Ken Neubeck
After 32 years of teaching sociology at the University of Connecticut, where he established an academic curriculum in human rights and wrote books including Welfare … Continue reading
Paul Neevel
Paul Neevel is the longtime photographer and writer of Happening People in EW. Find his HP archive at paulneevel.com/hp.html.
Author: Paul Neevel
Happening People
Roscoe Caron
“The Latino immigrant story resonates for me,” says Roscoe Caron, who grew up among French Canadian immigrants in Manchester, New Hampshire. “My grandparents were textile … Continue reading
Roscoe Caron
“The Latino immigrant story resonates for me,” says Roscoe Caron, who grew up among French Canadian immigrants in Manchester, New Hampshire. “My grandparents were textile … Continue reading
Happening People
Diane McWhorter
Inspired by Woody Guthrie, who traveled the West as an itinerant sign painter during the Great Depression, Delaware native Diane McWhorter picked up a brush … Continue reading
Happening People
Jenn Clemo
“My dad went to Creswell High School,” says CHS alum Jenn Clemo. “I grew up here and my husband grew up here. We were both … Continue reading
Happening People
Marie Simmons
When she was a child and part of a large Italian extended family in small-town Milton, New York, alongside the Hudson River, Marie Mataraza learned … Continue reading
Happening People
Dana Tessler
“We moved to Eugene when I was 11,” says Dana Tessler, whose family had previously lived “all over New Jersey.” After attending South Eugene High … Continue reading
Todd Albi
“When the hurricane hit, I wanted to do something,” says Todd Albi, proprietor of SilverFire Disaster and Recreation Stoves in Eugene. “FEMA was sending generators … Continue reading
Aaron Orton
The veteran bodybuilder
Born in Palmer, Alaska, Aaron Orton moved with his parents to Lane County, Oregon, when he was eight. “My dad met my mother here in … Continue reading
Leah Riedlinger
A host for the homeless
Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Leah Riedlinger arrived in Eugene with her family at age one. She played soccer at Buena Vista Elementary and Monroe … Continue reading