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Show Greg Richens, ’85, has earned a master’s degree in public administration at Utah State University. Terry K. Stevenson, ’85, has received the “Outstanding Physical Readiness Award” from the U.S. Navy. Mr. Stevenson is a lieutenant assigned to the Naval Hospital in Gulfport, Miss. Shelleice Stokes, ’86, has been appointed director of the Ogden Convention & Visitors Bureau. Ms. Stokes was assistant director for The Chamber Ogden/Weber and has been in convention sales for the Ogden Park Hotel and the Weber County Fairgrounds. She also was convention and tourism coordinator for the Golden Spike Empire. Douglas Wheelwright, ’86, has been promoted to commercial loan officer in the Ogden business financial center of First Security Bank. Constance E. Hymas, ’87, has completed Officer Indoctrination School at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, R.I. Ms. Hymas is an ensign in the Navy. Frank W. Browning, ’88, has been named vice president and micro computer network specialist for the Bank of Utah. Mr. Browning is a member of the board of directors for the bank. Kathy Mohr-Kaiser, ’89, has been selected as an advertising sales representative for a newspaper in Millinton, Mich. Ms. Kaiser and her husband live in Millinton, Mich. Mr. Pollard was branch manager for Zion’s Bank in Ogden. He is president of the northern Utah chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Michelle R. Kunzler, ’90, has been appointed operations officer at First Security Bank in Ogden. Ms. Kunzler was communication chairwoman of the local American Heart Association. Marilyn J. Smith, ’90, has received the Mountain America Credit Union/Utah Public Employees’ Association scholarship for 1992-93. Ms. Smith is a member of the Weber State University Young Alumni Council. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Weber State. Steven Pollard, ’91, has been hired as manager of the Washington Boulevard branch of Olympus Bank in Ogden. Janet Cisowski, ’92, has been named marketing director for the Crossland’s Retirement Community in Sandy, Utah. Ms. Cisowski holds a communication degree from Weber State. She was interim marketing director for the Treehouse Children’s Museum in Ogden. Readers wishing to submit Alumni Update items may mail them to: Editor, University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-1010. Include your name, address, graduating year, current address and spouse’s name. If your spouse graduated from Weber State, include the year of graduation. Black and white photos may be submitted. Facsimile submissions may be submitted at (801) 626-8875. Telephone submissions may be submitted by voice mail at (801) 626-7500. Requiem Dr. Russell taught archaeology at Weber State from 1986 to 1989. He died of liver, kidney Harold Claude Bateman, Ogden, died March 14 at age 90. Dr. Bateman was the first director of the Weber State Oral History Museum, chairman of the history department and professor emeritus of history. He received the Weber State Alumni Meritorious Service Award in 1972. Dr. Bateman received a bachelor’s degree and doctorate from Utah State University and a master’s degree from Brigham Young University. He was a retired U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. Marion Hunter Bushell, Ogden, died Dec. 25 at age 69. Mrs. Bushell retired in 1983 as secretary to Weber State President Rodney H. Brady. She also worked for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the Weber County School District. She and her husband, Stanley James Bushell, belonged to the Ogden Area Square Dance Association and the Round Dance Association. YOU CAN FIND THESE THINGS AND MORE AT THE Elaine D. Taylor, Washington Terrace, Utah, died March 29 at age 66. Ms. Taylor worked in the admissions office at Weber State from 1965 to 1987. She also worked at J.C. Penney and the Internal Revenue Service. Ethel Winifred Marriott Tracy, Ogden, died June 20 at age 98. Mrs. Tracy was the wife of the late Aaron Ward Tracy, president of Weber State from 1922 to 1935. She participated in Ogden’s Singing Mothers and local productions of “All Faces West.” She and her husband were the parents of seven children. 1900s Dorothy Clark Noel, Ogden, died March 14 at age 83. Mrs. Noel was secretary to the registrar and dean of admissions at Weber State from 1963 to 1970. She was a native of Richfield, Utah. Kenneth Russell, Amman, Jordan, died May 10 at age 41. 36 and heart failure apparently caused by a spider bite inflicted while he was conducting research among the Bedouins of Jordan for the American Center for Oriental Research. Dr. Russell was buried in a canyon near a site he excavated outside the city of Petra. The Bedouins renamed the site “The Place of Ken” in his honor. Joseph Anderson, ’05, Salt Lake City, died March 13 at age 102. Mr. Anderson was the oldest alumnus of Weber State and the oldest general authority of the Mormon Church. He graduated from Weber Academy at age 15 as a skilled shorthand writer. Mr. Anderson held management positions with the Mormon Church Historical Department, Deseret Book Co., and Gunnison Sugar Co. He also served on the board of directors of Gunnison Sugar Co., the Saltair Beach Co., and the Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railroad. Mr. Anderson became a general authority of the Mormon Church in 1970 at age 81. Two years later, he was appointed managing director of the church historical department. He attributed his long life to abstinence from alcohol, tobac- co and hot drinks. He swam regularly and was honored on his 90th birthday by the Deseret Gymnasium in Salt Lake City for his dedication to exercise. 1910s Mary Edling, ’17, Salt Lake City, died Aug. 3, 1991, at age 94. Mrs. Edling taught elementary school in Harrisville and Uintah, Utah. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. John H. Vandenberg, 17, Salt Lake City, died June 3 at age 87. Mr. Vandenberg was an emeritus general authority of the Mormon Church. He served 11 years as presiding bishop of the church and became an assistant to the Council of Twelve in 1972. He was called to the church’s First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976. Mr. Vandenberg was an accountant with livestock commission agents John Clyde and Co. He later became a partner with Merrion and Wilkins Wool Merchandising Co. 1920s Elijah Clawson, ’21, Ogden, died Dec. 7, 1991, at age 91. Mr. Clawson was a salesman for the Standard Equipment Co. for 25 years and a grocer for 15 years. Goldie Bucher Jensen, *21, Ogden, died Sept. 6, 1991, at age 87. Mrs. Jensen was married to David Allan Bucher for 27 years. She married Eugene E. Jensen after her husband died. She was a secretary at Commercial Security Bank for 13 years. Edith Gidney Briem, ’24, South Ogden, died July 30, 1991, at age 87. Mrs. Briem was a chart corrector in the cartographic department of the Naval Supply Depot. She retired in 1964. She was historian of the Tri-Valley Choir for 17 years. Ella W. Nord, ’28, Evanston, Ill., died Aug. 9, 1991, at age 80. Mrs. Nord taught elementary school in Ogden for 13 years. She attended Utah State University and the University of Wisconsin. 1930s Agnes Pernelle Troseth Boyer, 31, Ogden, died Jan. 3 at age 80. Mrs. Boyer received a teaching certificate from Weber Academy and a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. She taught school in Utah and California until 1972. H. Kenneth Brown, ’31, Harrisville, Utah, died Aug. 4, 1991, at age 85. Mr. Brown earned a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University. He taught at Weber High School and Washington Junior High School. He was an assistant principal and principal in the Ogden school district. He became the first Harrisville (Utah) Justice of the Peace and chairman of the Harrisville planning commission. Robert Kenneth Marchel, ’31, Naples, Idaho, died Oct. 21, 1991, at age 83. Mr. Marchel 37 |