Faculty and Staff
Merton Bernfield, of Boston, March 18, at 63, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. After earning his medical degree at the University of Illinois, he was a research associate with Marshall Nirenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist, at the National Heart Institute. A pediatrician and cell biologist whose research led to a greater understanding of the architecture of human tissue, he taught at Stanford for 22 years before joining the Harvard Medical School faculty in 1989. He was associate director of the birth defects clinic at Stanford Hospital and co-director of its premature infant follow-up clinic. Survivors: his wife, Audrey; two sons, James and Mark; and his daughter, Susan.
Robert A. Horn, of Palo Alto, March 5, at 85. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Princeton, he was a professor emeritus of political science and an expert in constitutional law. During World War II, he worked in the information and education division of the psychological warfare unit, and he later served in the Korean War. A self-described “unabashed conservative,” he joined the Stanford faculty in 1953 and retired in 1979. His classes were known as some of the hardest but most stimulating on campus. His former students include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, California Gov. Gray Davis, two U.S. senators and a congressman. After retirement, he became an ardent supporter of civil rights causes, especially those concerning gays and lesbians. He endowed the Robert A. Horn Fund to support the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Resources Center on campus. Survivors include his nephew, Michael Sutton.
Anne Ninham Medicine, of Palo Alto, February 14, at 67, of complications from diabetes. She graduated from the Haskell Institute, a government boarding school for Native Americans in Lawrence, Kan., and earned a master’s in education at Harvard. After founding a half-day school for Native American children in Chicago, she worked with Operation Breadbasket, an advocacy group led by Jesse Jackson, and then with a Native American health program in South Dakota. In 1981, she joined Stanford as the first assistant dean of graduate studies to recruit and advocate for Native American graduate students. She was co-director of the Native American Cultural Center and an assistant dean in the Medical School during her 16 years at Stanford. The annual Anne Medicine Mentorship Award was established four years ago by the American Indian Staff Forum to honor her legacy. Survivors: three daughters, Tara Wiley, Juli Marr and Shyanna; two sons, Mitchell Zephier and Kirk Marr; her grandsons; and her sister, Lulu Ninham.
Roy Porter, of London, March 3, at 55. A writer, historian and visiting professor at UCLA, Princeton and Stanford, he recently retired from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London. Among his best-known books are London: A Social History and The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity.
George Frank Sensabaugh, of Palo Alto, February 19, at 95, of complications from pneumonia. A graduate of Vanderbilt and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he was a professor of English at Stanford, taught at the overseas program in Florence and served as a mentor for dozens of junior faculty and graduate students during his 36-year career, from 1935 to 1971. He maintained an interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama throughout his life, but became best known as a Milton scholar. The former Guggenheim fellow wrote and contributed to dozens of books, articles and reviews. Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth; two sons, George and David, ’67; two grandchildren; and his sister.
Nicholas Gilman Thacher, of San Francisco, March 11, at 86, of pulmonary fibrosis. He graduated from Princeton with a bachelor’s degree in economics. During World War II, he entered officer training school and served four years in the South Pacific as an engineering officer. He joined the foreign service in 1947 and, after a series of assignments in the Middle East, became the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. After leaving the State Department in 1973, he was vice president in Wells Fargo Bank’s international department and taught undergraduate seminars on the Middle East at Stanford. Survivors: his wife of 54 years, Jean-Louise Naffziger, ’44; his daughter, Edith; two sons, Scott, ’72, and Adam; and six grandchildren.
1920s
Mary Caldwell Sloan Wilbur, ’22, of Palo Alto, March 28, at 100, of heart failure. A zoology major, she was a member of Cap & Gown and Sigma Kappa. During World War II, she was active in the Palo Alto Red Cross. She was a former president of the Palo Alto Garden Club and the Palo Alto Hospital Auxiliary and founder of the Stanford Hospital Gift Shop. She held Stanford football season tickets since the 1930s and served as a class correspondent for many years. Her husband, Blake Wilbur, ’22, and son Charles predeceased her. Survivors: two sons, Richard, ’43, MD ’47, and Colburn, ’56, MBA ’60; two daughters, Mary Eleanor Harrison, ’50, and Lorraine Dicke, ’53; 11 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Helen Cooper MacBride, ’27, of Modesto, Calif., October 4, at 96. She majored in English and was a member of the Masquers’ Drama Society. After graduation, she headed the business department of Modesto Junior College for 15 years. She was one of 13 founding members of the Modesto chapter of the philanthropic sorority Omega Nu, started in 1924. Her husband, Robert, predeceased her. Survivors: two stepchildren; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Andrew Xerez Mahy, ’29, of Rockville, Md., March 2, at 94, of dementia. An economics major, he earned his doctorate in divinity from the University of Chicago in 1937. During World War II, he was an Army chaplain stationed in the Aleutian Islands. He was a Unitarian Universalist minister of churches in Michigan, Maine, New York, Florida and Rhode Island before settling in the Washington, D.C., area in the early 1980s. His son Richard died in 1996. Survivors: his wife of 64 years, Helen; two sons, Tyler and Leonard; and three grandchildren.
George Stetson Paddleford, ’29, of Palo Alto, February 28, at 93. He majored in economics. In 1935, at age 27, he purchased a Palo Alto Cadillac-Oldsmobile-LaSalle dealership, making him the youngest car dealer in the country. After 65 years in business, Paddleford Oldsmobile was a city landmark. He co-founded the Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance, an annual classic car show for charity, that attracts 25,000 people to Stanford’s campus and raises money for the Lions Club and for Buck/Cardinal Club scholarships. Survivors: his wife of 30 years, Esther; his son, George, ’57; two daughters, Diane Palmer and Donna Miller; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two stepchildren.
1930s
Paul Jones Fannin, ’30, of Phoenix, January 13, at 94, of a stroke. He was an economics major. He worked in the family hardware business before starting a gas and petroleum equipment company with his brother. A conservative Republican, he ran for governor of Arizona and served three terms, 1958 to 1964. From 1965 to 1977, he served as U.S. senator from Arizona in the seat vacated by his friend Barry Goldwater. As the ranking Republican on the Interior Committee, he was often the spokesman for the Nixon and Ford administrations on energy policy. His wife, Elma, died in 2001. Survivors: three sons, Bob, ’57, Tom and Bill; his daughter, Linda Rider; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Norman Ronald Tyre, ’30, of Beverly Hills, Calif., January 3, at 91. He was an economics major and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A Harvard Law School graduate, he was an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles for 67 years and a senior partner of Gang, Tyre, Ramer and Brown. An avid traveler, he went around the world 29 times with his wife of 63 years, Margery. Survivors: two daughters, Joy Coburn and Patti Tanenbaum; five grandchildren; his great-granddaughter; two sisters, Dorothy Ziskind and Mildred Stark; and his brother, Milton.
Feng-Yang Chai, ’31, of Fremont, Calif., January 18, at 94, of heart failure. He majored in political science. During World War II, he served in the Lisbon and London embassies of the Nationalist Chinese government. In 1946, he became a senior United Nations political affairs officer and also served as secretary to the U.N. Security Council. He retired in 1970 to write books and teach at Drew University in New Jersey. Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Chi-Hui; his daughter, Huali; and his son, Alan.
John Oscar Gantner, ’31, of San Francisco, February 25, at 92. An economics major, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He joined Gantner & Mattern, the family knitting firm, and became its president in the late 1930s. He later developed a fluorescent dye patented as Gantron and used by the Navy. He sold the business in 1954 and became West Coast manager for the research firm of Arthur D. Little. He also produced pinot noir wine under the School House label. Along with his late siblings, Vallejo, ’32, and Adela, ’37, he was among the gifted children studied by Lewis Terman. Survivors: three sons, John M., ’62, Steven and Anthony, ’72; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Paul K. Beemer, ’32, of Carmel, Calif., February 7, at 91. A general engineering major, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Breakers eating club. He worked at Chrysler Corp. in Detroit before returning to California in 1936 to join Ameron Inc. He held more than 30 patents. Retiring to Carmel in 1976, he served 16 years on the board of the Carmel Sanitary District and twice as president of the Carmel Views Community Association. Survivors: his wife of 69 years, Beryl; two daughters, Ann Loar and Ellen Pappademas; his son, John; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his brother, James, ’40.
John A. Blume, ’32, Engr. ’35, PhD ’67, of Hillsborough, Calif., March 1, at 92, of Parkinson’s disease. He majored in general engineering. A consulting professor in Stanford’s department of civil and environmental engineering, he became known as the “father of earthquake engineering” for his pioneering work. He established John A. Blume and Associates, a San Francisco consulting firm in structural and earthquake engineering (it later merged with URS Corp.), and designed or analyzed construction projects throughout California. He founded the Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford in 1974, endowed a professorship in civil and environmental engineering and authored more than 150 papers, articles and books. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and received many honors and awards for his seismological research. Survivors: his wife, Jean; his sister; a stepson; and two step-granddaughters.
Mackenzie A. Cantin, ’32, of Walnut Creek, Calif., January 29, at 90, of pulmonary fibrosis. A general engineering major, he was a member of El Cuadro eating club. He earned his degree in architecture at UC-Berkeley and designed schools, theaters, hospitals and private homes throughout the Bay Area. Survivors: his wife of 65 years, Norma; his daughter, Robin Ronan; his son, Eugene; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren.
George Cambell “Cam” Jones, ’32, of Oakland, November 2, at 91. A general engineering major, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. After 20 years with Food Machinery Corp., he went into business for himself. An avid oarsman, he rowed his shell in regattas throughout the United States and Europe in FISA competition, winning a race in Italy at the age of 86. Survivors: his wife of 61 years, Dorothy Jackson, ’34; four children; and eight grandchildren.
Richard Havelock Quigley, ’32, of Mountain View, March 1, at 91. An economics major, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. In 1935, he joined California Casualty, which specialized in worker’s compensation claims, retiring in 1969 as vice president. He was past president of the East Bay Stanford Alumni Association and the Hillside Club in Berkeley. Survivors: his wife of 65 years, Winifred; his son, Richard; his daughter, Pamela Barnes; and four grandchildren.
Lewis Trask “Lew” Sterry, ’32, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, January 12, at 90. He majored in political science and was a member of Delta Tau Delta. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1935. During World War II, he served in the Navy as assistant operations officer and received the Bronze Star. He returned to Los Angeles where he worked as a trial lawyer, moving to Honolulu in 1947 and then to Kona in 1969. He helped form Title Guaranty Escrow Services, the first escrow company in Hawaii, served on the board of the Pacific Ocean Research Foundation and sailed in the Trans-Pac races. Survivors: his son, Norman; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Helen Dickinson Gemmell, ’33, of San Diego, Calif., October 3, at 95. A graduate of the School of Nursing, she was a public health nurse until the 1960s. Survivors: two sons, C.R. and Bruce.
Eugene F. Brown, ’34, MBA ’38, of Santa Barbara, Calif., February 2, at 90, of cardiac problems. A general engineering major, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the golf team, winning the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Championship and several other tournaments. For most of his career, he was affiliated with North American Aviation Co. Survivors include his wife, Kay.
Thomas J. Callaghan, ’36, of Sacramento, November 29, at 88. A biological sciences major, he was a member of the football team and Delta Kappa Epsilon. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps and received the Bronze Star. A practicing physician and history buff, he published How Civilizations Die, as well as medical research on folic acid, headaches and the vagus nerve. His wife, Virginia, predeceased him. Survivors: 10 children; 18 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and four of his seven siblings.
Sydney F. Thomas, ’36, MD ’41, of Chico, Calif., February 6, at 89. He majored in preclinical medicine. During World War II, he served in the Navy. After the war, he joined the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, where he practiced radiology until 1961, when he moved to the University of Pennsylvania. He moved to Iran in 1963 to teach at Pahlavi University Medical School and returned in 1965 to develop the radiation oncology department at Enloe Hospital in Chico. Survivors: his wife of 38 years, Lynn Robbins, ’47, MA ’49; two daughters, Megan and Cynthia; a son, Philip; and five grandchildren.
Charles William “Bill” Holmes, ’37, of Carmel, Calif., March 6, 2001, at 86. He was an economics major and a member of Delta Upsilon. During World War II, he served in the Signal Corps in North Africa and Italy, attaining the rank of captain. He started Custom Electronics in Berkeley, retiring in 1976. Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Jane; his daughter, Nina, ’68; two sons, Bill and Fred; four grandsons; a great-granddaughter; and his sister, Denise Siegfried.
George K. Kambara, ’37, MD ’41, of Los Angeles, December 4, at 85, of Burkitt’s lymphoma. He majored in medicine. Survivors: his wife, May; his son, Ken; and three daughters, Kary, Kim Durman and Kay Furuyama.
Elizabeth Wenger Stone, ’37, MA ’38, of Washington, March 6, at 83, of pneumonia. She majored in history. She worked in libraries in Pasadena, Calif., and New Haven, Conn., before settling in the Washington, D.C., area, where she received a master’s in library science from Catholic University in 1961. She joined Catholic University’s faculty and became dean of the School of Library and Information Science. In 1981-82, she served as president of the American Library Association and, in 1991, became the National Presbyterian Church’s librarian and archivist. Her husband, the Rev. Thomas Stone, died in 1987. Survivors: two sons, John and James; her daughter, Anne Crow; and two grandchildren.
Virginia K. Brooks Grady, ’38, of San Marino, Calif., January 25, at 84. She majored in social science and social thought. She was active in St. Edmund’s Altar Guild, the Friends of the San Marino Library and the Red Cross. Survivors: her husband of 58 years, Hughes, ’38; a son, Chris; two daughters, Kathy Covell and Jayne Grady-Reitan; eight grandchildren; and her brother, Frank, ’46.
Edmond Charles Maroder, ’39, of Palo Alto, February 20, at 84. An economics major, he was a member of the track and field team and Alpha Kappa Lambda. He earned a degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and spent most of his career as a corporate attorney. He later became comptroller of the System 99 trucking company and helped computerize trucking on the West Coast. A member of the California State Bar and a certified public accountant, he was active in Neighbors Abroad of Palo Alto. Survivors: his wife of 60 years, Jean, ’39; two daughters, Nancy Blum and Elizabeth; his grandson; and his sister, Antoinette Dungan.
1940s
Edward James Cahill, ’40, MA ’41, of Weed, Calif., February 25, at 81. He majored in chemistry and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. He earned a master’s in chemical engineering from MIT. During World War II and the Korean War, he served in the Navy as a meteorologist. He worked as a petroleum design engineer with the California Research Corp., the research arm of what is now ChevronTexaco, until 1957, when he transferred to the economics department and then became manager of the supply group. A leading figure in world oil supply and economics, he retired in 1980. Survivors include three daughters, Alison Sawyer, Suzanne and Peg; and his granddaughter, Sarah Sawyer, ’03.
Sara Mary “Sally” Holt Moore, ’40, of Carmel, Calif., March 11, at 83, of Alzheimer’s disease. A social science and social thought major, she was a member of Cap & Gown and Pi Beta Phi. She lived most of her life in the Los Angeles area and devoted herself to charitable causes. Her husband, Bryan, ’37, died in 1990. Survivors: two daughters, Mary and Sara; three sons, Michael, ’64, Kirk and Bryan; and five grandchildren.
Alfred “Ollie” Moskovitz, ’40, of Santa Rosa, Calif., March 3. He majored in political science. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. In 1947, he co-founded Moskovitz Realty with his brother, and they later started Burlingame Investment Co. He was active in the San Mateo County Heart Association, the United Cerebral Palsy Association, Temple Beth El and Kiwanis. He moved to Sonoma County in the 1970s. Survivors: his son, Dennis; his daughter, Nancy Maloney; three grandchildren; and his twin brother, Leonard, ’40.
Graham J. Barbey, ’41, of Portland, Ore., February 24, at 82. An economics major, he was a member of Sigma Chi. Survivors: his wife, Anne; and two daughters, Helena Lankton, ’72, and Anita, ’70.
Charles E. Hitchcock, ’41, of Belmont, Calif., February 12, at 82. He majored in general engineering. During World War II, he served in the Marine Corps Reserves and earned the rank of major. He was an electrical engineer for several electronics companies. Survivors: his wife, Margaret; and his daughter, Peggy.
A. Jess Shenson, ’42, MD ’50, of San Francisco, February 26, at 80, of lung cancer. A preclinical medicine major, he was a member of El Tigre eating club. After graduation, he worked as a physician in his brother’s medical practice in San Francisco until it closed earlier this year. A longtime patron of classical music in the Bay Area, he helped nurture the careers of dozens of young singers, violinists, pianists and other musicians. He and his brother established the Shenson Young Artists Endowment Fund in 1987 and also supported many Stanford Medical School initiatives. He served on the boards of the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the California Historical Society, among others. His brother, Ben, ’36, MD ’40, died in 1995. Survivors include his cousin, Irma Levin.
Harry E. Morgan Jr., ’43, of Lakewood, Wash., September 21, at 80, of brain cancer. An economics major, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the soccer team. During World War II, he served as a bomb disposal officer for the Navy and was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. He joined Weyerhaeuser Co., where he worked for 37 years—16 as senior vice president of operations—and retired in 1983. He served on numerous civic and community boards, including the Stanford School of Psychiatry advisory board, the Buck Club and the U.S. State Department Commission for Canadian/American Relations. Survivors: his wife of 57 years, Vivian; three sons, David, Stephen, ’73, and Michael; and four grandchildren.
Joanne Lincoln Farmer Suppes, ’43, of Tuscon, Ariz., February 21, at 80. She was a social science and social thought major. She published a series of math books, Sets and Numbers, with her former husband, Stanford philosophy professor Patrick Suppes. She studied architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design and worked for Carson and Lundeen, an architectural firm in New York, and later for Rockefeller Center. Before moving to Arizona in 1969, she designed homes in California and Washington. Survivors: two daughters, Patricia, ’73, and Deborah, ’80; her son, John; two grandchildren; and her sister, Alice Booth, ’50, MA ’54.
T. Robert Craig Jr., ’45, of Brentwood, Calif., March 6, at 79. An economics major, he was a member of Zeta Psi. During World War II, he served as an Army Air Force pilot. He joined Craig Corp., founded by his father to distribute photographic materials, and transformed the company into a well-known importer and marketer of consumer electronics. As chair and chief executive from 1952 to 1985, he was a pioneer in marketing the hand-held calculator and developing the eight-track auto stereo system. Survivors: his wife, Katharine; two daughters, Nancy, ’69, and Carol Gordean; and his son, James.
Beverly Jean Watson Berbakov, ’47, of Glendale, Calif., February 27, at 76, of pneumonia. She was an economics major. She worked in the stock market as a trader for 25 years. Her husband of 30 years, John, died in 1988. Survivors: her brother, Jess; and her stepdaughter, Denny Hentschell.
Suzanne Goodwin Williams Howell, ’47, of Pasadena, Calif., March 4. She was a humanities major and a member of Pi Beta Phi. Survivors: her husband, William, ’43; five daughters, Victoria Fuster, Constance White, ’75, Angela Howell, ’80, Honora Chapman, ’84, PhD ’98, and Octavia Thuss; three sons, Patrick, Daniel, ’87, and Nicholas, ’89; three grandchildren; and her sister, Alice Getz, ’41.
Jack Rockley Lewis, ’47, PhD ’51, of Georgetown, Texas, April 2001, at 80, of a brain aneurysm. He majored in mining and mineral engineering. During World War II, he served in the Army. He worked for GE, Atomics International Corp. and Rockwell International Corp. before becoming an independent consultant in 1987. Survivors: his wife of 49 years, Donnie; his daughter, Melinda Stitzinger; and his granddaughter.
Richard Dorr Schaffer, ’47, MD ’52, of Hillsborough, Calif., February 12, at 75. He majored in preclinical medicine and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. During World War II, after learning Japanese at the University of Chicago, he served in the Army as a translator. Following his residency in urology, he established a practice in the San Mateo area, where he worked until retirement. Survivors: his former wife, Emily Angle Wallis, ’48; three daughters, Susan, Teresa Medearis, ’79, MA ’86, and Mary Miller, ’84; and his grandson.
Paul O. Giddens, ’48, of Seal Beach, Calif., December 1, at 81, of lung cancer. He was a World War II veteran and majored in mechanical engineering. His wife of 56 years predeceased him by six months. Survivors include his son, Dan, ’68.
Walter E. Hinds, ’48, MS ’49, of Beverly Hills, Calif., March 21, at 80. A general engineering major, he earned a master’s in mechanical engineering and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Air Force. He founded several high-tech companies, including Quentic Industries, Xynetics, Northern Magnetics and HZW Technology Inc., and held more than 15 patents. Survivors: his wife, Nanda; two daughters, Nandu and Karen; four grandchildren; two brothers, Tom and Desmond; and his sister, Mary.
1950s
Ben Miles Hogan Jr., ’50, of Little Rock, Ark., March 16, at 74. He majored in civil engineering. He served in the Army Reserves and attained the rank of captain. He was president and CEO of the Ben M. Hogan Co., at one time the largest highway construction company in Arkansas, until retiring in 1995. He served as president of the Associated General Contractors of America and of the AGC Education and Research Foundation and also as chair of the Bank Directors Advisory Committee of the Arkansas Bankers Association. He was active in many civic and community organizations, including the Boy Scouts. Survivors: his wife of 26 years, Brenda; two sons, Ben Miles III and Dan Phillips; his daughter, Maggie Wilson; and seven grandchildren.
Susan Eleanor Koshland Thede, ’50, of Menlo Park, February 11, at 70. She majored in sociology. She was a social worker for the San Mateo County Welfare Department before working 40 years as a volunteer with the Children’s Health Council. She also volunteered for Filoli, Stanford’s Committee for Art and the Cantor Arts Center. Survivors: her husband of 52 years, Robert, ’49, JD ’51; her son, David, ’74; two daughters, Nancy Favreau and Suzanne Hofmann; and eight grandchildren.
Fred W. Brandt, ’55, of Pasadena, Calif., February 28, at 68, of brain cancer. An economics major, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and active in the ASSU. He served in the Air Force, attaining the rank of captain. A 1964 graduate of Southwestern Law School, he received his doctorate in law from USC. He was a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles and joined Jarrett and Woodhead—a firm specializing in insurance defense litigation—in 1966. He left in 1980 to start Heistand and Brandt, a partnership that continued until 1997. Survivors: his wife of 37 years, Judy; two sons, Wayne, ’84, and Keith; and two grandchildren.
Robert Scott Kimball III, ’55, of Reno, Nev., October 28, at 69. A history major, he was an NCAA record-holding javelin thrower for the track and field team. He missed qualifying for the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 by less than an inch. He served in the Navy as deck officer on an aircraft carrier and as executive officer in the Recruit Training Command in San Diego. He was a stockbroker with PaineWebber for many years, retiring in 1993. Survivors: his wife, Joanne; his son, Robert; two brothers, David McLaughlin and Richard; two sisters, Molly Walker and Amy; three stepchildren, Marjorie, Ron and John Randall; and two step-granddaughters.
Robert Ralph “Bob” Rintala, ’56, MS ’64, of Truckee, Calif., August 27, 2001, at 66. An industrial engineering major, he was a member of Breakers eating club and the water polo team. He worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. in Sunnyvale for 32 years, moving to the Sierra when he retired in 1992. Survivors: his wife of 36 years, Linda Fisher, ’58; and two sons, Roger and David.
Frederic T. “Ric” Teague, ’56, of Palo Alto, March 3, at 72. A communication major, he worked at the Daily. He served in the Korean War and later worked as a management consultant. He began a truck-repair business in Palo Alto and founded an online energy publication. A musician, artist, whitewater rafter and historian, he wrote a history of the Navy that was published online. Survivors include his sister, Winifred Adams, MA ’71.
Jerome C. “Jerry” Beatie, ’57, MD ’61, of Petaluma, Calif., February 23. A history major, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the football team. Survivors: his wife, Linda; seven children; and 11 grandchildren.
Evelyn Lloyd Dees, ’58, of Brentwood, Calif., March 12, at 65. She majored in speech and drama and was involved in student productions. An ardent champion of Stanford sports and Title IX implementation, she served on the boards of Stanford Athletics and the Buck/Cardinal Club for more than 20 years. She owned and bred horses, many of which were named after Stanford athletes. She was active with Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, the UCLA Brain Research Institute, the Stanford Sleep Clinic and the Los Angeles Orphanage Guild. Her brother, Mark, ’55, JD ’58, predeceased her. Survivors include her mother, Eleanor.
Frederick Van Loan Pindar Jr., ’58, of Stanford, January 1, at 66, of Crohn’s disease and liver cancer. He served in the Army before starting a career in sales. He later became a self-employed corporate recruiter, retiring in 1992. Survivors: his mother, Sara; and his sister, Maia.
Susanne Kay Soltysik Woolf, ’58, of Yorba Linda, Calif., of a stroke following bypass surgery. She was a Spanish major. She worked for many years as a paralegal in a criminal defense firm and later as a pro bono mediator. Survivors include her husband, Jack, and two sons.
1960s
Richard A. Reynolds, ’60, MS ’63, PhD ’66, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., March 16, at 63. A metallurgical engineering major, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi. He earned his master’s and doctorate in materials science and engineering. A recognized authority in the fields of microelectronics and materials science, he worked for the Central Research Labs of Texas Instruments, served as director of DARPA’s defense science office for 14 years and then was vice president and technical director of the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, Calif. Survivors: his wife, Anneliese; two daughters, Laura and Lisa; and his sister, Jean Prior.
Melinda Jane Farris Wortz, ’62, of Pasadena, Calif., February 6, at 61, of Alzheimer’s disease. She majored in history. She received her master’s in art history from UCLA and her doctorate in theology and the arts from Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. She taught art history at UC-Irvine and was chair of the studio art department and director of the art gallery. Survivors: her husband, Edward; five daughters, Lisa LaHorgue, Alison Nikitopolous, Jennifer Wisdom, Kathryn and Margaret; 10 grandchildren; her brother, Nick Alexander; and her sister, Mary Anderson.
Peter Michael Dolan, ’68, MA ’69, of Ukiah, Calif., February 14, of a heart attack. He majored in anthropology and was a member of the Band. A fan of Stanford athletics, he organized an annual Big Game event in Ukiah. Survivors: his wife, Vera; and two children.
1970s
William Ray Wilson, ’70, of Santa Ynez, Calif., August 21. He majored in history. Survivors include his wife, Jean, and his brother.
Felicity Kim Devonald, ’74, of Falls Church, Va., November 18, at 48, of cancer. She majored in biological sciences and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and El Tigre eating club. She received her doctorate in biological oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow with the National Academy of Science’s ocean policy committee, she worked for the Environmental Protection Agency and championed greater use of ecological indicators in environmental policy. Survivors: her former husband, Paul Campanella; two sons, Paul and David Campanella; and her mother, Tessa Devonald.
Bard C. Higgins, ’76, of Honolulu, January 13, at 47, of heart failure. He majored in English and was a member of Britain XVII in 1974. Survivors: his parents; two sisters, Marjorie Evans, ’74, and Neal; and his brother, Ron.
1980s
Miguel Perez, ’82, of San Jose, Calif., January 25, at 42, of complications from AIDS. He majored in chemical engineering. He moved to San Jose to work as an insurance agent and became a prominent Bay Area volunteer and advocate for people with AIDS when he was diagnosed with HIV in the mid-1980s. He helped found Nosotros, a group for Spanish-speaking people with the illness, and Pro Latino, a social support group for the gay Latino community in the East Bay. He was appointed to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors’ HIV Health Services Planning Council and volunteered at many AIDS-related organizations. Survivors: his parents, Jesus and Enedina; two sisters, Yolanda Alvarez and Irma; and two brothers, Jaime and Eduardo.
Business
Edward George Jordan, MBA ’53, of Hillsborough, Calif., December 26, at 72, of esophageal cancer. A graduate of UC-Berkeley, he worked for Ford Motor Co. and Procter & Gamble before being appointed by President Gerald Ford to head the U.S. Railway Association in 1974. A year later, he was named the first chair and CEO of Consolidated Rail Corp., the federally assisted corporation created to salvage the bankrupt Northeast rail freight system. He resigned in 1980 after Conrail had two consecutive profitable quarters. Survivors: his wife, Nancy Schmidt, ’54; two daughters, Susan Thomas and Kathryn Ragan; and two sons, Jonathan and Christopher.
Engineering
John D. McLean, MS ’58 (electrical engineering), of Palo Alto, February 21, at 77, of Parkinson’s disease. During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from UC-Santa Barbara and worked for 30 years as a research scientist at NASA Ames in Mountain View. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Marylea; three daughters, Elizabeth, Dorothy and Janet; and four grandchildren.
Arpad Alex Barna, MS ’66, PhD ’68 (electrical engineering), of Palo Alto, January 8, at 68. He helped design SLAC’s two-mile linear accelerator and worked with Nobel Prize winners Martin Pearl and Melvin Schwartz. He worked in electronic instrumentation for high-energy physics, taught at the University of Hawaii, Stanford and UC-Santa Cruz, co-authored 10 technical books and was a consultant for Integrated Magnetoelectrons. Survivors include six cousins.
Charles Klem Lombard, PhD ’75 (applied mechanics), of Palo Alto, February 2, at 65. A graduate of North Carolina State, he held research positions at the Stanford Research Institute, NASA Ames and Lockheed. He founded three companies: Pacific Engineering Design Analysis, which computed for NASA the flow simulation of the Galileo probe’s approach to Jupiter; PEDA Corp., which led aerospace contracting projects; and Waste Energy Integrated Systems, which designs technologies to solve problems in waste disposal. Survivors: his wife, Rosemary; his son, Daryl; three daughters, Elana, Gaelen and Amelia; and four grandchildren.
Charles David Pierce, MS ’94, PhD ’01 (mechanical engineering), of Palo Alto, March 25, at 32, of colon cancer. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland. Survivors: his parents, Sharon Adler and David Pierce; and his sister, Laura.
Humanities and Sciences
Norman Harold Friend, MA ’48 (economics), of Woodside, January 14, at 79, of cancer. During World War II, he was a member of the Canadian Air Force. He attended William and Mary College and George Washington University before coming to Stanford. He taught humanities and world history for 35 years at Napa High School, Capuchino High School and Skyline College and took students on European field trips. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Natalie.
Frances Roberta Malovos, MA ’48 (English), of Saratoga, Calif., March 28, at 88. She was an undergraduate at San Jose State and taught at San Jose High School. Her paintings are exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Art, De Saisset Gallery in Santa Clara, and in Stia, Italy, and Okayama, Japan. Survivors include many nieces and nephews.
Hugh Davis Graham, MA ’61, PhD ’65 (history), of Santa Barbara, Calif., March 26, at 65, of cancer. He graduated from Yale in 1958 and, after a two-year stint in the Marine Corps on Okinawa, he worked as a reporter for the Nashville Tennessean and then taught history at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills and at San Jose State. He spent two years in the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C., before teaching at Stanford, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1991 and, last year, spearheaded a pending lawsuit to strike down President Bush’s executive order allowing presidential papers and White House records to be withheld. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history for The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy, 1960-1972. His final book, Collision Course, was published this year. Survivors: his wife, Janet; two sons, Holter and Hugh; and two brothers, Fred and Otis.
Joseph Steven Lepgold, MA ’80, PhD ’87 (political science), of Arlington, Va., December 3, of smoke inhalation in a November 25 hotel fire in Paris. He was in France with his family to present a lecture at a conference titled “America, Europe and the World in the 21st Century.” He was a member of the Georgetown University faculty for 11 years with a joint appointment in the government department and the School of Foreign Service. A leading expert in his field, he received the School of Foreign Service Award for Best Government Professor in 1997. His 11-year-old son, Jordan, died on November 26, and his wife, Nicki, died on February 17 after nearly three months in a coma.
Law
Keith Petty, JD ’48, of Palo Alto, February 14, at 81, of cancer. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Idaho and served as a Naval officer during World War II. In 1954, he opened a solo law practice that grew to more than 60 lawyers and became Petty, Andrews, Olsen, Tufts and Jackson. He specialized in launching technology firms in Silicon Valley, including E-Trade. He chaired the first board of visitors of the Law School and served on many community boards. His wife of 56 years, Gail, died in 1999. Survivors: two daughters, Kaye Paugh, ’65, and Jane Taylor; two sons, Richard, ’72, and Scott; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Anna Fillmore, Dorothy Henderson and Vera Jean Houseley.
Medicine
David Arthur Zlotnick, MD ’62, of Palo Alto, February 5, at 64. He graduated from Columbia College in New York City with a degree in political science. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Navy Medical Corps and spent two years at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland. He had a pediatric practice in Palo Alto for more than 20 years, until 1986. After surgery for a brain tumor, he returned to seeing patients at three area drop-in clinics. He was a prominent member of Interplast, a Mountain View organization that provides reconstructive surgery in developing nations, and retired from practice five years ago. Survivors: his wife of 41 years, Caroline, ’62; two sons, Bradley, MD ’92, and Gregory; two grandchildren; and his brother, Howard.
