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Featured Class Notables
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.
Thomas Greif
Class of 1966
THOMAS J. GREIF, BA '66 (accounting), died November 15. He played baseball for the university and was a longtime lawyer in Portland who loved fishing for salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. He volunteered at Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery in Tillamook and Union Gospel Mission in Portland.
Michael Drobac
Class of 2002
MICHAEL DROBAC, JD '02, joined the public policy practice at Dentons, one of the world's largest law firms, and works as a principal in the Washington, DC, office, providing guidance informed by his experience in the private sector and with legislative processes.
John Broome
Class of 1950
JOHN WILLIAM JACK BROOME, BArch '51, died June 17. He was a US Marine Corps bombardier-navigator in the South Pacific during World War II and enrolled in the university after his discharge in 1946. He started an architecture practice with three partners and was elected a fellow in the American Institute of Architects.
Nicole Butler-Hooton
Class of 2004
In a first for the Bethel School District in Eugene, NICOLE BUTLER-HOOTON, BS '04 (sociology), MEd '05 (teaching and learning), a second-grade teacher at Irving Elementary School, was named Oregon's 2021 Teacher of the Year, honored for her transformational rapport with students, families, and the school community.
Erwin Horenstein
Class of 1950
ERWIN ITZ HORENSTEIN, BS '50 (history), died January 31. A member of Sigma Alpha Mu and an avid handball player, he joined the family business, Herman's Men’s Store, and later opened the Gay Blade men's clothing store, which grew to 14 locations in Oregon and Washington. In retirement, he split his time between rooting for the Ducks and traveling to Portland, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Maui.
Gregory Bresnitz
Class of 2005
GREG BRESNITZ, BS '05 (business administration), and his brother Darin have published Snacky Tunes: Music Is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music, which tells the story of 75 chefs worldwide and how music has impacted their careers and lives.
Jonathan De Asis
Class of 2004
JON DE ASIS, BS '04 (political science), MBA '15 (general business), was named president and CEO of Oregon City-based Benchmade Knife Co.
Mark Padoongpatt
Class of 2005
MARK PADOONGPATT, BA '05 (ethnic studies), a professor of Asian American studies at the University of Southern California, turned his PhD thesis into Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America, a book on Thai immigrants that landed him air time on Taste the Nation, a Hulu show hosted by Padma Lakshmi.