OBITUARY SALLY BEACH ALTICK 6/2/1929-11/16/2007 Sally Beach Altick, a former Oregonian, was born in Portland on June 2, 1929 and grew up in Southern California. After attending the University of Oregon for two years, where she joined the Delta Gamma sorority, she transferred to Stanford. There she met her future husband, Bob Altick, whose parents lived in Lake Oswego. While Bob served in the Korean War, Sally lived in Portland with her parents, Frank Loomis and Betz (Mary Elizabeth Boyd) Beach. Sally was the granddaughter of Frank Edwin Beach, who arrived in Portland in 1874 and who, as Chairman of the Board of Trade (predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce) is given credit for naming Portland, the “City of Roses” and also suggesting what has now become the annual Rose Festival. While raising two sons, Frank Lawrence Altick and Peter Douglas Altick, Sally was active politically and was appointed by then Governor Ronald Reagan to be Chairman of the California Parks Commission. 19 years ago she was instrumental in creating “Año Nuevo State Reserve” (site of the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, just 55 miles south of San Francisco) into one of the most frequently visited natural educational sites in California. She also worked with San Jose State University in developing a class for docents for the interpretive program at Año Nuevo. Later when the California Park Rangers took over the operation there, she and her group moved north 5 miles to Pigeon Point Light Station, where she developed that into a popular tourist site, until it was reclaimed by the US Coast Guard several years later and subsequently turned into a State Historic Park. Sally is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Frank & Ellen Bishop Altick, Atherton, CA; Peter & Jane Sonne Altick, San Diego, CA; sisters Virginia Beach (& Eric Wilder) Hoyte of Bainbridge Island, WA, and Nancy Beach Johnson of Portland. In addition she leaves 8 grandchildren, nieces Anne Gullixson Panowicz & Helena Hoyte Bierly, and nephews Roland & Derek Hoyte.
Nancy Ellen Beach (Johnson) (1944)
OBITUARY SALLY BEACH ALTICK 6/2/1929-11/16/2007 Sally Beach Altick, a former Oregonian, was born in Portland on June 2, 1929 and grew up in Southern California. After attending the University of Oregon for two years, where she joined the Delta Gamma sorority, she transferred to Stanford. There she met her future husband, Bob Altick, whose parents lived in Lake Oswego. While Bob served in the Korean War, Sally lived in Portland with her parents, Frank Loomis and Betz (Mary Elizabeth Boyd) Beach. Sally was the granddaughter of Frank Edwin Beach, who arrived in Portland in 1874 and who, as Chairman of the Board of Trade (predecessor to the Chamber of Commerce) is given credit for naming Portland, the “City of Roses” and also suggesting what has now become the annual Rose Festival. While raising two sons, Frank Lawrence Altick and Peter Douglas Altick, Sally was active politically and was appointed by then Governor Ronald Reagan to be Chairman of the California Parks Commission. 19 years ago she was instrumental in creating “Año Nuevo State Reserve” (site of the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, just 55 miles south of San Francisco) into one of the most frequently visited natural educational sites in California. She also worked with San Jose State University in developing a class for docents for the interpretive program at Año Nuevo. Later when the California Park Rangers took over the operation there, she and her group moved north 5 miles to Pigeon Point Light Station, where she developed that into a popular tourist site, until it was reclaimed by the US Coast Guard several years later and subsequently turned into a State Historic Park. Sally is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Frank & Ellen Bishop Altick, Atherton, CA; Peter & Jane Sonne Altick, San Diego, CA; sisters Virginia Beach (& Eric Wilder) Hoyte of Bainbridge Island, WA, and Nancy Beach Johnson of Portland. In addition she leaves 8 grandchildren, nieces Anne Gullixson Panowicz & Helena Hoyte Bierly, and nephews Roland & Derek Hoyte.