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1 9 60 – 6 9 Pete McHugh (G67) in December was
inducted into the Scappoose (Ore.) High School Hall of Fame for his contributions as a school administrator and community leader. He retired from the school as principal in 1997 after 20 years with the school district. Awards from the community are not new. He was named Columbia County Educator of the Year in 1984, and in 2001 was honored as South County Citizen of the Year by the St. Helens-Scappoose Chamber of Commerce. He continues as a broker with Windermere-St. Helens Real Estate Inc.
1 9 70 – 7 9 Bill Jackson (G71) was honored in December
with a celebration marking his official retirement at Friendsview Retirement Community in Newberg. The former George Fox University food services head served as Friendsview’s director of dining services from 1999 to 2007, when he took an extended medical leave that included receiving a kidney transplant from his wife, Marilyn (May) Jackson (G72). Peggy Fowler (G73) has been elected
chair of the board of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, parent company of Umpqua Bank. She has served on the company’s board of directors since 2009, the year she retired as chief executive officer for Portland General Electric. She was with the power company for 35 years, the last eight as its top officer. She continues on several other boards, including Cambia Health Solutions, Regence BlueCross/BlueShield of Oregon and Hawaiian Electric Industries, and was on the George Fox University board from 1991 to 2004. Barb (Grinalds) Tusant (G73) and John Tusant
(G74, MA76) are beginning new careers in Mongolia. They left Spokane, Wash., at the
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end of February for five months of training in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, before teaching junior and senior high school English teachers. Working with the English Language Institute, they also will be assigned to assist at a church. He leaves a 15-year career as director of the Greater Spokane Association of Evangelicals, where he worked with pastors to strengthen their ministries. She has been teaching 27 years at Northwest Christian School in Spokane, most recently in the fourth grade. Debbie (Le Shana) Rickey (G76), with lead
author Richard Sagor of Washington State University, is the author of a new book to be released in April 2012 by Sage Publications: The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence: Lessons From a Transformational Leader. The book’s approach to leadership is drawn from the principles and philosophy of the Society of Friends, emphasizing the search for wisdom through personal reflection and community. In the new book, Dea Cox (n53), an honorary George Fox trustee and former board chair
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who joined the board in 1983, shares his own application of Quaker philosophy in his 30 years as a school superintendent in Oregon. Rickey is Office of Dissertations director for the College of Doctoral Studies at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Jim Marshall (GFES76) has authored Code
Billy: 75 Real Life Meditations, published by Dust Jacket. The former musician, pastor and missionary says it is “a collection of lessons I’ve learned from real-life situations,” and in each instance the Bible has had something helpful to say. The name originates with his daughter being released from a rehab hospital after having suffered a massive stroke. When she was leaving, “Code Billy” was announced over the PA system and all the doctors and nurses who had worked with her lined up, clapping and cheering her on.
1980 –89 Brian Barkdull (G83), president and chief
operating officer of American Southwest Credit Union of Sierra Vista, Ariz., reported “quite an emotional time in our community” following the shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords. His headquarters office is across the street from the congressional district’s Cochise County office. In the days after, he and his staff could see the display of flowers and other mementos placed on the doorstep. His firm joined other Arizona credit unions in making donations to funds designated to honor Giffords and the other victims. In November, American Southwest sponsored a bike run in support of the Wounded Warrior Project, raising $7,350. Barkdull personally raised $1,450 by completing the 42-mile El Tour de Tucson bike event on Nov. 29 in 2 hours, 27.28 minutes, earning pledges from his fellow credit union peers.