Alumni Currents Staying in touch with our family of graduates
AlumNotes
A Message from George Fearing, WWU Alumni President fulfill some of the roles that the Alumni Association plays, such as furthering contact with alumni, hosting socials, and assisting in fundraising. We ask that you contact us and let us know where other chapters may be formed. In 2013, the main floor of the Havstad Alumni Center will revert to being used by the Alumni Association. Your officers and board members are now making plans for a first-class building where alumni can visit with pride. The Committee of 500 has already donated money for an elevator that will service all three floors. On your next visit to Walla Walla, consider overnight
accommodations at one of the three beautiful guest rooms in the Alumni Center. The Alumni Board recently reduced and streamlined the rates. Rooms are now $60 per night plus tax. Call 509-5272631 to make reservations. We look forward to seeing you during Alumni Weekend, April 25-28, when, as the tradition is, we will be honoring four of our alumni. Please join me at the homecoming banquet where we will honor 1953 engineering graduate Myron Tupper, 1963 zoology/biology graduate Dennis Woodland, 1983 biology graduate Tamara Thomas, and 1993 engineering graduate Doug Thomsen.
We are Alumni Homecoming Weekend April 25-28, 2013
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For schedule, ticket, and lodging information, visit wallawalla.edu/homecoming or call (800) 377-2586
1940s Lenora Nelson ’42 lives in Bozeman, Mont. After graduating from Walla Walla College, she taught for four years in a one-room country school. She still gardens and does her own housework and remembers fondly the years she attended the college. chris drake
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our 2012–13 Walla Walla University Alumni Board members and officers prize the education they received at Walla Walla University. That education prepared us for our careers and instilled in us eternal values. We seek to bolster school spirit among alumni and thereby increase financial and other support to our alma mater that it deserves—support that will allow others to attend the university and expand and improve our facilities. The Alumni Board voted recently to reinstate alumni chapters, starting with a Walla Walla Valley chapter. We hope that these chapters will
Get up-to-date with just a few of our alumni. Send AlumNote information to alumni@wallawalla.edu
Donald Dealy ’48 and his wife, Orletta (Wilson) ’68, are retired and live in College Place. They both worked in various church positions, him for 42 years and her for 35 years. Orletta was a switchboard operater at White Memorial Hospital in the mid-1950s. Since retiring in 1992, Don and Orletta volunteer with Blue Mountain TV. They have three sons, Don II, Marvin, and Tom, who all attended WWU in the early 70s. During her college years, Orletta remembers meeting her husband and “the things we were able to do together even with very strict rules, including choir, work in the cafeteria, skating every Sunday,” she writes. They also were able to eat every meal together by counting their position in line.
1950s Robert Graham ’53 lives in Klamath Falls, Ore., and is an ophthalmologist. He started his private practice in 1961. Robert graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1957 and completed his residency in 1958 at Los Angeles General Hospital. His
daughter Teresa (Panossian) ’86 continued in her father’s career path and joined him in his practice in 1995. A second daughter, Leora (Ragan) attended. Vera (Wolcott) Young ’53 lives in West Linn, Ore., helping a property manager. She and her late husband, Wiley, spent 16 years in dentistry overseas, including working in Guam, Malawi, Swaziland, and Singapore. She also worked for 14 years as the secretary to the vice president of the Oregon Conference. She remembers her role as managing editor for the Collegian her senior year at WWU. George Crumley ’58 and his wife, Ruth (Weller) att., live in Surprise, Ariz. He worked for the Seventh-day Adventist Church for more than 40 years in church finance. For the last 15 years of his service he served as the treasurer for the North American Division of the General Conference. The couple has two children, Tari Popp and George. Nellie (Soule) Davis ’58 lives in Milton-Freewater, Ore. During her career, she worked for the Idaho Conference office and at Auburn Academy, Spencerville Jr. Academy, Loma Linda University, and La Sierra University. She retired from Walla Walla University in 1991. She enjoyed being the prayer chain coordinator at the Stateline Church and also answering the 3ABN phone there. She also enjoyed sewing for Helpline and International Children’s Care. As a college student, Nellie worked in the library and as a secretary in the power plant. In her final year she was secretary to Paul Grove, and she typed the devotional book that he wrote that year. She has four children, James att., Michelle
graduation. He and his late wife, Martha, had two daughters.
Dale att., Timothy Metler, and Deborah Berglund. Warrine (McDuffie) Harden ’58 and her husband, Hal ’59, live in Wenatchee, Wash. She is a retired nurse and nursing instructor. Her memories of WWU include working for Professor Balharrie, and being baptized and married by Elder Heubach. She and Hal have four children, Stephen ’83, Sharon, Bryan att., and Philip. Albert Russell ’58 and his wife, Sally, live in Lebanon, Ore., where he continues designing and contructing custom cabinetry while being semiretired. His hobbies include nature photography and answering Bible questions for Bibleinfo.com. Another pursuit has been going on short-term mission trips to build schools and churches in several African countries, Brazil, Ecuador, and Borneo. He and Sally have three children, Shirley Hessong, Daniel ’85, and Fae Haffney ’87.
1960s Gerald Dunifer ’63 and his wife, Caroline, live in Drayton, Mich. He has been retired for six years after 35 years of teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University. His hobbies include sailing, flying, traveling, and visiting major astronomical observatories around the world. Janeth (Piety) Edwards ’63 and her husband, Everett, live in Fromberg, Mont. She spent her career teaching high school mathematics. She is retired from her last job of 18 years at Lodge Grass Montana High School. She and her husband have been married 44 years. She keeps busy with her gardening, photography and travel. They have two children, Kathy and Mary. Grace (Yoshida) Kato ’63 and her husband, Haruo, live in Camarillo, Calif. She is a retired nurse. She enjoys
Russell Hoffman ’59 lives in San Francisco, Calif. Now retired after 42 years of teaching music and visual arts education in California, he is an active member of the San Francisco Opera Guild and serves on the Governor’s Art Council. Over the past
walking, gardening, reading, and yoga. She is a deaconess and greeter at the Camarillo Church. As a college student, Grace remembers the “all you can eat” pancake place near the school. She also enjoyed the beautiful campus grounds and special musical programs. 20 years, he has sponsored several students who have gone on art study tours to Europe. His favorite memories of WWU are singing in the College Chorale with his brother Bill and hanging out with friends. He also recalls a ’56 Buick Roadmaster (see photo) he had around the time of his
Jim Kilmer ’63 and his wife Frances (Williams) ’62, live in Spangle, Wash. Jim served as a pastor evangelist in the Oregon Conference from 1966 to 1977. He also served as a biblical languages professor at Middle East College in Beirut, Lebanon, and a biblical languages professor and college church pastor at the University
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