LLU&MC Scope, Autumn 1997, 1980s alumni notes

Clement Chan (SM'80-A), and Aileen Arakaki Chan (SD'80), along with their children, Kimberly and Christian, are pleased to announce the birth of the newest member of their family, Kathryn, this past July at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California.

Helen Saubert Lambeth (SAHP'80), a physical therapy graduate, died on September 10, 1997, in her home in Elk, Washington, from a glioblastoma. She was diagnosed with an astrocytoma three years ago in August, and after surgery and radiation, it tragically recurred in February of this year, changing to a glioblastoma.

She is survived by her husband, Larry Lambeth, two sons, Joshua and Christopher, and her mother, Dorice Lindsey (SAHP'73), her father, and two sisters, Ingrid (Staubert) Harrison (SAHP'78), and Diane Shearer. Her memorial service was held in Spokane Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church on September 20, 1997.

Frank Lawler (SM'80B) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, writes that in July, 1997, he was promoted to professor of family medicine at the University of Oklahoma.

Eugenio Corpuz (SPH'81) is living in Hawaii, and is now a health educator for Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA). Notes Mr. Corpuz, "I assisted in developing and delivering a 12-week wellness program, Health Odyssey, focusing on behavior change for HMSA members."

Mr. Corpuz became a certified health education specialist, and a certified personal trainer in 1995. He is an aerobics instructor for Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu clinic's lifestyle program, and a CPR instructor for the Queen's Medical Center health education and wellness department.

His professional memberships include Society of Public Health Educators, and HASHET (Hawaii Society for Healthcare Education and Training). He is now president of HASHET.

In his spare time, Mr. Corpuz is a board member, and tenor section leader for the Oahu Choral Society, the premier choral group that sings with the Honolulu Symphony. He is a charter member of the group. He is also a member of the Honolulu Front Runners, a running/walking group, and has participated in two marathons.

Vernon Lee Crain, Jr. (GS'81) ...has passed away.

Vernon Lee Crain, Jr. (GS'81) passed away on January 19, 1996. At the beginning of his career, Mr. Crain was an instructor in food and nutrition at La Sierra University from 1982 to 1984. He then moved to Portland, Oregon, and from 1984 to 1985, was in charge of the training program, including writing policy and procedure manuals for the food service department at Fairview. From 1986 to 1994, he served as director of food service, and clinical dietitian at Dammasch Hospital, where he provided nutritional support for the hospital's inpatient population. He was very active in the musical community in Portland, as he had been throughout his college years. He is survived by his parents, his brother, Ken and family, and "many who loved him, and cherished his friendship."

Arnold S. Barrett (SPH'82; SPH'78) relates that he has "shifted to another, parallel career, mental health, by entering graduate school for training in clinical social work." He earned an MSW in June, 1993, and has been practicing as a psychotherapist in College Place, Washington, since then.

"I incorporate wellness principles when appropriate for my clients," he says. "I find, however, persons with histories of [various] traumatic experiences have difficulty making and holding to choices for better personal health in all dimensions."

Because of this, Dr. Barrett feels that priority for treatment is resolution of past trauma experiences.

"I thank God," he says, "for the training and experiences I have been provided that enable me to assist such persons, and they are many. Also, I recently became certified in the state of Washington, and licensed in Oregon."

Elizabeth (Foster) Boram (SN'83), Cottage Grove, Oregon, works part-time in obstetrics as a staff nurse and also helps her husband with his auto repair business. The Borams have two children, 7-year-old Joshua, and 4-year-old Hannah. The family has two horses, dogs, cats, and a large garden.

"We are very involved," Ms. Boram notes, "in our small, local Adventist church. I teach cooking classes and lead out in health promotion. We try to keep life simple, and keep God first."

Twyla (Reimche) Gimble (SPH'83) ...now working in Jellico, Tennessee.

Twyla (Reimche) Gimbel (SPH'83) graduated with a master's in public health. Ms. Gimbel writes that she is now working as an educator and certified enterostomal therapy nurse (CETN) at Sunbelt Homecare, a department of Jellico Community Hospital, Jellico, Tennessee. She completed the "Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse" program at Emory University in 1995. "Certification is CETN," she notes, "although the organization is now called 'Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses' Society.'"

Ms. Gimbel spent six years in Zambia (1983 to 1989) teaching nursing. She was married to Benjamin Gimbel in 1989. He passed away in 1992.

"Here is the latest," writes Sylvia Enid Klinger (SAHP'84). "Since graduation, I have gotten married (in 1991) to Robert L. Klinger, who is a civil engineer from University of Southern California. I have two children, Katharine Marie, born on December 18, 1994 (almost 3 years old), and David, born on August 5, 1997 (he is only seven weeks old!).

"I work for Quaker Oats Company in Chicago. I work as a senior culinary development specialist. I love my job, and the education I got at LLU certainly prepared me for the top-notch jobs out in corporate America.

"I also have a masters in science in public administration from DePaul University (Chicago). So much has happened lately.... However, I still find time to run marathons. I have run four in the past few years, and plan to run a few more as soon as I recover from my most recent pregnancy."

Julieta Quispitupa (SPH'85) was profiled in a recent issue of the Riverside (California) Press Enterprise. The newspaper states that Ms. Quispitupa, who received a master's in public health from LLU, is planning to travel back to Peru, her homeland. In addition to her MPH, she has earned a nursing degree in Monterrey, Mexico, and a doctorate in education from La Sierra University. After returning to Peru, Ms. Quispitupa plans to work at the Health Clinic for Anyone, which she has helped her brother, Walter, operate for several years during trips home. According to the article, "Most of the [clinic's] work is with children, many of whom are orphaned, malnourished, and living on the streets. The clinic provides medical and psychological counseling for Peruvians living in...Abancay, which is in the Andes Mountains in south central Peru."

Lori Woods (GS'85) is currently an associate professor of medicine and physiology and pharmacology at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.

She writes: "My research focuses primarily on mechanisms by which maternal diet during pregnancy can 'program' the offspring for increased cardiovascular risk in adulthood. These studies are funded by the National Institutes of Health. In August, 1997, I chaired the first Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology Summer Conference on 'Perinatal Regulation of the Cardiovascular System.'

"LLU professors Lawrence D. Longo (SM'54) and Raymond Gilbert were invited speakers at this conference. In 1996, I received the Young Investigator Award from the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis section of the American Physiological Society."

Mark Bauer (SM'86) writes that, "After completing emergency medicine at LLU in 1991, we moved to Spokane, Washington, and two weeks later had our second child (Brook)." Six-year-old Brook is in first grade, and 8-year-old Brendon is in the third grade.

"I continue to commute to Spokane to Sacred Heart Medical Center, where our emergency department is a Level II Trauma Center and sees about 38,000 patients annually. It is a 600-bed regional tertiary facility, doing kidney, heart, and heart/lung transplants."

Dr. Bauer's professional accomplishments include a fellowship in the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. He was board-certified in emergency medicine in 1993.

His interests include the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest: skiing, biking, boating and rafting, hiking and climbing. "We live in Hayden Lake, just over the Idaho state line from Spokane, in the northern Idaho panhandle. It's great country!" he aDDS.

William L. Lubke (SM'87) is a major in the United States Air Force medical corps. He married Heidi (Swonson) in 1988 at Travis Air Force Base. In 1989, their son, John, was born in California, and in 1990, their daughter, Tess, was born in Texas. In May, 1996, their latest two children, Paige and Claire, were born. Dr. Lubke passed his AUA Boards in February, 1997.

"I am currently enrolled in Air Command and Staff College via CD-ROM and seminar," notes Dr. Lubke, "and am looking forward to a seven-week course in Aerospace Medicine in November at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas.

"I'm partners with Dr. Jane Lacy in an active urology practice here at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. My family and I are enjoying the fellowship at the Hillside/O'Malley Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the active lifestyle that Alaska is known for."

Velona Jolynn (Loni) Carambot (SAHP'88) saw much of the United States after leaving Loma Linda. "After getting acquainted with the USA as a traveling occupational therapist," she pens, she and husband, Kevin, "settled in the Portland [Oregon] area. I work as occupational therapy director of a subacute rehab/skilled nursing facility. My husband and I spend all available time with our 2-year-old son, Kelby, and are landscaping our first home."

Dale Lamberton (SM'88) practices invasive cardiology as part of a multi-specialty doctors' group in Roseburg, Oregon. In March, 1997, Dr. Lamberton was inducted into the American College of Cardiology as a fellow. His wife, Anne Lamberton (SPH'89; SPH'85) graduated from LLU with a master of public health in 1985, and a doctor of public health in 1989. She has taken time off from her profession to take care of the family and home. "Unofficially, she practices," he writes, "volunteering to lead out in vegetarian cooking classes for the church and Breathe Free programs."

They have two children, 7-year-old Kurtis, a first grader, and 5-year-old Tessa, a kindergartner. Both children attend a local Seventh-day Adventist church school. The Lambertons are enjoying life in their hometown--"We love Oregon," they say enthusiastically.

"I am thankful for the training I received at Loma Linda University," writes Charles L. Hardison (SM'89). "I originally came because of the 'wall of missions' that listed physicians who have served as missionaries. Now it is my turn. I will be moving to central Asia to work in a family medicine residency program as a faculty instructor."

Sharon E. Wong (SM'89) completed her residency in Ob/Gyn at LLUMC in 1993. She then began to practice in Portland, Oregon, as part of a six-physician single specialty group, with her office on the campus of Portland Adventist Medical Center. "During residency," she writes, "I married Brian Bosney. In 1995, we had a son--Nicholas. Seven weeks later, I sat for, and passed, my OB oral exams."