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1981 Frank Dutro, Jr., who resides in Saratoga, Calif., has developed next-generation water-filtration systems with his company, Clean Filtration Technologies, Inc., and has installed them in Mexico and Central America.
1982 Dale Krageschmidt accepted a position at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as an occupational toxicologist. Ricardo Lopez recently published a book, The Origin of the Universe and Life: A Puzzle for Science and Theology. Laura (Hutchison) Christianson is the author of two recently released books, The Adoption Decision and The Adoption Network. She and her husband, Bob Christianson, live in Snohomish, Wash., with their two sons, ages 15 and 11. Bob teaches math at Henry M. Jackson High School, in Mill Creek, Wash. Cindy (Pilcher) Lutz lives in Portland, Ore., and recently purchased her own business, The Salon Downstairs. Dennis Robbins and his wife, Tracey, live in Windsor, Conn., where he serves as head of the philosophy and religion department at the Loomis Chaffee School. Last January, at the Hill School, in Pottstown, Pa., he delivered a convocation address, "When the Waters of the Ganges Mingled with the Waters of the Jordan," in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1983 William Kuba is an assistant professor at William Penn University, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. After 25 years as a university administrator, he is enjoying his return to the classroom.
1984 Warren, '85, and Glenna (Carlson) Ainley live in Camas, Wash., where he teaches elementary music in the Camas School District and she is an ESL program coordinator for the Battle Ground School District.
Scott Jackson, who holds a B.S. in human services from Upper Iowa University, worked for more than a decade serving people with disabilities. He and his wife, Bonnie, now have their own business, Cuzzi Soap, based in Lawrence, Kan. They carry handcrafted soap and luxury bath and body products.
1985 Rob Caldwell recently completed his residency in internal medicine at NYU/Bellevue, in New York City. He has accepted a position as a primary-care physician at Gouverneur Healthcare Services, a full-service public health facility on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Nancy (Preston) Millard has a new position with State Farm Insurance and is living with her daughter in DuPont, Wash.
1986 Yvette (Madsen) Nichols is enjoying retirement after 16 years of ICU nursing at Sacred Heart Medical Center, in Spokane. In 2006, Nichols and her husband, Paul, and sons Joel (15) and Kyle (12), spent a year cruising in their 46-foot sailboat off the coast of Mexico. Mary Allen is an ESL teacher in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
1987 Karen White married Vince Robel in 1991; they have four children, Natalie (13), Nolan (11), Harrison (8), and Spencer (6). Karen has taught various grade levels in
Renton, Wash.
1989 Michael Smith is head of the physical-education department and head boys' basketball coach at Heritage High School, in Vancouver, Wash., where he lives with his wife, Laura, and daughter, Claire. Wendy (Joe) Pederson works part time at a reprographics company in Portland, Ore., and lives in Vancouver, Wash., with her husband, Brian, and daughter, Sydney. Tim Robblee married Carolyn Merva on July 7, in Salem, Ore. Wedding attendees included Tad and Katie (Bellingham, '93) Wisenor, Steve and Linda Mercer, Matt and Amy (Clark, '90) Bumpus, and retired music-faculty member Dick Evans. The Robblees live in Pullman, Wash., where Tim is the director of bands at Washington State University School of Music. Joel, '90, and Cheri (Oldenkamp) Hunter live in San Diego, where Joel develops automation software for robots for a pharmaceutical company. The couple enjoy their three children, Cordell (14), Hanna (12) and Emma (10).
1987 a boy, Kory Dale, to Aki and Laura Savage, May 3
1988 a girl, Yelena Katharine, born May 24, 2003, and a boy, Aleksandr Ethan, born Jan. 27, 2005, to Kate (Shonk) and Mark Gosling. (Both children were adopted in May from Rostov-on-Don, Russia.)
c1989 a girl, Brigitte Marie, to Jeff and Suzanne Duerr, May 23
1989 a girl, Sydney Quan, to Wendy (Joe) and Brian Pederson, Feb. 2, 2006
1989 a girl, Claire Mikenna, to Michael and Laura Smith, Nov. 18, 2006
Cheryl (Griffin) Benz, '80, died May 28. She earned a Ph.D. in education from Florida International University, in Miami, Fla., and, until November 2006, she was chair of the foreign language and ESL department at Georgia Perimeter College, in Decatur. Benz wrote and co-wrote several textbooks on ESL, and in 2005 she received the TESOL Lifetime Achievement Award. She is survived by one daughter, two sons, her mother and father, a brother, two sisters, three stepbrothers, and numerous nieces and nephews. Julie (Dorr) Hutchinson, '85, died May 17. She was a devoted wife whose greatest delight was in being a mom. She is survived by her husband, Bob Hutchinson, '85, director of development for major gifts at Whitworth, five daughters, two brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews. Kathleen (Belfie) Blancy, '89, died March 2. A resident of Syracuse, N.Y., she held various social-work positions with local agencies. She is survived by a brother and a nephew.
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