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Featured Class Notables

 

Kanealii Ngosorio

Kāneali‘i Ng-Osorio earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the UO in 1998. He is now an enterprise business analyst for Kamehameha Schools, serves on the board of directors for the UO Alumni Association, and is the Hawaii Ducks regional UOAA chapter president. Kāne shares what motivates him to stay so involved supporting current and future Ducks, along with advice for current students and recent graduates.
 


 

A career committed to advocacy

Darrell Rico Doss, JD ’95, recently made the move from Capitol Hill to General Motors. He looks back on the last nearly three decades of advocacy work, including navigating the financial crisis of 2007–08, serving as Congressional Black Caucus policy director, and working in the Japanese government.

Notebook that says New Mindset New Results with coffee cup and succulent on a table

The Mindful Duck

March 13, 2023
People management leader Humberto Chacon, BA ’87 (psychology), shares how mindfulness can positively impact your productivity and relationships, both personally and professionally.

Eunice Lovi

Class of 1987
Eunice Lovi, BS '88 (speech: rhetoric and communication), MS '92 (public affairs), was appointed transit planning manager for Asheville, North Carolina.

Ramon Guimary

Class of 1960
Ramon Guimary, BS '60 (business administration), received a 2019 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement award from publisher Marquis Who's Who.

Grant Buell

Class of 1969
Grant Buell
Prior to the 50th Class Anniversary date Grant Buell ('69) and Sam Anderson ('69) played golf at the Mission Hills Golf Resort with 12 courses in Shenzhen, China September, 2019

Myles Temby

Class of 1978
Myles Temby
Jeff Holter '78 and his wife Shawn and their friends came down to San Francisco from Seattle to join my wife Kathy and me '78 for the Oregon/Stanford game. (Oregon won 21 to 6!) on Sept. 21st. Good times had by all!

Diana Hollingshead

Class of 1997
Diana Hollingshead
Diana Hollingshead, BS Biology '97, co-owner of Eugene Skin Divers Supply, was inducted into the class of 2018 Women Divers Hall of Fame. The members of WDHOF are an elite group that includes the most notable women leaders and innovators in the diving community. There are currently 238 Members in the Women Divers Hall of Fame, hailing from 30 U.S. states and Territories and 20 countries worldwide.

John Heldt

Class of 1985
John Heldt
John A. Heldt (BS, 1985) published "The Patriots," his 24th novel and the first in the Stone Shed trilogy, in August 2024.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF6WRPDJ/

Christian Moreno

Class of 2019
Christian, June 2019, was hired as a Philanthropic Assistant at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Molly Winter

Class of 1996
Molly Winter
A new novel from Molly Ringle (1996, Anthropology) is being released on Sep. 3 from Central Avenue Publishing. ALL THE BETTER PART OF ME tells the story of a 25-year-old actor who must come to terms with his bisexuality when he realizes he's falling for his best friend.

Brian Malloy

Class of 2001
Brian Malloy
Brian Malloy, B.A., ’01, was selected as a finalist for the 2021 Consumer Attorneys of California’s Consumer Attorney of the Year, and was certified as an Appellate Law Specialist by State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in 2022’s The Best Lawyers in America and 2021’s Super Lawyers. He is with The Brandi Law Firm in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife, Aimee.

Cassi Clark Ward-Hunt

Class of 2000
Cassi Clark Ward-Hunt
Cassi Clark's hit book, Breastfeeding is a Book, But We Lovingly Do it Anyway, comes out in Audio (English and Spanish) this month in celebration of National Breastfeeding Month. Look for it on Audible.

She is also looking for an agent for her historical fiction novel about a female psychopath running for office in 1912 Denver. It's a cross between Devil and the White City and Vanity Fair, and will appeal to anyone who believes a woman's place is in the room where the deals get made and the halls of government.

Mary Elizabeth Madden

Class of 2002
Mary Elizabeth Madden completed three years as the Deputy Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. In August, she moves to Brussels to work at the U.S. Mission to the European Union.

Lori Bumgardner

Class of 1994
Since 1993 the Goddess of Grants has successfully acquired more than $232 million in awards and matching gifts for nonprofit organizations in Lane County, Oregon.

The Goddess of Grants has granted a few new wishes:

The Ford Family Foundation awarded the City of Cottage Grove with a $125,000 grant to begin work on the exterior restoration of the front entrance portion of the Cottage Grove Armory's facade. (Cottage Grove, OR)

The Eugene Family YMCA received a $34,000 capacity building grant from the Oregon Community Foundation. This allowed the Y to hire a campaign manager for their $34M This is Y capital campaign to build a new facility. (Eugene, OR)

Pullman Regional Hospital has received a $250,000 grant from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust to purchase new equipment to enhance and expand current cardiology services. (Pullman, WA)

Lori J. Bumgardner, MPA
goddessofgrants.com

Justin Medlen

Class of 2008
Justin Medlen
Captain Justin Medlen, USAF, graduated from the University of Oregon School of Music in 2008. After graduating he enlisted as an F-15 Weapons Loader for 5 years before being selected as a pilot, commissioning in 2013.

As of 2019, Captain Medlen has flown more than 1100 hours in combat in the KC-135 Stratotanker Aerial Refueler, completing more than 180 combat sorties through 6 tours in operations INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, JUNIPER MICRON, RESTORE HOPE, and NOBLE EAGLE, flying in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabi, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, Spain, Germany, France, England, Ireland, Romania, Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Chad, Niger, and Burkina Faso.

His Military Decorations include 7 Air Medals, 2 Aerial Achievement Medals, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness Medal,Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Global War in Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terror Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Outstanding Militarily Volunteer Service Medal, Nuclear Deterrence Medal with "N" Device, NATO Non-Article 5 Medal for Operation Resolute Support.

Sharon Bryan

Class of 1978
I have just retired after teaching English at La Center High School in La Center, Washington for 40 years.

Lydia Dillier

Class of 2012
Lydia (Chambers) Dillier, AIA has re-joined Boulder Associates Architects as an Associate leading up a new Los Angeles office for the firm.

James Rymeski

Class of 1973
James Rymeski
Jay recently celebrated 45 years of paddling, rowing and swimming the wild and scenic section of the Rogue River. All thanks to skills acquired at the UO Outdoor Program. While an active leader/participant on expeditions run through the OP, Jay also taught classes in kayak building, whitewater kayaking & rafting and boat repair. He was also a professional river guide on NW rivers for several years.
"I can't stress enough, the importance of getting beyond the books during time at university..." He's recently semi-retired from a career in media, including a couple of decades as a producer for NBC News.

Edward Truitt

Class of 1996
Edward R. Truitt is currently an Associate Professor of Dance at West Texas A&M University. He is an internationally award winning choreographer, a Fulbright Specialist and recognized internationally as a teacher and choreographer. His work has been performed in the U.S., France, Japan, Italy, and across Russia in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, and Krasnoyarsk. Mr. Truitt has made seven trips to Russia teaching and presenting his creative work. His 2004 trip to Russia was the subject of a documentary film "Dancing in Russian Air" which aired regionally on PBS.
Since graduating from the University of Oregon Mr. Truitt has served as Artistic Director of the Lone Star Ballet Company and the New Mexico Ballet Company, has served as a
Visiting Professor at the University of Utah Ballet Department, an Assistant Professor of Dance at Southern Utah University, was a FT Lecturer at California State University-Fresno, and was a Visiting Professor of Ballet at Brigham Young University and co-directed Brigham Young University Ballet Theatre.
He is currently a member of Counseil International de la Danse, CORPS de Ballet International, Phi Beta Delta (honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education), National Association of Schools of Dance and the American College Dance Festival Association.
www.ertruitt.com


Serena Rebers

Class of 2013
Serena Rebers, BA '13 (environmental studies), BArch '13, and Alden Carr, MArch '18 (landscape architecture), were hired as designers at Shapiro Didway, an architecture firm in Portland.

Bradley Burke

Class of 2016
Bradley Burke, BA '16 (cinema studies), debuted his first film, Waldgeist, on Amazon's video streaming service.

Jordan Hasay

Class of 2013
Jordan Hasay, BS '13 (business administration), placed third in the women's race in the 2019 Boston Marathon.