It is a privilege to introduce the current Board of Regents of the UHC. Each member was selected for their special talents and proven ability in leadership vital to the future of Honors. The Board, an external advisory group for the UHC administration, focuses on development and programming. In their role as advisors the Board wishes UHC students, faculty, and supporters to know they are open to being contacted for any reason. Email addresses are available through the UHC office.
The Board is continually developing UHC policies and procedures consistent with the mission and future direction of the UHC. The Board consists of eight community members, one faculty member, an OSU President Emeritus, and the UHC Dean (EX Officio). These individuals serve on a voluntary basis through their commitment to Oregon State University. The Board meets three times during the academic year.
Ruth Beyer, Chair
Dan Arp
John Byrne
Roy Gaussoin
Carol Hill Pickard
Mike Hogue
Kathy Kralj
Don Richards
Melinda von Borstel Smith
Tom Wall
Joe Hendricks
Allan Lane
Bryce Payne
Margaret Walton
Ruth Beyer is an attorney in the Corporate practice group for Portland-based firm Stoel Rives. She served as the Managing Partner for the firm’s Portland office from 1995-2005. In 2005 Ruth was selected by her peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America and in 2006 as an Oregon Super Lawyer. She serves as a Trustee for the Oregon State University Foundation, and is a co-founder of the Oregon State University Women’s Giving Circle. A 1977 alumnus of the OSU Honors Program, Ruth Beyer holds a degree in Political Science and a Juris Doctor degree from Notre Dame.
Dan Arp is Dean, University Honors College, and an ex officio member of the UHC Board of Regents. Dan reports that the Board of Regents is one of several advisory groups that are key to Honors success and crucial for future development.
John Byrne is OSU Emeritus President (1984-1995) and joined the Board in the fall of 2002. Byrne taught a UHC Colloquia, Leadership and Personal Success, for many years. Although retired, John continues his involvement with the OSU campus and keeps a busy schedule of professional advising and consulting. John also paints and has shown work through the Pegasus Gallery on 2nd Street in Corvallis.
Roy Gaussoin graduated from OSU in 1956 with a degree in Business and Technology. He is retired president of Silver Eagle Manufacturing and Silver Eagle Industries, a trucking and transportation products manufacturing company founded by his father in 1933. Roy served on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees from 1985 to 2004 and served on both the Council of Regents Advisory Committee and the BASF Board of Directors from 2002-2006. He is a past president of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Through the years, Roy and his wife Shirley (also class of 1956) have generously supported OSU through Athletics, the University Honors College, the University Fund, and various scholarships. Roy and Shirley live in Lake Oswego and have three grown children.
Kathy Kralj
is the current Chair of the Board. She lives in Gresham, Oregon where
she is a College Counselor at La Salle High School. Previous experience
has included college counseling at St. Francis Academy and Mt Hood
Community College. She and her husband have three children, one of
whom, Emily Kralj, is currently a student in the UHC.
Carol Hill Pickard graduated from OSU with a BS in Clothing, Textiles, and the Related Arts in 1976. While attending OSU Carol was involved with a number of extracurricular activities from the marching band to serving as a Resident Assistant in Buxton Hall. Carol went on to earn her J.D. in 1979 from William and Mary’s Marshall Wythe School of Law. Carol began her career working as an attorney for the U.S. Army JAGS Corps then moved on to the Department of the Navy from 1983-1988 as a civilian attorney. Carol currently works as partner in the law firm Stenberg Sunseri Roe Pickard and Rudy in San Jose. Carol is married with three children. She has remained an active member of OSU’s community by serving two terms on the OSU Alumni Association Board. Carol is serving her first term on the Honors Board of Regents.
Mike Hogue is a life-long resident of the Lower Yakima Valley. He has been a board member of Yakima Chief, Inc. since its inception in 1998 and currently serves as Board Chairman. Founder of the Hogue Cellars winery, he was majority owner and Board Chairman until 2001 when the business was sold. He remains active as founder and promoter of the brand. Mr. Hogue was a charter member of the Washington Wine Commission and during the last two years of his twelve-year service performed as Board Chairman. Mr. Hogue currently serves on the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District Board of Directors. Service not so closely tied to his businesses includes twelve years on the Central Washington State Fair Board, on which he currently serves as Chairman, recent appointment to the Oregon State University Honors College Board of Regents, and past service on the Prosser School Board. Mr. Hogue is married and has four children. He enjoys golf, fishing and flying.
Don Richards lives in Boston where he is Managing Partner of NorthShore Capital Advisors, LLC, a boutique investment banking firm specializing in mid-market transactions. Prior to joining NorthShore in 2004, he was Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions of Iron Mountain Incorporated. Iron Mountain is the leading company in records and information management. Before joining Iron Mountain, he practiced corporate law with Bingham McCutchen LLP in Boston from 1992 to 1997. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University (1992) and was an undergraduate in the old Honors Program at OSU with a BS Business Administration (1986), and Political Science (1989).
Melinda von Borstel Smith is a 2008 Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate at Oregon State/OHSU. She works as a pharmacy intern at Kaiser Permanente and Safeway Pharmacy. Melinda graduated from the Oregon State Honors College and received the H.B.S. in Nutrition and Food Management as well as a H.B.A. in International Studies for which she lived a year in Chile, spent 3 months studying in Spain, and earned a minor in Spanish. Recently her honors college thesis work titled “Effects of Phenytoin and Carbamazepine on Calcium Transport in Caco-2 Cells,” which she completed under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Filtz, was submitted and accepted to InVitro Toxicology for publication. Melinda and her husband live in Southwest Portland. They enjoy hiking and are actively involved in the young married’s ministry of their church, Cedar Mill Bible.
Tom Wall is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Seattle. He completed his PhD (1974) at the University of Washington and is an Associate Clinical Professor in both the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and the Department of Psychology at the UW. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. For six years he served on the Board of Seattle Country Day School, a private school for gifted children. His wife is an Educational Psychologist in private practice and they have two children both of whom have graduated from the UHC. Tom and his family also enjoy hiking, skiing and developing the family blueberry farm.
Joe Hendricks is Emeritus Dean, University Honors College, and an ex officio member of the UHC Board of Regents.
Allan Lane, who joined the Board in the winter of 2003, lives near Oxford. He is currently the Head of The Derivatives Research group at Barclays Global Investors. Allan earned his PhD at the University of Washington at Seattle, where he developed his strong affection for the Northwest. Prior to this he obtained a degree in mathematics at Oxford University in the UK.
Bryce M. Payne is Vice President and Relationship Manager with Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage. Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage provides lending, servicing and advisory solutions to the commercial real estate industry. He is also a member of the Portland Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Mr. Payne holds an MBA from the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon (2001) and was an undergraduate in the OSU University Honors College with an HBA in Computer Science and HBS in Business Administration (1999). While at OSU, he co-founded The Chronicle (then known as The Ecclesia), launched The Daily Barometer online and studied abroad at Lancaster University in the UK. Today, he lives in the Portland area with his wife, and in his spare time enjoys traveling, photography, and cycling.
Margaret Walton graduated from OSU (then OSC) (1955) with a degree in Business Education. She was an active member of Mortar Board, Talons, and various other student groups. She married James Walton and has three children and seven grandchildren. Her husband passed away in 1993. She has many active community involvements. She was the first female President of Corvallis Country Club, and President of the Samaritan Village Board of Directors. She has been President of the OSU Alumni Association and received the Dan Poling Alumni Service Award. Ahs was an advisor to OSU Mortar Board for three years and twice served as President of the local PEO Chapter.
