1950

Duncan Wimpress, BA ’46 and MA ’50, has been included in Who’s Who in America for the fortieth straight year.

1960

Patricia Treece moved back to the Northwest in the fall of 2001. She recently published two books, Meet Podre Pio and Apparitions of Modern Saints, and is working on a new book that is due for publication in 2003.

1962

J. Michael Richmond retired in February 2002 as San Diego District Director for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. He formerly was a reporter of the Eugene Register-Guard and the San Diego Tribune.

1969

Lethea (formerly Linda) F. Erz received her Ph.D. in Partnership Studies in January 2002 from The Union Institute. Her dissertation, “Speaking Our Peace; Communicating Partnership in Deed and Word,” is a graduate curriculum for K-12 teacher education, which includes language analysis and media literacy, especially in the areas of gender and power. She lives in Golden Bay, New Zealand, and travels internationally as a partnership education consultant, workshop presenter, professional storyteller and harp therapist.

Bryce Zabel, '76, ended his term as chair of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in June 2003. From left to right: Jackie Zabel, Bryce Zabel, Rocio Cordoba, Robert J. King, '83, at the 2003 Emmy Awards in Hollywood. Photo courtesy of Robert J. King

1979

After years of writing and editing for several newspapers, Catherine A. Siegner launched a free weekly newspaper, the Queen City News. Now a year old, Queen City News was the first independent weekly to be published in Helena, Mont., for 30 years.

1981

In December of 2000, Dawn E. Garcia was named deputy director of the John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists at Stanford University, a sabbatical program for outstanding journalists.

1982

Asa Gunnarsson is working as the press secretary for the Swedish Secretary of Labor. She started in December 2002 and says it’s “incredibly exciting to be part of the Swedish government and learn everything about policy making.” Gunnarsson married three years ago and loves her new life and husband, who is also a journalist.

In September 2003, Tim Ledbetter completed his ninth year as a public relations specialist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash.

Linda Sellers released her first novel, Beyond Conception, which Midwest Book Review calls “a powerful, highly recommended and cautionary tale about the dark side of fertility science.”

Daniel Thorpe started his own agency, SHIFT, in 2000. In 2003, SHIFT won a National Gold Addy for a public service campaign created for the Spokane Congress on Race.

Robert J. King, '83, co-executive producer of the TNT movie Door to Door, a made-for-cable movie that won six Emmy Awards in September, returned to Allen Hall on Oct. 8 to visit with students in a Mass Media and Society class. King is shown here with Jennifer King (no relation) after the awards ceremony. The film, which starred Oscar nominee William H. Macy (Fargo) in a role that earned him an Emmy for Best Actor, also won a Peabody Award, as well as awards from the Screen Actors guild, the American Film Institute and several other groups. King is already at work on two other projects - Presumed Father, which he is producing with Scott Bakula of TV's Quantum Leap and Enterprise, and Life After Death, a co-production with Von Serneck Zertner Productions. Photo courtesy of Robert J. King

1984

Dane Claussen is head of the Mass Communication & Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Claussen is an associate professor and director of the graduate program in journalism and mass communication at Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Jeffrey Delkin joined the Hong Kong-based branch of Ogilvy & Mather and handles the agency’s Coca-Cola business across 11 countries in Asia. “Ogilvy is a terrific organization, tops in the highgrowth and wonderfully diverse Asia region. It’s a fascinating place and time to be working with the Coca-Cola company,” Delkin says.

Brent Walth, '84, investigative reporter for the Oregonian, returned to campus in April 2003 as the Robert B. Frazier Memorial Lecturer. Walth spent two days on campus working with news-editorial students on their reporting skills and sharing his experiences in the field. Photo: Jack Liu

1986

Tom Henderson is now the managing editor of the Polk county Itemizer-Observer.

1987

Tamara Minter (Studevant) left public relations and advertising after nine years with Sequent Computer Systems for a new career path in interior design. Vieregg, Minter, Gedrose Interior Design Group opened its doors last February. They specialize in full service interior design, home embellishing and real estate enhancement.

Doug O’Brien is chief executive officer and president of Projectus, a presentation equipment company in Lake Oswego.

1988

John Henrikson went to work in February for the News Tribune in Tacoma as a newsroom team leader, overseeing education and city government coverage. He lives in Tacoma with his wife, Judy, and 3-year-old son, Benjamin.

1992

Chris Bouneff joined the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association as its communications director in March 2002. Bouneff oversees media relations, public education and public policy research as well as coordinating the association’s publications and sponsorship program.

1993

Justin Brown and Angie Bolton visited the School in September with their son P.J. Justin is an assistant professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Angie was on the staff of the first Flux magazine.

Shawn Efran is a producer for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes II. In the last year he has covered stories in Iraq, Afghanistan and Antarctica. He lives in New York City.

1994

After 15 years as a sports writer, Chris Barron took over the military affairs beat in late 2001 at The Sun in Bremerton, Wash. In the last year Barron has landed on aircraft carriers, ridden in Trident submarines and covered the war in Iraq.

1995

Donovan Dela Cruz was elected to the Honolulu City Council in January 2003.

Egil G. Gloersen is account manager for Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a division of Vivendi Universal Games, Inc., a global video and computer game development company. He lives with his wife, Shannon, in the Puget Sound area.

1996

Chris Penttila is a fulltime freelance business journalist running his own firm, Sitting Duck Productions in Carrboro, N.C. She’s a workplace columnist and contributing features editor for Entrepreneur, a national business magazine with 1.5 million readers. Penttila’s work has appeared on CNN.com, MSN.com and many regional and local publications. She even contributes regularly to Oregon Business Magazine—albeit from 3,000 miles away.

1997

Kevin Coari is headed back to Oregon as a reporter for KPTV, the Fox affiliate in Portland. He spent five years as an anchor and reporter in Idaho.

1998

After almost four years in the TV news business, Julie Denney gave it up for a career in law enforcement. In September 2002, she was sworn in as a police officer with the Ashland Police Department. She says all those public relations, interviewing and report writing skills are definitely coming in handy.

Heather Schader (Moye) has been with the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa almost two years and she loves it. The hospitality environment from a public relations perspective is an interesting challenge every day.

1999

Yating Chang is a fulltime international education adviser and teaches International Public Relations parttime at Western Kentucky University.

Jaime L. Jensen was recently hired at Bender/Helper in Los Angeles.

A former designer and art associate for Flux, Arlene Juan has been hired as a design intern at The New York Times.

After nearly four years on the features copy desk, Sarah Kickler Kelber was promoted to assistant features editor at The Baltimore Sun, overseeing Live!, The Sun’s weekly entertainment tab.

Margaret Upshaw is Page One Editor for the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in Hilo, Hawaii, where she edits, paginates and selects stories.

2000

Shea Anderson is covering state politics for the daily Albuquerque Tribune in New Mexico. He writes a political notebook column for the paper and spends much time chasing the new governor, Bill Richardson, around and watching presidential candidates march through the state.

After a year and a half in news, Nicole Slenning-Heckard is a sports anchor/news reporter at KOBI-TV in Medford, Oregon.

After three years of working in public relations and advertising agencies in the Portland area, Teresa Herbert packed her bags and made the jump to the East Coast, where she accepted a position as a media relations assistant at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Matthew Landan began a new job with Content Company, a German public relations firm based in Wiesbaden and Köln. He is working on its Opel Auto account translating German press packets and press releases dealing with new auto models and new technology.

2001

Hannah Cannon was a fashion intern for BAZAAR magazine in New York City. She then worked on the Bloomingdale’s account for a full service ad agency, Hershey Communications, that produced catalogs. She then worked as a communications coordinator for Blue Magazine and is now preparing for the law school entrance exam.

Jesse Coulter is temporarily retiring from advertising and returning to the stage. After working with accounts such as Nike, Virgin Mobile and McCalls, he is leaving the Bayarea for New York City to study musical theater.

Jeff DeMoss is a business reporter for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden, Utah. He wants to thank the School for the timely preparation and instruction he received and says his training from the School “paid immediate dividends.”

Melissa O’Connell is an account manager for Avenue A/NYC, a digital marketing agency. She works on Victoria’s Secret, Polo Matchmaker and Chase.

Tara Rothermel is an account executive at TMP Worldwide (a recruitment advertising agency) in Portland. She works on the State of Oregon account.

2002

Aurae Bohannon is trying to decide which profession to pursue—she will either try for a master’s in literary nonfiction or become a radiology technologist.

Jessica Klausmeier is working for Americorps VISTA in the public health department in The Dalles.

Peter J. Carras is living in New Jersey where he is a producer at MSNBC.

The Klamath Falls Herald & News hired Dylan Darling for a fulltime position with the newspaper.

Richelle Leaverton started off as a reporter for small radio station in Arizona, then moved to San Diego as a writer. Back in Ariz., Leaverton is the executive producer of KSWT, the CBS affiliate in Yuma, Arizona.

Sue Ryan is in Idaho working as a copyeditor at The Times-News.

Terri Wheeler is living in Portland, where she is the new public relations & media coordinator for Peter Jacobsen Productions. She plans to continue her involvement with the US Women’s Open but will also be managing all public relations and media aspects of PJP’s six other golf tournaments across the nation.

Lori Edmo-Suppah, who attended the School of Journalism and Communication in the mid-eighties, returned to campus in the fall of 2002. Edmo-Suppah is the editor of the Sho-Ban News, the tribal paper of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. While on campus, she spoke in many classes, including Communication History, where she spoke about the history of Native American Journalism. Photo: Jack Liu

2003

J.J. Burkart writes: “This message goes out to friends, family, helpful folks, sages and potential employers (past and future) who have been a part of my long and arduous job search (and life—well not that long I guess). I am moving to Wrangell, Alaska, in the southeast corner of the state. It is a small coastal town on an island and I will be the Morning Edition host as well as reporter and whatever-else-needs-doing person.”