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Obituaries - September/October 1996

September/October 1996

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Obituaries - September/October 1996

Faculty and Staff

Richard Severin Cox, of Woodside, Calif., April 20, at 58, of a heart attack. He worked for 18 years as a nuclear physicist in the department of radiation oncology at the School of Medicine and was internationally known for his advanced work in stereotactic radiotherapy. During his tenure at Stanford, he adapted the accelerator process at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for use in a medical setting to treat brain tumors. Combining his interests in computer science and statistics, he developed a computer system to follow patients' progress before such software was available to the public. He taught residents at Stanford Hospital, published 97 articles for medical journals and often lectured at national and international meetings. He was a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Radiation Research Society. Survivors include: his companion, Patsy; and his son, Randall.

Phyllis Einarson, of Los Altos, May 16, at 66. She was a longtime nurse at Stanford University Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Survivors: her daughter, Patricia; her son, Murray; two sisters; and three grandchildren.

Marjorie "Marj" Richardson Coleman Kunzler, of Mountain View, April 18, at 74, after a long illness. She was a cook at El Cuadro Eating Club in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She befriended many El Cuadro hashers and diners during her years at Stanford. Famous for her outstanding grilled breakfasts and company meals for members, their dates and parents, she remembered what "the usual" meant for hundreds of students. Survivors: her husband, Ken Cox; two sons, Wesley and Robert Coleman; daughter-in-law, Ruth Coleman; stepson, Kenneth Kunzler; and six grandchildren.

Daniel Mazia, of Monterey, Calif., June 9, at 83, of heart failure and complications of cancer. A professor emeritus of biological sciences at Hopkins Marine Station, he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recent past president of the International Cell Research Organization of UNESCO. As a cell biologist best-known for his mitosis studies, he was the recipient of national and international scientific awards. Survivors: his companion, Ruth Gilbert; two daughters, Rebecca and Judith; his brother Joseph; and his granddaughter.

Karen C. Spade, of Mountain View, June 9, at 41, suddenly. She had been a financial/management analyst at the sleep disorders clinic in the department of psychiatry at the Medical Center since 1988. Survivors: her son, William; her father, Gilbert Masaki; two sisters; and two brothers.

Amos Tversky, of Stanford, June 2, at 59, of metastatic melanoma. A cognitive psychologist and the inaugural Davis-Brack Professor of Behavioral Sciences, he was a dominant figure in decision research and a leading psychological theorist. His work on human judgment and the limits of human rationality had a major impact on the fields of economics, philosophy, statistics, political science, law and medicine. Tversky came to Stanford in 1970 as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences. He joined the faculty in 1978 and won the American Psychological Association's award for distinguished scientific contribution in 1982 and MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships in 1984. He served on Stanford's Faculty Senate from 1990 and was a member of the Academic Council's advisory board to the president and provost. He helped found the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. He was elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He also was affiliated with Tel Aviv University, directing student research there as well as at Stanford. Survivors: his wife, Barbara; two sons, Oren and Tal; his daughter, Dona; and his sister, Ruth Ariel.


1910s

Mabel Miller Lorenz, '17, of Selma, Calif., February 21, at 102. Survivors include her son, Walter.


1920s

Wilbur K. Hood, '20, of Portland, Ore., April 22, at 97. While at Stanford he was a member of Kappa Sigma. He joined Mutual of New York Life Insurance Co. in 1924 as a sales representative and was manager of the Oregon and Southwest Washington agencies for 25 years, until he retired in 1964. He served for 57 years on the board, and as president from 1946 to 1965, of the Albertina Kerr Centers, a Portland private agency offering a range of services for children, including psychiatric and therapeutic care, foster care and adoption. He spearheaded the construction of the Centers' Louise Home Chapel and Fireside Room in the early 1970s and was instrumental in establishing the Louise Home Chaplaincy Endowment fund, which supports the Centers' chaplaincy program. Survivors: two daughters, Barbara Conner, '47, and Janice Barrow, '50; his brother, Donald, '24; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Holly Roberts Masters, '20, of Encinitas, Calif., April 17, at 97. Survivors: her daughter, Margaret, '52; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Milton H. Saier, '24, MD '28, of Palo Alto, May 31, at 93, of Parkinson's disease. He was the last surviving member of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic's eight founding partners. An internist with a specialty in allergies, he created the first allergy department at the clinic. Survivors: his wife, Lucelia; his daughter, Lucretia Johnson; two sons, Milton Jr. and Fulton; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Margaret Cosgrave Sowers, '26, of Palo Alto, April 22, at 90, of cancer. During World War II, she worked with the American Friends Service Committee, helping Japanese-American students released from internment camps in California to attend college. She served as registrar of Fresno State College (now CSU-Fresno). She and her husband later moved to Santa Cruz, where she helped to shape UC-Santa Cruz in its early days as both a consultant to the library and a friend to many faculty members. An acknowledged authority on antiquarian maps, she took computer classes and constructed an on-line database for more than 4,000 maps at the department of special collections at Stanford.

Robert Allen Hardison, '29, of Santa Paula, Calif., in April, at 89. He was a descendant of a pioneer family that came to Ventura County in the 1860s. After graduation, he returned home to work for his family's Hardison Ranch, which grew citrus and avocados in the Santa Clara River Valley. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps. During his long agricultural career, he served as a director of the Limoneira Co., the Ventura County Citrus Exchange and Sunkist Growers. He was director and president of both Santa Paula Savings and Loan and Ventura County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. He was an active participant in the Boy Scouts, Rotary Club, the local Masonic Lodge and the Santa Paula Hospital Foundation. Survivors: his wife, Mary Louise; his son, Logan; his daughter, Dorcas Hardison Kimball Thille, '53; his sister, Janette H. Romney; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Warren R. Philbrook, '29, Engr. '32, of Carmel, Calif., April 14, at 87, of pneumonia. After graduating, he returned home and worked for Barium Products in Modesto, Calif. Work took him to the East Coast but in 1954, when the company was acquired by Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., he returned to California and became its industrial relations director in San Jose. He was director of personnel administration for FMC Corp. when he retired in 1970. In the 1950s, he began serving with the Santa Clara County United Fund, and for nearly 15 years he volunteered in various capacities for that agency, which ultimately became part of the United Way. He served as a national officer for United Community Funds and Councils of America and was also an officer for the National Safety Council, Junior Achievement and the Northern California Blue Cross board. Survivors: his wife, Mae; his daughter and son-in-law, Lyn and Steve Faust; brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Marie Philbrook; and sister-in-law, Margaret Philbrook.


1930s

Marcella H. Grannis, '30, of San Francisco, February 19. Survivors include her brother, Frank, MBA '49.

Claude Cline, '31, of Prescott, Ariz., March 5, at 87, of pneumonia. After graduating from Stanford, he returned to his hometown of Prescott to help his mother run the Head Hotel. In 1942, he purchased the Elks Theater, which had been turned from an opera house to a movie theater in the 1930s. A few years later, he purchased The Studio, where he showed second-run movies. In 1956, he purchased a drive-in theater and in 1973, he built the Marina Twin Theaters, which he considered to be one of his biggest accomplishments. He retired from the movie theater business in 1980. Survivors: his wife, Betty; two sons, Barry and Stephen; his daughter, Carole Giles; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Pearson Cameron Kellogg, '31, of Turlock, Calif., March 1, at 87. During World War II, he served in the South Pacific in the Navy Reserve as a lieutenant commander for the U.S. Naval Medical Corp. He was in the 1st Marine Division. He was a member of the Monte Vista Chapel in Turlock and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Survivors: two sons, Rodger and Brian; his daughter, Elaine Darland; his brother, Robert; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Sidney B. Pickles, '31, Engr. '33, of Colusa, Calif., April 22, at 86, of complications from Parkinson's disease. Early in his career, he worked for International Telephone and Telegraph. He played a key role in developing the ILS (instrument landing system), the TACAN (tactical air navigation) system and other radio navigation aids still in use today. In the 1950s, he invented the world's first electronically scanned TACAN antenna. For the next 36 years, he worked on government contracts improving and developing new tactical air navigation systems. In 1993, he received a letter of commendation from President Clinton for "contributions to American aviation." At the time of his death, he held 42 patents on air navigation aids. Survivors: his wife, Drue; two sons, Raymond and James; and his daughter, Virginia Jones.

Bernarr "Barney" Bates, '32, of Magalia, Calif., in December. After serving as a ranger for the National Park Service at Giant Forest, Mineral King, Death Valley and Yellowstone National Parks, he was awarded a Park Service Scholarship to study at Yale. His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. His first wartime duty was in the Navy Intelligence School at Quonset Point, R.I. He was later sent to Washington, D.C., and then the Pacific, where he served in Air-Sea Rescue. After the war, he worked as travel editor for  Sunset Magazine and was active in the Navy Reserve, training recruits at the Treasure Island Naval Station. He served as president of the San Francisco Kiwanis Club and Stanford Club and was a member of the Presidents' Club, Public Relations Round Table, Commonwealth Club and Outdoor Writer Association.

Donald C. Birch, '32, Gr '43, of Gresham, Ore., February 23, at 87. While at Stanford, he was a member of Theta Xi and the honorary science fraternity Sigma Xi. He worked as a petroleum geologist and traveled throughout the United States, Canada and the Philippines. He was honored when a fossil he found in the Miocene silt at Round Mountain near Bakersfield, Calif., was named for him. He co-founded the Wyoming Geological Society and Mount Hood Rock Club. He was a charter member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. He belonged to the Northwest Geological Society, National Association of Retired Federal Employees and Gresham Historical Society. Survivors: his wife, Ruth; his son, Anthony; his daughter, Georgianna B. Thurber; his sister, Ena Finlayson; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Prentis Cobb Hale, '33, LLB '36, of San Francisco, February 11, at 85. In 1936, he began his business career as a stock clerk working in the basement of the family business, Hale Bros. Stores. By 1948, he was the company's president. Hale Bros. merged with Broadway Department Stores to form Broadway-Hale Stores Inc. He served as chairman of the new company from 1950 to 1972. The company, later known as Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc., owned the Emporium, Weinstock's and The Broadway. Survivors: his wife, Denise; four children, including Prentis, MBA '66, and Hamilton, '73; and seven grandchildren.

Mack J. Hamilton, '34, of Great Falls, Mont., May 1, at 85. While at Stanford he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He worked as a certified public accountant. Survivors include: his wife, Ruth; his son, Donald, '63; two daughters; and seven grandchildren, including Leslie, '89, and John, '91.

Evelyn McKisick Kleinsorge, '34, Gr '35, of Sacramento, April 13, at 82. Survivors include her daughter, Louise K. Williams, MA '70.

Louis P. Bansbach Jr., '36, of Englewood, Colo., March 29, at 82. While at Stanford, he played rugby and was a member of Sigma Nu and Beta Chi. During World War II, he served in the Merchant Marines. He was chief executive officer and owner of Standart 8 Main Inc., an insurance agency in Denver. A member of the Denver Athletic Club, he played on its championship volleyball team. He was also a member of the Wigwam Fishing Club, Denver Country Club and Castle Pines Country Club. Survivors: his wife, Martha; his son, Louis III, '62, Engr. '64; his daughter, Lynda B. Collins; and four grandchildren.

Lois Carolyn Huffman Jones, '36, of Merced, Calif., February 27, at 81. She was a caseworker for the Merced County Welfare Department and worked in sales for World Book Encyclopedia for 20 years. She was a member of the American Association of University women, the Republican Women's Club, Central Presbyterian Church and the Friends of the Library. She also served as a docent for the Merced County Historical Society. Survivors: her husband, Joseph; two daughters, Linda Peters Morris and Joanne Jones Wigley; her stepdaughter, Linda Lou Jones; her son, Walton Ronald Peters; and four grandchildren.

Paul J. Wallin, '36, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., April 5, at 83. Survivors: his wife; and his son, Richard, '69.

Joan Flor McNabb, '37, MA '38, of San Francisco, at 79, after a short illness. She was a fund-raiser for Big Brothers of America, and a member of the St. Francis Yacht Club and the Town & Country Club. Survivors: her daughter, Susan M. Cook; two sons, William and Mark; her sister, Mary Flor Siegfried, '35, LLB '38; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Alan N. Ducommun, '38, of Rolling Hills, Calif., February 5, at 79. While at Stanford, he was a member of Sigma Chi. During World War II, he served in the Army as a flight engineer. He was corporate secretary of his family's business, Ducommun Metal & Supply Co., later renamed Ducommun Inc. Survivors: his son, David; his daughter, Ann; his sister, Patricia Fry; and two brothers, Edmond, '40, and Jean.

Bill Moses, '38, of Tustin, Calif., March 12, at 80. While at Stanford, he was a member of Sigma Chi. He was editor and publisher of The Tustin News for more than 38 years. He found his first permanent position at the Bakersfield Californian in 1939. During World War II, he was assigned to the 367th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. On his fifth mission, he was shot down over Antwerp, Belgium. He was a prisoner of war from April 1943 until he was liberated by Patton's troops in May 1945. After the war, he worked for the Los Angeles Times as a general assignment reporter. He was editor of the Newport Harbor News-Press from 1951 to 1956, when he and his wife, Lulu, purchased The Tustin News . He and his wife helped charter the Tustin Area Women's Club, and founded Tustin Tiller Days, the Jack and Jill Guild of Children's Hospital of Orange County and Assistance League of Tustin. He was instrumental in forming the Tustin Chamber of Commerce. He was chosen the 1958 Tustin Area Man of the Year. Survivors: his son and daughter-in-law, Bill III and Michele; his daughter and son-in-law, Penny and Terry Vickers; and three grandchildren.

Ted Hucklebridge, '39, MA '53, Gr '55, of Santa Rosa, Calif., November 30, at 80, after a long illness. He began his teaching career at Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, Calif., where he coached football and track. During World War II, he served more than four years in the Navy. At Riverside College, he coached national champions in cross country and track and field. In 1955, he became a consultant in physical education, recreation and safety at Sonoma County Schools. In 1963, he traveled to Amman, Jordan, where he worked for a year as an American Specialist for the United States Information Service, a division of the State Department. In 1967, he was elected president of the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. He also published numerous articles and collaborated in writing and producing the television series Formula for Fitness and the film Bridges to Learning. Following retirement, he volunteered to help children with special needs. Survivors: his wife, Ruth; his son, Mark; two daughters, Katy Merrill and Heidi Morgan; and his grandchildren.

Evan V. Jones, '39, of San Diego, November 14, at 76, of complications from Parkinson's disease. While at Stanford, he was a member of Theta Delta Chi. He founded Ace Parking 45 years ago. Ace ultimately grew into a national parking empire, with 350 sites in seven states. He was active in the San Diego Chapter of the National MS Society. Survivors: his wife, Sally Jones; two sons, Steven, '64, and Scott, '71; and his daughter, Wendy Alcott, '76.

A. Judson "Judd" Sturtevant, '39, Gr '41, of Hughson, Calif., March 31, at 80. He was a retired broadcaster and former part-owner of several radio stations in San Francisco, Klamath Falls, Ore., and Sacramento. During the 1950s, he was a founder of the Hughson Youth Center and was a member of a group that worked toward changing the curriculum of Modesto Junior College's agriculture program. In the late 1980s, he was a member of the committee that obtained a grant to fund the building of the Hughson Community Senior Center. Survivors: his wife, Margaret; three sons, Peter, Michael and Craig; two daughters, Brook and Anne; his sister, Betsy Roth; his brother, Robert; and seven grandchildren.

Felker Morris Tucker, '39, of Longview, Wash., December 4, at 77. She was a member of the '23 Club, Round Robin Study Club, Longview Country Club and Columbia Theatre Task Force. Survivors: three sons, Mark, '70, William and Dan; and seven grandchildren.


1940s

Glen A. Holland, '41, of Los Angeles, December 27, 1994. He was a retired psychotherapist in private practice. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year at Stanford. He taught psychology at Connecticut College in New London and at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., before joining the faculty at UCLA. He left there to begin his private practice in clinical psychology. Survivors: his wife, Marjorie, '43; his son, Glenn, '74; his daughter Nancy J. Holland Koon, '69; and four grandchildren.

John B. Burnham, '44, MS '47, of Richland, Wash., January 28, at 72, of drowning while snorkeling in Puerto Rico. He began his career with General Electric Co. at Hanford in 1948. His early professional years were spent researching nuclear fuels and their manufacturing. He later studied power generation and transmission. He joined Battalle in 1965 and traveled around the world studying geothermal projects in the early 1970s. His last big project before retiring in 1986 was a study analyzing the environmental effects of several methods of nuclear waste disposal. After retirement, he ran a consulting firm out of his Richland home. Survivors: his wife, Jeanne; and two sons, David and Robert.

George Carson Rasmussen, '46, of Kahala Ranch, Hawaii, April 6, at 72, of cancer. He was a sixth generation descendant of the Dominguez Land Grant family of San Diego. While at Stanford, he was a member of Zeta Psi. During World War II, he served as lieutenant in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific and China. He worked in real estate development and was active in helping the homeless community in San Diego and Hawaii. Survivors: his wife, Rosemary; his son, Brian; his daughter, Marilyn; and two brothers, Neil, '38, and Arthur, '42.

Mary Vaughan Wildensten, '46, of Castro Valley, Calif.

Robert Donnell Larabie, '47, of Atherton, April 4, at 69. He worked as a managing director for Salomon Brothers Inc. and was an avid supporter of the Stanford Athletic Department. Survivors: his wife, Marie; his son, Charles; three daughters, Helen Walker, Ann Larabie and Charlotte Kayser; and three grandchildren.

Betty Lou Magill, '48, of Spring Valley, Calif., April 3, at 69. Her nursing career spanned nearly 50 years. The last 17 years she worked for Adult Protective Services Inc. as program manager of South Bay Adult Day Health Center, as nursing supervisor for the agency and as staff nurse. During the Korean War, she served in the Army Nurse Corps. Survivors: her daughter, Jan Lewis; two sons, Jon and Mark; and three grandsons.


1950s

William F. Sigal, '50, MA '52, of Paris, March 10, at 69, of a heart attack. While at Stanford, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and captain of the Stanford ski team. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a radio operator. He was an architect and developer in Puerto Rico and throughout the Caribbean, building condominiums, hotels, public housing, community developments and restoring historic sites. In 1968, he received the U.S.-Puerto Rico URBE Gold Medal for a new community for Cayey, Puerto Rico. Survivors: his four children; and his brother, Albert, '49, MA '52.

Elizabeth McElroy Bogart, '53, of San Francisco, May 1, at 64, of cancer. She sat on the board of both the Fine Arts Museum Society and the San Francisco Junior League. She was also active in the San Francisco Symphony League and the San Francisco Landscape Garden Show. Survivors: her husband, Johnson; and two daughters, Edith Dagley, '83, and Margaret Power.

Sue Kuechler Harris, '56, of Atherton, May 6, at 61, of cancer. She was a member of a pioneer San Francisco family and an owner of the Hillsdale Travel Co. in San Mateo and Gilt Edge Travel in London. She served as president of the Peninsula Volunteers and on the board of Castilleja School. She was a member of the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club. Survivors: her husband, James, '54; three daughters, Sally Harris, Beth Harris Booher and Kathryn Robbins; two sisters, Sally Debenham, '56, and Nancy Enright; her brother, Henry N. Kuechler III; and four grandchildren.

James E. "Ned" Harrold Jr., '56, MBA '61, of San Francisco, in February, at 62, of cancer. Following his service in the military, he worked 20 years for IBM. He was a world traveler and avid photographer. He was also actively involved with the San Francisco Zoological Society. Survivor: his sister, Madge Cashion.

Warren Donald "Don" Goodrich, '57, MS '64, of Otis, Ore., March 23, at 60, of cancer. While at Stanford, he was a member of Chi Psi. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army. A professional mechanical engineer, he worked in various research capacities for United Technologies in East Hartford, Conn., and The Futures Group in Glastonbury, Conn. Survivors: his mother, Evelyn; his father, Warren; two sons Kevin and Kalon, '84; his daughter, Kimberley Fisher; two sisters, Dennise G. Gannon and Sue Douglas; his brother, Kenneth; and three grandchildren.

Gwynne Dean Thomas, '58, of Petaluma, Calif., February 27, at 59, of tongue cancer. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He worked as a real estate broker and appraiser. Survivors: his wife, Nancy, '60; three sons, Garold, Barton and Bryan; two daughters, Deanna and Deborah; his brother, William, '56; and four grandchildren.

Thor Willsrud, '58, of Ojai, Calif., February 20, at 58, as a result of an accidental fall in his home. He served in the Navy for three years as a communications officer aboard the USS Maury and as a staff officer at Pearl Harbor. He taught general biology, marine biology and microbiology at Ventura Community College for 30 years. Survivors: his son, Peter; his daughter, Susan; their mother, Jenine; his sister and brother-in-law, Astrid, '56, and Eric Schenk.


1990s

David Pianko, '99, of Encina, Calif., May 9, at 19, of Weber-Christian disease. A freshman resident of Junipero House, he left Stanford at the end of winter quarter because of the rare autoimmune disease and had planned to return to school this fall.


Education

Sidney L. Ancker, EdD '54, of San Rafael, April 13, at 83. He taught humanities and English at City College of San Francisco for 30 years. Following his retirement in 1974, he served as a volunteer counselor for the ACLU office in San Francisco and for the United Way both in San Francisco and in Marin County. Survivors include his wife, Margaret, MA '43, Gr '47.

Frank Edward Williams Jr., EdS '56, of Eugene, Ore., April 10, at 76, of complications from a stroke. During World War II, he was a captain in the Air Force and was a prisoner of war in Germany. He served in the National Guard from 1945 to 1956, retiring with the rank of major after a tour of duty in Italy. He was an ROTC instructor at Stanford, a professor of aeronautics at San Jose State U. and a pioneer of creativity research and testing at Macalester College and the U. of Utah. He was a member of the Association of Gifted and Talented and the Oregon Federation of Boaters. Survivors: his son, F. Eric; his daughter, Lorinda Shaffer; his sister, Louise Scroggins; and two grandchildren.


Engineering

Allen S. Foster, MS '71, of Saratoga, Calif., March 22, at 55. He was a member of a Marin County pioneer family. From 1963 to 1987, he worked in the frequency and time division of Hewlett-Packard. He helped found Trimble Navigation Inc. of Sunnyvale, where he worked as a research and development engineer until his death. He was a member of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco, the IEEE, the Corvette Club of Marin County and the Porsche Club. Survivors: his stepmother, Barbara; and two brothers, Paul and Howard.


Humanities and Sciences

Michael Howard, MA '65 (history), PhD '72 (education), of Iowa City, Iowa, May 17, at 52, of cancer. He taught at Penn State, Western Michigan U. and U. of Iowa School of Business. He and his wife, Carol, founded and co-directed a model early Childhood Program, CHILDSPACE, in State College, Pa. He was the assistant county attorney in Ottumwa from 1983 to 1985. He practiced law in Cedar Rapids with Eells & Peiffer P.C. from 1990 to 1991 and then began a private law practice in Iowa City. He served on the Iowa City School Board since 1992 and was its current vice president. Survivors: his wife, Carol; two sons, Ben and Joshua; and his daughter, Julie.


Law

Richard Prentice Ettinger Jr., Gr '48, of Balboa, Calif., April 26, at 72, of cancer. A philanthropist and heir to the Prentice Hall publishing empire, he established a college preparatory school for American Indian students in 1988. Located in San Ysidro, N.M., the Native American Preparatory School is the first privately funded residential school for Native Americans. He was former board chairman of the Educational Foundation of America as well as a trustee and benefactor of Whittier college. Survivors include: his wife, Sharon; 11 children including Leland, Christian, Heidi P. Landesman, Deborah and Wendy; his sister, Elaine Hapgood; and six grandchildren.

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