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C L A S S Rodan ’13, Daniel Rodriguez ’13, and Anthony Nguyen ’14 make up the largest group of UP students to enter OHSU’s medical school in a single semester. Credit and kudos are due to Kyle Flann, who advises UP biology students, and a host of faculty members who taught these students.
MYSTERY SOLVED! In the winter 2014 issue of this magazine we asked readers if they could shed any light on the original copyright owner of the name “University of Portland,” a man named Mark Paulson. Heidi E. K. Senior, reference and instruction librarian in the University’s Clark Library, found the answer in the September 4, 1932 edition of The Oregonian. Paulson, a noted educator in his day, founded “a new educational enterprise in Portland, to be known as the University of Portland,” with a junior college, school of music, college of commerce, and law school. The music school had been established and was located in the Wheeldon Annex Ballroom on Tenth and Salmon Streets. Paulson planned to open the junior college himself, beginning with temporary space in the Guardian Building at Third and Alder streets. According to the article, he held degrees (A.M., J.D., LL.D.) from Minnesota, Chicago, and Oregon. What exactly ever became of the fledgling University of Portland remains unclear; Paulson himself was a business professor here on The Bluff in 1935 and 1936, after relinquishing all rights to the name “University of Portland.”
FACULTY, STAFF, FRIENDS Quite a coup for UP English professor John Orr: his article, “Back to the Future: The Continuing Appeal of The Education of Henry Adams” in the Kenyon Review Weekend Reads on November 14, 2014. The Kenyon Review, we are quick to add, published the works of Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, Saul Bellow, and many other fine writers. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/m44slv8. Sister Maureen Kalsch, SSMO, passed away on January 5, 2015, at the Sisters of Saint Mary of Oregon motherhouse in Beaverton, Ore. After graduating from St. Mary of the Valley in 1973, she began stud-
ies at Oregon State University, and entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon in 1975. She began her teaching career at her alma mater before being assigned to Regis High School (198084), after which she returned to St. Mary of the Valley as a teacher, director of student activities, public relations coordinator, and director of admissions. In 2000, Sr. Maureen became the first woman in the role of associate principal of academics at Central Catholic High School. In 2008, she was the first woman to serve as the interim principal of Central Catholic High School. Sr. Maureen was elected by the Sisters to serve two terms on the Council of the Superior General (2000-2010). Our prayers and condolences. You could hear the excitement when UP staff members Mike and Jessica Wode brought their new baby boy, Gregory, home to Corrado Hall on January 15, 2015. “Dorm baby! “Dorm baby!” echoed through the halls, bringing a veritable stampede of oohing and ahhing young men and women to behold the awesomeness of Gregory Wode, Dorm Baby. Mom and Pop and Gregory are doing just fine, with no lack of babysitters in the near future. See more in the Beacon article at http://tinyurl.com/mwp8bq.
DEATHS Hazel Neiger ’39, October 18, 2014. Thomas Patrick Volk ’41, November 13, 2014. Verna Armstrong ’44, January 13, 2014. Manda ( Brajcich) Gates ’44, August 16, 2014. Martin W. Schmidt ’47, December 10, 2014, Portland, Ore. Alvin Schwerdt ’48, October 31, 2014. Ann Marie Dombrovski ’47, September 28, 2012. Louis Bride ’48, November 22, 2014. Benedictine Abbot Joseph Wood ’49, December 17, 2014. Carl Deiz ’49, December 1, 2014. Dolores Cassinelli, wife of Nick Cassinelli ’49, January 12, 2015. David Ernest Mazzocco ’50,
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N O T E S University of Portland life regent Larry Rockwood passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on November 26, 2014. Where to begin describing this man? Native of Los Angeles, World War II Navy veteran, top honors Caltech alumnus, entrepreneur, avid traveler, high school sweetheart and husband of 65 years to the late Vera Jane Bedwell Rockwood, devoted father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather; lifelong hiker, birder, camper, and photographer— he was all that and so much more to those who were lucky enough to share in his genuine love of life and the world around him. His children, Caren, Jeri, and David; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many friends will miss him, to say the very least. Our prayers and codolences.
January 8, 2015. Emil Nemarnik ’50, January 10, 2015. Suzanne Dorres, wife of Don Dorres ’51, April 9, 2014. Joseph Brugato ’51, December 20, 2014. John Waite ’52, January 7, 2015, Portland, Ore. Richard Doumitt ’54, October 22, 2014. Howard M. “Mark” Budlong ’54, December 28, 2014. William “Bill” Kneeland ’54, June 20, 2014. Kathryn L. Scott ’54, January 19, 2015. Jerry Funk ’56, November 16, 2014, Helena, Mont. Ann Scheuring ’58, October 20, 2014. Robert Keyes ’58, October 6, 2012. Lillian Manning, wife of Arden Manning ’59, November 27, 2014. Dennis “Ace” McCormack ’60, January 15, 2015. Francis Stohosky ’61, October 15, 2014. Sue Ann Galipeau ’63, November 29, 2014, Stanwood, Wash. Sister Joeine Darrington, OSB ’68, February 3, 2015. Terry Rogers ’70, husband of Lynette Rogers ’70, December 18, 2014. Robert Marshall ’71, November
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7, 2014. Timothy Bracy ’76, December 19, 2014. Marjorie Day, wife of Jack Everett Day ’77, December 27, 2014. Paul King Thompson ’82, December 2, 2014. Catherine (Bigelow) Gullickson ’82, November 17, 2014. Carl J. Tercek, father of John Tercek ’83, December 19, 2014. George Edens, husband of Kathryn Edens ’85, father of Sarah Fisher ’78, January 25, 2015. Ben Bocci, husband of Kathleen (Hunt) Bocci ’86, November 14, 2014. Daniel McCormick ’88, January 13, 2015. Patricia Delplanche, mother of Remy ’89 and Michelle Delplanche Sherpa ’01, December 31, 2014. Sharon Capron ’89, July 13, 2011. Richard Lee Mobley, father of Christine Mobley Camara ’96, December 6, 2014. Angie Slifer ’99, October 20, 2014. Delight Cashman ’00, January 7, 2015. Sister Maureen Kalsch, SSMO, January 5, 2015. Larry Rockwood, November 26, 2014.