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’94 A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
We heard recently from Christopher Bonebrake, who writes: “I am a UP alumnus (criminal justice, 2009) and am currently serving in Afghanistan as a public affairs asset for the Oregon National Guard. Recently while on a mission in the Paktiya Province, I ran into two other UP alumni and we took a picture thinking it would be cool to have it featured in Portland magazine. From left to right are 1st Lt. Jack Fine ’09, Air Force air liaison officer; 1st Lt. Sarah Ziaja ’09, Air Force civil engineer; and myself, Sgt. Christopher Bonebrake ’09. The picture was taken on September 4, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Gardez.” Thanks for sharing Christopher, and thanks for serving. Prayers. Eric Mortenson in the September 30, 2012 edition of the Sunday Oregonian. Ted serves as general manager of the longtime SE Portland landmark outdoor store, where he started 20 years ago. According to the story, “The store, on Southeast Grand Avenue, attracts a clientele that includes survivalists, backpackers, paintball fighters, whitewater rafters, urban anarchists, campers, and military collectors.” Suffice it to say that most days at Andy and Bax unfold like an episode of Portlandia.
on KPTV FOX 12 and KOIN 6. You can check out a story at http://tinyurl.com/cvhwwv2. We are helping spread the message of the dangers of distracted driving.”
’93 WELCOME, SALLY! Marc Covert and his wife Julia (Beckner) Covert ’99 welcomed Sally Olive Covert to their family on October 3, 2012. Sally joins her rambunctious big brother Oliver, who turned two on December 12, 2012. Little Sally is, of course, named after her grandmother Sally Covert ’86. All are doing fine and Sally is learning to
’91 GO AND TEXT NO MORE We head recently from Tom McCabe, who writes: “I wanted to share about my company, TextNoMore, a free mobile app that shuts down notifications on your phone when it’s activated. We are unique in that we featured missing children on our app and we reward our users with discounts and deals at local and national businesses. We have been featured on several national shows and in media outlets such at AOL, CNN, and locally
Cheryl Zawaduk writes: “I completed the Simon Fraser University Educational Leadership Doctoral program in 2011. My dissertation is titled: “It Takes a Village: Rural Nursing Preceptorship as Cultural Mediation.” Congratulations on earning your degree, Cheryl!
’97 SAD NEWS Prayers, please, for Michael Yesenofski and his family on the death of his father, Joseph Stanley Yesenofski, on October 23, 2012. Joe met his wife, Helga, while working in Germany, and they married in 1963. They moved back to the United States and eventually settled in Portland in 1978 with their two sons. His career in Oregon included working with Tektronix in Beaverton and Wilsonville, as well as private consulting. Survivors include sons, Joseph Jr. and Michael; grandchildren, Sommer and Dylan; and siblings, Mary-Ann, Nancy, Liz, Bud and Judy. Our prayers and condolences to the family. Jamey Lynn (Bergara) Mariani passed away at her home on November 9, 2012. She worked as a nurse practitioner at Portland Providence in the emergency room, and before that served at Albany Urgent Care and in Brownville. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, and friend, and will be missed by all. Survivors include her daughter, Tayah Mariani; son, Luke Mariani; mother, Dianne Copeland Young; father, Raymond Bergara; sister, Karen Lukesic; and brother, Sean Bergara. Our prayers and condolences to the family.
’99 A UP DREAM TEAM
counter the well-intentioned but excruciating embraces of her big brother, as illustrated
We got a note recently from Carol McClory in the U.P. development office, who writes: “I found a notice in the 1999 University of Portland Report
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which reads like these students were UP’s first ‘dream team’ and indeed they all went on to be very successful in a short time. It read, in part: ’The School of Business’s Business Policy team took first place in their division at the International Collegiate Business Policy competition in San Jose in early April, the first time a team from the University has accomplished such a feat. Team members Chris Mallory, Dan Watson, Anna Mimnaugh, Randi Mimnaugh, Ron Sherman ’00, and Eric Johnson competed with teams from the United States, Mexico, and Canada to create a product, carry out typical business operations, and compete in business decisions.’ Chris is now a successful hedge fund advisor; Dan is the CFO at Common Sense Investment Management; Eric Johnson married Randi Mimnaugh and is now vice president for financial planning and analysis for Jive Software and recently helped orchestrate their IPO. Randi owns and manages a successful executive search company called Copia Group. Anna, and Ron is the assistant controller for emerging markets at Nike.” Thanks Carol, sounds like we have a dream team on our hands, for sure.
’00 WHAT’S UP WITH THE LEEDYS? We heard recently from Tracy Leedy, who writes: “My husband and I are UP alumni and I am writing to see if I can have his job change published in the Portland Magazine. His name is Ben Leedy, class of 2001. Ben played soccer at the University of Portland and attended Lewis and Clark’s
Northwestern School of Law, class of 2005. He switched law firms and is currently a real estate attorney at Stoll Berne here in Portland, Oregon. Here we are on our boys’ first day of school this year; Max is 6 and Sam is 4. Thanks so much...we are loyal readers of your wonderful magazine!”