ball BA writes: “Happy 30th reunion! Several of our classmates attended Alumni Weekend this past June. Here’s what they had to say: ‘I felt renewed and recharged by Alumni Weekend. It was super fun to stay on campus. Preparty in the dorms before our class dinner! I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much! We held a memorial gathering that included candles floating in the reflection pond. Our education … afforded us the ability to never stop questioning, never stop learning, and never stop empathizing. My classmates’ curiosity, courage, kindness, and sense of humor … never cease to amaze me.’ ” Contributors to this message include Corena Bahr BA, Scott Pillar BS, Carla Cavenago BA, Serena Cruz BA, Michelle Anderson BA, and other members of the class of 1989.

Steve Brown JD was selected to serve as associate judge of the Montana Water Court in February 2019. The Water Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the adjudication of all water rights claims in Montana. Brown is currently managing partner of Garlington, Lohn and Robinson in Missoula. He’s active in a variety of recreational pursuits, especially ultramarathons.

1990

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Susie Brown BA is the new president of the Minnesota Council on Foundations. She is also chief operations officer of the Minnesota State Bar, Hennepin County Bar, and Ramsey County Bar associations and foundations.

Steve Calloway MAT is mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon. He was first elected to the city council in 2010 and became mayor in 2016. He lives in Hillsboro with his wife, Joan.

Michael McLane JD, an Oregon state representative from Powell Butte, will replace retiring Circuit Court Judge Dan Ahern for the 22nd Judicial District, covering Jefferson and Crook Counties. McLane, who has represented House District 55 since 2011, was the Republican leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2012 to 2018. He is a staff judge advocate in the Oregon Air National Guard, maintains a private business litigation practice, and, for two years, was a judge pro tempore on the Deschutes County Circuit Court. From 1994 to 2001, McLane served as chief executive officer of Flying Rhinoceros, publisher of bilingual elementary curriculum materials and creator of a television cartoon series, which he cofounded.

Richard Rogers BA has worked in high tech for more than 22 years, including management roles in international marketing, strategy, and sales at Palo Alto Networks, SAP, Symantec, Veritas, KPMG, and Oracle. Most recently, he built and led global field and channel marketing at Palo Alto Networks, from pre-IPO to their current position as the $2.6 billion leader in cybersecurity. Prior to that, Rogers was vice president of new product introduction and vice president of volume go-to-market and web strategy at SAP; led global industry and solutions marketing at Symantec, Veritas, and Oracle; and was the U.S. director for information, communications, and entertainment marketing at KPMG. He has also advised in the field of international marketing and served as a board member for start-ups and other ventures in the software, services, and clean-technology sectors.

1991

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Laura Mundt BA lmundt@lclark.edu “Thank you to my classmates who continue to send in your class notes! It’s great to see what everyone has been up to. Keep those updates coming! You can email me with a note at any time.”

Robert Jordshaugen BS works in the area of hospital system mergers, where he focuses on technology and operations improvements. He earned an MBA from Duke University and currently lives in Atlanta. His daughter, Susannah, graduated in December from Georgia Tech and enrolled directly into its graduate school in operations research. His son, Hoxie, has recently begun his undergraduate studies at Georgia Tech as well, majoring in industrial engineering with a minor in computer science. Their mother is Jacqueline Miller BA ’90.

Tarrell Kullaway BA and her husband recently moved back to Marin County, California, after three decades in the Pacific Northwest. She is thrilled to be serving as executive director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.

Wendy Levy Rush BA is pursuing a master’s degree in education to become a middle school science teacher in Massachusetts. She has been working in a middle school for five years now and loves interacting with kids of this age. In the summer, Rush is a group head counselor in charge of incoming second graders. Wendy has been happily married to Eliot Rush for 19 years and has two beautiful children, who are 17 (a rising senior) and 13 1/2 (a rising eighth grader).

Jennifer Seavey BS received the Women in American History Award, presented by the Margery Sullivan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, at the organization’s annual awards luncheon in March 2019. Sheila Zachry MAT is the new academy manager at the Maurice Lucas Foundation, a nonprofit that empowers Portland’s youth with opportunities for positive growth through sport.

1992

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Edgard Garcia BA garcia92@alumni.lclark.edu “Thank you to all the #chamPIOns who came this summer to Alumni Weekend. It was one of the most fun events we’ve had. Hope to see many of you at this year’s events, including the Alumni Honors Banquet, Alumni Weekend, and more.” Don Bohn MPA is the new county manager for Clatsop County, Oregon.

Jennifer Dimas BA is now chief marketing officer at Gigster, a provider of customized software for enterprise companies.

Mark Edwin Peterson BA writes: “After giving up on being a history professor, I became a librarian and now work at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. I have written a couple of history articles.” Visit his website at markedwinpeterson.com.

Jason Stanford BA has launched The Stanford Newsletter Experiment. You can read it at https://jasonstanford.substack.com.

1993

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

1995

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 25−28, 2020 Barbara Blakeslee MEd published My Transition Portfolio: Keys to Self-Determination and Independent Living for Young Adults in 2015. It addresses transition planning for youth with disabilities.

1997

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

Karla Raettig JD is executive director of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund.

1998

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Jan Martin BA jzmartin@shaw.ca “Please send me your news and updates!”

Andrew Beckham BA, MAT ’01, a high school ceramics teacher, makes wine with grapes he grows on his property. He also makes amphorae, which are vessels made of terracotta for aging wine. Beckham is perfecting his technique and hopes to soon craft a pot that can hold 250 gallons of wine. A pot that large would weigh 2,000 pounds.

Bonnie Crawford BA writes: “I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in March 2019 with a group of 20 plus-sized women called the Curvy Kili Crew. Our climb was featured in Glamour magazine and on the popular podcast She Explores. Since returning to Portland, I have started work establishing a nonprofit to support the families of the amazing teams that help climbers reach the Roof of Africa. When I’m not climbing mountains, I’m vice president of client services for moovel, a global tech company serving the transit industry.”

Jen Cyphers BA still lives in Denver and travels annually to Costa Rica and California with her husband of 18 years and two kids, ages 13 and 11. She has been working on expanding the product line of her company, Pynwheel, which develops sales and leasing touch-screen applications. Pynwheel recently introduced a self-guided tour app, which allows prospective residents to tour apartment and condo properties without a sales or leasing agent, taking shareable photos and notes along the way.

Stacy Erickson MAT is the new associate principal at Oregon City High School.

Nedra Rezinas BA celebrated her web design firm’s 14-year anniversary in June 2019. Shortly thereafter, her boutique firm rebranded to Veritas Web Design (veritaswebdesign.com). According to Rezinas, Veritas offers “professional websites for professional services, working with lawyers and mediators. We have a tried-and-true process to build a trust-building website, on time and on budget.”

Rosanne Scott BA writes: “I have been working with children and families since 1998, shortly after graduating from L&C. In May 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown appointed me to her newly created Child Welfare Oversight Board, which is tasked with improving and reforming the state’s child welfare system. I am honored to be included in this important initiative and hope the work of the board will assist Oregon in more effectively serving our most vulnerable kids and families. I am excited by this additional investment in the child welfare system and am hopeful it will lead to increased positive outcomes.”

Michelle Watson MA is host of the podcast The Dad Whisperer and founder of the Abba Project, an initiative that focuses on strengthening healthy father-daughter relationships. She has also written a book on the subject and is currently writing a second. This past summer, she spoke at the 2019 Men of Steel Conference, which addressed how men can be more engaged and better fathers.

1999

Robyn Bipes-Timm BA is chief operations officer of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. She also serves as president of its nonprofit mortgage subsidiary, a community development financial institution that provides first-time home ownership opportunities to low-income home buyers.

Nathan Fey BA has been named director of the Colorado Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry. Fey has been active in the outdoor arena for 20 years. For 12 years, he worked as the regional director of the Colorado River Stewardship Program at American Whitewater. Prior to that, he worked at the Uncompahgre River Stewardship Alliance; the San Miguel Watershed Coalition; and Ridgway Independent Guide Service, where he was a flyfishing guide and kayak instructor. Alanna Miel BA, known as Miel, and her husband, Adam Creighton, are independent development consultants for a number of clients. They cofounded ACE America, which imports the ACE 1, the most efficient fuel-flexible biomass stove in the world. In addition to providing clean cooking with a range of fuels, it offers solar electricity for mobile phone charging and LED lighting. Miel is a serial entrepreneur and a rental property maven. She founded Sweet Haven Rentals to help vacation rental owners and guests enjoy unique homes throughout Oregon. Miel’s family are active Rotarians with the Portland Pearl Rotary Club.

Lora Lyn Worden BA writes that after three years as librarian at the International School in Portland, she will be joining the Oregon Episcopal School as lower school teacher librarian. Check out her book recommendations in her article, “What Kind Are You? Transgender Characters in Children’s Literature,” which appeared in Rethinking Schools Magazine.

2000

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 25−28, 2020

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Annie Elasky BA lovejoy00@alumni.lclark.edu “Hello, ’00 grads—I’m your class correspondent! I would love to hear what you are up to and willing to share with our beloved L&C community. Please contact me with notes or questions.”

Román Hernández JD has been named to the Lawyers of Color Nation’s Best List in recognition of his career accomplishments and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Hernández, an employment and commercial litigation partner at the national law firm Troutman Sanders, is a noted civil rights advocate and is highly involved in several diverse organizations, including the Hispanic National Bar Association. Jeremy Skinner BA, director of Curry Public Library in Gold Beach, Oregon, was recently honored as Oregon’s Librarian of the Year by the Oregon Library Association.

Jake Thomas BA is a freelance photographer and social media marketer in Santa Cruz, California.

2001

Sione Aeschliman BA, a Portland-area editor and writer, is most interested in character-driven fiction that diverts from mainstream ideas in interesting and challenging ways. She is cohost of the podcast Novel Approaches and an editor with the Twitter community #RevPit, which hosts editing events and contests for writers throughout the year. Last summer, she hired Sam Pratt BA ’20 as an intern.

Adam Dixon BA is the cofounder of Assembly Brewing in Portland, along with George Johnson. The brewery serves beer and Detroit-style pizza, both the domain of Johnson. Dixon describes his role as a “fixer,” keeping all the equipment and processes running smoothly. Assembly Brewing opened in March 2019.

2002

Valisa Higman BA is an artist in Seldovia, Alaska. She works with cut and layered paper and is inspired by the natural world and her community. Higman was the featured artist for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in May 2019. She was also chosen as the 2019 Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence for the Chugach National Forest in Alaska. As a resident artist, Higman will travel and work alongside a forest ranger, assisting with their duties, stewardship projects, and public education.

2003

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

Christy Doornink JD was included in the Portland Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list. She is president and managing attorney of Reinisch Wilson Weier.

2005

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Michele Anderson BA is a writer and advocate for the arts. Her opinion piece, titled “Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown,” was published in the New York Times on March 8, 2019. In the piece, Anderson describes her own experience returning to the small Minnesota town where she grew up within the context of the country’s urban-rural divide. See also “Afterword,” page 44.

2006

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Craig Beebe BA beebe06@alumni.lclark.edu “If you’re reading this, it’s because you’re curious what your fellow alumni are up to. Now it’s your turn. Send me an update, and I’ll help get it published!”

Anne van Gessel BA finished a 12-month coaches training program in July 2018. She then left Accenture, where she had worked for more than four years, and founded her own coaching practice, Authentic Coaching. She hopes to support people in being their most authentic selves, finding their intrinsic motivation, and improving corporate culture. Learn more about van Gessel’s coaching here: www.annevangessel.com.

2007

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

Steve Brennan BA received the Outstanding Professional, Continuing, and/or Online Education Student Award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association in March 2019. The award recognizes his exceptional scholarship, professional achievement, and community service. Brennan earned a master’s degree in integrated behavioral health from the College of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Minnesota in May 2018.

Yoona Park JD was recently chosen by federal judges in the District of Oregon to serve as a Ninth Circuit lawyer representative. Park, an attorney with Stoll Berne, will represent the District of Oregon at the annual Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.

Averell Schmidt BA is a PhD candidate in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to his graduate studies, he traveled the world, working for public policy research organizations in Sri Lanka, Israel, Georgia, and Egypt; serving with the Peace Corps in Morocco; and fighting forest fires in the Sawtooth National Forest.

Dan West BA is a legislative advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Previously, he worked as a congressional liaison at NASA.

2008

Nick Bjork BA has been named to Editor & Publisher magazine’s “25 Under 35” list for the next generation of newspaper industry leaders. Bjork is a group publisher with BridgeTower Media, which publishes the Daily Journal of Commerce in Portland and the Daily Reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2009

Prachi Jha BA runs the digital magazine Daak, a preservation project that focuses on lost and forgotten writings and artwork from the Indian subcontinent. In April 2019, Jha gave a TEDx Talk at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce at the University of Delhi. In her talk, “The Extraordinary Power of Ordinary Stories,” Jha discussed the power of “small” stories and how the names nobody remembers in history books can have real power and influence on the tales we tell over time.

Peter Seilheimer BA taught in Austria for two years on a Fulbright award. After returning to Portland to teach in the German American School, he began graduate studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. He earned his master’s degree in international education management in 2016. Seilheimer now works as a trustees fellow for the School for International Training’s International Honors Program, providing administrative and community support for undergraduates as they travel to a variety of destinations studying public health, medical anthropology, and social justice.

2010

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Undergrad Class Correspondent: Zach Wilson BA znw10@alumni.lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Rebecca Cloud BA, a librarian, was awarded the Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award by the Louisiana Library Association in March 2019 for her work with incarcerated patrons through the postal service.

Haben Girma BA, a disability rights advocate, speaker, author, and lawyer, delivered the keynote address at the commencement ceremony for the Charter College of Education at California State University at Los Angeles. See also “Bookshelf,” page 30.

Sander Gusinow BA is a playwright and graduate of Columbia University’s MFA in playwriting program. He’s had residencies with Amoralists Theatre Company and the Yiddish Bookstore. His works include The Fairer Sex; American Three Way; Lovehack; and Ruth and Naomi, which received the 2014 Tent Foundation DIY Grant for Jewish Artists. His play Philoctetes was a finalist for the 2017 Humana Theatre Festival of New American Plays. In summer 2019, Gusinow took part in the Lewis & Clark theatre department’s Exits and Entrances program.

Zach Kearl BA is the recipient of the 2019–20 Hatfield Resident Fellowship, awarded by the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. The fellowship is awarded to postgraduate students with strong records in public service and leadership.

Maile Speakman BA is a PhD candidate in American studies at Yale University. Her dissertation examines emerging techno-capitalist economies in Havana, Cuba. Throughout 2019, she is living in Havana, where she is conducting ethnographic research.

2011

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Christina Greever BA greever11@alumni.lclark.edu “Please continue to send me your updates! Feel free to email them at any time, and I’ll compile them for the next edition of the Chronicle.”

Maren Corbly BA graduated in May 2019 from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, with an MA in clinical mental health counseling, with a concentration in mindfulnessbased transpersonal counseling.

Annie Fassler BA and husband Jonah Geil-Neufeld BA have officially launched their new podcast production company, Puddle Creative. Check out their website: puddlecreative.com. Josh Mink MEd is the new athletic director for Ontario (Oregon) High School.

Kate Myers BA has joined the general liability and auto defense trial group at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli in Phoenix.

Katherine Paul BA is an artist, talent booker, and front person for the indie rock band Black Belt Eagle Scout. Her first album, Mother of My Children, was re-released by Saddle Creek Records in late 2018 with plans for a national tour. Paul’s music deals with the personal and the political, from the pain of a fading love to the fury of social injustice. Paul’s identity—she was born and raised on the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington—is key to her work as an artist. “I think it’s important,” she says, “for people to know that native women exist and native women are strong and resilient.”

Jennifer Schildmeyer BA is on track to earn her MD from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in May 2019. In addition to starting her residency in family medicine, she is getting ready to marry her partner, Tanner Clement, a nice Minnesota boy with no ties to L&C.

Mariah Shields BA is principal for Arrow Benefits Group in Petaluma, California. North Bay Business Journal named her one of its “Forty Under 40” for 2019.

Meryl Wisner BA has written her debut novel, Something to Talk About, which will be published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in June 2020.

2012

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Brandis Piper BA, MAT ’13 bpiper1489@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

Karl Berger BA is a stand-up comic in Portland. He has appeared at the Helium Comedy Club, Curious Comedy Theater (where he also writes for their late-night comedy show), the Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival, and the Highlarious Comedy Festival in Seattle. He recently appeared in a 2018 television ad for the Oregon State Lottery. When he’s not chasing his dreams, Berger works for Streamline Craftsman, a company that builds tradeshow installations and does home renovations and custom furniture builds.

Megan Percell BA is the founder of Five More Minutes, a lifestyle brand and online platform for women to share tips on wellness and health. Brandis Piper BA, MAT ’13 is the interim head football coach at McKay High School in Salem, Oregon. Piper also serves as an AVID teacher for the school.

2013

Nate Cohen BA is a director, teacher, and MFA candidate in directing at Northwestern University in Chicago. Previously, he was resident director at Theatre Vertigo in Portland, a board member of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance, and a frequent collaborator with such institutions as Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Coho Productions, Action/Adventure, Imago Theatre, and Artists Repertory Theatre. Cohen has taught at the Oregon Children’s Theatre, Isinglass, Art4Life, and other schools in Portland and Chicago. In addition, he has engaged in extensive activism with organizations such as the ACLU, Don’t Shoot Portland, and PDX Never Again. In summer 2019, he shared his career experiences with L&C students via the theatre department’s Exits and Entrances program.

Julia Huggins BA has been awarded the Vanier Scholarship to continue pursuing a PhD in biogeochemistry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver. Referred to colloquially as the “Rhodes Scholarship of Canada,” this highly selective award attracts doctoral students from all over the world who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement. Nominated by UBC, Huggins will receive $50,000 a year for the next three years to fund her research on oxygen loss in the oceans and the environmental impacts of marine microorganisms. See also page 4.

Lauren Reiterman BA is a global marketing operations manager at Udacity, an education-tech company in Mountain View, California. Over the last five years, she’s worked in industries from industrial design to biotech to fine arts— and now in education. “The late-night calls with our teams in the Middle East, India, and China are worth it. Our company has helped over 75,000 students from all socioeconomic backgrounds master lucrative skills in programming, data science, and engineering and successfully land jobs. I’ve experienced firsthand the transformative power of learning in-demand skills in my own career, and it’s invigorating to help deliver that same power to people around the world.” Reiterman lives in San Francisco and balances her busy schedule by surfing in the cold Bay Area waters.

Darya Watnick BA began pursuing a master’s degree in environmental management at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in August 2019.

2014

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Asraa Jaber BA, MA ’16 asraajaber@gmail.com “Please send me your news and updates!”

2015

Arts & Sciences Reunion June 25−28, 2020

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Clay Alexander BA cgalexander15@alumni.lclark. edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Amy Miyako BA is an actor, writer, artist, and teacher in New York City. She earned an MFA in acting at Columbia University in 2018 and has performed on and off stage, on camera, and internationally. She is also a cofounder of Squeaky Wheelz Productions, which took its premiere work, Someone Dies at the End, to Edinburgh’s Fringe festival in 2017. In summer 2019, Miyako took part in the Lewis & Clark theatre department’s Exits and Entrances program.

Loren Naldoza BA joined the office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon to help cover his economic policy portfolio. Naldoza lives in Washington, D.C.

2016

Undergrad Class Correspondent: Evelyn Guerrero BA evelynguerrero16@alumni. lclark.edu “Please send me your news and updates!”

Alexa Jakusovszky BA works in the office of Oregon State Representative Karin Power JD ’11, where they focus on environmental and LGBTQ policy. Last summer, Jakusovszky hosted a trivia night at Migration Brewing Company in Portland in support of the Bus Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging young people politically as voters and political actors.

Jessye Lavine BA was accepted to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a federal government research institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Working with a psychiatrist in the institute’s neuro-imaging research branch, Lavine will study the treatment of alcohol and prescription opioid addiction.

2017

Shay Myerson BA is a recent graduate of the Land Arts of the American West program at Texas Tech University. Some of the work she developed during the program was displayed in the university’s museum in spring 2019. A reviewer from the Texas visual arts site Glasstire called Myerson’s work “promising and thought-provoking.”

2018

Aaron Duff, who completed the graduate school’s Continuing Administrator License program in 2018, is now superintendent of Oregon’s Milton-Freewater Unified School District.

Thor Retzlaff BA, entrepreneur and cofounder of Intrepid, seeks to solve problems all over the world. One of these problems involves human waste disposal in high-altitude areas, such as the base camp of Mount Everest. At high altitudes, waste does not decompose, and its accumulation has begun to cause severe environmental issues on Everest and many other high-altitude areas. Retzlaff and his colleagues hope to address this with their nonprofit Do Good Shit (DGS), which is currently seeking funding. Starting in Torres del Paine, Patagonia, DGS hopes to install lasting solutions to preserve the most beautiful places in the world.

Jackson Thein, who is pursuing a master’s degree in public health at the University of Edinburgh, is working with a professor on a paper for publication in a medical journal. He has also pinned down his dissertation project, which will be a genetic/infectious epidemiology project involving antibacterial resistance genes and how they are distributed in various populations. He says he keeps busy by volunteering in high schools and on the university campus.