Oregon Stater - Fall 2024

60 ForOregonState.org/Stater OuR COMMuNIty OSU ATHLETICS 1980s Bruce Elderkin Blackmer ’80, Moore, ID • Gregory Paul Brown ’80, Rigby, ID • Kevin Richard Carter, ’80, Chapel Hill, NC • Marc Alan Ferries ’80, Salem • Lorrie Jo KagayamaHeleker ’81, Payette, ID • Patricia Ann Mason ’81, Portland • Kim Marian Spotts ’81, Hood River • John Michael Coles ’82, Lake Oswego • Kenneth Alan Rauscher ’83, Corvallis • Rodney Craig Leeper ’84, Eugene • Jean Isabelle Clark Morgan ’84, Corvallis • Cheryl Lynn Dalton ’85, ’76, Salem • Guy Lee Tebbit ’76, Concord, NC • Dennis Alden Bieze ’77, Elk Mound, WI • Hiram Hart ’77, Portland • Barry Mitchell Hasson ’77, Lake Oswego • Randolph Todd Heiman ’77, McMinnville • Eula Faye Henry ’77, Pasco, WA • Kathleen Hart Hohman ’77, Portland • Douglas Roy Dixon ’78, Richland, WA • Susan Lea Gregory ’78 ’99, Redmond • Harold Leroy Harris ’78, Corvallis • Susan S. Johnson ’78, Corvallis • Carol B. Mussler ’78 ’81, Keizer • Bruce Robert Bartlett ’79, Corvallis ’71, Reno, NV, Chi Omega • Dean Edward Freitag ’71, Saint Helens • Bruce Raymond Palmer ’71, Keizer • Carol Tyler Schaeffer ’71, Gresham, Alpha Gamma Delta • Von J. Thompson ’71, Prineville • Dennis Dean Wirth ’71, Tangent • Alan Wythe Budenz ’72, El Dorado Hills, CA • Alan R. Candlish ’72, Rancho Murieta, CA • Lawrence Jon Carroll ’72, Salem, Phi Kappa Theta • Kathryn McGhee Moore ’72, Lake Oswego • Ronald A. Nussbaum ’72, Ypsilanti, MI • Ronald Jay Scheurer ’72, Vancouver, WA • Ralph D. Brown ’73, Cornelius • Richard A. Dawes ’73, Green Valley, AZ, Phi Kappa Tau • Gregory Lawrence Gray ’73, Boise, ID • Mary Ann Isaacson ’73, Olympia, WA, Gamma Phi Beta, Panhellenic • Ronnie Jay Layton ’73, Joseph • John Ernest Liljeberg ’73, Albany • Thomas Evan Schaible ’73, Manasquan, NJ, Phi Delta Theta • Brian K. Stevenson ’73, Anchorage, AK • Emilio T. Vejil ’73, Corvallis • Kerry Dean Viestenz ’73, Tigard, Alpha Sigma Phi • John Harvard Baker ’74, Newport • Janice Ann Gunness ’74, McMinnville • Laurie Jenks ’74, Lakeville, MA • Charles E. Mayo ’74, West Linn • Richard Arlen Miller ’74, Corvallis • Lyle Mayes Cheney ’75, Hammond • Gregory Scott Oriet ’75, Gaston • Robert Lewis Singel ’75 • Barbara Lynn Spangler ’75, Newport • Daniel Alan Larsell ’76 ’80, Albany • Abayomi Adolphus Obadeyi ’76, Ibadan, Nigeria • Karen L. Randall ’76 ’80, Normanday Park, WA • Jerry G. Sachtjen ’66 ’67, San Diego, CA • Walter Leo Ekins ’67 ’68, Saint George, UT • LaRay Harmon ’67, Molalla • John Jennings Hutchins ’67, Naples, FL, Kappa Sigma • Peter Ernest Jensen ’67, Boise, ID, Beta Theta Pi • Stephen Douglas Pancoast ’67 ’68, Tucson, AZ, Phi Delta Theta • John Robert Ray ’67 ’69, Bloomington, IL • Kenneth Bruce Shaull ’67, Woodland, CA, Alpha Sigma Phi • Barbara Schild Carroll ’68, Tucson, AZ, Kappa Delta • Ronald E. Hartz ’68, Philomath • Linda Ann Sims ’68, Albany • Werner Stebner ’68, Spring, TX • Anne Marie Thompson ’68, Corvallis • David C. Bressler ’69, Buckeye, AZ • Diane Engdahl Denero ’69, Stockton, CA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • John Richard Green ’69, Lebanon • Karen Mildren Kump ’69, Elko, NV • Charles Yung Lam ’69, Canby • James August Lichatowich Sr. ’69 ’70, Columbia City • James Lochhead ’69, Redondo Beach, CA • Rudolph A. Mundy ’69, West Linn • Roger J. Schmeltz ’69, Corvallis • Mark Edward Weckesser ’69 ’70, Richmond, KY 1970s Dennis Fay Chapman ’70, Cottage Grove • David Alan Heatherbell ’70 • Edward P. Howard ’70, West Linn • Keith Irl King ’70 ’71, Corvallis • Robert Lee Offord ’70 ’71, La Mesa, CA • Mary Katherine Reed ’70 ’73, Gresham • Molly O. Schworm ’70, Eugene • Majorie Haile Walker ’70, Bend • James Bruce Campbell ’71, Salem • Joyce M Crowson Cox AARON THOMAS, ’61 Aaron Thomas, ’61, died April 26 in Corvallis. He was 86. After a standout football career at Oregon State — Hall of Fame coach Tommy Prothro called Thomas the best tight end he ever coached — he was drafted into the NFL in 1961. He played for the San Francisco 49ers for a year and was then traded to the New York Giants, where he played until retiring in 1970, becoming one of the most prolific receiving tight ends in Giants history. After his playing days were done, Thomas worked as a stockbroker in Los Angeles; ran a restaurant/bar/bowling alley in Yreka, California, with his father; and was head football coach at Klamath Falls High School in the early 1980s. He then returned to Oregon State, where he served as assistant director of the Beaver Club from 1983 to 89. Thomas was predeceased by his first wife Jeanie, ’62, and his son Todd, ’84. He is survived by his wife, Joan, ’62, and children Troy, ’88; Robb, ’89; Lance; and Leslie.

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