SUMMER 2002

VOLUME 11, NUMBER 3

1980s

Diane Blumenfeld-Schapp '80 is the Netherlands' first certified Healing Touch instructor. In her sixth year as chair of the Healing Touch Netherlands foundation, she teaches workshops in Dutch and mentors students throughout the country. She is thankful for her background in the liberal arts, foreign languages, and nursing and also for the support and joy she receives from her husband, Wieger, and her children, Bren, 7, and Maya, 4.

Steven Hayward '80 published his second book, The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Board, 1964-1980, with Forum books, a Random House imprint. The book is the first of two volumes about Reagan's place in American politics. In January, Hayward became a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in American studies in 1995 from Claremont Graduate University.

Danise Peters Tice '80 is working for Combined Business Services in Molalla as an accounting and payroll manager. She is now a licensed tax preparer for the state of Oregon.

Elizabeth "Liz" Walker Downing '81 was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in August 2001 as a duathlete and triathlete.

Susan Taylor '81 and her husband, Tig Howard, announce the birth of their third daughter, Sally Gabrielle Howard, born October 1. Sally joins her sisters Emily and Elizabeth.

Suzanne Stolpe Bishop '82 and her husband, Sam, moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 2000, after 12 years in Fair-banks, Alaska. She is a federal liaison for a consortium of universities with Arctic research programs and has run a small marketing consultancy for the last five years. Sam is the Washington bureau chief for an Alaskan daily newspaper. The Bishops have two daughters: Louise, 7, and Nell, 10.

Janet Miller '82 has lived in Tucson, Arizona, since she returned from the Peace Corps in 1985. She is an artist and has recently illustrated her first children's book, Efrain of the Sonoran Desert, a Lizard's Life in Sri Indian Country. She is studying Arabic and finds the desert to be a place of transcendent beauty.

Carl Murphy '82 was recently promoted to commander in the U.S. Navy and assigned as special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Army). Although he was at the Pentagon on September 11, he was uninjured in the attack. Murphy oversees Navy recruiting, establishment of naval installations, and home-port shifts of navel vessels and squadrons for the secretary of the Navy.

Stephen Dover '83 married Andrea Stout '83. The couple has spent the last five years in S'o Paulo, Brazil, building an asset management business. They moved to San Mateo, California, in July. Stephen will work as managing director and international chief investment officer for Franklin Templeton Asset Management. Andrea is writing and spending time with their twins, Alice Grace and Gabriel.

Grant Frey '83 is stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, as the deputy pro-vost marshal (assistant police chief) of the base, where activity has increased since the events of September 11. His wife, Lisa, is a victim advocate against domestic violence. Their daughter, Lauren, plans to enter the U.S. Air Force in September as a security police officer. Their son, Grant Jr., is 13 years old.

Cecelia Corgan Barry '84 is one of 10 community education managers for Portland Community College, where she oversees courses scheduled in Lake Oswego and southwest Portland. She and her son, Connor, live in Lake Oswego.

Alexa Byers Hamilton '84 started her own business, Export Visions, to assist food and agricultural businesses around the country with export market development.

James Broude '85 and his wife, Ellen, are the proud parents of Noah and Emily. Broude works for a company that develops Web-based software for the hospitality industry.

Emily Nelson Decker '85 has worked in the Office of Admissions at Lewis & Clark College for 17 years-a career she began a month after graduation. She is married to David Decker '81, who owns his own video production company. They have three rascally kids-Matthew Thomas, 7, Kathryn Jane, 3 1/2, and Andrew Nelson, 16 months.

James "Jim" Frank '85 married Pam Driggs in October. The couple lives in Lake Oswego with their four children. Jim works as an investment adviser with Solomon Smith Barney in Portland. Pam is an account manager with Pacific Office Automation.

Michael Teskey '85 is the director of alumni relations at Reed College in Portland.

Julie Silas '85 and her partner, Isidro Gonzalez, welcomed their second daughter, Ariana Faye Gonzalez Silas, in August 2001. They live in Oakland, California, where Julie is program director of San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Eugene Jarmin Otani '86 is a news anchor for Bloomberg Television Japan.

Andrew Wilson '86 and his wife, Danuta, announce the birth of their second child, Henry Cheney Wilson. They live in Bethesda, Maryland.

Quantz Bruns-Kyler '87 and her husband, Karl, are living in Atlanta with their two children, Susanna, 4, and Adrianus, 2. She is an operations manager for the Assurant Group and is planning a diving trip off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

Dolores Doyle '87 and partner Kelly Burke '91 announce the birth of their son, Avery Leal Burke-Doyle, on June 30, 2001. Burke is a licensed massage therapist, and Doyle is an apprentice electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 48. They live in Portland.

Heather Hill '87 taught first grade before raising three children: Annalee, 10, Libby, 7, and Joey, 4. They live in West Linn, where Heather is a freelance artist and tutor.

Kristina Newhouse '87 is the curator of contemporary art at the Joslyn Fine Arts Gallery in Torrance, California.

Nancy Swartz Spear '87 has been married to Sam Spear for 10 years. She is the proud mom of Jackson, 5, and Eliza, 2, and has a freelance copyediting and proofreading business.

Zenna Michelle Schaffer Burke '88, Kelly Burke '88, and their son Keegan, 8, announce the birth of Zoe Michelle Burke in July 2001. Kelly is a scientist with Clorox Company, and Zenna is a regulatory manager for Valent U.S.A. Corporation. They live in the San Francisco Bay area.

Carissa "Carrie" Goux '88 and her husband, Jonathan Spalter, welcomed their first child, Sage Victoria Spalter, on February 11, 2001. Carrie, Johnathan, and Sage live in Paris, where Carrie works for Microsoft Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

Teresa Pacelli '88 is a client services consultant for Royal & SunAlliance, a global insurance provider. She is responsible for the company's western region. Her father died in February.

Anne "Nan" Williams '88 was named an assistant national editor at the Los Angeles Times, where she has worked for two years.

Stacey Caldwell-Roberts '89 is the proud mother of Nathan Edward Roberts, born March 21, 2001. She works for Sedgwick Claims Management Services as a senior examiner handling claims for Consolidated Freightways.

Matthew "Matt" Casciani '89 and his wife, Kristin, celebrated the birth of their second child, Vincent Edward, who was born on Kristin's 30th birthday, November 18, 2001. Vince joins his big sister, Mia, 3.

Lisa Warmington Myers '89 is married to Tom Eby. They have two active sons: Zane, 8, and Max, 6. She works part time as a hospital social worker. Lisa and Tom are involved in their children's public school, a Spanish immersion program in southeast Portland. Tom is a community health nurse at a nearby middle school.

Scott Pillar '89 owns a technical recruiting firm. He, his wife, Sally Taylor-Pillar, and their two daughters live in Sisters.

Keith Woodard '89 is the assistant track-and-field coach at Lewis & Clark College. He was the former head women's track-and-field coach at Portland State University from 1996 to 2001, and was an assistant to the Minnesota Vikings from 1987 to 1996. He coached more than 50 NCAA Division II All-Americans during his tenure at Portland State and five individuals in the Olympic Trials.

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