Willamette University Board of Trustees B OARD CHAIR Steven E. Wynne ’74, JD’77, Portland, Oregon TRUSTEES James F. Albaugh ’72, Seattle, Washington Robin O. Brena JD/MBA ’83, Anchorage, Alaska Donald G. Brown ’68, Berkeley, California Truman W. Collins Jr. ’86, Lake Oswego, Oregon James B. Cuno ’73, Los Angeles, California Heather K. Dempsey ’97, San Francisco, California James A. Fitzhenry JD/MBA’81, Portland, Oregon Eric M. Friedenwald-Fishman ’88, Portland, Oregon William R. Haden, Portland, Oregon Grant J. Hagiya, Portland, Oregon Melvin Henderson-Rubio ’74, Redmond, Washington Joseph F. Hoffman ’71, Pleasanton, California Brian R. Hufft ’01, Portland, Oregon Linda Kelly ’69, Salem, Oregon Eva M. Kripalani JD’86, Portland, Oregon Konrad “Chip” R. Kruger, Riverside, Connecticut Andy Miguel ’01, Portland, Oregon Sean B. O’Hollaren ’83, Portland, Oregon
Heidi A. Patterson ’75, Vancouver, Washington Craig Pesti-Strobel ’80, Junction City, Oregon Punit Renjen MM’86, Portland, Oregon Lynn E. Ristig JD/MM’85, Seattle, Washington Sandra M. Rowe, Portland, Oregon Jacqueline Rushing ’73, Hayward, California Dale C. Sause ’74, Coos Bay, Oregon Lynne A. Saxton ’76, Portland, Oregon Kevin R. Smith ’79, Madison, New Jersey Melissa L. Smith ’79, San Carlos, California Patricia Smullin, Medford, Oregon Guy C. Stephenson ’73, Tacoma, Washington President Stephen E. Thorsett, Salem, Oregon Kerry R. Tymchuk ’81, JD’84, Beaverton, Oregon Patrick J. Waite M’84, San Jose, California Roderick C. Wendt JD’80, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Gerald W. Frank, Salem, Oregon Alan C. Goudy ’51, Portland, Oregon Stuart A. Hall ’62, JD’65, Portland, Oregon Susan M. Hammer JD’76, Portland, Oregon Dale C. Harris ’55, Portland, Oregon Dale M. Hermann ’65, JD’69, Portland, Oregon Henry H. Hewitt JD’69, Portland, Oregon Douglas G. Houser ’57, Portland, Oregon George W. Hoyt ’58, Sandy, Oregon Mary K. Hughes JD’74, Anchorage, Alaska William H. Kilkenny ’41, Vancouver, Washington Peter C. Kremer ’62, Costa Mesa, California Eric B. Lindauer JD’66, Portland, Oregon William D. Long ’59, Genoa, Nevada Joan H. McNamara ’59, Portland, Oregon Thomas E. Neilsen MBA’86, Portland, Oregon Robert W. Nunn III ’72, Portland, Oregon
LIFE MEMBERS Ralph W. Bolliger ’53, JD’55, Tigard, Oregon Julie E. Branford ’67, Portland, Oregon Stewart M. Butler ’61, Hayden Lake, Idaho Jonathan T. Carder ’68, Lake Oswego, Oregon Wallace P. Carson Jr. JD’62, Salem, Oregon Maribeth Collins, Portland, Oregon
Robert G. Packard ’73, Portland, Oregon Norma Paulus LLB’62, Portland, Oregon Claris C. Poppert ’57, Portland, Oregon Robert F. Smith ’53, Medford, Oregon William Swindells, Portland, Oregon Loren C. Winterscheid ’48, Mercer Island, Washington
Willamette University President Stephen E. Thorsett was raised in Salem. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics, summa cum laude, from Carleton College and his doctoral degree in physics from Princeton University. As an astrophysicist, he helped develop two of NASA’s orbiting telescopes, and he and his team discovered the oldest known planet, called Methuselah. He has held research and teaching positions at Caltech, Princeton and the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was dean of the science division and founder of their California Teach program for training new math and science teachers.
Since 2011, Thorsett has been the president of Willamette University, where as a teenager he worked in the dishroom. At Willamette, his goals include strengthening the university’s historic connections to Oregon and the Northwest, solidifying its position as a leader in our region for rigorous, high quality undergraduate, management and legal education, and raising the resources needed to provide access to a Willamette education for the most talented high school graduates, regardless of their financial means. Thorsett lives in Salem with his wife, Rachel, also a physicist. Their daughter, Laura, attends Harvard College.
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