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Have you been recently promoted or started a new job? Perhaps you are starting on a new educational journey. Maybe, you are newly married or recently added to your family. Let your fellow Ducks know what is happening in your life.
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Featured Class Notables
Stephanie Johnson
Class of 2010
Stephanie Johnson, BA '10 (anthropology), MA '14 (arts management), was hired as public art and program manager for the Arts Council of Lake Oswego.
Joshua Marquis
Class of 1977
Joshua Marquis, BA '77 (political science), JD '80, a Clark Honors College graduate, is retiring after 25 years as District Attorney of Clatsop County. He served as president of the Oregon District Attorneys Association and vice president of the National District Attorneys Association. Marquis has received national awards for animal welfare advocacy and has written extensively about capital punishment as an author and contributor to newspapers including the New York Times. He will continue to live in Astoria and intends to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Joseph Yogerst
Class of 1980
Joe Yogerst MS '80 (journalism) just published his first novel, a murder-mystery called Nemesis set in 1880's San Diego when it was a Wild West boomtown. Joe worked as a sports writer and editor at the Daily Emerald while earning his journalism degree in Eugene. He later spent 13 years overseas (South Africa, England, Hong Kong, Singapore) as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and freelance writer. In addition to the novel, Joe is currently working on his 34th book project for National Geographic and writing a Nat Geo video series on American state parks.
James Melamed
Class of 1982
JIM MELAMED, JD '82, board chair of Mediate.com, announced the establishment of a blue-ribbon online mediation training task force to make recommendations on best practices and possibilities for training mediators online.
Lawrence Powers
Class of 1971
Under the pen name L. Wade Powers, Lawrence W. Powers, MA '71 (biology), released his first adult contemporary novel, The Home, about growing up in a children's institution in the 1950s.
Steven Sinovic
Class of 1975
Steve Sinovic, BS '75 (political science), was hired as special sections editor for the Idaho Business Review.
J.S. May
Class of 1989
J.S. May, BS '89 (speech: telecommunication and film), has been named managing director for the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland.
Sandra McDonough
Class of 1976
SANDRA McDONOUGH, BA ’76 (German, journalism), who most recently served as president and CEO of Oregon Business & Industry, an organization of small and large businesses that works to improve the economy through policy development, was elected to the board of directors of Portland-based NW Natural Holding Company.
Ruby Haughton
Class of 1977
Ruby Haughton-Pitts, BS '77 (speech: rhetoric and communication), was named the state director of AARP Oregon (American Association of Retired Persons).
Donald Klotter
Class of 1986
EFG International, a private banking company based in Zurich, has appointed Donald Klotter, BA '86 (German), global head of institutional sales.
Robert Canaga
Class of 1990
Robert Canaga, BA '90 (anthropology), has paintings hanging across Lane County, including works at Valley River Inn, the Hilton Eugene, J. Scott Cellars, Abbelone Vineyard, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and the Oregon Contemporary Theatre. His work is also on display in the Nevada State Art Museum, the Lawrence Gallery, Kansas City, and Horizon House, Seattle.
Frank Abramonte
Class of 1992
Frank Abramonte, JD '92 (law), has joined the Seattle office of Cozen O'Connor as a partner.
Al Steinhaus
Class of 1984
Al Steinhaus, BS '84 (finance), has joined Summit Bank of Eugene and Bend as vice president and business client adviser.
Constance Green
Class of 1991
Constance _Connie" Green, PhD '91 (education policy and management), has been named interim president of Blue Mountain Community College in Eastern Oregon.
Charles Flowers
Class of 1991
Charles Flowers, MFA '91 (creative writing), has been named poet laureate for West Hollywood. He is the founder and editor of LGBT magazine Bloom Literary Journal.
Allen Parker
Class of 1989
Allen Parker, BS '89 (accounting), has joined Zillow, an online real estate database company, as chief financial officer.
Scott Campbell
Class of 1986
Identity Clark County, a nonprofit organization comprising business leaders in the community of Clark County, Washington, has named Scott Campbell, BS '86 (journalism), director emeritus of the board. He is the owner and publisher of the Columbian, Clark County's local newspaper.
Therese Bottomly
Class of 1983
Theresa Bottomly, BA '83 (journalism), was named the editor and vice president of content for The Oregonian and OregonLive.com, and was a 2018 inductee into the School of Journalism and Communication Hall of Acheivement.
Jeffery DeLapp
Class of 1983
Jeffery DeLapp, BS '83 (marketing), was appointed regional president of McCain Foods' North American operation in Lisle, Illinois.
Matthew Paul
Class of 1989
Reverend Matt Paul, BS '89 (finance), has joined the congregation at First Presbyterian Church of Port Angeles as pastor.