1968
Doug Bates, associate editor at The Oregonian received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing along with his colleague, Rick Attig, for their 15-part series on abusive conditions at the Oregon State Hospital. Bates has been writing for The Oregonian since 1993, he has also worked as the managing editor of The San Diego Union Tribune, news editor of The Seattle Times, and managing editor of The Register-Guard.

1969
David Maxwell is now working as lead writer for the Lincoln County Record, a weekly countywide newspaper in Lincoln County, Nevada. In the spring of 2008, Dave and his wife Sandy will celebrate the arrival of their ninth grandchild.

1975
Jamie Hartshorn, most recently self-employed as a graphic designer, is semi-retired and lives in the Sierra foothills with her husband, dog, two cats, three chickens and pygmy goats, and four alpacas.

Peter Gazer ’75 MS ’78 was announced the 93rd Prime Minister of the Royal Rosarians. He received his bachelors from the UO Honors College with a major in Journalism and also graduated from the UO School of Law. Currently, Gazer is the Deputy District Attorney for Clackamas County and lives in Lake Oswego with his wife.

1977
Aaron Ellis ’77 MS ’86 directs public relations for the association that represents all the major public ports in the Western Hemisphere, headquartered just outside of D.C.

1980
Suzanne Penegor is currently writing for the Rubicon Society website and other blogs. She is also the President of the Great NW Trucking Services, advises at the LCC Business Center in downtown Eugene, and has published various editorials with Gienie Assink of the Lane Co. Rubicon Society.

Jerry Drelling is managing media relations and serving as a spokesman for The Boeing Company's C-17 Globemaster III program in Long Beach, Calif. In March of this year, Drelling married Christine Larsen. They live in Laguna Niguel with their cat Jasmine.

1984
Kelleyanne Pearce worked in journalism for 14 years, including at The Dallas Morning News as a business editor. She now is a marketing communications specialist for EDS Corp.’s U.S. Government Region in the DC area. She lives in Fairfax, VA with her two daughters, both excellent writers.

1988
George Gladney, a professor at the University of Wyoming, returned to Poland to teach a graduate seminar at the Centre for Social Studies, part of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He also returned to the Ukraine to do a post-Fulbright assignment that included lecturing at university in Kiev and Cherkasy and co-conducting a journalism workshop in Lviv.

1989
Edan Godbey Jones has worked at KGW Radio as a talk show producer and KOINTV as an associate producer. She is also a 1-year survivor of a brain tumor.

 
1990

Lisa Fletcher is an ABC News correspondent based in the network's Los Angeles bureau. She contributes to all ABC News broadcast and platforms, including "World News with Charles Gibson," "Nightline" and "Good Morning America." She was an anchor at KEZI 9 and for more information on Lisa visit her ABC profile here.

1997
After working in France for a few years, Sasha Tenenbaum came to the New York City to pursue a master’s in International Affairs. She now does communication work for Coalition for the International Criminal Court, a human rights group.