Class Notes - 1940s

1945

Helen Wegener Holt B.A., an honorary life member of the American Association of University Women, was recognized for contributions to the AAUW’s Eleanor Roosevelt Fund. 

Class Notes - 1950s

This edition of Class Notes includes law submissions through February 24, 2010, and undergraduate and graduate submissions through September 9, 2010.

1951

Robert Weiss J.D. was a guest of honor and principal speaker at the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Denver in November 2009. Weiss, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, spoke on “The Brotherhood of Arms Transcends Uniforms.” He shared his experience at the battle of Mortain in Normandy, where his unit was surrounded by an elite German division for six days.

1952

James Annala B.A. spent his first three years after graduation as a Navy bandsman on a NATO base in Naples, Italy. He later earned an M.A. from Portland State University. In 1960 he began teaching music in the McMinnville School District. He also taught instrumental music at George Fox University in Newberg for several years and played in the orchestra there until 2006. He and his wife, Evelyn, married in the 1960s, and their son, Carl, was born that decade. When Jim retired in 1989, the couple relocated to Dundee. Today, two of Annala’s favorite activities are fishing and playing in orchestras. He also enjoys stamp collecting, listening to records, and gardening.

James Paul B.A. is president and cofounder of the Academy of Music Northwest in Bellevue, Washington, a pre-college classical music school for ages 4 to 18, established in 1997. The academy is dedicated to preparing area students for admission to the country’s top music schools and conservatories. It engages 125 students in music studies and performance in 12 instrumental and choral ensembles and chamber orchestra.

Class Notes - 1960s

1961

Barbara Simmonds B.A. offers Reiki healing and training, post-trauma healing, and Life-in-Motion coaching. Active in the Prospect Hill Friends Meeting (Quaker) and the St. Paul–Minneapolis peace and justice community, she recently became Friend-in-residence at the Twin Cities Friends Meeting. Simmonds also writes poems and memoir, and she is revising two book manuscripts. She enjoys her children, grandchildren, and many friends.

1963

Stephen Mathews B.A. re-engineered his career after 21 years in aerospace (NASA, Northrop, McDonnell Douglas). He earned his teaching certificate and taught high school math and science for several years, before relocating to California’s gold rush country. One son is close by in Rocklin, and both daughters live in the Bay Area. Now, as travel agents, Mathews and his wife love traveling. They live on a lake near some of California’s best skiing and enjoy their sailboat on San Francisco Bay.

1968

Sara Cerato B.A. retired from Citigroup after 30 years on Wall Street. She now serves as director of global equity sales for Mirae Asset Securities, an Asia-based start-up firm. Cerato oversees marketing the firm’s global research, strategy, and economic work to professional investors in Europe and the United States. She is a Philadelphia Orchestra board member and maintains homes in Philly and New York.

1969

Nan Stewart B.A. joined the Foreign Service in 1994 and is serving her last tour as a consular officer in Nicosia, Cyprus. She previously held posts in Italy, Senegal, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Kenya. Before beginning her own career, she lived with her husband, James (a former member of the Foreign Service), in Botswana and Niger. After traveling the world, the couple are pondering where to retire in two years.

Class Notes - 1970s

1971

1974

Alex Loewenthal B.S. After five years in academe (at the University of Southern California’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering), 15 years at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works (where he worked in operations analysis for the F-22, the JSF, the U-2, and “other unmentionable airplanes”), and nine years at Lockheed’s Enterprise Business Services, Loewenthal says he was “riffed, retired, and reemployed in one month.” He is now chief engineer/systems engineering lead at ATK, Inc., and has learned there is no rest for the wicked.

1975

Thomas Anderson B.A. teaches in Seattle at a private elementary school. While enrolled in an M.A.T. program at Seattle University, he began working with computers and discovered he loved teaching children how to use them. Now he enjoys working with younger kids on their reading and writing skills.

Doug Foran B.A. launched LangTech International in 1995, creating an opportunity to use his foreign language skills full time after many years in corporate and marketing communications. He works mainly in the legal and medical/pharmaceutical fields, translating French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish documents into English. He recently became a member of the Paris-based Société Française des Traducteurs. In Portland, he serves as vice president of the Cercle Français and is a member of the Alliance Française. A professional musician since his college days—and a former chanteur-pianiste at Club Med in France—Foran sings and plays piano at church. He is working on his band Ovation’s third CD, which is slated for completion in 2011.

1976

Philip Jones J.D. is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization of trust and estate lawyers and law professors. He is a partner in Portland’s Duffy Kekel law firm.

1977

Leslie Watson B.S. coauthored the Field Guide to Common Marine Fishes and Invertebrates of Alaska. She has worked as a marine research biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 26 years. During her career, she has conducted research (e.g., vessel surveys, laboratory studies) on a variety of commercially important marine species, including salmon, groundfish, shrimp, crabs, and other invertebrates. She has also carried out long-term, large-scale projects tagging red, blue, and golden king crab in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and has authored or coauthored numerous papers and journal articles.

1978

Charles Carter J.D. received his Ph.D. in business from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is an assistant professor of real estate in the Barry Kaye College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. One of his publications, “Oregon’s Experience with Property Rights Compensation Statutes,” Southeastern Environmental Law Journal 17(1), 137–168 (2008), mentions the work of James Huffman, Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School. Carter has published in the Journal of Real Estate Research and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (forthcoming), among others.

K. William “Bill” Gibson J.D. of Clackamas won a writing award from the American Bar Association and Edge International at the 2009 ABA annual meeting for his article “Outsourcing Legal Services Abroad” (Law Practice magazine). Gibson led a delegation of lawyers to India to meet with law firms and legal outsourcing firms there.

Paul Monheimer B.A., a seventh-grade history teacher at Catlin Gabel School in Portland, was one of 12 educators to receive a Distinguished Award in Teaching from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Israel. During his four-month trip, he studied teacher training programs and how veteran teachers acquire new skills. Monheimer blogged about his adventures at Fulbright in Israel.

Gayle Nachtigal J.D. is an inductee of the National Center for State Courts’ Warren E. Burger Society, an honor accorded those who have given exceptional time, talent, and support to the organization. A pro tem judge in Washington County Circuit and District Court from 1989 to 1991, Nachtigal was appointed to Washington County’s Circuit Court bench in 1991. Prior to her judicial service, she was in private practice for three years and with the Oregon Department of Justice for five years. She began her legal career as sole deputy district attorney in the Juvenile Department of the Washington County District Attorney’s Office in 1979.

Jack Osborn B.A. proudly notes he has two sons enrolled at Lewis & Clark, Benjamin CAS ’11 and Caleb CAS ’13. Osborn says they are thriving, and he enjoys hearing stories about their lives on Palatine Hill.

Randall Stender B.A. was named one of the top 1,000 financial advisors in the country and one of the top 10 in Oregon by Barron’s magazine.

1979

Jennifer Moore B.A. has authored a new book, The Weaver’s Studio: Doubleweave. Interweave Press has also released a two-DVD set titled Doubleweave Basics.

Class Notes - 1980s

1981

Richard Melnick J.D. was appointed to Clark County Superior Court by Washington Governor Chris Gregoire. He was previously a judge in Clark County’s District Court.

1982

Jay Formick B.S. earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Oregon Health & Science University in June 2010.

1983

Lawrence Hartig J.D. is lieutenant governor of Alaska, now second in line to the governor’s office. Prior to his appointment as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation by Governor Sarah Palin in 2007, Hartig was in private practice with the Anchorage law firm Hartig Rhodes Hoge & Lekisch, where he had worked since 1983 on environmental, natural resources, and commercial matters.

Pamela Knowles J.D. is managing director of the Oregon Zoo Foundation. She raises money to support the zoo’s activities and manages membership activities for 46,000 Friends of the Zoo. Knowles is also a member of the Portland Public Schools Board of Education.

1984

Megan Ballard B.A. is an associate professor of law at Gonzaga School of Law. She received tenure in May 2007 and is taking a sabbatical during the 2010–11 academic year. Ballard received a Fulbright award to teach and research postconflict property restitution in the Republic of Georgia. A Gonzaga Academic Council grant allows Ballard to conduct similar research in Colombia.

Stephen Doherty J.D. is senior advisor for the Northwest to U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. Doherty, a partner at Smith & Doherty in Montana, has more than 20 years of experience in civil litigation and tribal law. He chaired Montana’s Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission from 2005 to 2009, and he previously served 12 years in the Montana State Senate.

Phil Lowery B.A. directed Mozart’s Don Giovanni for San Francisco’s Parlor Opera in May 2010. Cynthia Scharf B.A., as a member of the U.N. Secretary-General’s climate change support team, serves as principal speechwriter on climate issues and advises on strategic communications. Sharf and her husband recently celebrated their 20th anniversary, and their daughter is gearing up for college.

1985

Sheila Gallagher B.A. joined General Mills in 1987 as a sales representative in the Northwest region. In 2010, she was promoted to vice president of sales, operations, and planning within the company’s Bakeries and Food-service Division.

1986

Amy Beltaine B.A. graduated in 2010 from Meadville Lombard Theological School, a Unitarian Universalist seminary based in Chicago. She looks forward to pursuing chaplaincy work in Salem.

Class Notes - 1990s

1990

Robert Kyte J.D. is president and CEO of Adventist Risk Management, which consists of six companies (four in the United States, one in Gibraltar, and one in Brazil). Kyte is based in Silver Spring, Maryland. He previously served as general counsel for Healthwise; general counsel for the Adventist Church; and president, CEO, and general counsel for the Pacific Press Publishing Association.

Janet Motter B.A. ’90, M.A.T. ’95 lives in Beaverton and has been teaching fifth grade in the Archdiocese of Portland for 20 years. See also Births.

1991

Laura Mundt B.A. works on the Lewis & Clark campus as friendship family coordinator for the Academic English Studies program. She connects international students with local families to socialize and learn about each other’s cultures. Mundt also teaches breast-feeding preparation classes at Providence Portland Medical Center. Eden

Hankins Ware B.A. lives in Denver with her husband, David, and daughters, Layne and Tess. Ware is a women’s-health nurse practitioner working in private practice.

1993

Michael Cragun J.D. was appointed to the Utah State Tax Commission by Governor Gary Herbert in November 2009. Cragun served as deputy chief of staff to then–Lieutenant Governor Herbert for four and a half years. Prior to that, Cragun completed one term as a Davis County commissioner. Christy King J.D. and a colleague revised The Law (in Plain English) for Photographers, third edition, a spring 2010 release by Allworth Press. King is a principal in the DuBoff Law Group in Portland.

Clifford Villa J.D. received Seattle University School of Law’s Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award for 2009. During 2009–10, he taught courses in environmental enforcement and environmental drafting. He maintains his practice as an assistant regional counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 office in Seattle.

Marc Schotland B.A. completed an M.B.A. at New York University’s Stern School of Business in July 2010.

1996

Brett Beach B.A. writes a biweekly column called “Chapter Two,” which focuses on movie sequels (but only the first one), for the website boxofficeprophets.com. See also Births.

Jennifer McCormick J.D. was named partner with national litigation firm Foley & Mansfield. She works in the firm’s San Francisco office and practices in construction law, product liability, and toxic tort and mass tort litigation, with an emphasis in asbestos-related litigation. She manages cases from initial discovery through resolution for contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and mining defendants.

Sania “Sunny” Radcliffe J.D. is director of government affairs for Portland General Electric, overseeing the utility’s federal, regional, state, and local government policy matters. Radcliffe was formerly a supervisor of federal and regional relations at PGE. She also previously served as general counsel for Tree of Life Adoption Center and executive director of Oregon Women Lawyers.

1997

Sybil Ackerman J.D., executive director of the Portland-based Lazar Foundation, was appointed to the Oregon Board of Forestry by Governor Ted Kulongoski. Previously, she was legislative affairs director for the Oregon League of Conservation Voters. She held positions with the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, and Audubon Society of Portland.

1998

Ryan Thomas B.A. was named to the Board of Advisors for Mongolia Forward in July 2010. Mongolia Forward is a U.S.-based uranium mining company that secures development properties in Mongolia through a joint venture with MonAtom, Mongolia’s state-owned uranium development company. He joins a leadership team that includes Jeffrey Forbes, a former chief of staff to Montana Senator Max Baucus; John Bolton, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; as well as industry leaders, seasoned international statesmen, and leading Mongolian business executives.

1999

Alexandra Gnoske Davila J.D. published her first children’s book in spring 2010, Loui Saves the Earth.

Class Notes - 2000s

2000

Katy Boyce J.D. was appointed manager of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission for the Bend region. Boyce joined OLCC in 2002 as an inspector and license investigator. She has served as lead worker since 2005 and as interim manager since August 2009.

2001

Dayna Kirk Morrison B.A. met Benny Morrison B.A., a fellow graduate whom she hadn’t known well at Lewis & Clark, about a year after graduation. They married, have a beautiful daughter, Edalyn, and live in Portland with their dog, Cricket. Benny plays music, and Dayna continues to work in the field of HIV/AIDS.

2002

Michael Tarrant B.A. is studying law at Vermont Law School and looks forward to graduating and perhaps working in state government.

2003

J. Riley Lagesen J.D. is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine in Portland. His transactional practice focuses on growth and development counseling for business clients, especially those in the restaurant industry. Lagesen is a leader of the national restaurant industry group firmwide.

Victoria Lantz B.A. received her Ph.D. in theatre research from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in March 2010. She is teaching at Gettysburg College during 2010–11. Her husband, Nick Lantz B.A. ’03, is the 2010–11 Emerging Writer Lecturer at Gettysburg College.

Courtney Caughran Winkfield B.A. is assistant principal of the Academy for Young Writers in Brooklyn, which is part of the New York City Department of Education’s small schools movement. She helped start the school in 2006. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband of seven years, David. See Births.

2004

Amanda Johnson B.A. completed her master’s degree in museum education and has been working as a third-grade assistant teacher in New York City. Now, after six years, she is leaving New York to start a new chapter in Paris. She welcomes reconnecting with other alumni at amanda. diane14@gmail.com

Matthew Weidner B.A. began pursuing his master’s degree in urban and regional planning at Portland State University in fall 2010.

2005

Peter Acker B.A. graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine with an M.D./ M.P.H. in May 2010. He is headed to the University of Chicago for a residency in emergency medicine.

Sharl Azar B.A. graduated from Oregon Health & Science University’s School of Medicine and will begin her residency in internal medicine at OHSU. She plans to pursue a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology. .

Angela Chu B.A. has begun a master’s program in public health at the University of California at Berkeley. She is concentrating on health policy and management and continuing her work in health insurance counseling.

Travis Harper B.A. finished three years in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program in 2008. After moving to Seattle, he got a job at a grocery store and volunteered extensively with Japan- and education-related groups, such as the Japan-America Society’s Japan in the Schools program. Although he enjoyed these endeavors, he decided to get his career back on track and become a “real” teacher. He is now pursuing an M.A.T. at the University of Washington and hopes to teach Japanese at a junior high or high school in Seattle.

2006

Nicole Kaupp B.A. is assistant swimming and diving coach at Washington University in St. Louis. She previously lived three years in Texas.

Nicholas Strychacz B.A. graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with an M.A. in international relations and international economics in 2009. He now works at the World Bank as a consultant on international trade and regional integration issues in Africa.

2007

Nicole Anderson B.A., Danny McKeegan B.A., Lilly Hankins B.A., and Katie Chirhart B.A. live in southeast Portland and spend as much time as possible with their three bundles of joy: Kipper, Candy, and Chewbacca. “Rooooaar!”

2008

Andranel Brown M.A.T. is giddy about starting her third year teaching language arts to eighth-graders at Begich Middle School in Anchorage, Alaska. She reports her school has “1,000+ students across three grades coming from families speaking over 50 languages!”

Annie Brulé B.A. runs a map-focused print design and illustration business in Puget Sound and volunteers extensively in her home community. As program director for Vashon Island Greenmap Project, she led a team in “facilitating a citizen-led mapping initiative featuring cultural, natural, and ‘green living’ resources that make the island unique.” The group hopes to expand the role of the project into local schools and town planning.

2009

Jennifer Bard B.A. is a special education teacher at Pueblo del Sol Middle School in Phoenix. She was a 2009 member of Teach for America’s Phoenix corps and is pursuing a master’s degree in special education from Arizona State University.

Jacob Bourne B.A. is a sports writer for DC Sports Fan. He covers the Washington Wizards men’s basketball team. He also works for the Washington Nationals, writing for their game-day programs and monthly magazine.

Megan Brodie B.A. is at the University of Pennsylvania in a post-baccalaureate classics program. While at Lewis & Clark, she crafted a student-designed major based on the college’s classical studies minor. Brodie has worked at Penn’s library, digitizing and archiving medieval and Renaissance books and manuscripts. This fall, she joined the master’s program in classics at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she is a teaching assistant for Introduction to Ancient Myth. After two more years of Greek and Latin courses, she hopes to enroll in a Ph.D. program or begin teaching at the secondary level. This past summer, she did research in Pompeii and Lisbon.

Dana Ingalls B.A. is pursuing a master’s degree in library and information science at McGill University.

Danielle Johnson B.A. is working toward an M.P.A. at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She interned for Women’s International Perspective, an Internet news service that produces articles from the perspectives of women. She also plans to intern as a special programs coordinator at MIIS.

Dan Miller B.A. served as campaign manager of Suzanne VanOrman’s unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the Oregon State Legislature. VanOrman, a Democrat, was elected in 2008 to represent House District 52, which includes Hood River and Sandy.

Clare Montgomery-Butler B.A. is an associate sales analyst at EthicsPoint, a computer software company in Lake Oswego, where she leads the community involvement group. Montgomery-Butler organizes service opportunities and newsletters. She has ambitions to return to school for a graduate degree.

Erin Schreur B.A. is a staffing coordinator of talent acquisition for Baxter Healthcare Corporation in Deerfield, Illinois. Schreur is applying to DePaul University’s graduate program in writing and publishing.

Class Notes - 2010s

2010

Jessica Mullins B.A. was one of 12 softball players nationally to receive the 2010 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, an honor given to athletes of color with especially distinguished academic and athletic careers. Mullins is the only student-athlete, male or female, from the Northwest Conference to be named to any of the 26 honor teams. She was an intern in Lewis & Clark’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.