AWARD RECIPIENTS

PIONEER ALUMNI LEADERSHIP AWARD:
W. FRANK LAWRENCE '52
DONNA J. MACKLIN LAWRENCE '52

Frank Lawrence and Donna Macklin met in William Stafford's English class in 1948. They graduated from Lewis & Clark in 1952 -- Frank with a degree in Business and Donna with a degree in Music and Education.

They were married in 1952. Donna was an elementary music and classroom teacher. Frank went into business with Crown Zellerbach Corporation in West Linn, Oregon.

As their children were growing up their family became involved with the Lewis & Clark International Student's Program. Over the years they were host family for students from Hong Kong, Thailand and Peru.

Frank was co-chair of the Class of 1952 Golden Reunion. Since then they helped establish the 1952 Class Scholarship Fund, and are now members on the Albany Society Board of Directors. They have supported the Valentine's Luncheons for alumni, and various other projects -- the latest undertaking being chair of Albany Week which will take place February 23-26, 2009.

Frank and Donna have two daughters and four grandchildren. They live in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD:
SATYA D. BYOCK '04

Satya Byock '04 lives by her motto: cultivate the best in yourself that you may cultivate the best in the world.

After graduating in History with honors, she began her post-college search to find her life's direction. Satya traveled to Colombia where she developed an internship at a prison in Bogotá, allowing her to apply some of the knowledge gained from her thesis research on political prisoners. As an intern, she photographed prison life and co-led a group of Afro-Colombian male prisoners to discuss race discrimination in the prison, non-violent conflict resolution and the potential for personal transformation.

After returning home to the States, Satya worked odd jobs before the tsunami in South Asia called her to Sri Lanka where she had worked as a schoolteacher in 2002. After organizing aid with her community in Missoula, Montana, Satya traveled to a small affected town on the eastern shore to help local farmers connect with their government representatives and rebuild their cropland. She also worked to develop a long-term relationship between Missoula and a small Sri Lankan town, giving school presentations in Missoula and writing frequent letters to the Missoula paper from Sri Lanka.

In the summer of 2005, Satya moved back to Portland, Oregon where she recovered from her journey, worked more odd jobs, and began learning the ropes of business, entrepreneurship and web technology to develop her dream of Peopleist.org, "a global meeting ground and directory for organizations and individuals who desire a better world and have the ambition and skills to improve it." While serving as the VP of the small non-profit Education for Development (edfordev.org), and awaiting the necessary funding for Peopleist.org, Satya is currently pursuing a degree in the MA Counseling Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute (specializing in the depth psychological tradition of Carl Jung). Satya hopes that others who are seeking their purpose in life while also struggling to improve the world, will trust themselves to follow their bliss, wherever it takes them.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD:
WILLIAM E. FELTZ '66

During his career at the East-West Center in Honolulu for 35 years, William Feltz’ work grew directly out of his experiences at Lewis and Clark College, particularly his sojourn to Japan as a member of one of the first Overseas Study Programs, and as a music major. An arts administrator and ethnomusicologist, he was instrumental in the development of the Arts Program at EWC. He has been a key figure in arranging for more than 300 exhibition and performance programs, primarily from the Asia-Pacific region. His goal has been to introduce to a wider audience the amazing diversity of world arts, including minority groups of the U.S. and even the smallest nations and cultural groups of the region.

The program he administers draws audiences of all ages and in many geographic locations; and he has been increasingly reaching out to “at-risk” youth, realizing that people’s world views are developed at a young age. Under his leadership, EWC arts programming has included Music and Dance from Mongolia; Australian Aborigine Music, Dance, and Painting; Minority Cultures of Yunnan Province in China; Burmese Traditional Tapestries and Puppetry; Arts of the Upland Philippines; Dance from New Caledonia; Folk Music of Japan’s far north; Vietnamese Shaman Culture of the Northern Highlands; Yup`ik Alaskan Material Culture; Music and Dance of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific; Pueblo Arts from the American Southwest. A recent project focused on the magnificence of the Angkor monuments and significance of Khmer classical dance, and how this cultural legacy is helping the Cambodian people recover from the disastrous “Killing Fields” era.

Feltz has made a particular effort to showcase endangered and struggling cultural groups and art forms. By presenting such art traditions in an international setting, he hopes to elevate their stature both in their places of origin and elsewhere, thus engendering a sense of cultural pride at home, and “respect” in the world scene.

DONALD G. BALMER CITATION:
CYRUS PARTOVI '67

Cyrus Partovi graduated from Lewis & Clark in 1967 and received a M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1969. Professor Partovi has extensive field experience in International Relations, having served from 1970-1977 in the Imperial Court of Iran. His last position was Foreign Affairs Director General of the Imperial Court. In exile, after the Iranian revolution, he served as Foreign Affairs Advisor to the former Crown Prince of Iran.

In 1992, Partovi began teaching at his alma matter in the International Affairs department. He is now a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences. His courses include United States Foreign Policy, Studies in Diplomacy, Middle East Politics, International Organizations and Introduction to International Affairs. Partovi is the only faculty member at L&C to have received the Pamplin Society's Teacher of the Year Award twice, in 1994/1995 and 1998/1999.

His contribution during the past 16 years to the Lewis & Clark community has come in the form of teaching close to 3000 students and advising hundreds through the transition from undergraduate studies to other educational/professional development. Partovi has served as a faculty advisor to the Model United Nations Club, the Student Academic Affairs Board (SAAB) and The College Honor Board. He has commented on U.S. Foreign policy and Middle East Politics at many public forums and has volunteered with the Department of Alumni & Parent Programs to tour the country and speak on foreign policy. These events have generated some of the largest gatherings, reminding L&C alumni about the value of their liberal arts education.

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