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Class Notes
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Couples are listed under the graduation year of the person who submitted the class note, unless they specify otherwise.
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1962 Rev. Charles Darby and his wife, Rev. Patty Darby, moved from Wichita, Kansas, to Titusville, Florida. Fully retired for over nine years, they still volunteer as pastors at Rocket Town Church. They are looking forward to celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary in October.
Shirley Plummer released her first collection of poetry, “the task of falling rain,” published by Turnstone Books of Oregon.
1966 1969
1961
Class Liaison: Teresa (Krug) Hudkins
55TH REUNION
Class Liaisons: Alice (Stewart) Pailthorp and Bill Richter Jerry May published his third book, “Counter Balance,” a politicalmilitary thriller involving a terrorist threat on the United States. Gary McBride JD’63 and his wife, Beverly, share time at their homes in Toledo, Ohio; Avon, Colorado; and Columbia City, Oregon. Beverly is a skilled quilter and avid reader, while Gary spends his summers hiking. His hiking journal can be seen at trailjournals.com/ monkeywrench2016. Alice (Stewart) Pailthorp writes: “On Sept. 12, my husband, Keith Pailthorp ’60, and I lost a rental home of ours in Cobb, California, to the devastating fire that swept through that area, with our nearby Cobb vacation home having been spared. Despite the problems associated with this loss, we made the extra effort to attend Willamette’s 2015 Alumni Weekend, which included Keith’s 55th reunion. “Like many returning alums, we came mainly to recapture the past (which we did), but we also came away with a further appreciation of the growth of WU and of its future prospects. In light of our 2015 experience (and the very fulfilling ’61 50th Reunion in 2011), we are looking forward to attending Willamette’s Sept. 22-25 Alumni Weekend/Class of ’61 55th reunion, and hope that many ’61 alums will be there.”
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SUMMER 2016
1971 1974
50TH REUNION
Jerry May ’61
Ken Morris ’75
45TH REUNION
Patrick Pine MBA’76 is chief administrative officer of the Robert F. Kennedy Medical Plan and the Juan De La Cruz Pension Plan — the benefits plans for the United Farm Workers of America. In April, he spoke at the Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference in Sacramento on “Innovations by Employers to Control Health Costs.”
1975 Class Liaison: Patti (Lalack) Hutterli Ken Morris presented a patentpending protocol for protecting personal and computing device identifying information at the 2016 BioMelbourne Network conference in Melbourne, Australia.
1976 1978
Left to right: Karen (Wingo) Cole ‘78, Bob Hermann ‘71, JD’74 and Kathy (Jensen) Marambe ‘71
40TH REUNION
Karen (Wingo) Cole traveled to Australia in April with Kathy (Jensen) Marambe ‘71 to compete in the International Dragon Boat Federation’s Club Crew World Championships in Adelaide. Their support team included Bob Hermann ‘71, JD’74, whose wife, Patty, is a member of the boat crew. The women’s team, based out of the Golden Dragons Paddling Club in Portland, Oregon, placed sixth overall in the Senior C (60 and older) Division. “Willamette University was well-represented at the event,” says Karen. “Our team
Milo, grandson of Jay Dressler ’79