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fifth grade classes in the Bellingham School District and is sponsored by the Whatcom Museum of History and Art
and the Bellingham Assistance Guild.
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A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University
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New Viking Sports Hall of Fame members are, from left, Walt Schilaty, Mike Franza, Dave Weedman and Jack Nighbert
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Hall of Fame: four more picked
Four former athletes, three of
whom earned NAIA All-America
honors, have been named to the
Western Washington University
Athletic Hall of Fame. They are
Mike Franza, Jack Nighbert, Walt
Schilaty and Dave Weedman.
The quartet joins 26 others in
the elite group. Induction
ceremonies took place at the
Whatcom County Sports Person­
ality of the Year banquet on Feb. 2
at Bellingham’s Elks Club.
Franza, a guard in basketball,
received second-team NAIA AllAmerica recognition in 1973 as he
led the Northwest in scoring with a
25.6 average. That spring he was
picked to an NAIA all-star team
which toured Israel.
Named Whatcom County
Sports Personality of the Year and
WWU Athlete of the Year, Franza
set 15 school records. He was a
starter on the 1972 Viking team
which had a best-ever 26-4 record
and reached the quarterfinal round
of the nJ|\)IA national tournament.
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Nighbert, an outfielder in base­
ball, was a first-team NAIA AllAmerican as he helped Western
finish fifth nationally in 1965. The
Viking Athlete of the Year batted
.304 that season and .382 in 1966,
earning All-Evergreen Conference
(Evco) honors both years. He also
was an All-Evco guard in
basketball.
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BY STEVE INGE / Director of Alumni Relations
You probably didn’t know Arta Lawrence. She graduated from
the Washington State Normal School at Bellingham in 1914 and
spent a full professional life as a teacher and librarian. She taught at
all levels, including college. She was born on July 16, 1890, and died
on March 13, 1981.
She was a special person to Western alumni. She was for many
years a leader in the Alumni Association. She was determined that
Western would have a sound alumni progratn and alumni
association—which has been, in other times, a chancy proposition.
This story may be more apocryphal than true, but it bears
repeating in that it illustrates well the mettle of the woman. At dr.
time in Western's history, a new president had been hired. He had a
mission, which was to re-direct the energies of the college into a
new and glorious future. Things and persons that bespoke a tie to a
less glorious past were not wanted. Enter Arta Lawrence, aiong with
other alumni who wished to convey their support to the new
president.
The president made it clear that not only was their support not
sought, their presence was not welcome. Indeed, nothing would
please him more than that they and all alumni leave the campus,
never to return. Dismayed and disappointed, they departed.
To Arta, the call to battle had been sounded, and she began to
devise a strategy that would demonstrate that alumni were a part of
the coliege and were not about to disappear. Arta began working on
a special project—a reunion of the class of 1914. She wrote letters,
she made phone calls, and she extended invitations.
The appointed day arrived. Arta, with perhaps a dozen of her
classmates, marched into the office of the astonished president and
asked directions to where the reception was being held. Caught off
guard, the president sent staff scurrying about to put together a
luncheon and some other events. As a political strategist, Arta was
quite skilled.
In addition to being determined, Arta had standards of behavior
and taste. I ran afoul of these on many occasions as I adjusted
alumni programs to appeal to current alumni interests. On one
occasion, she was so angry as to be unable to speak as she
denounced “ . . . that ‘Ing’ person" to then President Flora. She
became my barometer of tradition. After our initial skirmishes, we
became friends, recognizing each other’s interest in Western and its
future. She remained a strong supporter of Western^ the Alumni
Association, The Western Foundation and iearning.
Arta Lawrence served uncounted terms on the Western Alumni
Board and was among the founders of The Western Foundation.
She was honored by the Aiumni Association in 1967 as the recipient
of its first Distinguished Service award. She is missed by all who
knew her. □
WWU Alumni Association Board of Directors
Officers: Shirley Moore 72, Olympia, president; Mike Kimmich 70, Bellingham, president­
elect: Bron Thompson 74, Anacortes, secretary-treasurer; Jane Garguile '61, Bellingham,
executive-at-large #1; Gary Moore '63, Issaquah, executive-at-large #2; Hunter NIckell 74,
Longview, executive-at-large #3; Mike Kirk '64, Bellingham, past president, ex-officio.
Board Members: Debbie Adelstein 75, Bellingham; Susan Bergc’69, Vancouver, Wash.; Craig
Cole 77, Bellingham; David Harrington 72, Vancouver, B.C.; William Haycox ’54, Seattle;
Richard Jansen ’67, Snohomish; Betty Kimmich ’71, Bellingham; Paul King ’72, Mountlake
Terrace: Charles LeWarne ’55, Edmonds; Craig MacGowan ’65, Seattle; Larry Moore ’72,
Olympia; Heather Richendrfer ’77, Bellingharn; Jack Stark ’59, Shelton; Brad Taylor ’78,
Seattle; Lynne Tolson ’78, Oak Harbor; Becky Walsh ’69, Marysville: Dick Walsh ’69,
Marysville; Joen Wilkens’73, Tukwiia.
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No. 3
Published in November, February, May and August and entered as second-class matter at the
post office in Bellingham, Washington, by the Alumni Association of Western Washington
University, Bellingham, Washington 98225.
’50s reunion
August 7 & 8
year ago, a group of alumni
from the classes of ’54 and
’55 began discussing the
idea of having a joint reunion.
idea had some appeal and spread a
bit further to the class of ’56. A
plan for a three-class reunion
evolved.
By word of mouth, alumni from
other years heard of the plan and
asked to be included. The planning
committee was quick to spot a
trend and declared their event to
be a reunion of all Westernites
from the 1950s.
If you haven’t received word of
it yet, mark the date on the
calendar. It will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 7, with a wine and
cheese reception in the Viking
Union. Faculty from the fifties will
be special guests. Later, taped
sound of the fifties will provide a
background for conversation, a
little dancing and a late evening
buffet supper.
Housing is available on campus
in North Edens. No curfew will be
in effect!
On Saturday, there will be a
continental breakfast, a formal
campus tour and an afternoon
salmon barbecue, planned for
newly remodeled Lakewood on
Lake Whatcom.
Reservation forms will soon be
mailed to all graduates from the
fifties. If yours doesn’t arrive, let
the Alumni Office know. The
response to this has been simply
astounding, and we don’t want
anyone to miss it.
The cost of all this? The
preliminary estimate is $22 per
person for all meals; $27.50 for two
nights’ lodging, single occupancy:
$45 for two nights’ lodging, double
occupancy: and $17.50 for a single
night’s stay. (Housing rates are
firm, while meal charges may be
subject to some inflationary
pressures.) □
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Hall of Fame
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Schilaty is generally regarded
as the Vikings’ greatest sprinter in
track. He won the 100-meter dash
at the United States regional meet
in 1932 and qualified for the
Olympic Trials. His clocking of
The
10.7 seconds was only a tenth of a
second slower than the existing
Olympic record and still ranks third
on the all-time Northwest small
college list.
Nicknamed “Mercury,” Schilaty
won the 100- and 200-yard dashes
at the Tri-Normal meets in 1932
and 1933, establishing league
marks in both events.
Weedman, a defensive end in
football, is the only Western athlete
ever drafted by the National Foot­
ball League, being picked in the
12th round of the 1968 draft by the
Washington Redskins.
He also was a second-team
NAIA All-America choice and
WWU Athlete of the Year.
The Western Athletic Hall of
Fame selection committee
consisted of Dan Abshier, Skagit
Valley Herald sports editor; Steve
Ballard, Bellingham Herald sports
editor; Jack Carver, Bellingham
Herald newswriter and
photographer: Haines Fay, news
director of radio station KGMI;
Lynda Goodrich, WWU women’s
athletic director; Steve Inge, WWU
alumni director; Steve Kurtz, WWU
publications director; Boyde Long,
WWU men’s athletic director; Paul
Madison, WWU sports information
director: Pat Rowe, KISM radio,
and Dick Stark, station manager of
KPUG radio. □
Founders to honor
Western Class of ’31
Founders Club, Western’s
annual gathering to honor the
golden anniversary class, is
scheduled for Thursday, June
12. The program will begin at
10:30 a.m. in the lounge of the
Viking Union with a coffee
hour reception. Luncheon will
follow at noon, along with
other special events.
Invitations are being sent
now to the Class of ’31 and all
of the classes that preceded
it. Persons who do not receive
an announcement in the very
near future should contact the
Alumni Office. □
R^sum^ / Spring 1981
Donors: Western
receives gifts
U
nrestricted gifts of property
worth $1.24 million have
impressed by their diligence and
we’ve taken pride in the growth of
been made to Western
Washington University by donors
in Bellingham
and Yakima,
ing
to an announcement
byaccordThe
Western in Bellingham, which now
is our permanent home.”
Michael McCarrell, flanked by Grace Reamer, left, and Rhonda Legge.
Parks
said
his
roots
in
railroad­
ing and northwest Washington
make his gift especiaily satisfying.
Western Foundation.
“My father was a locomotive
The University received
property valued at $750,000 from
engineer and for years had the
passenger train run from Seattle to
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Parks of
Ward of Western’s Theatre/Dance
For the second straight year, a
Vancouver, B.C.,” he said. “We’re
Bellingham and a Yakima land­
Department, who accompanied the
student actor from Western was
scaping business worth $490,000
very proud of the area, and the
students. “Michael’s showing was
among finalists for the top Irene
from Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sargent.
school, and wanted to make a
the best ever from the Northwest
Ryan Acting Award, presented
contribution.”
Paul J. Olscamp, president of
ACTF region. He was third among
earlier this month in Washington,
WWU and secretary of the Founda­
In thanking the donors.
’ D.C.
the 12 district winners in a com­
President Olscamp said gifts of
tion, said the non-profit organiza­
petition that began last fall with
Michael McCarrell, a senior
tion now has a total of about $3.64
appreciated properties to The
about 5,000 student actors from
drama student from Everett,
Western Foundation pay dividends
million in committed assets from
around the nation and more than
finished third among the 12 district
various donors. Income from these^, to all involved,
490 college productions.
winners of the American College
“Donors get tax benefits for
gifts, or proceeds from their even­
Last spring G. Valmont Thomas,
Theater Festival (ACTF). Last
charitable contributions, lawyers
tual sale, will be used to build an
another of Ward’s drama students,
February at Monmouth, Cre., he
and other professionals in the
endowment fund to provide
finished fourth in the contest for
and his partner, Rhonda Legge, a
transactions earn fees, and the
scholarships, equipment and other
the Irene Ryan Award, a $2,500
freshman from Vancouver, B.C.,
institution ultimately gets a gift that
enrichment programs at Western
scholarship made available from
bested student actors from ACTF’s
will benefit the academic program
that would not otherwise be funded
the estate of the late stage and
Washington, Cregon and Alaska
of its students and faculty.”
by the state legislature. Research
television actress. Both he and
region in their performance from a
Phil Mason, associate director
and distinguished visiting pro­
McCarrell won $750 awards for
scene from Murray Schigal’s LUV
of the Foundation, said the Parkses
fessorships will also eventually be
their ACTF regionai wins.
and for McCarrell’s monologue
would retain full use of their
supported.
While in Washington, D.C.,
from Jean Paul Sartre’s Kean.
property during their lifetimes. The
Mr. Parks and his wife, Patricia,
during April 2-13, Ward said, the
Also making the trip to Wash­
Sargents will continue to manage
moved to Bellingham after his
students saw a number of
ington was Grace Reamer of
their landscaping business until its
retirement as vice chairman of the
productions at the Kennedy
Burien, a journalism major and
eventual sale, but would realize
National Railway Labor
Center, visited the White House
theatre minor, who was the
immediate tax benefits and a per­
Conference. A native of Everett,
and Capitol, toured the Arena
region’s winner in the National
centage of the property’s market
Parks has held management posts
Stage and the Folger Shakespeare
Critics Institution Scholarship
value as a lifetime income.
with the former Great Northern
Library and met with their student
competition.
Mason urged prospective
Railroad and served as a vice
acting counterparts from other
“All our students did extremely
donors wanting to learn more
president for the Missouri Pacific
colleges and universities. □
well in the competitions,’ said Tom
about the tax and income benefits
and the Texas & Pacific roads.
of transferring properties to the
Like his wife, he is a graduate of
University to contact The Western
the University of Washington,
Foundation at Old Main 445, WWU,
where he earned a degree in
Bellingham, WA 98225, or to call
transportation.
Spring quarter enrollment
California Is next with 71,
(206) 676-3027. □
“I took every railroad course
at Western Is 9,591, a new
followed by Oregon with 44,
they had,” he recalled, adding that
record for the quarter. The
Illinois with 32, Hawaii with 27
he continues to do consulting work
previous spring quarter high
and Colorado, Michigan and
for the federal government on the
mark was 9,519 set last year.
New York with 20 each.
Milwaukee Road bankruptcy case
Of the total students en­
Canada continues to pro­
Annis
Hovde,
a
professor
at
and on the Conrail case.
rolled, 8,335 are attending full
vide Western with the most
Western
Washington
University
The UW alumnus laughed when
time, while 1,256 have opted
foreign students, contributing
since
1948,
was
honored
recently
he was asked about his connection
for part-time enrollment.
410. British Columbia pro­
at
a
retirement
reception
at
the
with Western.
Continuing a trend of the past
vided 393 students. Japan was
Leopold
Hotel.
“I was born and raised in Everett
two years, women again out­
a distant second with 21,
Hovde,
who
first
entered
and have relatives in the Belling­
number men on Western’s
followed by Iran with 10,
Western
as
a
freshman
in
1938,
ham area,” he explained. “Western
campus by 4,959 to 4,632.
Saudi Arabia with 9, Hong
also
was
one
of
the
developing
was brought to our attention by
Other than Washington,
Kong with 7, and Libya and
faculty
for
Fairhaven
College
when
watching their rowing crews prac­
the state contributing the
Greece with 5 each. □
it
was
first
started
in
1967.
□
tice on Lake Samish. We were
most students to Western’s
Student actor picked
Enrollment sets new spring mark
Hovde honored
population Is Alaska with 145.
Zoa Sherburne is shown here relaxing at her typewriter in her quarters at Fairhaven College.
Zoa: still learning
my relationship with my mother.
Public Information Intern
We had many wonderful talks.”
It was her mother, she noted,
oa Sherburne, college
who pushed her toward a writing,
student and novelist, was
career. But those seeds germinated
busy answering the day’s fan
slowly. Sherburne won a $250 prize
mail, A young girl from Lincoln,
in a poetry contest. Then, at the
Neb., had written: “I love your
insistence of her late husband.
books, could you please send me a
Herb, she used the money as
copy of all of them?”
tuition for a creative writing
The 68-year-old writer laughed.
course.
“How could I afford to send some­
“I was married and had three
one 13 books?”
and one-half children when I finally
Sherburne is the author of such
took a writing class,” she recalled.
teen novels as Almost April,
Being a writer in a house full of
Jennifer and Stranger in the
children—she eventually had
House. Not one to let her ego over­
eight—was not always easy.
ride her desire to learn, Sherburne
Gradually she developed a “little
now is pursuing an English degree
switch” in her brain that allowed
at Western.
her to write at any available time.
“Some of the students wonder
Her children and their playmates
what I’m doing here taking writing
were a source of material. “Some­
classes. After all, they think, ‘she’s
times they were aware of it more
a published writer.’ But I still want
than I was,” she said.
to learn, to get better.”
Although relatively tame com­
Right now, what she is learning,
pared with today’s more provoca­
or trying to re-learn, is the tech­
tive teen novels, Sherburne’s books
nique of writing from the child's
were popular because they
point of view. She called it a dying
explored such “modern” and con­
art.
troversial topics as teen-aged
“Look around. No one writes
pregnancy, alcoholism and drug
that way anymore,” she said,
abuse.
pausing, “except me.”
Leslie, a story about drug use,
Even she has run into some
was especially difficult to write. “I
difficulty lately. The two books she
was having troubles with my own
has written while at Western have
children at the time. I just didn’t
been rejected by her usual
want to look at it.”
publisher.
Sherburne mastered her craft as
“They say I’m writing down to
a novelist, and as a business
the kids now.”
woman. “I realize the more your
But Sherburne maintains she is
subject stirs up people, the more
able to assume the child’s point of
it’s going to sell,” she explained.
view because of a sharp memory
Today Sherburne has no exact
and a close relationship with her
count of her book sales. “Some­
mother.
day,” she quipped, “I’m going to
“I really remember what it is like
get B computer and add them
to be a child, especially concerning
[copies sold] up, but it would take
a long time." □
Socialism works in Canada because
Canadians have a parliamentary system of
government. Those were the words of Dave
Barrett, former British Columbia premier
and now leader of that province’s New
Democratic Party, interviewed here by a
KVOS-TV reporter. Speaking last quarter in
Western’s Performing Arts Center, Barrett
said policies of the last five U.S. adminis­
trations have not changed because the
American public has no access to the
government. Barrett’s speech was spon­
sored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
BY GREGG OLSEN
Students enjoy “Casino Night, “ featuring
Las Vegas games and a dance. The event
was sponsored by the Inter-Hall Council
and featured “script money” for the games.
Believe it or not, this man was watching a
crew race, which was pelted by rain, sleet
and snow April 11 at the Viking Invitational
at Lake Samish.
Z
Dn Henry Schwarz, professor with
Western’s Center for East Asian Studies, is
the first returnee from a faculty exchange
program with Tokyo’s Asia University.
Schwarz expects to continue his research
on minorities in China during another trip to
that country this summer.
Dr. Robert T. Sprouse, chairman of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board,
concluded this year’s Intalco Distinguished
Lecture Series at Western. Sprouse spoke to
an audience of students, faculty and area
JDusinessmen on the subject of “Prime
Targets for Corporate Financial Reporting
in the 1980s.”
“Growth or Stagflation in the 1980s” was the
subject of Dr. Beryl W. Sprinkle, executive
vice president and chief economist for
Chicago’s Harris Trust Savings Bank, in a
lecture at Western. Sprinkle’s appearance
was part of the Intalco Lecture Series. Just
prior to his talk, then President-Elect
Ronald Reagan named Sprinkle as Under
Secretary for Monetary Affairs.
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Placement: Western
not doing too badly
n uneasy economy has not
Liberal arts majors did “slightly
kept Western’s graduates
better” than the national trend for
from matching or exceeding
hirings and “placement of
national hiring trends during 1979Western’s graduates was down
80, acgording to the University’s
only slightly from the previous
Career Planning and Placement
year,’’ Lallas reported.
Center.
Those earning bachelor’s
In his annual report, Center
degrees in mathematics and
Director Louis Lallas termed the
science areas “showed only
previous year “a good one for
moderate growth in 1979-80.
Western graduates regardless of
However, Western’s computer
the mixed signals picked up from
science majors continue to be
the news media as they tried to
highly successful in their efforts to
keep us up-to-date as to whether
secure employment,” as are our
we are in a recession, minigeology and geophysics majors, he
recession or about to enter a new
added.
boom or depression.”
For all business, industry and
Lallas said 94 percent of
government graduates who were
Western’s teacher grads found jobs
registered, the center placed 401
last year, 79 percent of them in
students in their respective fields,
up eight percent from the 302 of " ’
education.
“The 79 percent figure repre­
the year earlier when 71 percent of
sents the highest placement for
those registered were placed.
teachers in the past ten years,” he
Lallas said entry-level salaries
added.
in general rose only about seven
During the 1979-80 employment
percent last year, with the highest
period, a total of 2,012 job candi­
pay going to graduates entering
dates sought help at the center,
such fields as engineering,
which scheduled on-campus inter­
computer science, accounting and
views for 107 prospective
business. Liberal arts graduates,
employers from business, industry,
including those in the social
government and school districts.
sciences, drew the lowest average
Entry-level opportunities for
salary offers.
teachers still lag behind the
Prospective employers continue
business, industry and government
to favor job candidates with strong
sectors, Lallas said, but the outlook
academic backgrounds who are
for educational jobs seems brighter
decision-makers, possess
since the market began a decline in
leadership skills and who show
1969.
good communications and
Increases in business graduates
organizational skills.
around the nation and a slowing
I
Geographical placement in the
economy have made the job
Puget Sound area again was a high
market for business and account­
priority for Western’s graduates,”
ing students more competitive. But
Lallas continued. “Most students
Lallas said Western’s College of
who were successful in securing
Business and Economics students
positions were able to do so in
“did at least as well, if not better,
Washington State.” □
than their counterparts on the
national level in business-related
fields.
A
Robert Ashworth
Got a question on any sensible
subject? If you’d like an answer,
just mail it to Robert’s Think Tank
at P.O. Box 2161, Bellingham, WA
98227. Your reply will come from
1978 grad Robert Ashworth, who
describes his free service as a think
tank for the common man.
Of course, if it’s too hard to
think up the questions in the first
place, Ashworth would just as soon
you subscribed to his monthly
newsletter, Robert’s Telling Tales.
That’s not free but at $3.50 for 12
issues, it’s a bargain. If you do sub­
scribe, you’ll join more than 80
others from the U.S. and a couple
of foreign countries, Ashworth
said.
★ ★ *
Mark E. Wheatley
The Peace Corps recently
updated us on the travels of 1977
grad Mark E. Wheatley. A tech­
nology and industrial arts educa­
tion graduate, Wheatley taught
industrial arts at a junior high
school in Forest Grove, Ore., for
two years before joining the Peace
Corps.
Now he and his wife Kathryn,
also a Peace Corps volunteer, live
in the town of Santa Rosa de
Copan in Honduras. He is assigned
to a local junior high school where
he helps train industrial arts shop
teachers. Kathryn works at the
regional office of adult education.
For those who’d like to keep in
touch, we suggest you write to the
Wheatleys’ Washington residence
at 11055 NE Wing Point Drive,
Bainbridge Island. Mail should be
forwarded.
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Robert Maki
You may have lost touch with
1962 grad Robert Maki, but it’s
almost impossible to miss his work
in the Pacific Northwest. The
creator of some of this region’s
most visible artworks, Maki earned
his degree in industrial arts edu­
cation. Following two years of high
school teaching, he earned a
master of fine arts degree at the
University of Washington.
In 1973 his recognition as one
of the country’s leading young
sculptors was launched with com­
pletion of the Central Plaza
sculpture at the Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport, according to
a story in the Walla Walla Union
Bulletin.
Maki’s piece, “E69,” was placed
at the Seattle Center in 1973 and
was followed by “Black Square” at
Seattle Pacific University, “Center”
and “Triangle” at the Portland
Center for Visual Arts in 1974.
“Trapezoid E” at Eugene’s Federal
Office Building went up in 1975
and “Trapezoid Square” at The
Evergreen State College in 1976.
His works also have been
placed at universities, state capital
campuses and other locations
throughout the country. Maki
resides in Seattle.
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Summer Session
fee increase due
Tech fares well
Western’s industrial technology
students also fared well, especially
those with applied technical skills
and liberal arts backgrounds.
Summer Session 1981 fees
will be increased due to iegisiative action. Detaiis wiil be
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This geology dig photo, taken on May 6, 1954, has a lot of smiling faces, but unfortunately
very few names to go with them. The Geology Department is seeking the missing names, so
anyone who can identify any of the faces should write Dr. Charles A. Ross, chairrnan of the
department.
Randall:
resignation
spurs
search
An illustrious 18-year coaching
career came to a close for Chuck
Randall, who announced his resig­
nation as men’s basketball coach
at Western Washington University
one week prior to the end of the
1980-81 season.
Athletic Director Boyde Long is
completing a search for a'
replacement.
Randall finished as the winningest hoop mentor in the school’s
history, com­
piling a 274183 (.600)
record. He will
continue on at
Western as a
tenured asso­
ciate professor
in the Physical
Education
Randall
Department.
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The Vikings’ finest campaign
under Randall came in 1971-72
when the team had a 26-4 mark
and reached the quarterfinals of
the NAIA national tournament.
Randall earned NAIA Area I
Coach of the Year honors for that
accomplishment. He was accorded
similar accolades on four
occasions from the Evergreen
Conference and three times from
NAIA District I.
The 54-year-old Randall
suffered a serious heart attack
during the 1974-75 campaign. He
underwent open-heart surgery and
returned to his coaching ano
teaching duties after taking a
year’s leave of absence.
Randall also coached baseball
four years at Western, directing the
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Vikings to two national tournament
appearances in 1964 and 1965
where they placed fifth and eighth,
respectively.
Randall’s off-court accomplish­
ments include inventing the SlamDunk basketball rim, founding the
first basketball camp in the western
United States and publishing a
book. □
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Goodbye Jo: Women cagers finish strong
vercoming major obstacles,
Two other key players for
Sue Thomas (6.4 scoring average
the Western women’s
Western were senior center Judy
and 7.3 rebounding average).
Irving and freshman guard Susie
basketball team nearly
“We accomplished a lot this
made it into the national playoffs,
Miller.
season,” said Goodrich, who has
finishing with a 23-6 record.
an outstanding 203-60 (.772)
Completing Western’s starting
“I think the best thing about the
record in ten years at Western.
lineup were senior guard Kym
whole season was that we were
“This team had to overcome many
Cummings (9.2 scoring average
truly a team in every sense,” said
things, and it came a long
and 93 steals) and junior forward
Coach Lynda Goodrich. “Every­
way.” □
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body contributed, everybody
played their hearts out—and we all
enjoyed it.”
The Vikings placed third at the
AIAW Region IX Tournament,
losing a 78-77 overtime decision to
College of Great Falls in semi-final
action. They opened the tourney
with an 83-68 shellacking of LewisClark State College and then came
back to edge Seattle University 8078 in the consolation final.
There were numerous high­
lights for Western, which put
together winning streaks of ten and
eight games. They included a 76-^*^SH
61 victory over University of Idaho,
which went on to win its second
straight regional title; a 70-68 road
win over Seattle, then ranked 14th
nationally: and a 58-54 triumph
over Division I arch-rival University
of Washington.
Rated 18th in the AIAW Division
II national poll at season’s end, the
Vikings also extended their home
court victory string to 21, with 13
wins at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
But success did not come easily
for Western, which had graduated
three first-stringers from last year’s
24-3 team.
After getting off to a 1-3 start, it
was learned that all-region guard
Tamalyn Nigretto would miss the
entire season due to a badly
injured knee. Six games later her
replacement, Jeannine Ewing, was
sidelined with a similar injury.
“We started slow, suffered those
key injuries and wondered if we’d
ever click,” Goodrich recalled. “But
beating Idaho did a lot for our
confidence, and from then on we
just got better and better.”
Playing a major role in that
revival was All-America senior
forward Jo Metzger, who averaged
21.7 points and 9.9 rebounds. The
two-time Wade Trophy finalist
[awarded to the nation’s top female
collegiate basketball player] ended
her career with 15 school records,
Western's Women's Basketball Coach Lynda Goodrich (left) and All-America basketbaii
piayer Jo Metzger produce broad smites at this year's Whatcom County Sports Personality
including those for most points in a
of the Year ceremonies. Metzger walked away with top honors, being named Outstanding
game (34), season (630) and career
Sports Personality of the Year, while Coach Goodrich displays her award as nominee for
(1,990).
Coach of the Year honors. The annual banquet was held in February at Bellingham's Elks
O
Club.
’64 Rick Anderson is the new
partner of the certified public
accountants firm, Moss Adams & Co.
’65 Sandy Lucke-Drost is a free­
lance photographer and has won
several commissions to photograph
artworks and events in Bellingham.
’68 Kenneth W. Bruland was
promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor in marine sciences
at the University of California, Santa
Cruz.
’69 Jeanne Wibbelman and Daniel
K. Mooers were married on Dec. 27 in
Mount Vernon. The couple resides in
Oregon City, Ore.
’70 Mindy Lee Zuck and William
Paul Hawk were married Nov. 28 in
Seattle. He teaches at Enunclaw High
School and coaches football and
basketball . . . James G. Keller has
been named project manager for the
Oregon-Washington Land Division of
the Daon Corp. . . . Lt. Lynn Arner is
currently serving with her husband as
assistant officers of the Eugene, Ore.,
Salvation Army . . . Kathleen P.
Schmidt Is now working for the Depart­
ment of Employment Security as an
interviewer. She lives in Everett.
’71 Capt. Bobby Wingate, daughter
of Dr. John Erickson (Biology Depart­
ment, WWU), is currently serving with
her husband as commanding officers
of the Flagstaff, Ariz., Salvation Army.
’72 Cadet Carol Anderson is cur­
rently finishing her last six months of
seminary work before ordination in
June, 1981, as lieutenant and special
assignment to the Salvation Army
Territorial Headquarters Youth Depart­
ment, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. . . .
Marion Ruth Ward and Marion Kenneth
Morford were married. She is a teacher
and nurse at Tacoma General Hospital
. . . Julee K. McLeland and Steven D.
Bryson were married Feb. 15 in
Bellingham. She Is a child-care
specialist at WWU, and he Is an
environmental planner for the council
of the government of Whatcom
County.
’74 Lucy Woo and Steve Ross
Beppu were married Sept. 20 in Rainier
Beach. They live In Marysville . . .
Robert Blanchard is King County’s new
environmental planner for the
Enumclaw area . . . Linda N. Barschaw
and husband James are the parents of
a new baby boy born Oct. 26 . . .
Robert Pattin and Deborah Kellar were
married Aug. 17. They live In Tacoma
. . . Diane Glines and Sterling Derrick
were married March 21 in Pasco. He Is
a process engineer for Sandvik. They
live in Pasco.
’75 Linda Mae Bannerman and
Donald G. Williams were married in
Bellingham Nov. 22. He is a partner at
Williams & Williams Draperies and Is
also the swimming coach at
Bellingham High School. The couple
resides in Bellingham . . . Margaret
Rose Hicks and Leroy Darrell Sorenson
were married in Stevenson, Wash.,
June 28. She is working In the
Stevenson-Carson School District.
They live in Lyle . . . Don Whitfield has
joined his family business, Whitfield
Realty and Insurance. He lives in
Monroe.
Company in Puyallup where the couple
now resides . . . Lynne Diane Eskil and
Martin William Rudy were married Oct.
18 in Bellevue. She is a secretary and
he is a systems analyst. They both
work for the Boeing Co. They live in
Renton . . . Patrice Anne Bosell and
Steven Roger Kerola were married
Sept. 6 in Olympia . . . Erin Leach Is an
interior designer with Scan/Design in
Honolulu, Hawaii. . . Teresa Defeyter
and David Osterhaus were married in
Spokane . . . Trina Marie Eines and
Marc Allen Norsen were married Feb.
21 In Richmond Beach.
’76 Trish Sowards has been
appointed as psychotherapist at Penin­ 0
sula Counseling Center. . . Marine 1st
Lt. Roger R. Rickert is a pilot assigned
to Marine Medium Helicopter
Squadron 261, based at the Marine
Corps Helicopter Air Station, New
River, Jacksonville, N.C. . . . Jon
Steven Miller and Bernadette Maria
Roozen were married Feb. 28 in Mount
Vernon. He Is employed by Snelson,
Inc., of Sedro Woolley. They live in
Mount Vernon . . . Pamela A. Mills
recently received her Master of
Science degree in agriculture from
California State University in San Luis
Unclassified Lois Ann Houghton
and Robert Allen Rienstra were
married Oct. 18 in Everson. They are
living in Lynden. He works for Cascade
Cold Storage . . . Paula Cressman and
Patrick Richards were married on
Vashon Island. They live in Tacoma . . .
Penelope A. Hatfield and Steven D.
Kern were married Aug. 23 in Bellevue.
They are living in Kirkland. She is an
insurance underwriter. . . Karen Wolf
and Mark Marlow were married Oct. 27.
They reside in Auburn . . . Karl Ann
McSwain and Steven Paul Flanagan
were married In Snohomish. They live
in Seattle, where she is employed by
the Seattle Cerebral Palsy Center as a
recreational therapist. . . Suzette L.
Wilson and Bruce A. Merrick were
married Oct. 10 . . . Mary Jean Moody
and Steven M. Carlsen were married
Sept. 20 in Bellingham. She Is
employed by the Whatcom County
Treasurer’s Office. They are living In
Bellingham . . . Robert “Skip”
Ballweberhas has just opened a new
restaurant In Camas. It’s called The
Wiener Wagon Pocket Shop. He lives
in Camas . . . Marian Boylan, who lives
in Bellingham and is film director for
KVOS television station, has been
director for the American Association
of University Women at the national
level since 1978 and at the state level
since 1975. This year she was one of
eight American discussion leaders at
the International Federation of
University Women . . . Linda J. Cooley
and H. Charles Wallner were married
Nov. 9 in Bremerton, where they are
living . . . Lonnie Jean Haerling and
Thomas Charles Rogers were married
Dec. 13 In Bellingham. She is
employed by J.C. Penny Co. in
Lynden, and he Is an auditor for the
city of Bellingham.
’78 Maxine Doris Franklin and Ray
Harry Krueger were married Dec. 28 in
Olympia. She is employed by the
Human Relations Department for the
city of Sioux Falls, where they live . . .
Pat Boerner is program assistant to
special services for the Lower
Columbia College Special Services
Program . . . Jerry F. Galloway has
been appointed administrator of the
Project Development Group at Kramer,
Chin & Mayo, Inc., a Seattle-based
engineering, architecture and applied
science consulting firm.
’79 Jenifer “Jo” Stone Is a
preschool teacher at the recently
opened Firs Preschool in Bellingham
. . . Megan Laurie Loughlin and Walter
Wade Gary were married Dec. 20 In
Burlen. He Is attending the Institute of
Pulp and Paper Chemistry In Appleton,
Wis.. . . Katherine J. McNew and
Michael E. Hanson were married Aug.
23 In Woodland. He is teaching music
and she teaches pre-kindergarten.
They live In Sequim . . . Gay Tjoelker
and David Weidkamp were married
Oct. 24 in Lynden. He Is a substitute
teacher in the Whatcom County School
District. The couple resides in
Bellingham . . . Tracy Swain and Ron
Lokar were married Nov. 22 In Greenwater (King County). She is a partner
in Creations in Cloth. The couple
resides in Bellingham . . . Barbara D.
Campbell and Gregg V. Elder were
married Dec. 27 in Everett. She is
employed by the Everett School
District. They live in Everptt. . . Ilona
Ann Byman and Jan Kirk Kerby were
married Oct. 25 in Longview. She is
employed as an occupational develop­
ment specialist. They live in Longview.
’80 Jean Michelle Michaels and
Michael Gary Ampe were married Nov.
28 in Puyallup. She Is a teacher at
Bethel High School and he Is store
manager at Copeland Lumber
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Editor, R4sum4:
As a former student at Western,
I have for many years been
receiving the alumni newspaper,
and while those of us who attended
Western in the middle ’50s are not
prominently featured in the
publication, it is a great kick to see
about the progress of the school
and its students.
Obviously the tenure has
changed at Western since 1956,
and I know from a couple of visits
to the campus that its composition
has changed greatly, but I still
detect the indomitable spirit that I
always felt was necessary to attend
school in such an “ideal climate.”
My sincere congratulations to
all of you who work on this news­
paper and are so diligent in your
efforts to keep that fine school
alive and well.
— Brad Kenyon
P.O. Box 25945
Albuquerque, NM 87125
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IN MEMOS IAM
’18 Mrs. D. J. McLellan, in
December.
’22 Mabel J. Lyon.
’25 Ruth Handley. She was a long­
time music teacher at the Presbyterian
Church and numerous other churches
in Bellingham.
’30 Alma Fender Sapp, in February.
She spent her life as a teacher in the
Sedro Woolley schools, retiring in
1975. She was a charter member of
Gamma Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma,
and held membership In professional
organizations serving as officer and
committee chairman. Following her
retirement, she was active in senior
citizens’ programs. She was a member
of the Senior Citizens Advisory Board
and was honored for being a con­
tinuous member of the Retired Senior
Voluntary Program Advisory Council
since Its Inception. Her service and
commitment to schools and students is
recognized by the Alma Sapp Athletic
Award, presented annually to an out­
standing female graduate of Sedro
Woolley High School . . . Mrs. Agnes
Barr.
’48 Mrs. Ruth Vance, Dec. 15.
’52 Fay Lindstrom.
’67 Mark Pearlman.
'72 Ted F. Chapin.
Some nice breezes during the spring
quarter break saw this Western student
enjoying some kite-flying in the south
campus area.
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Eric James Boge.
Unclassified Dr. Herbert E. Fowler
.. . Walter L. Henry.
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21-23, 28-30, June 4-6 & 2:15 p.m.
May 24, 31 & June 7, Oid Main
Theatre. Admission by ticket only:
$3.50 general; $2.50 students,
seniors. Theatre Guiid members.
May
9
Jazz choir concert, David Hardin
directing. 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall.
Admission free.
10
Musica Viva presents Charmian
Gadd, violin, and Patricia Parr,
piano. 8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall.
Admission: by subscription only.
12
Faculty recital by Carla Rutschman, tuba. 8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall,
Admission free.
13
New Music at Western concert
features student compositions.
8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall. Admission
free.
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27-29 Spring dance concert. 8:15 p.m..
Performing Arts Center Main
Stage. Admission by ticket only:
$3.50 general; $2.50 students,
senior citizens. Theatre Guild
members.
28
Collegium Musicum, Mary TereySmith directing. 8:15 p.m., Concert
Hall. Admission free.
29
Faculty recital by Susan Erickson,
soprano, and Robert Scandrett,
piano. 8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall.
Admission free.
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Bemis. 8:15 p.m., Concert Hall.
Admission free.
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Catherine Brooks. 8:15 p.m..
Concert Hall. Admission free.
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Fourth Norman Bright Road Run.
1 p.m.. Western Track.
19
Jazz invitational concert. 7:30
p.m.. Performing Arts Center Main
Stage. Admission: $1.50.
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21-24
28-31
Opera Workshop presents The
Beggar's Opera. 8:15 p.m..
Concert Hall. Admission free.
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Vocal Jazz Six, Mark Press direct­
ing. 8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall.
Admission free.
June
Symphonic Band concert. Cole
Biasini directing. 8:15 p.m., Con­
cert Hall. Admission free.
Anima concert, Paul and Limpe
Fuchs. 8:15 p.m.. Choral Hall.
Admission free.
Artists & Lectures Series presents
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
concert, KazuyoshI Akiyama con­
ducting. 8:15 p.m.. Performing
Arts Center Main Stage.
Admission by ticket only: $9
general, $6 students.
Western Symphony Orchestra,
Barton Frank conducting. 8:15
p.m.. Concert Hall. Admission
free.
Jazz concert. 8:15 p.m.. Perform­
ing Arts Center Main Stage.
Admission free.
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Choir concert, Robert Scandrett
directing. 8:15 p.m.. Concert Hall.
Admission free.
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Gorder conducting. 8:15 p.m..
Concert Hall. Admission free.
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Founders Club, Viking Union.
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Commencement. 10 a.m.. Carver
Gym.
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