IN THIS ISSUE

Reunions!Upcoming festivities . . . . . . . . 2

From the President . . 2

Postage DueJoin LHSAA today . . . . . . . . . . 3

Epic TheatreRamayana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Rose GardenAn Enduring Remembrance . . 3

A Question AboutCurriculum . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Gifts That KeepOn Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

OK, Who’s In Charge Here? . . . . 4

In MemoriamApril 2002 - February 2003 . . . 5

The Race is On!Mike Walsh Track opens . . . . . 6

From the PastLHS 60 years ago . . . . . . . . . . 6

Lincoln High School Alumni Association

The Alumni NewsVolume 8, No. 1 Spring, 2004

South Portland Scholar

Tom Idinopulos (’53) is a very distinguished alumnus.A professorof Comparative Religious Studies and Director of the Jewish

Studies Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, he is the authorof eleven books and many scholarly articles on religion,politics,historyand literature. He has been a guest speaker in Israel, Jordan, Spain,Great Britain, Canada, Germany and Greece as well as guest lecturer at a long list of American colleges and universities. The awards he has received are evidence of the depth of his scholarship and hiselection or appointment to a number of distinguished positions areconfirmation of the importance of his work. Tom, indeed, is the sort ofalumnus who makes all of us boast about the sort of people Lincolnturns out. We keep good company.

But,there is another side to Tom’s history that is not in his formal resumé,a side that has a specialimportance for members of the Lincoln community. That part of his career is the focus here.

In the early part of the 20th Century, there was a migration to Portland of a significant numberof people from Italy, from eastern Europe, from Greece, from Armenia, from Spain and, oh yes,from the Balkans.Along with this rich mixture there were Jews from Central and Eastern Europeand a small sprinkling of very ordinary Americans who were just part of that western movementof the country. Just south of the old Lincoln High (now Lincoln Hall of Portland State University)was an area — commonly called “South Portland”— that became the neighborhood where manyof these immigrants took up residence. It is hard to recognize the place now. What was once acluster of late nineteenth and early twentieth century rental houses crowded onto small lotswith an intermix of “mama-poppa”stores,bakeries, small meat markets, second hand shops, third(actually fourth) run movie houses,taverns,shoe repair shops and tiny restaurants is now markedby that great concrete gulch of the I-405 freeway, the blank high-rise architecture of the SouthAuditorium urban renewal project, the sprawl of Portland State University and clusters ofapartments. Some of the gentrified houses around Lair Hill Park still give a sense of what itlooked like, but no sense at all what it lived like.With little money, with little help except fromtheir families, their neighbors and their churches or synagogues but with awesomedetermination and difficult sacrifice, these newcomers made a new life in a new place. Tom isone of the products of that place.

The Lincoln community is about one hundred and thirty years old. It has changed a lot in thattime. It has also changed very little. As a central city high school, Lincoln has always been themeeting place for students from very different backgrounds. The old neighborhood may begone, but the community persists. We can all bevery proud of and pleased for Tom. He has donemuch. His mother, putting in those long andthankless hours at the Gee Zee sandwich shop,also did much and we need to make special noteof her part in the history of our community.

Tom Idinopulos, 1953

The old neighborhood may

be gone, but the

COMMUNITY persists.

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FROM THEPRESIDENT’S DESK:A graduate of January 1946 (yes, in the old daysthey graduated two classes each year), I joinedthe Board of the Alumni Association only lastyear. Because the Board had sufficientconfidence in me to select me as Executive VicePresident, I was suddenly moved into the officeof President of the LHSAA by the death inJanuary of Duane Heidegger (’50), who hadbeen elected to that position just last October.

What I have found in the Association hasverified my earlier impressions. We have avital and viable organization supporting thepresent goals and past memories of LincolnHigh School. With approximately 1,500members — and more each month — yourAlumni Association is a solvent, conservativelymanaged operation which undertakes projectsdealing with the history of the school, withcurrent needs of the school and with theongoing task of building a vigorouscommunity of Lincoln alumni. I have beenhelped greatly in my unexpected assumptionof the office of President by all the members ofthe Board. Each Board member has specialassignments to perform, but each also has anunderlying commitment to the “good of theorder” that gives the Board a cohesion thatmakes my job just that much easier.

From where we are now, we will continue tomove forward, building an even bigger andstronger Association. Opportunities to helpthe Lincoln Community are taken aboard ascircumstances and resources allow. Currently,we are giving a lot of attention to the displaymaterials that represent the history of theschool because we want to cement the bondbetween Lincoln then and Lincoln now. Weare also much involved in projects that willimprove our services to class reunions andenhance the role of alumni in the programs ofother Lincoln organizations.

Last, but certainly not least, we need yoursupport. If you are a member, you arecommitted to the Lincoln Community and youshould take pride in that. If you are not yet amember, I urge you to promptly become one.Remember, your “official” years as a Cardinalmay be long gone but you never lose yourstatus as a graduate of the best high schoolaround. So, join up. It’s a very small price topay for bragging rights.

Robert E. Nelson (’46)President

Reunions, Reunions!1948 and 1949 are combining their

numbers for a banquet at the Multnomah

Athletic Club (1849 SW Salmon) at 6:00

PM on Friday, September 17. Then, for

something completely different, they

will have a picnic at Willamette Park

the next day starting at about noon.

For details, contact Andy Friedle Dignan,

503-244-7075.

1954 On Friday, September 10, the

alumni only of this stalwart bunch will

start with an afternoon tour of LHS.

(Now let me think, whose room was at

the north end of this hall?) After that

dose of nostalgia, the classmates will

gather at the Caro Amico Italian Café,

3606 SW Barbur Blvd. at 4:30 PM. On

September 11, — at about 6:00 PM —

alumni and guests will convene at the

Multnomah Athletic Club. Lyle Keenan,

503-670-0336 knows all there is to

know about this gathering, so get hold

of him.

1964 Starting on Friday, July 16, the

class of ’64 will hold a three day —

that’s right, three day — event to mark

their 40th. On the 16th, alumni only

will gather at 6:00 PM for a no-host

session at Portland Brewing to swap

stories — some of which may be true

— and then, on the 17th , starting at

6:00 PM, alumni and guests will have a

barbeque and sock hop at The Racquet

Club. (A sock hop for 57 and 58 year

olds is a challenging concept!) The

whole thing winds down on Sunday,

the 18th with a mid-day picnic for

everybody at a site yet to be selected.

Call Dana Barton Cress at 503-297-3630

(or email her at Dana@WHCress.com)

for all the inside info.

1974 This first class class will have

a first class gathering at the Pittock

Mansion, 3229 NW Pittock Drive

(where else?) on August 14th starting

at 6:00 PM. Arrangements are in

the hands of 1st Class Reunions,

503-235-5810.

1984 Twenty years out, the “Gang ofplus or minus 300” from ’84 will meetat the Multnomah Athletic Club at, oh,let’s say 6:30 PM on Friday,August 6th.Classic Reunions, 503-626-3669 willhandle all the details so check withthem. Their email is debra@classic-reunions.com.

1993 The 11th year reunion of theclass of ’93 will be marked by festivitiesat McMenamin’s Kennedy School onFriday, July 16 at 6:30 PM. ClassicReunions is setting this one up, so callthem at 503-626-3669 for all the detailsor email debra@classic-reunions.com.(By the way,an 11th year reunion is justlike a 10th year reunion; only it givesyou an extra year to get ready.)

1994 The 10 year out group is justgetting started. Couloir Schietinger is looking for help to plan the reunion.Contact her at couloiremail@yahoo.com

1955 The class of ’55 will have its50th on October 14th and 15th, 2005(note the year). It will be held at the Thunderbird Restaurant at JantzenBeach. No-host cocktails on the 14thand a banquet on the 15th are the coreevents of this extravaganza. EmailCarolyn Studenicka Jackson atjax0882@aol.com to get all of thescoop on this one. Meanwhile, save the date.

Ainsworth AlumniThe Ainsworth Elementary SchoolFoundation is having an alumni partyon Wednesday, April 28th, 2004 to raise some funds for the Foundation.If “Ainsworth Alum” describesyou, contactdarawilk@comcast.netto find out whatthis is allabout.

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This newsletter is being sent to theapproximately 12,500 Lincoln Alumni forwhom the Alumni Association has validaddresses. The cost of preparing,printingand mailing the newsletter is borne by the approximately 1,500 alumni whohave paid their dues to the Association.There is something wrong with thatpicture. All alumni are equal benefi-ciaries of the Lincoln Experience butonly about 12% acknowledge the smallbut important responsibility of sustainingthe organization that is dedicated to thecontinuing improvement of thatexperience. So — a little guilt trip here

— if you are not a member of the LHSAA

(if you are not, you will find an

enrollment card included in this

newsletter), join today. As we keep

saying, it’s payback time.

As a matter of not just statistics but of

who is carrying the load, the chart of

membership by decade makes it very

clear that the membership of the LHSAA

— though the biggest of any high school

alumni association in Oregon — needs to

be increased by significant numbers. So

come on, be significant!

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Postage Due Rose GardenIn November, 2003, a group from theAlumni Association broke ground on theeast side of the school for a new rosegarden. The roses planted will be inmemory of alumni and former teacherswhose family or friends wish to havesome enduring reminder of members ofthe Lincoln Community at the school.

The first three roses planted were inmemory Jean Elizabeth Rawson Johnson(’36), Ruth Rawson Cowan (’29) andJames Rawson (’38), three of the fivesiblings who all graduated from theschool when it was located on SW Park.Judith Klefman, daughter of JeanElizabeth Johnson, and two of hergranddaughters Kayla, age 13, andMariah, age 7, helped in the plantingtask. Kayla dug the planting hole for hergreat-grandmothers bush all by herself.The bequest that paid for the plantingscame from Helen Rawson Krishman(’29), who now lives in Long Beach,California.

If you are interested in planting a rose inmemory of a Lincoln graduate or aLincoln teacher who has died, contactthe LHSAA by phone, letter or email.Carolyn Jackson, your Board memberwho is tending this program, will getright back to you.

November, 2003

Epic TheatreIn January, Jim Peerenboom, Lincoln’s Drama teacher, undertook a very ambitiousproject. It is his goal for the students to mount a theatrical production of the Ramayana,the greatest and best known epic poem of south Asia.The production is complex, largescale and requires the participation of outside artists to assist the students inunderstanding and perfecting their roles.

The settings, costumes, lighting and props required are elaborate and the time andeffort required of all participants is extensive. Needless to say, there is a price tag forthis undertaking. However, the benefits to the school and to the students are great: thecross-connections to courses in literature, art, social studies and theatre makes theproject of school-wide relevance and the relationship of such a project to Lincoln’srole as the International Studies Center is obvious.

The budget that Jim has for the production is $7,000.Any contribution you can maketo this wonderful effort will be much appreciated. Just send it to the LHSAA (notingthat it is for Ramayana) and we will forward it on.

You can read more about the fascinating details of the project on the alumni website(www.lincolnalum.org) and find out a lot more about the Ramayana at several websitessuch as Syracuse University’s website www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/special/ramayana.

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Gifts That Keep On GivingOn May 3, 1999, the LHSAA established theLincoln High School Endowment. TheEndowment’s purpose is to assist inpromoting the LHSAA’s purpose and toenhance the academic, social, cultural,artistic, athletic aesthetic and learningenvironment at Lincoln High School. Sincethat time, through the generosity of Lincolnalumni, as well as their friends and familymembers, approximately $35,000 has beenaccumulated.

The Endowment Fund ExecutiveCommittee, the body overseeing the Fund,has determined that until a minimumbalance of $100,000 has been attained, itwill not recommend the distribution of anyincome generated from these monies. TheCommittee is currently in the process ofdeveloping a brochure describing theEndowment and its purposes. A campaignto reach the $100,000 goal is also beingplanned, which will encourage alumni tomake individual and class gifts at theirreunions. Because LHSAA’s extensivealumni database is available,at no charge, toLincoln High Reunion Committees forreunion purposes, it is hoped that thosecommittees will assist in this effort.

A gift to the Lincoln High SchoolEndowment Fund will generate income inperpetuity to promote LHSAA’s purposesand continue the Lincoln Experience. Yourgenerous donation will affect generationsof Lincoln students. Because LHSAA is a501(c)(3) entity, gifts are tax deductible.Also if you make contributions to theOregon Charitable Trust, donations to theEndowment are eligible to be considered aspart or all of the “matching” amountrequired for that tax credit program. Pleaseconsider making a donation in any amount,and also including the Endowment in yourwill or trust. All contributions or questionsshould be sent to: Lincoln High SchoolEndowment Fund, PMB 137, 25 NW 23rdPlace, Portland, OR 97210.

Thank you,

Harris Matarazzo (’75)Chair, Endowment Fund ExecutiveCommittee

A Question About Curriculum(The following is a re-write of an email received by the LHSAA from Anne DuFresne(’73). Our apologies to Anne if we have distorted any part of her very passionatecomments; we hope we have caught the purpose, if not the sweep of her argument.Anne, by the way, was Queen of Rosaria and is the lead singer and developer of thevery popular String of Pearls. The big band sound lives on!)

Pretend for a moment that you are applying for a position that has highqualifications, demands dedication and assumes that you have very focusedambition. Pretend, in an attempt to persuade the prospective boss that you are theright person in the right place at the right time, that you could, with all honesty,submit the following description of yourself as part of your application.

1. I always show up on time. Always!

2. I always dress appropriately and bring the right equipment and materials.

3. Staying late is not a problem.

4. I know the sessions devoted to the preparation of the finished work are the unseen core of the finalwork. I must not and will not “skip” or take lightly such preparation.

5. I do my homework and study away from work — there is great satisfaction in being ready becausemy reputation demands it of me.

6. I know how to take or give direction with grace.

7. I am always part of the team. No matter how large or how small my part in the task at hand, I knowthat some of its success is my responsibility and my achievement. (I help make them look good!)

8. I know I need to defer to the authority of those whose responsibility for shaping and defining the workat hand is greater than my own. (They help make me look good!)

9. I never call in sick unless I am really, really, really sick. My contribution to the team’s work may belarge or small but I cannot let our side down.

10. Finally, what I learn from others in performing my role is as important as what skill and dedication Ibring to the task. At the completion of each assignment, I am wiser, more skilled and moreenthusiastic than when I began. I am more ready than ever for the next task!

Well, these seem like rather extraordinary traits that should get you noticed in the right quarters. Actually,however, they are rather ordinary attributes for people with certain training and experience and hardlydeserve mention. Who? Well, they are almost beginning level characteristics assumed for performers inmusic, theatre and dance. Skill and artistry come on top of all that! Which brings us to the point of thisshort article.

When budgets get tight, music, drama, dance are usually the first to face cut backs. How very odd! Theyare the very things needed to bring to students the sort of discipline which teaches them how things getdone and the sort of opportunity for expression which pushes them to working at their highest level in anenvironment that is, at once, supportive and very demanding. It is the best simulation of and preparationfor the so-called “real world” that our schools can offer. Why then, are the performing arts considered“extras”? They are, rather, at the heart of what education is all about.

OK, Who’s In Charge Here?Robert Nelson ’46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President

Gordon Evans ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exec. Vice-PresidentSite Committee

Walt Haubold ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-PresidentArchives

Violet Wittman Watt ’53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President

Nancy Teller Rawlinson ’52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary

Thomas Gale ’46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TreasurerEndowment Comm. Treasurer

Carolyn Mae Studenicka Jackson ’55 . . . . . . . . .Reunions,School Liaison

MembershipMarjorie Roland MacQueen ’52 . . . . . . . . Corr. Secretary

DatabaseWebsite

Gil Olman ’57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alumni EventsHarris Matarazzo ’75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historian

Endowment Comm. Chair

Sue Fagin Halupowski ’60 . . . . . . . Email Correspondence

J Thibeau ’50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsletter

Leslie McClung Costandi '75 . . . . . . . . . . Booster Liaison

Dru Carson Rosenthal '77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PTA Liasion

Elizabeth Kalisher Bergman '47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director

To contact the LHSAA Board: Phone: 503-452-2225Email: lincolnalum@hotmail.com Mail: PO Box80338 Portland, OR 97280 Website: www.lincolnalum.org

Anne DuFresne, 1973

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M. Marcile Carlock Cowlin 1918Martin McNicholas 1924Manuel Schnitzer 1924Nellie Hubbard Hursh 1925Miriam Shepard Roberts 1925Ione Garbe Walker 1926Asa I Arnsberg 1927George Freck 1928Harold Meyers 1928Lois Sisson Hutchinson 1929Frances Carey White 1929Edward Burpee 1930Martha Olson Johnson 1930Harry L Potter 1930Margaret Spencer Kirkpatrick 1930Rose Marie Horenstein Rowley 1931Marjorie Soule Shisler 1931Margaret Hoglund Younger 1932Robert Patton 1932Monty G Schnitzer 1932Harry Schleifer 1933Sylvia Levitt Ostrofsky 1934Zlotta Philan Jonas 1934Virginia Willott Cornell 1934Winston Bunnell 1935Roy Johnson 1935Kenneth Kraemer 1935Nellie Lehota Perkin 1935Jeanne Lobdell Kirk 1935LaVerle Miller Porter 1935George Wyss 1935Hazel Bunnell Gallaher 1936Duayne H Gordon 1936Jean McConaghy Walsh 1936George Meyer 1936Hersey Robb 1936Beepske Brevet Selhorst 1937Bernard Shevach 1937Jane Stewart Clark 1937Irene Swerdlik Gilbert 1937Ida May Yuill Norby Jones 1937Gordon Hicks 1938

Marjorie Hosfeldt Steers 1938Mary Lyman Becker 1938Jean Morrison Sugg 1938Helene Strout Dunbar 1938John Veatch II 1938Nadine D’Aurville Eisele 1939Mabel Johansen Corby 1939Ruth Perry Engel 1939Robert Rankin 1939Sam Shankle 1939Marguerite Stricker Keegan 1939Ivorine Sturgis Krahmer 1939Alice Uyesugi Shoji 1939Jean Junkin Gates 1940Abe Saltman 1940Frank Scott 1940K Nolen Tanner 1940Phyllis Wong Lee 1940Eloise Deisch Peck 1941Adolph R Gallucci 1941Raymond Hall 1941Beverly Schier Schatz 1941Gil Baughn 1942Nancy Lee Hong Moe 1942Leonard Schnitzer 1942John Gallagher 1943Eva Herbert Gorsline 1943Marvin Hunt 1943Sab Ikeda 1943Gloria Grenfell 1944Douglas McIver 1944Bettydale Simonton Fairfax 1944Barbara VanZeipel Woodworth 1944David Besaw 1945Eldon Urbigkeit 1945Rita Naylor Petersen 1946Eva May Oard Morton 1946Gloria Dyer 1947Doris Kooreman Posedel 1947Rose Marie Boyer Moore 1948Charles Jeppesen 1948Thomas Scott 1948

Frank Dorscheimer 1949Duane Heidegger 1950Nanci Milde Gilbert 1950Allen Peecher 1950Robert Schwartz 1950Letha Biery Burgess 1951Bob Lattanzi 1951James Menzies 1951Patty Bryan Ek 1952Kent Dahlke 1952Shirlie Jones Allen 1952Maridith Parsons Imhoff 1952Dolores DeBauw Pitman 1953William Frame 1953Cherie Gannett Gersch 1953James Albaugh 1955David Landauer 1955Thomas Smith 1955Betty Arnell Pearson 1956James Backman 1956Virginia Bozich Fraser 1956John Fletcher 1958Robert McCarthy 1958Colin Macdonald 1959William Rinckhoff 1960Douglas Gales 1961Steve Getchell 1961Clarence Hill 1962Charlie Voorhies 1962Joseph Kadas 1963Sallie Bishop 1964Renay Fielder Johnson 1964Ted Hendrickson 1964David Trachtenberg 1968Marlyss Meadows 1969Cathy Mehrens Jones 1970George Lupp 1971Amy Reisner 1975Richard Wood 1976Ann Bergman 1980Linda Marcus Kaminaga 1983

In MemoriamThis list includes deaths since March, 2003. Please let us know of any others who have died since then.

The death of LHSAA President Duane Heidegger (‘50) in January, 2004 was a shock to the Board, to his classmates and tothe many alumni who knew him. He put in many hours of hard work on behalf of the LHSAA and the Board is persuadedthat the best memorial to Duane is an active and vital Association that reflects his commitment to the tasks at hand andhis optimism about what is possible.

“We are the poorer for the loss of their company,but are well served that they were once among us” . . .

– Anonymous

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The Race is On!On March 13, the new Mike Walsh Track at Lincoln was dedicated in an impressive ceremony presided over by KGW-TV sportsreporter Joe Becker. Noting that the facility is state-of-the-art, Principal Peter Hamilton indicated that P.S.U. is interested in the facility

for Big Sky Conference meets. Former Lincoln track greats Marie Davis (’95)and Christy Lacey-Kreitz (’96) led the current Lincoln track squad in aninaugural lap while World and Olympic champions Alberto Salazar, Mac Wilkinsand Joni Huntley gave a celebrity flair to the event. The Cardinal FieldCommittee, chaired by Amy Colville, worked very hard to raise the donationsrequired to match the very generous contribution of Nike Corporation andcommittee spokesman Dick Spies gave the crowd a brief history of thecommittee’s work. The role of alumni in achieving the goals set out wereacknowledged and a number of alumni were in the crowd that witnessed the“grand opening”of this important new facility of the school and of the district.A lap of the track inviting participation of all in attendance was led by MichaelMcGrath (’03) and proved to be a fitting conclusion to the day’s ceremonies.

From the Past . . .“Twenty-five gold stars and over 1500 blue stars on Lincoln’s service flagthis year represent the boys and girls who such a short time ago weresitting in our classrooms and study halls, promoting our activities.Theyare now on the battlefronts of the world,working, fighting,and dying forthe things which we cherish.”

—Yearbook, 1944

A reminder from a time when sacrifices were asked — and made.