Faculty and staff

Cascade College, 1994–2009

Leadership

• Dr. Kevin Jacobs ~ (1993–1996)

  Executive vice president and Cascade's first chief executive. He came from Oklahoma Christian, where he had been vice president and general counsel.

• 
  Dr. Dennis Lynn ~ (1996–2005)

  President, later chancellor.

• 
  Dr. William (Bill) Goad ~ (2002–2009)

  Provost and chief operating officer, then Cascade's final president.

• 
  Dr. Don Gardner

  The last president of Columbia Christian College. He helped launch Cascade, raised funds and taught Bible in its first year.

Deans and administrators

• Dr. Arlis Wood from 1993

  Dean of student development. He came from directing OC's Counseling Center and set up the Individualized Student Development Plan with his wife, Suzanne.

• Dr. Mickey Banister from 1993

  Academic dean and director of teacher education. He hired Cascade's first faculty and later became registrar at OC.

• Brad Fisher from 1993

  Fundraiser and admissions director.

• 
  Dr. Gary Tandy 1994–2009

  Professor of English, faculty chair (1996–97) and academic dean (1997–2001). Author of The Northwest Corner of Heaven.

• 
  Dr. Shawn Jones 1994–2009

  Cascade's first full-time Bible professor and academic dean from 2001.

• 
  Dr. June Breninger 1996–2009

  Psychology and teacher education faculty, dean of the college (1996–97) and dean of students until 2000. She had served Columbia as dean of women and professor of psychology.

• 
  Brenda Smith 1994–2009

  Controller, handling budgets and payroll, and business and accounting instructor. Her financial work went back to the Columbia years.

• Vern Meaders 1994–1999

  Director of student development.

• Mary (Shotts) Horton 1994–2001

  The first women's dorm supervisor, then director of financial aid and admissions.

• Morgan Outlaw 1995–1997

  Head of fundraising and advancement, after 16 years at Columbia Christian.

• Dr. David Tucker 1997–2000

  Director of operations and professor of business.

• 
  Bill Hunt 1997–2009

  Associate dean of students (2000–2004), men's soccer coach, Bible faculty and campus minister.

• Victor Myers 1999–2001

  Development officer, then director of operations.

• Stephen Eck 2000–2004

  Development officer.

• Clint LaRue 2001–2004

  Director of admissions and financial aid.

• Craig Moody 2001–2003

  Men's basketball coach and athletic director.

• Bonnie Howard 2002–2009

  Academic services assistant, yearbook sponsor and marketing director.

• 
  Pearl (Parsons) Howarth 1994–2009

  Admissions counselor, director of admissions (2004–2006) and director of alumni relations (2006–2009).

• Gerry Nixon 2004–2006

  Chief financial officer and athletic director; women's basketball coach.

• Jim Murphy 2004–2007

  Director of financial aid and director of enrollment management.

• Tom Gaumer 2005–2009

  Director of campus life, after volunteering as alumni coordinator.

• Abby (Copeland) Burt 2005–2007

  Director of marketing.

• Jeremy Schwartz 2005–2008

  Men's soccer coach and interim athletic director.

• Lanny Tucker 2006–2009

  Director of advancement.

• Mark Beekman 2007–2009

  Business services manager and director of financial aid.

• Ryan Fox 2007–2009

  Director of admissions, after working in housing and admissions. A Cascade alumnus.

• Matt Murphy 2007–2009

  Women's basketball coach and interim athletic director.

Faculty

• 
  Dr. Shawn Jones 1994–2009

  Bible

• Dr. Stan Granberg 1996–2005

  Bible, Greek and missions; the second full-time Bible professor

• Dr. Kilnam Cha 2004–2009

  Bible

• Kevin Reed 2001–2009

  Bible; also women's soccer coach

• Dr. Ralph Burcham 1994–1995

  Bible, visiting from Oklahoma Christian for the first year

• Ben Langford

  Bible (adjunct); men's soccer co-coach

• Kevin Woods

  Bible; a Cascade alumnus

• Ike Graul

  Music and Bible; a Cascade alumnus

• 
  Mike Griffith 1999–2009

  Business; S.I.F.E. sponsor

• Bill Roberts 1995–2008

  Business and marketing

• Dr. David Tucker 1997–2000

  Business

• Elizabeth Kauk 1998–1999

  Business

• Dr. Shawn Anderson 2002–2004

  Business

• Anne (Housley) Deidrich

  Business; a Cascade alumna

• 
  Dr. Brian Simmons 1994–2009

  Communications; founded the Visions drama group and coordinated freshman orientation

• Heather (Barker) Steele

  Drama; directed the Second Story drama group from 2007

• Bill Pink from 1995

  Education; men's basketball coach

• Dew Anna Brumley 1996–1997

  Education; director of elementary education, as she had been at Columbia

• Dr. Karen Buchanan 1999–2004

  Education; director of teacher education

• Daniel Coburn 2001–2002

  Education; director of field experience and certification

• Pam Mears 2002–2004

  Education

• Dana Barbarick 2002–2009

  Education; director of teacher education

• Anna Carter 2004–2009

  Education; director of field experience

• 
  Dr. Gary Tandy 1994–2009

  English

• Dr. Willie Steele 1999–2009

  English; cross country and track coach; Student Senate sponsor

• 
  Kate James Parker 1994–1997

  History; Cascade's first history instructor

• Dr. Eric Gross 1997–2004

  History

• Dr. Darren Williamson 2004–2009

  History; director of ministry events from 2007

• 
  Lindsey Hoffman 1998–2007

  Library director; taught developmental writing

• Michael Clark 2003–2009

  Library director; taught Spanish, marketing, international business and grant writing

• 
  Dr. Leland (Lee) Rogers 1994–1999

  Mathematics and computer science; also kept the campus computers running

• Willis Tebbs 1999–2000

  Mathematics

• Paul Howard 2002–2009

  Mathematics; campus ministry team advisor

• 
  John Fletcher 1994–1997

  Music, directing the instrumental and vocal programs

• Tom Buchanan 1997–2009

  Music and choral director; later also teacher education

• 
  Dr. June Breninger 1996–2009

  Psychology and teacher education

• Dr. Juliana Ee 1997–2009

  Psychology; sponsored Alpha Chi and organized the Evening of Scholarship

• Dr. Deborah (Mueller) Kruse 1996–2001

  Science; launched the environmental sciences major and the Alpha Chi chapter

• Dr. Roy Marler 2001–2009

  Biology; led the science department and coordinated interdisciplinary studies

• Suzanne (Fournier) MacAluso

  Sociology; a Cascade alumna

• Ona Aliaj

  Spanish; a Cascade alumna

Coaches

• Lori (Zielke) Tucker from 1996

  Cascade's first women's volleyball coach

• Christa (Sacapanio) Hill 1997–2008

  Women's volleyball; also student development, academic services and teacher education

• Peter Barrett from 1997

  Women's soccer

• Randy Dalzell from 1997

  Head coach of the first track and cross country teams

• Darren Catt from 1999

  Cascade's first women's basketball coach

• George Wagner 1999–2003

  Women's basketball; head of maintenance and residence hall supervisor

• Francine Wagner 1999–2003

  Cheerleading; residence hall supervisor, business office and yearbook editor

• Cody Harrod 2003–2009

  Women's basketball, including as interim head coach; athletics and maintenance

• Anthony Baugher

  Men's basketball

• Michael Alfers

  Men's soccer

• Adam Langford

  Men's soccer co-coach

Staff

• 
  Betty Astin 1994–2009

  Administrative assistant in the dean's office, then assistant registrar; she had also worked at Columbia

• 
  Jeff Shewmaker 1994–2009

  Mail clerk, cashier, copier support and much more

• 
  Edna Ruth Fields 1994–2009

  Volunteer director of the reading lab and tutor. She had been Columbia's first full-time teacher.

• Dave Geiger 1994–2003

  Maintenance director, then dining hall manager. The cafeteria was named the Dave C. Geiger Dining Hall in his honor.

• Maurice Geiger 1994–2003

  Admissions, working with international students

• Melanie Bailey 1994–1996

  Cascade's first librarian

• Veronika (Rudolph) Zeisset 1997–2000

  Librarian

• Jonathan Pickelsimer before 1998

  Director of information technology

• Jimmy Young 1998–2009

  Director of information technology

• Ralph Bever 2003–2009

  Director of maintenance

• Shane Meyer 2003–2005

  Campus minister

• Monty Moreland

  Campus minister; coordinated the Portland Work Camp

• Dave Astin from 2007

  Bus driver and part-time advancement officer

• Karen Shewmaker

  Administrative assistant to Dr. Jacobs; later business office and music department

• Cindy Wilson

  Administrative assistant to the academic dean, then executive assistant to President Lynn

• Janet Tandy

  Executive assistant to Dr. Lynn; administrative assistant in academic services in the final year

• Rhonda Vice

  Assistant registrar

• Ryan and Karen Wagner

  Residence hall supervisors, athletics and maintenance

• Noelle Marler

  Student development and library assistant

• Lisa Reed

  Campus receptionist and mail clerk

• Kyung Cha

  Nurse

• Joanne Moore

  Volunteer alumni coordinator

Alumni who came back to work at Cascade

• Kathy (Cundiff) Zumwalt

  Admissions and financial aid

• Kaelea (Coy) Graul

  Financial services, admissions and financial aid

• Mike Lewis

  Campus minister

• Amy Way

  ISDP coordinator

• Steve Maxwell

  Admissions

• Jill (Dodson) Zuniga

  Admissions

• Sara Busch

  Admissions

• Priscilla (Allaway) Bristow-Hanna

  Admissions

• Chris McPeak

  Admissions

• James DuPey

  Admissions

• Carrie (Wilson) Rude

  Admissions

• Derek Gaumer

  Admissions

• Jon Bristow

  Admissions

• Fiona (McGeachy) Fox

  Admissions and the president's office

• TaNitra Baldwin

  Cheerleading and admissions

• Johnathan and Dawnette (Cardwell) Thomas

  Publications and housing

• Ben and Christina (Contini) Heater

  Maintenance and housing

• Tim and Mandi (Oglesby) Chapen

  Housing and campus life

• Logan and Leah (Casparek) Crumrine

  Housing and facilities

• Lucas and Emily (Hicks) Martin

  Housing

• Melonie (Yocum) Patrick

  Business office

• Karin (Kantu) Nowak

  Financial services

• Andrea (Thompson) Wood

  Business services

• Joe Carpenter

  Technology services

• Paula (Dodd) Pritchard

  Advancement and alumni relations

• Sage (Harding) Holm

  Operations

• Rebecca Lewis

  Student services

• Robert Hoover

  Facilities

• Matt Greenleaf

  Men's basketball

• Paul Hamilton

  Men's JV basketball

• Lisa Berger

  Women's basketball

• Jasmine Varela

  Women's volleyball

• Kendra Maas

  Women's volleyball

• Ryan Rouse

  Track and maintenance

Columbia Christian College, 1947–1993

Columbia began as an elementary school in 1947 and grew to include a high school and a college, so its leaders include school principals as well as college presidents and deans.

Presidents

• Lyman D. Webb ~ (from 1947)

  Founding president; also taught grades 4–6 in the school's first years

• Dr. Truman H. Ethridge ~ (1958–1959)

  President

• Robert H. Rowland ~ (1959–1968)

  President, after serving as dean of the college and principal

• J. C. Moore

  Named president in 1969 but died before taking office

• Dr. Rex F. Johnston ~ (1969–1974)

  President

• 
  Dr. J.P. Sanders ~ (1970–1982)

  Executive vice president (1970–74), president (1974–81) and chancellor (1981–82). He loved teaching in the classroom.

• Kenneth Whorton ~ (1981–1983)

  Chief administrative officer, and business manager 1981–1984

• Michael C. Armour ~ (1983–1986)

  President

• Dr. Gary D. Elliott ~ (1986–1991)

  Dean (1982–86), vice president (1983–86) and president

• William A. Free ~ (1991–1992)

  Acting president

• 
  Dr. Don Gardner ~ (1992–1993)

  President

Chancellor and vice presidents

• Dr. Otis Gatewood 1964–1979

  Columbia's first chancellor; missionary, preacher and author

• Claude A. Guild 1954–1960

  First vice president, leading public relations and fundraising

• William R. Slone 1960–1965

  Vice president for development

• Ottis L. Hilburn 1963–1968

  Director of public relations, dean (1963–66) and vice president (1966–68)

• Glenn A. Cash 1960–1980

  Business manager, dean of men, dean and vice president for administrative affairs (1972–74)

Deans

• Holland L. Boring 1956–1957

  Dean; also principal and school music director

• Robert H. Rowland 1957–1959

  Dean

• Nyal D. Royce 1960–1963

  Acting dean

• Ottis L. Hilburn 1963–1966

  Dean

• Lawrence Rhodes 1966–1967

  Dean

• Mac Lynn 1964–1973

  Academy principal (1964–67), dean (1967–69), provost (1968–73) and academic vice president

• Glenn A. Cash 1969–1972

  Dean

• Bill Patterson 1973–1977

  Dean

• Arlie Hoover 1977–1980

  Dean

• James Bean 1980–1981, 1986–1993

  Dean; also choral director

• June Breninger 1980–1981

  Dean

• Tim Tucker 1980–1981

  Dean

• Curtis A. Cates 1980–1981

  Dean

• Dr. Gary D. Elliott 1982–1986

  Dean

Deans of students, men and women

• P. H. Andrews 1956–1957

  Dean of students

• Robert Hooper 1957–1959

  Dean of students

• Karl Love 1958–1960

  Dean of students

• Wilbur Banks 1963–1966

  Columbia's first dean of men; also a college instructor

• Zora Melton 1963–1967

  Columbia's first dean of women

• Glenn A. Cash 1967–1969

  Dean of men

• 
  Dr. June Breninger 1967–1980

  Dean of women (1967–68), associate dean of students (1970–71) and campus life (1972–80); later professor of psychology

• Jerry McBee 1980–1984

  Dean of students

• Don Boderman 1984–1990

  Dean of students

• Philip Hess 1990–1993

  Dean of student services

• Tom Douglas 1990–1993

  Dean of student life

Business managers

• Glenn A. Cash 1960–1965, 1977–1980

  Business manager

• Joel Glenn 1965–1969

  Business manager

• C. Bruce Davis 1969–1971

  Business manager

• Ron Stephens 1971–1974

  Business manager

• Richard N. Lane 1974–1977

  Business manager

• Harry Walker 1980–1981

  Business manager

• Kenneth Whorton 1981–1984

  Business manager

• Bill Stinnett 1984–1988

  Business manager

• 
  Brenda Smith 1988–1993

  Business manager; she went on to serve Cascade as controller

School principals

• J. M. Baker 1949–1950

  Columbia's first principal

• Blanton Brown

  Principal for one year after J. M. Baker

• Holland L. Boring 1954–1958

  Principal and school music director

• Robert H. Rowland 1957–1963

  Principal

• Arlie B. Collett 1957–1959

  Principal; also taught business and science for about ten years and served as bursar

• Gerald Long 1959–1964

  Principal

• Lehman Hall from 1962

  Academy principal. He founded Columbia's athletic program and coached basketball 1959–1968 and 1974–1979.

• Mac Lynn 1964–1967

  Academy principal

• Jesse Clay 1967–1968

  Principal

• Therman Striplin 1968–1972

  Principal

• Robert Shaner 1972–1974

  Principal

• Lou Wills 1974–1975

  Principal

• Bobb Gowen 1976

  Principal

• Morgan Outlaw 1976–1988

  Principal, and later superintendent of Columbia Christian Schools

• Rudy Morrow 1974–1991

  Elementary principal (1982–85), superintendent (1989–91) and college basketball coach from 1974

• Richard Wagner 1986–1989

  Elementary principal

• Richard Deuel 1988–1989

  High school principal

• Jim Vice 1991–1997

  Academy principal

Faculty and music directors

• Edna Ruth (Brewer) Fields from 1947

  One of the first teachers, teaching grades 1–3, and the first librarian

• Noble Rogers from 1947

  One of the first teachers

• Duane Canby from 1947

  One of the first teachers, teaching grades 7 and 8

• Mildred Harmon Salazar

  Teacher from the school's second year

• Mary Sue Grant Smith

  Teacher from the school's second year

• Leonard and Ramona Woods

  Music and chorus, from the school's third year

• Kathryn Danner

  Home economics

• Una Himes

  Typing

• Cordelia Burkett

  Bible

• J. V. Cardoza

  Faculty member, pictured planning the 1961 campus expansion

• E. W. McMillan 1971–1982

  Bible. "Brother Mac" joined the Bible department at 82, after founding two other Christian colleges.

• Delane Way 1964–1994

  English; also counselor and sometime bus driver

• Dr. Paul Piersall

  Music director, taking the choir on tour for over a decade

• Dick Dalzell

  Music professor and choir director

• John Dale

  Choral director

• Frank Roberts

  Choral director

• Debbie Weldon

  Choral director

• Keith Farris

  Band director; built the instrumental music program

• Mary Lou Boderman

  Band director; her wind and jazz ensembles were known across Oregon

Coaches

• Lehman Hall 1959–1968, 1974–1979

  Founded the athletic program; basketball coach

• Joe B. Bradburn four years after 1968

  Basketball coach

• Rudy Morrow from 1974

  College basketball coach

• Jim Flint from 1979

  Head basketball coach and athletic director

Staff

• Forest and Beth Moyer until 1982

  Ran the school bookstore for about 20 years

• Darlene Lovelady 1961

  Bookstore manager

• Dick Hardman 1961

  Director of public relations

• Harold Hamstreet 1961–1965

  Print shop

• Opal Pruitt

  Cafeteria

• Wallace Pruitt

  Maintenance and bus driver

• Joe Lyons

  Staff in the early years

• Arthur Perkins from 1947

  Helped wherever needed and drove students in the early years

Everyone who served

Both histories close with a list of every faculty and staff member, many without their roles. These are those names, alphabetical by last name.