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A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University

—Photo by Steve McClure {'93)

Art and nature combine on campus to make summer a very special time. For adventures inthe arts, in the sun, and in the classroom this summer, see page 1

Noted educator is Distinguished Alumnus..................................................page 2

Edens grand reopening August 26/27.... ................... ................................. page 3

Art is a dream, Western Style...................................................................... page 4

Viking 21 takes to LA and Seattle streets.................................................... page 5

President launches scholarship endowment................................................page 6Sports galore in '94......................................................................................page 7

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SPRING 1994 VOL. 25, NO. 3A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University

This summer: focus on WesternYou all know about the beauty that surrounds the Western campus, and the wealth of

recreational opportunities in the area. But the campus itself is the place to be this summer, whether for the arts, athletics, adventures for your children, or advancement in your own education.Throughout this issue, are events that will make a summer visit to campus special, including the gala reopening of the classic Edens Hall (see page 3).

And there’s much to enchant in the surrounding area: a Saturday Farmer’s Market; a greatly expanded Whatcom Museum; a thriving gallery district and renovated Mount Baker Theatre; the Bellingham Mariners; the new Lummi and Nooksack casinos. Then, there is always the delight of Fairhaven, numerous parks and trails throughout the area, and sunset from the Performing Arts Plaza. Remember?

So, come spend a day, a weekend, a week, a summer — discovering the new and rediscovering your memories.

ep respect tor nature character- izes the work of sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz, shown here in her Warsaw studio. Her Manus, at the South entrance to campus, joined Western’s Outdoor Sculpture Collection May 10. Audiophone tours of the collection are available weekdays throughout the summer from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Visitor Information Center. At Western Gallery, After Perestroika: Kitchemaids or Stateswomen, the only West Coast showing of Russian artists’ depictations of the myth and reality of life for Soviet women, continues weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays noon-4 p.m. until June 11.

Video production is just one of the Adventures in Science and Arts Western offers those in grades 4-12 in week-long programs from June 27-July 25. Students can commute, or enjoy on-campus residence while exploring topics that excite and educate. For information, call Univer­sity Extended Programs (206) 650-6820. Young­sters can also participate in week-long <^orts cmaps as commuters or residents (see page 7 story).

-Courtesy Marlborough Gallery

—Summerstock and Picasso Trio photos by Ken Osthimer

The Picasso Trio, all Western faculty members, appeared together and individually with the American Sinfonetta and Miami String Quartet during last year’s inaugural Bellingham Festival of Music. Pictured above before a performance at the Whatcom Museum of History & Art are (1-r) pianist Jeffrey Gilliam, violinist/violist Peter Marsh, and clarinetist Eugene Zoro. The festival's second season will begin August 20 and conclude September 4 with many performances in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets go on sale in June. For information, call (206) 676-5997.

Last year, Summer Stock concluded its season with a visit to Austria in the early days of World War II (left) for the Sound of Music. This summer. Western’s talented cast and crew recreates a territory about to become a "great new state." Oklahoma! is on stage August 9-13 and 15-17. Summer Stock also offers: Once Upon a Mattress (July 11-16), Uncommon Women and Others (July 18-23 and August 1-6), and The Matchmaker (July 25-30). For ticket information call (206) 650 6146.

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roll call’30 - Ellen Freckleton has lived for the past 91 years in a place originally called Flett, now Lakewood in Tacoma. Daughter of the founder of Flett Dairy, she resides in the original family home.

’62 - Former Mt. Vernon High School baseball coach and teacher. Bill McCutchin, is running for Skagit County assessor in the November election.

’63 - Former schoolteacher, Sharon McEwen, is now a chemist at Georgia Pacific’s Bellingham laboratory.

’64 - Rob Gischer, art teacher in the

Blaine School District for the past 25 years, entered his students’ work in the Puyallup Fair and, two years running, has swept more ribbons than any other school.

’65 - Former director of the Center for Career Services at the University of Washington, Dr. Robert W. Thirsk, is director of career services at The University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

’69 - Skagit County has hired Mt. Vernon resident, Lyle Poolman, to head the county’s Juvenile Court Probation Department replacing Terry Rousseau, who is retiring. Rousseau has been with Skagit County since 1969.

’70 - Allan L. Cunningham is employed with the Federal Aviation Administration

as an air traffic Automation Specialist at Denver International Airport...T. Wilson Flanders, has expanded his Shutesbury, MA legal practice to include an office in Northampton. Flanders established his practice in 1987 and is now working with his first Inc. 500 client, Motherwear, of Northampton...Elected to the Seattle City Council in 1990, Cheryl Chow is chair of the Parks and Public Grounds Committee; Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee; a member of the Human Services, Housing and Education Committee as well as the Finance, Budget and Management Committee.

’71 - Davis High School teacher, Barry Grimes, is the author of This Green, a volume of poetry. He has taught for 20

years and was named U.S. West Teacher of the Year for Washington State in 1988.

’72 - Mt. Vernon attorney, Mark T. Soine, was elected to the Everett City Council in November.

’73 - Betty Jean Cobbs has been dubbed the “hugging principal” at Garfield Elementary School in Everett by her students and because of her personal and professional contributions to children, parents, the school district and the community. Cobbs was chosen Working Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women of Snohomish County...Northeastern Illinois University philosophy professor Roger W. Gilman is completing his book. Moral Maturity in a Multicultural World. He is married to

Deborah Holdstein and has two children, Emily, 7, and David 6.

’75 - Grant writer for the Tulalip Indian Tribes for the past 18 years, Lillian Henry, is also the Vice President of Senior Services of Snohomish County...The work of Cathy Stevens, owner of Peeps Photography in Mt. Vernon, is featured in the January issue of Rangefinder Magazine, along with her article on pictorial portraits of children...Marine Lt. Col. Jeffery L. Bronaugh, was recently promoted to his present rank while serving with #; Inspector-Instructor Staff, 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, 4th Marine Division, Naval Station Puget Sound.

Grist of GoldsmithBy Director of Alumni Affairs Chris Goldsmith

Did you know that you are one of 61,264 Western alurani or friends who receive this publication each quarter?

That’s just one of the interesting statistics that we who work in the alumni relations office kick around on an almost daily basis. So, we were thinking that resume readers might be interested in a few more of those numbers.

Our ever cost-conscious resume ttMiox, Jo Collinge, did tell us not to panic when we saw that total number above: Our circulation had not gotten so high. It seems that more than 5,000 of our alumni are also married to a Western grad — ah, Bellingham, so romantic — so they only receive one copy (we do try to save postage when we can).

Of those on the mailing list, 49,566 reside in the state of Washington. By county. King County leads the pack with 14,983 followed by Whatcom at 11,879, Snohomish with 5,704, Pierce with 3,702, Skagit with 2,604, Thurston with 1,835 and on down the list to Garfield County which boasts a total of three.

You should also note that Western’s alumni list and, correspondingly, resume circulation, grows quite quickly. We graduate nearly 2,500 new alumni each year. Jru^. a nunp^^er nf vnii dn year buUs4e^add4ieu^aduates orold ones faster than we lose you.

Because nearly every field of an Alumni or Friend record on the database is selectable, our trusty database/information systems manager, Donna LeBlonde, can provide us with increasingly interesting reports. All we have to do is ask her.

For instance, there are 7,791 education majors on the resume mailing list, followed by 6,205 business majors. Next in line is that hearty group called “Unknown,” for whom we have a record but the major field is blank.

With all these names, we do a pretty good job of trying to keep you all straight. But we can use a little help. One fellow did call to inform us that he was sick and tired of having his ex-wife’s name on his address label. We asked how long it had been this way. He responded that he’d been divorced for 10 years. We asked if he’d told us that he had gotten divorced. He said no, he hadn’t, but his wife of the last five years had finally suggested that he let us know.

And finally, you should know that at any given time, between 8,000 and 10,000 people are flagged on the database as “Lost,” meaning we don't have current addresses for them. You, of course, aren’t in that category because you are reading this.

So, keep us informed, perhaps a little more promptly than our divorced friend, or the ’71 grad from Surrey, B.C. who stopped in the other day, while showing off his alma mater to his 18-year-old daughter. He said he hadn’t heard anything from us since he left campus more than 23 years ago. We looked him up on our trusty computer, but alas, he was nowhere to be found.

We said we’d create a record for him, gave him the current copy of resume and noted that he’d.only missed 86 earlier issues. He said not to mail them, he’ll try to catch up on his own.

Alumni Association Board of DirectorsOfficers: Robin Russell ’82, Seattle, president; Ken Cox ’85, Bellingham, president-elect; Ron Renard ’73, Everett, secretary/treasurer; Janies Leverett ’69, past-president; Marilyn Klose ’63, Snohomish, executive-at-large; Carol Salisbury ’72 & ’81, Bellingham, executive-at-large; Gary Grim ’81, Lake Stevens, executive-at-large; Ray Foster ’84, Seattle, executive-at-large. Boardmembers: Alvin Arkills ’87, Marysville; Mike Bates ’75, Bellingham; Martin Chorba ’66 & ’75, Mount Vernon; Michole Clemans ’92, Bellingham; Beth Cooley ’67, Bow; Allan Darr ’85, Everett; Dick Dixon ’59, Aberdeen; Joyce Gillie ’46 & ’60, Olympia; Kelly Guise ’91, Redmond; Mark Hardie ’53, Puyallup; William Kendrick ’57, Seattle; Tony Larson ’88, Bellingham; Charles LeWarne ’55, Edmonds: Tim Mackin ’72, Spokane; Lyle Morse ’70, Seattle; Jon Sitkin ’84, Bellingham; Joyce Taylor ’84, Bellevue; Solveig Vinje ’65, Everett; Regional Coordinators: Grant Boettcher ’86, Raleigh, NC; Brad Chandler ’71, Olympia; Mel Blackman ’74, Vancouver Island, B.C.; Bemie Pulver ’66, San Francisco Bay Area; Terri Fchelbarger ’87, Hawaii; Carl Swanson ’84, Juneau; Charles Odell ’52, Washington, D.C.; Jack Stark ’59, Shelton; Pat Swenson ’73, PortlandA^ancouver; Gale Thompson ’86, Austin, TX; Chet Ullin ’37 & ’41, Kitsap Peninsula; Dean Wilson ’75, Southern California; Frank Williams ’72, Australia.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Distinguished Alumnus is noted educatorDonald J. Leu, who has earned an

international reputation for his expertise in education, is Western's 1994 Distinguished Alumnus.

After serving as a Navy Special Forces officer in World War II, Leu graduated from Western Washington College of Education in 1947. He names Mabel Zoe Wilson, Elias Austin Bond, Sam Carver, Paul Woodring,Sam Buchanan, Arthur Hicks, PresidentWlllloTTi W ^nrl Mnvlp ,

Cederstrom as eight “truly outstanding faculty and staff members at Western who had a profound impact on my life.”

A 1941 graduate of Skykomish High School, Leu went on to earn his Ed.D. and M.A. degrees from Columbia University’s Teachers College, and was a visiting scholar while doing research and writing at the University of California at Berkeley.

Now 70, Leu lives in Bellingham (Sudden Valley), where he bases his planning and management consulting business. Previously, he served as dean of the schools of education at Portland State and San Jose State universities; director of planning for Michigan State University; and deputy superintendent of public instruction for the state of Michigan.

Leu has served as a consultant to the Ford Foundation, The Tennessee Valley Authority, the Department of Defense, the State Department, the U.S. Office of Education, the World Bank, and other organizations in this country and abroad.

Those who nominated him as Distinguished Alumnus say his tireless and highly effective behind-the-scenes efforts have contributed greatly to the quality of urban schools in this country and education in developing nations. “Don is the consummate teacher,” wrote Michael E. Carl, dean of Northeastern Illinois University’s College of Education. “In his quest for learning he is always ready to dialogue, test ideas and share information with those around him. He is a whirlwind of ideas and energy.”

Leu and his wife of 50 years, Anne, have five children and seven grandchildren.

Donald J. Leu

Set sail for Acapulco or ...Little Rock?

Seven days from Seattle to Acapulco is this year’s Alumni Cruise schedule with sailing on September 26. Ports of call include, San Francisco, Cabo San Lucas, and Acapulco.

It’s a great value at $1,095 per person for an inside cabin or $ 1,245 for an outside cabin. Prices are based on double occupancy and include meals, transfer from the ship to the Acapulco Airport, airfare from Acapulco to Seattle and port taxes.

Cabin space is limited and cannot be guaranteed until a deposit of $200 per person is received. Deposits are refundable until 60 days prior to September 26. For further information and details, call Catherin Ward.

It isn’t Acapulco, but... Our newest area coordinator, David Swanson, is planning a salmon barbecue for Western alumni living within travel range of Little Rock, Arkansas. (We know the possibilities for humor, particularly political humor, are virtually endless. But Swanson is serious, especially about the salmon.)

At last count, there were 41 known Western alumni in Arkansas, but almost 600 live in the seven surrounding states, and with Little Rock currently a major tourist attraction, he may have more company than he expects. Stay tuned for details.

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Jack Bowman ('54)

Businessman and blues singer are 2nd and 3rd Alumni Series starsJack Bowman (’54), retired chairman of Johnson & Johnson overseas operations, discussed "Management Challenges for the '90s" at Parks Hall April 20, the second in the new Alumni Speaker Series launched during Homecoming last fall.Third in the series was blues singer and volunteer for children's services, Patti Allen ('67), who performed May 14 for Western Showtime Family Weekend and also spoke May 13 on "Cultural Diversity: What Does It Mean To You?"Both have in common a love of music and careers much different than they expected when they attended Western.Bowman, a music education graduate.

worked in that field for a while, even taking a turn as a recording artist, before entering industry as a sales trainee with Ciba-Geigy five years after graduation. After several positions in sales and marketing, he rose to become executive vice president of that firm's pharmaceutical division. In 1980, he joined Lederle Laboratories division of American Cyanamid and, seven years later, went to Johnson & Johnson as company group chairman.When Patti Allen graduated from Western in 1967, she headed for the classroom as well, to teach foreign languages and English. But for more than two decades, she has spent most of her

time on stage, and her language has been jazz and the blues.She has sung with Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Lou Rawls and B.B.King. In the region, she appears with her own band and as a member of the Seattle Women in Rhythm and Blues.Long active in education for at-risk children, Allen designated proceeds of her on-campus concert to benefit the Pediatric Interim Care Center of Kent, WA, the only facility in the country for drug- affected infants. Proceeds also aided the Alumni Scholarship Fund.First Alumni Speaker was Pulitizer Prize­winning journalist. Bill Dietrich ('73). Patti Allen ('67)

Case of the missing cornerstone solved

Last summer’s reunion for former Campus School students provided a lot of surprises and good times. But, just recently, we received a belated surprise stemming from that reunion.

Ned Button, who had attended the reunion, called to ask if we might be interested in the return of the original Campus School cornerstone. Since we didn’t realize it was missing, we were highly intrigued.

True to his word. Button arrived that very afternoon carrying the cornerstone, about 75 pounds worth.

During the late 1960s, it seems, the children of one of Button’s neighbors had actually^iberatecy’ th^^rnerstoxief during the construction project that turned the Campus School Building into Miller Hall.

The story goes that the kids (who must have been strapping youths) took this inscribed block home and presented it to their parents, who promptly placed it out in the garden while they tried to figure out how to return it without embarrassment. And there it languished

New alumni benefit, Costco!Now, your Alumni Club card

can be used to obtain Costco membership. Just in case all the stores don't get the word right away, Costco membership forms will be available at Alumni House starting June. 1.

while the kids grew up and left home, without the troubling cornerstone

When his neighbors learned that Ned Button had attended last summer’s Campus School reunion, a return-the- stone plan was finally born: They presented it to him. He presented it to us, and for the time being at least, the Campus School cornerstone resides in Alumni House.

...now, the case of the undelivered diplomas

We have 32 undelivered diplomas and teaching certificates, dating from 1915 to 1982. If you are listed below, or are a close relative of the person listed,; please contact Alumni House. With proper identification, including the date and type- af documenLinvolved^ weJJU*^ see if we can finally deliver these long- lost treasures to:

Don J. Aragon Jeffrey A. Barber Sarah Katherine Bolman Fredericka D. Cameron Teckla P. Coleman Evelyn Irene Frazier Sheila Guilda Steven Doyle Grandle Connie Harsell (Cynthia S. Hernandez F^aren K. Irwin Todd D. Jefferson ■anet Christine Johnson James W. Jones Leslee S. Keene Sharon Kathleen Kelley Mary Jane MacDougall Peter C. Moe

Ray A. NesslyHelen Theresa O'LearyMichael Patterson *Evangeline M. PellandRobert Grant Pyle Thomas Salzwedel Misty Lynn Scott Nancy Ann ShultzElizabeth Sterling Spurgeon Henry William SzankiewiczMichael Tobin Wilson Waylett Laurel Wight Mark L. Walker

Now, college credit means more than just gradesDid you know that more than 2,000 people are carrying the Western Alumni Visa

Card — a card designed exclusively for our graduates and friends?Each time a cardholder uses the Alumni Visa Card, the Alumni Association receives

a contribution and that’s at no extra cost to you!Sign up for the Alumni Visa Card and you pay no annual fee for the first year and a

low $15 annual fee in following years. A portion of each charge you make goes to support the Alumni Association, at no additional cost to you.

As an Alumni Visa Card holder, you’ll be able to take advantage of the best privileges a credit card can offer:

* $100,000 Travel Accident Insurance* Two Skip Payment Coupons Each Year* Full 25-day Grace Period* No Finance Charge if you Pay Your Balance in Full Each Month* Worldwide Access to Cash* A competitive 15.9 annual percentage rate* A handsome photo of Old Main so you can show your school pride

every time you use your card.To request an Alumni Visa Card application, simply call Alumni House (206) 650-

3353 or fax us at (206) 650-6555. We’ll send one out to you that very day.

Edens reopening crowns August 26/27 reunions

It’s been a long wait, but Edens Hall is nearing completion, and so are plans for the grand celebration of its reopening which is scheduled for August 26 and 27.

More than just a dormitory with desks and beds, Edens is home to a thousand memories of the women who lived there; the men who worked, took their meals, or visited there; and the entire campus for which Edens was a center of culture and the arts.

Now, after a decade-long sleep, this classic structure is completely restored and stands ready to nourish new Renerations. The Western. ■■ II Miiii . if vw-- - - - - — -

Foundation is launching an endowment fund to create the Edens Hall Artist and Lecture Series to commemorate this Western landmark's restoration, and enhance its reputation as a campus cultural center.

Edens Hall will soon house students eager to make their mark on the world. But, before that happens, it is time for memories and the magic of old friends meeting once more.

On Friday, August 26, the reunion committee has scheduled a slumber party in the newly renovated building. Edens alumnae can spend the night with their old roommates, or their spouses. On Saturday, August 27, there will be a luncheon and program as well as campus and building tours. For information about being included, contact Alumni House or Jennifer Rick at the Western Foundation, (206) 650-3616.

...Including Class of ’44, Gold Seal SocietyPlanning is also well underway for the 50-year reunion of the Class of 1944 and,

as usual, graduates from all classes prior to that year are invited back as part of the Gold Seal Society. The gala 50th reunion will also be August 26 and 27.

Invitations to both events should be in your mail no later than mid-June. Both Edens alumnae and members of the Class of ’44, who are known to us, have received “lost” lists as we try to locate as many potential reunion participants as possible. If you know of any former Edens residents or 1944 graduates who might not have gotten the word, please give us a call at (206) 650-3353 or 1-800-676-6885.

On May 20, there were two alumni reunions scheduled: in Seattle, for Westerners working with Boeing and, in Bellingham, for student staff alumni of the Writing Center. Invitations went out some time ago, but if you are in either group and did not receive word of your special event, please call one of the numbers above and we’ll see what we can do about reuniting you with your former classmates, or introducing you to fellow Westerners you didn't know before. We're sure both groups will be meeting again.

And while we're talking about reunions, mark your calendars for the biggest one of the fall:

Homecoming will be November 12

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(continued from page 2)’76 - Gerrit Byeman owns and operates a Bellingham graphic design company which bears his name.

’77 - Bellingham residents Michael C. Thomsett and Jean Freestone Thomsett have published Political Quotations, a dictionary of thought and pronouncement from politicians, literary figures, humorists and other world figures.

’79 - Allen Hatten is Executive Director of Washington State Transit Insurance Pool. He lives with wife Candace and sons Jeff and Patrick in Port Orchard...Texas Tech University conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon Scott W. Petersen...Lx)pez Island resident, Linda

Ann Vorobik, is Principal Illustrator, Integrative Biology and Jepson Herbarium at the University of California. Her botanical illustrations have appeared in many botanical journals and publications.

’80 - Clallam-Jefferson Community ^ Action Council ’ s Director of Early Childhood Education Division is Janet Anderson.

’82 - Mark Challender has been elected to a four-year term on the Bellingham School Board...Dr. Michael J. Chrizastowski has been promoted to Coastal Geologist at the Illinois State Geological Survey. He joined the survey in 1987 and is head of the Lakes, Streams and Wetlands Unit of the Groundwater,

Environmental and Engineering Geology Group...After 10 years at the Whidbey News-Times, Fred Obee, joins The Port Townsend Leader as governmental affairs reporter...Richard Dee Dorset! Jr. has earned a juris doctor degree at the University of Puget Sound School of Law.

’83 - The board of directors for Citizens Against Domestic Abuse has named Valerie Stafford as its new executive director. She also owns and operates Body wise, an exercise business in Oak Harbor...Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven W. Young, in the Navy since 1984, recently returned from a six-month Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf deployment with Strike

Fighter Squadron 22, Naval Air Station, Lemoore, CA, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln...Paul F. Doerksen of Columbus, OH is co-author of Twentieth Century Music for Trumpet and Orchestra, 2nd edition. Doerksen is a Graduate Teaching Associate and a Doctoral Candidate in Music Education at The Ohio State University.

’84 - Eddy B. Roddy, Assistant Vice- President and commercial lending officer for Key Bank of Washington, graduated from the American Bankers Association’s commercial lending program.

’85 - South Seattle native, Arthur Gramgje, will be ordained a priest of the Claretian Missionaries by Archbishop

Raymond C. Hunthausen. Father Gramaje is currently serving as the Director of pre-novice seminarians in Compton, CA.

’86 - Elizabeth Morgan has earned a juris doctor degree at the University of Puget Sound School of Law...Kevin Kurtz is a loan officer at Washington Mutual.

’87 - The news editor of the Whidbey News-Times in Oak Harbor is Keven R. Graves who has been with the paper for five years...Navy Lt. John R. Weber is currently deployed in the Adriatic Sea with Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 32, ' Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS America.

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a museum, a music feSt, an entire city

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Mary Pettus: an eye for advancing art

Mary Pettus had just graduated from Western as an art history major. It was 1970 and she was working in the Portland Art Museum store while husband Drew Pettus (’70) attended Northwestern School of Law.

A woman looked over the items for sale, then complained: "If you're going to carry children's books, you should at least carry decent ones." Some would have bristled or ignored the negative comment; Pettus listened instead, and learned.

"I told her," Pettus recalls, "that I didn't know much about children's books, so we started talking about them and, over time, she taught me quite a

in New York where I met children's book illustrators and publishers. It's a field that continues to fascinate me."

Pettus, who returned to Bellingham in January as new director of the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, uses that story to illustrate her central philosophy of management, and living: listen and learn, even from what appear to be negative experiences.

At 46, she has worked in some of the nation's most prestigious galleries and, for the last 16 years, headed her own Washington, D.C., public relations firm. Working with leaders in international business, politics and the arts, she learned "as much from watching poor managers as good ones," she says, adding: "I didn't want to duplicate their mistakes."

As museum director, she's putting all her art knowledge and management skills into an ambitious agenda: increasing the museum's private endowment; mounting more traveling exhibitions; and directing greater attention to the Pacific Rim, including the former Soviet Union.

She proudly observes that the Whatcom Museum already has the second-highest attendance in the state, with the Seattle Art Museum in first place. But Pettus wants to draw even more public participation through programs that combine the museum's elements — history, natural history and fine art — into programs that provide visitors, especially families, an opportunity to "learn about a subject from many aspects." She also wants museum-goers to interact with exhibits, not just stand back and look at them.

Such an ambitious agenda doesn't

faze Pettus or, she says, her 12 full-time and 18 part-time employees. Nor does it daunt her that, after being her own boss for 16 years, she will now answer to a private board of directors; the City of Bellingham, which provides 69 percent of the museum's budget; and, ultimately, the general public.

"What is a new experience," Pettus says, "is being out front. For so long, I worked behind the scenes to keep the spotlight on my clients. It takes some getting used to — being interviewed, making speeches — but I'm enjoying it." After so long away from her hometown, she's also enjoying reconnecting with her roots; meeting new players on the arts scene, which was expanded markedly in her years away; and preparing for a late summer reunion with her husband, who is winding down his commitments as a Washington lobbyist.

—Jo Collinge

Catharine Herbold: an ear for music

When Catharine Herbold graduated from Western in 1975 with an elementary education degree, she couldn't have foreseen that she would, one day, be an impresario with the formidable task of nuturing a one-year- old music festival into an event to rival Tangle wood in the East and Ashland in the West.

Herbold became the executive director of the Bellingham Festival of Music in early March after spending 15 years as a management consultant for

public and private organizations, probably not what she envisioned two decades ago, either.

Born in New Halem, she has spent much of her career in the Portland area. She and husband Paul Herbold Jr. (*72) moved to Bellingham with their two daughters, 10 and 14, two years ago and, for the past year, Herbold has been project coordinator for the renovation of the Mount Baker Theatre.

Of her work on the classic movie palace, a member of the committee that selected to run the festival, Andrew Moquin, said: "She's a dynamo person, a very strong person. She moves boards, she moves people, she moves politicians." One of her first tasks, literally, was moving — into new headquarters in downtown Bellingham>'‘‘N^^

"Basically, I go into an organization

personnel and management philosophies," she says of her management background. "My role here is to help develop the festival from many aspects. We're starting out as something only a year old, and there's a lot to do."

True, the festival is new, but its inaugural season was an artistic success. National Public Radio ran virtually every concert on its popular Performance Today., more than NPR has repeated from any other U.S. festival.

Herbold sees Bellingham as "absolutely a perfect place" for a world- class music festival. It’s just an incredibly beautiful place," she says. "It has that natural ability to draw people. It's why I came back here."

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’89 - Amy Austin, formerly with Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, has joined Windermere Real Estate’s West Seattle office...Susan St. John’s first book. Marketing Yourself to the Top: Communicating to Win in a Competitive Marketplace, will be released by Kendall/ Hunt publishing. St. John, who also owns a communications consulting business., recently moved to Cheyenne Wy.

’90 - Skagit Valley College has new faculty member, Kathi Lovelace, who will be teaching business management technology and fashion merchandising...Jovita Lopez, Skagit Valley College English teacher, was named the Northwest recipient of the 1993 Achiever Award at a national education conference in Chicago.

’91 - Heather Morton has returned to the U.S. after teaching for two years in the mountains of Honduras...Kristi Warren is a program manager at The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in Bellingham.

’92 - Navy Airman Dana M. Oathout recently reported for duty with Naval Oceanography Command Detachment, Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico... Lisa Schulz is managing the Lloyd Center Lady Foot Locker store in Portland...Anna Jefferson recently showed her baskets at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art, drawing considerable attention in local arts publications. She also teaches at Northwest Indian College...Navy Ensign

Jeffrey J. Harrison recently completed the Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, RI...Working as a graphic artist in Bellingham, Jeff Wolff had a showing of his photographs at the Charles Wright Academy, Steilacoom.

’93 - Jon Janies of Edmonds has been named legislative correspondent for Rep. Maria Cantwell’s Washington, D.C. office...Office manager for the Whatcom County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Jennifer Leslie, has been selected to participate in ethics program facilitator training at the University Virginia...Paul Scofield is a representative at Fortis Financial Group in San Diego and living in Encinitas.

^Vestern educators take national honorsTwo Western education graduates have earned national honors: Roberta Cartwright (’82 English), a teacher at Valley High School in Las Vegas; and Cheryl Ann Cooper (’78 Education), an elementary science teacher at Fort Greely School in Delta Junction, Alaska.

Cartwright received the $25,000 Milken Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation. She was one of 150 educators nationwide to receive the award this year at a ceremony held in Los Angeles in April.

Cooper was one 108 elementary teachers to receive the 1993 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. In March, the recipients were flown to Washington D.C. where an awards ceremony was held and each received congratulations from President Clinton. Each teacher also received a National Science Foundation grant of $7,500 and an array of gifts from the private sector.

Building the festival into an internationally known event is the goal of its founders, including Dean of the College of Fine & Performing Arts, Robert Sylvester, who is festival president. But Herbold says she'll take that ultimate goal one step at a time.

She should be encouraged that the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival at Ashland, Angus L. Bowmar, was also a Western graduate.

Michael Sullivan: a heart for history

Michael Sullivan (BA ’75, MA ’80), who received his training in historic preservation at Western, became the first director of the City of Tacoma’s Cultural Resources Division in 1990.

Dale Chihuly has prompted the artist to create major works for the Tacoma Dome and the newly reopened Union Station, which Sullivan was instrumental in saving and restoring. Among many tasks, Sullivan also oversees the Broadway Theatre District and is involved with construction of a new state history museum and a University of Washington branch campus.

An extensive profile by Douglas McLennan, excerpted with permission of the Tacoma News Tribune, outlined Sullivan’s central role in his community, leading McLennan to say: “If the city had an Arts Czar, (he) would be it.”

McLennan wrote: ...Michael Sullivan is a bureaucrat who sometimes forgets he is one. Still filled with the wonder of creativity, he is the ultimate arts groupie. Bring him an idea to ignite his imagination and he’ll find a way for the city to help make it happen. Scratch almost any Tacoma arts project of significance in the past few years and you’ll find the Sullivan influence lurking not far beneath the surface.

As head of the (City of Tacoma) Cultural Division, Sullivan is responsible for the city’s arts and heritage policy. The division has undertaken a staggering number of cultural initiatives on a budget of just

over $550,000.In recent years many public arts

agencies have become moribund, tangled up in process and red-tape bureaucracy. But Sullivan’s office has steered local public arts policy so effectively that he and the Cultural Resources Division are probably the most dynamic force on the Tacoma arts scene today.

...(Sullivan) came to Tacoma in 1985 to be the city’s historic preservation officer. ‘T arrived here at the low point for preservation,” he says. Union Station was in ruins and (a developer) was trying to rip out a block of downtown for a parking garage. (The garage was built, but) Union Station was saved, a restoration project Sullivan says was key to Tacoma’s beginnings of a cultural renaissance.

have here rather than ripping down to make new. It’s the recycling mentality, and it was a pretty dramatic turnaround.”

...His is a community-based arts aesthetic that wants to reflect the experience of everyone who lives and works here. His understanding of the city’s history gives him a soft spot for projects that tie into the city’s heritage.” We aren’t Seattle, and we shouldn’t want to be,” he says.

“There’s been a certain condescending tone about the people and industries that have made Tacoma — blue collar, military, the port, the manufacturing industry. And the city has been home to an ethnically diverse population — Italians, Scandinavians, Croations, Chinese, African Americans, Asians...Cultural activity is lively in these ethnic pockets. We need to find ways for these communities to get together, influence and share with one another.”

Sullivan is an unabashed advocate for the arts, championing arts causes inside the system with a finely honed political savvy. Tacoma is probably the perfect place for him; small enough so he can work the system to make a difference, large enough to have the resources to do it.

Complete conference services available at WesternStaging a conference is also an art, one that Western’s Conference Services staff will be happy to help you exhibit. They offer complete services whether you’re planning a meeting for 20 or 2,000: housing, dining, meeting space, audio-visual equipment, fiscal management, registration, printing and duplication, faculty expertise, recreation, and support staff. So come home to Western, bring your colleagues with you, and stand back for the applause that greets a successful event. For additional information, call (206) 650-6821.

—Photo by Brian Morris, courtesy Puget Power

TURNING HEADS ON ROAD AND TRACK: Viking 21, the experimental vehicle that the Vehicle Research Institute designed to run on both solar-electric power and compressed natural gas, took top honors for fuel efficiency from the U.S. Department of Energy and placed second in the racing competition at the Disneyland World Clean Air Road Rally April 8-11. The DOE presented the VRI team with $2,000 in awards. Viking 21 averaged the equivalent of better than 200 miles per gallon during the fuel-efficiency portion of the race. In February, it turned heads in the heart of Seattle and in downtown Portland when it was displayed for press and public (photo above). Next? Probably the July 15-16 rally at the Redwood Empire State Fairgrounds in Ukiah, CA. Viking 21 is funded by Puget Power, the Bonneville Power Administration and the state Energy Office.

JOINING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Gov. Lowry appointed Robert M. Helsell, president and CEO of Wilder Construction Company, and Mary Swenson, Bellingham assistant city attorney, to vacancies on the Board of Trustees. Helsell, a Seattle native and resident, is active in the Washington Roundtable, Lakeside School board of trustees and Western Foundation board of directors. Swenson served on the Bellingham school board from 1986-93 and was its president for three years. They will fill the remaining terms of Seattle Council member Martha Choe and Judge Mary K. Becker.

FILLING INTERNATIONAL CHAIRS: Two Simon Fraser University professors have joined the College of Business and Economics. Steven Globerman has begun a two-year term as the second Ross Distinguished Professor of Canada- U.S. Economic Relations, a post funded by the Government of Canada and state of Washington in memory of G. Robert Ross, Western’s president from 1983 until his death in a plane crash in 1987.

James W. Dean, a distinguished specialist in international finance, banking and capital, has begun a two-year term as the first Kaiser Professor of International Business. The chair was established through private gifts from Marked and Nicholas Kaiser, and Fred Kaiser (no relation).

LEADING IN SOCIOLOGY DOCTORATES: According to a 1993 American Sociological Association study. Western “produced more undergraduates who ultimately (earned their) doctorates (in the field) than did any other college or university in the United States.”

SAVORING SUMMER STUDIES: Summer session offers regular academic courses and a number of short workshops. Topics range from computer mastery to nutrition to Spanish. Six-week courses run through July 29 and nine-week courses through August 19. Students can register up to the day classes begin, June 21.A bulletin listing courses and costs is available form the Summer Session office. Old Main 235 (206) 650-3757.

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Washougal’s leading citizen, Martha Kloninger Ford, died December 29 at the age of 105. In 1969, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named her the nation’s out­standing senior citizen, and she held similar honors from the State of Washington and her community. She taught 31 years, retiring in 1946. Her husband of five years, Sim Ford, died in 1928. On her 105th birthday, Washougal declared September 25, Martha Ford Day.

Lifelong Skagit County resident, Ethel

Sofia Hulttum, passed away December 4. After earning a life certificate in education from Bellingham Normal School in 1925, she taught at Allen, Ridgeway and Harmony elementary schools. She returned to Western to further her education prior to her retirement in 1970. She is survived by her husband, daughter, two sons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

1928 Normal School graduate, Gertrude M. Knittel, passed away November 27 in Bellingham. She began a long teaching career in a two-room school house at Belfast in Skagit County. Before retiring from Alderwood Elementary School in 1967, Mrs. Knittel taught at Mossyrock, Edison, Custer and Kirkland. She was 87.

laleen L. Allison Barros, (’49), died January 14 in Burien at age 75. She taught in the early 1940s in Bellingham and Port Townsend until her marriage. She is survived by two daughters: Jana Callender (’69) a Tacoma teacher, and Jeanne Schmier.

Laverne Brockmier, (’49), a long-time educator in the Highline School District, died August 14 in California. He began his career at Lake Burien Elementary School during an era of crowded schools and was pictured with other teachers in a feature story on the subject in Life magazine. Brockmier retired in 1980 as a school librarian. He was a gourmet cook, sculptor and oil painter.

Whatcom County educator, Lee Often

(’59), who taught in the Bellingham School District for 30 years, passed away December 2. He began his teaching career as a shop teacher in Portland, then taught at Mount Baker High School, Fairhaven Middle School and retired in 1983 as a counselor at Bellingham High School. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter.

Brian L. Peterson (’59) died in 1992 in Ottawa, Canada. A native of Vancouver, B.C., he spent many years with Statistics Canada before entering the insurance business. He is survived by wife Doris.

John W. Gregory of Woodinville died of a heart attack March 8 at his home. He was 53. After receiving his degree from Western in 1963, he worked briefly for the CIA in Washington, D.C. He joined

Seafirst National Bank in Bellingham as an auditor and transferred to Seattle where he remained as an auditor until his death. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Bernard Brune (’64), former Lynden principal, died November 29 in Denver at the age of 78. He retired from the U.S. Coast Guard in 1957 and, after receiving his degree from Western, taught at Lynden Christian School until 1980.

Associate Professor Emeritus of Education Katherine “Casey” Carroll died December 30 at 80. A Massachusetts native, she received her master’s degree and doctorate from Boston University.She came to Western in 1959 and taught for 21 years during which time she was a Fullbright-Hays exchange teacher in Peru.

FROM THE FOUNDATION President launches meritMicrosoft alumni donate record $471,000 in computer software

Since October, alumni at Microsoft have donated $471,000 in computer software to Western. Alumna Kelly Guise (*91) has coordinated the effort. The generosity of Western alumni, coupled with the firm's one-for-one gift matching program, has made Western the leading university recipient of employee-donated Microsoft software in the nation.

It is a Western Foundation priority to help the university acquire the computer technology essential to the curricula of the 21st Century: sophisticated ihfbnMtidnar dafaBkses, interactive video instruction and a variety of advanced technology work tools including computer graphics.Gallery receives major arts gifts

Niels Lauersen, a New York physican, has donated 14 rare Alexander Calder tapestries to The Western Gallery. Valued at $280,000, they were woven by Guatemalan Indians during the 1970s under Calder’s direction.

Earlier this fall, the Gallery also received several prized works from the collection of Western alumnus Hugh G. Merriman, a Las Vegas physican. The works are valued at more than $20,000 and include two etchings by Mark Tobey, a graphite sketch by Alberto Giacometti, and an original woodcut by Helmi Juvonen.

For information about Friends of the Gallery, the ever-expanding group of arts supporters, call Sarah Clark- Langager, Western Gallery Director, at 206: 650-3963.Gift annuities fund university programs and scholarships

Our sincere thanks go to several donors who created Gift Annuities for Western in 1993:. Retired faculty member, Margaret Aitken, for a scholarship fund;

. Retired faculty member, Chappelle Arnett, for scholarships;

. F. Harrison and Maryann Clark, for the Unrestricted Fund;

. George Keagle, for the Rhoda C. Keagle Scholarship Fund;

. Jean Towne, for the Unrestricted FundSpecial thanks to the 5,000 plus

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scholarship endowmentKaren W. Morse has created a Presidential Merit Scholarship program, offering

$2,500 annually for four years to students of exceptional ability who might otherwise be denied a Western education because of financial need. Funding for these awards will come from scholarship endowments beginning at $50,000.

Through Morse's efforts. Western has recently received a $125,000 gift to create a named Presidential Merit Endowment. In addition, scholarship endowments in memory of former Western student James Haskell and from the estate of Seattle nurse Kathryn Brunken will also support the program.

With an average grade point of 3.5, Western’s 1,500-member freshman class is one of the strongest of any university on the West Coast,

-..^Macsei-said^^Despite the quality of students -offered places in the freshman class, a significant number with exceptional merit combined with need were denied scholarship assistance, prompting her to make the scholarship endowment a priority. ‘Tf a student shows extraordinary academic ability and we fail to provide the scholarship aid necessary to enablethat individual to attend Western," she said, "both the university and State of Washington are losing tremendous leadership potential.”

Endowments will exist in perpetuity within The Western Foundation and may be named in honor of donors, their family members, friends or business associates. Western friends and alumni wishing additional information concerning Presidential Merit Endowments are encouraged to contact Jean Rahn at The Western Foundation (206) 650-3027.

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Old Main Society provides over $3 millionThe Western Foundation’s Old Main Society is growing rapidly. Established to honor

friends and alumni who have included Western in their estate plans, the society now has over 80 members. Collectively, the group has named the university in bequests, trusts, annuities and life insurance programs totalling over $3,000,000.

So that we can recognize donors during their lifetimes, the university encourages them to notify The Western Foundation of their estate plans. By doing so, individuals become Old Main Society members enjoying such privileges as an annual dinner, recognition in campus publications and most recently, a thank you gift of a beautifully framed pen and ink drawing of Old Main. The Western Foundation is aware that some Old Main Society members prefer anonymity and honors such requests as well.

Additional information is available concerning membership in the Old Main Society as well as gifts of real estate, unitrusts, gift annuities,and similar donations. If you would like copies of the materials, free of charge, complete the coupon and mail to: The Western Foundation, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9034

pledged or donated gifts totalling more than $206,000 in the annual phonathon and to parents of Western students who donated more than $40,000 to support student services in the third annual Parents Fund Campaign.

Students of Bellingham and Whatcom County thank 100-year-old Thomas Horn of Bellingham who donated $50,000 to start the Martina and Thomas Horn Scholarship Fund. The first $2,500 scholarship will be awarded this spring to a Whatcom County studerif. ' ';" ‘Presidents Club membershippaches^ all-t^ipehjgh

Thanks to an influx of 144 new members, total membership in The Presidents Club has reached an all-time high of 468 in a campaign involving more than 30 volunteers led by Frank "Moose" Zurline. The club’s annual dinner. May 21, provided special , recdgnition to members reaching Lifetime and Benefactor status during 1993-94.

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marriages’63 - Mary Scott to Ronald Rogers; ’66 - David Cowan to Lonelle Huckabone; ’69 - Robin Cummins to Richard Melton;’77 - Gregg Petrie to Judy Rosmarin..Shannon Morris to Greg Brandt; ’80 - Bobbie Berg to Neil Fykerud; ’83 - Gregory Dootson to Nancy Miller (’90)..Bradly Burzynski to Juliana Maffeo. .Alison Labyak to Steven Douglas (’92)..Peter Dixon to Mary Comiskey; ’84 - Steven Konen to Julie Campbell..Mitchell Evich, Jr. to Paula Woolley..Frank Michal to Kristen Henderson..David Erickson to Helen

Nakamoto; ’85 - Nancy Ryan to Kevin Hendricks...Ann Suloway to Timothy Baker (’ 86)... Jeff Kok to Tami DeLeeuw; ’86 - Jill Limbacher to Robert Westlund...Kimberley Barker to Jeffrey McQuade...Kevin Bright to Kelley Battan...Sanford Mosier to Shell! Konopaski...Larry Moffet to Heidi Smith..Kathleen Shafer to Randall PauL.Marly Thomas to Jody Clabby..Robert Ulrich to Deborah Berg (’89); ’87 - Kimberly Ashe to Ronald Rasmussen..Nedra Floyd to Thomas Pautler..Anita Perry to Patrick Byrne..Kathryn Drafs to Scott Lathrop..Kathleen Savage to Roy Whitman..Brian Berg to Nora Gross; ’88 ..Shelley Henning to Jeffrey Akers..Jill

Thatcher to Charles Vail (’89)..Kevin Zetterberg to Barbara Cronie..Susan Lamb to Michael Bakse..Lon Banning to Carolyn Lang (’89); ’89 - Douglas Mah to Catherine Mathies..Tracey Hannaford to Donald Mosier(’90)..Nicole Rinella to Simon Williams..Sheila Gamble to Bryan Hughes..Nancy Vidmore to Calvin Wiechman..Genevie Pfueller to Matthew Donnelly..Debra Morgan to Howard Rasmussen..Teri Halls to Jay Harmeyer; ’90 - Maureen Cleary to Gary Hodge..Nolan Wheeler to Shawni Davis..Mary Hansen to Ross Underwood..Kelly Jensen to Eric Slagle..Jollee Baker to Stephen Stegner..Suzanne Bristol to Jim 'Skeijanc..Michael Vergillo II to

MaryAnn Peterson (’92)..Mark Collins to Sydney Stansberry (’92)..Anita Gisi to Jeffrey Grade..Dedra Fessler to Kyle Morris..Kristin Ryan to Michale Doherty..Matthew Rabdau to Colette Abolins (’90)..Kelli Garrood to Stephen Garber..Nancy Anderson to Steven Kennedy..Ingre Anderson to Phillip Randolph..Jill Williams to Brian Sytsma..Mark Jung to Heidi Hoppes..Daniel Moors to Marrilee Beck; ’91 - Edward Cruz to Carrie Bishop (’92)..Scott Carlson to Susan Bower (’92)..Gary Holzer to Collette Powers..Alanna Boyles to Michael Black. .Derrick Anderson to Tracy Rothmeyer..Brian Cooke to Holly Victor (’91)..January Agnew to Jeff

Parks..Mark Lann to Heidi Runestrand..Cheryl McCarty to James Drinkwine..Wendy Anderson to Michael Granberg..Kristine Lathan to William Turner..Mark Benton to Mia Eads..Michael Nelson to Kenlynn Clark (’91)..Michele Foulkes to Jason Policy..Donna Woge to Jeffrey Brantner. .Darren Robinson to Susan Travis (’93)..Lena Laakso to Sam Kitchell (’93)..Thomas Rademacher to Kelly Gregerson (’92)..Amy Christenson to Christopher Jensen..Kurt Fykerud to Trina Adair (’91)..Kristin McDowell to Gregory Hannus; ’92 - William Baldwin to Michelle Rathe.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTSDICK VITALE SPEAKS: Western’s fifth annual Viking Night & Sports Auction, Thursday, September 15, will feature ESPN’s basketball analyst, Dick Vitale, as the speaker.

The fall sports season kickoff begins in Carver Gym at 5 p.m. with a silent auction of sports-related items. Vitale will speak following a 7 p.m. dinner. Proceeds support athletic scholarships. For reservations and information, contact Steve Brummel (206) 650-3109.SPORTS CAMPS: Beginning with a sports discovery camp June 13-17, and continuing into August, Western's sports camps provide coaching from funS^Si^talsToWn^^^fleVeli^fn tennis, basketball (boys and girls) volleyball, football, and track and field. For cost and schedule information, contact Vikings Camps in the Athletic Office (206) 650-6597.NIX COMPETES FOR MR. USA:Bodybuilder Kim Nix (’87) is scheduled to compete in the Mr. USA contest in

New Orleans in July. At Western, he competed in track for three years and also played three seasons on the football team. After graduation, he coached football, track and wrestling at a Kelso junior high, experience that serves him well in his current occupation as a juvenile probation officer in Bellingham. Last year,w Nix placed second in both the Seattle Emerald Cup and the Pacific Coast Championships in Portland, qualifying him for the Mr. USA competition.DESIGNER MARATHON: A team from Bellingham’s sister city in Japan, Tateyama, competes in the Ski to Sea race each spring, so Bellingham sent an exchange team to participate in the Tateyama marathon last January. Team member Laurie Rossman (’86) reports

that of the five members, three were Western alums specializing in graphic arts: Rossman, who now works in printing and publications at Western, and brothers Matthew (’84) and Joseph (’87) Treat.ALL-WORLD CLASS: Sports psychology major Andrea Jackson, a goal defender on the Canadian National Netball team, was named to the All- World netball team, one of two Canadians and 21 players worldwide selected for the honor. Jackson was on the Western women’s basketball team for two years (1990-92) and served as an assistant coach last year. She will travel with The internatiohM netb^n“^ili^ team to Australia and New Zealand in mid-July and will rejoin the Canadian national squad for a trip to her home, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to compete in the Tournament of the Americas in August. A top finish would qualify the Canadians for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.CREW VICTORY: The women’s varsity eight team won the Visitors Cup and the Cal Visitors Cup Challenge April 10 in the prestigious San Diego Crew Classic.NEW DEFENSIVE COACH: Robin Ross, a top assistant at Iowa State for seven years, is the new defensive coordinator and linebacker coach. A Washington State graduate, he has was also a coach with the University of Cincinnati and Long Beach State. —Photos by Jon Brunk

Central is November 12 Homecoming gameFour home games, including a November 12 Homecoming encounter versus archrival

Central, highlight the 1994 Viking football schedule. A loss to Central last season kept Western from a second straight national playoff appearance. For the home opener (andHall of Fame game) on October 1, Western hosts Linfield which has the longest string of winning seasons of any college in the country, 38. Home games (ALL CAPS ) are atBellingham Civic Stadium. All games are at 1:30 p.m.

September 17 Western Oregon State Monmouth, OregonSeptember 24 Willamette University Salem, OregonOctober 1 LINFIELD COLLEGE

(Hall of Fame Game)BELLINGHAM

October 8 SOUTHERN OREGON BELLINGHAMOctober 15 Whitworth College SpokaneOctober 22 UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND

(Fall Family Open House)BELLINGHAM

October 29 Simon Fraser Burnaby, B.C.November 5 Pacific Lutheran PuyallupNovember 12 CENTRAL WASHINGTON BELLINGHAM

Cheers!A win over Lewis-Clark State College in the regional final sent the men's basketball team to the NAIA National Tournament. Despite a heart­breaking loss in overtime of its first-round game^ coach Brad Jackson, region Coach of the Year, called the team one of Western's best ever. The Vikings finished 24-7 and ranked No. 17 in the final national poll. Showing the spirit that the team exhibited throughout the season, guard Dwayne Kirkley (number 22), Pacific Northwest Region I Player of the Year, demonstrates his skill during the L-C State game as does teammate Jeff Dick (number 20) while the enthusiastic crowd cheers them on.

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Western alumni now have access to temporary emergency medicalcoverage

For the past two years, the Western Washington Univer­sity Alumni Association has been making temporary major medical insurance available to new graduates who are no longer eligible for student insurance; have become ineligible for their parents’ policies; are not working; or don’t yet have access to group insurance programs through their employers.

Now, this same temporary major medical insurance is available to older Western alumni.

This kind of coverage is not designed to replace your basic everyday health insurance that covers doctor s visits and prescriptions. It is, as it s name would imply, major medical insurance.

Temporary Major Medical Insurance is there in case of a medical emergency when you do not have any other type of coverage available to you.

So, if you are between jobs or happen to work for an employer who hasn’t yet provided insurance for employees, or you just started and haven’t qualified for that group program yet; this may be an insurance program for you.

Coverage is available in terms of one to six months and can be renewed for additional time periods.

To find out more, write to: Major Medical CoverageAlumni HouseWestern Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9199.

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