SUMMER 2010

Ice age fossils provide glimpse of the past A year of records for Mountaineer athletics

of Power Place PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE EOU President Bob Davies, Ph.D. Greetings alumni and friends, derive power. It It has been a year since I was honored, and is about the his- Vice President for University Advancement & Executive humbled, to assume the presidency of your uni- tory, traditions Director of the EOU Foundation versity. I have learned a great deal about what and stories of the Tim Seydel, ’89 makes EOU a truly magnifi cent institution of people, and even higher learning. It is only fi tting that this issue’s more importantly, Director of Development Programs theme is “Power of Place” as this is one impor- the outlook and Jon Larkin, ’01 tant element that makes Eastern unique. the shared dreams Since last July, I have tracked my travels we have. Managing Editor throughout the regions we serve and logged over By committing Laura Hancock 31,200 miles on my car. I have observed our geo- to our mission Graphic Designer graphic location in which we operate and clearly of accessibility, Kristin Summers the regions that we serve occupy a beautiful land- affordability and scape – from our campus in La Grande, to the 16 engagement, we are a central force that combines Contributors EOU Athletics sites and centers throughout the state. the beauty of location with our history and tradi- Chris Cronin During these trips I have visited with many tions and our sense of community to create a Rellani Ogumoro individuals: alumni, civic leaders, community sustainable future for our students and region. David Axelrod, Ph.D. members, students and soon-to-be students, farm- This is the “Power of Place” and the “Power ers, business owners and mayors. I learned about of Eastern.” their goals and passions, and despite their fears and frustrations, their excitement for the future. For many, “place” merely refers to our geo- graphic and physical location. The important Bob Davies lesson I have learned is that the people who have President, EOU developed the communities that thrive by foster- ing the meaning of the physical location also "The Mountaineer" is a free publication distributed to alumni and friends of EOU in partnership with the EOU Foundation.

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is a unique campus and I am learning a lot about EOU Foundation Trustees EOU names new provost 2009 – 10 Stephen Adkison, Ph.D., is the new provost and what makes EOU great.” Thomas said one of his biggest goals is to have James G. McMahan, ’76, senior vice president for Academic Affairs at EOU. President “Steve brings the most efficient application process possible. “Everyone is shopping now and we need to do Craig A. Nightingale, ’74, an excellent set of Vice President everything we can to help parents and families make leadership skills and Thomas A. Insko, ’94, the right decision,” Thomas said. “If we have all the experience to this posi- Secretary steps in place, they will know that Eastern is here and tion,” said Bob Davies, Julie Bodfish, ’83, EOU president. “His ready to deliver.” Treasurer dedication to openness, Thomas studied business at SOU and went on to Robert M. Allstott, ’85 transparency and inclu- complete the master’s of management program there. Cliff S. Bentz, ’74 siveness will serve our After graduation he began working as a counselor for Craig Braseth C. Joseph Grover students, faculty and SOU Admissions and later as associate director. Richard Hermens staff very well.” Learning the art of advocacy Jack L. Johnson, ’72 Adkison began his Deneil Hill was one of 20 female students from Steven J. Joseph, ’72 position at EOU on July 1. Prior to his appointment Kevin Loveland across the country to attend meetings of the United he was the associate provost/associate vice president James C. Lundy Nations in New York City this spring in conjunction for Academic Programming and Review at Idaho Colby Q. Marshall, ’99/OSU State University in Pocatello. with the Commission Robert K. Moody “I’m honored to be EOU’s next provost and on the Status of Women Gregory V. Smith, ’94 am deeply thrilled at the opportunity to work with (CSW). Hill was selected Bradford A. Stephens President Davies and the students, faculty and staff to participate in a practi- Arlene Young, ’53 across EOU,” Adkison said. “Eastern is a truly ex- cum program and re- Margaret B. Anderson ceptional institution with a singular history of meet- ceived temporary delegate Phyllis J. Arnst Audrey L. Carey ing educational and community needs throughout status at the U.N. This is Dorothy Cuthbert, ’61 the state of Oregon, and I am eager to join this long the second year a student Randy R. Dolven, ’67 tradition of service.” from Eastern has been selected to participate. David E. Gilbert Adkison received his bachelor’s in English and William E. Hermann While in New York, teaching from Montana State University. He com- Terry L. Lemon, ’69 Hill attended the Interna- pleted his master’s in English and writing and his Gail F. McAllister, ’64 Ph.D. in English, rhetoric and composition from the tional Tribunal on Crimes Against Women in Burma. Melvin L. Ott, ’62 University of Nevada, Reno. Hearing first-hand the personal stories of struggle Valerie F. Royes, ’62 and perseverance of women from around the world Rodney T. Sands Associate Dean of Admissions joins EOU has left a lasting impression on her. It also helped Jack Schut, ’69 Carl Thomas has been named the new associate bring Hill’s senior thesis on rape as a war crime into Wayne R. Simonis, ’74 R. Doyle Slater dean of Admissions at EOU. He began his job June sharper focus. Robert Terry, ’51 1 after leaving his post “It was a very powerful and emotional experi- Debra, ’79, & Neil, ’77, Watterson as associate director of ence that really changed my perspective on feminist culture and the ‘sisterhood,’” Hill said. “All of the Dennis Wilkinson Admissions at Oregon State Joanne H. Wiseman, ’59 University. women were very close and they supported each other in a way I’ve never seen before.” Thomas worked in Cover photo by Laura Hancock: OSU Admissions for seven Hill shared more about her experience at the U.N. during the EOU Student Leadership Conference and Jay Van Tassell, professor of years and was at Southern geology, and EOU student Oregon University prior the Spring Symposium. She received her bachelor’s degree in history in June and plans to attend gradu- Ashley Cogburn remove debris to that. from a fossilized mammoth ate school and study women and gender history. “I am very excited to be tusk. The discovery of the tusks She is originally from Boulder, Colo. here,” Thomas said. “This and other bones is leading to significant research and discovery about the most recent For more EOU news go online to www.eou.edu. ice age in eastern Oregon.

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 1 Campus News

Clothesline Project raises awareness historic administration building. Fortis Construc- of the Astor Expedition that set out to reach the EOU’s Wellness Committee, Shelter from the tion, Inc. of Portland is the general contractor for Oregon coast in the early 1800s. The aging East Storm and the Sexual Assault Response Team the project. and West Dorion halls were demolished in the summer of 2009. joined together to raise awareness about sexual and EOU confers more than 600 degrees domestic violence in April, Sexual Assault Aware- this academic year The University that Works with You ness Month. The Clotheslines Project, Approximately 413 graduates donned cap and After completing several years of detailed re- a visual display that gown to march at EOU’s formal Commencement search and careful consideration, EOU has a new bears witness to vio- Ceremonies Saturday, slogan that defines its mission and goals: lence against victims June 12. The outdoor “The University that Works with You.” of sexual or physical event was held at Com- The brand promise was developed with the assault, was set up munity Stadium. assistance of Dr. Jim Black and SEM Works, a outside in the The 2010 Presi- consulting firm based in North Carolina which campus quad. dent’s Scholar, Tan- has been working with the school on enrollment T-shirts in the ner Denne, of Baker management. display were made City, addressed the “We interviewed students, prospects, alumni, in honor or memory graduating class. Paul faculty and staff and others to find out what of victims or survivors of sexual assault, rape, Kelly, president of the Eastern delivers,” said Tim Seydel, vice president incest, battery, hate crimes that target individuals State Board of Higher for University Advancement. “We found that Photo by Andrew Murray based on sexual orientation or perceived sexual Education, and John working with students to achieve their goals and orientation, physical assault, or those who have Turner, president of Blue dreams is what they all felt EOU was, and is, died from violence-related crimes. Shirt colors Mountain Community College, also spoke during about.” signified the types of violence used against the event. EOU’s logo will remain the same and a individuals. EOU will award an estimated 534 bachelor’s secondary color palette will be added to the tra- The Clothesline Project is a program initi- degrees and 106 master’s degrees during the ditional blue and gold combination. Designs for ated in Cape Cod, Mass. in 1990 to address the 2009-10 academic year, pending completion of the university’s major publications will reflect the issue of violence against women. The program final grades for summer term. new theme, as will the university’s website. estimates there are 500 projects nationally and Dorion Park provides ample green Spring Symposium shines on internationally with an estimated 50,000 to space where aging dorms once stood 60,000 shirts. Original research and creative activities of A wide swath of lawn now provides a wel- EOU students were highlighted during the 12th come swath of green between the parking lots annual Spring Inlow Hall renovations th to conclude by late summer facing 6 Street on the EOU campus. The new Symposium in Dorion Park is not only aesthetically pleasing; it May. The event Students and visitors will see dramatic changes brings the entire when they walk through the front door of EOU’s university com- Inlow Hall this fall as a $6.42 million capital in- munity together vestment project nears completion. Creating easy in acknowledge- access to essential student services is the focal ment and admi- point of the redesign of the building’s first floor. ration of the individual achievements of students Admissions, Financial Aid, Enrollment Ser- as they share their endeavors. vices, Student Accounts and the Registrar’s Of- The symposium enables students to connect fice will be centrally located to create a one-stop and collaborate with their peers, faculty and the shopping experience for students. community as a whole. Activities cover the gamut EOU was appropriated funding in 2007 by serves as a reminder of the namesake of the resi- from poster presentations, panels, performances the Oregon Legislature to make critical updates dence halls formerly occupying the site. and artistic displays. Pictured above, Michael to the historic administration building. Improved A plaque commemorating Madame Marie Towle, a student in the master of arts in teaching seismic stability and energy efficiency are Dorion will be erected at the park. Dorion was program at EOU, explains his project to Sharon some of the upgrades that are less visible in the an Ioway Indian and the only female member Porter, assistant professor of education.

2 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer A t h l e t i c s A year of records for the Mountaineers Barrett Henderson / Sports Information Director Overtime EOU alum joins The 2009-10 sports season at Eastern Oregon Uni- Soccer shoots to the top Wrestling Hall of Fame versity is one to remember. The Mountaineers broke The Mountaineer soccer team began its season Chuck Holliday, a 1970 records, competed at national levels, and finished with a 0-4 start and a tough trip to Southern Califor- EOU graduate, near the top of the conference in multiple athletic nia. Eastern Oregon went from the bottom to the top was inducted endeavors. … literally. into the Oregon Volleyball enjoys highest winning percentage EOU started the conference schedule by winning Chapter of the National Wres- its first three games and stood atop the Cascade The Eastern Oregon volleyball team finished its tling Hall of Fame Conference standings. The Mountaineers knocked off season in the conference semifinals after a third place on May 1. Hol- Oregon Tech, which was 8-1 at the time, in Klamath finish, led by a co-Cascade Collegiate Conference liday competed Player of the Year, and a coach no one will forget Falls to collect the third straight win. for the Mountaineers from at EOU. Eastern Oregon routed Northwest Christian 1962 to 1966, earning recogni- The Mountaineers finished their season 15-9 University on Senior Day in La Grande, 7-1. EOU tion as a four-time Conference overall, and a conference record of 13-5. Eight of the shot a school-record 35 times in the win, putting 19 Champion, four-time NAIA nine Eastern Oregon losses came to ranked oppo- on goal. Tennly Paul-Bowden finished her last game District I and II Champion, nents this season. The Mountaineers had their highest in La Grande with a hat trick and added an assist. two-time NAIA District I and II Outstanding Wrestler, 1964 seed in the conference tournament since 1990. After She shot 11 times against the Beacons—before that Nationals quick pin champion, beginning the season receiving three votes, Eastern game the Mountaineers shot 11 times as a team in a and four-time NAIA National received a vote in every poll in game twice in 2009. Tournament Qualifier. His 2009. The highest amount of overall record was 118-8-1 and votes came on Oct. 13 with 28, he placed sixth, fifth and second but failed to crack the top 25. at nationals. Coach Kaki Morehead col- In the fall of 1966, Hol- lected her 61st victory at Eastern liday was drafted into the U.S. Oregon, the second highest total Army and served in Vietnam. among coaches in the program’s He returned to EOU in 1969 history. She announced follow- as an assistant wrestling coach ing the semifinal season-ending and completed his degree in loss to No. 13 Southern that she science education. He then embarked on a 30-year career would not be returning for a fifth in education, teaching at the season. Morehead ends with the Myrtle Point, Burns, Baker and highest winning percentage in Crook County school districts. school history (.610). While at Baker he started the Grace Deboodt finished her high school wrestling program. career at Eastern setting eight In 1980 Holliday was selected new school records and was to travel to Italy with a cultural named a co-conference player of exchange program and coach the year. She was also named to with a team from Oregon. her third consecutive all-confer- Originally from Prineville, ence first team. Joining Deboodt Holliday served on the board of was Jessica Lea who was named directors for the Crooked River Round-up for 11 years. After to her second straight first-team EOU Athletics photo by Grant Hudkins retiring he began a business in her sophomore season. Eastern soccer player Kendra Kuust slices through the Northwest Christian University making rustic western furniture defense and attempts a shot during the Mountaineer 7-1 victory. from juniper wood.

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EOU’s Martha Billings and Courtney Gaskell Cross country teams soar at nationals ended their careers on the All-Cascade Conference It was a season of growth for the EOU cross Overtime second team. Paul-Bowden and Lori Wilson, both country team. Nationally underrated to begin the seniors, finished on the conference honorable men- season, the Mountaineer women climbed as high tion team. New leadership in as No. 19 during the regular season, while the men EOU Athletics Football season proves best in 30 years rose to No. 18.

The EOU football team had a season of num- Karlee Coffey raced to a first-place finish at the Isaac Williams: Men’s bers: 30 school records broken in 2009; seven ‘Yote Twilight Meet in Caldwell, Idaho, and DJ Basketball Coach wins in a season, the third time in 80 years EOU Flores paced the men with several top 10 finishes. Isaac Wil- has done that; 43 points scored on No. 2 Carroll Coffey finished in the top four of every race but one liams, an EOU College, the most scored on the five-time national in 2009. graduate and champion in a decade; and eight straight weeks the Coffey, a La Grande native, finished the season former player for with a 12th place finish at the NAIA National the Mountain- Championships. She became the third women’s eers, has been Mountaineer runner to be titled an All-American as the assistant coach for the past a freshman. five seasons. During that time, The Eastern Oregon men had their highest finish the Mountaineers have enjoyed at nationals since 2004 when they came in seventh. the most success in the basket- ball program’s history. The Mountaineers 12th place finish in Vancouver, Prior to returning to his Wash., matched head coach Ben Welch’s first sea- alma mater in 2004, Williams son finish at the national meet. Flores’ 16th place had four successful seasons as finish was the highest ever recorded as a freshman the head girl’s basketball coach at Eastern. The last male runner from EOU to be at La Grande High School. named to the All-American team as a freshman was He was named The Oregonian in 1967. newspaper’s 3A Coach of the Indoor track and field sees new personal Year, and was twice named records Greater Oregon Coach of the EOU Athletics photo by Grant Hudkins Year. Williams is also a camp The Mountaineers sent 10 student-athletes to An Eastern football player dives for the endzone against director and instructor with the Montana State University-Northern during the Mountaineers Johnson City, Tenn. for the NAIA National Indoor Northwest Basketball Camp 45-14 rout over the Lights. Track and Field Championships on March 4-6. All organization. 10 EOU participants finished in the top 15 of their Mountaineers stayed in the national top 25. respective events, with eight of them finishing in Keith Scarlett: EOU climbed as high as No. 19, and played in a the top 10. Seven finished in the top eight, and three NAIA National Game of the Week. To put it sim- Soccer Coach were All-Americans. ple, Eastern had its best season in almost 30 years. Keith Scarlett Dustin Cloud set five personal records and The Mountaineers were ranked in the top 20 has been coach- matched two other PR’s in the men’s heptathlon and in 12 different statistical categories. The offense ing soccer the finished ninth overall. past 15 years at amassed over 4,800 yards, led by quarterback Chris Entering the weight throw, Mitch Wheelhouse the collegiate, Ware. The sophomore sensation ended the season was ranked 40th out of 49 competitors and Chris high school and with 3,811 yards of total offense. He was named Dilley was ranked fifth. At the end of the day, Dil- club levels, and also working at a national player of the week and may become the ley was third and an All-American, and Wheelhouse camps and clinics throughout conference player of the year. the eastern United States. Prior was 13th with a new personal record. Eastern Oregon packed the stands in La Grande to coming to EOU, Scarlett Alma Garcilazo ran a very tactical race in the and its traveling offensive showcase attracted fans was a staff coach with the Ohio women’s 800-meter final to finish fourth and claim on its away games. Numerous opposing broadcast- Premier Soccer Club in Dublin, an All-American title. Jeff Roy went from a 13th ers called the EOU offense the “best they have ever Ohio. He holds the USSF “A” seeded provisional entry, to an All American. He seen,” and “one of, if not the most dangerous in and the NSCAA advanced used a very strong last 200 meters to come from National coaching licenses. the nation.” Continued on page 5

4 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer A t h l e t i c s sixth to third, and set a new school record of 2:27.05 EOU is 53-15 over the past five seasons in Quinn in the men’s 1,000-meter run. Coliseum. Salena Leavitt scored in double figures Women’s basketball nearly claims 32 times during her career at Eastern. Overtime conference title Men’s basketball rides winning streak Scarlett brought the Bishop The Eastern Oregon University women’s basket- Like the women’s basketball team, the EOU Hartley High School girl’s ball team went from a fifth-place preseason confer- men’s basketball team was selected fifth in the Cas- soccer program to prominence ence ranking to a finish in the National Tournament. cade Collegiate Conference preseason coaches’ poll. in Columbus, Ohio, and spent The Mountaineers won 20 games for the seventh And, just like the women, the men finished their four years guiding the Plym- outh State University women’s time in the past nine seasons. EOU was four points year in the NAIA National Tournament. soccer team to success. He shy of its seventh Cascade Collegiate Conference The Mountaineers advanced to the national was the girls’ soccer coach title in the past 10 years. Anji Weissenfluh has been Sweet 16 for the third consecutive season, won from 1999-2000 at Salem High at the helm as head coach all 10 of those years. She 20 games for the fourth consecutive season, and School in Va., where he earned recorded her 200th victory this season. finished in second place in the conference standings. Coach of the Year honors. His The 2010 Cascade Collegiate Conference tourna- They went from receiving 11 votes in the national collegiate coaching career be- ment Championship game lived up to its billing as preseason poll to a final ranking of 13th nationally. gan at his alma mater, Ferrum top-seeded College of Idaho held off fourth-seeded EOU entered the conference tournament with a College in Virginia, where he Eastern Oregon, 70-67. In a game that featured second seed and beat Concordia in the first round, was an assistant in 2001. He seven lead changes, four ties, and a lead never 93-80. Warner Pacific upset Eastern in La Grande in holds a bachelor’s degree in larger than single digits, the 20th ranked Lady Yotes the semifinals, 64-61. The Mountaineers would then physical education. captured the CCC tournament title for the first time receive a No. 14 seed in the national tournament, in Regan Rossi’s nine-year helm as head coach. the third straight year EOU received a seed in the Hailey Pearce: The Mountaineers drew the nation’s fifth-ranked national field of 32. Volleyball Coach team, Black Hills State University, in the opening Eastern Oregon rallied from a 12-point first half Hailey round of the NAIA National Tournament in Sioux deficit and a 10-point halftime deficit, to beat No. Pearce, a Walla City, Iowa. The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 19 Davenport University, 74-69. The Mountaineers Walla native, double-digit lead in the first half, leading by as drew the third seed in the tournament, Indiana Wes- comes to EOU many as 18 points and 20 points just into the second leyan, in the second round. EOU and the Wildcats from Rocky Mountain Col- half. Eastern then rallied closing the margin to four went back-and-forth in the first half, and Eastern led points with an Alyssa Garro three-pointer with six lege in Billings, Mont., where minutes remaining. she served as an assistant for the Battlin’ Bears for two sea- EOU would come no closer. BHSU spread the sons beginning in 2008. Pearce lead with a 9-2 run and ended up winning, 67-58. was also the head coach of the Tana Stickney was the lone Mountaineer to score Rocky Mountain Junior Varsity in double figures with 10 points. The senior also team in 2008-09. lead Eastern with eight rebounds. Ashlee Michelson Pearce graduated with a concluded her EOU career with a team-high of business management degree four assists. in 2008 from Rocky Mountain Stickney would be named to the All-Conference College. Her many accomplish- team, and Kathleen Luce was named an Academic ments led her to join a select All-American. Kyle Miller and Michelson were team from the United States each All-Conference honorable mentions. Eastern that played in the Netherlands finished 8-0 when shooting better than 45 percent and Germany. She takes over for Kaki McLean-Morehead, from the field this season. Twelve different play- who moved to Idaho with ers were scoring leaders in a game this season and her husband.

EOU Athletics photo by Barbara Landis Eastern's Cody Thurmond drives past an Indiana Wesleyan University defender in the second round of the NAIA Div. II National Basketball Championships in Point Lookout, Mo.

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25-23 at halftime. IWU would rally and make a run to open the second half games. and end up winning, 70-57. The Mountaineers’ Ashli Hughes was named to the All-Conference Jordan Gregg finished his two-year career at EOU with 20 double-dou- team and Suzie Espinoza received the Gold Glove for her fielding on first bles, 16 coming this season. The senior became the second men’s basket- base during the season. ball player in the school’s history to be named second team All-American. Hughes led Eastern Oregon with a .365 batting average, which was Gregg and Dan Stafford were each named All-Conference. Stafford was also eighth in the Cascade Conference. The sophomore also led the also an Academic All-American. Mountaineers with 10 steals in 2010. The outfielder finished the season Head coach Isaac Williams had the best first year among any of the ac- with a slugging percentage of .479. The Nampa, Idaho native had 35 hits tive coaches in the Cascade Conference. Josh Landsverk’s 95 career wins is and 12 RBI for EOU. more than any other player in EOU history. Eastern was 12-1 when holding Espinoza made the transition from the mound to first base this season opponents under 70 points, 13-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from and excelled in the infield. She appeared and started in 39 games for EOU the field, and was 21-1 when it had a better field goal percentage than its and finished the season with a .990 fielding percentage, committing only opponent. three errors. The Mountaineers currently ride a 25-game win streak against confer- Outdoor track and field brings home five conference titles ence opponents during the regular season in Quinn Coliseum. EOU has won 30 out of the last 31 regular season games in La Grande. Eastern Or- The Eastern Oregon track and field team won five outdoor conference egon has won 54 of the last 59 games at home. titles at the CCC Championships in Gresham. The Mountaineer women came in second at the meet and the EOU men finished third. Good start turns tough for softball Eastern has hit 10 NAIA National Championship automatic marks, and The Eastern softball team had its best start in five years after winning its 24 provisional marks. EOU has three top-five marks in the NAIA and en- first seven games of the season. However, the Cascade Conference sched- tered the National Championships on May 27-29 in Marion, Ind. ule was rough on the Mountaineers as EOU would drop 17 of its 21 league

Call for alumni authors EOU invites alumni authors to participate in a special reading planned during Homecoming weekend. If you attended EOU, are published and would be available to present your work on campus Friday, October 15, please contact us! Call the Alumni Programs Office at 541-962- 3740 or e-mail [email protected].

Greg Lemon, at left, participates in the Alumni Authors Reading at EOU. Lemon is the author of a biography on Montana governor Brian Schweitzer titled, "Blue Man in a Red State."

Attention EOU Bank of America card holders As a result of recent national changes in credit card laws, the EOU Foundation and MBNA have terminated their agreement as of July 2010. From that time period forward, the EOU Foundation will not receive royalty payments for your card usage. If you would like to help us supplement that lost income stream, go to www.eou.edu/foundation and make a gift today!

6 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer Perspectives—From a Distance

EOU’s expanding regional footprint By Chris Cronin / Grant County Center Director

Nestled offered fully online: Business Economics and to note that many former advisees are serving in the Liberal Studies. E-mail was in its infancy, the community as teachers, nurses, U.S. Forest shadow of and the Internet was solely text-based – no Service and Confederated Tribes employees, Strawberry graphics. Few students had personal computers business owners, accountants, ranchers and Mountain in their homes. Regional students came to social workers. EOU alumni make a big in eastern EOU because of the Ed-Net teacher-preparation impact—even our current county judge Mark Oregon programs, partnerships with OHSU’s School of Webb is an EOU alumnus and a part-time is the Grant County Center, one of EOU’s Nursing and OSU, and access to degrees and adjunct professor! educational outposts serving rural Oregon. The courses at a distance. Paul Smith is another alumnus currently center is located in John Day, a one-stoplight In 2010, courses are delivered via Blackboard serving as the ESD School Improvement town in a county that is classifi ed “frontier” with streaming video, live chat and group specialist and as a College Advisory committee by virtue of the sparse population – less than collaboration features. Weekend College classes member. He says, “The EOU Grant County two people per square mile. There are easily are still wildly popular and are held in centers Center provides a critical linkage and more cows than people in Grant County. The all around the state including this one. Students opportunity for Grant County citizens to access nearest movie theater is in Burns, 70 miles to now have their choice of nine degrees and 19 higher education that might not otherwise be the south. The closest Costco is in Bend, a three- minors entirely online. The old “DDE” has been available. The importance of the EOU Center to hour drive west. The main campus in La Grande integrated into all campus services. Regional Grant County cannot only be measured by the is two and a half hours north through three centers are part of the Division of Enrollment rural access to quality higher education alone, mountain passes. Like much of the rural west, Services/Academic and Career Advising, headed but by the contribution of our EOU graduates we measure distance in hours rather than miles by Mike Cannon, dean of Enrollment Services. to the county’s quality of life and economic or minutes. When the demand for EOU’s online programs stability as well.” Yet even with that isolation from other exploded about 10 years ago, the Grant County The Grant County Center has the distinction services, local access to higher education has Center’s director position was increased to of being the only EOU regional center that is been available to county residents for nearly full-time year-round, with an advising load of housed in an honest-to-goodness log cabin. The 25 years. In 1988 EOU established the regional more than 100 rustic composition center in John Day as part of its mission to serve advisees, not only of the structure is the 10 county region of eastern Oregon, an area local but online, in contrast to the of 42,000 square miles covering 46 percent all over the U.S. high-tech online of the state. The center was established as a and Canada. programming joint venture with Blue Mountain Community As EOU’s and life-changing College, and that collaborative relationship reputation as a opportunities continues to this day. Students commonly begin national leader of that rest within their academic careers at BMCC and transfer to distance learning its doors. EOU EOU to fi nish their baccalaureate programs. has grown, the has made a When I began as the part-time director services and commitment to 17 years ago, there were 12 local students opportunities for this community and classes were delivered by mail or local Grant County through its instructors offering live classes, or in a popular citizens have physical presence, new program, the “Weekend College,” where expanded as well. and it has a proven record of engagement by students could go to campus for a Friday/ In this small mountain valley community, being a responsive and strong leader of learning Saturday class. Two bachelor’s degrees were EOU leaves a very large footprint. I’m proud and culture in the region.

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 7 Perspectives—Ties that Bind

The key to student development & success By Rellani Ogumoro / ASEOU President 2009–10

Tirow waami and hello! On my to opportunities seemed to be wide open as with their help and the other journey to EOU I traveled across the departments on campus, I was able to compete on the national level for vast Pacifi c Ocean, crossed the Inter- opportunities that I know I would not have been exposed to elsewhere. national Date Line and scooted by the The close relationships I developed allowed me to attend the 53rd Com- Colombia River before fi nally arriving mission on the Status of Women meetings at the Practicum in Advocacy at in the Grande Ronde Valley. The Blue the United Nations in New York in the spring of 2009. The never-ending Mountains surround me like the ocean support from the EOU family has also helped me secure an internship this always did—it continually reminds me of how far I’ve come and where I summer in Washington, D.C., where I will learn about public policy and am heading. its importance while advocating for victims of domestic sex traffi cking. Choosing to further my education at EOU was not a hard decision. My Eastern’s strong commitment to developing Mountaineers into global lead- father arrived with the fi rst batch of students in the Micronesian Program. ers has been essential as the support did not end with being selected, but My mother was from La Grande, and my grandfather, Dr. Harvey Ben- then helped me pay for the costs of attending these nationally competitive nett, served as dean of professional and applied studies from 1980-1984. programs. I will be forever grateful to my EOU family. My parents, older siblings, aunts and uncles are also Mountaineer alumni. As the student body president, I am certain that the work I have done Eastern provided the environment for their success but more importantly, it and continue to do will not measure up to what has been done for me. The became their home. Associated Students of EOU (ASEOU) has been showered with support Like most fi rst-year students on campus, I had no idea what to expect in from different departments on campus, which has been signifi cant to ac- the college setting. I know that the efforts of my professors, the staff of the complishing our goals of advocating for Mountaineers. President Davies, Center for Student Involvement, Multicultural and Learning centers played ASEOU advisers Camille Consolvo and Hailey Wolcott, as well as mem- a tremendous role in my successful experience. I became a part of the EOU bers of the faculty and staff, have all used their expertise to guide student family, was helped in my struggles and guided all along the way. As a stu- leaders and effectively promote the Mountaineer family. dent far away from home, I was welcomed into their lives and assured that The power of place at EOU serves the regional and global communi- I had a family to spend the holidays with. I was not a stranger anymore, but ties, provides the environment for success, and truly works with students! a member of this community. Oloomwaay and thank you EOU! Go Mounties! While fi guring out what I could do to help the world, my mentors, Tonia St. Germain and Dr. Rosemary Powers showed me the way. The doors

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Change a life 8 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer Perspectives—A New Direction

The refuge of learning By David Axelrod, Ph.D. / Professor of English and Writing

One assumption I could easily we find now in the world seems devoted to erasing what is unique or du- make about my students when I first rable, and replacing it with the soul-deadening sameness of strip malls and arrived at EOU, then EOSC, in the box stores. And much worse, perhaps, we also live in an era of economic autumn of 1988, was that many of disruptions and dislocations, of booms gone bust, and of wars that have them had a story to tell that was torn at what binds us to our families and communities. How does one even rooted deeply in a sense of place. speak of “a sense of place” when so many are forced by circumstance That place tended to be a rural part of to move as migrants do to follow the rumor of jobs elsewhere, or have eastern Oregon, and the story, or likely, stories, often expressed a strong endured dangerous multiple deployments abroad in Kosovo, Iraq or Af- sense of forebears and neighbors, of Indian camps, of famous fish runs, ghanistan, and seen their families put under terrible stresses? All of these of endless tall tales about remarkable adventures with animals (wild or pressures and uncertainties militate against the assurances that “a sense of domestic), delivered with a touch of light self-deprecation. It is no longer place” guarantees. an assumption I can easily make. One of the goals of an education such as we offer here at EOU is to I was reminded of this the other evening during an Ars Poetica reading help our students learn the skills that can make it possible for them to by Coos Bay native, Michael McGriff, who possesses this increasingly begin repairing the damage changing social conditions have inflicted on rare sense of place and his four-generation- deep connection to it. It their communities. Many of those now coming to EOU are middle-aged, was heartening to hear the mostly young audience chuckling with self- recently unemployed, bravely trying to find a new way forward with their recognition as he told stories that evoked his and the audience’s shared lives. Many are here to study in new programs that teach them the specific knowledge and experience about a way of life in rural Oregon: “I was skills the job market currently demands. Some students learn community wrong about oblivion then, / summer mornings we walked the logging organizing, grant-writing, or study gender issues and changing demo- roads / north of Laverne, the gypo trucks leaving miles of gravel dust / graphics of rural America to better prepare them for the work they hope to eddying around us.” It was a road everyone in the audience knew very do to help the marginalized or underserved citizens of our state. Still oth- well in their own way. ers follow a traditional liberal arts path, mastering the analytical and com- After McGriff’s reading, a visiting grandmother of a current student be- munication skills of history, mathematics, writing, and foreign language gan to share with my colleague and me the narrative of her family’s recent that will give them the intellectual flexibility to adapt to future changes in epic 12-hour drive from rural Nevada to La Grande, during which they our economies and communities. passed repeatedly through several different changes in the season, though For everyone determined to earn an education, EOU remains a refuge, mostly from spring to winter snow squalls. She had names for the world a place they can come to find a new direction and hope for the future. In she passed through: cumulus clouds, rabbitbrush, greasewood, and sage, virtually every case, our students look forward to a time after graduation couse and balsamroot, all spoken of as though remembering old friends. when their education helps to establish them as productive profession- Soon, she was remembering the story of her granddaughter’s complicated als, leaders doing meaningful work to build strong, diverse communi- birth and greatly embarrassing her granddaughter. She expressed herself ties. EOU, situated in its exquisite valley setting surrounded by snowy with such lack of self-consciousness, we, too, may just as well have been mountains, will continue to be a practical and invaluable partner for such old friends. I was struck at how long it had been since I heard someone students to remake “a sense of place” in the actual world, where we all speak in this unguarded, easy manner. live our real lives. Life has changed for us in rural Oregon in the past two decades. When I first came to rural Oregon, that grandmother’s gentle candor would not David Axelrod is the author, most recently, of “Departing by a Broken have surprised me in the least. That sense of place, of rootedness, and Gate,” and “The Cartographer’s Melancholy,” winner of the 2005 Spokane continuity of community that give us the confidence to sustain our stories Poetry Prize and finalist for the 2006 Oregon Book Award. His collection of by repeated telling has suffered with the advent of technological gadgetry cultural and environmental essays about the interior Northwest, “Troubled that privileges the atomized individual and self-selected virtual realities Intimacies,” was published in 2004. He is also the editor of Basalt, a jour- that demands more and more of our distracted attention. So much of what nal of fine and literary arts.

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 9 A Glimpse of the Past EOU researchers investigate what could be the last of the

Story and photos by Laura Hancock / Managing Editor

of a giant short-faced bear, it will take most of the summer to complete along with a nearly complete the project. skeleton of an ancient During the restoration, elementary school ground squirrel, were students have the opportunity to get a close-up also recovered. The look at the fossils. fossils were found “I tell the children we have all the animals during excavation except for a saber tooth tiger and giant beaver on a slope. “Pale- to create ‘Ice Age: La Grande,’ and it’s their job ontology by back- to go out and find them,” Van Tassell said. Columbianhoe,” as Van Tassell In addition to the restoration and preserva- mammoths coined it. tion efforts, John Rinehart, professor of biology The fossils’ precariously fragile condition at EOU, and one of his students are preparing to is why they are potentially in harms way. One sequence the DNA from both the mammoth and wrong move and the results could be devastat- bear specimens. ing. One of the tusks shattered during transport “This is groundbreaking…it will take every- from the farm to EOU’s geology lab. Only the thing to the next level,” Van Tassell said. tip is left intact. The loss is something Van Tas- Positive identification of the fossils is still sell is working hard to prevent from happening deemed preliminary, but with DNA sequenc- An adult Mammuthus columbi weighed again. Layer by layer, sediment is carefully ing the findings will be corroborated. Or, Van as much as 10,000 pounds and stood scraped and brushed away to expose the surface Tassell said it could reveal a completely new up to 13 feet tall at the shoulder. of the specimens. Then another tedious process species of animal unique to the region. begins – finding the missing fragments and Amanda Kay, a junior biology student, is the Jay Van Tassell and a small team of univer- where they belong. sity students have set about the delicate task of “It’s like putting together a removing ice age fossils from the danger zone. puzzle,” Van Tassell said. “When It’s a job that requires inexhaustible patience you find a piece and it clicks, it’s and time. so cool. Little by little, we’re mak- Van Tassell, a professor of geology at EOU, ing progress, but it takes a special is relying on the knowledge base of many col- knack.” leagues and friends to help piece together the The goal is to restore as many details of an amazing discovery. In January, of the fossils as possible using the fossilized tusks of a juvenile Columbian modeling clay and a hardening mammoth were unearthed in the Grande Ronde solution. The bones will then go Valley. But that’s not all that turned up on the on display in EOU’s Science Cen- farmland near the Union County Airport. The ter, adding to an already robust Laura Mahrt, associate professor of biology, compares the skull of a Pleistocene squirrel (right) to that of a vertebrae, tailbones and upper part of the femur collection. Van Tassell estimates modern day Belding’s ground squirrel.

1 0 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer A Glimpse of the Past

recipient of a grant from the EOU Foundation or a separate subspecies of the Columbian Skeen Memorial Fund that will support the mammoth, it will also shed an important light effort to extract and amplify the DNA. The re- on the giant short-faced bear. search will be conducted over the summer, with “There is only one other short-faced bear Van Tassell and Rinehart serving as faculty sequence that has been reported to date,” advisers for Kay’s work. Rinehart said. “The work on the bear DNA “We plan to grind bone samples in liquid will provide additional data to help determine nitrogen, then extract the DNA and use a how much variation existed in short-faced bear technique called Polymerase Chain Reaction to populations, as well as confirming the identity Columbian mammothsmake many copies of specific segments of the of these bones.” mitochondrial DNA for comparative purposes,” Van Tassell and Rinehart do know the fos- Rinehart said. sils are from the ice age. Radiocarbon dating The significance of this research is two-fold. of samples sent to Geochron Laboratories Not only will it help determine if the mam- in Massachusetts found the mammoth to moths living in eastern Oregon were the same be 12,700 years old. The new mammoth is almost 6,000 years younger than Student research assistants are working with EOU faculty to the mammoth teeth that were document recent discoveries in the Grande Ronde Valley. uncovered near EOU’s Zabel Hall in 1979, which were radiocarbon mammoth may have drowned in the swollen dated at 18,650 years old. river, which then carried it to its final resting During the Pleistocene Epoch, place. the landscape surrounding the EOU Until this latest discovery, Columbian mam- campus supported few human moths were thought to have become extinct inhabitants due to the cold, wet and approximately 12,850 years ago. This makes windy climate. Yet herds of mam- the Grande Ronde Valley mammoth the young- moths and camels thrived here, as est in the Pacific Northwest that Van Tassell did saber tooth tigers, giant beavers, has been able to find on record so far. Younger ground sloths and a rare species mammoths, dated at 7,980 and 3,700 years of bear. Glaciers in the Elkhorn old, are reported on the Pribilof and Wrangell Mountain range fed directly into the Islands in Alaska, but these are a different Grande Ronde River, with ice dams species. breaking occasionally and flooding “This discovery has added a lot to what we the grassy plain where aspen and know about the ice age,” Van Tassell said. poplar trees lined the banks of me- “Mammoths may have survived here longer Jay Van Tassell shows local elementary school students andering streams. than other parts of North America. This could the relative size of the giant short-faced bears that lived Van Tassell believes the young be the last of the Columbian mammoths.” in eastern Oregon during the last ice age.

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 1 1 2009 Annual Giving Report Eastern Oregon University Foundation 2009 Annual Giving Report Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2009

In 2009, the EOU Foundation provided $225,000 for scholarships to students at EOU and partner institutions OSU, OHSU and TVCC. The Foundation fi nished the last fi scal year with restricted new gifts totaling above $600,000. Our endowed investments weathered the economic downturn better than any other public institution of higher education in Oregon. Thank you for your continued support.

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,171,348 Matching Gifts Promises to Give, Net 253,799 Tektronix Foundation Longterm Investments 4,233,358 Boeing Gift Matching Program Real Property 17,049 Global Impact Other Assets 7,133 Meyer Memorial Trust Total Assets $5,682,687 Union Pacifi c Fund for Effective Govt LIABILITIES & FUND BALANCES Gifts-in-Kind Refundable Advance $102,565 Anna G. Cavinato Total Liabilities $102,565 Guy Francy Fund Balance – Unrestricted 486,877 Fitzgerald Flowers Fund Balance – Temporarily Restricted 2,153,302 Safeway, Inc. Fund Balance – Permanently Restricted 2,939,943 Ronnda and Thom Stapleton Fund Balance – Total $5,580,122 Valley Concrete Pumping, LLC Fund Balance – Total Liabilities & Fund Balances $5,682,687 Memorial Gifts Please note these are non-audited fi gures at the time of printing. In memory of Jeanette Baum In memory of Lila Bishop In memory of Joe Dickerson Expenditures by Purpose In memory of Kathelene Galloway In memory of Eula Jones In memory of Nancy Kerley In memory of Kenneth Smith Other Academic Operating In memory of Doug Spear Support Expenses In memory of Darla Sunderman 29% 29% In memory of Gerald Young

8% Corporate Sponsors Affiliated $2,500 & above sponsorship level support Scholarship Support Awards Legacy Ford Lincoln Mercury 35% Les Schwab—La Grande

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Donor Honor Roll (2008-09 calendar year)

$50,000 - ($50,000.00 + ) Virginia Key Pat McPherren John and Becky Preston Amy Ousley and John Ousley Ellen Krieger Patrick Nearing and Barbara Zukin Norris and Lucy Preyer Perpetual Trust Carol and Laurence Kroll Obsidian Urgent Care Betty Rietmann La Grande Country Club Anne and Gary Olson Shirley and Chris Roberts $20,000 - ($20,000.00 + ) La Grande Inn Gerry and Gene Palmer Linda Settje Mary Jo and Terry Lemon Ronald and Linda Palmer Jim and Judy Seydel Oregon Agriculture Foundation Ernest and Karla Lewis Chloe and Frank Pearson Seydel, Lewis, Poe, Moeller, Loveland Funeral Chapel Dr. E. Robert and Shirley Quinn & Gunderson, LLC $10,000 - ($10,000.00 + ) Dixie and Ed Lund John and Jean Reinking Connie Smith Toby Clauson Jim and Judy Lundy Roberts Motor Company Christine and Randy Stouder Mary Ellen Paul Perpetual Trust Bob and Bev Moody SACOE Development, LLC Carol and Steven Tanaka Linda and Hugo Hartig John Patterson Julie and Arnie Saltvick Cherry L Tinker Trust Management Services, LLC Lanetta S. Paul Scott’s Heating & Air Conditioning Robert and Maria Anne Tolar Bob Peshall Charles and Andrea Stine Union Pacific Fund $5,000 - ($5,000.00 + ) REMAX Real Estate for Effective Govt Don and Zola Dunbar Douglas Reynolds $250 - ($250.00 + ) Upper Glass Window Cleaning Dr. Sandra K. Ellston Val and Geo Royes Mr. and Mrs. Henry Basso Valley Concrete Pumping, LLC William E. Gunn Rod and Sheila Sands Joan Bates Ms. Ella Mae Watson Tim and Tressa Seydel Brian and Teresa Biddle Bill and Beverly White $2,500 - ($2,500.00 + ) Shawn Mangum of Blue Mountain Mechanical, Inc. John and Hazel Willmarth Edward D. Jones & Company Gary and Sheila Bores Marie and Mark Wyzgala Shane and Kim Boehm Short Stop Jeff and Joan Young Bob and Cindy Davies Craig and Kay Braseth William and Lisa Shumway Robert and Xana Brice Steven R. De Hart Clara and Ben Stenkamp Denver and Jean Ginsey David and Carol Burdette $100 - ($100.00 + ) Dr. Bradford and Anne Stephens Douglas and Carol Campbell Sandra Akers Legacy Ford Lincoln Mercury Elmer and Judith Stone Jay and Jeri Mackley Dr. Kenneth and Ellen Chasteen Sharen and Stephen Anderson The Honorable Eric Moe and Lynda Chester Anderson, Perry & Associates, Inc. McMahan Family Dentistry and Meg Valentine Janice Neely Charles and Joyce Coate Michael and Adelaide Andrews James and Connie Voelz Matthew Cooper and Sharon Porter Anonymous RM Scarfo, Inc. Dennis and Pamela Wilkinson Christine Shaw Chris Cronin Anonymous Beau Willadsen Bernard and Jean Damon Curt and Carla Archambault $1,000 - ($1,000.00 + ) Richard and Sharon Davies Andy Ashe $500 - ($500.00 + ) Matt and Doris Doherty Rich and Nancy Attebury Mike and Bobbie Allstott Phyllis and Fred Arnst Randy and Cheeta Dolven Douglas and Wadonna Bansch Peggy Anderson Baker Garage, Inc Martin and Pat Fabricius Lois and John Barry Avista Foundation Anne Billing Richard and Cindy Finlayson Loretta L. Beeson Les and Carol Balsiger Patricia McManus Brand Walter and Velva Fulton William Benson Lorraine and Howard Cantwell City of Island City Timothy and Linda Gleeson Jimmy and Pauline Bier Rob and Heather Cashell Muriel Danforth William Gregg Kristen Bingaman Camille Consolvo Jack Daugherty Lee and Beth Insko Linda and Martin Birnbaum and Mike Dannells Donna and Bob Detrick Bruce Knell Blue Mountain Auto Parts Daniels Chapel of the Valley Dr. Gregg S. Densmore, M.D. Mary Koza & Machine Shop Mike and Susan Daugherty H Janet Eustace La Grande Tiger Boosters William Bonniwell DCT Controls Inc. Capt. and Mrs. Michael Ferguson Jack and Sandy Lane and Leigh Warren Kyla and Doug Dickerson Jan and Steve Foltz June Leafgren Regina Braker and John McCallum Furniture West, Inc. Brad and Lora Fritz Denise Leidy Brian Bell Enterprises, LLC GCT Land Management Inc. Jim and Joanne Glenn-Wiseman Bud and Lorene Lewis Susan Briggs Dave and Carolyn Gilbert Edward Carl Holter Carol McNally Mary Brock Steven and Mindy Gilmore Steven Hunsaker Robert and Connie Meier Gary and Charlotte Brockway Grande Ronde Chiropractic Center Pat and Joan Kelly Mike and Linda Moore Brooks Painting Contractor Joe and Carrie Grover David E. Kerley Mrs. Sarah and Dr. David Moore Rosemary and Jack Burton John and Deb Howard Jon and Kristen Larkin Lyle and Suzanne Nelson Stacy Burton Tom and Emily Insko Carol and Dale Lauritzen Melanie Noell CAM Credits, Inc. Michael and Marilyn Jaeger Herman R. Lawson Gregory and Eva Oveson Dale and Ellen Campbell Jack and Patricia Johnson Gail and Jack McAllister Drinda Preston Audrey Carey

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Donor Honor Roll (cont.)

Karen Carter Mary Jane and Gary Henderson Darren and Joli Olson John Thurber and Janet Cremin Wanda and Dale Case Hermann Financial Services Oregon Music Teachers Glenn and Peggi Timm Patricia Cashell Frank and Josie Hermann Assoc., Inc. Marnie Tinker Rich Cason Richard and Maxine Hermens Oregon Trail Electric Mick and Susan Tolar Mrs. Barbara G. Chadwick Nellie and Richard Hibbert Consumers Cooperative Carl and Ilene Tyler Allan and Edytha Claudson Cheryl Higgins Mel and Diantha Ott Union County Chamber Michael and Saira Clemens Flint Holland Donna and Spiro Papadimos of Commerce Kent and Priscilla Coe David and Judy Houchin Vonnie Paul Valley Insurance Zach Coffin Larry and Patti Howard Cory Peeke Jay and April Van Tassell Rebecca and Harry Collman Linda and Steve Howland Joe and Cathy Petrusek Carol Vedder Elizabeth Cooper Rick Hunter David and Marjorie Pidcock Evalyn Jo and Sam Vermilyea Bob and Sue Coulter Betty and Ray Hyde Mr. Robert Pierce W C Construction Jim Courtney Eugene and Carlene Jackson Michael and Josette Poe Gary Wade and Marlis Rufener Dale and Jackie De Long Jack Jenkins Carolyn Prescott Jan and Jody Ward Terry and Mike DeBruyne JLG Builders Thomas and Gayle Ragsdale Charlotte and Warner Wasley Lane and William DeMastus Steve and Melissa Joseph Gerald Ramey Charles T. Weeks, M.D. Justin and Gabrielle Diedrick Don and Cassandra Kellogg Red Cross Drug Store Stan Weishaar Dick and Judy Dillon Leonard and Mary Kennedy Cheryl and Floyd Redfern Wesley F. Rampton, DMD DMC Enterprises Inc. Holly and John Kerfoot Richard J. Holecek, M.D. Western Automatic Janet Dodson Forest and Debbie Kline Romano and Linda Romani Sprinkler Co., Inc. John and Jena Doherty Emi and Richard Koe James and Mary Rose Wheatland Insurance Center, Inc. Richard Domey and Judd and Kathleen Koehn Margaret and Earle Rother Wes and Lynn Whittemore Diane Gillespie Andrew and Zona Koopman Scott and Madonna Rudder Robert W. Wilkins Howitt and Lois Doty Koza Family Dental Care Judy Rygg Orville and Martha Mr. Gary E. Dow Ken and Beccy Kramer Don and Donna Sands Neil R. Williamson, M.D. Kevin and Jeanne Dunn Ted and Karyl Kramer Darlene and William Saunders Lynn and John Wilson Dynamic Pizza, Inc. La Grande Amusement, Inc. Prof. Sam C. Saunders Carol and Doug Winn Eastern Oregon Net, Inc. Vickie and Gary Lee Doc and Mickey Savage Tom and Patricia Winn Echo School District 5R Ralph and Merry Beth Lewis Karen Schimmel Sarah and Joseph Witte Joyce and Kenneth Edgmon Mr. and Mrs. Harold Liesegang Robert Schlimgen Dale and Lorrine Wordelman Kenneth and Joyce Edgmon Judy Loudermilk and Susan Schouten Peter Wordelman Tony Joe Escalera Judith Lutz Jim and Leslie Schwartz and Lisa Ladendorff Denny and Mary Evans David and Ginger Mackie Schweitzer Engineering YI Farms, Inc. Vern and Ruth Farrow Mamacitas Grill LLC Laboratories, Inc. Jeffrey and Helen Ford Dale and Ginny Mammen Larry and Ileana Seachris $50 - ($1.00 + ) Jane and Gerard Fox Mark Mathes Jerry and Elaine Sherwood Steve and Nancy Aldrich Evelyn Fuller Steve Maurer Doyle and Connie Slater Terryl Joan Anderson Robert and Shirley Fullerton Carol and John May Christy Smith Anonymous Bruce and Neena Gabrielle Patty McClure Dorothy and John Smith Charles Arvidson Chris Gallegos Randy and Shawna McKinnis G. Laverne Smith Mr. Joseph E. Baird Frank and Angie Good Cheryl McLean Jeffrey Smith Mildred and Harold Baker Mr. Robert S. Grable Abel and Sherry Mendoza Scott and Christine Smith Cathy and Richards Bartels Jackie and Steven Grant Jay and Jody Meyer Jolynne and John Spencer Theresa and William Beery Anthony Greiner and Mary Grant Michael A. Becker Construction Dennis and Patti Spray Michael Benedick Warren Groberg Joel Moersch Howie and Jennifer Stalwick Matthew Bero Rosemary and Alan Guttridge James Mollerstrom Heather and Stephen Stanhope Carrie Jo and Ross Bingaman Larry and Pam Haddock Greg Monahan Steve and Brynda Starner Ruth Bolliger Bob and Marie Hall Allen Morgan David and Sherry Stirewalt Mary and Mark Bousquet Mark and Linda Harris Mountain Valley Therapy, Inc Darrell and Kimberly Stout Quentin and Phyllis Bowman Harry Hartley Mountain West Moving & Storage Sarah Swanson Susan Boyd Leslie and Joel Hasse Matt Mullett Gary and Ina Syphers Jimmie and Patricia Brandl Camille and W.B. Hawkins Dr. Neva Neill Gordon and Rhonda Syphers Judy and Harold Britton Michele and M Loren Hayes Craig and Elena Nightingale Theodore Taylor and Denise Stone Mary and Rondall Brown Betsy Hayford Peter Nilsson The Community Foundation Gerda Brownton Margaret Head Gordon and Sandy Northrup Sharon and Burke Thomason Della Jean and Robert Burgess

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Donor Honor Roll (cont.)

Molly and Norman Burke Curtis Goings Sally and Mike McCraw Nasser Shoaee and Terri Chandler Laura and Sam Byrnes Kenneth and Susan Gordon Sylvia McDonald Sandra Shore Kay and Jim Carlson Lory Graham and Dennis Law Michael McGuire Georgie and Chris Silbernagel M. Darlene Chandler James and Vicki Grammer Michael McInnis Gerradette and John Silveira Harvey and Victoria Childress Mary Graven and Jeanette Phelps Nikki and Ken Skipper Ginger and Jeff Church Carolyn and David Green Susan I. Means, Ph.D. Donna and Jon Skovlin Jason and Amy Cody Tammy and Nick Greenwell James Melton Eva Slinker Marguerite Cooney Gordon and Kathy Gregersen Gary Miller Mr. and Mrs. R Slizeski Carol Counsell Thelma Hansen Mary Katherine Miller Edith Smith Kerry Crowston Judith and Ronald Harsin James and Penny Moore Nathan and Joyce Smith Cuda Buffalo Apparel Ralph and Phyllis Hart Suzannah Moore Tara and John Smith Erin Culley Allen and Karen Hasel Genie and Paul Mortenson Vicki Smith Jean Cuthbert James Hatch James and Kathy Myron Teresa and Craig Smith-Dixon Kathleen Dahl Ritchie and Jennifer Hibbert Cory Nelson Mrs. Mary Ann Spear Gloria Dakin Fred Hill Joseph and Vicki Neveau Wayne and Vickie Spencer Tim and Margaret Daly Dea Hoffman Rachel and Jay Newton Betty Stewart Barbara and Richard Daniel Chuck Holliday Ralene and Paul Olsen C.E. Stewart Raymond Daniels Gary and Sharon Holmes Paul F. Olson, D.M.D. Russell and Patricia Stime Ruth Davenport Christopher Hoppie Dorothy and Lewis O’Mohundro Christopher Stone Bobby and Johnnie Dearinger Maryetta James Marvin Osborne Douglas and Tammy Stout William and Sharon DeLashmutt and Donald Fagerstrom Gerald and Susan Ostrer Steve and Kathy Straughan Joella DeVillier Colleen and Jeff Johnson Sandra and John Ott Terry and Kathreen Thimmes Anna Maria and Dwight Dill Karen Johnson Linda B. Overlock Margaret Thompson Tom and Connie Dodge Ann and Brian Jones John and Tamalyn Page DeAnna Timmermann Rick and Karen Dolbear Debrah and David Jones Ken and Joanne Parsons and Joe Sullivan Elsie Donaldson Melanie Jones Ellen Patterson Thomas and Sheila Timmons Rosalia Down Richard Jones Scott Payne Mark Tipperman Robert and Jackie Downie Teresa Jones Darrell and Jean Peterson and Lorna Williamson Bonnie and Delaine Dunn Mary and Mark Karl Judy and Clark Peterson Timothy and Marie Tucker Virginia Elder Gail Keffer Ronald and Martha Pettichord Kerry Tweit Dan Eldridge David Kendall Mary Lu Pierce Dan and Rhea Vandenberg Loretta Ellenburg Karen and Dave King Jacque and Joe Ploium Cheryl and Tom VanHandel Dianne and Rob Ellingson Nita and Dan Kinney James Ploium Jodi Varon and David Axelrod Barbara and Craig Ely Roxa Kreimeyer Jerry and Sylvia Porter Robin Waille Marvin E. Endicott Jim and Mary Kretschmer Henry and Myrna Potts Pamela Walker Donald and Donna Eppenbach Kevin and Meredith Lair Mary Pound Sandra and Douglas Wanta Esther and Jonathan Erickson Frank and Mary Lamb Mrs. Audrey Puscas Janice Washam Bill and Darlene Esselstyn Diana Lasarge Peter and Mary Lou Quaid Sarah and Jan Watson Shane Essency Dennis and Karey Lawrence Arthur Reiff Larry and Marianne Weaver Sharon and Jerome Evoy Vickie Leavitt Barbara Reigert Renae and Terry Weber Marilyn Ewing Melvyn and Yoshi Lee Mary and Gary Richards Virginia Widman Devin Farrand Greg and Kathleen Letts Della and Jerry Richman Sally and Michael Wiens Billie Fetz Ken Lilly Raymond and Frances Richmond Annette Williams Janet Figg Shannon and Marshall Lynn John Rinehart Sallie Williams Lorri and Ricky Fischer Tom and Suzanne Madden Jason and Tracy Romberg Lorna and Mark Williamson Mary Lou Fletcher Grace and Robert Madsen Mrs. C. Audrey Rowland Sarah J. Wilmot Roderick and Sally French Annamarie Maly Sandra Ryman Christine Wilson Ken and Helen Fry Anne March Michael Saltvick Donald Wolff and Susan Whitelock Keith and Jewel Fuller Colby and Shelley Marshall T. Patrick and Alicia Sanchez Twila Wood Jill Gibian and Larry Smith William and Betty Martin Melania Sarnowski Vivian Giles Richard Mason Carol Scheele Theresa and Charles Gillis Vivian and Jerry Matthews Sharon Schiller Joanne Glenn Wiseman James and Nancy May Michael Sell and Jim Wiseman Lynn and Virginia McCanse Amy Servid Terry Elizabeth Gloeckler Gerald and Charlotte McCoy Edwin and Muriel Shaul

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 1 5 Alumni Updates Mountaineer Tracks

The Mountaineer Tracks are compiled from update forms Greetings from your that alumni send to EOU. If you’d like to share news, visit www.eou.edu/alumni, update your address and enter your news Alumni Association in the “Mountaineer Tracks Update” box. We’ll print as many updates as space allows! Dear alumni, friends and supporters of EOU, As a New Language and is the ESL On behalf of the Offi cers and Board of Direc- coordinator at Blue Ridge Elementary in tors of the Alumni Association of Eastern Oregon Walla Walla, Wash. Sandra Ellston, Rick Hunter, ’72, University, I bring you our warmest regards and ~Notes~ Professor of English and his wife currently best wishes! It has been my privilege to serve as and writing at EOU, live in Helena, president of the Association and I look forward to continuing my involvement was inducted into Mont., where he is with both enthusiasm and humility. the North Salem a freelance writer, High School Hall graphic designer and I chose EOU as an undergraduate because of opportunities it provided to of Fame. The award copy editor. Rick is be engaged in the life of the campus, to get to know faculty and staff and have for Distinguished recovering from brain surgery, which them take interest in me as an individual, and the opportunity to excel both Lifetime Achievement honors Ellston affected his short and long term memory, academically and personally. I believe many of us as alumni shared this expe- for her infl uence on decades of students but it is improving. During his time at and for her national reputation as a EOC, Rick studied history and creative rience of EOU as an academic family. We expect future generations of EOU Shakespeare scholar and educational writing. He also took art courses and students to have a similar collegiate experience of access and opportunity as administrator. Ellston’s visibility in the learned the basics of fi gure drawing we enjoyed. I can say the things we loved most about EOU still thrive. EOU community in the Chautauqua Program and painting. He has been published has made signifi cant advances over the last three years and enrollment is at and as organizer of the Northwest Poets’ in Montana Magazine and writes Concord is also of note. articles for regional magazines. “I’ve an all-time high. As alumni we can be especially proud of our institution, the always been proud of attending Eastern achievements of our faculty, the curricular and co-curricular successes of our and believe the individual attention I students, and the servant leadership role EOU assumes throughout our region. received helped me maneuver my way Go Mountaineers! through life’s sometimes twisted path,” Rick writes. He has traveled extensively The members of the Board of Directors and Offi cers of the Association ~Class Notes~ Jeff Ford, ’56, led a successful effort in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Since are a wonderful group of people who are dedicated in their service to EOU to designate a site on the Snake River returning to Montana, Rick earned 1950s and the Alumni Association. I wish to acknowledge their contributions and as Chinese Massacre Cove, the location another degree in history and is currently express my sincere appreciation for their involvement. The door is open for where up to 34 Chinese miners were studying graphic design and art at the murdered in May 1887. The Oregon University of Montana-Helena. those alumni who wish to remain engaged in their alma mater, whether it is Geographic Names Board designated the as a volunteer, a scholarship donor, or by staying connected with classmates cove about a year ago. Jeff grew up in and friends through attendance at one of the many regional events sponsored Warrenton and is a graduate of Eastern by the Alumni Association throughout the year. You are always warmly wel- Oregon College. Dana Reddington, ’84, comed and appreciated. 1980s moved to Idaho in As alumni you are important to the success of the University and I strongly 2009, working as encourage you to stay connected. You can have a signifi cant impact through Donald McAndie, ’77, is retiring regional president after 31 years with the La Grande School for Wells Fargo your positive recommendations and testimonials on behalf of EOU. If you 1970s District. He coached the golf team at Bank. As regional have not already done so, please go online to www.eou.edu/alumni and update La Grande High School from 1992- president, he your information, check out the calendar of events, and most importantly join 2005, winning the state title in 2004 oversees Wells Fargo stores and the us when you can. I hope to have the opportunity to see you in the near future. and placing second in 2003. Donald’s regional offi ces. Dana left his position team won the district fi ve straight years as business banking area manager for and their state title record has yet to be Wells Fargo & Co.’s metro Minnesota Sincerely, broken. He hopes to have more time next region, which he held from 2006. Prior year to devote to things like the EOU to that he worked in Oregon, where he Alumni Association and will continue to managed 47 branches, six retail districts, Michael S. Daugherty play golf and the other outdoor activities four business-banking offi ces and about he enjoys. “Thank you, EOU,” he writes. 500 team members. The banking veteran President, EOU Alumni Association Brenda Kirk, ’73, received her began his fi nancial services career Class of 1974 national board certifi cation in English with First Interstate Bank of Oregon.

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He holds a bachelor’s degree in business Mart as a manager for two years before Braedon James Bibb was born March 3, home. He was 91. Jim was born April 18, administration from EOU and is a graduate accepting a position to teach business at the 2009 to Andrea Black, ’06, and Christopher 1918 in La Grande. He graduated from La of the Pacific Coast Banking School and the College of Micronesia while working on his Bibb, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Grande High School and attended Eastern Wells Fargo Leadership Mastery program. MBA online through National University. Oregon College before moving to Corvallis Jeff M. Baughman, ’82, spent 27 years Kenneth earned his MBA in 2008 and is to attend Oregon State University. Before in education as a social studies/health teacher. currently employed by the College of the the start of World War II he enlisted in the He was appointed the principal of Clatskanie Marshall Islands as the director of Auxiliary U.S. Air Force and served actively through Junior/Senior High School in June of 2009. Service. He is married with two children, the end of the war. He spent the next 20 Jeff’s wife works with developmentally Keilani and Josiah. ~Weddings & years in the Air Force Reserves and while Madison Bailey, ’09 and Jeremy delayed youth ages 0-3 years of age. They James Benton, ’07, is working on Engagements~ stationed in Las Vegas he met his wife, Rosenbalm, ’08, married Aug. 29, 2009 in currently live in Clatskanie, Ore. his MA in creative writing at Cal State Bernice Barnett. They were married in 1944 Heppner. Madison is a student teacher in Walter Lane, ’86, and Sandy are self- Sacramento. He has won two Dominic J. in La Grande and together they owned and EOU’s MAT program and Jeremy is a high proclaimed “empty nesters” as their son Bazzanella Literary Awards. In addition, operated Voelz Oil and Land Survey, while school teacher. joined his brother as a college student. They his poetry and creative non-fiction have also farming. He enjoyed hunting, traveling Kinsey Noelle Chadwick, ’08, and enjoy boating, fishing, hiking and visiting been published in “Calaveras Station,” and photography and was a member of Robert H. Smith of La Grande recently friends from EOU. Walter invites friends and “The Raintown Review,” “Convergence; various clubs and organizations. married. Kinsey is a first-grade teacher and teammates to join him as Boosters for the an online journal of poetry and art” and he Chester Brice Bonewitz, ’41, died the groom is a wild-land firefighter and part- Athletic Department. EOU and La Grande has been accepted for publication in New Dec. 19, 2008. He was 88. Chester was time worship leader. The couple will make hold a special place in the Lane’s hearts. York Quarterly. “EOU did an outstanding born Dec. 9, 1920 in Myrtle Point, Ore. He their home in Redding, Calif. They met at EOU and married before their job, providing background and advanced graduated from Weston High School and Kimberly Jagelski, ‘09, and Kirk Harder senior year and both of their children were training,” James writes. “Thank you EOU, earned his teaching certificate at Eastern have announced their wedding to be held in born in La Grande. Walter has been retired and especially the amazing faculty and staff Oregon College. He taught school at Halfway August in Worland, Wyo. Kimberly received since 2002 and enjoys all outdoor activities of the English department.” for one year and married Marjorie Oneta a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and returning to EOU as much as possible. Kimberly McCabe, ’07, enrolled in a Winburn in 1942. He served as a pilot and from EOU with a minor in Spanish. She The couple live in Moscow, Idaho. masters program in France and graduated flight instructor in the Army Air Corps works as a student finance planner at with distinction after completing her degree during World War II. He graduated from the Wyoming Technical Institute. Kimberly and at EOU. She currently lives in London where University of Oregon School of Dentistry in Kirk have been accepted to teach English she is a self-employed marketing consultant. 1951 and served as a dentist in the U.S. Air abroad in Spain in the fall of 2010. Tom Insko, ’94, She spent some time working for the MBA Force during the Korean conflict. He moved recently received the at HEC Paris and recently interviewed for a to Springfield where he practiced dentistry 1990s Businessman of the Year business development manager position at for 20 years. He and his wife moved to award from the Union an IT company. Kimberly writes, “I find my Reedsport in 1976 where he practiced until County Chamber of education at EOU prepared me to face any Elfrieda Marie Spalinger, ’37, a his retirement in 1982. Commerce. Accepting obstacle and to talk knowledgeably about longtime ~Obituaries~resident of Lebanon, died Feb. Lillian Jane Payne, ’41, of Woodburn, the award, Tom said he a myriad of topics. I would not change my 27, 2010 at Quail Run Assisted Living in died Feb. 19, 2010. She was 88. Lillian was “shocked, surprised decision to study at EOU for the world. EOU Albany. She was 92. Elfrieda was born was born June 30, 1921 in La Grande. She and humbled.” Tom is the inland region rocked! I miss my professors!” in Pocatello, Idaho. Her family moved married Frank “Scott” Payne in La Grande manager for Boise Cascade, LLC. He earned Taivan Sarangerel, ’08, is an to Joseph and later to Enterprise, where in September 1942. She graduated from a bachelor’s in mathematics and business international alumna from Mongolia. She she graduated from high school in 1935. high school and attended business school economics from EOU. works at Gobi Corporation, Mongolia’s She then attended Eastern Oregon State at Eastern Oregon College and worked as Marty Campbell, ’99, was recently leading Cashmere company which exports Normal School and completed her teaching a bookkeeper for over 40 years. She was a awarded the Oregon Agriscience Teacher products to more than 30 different countries certificate. Elfrieda married Melvin R. member of the Red Hat Society and enjoyed of the Year award at the Oregon State FFA to 130 partners. “I would highly recommend Spalinger on Sept. 13, 1942, in Reno, Nev. volunteering at the Woodburn and Portland Convention held at Oregon State University EOU to any prospective students,” Taivan She later returned to school and completed libraries. She also enjoyed swimming, in Corvallis. Marty’s incorporation of writes. “I hope that even from far away I am her bachelor’s degree in education in 1972 reading books and walking. science standards, community involvement, able to contribute and still be connected, as at Oregon State University. Elfrieda taught Carol Spence Conrad, ’43, formerly of FFA development, and developing EOU and its community has touched my life for a total of 33 years, 25 with the Lebanon Enterprise, died Feb. 15, 2010. She was 88. relationships helped him earn the award. and I hope I can be part of that.” School District. She began her career Carol was born Oct. 21, 1921 in Enterprise Edward Bonollo, ’09, is a deputy in Wallowa County and then worked in and graduated from high school in 1939. She fire marshal and earned his bachelor of Oakridge, where she taught until moving to attended college at Eastern Oregon College science degree from EOU. He received Lebanon in 1951. Elfrieda retired as a Title where she obtained her teaching certificate. Larina Warnock, ’04, is a published commendations from the Tualatin Valley One Special Education Teacher in 1981. Carol moved to Portland to start her teaching author, award-winning poet and active Fire & Rescue for academic excellence Joan Bannister Bailey, ’38, died in career. She taught there for many years, 2000s community volunteer. She has completed an during a recent ceremony. Redding, Calif., on Nov. 14. Joan received mainly in the Parkrose District. In 1964 intensive 11-month leadership training and her three-year teacher certificate from she married a fellow teacher, Ed Conrad. is currently enrolled in a second leadership EOU in 1938 and was honored as Queen They made their home for many years in program. Larina offers workshops in of Evensong the same year. She later received Southeast Portland. activism and the literary arts, the literary her bachelor’s of science degree from Oregon James Lee, ’50, died, Jan. 10, 2010, arts online, and disability advocacy for Lauren Lynn was born Jan. 30, 2009 State University in 1950 and taught in the in West Linn after a long illness. He was caregivers and service providers. to~Birth Lynna M. Butler,Announcements~ ’06 and Steve Butler Shasta County, California schools. 84. James was born May 13, 1925, in Kenneth Welles, ’04, worked for Wal- in Boise. James G. Voelz, ’39, died Nov. 22 at his Pendleton and was a graduate of Pendleton

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High School, Eastern Oregon College and discharged in 1953, obtaining the rank of During her teaching career she was president an avid photographer and held commercial the University of Oregon. He taught high Corporal. After his service, Don graduated of the Union County branch of the Oregon and private pilots license and was a flight school in McMinnville and at Clackamas from EOSC. He met his wife, Shirley, in Education Association. She belonged to instructor. His affiliations included state Community College in Oregon City. Pendleton where she was attending nursing ACE (Association for Childhood Education) president of the Oregon Pilots Association, Phyllis N. Hopkins, ’51, of Summerville, school. They married in 1955 and moved to and various other organizations. She and chair of the Baker County Transadvocacy, died Dec. 12, 2009 at Grande Ronde Salem where Don started his first teaching her husband helped create the Oregon State and various other boards and commissions. Hospital. She was 97. Phyllis was born job at Richmond Elementary School. After Snowmobile Association and also founded Gladys Hutton Steiger, ’67, died Nov. Sept. 4, 1912 near Buhl, Idaho. She entered a 30-year career in teaching and later as a the annual pizza fundraiser for the Union 3, 2009. She was born Jan. 14, 1915 near what is now EOU after graduation from principle, Don retired at the age of 57. He County Shriners Hospital for Children. Keating Valley. She attended Mountain Hereford High School, earning her teaching spent several years volunteering for Meals on Catherine M. Fallow, ’66, formerly View School and developed a passion certificate and teaching at a rural school Wheels and the American Red Cross. After of La Grande, died March 31, 2010 in for reading. In 1933 she graduated from in Baker County. She married Albert Shirley retired, they traveled to Arizona for Portland. She was 88. Catherine was born Baker Senior High School and went on Benjamin Hopkins in 1932 and taught for the winter months. Don also enjoyed fishing Nov. 18, 1921 in The Dalles. She graduated to graduate from Eastern Oregon Normal 45 years in Baker and Malheur counties, in Alaska, making his last trip just four from Pendleton High School and EOC. School with a lifetime Elementary Teaching Imbler, Union and Eugene. She later taught months before he passed away. Catherine married Robert Lee Fallow in Certificate. Her first teaching position was in Havre and Billings, Mont. She went on Dale Gaylord, ’60, of Hermiston died 1944 and they lived in Ohio, Texas and then at the Mother Lode Mine, a one-room to earn her bachelor’s degree from EOU March 15, 2010, at his home. He was 77. La Grande. She loved to travel and visited schoolhouse where she had 20 pupils from and her master’s from the University of Dale was born Nov. 9, 1932, in Atlantic, every continent except Antarctica. Catherine all grades. In 1941 she married John Paul Montana-Billings. Upon her retirement, Iowa. He was raised in Iowa and later in was a teacher in Portland and then for four Steiger in Payette, Idaho. She went on to she returned to her farm near Summerville. Hermiston, where he attended Sand Stone years in La Grande. She was also a business teach Baker elementary students for almost Phyllis was a world traveler and at age 87 School and graduated from Hermiston owner, political activist, civic leader and co- 30 years. After taking extension courses she made a three-week trip to China. She High School in 1951. Dale worked as an founder and director of the Indian Festival and attending summer school, she received was active in various community and church ammunition handler at the Umatilla Army of the Arts. She operated Contemporary her bachelor’s of science degree from EOC. organizations. Depot before being called into the Navy Shop for many years on Depot Street and In her retirement, Gladys volunteered, was Mary Lene Munsterman Abrams, in 1951. He was stationed in Jacksonville, worked as an interior decorator at times. involved with historical projects in Baker ’51, formerly of Huntington, died Jan. 21, Fla., Oahu, Hawaii, San Francisco, and on She was honored as a distinguished alumna County and was active in her church. When 2010 at the Vale care center. Mary was born the USS Oriskany Aircraft Carrier in the of EOU and was instrumental in recruiting she was no longer able to take care of her April 4, 1915 in Cow Valley near Bonita. South Pacific. He was honorably discharged foreign students to the university. She was home, she moved to a foster care facility in She graduated high school with honors in in 1955 and worked at the Umatilla Army the first president of Dorion Hall and spoke Lake Oswego where she lived for the last 1933 and attended Eastern Oregon State Depot and then on the Northwest Natural at the dedication. Memorial contributions six years. College with a bachelor’s of science degree Gas Pipeline. In 1956 he enrolled at EOSC may be made to the EOU Foundation or Michael Halsey, ’68, of Hermiston and in elementary education. Her teaching career and graduated with a bachelor’s degree and P.E.O. Foundation chapter DK Memorial formerly of Union, died March 11, 2010 of continued for 40 consecutive years. Eleven a double major in biology. He married Doris Scholarship in care of Loveland Funeral cancer at Kennewick General Hospital. He of those years were in rural schools of Woods in 1957 and taught science for eight Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande, OR, was 64. Mike was born March 30, 1945 in Malheur and Baker counties. The remaining years in Hermiston. He was also a coach 97850. Astoria and spent the first years of his life in 29 years of teaching she spent in the graded and served as the science department head John W. Hall, ’66, of Pendleton died Florence. He later moved with his parents system of 16J in Huntington as a devoted and athletic director until 1968 at the junior Nov. 24, 2009. He was 65. John was born to Union in 1951 and graduated from high primary teacher who will be remembered by high school. He earned his master’s degree Aug. 13, 1944, in Colfax, Wash. and spent school in 1963. He attended EOC, where he many. In 1939 Mary and Alvin Abrams were in education administration in 1970. He his early years in Kellogg, Idaho. His family was active in student government and editor married in Weiser, Idaho but their union then earned his certification for principal/ moved to Pendleton around 1955, where of the college newspaper. He graduated with was later dissolved in 1975. Mary retired in superintendent credentials and worked as he graduated from high school in 1962. He a bachelor’s degree in history and political 1977. The hobbies that she enjoyed for many the Hermiston High School vice principal married Carol Fager in 1966 in La Grande. science. He married Connie Waits in 1968 years were gardening, hiking, quilting, rock from 1968 to 1972, the junior high principal He worked at Payless Drug and Pendleton and after a tour of duty in Vietnam he hunting, traveling and spending recreational from 1972 to 1974, and as the assistant Sport Center for several years before owning returned to Oregon to spend 42 years with time with her family. superintendent for the Hermiston School and operating Hall’s Trailer Court full-time. the Union Pacific Railroad. He retired from Dorothy Ambrose, ’51, of La Grande, District from 1974 until he retired in 1990. Jon Frederic Croghan, ’67, of Baker his job as a locomotive engineer in 2006. He died Feb. 2, 2010 at her home. She was 86. Lenna Hermann, ’63, of Hood River City, died Jan. 3, 2010 at St. Alphonsus moved with his family to Hermiston in 1976, Dorothy was born Dec. 28, 1923 in Baker. and formerly of La Grande, died March 16, Medical Center in Boise. He was 73. Jon where he and Connie raised four children. She was raised in Haines, graduated from 2010 at an assisted care facility in Hood was born June 18, 1936 in Kalispell, Mont. Dorothea Rose Volk King, ’72, of Haines High School and received her degree River. She was 90. Lenna was born Sept. 30, He graduated from Elgin High School in Pendleton died Jan. 29, 2010. She was from EOU. In 1949 she married George 1919 on the family ranch on Butter Creek. 1954 and joined the Navy in 1956. He 83. Dorothea was born April 19, 1926 in Ambrose. In the mid-1950s she went to She went to Pine City grade school and high was discharged in 1959 and later attended Norfolk, Nebr. She graduated from Norfolk work as a legal secretary for Carl Helm school and in 1936 she moved to La Grande EOU until 1967 and later the University High School and attended Norfolk Jr. and remained with him until he retired in to attend Eastern Oregon Normal School. of Oregon, studying the superintendent College in 1945. In 1948 she moved to the early 1990s. She was a member of the During her second year of college Lenna met program, graduating in 1988. From there he Oregon and attended Eastern Oregon Normal Soroptimist for Women and the National L.W. “Buck” Hermann. They were married became an Educational Media Director until School, receiving a teaching degree. She Association of Legal Secretaries. in 1939 in Lewiston, following Lenna’s first his retirement. He met Tonita Spray and they married Earl I. King in 1950 in Pendleton. Donald J. Scharn, ’57, died Jan. 9, year of teaching in Stanfield. She taught were married in 1969 in Billings, Mont., She later returned to EOC, graduating with 2010. He was born in Pendleton where he second grade at Willow Elementary School and the couple had one son. Jon had a wide a bachelor’s degree. She taught elementary graduated from high school before entering in La Grande from 1953 to 1980. Lenna took range of interests including hunting, fishing, school in the Pendleton public schools in the United States Army. He was honorably night classes and earned a master’s degree. astronomy and bird watching. He was also the late 1940s and early 1950s, and later

1 8 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer A lumni Updates worked as a pharmacy clerk at the Medical degree from Portland State University. Sunny Dell School and Pine Valley High 1963, Ellen attended EOU. She worked for Center Pharmacy. She finished her career in He went on to earn a post baccalaureate School, graduating at age 16. She attended the First National Bank, Kaman Bearing the budget and finance department for the teaching degree from EOU. He married Eastern Oregon Normal School, earning a and for her son’s painting business as a Umatilla National Forest in Pendleton. Chandra Bender in 1992. The couple moved lifetime teaching certificate in two years. Her bookkeeper from 1978 until her death. Nancy (Erlebach) Lulay, ’73, died to Heppner where he worked for the Morrow first teaching job was at Dry Creek School Arlon M. Harvey, died Jan. 6 in his March 24, 2010. Nancy was born in Ontario, County School District. He then followed and she taught on and off in Halfway for the home on Chehalem Mountain. He was 81. the fourth of 11 children. She earned a his true passion of bringing high speed next 38 years. Beth married Oliver Harold Born on March 29, 1928 in St. Helens, teaching degree from Eastern Oregon State Internet into the area with his company, (Con) Rowen in 1938 in Weiser, Idaho. The he grew up in northeast Oregon, living College and married Bill Lulay in 1974. The Wind Wave, which helped rural students couple ranched in Pine Valley on the family in Athena, Weston and La Grande. After couple had four children. Nancy volunteered learn and compete with larger schools. He farm, raising two children. Beth tried her graduating from high school in 1947, in the community and helping others was enjoyed skiing, hunting, golfing, movies and hand at snowmobiling, jet skiing, horseback he worked his way through college as a part of her everyday routine. She influenced computer games. He also served as a deacon camping and she loved rodeos. drummer and dance instructor. He attended many childrens’ lives as a teacher and at his church and loved spending time with Goldie Lee Llyod, died Nov. 27, 2009, EOU and earned a two-year degree in mentor and was an active member of the his family. at Settlers Park in Baker City. She was electronics. In 1950 he moved to the Catholic Church. She loved life, especially Richard L. ‘Rick’ Curtis, ’97, of 77. Goldie was born on March 27, 1932 Portland area where he met Doris (Johnnei) being a wife, mother and grandmother. As Milton-Freewater, died of cancer Jan. 21, in Pondosa. She lived the vast majority of Johnson. A year later they were married with everything in life, Nancy took on her 2010. He was 73. Richard was born Aug. 3, her life in Baker County, graduating from and in 1954 the couple moved to their very aggressive cancer with courage and the 1936 in Prairie City and grew up in Canyon high school and then attending EOC. She property on Chehalem Mountain. Arlon desire to live life to the fullest. City, graduating from Grant Union High married Slick Johnston in 1946 and settled was employed as an electrical engineer Patricia T. Harris, ’82, died January 31, School in 1954. He served four years in in Baker City where they raised two sons. at Oweiko Inc., Sartron and retired form 2010, following the effects of Alzheimer’s the Air Force. He and his wife Elizabeth Goldie was proud to serve most of the Coiltron in 1991. He then worked for a brief disease. She was born in Roseburg on June (Liz) McEntire were married in 1963 in county’s population at one time or another time as a Newberg school bus driver. He 19, 1922. Pat graduated from Roseburg Astoria. In 1960 he began his career with at the Royal Café in Baker City, distributing was a member of the Sherwood Elks Club High School in 1940 and in 1942 she the U.S. Forest Service on the Burns Ranger lunches through “Meals on Wheels” or at and enjoyed dancing, playing the drums, married Robert Harris. Many years later District. He was transferred to the Prairie VFW picnics. camping, fishing and hunting. she graduated from Umpqua Community City Ranger District in 1965. In 1969 he Robert J. Mumm, longtime Pendleton Ronald W. Westenskow, of College College and then EOC. About 1957, Pat transferred to Heppner as district engineer, resident, died Dec. 20, 2009. He was 80. Place, Wash. and formerly of Imbler, died bought a standard poodle for her birthday. where he remained until retirement in 1985. Robert was born June 23, 1929 in Pendleton. Oct. 24, 2009 at his home. He was 87. She has had several since then and was very In 1991 Richard and his family moved to He attended Pendleton High School in Ronald was born March 13, 1922 in Imbler. devoted to her dogs. Pat enjoyed playing North Bend, where they continued to live 1947 and later Eastern Oregon College of He attended school in Imbler and graduated golf and became interested in photography until moving to Umatilla County in 2000. Education. He owned and operated a wheat from Eastern Oregon College. He went on and excelled at it, winning numerous awards. He earned his real estate broker’s license ranch north of Pendleton and started his to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy In 1985, she was invited to join a group of following retirement from the Forest Service own fertilizer business in Echo. He also as a lieutenant midshipman and served in eleven photographers from across the U.S. and his bachelor’s degree in general studies volunteered with local civic and youth the South Pacific. After his discharge from on a trip to China. Pat taught photography from EOU. While in Heppner he served as organizations. the service, he returned to his home near and darkroom classes at Umpqua a Pioneer Memorial Hospital emergency Caroline Vivian Henderson, of Forest La Grande. He married Carol Butt in 1944 Community College for 12 years. She was a medical technician, earned his private pilot’s Grove and formerly of Union County, died in Salt Lake City. They had five children. member of art associations and showed her license and was active in city government. Oct. 2, 2009. She was 92. Caroline was born Ronald became involved in agriculture in photography several times at the Umpqua Sheridan K. (Sweek) Zita, ’01, Dec. 18, 1916 at Castle Creek, Idaho. She the Grande Ronde Valley and later became Valley Arts Center. of Pendleton, died March 11, 2010, of grew up on a ranch and graduated from high an ordained bishop in the Church of Jesus Harry L. Williams, ’86, longtime pancreatic cancer. She was 45. Born October school as the class valedictorian. She taught Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Carol preceded Baker City resident, died Aug. 22, 2009 30, 1964 in Heppner, Sheridan graduated school before marrying Athol R. Sayre him in death. In 2002 he married his high after a nine-year battle with cancer. He was in 1982 from Heppner High School and in 1939 and the couple had five children. school girlfriend, Audrey. 68. Harry was born July 27, 1941 in The went on to earn a dental assistant certificate Caroline earned her master’s degree at Robert James Korn, of Salem, died Dalles. He graduated from Marshfield High and a medical records degree. She married Eastern Oregon College and taught English Friday, March 12, 2010. He was 59. Born School in Coos Bay and joined the Navy, Rich Zita in Heppner in 1987 and for the and library science in Union and Douglas July 12, 1950, he graduated from North serving a four-year tour of duty. Most of his past 23 years resided in the Pendleton area, counties after moving to Oregon. She retired Salem High and earned a bachelor’s degree service was in the Far East: Hong Kong, where she raised two sons. Sheridan found a in Hillsboro. from Eastern Oregon State College. He Japan and off the coast of Vietnam. After passion for teaching and returned to college Ellen C. Brooks, lifelong resident of was an avid square dancer and member of serving his country, Harry worked in heavy at EOU, graduating with her bachelor’s of La Grande, died Oct 23, 2009 at her home. the Salem Swinging Stars. He also enjoyed construction. He met Tessa Thompson and science and later received her master of arts She was 86. Ellen was born Dec. 16, 1922, baking, hiking, bookbinding and race the couple were married for 44 years and had in education. In the fall of 2001 she joined graduated from Enterprise High School and walking. two sons, Hank and Heath. the Echo School District. She enjoyed moved with her family to Portland, where Darren S. Gibson, of Kuna, died March Nathan A. ‘Nate’ Arbagast, ’95, spending time with family, cooking, hiking, she went to Northwest Business School and 27, 2010 at a Boise hospital after a battle formerly of Monument, died Feb. 28, 2010, camping and gardening. worked in the shipyards. She met George with cancer. He was 45. Darren was born on as a result of a skiing accident. He was 39. Lylah Elizabeth “Beth” Rowen, died W. Brooks and they married in 1943. They Feb. 10, 1965 in Santa Ana, Calif. and grew Nathan was born Feb. 26, 1971, in Oregon Jan. 13, 2010, at her home in Halfway. She settled in La Grande following WWII and up in Council, Idaho where he graduated City and went to school in Molalla until was 93. Beth was born April 22, 1916 in started a painting business that evolved into from high school. Darren attended EOU grade nine, when he moved to Monument. Roosevelt, Utah. Three months later, she and a construction business. They also owned where he excelled in football and track and In 1989 he graduated from Monument High her parents returned to the family homestead Coleman Hardware Store and operated a earned a bachelor’s degree in business. He School and in 1994 he received a bachelor’s on Clear Creek in Pine Valley. She attended cattle ranch and farm. After George died in worked in restaurants and retail and owned

Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer 1 9 Alumni Updates several shops in Idaho Falls. Most recently Fitzgerald Furniture. In 1944, he established for the agriculture program. for local businesses and managed a local he worked at Wal-Mart as an assistant Fitzgerald Flowers, which he ran until his Mary Jane Beeman, lifetime resident trailer park for a friend, Phil Hergert. Merlin manager at the Overland store in Boise. retirement. In 1972, he established Pat’s of Island City, died Jan. 12, 2010 at a local enjoyed fishing and hunting and family Darren was a wonderful father and loved his Alley and also owned other businesses. care center. She was 92. Mary was born July members say they wish to acknowledge the daughters dearly. The last three years were Pat was a member of the First Presbyterian 29, 1917 in La Grande and graduated from life lessons they learned from him. his happiest, spent with his life partner, Tim. Church, a lifelong scout and Boy Scout La Grande High School in 1936. A year Gordon R. “Butch” Winters, of troop leader for many years and a member later she married James Fredrick “Fred” Pendleton died Feb. 7, 2010. He was of various other service organizations and Beeman in Walla Walla. Mary worked as an 61. Gordon was born March 29, 1948 in clubs. Pat was also a pilot. operator for the telephone company and in Enterprise, attended school in Lostine and Kathelene Galloway, died Dec. 19, 2009 the custodial department at EOU. She was graduated from Wallowa High School in at her home. She was 45. Kathelene was a member of Royal Neighbors, the VFW 1967. He attended Eastern Oregon State born June 11, 1964 in Pocatello, Idaho. She Auxilary and the Lions Club. She served Is there a story you would College and Blue Mountain Community spent years as a young child in Utah where as treasurer for the city of Island City for College. He was an accomplished football she discovered her passion for art. She later many years and enjoyed being with her like to see in print? player and played for EOSC. He married moved to Boise where she received her grandchildren, working crossword puzzles, Toni Baird in Kennewick, Wash., in 1969. bachelor of fine arts with honors and later traveling and was an avid reader. They later divorced. Gordon worked in sales went on to receive her master of fine arts Robert W. Wilkins, La Grande, died We invite you to for most of his career, living in Pendleton, degree in drawing form the University of Jan. 28, 2010 after a short battle with cancer. contribute your news to “The Sandpoint, Idaho and the Wallowa County Indiana. Kathelene moved back to the West He was 79. Robert was born Sept. 10, 1930 Mountaineer,” the magazine area before moving back to Pendleton. to be near her mother and begin a teaching in Portland. Following graduation from La Kathryn Sowell, of Yoncalla, died Dec. career at EOU, where she taught printmaking Grande High School in 1948, he attended that serves the entire EOU 5, 2009 due to cardiac arrest. She was 57. and drawing. Those who knew her say Eastern Oregon College and the University community and beyond, Kathryn was born April 27, 1952 in Delta, Kathelene was an inspired teacher who of Oregon. He was drafted in 1953 during Colo. She married Don Garrett in 1972 brought out the best in all of her students. the Korean War and served his Army tour reaching alumni, donors and and then divorced. She later married Albert Grover William Brooks, of La Grande, of duty at the Presidio in San Francisco. friends. If you or someone Sowell in 2002 in Reno. She attended EOU died Dec. 30, 2009 at his home. He was 69. In 1954 he married Joyce Ruth Armstrong you know has a story idea to and studied teaching for three years. She was Grover was born Dec. 27, 1940 in Selah, of Salem and they spent their first year of a children’s librarian in Delta for 12 years Wash. After high school he served four marriage in San Francisco. In 1955 they share for possible publication, and a part-time librarian in Oregon for two years with the U.S. Coast Guard and in moved to La Grande. Robert was president please send us the details. years. 1961 he moved to La Grande and worked and principal in Eastern Oregon Agencies Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jeanne Hastings, of for the Boise Cascade particleboard plant. Inc., operated as Wilkins Insurance Agency We will gladly accept Arlington, Wash., and formerly of Elgin, In 1985 he moved to Illinois where he in La Grande and Farris Insurance in submissions regarding any of died Feb. 25, 2010 in Arlington, Wash. continued to work for Boise Cascade in Enterprise. He was also chairman and owner the following: She was 79. Elizabeth was born Jan. 18, particleboard sales. Upon his retirement in of the Abstract and Title Co. He supported 1931 in Union County. She graduated as 1999, he returned to La Grande. Grover was EOU and the EOU Foundation for nearly 30 • Awards, honors or other news for salutatorian of her Elgin High School class a member of the Church of the Nazarene and years as a donor, community advocate and alumni faculty and staff and then attended EOU where she met her he volunteered and kept stats for both the longtime trustee. He was chairman of the husband, Dale H. Hastings. The couple lived La Grande High School Tigers and the EOU EOU Foundation Board in 1995. Robert’s • Alumni, faculty and staff who near Boyd for six years and then moved Mountaineers. leadership and service garnered recognition notably contribute to and engage to the Othello, Wash., area. Betty worked Stanley Weishaar, of La Grande, died from numerous organizations and he in their communities at the Credit Bureau and as a secretary at Dec. 31, 2009. He was 87. Stan was born received the Arthur M. Eppstein Insurance • New or rediscovered works by Othello High School. After working 25 years June 3, 1922 near Odessa, Wash., and Achievement Award in 1990. faculty, staff and alumni including as the office manager for for the Othello graduated from Odessa High School in 1940 Dwayne Wing, of La Grande, died Outlook newspaper she retired and moved and began farming in Odessa until moving to March 11 at Mount Angel. He was 84. publications and art to western Washington. She was a member Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He later moved to the Dwayne was born April 22, 1925 in Groton, • Faculty, staff and alumni of the Othello Christian Church and served Grande Ronde Valley and married Barbara S.D. He attended school in Brown County conducting influential projects as organist and was a member of various Toland in 1958. Stan was named Man of and graduated from Groton High School. In and research other organizations, including the Marysville the Year in 1965 for his farm conservation 1947 he married Eloise Berg and they lived • Digital photos of events and get- Nazarene Church. practices, and served as a supervisor for the near Groton until moving to the La Grande James Patrick “Pat” Fitzgerald, a Union Soil and Water Conservation District area in 1956 where he owned and operated togethers involving alumni, faculty lifelong resident of La Grande, died Nov. for eight years and was chairman for six. He La Grande Automotive. Later he worked in and staff. 4, 2009 at a local care center. He was 90. served on the Farm Home Administration maintenance at EOU. Pat was born Dec 23, 1918 in La Grande Advisory board and in the Federal Land Merlin Prout, of La Grande, died March Send your story ideas to and graduated from La Grande High School Bank Advisory board and was appointed a 19, 2010 at his home. He was 82. Merlin in 1936. In 1939 he married Helen Davis member of the Oregon Soil Conversation was born April 6, 1927 in Joseph. He was University Advancement via in Union. During World War II he enlisted Committee. He was also a founding board married six times in his 82 years, his final e-mail to: [email protected] or call in the U.S. Navy and after a medical member of the Oregon Trail Electric marriage to Rosa Brothers. Merlin served in discharge he worked in a training program at Cooperative and a member of the Lions the Navy and worked as a butcher in Joseph. 541-962-3740. Eastern Oregon College with young airmen Club. Stan also helped establish the Grange He moved to La Grande and worked as a preparing to become pilots. Before the Co-Op Scholarship to provide more than groundskeeper for Eastern Oregon College. war, Pat worked with his brothers running $100,000 to Eastern Oregon State College In his retirement years, he mowed lawns

2 0 Summer 2010 – The Mountaineer Donor Spotlight

Bob Peshall, ’55

“Have passport, will travel” is how Bob Peshall lives life to the fullest. His experiences have taken him far and wide since leaving Eastern in 1955 with a degree in education. He is as passionate about sharing the benefi ts of EOU as he is about traveling and serves as a liaison to prospective students whenever he has the chance.

Peshall gives back to his alma mater in many ways. He is a sustaining member of the EOU President’s Club and other signifi cant contributions include his gift of $10,000 for the preservation of the Inlow Hall Grand Staircase. He also established a planned gift with the EOU Foundation and a full scholarship to be awarded to a 2011 high school graduate from Arizona attending EOU.

This year Peshall is celebrating his 60th anniversary of graduation from Hood River High School. He challenges other members of his generation to consider setting up a scholarship with the EOU Foundation to benefi t future Submitted photos students.

Giving the gift of education

To fi nd out how your gift can make a difference, please contact the EOU Foundation in the Offi ce of University Advancement at 541-962-3740 or e-mail [email protected]. One University Blvd. La Grande, OR 97850-2807

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For more information on these and other upcoming events and activities, visit www.eou.edu or www.eou.edu/alumni. A complete listing of Mountaineer athletic events is available at www.eousports.com.

For more information, contact the Offi ce of University Advancement at 541-962-3740, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.eou.edu.