Woodrow Wilson High School Alumni Update - April, 2018
http://www.wilsonalumni.com
edited by Linda Doyle

SCHOOL NEWS

ALUMNI HONORED
Congrats to Wilson Hall of Famer Gail Meier ’72 who received a Merit Award at the Northwest Baseball Coaches Convention for his 20 years plus of volunteer coaching service at Tahoma High School in Washington.

IMPORTANT WILSON BASEBALL DATES
Pancake Breakfast- May 6
Alumni Game- July 14
Golf Tournament-July 15
Questions: contact Coach Jeremy Shetler '92 at jshetler@pps.net.

WILSON SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE ... Did you know…
• One in four college students graduate with student debt.
• Tuition and fees to attend a public four-year university have jumped 275% since 2000.
• Over 1.48 trillion in loan debt is collectively owed which is about 790 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt.
• The average class of 2016 graduate has $37,172 in student loans which is up 6% from last year.
• Oregon has fallen to the bottom tier nationally of states providing financial support for its neediest students.

All of this might be bad news for new high school graduates except that Wilson High School is unique. Wilson has a community that supports our commitment to helping our most deserving seniors succeed after high school. They first appealed to alumni in 2015 to join the Scholarship Initiative and your response was overwhelming. Your generosity has enabled them to provide two $1000 scholarships annually. 

Wilson is asking once again for your support as they begin a drive to raise $50,000 to endow perpetual scholarships for Wilson students through the Oregon Community Fund program.

Benefits include:
• Donations are tax-deductible.
• For local businesses, you will receive a Wilson Student Supporter sticker, and the opportunity to advertise on Wilson's website.
• For donations of $1000 or more you can name your scholarship and attend the June awards ceremony to present your gift in person.
• Changing the lives of deserving Wilson students!

How to Donate:
• Checks can be mailed to: Wilson Scholarship Initiative, 1151 SW Vermont, Portland, OR  97219, ATTN: Erica Meyers. Please include your graduation year.
• Credit card contributions can be phoned to: Ana Curtis, Wilson bookkeeper, 503-916- 5280, ext. 75266.
• Donations can be made online through the Schoolpay link below: https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Scholarship/Id7CX

Please support Wilson's future leaders! No amount is too small. They thank you.
Questions? Contact Tina-Marie Baskin, scholarship coordinator (tmbaskinwriting@gmail.com).

WHERE ARE THEY NOWWHERE AREHEY NOW?HARE YOUR STOR

WAS THIS 1986 MYSTERY OF MERCEDES IN THE WILSON SWIMMING POOL EVER SOLVED?
Let us know what you know and when you knew it.

CLASS OF '64 HELD REUNION, SEPTEMBER 2017
Class of '64 held our 53rd reunion at O'Connors on Saturday, September 16th. For a pre-party we held a joint, class of '64 & '65, reunion on Friday, Sept. 15th at The Old Spaghetti Factory in John's Landing. We all went on a walk across the Tilikum Crossing, and ended up eating spaghetti and pizza and sharing stories of the "good old days". Saturday night, class of '65 held their separate reunion, while class of '64 gathered at O'Connors for a buffet dinner, some great period music, and of course, lots of conversation, and catching up with our pals from 1964. We had almost 50 classmates, some traveling as far as NYC, all enjoyed the evening. We have plans to reunite next September in Portland. Place to be determined. Stay tuned. Please visit our Facebook Page, Woodrow Wilson 1964. Enjoy the photos we have posted photos of this past reunion on 9/16/17.

2017 PIL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES - WILSON
Congratulations to the Wilson 2017 PIL Hall of Fame Inductees awarded on October 29, 2017.

TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER EXPLORING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Talia Galvin (Filipek) graduated from Wilson in 2004. After good ole' Woody High, she says, "I went on to study Natural Resources Interpretation & New Media Aesthetics at OSU. During the summers of college, I would work seasonally in the Eagle Cap & Hells Canyon Wilderness areas of Eastern Oregon, and soon fell in love with the community & landscape of Joseph, Oregon. I recently moved here with my family and continue to work in the mountains, and also work as an editorial and portrait photographer." One of her favorite teachers at Wilson was Mr. Unsicker. She says, "Mr. U created a very inviting classroom atmosphere to admire your own history as it was unfolding! I can't help but think it was a portion of his influence that steered me in the direction of eventually working in the magazine world. Long live print!" Her advice to current students at Wilson is that "the friends that you'll keep forever, might not necessarily be the cool kids, but the ones that make you laugh till you nearly piddle, challenge you to be completely brave & completely yourself. And, the stuff you like now, it's not going away, you'll like it later too, and probably even more."

Send us the details on where/what you have been doing since graduating from Wilson, and we'll post in an upcoming WWHS Alumni Update e-newsletter.  Send details to Linda Doyle.

IN MEMORY OF

KNOWN CLASSMATES/TEACHERS NO LONGER WITH US
Please send an email with details to Linda Doyle if you have an obituary that should be posted here.  Below is a list of classmates who have just been added to the list:

ANNE GOLDING BECKWORTH '69
BRUCE MURRAY '64
NANCY J. HALLADAY LEE (WILSON TEACHER)
STANLEY STANTON (WILSON TEACHER)
WILLIAM (BILL) THORNTON GANO '67
JOHN S. MILLER '62
JANET LYNN VACHAL (DINIHANIAN) '68
DIANE MCMAHON SILER '65
JOHN PAUL GIANNINI, JR '63
BEN CROSBY '89
JOHN HUNT GRAHAM '65
CANDICE LEE (ELY) STOCKER '65
PATRICIA ANN MORMANCE THOMPSON '65
LESLIE IRWIN '65
DAVID ZERA SNOW '77
JACK H. RAUDY '58
GERALD HAVNAR ‘65
DAVID DARRELL LEE '65
NICKIE ANN JENKINS '65
CHRISTINE MARIE WAGNER NEWTON '65


Click on this link to read more about classmates, teachers, community members who have passed away...  Once on the page, scroll down to find the class year.

REUNIONS
Lots of reunions are being planned, so reach out to your classmates for the dates/details. Please send those details to us and we will post on the alumni website. Send details to: Lsdoyle@earthlink.net.

GET ALL THE DETAILS about upcoming reunions at: http://www.wilsonalumni.com/reunions.htm


REUNIONS ALREADY HELD

CLASS OF 1961 ... held August 19, 2017
CLASS OF 1964 ... held September 16, 2017
CLASS OF 1965 ... held September 16, 2017
CLASS OF 1967 ... held August 4, 2017
CLASS OF 1977 ... held July 22, 2017

CLASS OF 1959 ... July 23, 2016
CLASS OF 1961 ... July 15, 2016
CLASS OF 1965 ... August 13 2016
CLASS OF 1966 ... September 24, 2016
CLASS OF 1971 ... September 24, 2016
CLASS OF 1976 ... August 6, 2016
CLASS OF 1991 ... July 30, 2016
CLASS OF 1996 ... August 5-6, 2016
CLASS OF 2006 ... September 24, 2016



MILITARY SERVICE

WILSON GRADUATES WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY

Please check out the WWHS Military Alumni page and read all about our amazing military graduates. To add your name and information to the WWHS Military page, Send your information to Linda Doyle at LSDOYLE@EARTHLINK.NET.

Name:
Year graduated from Wilson:
Military branch:
Years of service:
Service description:
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WWHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Alumni and community members are continuing to move forward to establish the WWHS Alumni Association.  Application process for tax-exempt status of association is progressing (with special thanks to Jack Bertell '58).  If you would like to join them, contact Jack Bertell '58.

STAY IN TOUCH

WWHS ALUMNI - WEBSITE
Check out the WWHS Alumni website and don't forget to complete the simple online form to join the WWHS Alumni database. To help us reach as many graduates as possible, please consider adding the link to our website (http://www.wilsonalumni.com/) from your website. Pass the word along to your Wilson High School classmates about the Wilson High School Alumni website and the opportunity to register. Tell your friends.

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