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W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Jefferson alumnae Maggie Mashia, class of 1980 (from left); Donna Maxey, class of 1966; and
Julie Rogers, class of 1974; authored the book “100 Years of Excellence, ” a tribute to the north
Portland school and featuring 100 of its most distinguished graduates.
100 Glorious Years
Jefferson alums
publish tribute
by L ee
P erlman
T he P ortland O bserver
D espite w hat headlines m ay lead
yo u to b e lie v e , J e ffe rs o n H igh
School students have had 100 g lo ­
rious years, both in school and in
their lives follow ing it. A nd it’s all
there in print for you to see.
Three Jefferson alum nae - D onna
M ax ey , c la ss o f 1966, M ag g ie
M ashia, class o f 1980, and Julie
R ogers, class o f 1974 - have p ro ­
duced “ 100 years f E x cellen ce,” a
tribute to the north P ortland school
and 100 o f its m ost distinguish ed
g rad u ates.
The effort began as part o f the
school’s centennial celebration in
2009. The Jefferson A lum nae A sso­
ciation polled its m em bers for gradu­
ates to be honored in a “P eople’s
C hoice” pam phlet, and the nom ina­
tions were supplem ented by som e
research.
“ All that w as asked for w as a
pam phlet, but we cam e up with som e
pretty am azing people, and a one-
sentence description d id n ’t do them
ju s tic e ,” R ogers said. A real book
w as called for, “and M aggie, D onna
and 1 accepted the task ,” she said.
Jefferson has long been know n
as a bastion o f excellence in sports,
and the book includes som e greats:
Pro Football Hall o f F am er M el
R enfro, H eism an T rophy w inner
T erry B aker, cham pion b o x er R ay
Lampkin.
“W e could have filled the book
with the sports figures alone,” Rogers
says, “but it was the scholars w ho
really stood out. W e learned about
people we h ad n ’t know n anything
about. It was ju st fascinating.”
The hook includes the following:
• E dw ard P erkin s, a career am b as­
sad o r w ho helped b ro k er the end o f
the racial ap arth eid system in South
Africa.
• D r. W a lter R eynolds, the first
A frican-A m erican graduate o f w hat
is now the O regon H ealth and S ci­
en ces U niversity.
• C arl T alton, the first A frican-
A m erican ch air o f the Portland D e­
v elopm ent C om m ission.
In d u strialist A rt R iedel.
• G eorge A zu m an o, interned in a
d eten tio n cam p w ith o th er Japanese
A m ericans during W orld W ar II,
w ho fo u n d ed one o f the c ity ’s lead ­
ing travel agencies.
• D uncan Cam pbell, self-made tim ­
b er tycoon w ho used his w ealth to
create the n o n -profit Friends o f the
C hildren, to g eth er w ith o th er good
w orks.
• R ep o rter A nn e Sullivan.
• D is tin g u is h e d c h o r e o g r a p h e r
P atti B enson.
• M uralist Isa k a S h a m su d -D in .
• Jazz g u itarist N o rm a n Sylvester.
• A tto r n e y a n d c o n g r e s s m a n
W endell W yatt.
• N ancy R yles, a R epublican state
senator so w ell-respected that, for
h er final term , she ran unopposed.
• T on y H opson, a sports star w ho
w ent on to co -fo u n d the non-profit
S elf-E n h an cem en t, Inc., to g eth er
w ith fellow alum R ay L eary.
• A n cer H aggerty, a V ietnam W ar
S ilv er S tar honoree w ho becam e a
state and federal court ju d g e.
• A c tre ss V ir g in ia A n n P a tto n
M oss, w ho played Jam es S te w a rt’s
sister-in-law in the film “ It’s a W o n ­
derful L ife.”
• Nobel Prize winner W arren W ash­
ington.
• A nd let us not forget C harles
W ashington, the p u b lish er o f the
P ortland O bserver.
T he sheer n u m b ers o f w orthy
nom inees, and in som e cases the
lack o f available inform ation, m eant
that som e good candidates w e ren ’t
irtcluded. “ W e ’re keeping track o f
th em ,” R ogers says. M an y o f those
w ho w ere included “not only gained
prom inence in their field, but really
m ade m ajor co n trib u tio n s to so ci­
ety and the w o rld ,” she says.
In addition to the three principal
authors, m any o th e r p eo p le lent a
hand in the b o o k ’s production. “ It
took longer than w e thought it would,
but it w as a great jo b by a lot o f
p eo p le,” R ogers says.
“ 100 Y ears o f Excellence” is avail­
able at A insw orth D rug and G ifts,
4027 N. Interstate A ve., o r on lin e at
jefferso n alu m .co m .
(503) 265-9263
Email:
nealsfenueralhome @ hotmail.com
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