Class Notes

Mark Childs, MArch '83, has been named interim dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.

Shasta Hatter, BS '86 (psychology), published her first book of poetry, Jewels in This Light: Haiku and Other Short Poems.

Susan Linders-Anderson, BS '86 (journalism: advertising), was inducted into the Hall of Honor at California State University at Chico.

Former Ducks basketball star Bev Smith, BS '88 (physical education), was inducted into the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class.

Ken Matsuno, BS '84 (marketing), was named dean of faculty at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Michael Meade, BArch '00, has been promoted to associate at Hennebery Eddy Architects in Portland.

Audrey White, BA '99 (journalism: public relations), has joined the Hyas Group as senior consultant for the institutional plan consulting team in Portland.

Todd Johnston, JD '99, has joined the board of directors at Eugene Civic Alliance.

Mary Jensen, PhD '86 (educational psychology), was inducted into the Hall of Honor at California State University at Chico.

Kaley Fought, BArch '11, has been promoted to associate at CB Two Architects of Salem.

Ivan Resendiz Gutierrez, BA '12 (psychology), JD '15, won a Hispanic National Bar Association award for being one of the nation's top Hispanic lawyers under 40.

Roy Lint, BA '49 (chemistry), retired from Unocal Corporation in 1992 as a fuel and lubes engineer after 40 years in various positions. He and his wife live in Sacramento, also home to their four children.

Matthew Thomas, PhD '97 (biology), was promoted to professor at the State College of Florida in Bradenton, where he also serves as biotechnology program manager for the associate in science degree in biotech.

Bob Thompson (Fine & Applied Arts 1986) co-authored The Illustrated Field Guide to Vintage Trailers (vintagetrailerfieldguide.com) recently published by Gibbs Smith Publisher, Salt Lake City. The guide is a complete alphabet of trailers filled with hundreds of high-quality photos and detailed illustrations that make it a one-stop identification reference. The deeply-researched field guide uncovers elusive historical facts that make for excellent campfire conversation starters.

A-Z entries include authentic logos, identifying features, historical briefs, key Models and more. There are spotting notes about rare and unique trailers, events, and trivia. Other highlights include a glossary, a map of manufacturers, and a vintage trailer checklist that can be filled out on the road.

Bob, formerly an advertising art director and creative director, is the happy owner of Bobland (madeinbobland.com) in Portland, Oregon, a custom woodworking company.

I continue to live in San Rafael California and work as the Program Director of a Residential Treatment Program for severely emotionally disturbed adolescents. I have been in this position at La Cheim School for nearly 30 years now. In spare time, I love biking, gardening, reading, film, and going to concerts.

As my marketing firm True Star Consulting is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary, I'm excited to announce that I have started my second company, The Paisa Plan. Having now lived in Medellín as a permanent resident of Colombia for six years, my newest endeavor is a travel agency dedicated to sharing my unrivaled passion and knowledge about this incredible city with travelers from around the world.

Alpha Phi alumni from the class of 1961 reunited at Redondo Beach in November. Now near 80 years old, these women have been friends for more than 50 years and meet annually. Pictured, top, left to right: Margie Lininger, BA '61 (English), Connie Gutowsky, BA '61 (sociology), Carol Hedwall, BA '61 (sociology), Susan Dietsche, BA '61 (sociology), Kathy Farr, BA '61 (sociology), and Jackie Lowthian, BA '61 (journalism); and bottom, left to right, Judy Hendershott, BA '61 (foreign language), Donna Dorsey, BS '61 (leisure studies and services), MS '63 (physical education), and Sue Henningsen, BA '61 (sociology). They even have a poem:


REDONDO BEACH, 2018

We squeeze into taxis from LAX,
enjambed in casual clothes and easy banter.
Morning fog lifts as we leave the freeway.

Seated side by side around a long table,
we're fresh faced, a year or two under eighty—
Nine of us size up the lunch menu—
Small turquoise vases hold sprigs of rosemary.

We meet each year, friends now more than half a century
as deeply rooted as Birds of Paradise, sunrise orange.

We agree among ourselves, the past is present—
take a backward look at good health and bad.
Our cheeks blush red, foreheads frown.

Memory reminds us of our college years—
times of innocence and promise.
Those were the years, the years that were those—
I have photos.

We walk, split off, share intimacies and secrets
with friendly concerns about the others,
the cat's meow of sorority.

Some pop into small, too expensive shops.
"Does this come in a large?"

Some visit the Getty.
Van Gogh's watercolor Irises, 1889,
bloom here all year—kaleidoscopic blues.
Each one exquisite, unique.

We all meet up at a designated corner,
stroll by the ocean on the Venice Beach Boardwalk,
breathe the sea air, watch people, vendors, performers.
Young people stare at the row of white hair
as we rest on park benches, chat about
each other's families, a sister's appetizers,
our children, grandchildren, partners.
Affection compliments the indignities of old age.

Purple and pink, gold and silver, even green
ripple over the Pacific to blond sand at sunset.
Three days give shape to new memories.

Two seagulls fly high above the horizon
soon joined by another, then another.
They disappear gliding into the distant sky.

Goodbye! Take care, good luck, all the best to you—

—by Connie Gutowsky, BA '61 (sociology)

Judith Stoeser, '68, reports that her former husband, Doug Stoeser, '73 Ph.D. Geology, died suddenly on August 18, 2018, in Gwynedd, Wales, where he had moved just six months earlier with his wife, Jill Lemon. Judy still lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

Go Ducks from the Great Wall of China.
On my journey to all of the continents.
Continent 6 of 7 #QuestTo7

I'm please to announce that my fourth book, Fjord Land, a sequel to Cape Decision was published June 4, 2024.