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Featured Class Notables
Moorisha Bey-Taylor
Class of 2011
MOORISHA BEY-TAYLOR, JD ’11, founding partner of the Law Office of Moorisha Bey-Taylor and an intellectual property lawyer, was recently named among Top Lawyers Under 40—Nation’s Best Advocates by the National Bar Association, and received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the UO School of Law.
John Mitchell
Class of 1977
MEMBER JOHN C. MITCHELL, BS ’77 (journalism), released his first memoir, Bird of Paradox: The Seasoning of Birdie McInnes, in October.
Tresa Eyres
Class of 1967
TRESA BEAR EYRES, BA ’67 (elementary education), published her first fiction book, Mollificent: A Fairy Tale Adventure for Modern Girls, which she described as an antidote to the often-depicted message of female dependence
Kevin McCarey
Class of 1980
Kevin McCarey, MA ’80, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Savannah, Georgia, for his work as an oceanographer, filmmaker, author, and teacher of environmental filmmaking. His most recent book is Oceans Apart: The Wanderings of a Young Mariner(The Glencannon Press, 2016).
Mike Niehuser
Class of 1981
MIKE NIEHUSER, BS ’81 (finance), was hired as managing director and senior research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, an investment bank for emerging growth companies based in Newport Beach, California.
Sandra McDonough
Class of 1976
Sandra McDonough, BA '76 (German, journalism), has been named chief executive officer for Oregon Business & Industry.
Karmen Fore
Class of 1993
KARMEN FORE, BA ’93 (political science), MA ’98 (public affairs), was appointed a member of the policy board of the Atlanta-based Center for Transportation and the Environment, which develops clean, efficient, and sustainable transportation technologies.
Michael Mason
Class of 1989
MICHAEL ATWOOD MASON, BA ’89 (American studies), became executive director of President Lincoln’s Cottage, a historic site and museum located on a 250-acre campus in Washington, DC.
Deborah Allen
Class of 1992
DEBORAH ALLEN, BA ’92 (radio and television), was named executive vice president of Jupiter Entertainment, a television production company based in New York City.
Remy Evard
Class of 1992
REMY EVARD, MS ’92 (computer and information science), was appointed chief digital officer and head of technology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Corey Schlosser-Hall
Class of 1992
COREY SCHLOSSER-HALL, BS ’92 (speech: rhetoric and communication), was named deputy executive for vision, innovation, and rebuilding for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the ministry and mission agency of the Presbyterian Church.
Marnie Herrmann
Class of 1988
MARNIE HERRMANN, BA ’88 (public relations), was elected to the board of trustees for Sanford Health, a nonprofit health care delivery system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Luana Ross
Class of 1992
LUANA ROSS, PhD ’92 (sociology), was featured as a top influential American Indian scholar in AcademicInfluence.com, an organization that provides rankings in higher education.
Roger DeHoog
Class of 1992
ROGER DeHOOG, JD ’92, an Oregon Court of Appeals judge, was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court.
Timothy Lukas
Class of 1992
MEMBER TIMOTHY LUKAS, JD ’92, was named an administrative partner at Holland & Hart, a law firm in Reno, Nevada.
Susan Cunningham
Class of 1988
SUSAN CUNNINGHAM, BS ’88 (biology), became biological resources and land management business group director for Seattle-based Environmental Science Associates, an environmental consulting, engineering, and planning firm.
Wendi Hughes-Williams
Class of 1987
WENDI WILLIAMS, BS ’87 (speech: telecommunication and film), a longtime employee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington in Hyattsville, Maryland, was named executive director of the diocese’s Office of Cultural Diversity and Outreach.
Ericka Warren
Class of 1992
ERICKA WARREN, BA ’92 (Asian studies), MBA ’19 (general business), received an Oregon Women of Vision award from the Portland-based Daily Journal of Commerce for being a leader in the construction industry whose technical skills, mentoring, and community involvement is shaping the future of the industry and the city.
Robert Hoffman
Class of 1994
ROBERT HOFFMAN, MArch ’94, was named managing principal of the Portland office of Oculus Inc., which provides architecture, interior design, and planning services.
Mark Lee
Class of 1994
MARK C. Y. LEE, BS ’94 (accounting), MBA ’95 (general business), became a partner at San Francisco-based Rimon Law, where he advises celebrities and celebrity estates, studios, and high-tech companies in copyright, trademark, and right-of-publicity matters.