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Featured Class Notables
Diane Teeman
Class of 2001
Diane Teeman, BS ’01 (anthropology), MS ’03 (anthropology), has been appointed by Governor Kate Brown to serve a four-year term on the governing board of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
Joshua Knight
Class of 2004
JOSHUA KNIGHT, JD ’04, was appointed judge with Riverside County Superior Court, California.
Elyzabeth Meade
Class of 2003
ELYZABETH MEADE, PhD ’03 (music composition), danced in accompaniment to the conceptual art of Pandemonium: Nature and Time, an exhibit held last fall at the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society museum, Bellport, New York.
Kevin Faul
Class of 2004
KEVIN FAUL, MBA ’04 (general business), launched Tamarelo, the first American-made tamarind liqueur, which won a silver medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and “best liqueur/cordial brand” from the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association 2021 Brand Battle.
Nathan Otani
Class of 2009
NATE OTANI, BLArch ’09, was promoted to principal of Shapiro Didway, a Portland architecture.
Lily Rose
Class of 2004
LILY ROSE, PhD ’04 (music composition), released See You Again, an eclectic jazz-pop ballad collection.
Tyler Volm
Class of 2005
TYLER VOLM, BA ’05 (English), joined Portland firm Sussman Shank as special counsel in its business department.
Rachel King
Class of 2007
RACHEL KING, BA ’07 (Clark Honors College, English), authored People Along the Sand, a novel about the 1967 Oregon Beach Bill, and Bratwurst Haven, a collection of stories forthcoming this fall.
Austin Kumm
Class of 2007
AUSTIN KUMM, BS ’07 (business administration), was promoted to dining general manager for CafŽ Bon AppŽtit, Pacific University Oregon.
Adam Abplanalp
Class of 2009
ADAM ABPLANALP, BS ’07 (Clark Honors College, accounting), was appointed to the board of advisors for the Portland metropolitan office of Summit Bank.
Maarten Leunen
Class of 2007
MAARTY LEUNEN, BS ’07 (economics), was hired by Summit Bank, Eugene, as assistant vice president and market development officer.
Grant Privette
Class of 2008
GRANT PRIVETTE, BS ’08 (sociology), became vice president and commercial loan officer for Mountain West Bank, Boise.
Sara Wurfel
Class of 2009
SARA WURFEL, MS ’09 (strategic communication), was appointed chief communications and marketing officer for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Lansing.
Claude Greenberg
Class of 1976
CLAUDE GREENBERG, BArch ’76, was hired by Margulies Perruzzi, an architecture and Interior design firm based in Boston.
Charles Root
Class of 1977
CHARLES “CHUCK” ROOT, MS ’77 (public affairs), received the Service Above Self Award, the highest honor of Rotary International, during the virtual international convention in May.
Ray Miller
Class of 1977
RAY MILLER, MS '77 (dance), PhD ’84 (speech: theater arts), wrote and directed a production of his play, Kent State: Then, and Again, staged by the theater program of Appalachian State University, North Carolina, and focusing on his experience as a student at Kent State in 1970.
Kristine Metzger
Class of 1991
KRIS METZGER, BS ’91 (biology), was hired as US Geological Survey research coordinator for Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Arizona.
David Edginton
Class of 1993
DAVID EDGINTON BS ’93 (political science), became US consul general at the US embassy in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Brian Gu
Class of 1993
BRIAN GU, BA ’93 (chemistry), was appointed vice chairman and president of XPENG Motors, a Chinese electric vehicle company.
Rebecca Pritchett
Class of 1993
REBECCA PRITCHETT, JD ’93, became special counsel for the Birmingham, Alabama, office of Adams and Reese, a law firm based in Nashville.