LINFIELDMAGAZINESummer 2004

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Introducing Linfield Magazine

Great changes have taken place at LinfieldCollege in recent years. Along with those changes,one publication is being retired and a new one isbeing introduced. The Linfield Magazine replacesthe Linfield College Bulletin, a tabloid publicationthat has served the college well for many years.But as the college has grown and evolved, so hasthe need for a publication that reflects thosetrends. Our intention is to improve the overallquality of the publication, add color and make itmore dynamic for the reader. What remains thesame is our mission, our desire to engage and inform you, the readers: the alumni, parents andfriends of Linfield College. We hope you enjoyLinfield Magazine.

– The Editors

On the covers:

Front: Lindsey Worzniak ‘04 gets a hug afterreceiving her degree (Juan Calvillo photo)

Back: Scenes from commencement 2004 (Tom Ballard photos)

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LINFIELD MAGAZINE

Taking time to teach

Two Linfield College graduateswill spend next year teaching inFrance after earning awards from theFrench government.

Erin Annis ‘04 of West Linn andLeanna Prax ‘04 of Fairbanks, Alaska,have both earned French govern-ment teaching assistantships for2004-05, offered by the FrenchMinistry of Education. Since 1999,five Linfield students have appliedfor and received French governmentteaching assistantships.

Annis, who earned a degree inFrench and English, will teachAmerican English conversation andculture in a high school in Brittany.In addition to spending 12 hours a

week teaching, Annis hopes to takeclasses at the university to continueresearch on the topic of her seniorthesis, “Breton History and itsInfluence on Regional SeparatistMovements.”

This will be Annis’ fourth trip toFrance. She traveled to Brittany on ahigh school exchange program,spent a semester in Paris during 2001and studied in Rennes for a semesterlast year. During her most recent visitto Paris, Annis looked upon the cityas a second home.

“I knew how to navigate thecity,” she said. “I felt like there weresecrets in that city that I knew aboutthat only someone who lived therewould know.”

Since Annis began learningFrench in high school, she has hopedfor the chance to explain Americanlife and culture to French people.

“I am excited to talk with Frenchhigh school students about what it’slike growing up as a teenager in theUnited States,” said Annis. “I’d like tobring some of the mainstays ofAmerican teenage culture to France.”

Annis, a member of the AlphaLambda Delta honorary and a pastrecipient of the Linfield FacultyScholarship, said Linfield professorsencouraged her to stretch intellectu-ally and answer questions she’s posedfor herself.

“Erin’s interest in France datesfrom her early childhood, and herenthusiasm for all things French iscontagious,” said Deborah Olsen,Linfield director of academic advis-ing. “I’m especially pleased that she’llbe able to return to Brittany to fur-ther explore her interest in the cul-ture of that region.”

Prax, who earned a degree inmass communication, will teachEnglish in a secondary school on

Corsica, an island off the south coastof France. She’s looking forwardto bolstering her language skillswhile explor ing the island’sancient culture.

“The city I come from in Alaskais only about 100 years old,” Prax said.“It will be interesting to be in a placewhere thousands of years of historyare right there in front of me.”

With only two years of Frenchstudy to her credit, Prax’s award issignificant, according to Olsen.

“Leanna is a very capable studentwith broad interests,” Olsen said. “It’sremarkable that she has gained suffi-cient fluency in French in two yearsto be selected for this award.”

While at Linfield, Prax com-pressed her academic schedule tograduate a year early and still man-aged to fit in a January Term trip toLondon.

“Linfield has taught me to findthe resources I need to live abroadand given me an appreciation forother groups of people,” said Prax, amember of Pi Gamma Mu andAlpha Lambda Delta honoraries.

Following her teaching stint inFrance, Prax hopes to attend gradu-ate school in media studies. She saidthe experience offers the addedbenefit of observing mass media inanother culture.

The achievements of Annis andPrax come as no surprise to MargaretKrausse, associate professor of French.

“Erin and Leanna are seriousstudents of the French language,”Krausse said. “They competednationwide with other undergradu-ates to win the teaching assistant-ships. It is a very great pleasure forme to see Linfield French studentswin these prestigious awards.”

– Laura Davis

Erin Annis ‘04, left, and Leanna Prax ‘04 willshare American culture, along with the English language, with students in French classroomsnext year after earning French governmentteaching assistantships.

EditorMardi Mileham

Assistant EditorLaura Davis

Graphic DesignCandido Salinas III

PhotographyTom BallardKelly BirdJuan Calvillo Laura Davis Mardi Mileham

ContributorsKelly BirdVivian A. BullLisa Garvey ‘86Peter A. McGrawSabrina (Hendricks) Park ‘97Beth Rogers Thompson

Advisory BoardEd GansKerry (Van Wyngarden) Hinrichs ‘96Dick Hughes ‘75Gregory R. NokesSherrie (Dunmyer) Partridge ‘86

PresidentVivian A. Bull

Vice President for College RelationsBruce Wyatt

Director of Alumni RelationsLisa Garvey ‘86

Summer 2004 Vol. 1, No. 1

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Departments:

4 A View from Melrose

6 Linfield Digest

22 ‘Cat Tracks

24 Alumni News

26 Class notes

Features

8 Men in NursingFilling in the ranks

10 Trying their wingsInterns gain experience at museum

12 Linfield LinkA creative outlet in a real-world setting

16 A Defining MomentLargest campaign in history comes to successful end

A phone call one rainy November morning in 1996changed everything.

We were in the planning stages of a capital campaign,and were concerned about a proposed goal of $28 mil-lion. Little did we anticipate the challenge of raising $65million, much less the possibility of reaching an extendedtarget of $70 million. But then came that phone call,telling me that the Hewlett-Packard Company wouldclose its McMinnville plant. As we absorbed the implica-tions of this news, it became clear that Linfield hadreached an historic crossroads— a Defining Moment thatwould shape its next hundred years.

The vision of the campus doubling in size was excit-ing in 1996. But nothing compares to the sense of won-derment today when standing among the completedKeck Campus buildings for the first time and seeing inthem the fulfillment of many dreams.

While the new facilities are beautiful, buildings arenot ends in themselves. The real significance of the newlibrary, theatre and fine arts center lies in the improve-ments they bring to the quality of life and learning for

students and for all of us who work to make their educa-tion the best it can be. For example, we expected the newJereld R. Nicholson Library would be popular with stu-dents, and indeed most of the study areas are fully occu-pied all evening. We did not anticipate that demandwould be such that students would petition to havelibrary hours extended. We responded by doing so. I can-not imagine better testimony to the benefits this newfacility is bringing to our campus.

I was fortunate enough to be present when the firststudents came into the new James F. Miller Fine ArtsCenter. You could see the excitement in their faces asthey contemplated working in a place that is spacious,well equipped, and flooded with natural light from thefloor-to-ceiling north windows. The exceptional workdisplayed in the spring senior art show must have drawninspiration from the new surroundings.

I sometimes joked with the theatre faculty and stu-dents about losing their creativity once they no longerhad to cope with the hardships of Pioneer Hall. Well, justtake in a play someday soon, and you’ll see that far fromdulling creativity, the Marshall Theatre has created newpossibilities for some highly talented individuals.

As important as the new land and buildings are, thecampaign addressed other priorities as well: growth in theendowment for scholarships, completion of the chaplain-cy endowment, enhanced resources for technology, facul-ty development and collaborative student-facultyresearch. One can never anticipate exactly how all cam-paign gifts will be designated. For instance, the goal forscholarships was $5 million and we received more than$15 million. That is a real joy!

Every campaign ends with some objective unreal-ized. For Linfield, our immediate capital priority remainsa new facility on the Keck Campus for our outstandingmusic program.

While there are always tasks for tomorrow, today wecelebrate an achievement undreamed of just a few yearsago. I want to express my deep appreciation to all whohave worked for and contributed to the success of“Linfield—The Defining Moment.” The college isstronger because of your support.

– Vivian A. Bull

A View from Melrose

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Another Linfield ‘defining moment’

Forget the rocking chairs. That’snot what three Linfield employeeshave in mind as they retire June 30.

The trio – Ted Henry ‘61, directorof Linfield’s academic computingcenter; Georgann Percival, associateprofessor of health and English as asecond language; and Everett Curry,director of planned giving – willwrap up a combined 67 years ofservice.

It’s a second retirement forCurry, an American Baptist ministerwho has led churches in Oregon,California and Hawaii. “I actuallyplanned to retire four years ago,” hesaid, but son Kevin ‘92 had heardLinfield was seeking a planned giv-ing director. Kevin called and plead-ed, “‘Dad, they need you.’”

“I’ve enjoyed seeing Linfieldwhen it is reaching some importantgoals,” he said, “and I meet reallyinteresting people who love the col-lege or they wouldn’t be talking tome.”

Bruce Wyatt, vice president forcollege relations, described Curry as“a very warm, caring person. Hecame to us with a strong back-ground in institutional develop-ment, and he’s done a wonderful jobof working with alumni and sup-porters of Linfield.”

Curry has promised his wife,

No ‘feet up’ for these retirees

Everett Curry Georgann Percival Ted Henry ‘61

Barbara, to work fewer hours, but heplans to resume his consulting prac-tice. He also has offered to continueto be available to Linfield. “I’m not a‘feet-up’ retiree,” he said.

Neither is Percival. She joinedLinfield in 1976 to teach nutritionin the consumer and family studiesdepartment. When that programclosed, Percival shifted gears andearned a master’s in teaching ESL atPortland State University in 1991.She has continued to teach nutri-tion, as well as ESL.

“I’ve been lucky enough towork in two departments with won-derful people,” Percival said.

Sandra Lee, ESL director, saidPercival has bridged internationalstudents’ ESL and degree programsand has led the use of technology inlanguage classrooms.

Taking students beyond theclassroom, Percival has gamelypitched tents in the rain, drivenunwieldy 15-passenger vans andchopped mounds of vegetables forJapanese curry cooked over a camp-fire, Lee said.

Percival said she longs to visitJapan and parts of the United Statesshe hasn’t seen. She also wants toreturn to Colombia, where sheserved in the Peace Corps in 1968-69. Closer to home, she wants to do

volunteer work and nurture heryard.

Like Percival, Henry has servedLinfield in multiple roles. He joinedthe college in 1969 as a math pro-fessor and assistant football coach.In 1974, he became the computercenter director. He and work-studystudents were the computer center.At the time, Linfield had a hulkingIBM 1620. Thirty megabytes ofdisk space, 96K of memory. Theybegan putting all administrative fileson the computer and by the time aconsultant’s report arrived sayingthat couldn’t be done, it was.

In 1991, Henry retired fromcoaching along with head coach AdRutschman ‘54. “Developing youngpeople gave me as much pride aswinning football games,” Henrysaid.

He has seen Linfield players getbigger as computers have gottensmaller but far more powerful.

Irv Wiswall, Linfield’s chieftechnology officer, said he wonderedwhen he arrived 12 years ago whatit would be like working with “thissports guy.” He quickly realizedHenry’s understanding of Linfieldand people was invaluable.

Wiswall said Henry has carriedthe team spirit that wins footballgames to his work in IntegratedTechnology Services. “Ted is anenormously hard worker, withpatience and tenacity,” Wiswallsaid.

Henry is excited about hisnewest sport, golf. He and his wife,Elsie ‘89, also enjoy traveling andrecently visited Hawaii.

Nope, no porch rockers forthese three.

– Beth Rogers Thompson

President Vivian A. Bull, center, speaks with Catherine Dondlinger ‘05 aboutthe latter’s research during the Linfield College Science Symposium held onMay 14 in Murdock Hall. More than 20 Linfield students, including DavidMcAdams ‘04, presented research.

Linfield Digest

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Academy based on Portland CampusLinfield’s Portland Campus has been selected to host the Summer

Enrichment Academy for Careers in Health (SEARCH) this summer.SEARCH is an intensive six-week summer academy for 40-50 educa-

tionally and economically disadvantaged college-bound high school juniorsand seniors from five Portland-area high schools. The academy provides col-lege preparatory course work in chemistry, math, human biology and med-ical terminology. The students also complete coursework in reading, writing,study skills and cultural competence in health professions. They receivetutoring and mentoring from current college students. Participants areselected through a competitive application process.

SEARCH is sponsored by the Oregon Health Career Center through agrant from the Health Careers Opportunity Program of the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services.

A search committee has been appointed to begin theprocess of identifying candidates to succeed Vivian A. Bullas Linfield’s president.

Bull, who was named Linfield’s 18th president in 1992,has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2005.

The search committee is composed of trustees, faculty,an administrator and a student. Eileen Bourassa, registrar, isthe staff member for the committee, and Bruce Alton fromAcademic Search Consultation Service will assist with can-didate screening.

Members of the search committee are: DavidHaugeberg, chair, trustee; Joan Austin, Dave Dillon ‘89,Michael McBride ‘72, Rodney Romney ‘54, and Glenna(Foley) Kruger ‘68 (ex-officio), trustees; Peter Richardson,professor of German; William Mackie ‘71, professor ofphysics; and Jan Selliken, associate professor of nursing,faculty; Bruce Wyatt, administration; and MelissaGalloway ‘06, student.

Information on the presidential search will be placedon the college’s web site as it becomes available.

Linfield students will benefit from three grants thecollege has received in recent months.

A $200,000 grant from The Collins Foundation ofPortland will help Linfield better harness technologyto make new teaching techniques possible and improvethe learning environment on campus. The grant willhelp the college launch an initiative to upgrade itsclassrooms by installing data projectors and electronicwhiteboards and remodeling the spaces to reflectadvances in learner-friendly design. It will also providefunds to hire an instructional technology specialistwho will serve as a resource for faculty seeking newways to enhance their teaching through technology.

The Multicultural Adoption Advisory Program, acommunity service program conducted by Linfieldstudents and the college’s Office of MulticulturalPrograms, has received a Public Service Outreach Grantof $15,000 from the Greenhouse Program of theCollege Board in Atlanta, Ga.

The Multicultural Adoption Advisory Program was

developed by members of Linfield’s Black StudentUnion (now the Multicultural Student Club). The pro-gram pairs students with families who have adoptedmultiracial children, providing a support system for boththe children and their parents and helping both toappreciate the culture of the children’s biological fore-bears.

Nancy Broshot, associate professor of biology at thePortland Campus, will return to Portland’s renownedForest Park to conduct field investigations of threats toconifer seedlings. A $4,960 grant from the OregonDepartment of Forestry under the Community ForestryAssistance Program will support the project which part-ners the Portland Campus with the Portland Parks andRecreation Department’s Ivy Removal Project andStewardship Program. A team of two Linfield studentsand four high school students will be selected to helpwith the research, which will begin in earnest this fall.

Accreditation granted,interim dean named

It’s been a busy spring at theLinfield-Good Samaritan School ofNursing.

The school was granted accredi-tation for the next 10 years by theCommission on Collegiate NursingEducation, the academic arm of theAmerican Association of Colleges ofNursing. The school was in compli-ance with all standards and the com-mission made no recommendations.

Beverly Epeneter, associate pro-fessor of nursing, has been namedinterim dean. She replaces BrendaSmith, who resigned in April.

Epeneter, who has been a pro-fessor of nursing and vice chair of theSchool of Nursing, taught at theGood Samaritan Hospital School ofNursing prior to the establishmentof the Linfield BSN program in1983. She joined the Linfield facultythe following year. She has a BSNand MSN from Oregon Health andScience University and her Ed.D.from Portland State University.

Peggy Wros, associate professorof nursing, has been named associatedean of nursing. Wros has been aleader in curricular innovation innursing on the Portland Campus andhas been on the Linfield faculty since1990.

Both appointments are for two-year terms. A national search for apermanent dean of nursing will beheld during 2005-2006.

Glenna (Foley) Kruger ‘68, a retired executive forIntel Corp., is the new chair of the Board of Trusteesof Linfield College.

Kruger succeeds Richard E. Ice ‘52, retired presi-dent of the American Baptist Homes of the West inOakland, Calif., who has served since 1994. Ice hasbeen named chair emeritus and remains a member ofthe board.

Kruger has served on the Board of Trustees since1982. She was previously vice chair of the board andchair of the compensation committee.

In addition to her Linfield degree in literature,Kruger also holds a bachelor’s degree in managementfrom Marylhurst College and a master’s in manage-ment and communication from the University ofPortland. Her 30-year career in human resourcesincluded roles as diverse as staffing, compensation,employee relations and organizational development.Kruger retired from Intel in 2003. she previouslyworked for Fred Meyer, Inc., and Kentrox, a divisionof Plantronics, Inc.

Kruger elected board chair

Glenna (Foley) Kruger ‘68 is the new chair of the Board of Trustees. She andoutgoing chair Richard E. Ice ‘52 were on hand to celebrate the success of the“Linfield – The Defining Moment” campaign during two events, one held oncampus and a second held at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.

Students, local community to benefit from grants

Teen Maze: ‘Here Today ... Where Tomorrow?’Nearly 600 eighth-graders successfully navigated a maze of teen challenges this spring, thanks to the guidanceof Linfield College health education majors. The Yamhill County Teen Maze, held in April, resembled a life-sizeboard game and featured 10 interactive stations touching on topics ranging from nutrition and eating disordersto substance abuse, communication and helping a friend in crisis. Kristen Snook ‘04, a health education andpsychology major, coordinated the event as part of an internship with the Yamhill County Commission onChildren and Families. More than 200 students from Linfield, the Sheridan Japanese School and McMinnvilleHigh School also assisted. The ultimate goal is to create healthy decision makers, Snook says. “More than any-thing, we think it is important to give teens skills and tools to use on their own.”

Presidential search under way, committee appointed

Fred Calixtro sees a marketing problem.Paul Higgins ‘06 says it’s an underpromoted career.David Silva ‘04 thinks the name is a turn-off.All three agree that nursing needs more men. The

question is how to get them. The good news is thatalthough the number of male nurses is small, it has grownin the last 20 years. According to a 2000 survey by theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, thenumber of men working as RNs in 1980 was 45,060 or

2.7 percent of all nurses. By 2000, that percentagehad doubled to 5.4 percent of the nursing popula-tion – 146,902.

Calixtro, an assistant professor of nursing at theLinfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, is usedto being in the minority. He is the only man on the19-member nursing faculty at LGSSN and was one ofonly seven men in his 70-member graduating class whenhe completed his nursing degree in his native Philippines.

However, he said, male nurses were not that unusualthere. His first job was in a cardiac center, where 20 to 30percent of the nurses on staff were men. He later workedin the Middle East and then in Phoenix, Ariz., where hegot his start in teaching – as the only male facultymember in nursing.

“They were so happy I was teaching because theywanted a male figure in the nursing program, so malestudents could have a role model,” he said.

The nursing profession does a poor job of marketingitself, Calixtro said. The public at large has little or noidea, for example, that nurses play a large role in assessingand diagnosing patients.

“We are at the bedside 24 hours a day, and we seewhat happens from the moment the patient comes in,” hesaid. “The doctors will come in maybefive minutes a day, and it’s the nurseswho tell them what happened the last24 hours.”

Nurses, especially male nurses, mustbecome more visible and get into theschools, talk to students and educatethem about the profession, Calixtro said.Students get exposed to traditionallymale professions such as firefighting,law enforcement, engineering and themilitary, so why not nursing?

Higgins agrees, noting that boys arenot introduced to nursing as a viablecareer option. Even with two aunts whowork in the profession, Higgins neverconsidered it until he decided on amajor career change. After 16 years inthe restaurant business, Higgins beganexploring careers in health carebecause of the job security.

“I think people have a misperception of nursing,”he said. “Perhaps it has been perceived as primarilycomforting the patient. But the type of nursing I amgetting exposed to is very technical. It’s a very difficultprofession.”

Higgins enrolled at Linfield after taking a few sciencecourses at Portland Community College which heenjoyed immensely and which sparked his interest in themedical field. He explored other career options such asradiology and dental hygiene but ultimately focused onnursing because it offers more options. And being oneof only 21 male nursing students on the Portland Campushas its advantages, Higgins said.

“I’m where I want to learn, and I’m glad I stick out,”he said. “Instructors know who I am in the first two days.I think it’s easier to get to know them on a personal basis.”

As a sophomore, Higgins has completed only a cou-ple of clinical rotations, but right now he is leaning toward

trauma and critical care nursing. He wants to keep hisoptions open, although he prefers fast-paced work. And heknows nursing school was the right choice for him.

“It’s exciting and it’s rewarding,” he said. “Every dayis something new. It’s difficult, and it’s challenging. But allthe effort you put into it, you get right back.”

Silva’s route to nursing school was a bit circuitous. Hewas a volunteer firefighter in his native Portugal, wherehe became interested in emergency medicine. He movedto the United States, and while studying to become aparamedic, he got a firsthand look at the role of the ERnurse. He knew the burnout rate for Emergency MedicalTechnicians was high, so he decided to take the nextstep, skipping the EMT certification and enrolling innursing school. He didn’t view nursing as a female

profession in Portugal and, based onanecdotal evidence, suggests there maybe nearly an equal number of male andfemale nurses there.

Silva proposes a more radicalapproach – changing the name of theprofession. The term “nursing” carries afemale connotation, he says, and that’s adeterrent in appealing to young men.

Silva has done his research and citesvarious statistics and studies. One is astudy by Dan Gorman, a nurse managerin Winchester, Mass., who surveyedjunior high students on their percep-tions of nursing.The students indicatedthey thought of the profession as hav-ing influence, power and opportunityfor advancement, yet only 6 percent ofthose surveyed said they would considera career in nursing. However, when

asked whether they would consider it if the title werechanged to a more gender-neutral name such as “regis-tered clinician,” 21 percent said they would.

Silva admits his suggestion could run into resistance,so he takes every opportunity to discuss the idea withothers. He has mentioned it to some nurses and foundthem supportive. Reactions from both male and femaleclassmates also have been positive when he explains hisreasoning, he said.

“What keeps me going on this name change is thefeedback I keep getting from people,” Silva said. “Everytime I have an opportunity, I ask folks about it. We needa new name for the 21st century nurse.”

All three men agree it will take time for society tochange, but shifts are already occurring, Calixtro noted, asmore high schools begin to see the health care professionas something stable that guarantees work.

– Mardi Mileham

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Women are the overwhelming majority in the nursing field. But students and faculty at the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing say more effort needs to bemade to attract men into nursing including marketing, promotion and maybe even a name change.

Men in nursing

“Every day it’s

something new.

It’s different

and it’s

challenging.”

– Paul Higgins ‘06

Filling in the ranks

Trying their wings

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Kristin Russell ‘03 was looking for an internship andfound a career.

Russell is one of about 10 Linfield students in the lastthree years to get an early launch of her career at theEvergreen Aviation Museum and The Captain MichaelKing Smith Educational Institute in McMinnville.

Russell is now director of special events at the muse-um, where she first completed an internship as a sopho-more at Linfield. A year later, while looking for a part-time job, she was hired as a special events assistant and hadlanded the director’s job by the time she completed hercommunication degree.

Now she spends her days coordinating public andprivate events, including speakers, corporate dinners,

group tours, special ceremonies and even weddings,including the wedding reception of Katie Harmon, for-mer Miss Oregon and Miss America.

“I was looking for an internship and a way to get afoot in the door for a job,” Russell said. “The internshipwas really valuable. I was able to use the skills I was learn-ing in school and see how they applied in the real world.” Now she finds herself in a mentoring role to Katie Ray ‘05,who spends half her time at the museum on special eventsand the other half on marketing and communication.

Ray, a mass communication major, helps Russell plantours for the numerous groups that visit Evergreen andrecently helped plan the museum’s first Easter egg hunt.

“It was nice to be able to take part in the planning,

offer ideas and be a part of helping plan a successfulevent,” Ray said. She’s getting exposed to the public rela-tions profession by writing press releases and updating thehundreds of media contacts the museum tracks through-out the region.

“This is definitely improving my people skills,” Raysaid, admitting that dealing with disgruntled customerscan sometimes be difficult. “Working with other peopleis a huge learning experience and something I can applyin the work force. The people I work with are all enthu-siastic about their jobs. They all have great ideas and arethere to improve the museum. It’s been wonderful to bea part of that.”

Evergreen has been very open to providing intern-ships to Linfield students, at the museum and throughoutthe company, according to Kristi Mackay ‘91, programcoordinator in the Career Center.

“The museum has been very open to trying to fit astudent into the area in which they want to work,” she said.“We have students in public relations, marketing, eventplanning, education and archives. This spring the museumhas really tried to find the right person that fits well withthe company and then make sure that individual gets agood fit in the work place. That’s really remarkable.”

Another Linfield intern, Reide Baxter ‘05, got achance to fuel his interest in aviation and learn how amuseum collections department works, from acquisition todisplay. One of his first projects was helping organize thearchives, which included expanding the collection storagearea. He was also involved in the production of the muse-um’s documentary Dream to Fly: Howard Hughes and theFlying Boat, narrated by Walter Cronkite and written andproduced by Katherine (Pitman) Huit ‘88, director of col-lections at the museum. Baxter, a history major, checkedhistory facts for the film and helped on the set, which alsoincluded meeting and assisting Cronkite.

“I think there was one day when I was on theflight deck of the Spruce Goose for 10 hours straight,”he said, adding that it was one of the best experiencesof his internship.

“I think (the internship) gave me a good taste of pro-fessionalism before I enter the job market,” he added. “Ihave a basic sense of how museums work, how they func-tion and what positions I would apply for.”

Huit has had at least six Linfield interns includinghistory and anthropology majors. She’s enthusiastic aboutoffering internships to Linfield students because of herown internship at the Northup Library as a student.

“It helped me define history as a real career field,” shesaid. “I can pass my enthusiasm on to them and show themthat history is a medium in which to launch a career.”

Huit’s interns are getting a well-rounded experience inthe detailed world of museum collections from donationsof artifacts to exhibit development, organization andreports. They do everything from helping with correspon-dence and processing new donations to researching arti-facts and sometimes solving mysteries. For example, awoman brought in an arm band thought to be from theNazi era in Germany and they were able to authenticate it.

The highlight for two of the interns, Meredith Lowe‘06 and Baxter, was the opportunity to help film the doc-umentary, Huit said.

“Reide benefited from that experience and attendedthe premiere in December,” she said. “I feel really goodabout giving them that opportunity.

“I am able to give back to the college by helping kidswith their careers,” she said. “I think it is really importantto involve students in career opportunities and to givethem hands-on experience. Knowing you like somethingbefore going into it is really important.”

– Mardi Mileham

Eri Imanaka ‘04 of Kyoto, Japan,has been named the Oregon StudentEmployee of the Year.

She was nominated for the stateaward after being named Linfield’sStudent Employee of the Year andcompeted against students fromacross the state.

Imanaka, who received herdegree in Spanish, is fluent inJapanese, Spanish and English. As aclerical assistant in the International

Programs Office she helped exchangestudents from Kanto GakuinUniversity make the transition toLinfield. She put her language skillsto many other uses including servingas a translator for foreign students atthe Student Health Center, as aJapanese tutor for the ModernLanguages Department and helpingchildren from Spanish-speaking fam-ilies with homework and reading atColumbus Elementary School.

Linfield student named Oregon Student Employee of the YearInterns gain experience at museum

Amy Heidrick ‘04, Amber Stoner ‘04, Kristin Russell ‘03, Katherine (Pitman) Huit ‘88, and Katie Ray ‘05 are just a few of the Linfield students and graduates who have worked or are now working at the Evergreen Aviation Museum and The Captain Michael King SmithEducational Institute, home of Howard Hughes' famed “Spruce Goose.”

Eri Imanaka ‘04

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he tension is palpable inthe control room.

In the studio, lightsare set, mic checks arecomplete and cameras

are ready. With a final “Are weready to go?” the music comes upand tape begins to roll on anotheredition of Linfield Link. Producedweekly by Wildcat Productions,the show airs on McMinnvilleCommunity Media (MCM), thelocal cable access channel. Partspoof, part social commentary andpart interviews, the program fea-tures segments that range fromApril Fools’ pranks and politics tosocial commentary, sports, andactivities and issues on campus.It’s something like Linfield’s ownedition of Saturday Night Livewith elements of The Daily Show.

Jordan Baines ’06, executiveproducer, director, cameraman andsometimes talent, breathes a sigh ofrelief when the show is in the canfor another week.

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Nancy Cornwell, associateprofessor of mass communicationand an award-winning producer,came to Linfield in 2002 to revitalizethe broadcast major. Fast-talking,energetic and an expert in the pro-fession, she’s a tough task master,but gives the students as much as, ormore than, she demands in return.

After resurrecting WildcatProductions, students decided theywanted to produce a televisionshow. The club joined MCM andhas spent the last three semesters

using MCM facilities to tape livesegments of the show and insertvarious remote pieces shot inadvance.

At first, Cornwell said, the stu-dents were intimidated by the studioand control room equipment atMCM. She would set the studentsup on the cameras and run every-thing else by herself. Slowly, shebegan to train them on the equip-ment, and now, by the time sheshows up for the Tuesday nighttaping, students are set up withequipment in place.

“I’m there to make them

Linfield LinkA creative outlet in a real-world setting

accountable, but I really don’t haveto do anything now,” she said.“They own this show, and I’msurprised every week by howcreative they are.

“It’s important for studentswho want to go into television ornews or film to have a place toexplore, where they can make mis-takes,” she added. “It’s an importantextension of their education tohave this creative outlet and toexplore the medium.”

The students develop the ideasand the scripts. Program credits listCornwell as adviser, but producer

Ryan McCann ‘04, prepares to tape a segment, while Niki Hunter‘05, center, and Nancy Cornwell, associate professor, adjust the camera. Since arriving, Cornwell has bought new digital cameras, along with tripods, software and editing suites. “These students are working on state-of-the-art equipment and software,” she says.

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Once taping begins on Linfield Link, Jordan Baines ‘06, executive producer, watches the monitors in thecontrol room, while Nancy Cornwell, professor, mentor and part-time “mother” to the show and its crew,offers advice and direction.

Nancy Cornwell sets up the shot while NikiHunter ‘05 tries to contain her laughter as the Scrabble Streaker invades the studio during the taping of Linfield Link.The students have the freedom to developtheir own ideas and scripts, but also settheir own limits on content. “Some contentwe just won’t do because we are not comfortable with it,” Jordan Baines ‘06says. “It’s not about getting people’sattention, it’s about saying something.”

worthwhile and teach viewershow to spell?”

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Baines hunches over theswitcher in the control room, afrown creasing his forehead. Asexecutive producer, he is responsi-ble for making sure the show getsdone. He’s been director, camera-man and talent. He has shot remotesegments and he spends sleeplessnights worrying. He spends 20hours a week on the show – inaddition to carrying a doublemajor in philosophy and masscommunication. He gets no credit,no pay, for the show but comesback week after week.

“It’s something I feel I belongto, and it’s something that needs tobe done,” he said. “We live in aworld where mass media is covered

by six major conglomerates. It’sgood to know there’s a place forpeople to have their opinions andvoices heard. What we are doingwith Linfield Link isn’t for ourviewers because I’m not sure wehave any. It’s about free expression,and we are providing an outlet forthat. And if not us, I’m not surewho would.”

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You can almost see NikiHunter ’05 wind up before thecameras go live and the tape startsrolling. As the anchors for“Between the Lines,” she andRobin Cangie ’06 are the hostsfor Linfield Link, introducing thesegments and delivering their ownversion of the news on a weeklybasis. They divide the writingduties based on each other’s workload, although Robin is solelyresponsible for the zany “InanimateObjects” segment, which featuresconversations between muffins,shoes, rubber duckies and whateverpiques her interest.

Jon Stewart’s The Daily Showinspired Hunter, who said her writ-ing skills, delivery on camera andcomedic timing have all improvedwith her experience on Linfield Link.

Her goals are to attend graduateschool at Syracuse University andultimately to direct and producetelevision. Before Cornwell joinedthe faculty, there was little emphasison broadcast. Now Hunter and theother students are getting somehands-on experience in front of thecamera and behind the scenes.

“I am learning the workingsof putting together a show, whatgoes into it and how you managepeople,” she said. “It’s really impor-tant for us to have this opportunity.We aren’t working for anyone. Weare volunteering and getting somegood experience. This is our prod-uct, and we are doing it all togetheras a collective group.”

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Linfield and Cornwell were anearly perfect match. She was look-ing for a community she could loveand a liberal arts environment.

“My whole idea of being a pro-fessor was wrapped up in the idea ofteaching in a liberal arts college,” shesaid. “It’s rare to find a college with acommitment to the liberal arts tradi-tion that offers a program in what Iteach. That’s why I came. It repre-sented what I believe being a profes-sor is all about.”

In addition to teaching shewas seeking the freedom toexplore creative activities, andWildcat Productions/Linfield Linkis part of that.

“I would not be happy andcould not be at a place without acreative outlet,” she said. “My loveof this is what I want to pass on tomy students. I look at what they aredoing and I want to do whatever ittakes to make it happen.”

– Mardi Mileham

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Kristen Moores ‘07, a mass communication major,delivers news and commentary between musicalsets during her DJ shift in the KSLC studio.Enhanced programming, including increased newsand syndicated shows, can now be heard aroundthe clock in most of Yamhill County.

Baines refers to her as the “mother”of the show.

“The first semester, nothingwould have been possible withouther because no one knew whatthey were doing, no one knewwhat was involved, no one knewwhat kind of effort was necessary,”he said. “She bounces ideas off usall the time. There’s a lot of inter-play because we are still trying topush the envelope and still want tohave fun.”

And Cornwell encouragesthem to be creative. ScrabbleStreaker is a man in disguisesprinting through a segment of theshow each week, clad in gymshorts with words written acrosshis chest.

“Scrabble Streaker was halfher (Cornwell’s) idea,” Baines said.“If we were going to have a streak-er on the show, why not make it

Julia Kanago ’05 is a KSLC junkie.She listens to the Linfield College radio station in her car, in her apartment,

on her cell phone. She can reel off a two-page list of favorite music without hesitation. And when pressed, she’ll reluctantly narrow the list to one — “Musicfor Imaginary Films” by Arling and Cameron.

Kanago is not only a devout listener, but also a KSLC staff member.“Most of us work here for the joy of music,” said Kanago, general manager

for KSLC 90.3 FM, also known as “The Station Behind the Movement.”Led by the energy of Nancy Cornwell, associate professor of mass communi-

cation, Kanago and other radio enthusiasts have revamped KSLC. Thanks to technological enhancements such as overnight automation and webcasting, thestation now can be heard 24 hours a day and soon will be broadcast over the web around the world.

With a signal covering most of Yamhill County, programming has exploded as well. Nationally syndicated programs, including “Democracy Now” by AmyGoodman, “Free Speech Radio” and “Counterspin,” are interspersed among a variety of musical genres and beefed-up news segments.

Expanded news coverage was a major goal during the revamp, and it has beenboosted by the addition of Cornwell's electronic media class, in which studentsresearch, write and present daily headline news. Art Cuscaden, a McMinnville com-munity member, also delivers a weekday evening news show assisted by students.

“We have a combination of local live news and syndicated news coming froma perspective that you can't hear around here,” Cornwell said. “It’s intended toreach an underserved market in the McMinnville area.”

Meanwhile, staffers have worked to rebrand KSLC as McMinnville’s community radio station, serving an audience beyond the Linfield campus. Afterconducting a market assessment, Cornwell and students identified a need for a station to serve high school students and offer children’s programming. They hopeto introduce Hispanic news in the fall.

Under Cornwell’s direction, the station is entirely student-run, drawing staffersfrom across academic disciplines. In addition to a handful of student managementpositions, some 35 disc jockeys supply lively commentary at the mic.

The station provides a rich training ground for students to learn about broad-casting, Cornwell said. They develop public speaking skills and on-air composure,while learning about deadlines, timing and current legal issues involving thebroadcasting industry.

“This is one of the few places on campus where students can function in a waythat really mimics the professional world,” Cornwell said. “The responsibilities areidentical to a real-world radio station, so it’s a good place for students to simulateprofessional experience. It’s a great place to make mistakes and learn how it works.”

Tracy Forrester ’03, an assistant at mPRm Public Relations in Los Angeles,Calif., gleaned experience in entertainment and special eventplanning, an aspect of her current position, at the station.

“College radio gives students confidence in themselves,” saidForrester, who took on lead roles as news director and programdirector during her four years at KSLC. Forrester also sees web-casting as a valuable tool for alumni.

“For me, it will mean an ongoing relationship with Linfieldand something that was a big part of my college career,” she said.“Having this link back to the college will provide an opportunityto view the ways that Linfield has changed and/or remained thesame. It is coming straight from the students at Linfield.”

– Laura Davis

Don Fisher ‘06 checks the monitor as Niki Hunter ‘05 and Robin Cangie ‘06 tape “Between the Lines.” Fisher andLaura Penland ‘07 are two of the students who have volunteered as crew members for Linfield Link this past year.

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...and so much more

Clockwise from top left:

The T. J. Day ‘71 Computer Center in Renshaw Hall provides a state-of-the-art computer science facility forstudents and faculty.

Students now have ample study space in the new JereldR. Nicholson Library. The new library has more thandouble the space of Northup and, at the request of thestudents, the hours were expanded to 1 a.m. Sundaythrough Thursday to provide more access.

Becky Lundberg ‘04 paints in the new facilities at theJames F. Miller Fine Arts Center, which provides moreclassroom and studio space to students and faculty aswell as a new Fine Art Gallery.

Clockwise from top:

English professors Barbara Drake and Lex Runcimanpresent one of many readings held this year in theAustin Reading Room in Nicholson Library.

Mike Roberts, professor of biology, works with LizBrewster ‘04 to catalog a bone collection. The cam-paign provided funds to increase collaborative learn-ing opportunities between faculty and students.

Amy Heidrick ‘04 and Craig Brenneke ‘04 put onfinal touches of makeup in the new dressing roomsin the Marshall Theatre. The new theatre more thandoubles the seating capacity of Pioneer and adds adressing room, a costume room and constructionand design space, as well as classrooms and a lab.

The new Fine Art Gallery in the Miller Fine ArtsCenter attracts a wide variety of alumni, studentsand visitors to view its exhibits.

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hen initial planning for a capital campaign began in 1995,no one had an inkling it would become another definingmoment in the history of Linfield College.But with the closing of Hewlett-Packard’s plant in

McMinnville, an idea, a vision of Linfield for the next 100 years, wasborn. What had started as a $28 million effort mushroomed into a $70million campaign, with the development of the former HP facilities at its heart.

With the campus more than doubling in size, ideas once thoughtimpossible were given new life. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents,individuals, foundations and corporations caught the vision of thosedreams. Thousands of people stepped up to offer money, ideas,enthusiasm and hard work to make them reality.

Today those dreams have come true for many people. A newlibrary, a new theatre, a new art gallery have all enhanced the learningenvironment at Linfield. New endowed scholarships are helpingstudents fund a Linfield education. The Collaborative ResearchEndowment has been strengthened to give students hands-on researchexperience side-by-side with faculty. The Chaplaincy Endowmentenriches campus life. A new track and football field will enhance theexperience of Linfield scholar-athletes.

As always, much remains to be done, including raising funds for amusic building and increasing Linfield’s still modest endowment. Butthe benefits from the “Defining Moment” campaign will echo withstudents and faculty for years to come. It’s another of the historicmoments that define Linfield.

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hen Tori Stannard ‘07sits down to read with9-year-old Cecilia, it’sa toss-up as to who islearning more.

Stannard is one of 19 studentsfrom Linfield Spanish classes who arestrengthening their Spanish skillswhile helping English LanguageLearners (ELL) with homeworkduring Power Hour, an after-schoolprogram in the McMinnville SchoolDistrict.

With every book read, everymath problem solved and every artproject completed, ELL students arestrengthening their English languageskills, improving study habits andfinding mentors in their Linfieldtutors. ELL students look forward tothe sessions every day, said Wendy(Levig) Autencio ‘88, a third-gradeteacher and site coordinator for theafter-school program at MemorialElementary School. Their relation-ships with Linfield students gobeyond the classroom, she said.

“Linfield students show up atsoccer events because the kids feelcomfortable enough to ask them,”she said. “It (creates) a good bond.”

Kathleen Fraser ‘02, volunteercoordinator for the after-schoolprogram, agrees.

“Not only are the studentsoffering their Spanish skills, they’realso acting as role models,” Frasersaid. “Elementary kids can havethe college student role in theirminds as something they’ll want todo. That’s important.”

Power Hour is just one of manyprograms in which Linfield Spanishstudents provide language assistance.This strong commitment to helpingothers is encouraged by facultymembers such as Violetta Ramsay,associate professor of Spanish.

“I’ve always thought that theone who gives is the one who ben-efits the most,” Ramsay said. “Givingservice to another is key if we aregoing to improve the world.”

In addition to volunteering afterschool, Linfield students also trans-late during conferences and familynights. Their presence is part of aconcerted effort by the McMinnvilleSchool District to bridge the com-munication gap between Spanish-speaking parents and the school,Autencio said.

“Parents of kids who are Spanish-speaking are shy to come in and askquestions because of the languagebarrier,” she added. “But we’ve seenan increase in our Spanish-speakingfamilies attending conferences.They’re feeling safe and comfortablecoming to functions at our school,knowing someone is here to help.”

Using her languageskills to

help others is the reason Stannard,a political science major fromLogsden, takes part in the program.Although she communicates mostlyin English to help the children withtheir language skills, she sometimesexplains elements of the lesson inSpanish so they understand it better.

“I really feel like I’m usefulthere. My skill is needed,” saidStannard, whose Spanish has beenstrengthened by the real-worldinteractions with children who oftenspeak faster and ask different ques-tions than her Linfield professors.

Miranda Kenton ‘07, an elemen-tary education major from WhiteCity, spends two hours each week inthe schools.

“I can practice my Spanish skillsand help in the community at thesame time,” said Kenton, who has aSpanish minor. “(The elementarystudents) think it’s cool that someoneis willing to talk with them in theirown language. I tell them they’rehelping me, and they like that.”

– Laura Davis

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he memory haunts Ashlee Weimar ‘04. A teenager with a swollen face entered the

hospital in Swaziland, Africa, and told of a yearof continuous nosebleeds.

“This girl has advanced leukemia and I knowshe will die because there is no chemotherapy inSwaziland,” Weimar thought as she listened.

Two weeks later Weimar stood helplessly by as the girlsuffered her last nosebleed. Weimar knew then that she didnot want to watch 16-year-olds die due to lack of treat-ment; she wanted to help them leave African hospitalshappy and healthy.

Weimar’s internship in Swaziland – arranged throughLinfield’s cooperation with Oregon State University – wasa world away from her home in Arlington, a small townon the Columbia River. As she administered vaccinationsto animals on the family farm, she developed an interest inscience. Today, Weimar, with her biochemistry degree inhand, looks back on these chores as the catalyst thatsparked her goal to be a doctor in Africa.

Weimar was based at the Good Shepherd Hospital inthe Lubombo Region of Swaziland. Originally a missionhospital, it had six doctors and 10 medical departments.She rotated through the hospital departments, observingpatients with tuberculosis, counseling mothers about pre-venting HIV transmission to their children, and learning

everything she could about medical treatment in Africa.Swaziland faces a number of health crises including

AIDS. More than 38 percent of the adults are HIV-posi-tive, and when Weimar was there no anti-retroviral drugswere available. Many people refuse testing and ignore edu-cation efforts, Weimar said, because of cultural pressure.

Health care services throughout the country are poorto non-existent. Many patients travel 80 miles or more toGood Shepherd because it provides some of the besthealth care in the country.

One woman, left untreated for seven days in a gov-ernment hospital, died at Good Shepherd after her fam-ily had brought her 70 miles hoping she would receivetreatment there.

Weimar’s experiences deepened her conviction topursue a medical degree and also made her grateful for herhome and family.

“I told myself every day how blessed I was to have myfamily behind me and to have grown up in a place whereno opportunities were held back,” she said.

Weimar returned to Africa with the January Termclass Emergence of Modern Ghana. Although the class didnot focus on the health care system, Weimar had theopportunity to meet with a doctor who operated a freeclinic supported entirely by donations and volunteerwork.

“It was pretty amazing to see the communities pulltogether,” said Weimar.

Most of Africa has an overwhelming need for orthope-dics, surgery and general practice, areas Weimar may pursue.She hopes to attend a medical school that offers programsin international health, HIV studies and rural health.

Robert Wolcott, professor of chemistry, called Weimarone of the most capable students he has taught at Linfield.

“She has a very strong drive to succeed at whatevershe undertakes, which translates into an unusually positivework ethic,” Wolcott said.

Weimar passionately wants to return to Africa, but sheis torn about where she will ultimately practice. Shebelieves she could make a huge difference if she practicedmedicine in the United States, and donated part of herincome to a medical organization in Africa.

She is haunted by the image of that one girl inSwaziland.

“To ease one person’s suffering, that would beenough,” she said.

– Laura Graham ‘07

A commitment to service

Tori Stannard ‘07, right, works with 9-year-old Cecilia Ramirez, a third-grader in the class of Wendy (Levig) Autencio ‘88, duringPower Hour at Memorial Elementary School. Stannard volunteerstwo hours a week with English Language Learners to help children with their studies and polish her Spanish skills.

Ashlee Weimar ‘04 talks with villagers during a January Term trip to Ghana. Weimer’sdream is to help improve health care in Africa after she completes a medical degree.

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Linfield President Vivian A. Bull, local businessman and Linfield volunteer Jeff Kizer andathletic director Scott Carnahan ‘73 kicked off a renovation of Maxwell Field with a ground-breaking ceremony in March. The running track is being reconfigured and an artificial surfaceinstalled on the football field. The new track will use modern metric standards and will beresurfaced with a polyurethane finish which is expected to last 10 to 12 years, some sixyears longer than other surfaces. The football field is being shifted to the east to create abuffer between the track and the stadium. FieldTurf, a grass-like surface which is the latestinnovation in sports-turf technology, is being installed on the football field. It looks andfeels like natural grass, but needs no maintenance. Funding for the $1.1 million projecthas been donated by private individuals. The field was stripped of its natural turf (center)and the FieldTurf was installed (bottom) beginning in May. The field will be ready for theWildcats' home football opener Sept. 11 against Western Oregon.

‘Cats again best in NWCFor the third time in four years, Linfield College has

been named the top athletics program in the NorthwestConference. Linfield won the McIlroy-Lewis All-SportsTrophy for 2003-04, recognizing athletic excellenceamong NWC institutions. Linfield won or shared sixNWC championships, including volleyball, football, men’ssoccer, women’s tennis, softball and baseball.

“It’s nice to be able to show consistency throughoutall our programs,” said Scott Carnahan ‘73, director ofathletics. “Winning the all-sports trophy is a tribute tothe total effort of a lot of people. It takes quality stu-dent-athletes, great support people, and a committedcoaching staff and administration.”

Several Linfield teams enjoyed significant seasons. Thevolleyball team won its first NWC championship in 14years, the softball team reached the top of the conferencefor the first time since 1986 and the baseball team claimeda share of the league title for the first time since 1999.

BaseballThe Wildcat baseball team achieved one of the best

seasons in school history, winning a record 32 games.Sixteen Linfield baseball players received recognition onthe Northwest Conference all-star team. Coach ScottCarnahan ‘73 shared NWC Coach of the Year honorswith Pat Bailey of George Fox University. TheWildcats earned a berth in the NCAA Division IIIWest Region, but were eliminated after three games.Five Wildcats were named to the Baseball CoachesAssociation All-West Region Team.

SoftballThe softball team ended the most successful season

in its history at 37-9, and clinched the NWC champi-onship. Nine Wildcats received recognition on theNWC all-star team for 2004. Three Linfield playersreceived recognition on the National Fastpitch CoachesAssociation all-region team and five were recognized foroutstanding play at the NCAA Division III WestRegion tournament in Orange, Calif. Third-yearcoach Jackson Vaughan ‘97 was named NWC Coach ofthe Year after leading the Wildcats to a strong showingat the NCAA Division III regional tournament.

Women’s TennisThe women’s tennis team captured its third straight

NWC championship, posting an 18-5 overall record andsetting a new record for most victories in one season.For the second straight year, Linfield went 14-0 in con-ference play, extending its unbeaten streak against NWCteams to 33 matches.

Meryl Witt ‘07, cross country and track

Home platereunion at Helser Field

Casey Powell ‘97, second from right,head baseball coach at WhitmanCollege, went head-to-head with collegecoaching mentors when the Whitmanbaseball team took on the Wildcats inApril. A strong staff of alumni coaches is key to the success of the Wildcatbaseball team. Varsity baseball coaches,from left, include Jim Ray ‘79, assistantcoach; Scott Brosius ‘02, assistant coach;and Scott Carnahan ‘73, head coach.Also lending their experience are Jarvis Gomes ‘95, varsity scout; Joe Smith ‘93, head junior varsitycoach; and Ike Ellis ‘03, assistant junior varsity coach.

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Hometown: Albany

Major: Accounting, with an economics minor

Career ambition: Certified publicaccountant

Track and field achievements: Placed second at theNorthwest Conference championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, breaking the Linfield record by more than two seconds. Also placed third in the NWC in the 5,000.

Cross country achievements: Was the first freshman andsixth overall finisher at the NWC championships in November.Earned all-West Region honors after placing eighth at theNCAA Division III regional meet. Honored as an AcademicAll-American by the U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association.

Her coach, Garry Killgore, “has helped me improve somuch this year. He listens to everything we say and cares abouteach one of us. He wants us to be happy with our performanc-es. He offers support for academics as well as athletics.”

Future goals: “To keep improving. To make it to the NCAAchampionships in cross country and track. To do well in classesand maintain a high GPA.”

Other campus activities: Assistant to the Associated Studentsof Linfield College vice president for finance, Linfield ActivitiesBoard business manager.

Chose Linfield because “I like the small class sizes. Everyprofessor I’ve had has known me on a first-name basis. I like thesmall atmosphere, rather than a big university where you can getlost in the crowd. The liberal arts classes make you a more well-rounded person and I wanted that. Plus, the people are thefriendliest and the atmosphere is so nice.”

Favorite professors and classes: Stephen Bricher ‘86 (calcu-lus), Randy Grant (economics) and Michael Jones (accounting)“I haven’t had a bad teacher here. They’re all so good.”

Linfield connection: Two brothers, Aaron and Ryan Heisinger,both ‘00. While still in high school, Meryl began making regularvisits to Linfield to watch her brothers play football.

Justin Johnson ‘05 discusses his experiment, which measures the speed of sound, with Rick Wills ‘88, CEO, presidentand chairman of the board of Tektronix, Inc. Johnson is using one of 10 oscilloscopes donated to the PhysicsDepartment by Tektronix. Wills visited campus in April to present a physics colloquium, tour the Bob JonesAdvanced Physics Lab and meet with students and faculty.

Renew. Reconnect. Rekindle.2004 Homecoming Oct. 14-16Special Reunions1944, 1954, 1964, 1979, 1989, Decade of ’90s, Sigma Kappa Phi, Delta Psi Delta, Camellia Bowl Team

Special programs, events and activities for all alumni include:

• Theatrical performances “On the Bricks”• “Classes without Quizzes” with Linfield faculty• Special showing of “Dream to Fly: Howard Hughes and

the Flying Boat”• Exclusive tour of Maysara Winery with winemaker

Jimi Brooks ’89• Family friendly programming featuring children’s activities• Wildcats vs. Southern Oregon, Maxwell Field

www.linfield.edu/alumni/homecoming.phpFor more information or updated schedules call 503-883-2547 oron thewebon theweb

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Late October: NorthernCalifornia eventsDec. 11: Alumni holiday event at“The Grotto”Dec. 11: Salvation Army GivingTree service project

Got news?Have you changed jobs? Received

a promotion? Returned to school?Received another degree? Started abusiness? Did you get married orhave a baby in the last 12 months? If you have news for your classmatesand other Linfield friends, send a noteto: alumni@linfield.edu with “classnotes” in the subject line or mail it to Class Notes, Linfield Magazine,900 SE Baker St., McMinnville, OR97128-6894.

Return to campus sparks memoriesI will never forget my first

visit to Linfield. I was a senior in high school and my motherand I drove up from KlamathFalls for the campus tour. I hadreceived admissions brochuresbefore our visit, so I knew thatLinfield was recognized nationallyfor academics, and I knew that it had a great athletics program.This trip was exciting for me,and I looked forward to enjoyingthe landscaping and walking intothe handsome buildings I hadseen in photos. But it wasn’tuntil I stepped out of the carthat afternoon that I truly realizedhow striking the Linfield campusis. We made just one collegevisit that day, and that was all weneeded to make. I knew beforethe tour was over that Linfieldwas to be my new home, and anew chapter in my life was soonto begin.

We all have our specialmemories of that “first time” oncampus and those memories are

sure to stay with us throughout our lives. At the same time, we all know thatchange is inevitable. I have changed a good deal in the intervening years, andLinfield has played a real role in many of those changes. Linfield’s campus hasalso been going through a lot of positive change lately, as can be seen by thearticles and photos elsewhere in this publication.

Every opportunity that I have to return to campus (and I return fairlyoften), I take a little walk around observing these remarkable changes. Iencourage you, if you have not yet done so, to take that return tour so thatyou too can see these changes. What better time to return to campus thanOctober 14-16, when so many other alumni will be on campus forHomecoming 2004? There is always something new to see, and what reallyamazes me is even though the size of the campus has grown and new buildings have emerged, it still feels like that same warm welcoming campusthat I first visited years ago.

I hope to see you in October!

Sabrina (Hendricks) Park ’97PresidentLinfield College Alumni Association

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Sabrina (Hendricks) Park ‘97 and Scott Brockett ‘04

Alumni ShortsReturn to Learn

If you’ve ever considered returningto college, now’s your chance. The new“Return to Learn” program givesalumni a 20 percent tuition discounton one Division of ContinuingEducation course per academic year.Contact DCE at 800-452-4176 or visitwww.linfield.edu/alumni/return.phpfor more information and courseofferings.

Recruit a Future WildcatAlumni are pitching in to help

boost Linfield’s recruiting effort. The college has received 111 fee-waived applications through theRecruit a Future Wildcat program,nearly all of which were from admissible candidates. Alumni can get a future student’s application feewaived by sending information to the Office of Admission. For moreinformation, contact the Office of Admission at 800-640-2287,admission@linfield.edu, or www.linfield.edu/alumni/fee.php

E-Cat enhancementsE-Cat, the online newsletter, will

kick off its third year with a newfour-color design. Take a moment toupdate your e-mail address withLinfield to receive alumni information,including the E-Cat newsletter andnotices of alumni events in your area.E-mail addresses will be used forLinfield purposes only.

Pencil us in:July 18: Portland MetropolitanZoo, service projectSept. 18: SOLV beach cleanup,service projectSept. 30-Oct. 2: Olympia, Tacoma,Seattle area eventsOct. 2: Pacific Lutheran Universitypre-game eventOct. 3: Portland Marathon volun-teer action team, service projectOct. 8-9: Family WeekendOct. 14-16: Homecoming

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1920-29Don Stow ‘25 of McMinnville

celebrated his 101st birthday inMarch.

Edna (Sandblom) West ‘25 ofHuntington Beach, Calif., celebratedher 100th birthday with family andfriends April 4.

1950-59Richard and Doris (Chandler)

Wood ‘50 and ‘51 of Palos Verdes,Calif., are active artists, Doris as aprintmaker and Richard as a com-puter artist using images of cells. He is professor emeritus of anatomy at the University of SouthernCalifornia Medical School.

Richard Clark ‘52 of Blaine,Wash., received the Thomas L.George Honorary Lifetime Awardpresented by the Ferndale Record-Journal newspaper for writing PointRoberts USA: The History of aCanadian Enclave and Sam Hill’sPeace Arch: Remembrance of DreamsPast and for founding a communitymusic program in 1990 now knownas the Pacific Arts Association.

Don and Pat (Higgins)Younger ‘57 and ‘56 of Portlandcelebrated their 50th weddinganniversary in August. Prior to thereception they renewed their wedding vows.

Dale and Shirley (Stewart)Moel ‘56 and ‘58 recently movedto Palm Springs, Calif.

Ron McCarty ‘59 of Portland

was a candidate for the MultnomahCounty People’s Utility Districtboard.

Ken Williams ‘55 ofMcMinnville was recognized byLinfield for his years of servicewhen the registrar’s office wasnamed in his honor in April.Williams is registrar emeritus ofLinfield.

1960-69Karen (Reams) Belgard ‘61 of

San Diego, Calif., is a writer andalso has a small at-home business.

Doug Cruger ‘63 of OldOrchard Beach, Maine, is associatedirector of the Maine Council ofChurches. He recently visitedDavid Ray ‘65 of Deer Isle afternearly 40 years.

John V. Armstrong ‘64 and ‘65of Athena is president of theNorthwest Association of SmallBusiness Management Instructorsand vice president of the U. S.Association of Small BusinessEntrepreneurs. He is a professor atBlue Mountain Community College.

Fred von Appen ‘65 is an assis-tant coach at the University ofMontana.

Rita Smith ‘66 of Seattle,Wash., runs GroundworkCommunication, a consulting busi-ness specializing in reducing truancyand promoting recycling. She hasbeen inducted into the WashingtonState Recycling Hall of Fame. She

also works on the Greater SeattleBusiness Association ScholarshipProgram which grants over $50,000annually to support lesbian, gay, bisex-ual and transgender students and stu-dents from lesbian and gay families.

James and Karen (Johnson)Meissner ‘66 and ‘68 live inBothell, Wash. He retired from theU.S. General Accounting Office andshe is retired from teaching.

John Day ‘68 of Sonora, Calif.,has developed “Real Life Accountingfor Non-Accountants” Internetcourse that draws students from 27countries. He recently created anAfghanistan scholarship for thecourse. He also offers a monthlynewletter, The Journal Entry, as wellas accounting e-books.

1970-71Mary (Waller) Strebig ‘71 of

Benicia, Calif., owns and operatesStrebig and Associates, a public rela-tions and marketing firm emphasizingthird-party constituency building. Sheand her husband, Jim, celebrated their32nd wedding anniversary.

Somchit (Koomdumrong)Boonkoom ‘72 of Salem recentlyclosed her Taste of Thai restaurant inSalem.

Kerry Carmody ‘73 ofValencia, Calif., is administrator ofProvidence Holy Cross MedicalCenter in Mission Hills, Calif.,which was named one of America’sbest hospitals by U.S. News & WorldReport.

Nancy Rollins Gantz ‘73 ofIndianapolis, Ind., is an internationalconsultant for Joint CommissionResources, a branch of JCAHO.In addition, she collaborates withuniversities in India, Malaysia andSouth Africa as a professor of nursing.

Ron Callan ‘72 of Winslow,Wash., is an anchor at Fox SportsNorthwest in Bellevue.

David and Louann (Johnston)Reid, both ‘74, of Fort Collins,Colo., edit national publications.Louann is the editor of EnglishJournal, published bi-monthly forsecondary school English teachersby the National Council of Teachersof English. She also teaches Englisheducation at Colorado StateUniversity. David is editor and pub-lisher of Vital Theology, a newsletterproviding theological perspectiveson current events, published 20times a year in print and on-line.

Cris Wyly ‘74 of Ulan Bator,Mongolia, is a postproduction con-sultant for a Mongolian Christianmovie company and teaches videoproduction at the MongolianInternational University. He recentlyjudged an English speech contest atthe Inner Mongolia UniversitySchool of Law in Hohhot, China.

Marshall “Rocky” Wade ‘75of McMinnville was elected to theboard of directors of McMinnvilleIndustrial Promotions.

Kelli (Clark) Tennant ‘75 ofNewberg is a City of Newberg com-munications officer in the 911 centerand has completed her advancedtelecommunicator certificates.

More than a decade after caring for some ofHollywood’s most elite families, Suzanne Hansen‘93 has published her view of life in the trenches of Tinseltown child care.

Hansen spent three years as a nanny for threeSouthern California families, all with ties to theentertainment industry. She has detailed her experiences, both good and bad but mostly comic,in a book, You’ll Never Nanny in This Town Again!The Adventures and Misadventures of a HollywoodNanny.

Hansen juggled power struggles and tempertantrums – from parents as well as children – whilesurrounded by wealth and celebrities during herstint as a Hollywood nanny in the late 1980s.

“The nanny takes care of their kids so they canget other things done,” she said. “And then they goon ‘Oprah’ and pretend they’re just like us.”

Hansen’s first position was caring for the family of one of the most influentialtalent agents in the entertainment industry, whom she does not name. She went onto nanny for two more families, Debra Winger and Timothy Hutton, and DannyDeVito and Rhea Perlman, all of whom were devoted parents, Hansen said.

Private planes, lavish vacations, personal shoppers and a social circle thatincluded the likes of Tom Cruise, Steve Martin, Barbara Walters and others werethe norm. Hansen remembers with startling clarity the moment she realized theextravagance of her surroundings on her first job.

“One painting in the casual family room cost$750,000, and there was another complete artgallery in the home,” she said. “That was my reference point.”

Eventually, Hansen directed her love for childrentoward a new career.

She enrolled at Linfield College, earning abachelor of science degree in nursing, then spentseven years serving as a high-risk labor and deliverynurse, lactation specialist and childbirth educator,before leaving to start a family.

Now with two children of her own, Hansensays the surreal Southern California experiencehelped shape her own expectations of motherhood.

“You don’t get that time back with your children,” she said. “You can always make money,but you don’t get those young years back. Real

friends, a good marriage and feeling connected are the things that are important.”Hansen’s book is available at www.hollywoodnanny.com or from retailers,

including Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.

– Laura Davis

Mark L. Baker ‘78 of Baltimore, Md., wasselected as the 2003 planner of the year for theBaltimore District Corp of Engineers.

Jenny Ulum ‘78 of Eugene, president ofThe Ulum Group, was nominated for theBusiness Journal’s Executive of the Year award.

1980-89Chris Casey ‘82 of Spokane, Wash., has

been named head football coach at Aloha HighSchool.

Steve Lopes ‘84 of Palos Verdes, Calif., iscompleting a doctoral program in education atthe University of Pennsylvania, while still serv-ing as associate athletic director at theUniversity of Southern California.

Vickie-Marie Parker ‘85 of Ashland mar-ried Glen Michael Ward Jan. 3 in Kauai, Hawaii.She is a senior human resources professional forSacramento County.

Peter Stroeve ‘85 of Bellevue, Wash., isbuilding a technology consulting division for NetObjectives, a Pacific Northwest firm, after spend-ing 10 years building ProDX from a startup inhis living room to a $40 million company.ProDX was one of the fastest-growing compa-nies in Portland for three consecutive years andvoted the best company to work for in Oregonin 2001. He was selected one of the “40 under40” in 2002 and was named CEO of the monthin July 2003.

Elizabeth Renaud ‘88 of New York, N.Y.,is attending the Swedish Institute for MassageTherapy. She plans to graduate in Decemberand specialize in sports massage.

Lisa (Vigil) Schattinger ‘89 of Cleveland,Ohio, and her husband, Doug, had a son,Benjamin Charles, Jan. 23., their first. Lisa is awomen’s health nurse practitioner working atPlanned Parenthood.

Jeanie (Pugh) Fuji ‘88 of Yamagata, Japan,wrote The Japan Lacking in the Japanese (nipponjinni wa, nihon ga tarinai), which describes herencounters with traditional culture and herperspectives on cultural differences as the propri-etress of an established inn at a hot springs resortin northern Japan. She describes her experienceat Linfield and participation in the study abroadprogram at KGU which led to her participationin the Japan Exchange Program.

1990-99Elizabeth Ann Maisel ‘90 of Forest Grove

works in the recovery room at TualityCommunity Hospital in Hillsboro.

Phil Bauer ‘90 of Cumming, Ga., is seniorstaff counsel at Scientific Games International,Inc. in Alpharetta.

Debbie (Hansen) Harmon ‘90 ofMcMinnville and her husband, Robert, had ason, Jacob Tyler, May 5. Debbie is the directorof capital giving at Linfield.

Kevin Curry ‘92 of Tigard is a co-founderof Campaign Reports, LLC, which recentlyannounced a new online campaign finance pro-gram designed to assist political action commit-

Hollywood homelife

Suzanne Hansen ‘93

Tamara (Lanning) SchumanGSH ‘71, BSN ‘84, this year’srecipient of the LloydenaGrimes Award for Excellencein Nursing, has been a nurse, ateacher and an innovator.

Although now retired, sheworked as a labor and deliverynurse, a Lamaze childbirthinstructor and in home health.

She found her niche while working on her master’sdegree at Oregon Health and Science University in1984 when she was first introduced to computers –destined to become an integral part of her career.

By the time Schuman completed her master’s innursing in 1986, she was a research associate in the

Office of Research Development Utilization atOHSU. She was one of the first to train nurses touse computers for graphics and statistical purposes.

In 2002, she was named the director of theClinical Learning Lab. Simultaneously Schuman wasnamed co-director of the OHSU Patient CareSimulation Center, a national model for nursingschools. Using simulation to help train health carestudents before entering a clinical setting was a newconcept, Schuman said. Changes in health caredelivery mean that patients often experience shorterhospital stays that are far more acute.

“Simulation provides students a chance to learn about patients, pumps and procedures beforepresenting themselves at the bedside,” she said.

Tamara (Lanning)Schuman ‘71

Schuman receives Grimes Award

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Journal listed it as the seventh fastestgrowing company in Oregon. TheYoung Entrepreneurs Organizationnamed it the fastest growing companyin Oregon managed by an executiveunder 40.

Matt and Amanda (Schuette)Fischer ‘98 and ‘00 live inPrineville where she teaches firstgrade and he works in youth min-istry and is a substitute teacher.

Jolene Koester ‘98 of Burien,Wash., married Donald SichmellerFeb. 20.

Jim Allm ‘98 of Monmouthmarried Jennifer Purkey Aug. 30.He manages Enterprise Rent-a-Carin Salem.

Kelly Kramer ‘99 of Tigardmarried Ryan Matsushima Aug. 9.She teaches second grade in LakeOswego.

Robert Gunderson ‘99 ofNorth Bethesda, Md., completed hismaster’s in forensic science at GeorgeWashington University and worksfor the FBI in the Washington FieldOffice.

Kristen Joice-Ballew ‘99 ofMedford and her husband, Steve,had a daughter, Maree, March 14.

Sarah Phillips ‘99 of Keizermarried Chris Matheny Jan. 10.

Gilbert Dewey ‘99 of Hillsboro

and his wife, Nicole, had a son,Samuel Nathan, April 8.

2000-03Kerri Babin and Seth Otto,

both ‘00, were married Aug. 2.They are attending graduate schoolat the University of Texas at Austin.

Yarmela Pavlovic ‘00 ofPhiladelphia, Pa., graduated fromthe University of Michigan LawSchool and is an associate at thefirm of Pepper Hamilton LLP.

Shelby Darland ‘00 of Quincy,Mass., received her master’s inforensic nursing from FitchburgState College in May.

Jay M. King ‘00 of Tallahassee,Fla., received his master’s in theatrestudies from Florida State Universityin May. He has written a play, TheInfamous Samantha Wiggins, whichwas produced in June by TheatreSoutheast.

Jennifer Silveus ‘00 of CoosBay married Jeremiah Konen March20. She has applied to the nursingprogram at Southwest OregonCommunity College.

Trevor Phillips ‘00 of New

Haven, Conn., was awarded a HowardHughes Medical Student ResearchFellowship and is spending the yearresearching diabetes at Yale University.

Michelle Mallory ‘01 of NewHaven, Conn., works at a localaccounting firm.

Kara Beer ‘01 of Hillsboro mar-ried Tyson Ferris Jan. 17.

Christopher Lindsey ‘01 ofPortland is a community liaisonpolice officer with the PortlandPolice Bureau. He recently receivedcommendations from the centralprecinct staff, the SAIC and thePortland office of the FBI forapprehending a bank robber indowntown Portland.

Roger Bighill ‘01 of Warrentonis associate executive director ofCoast Rehabilitation Services, anon-profit agency serving adultswith developmental disabilities.

Rebecca Nielson ‘01 ofAuburn, Wash., married SeanWeaver Oct. 3. She is a humanresources manager for Target Corp.

Rebecca Stevens ‘01 ofKlamath Falls is pursuing a master’sin education with an endorsementin ESOL and bilingual education atSouthern Oregon University. She istaking classes while teaching secondgrade in Klamath Falls.

Chris Rogers ‘01 of Olympia,Wash., works at Wells FargoFinancial.

Kristi Kallberg ‘01 ofCalabasas, Ca., has earned anAmerican Bar Association paralegalcertificate.

Tia Stutzman ‘01 ofWashington, D.C., married AndrewOver in December. She works as awriter/editor in public affairs atNASA headquarters.

Timothy Asay ‘02 and MeghanJuretic ‘01 were married Jan. 3.

Tim Schuette ‘02 and BeckyHadley ‘03 were married Dec. 27.They live in Tualatin. Becky is a mathteacher at Sunrise Middle School inClackamas and Tim is athletic trainerat Aloha High School.

Darren Heath ‘02 of Gary,Ind., is playing baseball with theSouthShore RailCats.

Eric Anderson ‘02 ofStanwood, Wash., is a loan officerfor Allied Home Mortgage.

David Russell ‘03 of HooperBay, Alaska, married Sara Levy July19. He teaches high school.

Darren Haworth ‘03 ofRedlands, Calif., is a graduate assis-tant coach for men’s and women’stennis at the University ofRedlands.

tees with the state’s report filing requirements.Mike Nelson ‘91 of Rolla, Mo., is an assis-

tant professor of psychology at the University ofMissouri at Rolla.

Alexa (Culbreth) Croft ‘91 of Dallas,Texas, operates LEKS Creative, a full-servicemarketing communications company.

Alex Woodward ‘92 of Tigard is a seniorresearch analyst responsible for covering the tech-nology sector for Mazama Capital Management,Inc.

Jason McGary ‘92 of Kirkland, Wash., andhis wife, Shá, had a daughter, Havana JadenAntonia, May 4.

Sharon Boyle ‘93 of Terre Haute, Ind., is anassistant professor of music therapy and thecoordinator of undergraduate music therapy atSaint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana.

Raina Dey ‘93 of Newberg and her husband,Jefferson Mildenberger, had a son, Miles Jefferson,Nov. 11.

Emily (Massengill) Erickson ‘93 of BatonRouge, La., is an assistant professor at LouisianaState University and teaches media law in theManship School of Mass Communication.

Kari (Axelson) Burnside ‘93 of Portlandand her husband, John, had a son, JackChristopher, Sept. 8. She is a specialty care rep-resentative with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

Eric Fetters ‘93 of Lake Stevens, Wash., andScott Nelson ‘94 of Sherwood won Best inBusiness 2004 awards from the Society ofAmerican Business Editors and Writers. Fettersis a reporter with the Everett Herald and untilrecently, Nelson was staff writer at The BostonGlobe. They won the award for breaking newsstories written last year.

John Colbourne ‘94 of Portland has beennamed Eastside District manager for WellsFargo. He will oversee 14 Wells Fargo stores.

Michele (Harris) Burnett ‘94 ofBeaverton and her husband, John, had a son,Grant Alexander, in February.

Kevin and Nicole (Beguin) DiPasquale‘95 and ‘94 of Highlands Ranch, Colo., had adaughter, Lauren Ann, Feb. 7.

Toni (Rogers) Ketrenos ‘95 of Portlandand her husband, Mark, had a son, TaborWilliam, Nov. 4.

Christine Davis ‘95 of Phoenix, Ariz., andJonathan Dessaules were married Feb. 6. She isan attorney.

Malinda Albert ‘95 of Portland and herhusband had a son, Karver Eli Albert-Davis,March 17.

Capt. Justin Cole ‘96 of Hermiston is sta-tioned with the U.S. Army 4th Infantry inTikrit, Iraq.

Chris Patterson ‘96 of Tigard marriedChristin Miner March 27. He is a corporatecollections coordinator for Integra Telecom.

Brian Simpson ‘96 of Arlington, Va., and hiswife, Tricia, had a daughter, Megan Reilly, Feb. 15.

Mike Westphal ‘96 of Bloomington, Ind., isassistant swimming coach at Indiana University.

Paul Williams ‘97 of Portland is presidentand CEO of ISITE Design which has receivedseveral awards. Inc Magazine named the companyto its Inc 500 List as the 83rd fastest growingprivate company in the U.S. Portland Business

A Linfield alumnus is opening eyes to art whilestrengthening a local community.

Seth Johnson ‘03 has launched ONE, OpeningNew Eyes, a drop-in café for art enthusiasts in Amity.

“I have wanted to do something like this forquite a long time,” said Johnson, who heads up theASPIRE mentorship program at McMinnville HighSchool. “There was not much going on for the kidsin Amity. There’s no theatre or bowling alley, and ifyou’re younger than driving age, you’re stuck.”

Framed by 130-year-old brick walls and loftyceilings, the 2,000-square-foot building houses anInternet café, theater and performance space, alongwith comfortable chairs and couches for relaxing.Music by local musicians plays in the background,while art books, magazines and board games sit near-by, ready to be played or read. Food and beveragesare available as well.

The café is filled with paintings, sculpture, glass-work and other creations by local Yamhill Countyartists. The café’s schedule is peppered with enter-

tainment opportunities – music performances, openmic nights, poetry readings, documentary screenings,and artist talks, to name a few.

Mills, chair of the Linfield Art Department andan Amity resident, said ONE provides a healthy andcultured place for young people, while givingLinfield students a place to read, exhibit and performtheir work.

“Linfield students can now gain internship experience in a modest start-up community centeras it goes through the inevitable financial strugglesand finds its natural patronage,” Mills added.

Johnson, himself a poet, earned a bachelor’sdegree in English at Linfield.

“I’ve always wanted my life to be an art exer-cise,” he said. “I’d like it to be something that’s aesthetically pleasing and meaningful. This has been a lot of fun and very fulfilling for me. I feel like I’m contributing something, and not just paying the bills.”

–Laura Davis

ONE: center celebrates eye-opening artHis art is the wineJimi Brooks ‘89 is both an artist and

a farmer.Winemaking is his art, but his finished

product is subject to the whims of mother nature.

Winemaking is a far cry from Brooks’studies at Linfield, where he majored inmass communication. Shortly after gradu-ating, he took his first extended tripabroad, traveling and working for a yearprimarily in North Africa and France. He later returned to Europe and got hisstart in the wine industry, working in theBeaujolais region of France. He planned to attend school there, but instead returned to Oregon and eventually began workingat WillaKenzie Vineyard.

“They told me that whatever I thoughtI was going to learn in France, I wouldlearn more with them,” Brooks remembers.

At WillaKenzie, Brooks established hisown label, Brooks Wine/Morne Wine Co.In 1998, his first year, he produced 350cases of wine using the facilities there.

Brooks is now the head winemaker at Maysara Winery, owned by Moe Momtazi, a member of Linfield’s Board ofTrustees. They share similar approaches to farming and winemaking, focusing onorganic and biodynamic farming to take advantage of what the land has to offer.

The artistry of winemaking is what attracts Brooks, as well as the ability towork outdoors and the challenge of producing a quality wine, whether it is a cold, hot, wet or dry year.

“Every year is different,” he said. “Wine is subject to what mother nature givesyou so you are challenged by certain things. Every year is a little different and that’swhere the farming becomes very important.”

In addition to serving as winemaker for Maysara, Brooks also uses its facilitiesfor making his own wine, but on a smaller scale. Last year Maysara produced 7,000 cases of wine, while Brooks Wine produced 1,800 cases. Most of the wineproduced is Pinot Noir, the signature wine of the Willamette Valley.

“Pinot Noir is the holy grail of wines,” Brooks said. “If you can make pinot,you can make anything.”

Brooks dreams of eventually owning a winery, but nothing large. For him, thisis a lifestyle. He wants to remain small, making enough money to run the business,but with no vision of getting rich.

“I’d rather just focus on quality and doing something I feel comfortable with,”he said. “I love what I do, and I want to make the best wine that I can make.There’s a lot of wine out there that’s good. It’s just a matter of style. For every person who doesn’t like my wine, there will be 10 who do.”

– Mardi Mileham

Jimi Brooks ‘89

His is a calm voice of reason amid countries in crisis.Nearly a decade after he retired from the

Washington State Supreme Court, the steady voice ofJustice Robert Utter ‘52 continues to encourage therule of law, often in countries around the world. Utter isa volunteer for the Central European and Eurasian LawInitiative (CEELI) Institute, a public service project ofthe American Bar Association that brings law to newand emerging democracies throughout the world.

Utter, who spent 24 years on the Washington StateSupreme Court and served as chief justice from 1979to 1981, now finds himself assisting with dispute reso-lution and judicial seminars, establishingcourts and constitutions, advising onadministrative procedures and teachingcourses on international criminal law,international commercial law, interna-tional human rights law and anti-cor-ruption law at the CEELI Institute inPrague.

Last year, Utter assisted the Moldovangovernment in negotiations for a newconstitution and took part in an annualjudicial conference in Albania. His travelshave taken him to Bulgaria, Russia,Latvia, Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Serbia, the Czech Republic and a host ofother countries.

“I was always interested in international law and theimpact of democracy on new societies,” said Utter, whowas asked to take part in the CEELI program while onthe Supreme Court and teaching constitutional law atSeattle University. “This was a way to do that. Like every-thing good that’s happened in my life, it was done byaccident, not by plan. It’s been a wonderful adventure.”

With 50 years of law experience to his credit, Utterhas witnessed a myriad of changes since earning his J.D.from the University of Washington School of Law in1954. That same year, desegregation was launched byBrown vs. Board of Education, the landmark SupremeCourt decision aimed at ending segregation in publicschools. Utter has also seen a monumental leap in theempowerment of women, and said he’s been impressedby the sensitivity of law and society regarding full uti-lization of women’s talents.

Utter is accompanied on most trips by his wife of50 years, Betty (Stevenson) Utter ‘53, a retired teacherand counselor who teaches graduate-level counseling atSt. Martins College in Washington. Betty typicallyteaches English during the trips.

Their marriage has flourished over the yearsbecause of a solid foundation based on religious faith,similar values and a commitment to working things out,Utter said.

“Linfield was a marvelous place to find someonelike this,” he said. “The simple fact is that (Betty) is themost important thing in my life. Nothing I have accom-plished could have been done without her encourage-ment and support. We have been partners in everythingin our lives.”

In addition to volunteering for CEELI, Utter iscalled upon in the same capacity by the U.S. State

Department and the U.S. Agency forInternational Development. His commit-ment to volunteerism has been recog-nized by a number of organizations, mostrecently by the American Bar Associationwhen he was named Volunteer of the Yearfor his work with developing countries.Yet he remains modest about his accom-plishments.

“My work is a small pebble comparedwith what others do,” he said. “It’s been agreat privilege. The greatest has been tosee the dedication of people around theworld under incredible circumstancesworking to develop the rule of law in

their own countries.“I’m thankful that I’ve been able

to help develop democratic institutions in other countries.It’s incremental, with no dramatic results. You do it with the hope that itwill make a differenceto somebody. But noguarantees.”

– Laura Davis

Teaching the rule of law

“My work is

but a small

pebble com-

pared with what

others do.”

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In memoriamEvelyn (Harrington) Tunnell

Jones ‘34 of West Linn on Dec. 12.Louis Courtemanche Jr., ‘34

of La Jolla, Calif., on Oct. 30.Survivors include a son, Craig ‘64.

Rose Ann (Bloom) Schnitzer‘36 of Portland on Nov. 21.

Philip J. Petersen ‘38 of CoosBay on Jan. 26, 2003.

Calla (Holloway) Rice ‘39 ofLake Oswego on May 2.

Howard Roth ‘40 ofKennewick,Wash., on Feb. 11.

Virginia (Butler) Rickel ‘41 ofSpokane, Wash., on Jan. 4, 2002.

Mary (Buckingham) Vaux ‘41of Silverdale, Wash., on March 20.

Donald H. Thompson ‘41 ofLong Beach, Calif., on March 8.Survivors include his wife, Laura(Elden) ‘40.

Yvonne (Trower) Slaughter ‘41of San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2002.

Don G. Sheppard ‘42 of BakerCity on Nov. 26.

Charlotte (Teats) Cline ‘43 ofMcMinnville on Feb. 22.

Henry J. Croes ‘44 of KansasCity, Kan., on Nov. 4.

Rachael (Ballenger) Burchard‘45 of McMinnville on March 23.

Benjamin Pease, Jr. ‘47 ofBillings, Mont., on March 15.Survivors include his wife, Margery(Jordon) ‘47.

Eileen (Neal) Love ‘46 ofTurner on March 15.

Shirley (Wild) Viloudaki ‘47of Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 19.

Aldo H. Cereghino ‘47 ofPendleton on April 6. Survivorsinclude his wife, Dorothy (Taus) ‘49.

Vermoine V. Klauss ‘47 ofSalem on Feb. 14. Survivors includehis wife, Thelma (McPike) ‘49.

Lorna (McPherson) Walker‘47 of Clatskanie on Jan. 18.

Louise C. Lawson ‘48 ofPortland on May 2.

Mildred (Brandaw) Springer‘49 of San Francisco, Calif., on Feb.16, 2003.

Hope Alicia (Degner)Ankeney ‘49 of Portland on Feb.15.

Ralph S. Henry ‘49 of Seattle,Wash., on Jan. 19.

Joyce (Bower) Hargand ‘50 ofSalem on May 5. Survivors includeher husband, Fred ‘50.

Winthrop H. Ware ‘50 ofFresno, Calif., in February.

Arthur Mehlhoff ‘51 ofSpringfield on Feb. 24.

James A. Howard ‘51 ofTerrebone on June 29, 2003.

Ralph S. Filion ‘51 of Bremerton, Wash., on March 28.

Ernest H. Hippe ‘52 of Salemon May 4, 2003.

Lee G. Smith ‘57 of Portlandon Feb. 1.

Melvin R. Ruark ‘58 ofLewiston, Idaho, on April 3.

James P. McAnally ‘62 ofPendleton on March 18.

Judith (Pribyl) Robinson ‘67of Stevensville, Mont., on Nov. 3.

Gary L. Hill ‘68 of Roseburgon April 13.

Rosemary (Pelt) Lampe ‘69of Hollister, Calif., on Feb. 20.Survivors include a sister, Diane(Pelt) Hedrick ‘73.

William Hockensmith ‘75 ofPortland on March 10. Survivorsinclude a brother, John ‘81.

Michael W. Rudine ‘75 ofPortland on Feb. 6.

William E. Staley ‘75 of St.Paul, Minn., on Jan. 31.

Russell J. Tautfest ‘76 ofAurora on Feb. 22.

Joanne (Wheelbarger) Davis‘77 of Woodburn on May 10.

Joan (Weiler) Willis ‘83 ofWalla Walla, Wash., on Feb. 12.

Gay (Troutman) Tussing ‘84of Warrenton on Jan. 9.

Bartie (Green) Judd ‘02 ofGresham on April 28.

GSHClaramae “Johnnie” (Johnson)

Fajer GSH ‘52 on Jan. 22.

Friends and familyHildegard Kurz of

McMinnville, professor emerita ofGerman, on April 3.

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