College of Arts and Sciences Department of History Alumni
 



Don Driscoll ‘50, worked for the U.S. forest service for 36 years and has lived in Virginia since 1977 where he and his wife Eva, also an LC graduate, are active in alumni functions. They attended their 50th class reunion at LC in 2000 and enjoy hearing news about the history department.

Arthur C. Spencer ‘60, worked as a librarian-archivist-researcher for the Oregon Historical Society and BOORA Architects in Portland for over 30 years. He is a member of the Steering Committee of Loaves & Fishes, a program which serves hot meals to senior citizens and shut-ins. He writes a monthly column for the newsletter of St Mark's Anglican church and is a Counting Board Supervisor during Multnomah County's elections.

Jo Ann Staebler ‘69, is working towards a Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary-PSCE in Richmond, VA, and expects to graduate in 2003, one month after her daughter Joanna graduates from Lewis & Clark.

Paul Shore ‘78, gave a series of lectures in Kiev, Ukraine last year and continued his research on Jesuit schools and missions in Transylvania, Romania.

Jen Huntley-Smith ‘85, got her Ph.D. in U.S. 19th century cultural/environmental history of the west from the University of Nevada-Reno in the summer of 2000, where she now teaches as a postdoctoral fellow and is working on a book. She is married to Mark, with daughters Ada, 6, and Sophie, 2.

Robert Oakes ‘85, worked as a newspaper reporter for 15 years before leaving to work as press secretary and legislative assistant for California state Senator Tom Torlakson.

Mark Peterson ‘92, received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. His dissertation was entitled "Brewing Technology and the Beer Trade in Medieval Germany."

Andrew Beckham ‘99, received his MAT from Lewis & Clark in 2001 and now teaches art at Beaverton High School, Beaverton, OR. He continues to restore Volkswagens.

George Wingfield Kline ‘99, works at Salmon Smith Barney in San Francisco where he is an asset manager specializing in tax-deferred retirement roll-overs, corporate 401k accounts, and individual IRAs.

Sarah Caylor '00 is working on a Ph.D. in Art Hsitory at Duke University. She recently married and is expecting her first child.

Izora Everson '00, is currently teaching 9th grade World History and 10th Grade World Geography at Potomac Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia. In addition to her teaching duties, she coach Forensics, leading the team to States two years in a row, sponsor the Red Cross Club and also the Senior Class. In her spare time, Izora study Italian and Art History. Last summer she visited 13 European countries, mainly former Soviet Bloc countries. Next summer sheis applying to the Teachers At Sea program, which is a 65 day cruise ship adventure to Eastern and Southeastern Asia.

Sarah Griffith ‘00, Completed M.A. in Chinese history from Portland State University this summer. In the fall she will be leaving to teach English in China for a year. She intends to pursue a Ph.D. upon her return.

Tim Revett ‘00, worked in the health and safety outreach program at Oregon Health Sciences University after graduation before beginning a MAT program in Social Studies at George Fox University.

Jonathan W. Barrett ‘01, teaches U.S. and Modern European History at Kimball Union Academy and as co-director of their Outing Club climbed to 17,500 feet on Mount McKinley last summer.

Travis Litman '01, is finishing his final year of law school at the University of Colorado School of Law. Amongst his many activities at CU Law, Travis has worked as a Director of the Silicon Flatirons Program , a program designed to discuss the issues facing the telecommunications industry. In fall 2006, he plans on moving to Washington DC to work at Cole, Raywid & Braverman, LLp- a law firm specializing in communications

Andrew Over ‘01, works in the Portland office of Senator Gordon Smith (R, Oregon), in which capacity he frequently works with the senator and has traveled with him on in-state appointments.

Sam Eberhart '05, is a research assistant for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Academy for Genocide Prevention, where his is working on a study of U.S. policy toward Rwanda during the 3 years before the 1994 genocide.

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