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Featured Class Notables
John Wellschlager
Class of 1985
John Wellschlager, BS '85 (sociology), received Bonneville Power Administration's 2019 Workplace or Technology Innovation Award.
Josephine Mooney
Class of 1988
Judge Josephine Mooney, JD '88, was appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Jeffrey Sluggett
Class of 1986
For his work in municipal law, Jeff Sluggett, JD '86, was named one of the "Best Lawyers in America 2020" by Best Lawyers, a peer-review group.
Barton Hill
Class of 1984
Barton Hill, BS '84 (biology), vice president and chief quality officer at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Idaho, joined the board of the American Red Cross of Greater Idaho.
Steven Reddy
Class of 1988
Steven Reddy, BFA '88 (visual design), published Everyday Sketching and Drawing: Five Steps to a Unique and Personal Sketchbook Habit.
Gerald Snyder
Class of 1986
Gerry Snyder, BFA '86 (painting), was hired as the first executive director of the University of Arkansas School of Art.
Richard Adams
Class of 1983
Richard Adams, BS '83 (biology), retired after 25 years as a pediatric dentist in Nevada.
Richard Lawrence
Class of 1992
The youngest son of Rich Lawrence, BA '92 (leisure studies and services), joined his older brother at the UO as fourth-generation Ducks—their great-grandfather was a track-and-field All-American in 1934 and their grandmother attended in the 1960s.
Rodney Underhill
Class of 1988
Rodney Underhill, JD '88, announced he will retire in 2020 after serving more than six years as Multnomah County District Attorney.
Charles Kanzig
Class of 1983
Charles Kanzig, BA '83 (English), a counselor at Sisters High School in Sisters, retired after nearly 35 years in education.
Todd Hamilton
Class of 1993
Todd Hamilton, BS '93 (psychology), was named superintendent of the Springfield School District.
Jeff Smith
Class of 1992
Jeff Smith, BS'92 (finance), a captain with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, completed training at the FBI National Academy in Virginia.
J. Gloria
Class of 1992
Eugene Gloria, MFA '92 (creative writing), published his fourth collection of poems, Sightseer in the Killing City, and was appointed the John Rabb Emison Professor of Creative and Performing Art at DePauw University in Indiana, through 2024.
Jan Hood
Class of 1984
Jan Hood, BA '84 (marketing), joined Southern California's Extensia Financial as a business development officer.
Brian Davis
Class of 1995
J. Brian Davis, BS '95 (biology), JD '99, was hired to lead the international tax team in the Washington, DC, office of law firm Baker Hostetler.
Matthew Binkerd
Class of 1995
Matt Binkerd, BS '95 (sociology), was hired as athletics director for Warsaw Community High School in Indiana.
Michelle Light
Class of 1995
MICHELLE LIGHT, BA ’95 (Clark Honors College, history), was appointed associate university librarian for special collections and director of the Beinecke Library of the Yale University Library.
Matthew Krause
Class of 1996
Matthew Krause, MS '96 (independent study: industrial relations), was appointed senior vice president of human resources with Maze Therapeutics of San Francisco.
John Ingman
Class of 2000
The Alaska-based Rasmuson Foundation awarded John Ingman, BS '00 (music), an Individual Artist project award to advance his work with Irish bagpipes.
Matthew Thomas
Class of 1997
This April I was promoted to Full Professor at State College of Florida, where I am also serve as the Biotechnology program manager for the Schools 2 year AS degree in Biotech. April was busy as I was also elected President of the United Faculty of Florida union chapter at SCF.