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March 23, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 7
Geraldine Elizabeth Hammond
— a long-time resident of Port
land — currently resides in
Salem, Oregon.
Mrs. Hammond is employed
w ith the Salem/Kaiser School
D istrict as an adm inistrator who
is coordinator of theM igrant Edu
cation, Indian Education and
Chapter I programs.
She has been the principal of
the follow ing schools: Rosedale
Elementary and Pringle Elemen
tary Schools, Salem; Woodlawn,
Rice and W ilcox Elementary
Schools, Portland. She was also
the Curriculum Coordinator with
Portland Public Schools at High
land Elementary School, and she
taught second grade at Highland
(which is now Martin Luther King
Elementary School).
Mrs. Hammond was the first
African-Am erican Tele-Teacher
in the Northwest. Her program,
the “ Miss Geri Show", was seen
on KBPS TV for two years — with
her little puppet friends She
wrote and developed her own
materials. The “ Miss G eri" tapes
are still being used on closed cir
cu it for primary grade students
Geraldine Elizabeth Hammond
She graduated from Dillard
University in New Orleans, Loui
siana, with a Cum Laude degree
in Education (at the tender age of
17). Her graduate degrees are in
Administration, Clinical Psycho
logy and Curriculum Develop
ment. She did post graduate work
at the Nova University in Florida
where she was involved in the
Doctorate program.
She is a member of the follow
ing organizations: Alpha Kappa
Alpha S orority; Delta Kappa
Gamma Sorority; Steering Com
mittee, Salem Area, Jesse Jack-
son Campaign; Red Cross Volun
teer; co-leader for the Senior
High Youth of Morningside Me
thodist Church, Salem.
She is the mother of two sons:
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Her philosophy: “ It is the the
job for all support persons to help
individuals to reach their fullest
potentials through education,
love, financial assistance; espe
cially our youth. This I see is the
responsibility of the church,
schools, the family and in stitu
tions that impact the lives of the
youth of today.”
Japhena Hall, R.N.
Edna M. Robinson, long
time resident and com
munity organizer, is con
cerned with the North/
Northeast community
and its residents, and
shares their concerns of
employment opportuni
ties and crime protec
tion within the communi
ty-
Photo by
Richard J. Brown
Japhena Hall has been em
ployed with Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Oregon for 13years, and
currently holds the title of Super
visor of Hospital Audits.
She began here career with
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Oregon in the Medicare Depart
ment as Inpatient Claims Review
er. In 1976 she was transferred to
Medical Affairs. She was promo
ted toSenior Hospital Review Co
ordinator in 1979 and became
Supervisor of Hospital Audit in
1984. She has served on the cre
dit union board for 6 years.
Japhena is married to Alex
ander Hall, Jr., and is the mother
of four and grandmother of one.
She is a member of Sharon Se
venth Day Adventist Church. Her
hobbles include reading, playing
the piano, singing and bowling.
Japhena enjoys working with
people in any capacity.
Japhena has been a resident of
Portland for approximately 30
years.
Kaiser Selects 1987
Employee of the Year
Myra Faison, interim super
visor of adm itting was selected
one of Kaiser Medical Center's
1987 Employees of the year.
According to Lorna Bunker,
director of volunteers for the
medical center, nominations are
received from patients, staff and
visitors for selection of an em
ployee of the month. From the
employees of the month an em
ployee of the year is chosen. She
was selected for her friendliness
to v is ito rs , p a tie n ts , fe llo w
employees and hard work and de
dication to her job."
In her 14 years at the medical
center, Faison has worked in a
variety of positions w ithin the ad
m itting department. She likes
the challenge and variety found
in admitting. “ You deal w ith a lot
of people who want help or need
information right away.”
“ Myra is an excellent choice
for employee of the year, says
Bunker. Myra knows her job well
and is pleasant to everyone.
Bess Kaiser Medical Center,
5055 N. Greeley, Portland, is one
of two non-profit com m unity me
dical centers providing hospital
care to more than 310,000 Kaiser
Permanente members of the pre
paid health plan in Northwest
Oregon and Southwest Wash
ington.
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