Faculty and Staff
Joseph Ballam, of Stanford, December 14, at 80, from complications due to emphysema. He was associate director for the research division at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for 19 years and professor emeritus. He oversaw more than 300 physicists, engineers and technicians. During his tenure, three Nobel prizes were awarded to SLAC scientists for uncovering the internal structure of nucleons and for the discovery of the charm particle and the tau lepton. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and was a visiting scholar at Imperial College in London, the École Polytechnique in Paris and Columbia U. in New York. Ballam served on the Energy Department's high energy physics advisory panel. After his retirement in 1987, he served as an adviser to the director of SLAC. Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Ethel; his son, John; his daughter, Denise; and two grandchildren.
Denise Levertov, of Seattle, December 20, at 74, of lymphoma. A professor emerita of English, she taught in the creative writing program at Stanford from 1982 to 1993. She authored more than 30 books of poetry, essays and translations and edited several anthologies. Born in England, she emigrated to the United States and was a member of the Black Mountain School in North Carolina. She served as poetry editor for the Nation in the early 1960s and later for Mother Jones. She was involved in the antiwar movement and helped found the group Writers' and Artists' Protest Against the War in Vietnam. She and her husband, American writer Mitchell Goodman, were divorced in 1975. More recently she published Sands of the Well, a book of new poems, and several collections of her previous work. She won numerous awards, including the Lenore Marshall Prize for Poetry, the Robert Frost Medal, the Shelley Memorial Award and the Lannan Foundation Prize. Her papers were acquired by Stanford Libraries in 1990. She is survived by her son, Nikolai.
Kenneth S. Pitzer, of Stanford, December 26, at 83, of heart failure. During his short and tumultuous tenure as Stanford's sixth president from December 1968 to September 1970, he expanded faculty and student participation in University governance. Although he was a critic of the Vietnam War, his policies were attacked by students opposed to the war, who frequently protested with marches, sit-ins and riots. Over the course of his chemistry career, he produced several landmark papers, and his basic research in the chemistry of hydrocarbons was instrumental in the development of high-octane fuels. During World War II, Pitzer served as technical director of the Maryland Research Laboratory and published widely on both chemistry and physics. He was director of research for the Atomic Energy Commission from 1949 to 1951 and served as AEC chairman from 1960 to 1962. Pitzer was president of Rice U. in Houston from 1961 to 1969 and aided in racial integration of the school. After leaving Stanford, he taught at UC-Berkeley and served as dean of the college of chemistry until his retirement in 1984. His many awards include the National Medal of Science, the Gold Medal Award of the American Institute of Chemists, the Welch Award in Chemistry and UC-Berkeley's Clark Kerr Award. Survivors: his wife, Jean; three children, Ann, Russell and John; and five grandchildren.
Richard E. Snow, of Stanford, December 5, at 61, of pancreatic cancer. He was the Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor Emeritus of Education and a specialist on learning styles and teaching methods. He came to Stanford in 1966 as a research associate for the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching and joined the faculty a year later. From 1983 to 1985, he served as liaison scientist for psychology in Europe and the Middle East for the U.S. Office of Naval Research in London. The author of three books, more than 50 book chapters and 40 journal articles, he was a Guggenheim Fellow and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In 1991, he received the American Psychological Association's award for distinguished contributions to education. He was elected to the National Academy of Education in 1993 and was honored in 1997 by the Educational Testing Service for distinguished service. Survivors: his wife, Joan Talbert; children, Ryan, Shenandoah, September, Alec and Erich; and his brother, Robert.
1920s
Florence "Star" Holberton Bierer, '21, of San Francisco, April 20, at 97. A volunteer for charitable organizations, she was predeceased by her husband, Robert, in 1960, and by a daughter, Katherine May Moore, in 1959. Survivors: two daughters, Joan Rucker Keller and Sue Rucker Ladner; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Frank S. Reagan, '22, of Long Beach, Calif., September 8, at 100. He and his brother formed Tucker-Reagan Co., the first Long Beach brokerage house with a seat on the Pacific Stock Exchange. An avid golfer, he was a member of the Virginia Country Club for 58 years. He was predeceased by his wife of 71 years, Helen Humiston Reagan, '21. Survivors: two daughters, Virginia Reagan Cords, '44, and Rosalie Reagan Wells; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Meribeth Elliott Cameron, '25, MA '26, PhD '28, of South Hadley, Mass., July 12, at 92. A member of the Mount Holyoke faculty since 1948, she retired as professor emerita of history in 1970. A scholar of modern Chinese history, she was acting president of the college in 1954, 1966 and 1968-69. She authored The Reform Movement in China, 1898-1912, published in 1932 and reissued in 1963 and 1970. She also was a founding editor and book review editor of the Far Eastern Quarterly, later renamed the Journal for Asian Studies.
Charles H. "Dutch" McCallister, '25, of San Marino, Calif., October 22. While at Stanford, he belonged to Phi Kappa Psi. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic water polo team in 1932 and 1936. A 50-year resident of San Marino, he practiced medicine in Los Angeles for more than half a century. The senior member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, he was predeceased by his wife, Hollys, in 1992. Survivors: his brother-in-law, Roland Krug; and many nieces and nephews.
Raymond Spangler, '25, of Redwood City, September 21, at 93, after breaking a hip in a fall. While at Stanford, he was editor of the Daily. During Prohibition, he worked for the South San Francisco Enterprise and the South San Francisco Journal, writing stories supporting municipal reform at a time when bootleggers corrupted local politics. In 1937, he joined the Redwood City Tribune as courthouse reporter and columnist, writing 7,000 columns during 32 years with the paper. He served in the Army on the eve of World War II, helping to build Fort McQuaid near Monterey. During the war, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard Temporary Reserve. In 1945, he became editor and publisher of the Tribune, and remained publisher until 1968. He served on the board of directors of the Associated Press from 1951 to 1961 and was national president of Sigma Delta Chi, now known as the Society of Professional Journalists. After retiring in 1969, he chaired the California Freedom of Information Committee, taught at local colleges and wrote about San Mateo County politics for three weekly newspapers until 1992. He and his wife fought against the development of lands on the Peninsula. Survivors: his wife of 50 years, Nita; two sons, Jon and Thor; his daughter, Mary; two sisters, Edna Harks and Althea Evarts; and five grandchildren.
Vida Hays Jarvis, '26, of Pasadena, Calif., August 11, at 93. She was a member of Delta Gamma while at Stanford, and remained active in chapters around Pasadena and Stanford, doing volunteer and benefit work. She taught in Los Altos Schools and enjoyed gardening, Chinese painting and calligraphy, and playing the piano and organ. She was predeceased by her husband, Russell, '21, JD '24, and her son, William. Survivors: her sister, Alice Hays Scheid; and numerous nieces and cousins, including Alice M. Dolan, '34, MA '42, and Elizabeth Hays, MA '66, PhD '77.
Corbett McLean, '27, Engr. '29, of Lake Oswego, Ore., October 5, 1995, at 89, of a heart attack. A fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, he worked for utility companies in the Northwest. He was past president of the Oregon Camellia Society, the International Pansy Club and the Portland Agenda Club. His wife, Ferne, predeceased him. Survivors include his daughter, Jean Foss.
Sherman Leonard Crary, '29, of Portola Valley, Calif., December 1, at 90, after a brief illness. While at Stanford, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and played varsity football under Pop Warner. After working for Palo Alto National Bank, he joined Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., where he became secretary-treasurer and later vice president of the Pacific Coast headquarters division. After 36 years with Bethlehem Steel, he retired in 1972. He was a member of the Bohemian Club and the Menlo Country Club, a trustee emeritus of Menlo School and College and former treasurer of the Holbrook Palmer Park Foundation in Atherton. Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth; his son, Thomas; two daughters, Phoebe Ellsworth and Sharon Griffin; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Morris MacKnight Doyle, '29, of San Francisco, December 12, at 88, in his sleep. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma and played football under Pop Warner. For 65 years, he was a member of the San Francisco law firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, known for his skill as an antitrust litigator and environmental advocate. He represented Mono and Inyo counties in the landmark 1959 California case, City of Los Angeles vs. County of Mono. He served as legal counsel and board member of the James Irvine Foundation from 1962 to 1965. The foundation established the Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professorship in Public Policy at Stanford to honor his dedication to public service. He was a member of the Stanford board of trustees from 1959 to 1979, and served as board president from 1962 to 1965. He was a longtime director on the board of the Stanford Research Institute and an overseer of the Hoover Institution for more than 20 years. In December, just days before his sudden death, Stanford awarded Doyle the Degree of Uncommon Man for his contributions to the University. He was predeceased by his first wife of 50 years, Juliet Clapp Doyle, in 1985. Survivors: his wife, Jean Kirkwood Kuhn; his daughter, Barbara Doyle Roupe, '59, JD '79; his son, Thomas, '62, Gr '67; three stepchildren, Robert Kirkwood, Jeanie Kirkwood Casey and John Kirkwood; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
1930s
Raymond J. Perin, '30, of San Mateo, August 24, at 88. During World War II, he lived in England, developing systems for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. After returning to the United States, he joined the family business, Perin Co., and built it into a substantial distributorship and service firm for materials handling equipment. He was an active volunteer for both local and national causes. His wife, Virginia, predeceased him. Survivors include his fiancée, Beverly Briant.
Laurence M. Weinberg, '30, JD '33, of Pasadena, Calif., October 22, at 87. A copyright attorney and lifelong fund-raiser for Stanford, he was a member of the law school's board of visitors. Author of The Financing of Television Productions, he worked successively for Universal Studios, the law firms of Loeb & Loeb and Stapleton, Weinberg & Isen, and in solo practice. He also was a pianist and composer of more than 100 musical works, including a concerto. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Marion; his daughter, Nana, '62; and his son, Ivan, '64.
Tokio "Toke" Ishikawa, '31, MD '35, of San Jose, July 5, at 88, of pneumonia. He was one of Lewis Terman's "termites" and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford. He began his San Jose medical practice at Kuwabara Hospital. In 1941, he volunteered to train medical corpsmen, serving in Illinois, Wisconsin and Mississippi, and eventually became chief of isolation and contagious diseases in Hattiesburg, Miss. He was later sent to Germany to care for released prisoners of war and was discharged in 1946 with the rank of major. He returned to San Jose to resume his practice for 13 years. Retiring from private practice, he worked for 17 years at the student health service at San Jose State U., served as a staff member at the old San Jose Hospital and O'Connor Hospital and helped with well-baby clinics, before retiring from medicine in 1976. He was a member of several medical associations and a Japantown historical guide. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Keiko; his daughter, Carol; his son, Robert, '59; his brother; and two sisters.
John Ashton Shidler, '32, of Redondo Beach, Calif., August 31, at 86, of a heart attack. While at Stanford, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the tennis team. He served the longest continuous judgeship in California, logging 56 years on the bench. He was appointed city judge of Torrance, Calif., in 1941 and was justice of the peace for the South Bay from 1947 to 1952 before becoming the first judge elected to the newly created South Bay Municipal Court. In 1960, he was appointed to the Torrance Superior Court and subsequently was elected to four six-year terms. In 1963, he was employed by the State Department to teach law students throughout Pakistan. He retired in 1981 but continued to do pro bono service as a court arbitrator and substitute judge. He served on the Torrance school board. Survivors: his wife, Rosemary DeCamp; four daughters, Valerie Stanton, Margaret Zambrano, Martha Weber and Nita, '73; his brother, Frederic, '34, MD '38; and his grandson.
Jack W. Hoerner, '34, of Stuart, Fla., March 28, 1997. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the golf team.
Lois Marshall Schmidt, '34, of San Rafael, Calif., April 14. She worked as a nurse. Survivors include her daughter, Mary, '67.
Willard J. Stone, '34, of Pasadena, Calif., May 18, 1996, at 82.
Florence Parsons Stout, '34, of Chicago, January 1, 1996, at 83, of Alzheimer's disease. She taught for a year at a girl's school in Izmir, Turkey, and then returned to California and taught at various high schools, finishing her teaching career in Salinas, Calif. In 1948, she moved to Chicago. She volunteered at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she chaired an auxiliary committee and was instrumental in planning a community park near the university. Survivors: her husband of 48 years, John; and her son, John.
Mary Elizabeth "Hitty" Jacobstein Thaler, '34, of Rossmoor, Calif., February 15, on her 84th birthday, of Alzheimer's disease. While at Stanford, she was an editor at the Daily. During her husband's service in World War II, she lived in Washington, D.C., and Rochester, N.Y. In 1949, they moved to Spokane, Wash., where she was active in the League of Women Voters, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith and Congregation Keneseth Israel. She also lived in Southern Africa when her husband served in the Peace Corps and later worked for the government of Botswana. She was an accomplished writer. Her husband of 50 years, Joe, predeceased her in 1987. Survivors: four sons, Michael, Jeremy, Jonathan and Toby; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Leslie T. Vice, '34, of Napa, Calif., in January 1997.
Benton H. Wilcoxon, '34, of Huntsville, Ala., May 17, at 85, from a stroke following bypass surgery. Survivors include his wife; his daughter, Margaret Barton, '75; and his son, Don, MBA '85.
Betty Hedden de Roos, '35, of San Mateo, at 83, after a lengthy illness. An active volunteer, she worked for Garden Cafe in Burlingame, an operation that provided financial help to the old Stanford Convalescent Home on the Stanford campus. Survivors: her husband, Robert, '33; two daughters, Barbi Mitchell and Betsy Dority; her brother, Alan, '45; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Theodore Ayres Lynn, '35, of Santa Monica, Calif., September 27. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps in Casablanca, Morocco, and then at Walter Reed Hospital in New York. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of major. He returned to California and entered private practice in Westwood. He was a staff surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital and associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA Medical School from 1952 to 1989. He served as president of the medical staff at St. John's Hospital from 1960 to 1961. When he retired from his orthopedic practice in 1990, he was elected an honorary staff member at St. John's in recognition of his work and contribution to the hospital. He was a founding member and fellow of numerous professional associations. Survivors: his wife, Margarita; his children, John, Barbara and Dennis; his brother, Charles; and his grandson.
Morgan W. Vail, '35, MA '37, of Carmichael, Calif., August 9, at 83, following an automobile accident. After service in World War II, he worked at the state Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and, in 1961, became its first training director for vocational therapists working with the physically challenged. After retirement, he worked for 25 years for the American Personnel and Guidance Association, Association for Transpersonal Psychology and California Personnel and Guidance Association. He played a key role shaping state legislation affecting counseling, training and education and establishing a national right to privacy between students and their counselors. The California Association of Counseling and Development named a college scholarship in his honor. He was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church and numerous professional organizations. He was predeceased by his first wife, Doris. Survivors: his wife, Mary Logan-Vail; two sons, Morgan and Frederick; a stepson, Paul Logan; his brother, Milton; and two grandchildren.
Marjorie Hutchings Richardson, '36, of San Carlos, Calif., May 18, at 82. She worked in San Francisco and Honolulu. From there, she went on to a job with United Airlines and retired in 1985. She traveled extensively and was a volunteer with the American Cancer Society and a member of the American Association of University Women. Survivors: her daughter, Anne Hannigan; and her granddaughter.
June Clark Atkinson, '38, of Ventura, Calif., September 15, at 81. She was a Girl Scout leader in the 1950s and enjoyed sailing with her late husband, John, '36. In later years, she was an active member of the Pacific Southwestern Region Embroiderers Guild of America. Survivors: her son, Clark; her daughter, Anne Atkinson Leuteneker; two grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Henrietta "Onyet" Watson Geer, '38, of Pebble Beach, Calif., September 15, at 80. While at Stanford, she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. After graduation, she attended the Sorbonne U. in Paris. At the outbreak of World War II, she returned to California and enrolled in the Rudolph Schaffer School of Design. She worked as an interior decorator, notably in Ronald Reagan's office and home in Sacramento. She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1987, and her grandson, John, in 1990. Survivors: her daughter, Eleanor Miller; her son, William; her sister, Eleanor Larsen; her brother, Ralph "Bud" Watson, '45; two granddaughters; and two great-granddaughters.
Stanley G. Parker, '39, of Salinas, Calif., August 26, at 80, of cancer. While at Stanford, he was a member of Delta Chi. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps, stationed in Okinawa. He also served in the Korean War and retired from the Army after 30 years of active and reserve duty. He was a member of numerous professional and social organizations. Survivors: three sons, Thomas, Jim and Russell; his brother, Rod, '41; his sister, Patricia Johnston; and six grandchildren.
1940s
Paul Penberthy Jr., '41, MBA '47, of Pasadena, Calif., September 21, at 77. While at Stanford, he was a member of Chi Psi. During World War II, he served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Force based in England. After graduate school, he worked in the family hardwood lumber business. Survivors: his wife of 48 years, Maiya, '46; two daughters, Catherine Thompson and Alfrida King; his son, Daniel; and three grandchildren.
Sarah Carlson Crellin, '42, of Monterey, Calif., August 10, at 82. She moved to Monterey from Idaho in 1952. A schoolteacher for 10 years, her last position was with the Monterey School District. Her husband, Henry, predeceased her in 1996. Survivors: two sons, Henry Jr. and John.
Helen Tuttle Fargo, '43, of Coronado, Calif., October 14, at 77, of cancer. After graduation, she worked for a year as a registered nurse in a San Francisco Hospital. During World War II, she served as a Navy nurse on the Pacific islands of Guadalcanal and New Caledonia. Her first husband, naval aviator Thomas A. Boulton, died in 1957. Two and a half years later, she married Navy Capt. William B. Fargo; together they moved to various duty stations, including Sasebo, Japan, before settling in Coronado in 1965. She was a member of the Coronado Women's Golf Club and the Crown Garden Club. Survivors: her husband, William; her daughter, Barbara; two sons, Thomas and Keith; her sister, Elizabeth Smoot; and five grandchildren.
Idelle "Suzy" Depere Sullens, '43, PhD '59, of Monterey, Calif., July 15, at 76, of cancer. She served as a naval officer during World War II and the Korean War and later was a reserve naval officer. She taught English and humanities at Monterey Peninsula College for 22 years. A scholar of 14th-century English literature, she authored several college textbooks as well as Robert Mannyng of Brunne: The Chronicle. She also translated Robert Mannyng's poem Handlyng Synne. Survivors: two brothers, Wilbert and Elwin Sullens.
Jack A. Monteverde, '44, of Goleta, Calif., September 18, at 75, of cardiac arrest. During World War II, he served in Italy. After the war, he joined his father in the auto parts business, expanding it into a chain of 16 stores, a warehouse and an export company. In 1985, he retired and moved to a ranch where he and his wife built a house and planted an avocado grove. During retirement, he and two partners bought back one of his old stores, and he continued to work. Survivors: his wife of 46 years, Ruth; his son, Kirk, '73, MBA '79, PhD '81; his daughter, Lynn, '76; and four grandchildren.
Audrey Jacobs, '46, MA '47, of Capitola, Calif., October 13, at 73. She worked as a teacher before coming to Capitola to manage the movie theater her father and uncle opened in 1948. A fixture in the ticket booth and at the candy counter of the Capitola Theater for almost five decades, she sold the theater in September 1996. She was a member of Soroptimist International.
Thomas McLaren, '46, of Menlo Park, September 21, at 78. A self-employed accountant, he worked for various firms, including Coopers & Lybrand. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Menlo Country Club. Survivors: his wife, Beverly; his son, Thomas; two daughters, Shirley M. Nicholas and Leslie; his brother, Kenneth, '38; his sister, Marjorie Bolton, MA '39; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
John J. Thompson, '48, of Atherton, December 1, at 74, after a brief illness. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. During World War II, he served as a B-17 navigator in the 8th Air Force, stationed in England. He was a retired manager of a San Francisco wholesale building materials business. Survivors: his wife, Meryle, '46; and his son, Charles.
John Turnblad, '48, MA '49, of San Francisco, October 18, at 73, of prostate cancer. During World War II, he served in the Army in the Pacific. He was editor of the Stanford Daily in 1946. He later worked as a reporter at the Palo Alto Times and the Denver Post and then traveled overseas to work for the European edition of Stars and Stripes. In 1958, he returned to the United States and joined the Kaiser Corp.'s public relations office. In 1961, he went to work for the U.S. Information Agency at its station in Tunisia and later for Radio Free Europe, where he became a senior news editor. In 1983, after living in Munich for 20 years, he moved to San Diego for two years before settling in San Francisco. Survivors: his wife of 49 years, Dolly, '50; two sons, Peter and Timothy; his daughter, Kristin, '76, MA '81; his sister, Joan Kurtz; and two grandchildren.
1950s
Leonard A. Sagan, '50, of Atherton, December 8, at 69, of brain cancer. A senior medical scientist with the Electric Power Research Institute of Palo Alto from 1978 until his retirement in 1996, he served on the board of directors of the National Research Council on Radiation Protection and was a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Before joining EPRI, he spent 10 years as associate director of environmental medicine at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic. He also worked as a physician in nuclear medicine with the Atomic Energy Commission and directed research for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Nagasaki, Japan. In 1973, he was a medical rapporteur at Amnesty International's first worldwide conference to abolish torture. In more recent years, he mobilized support for the Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA, which seeks to stop the torture of women and children and is named for his wife, herself a recipient of the U.S. Medal of Freedom. He authored the book The Health of Nations and edited several others, including Discover the True Risk of Electromagnetic Fields. Survivors: his wife, Ginetta; his sons, Loring, Pico and Duncan; his mother, Fasie Sagan; his sister, Terrye; and six grandchildren.
Jean H. Edmunds, '51, of Vancouver, Wash., July 30, at 68. A 25-year resident of Vancouver, she was active with the Oregon Symphony, the SWIFT board, the Royal Oaks Country Club and the Ann Tilson Children's Hospital Guild. Survivors: her husband of 45 years, Earl, '52; two daughters, Janis E. Eshenour and Stacia G. Marshall; her son, Eric; and six grandchildren.
Raymond E. Williams, '51, of Phoenix, September 25, at 67. During the Korean War, he served in the Air Force. He attended the U. of Texas-Galveston from 1954 to 1961 for medical school and residency training and practiced anesthesiology in Phoenix for 36 years. He was founder and medical director of Biosystems Institute School of Respiratory Therapy from 1966 to 1980, medical director of critical care services from 1977 to 1980 and medical director of the department of biomedical engineering from 1973 to 1980 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Survivors: his wife, Ann; his daughter, Kay S. Moseley; three sons, Gregory, '76, Gary and Mark; his brother, Livy; and 10 grandchildren.
John Wylie Morrow, '52, of Easton, Md., September 30, at 66, of a brain tumor. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1955 and was ordained a minister in the United Church of Christ. He served as an associate minister at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Leominster, Mass., and, in 1957, he began a five-year pastorate at the First Congregational Church in Westminster, Mass., where he played a role in building a new educational wing. From 1961 to 1972, he was minister of the First Congregational Church of Marlboro, Mass. In 1972, he became minister of Plymouth Bethesda United Church of Christ in Utica, N.Y., retiring in 1991. He wrote for national religious publications and was involved with numerous professional and community organizations. Survivors: his wife of 37 years, Lydia; two daughters, Marcia L. Reilly and Katharine M. Kerr; his sister, Jane M. Carr; and his grandson.
Edward C. Morgan, '53, of Portola Valley, Calif., November 26, at 67. He was a 30-year employee of Hewlett-Packard Co. Survivors: his wife, Patricia; his son, Robert; and his daughter, Pam Klaus.
John Blythe McComb, '56, of Vancouver, Wash., August 12, at 62, of pulmonary fibrosis. He was a chemical engineer and a member of the board of directors for the Portland Youth Philharmonic. Survivors: his wife, Judy; his daughter, Jody Rajesh; his son, Jason; his brother, Robert; and one grandson.
Delores "Dee Dee" McDonald Bonham, '58, of Piedmont, Calif., August 17, at 60, after a lengthy illness. She was executive director of the California State Parks Foundation before making a career in real estate as a senior sales associate for Pacific Union Residential Brokerage in Oakland. An active volunteer in the arts, she was chair of the board of the Oakland Ballet, which she helped establish. She also served on the boards of the Oakland Symphony, the U. of California Art Museum and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Survivors: her husband, John; her son, John; and her brother, Craig McDonald.
Frances Stuart Hill, '58, LLB '59, of Encinitas, Calif., in August. Survivors include her daughter, Michelle Amieux.
Carl Moyer, '59, MS '60, PhD '64, of Portola Valley, November 29, at 60, of a heart attack. In 1965, he co-founded Mountain View-based Acurex Environmental Corp., specializing in the design, construction and cogeneration of solar and air pollution control systems. He served as a technical adviser to California regulatory agencies and helped shape California's air quality policies. Since 1979, he ran a book discussion group at Acurex and also led discussions in English classes at Menlo-Atherton High School. Survivors: his wife of 37 years, Birgitte, '61; his son Thomas, '89; and his daughter, Elisabeth, '90.
1960s
Norman A. Lloyd, '60, Gr '63, of Palo Alto, in December, at 64. He was a certified public accountant and a member of the Stanford Historical Society and Stanford Library Associates. While at Stanford, he was a member of the track team and set records in the mile, half-mile and distance relays. He later competed successfully in numerous masters track competitions and senior race categories. He was a founder of a Stanford running club and a member of the Angel Field Ancients. Survivors: his wife, Dorothy; his son, Gregory; his daughter, Shandon; and his brother, Alan.
David Edwin Bell, '67, of San Francisco, November 29, at 52, of complications of pancreatitis. After attending Northwestern U.'s graduate school of business, he worked for Touche Ross in Chicago and then returned to Stanford as assistant dean of students in the residential education program. He moved to San Francisco in 1976, where he established a real estate investment and management business. As a fund-raiser, organizer and leader in San Francisco's gay and lesbian community, he served on the board of governors and the board of directors of the Human Rights Campaign. He was treasurer of the AIDS Emergency Fund, co-chair of the Bay Area Nonpartisan Alliance and a principal supporter of the James Hormel Lesbian and Gay Center at the new San Francisco Main Library. Survivors: his parents; and his sister, Susan Bell Lawlor.
1970s
Stephen Albert Jacobs, '70, of San Francisco, July 26, of AIDS. While at Stanford, he was a member of the LSJUMB. He did postgraduate studies in Taiwan and Beijing. He was an attorney whose interests included languages, music, French Baroque theater, computer science, medieval and Renaissance art, film and filmmakers and world travel. Survivors: his life partner, Stanley Wong; his mother, Frances; his sister; his brother; and several nieces and nephews.
William M. Feinberg, '74, of Tucson, Ariz., October 24, at 45, of cardiac arrest. He attended medical school at UCSF and completed neurology training at the U. of Arizona, where he joined the faculty in 1986. As associate professor of neurology at the U. of Arizona Health Sciences Center, he was a teacher, clinician and nationally recognized leader in the field of stroke research. Survivors: his wife, Lois Loescher; his son, Max; his daughter, Hope; his parents, Milton and Marjorie; and his brother, Lawrence.
Marlene "Marnie" Hagmann Pavelich, '77, of Thompson Falls, Mont., October 16, at 42, of cancer. She worked as an editor at several large publishing houses in New York, and later with smaller presses in Montana and Oregon and finally as a freelancer. She authored Hawaii Parkland, published in 1988. She was a candidate for the Montana state legislature in 1996 and lost by fewer than 200 votes. Survivors: her husband, Matt; her son, Nicholas; her daughter, Riley Jane; her mother, Mary Jane Hagmann; and two sisters, Susan Monselle and Dale Forbes.
1990s
Keir Smith-Grant, '92, of Marietta, Ga., October 6, at 27, of suicide. She was working toward a master's degree in public health at Emory U. A fitness trainer, she owned and operated Total Package Fitness with her husband in Marietta. Survivors: her husband, Alan, '90; her mother, Peggy Smith; her father and stepmother, Lester and Pauline Smith; her sister, Jennifer; and her brother, Eric.
Business
William "Bill" Myers Birkel, MBA '56, of Saratoga, Calif., November 6, at 70. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1950 and then served aboard the USS Blue and USS Juneau during the Korean War. A self-employed life insurance agent and director of Group Personnel Associates, he was associated with Equitable Life Assurance for 42 years. He was an early member and past president of the Santa Clara County Chartered Life Underwiters and a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist. He belonged to the Palo Alto Tennis Club and served as a high school football referee. Survivors: His wife, Patricia, '53; his son, Douglas; four daughters, Julia Chaikovsky, '79, Linda Hopkins, '81, Laurie McCaskill and Pam; his sister, Julia Wilson; and two grandchildren.
Education
Haldor E. Rosvold, MA '42, PhD '48 (psychology), of Silver Spring, Md., September 26, at 81, of Parkinson's disease. He was a retired neuroscientist known as a pioneer in studying the role of the brain's frontal lobes and networks in mental processes. He studied short-term memory, discovering the first of several complex networks in the brain. He served in the Canadian Army in England during World War II as a psychologist. He taught at McGill and Yale before moving to the National Institute of Mental Health, where he founded a unit to study animal behavior in 1954. In 1976, the unit became the laboratory of neuropsychology, which he led until his retirement in 1982. Survivors: his wife, Mary; three children, Rae Rosvold-Skinner, Heidi Rosvold-Brenholtz and Daniel; his sister, Peggy Rosvold Mason; and six grandchildren.
Murl James Gibson, MA '47, PhD '56, of La Mesa, Calif., October 10, at 80, of cancer. During World War II, he was commissioned an ensign in the Navy. He worked as an instructor and counselor at San Diego City College from 1948 to 1965, when he joined the Mesa College faculty. During his 35-year career as a community college educator, he was an instructor, dean of admissions, testing and research officer and group guidance and personal counselor. He retired in 1983 as chairman of Mesa's counseling department. In 1976, he received the Dr. H.B. McDaniel Award from the California Personnel and Guidance Association. He served on the boards of the San Diego Family Service Association and the San Diego Personnel and Guidance Association. Survivors: his wife of 55 years, Mia; his son, Terry; and his sister, Helen Bonnett.
Vance Clark Frasier, MA '51, Gr. '56, of Carmel, Calif., July 24, at 70, of cancer. During his 38-year career in education, he taught at the U. of Arizona's graduate school of education and Carmel Middle School and served as principal of River School in Carmel. He was a former member of the Carmel 2016 Committee and the Board of Carmel Residents Association and was a skilled woodwork craftsman. Survivors: his wife, Ruth, MA '51; his son, Clark; his brother, George; and his sister, Dorothy Glover.
Humanities and Sciences
Evelyn Cleone Johnson Lebacqz, PhD '37 (English), of Stanford, November 23, at 94. She had a lifelong commitment to higher education and enjoyed reading and the outdoors. Survivors: her husband of 60 years, Jean, Engr. '34, PhD '35; her daughter, Karen; her son, J. Victor; and two grandchildren.
Hans von Richter, Gr. '51 (German studies), of Pebble Beach, Calif., August 6, at 87, of respiratory failure. He served with the German Foreign Service in the Netherlands, Brazil and the United States. He was a German instructor at Stanford from 1949 to 1951 and a member of the faculty of the Defense Language Institute and chair of its German department, retiring in 1979. He served as president of the DLI chapter of the American Association of University Professors, chair of the Citizens Committee for Foreign Students at Monterey Peninsula College, founding board member of the Lyceum of Monterey County, representative of the American Field Service and president of the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Peninsula. Survivors: his wife, Anne; his son, Gordon, '68; two stepsons, Ullrich, '67, MS '69, and Klaus Porzig, '69, MD '73; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Donald E. Drake, MA '55 (political science), of Encinitas, Calif., August 14, at 65. He worked for the CIA for more than 20 years. He taught at Portland Community College in Oregon for about four years and then was a professor at Palomar and Mesa colleges in San Diego for the past 10 years. Survivors include his brother, Richard.
Mary Ann Barry Reich, MA '59 (economics), of Orinda, Calif., September 1, at 60, of multiple myeloma. She taught social studies in the Acalanes School District in Contra Costa County until 1980, when she joined her husband to run California Optical Leather Inc. in San Leandro. They sold the business in 1992. Survivors: her husband, Rudolph, '55, MBA '59; two daughters, Anne R. Knowles and Susan R. Haenny; her son, Stephen; and four grandchildren.
