News, Media and Stories | Class Of 1974

Tony Cox '74
The 2024 David & Sandy Lowe Outstanding Alumni Service Award recipient used his experience to help other graduates find their place in the K-12 educational landscape.
Alumni Award Winners Eddie Carrillo '15, MA '17; Rhony Bhopla MFA '22 and Jim Fittzgerald '68
Seven outstanding alumni will be presented with Pacific Unversity Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, David & Sandy Lowe Outstanding Alumni Service Award and Emerging Leader Award this October during Homecoming and Family Weekend.
David Goss '72, OD '74 has published From Spectacle Making Trade to Scholarly Profession: A History of Optometry in the United States, by Pacific University Press.
Tim Tran
Tim Tran '74 won the 2020 Best Indie Book Award for his biography, American Dreamer –How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America.
Denis Humphreys OD '74 retired from his multiple roles in the optometry field in 2020.
Richard Rowland '74 is well-known in his community for building a safe and healthy space through the art of ceramics. 
Grant and Chris McOmie
We met as freshmen in 1970 and dated each other's roommates and realized we had more to talk about with each other. It certainly worked out as we celebrated our 46th wedding anniversary in 2020.
Loren Cordain ’74 was featured on the Primal BluePrint Podcast.
The first week I arrived at Pacific in late summer 1970, I was 18 years old and excited for the opportunity to establish myself as a serious student. My roommate, however, was much more excited about meeting new people (boys) and finding social opportunities (parties).
Sue (Judson) Hamly ’74 retired after 27 years of pastoral ministry.

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