Nicholas Gitts ’73 is a third-generation farmer and owner of Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Ore.
Class Notes
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Peggy (Frone) Norris ’62 recently gave a lecture on the life of Andrew Carnegie for the North Olympic History Center’s History Tales lecture series in Port Angeles, Wash.
Tommy Thayer Hon. ’18 and his fellow KISS bandmates announced their final world tour, “End of the Road,” after 45 years of recording and touring.
Rebecca Chung OD ’18 was one of the recipients of the 2018 Resident Travel Fellowship Award granted by the American Academy of Optometry.
Kendra Weiler MS ’17, OD ’18 was one of the recipients of the 2018 Resident Travel Fellowship Award granted by the American Academy of Optometry.
Ashley Hermsmeier MFA ’15 was the winner of the Fall 2017 Black River Chapbook Competition for her collection of short stories, "Something Like the End," forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in February 2019.
Nicholas Tasaka ’13 was promoted to vice president of Bank of Hawaii.
The Boxer Love story of Shay Singer '14 & Travis George '14 began at Pacific University in Forest Grove. Shay and Travis met days before the end of their freshman year. It was in that summer that they started off on the adventure of a lifetime.
PJ Griess ’09 and Leandra (Schaffer) ’11 welcomed their daughter, Avery Joanne Schaffer Griess, on Sept. 28, 2018.
Christina “Christy” Aleckson ’95 was named 2018 Woman of the Year by Women in Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS).