ALUM NOTES

1970’s

1. Jim Walsh HS’63, now a Widower living in Port Angeles. He retired from his Senior Management position with Boeing 20 years ago. After Retiring from Boeing in January of 2002, he went on to spend 17 years with the Port Angeles Police department and is a Queen of Angels Parish member. Jim has three grown daughters, eight Grandchildren (4 girls and four boys), and four great-grandkids (2 Girls and 2 Boys).

1980’s

Marcy J. Belles ’84, retired on May 1, 2021, from Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech/CTS), after 42 years working with the State of Washington. Marcy started in August 1979 with the Dept of Labor & Industries as a Clerk Stenographer 2, then as a Statistical Reports Compiler 3 before moving to Employment Security Dept. in October 1983 as an Accountant. After obtaining her accounting degree from Saint Martin's, she was promoted up in the ranks as an Accountant 2 with Employment Security, then as an Accountant 3 with Dept. of Information Services (the predecessor of WaTech) in Sept. 1988. The accounting series changed titles and became Financial/Fiscal Analysts. At retirement, she was a Financial Analyst 5 (top of the series).

From mid-May to mid-June, her and her husband went on their first road trip for the year - Route 66. Marcy is staying busy with her hobbiesbeing a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Colonists, Olympia Genealogical Society, and its Special Interest Groups, and the Grange and has recently started back into bowling.

1990’s

2. Matt Morton ’96, has been named the fifth President of the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington. Morton will take the helm on April 18, 2022, succeeding Jennifer Rhoads, who led the organization for nearly a decade.

Morton currently serves as the Equitable Education Portfolio Director at Meyer Memorial Trust, where he leads Oregon’s largest private philanthropic grantmaking strategy focused on K-12 public education. In this role, he oversees a team that manages more than 200 active grants and fosters cross-system collaboration with communities, nonprofits, and public institutions to improve student outcomes.

Morton earned the role following a national search by Murphy, Symonds & Stowell. The opportunity attracted a diverse pool of more than 40 applicants who represented a crosssection of nonprofit and philanthropic leaders across the region and nation.

2000’s

3. Timmy Wailehua ’00, is the newly elected President of the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce in Honolulu. He is a 2000 graduate who recently took office this year, 2022. He plans on fulfilling the chamber's mission to Malama Native Hawaiians in business and commerce through leadership, relationships, and connections to economic resources and opportunities. He is shown here with his wife, Myra Wailehua, who is also a chamber member. Myra and Timmy own and operate their new salon Wai Beauty in Honolulu, Oahu.