In Memoriam, Summer 2001

Anne Newlands Ross ’33 , May 19, 2000.

Fern O’Dell Starr ’35 , June 17, 2000. She enjoyed a 28-year career teaching high school English, speech and journalism. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma.

Harold E. Oliver ’42 , July 18, 2000. He was a principal and teacher in schools throughout Oregon and Washington before moving to Lynch community in 1939. He was a teacher, principal and superintendent for the Lynch School District until his retirement in the late 1960’s.

Elizabeth (Betty) Jacobson Schenk ’42 , Sept. 15, 2000. She worked as a book-keeper at Oregon State University.

Clara Josephine Owen ’48 , Sept. 19, 2000. She was one of the first two telephone operators in Lake Oswego until the exchange was transferred to Portland.

Doreen Carolyn Masterson ’49 , Jan. 4, 2000. She painted in oils, acrylics and watercolors. Her work was displayed at the Portland Art Museum and other galleries in Oregon and California.

Ralph B. May ’49, MA ’55 , Aug. 20, 1999. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was a principal for Tigard and Bend junior high schools and was an administrator for Lincoln County School District until retiring in 1977. He was a member of Lambda Chi fraternity and served as president of Oregon Jaycees.

Donald McNiven ’49 , Jan. 20, 2000. He was a sales promotion supervisor for Fred Meyer stores and later became a vice president and senior account executive for Pacific National, an advertising agency. In 1970, he returned to Fred Meyer to become vice president and general manager for the company’s CB&S advertising agency. Seven years later, he was named sales manager for the Audio Group and retired in 1986. He also served as director of the Portland Rose Festival from 1971 to 1981.

Edwin Burgess ’50 , July 7, 2000. He was a plumber for more than 28 years, including 22 years with Chase Co. in Eugene. He was a state plumbing inspector for three years before his retirement in 1987.

Alan Fisher ’50 , Aug. 14, 2000. He was a teacher at numerous Portland schools until retiring in 1982 from the School of Education at the University of Portland. He belonged to the American Legion and Sherwood Kiwanis and was involved in many civic and educational activities and organizations.

Ronald Olmstead ’59 , Sept. 3, 2000. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Oregon National Guard. In 1967, he became director of development for the University of Chicago. He later served as hospital administrator for Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He moved to Chelsea, Mich., to become hospital administrator for Chelsea Community Hospital. He then moved to Lincoln City in 1986 and to Hawaii in 1989.

Robert Boehmke ’60 , Sept. 22, 2000. He was a trumpet player for Billy’s Brass Band in Portland and had been a studio musician for Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Wayne Newton and Tony Bennett in Las Vegas, Nev. He taught music and was a band director for Reynolds High School, West Linn High School, Thurston High School and Evergreen High School until retiring in 1993. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1961.

Edward T. Lythgoe ’73 , Dec. 20, 1999. He worked for United Airlines as a flightattendant and lived in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Hawaii before moving to Cazadero. He enjoyed singing and playing piano and guitar and was a regular volunteer with the Sonoma County AIDS Foundation and Friends of the Red Ribbon, an AIDS advocacy group.

Kenneth (Ken) Brady ’80 , Jan. 21, 2000. He lived and worked in Tokyo. In the 1980s, he worked with his father representing several U.S.-based transportation companies and also stayed involved in the lumber trading business. In 1998, he became assistant to the president at Janssen-Kyowa Co. in Tokyo.

Annette Potts ’86 , Nov. 16, 1999.

Darcy Andrea Valentine ’94 , March 31, 2001. She was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia during her senior year at Lewis & Clark. She recovered from the disease but not before it exacted a great price on her body. After graduation, she became a fund-raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, first in Oregon, then at the Washington-Alaska chapter in Seattle and finally at the Washington, D.C., chapter in Virginia. She worked as senior campaign director for team in training, a program to raise funds for leukemia research and patient care by recruiting and training people to walk or run marathons and to compete in century bicycle events.

Helen Thun Hartness, professor emerita of education, May 21, 2000. She retired in 1979, after a 30-year career at Lewis & Clark College. She came to Lewis & Clark in 1949 as associate professor of home ecconomics and helped build Lewis & Clark’s education department. She established a laboratory preschool for early childhood development classes and taught adolescent and child psychology. She was a member of the Oregon Education Association and was president of its Multnomah County Division. She was president of the Oregon Home Economics Association and was the first president of the Oregon chapter of the National Council of Family Relations. She was state president of Delta Kappa Gamma and a member of Phi Delta Kappa at Lewis & Clark. She organized Phi Kappa Phi, served as its president, and was also president of Portland’s Zonta Club and was a member of many other organizations. In 1980, she was appointed to Youth Today. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington State University, which honored her with its Alumni Achievement Award in 1980. She received her doctorate from Oregon State University.

Leon Pike, professor emeritus of theatre, Nov. 18, 2000. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa. He retired in 1986, after teaching at the College for 25 years. He helped found Theatre 21 and directed it for nearly two decades. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in Europe and was awarded a Purple Heart and Silver Star.

David Martinsen, professor of biology, Nov. 9, 2000. He joined Lewis & Clark College in 1974. In 1979, he was called to Washington, D.C., to participate in a conference on pesticides and pollution before the Senate Food and Drug Committee. He published numerous articles and abstracts on aspects of ecology and on radiation biology, helped establish the College’s environmental studies major and enjoyed teaching environmental science during the College’s summer sessions. Martinsen lead overseas study programs to Mexico, Hawaii, Denmark and Australia. At a campus memorial service, John Brown, who was dean of faculty when he joined Lewis & Clark, described Martinsen’s intellectual curiosity, integrity and loyalty to his students. Martinsen served as president of the Oregon chapter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Population Reference Bureau, He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Utah State University and his doctorate from Oregon State University.