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FACULTY / STAFF
William Josiah “Si” Goode, of Fairfax, Va.,
May 4, at 85. A professor emeritus of sociology, he
taught at Stanford from 1977 to 1986. He wrote 20 books
and was
best known for his pioneering 1963 work World Revolution
and Family Patterns. He was a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and past president of
the American
Sociological Association, which established the William
J. Goode Award in 1982 for the best book on family
sociology. During World War II, he served in the Navy
as a radar operator.
Survivors: his third wife, Lenore Weitzman; two sons,
Erich and Andrew; his daughter, Barbara Baldwin; five
grandchildren; and a sister.
Albert J. Kanter, of Capitola,
Calif.,
May 23, at 81.
He was a clinical professor of pediatrics at the
Medical School. After retiring from clinical practice,
he obtained
a degree in public health and became a public health
advocate in Monterey County. His wife of 57 years,
Elaine, died
in 1999. Survivors: his son, Jeff; two daughters,
Jody and Adair; one grandchild; two brothers; and a
sister.
Lucio Peter Ruotolo, of Stanford, July 4, at 76,
of complications from heart surgery. He was a professor
emeritus
of English and taught at Stanford from 1957 to
1994. An authority on the life and works of Virginia Woolf,
he was
a founder of the Virginia Woolf Society and founding
editor of Virginia Woolf Miscellany. He served
as
co-president of the Stanford-Palo Alto Democratic
Club. During
World
War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. Survivors:
his wife of 43 years, Marcia; and three children,
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1910s
Carl Domenic Lovotti, ’19 (physiology), of San Francisco,
at 108.
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1920s
Theodor S. Jacobsen, ’23 (mathematics), of Seattle,
July 17, at 102. A professor emeritus of astronomy
at the U. of Washington, he studied the pulsation of variable
stars
for 70 years and completed his final book, Planetary
Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler, at age 98. His
work was
vital to understanding binary star systems.
Barbara
Frick Barrett, ’29 (education), of Palo Alto,
February 23, 2002, at 94.
Henry Eric Hill, ’29 (general
engineering), Engr. ’30,
of Arnoldsville, Ga., May 11, at 96. He was one of
the “Immortal
10” who retrieved the Axe from Cal and a longtime benefactor
of Stanford. His brother, Clair, ’32, died in 1998.
Survivors: three sons, David, MS ’63, PhD ’66,
Norman, JD ’66, and Kenneth; his daughter, Alice Swenson;
five stepchildren; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
George
Lahey Pascoe, ’29 (education), of Fullerton,
Calif., in December 2002, at 94. He was a member of
El Campo and the Chaparral. During World War II, he
served in the
Army Air Corps. He established Trade Shows Ltd. in
Los Angeles in 1945 and ran the company until his retirement.
Survivors:
his second wife, Elizabeth; his daughter, Judith Perry, ’61;
two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.
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1930s
Humboldt Walter Leverenz, ’30 (chemistry), of Naples,
Fla., May 20, at 93. A pioneer in the field of luminescence
of solids, he enjoyed a 43-year career with RCA Corp.
and also worked as the director of research at the David
Sarnoff
Research Laboratories in Princeton, N.J. Elected to
the National Academy of Engineering, he received the Modern
Pioneer Award
from the National Association of Manufacturers and
held 67 patents. Survivors: his wife of 62 years, Edith;
three children,
David, Julia and Ellen, Gr. ’76; and four grandchildren.
Isabell
Warren Hartwich, ’32 (education), of Modesto,
Calif., May 12, at 91. She was a retired teacher, Sacramento
Bee columnist and unofficial historian for Modesto,
where she lived for 86 years. Her husband of 62 years,
Galen, died
in 1996. Survivors: three daughters, Ann Brandin, ’59,
Nancy Easton, ’60, and Kathleen Williams, ’71,
MA ’72; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Justin
Redman Dorgeloh, ’33 (preclinical medicine),
MD ’37, of Oakland, May 10, at 89. One of Lewis Terman’s “Termites,” he
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In addition to serving
as chief of pathology at Oakland’s Providence Hospital,
he was a lifelong critic of the nation’s pharmaceutical
companies, a writer and a contributor to The Best of
Medical Humor. Survivors: his wife, Sacha; his son,
John; his daughter,
Jane Muranyi; two grandchildren; and two stepchildren.
William
August Schink, ’33 (economics), MBA ’38,
of Lacey, Wash., March 30, at 91. He worked for U.S.
Steel before embarking on his 20-year career with Weyerhaeuser
Co. in Tacoma, Wash., in 1949. Survivors: his wife
of 67
years, Lola; two sons, William and Timothy; and his
daughter, Carol Washam.
Ward Carl Krebs, ’34 (political
science), of San Mateo, June 2, at 90. A member of Phi Gamma
Delta, he joined
Wells Fargo Bank when it was the American Trust Co.,
rising to
senior vice president, and retired in 1978. He served
as president of the Western Region of the Boy Scouts.
The Ward
C. Krebs Family Professorship in the School of Humanities
and Sciences was established in his honor in 1997.
Survivors: his son, Robert, ’64; three grandchildren,
including Elisabeth Dorman, ’98; and his sister.
Richard
Billing “Dick” Miles, ’34 (economics),
MBA ’38, of Rossmoor, Calif., May 6, at 89. He was
a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the baseball team.
During World War II, he served as a Naval officer.
He was a vice
president of Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate
and later a partner in Angelo and Miles Real Estate.
Survivors: his
wife of 61 years, Alice, ’39; his son, Chipman, ’63;
his daughter, Susan Brady; five grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and his brother, John, ’36.
Caroline
Sarah Haddock Reuland, ’34 (English), MA ’37,
of Pacific Grove, Calif., February 1, at 88. She taught
junior and senior high school in California from 1935
to 1943. Survivors:
her daughter, Florence Eichenberg, ’65; a son; six
grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Richard Whitmore
Van Wagenen, ’34 (social science/social
thought), PhD ’41 (political science), of Mitchellville,
Md., May 9, at 90, after a stroke. He served in the
Army during World War II and spent two years in postwar
Germany as U.S. deputy secretary to the Allied Control Authority.
He taught at Duke, Columbia and Princeton universities,
the
National War College and American University’s graduate
school. He joined the World Bank in 1962, where he
developed training programs to help people in other
countries run World
Bank-funded projects, and retired in 1977. His wife
of 66 years, Jean, died in 2002. Survivors: two sons,
Peter, MD ’74,
and Richard; two granddaughters; and his sister, Ann
Robison, ’35.
Jane Elizabeth Snow Westwater, ’34
(philosophy), MA ’35,
PhD ’38, of Montecito, Calif., June 16, at 91. She
earned a master’s degree and doctorate in bacteriology
and was a talented tennis player and golfer. Survivors:
two sons, John and Douglas; three grandchildren; and
two great-grandchildren.
Robert James “Jim” Cayton, ’36
(economics), of Los Angeles, May 24, at 88, of heart failure.
In
1937, he launched Vogue Venetian Blinds, which became
Santa Monica,
Calif.-based LouverDrape, with more than 100 distributors
in 100 countries. A philanthropist and avid cruiser,
he and his wife made more than 150 voyages, visiting
more than 200
countries. Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Lucille;
two sons, Bob and John; two daughters, Kiki and Lori;
and six
grandchildren.
Mary Frances Lane Williams Morton, ’36
(psychology), of Sarasota, Fla., June 22, at 88, of a heart
attack.
She was a longtime volunteer with the Red Cross at
Sarasota Memorial
Hospital. Survivors: two daughters, Charlotte McGraw
and Emily Lane.
Najeeb Elias “Jeeb” Halaby, ’37
(political science), of McLean, Va., July 2, at 87, of congestive
heart failure. He was captain of the golf team. After
earning
a
law degree at Yale, he served as a Navy test pilot
during World War II. He worked for the Office of Research
and Intelligence
under President Truman, as a deputy assistant secretary
of defense in the Eisenhower administration and as
head of the
Federal Aviation Administration under President Kennedy.
He headed Pan American Airlines from 1969 to 1973 and
then his own New York-based investment firm, Halaby
International, specializing in Middle East aviation ventures.
Survivors:
his wife of six years, Libby; his son, Christian, ’77;
two daughters, Lisa, who became Queen Noor of Jordan,
and Alexa; and 14 grandchildren.
Thornton W. Mitchell, ’37
(history), MA ’39,
of Raleigh, N.C., May 14. He was a member of Breakers.
Survivors include his wife, Memory.
Gustav W. Becker, ’38,
of Ogden, Utah, December 18, 2002, at 87. He was a member
of Delta Chi. During World
War II, he served in the Navy. He worked for Becker
Brewing & Malting,
a family business, and also ran Hoover Tire & Battery
Co. Survivors: five sons, John, Chuck, Jim, Fred and
Monte; six daughters, Jeanne, Tina, Margaret, Doe,
Theresa and Linda;
four grandchildren; and a sister.
Paul McElroy Foreman, ’38
(chemistry), MA ’40,
of San Marino, Calif., July 2, at 88, of Parkinson’s
disease. He had a long career at Union Oil Co. in Southern
California, first in research and later in administration.
His wife of 61 years, Helen, predeceased him. Survivors:
two sons, Terry, ’64, and Jon; and two daughters, Nancy
Flanagan and Betty.
Oliver Morton Jamison, ’38 (social
science/ social thought), JD ’41, of Fresno, Calif.,
July 4, at 86. He was a member of El Cuadro. During World
War II,
he served as an officer in the Army. A tax attorney,
he served on the
board of visitors of Stanford Law School and, from
1976 to 1979, on the California State Bar board of
governors. His
wife, Margaret, ’38, predeceased him. Survivors: three
sons, Stephen, Thomas and Daniel; and three grandchildren.
Jack
M. Lipman, ’38 (history), of San Francisco, May
27, at 86. He was a member of the track and field team.
During World War II, he served as an Army officer and
was awarded
a Purple Heart. He was a longtime San Francisco building
contractor and real estate developer. Survivors: his
wife of 54 years, Ruth; his daughter, Julie Bernard;
and a grandson.
John W. “Jack” Moore, ’39
(general engineering), of Liberal, Kan., June 16, at 84.
He served
as an Army officer
during World War II. From 1947 to 1988, he was CEO
of the Liberal Gas Co. Survivors: his wife of 64 years,
Margaret; three sons, Mike, John and Casey; three daughters,
Kathryn
Haskins, Molly and Jane; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
and a sister.
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1940s
Kate Lawrence Rice, ’40 (pre-nursing),
of Weed, Calif., November 16, 2002, at 84. She was a
longtime Alturas, Calif., rancher who raised award-winning
Suffolk sheep. Survivors: two sons, Michael and Tom;
her daughter, Sally; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Carl Frederick Breer, ’41 (general engineering),
of Rancho Mirage, Calif., May 27, at 83, of Parkinson’s
disease. He was a member of Sigma Chi. During World
War II, he served in the Navy. A founder of McCulloch
Corp., he was knighted by King Baudouin of Belgium.
From 1970 until his retirement, he operated his own
firm of corporate financial consultants, CF Breer &
Co., in Los Angeles. Survivors: his wife of 56 years,
Madge; his son, Frederick; his daughter, Carla Howard,
’70; two grandchildren; and two brothers, Robert,
’49, and William.
Robert Frederick Ditlevsen, ’41, of Santa
Cruz, Calif., July 11, at 83. He was a member of Phi
Kappa Psi and of the 1940 “Wow Boys” Pacific
Coast championship football team. During World War II,
he served as a Marine Corps pilot and was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross. He enjoyed a 30-year career
with the Prudential Insurance Co. His wife of 57 years,
Phyllis, died in 2002. Survivors: two sons, Jon and
Robert; four grandchildren; and a sister.
Lenore Marjorie Forward Lutes, ’41 (sociology),
of San Diego, June 10, at 82. She was a member of Kappa
Alpha Theta. Active in San Diego community affairs,
she chaired the charity ball. Survivors: three sons,
Thomas, Gordon and James; six grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
William Thomas “Tom” Patterson,
’41 (social science/social thought), MBA ’43,
of San Jose, June 8, at 82, of heart and lung disease.
He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the golf team.
After retiring as a Pan American Airlines manager, he
became a career consultant. Survivors: his wife of 58
years, Rae; his son, Clay; his daughter, Maggie; and
four grandchildren.
Barbara “Babs” Shainwald Rogers,
’41 (English), of San Francisco, May 16, at 83.
She was a member of the women’s tennis team. Her
husband, Ernest, predeceased her. Survivors: three sons,
Richard, James and Ernest Jr.; two daughters, Claire
and Barbara; 12 grandchildren; and five sisters, including
Dickie Kern, ’47, MA ’49.
Robert Blair Evans, ’43 (pre-law), of
Aptos, Calif., June 13, at 81. During World War II,
he served as a Navy pilot and was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross. He was a Marine Insurance underwriter
for more than 20 years and lived in Southern California.
Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Janet; his son, Jack;
his daughter, Gail; two granddaughters; and a sister.
Harper H. Ink, ’43 (economics), of Bend,
Ore., July 15, at 80, of Alzheimer’s disease.
He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the tennis
team. He served with the Army Air Force during World
War II and then was an accountant with firms in Northern
California. Survivors: his wife of 39 years, Correen;
two daughters, Karen Chaussee and Lorian Hyatt; and
two stepsons.
Rosalie Sturges Carpenter Onofrio, ’44
(social science/social thought), of Atlanta, April 10.
She was a member of Chi Omega. Survivors: two daughters,
Carmel Boyd and Anne Wheeler; and five grandchildren.
Barbara Adele Fishel Karwowski, ’45 (communication),
of Sea Cliff, N.Y., July 15, at 80, after heart surgery.
She was a high school teacher. Her husband, Alex, died
in February. Survivors include two sons, Paul and Mark;
and two granddaughters.
Donald B. O’Neill, ’45 (general
engineering), MS ’48, of Littleton, Colo., May
25, at 79, of emphysema. He was a member of Sigma Chi.
He enjoyed a long career as a petroleum engineer with
various oil companies. Survivors: his wife of 54 years,
Betty, ’48; his son, Don; two daughters, Mary
Christ and Laura; and four grandchildren.
Barbara Ann King Carey, ’47 (economics),
of San Jose, July 3, at 77, of respiratory failure.
She was a member of the San Jose Auxiliary of Packard
Children’s Hospital and active in community affairs.
Survivors: her husand of 53 years, Clarke, MS ’62;
three sons, Michael, Stephen and Peter; her daughter,
Elizabeth; seven grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary,
’52, and Kathryn.
Betty Baruch Bancroft Cutten, ’47, of
Tahoe City, Calif., May 15, at 77, of respiratory failure.
An interior designer who specialized in lighting design,
she formed Cutten Associates in 1987 with her husband,
an electrical engineer. Survivors: her husband, Merritt,
’39; three children, William, Antoinette and Mary;
three stepchildren, including Charles Cutten, ’70;
six grandchildren; and her brother, Donald Baruch, ’51.
Charles F. Uhrhammer, ’47 (general engineering),
MS ’50, of Los Altos, at 80. He served as an officer
in the Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean
War and then worked as a structural engineer. Survivors:
his wife, Ruth; two sons, Thomas and William; his daughter,
Janet; four granddaughters; and a brother.
Edward William “Ed” Thayer, ’48
(political science), of Los Altos, at 96. He worked
for Levy Bros. in San Mateo and retired as executive
vice president. Survivors include Pat Thayer.
| We apologize to Ed Thayer,
’48, who is alive and well despite the obituary
published in this issue. A corrected obituary, for
George Edwin “Ed” Thayer, ’29,
appears in the March/April
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Donald Robert Clough, ’49 (economics),
of Reno, Nev., May 15. He was an insurance salesman
for 20 years before becoming an investment entrepreneur.
Survivors include his former wife, Mildred, ’50,
and six daughters.
David Mathew Graham, ’49 (mechanical engineering),
MS ’50, of Whidbey Island, Wash., October 24,
2002, at 77, of a heart attack. He was a member of Los
Arcos. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He
worked as an appraiser of industrial equipment for 35
years in Southern California. Survivors include his
wife of 48 years, Patricia.
Theodore Gustav “Ted” Liljenwall,
’49 (industrial engineering), of San Antonio,
April 2, at 76, of a heart attack. He was a member of
Delta Tau Delta, Tau Beta Pi, and the track and field
and football teams. During World War II, he served in
the Navy. He and his father-in-law operated American
Tire Mileage Specialists, headquartered in San Antonio,
for 25 years. He then turned to real estate development
for the next 17 years. Survivors: his wife of 51 years,
Margaret; two sons, Erik and Ted; three daughters, Caroline
Crider, Pam Imig and Linda Leissner; 14 grandchildren;
and a brother.
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1950s
Alan J. Day, ’50 (history), of San Jose, May 14, at
75, of Alzheimer’s disease. For more than 30 years,
he was an insurance broker specializing in group benefits.
Survivors: his wife of 46 years, Janis; his son, Mark;
his daughter, Caprice Day-Borgeson, MA ’92; and three
grandchildren.
June Lucretia Barnum, ’51 (psychology),
of San Francisco, June 2, at 74. She was a partner
with the law firm McCaw
and Barnum in San Francisco. Survivors include her
mother and her brother.
Matt Martin Frost Jr., ’52 (economics),
of Riverside, Calif., April 18, at 71. He was a member
of Chi Psi. After
a 29-year career at Provident Bank in Riverside, he
retired as vice president in 1991. He was active in
community projects
and a 10-year Stanford volunteer. Survivors: his wife
of nearly 50 years, Maxine Pierce, ’53; two sons, Douglas, ’77,
and Grant; his daughter, Anne Francis; and four grandchildren.
Douglas
Hale McColl, ’52 (biological sciences), of
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., October 4, 2002, at 74, of
cancer. He served two years in the Marine Corps. A
general surgeon,
he practiced in San Diego for nearly 30 years and served
twice as chief of staff at Alvarado Hospital Medical
Center. Survivors: his wife, Gloria; two sons, Ian
and Gavin; his
daughter, Corrinne Simmons; and three grandchildren.
H.
James Cornish III, ’54 (history), of Woodside, June
5, at 70. He was a member of Zeta Psi. After serving
in the Army, he started his 38-year real estate career
in 1959 and
helped build Cornish & Carey into one of the most prominent
residential real estate firms in Northern California,
expanding the company to include 18 sales offices around
the Bay Area
before it merged with Coldwell Banker. He retired in
1997. Survivors: his wife, Lynn; two sons, Jay, ’84,
and Hugh; his daughter, Cassandra; and a sister.
Manuel
Peter Katsufrakis, ’56 (pre-law), JD ’58,
of Tarzana, Calif., July 28, at 83, of heart failure.
He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and served in the
Army. A
former entertainment lawyer with the O’Melveny & Myers
law firm, he was appointed a municipal court judge
in 1965, retiring in 1977. During his 12-year tenure,
the Los Angeles
Small Claims Court was recognized by the National Institute
for Justice as a model court, and courts across the
nation began patterning themselves after it. Survivors:
his wife
of 43 years, Martha; his son, Jason; his daughter,
Danai; a brother; and a sister.
Suzanne Mary Mayer, ’58
(history), of Beverly Hills, Calif., June 4, at 65.
She was actively involved in numerous
charities, especially those dedicated to Catholicism.
Survivors: her daughter, Maria; her son, Michael; and
three grandsons.
Charles Irvin Meltzer, ’58 (psychology),
of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., May 3, at 68. He was a biomedical
researcher
at the U. of Pennsylvania, retiring in 1979. An avid
circus historian, he contributed many articles to circus
publications
and amassed an extensive collection of circus memorabilia.
Survivors include his partner of 29 years, James John Watson.
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Richard Allen Kovner, ’61 (political science), of
Locust, N.J., March 11, at 63. He grew his college
business from a mimeograph machine in his parents’ garage
to a company he sold to Simon & Schuster before he turned
30. Shifting from publishing to finance, he was the
founder and president of Comart Inc., a commodities broker.
Survivors:
his wife of 34 years, Joyce; his daughter, Shayne Winn;
his brother; and his sister.
Barbara Ellen Lusk Kovach, ’63
(history), MA ’64
(education), of Skillman, N.J., July 28, at 61. She
was a member of Phi Lambda Theta and Phi Beta Kappa.
After earning
her PhD at the U. of Maryland and serving as a professor
and department chair at the U. of Michigan-Dearborn
from 1973 to 1984, she continued her teaching career
at Rutgers, first as dean of University College and
then at the
School
of Business. She wrote 11 books on leadership and trends
in the corporate world. Survivors: her husband, Randy;
her son, Mark; two daughters, Deborah Ploskonka and
Jennifer; a sister; and a brother.
Lila Lee Hutton Dowd, ’64
(English), of Los Angeles, February 8, at 59, of pancreatic
cancer. Her first husband,
Timothy Kennedy, ’63, predeceased her. Survivors: her
husband, Patrick X. Dowd; and four children, including
Elizabeth Kennedy, ’96.
Karen Elizabeth Plain-Switzer, ’65
(physics), of Goettingen, Germany, June 2, at 59. After
earning a PhD in mathematics,
she accepted a position at the Max Planck Institute
in Goettingen. She wrote and translated numerous scientific
articles despite
diabetic retinopathy, which gradually robbed her of
her sight. Survivors: her former husband, Robert Switzer,
PhD ’65;
two daughters, Elisabeth Kniehl and Elinor; her mother;
a brother; and two sisters.
Bruce Kimball Black, ’68
(political science), of Salem, Ore., April 12, at 57, of
a heart attack. He was a member
of Phi Sigma Kappa. An attorney, he worked for the
state of Oregon for 25 years, as a hearings officer and later
as
an administrative law judge. Survivors: his wife of
30 years, Ruth DeLong; his son, Adrian; and his mother.
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Sharon Elizabeth Sisk Knight, ’70 (anthropology),
of Davis, Calif., July 23, at 54, of complications
from multiple sclerosis. She was a member of Cap & Gown,
Lambda Nu, the University Choir and Britain V. A social worker,
she
worked for Child Protective Services of Yolo County
and then, for 25 years, for Sacramento Children’s Home,
where she was a supervisor and director of a campus school.
Survivors:
her husband, John, ’70, MA ’71; two daughters,
Heather, ’98, and Elizabeth; and her sister.
Alan Edward
Koontz, ’74 (chemistry), of Woodland Hills,
Calif., September 16, 2002, at 49, of ischemic heart
disease. After receiving his doctorate in biochemistry,
he began a
career in international marketing, traveling to every
continent except Antarctica. He lectured in Japan,
Korea and Australia
and was a prolific writer of magazine articles. Survivors
include his wife, Giancinta.
Rose Mary Wolf Osborne, ’75
(biological sciences), MS ’77, of Essex, Mass., July
12, at 49, of metastatic lung cancer. She joined the
staff of Harvard Community
Health Plan in 1986 and also worked at Brigham and
Women’s
Hospital before founding her own obstetrics and gynecology
practice in Beverly and Glouster, Mass., and creating
a menopause center at Hunt Hospital. Survivors: her
husband, David, ’73;
three daughters, Annie, Molly and Emily; her son, Nicholas;
her parents; a sister; and a brother.
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Jessica Grace Wing, ’93 (humanities), of Brooklyn,
N.Y., July 19, at 31, of colon cancer. While at Stanford,
she was the composer and lead singer for a rock band. After
graduation, she worked for five years as a sound-recording
engineer in San Francisco, then began graduate work in film
at Columbia U. and joined New York’s Inverse Theater
as resident composer. She wrote the music for a modern opera,
Lost, which opened in New York in August. Survivors: her
companion, Damian Volpe; her parents; her brother; and three
stepsisters.
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BUSINESS
William David Witter, MBA ’53, of New York, May 11,
at 73. He joined his father’s firm, Dean Witter Inc.,
in 1956 and founded his own company, William D. Witter
Inc., in 1967, specializing in asset management and research
for
institutional investors. A founding investor of National
Semiconductor, he was a longtime trustee of the San Francisco-based
Dean
Witter Foundation and a member of the Hoover Institution’s
board of overseers. Survivors: his wife of 31 years,
Inger; two sons, William and Michael; four daughters, Virginia
Woods,
Elizabeth Mayer, Sidney Daire and Anna, ’99; and his
sister, Ann, ’41.
John Howard Norton, MBA ’65,
of San Diego, September 21, 2002, at 65, of metastatic melanoma.
He was a Naval aviator
until 1963 and then taught marketing at UC-San Diego
and other universities. He was recognized with the Order of
the Polar
Star for his many years of service as the Consul of
Sweden in San Diego. Survivors include his wife, Margareta,
and his
children.
EDUCATION
Lois Vivian Carman Adams, Gr. ’37, of Chico, Calif.,
June 7, at 93, of a stroke. A retired teacher, she
was one of the founders of the Chico Family Services Association
and
co-founder with her husband of the Chico chapter of
PFLAG. Her husband of nearly 60 years, Harlen, EdD ’38,
died in 1997. Survivors: two sons, Gordon, ’63, and
Martin; her daughter, Harlene, ’60; and six grandchildren.
Sally
Anne Taylor King, MA ’50, of Beverly, Mass., May
20, at 77, of cardiac arrest. She worked for the Christian
Science Publication Society in Boston.
Robert Elliott
Biggs, MA ’53, of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
May 23, at 87. During World War II, he served in the
Army Air Force. He sang with the Los Angeles Opera
before beginning
his career as a high school teacher, counselor and
principal in the Bay Area. Survivors: his wife of 62
years, Gertrude;
his son, Robert; his daughter, Marilu Pellarin; and
three grandsons.
Norma Dreifke Menkes Crockett, Gr. ’57,
of Palo Alto, May 7, at 87. She was a psychologist. Her husband
of
41 years, J.L. Crockett, died in 2000. Survivors: her
son, David Menkes;
her daughter, Antonia Schappert; seven grandchildren;
one great-grandchild; and a sister.
Daizui Douglas John
MacPhillamy, MA ’68, of Mount Shasta,
Calif., April 4, at 57, of lymphatic cancer. After
practicing as a clinical psychologist in Klamath Falls,
Ore., and Mount
Shasta, he was ordained a Buddhist monk in 1973 and
elected head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
in 1996.
ENGINEERING
Robert Elliot “Rob” Kling, MS ’67 (electrical
engineering), PhD ’71, of Bloomington, Ind., May 15,
at 58, of cardiovascular disease. After teaching at
UC-Irvine for 23 years, he joined Indiana U. in 1996 to head
its new
Center for Social Informatics and teach such courses
as Digital Libraries and Computerization in Society as well
as seminars
in information science. He authored or co-authored
more than 175 books and other publications and was editor
of the journal
The Information Society. Survivors: his wife, Mitzi
Lewison; and his sister.
Joseph C. “Jos” Henkens, MS/MBA ’79, of
Palo Alto, July 8, at 50, while bicycling in France.
He was a general partner for 20 years with Advanced Technology
Ventures.
Survivors: his wife of 24 years, Kathryn; two sons,
Johan and Pieter; his daughter, Emma; his mother; two brothers;
and a sister.
HUMANITIES & SCIENCES
Carole Ann Pushing Burch, MA ’62 (music), of Nashville,
Ind., April 19, at 63, of cancer. She taught math and
directed choral programs, primarily in high schools, in California
and Indiana. An amateur golf champion, she also coached
basketball.
Survivors: her husband of 41 years, Stephen, MS ’62,
PhD ’65, MBA ’69; her daughter, Brittany; her
son, Stephen; two granddaughters; her mother; and two
brothers.
Warren Ernest Gade, MA ’63 (history), PhD ’71,
of Fresno, Calif., June 4, at 62. He was a member of
the faculty at Cal State-Fresno for more than 30 years.
Survivors: his
wife, Isa; his son, Robert; and a granddaughter.
Lawrence “Larry” D.
Blackshere, Gr. ’80
(music), of San Leandro, Calif., in April 2002, at
53, of homicide. He was a pianist and jazz percussionist
who had
performed with Boz Scaggs and the Grateful Dead and
played for many theatrical productions in San Francisco.
Survivors: two brothers; and his sister.
Lara Jennifer Moore, PhD ’01
(history), of Princeton, N.J., July 20, at 32, of cancer.
A former Fulbright scholar,
she was history librarian at Princeton University’s
Firestone Library. Survivors: her fiancé, David Gilman;
her brother, Clark ’95; her parents; and her maternal
grandparents.
LAW
Harry Fred Wartnick, JD ’72, of San Francisco, July
7, at 55, of heart failure. He was a pioneer in asbestos litigation
and, in 1995, formed his own firm, Wartnick, Chaber, Harowitz,
Smith & Tigerman, which won record verdicts against the
tobacco industry. Survivors: his wife of two years, Joan Pollitt;
two stepsons; his mother; his stepfather; and a brother.
MEDICINE
Alan R. Tempkin, MD ’69, of Granite Bay, Calif., April
21, at 62, of cancer. After serving as chief of inpatient
rehabilitation at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Charlottesville,
Va., he was director of rehabilitation at Sacramento’s
Methodist Hospital and also established a private practice
in Sacramento in 1992. Survivors: his wife, Terry; three sons,
Joshua, Noah and Jeremy; his daughter, Sarah; two granddaughters;
and two sisters.
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