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Featured Class Notables
G. Kennedy
Class of 1968
George Kennedy, BA '68 (political science), retired from the foreign service as a senior officer and federal executive. He recently published his memoir, Cotton Fields to Summits, which is the first volume of a trilogy titled Crosshairs.
Stephen Wallace
Class of 1988
Stephen Wallace, JD '88, has been appointed Superior Court judge for Kodiak, Alaska.
Randall Huntington
Class of 1982
Randy Huntington, BS '82 (physical education), is head coach of the Chinese national track-and-field team, which is training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Charles Flowers
Class of 1991
As part of the city's National Poetry Month in April, the West Hollywood City Council issued a commemorative proclamation to Charles Flowers, MFA '91 (creative writing), the city poet laureate.
Darin DeAngeli
Class of 1989
Darin DeAngeli, MBA '89 (finance), JD '91, was appointed to the Public Employee Retirement System Retirement Board in Boise.
Dennis Bailey-Fougnier
Class of 1983
Dennis Bailey-Fougnier, BS '84 (community service and public affairs), has been hired as president of Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton.
Robert Davies
Class of 1991
Robert Davies, MBA '91 (finance), has been appointed president at Central Michigan University.
Cesilee Coulson
Class of 1991
Former Ducks softball player Cesilee Coulson, BS '91 (physical education), MS '93 (exercise and movement science), was inducted into the Port Angeles High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Dianda Parsons
Class of 1990
Dianda Stevens, BS '90 (public relations), has been named superintendent for the Gervais School District.
Patricia Beeson
Class of 1983
Patricia Beeson, PhD '83 (economics), was a 2019 commencement speaker for the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. She also received the Presidential Medal of Distinction, the school's highest honor.
Francisco Salgado
Class of 1991
Francisco Salgado, BFA '91 (visual design), MFA '93 (sculpture), placed third in the 2019 Big Art Exhibit in Hood River for his sculpture, Dual.
Douglas Fletcher
Class of 1988
Doug Fletcher, BS '88 (biology), retired from the Illinois-based Terlato Wine Group after 32 years in the winemaking industry.
Lise Youngblade
Class of 1984
Lise Youngblade, BS '84 (psychology), was named dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Colorado State University.
Amy Leimbach
Class of 1990
Amy Leimbach, BA '90 (journalism: advertising) has been named senior vice president of sales for iHeartMedia in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jeffrey Beaver
Class of 1985
Jeffrey Beaver, JD '85, received the 2019 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service from the University of Oregon School of Law Alumni Association.
John Taumoepeau
Class of 1993
John Taumoepeau, BS '93 (marketing), has been appointed chief operating officer at Power Digital Marketing in San Diego.
Thomas Muller
Class of 1994
Tom Muller Jr., BMus '94 (music education), was elected northwest division region president-elect for the National Association for Music Education.
S. Worden
Class of 1995
Scott Worden, BS '95 (marketing), was hired as business development manager for CallPotential, a self-storage technology firm.
Heidi Gavrilles
Class of 1996
Heidi Gavrilles, BA '96 (journalism: advertising), has been named principal at John Bohach Elementary School in Spanish Springs, Nevada.
Skye Fitzgerald
Class of 1997
MFA ’97 (speech: theater arts), director of Hunger Ward, was nominated in the short-subject documentary category.