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Walt Spriggs ’58 was treated to a fishing trip by fellow alumni Will Kessi ’89 and Gwynn Klobes ’08, ’14 and her husband Jeff for his 80th birthday. Walt was the only person in the boat to catch a salmon. Here he proudly displays his catch, a chrome-bright springer, and it seems appropriate that Walt is wearing his lucky UP hat on for his picture. faculty ‘spearheader’ for the first annual JHS Auction-Dinner Fundraiser in 1968. It now generates nearly one million dollars annually. My later administrative work embraced 15 years with Beaverton School District Office of Instruction. However, I chose to resign my position to provide longtime home care for my late, beloved disabled mother. “My ‘retirement years’ still find me very active with Mt. Angel School District at age 80. I handle the publicity and sports info for both the school district office and Kennedy High School, and am perhaps the oldest member of a high school staff in Oregon! I’m including a photo taken of Kennedy High School student body president Hannah Kloft (member of All-State basketball team) and I recently. “As a loyal UP alum, I have channeled several of our Leadership students to the UP campus during the past decade. One of these stellar students is Kurt Berning, former Kennedy High student body president and recent Fulbright Scholar, who is presently serving as hall director at Villa Maria Hall.” Thanks for the note, Vince, it sounds like you’re still in the thick of it there in beautiful Mount Angel, Ore. We heard from Arlene Gowinski Goetze ‘56 on the occasion
of the 80th birthday of the Beacon. She writes: “Your Beacon staff of the last few years have interesting and impressive jobs. What happened to us in the early 1950s? As the first woman editor of the Beacon, I used to spend days at the printer to proofread our text in old fashioned metal type. As an English major I graduated in only three years and spent each year working on the paper. My fondest memory is of being hung in effigy by the ROTC when we printed a cartoon about their party at the Air Base. The heavens poured forth but I learned the ‘value of the word.’ My first freelance writing included articles in the Washington Post, Army Times, and the San Jose Mercury News. We raised seven children while I ran my own communication services—founding and editing the Catholic Women’s Network, an educational nonprofit with a newspaper on women’s spirituality and health. I started the communications office for the first Bishop of San Jose in 1981-85, and wrote diocesan directories and many historical books for San Jose parishes. I also edited two collections of women’s writings, titled Women on the Way and Wisdom Along the Way. For the past four years I have been writing talks and press releases to educate Silicon Valley about fluoride, which will be added to the water in the next 4 years. Now I know my dad was involved in using fluoride in making
N O T E S the A-bomb in the 1940s in Niagara Falls. His body was full of fluoride and he lost all his teeth, as many workers did, and was not allowed to sue for damages. Amazing how things in life come back to us, to fight the same battle as half a century before.” John Radich, husband of Mary Katherine (Arndorfer) Radich ’58, passed away on February 5, 2015, at home with his family. He spent 23 years in the Marine Corps, serving a tour in Vietnam and two in Okinawa. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Mary Katherine; daughters, Darcy Strahan, Kirsten Byers, Gillian Turner, and Alison Dow; son Gregory Radich; brother David Radich; sisters, Joanne Durkin, Mary Jane Radich, Rosalie Yoshida, Helen Sasser, Rita Kay Lundbohm, and Cathy Worrell; and three granddaughters, Emma Byers, Gabby Byers and Lillian Dow. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Robert Joseph Lee ’58 passed away on March 1, 2015. Survivors include his wife, Arlene; children, John Lee and Carolyn Kenney; sister, Pat Taylor; and grandchildren, Sarah and Erin Kenney and Christopher and Katherine Lee. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Dean F. James ’58 passed away on January 13, 2015. in Rock Hill, N.C. Our prayers and condolences. We received a letter from Jane Dean ’58, who writes: “Without the University of Portland’s welcome and their wrapping their arms around me I would not have been able to spend 28 and a half years as a high school teacher and then go on to the College of Idaho to get a master’s degree in counseling. That began 10 more years of work with ninth and tenth graders. “My dad always insisted I go to Marylhurst instead, as my mother died during my tenth grade year and he thought my little sister needed to be near me. But on a trip to Idaho our car was struck by a drunk driver, and Dad and my sister were killed; I had a broken femur. That left my little brother in ninth grade, and me in the hospital. Luckily, the U.S. Army sent my big brother home from duty in the Korean War.
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“Upon healing I entered U. of Portland. I didn’t have nearly enough money, but the University helped four of us out-of-staters live upstairs at Dixons residence on Yale Street. We lived in Villa Maria our last year there. I worked for David Underhill in his office and two different jobs in the UP cafeteria. I didn’t realize it then, but I think UP must have reduced my tuition without a word to me. “I had the best experiences with wonderful faculty such as Father Wheeler, Miss Mary Margaret Dundore, Dave Underhill, Sr., Dr. Zancanella, Father Molter (who had me bring rare plants from Central Oregon) and many others. I consider a number of quality human beings and friends to be a gift from UP as well, including Sally Beumeler and her husband, Mary Lou Daltoso and hubby Dante, Dick and Ilo Berger, and many more. It was a great university and I thank the Lord I was able to attend and for how much help I had.” Thank you for sharing your story, Jane, we’re sure you have been generous with your gifts in return. Barbara Sharkey ’59 writes: “I have many fond memories of classes, teachers, and events from 1955 to 1959, and life-long friendships to cherish. My social sciences focus aided me in social services employment in Oregon and in California from 1959 to July, 1991. Many thanks!” Many thanks to you too, Barbara, for writing and especially for the generous gift which accompanied your note. Charles A. Schaeffer ’62 passed away on April 23, 2015, after a long struggle with dementia. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Maureen; four children; eight grandchildren; and four siblings. He worked for 17 years in the cost accounting department at Del Monte in San Francisco before moving back to Oregon in the late 1970s. He was controller for two agriculture companies until his retirement in 2005. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Keith L. Larsen ’62 died on January 30, 2015, at the age of 80. He joined the Navy straight out of high school and served his country until 1956. He worked as a resident engineer for Rayonier Paper Company in Hoquiam, Wash., from 1962 to 1974. From that