Alumni, Donors, & Friends

Honoring Our Benefactors

We are honored to present our 2004-2005 Benefactors. Their generous donations are greatly appreciated throughout the year. This year we helped the OSU History Club host Sgt. Don Malarkey, who lectured to an audience of over 1,000 people, and were able to send numerous graduate students and faculty to present papers at professional meetings. We were also able to put our best foot forward in hiring a new Americanist, Marisa Chappell, who will join the faculty in the upcoming school year. We would like to thank the following benefactors for supporting our department and assisting us in our vital role in the Corvallis community and offer our apologies to anyone we might have missed.

Alumni News

• Brian Casady (1999): Brian is currently working on a graduate degree from Boston University in Muslim/Christian interaction in Africa. This year he passed his Swahili language exams, and is now working on Arabic! Brian has also been awarded a Presidential fellowship which covers tuition and stipend for the next 4 years.
• Scott Daniels (1982): After 20 years in the high tech industry training and supporting customers, Scott has begun to pursue his Masters Degree in Library and Information science (MLIS) from the distance program through the University of Washington.
• Brett Davisson (2002): Brett received his MAT from Western Oregon University in 2003, and is now looking for a high school history teaching position. He was married December 14th, 2002 and has just bought a home in Silverton.
• Peter D. Hampe (1986): Peter is working in computer science studies and now lives in Washington.
• Dawn McVay Heysell (1974): Dawn retired from a 25 year career in finance this year, and after renewing her teaching credentials, is now a substitute teacher for Medford School District 549C - and loves it!
• Nate Looney (2003): Nate is currently working on his M.A. from Portland State University. He recently wrote a paper on Noam Chomsky and libertarian socialism and was able to correspond directly with Chomsky - an event that was very exciting for him!
• Andrew Needham (2004): Andrews moved to Savannah Georgia for graduate study at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is doing an MA program in architectural history, in preparation for a career in digital archiving. Andrew plans to study for a Ph.D. in library science.
• Erica Sanders (1996): Erica has been teaching history (world, U.S., Politics) at Century High School in Hillsboro for the past 8 years. She is scheduled to teach A.P. U.S. History next year, and has begun teaching English as well.