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Featured Class Notables
Leaf Wade
Class of 1996
LEAF WADE, BS '96 (economics), was appointed an institutional trader for Optiver, a Dutch proprietary trading firm and market maker for exchange-listed financial instruments.
Cameron Burks
Class of 1996
CAMERON BURKS, BS '96 (sociology), was elected to a second term on the city council in Lafayette, California.
Jessica Wood
Class of 1996
Jessica Wood, JD '96, has joined the Grand Rapids, Michigan law firm Dickinson Wright.
Derek Lau
Class of 1996
DEREK LAU, BS '96 (computer and information science), a certified international property and residential specialist, was named 2021 president of Hawai’i Realtors, a statewide professional trade organization for the real estate industry.
Jay Leo
Class of 1997
JAY LEO, BS '97 (political science), was named president of Touchmark, a full-service retirement living company based in Beaverton.
Alan Newberg
Class of 1969
ALAN NEWBERG, MFA '69 (fine and applied arts), is scheduled for a feature exhibition of his sculpture April 1’25 at Northwind Art, Port Townsend, Washington, including carvings in fine wood up to nine feet tall.
Mona Buckley
Class of 1985
MONA BUCKLEY, BA '85 (public relations), was appointed president and CEO of the Government Employees' Benefit Association, a nonprofit membership association offering group and individual insurance products and financial planning services to current and retired federal employees and members of the military.
Camara Jones-Banfield
Class of 1995
CAMARA BANFIELD, BA '95 (international studies), JD '02, chief criminal deputy prosecutor in Clark County, Washington, was appointed Superior Court judge, a first for a woman of color in the county.
Michael Rostron
Class of 1973
Michael Rostron, Anthropology, 1973 has published a second novel, "The Kabul Conscript," a prequel to last year's "Cape Decision." His website can be found at mikerostron.com
Julie Denton
Class of 1998
Julie Denney was promoted to senior communication manager for Providence Health & Services - Oregon Region. Julie is based in Medford and represents the southern Oregon service area for Providence.
Kevin Tripp
Class of 1997
Kevin Tripp is the midday news anchor at KABC Radio in Los Angeles, proving that political science really is the preferred route to journalism. His major achievements at Oregon were graduating in 6 years, taking creative writing from Chang-rae Lee, reading Hunter Thompson's faxes at Ken Kesey's house and once managing to impress Professor James Klonoski enough for him to proclaim "YOU'RE RIGHT!" He lives in Huntington Beach with his wife and two sons and still skis often, but misses the sessions at Willamette Pass with his fellow Ducks.
Richard Martin
Class of 1970
After graduating UO with a BS Chemistry, I studied in grad school at UW and earned a MS Inorganic Chemistry.
I worked in the chemical and aerospace industries in Pocatello and Portland. Then I spent 30 years at Boeing working in Manufacturing Research and Development and Chemical Process Management.
After retiring from Boeing we moved east of the mountains to Richland WA.
I worked in the chemical and aerospace industries in Pocatello and Portland. Then I spent 30 years at Boeing working in Manufacturing Research and Development and Chemical Process Management.
After retiring from Boeing we moved east of the mountains to Richland WA.
Kevin Frazier
Class of 2015
Kevin Frazier started The Oregon Way, a blog that shares perspectives from across the Cascades and across the political spectrum. Contributors range from UO Professor David Frank to former GOP candidate for governor Allen Alley, Rukayiah Adams of the Meyer Memorial Trust to Ginger Savage of Baker City. Check out the blog here: https://theoregonway.substack.com/ Feel free to reach out to Kevin with any ideas for contributors: kfraz@berkeley.edu
Joshua Hector
Class of 2015
Joshua Hector, BA '15, was promoted to be the Assistant Director of Freshman Recruitment at Sam Houston State University.
Susan Anderson
Class of 1984
Susan Kay Anderson, B.S. Anthropology, 1984, (M.A. English Lit. & Creative Writing, C.U.-Boulder, 1990) has a forthcoming book of poems, Mezzanine, from Finishing Line Press. Anderson lives in Eugene and works at the University of Oregon for Campus Operations as a custodian. She recently completed an M.F.A. in Poetry at Eastern Oregon University. Her book was partly inspired by the exhibit: Color, A Magic Power, (Hayden Gallery in Lawrence Hall in 2016) curated by Professor Esther Hagenlocher with display stands designed by Professor Landry Smith.
Mark Masse
Class of 1994
MARK H. MASSE, MS '94 (journalism), published Honor House, a contemporary drama about sexual assault, fraternity culture, and political abuses of power.
Mark Bailey
Class of 1972
Mark Bailey, BFA photography '79
Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Oregon Libraries accepted 139 photographs within three Oregon documentaries: Luckey’s Club Cigar, 1911-74; Junction City; and, Valsetz. Bailey is a retired Portland contractor living on the northern Oregon Coast.
Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Oregon Libraries accepted 139 photographs within three Oregon documentaries: Luckey’s Club Cigar, 1911-74; Junction City; and, Valsetz. Bailey is a retired Portland contractor living on the northern Oregon Coast.
Pamela Gentile
Class of 1974
Two photographs from photographer PAMELA GENTILE, BA '74 (English), were accepted in an open call by the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, a fine arts museum located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Robert Chadband
Class of 1972
Board-certified endocrinologist ROBERT CHADBAND, BS '72 (biology), joined the Cullman Regional Medical Group, affiliated with the 145-bed Cullman Regional Medical Center, serving more than 175,000 residents in central Alabama.
Holly Schroeder
Class of 2000
HOLLY SCHROEDER, MS '00 (applied information management), president and CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation, was selected by fellow board commissioners to serve as chair of the LA County Workforce Development Board.