1940-49
Barbara (Reik) Fullman ’46 of Tigard turned 100 years old on May 30, 2023.
1950-59
Ray Olson ’54 of Naperville, Illinois, celebrated his 90th birthday in December 2022, surrounded by family and friends. A veteran and Linfield Athletic Hall of Fameinductee (2002), Olson spends his retirement traveling, writing and making documentary films.
1960-69
Senator Jim Honeyford ’61 of Sunnyside, Washington, retired in January 2023 from the Washington State Legislature after serving for 28 years. He and wife Jerri (Bogert) ’62 to visit children, grandchildren and travel. They are in the process of moving to Mount Vernon, Washington.
Gordon ’62 and Evlyn (Ryberg) Kaufman ’63 of Spokane, Washington, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 29, 2022.
Gary Stevens ’63 of Kodiak, Alaska, was elected president the Alaska Senate. Stevens has served as a senator since 2003.
1970-79
Marianne Mills ’72 of McMinnville was named the 2023 Woman of the Year. She was recognized in May for her contributions to the McMinnville School District, Habitat for Humanity, Friends of the Library, First Baptist Church, the McMinnville Tennis Association and Linfield.
1980-89
Sean Hoar ’80 of Lake Oswego joined the national labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP in January 2023 as partner and practice group chair.
Carl Fauver ’83 of West Jordan, Utah, placed second in the Newspaper Reporter: Division B category in 2022 2023, for articles in the Murray, Taylorsville and Jordan Journals. This annual honor is presented the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Utah Headliners Chapter.
John Meyer ’83 of Siletz retired in 2020 after teaching in the County School District for 35 years. He and his wife, Donna, have been married for 32 years.
Lewis Black ’85 of Salt Lake City, Utah, started a new job as administrative law judge with the Utah Department Health and Human Services.
Tanya (Thomas) Shanks-Connors ’88 of Sandy was named chief nursing officer at PeaceHealth Southwest in May 2023.
Virlena Crosley ’89 of Salem served as interim provost and president of academic affairs at Linfield University from May 1-July 28, 2023.
1990-99
Cathy (Vetter) Alvarez ’90 of Fremont, California, is the founder and director of Rivendell Academy, a private independent study program for K-12 students in Fremont, California.
Pamela Slaughter ’91 of Portland is executive director of People of Color Outdoors, a nonprofit created to provide inclusive and safe way for people to enjoy nature in. Slaughter also partners with Oregon Humanities offer programming on aging and generational through “The Conversation Project.”
Sharon Boyle ’93 of Terre Haute, Indiana, has been appointed director of arts in health and associate professor of music therapy at Ohio University.
Joy (Johnson) Lease ’96 of Klamath Falls was named head women’s basketball coach at Oregon Tech.
Mike Miller ’96 of Goleta, California, was appointed to the University Board of Trustees in May 2023. He is currently the assistant vice chancellor for enrollment at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Lisa (Setting) Soderin ’99 of Atascadero, California, married Soderin on June 11, 2022.
2000-09
J.T. Lieuallen ’00 of Walla Walla, Washington, joined Peterson Hastings in April 2023 as a senior wealth advisor.
Amy (Anderson) Fast ’01 of McMinnville is the superintendent of Dayton School District.
JP Bierly ’02 of McMinnville and his company, Bierly Brewing, were recognized at the 2023 Oregon Beer Awards. Bierly was named the Small Brewery of the Year and its Blackbird Stout and Rendevous Double IPA received gold silver in the gluten-free beer category.
Shane McCrae ’02 of New York published a memoir, “Pulling the Chariot of the Sun,” which came out Aug. 1.
Rachel (Cohen) Ostrander ’03 of Kirkland, Washington, a book, “Nurse: A Memoir” in May 2022.
Scott Henderson ’04 of Newberg became principal of Ewing Elementary School in Newberg in July 2023.
Sarah (Collins) Schmeer ’04 of Portland appeared on Jeopardy! on Dec. 26, 2022. Her final score of $23,100 fell just short of the defending champion Ray Lalonde, who won that episode with $26,600.
Justin Samples ’05 of Portland, a private wealth advisor and CEO of Fulcrum Wealth Management Group, earned the Ameriprise Client Experience Award for 2022.
Kandice (Kleiber) Marshall ’05 of Kailua, Hawaii, had a second child in spring 2023.
Samantha (Hendrick) Moorhead ’06 of Lafayette was honored the McMinnville Rotary as an Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She currently teaches at Wascher Elementary School.
Sarah Mead-Sperley ’06 of Seattle, Washington, accepted a new job with Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station Fire Sciences Lab as an administrative support assistant.
Jeff Shaffer ’06 of Clackamas began as vice president of finance and operations of Clackamas Community College on June 1, 2023.
Jessica Williams-Colburn ’07 of Bend was awarded The James Madison Fellowship in April 2022. This highly competitive fellowship helps secondary level history, government and civics teachers to become outstanding educators of the U.S. Constitution. She is currently an eighth-grade social studies teacher at La Pine Middle School and is working towards an M.A. in U.S. history and government through Ashland University in Ohio.
Tayler Brisbin ’07 of McMinnville married Doug Bassett on October 11, 2022.
Sugat Bajracharya ’08 of Kathmandu, Nepal, works as a socioeconomist at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.
Ben Schwartz ’08 of Portola Valley, California, obtained his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in July 2023. Amanda (Moore) Haglund ’09 of Beaverton and her husband Scott welcomed their first child, Xander Boyd, on January 29, 2023.
2010-19
Deanna Fairchild ’10 of Salem retired from Linfield University in January 2023, after serving as the assistant director of admission since July 18, 2005.
Jess Learn ’10 of San Francisco, California, and her husband John Williams welcomed a child, Parker Learn-Williams, on Nov. 1, 2022.
Katie Ouzounian ’10 of Bullfrog, Utah, started a health coaching practice called Tough Roots, where she helps health care workers, first responders and their partners define, attainand sustain wellness.
Helen (Kehoe) Allen ’11 of Tigard earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.
Colin Jones ’11 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduated magna cum laude from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in May 2023. He will be working as a law fellow at Altshuler Berzon LLP in San Francisco in the coming year.
Chelsea (Janzen) Williams ’12 of Dayton married Chase Carroll Williams of Allen, Texas, in Dundee on Nov. 12, 2022.
Danica (Andresen) Galindo ’13 of Salem started a new job on Jan. 3, 2023, at the State of Oregon Department of Revenue as a seasonal administrative specialist.
Christian Mendoza Juanillo ’13 of Dallas and her husband Gustavo welcomed a baby boy, Santiago Matias Mendoza Juanillo, in January 2023.
Evan O’Kelly ’13 of Portland was named the assistant commissioner for communications for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Cassidy (Davis) Benn ’14 of Eugene and husband Jordan welcomed their first child, Jameson, on July 11, 2023.
Sujan Dhoju ’14 of Bhaktapur, Nepal, married Lenka Gengelova in June 2022. They later celebrated a traditional Slovakian wedding in Lenka’s hometown of Michalovce, Slovakia attended by Tyler Miller ’16 of New York City. A traditional Nepalese celebration in Sujan’s hometown of Nagarkot, Nepal, in December, was attended by Miller, Shelly (Sorensen) Sanderlin ’83 and Ben Sanderlin ’16, both of McMinnville.
Alex Yucheng Zhang ’14 of Lubbock, Texas, started as a full-time lecturer of musicianship and music theory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music this fall.
Wes Hanson ’16 of Severn, Maryland, was the project lead on the USDA report that was recently published in the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
Ryan Ishihara ’16 of Honolulu, Hawaii, is an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the University of Hawaii football team.
Tyler Miller ’16 of New York City, owns Freestyle Aviation, a private jet broker.
Kyle Chandler ’17 of Portland was promoted to financial advisor for Fulcrum Wealth Management Group, a private wealth advisory practice.
Ben Bartu ’18 of Berkeley, California, published his first chapbook of poetry titled, “Myraid Reflector.”
Emily (Walker) ’18 and Ben Bohanon ’19 of Sherwood were married on Sept. 2, 2022. The two honeymooned in Bali.
Vanesa (Montalvo) Rodriguez ’18 of Beaverton started as a creator specialist for Nike in October 2022.
Tor Strand ’18 of Anchorage, Alaska, is the 2023 winner of the Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency from PEN Northwest.
2020-
Alex Hunter ’21 and Calder Ifft ’21 of Portland were married on Dec. 17, 2022.
Rosario Rucoba ’21 of The Dalles started as political manager for the Latino Action Network Fund in November 2022. She is pursuing her master’s degree in strategic communications from American University.
Mara Youngren-Brown ’21 of Portland has written and published her second piece of work with the Peahce Project.
Maddie Loverich ’22 of Bainbridge Island, Washington, started in January 2023 as a public relations intern with Disney Signature Experiences in Orlando.
David Magnello ’22 of Salem was among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since March 2022. He will serve as an education volunteer in Costa Rica.
Josie Ciaciuch ’23 of Port Angeles, Washington, opened a storefront boutique called Precious Collective Boutique in Uptown Gig Harbor.
Friends
David and Jeanne Beck of Amity received the Outstanding Industry Leadership Award from the Oregon Wine Press in May 2023. The Becks are co-owners of Crawford Beck Vineyard.
Kathryn Crabtree of Portland retired from Linfield University on June 30, 2023, after serving as an adjunct assistant professor of nursing (non-tenure track) from 2014-2017 and then as a full-time assistant professor of nursing (non-tenure track) since July 1, 2017.
Patricia Haddeland of McMinnville retired from Linfield University on June 15, 2023, after serving as director of student health, wellness and counseling since Aug. 15, 2012.
Douglas W. Lee, who wrote “Remembering Tiananmen Square” for Linfield Magazine in 2019 (vol. 16, no. 1), published, “Seeking Tong-Shaan, Encountering Gum-Shaan: What it Meant to be Cantonese in America, 1850-1990,” in March 2023.
Amy Prosenjak, a member of the Linfield Board of Trustees, was named a 2023 Women of Influence honoree by the Portland Business Journal. Prosenjak became the president for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ Oregon business unit in 2022, after serving as president/CEO of A to Z Wineworks for 15 years.
Thomas Reinert of McMinnville retired from Linfield University on June 30, 2023, after serving as a professor of chemistry since July 1, 1988. He was awarded emeritus status as July 1.
Corrections: The print edition of the magazine errantly named David Beck as Spark Wonder campaign chair, instead of Kerry Carmody ’73, and Tom Reinert’s start date at Linfield was listed as 1998 instead of 1988. The magazine editorial team apologies to these individuals for these errors.
In Memoriam
Bill Barnes ’43 of New York, Nov. 4, 2022.
Wynn (Rouske) Perry ’44 of Gig Harbor, Washington, Feb. 13, 2022.
Beverly (Hunt) Christensen ’48, April 11, 2023.
Bill Everingham ’48 of Missoula, Montana, Feb. 2, 2023.
Masuko (Hachiya) Oyama ’49, Feb. 24, 2023.
Lawrence Cooper ’50 of Olympia, Washington, June 8, 2022.
Duane Ramseyer ’50 of Filer, Idaho, Nov. 11, 2022.
Barbara (Wilks) Sherlock ’50 of Eugene, Feb. 11, 2023.
Phil Burkhart ’51 of Olympia, Washington, July 19, 2022.
Patsy (Chase) Chase Minter ’51 of Eugene, March 13, 2023. Survivors include sibling Deirdre Reynolds ’55.
Archie Holeman ’51 of Pasadena, California, Sept. 29, 2022.
Gene Miller ’51 of Bellevue, Washington, Jan. 16, 2023.
Joy (Brock) Pruitt ’51 of Lake Oswego, Feb. 2, 2023. Survivors include child Andre Pruitt ’86.
Jackie (Huff) Hurl ’52 of McMinnville, Jan. 6, 2023.
Esther (Young) Norman ’52 of Redmond, Washington, Dec. 24, 2022.
Wayne Horner ’53 of Seattle, Washington, Dec. 10, 2022.
Carol (Campbell) Shroyer ’53 of Scottsdale, Arizona, 11, 2022.
Nancy Duthie ’54 of King City, Nov. 2, 2021.
Sherry Folsom ’54 of Albany, Jan. 26, 2023.
Jim Beard ’55 of McMinnville, April 11, 2023.
Lew Flint ’55 of Mosier, March 14, 2023.
William Gourley ’55 of Lenexa, Kansas, May 20, 2022. Survivors include spouse Charity (Beeson) Gourley ’56.
Lyle Hartzell ’55 of Westlake, Feb. 12, 2023.
Patsy (Ogburn) Ingram ’56 of Mesa, Arizona, Feb. 4, 2022. Survivors include spouse Nels Ingram ’56.
Al Morris ’56 of Beaverton, Dec. 23, 2022.
Dick Holliday ’57 of Grants Pass, Jan. 14, 2023.
Joan (Sjoholm) Munsey ’57 of Portland, Oct. 25, 2022.
Ken Davis ’58 of Sequim, Washington, Oct. 9, 2022.
Dale Holland ’58 of Ione, Dec. 9, 2022.
Wiley Kehrli ’58 of Kirkland, Washington, March 27, 2023. Survivors include spouse Nancy (Bass) Kehrli ’60.
Tony Schock ’58 of Snohomish, Washington, Dec. 22, 2022.
Martha (Danley) Thomas ’58 of Gig Harbor, Washington, Jan. 17, 2023.
Tannis (Kropp) Richard ’59 of Corbett, March 8, 2021.
Darlene (Wilson) Bess ’60 of Palmer, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2023. Survivors include children Valerie Pigg Rozzi ’83 and Martin Pigg ’87 and grandchild Zoe (Rozzi) Viola ’13.
James Bryant ’60 of Scio, April 7, 2023.
Gene Johnson ’61 of McMinnville, Dec. 20, 2022. Survivors child Scott Johnson ’87 and grandchild Morgan Johnson ’16.
Gerald Martyn ’61 of Ukiah, California, Nov. 19, 2022. Survivors include spouse Daphne (Rawles) Martyn ’63.
Jim Norton ’61 of Cathedral City, California, Sept. 9, 2022.
Arnold Schnitzer ’61 of Great Falls, Montana, May 10, 2022.
Jackie (Clark) Sweet ’61 of Portland, March 9, 2022. Survivors include grandchild Danielle Spirlin ’18.
Jean (Chatterton) Veach ’61 of Portland, March 7, 2021.
Linda (Sauter) McKay ’62 of Fairfax, Virginia, Jan. 18, 2023.
Mel Moe ’62 of Fresno, California, Jan. 3, 2021.
Lester Oppenlander ’62 of Warrenton, Feb. 24, 2023.
Ann (Coffman) Reed ’62 of North Potomac, Maryland, Nov. 20, 2022.
Bill Steele ’63 of Truckee, California, July 24, 2022. Survivors spouse Susan (Croy) Steele ’65.
Linda (Osgood) Brattstrom ’64 of Sherwood, April 24, 2021.
Stan Hart ’64 of Portland, Nov. 23, 2022.
Sharon (Lumijarvi) Hermo ’64 of Portland, April 30, 2023. Survivors include spouse Larry Hermo ’59 and grandchild Troy Hermo ’16.
Larry Holbrook ’64 of Austin, Texas, April 26, 2022.
Ron Davison ’65 of McMinnville, Dec. 13, 2022. Survivors wife Linda (York) ’64, brother Tom Davison ’65, children Elizabeth Davison Mickelson ’89, Steve Davison and Jill (Davison) Scales ’94 and grandson Garrett Scales ’20.
Joanie Vogt ’65 of Portland, March 10, 2022.
Douglas Rasmussen ’66 of Corvallis, Feb. 1, 2023. Survivors child Mark Rasmussen ’91.
Rich Schroeder ’67 of Portland, Nov. 1, 2022.
Lee Weber ’67 of Beaverton, Jan. 19, 2023.
Tom Pierce ’68 of Woodburn, Nov. 21, 2023.
Neal Brown ’69 of Tigard, May 29, 2022.
Tim Lehman ’69 of Vancouver, Washington, Jan. 8, 2023.
Gene Lilly ’71 of Ilwaco, Washington, Nov. 9, 2022.
Glen Plagmann ’72 of Scottsdale, Arizona, Dec. 12, 2022.
Kenny Gant ’73 of Mercer Island, Washington, July 26, 2022.
Kevin Kurumada ’73 of Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 2, 2022.
Rae Owens ’74 of Rockaway Beach, Feb. 22, 2023.
Teresa Durlin ’77 of Denver, Colorado, Dec. 8, 2022. Survivors include spouse Mark Thurber ’78, ’80.
Joanne (Harris) Larsell ’80 of Lincoln City, Oct. 16, 2021. Survivors include spouse John Larsell ’80 and Christine (Kron) Ortiz ’91.
Carol (Culley) Storment ’82 of Milwaukie, March 5, 2023.
Catherine (Endicott) Anderson ’83 of Warrenton, Dec. 2, 2021.
Kenneth Almberg ’89 of Cottage Grove, Aug. 5, 2020.
Jim Hereford ’89 of Mead, Washington, Dec. 21, 2022.
Loretta Stidham ’90 of Astoria, Nov. 4, 2022.
Angie (Jurgens) Larson ’91 of Wasilla, Alaska, March 20, 2022. Survivors include spouse Jay Larson ’92.
Rick Klohn ’93 of Eugene, April 14, 2021.
Kevin Ryerson ’93 of Central Point, Nov. 5, 2022.
Douglas Ronan ’94 of Cottage Grove, Aug. 18, 2022.
Stephen Sebastian ’94 of Albany, Oct. 16, 2022.
Laura Kreft ’96 of Winston, Jan. 22, 2023.
Cheryl Froeber ’99 of Aloha, Nov. 24, 2022.
Colleen Watkins ’99 of Beaverton, Aug. 26, 2022.
Bill McCoy ’01 of Eugene, July 26, 2022.
Niki (Parizo) Burnham ’04 of Bennington, Vermont, Jan. 15, 2023.
Lori (Nielsen) Bonham ’05 of The Dalles, Dec. 10, 2022. Survivors include spouse Daniel Bonham ’98.
Judy (Fox) Lathrop ’07 of Salem, Jan. 19, 2023.
Aaron Minnick ’09 of Sacramento, California, Oct. 20, 2023.
Kevin Nixon ’10 of Albany, March 18, 2023.
Carie (McChesney) Kyrilov ’13 of Seattle, Washington.
Jana Knoll ’15 of Salem, July 16, 2022.
Devan Matkin ’16 of Portland, Jan. 23, 2023.
