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Class Notes

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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.

Joel Weber

Class of 2003
Joel Weber, BA ’03 (journalism: magazine), was named the new editor for Bloomberg Businessweek.

Scott Parker

Class of 2004
Scott Parker
Scott F. Parker (2004) recently published THE JOY OF RUNNING QUA RUNNING. His next book, BEING ON THE OREGON COAST, will be out in September.

Dana Lyons

Class of 2006
Dana Lyons, JD ’06, has founded Lyons Law in Honolulu, Hawaii, focusing on business, real estate, collections, and estate planning, and cofounded Lyons Estate in Hilo, a zero-emissions vacation rental and forest preservation project located within a native forest of ohi’a lehua, a species of flowering evergreen tree.

Camille Walsh

Class of 2006
Camille Walsh, MA ’06 (history), PhD ’10 (history), published her book Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869—1973.

Sharleen Nelson Bolkan

Class of 2006
Sharleen Nelson Bolkan
Sharleen Nelson, retired UO Communications editor/writer, has published, The End of Time, the third and final book in the Time Tourists Trilogy featuring The Time Tourists and The Yesterday Girl.

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Emily Taylor

Class of 2009
Emily Taylor, PhD ’09 (comparative literature), has been granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of English and world literatures at the College of Arts and Sciences at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina.

Matthew Hanlon

Class of 2013
Matt Hanlon, BA ’13 (journalism), debuted his documentary Saving Green: The Story of a City’s Parks on February 24 at the three-day Huntington Beach Film Festival.

Frank Aden

Class of 1977
Frank Aden, BS ’77 (speech: telecommunication and film) wrote Boise: A Postcard History, published by Arcadia. Retired from Century Link, Aden is a member of the Idaho Historical Society and is the vice president of the History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation. He has been collecting postcards, photographs, booklets, and maps of the Boise area since his high school days in the 1970s.

Myrna Hall

Class of 1977
Myrna Hall, BS ’80 (sociology), was named vice president of advancement at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

Michael Comb

Class of 1984
For his impact in the reagent sector, Michael Comb, PhD ’84 (chemistry), will receive the CiteAb Lifetime Achievement Award during the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting, April 14—18, in Chicago.

P. Catalani

Class of 1982
Roy Catalani, BA ’82 (political science), JD ’86, has been appointed to serve as deputy director of the administration division with the Hawaii Department of Transportation.

Brian Gu

Class of 1993
Brian Gu, BA ’93 (chemistry), has been appointed vice chairman and president of Xpeng Motors, a Chinese electric-vehicle company.

Diane Rios

Class of 1993
Diane Rios, BA ’93 (French), is a finalist for this year’s Oregon Book Awards for children’s literature for her first novel, Bridge of the Gods.

Sunil Shenoy

Class of 1996
SUNIL SHENOY, MBA '96 (general business), was appointed senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's design engineering group, leading design, development, validation, and manufacturing of intellectual properties and system-on-chips for client and data center applications.

Patrick Gamman

Class of 1996
The National Park Service has selected Patrick Gamman, BS ’96 (geological sciences), to serve as superintendent of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon.

Geoffrey Wullschlager

Class of 1999
Geoff Wullschlager, BS ’99 (environmental studies), is the new assistant city administrator and finance director for Garibaldi, Oregon.

Trevor Lamoureux

Class of 2007
Trevor Lamoureux, BS ’07 (human physiology), has joined Columbia Bank as a commercial banking officer for the Wall Street Branch, in central Oregon.

Rashad Bauman

Class of 2009
PDX Partners Inc., a telecom company, has added Rashad Bauman, BS ’09 (sociology), as vice president of corporate development.

Jeanne Savage

Class of 1993
JEANNE SELBY SAVAGE, BS '93 (biology), was appointed chief medical officer of Trillium and Health Net of Oregon.

Carl Segerstrom

Class of 2017
Carl Segerstrom, MS ’17 (journalism), has joined the High Country News staff in Colorado as an editorial intern.