Over the years, he advanced through several ranks in financial management, including business manager in 1959 and director of financial affairs in 1963, reporting to Vice President John Salmond. The back problem was complicated with Parkinson's disease in his post-retirement years. 10 Facts About Cheryl Miller -WNBA. She attended Grays Harbor Community College in Aberdeen for two years before transferring to Iowa State University for a year and completing her B.S. Her sense of humor was a driving force that facilitated our collaborative efforts. Shortly after her final retirement in 2012, Judy suffered a debilitating stroke, but amazingly never lost her sense of humor and sharp wit. The widow of George Francis, emeritus professor of accounting, Betty was also a CPA and George's partner in private practice. Given permission to visit his Marine brother at the 38th parallel, he returned to his unit with a high fever and was evacuated to a hospital in Kyoto with yellow jaundice. Hurriedly, he married the love of his life, Hazel, and they honeymooned on the way to Los Alamos. Ray came to California after graduating from high school in his native Utah. They invited renowned guest directors such as Emilio Carballido and Luis de Tavira from Mexico, Rodolfo Tosto from Argentina, and Eduardo Almeida from Ecuador. She graduated with a B.S. The Emeriti Association has established a graduate fellowship in her name, as proposed and initiated by Carol Smallenburg, emerita professor of education. He was 94 years old. He strongly believed in Cal State L.A.'s missionafter all, Brooklyn College, where Ed got his B.A., is much like Cal State L.A., an urban institution where most students are the first in their families to graduate from college. As with many young men of his generation, his college education was interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a combat engineer and participated in the Battle of the Bulge and liberation of Belgium. in 1951. George had a second stroke in 1997 and died within weeks. Marilynn is survived by her husband, Glynn, her brother George Becker, and her sister-in-law, Kristina Becker.The Emeritimes, Spring 2002, DEMETRA PALAMARI, Associate Professor of French, 1963-1992, a popular member of the French faculty until her retirement 10 years ago, passed away on February 25, 2002. He was the "father figure" in the department, respected for his counsel, fairness, and institutional memories of the department. Harry served on the faculty from 1960 to 1979. In addition to serving as chair of the American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Education, other numerous distinctions and national awards that Lloyd garnered include the Chemical Manufacturers Association Award in Chemical Education, and the American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education. and Ed.D. As well as interviewing users, he described in detail his personal experimentation with LSD. degrees, Jake first taught in the Alhambra elementary schools. Helen died in 1987. While at Pomona College, Don was a member of the Student World Federalist organization, where he met his future wife, Marjorie Woodford. The Pat Brown Institute, the Library, and the President's Office will coordinate a memorial dedicated to Morrie's life on Thursday, May 16. Al was instrumental in developing a concentration in reading at the graduate level and the credential courses that prepare students to teach reading and language arts in elementary schools. Even in retirement, he remained a member of the American Physical Society, Forum on Physics and Society. Their home was built on a large parcel of land, and Evelyn enjoyed a semirural life, including gardening and quilting. John served as a language arts specialist. A Family of Athletes. Before studying at Madison he served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War H. He met his first wife Eva while serving in Germany. Services were held at Fukui Mortuary Chapel in the Garden in Los Angeles on May 10.The Emeritimes, Winter 2020, ALICE V. WATKINS, Emerita Professor of Education and Associate Dean of the School of Education, 1969-1995, died on July 17, 2019 at the age of 85. She was 77. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, five children, and 11 grand-children. Sandy received his B.A. He directed the G.E. Upon her retirement in 1991, the Department established an award in her honor, the Lorraine M. Monnin Alumnus Award for Dedicated Service to the Public Schools. He was a member of the Egyptian Academy of Sciences, the Institut d'Egypte, and the Board of Editors of the Egyptian Journal of Chemistry . Much of Joes work centered on the transient nature of material, such as earth, water, fire, and the night sky, and his focus was on the creative process more than the conclusion. Born in Wetumka, OK, in 1926, he did his prior college work at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a B.S. There she worked in the Navy Department's Judge Advocate General's office, in a building located on Constitution Avenue (which now is the northern boundary of the Mall). A memorial was held at the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Angeles on December 3.The Emeritimes, Winter 2006 WILLIAM F. LONG, Director of Admissions and Records, 1967-1986, and Professor Emeritus, died on January 1, 2006 of heart failure at the age of 84. He leaves two daughters, Ruth and Miriam, and a vast network of friends and colleagues who will remember his verbal wit, his knowledge and understanding of politics, and his commitment to preserving and cherishing the creative accomplishments of the human spirit. in 1964 from the University of North Dakota and an Ed.D. D. in accounting and information systems from Northwestern University in 1976. To this day, he is remembered by surviving colleagues and students as one of the most brilliant, witty, and innovative teachers in the Department. Among these activities were service as board member of the Educational Alumni Association at USC; president of the California Elementary School Administrators Association, southern section; and board member of the State of California Elementary School Administrators Association. His collaborator for two additional books was Eugene P. Dvorin, who said that they wrote together with Simmons sitting at the typewriter and Dvorin pacing the room, Simmons writing and weaving together Dvorin's sentences, adding and subtracting to make a coherent text. He died peacefully at home at the age of nearly 102, after a period of declining health. He was one of the driving forces in administering the department's public administration program and helped it gain accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in the 1970s and 1980s. D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1953.The Emeritimes, August 1983, HOMER D. FETTY, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Studies, died at age 84 on April 13, 1983. During this time, she had the honor of meeting and working with Norman Rockwell. She incorporated these talents into performances in the biennial Cal State LA Friends of Music Faculty-Staff Vocal Extravaganza, a scholarship fundraiser for the campus music majors. In 1968, mid-studies, he took a teaching job at Cal State LA, eventually completing his doctorate at Kensington University in 1982. The Emeritimes, Fall 2002 MARY ALICE PEAIRS, Curriculum Librarian, 1952-1972, died in early November 2002 at the age of 98. Helen earned her B.E. One would think that this ambitious schedule would demand so much that other areas of her life would suffer, but her children were her biggest fans and there was always plentiful love and care for all. An only child from Delavan, Wisconsin, Jean was born on November 5, 1911. The Emeritimes, Fall 1990, RUDOLPH SANDO, Emeritus Professor of Education and Dean of the School of Education. Harry taught at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1960 prior to coming to Cal State L.A. in 1960, where he taught geography and meteorology. degree at Kansas State Teachers College in 1943 and a M.Mus. Dr. Lu will be missed tremendously and is fondly remembered by her family, thousands of former students, and a multitude of friends, not only for her highly accomplished career and extraordinary talents, but also for her easy laugh, dramatic flair, razor wit, saucy sense of humor, and huge heart. He was also the Emeriti Associations historian-archivist and member of the Editorial Board of The Emeritimes. They competed at Wimbledon, as well as in France, Italy, and Switzerland that year. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she moved with her family to California as a child. When Dr. McDonald retired in 1962, Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences, as it be-came known in 1949, had its own permanent site, on which seven major academic buildings had been built and an eighth structure (North Hall, later named King Hall) was nearing completion. He finished his Ph.D. in 1966 at USC. During his tenure, Bill served in several administrative positions in what then was the School of Engineering, including that of associate dean. Ralph's first position as a professional librarian was as cataloguer at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) at Ames. Her most recent teaching assignments were primarily in art education. degrees at the University of Illinois in 1948 and 1951, respectively, taking a three-year break to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. When the campus became a university and the divisions were restructured into schools, Johnston was Director of Research and Governmental Relations as well as Professor of Chemistry. Bernie then began perhaps his greatest Cal State L.A. accomplishment. She was a superb organizer who found her job complicated in the early years on the present campus by the facilities, or lack thereof. The Emeritimes, Fall 2001, MIRIAM M. BLOMQUIST, Professor of Nursing, 1966-1980, died on April 19, 2001 in Dallas. A bright, multi-talented man with many interests, he graduated with a B.S. Living in Los Angeles helped him understand how rich and exciting the world could be. A native of San Diego, he earned a B.A. degree from the University of Southern California in 1957, having majored in both physics and chemistry. Although a scholar and teacher with wide-ranging interests, his major area of concentration was American literature and culture. Don wrote three memoirs, the first of which was a description of the action he experienced in the battles of the Pacific, Low and Slow (1999). He began his teaching career at Cal State L.A. in 1971. Two of his other interests were growing roses and singing in his church choir. Characteristic of the true scholar-teacher, David was actively engaged in the University and the community. Both Al and Fleur completed physics doctoral programs at the University of Rochester. in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1950, both in clinical psychology, from the University of Iowa. Given the needs of the department for Jacks expertise, he was brought back as a part-time faculty member, in which capacity he served from the end of his FERP stint to 2016, making significant contributions to the development of the digital logic laboratory and the course redesign of the entire computer engineering program during the recent semester conversion. George was serving as the 2006-07 president of the Cal State L.A. Chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the time of his death. Later he did extensive additional study at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley. Ron was a well-published author, including the much-used college text, Learning About Art. The family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where Harold attended elementary and secondary schools. (Many will remember that he carried these practices into his later life in and around Cal State L.A.) Alan's extensive academic training garnered him a lengthy string of letters after his name. John's main area of specialization was secondary education, primarily secondary teaching. At home he enjoyed gardening, reading, and music of many genres. Joe came to Los Angeles State College in 1959 specifically to establish a rehabilitation counseling program in what then was the Division of Education. He was 87 years of age. and M.A. in library science from the University of Southern California, and held positions at the Los Angeles Public Library and USC. She also maintained all her long-standing friendships, and George's life membership in the Emeriti Association passed on to her. He came to Cal State L.A. in 1971, following a distinguished career in Florida. Akilah Miller enjoys growing herbs like thyme, rosemary and basil at home. in 1940 from what then was the state college in Santa Barbara (now UCSB) and an M.S. As senator, she established the Senate Select Committee on College Admission and Outreach, and wrote a school violence prevention bill that led to the creation of the Task Force on School Safety. Memorial services were held in Langley.The Emeritimes, Fall 1992, BURTON HENRY, Emeritus Professor of Education, succumbed to cancer of the pancreas in May 1992, according to a message received recently from his wife, Lucille. He then transferred to Wesleyan University, where professor M. G. Burford, a physical chemist, sparked his interest in chemistry. In the 1970s, Don began to cut and polish opals, in part due to his interest in the optical properties of this fiery gemstone. Ron's professional activities included high-level involvement with The College Board, California Council on Economics Education, California Science Project, California Postsecondary Education Commission Educational Equity Policy Advisory Committee, California Arts Project, Joint Graduate Board of the University of California and California State University systems, and the Intersegmental Coordinating Council. John is survived by his wife of six decades, Joanne; daughter Shele; and sons Morgan, Andrew, and John. In that role, he served as the supporting pianist for several Metropolitan Opera stars in their solo recitals, notably Nadine Connor, Martha Lipton, Bidu Sayao, and Giorgio Tozzi. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy while still a teenager and served in World War II. He was a guest lecturer at the Otto Falckoner School in Munich, the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, and the State School for Dramatic Art in Stockholm. She also had chapters in numerous books. In December 1989, Alan and Lia were married in the Civil Registry in Argentina, followed by their religious ceremony in January 1990, the year in which Lia came to live in the U.S. Hannah Malena, the joy of Alan's and Lia's life, was born in May 2006. She also published manuals and articles on children's learning and behavior problems, and served as editor for at least two journals in her field. They have also lived in Desert Hot Springs, CA and Cypress, TX. In all respects, James Dunkelberg' s contributions were many and highly significant to the welfare of the University.The Emeritimes, Spring 1998, DAWN M. PATTERSON, Dean of Continuing Education, 1984-1996, died December 14, 1997 at The Scripps Home in Altadena after a short illness. After studying music, working as foreign sales supervisor for Max Factor in Central America and the Caribbean, and spending more than five years on the personal staff of the late Howard Hughes, he resumed his education and earned bachelor's (1955) and master's (1958) degrees at USC. But the next fall, at the suggestion of a housemate studying Latin American sociology, he went to Mexico, and the discovery of that culture and history would set the course for his lifes work. (1940), M.A. Don is survived by his wife Jackie and their three children.The Emeritimes, Spring 2004, EARL H. PHILLIPS, Emeritus Professor of History, 1966-1986, died in Pomona on January 23, 2004 atthe age of 77. She and John were happily married for the next 41 years. She was what Montgomery called an extroverted introvertsomeone who loved to chat and visit with those she cared about, but then wanted them to go home so she could retreat to her privacy, which was paramount. An avid swimmer, she earned both gold and silver medals from the American Athletic Union in 1955. After one year as an operating room nurse at Whittier Hospital, she became the charge nurse in a medical surgical unit at Palm Harbor Hospital, followed by the head nurse on a coronary care unit at St. Joseph Hospital, and by 1971, she had begun her teaching career as an in-service instructor in critical care nursing and a part-time instructor at Golden West College. Before the American entry into the war, Don earned a B.A. Mac is survived by his former wife and friend, Mary Bardmess, and his family with her, son Martin Baker and two granddaughters; and his brothers and sisters-in-law and their families. According to Bob Douglass, her long-time colleague and department chair, her broad clinical background greatly enriched the experience of her students. His professional career began at the Milwaukee Public Museum, where he was assistant curator of anthropology from 1951 to1959. In addition to his abilities in philosophy and chemistry, he was active in dramaengaging in writing, acting, and stage-craft. A member of numerous national organizations and national honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi, and Beta Gamma Sigma, he was listed in Who's Who in America and was a member of the U.S Naval Reserve, from which he retired as a Commander. Memorial services were held on October 14 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Mar Visa, with many faculty members in attendance. Predeceased by his sister Maude and Janets son David, he also lost his daughter Elizabeth and two granddaughters who died in 2009. From 1934 through 1938, he followed the tradition of contemporary American musical artists by studying and performing in Europe, first in Berlin and later in Vienna. . The cause of his death was brain cancer. in administration and was then appointed to serve as the dean of academic affairs in the advanced division at Don Bosco. An anthropologist with broad interests, she conducted research, largely archaeological, in the Great Basin, California, the Southwest, Oceania (particularly Vanuatu), and Israel. He was a proud alumnus of Cal State LA, having obtained his masters degree in English in 1993 following a B.A. He was also active in international education through the Peace Corps and served as a technical/ vocational program evaluator and training consultant in Iran, Malaysia, Micronesia, and Liberia. Following a memorial service held in La Verne on December 14, he was interred with full military honors in Riverside National Cemetery.The Emeritimes, Winter 2007, GERALD R. RASMUSSEN, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1964-1989, died on July 20, 2006 of congestive heart failure, from which he had suffered for several years. He led the effort to organize the Department of Chemistry, then part of the Division of Science and Mathematics, and became its first chair. To support his scholarly work, David received numerous awards and fellowships, including a Henry E. Huntington Grant-in-Aid, Lilly Foundation Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant in Support of Interdisciplinary Instruction, and NEH Summer Seminar Award. Alan won a number of Innovative Instruction Awards over the years, all in the context of developing instructional programs in a wide variety of disciplines. Her love of art and the community she created will continue to animate our city for years to come. Lydia is survived by her brothers Byron and Roy and their spouses, and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. Interment was at Inglewood Cemetery.The Emeritimes, Fall 2011 MARILYN FINGERHUT, widow of emeritus professor Eugene Fingerhut, died in early May, 2011 of cancer. A highly respected teacher, she was much loved by generations of students. After his retirement, Keith developed, organized and coordinated a statewide professional and leadership development in-service project for the California State Department of Education from 1981 to 1986. As a senior member of the Education Special Interest Group of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, an organization that devotes itself to information systems education, he actively contributed to the development of the 2006 and 2010 model curricula for information systems programs across the nation. cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1948. He ended his tenure as special collections librarian. A versatile scholar and dedicated teacher, he earned the respect of both students and colleagues and will be remembered as an outstanding teacher who was dedicated to his community. His name appears on more than 100 patents, one of the best known of which was the design of the disposable vacuum cleaner bag for the Hoover Company.
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