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Major Hector New, chief, Clin ical Support Division, of Lyster U.S. Army Com m u nity Hospital at Fort R u cker, advanced to Fellowship status in the American College of Healthcare Execu· tives d u ring its 54th Convocation held in New Orleans, La. Fellows must demon· strate their education, experience, and leadership in the healthcare field over a period of several years and complete a significant project on a subject related to healthcare management.
1 977 steve Chestnut is the new principal of Kiona·Benton Middle School in Benton City, Wash. He and wife, Kellie. live in Grandview, Wash., with their children Matt (five). and Monica (two). Dave Dorothy l i ves in K i r k l a n d . Wash . . w i t h h i s wife. Wendy. a n d t h e i r two children; daughter. J a m ie (four) a,�d son. Timothy (1 5 months). Dave is direc· tor of engineering for a local consulting. su rvey ing and civil engineering f i r m . Wendy works a s a p roject manager for a real estate development company. Debbie and Mike Florian of Kitsap County (Wash.) have two children. Mela· nie (four) and Mark (th ree) Debbie per formed a major piano work by Rachmani noff. a Russian composer. at Sylvan Way Baptist Church. This was her first major performance since the death of her first child at the age of four months in 1 980. P. spencer Norby began his service as pastor of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church. rural Salem. S.D . . NOV. 1 . David and Elizabeth (Allen) Splln· ter had a baby boy. Conrad Gerald. in September and are enjoying their new baby and remodeling their home. David received his MBA in 1 983 and works for Sim pson Investment Co. while Buffie received her M M in 1 986 and is on leave from her K-8 music position.
1 978 Regina Braker teaches at Franklin College Switzerland near Lugano. Switzer land. and lives with husband. John McCal lum. at the American School in Switzer land where he teaches chem istry Captain Ronald and Joyce (suther· land) Hahn are living in Speicher. West Germany, where Ron is stationed and Joyce is home-schooling Elisa (6). Joshua (4). and Steven (1 8 months). Kirk Nelson and wife Patty announce the birth of their son. Kyle Patrick. who joins older brother. Brandon Kirk (2). Kirk works as Utah assistant vice·president and director·external affairs at US WEST Communications in Salt Lake City after working in Denver as d i rector·investor relations for US WEST, Inc. Kevin SChafer, in his fourth year as conductor of the Spokane Youth Sym phony. is also academic vice·principal at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane. Last spring. on sabbatical. he studied with Karl Sinclair at the New England Conservatory and Attilio Poto at Boston Conservatory. On Oct. 25 he guest con ducted the Nebraska Chamber Orches tra. Jon and Karen (Brotherston) Rlv· enburg moved to Portland. Ore. Jon d i rects institutional research at Reed Col lege and Karen works as controller for W i l l iamette Cable TV. Lynda (Ramsey) Silvey is moving with h u s band. B r i a n . to M i n neapolis. Minn .. where Brian will work in the corpo rate headquarters of Cargill. Inc. Dr. Jeff White joined the staff at Riverside Medical and Dental CliniC. He and wife Dea have a 20-month old daughter and l ive near Elk, Wash.
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Betsy (Sundell) Arand married Paul Arand Aug. 20. She works as art and music librarian for the Evanston Public Library. Evanston, III. She completed her master's in l i b ra ry and information sci ence at the University of Illinois in 1 985.
Beth Ann Beyers married Garry Eastbrook in July. She is attending Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berke ley, Calif.
Robert L. and Lisa (Catterall, '81 ) Caulkins live in Bremerton, Wash . . where Robert will b e entering private practice in family medicine with Steffan Tolles (1 979) after completing his family p ractice residency in Tacoma this June. Lisa is retiring from nursing to care for thei r daughter. Jessica. two, and their second child who is on the way. Jean Wiley Huyler has received the prestigious "Woman of Achievement Award" from the National Federation of Press Women. The award cites her achievements in communications, leader ship in the profession and com m u n ity service. She operates Jean Wiley Huyler Communications in Tacoma. Dean and Jill ('801 Knutson · had a baby boy. David Paul in September Dean works in marketing for Holland America Line Cru ises w h i l e J i l l is taking t i me off from the Kent School District.
David D. and Karla (Beck, '781 Olson live in Thompson Falls. Mont .. where David is serving a Montana Synod congregation. He g raduated from Luther Northwestern Theological Sem inary in May; Karla is enjoying being a homemak er. Their children. Katrina and Dieter. are i n third grade and kindergarten BeckY eHalg l and Bill Raymond of Seattle. WaSh . have a new daug hter. E m i ly Anne. born June 1 6. Mary Ann strachota married Eric DeMun this fal l . She works as a regis tered nurse.
Randy and cynthia (NelSOn) Blank a n nounce t h e b i rth of t h e i r daughter Dana Michelle A u g 1 1 . Randy works with General Electric as regional credit manager. Clen Christofferson was recently made vice-president of finance for the Seattle Supersonics basketball team. He and his wife celebrated the birth of their second son. Nathan Quinn. J u ly 8. David Dahl works i n the data pro cessing department of G.I. Joe·s. a sport ing goods department store chain in Ore gon. MIChael Hacker appeared as Tim in the Tacoma Actors' G u ild production of " Noises Off." Larry Knudsen formed a new com pany. Financial Security Group. which special izes in risk management. I n vest ment and estate planning for the individ uaL
Diane ( Baarder) and Dennis Zim· mermann of Puya l l u p . Wash., had a son. David Jon. Feb. 2 3 . David joins sis ters. Bria (five) and Karl i (th ree) Diane enjoys staying home with the c h i l dren but keeps busy teac h i ng private p iano lessons and playing the organ for Our Savior Lutheran Church. DenniS works at Madigan Hospital as a ph armacist.
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Six PLU Alumni On San Diego State U . Facu Ity No less than six PLU alumni serve on the faculty of San Die go State University in San Diego, Calif. David Nesvig '57, a counseling psychologist and professor of counselor education there, is a new member of the PLU Alumni Association board of directors. ''I'd be interested to know if any other college or university, besides PLU, can make that claim," he said recently . Others on the SDSU faculty include Stuart Gilbreath and Car ol Edlund, both '56 grads and both professors in the Depart· ment of Public Administration and Urban Studies; Sam Gange '61 , also a counseling psycholo gist; Paul Steen 54 general man ager of KPBS TV/FM and director of telecommunications and film ; and John Cham ley, associate dean in the College of Education. '
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1 980 Karyn Atkins m a r r ied Dr. P h i l i p L u n d Aug. 6 in University Place Church. Tacoma. Wash . She teaches pre-school spec i a l edu cation for the Ed m onds School District and is com p leting her MA deg ree in early c h i l d hood special education at PLU. Bradley N. Falk of Spokane. Wash. earned the Faternal Insurance counselor deSignation. He works as a Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance district represen tative. Michael Cocke of Phill ips. Schmechel & Gocke was elected president of the Tacoma Chapter of the Washington Soci ety of Certified Public Accountants for
1 988-89. Dr. Robert Holland completed h is residency in Boise. Idaho. and now has a practice and works part-time at the Prai· rie Medical Clinic in Prairie City. He and wife. Karin. and their two children, Kate Iyn (three-and·a·halfl and Benjamin (nine months) live in John Day. Capt. David C. Mooers attends the Air Force Institute of Technology while working toward a n MSEE degree special izing in electromagnetic scattering.
Bradley and Dianne (van DYk, '79) Ohnstad were married this fall in Taco ma. Wash. B radley works for American Airlines and they live in Ar�ngton, Tex. Ruth Johnston Olson and her hus band had their second c h i l d , B r i a n Charles Olson. Sept. 12. Ruth works at University of Washington as manager of conference management. Rick and sue (steen) sander live in Redmond, Wash., after five years in the San Francisco Bay area. Rick works for PACCAR as an internal consultant and Sue is taking six months off from North· ern Telecom as a project manager for the installation of computerized PBX's to be with their son, Kevin Michael. born Jan. 27th. Mark Swanson is stationed at Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Hayward, Calif.
New Centennial Editionl
1 9 90 PLU Alumni Directory Wil l Be The Best Ever - With Your Help! The prestigious Bernard C . Harris Publishing Company of White Plains, N.Y., has been contracted to produce a new Centennial Edition of the PLU Alumni Directory. During the next few months, Harris will mail Questionnaires to each PLU alumnus SOliciting directory information. "We urge our alumni to complete and return the Questionnaires prompt ly," said Alumni Association President Jack Oliver. "If we all participate, this can be the most complete, up·to-date refer ence on PLU's 25,000· plus alumni that has ever been com piled." The attractive, library Quality volume will be the third direc tory published by the association. Previous editions were pub lished in 1980 and 1985. The association has planned new volumes every five years. "Previous editions have been very helpful in developing alumni espirit de corps, " said Director of Alumni Relations Walter Shaw. "They help alums find former classmates. They encourage get-togethers and aid in chapter development by identifying alumni living in various cities and regions. "Now, with the addition of phone numbers for both home and business, the directory will be even more exciting to use, and will be even more exciting to use, and will provide an even broader array of potential uses," he added. Harris Company will begin taking orders for the new publica tion next summer, Shaw indicated.