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Alumni, Friends and Faculty Of Portland State
Honored For Success & Contributions
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Peter W. Scoff
Dennis L. West
Portland State U niversity
President Dan Bernstine will
presided over the ninth annual
PSU Salutes ceremony Thurs­
day, May 7, honoring outstand­
ing alumni, friends, and faculty
who have achieved success in
their fields and who have made
extraordinary contributions to
their communities and the Uni­
versity.
R e c e iv in g
O u tsta n d in g
Alumni Awards are William
Korach, Superintendent of Lake
Oswego School District, hon­
ored for leadership in education
and the community, and Dennis
L. West, Executive Director of
Housing Authority of Portland,
honored for visionary public
service and commitment to the
University.
O u ts ta n d in g
Faculty Award
Friends Robert
is PSU History
and Jane M or­
Professor G or­
row will receive
don
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strong com m it­
te a c h in g and
ment to PSU ath­
devotion to the
letics; Peter W.
University and
Scott w ill r e ­
the community.
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a th le tic s p ro ­ Professor Gordon Dodds
(1) l ake O s­
gram; and Jean
wego Schools
Vollum will receive the Philan­
S u p e rin te n d e n t W illiam A.
thropy Award recognizing her
Korach received an Outstanding
special support o f Native Ameri­
Alumnus Award from his alma
can students.
mater.
Receiving the Distinguished
(2) Dennis L. West, Executive
Jean Vollum
Director of the Housing Author­
ity of Portland, was honored as
an outstanding alumnus of Port­
land State University.
(3) Portland businessman Pe­
ter W. Stot, was honored as an
outstanding friend o f Portland
State University .
(4) Jean Vollum was honored
by Portland State University as
an Outstanding Philanthropist,
recognizing her long-time sup­
port of Native American stu­
dents.
(5) Professor Gordon Dodds,
chair of the department of his­
tory at Portland State Univer­
sity and university historian,
received the Distinguished Fac­
ulty Award during the ninth an­
nual PSU Salutes award cer­
emony.
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New Status, Funding, Sought for Geographic Science
If a group of geographers and
universities get their wish, the
field of “geographic information
science” will soon gain more rec­
ognition as a scientific discipline,
more capability to address prob­
lems in business, government and
industry-and about $40 million a
year in federal support.
Modern geography is a far cry
from the old days of memorizing
the capitals of all 50 states or
knowing the major grain crops of
the Midwest. Such facts and a
few trillion more have now been
married to computer, satellites,
remote sensing and digital tech­
nology to tackle serious, real
world issues.
In Oregon, for instance, geo­
graphic information systems are
being used to study coastal ero­
sion patterns, m anage crops,
identify habitat suitable for en­
dangered species, help commu­
nities make sense of their land
use options and even produce
maps of the ocean floor unlike
any that ever before existed.
“Geographic information tech­
nology is a powerful tool to help
meet the nation's economic, so­
cial and strategic objectives,"
said Dawn Wright, an assistant
professor of geosciences at O r­
egon State University, and del­
egate in a new consortium seek­
ing more support tor this emerg­
ing science.
To that end, the consortium is
asking Congress to create lor the
1999 fiscal year a $20 million
annual research program under
the auspices of the National Sci­
ence Foundation, $5 million for
other grant competitions in this
field, and five university research
centers with support of $3 mil­
lion a year tor collaborative re­
search across many disciplines.
“For instance, in the Oklahoma
city bombing, officials tound
they needed info rm atio n on
b u ild in g p lan s, e v a c u a tio n
routes, blood supplies and tacts
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that information now, not miles
away or month later. All that
data probably existed, but not
necessarily in the time, place and
form that the officials needed it .”
Such manageable challenges,
she said, are where new research
in this field will come into play.
And when the data are better
managed, it should also be pos­
sible to literally bring a world of
information to the use and edu­
cation of a single child in a K -12
classroom.
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Requirements: Highschool graduate with C average or better OR GED
with minimum 255 total score; and C or better in one
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