Hein receives Eagle Scout award

Conner R. Hein, son of Rick and Karen Hein of Corvallis, was presented with the Eagle Scout award by District Advancement Chairman Gordon Duckworth at an Eagle Court of Honor held Aug. 30. Hein is a member of Troop 462, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During his nine years in Scouting, he has earned 34 merit badges and attended several Scout camps. Hein has served as patrol leader and captain, and earned First Aid/CPR certification. For his Eagle project, he led a group of 29 Scout and Rotary volunteers totaling 182 hours in tearing out two old decks and rebuilding one deck at the Mumford House of Home Life in Corvallis. Hein worked with Dave Zaback and Emily Steadman of Home Life, which serves adults with disabilities. He is a junior at Corvallis High School, and maintains a 4.0 grade-point average.

Trooper graduates from police training

Oregon State Police recruit trooper Brittany Phelps, to be assigned to Oregon State University, graduated from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training basic police training program on Oct. 16 in Salem.

Doolen honored by society for women in engineering

Toni Doolen, an associate professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, has been named a 2009 Fellow of the Society of Women Engineers.

Doolen received the award for encouraging young women to reach their full potential as engineers in her capacity as an engineering professor and through SWE. She teaches various engineering courses, and advises students academically and through OSU engineering societies.

Doolen began her industry career as a process engineer in Hewlett-Packard’s Optical Communications Division, where she was responsible for sustaining existing processes and leading process development activities. She advanced quickly at the company, then chose to pursue new goals of earning a doctorate and becoming an engineering professor. Upon her 2001 graduation, Doolen stayed at OSU as an assistant professor, and was awarded tenure in 2007. She was named OSU’s Institute of Industrial Engineers Faculty of the Year four years in a row for her strength as an educator. A SWE member for the last 20 years, Doolen has taken leadership roles on local and national levels. As a member of the Santa Clara Valley Professional Section, she was president for two terms. Doolen joined the National Career Guidance Committee in 1994, where she was chair for four years, updated career guidance resources and created new materials for use in outreach programs. Upon her move to Corvallis, Doolen found that a professional section was missing, so she led the chartering of the Willamette Valley Professional Section in 1996 and was its first president. Doolen holds bachelor of science degrees in electrical engineering and materials science and engineering from Cornell University. She also earned a master of science degree in manufacturing systems from Stanford University, and a doctorate in industrial engineering from OSU. Doolen has published nearly 20 journal articles and a book chapter, and has been awarded numerous grants.

OSU student awarded Killam Fellowship

Amy Owen, a senior at Oregon State University, is one of 14 students in the nation to be awarded a Killam Fellowship to study in Canada this school year. Owen, a native of Elmira, is majoring in graphic design with a minor in business and entrepreneurship. Her award includes a $10,000 scholarship, a mobility grant, orientation in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and a spring seminar in Washington, D.C. Owen is studying at the University of Victoria in British Columbia as part of the fellowship. She plans to study the similarities and differences between marketing and design in the United States and Canada.

Samaritan Health CEO receives alumnus award

Larry A. Mullins of Corvallis received the Dwight Patterson Alumnus of the Year award from the Northern Arizona University Alumni Association last month as part of the university’s homecoming celebration. Mullins was recognized for success and leadership in the health care industry, developing new standards and forging creative partnerships. President and CEO of Samaritan Health Services, Inc., an integrated health care system in Oregon, Mullins trained as a registered nurse at Glendale Community College and received a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University, and master’s degree in counseling from NAU. A corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, he fought in South Vietnam and was awarded honors for gallantry and combat, including the Vietnamese Service Medal, the Vietnamese Campaign Medal and the National Defense Medal. Mullins’ formal credentials name him both doctor and diplomat of healthcare administration. His dissertation focused on organizational change and crisis leadership pre- and post-Sept. 11. Appointed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski to Oregon’s Homeland Security Council, Mullins co-chairs Oregon’s Emergency Support Function and Policy Group, and has participated in the U.S. Air Force War College as part of the National Security Forum. In one critical instance, Mullins and his team were able to respond immediately to the Hurricane Katrina disaster with 12 health care professionals ready for deployment. A Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives and Regent and chapter president for the State of Oregon, Mullins also contributes his expertise to the NAU College of Health and Human Services’ Leadership Council. In 2003, Samaritan’s Board of Directors established the Larry A. Mullins, DHA Scholarship. Among those eligible for aid are NAU students studying the health care professions.