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is the son of retired physics professor Paul Wack and teaches math at Sunnyside Environmental School. Prayers, please, for the family of Jill Jarrett, on the loss of her father, Howard L. Laney on August 3, 2011. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Donna; daughters, Jill Jarrett and Jennifer Laney; son, Scott; two grandchildren; sister, Marilyn Bomer; and numerous nieces and nephews. Our prayers and condolences.
Lending further credence to the belief that our mystery faculty/ staff/alumni photos are waaaay too easy, Class Notes readers had no trouble identifying our fall 2011 faculty member as engineering professor Ken Lulay ’84, who has labored quietly and mightily for the University since joining the faculty in 1998. He can tell you all there is to know about nondestructive testing and inspection, failure analysis, finite element analysis, material science, and a host of other fields that leave us writer types dumbstruck. Thanks to everyone for writing in. So that brings us to the winter 2011 mystery faculty member, pictured at right, who joined the faculty in 1977 and is rumored to be mulling over the possibility of retiring at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year. Her efforts and expertise have consistently garnered local, national, and international acclaim for her department, and she’s a fine and wildly popular teacher to boot. Best guesses to mcovert@up.edu.
’84 HEY! I KNOW HIM! James Williams writes: “I just read my magazine and the mystery faculty member is too easy. It’s Dr. Ken Lulay. Ken and I graduated together in 1984 with our BSMEs and he was also one of my groomsmen at my wedding. We studied together pretty often and thank God we did or I never would have made it. The funniest thing about his picture is that he still looks exactly the same.” Thanks Jim, you’re right, of course, that’s our Dr. Ken, and we did perhaps make this one just a tad bit too easy. James goes on to say: “A lot has transpired since I graduated. I guess the highlights are I'm still married to Meghan, the wonderful woman I met 28 years ago at UP, my daughter Ashley just graduated from UP with her BSN, I’m currently leading the Boeing Tanker Wing and Empennage engineering team, and I retired from the USAF Reserve after 22 years. I can definitely say that none of it would have been possible without the world-class education I received from UP.”
’88 SAD NEWS
help students answer the question “What can I do with my major?” E-mail your name, major (undergraduate), job title, and employer to career@up.edu by December 23. All participants will be entered in a drawing for UP gear.
Jacob; mother, Bernadine Stafford; stepson, Turner Angell and step-granddaughter, Claire; stepdaughter, Emily Angell; brother, Eric; sister, Laurie Beers; and niece, Camille Beers. Our prayers and condolences to the family.
’80 PRAYERS FOR HEIDI
’82 ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON, ELEMENTARY
Heidi Elizabeth Moore Angell passed away on August 11, 2011, after a courageous fight against ovarian cancer. She was an RN at Providence Hospital for over 30 years, but was most proud of her work as an instructor for the nursing program at Concordia College. Survivors include her husband, Townsend Angell; son,
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Ed Wack did some detective work and knows the identity of our fall 2011 mystery faculty photo: “Could Kenneth E. Lulay be the mystery faculty member? I searched engineering faculty, then looked to see who had attended UP. It wasn’t too hard to track him down.” Well done, that’s him, yes. Ed
Levin “Tom” Thomas Fox, Jr. passed away on August 29, 2011. Survivors include his children, David and Julie; brother, Kelly; sisters, Marilyn and Kathryn; and grandchildren, Annika and Sylvie. Our prayers and condolences. The University’s career services office is compiling a list to help students answer the question “What can I do with my major?” We want to hear from everyone; whether you majored in accounting and are working as an accountant or you majored in political science and are working as a marketing web developer. Email your name, major (undergraduate), job title, and employer to career@up.edu by December 23. All participants will be entered in a drawing for UP gear.
’89 A CHANGE OF PACE
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We heard from James Stephenson, who writes: “This past summer Ann, Katie, William, and I moved to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, where I am teaching Leadership at the Air War College. It has not been too big of a transition after having just left Southern Georgia. Surprisingly, it actually feels a bit cooler; but nowhere as nice as in the Northwest! My new email address is james.ste phenson@maxwell.af.mil.”
’97 CONGRATS, LORISSA! Lorissa Hemmer has joined the Bend Memorial Clinic ophthalmology department after working several years as an optometrist in Bend, Ore. She currently serves as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps. She is a member of the American Optometric Association, Oregon Optometric Physicians Association, and Central Oregon Optometric Physician Association, and volunteers with Volunteers in Medicine. Prayers, please, for N. Janine Lenartz and her family on the loss of her husband, James R. Lenartz. He passed away on September 28, 2011. Survivors also include his son, Deaclan; and daughters, Briana ’04 and Caitrin ’08. Our prayers and condolences to the family.
’98 NEW YORK FRAME OF MIND Amber Schley Iragui writes: “I've been living in New York for eleven years now, working as an art director and designer for a small book publisher. In 2007 I got married, and as of December 2010 my husband Charles and I have two kids: Isaiah Clement Thunder turned three in August and Genevieve Rowyn Blaise was born in December 2010. I think of Portland and U of P often, and am so thankful for the beautiful Portland Magazine. Keep up the good work!” Thanks Amber, you do the same.
’01 BABIES, BABIES, EVERYWHERE! Kirsten Ashmore writes: “I have some fun news to share: my UP roommates and I all had babies this year and all between the months of April and July. Megan Moore (then Petrie) had Cormac James Moore on April 15, 2011; I had River William Batcheller on May 12, 2011; Katie Sass (then Sorensen) had Geneva Rose Sass on June 27, 2011; and Michelle Paul (then Hughes)