1920s
Gasper H. Magarian, '23, JD '25, of Fresno, Calif., December 28, at 98. He was the oldest active member of the California bar. A member of the Armenian General Benevolent Union for more than 70 years and past president of the Armenian American Citizens' League, he served on church boards and taught Sunday school at the Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church. Survivors include his son, David; his grandson, Mark; and nieces, Alicia, '85, and Nicole Kamian.
Genevieve "Gene" Rosebrook Snow, '25, of Los Altos, February 18, at 94. She was a library, Red Cross and College Scholarship Club volunteer. Her husband, William "Win" B. Snow, whom she met at Stanford and married in 1924, predeceased her in 1968. Survivors: her sons, William, '52, and Donald, '55; six grandsons; and four great-grandchildren.
Evelyn Huntington Sterling, '25, of Los Angeles, January 26, at 93. She was a member and past president of the Bel Air Guild of Children's Hospital, and was active in the Chi Omega sorority and Brentwood Garden Club. Survivors: her husband of 72 years, Theodore, '23, JD '25; two daughters, Jacqueline S. Williams and Hope S. Kelly; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Richard S. "Dick" Croker, '29, of Irvine, Calif., January 3, at 90. During World War II, he served four years in the Air Force and was a fisheries officer during the occupation of Japan. He worked for the California Division of Fish and Game as fisheries biologist and chief of marine resources for 33 years and as U.S. Department of State fisheries attaché for Latin America for five years. His work as fisheries consultant for international corporations and the United Nations took him to more than 30 countries. He was former national president of the American Fisheries Society. His first wife, Annie, died in 1991. Survivors: his wife of almost six years, Arline; his daughter, Catherine Dolbear; his son, Kenneth Croker, '57; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
1930s
Richard Clark McCurdy, '30, Engr. '33, of Darien, Conn., December 4, at 88. While at Stanford, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi and the water polo team. After graduation, he went to work for Shell Oil Co., where he served as president from 1965 until he left to work for NASA in 1974. A dedicated yachtsman, he undertook research in 1979 that led to major improvements in the stability of yachts. He also developed the International Measurement System, which handicaps different types of yachts racing in a single event. He was a former trustee of Stanford. His wife, Harriet, '30, predeceased him in 1987. Survivors: his daughter, Carolyn Wilson; two sons, Gregor, '58, and Richard; and four grandchildren.
John E. "Jack" McDowell, '30, MBA '32, of San Marcos, Calif., February 13, of injuries sustained in a car accident last year. He was the son of John Ezra McDowell, '99, alumni director and academic secretary at Stanford for many years. While at Stanford, he was a member of Sigma Nu/Beta Chi. He headed a management consulting firm for labor relations in Los Angeles. After retiring, he served as planning commissioner, city council member and mayor of Laguna Beach, Calif. Survivors: his wife of 66 years, Betty; three children, including James, '56; two brothers, Edgar, '26, and Carl, '31, MBA '33; his aunt, Margaret Newsom, '19; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Edward James Goldie, '30, of San Francisco, December 3, at 89, of respiratory failure. While at Stanford, he was a member of Kappa Alpha. He served in the Navy during World War II and was later president of Jackson-Goldie Ford in Oakland. He was a member of the Family Club, Merchants Exchange and the Olympic Club. Survivors: his wife of 51 years, Barbara Martin; his son, Bart; his stepson, Martin Quinn; and three grandchildren.
Katherine Woodward Adams, '32, of Healdsburg, Calif., September 2, at 86. During her 20-year teaching career, she taught at Healdsburg High School and Geyserville and Cloverdale schools. After retiring, she continued to teach reading as a volunteer. A scholarship fund was established in her honor at Healdsburg High School. She was predeceased by her husband, Clyde, in 1981. Survivors include her four children, Dale, Rick, Linda Adams-Lotspiech and Leigh Adams-Austin.
William Rawlins Ray, '32, JD '35, of Sandy, Utah, March 31, at 88, of emphysema and congestive heart failure. He was a San Francisco trial lawyer for nearly 45 years. His hobbies included bird-watching and fly-fishing. Survivors: his daughter, Joan Ray Harrow; his brother, Joseph, '36; his sister, Judy Wills; and two grandsons.
Tex Bollman Allen, '33, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., January 15, at 87. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omicron at Stanford. He worked in Seattle for Boeing Co. as a civil engineer for 25 years. He retired in 1975 and moved to Fernandina Beach in 1997. Survivors: his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Frances Allen; and his niece.
Janis McCreadie LoForti, '33, MA '34, of San Francisco, January 27. While at Stanford, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta. She taught at Lowell High School in San Francisco. Survivors: her husband of 61 years, Robert, '34, MA '46; and her daughter, Susan.
Jack D. Myers, '33, MD '37, of Pittsburgh, January 31, at 84. Specializing in internal medicine, he worked at Stanford and Harvard medical schools, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and Duke U. before joining the department of medicine at the U. of Pittsburgh. He chaired that department from 1950 to 1970 and continued to work there until last year. He developed one of the first computer programs to help doctors diagnose complex cases, matching 3,550 symptoms with more than 500 diseases, and later developed the QMR (quick medical reference) database system for diagnostic decisions. Survivors include his wife.
William Ogburn "Bill" Russell Jr., '33, MD '38, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., August 2, 1997, at 87, of cancer. A neuropathologist, he was one of five founding members of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and served as its first chair and professor of pathology from 1948 to 1977. He was director of pathology laboratories at North Ridge Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale from 1977 to 1987, served as a consultant on the peer-review panel for the dioxin registry of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and was consultant/curator for the American Joint Committee on Cancer. He also provided private and forensic consultations in cancer pathology. Survivors include his wife.
Frederick Taylor Searls, '33, of Alameda, Calif., January 24, at 85. He joined PG&E in 1936 and worked in a number of capacities, including positions as rate attorney, assistant general counsel and general attorney. During World War II, he served as an Air Force intelligence officer in Europe and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war, he returned to PG&E and, in 1969, was named vice president, a position he held until his retirement in 1975. He then moved to Washington, D.C., where he continued to practice utility law before returning to the Bay Area in 1988 and joining the San Francisco law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae. Survivors: his wife, Joan; two daughters, Catherine Searls Clark and Carol Searls Hilliard; his sister, Roberta Eastman; two stepdaughters; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Edith J. Usher Summers, '33, Gr. '34, of Hillsborough, Calif., December 31. While at Stanford, she was a member of Chi Omega. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Bert, '33.
Robert Philip Lilienthal, '35, of San Francisco, February 2, at 84, of complications from surgery after a fall. During World War II, he served as a naval officer on a destroyer escort in the Aleutians and fought in the battle of Okinawa. After the war, he worked as an executive at Charles Brown & Sons and served as vice chairman of San Francisco's planning commission. As a founding member and president of the Presidio Heights Association of Neighbors and president of the San Francisco Planning and Housing Association, he helped organize community efforts to limit commercial development of the Presidio and preserve it as a national park. A member of numerous civic organizations, he received the Silver Spur Award from the San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association. Survivors: his wife of 60 years, Frances; two sons, Jim and Peter; his granddaughter, Annie; and his brother, Theodore, '34.
Myrl H. Jorgensen Northway, '35, of Monterey, Calif., March 10, at 84. At Stanford, she was president of Chi Omega. She worked for many years as an executive secretary for the Hastings Law Journal and assisted Professor George Osborn in revising his books on security interests. She moved to the Monterey Peninsula three years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick, '35. Survivors: her sister, Phyllis McCallum Koch, '35; her brother, Henry Jorgensen, '37, JD '56; three nieces; and a nephew.
Vlad J. Taranik, '35, Engr., '37, of La Habra Heights, Calif., February 16, at 84. At Stanford, he played on the water polo team and was a member of Sigma Xi. He was head of the research department of Continental Can Co. in Los Angeles and later was in charge of building the Best Ever Meat Co.'s cannery in Mexico for the U.S. Army during World War II. He supervised the installation of canning machinery for A & A Associates and then operated his own business, Conveyor Specialists. Survivors: his wife of 62 years, Jeanette, MA '37; two sons, James, '62, and Nikolas; and two grandsons.
William L. Garth, '36, of La Jolla, Calif., January 19, at 83, of cancer. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. After graduating, he worked at a variety of jobs, including co-managing Peruvian singer Yma Sumac and operating Sorrento Brick and Clay Products. A civic and business leader, he served as director and president of the La Jolla Historical Society and founded Boy Scout Troop 595 at Scripps Elementary School. He was predeceased by his first wife, Patricia, in 1986. Survivors: his wife, Luisa; four children, Diego, Moylan, Natalie and Bryant, JD '75; his sister, Harle Garth Montgomery, '38; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Carlene D. Curran Westinghouse, '36, of Sidney, British Columbia, December 28, at 82. Survivors include her husband, Aubrey, '38, and her daughter, Barbara Mordaunt, '58.
Melvin T. Hurley, '37, MD '42, of Kensington, Calif., August 14, at 82. While at Stanford, he was a member of Breakers and earned a Block S in track as a discus thrower. He completed his medical training at San Francisco City and County Hospital and served in the Navy during the final stages of the war in the Pacific. After training in orthopedics at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, he set up practice in Richmond, Calif. He retired in 1972. Survivors: his wife, Martha, '37; two daughters, Nancy van Roessel and Janet Boone; his son, Arthur; and four grandchildren.
Adelaide Baethke Price, '37, of Rock Island, Ill., February 19. She earned a master's degree at Columbia and worked for several years in the personnel department at Bell Labs in New York. She returned to her hometown, Kewanee, Ill., in 1942 to marry her childhood sweetheart, Chalmer. They moved to Moline, Ill., where she was a counselor for the Rock Island County Youth Opportunity Corps for 10 years and chair of the Moline chapter of the Red Cross. Survivors: her husband of 56 years, Chalmer; her daughter, Lynn Olsen; her son, Donovan; and two grandchildren.
Justin O. Blackwelder, '39, Gr. '40, of Naples, Fla., February 1, at 80, of cancer. He grew up on the Stanford campus, where his father was dean of the school of geology. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma, he served in the Army Air Corps in England, France and Holland. He was executive director of the Atlantic Union Committee in Washington, D.C., from 1952-63. In 1963, he served on the Population Crisis Committee as assistant to its first president. In 1973, he founded the Environmental Fund, a private foundation to create awareness of the consequences of overpopulation. He was a charter member of the City Tavern Club in Georgetown. Survivors: his wife, Janet, '39; his daughter, Robin Kelly; three sisters; and his brother.
Carl Nathan Reynolds, '39, MA '43, of Portland, Ore., November 12, at 80, after a brief illness. At Stanford, he was a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda/Lambda Nu. During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps in Washington, D.C. He taught art history at U. of Portland, Portland State U., and St. Helen's Hall, now Oregon Episcopal School, and was chair of the OES board. In 1985, he and his wife, Mary, sold the ski area that they began developing in 1950. He was predeceased by his first wife, Eugenia, in 1945, and by his wife of 46 years, Mary, Gr. '48, in 1994. Survivors: three daughters, Kathryn Janssen, '75, Rebecca, '71, and Lydia; his son, Charles, '73; and three grandchildren.
Lomax K. Turner, '39, of Benicia, Calif., October 4, at 81. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, the gymnastics team and the yell squad. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant in the Navy and retired from the reserves as a lieutenant commander. He was owner and broker of Hatch & Turner Real Estate Agency and Hatch & Turner Insurance Associates Inc. Past president of Solano County Board of Realtors and the Vallejo Junior Chamber of Commerce, he was a member of numerous civic and social organizations. Survivors: his wife, Nancy; two sons, John and Robert; two daughters, Sherril Ornelas and Sandalyn Bohnet; his brother, Clemons, '45; his sister, Lee Edmundson; and seven grandsons.
1940s
Kenneth LeRoy Fraser, '40, of Santa Barbara, Calif., February 13, at 80. While at Stanford, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. From 1952 to 1978, he was the chief executive officer of Kenneth Fraser Co. Inc. Survivors: his wife, Bersita; two sons, Kenneth, '64, and Bruce; and four grandchildren.
Mary Gale Zwick Holland, '40, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., on January 21, at 78. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank. Survivors: four children, Maraya, Gale, Flynn and Thomas; her sister, Helen Fleeman; and eight grandchildren.
Edward L. "Ed" Brady, '41, LLB '48, of Hollister, Calif., at 77, after a lengthy illness. He served in the Army during World War II. He was district attorney for San Benito County from 1954 to 1958, and spent two years in private law practice until appointed San Benito County Superior Court judge in 1960. He retired from the bench in 1980. He was a member of the judicial ethics committee of the Conference of California Judges and was assigned to the state Judicial Council. He also was a former director of the Hollister chapter of the American Red Cross. Survivors: his wife, Marjorie; his son, Edward Jr.; and four granddaughters.
John Richardson Kauke, '42, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., December 28, at 78, after a lengthy illness. During World War II, he developed radar systems at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. After completing his degree in 1948, he joined the team developing missile guidance systems at White Sands, N.M. He owned an aerospace telemetering firm, Kauke & Co., in Santa Monica, Calif., for many years. He was vice president of sales and marketing of Moore Industries in Sherman Oaks, Calif., until his retirement. A community activist, he served as president of the Pacific Palisades Civic League in 1974 and was a founding member of Los Liones Arboretum Foundation, which later became Los Liones Botanical Gardens Association. He also was a ham radio operator for more than 60 years. Survivors: two sons, John and David; his daughter, Roxanne Storm; his brother, Phillips; and five grandchildren.
Walter Addison Smith, '42, of Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies, March 24, at 78, of prostate cancer. At Stanford, he was a member of Alpha Delta Tau and of the track and field team. He served in the Navy during World War II as commanding officer of the USS Destiny in the South Pacific. After the war, he joined Exxon Corp., where he was operations manager for New England. In 1960, he formed and managed 150 Trust and 120 Trust, which owned North Station, Boston Garden and other commercial real estate properties. He was a member of the president's circle of the National Academy of Sciences, director of Associates of Cape Cod, president of the board of trustees at Shore Country Day School in Beverly, Mass., and senior warden of Christ Church in Hamilton, Mass. A trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he was honored with the Cecil H. Green Award for his contributions to oceanographic research. He and his wife were members of The President's Fund at Stanford. Survivors: his wife, Hope; five children, Jessica Smith James, Eliza Smith Cushman, Charles, William and Hope; his sister, Sarah Snell; and seven grandchildren.
John Timothy "Tim" Driscoll, '43, of Pasadena, Calif., January 18, at 76. At Stanford, he was president of Delta Kappa Epsilon in 1943, goalie on the soccer team and president of the interfraternity council. He served in the Navy as a chief petty officer from 1944 to 1945 and, after the war, worked for Richfield Oil Co. in Los Angeles, holding various executive positions from 1949 to 1977. From 1977 to 1982, he was vice president of Lunday-Thaggard Oil Co. in South Gate, Calif. He was predeceased by his wife of 33 years, Jeanne, in 1983, and by his second wife, Mary Kay. Survivors: three sons, Richard, John, '76, and Dennis; his daughter, Anne; his brother, Robert, '49; and four grandchildren.
Dorothea "Dodo" Paulman Hammett, '43, Gr. '50, of Prescott, Ariz., January 15, at 76. She moved to Prescott from Hawaii in 1981. She was a pianist and watercolor artist. Survivors: her husband of 53 years, Ray "Duke," '43, MBA '53; three sons, R. Lee, Jeff, '69, MA '70, and Douglas; her sister, Anna Treat, Gr. '39; her brother, William Paulman, '39; and two grandchildren.
Judith Traphagen, '43, of Greenbrae, Calif., January 10, of kidney failure. She worked for the Asia Foundation and then as business manager for the YWCA in San Francisco. Later, she was a self-employed tax preparer and bookkeeper, retiring in 1985. An active volunteer, she supported arts organizations and was a member of the San Francisco Junior League. She is survived by three cousins, Nancy, Lawrence and Jonathan Robbin.
Robert C. Vanina, '43, of Sacramento, December 12, at 75. While at Stanford, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi and the swim team. He earned his medical degree from Creighton Medical School in Nebraska. During World War II, he served as an Army medical officer in Europe. He specialized in dermatology at New York U. and completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital in 1953. He established his dermatology practice in Sacramento, his hometown. Survivors: his wife of 46 years, Nancy; his son, Robert II; and his daughter, Laurie.
Nancy M. McLaren Bernhard, '45, of Davis, Calif., in December, of a heart attack. At Stanford, she was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. She later attended the U. of Hawaii, where she received a master's degree in history. She was a longtime resident of Davis, where her husband was on the faculty of UC-Davis. Survivors: her husband, Richard, '50; and two sons, Douglas and Allan.
David E. Brown, '45, MD '48, of Davis, Calif., in November at 74. At Stanford, he was a member of Zeta Psi and the football team. He was named to the East-West Shrine All-Star football team following the 1946 season. In 1956, he moved to Davis and began his private surgical practice. He served on the board of directors of Tahoe Tavern Properties. He was a member of the Stanford Buck Club and the Olympic Club of San Francisco. His wife of 41 years, Mary Lou, predeceased him. Survivors: three sons, Donald, Steven and Robert; his daughter, Susan Triphan; his brother, Aubrey; and six grandchildren.
Richard F. Outcault Jr., '45, LLB '50, of Laguna Beach, Calif., January 4, at 73. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta at Stanford. He was an associate and then partner at the law firm of Arter, Hadden, Lawler, Felix & Hall for 41 years and was a member of the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors. He served as president of the Los Angeles Town Hall and was active with the Australian-American Chamber of Commerce. Survivors: his wife, Rula; his son, Richard IV; his daughter, Susan Potts, '76; and four grandchildren.
Richard C. Kern, '46, of Menlo Park, November 8, at 78. At Stanford, he was a member of Phi Delta Gamma. He was a longtime supporter of Stanford athletics. Survivors: his wife, Dickie, '47, MA '49; his son, Richard; his daughter and son-in-law, Kathryn, '81, and Steve Johnson, '81; his sister, Eleanor Jane; and five grandchildren.
Dennis McCarthy, '49, JD '51, of Ojai, Calif., November 12, of leukemia. For more than 30 years, he served as secretary, house counsel and senior vice president of Tejon Ranch Co. Survivors: his wife of 50 years, Zelda; his son, Dennis, '72, MS '73; his daughter, Susan McCarthy Henderson, '74; and five grandchildren.
Margaret "Peg" Cox Myers, '49, of Los Altos Hills, May 26, 1997. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, Paul, '48, JD '51, in 1991. Survivors: seven children, including Paul "Chico" III, '72; her father, Sam Cox; her sister, Barbara "Bobbie" Cox Ellison, '51; and 18 grandchildren.
Theodore C. "Ted" Tennant, '49, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., January 21, at 73, of emphysema and complications due to pneumonia. At Stanford, he was a member of Kappa Alpha. He served in the Army during World War II, receiving the Bronze Star for valor. During service in the Korean War, he received the Silver Star. He retired in 1984 as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves. He worked in the aviation industry and retired as senior staff editor at Hughes Helicopter in Culver City, Calif. He was commander of American Legion Post 283 in 1968-69, president of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association, treasurer for the Palisades Recreation Center, an Eagle Scout and a scoutmaster. Survivors: his wife of 48 years, Marilyn "Mimi," '49; three sons, Richard, Stephen and John; his daughter, Carol Wickersham; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Wallace Charles Thompson, '49, of Carmel, Calif., January 17, at 73, of a brain tumor. At Stanford, he was a member of Delta Chi. During World War II, he served in the Army in France and Germany. He worked for the Department of State in Libya and for the Asia Foundation in Pakistan. He later was director of the American Society of Eastern Arts in San Francisco. He also worked for McGraw-Hill Publishing and wrote three novels and a play. He spoke French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. His wife, Ruth, '46, predeceased him in 1985. Survivors: his son, Brian; and his daughter, Lisa Smith.
1950s
DeVere Franklin "Mick" Allen, '50, of Portland, Ore., December 17, at 70, of pancreatic cancer. At Stanford, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was the retired president and owner of Clatskanie Timber Products, Allen Forest Products and Telwicha Lumber Co. He served on the school board and as a director of the First National Bank in Clatskanie, Ore. After moving to Portland, he served on the boards of the Astoria Country Club and the Portland Golf Club. Survivors: his wife of 47 years, Margaret, '51; two sons, Michael and Stephen; two daughters, Deborah A. Brown and Kathleen A. Ormseth; his sister, Sally Garramone; and six grandchildren.
George Louis Garrigues, '50, of Bishop, Calif., May 26, 1997, at 70. He served in the Navy for two years during World War II before entering Stanford. After graduating, he and his wife, Barbara, '50, moved to Bishop to run the family business, the Pinon Book Store. He was predeceased by his wife. Survivors: two sons, William and John; two daughters, Patricia Brown and Sally Reed; his sister, Elizabeth Crane; and nine grandchildren
Theodore T. "Ted" Roelfsema, '50, of Long Beach, Calif., December 6, at 68, of cancer. He served as a naval officer in the Korean War. He worked in the real estate department at Security Pacific National Bank for more than 30 years. He was an avid sailor and duck hunter. Survivors: his wife, Helen, '60; three daughters, Marjorie Kaspar, Valerie Saul, '76, and Frances, '79; and four grandsons.
Lincoln O. Sheranian, '50, MD '54, of La Puenta, Calif., January 2, at 71. At Stanford, he was a member of Zeta Psi. He served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. After a five-year surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., he practiced in Southern California. He is survived by five children, Victoria Senter, Paula Shimmin, Rebecca, Sara and Lincoln Jr.
David Pierre Bramble, '58, of Santa Barbara, Calif., January 17, at 61. At Stanford, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omicron/Omega and the football team. He served in the Navy as a frogman, now called SEAL, and designed a frogman training course at the naval facility in Coronado, Calif. After working at IBM in Los Angeles as a marketing representative and manager from 1962 to 1968, he became a stock and investment broker. He later embarked on a second career as a restaurateur, starting the Randy Tar chain with friends in Los Angeles and then a chain called The Islands. In 1987, he moved to Kauai and started several restaurants on the island, returning to Southern California in 1990. Survivors: his wife, Eileen; two sons, Steven and Matthew; his daughter, Kirsten; his parents, Eunice and Ed; two sisters, Mary Clark and Angela Wadell; and one granddaughter.
Sue Zimmer Carlisle, '58, of Bakersfield, Calif., January 1, at 61, as the result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident. At Stanford, she was a member of the Memorial Church Choir and served on the Women's Council. After graduating, she taught elementary school in Porterville, Calif., for two years. A member of many civic and social organizations, she was past president of the Junior League of Bakersfield, the Lori Brock Junior Museum and the Town and Country Garden Club. Survivors: her husband of 39 years, Fred, '58; her son, Kirk; two daughters, Colleen Overholt and Christine Oddo; her sister, Georgene Reiland; and three grandchildren.
William Early Craig, '59, Gr. '59, Tualatin, Ore., January 27, at 60, of cancer. At Stanford, he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He began his legal career in the Army's Judge Advocate General Corps, where he advanced to captain. In 1970, he moved to Portland and worked at Georgia Pacific Corp. and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. He was Western regional counsel for Georgia Pacific from 1982 until his retirement in 1997. He served on the boards of directors of the Oregon Symphony, Portland Rose Festival and Janus Youth Programs Inc. Survivors: his wife of 37 years, Joanne, '62; two daughters, Meta Brook Walker and Alix M.C. Gadd; his sister, Lucille C. Nikolai, '62, MA '63; and two grandchildren.
1960s
Susan Jane Phillips Hoffman, '60, of Sausalito, January 14, at 58, of cancer. She worked as a freelance editor and consultant. A 20-year resident of Sausalito, she served as treasurer of the Marina Vista Homeowners Association.
Charles Michael Byrne, '63, of Sunnyvale, November 24, at 56. Survivors: two aunts, Helen Nilsson Gietzen and Joan Nilsson Ritchie.
1980s
Kathleen Maria Bowman, '82, of Seattle, February 26, at 36, of ovarian cancer. After earning a law degree at UCLA, she worked in Seattle law firms for five years. She became co-director of Catholic Community Services' special ministries division and was responsible for most of the agency's shelters and homeless housing in the Seattle area. Four years later, having helped establish Noel House women's shelter, Aloha Inn transitional housing and other projects, she became a reporter and then host of National Public Radio affiliate KUOW's Weekend Edition. She also co-hosted In Between segments on KCTS-TV. Survivors: her mother, Delores; four sisters, Patricia, '78, Roberta Denning, Teresa Gilberg and Barbara Wagner; and two brothers, Timothy, '81, and James, '82.
Rodney James Shull, '87, of Santa Barbara, Calif., February 7, at 33, of a heart attack. At Stanford, he was on the football team and a member of Theta Delta Chi. Before attending Stanford, he was an All-American wide receiver at Santa Barbara City College. Survivors include his wife, Ashley; two children; and his parents.
Education
James Russell Croad, MA '29, of Monterey, Calif., October 25, at 97. In 1935, he was named superintendent of elementary schools in Monterey and went on to serve three years as superintendent of the San Bernadino, Calif., Unified School District. He later served as superintendent in Burbank, Calif., for 20 years. In 1963, he wrote a bill, passed by the state legislature, to improve the retirement programs for California teachers. He was honored with many awards, including the American Educator's Medal given by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. In 1964, he moved to Carmel, Calif., where he served on the boards of the YMCA, chamber of commerce, United Way, American Red Cross and the Boy Scout Executive Council. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, in 1981. Survivors: his daughter, Elizabeth Croad Gard, '54, Gr. '60; three grandchildren, including Karen Gard Roney, MS '88; and four great-grandchildren.
Harlen M. Adams, EdD '38, of Chico, Calif., December 19, at 93, of pulmonary fibrosis and myodysplasia. He joined the Chico State U. faculty in 1939 in speech and English. He taught at Stanford in the Army Student Training Program between 1943 and 1946. Returning to Chico State, he served as dean of the school of arts and sciences in the 1946-47 academic year, dean of the school of education from 1947 to 1950 and CSU's executive dean from 1950 to 1966. An advocate of the performing arts, he produced, directed and acted in many community and university theatrical productions. He retired in 1974 but continued to teach as a guest professor emeritus and to mentor students through 1997. At his retirement, the Chico State Performing Arts Center Theater was renamed the Harlen Adams Theatre and a scholarship in the department of theater arts was established in his honor. He was president of the Enloe Hospital Board of Trustees for 10 years, a founding member of Chico Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, former president of the Area Agency on Aging, past president of the National Council of Teachers of English and an ordained elder in the Presbyterian church. Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Lois, Gr. '37; his daughter, Harlene, '60; two sons, Gordon, '63, and Martin; his sister, Toy Gibson; and six grandchildren.
Lois Baugher Shellhammer, MA '41, Gr. '59, of Sacramento, December 17, at 87, of congestive heart failure. A former high school and Sacramento State College teacher, she served as an education consultant to the Sacramento County schools office for 13 years. In the mid-1960s, she was named to an advisory committee on integrating Sacramento's schools. An environmentalist, she served for nearly three decades on the board of directors of the League to Save Lake Tahoe. She was past president of the Sacramento County Library Association and the Sacramento chapter of the League of Women Voters. Survivors: her husband, Tom, MA '47, EdD '55; two sisters, Pauline Crane and Dorothy Rupnik; and her brother, Kenyon Baugher, MBA '38.
Stephen D. James, MA '52, of New York, January 30, at 73, of heart disease and cancer. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a weather forecaster and photographer. He taught high school and junior high in California before moving to New York in 1957 with his wife, Denise Petty, Gr. '56, to work as an advertising copywriter. He co-founded the Citizen Exchange Corps, the first cultural exchange program between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War era, and organized a China Corps in 1968. Survivors: two sons, Aram and Timothy; two daughters Megan Lopez and Caitlin; and four grandchildren.
Katharine L. Bowen, MA '56, of Los Altos, March 21, at 83. She worked for the Girl Scouts, the YWCA and Stanford. She was predeceased by her husband, Alfred. Survivors: her sisters, Elizabeth P. Taylor and Barbara O'Neill.
Engineering
Dale M. Jahn, MS '49, of Bay Shore, N.Y., December 18, 1996. He graduated with honors from UC-Berkeley in electrical engineering in 1943 and was elected a member of Sigma Xi. In 1980, he received a United Technologies award for extraordinary achievement in product design. He retired in 1985. Survivors: his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Calvin, Timothy and Geoffrey; his daughter, Deborah Ballard; his brother, T. Marvin; and seven grandchildren.
George E. Blodgett, MS '53, of Sebastopol, Calif., December 10, at 87. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was a retired supervising civil engineer with the U.S. Forest Service. Survivors: his wife, Lillian; his daughter, Carolyn Thompson; two sons, Ronald and Ken; two brothers, Clyde, MS '53, and Lynn; his sister, Elouise Jones; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Humanities and Sciences
Eleanor Hanford Cathcart, MA '30 (economics) of Palo Alto, April 3, at 90. From 1929 to 1932, she worked for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., on the Federal Reserve Bulletin. She worked for 17 years at Sunset Publishing Co., retiring as head of accounts receivable for Sunset Books. For 15 years after that, she helped her husband, Wallace, '27, JD '30, with his CPA practice. She served as deaconess at First Congregational Church in Palo Alto, where she was also active in the Women's fellowship. Her husband predeceased her on December 12. Survivors: her daughters, Margaret Fuller, '56, and Dorothy Seagle, MA '64; her son, Tom, Gr. '68; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Boyd A. Martin, MA '37, PhD '43 (political science), of Kamiah, Idaho, January 8, at 86. He was a professor of political science and dean at U. of Idaho for 35 years before retiring in 1973. In 1980, he founded the Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at U. of Idaho and served as its director until 1990. He also created and acted as the first director of the U. of Idaho's Bureau of Public Research and helped organize the William Borah Foundation. He helped draft the original U.N. charter in 1945 and was honored for his contributions during the organization's 50th anniversary celebration. He was a visiting professor at Stanford and UC-Berkeley and wrote or co-wrote nine books and 30 articles. Active in local and state politics, he chaired the legislative committee of the Moscow, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce. He was predeceased by his wife, Grace.
Carole Wallace Bartlett, MA '62, Gr. '64 (Russian and Eastern European studies), of Hummelstown, Pa., August 1. Her varied careers included teaching high-school French and college Russian, operating a skirt design and production business and working in real estate. She also was a fund-raiser for Music At/From Gretna and had started a new position at American Express Financial Services. She was a horticulturist and a volunteer for several humanitarian organizations. Survivors: her husband, Glen, MA '65, MD '65; her son, John; and her brother, William Wallace.
Perry Lee Birchard, MA '67 (sociology), of San Andreas, Calif., February 1. She researched drug programs, was a consultant to the director of the California Youth Authority and served as an investigator for the state department of consumer affairs, specializing in water issues. During her retirement, she lived in the Sierra foothills and was active in Democratic Party organizations. She also was interested in animal welfare and raised border collies. Survivors: her mother, Pearl Irene Adam; her brother, George; and two nieces.
Law
Franklin L. Knox Jr., JD '32, of Los Angeles, January 31, at 90. He served for three years as a Navy lieutenant commander in the South Pacific during World War II. He practiced law in Los Angeles for 56 years, representing 20th Century Trucking Co. He was a member of Kiwanis International. Survivors: his wife of 31 years, Beth; his son, Robert; and his sisters.
