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aTHE ALBANYte SOCIETYh’S NEWSLETTERo usFOR SENIOR ALUMNIe G SPRING ISSUE 2013 Luncheon, Big Band Kick Off Weekend The 15th annual Albany Society- sponsored event honoring the Golden Reunion Class, this year 1963, takes on a completely new look and new role during Alumni Reunion Week- end this year. The four-day weekend for L&C alumni and their families begins Thursday, June 20, and runs through Sunday, June 23. Instead of a breakfast, an Albany Society luncheon in this year on Friday will give special recognition to both the Class of 1963 and the 60-year Class of 1953. A big band concert in the sports center immediately following the A GOLDEN REUNION for members of the Class of 1962 during Reunion Weekend last June. They luncheon helps make it a kickoff renewed friendships at a social, were honored at a breakfast, had a grand time at a Friday dinner and event for the whole weekend. The joined hundreds of other alumni at the Saturday Salmon Bake. concert is free and open to the entire ‘54. (See story on page 6.) overseas and off-campus groups. Reunion Weekend community. But the luncheon is more than just Another big weekend event that The live music, in a style senior a “Big Band Bash,” a prominent sub- has drawn 500 reunion attendees in alumni will fondly remember, will be heading given this year’s event. the past is the annual Northwest provided by the Providence Hospital The popular tradition of present- Salmon Bake and BBQ on Saturday Stage Band directed by Larry Morrell ing College Medallions to members afternoon. This year it is coupled of the Golden Reunion Class present with a brand new event, the Pio at the luncheon will continue. Carnival, a great time for kids and The Albany Society The presentation serves as a sym- adults alike. bolic recreation of commencement A registration form for the week- Luncheon & Big Band Bash ceremonies 50 years earlier and as a end, including the Reunion Lun- welcome into the Albany Society. cheon, is included in this newsletter. Friday, June 21, 11 a.m. Luncheon in Pamplin Sports Center with The busy weekend includes an For more information, email special speakers, presentation of Alumni College, receptions, dinners [email protected] or telephone medallions to members of the Class of and parties for reunion classes and 503-768-7950. 1963 and special recognition of the Class of 1953. The luncheon is open to all senior alumni and their friends. What is ‘The Albany Society’? Registration is required. The Albany Society is NOT made honorary organization of all of Lewis Big Band Concert & Dance up of graduates primarily of Albany & Clark College’s senior alumni--- Immediately following the luncheon, the College, Lewis & Clark’s predecessor. those whose classes have been Sports Center doors will open and the It is not a secret society. It is not a graduated 50 or more years. whole Reunion Weekend community is designated college donor giving The purpose of the society is to invited to come in and join in the fun. The Providence Hospital Stage Band will level. encourage senior alumni to enrich provide the music. The concert is free. Then what is it? their lives by reuniting with class- The Albany Society is in fact an mates and with the college through Continued on Page 2 A new ‘Gatehouse’ for Senior Alumni “The Gatehouse” is a new twice- A major goal of The Gatehouse is a-year publication with a name that helping senior alumni reconnect with pre-dates the college’s move to the each other through the Class Notes Lloyd Frank estate grounds in 1942. section. The Albany Society, which edits “The first place most college and produces the newsletter, se- graduates look when they open their lected the name for its deep familiar- alumni magazine is the class notes,” ity for every alumnus who ever Charnquist said. walked the campus. “They want to know what’s going “We wanted to have a masthead on with former classmates. name that would immediately “Our hope is that the notes section register with every senior alum,” will have a growing role in recon- declared Chuck Charnquist ‘58, the necting our alumni with each other newsletter’s editor. and with the college.” Purpose of The Gatehouse is to complement the college’s award- winning Lewis & Clark Chronicle with Dolores Willey Chenoweth ‘62, are a twice-a-year newsletter that carries responsible for the newsletter con- A Gatehouse Primer information of particular interest to tent. The Gatehouse is one of the senior alumni. At the same time, they maintain a original structures of the magnificent The Albany Society’s communica- close working relationship with the tions committee, made up of college’s Office of Alumni and Parent Lloyd Frank estate built in the 1920s Charnquist, Bill Mangels ‘55, Curt Programs and the Office of Public and now on the National Register of Copenhagen ‘55, Don Floren ‘53 and Affairs and Communications. Historic Places. It has served a variety of needs since Lewis & Clark moved to The Albany Society Palatine Hill in 1942, including a home for President and Mrs. Continued from Page 1 campus for briefings by college Morgan Odell, a men’s dormitory, participation in a variety of Albany administrators, faculty and staff as the admissions office, and currently Society, National Board of Alumni well as to plan events and activities the offices of Alumni and Parent and college-sponsored activities. that carry out the society’s mission. Programs. The society, founded by a group of Don Floren ‘53 is the current In 2008, an Albany Society effort, alumni in 1999, works to enhance chairman of the 18-member board. As led by its chairman Bob Godel ‘51 senior alumni renaissance by encour- chairman, Floren also serves on the and Jim King ‘50, spurred renova- aging strengthened bonds between National Board of Alumni as an ex- tion of the Gatehouse so that it themselves and the college and to officio member. could be better used for offices and extend those strengthened bonds to Other members include Chuck receptions. all senior alumni. Charnquist ‘58, Dolores Willey As part of that initiative the build- The Albany Society sponsors Chenoweth ‘62, Jim Cole ‘54, Curt ing was officially renamed the events leading to those goals such as Copenhagen ‘55, Rod Downey ‘50, Morgan S. Odell Alumni Gatehouse. the upcoming Golden Reunion John Fergison ‘51, Barbara Pfau Luncheon during Reunion Weekend, Getty ‘56, Marlene Motejl Haldors the Garden Party by The Pool in ‘58, Frank Lawrence ‘52, Donna August and a Holiday Luncheon in Macklin Lawrence ‘52, Bill Mangels Reinhard Pauly Scholarships December. ‘55, John Marandas ‘62, Bob McEnany It also works to promote a variety ‘50, Diana Fields Nelson ‘60, Jim Stell Reinhard Pauly, professor emeritus of college activities such as home- ‘60, Ken Servas ‘54, and Jack of music, and his wife, Connie, have coming and concerts and speakers of Venables ‘56. endowed two funds to benefit L&C’s interest to senior alumni. Arleigh Dodson, faculty emeritus, music program. “The Gatehouse,” a brand new and college staff members Sharon The first fund will provide tuition twice-a-year newsletter produced Bosserman-Benson , Planned Giving, and music lesson scholarships to specifically for senior Lewis & Clark and Angela Torretta, Alumni Office, students who play string instru- alumni, is another project recently are ex-officio members of the board. ments. initiated by the Albany Society. Class Notes on Pages 4 and 5 can The second fund will enhance the The society is governed by a board be of help in catching up on where music department’s string program of directors that meets monthly on board members are today. and orchestra. BACK ON THE HILL

Photos from the 2012 Reunion Weekend and Homecoming Barbara Pfau Getty ‘56, M.A.T. ‘78 continues to champion quality cursive Senior handwriting. Barbara and longtime collaborator and co-author Inga Dubay Sharon’s were featured in The Portland Magazine’s Alumni February, 2013 issue in an article entitled “Stick to the Script: Two Portlanders on a Corner mission to save handwriting.” By Sharon Bosserman-Benson Notes Director of Planned Giving Jim and Eloise Hannah Cole, both ‘54, Bill Mangels ‘55 is a business adminis- met at their class’s 50th reunion in 2004 tration graduate and a retired marketing and a year later were married. Jim was a consultant. He is a Master Gardener who commercial insurance broker and volunteers at the Leach Botanical Garden president of the Chartered Casualty in Portland. Bill and his wife, Ardis Underwriters Society of . Eloise Bowersox Mangels ‘58, make their home was an elementary school teacher in in the northwest part of the city. Beaverton where they now reside.

Don Floren ‘53 and his wife, Diane John Marandas ‘62 majored in political Vinton Floren ‘55, live in Southwest science, motivating him to enter law Heritage Society members Donna Portland. Don is a sculptor and wood- practice 46 years ago. He began his career carver. He retired after teaching high as an assistant to Oregon Attorneys Macklin Lawrence ’52 and Eloise school, worked for 20 years in manage- General Robert Thornton and Lee Hannah Cole ’54 with Sharon ment at Tektronix, Inc., and then as Johnson. That was followed by private Bosserman-Benson, Lewis & Clark Oregon director of the National Alliance law practice in Portland and service as a Director of Planned Giving of Business. Diane is an artist who teaches pro tempore Circuit Court Judge in early American decorative painting. Multnomah County for 10 years. His “Lewis & Clark causes students to wife, Louise, received her master’s degree think, to dream, and to act, and Jim Stell ‘60 is a retired school principal in school psychology from Lewis & Clark. who worked in the North Clackamas donors are delighted to be a part of that process. We invest in students School District. Following retirement he Curt Copenhagen ‘55 is a member of the because they are our future and became a hotel concierge at the Double National Board of Alumni. He retired our hope!” Tree Lloyd Center in Portland. Jim and after more than 40 years with Interna- his wife, Nita, live in West Linn and are tional Paper and Longview Fibre. Curt These words of wisdom were the proud grandparents of Peyton and served as director of public affairs and Brady. chief lobbyist for Longview Fibre then expressed by Becky Huntting ’59 was corporate public relations manager at Lewis & Clark’s annual Dolores Willey Chenoweth ‘62 loves to scholarship luncheon where travel, recently visiting India and Nepal. for International Paper and managed IP’s national building materials advertising donors get to meet the students Two memorable trips to New York City they sponsor. To see the gratitude include being there during Hurricane program. He was honored for his on the faces of our students and to Sandy last fall, and during the 9/11 attack lobbying efforts and leadership in forest have Becky and other benefactors eleven years earlier. She lives in South- advancement work in both Oregon and Jane Fish west Portland and when not traveling Washington. Curt and his wife, eloquently explain the simplicity Copenhagen ‘56 live in Longview. and volunteering, she devotes her time to of their philanthropy makes for my her four grandchildren. favorite event of the year. Diana Fields Nelson ‘62, now retired, is a Master Gardener and an Elder at More- Bequest intentions designated for land Presbyterian Church. She holds a scholarship funds are just one of Keep in Touch master’s degree in psychology from the the many ways alumni and friends University of Portland and for many Share with your fellow alumni what you’re are leaving a legacy for Lewis & up to and where you are. It’s a great way years worked in that field for the Port- Clark students. Life income gifts to renew friendships. Your submissions land Public Schools. Later she was such as charitable gift annuities, may be edited and may be published in program director for the Volunteer Center and charitable trusts funded by The Lewis & Clark Chronicle, The (now Hands on Portland). She and Gatehouse, and on the L&C website. husband, Dick ‘61, have two sons and appreciated assets you would Send your Class Note to: four grandchildren and live in Mil- otherwise pay hefty capital gains U.S. Mail: Office of Alumni & Parent waukie. Diana has served on the L&C’s taxes on, are a few of the many Programs - MSC 77 National Board of Alumni. vehicles I’m happy to discuss with Lewis & Clark you. 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, OR 97219-7899 Chuck Charnquist ‘58 is in his 43rd year with the Portland Trail Blazers of the Please feel free to contact me with Web: go.lclark.edu/college/class_notes National Basketball Association. He your feedback, questions and Twitter: #LCclassnotes currently serves as the team’s historian concerns by calling 800.753.9292 or and archivist. Chuck and his wife, Carol, Please remember to include your class emailing [email protected] year and your address, phone number and reside in Beaverton. email address. Continued on Page 5 THE CLASS OF 1952 came together for a 60th reunion luncheon during 2012 Reunion Weekend. Posing in front of the Diane Gregg Memorial Pavilion are, front row from left: Frank Lawrence, Jim Goddard, Emmy Lou Manning Keller, Betty Hibbard Jones, Helen Hannah Bartholomaus, Geraldine Sprout Hodge, Richard Metzler, Milt Zusman, Donna Macklin Lawrence. Second row: George Toombs, Jim Sandvig, Sally McBride, Euphama Haynes Partlow, Virginia Wion Hilken, Bob Stein, Marv Bolstad, Paul Nordstrom, Pat Heilig Nordstrom. Back row: Jim Hamley, Mildred Toman Griffen, Sussie Patterson, Dick Holm, Pat Hibbard, Bob Hilken.

down in 2010. He was honored with the husband, Fred, enjoy traveling and look Senior Alumni Notes Alumni’s Pioneer Leadership Award a forward to new connections with the year later. college as granddaughter Heidi Franz has Continued from Page 4 been accepted for enrollment in the fall. Marlene Motejl Haldors ‘58 recently John Fergison ‘51 and the former Lauren moved to Summerplace, a senior commu- Louise Boarday will soon celebrate their Duane Brady ‘57 recently was inducted nity in Northeast Portland. Over the years 62nd wedding anniversary. John, a long- into the Oregon Athletic Directors she has served the college in a variety of time Portland public relations and ad- Association Hall of Fame. He spent 35 capacities along with her late husband vertising executive, was an avid skier in years in public education, including 27 Steve ‘58. She now volunteers with his college days and now has a family ski years with Gresham’s Centennial School several charitable organizations. home on Mt. Hood. District. Duane and his wife, Donna Ellison Brady ‘58, live in Gresham. Rod Downey ‘50, a member of the Ken Servas ‘54 is a retired school Duane ‘Dewey’ Swanson ‘53, an award- college’s 1949 conference championship principal and assistant superintendent in winning Arizona artist, has sold more basketball team, is retired after 34 years the Centennial School District in than 350 of his watercolor paintings in as teacher and administrator for the Gresham. Following retirement he Phoenix, Denver and Portland and other Portland Public Schools. Rod and his worked for 20 years as a consultant in the communities. Competing in numerous wife, Suzy, have been married for 63 school improvement program of the NW juried shows, he received a coveted years. Suzy was a Lewis & Clark staff Regional Education Laboratory. Ken and award from the Western Federation of member for 21 years. his wife Kay Sherman Servas ‘55 make Watercolor Societies. He specializes in their home in the Touchmark Senior western life, including cowboys and Frank and Donna Macklin Lawrence, Community in Vancouver. both ‘52, live in Lake Oswego where Native American subjects, but also enjoys Donna taught elementary school for Donna Fields Rochon ‘60 married John painting landscapes, wildlife and people. 30 years while Frank was in management Moore Dec. 26, 2012, in Bellingham. He retired as president of U-Haul’s with Crown-Zellerbach’s Pulp and Paper Both are retired Western Washington advertising agency after 41 years with the Division. They are active in their church, University faculty members. Donna was company. After retirement, Dewey and Lake Grove Presbyterian, and in formerly married to Donald Rochon ‘60 his wife, Bobbie, moved to Happy Jack, babysitting and chauffeuring their who passed away in 2011. Arizona, where he served for 17 years as grandchildren. captain and public information officer for Carolyn Morrison Cowan ‘58 enjoys the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Depart- Jack Venables ‘56, the voice of the retirement in Kirkland, Washington, after ment. Now living in Flagstaff, he contin- Pioneers at football and basketball games 20 years as a middle school counselor in ues to produce award-winning paintings for more than three decades, stepped the Bellevue School District. She and her at 81. Memories! Enduring memories for many senior alumni are the sweet sounds of big band music that helped turn gray concrete walls and the plywood floor of the old gymnasium into a dreamland, at least for a night. Whether it was Homecoming, the Trodse Formal, the Snow Ball, the Sweetheart Ball, the May Fete Queen’s Ball, or other organization-sponsored events, it was a sure bet great dance music would come from a band stand mostly occupied by students from the college. The picture on the right is of a small group of student musicians playing for a Snack Shack “Sock Hop” after a home basketball game. Band members are, from left, Frank (Sanje) Elliott ‘54, Craig Singletary ‘54 (partially hidden), Larry Morrell ‘54, Gene Hanson ‘55 and Bud Shafer ‘53. Morrell will be directing the Big Band Bash concert during Reunion Weekend in June. Photo from the 1954 Voyageur.

Big Band Sound Returns to Palatine Hill June 21 Imagine reunion classes of 1953 The concert/dance will follow the professional commitment to quality and 1963 being serenaded by classic luncheon honoring the Golden Re- performance,” Morrell said. big band music that they danced to in union Class of 1963, and the Dia- Morrell, a retired public school the old gymnasium more than a half mond Reunion of the Class of 1953. music director and administrator, century ago. Reservations are necessary for the said he and the band are looking Think of music in the style of band luncheon in Pamplin, scheduled to forward to playing in Pamplin. leaders Glenn Miller, the fabulous start at 11a.m. “There’s space for big sound there Dorsey Brothers and Harry James But when luncheon is over, the and these guys love to blow,” Morrell and vocalists like Frank Sinatra and doors will open and the whole observed. Ella Fitzgerald. community, young and old alike, is He ought to know. Larry is one of Imagine a 21st century free concert invited to come and join in the fun, Portland’s leading trumpet players of the same music plus a dance floor. whether soaking in the big band and has performed with most of the No need to just dream about it. It’s sound, or taking a turn on the dance area’s best dance bands. happening as part of the Albany floor. The concert/dance is free. Morrell said that after one of the Society’s Luncheon on Friday, June The group that will be performing Providence group’s recent concerts, 21, in Pamplin Sports Center, a kick- is made up of doctors, dentists, an attendee told him the music made off event for this year’s Reunion teachers and professional musicians. him feel young again. Weekend on campus. The band has provided classic big “It’s more than a feeling,” Morrell The Big Band Bash features the band sound to thousands of apprecia- answered. “You ARE young again.” Providence Hospital Stage Band tive listeners for 50 years. directed by Lewis & Clark alumnus “These band members are united Stafford Centennial in 2014 Larry Morrell ‘54. by their love of this music and have a Plans are underway to celebrate the 2014 centennial of William Class Scholarships Benefit from Bequests Stafford, a longtime Lewis & Clark Ralph Blanchly ’49. Osgood Munger ’50. Trel Tator ’53. And Neil Farmer ’51. professor and former poet laureate Each alumnus is gone but not forgotten. Each one planned ahead and left a for the State of Oregon. bequest designated for their class scholarship fund at Lewis & Clark. A symposium is being planned as the centerpiece of a series of year- Neil Farmer ’51 passed away in August of 2012 and his dream of making a major long activities to honor Stafford, a gift to Lewis & Clark came true. Lewis & Clark received a check for $14,000 from renowned poet and a distinctive his (secondary) insurance policy and it is now helping students receive an teacher who was a big part of Lewis education of a lifetime via the Class of 1951 Scholarship Fund. & Clark’s identity for nearly four Neil, founding member of the Heritage Society (alumni who have named Lewis & decades. Clark in their estate plans) was responsible for recruiting 15 of his classmates into Stafford passed away in August of the Society, a record still unmet by any other class. 1993. He was 79 years old. Susan and Bill Sack

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The day that changed her life began with Susan Fiscus being fitted for the dress she would To learn how a bequest or other type wear as queen of Lewis & Clark’s May Fete. Afterward, she got together with a friend, of planned gift can support students, her friend’s brother, and his medical student buddies. When one of those buddies later please contact us. Options include phoned Susan for a date, she said yes----even though she couldn’t recall what he looked annuities that can add to your retire- like. Two years later, they married. In May 2011, they celebrated their golden anniversary. ment income and help you support “It’s been great, wonderful,” says Bill Sack today, smiling broadly. “Luckily, she didn’t Lewis & Clark. turn me down when I asked her out.” Bill graduated from Lewis & Clark in 1956 and Susan in 1959. “Lewis & Clark opened Office of Planned Giving the world to me and expanded my knowledge and interests beyond medicine and science,” Lewis & Clark College says Bill, who earned his M.D. in 1960. Adds Susan, “I was a nerd in high school, and the 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road college helped me blossom socially and in so many other ways.” Portland, Oregon 97219-7899 A pioneer in the field of child psychiatry, Bill directed OHSU’s Division of Child and 503-768-7911 Adolescent Psychiatry for 22 years. While raising their daughter, Gretchen, Susan volun- [email protected] teered extensively with the OHSU School of Medicine Alliance and led intergenerational go.lclark.edu/plannedgiving activities at Westminster Presbyterian Church. A piano major at Lewis & Clark, she also played in a piano trio for several years. Members of the Leadership Society and the Heritage Society, Bill and Susan give to the Annual Fund, their class scholarships, and the Sack Family Scholarship, awarded to a student with interests in international affairs, particularly public health. Their support of Lewis & Clark students. faculty, and programs will continue through a bequest. It all comes around full- circle in giving according to Susan. “A sense of owing a lot to a school that gave me so much.” NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTLAND, OR The PERMIT NO. 438 Gatehouse

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Eighth Annual ‘Picnic by the Pool’ set for August 2 The eighth annual ‘Picnic by the dogs, hamburgers, beer, wine, invited. Current and past faculty and Pool’ on lower campus, set for Friday, lemonade and all the fixings. staff are also on the invitation list. August 2, is another great opportu- All senior alumni and friends are As in the past, the Office of nity for senior alumni to renew old Alumni & Parent Programs will friendships, and at the same time graciously provide rides for those enjoy being back on one of the who would find it difficult walking nation’s most beautiful campuses. from the parking lot. The picnic, sponsored by the Don Floren ‘53, chairman of the Albany Society, was given an interna- Albany Society Board of Directors, tional flavor the past three years, encourages senior alumni to set aside celebrating the college’s rich global the date now. perspective. Cost is $20 per person. Registra- This year it will be an old-fash- tion information is scheduled to go in ioned All-American theme with hot the mail in late May.

Saturday, May 18 Friday, August 2 Dates of Interest College of Arts & Sciences 140th annual * Eighth Annual Albany Society ‘Picnic by To Senior Alumni Commencement, , 2 p.m. the Pool’ on Lower Campus June 20 - 23 Wednesday, August 21 Sunday, April 21 * L&C Alumni Reunion Weekend * Kappa Phi Alpha Summer Reunion Spring Concert, Cappella Nova and 12 noon, Alumni Gatehouse Women’s Chorus, Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Friday, June 21 3 p.m. * Albany Society Luncheon, Pamplin Sports Wednesday, August 28 Center, 11 a.m. * Sigma Alpha Sigma Summer Reunion. Sunday, April 28 12 noon, Alumni Gatehouse Spring Concert, Community Chorale and Friday, June 21 Orchestra, Agnes Flanagan Chapel, 3 p.m. Big Band Bash immediately following the October 4-6 * Pre-registration is necessary luncheon in Pamplin Sports Center Homecoming Weekend