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Featured Class Notables
Benjamin Hunter
Class of 2004
Ben Hunter, MMus '04 (music composition), was named dean of the University of Idaho Libraries.
Ezra Mannix
Class of 2004
Ezra Mannix, BA '04 (journalism: magazine, international studies), was hired as a digital content strategist and editor at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion in Washington, DC.
Ariel Kelley
Class of 2005
Ariel Kelley, BS '05 (business administration), was voted one of North Bay Business Journal's Forty under 40 notable young professionals for 2019. She is acting CEO and board chair of nonprofit company Corazon Healdsburg.
Anthony Kuchulis
Class of 2005
Anthony Kuchulis, BA '05 (political science), has joined the Portland office of Littler, an employment and labor law practice representing management.
Levi Thane
Class of 2005
Levi Thane, BArch '05, has joined A & E Architects, a design firm with offices in Montana and Seattle, as an architect.
Lane Tobiassen
Class of 1986
Lane Tobiassen, BA '86 (English), was promoted to president of the firearms division of American Outdoor Brands.
Max Unger
Class of 2008
Former All-American Ducks footballer Max Unger, BS '08 (art), announced his retirement from the NFL after a 10-year career.
Natalie Ball
Class of 2005
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, of the Pendleton area, has given Natalie Ball, BA '05 (ethnic studies, art), a 2019 Golden Spot residency award.
Eric White
Class of 2006
Eric White, BS '06 (economics), became a shareholder at Portland-based Meketa Investment Group.
Nopporn Kichanan
Class of 2006
Nopporn Kichanan, MArch '06 (landscape architecture), has joined Thomas & Hutton in Charleston, South Carolina, as a landscape architect.
Aaron Brooks
Class of 2007
Former Ducks basketball player Aaron Brooks, BS '07 (political science), was inducted into the Seattle Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame.
Anne Petersen
Class of 2007
Anne Petersen, MA '07 (English), delivered a convocation address at Carleton College in Minnesota.
Andrew Mehm
Class of 2009
Andrew Mehm, BS '09 (economics), has joined the Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, office of Agent Owned Realty as an agent.
Steven Laurie
Class of 2009
Steven Laurie, MS '09, PhD '12 (human physiology), contributed to NASA's Twins Study, which helps scientists better understand the impacts of spaceflight on the human body through the study of identical twins.
Heidi Schreck
Class of 2009
HEIDI SCHRECK, BA '09 (English), is starring in an Amazon Prime series, What the Constitution Means to Me, based on her play of the same name.
Connie Atchley
Class of 2010
The Oregon Institute of Technology has appointed Connie Atchley, MS '10 (interdisciplinary studies: applied information management), to chief information officer and vice president of information technology services.
Hossein Peigahi
Class of 1964
Hossein Peigahi, BArch '64, returned to Eugene after practicing architecture for years in Washington, where he designed high schools, including Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. He has displayed his art in the Bellevue Arts Museum and the Tacoma Art Museum.
Eric Johansen
Class of 1981
ERIC JOHANSEN, BS '81 (geography), retired after 36 years as a financial advisor to Portland and other governments in Oregon, having assisted with the bond financing of major public capital projects.
Deborah Summers
Class of 1981
Former Ducks basketball player Debbie Adams, BS '81 (community service and public affairs), was inducted into the Seattle Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame.
Kevin Wilcock
Class of 1982
Kevin Wilcock, BArch '82 (architecture), was named associate principal for the Honolulu office of architecture firm WRNS Studio.