Alumni News from Reed Magazine, September ’10

Chemists continue to pop here and there in Reed Magazine. Items appearing in the September 2010 issue include:

• p. 7, Biochemistry/molecular biology major Stephen Eichhorn ’10 was a co-winner of the Class of ’21 Award along with classics major Sam Hotchkiss ’10. The award recognizes “creative work of notable character, involving an unusual degree of initiative and spontaneity.” Stephen’s thesis concerned micro-RNA regulation of neuron development.
• p. 9, Several students from the class of 2010, including chemistry major Ida Peric ’10, banded together to create the Class of 2010 Scholarship Committee. The committee, Reed’s first attempt to create a student-funded scholarship, came on the heels of a 2009 New York Times story about the growing demand for financial aid by Reed students. At press time, the committee had raised $6,707 from 213 Reed students.
• p. 31, Organic chemistry and political science came face to face in the article Ten from ’10: Who – or what – is a Reedie? The article profiled ten students from the 2010 graduating class including political science major Annika Burnett ’10. Under “Cool Stuff I Did” Annika listed “organic chemistry”. Her organic chemistry course shared honors with her service on the Public Policy Lecture Series Committee, the Feminist Student Union, and off-campus at Outside In.

Additional news items appeared in the Class Notes section of the magazine:

• Yi-Kang Hu ’95 is pleased to announce the opening of his law firm in Beaverton, Oregon, with a focus on family law and food and drug law. “I started volunteering at Legal Aid Services of Oregon over nine months ago, where I continue to represent domestic violence victims in contested divorce and restraining order cases, and where I have never felt so rewarded about being a lawyer. I look forward to the adventure of building a new business.”
• Kate Stoll ’04 and John Caldwell ’96 were married at the Parker Creek Farm near Monmouth, Oregon, on August 15, 2009. There were joined by a few Reedies. John  and Kate are currently living in Seattle. Celebrating with Kate and John were a number of Reedies (top row, left to right) George Wu ’03, Mitch Wintemute ’04, Jerry Sale ’69, Nate Kornell ’96 with Juliet, Alex Howard ’97, Thor Mann ’97, Jake Horowitz ’98, Dan Freund ’98, Fred Bahnson ’99, Ben Demboski ’02, Chris Rogge ’01, Tillie Scruton ’01, Bethany Powell ’01, Stefany Durham ’01, Colin Beam ’01, and honorary Reedie Kieran McGuire; (bottom row, left to right) Carl Steinke ’98, Ella Clark-Nicholson ’00 hidden by Desmond, Rachel Klevit ’78, Annick Chalier ’00, Alexandra Manglis ’04, Kate and John, Moira Gresham ’04, Amanda Reed ’03, Marisa Hemungkorn ’04, Maggie Seldera Bahnson ’99, Renee Ridberg ’99 with Violet, and Anya Such Ronshaugen ’99.
• Claire Trageser ’05 graduated from UC Berkeley’s Journalism School last May, where she completed a master’s project with the author Michael Pollan. The Reediana section of the magazine (p. 54) added this about Claire: [she] “wrote her first feature-length magazine story, ‘Transcendental Steps (Or How I Learned to Love Running without an iPod),’ in the May issue of Runner’s World. To write the story, she traveled to a remote Buddhist retreat in Colorado to meet a revered Tibetan lama who occasionally ditches his flowing yellow monk robes to run three-hour marathons.”

The In Memoriam section of the magazine also reported the passing of Roland William Lovejoy’ 55, April 19, in Tucson, Arizona. Roland grew up in Portland and was the first in his family to attend college. After a year at Vanport College (now Portland State University), he transferred to Reed and earned a BA from the college in chemistry. throughout his life, he retained fond memories of Prof. Arthur Scott [chemistry, 1923-79]. Roland spent 18 months working for Swift and Company, and then went on to receive a PhD in chemistry from Washington State University. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Washington, and joined Lehigh University in 1962. During his 32-year career, he did research in the area of molecular spectroscopy and structure, and received grants from Stanford and NASA to investigate the depletion of the ozone layer by taking measurements of molecules found in the stratosphere above the poles. Roland traveled with his wife, Debra Daniels Lovejoy, on sabbatical to conduct research in infrared astronomy at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. The trip led to their decision to retire in Tucson. Roland, who was an amateur astronomer, also built telescopes and had a passion for constructing and flying model airplanes. He was a member of the American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, and the Tucson Free Flight Club. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, three granddaughters, and a brother.