Faculty and Staff
George A. Herrmann, of Zurich, Switzerland, January 7, at 85. He was chair of the applied mechanics department from 1970 to 1975. Applied mechanics then became a division of the mechanical engineering department, and he continued as chair until retiring in 1984. His work focused on elasticity theory and continuum mechanics, and he served as a consultant for various corporations and government entities, including the Army, Air Force and Navy. Before coming to Stanford, he worked as an associate professor at Columbia U. and a professor at Northwestern U. Survivors: one daughter, Anne; one son, Peter; and two grandchildren.
Tillie Lerner Olsen, of Berkeley, January 1, at 94, of Alzheimer’s disease. She was an author and activist whose writing depicted the lives of working-class women. She received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in creative writing in 1955. Her work at Stanford led to her first published short story, one of four collected in Tell Me a Riddle. The title story in the collection received the O. Henry Award for best American short story of 1961. Between 1969 and 1974, she taught at Stanford, MIT, the U. of Massachusetts, Kenyon College and Amherst College. She received numerous awards, including a Ford Foundation grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her husband, Jack, died in 1989. Survivors: four daughters, Karla, Julie, Kathie and Laurie; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister.
Sandor Salgo, of Stanford, January 20, at 97. He taught at the University from 1949 to 1974, conducting its symphony and opera program. He also led the Marin Symphony and Carmel Bach Festival for more than 30 years and conducted the San Jose Symphony and the Modesto Symphony from 1951 to 1970. In retirement, he wrote a book on Thomas Jefferson’s life as an amateur violinist. Survivors: his wife, Priscilla; one daughter, Debra Danove; and two grandsons.
Keith Breden Taylor, of Bury, West Sussex, England, December 31, at 82. He was on the faculty of the Medical School from 1963 to 1989 as the George de Forrest Barnett Professor of Medicine. He also served as vice chair of the department of medicine and chief of medical service at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital. Before coming to Stanford, he had been a senior lecturer in medicine at Oxford. After retiring from Stanford, he became the vice chancellor of St. George’s U. in Grenada, West Indies. He was published widely and considered a leading authority on many areas of gastroenterology. His son, Matthew, ’73, and second wife, Kym, predeceased him. Survivors: his first wife, Ann; three sons, Sebastian, Niicholas and Daniel, ’80; one daughter, Kate; seven grandchildren; and his companion Patricia Staniszewski.
1930s
John Hamilton Ferns, ’30 (general engineering), Engr. ’32 (electrical engineering), of Woodland, Calif., December 20, at 98. He was chosen to serve as Woodland’s first city manager in 1948, a job he held for 25 years. The city recognized his contributions with the naming of the John H. Ferns Park. He remained active in civic affairs, including the Woodland Lions Club, the Salvation Army and the Boy Scouts, which honored him with its top awards for adult leaders. A World War II veteran, he designed bridges on coastal Highway 1 in California before becoming Woodland city manager. Survivors: his wife of 69 years, Lacie; one daughter, Janice Pinney; two sons, Ronald and David; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Rebecca Jane Engle Walk, ’31 (psychology), of Menlo Park, February 3, at 96. A member of Delta Delta Delta, she was hired after graduation to administer Stanford-Binet IQ tests to school children. She also helped her father with his real estate business. Her husband, Clifford, ’32, died in 1995. Survivors: her daughter, Eleanor; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Louis Chas Chubb Moore, ’32 (political science), JD ’35, of Carmel, Calif., January 13, at 96. A past president of Alpha Sigma Phi, he served as assistant district attorney in Salinas, Calif., for five years. During World War II, he was a legal officer in the Navy. After the war, he worked in private practice in Salinas and Carmel Valley. He also wrote plays, poetry and published a historical novel. His first wife, Maria Somavia, MA ’33, died in 1997. Survivors: his wife, Jeane; two sons, Louis and Jose; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Norman Banks “Ike” Livermore Jr., ’33 (social science/social thought), MBA ’36, of San Rafael, Calif., December 5, at 95. A member of Alpha Delta Phi and captain of the baseball team, he played for the U.S. exhibition baseball team at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He served in the Navy during World War II. He started a mule-packing outfit in the southern Sierra in 1929 and ran it for more than a decade. In 1952, he was hired as treasurer of Pacific Lumber Co., a family company logging sustainably in Humboldt County. In 1967, Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed him to his cabinet, and he served as secretary for resources for eight years. Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Virginia; two daughters, Pauline Jeffers, ’68, and Edith; three sons, Norman III, Samuel, JD ’78, and David; six grandchildren; and two brothers, including John, ’40.
Martin Elliott Thomas, ’33 (social science/social thought), of Sacramento, January 1, at 95. He earned a master’s degree from UC-Berkeley and served in World War II. He worked for 32 years as a librarian at UC-Berkeley, UCLA and the California State Library.
Alfred Baker Spalding Jr., ’36 (psychology), of Mill Valley, Calif., January 14, at 92. A member of El Cuadro, he earned a law degree from UC-Berkeley Boalt Hall and served in the Army during World War II. He worked for the St. Paul Insurance Co. in San Francisco for 30 years. He also taught a class in surety claims for the Insurance Educational Association and wrote several articles for insurance magazines. Among his many interests, he was a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Ross Valley Players, and the College of Marin Community Band. His wife of 36 years, Paula Williamson, died in 1985. Survivors include his son, Robin; and one daughter, Cynthia Tilden.
Frank Benjamin Tremaine, ’36 (communication), of Savannah, Ga., December 7, at 92, of pulmonary illness. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the baseball team and served as a campus correspondent for United Press International. He was working as the Pacific bureau manager of United Press, a forerunner of U.P.I., in Honolulu when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He filed what is believed to be the first account of the attack by a correspondent. He held various posts with the news agency and was named a senior vice president in 1972, retiring in 1980. Survivors: his wife of 67 years, Katherine “Kay” Newland; one daughter, Nancy, ’65; and one son, Frank “Pancho,” ’69.
John Arthur Hooper, ’38 (political science), of Portola Valley, January 17, at 89. A member of Chi Psi, he earned a law degree from Harvard and served in the Army during World War II. He practiced tax law in San Francisco for 10 years with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro. From 1957 to 1967, under presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson, he served in Paris as a U.S. Defense Department representative and as defense adviser to the U.S. Mission to NATO. From 1968 until his death, he devoted himself to charitable and community organizations. He served as president of Planned Parenthood of Northern California and president of the Auxiliary of the U. of California Hospital in San Francisco. He also chaired the Woodside Planning Commission from 1979 to 1980. Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Patricia; two sons, John and Lawrence; two daughters, Margo Blair, ’68, and Helen McCloskey; and five grandchildren.
Ralph E. Kuzell, ’38 (general engineering), of Flagstaff, Ariz., August 22, 2005, at 88. He was a member of Sigma Nu/Beta Chi. After graduating from West Point in 1941 and serving in World War II, he worked with the Office of Military Government in Berlin from 1945 to 1947. He later served as assistant army attaché in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and held posts in France, Argentina and the Panama Canal Zone. Following a 30-year career, he retired in 1971 as a colonel. His daughter Margaret, ’69, was killed in a car accident in South Africa in 1969. Survivors: his wife, Margaret; and four daughters, Mary Babbitt, Martha Cornelius, Madeline Giovande and Melissa Bardsley.
Robert L. Mollenhauer, ’38 (biological sciences), MD ’42, of Santa Rosa, Calif., November 18, at 90. A member of the Band, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Scholastic Society. He served in the Medical Corps and was awarded the Combat Medic Badge of Honor. He practiced medicine in Sonoma County, Calif., for 35 years. His wife of 36 years, Dorothy Swanson, died in 1978. He was predeceased by his second wife, Helen Traver. Survivors: two daughters, Linda Mollenhauer-Meyskens and Sally Schapero; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Sarkis A. Telfeyan, ’38 (preclinical medicine), of Great Neck, N.Y., December 14, at 91. A member of El Tigre, he earned his medical degree from the U. of Chicago. He served in World War II as a regimental surgeon before starting his 60-year medical practice in 1946. For more than 40 years, he served as president of the Telfeyan Evangelical Fund, a charitable organization dedicated to educating students of Armenian descent. Survivors: his wife of 66 years, Elida; two daughters, Lael and Daphne; one son, Bruce; and five grandchildren.
George E. Pimentel, ’39 (biological sciences), of Oakland, February 8, at 90. A member of El Capitan at Stanford, he started working for Pacific Telephone in 1941 and retired 37 years later as district manager. Active in the Oakland and San Leandro, Calif., communities, he was a past director of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Elsie.
1940s
Joseph Edward Coberly Jr., ’40 (political science), of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., November 5, at 89. A member of Zeta Psi and the soccer team, he served as a pilot in the Navy during World War II. He then joined his father in the family automobile business, Coberly Ford, in Los Angeles. He became president of the company in 1959 and retired in 1988. An active member of the Rancho Santa Fe community, he was on the board of the RSF Association and a member of the RSF Art Jury and the Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society. Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Jeanne; four daughters, Candace, Micaela, Karen and Courtney; and seven grandchildren.
Gene David Coldiron, ’40 (history), MBA ’48, of Sonoma, Calif., December 23, at 90. A quarterback for the football team and member of Phi Delta Theta, he served in World War II. After earning his MBA, he entered auto manufacturing with the Chrysler Corp. and became a partner in McAlister Leasing Enterprises in San Francisco. He moved to New York to serve as president of Kinney Corp. and to Minneapolis to serve as executive vice president for National Car Rental, Leasing and Equipment Corp. Returning to the Bay Area in 1972, he became general manager and partner for a General Motors Oldsmobile dealership and retired in 1984. He was past president of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Alumni Board of Directors and the Stanford Club of San Francisco. He was predeceased by his first wife, Lucille, and second wife, Jane (Horrall, ’46). Survivors: two daughters, Ashleigh and Jill; five stepchildren; and one brother.
Edward W. Cundiff, ’41 (economics), MBA ’42, EdD ’52, of Austin, Texas, November 7, at 87. A member of Theta Chi, he served in the Navy during World War II. He taught at Syracuse U. and received an endowed chair at the U. of Texas, where he served as associate dean until his retirement at 77. He was the author of seven books. His wife, Peggy, died on January 18, 2006. Survivors include his three sons, Rich, Greg and Geoff.
Jean Sturtevant Hamar, ’41 (speech & drama), of Portland, Ore., November 13, at 87, of pancreatic cancer. In the 1960s, she taught English and Russian at Beaverton High School in Oregon. After earning a master’s in counseling and guidance from Portland State U., she took a job with the Oregon State Employment Service as a vocational counselor, retiring in the 1980s. Her husband of 43 years, Cliff, MA ’43, PhD ’51, died in 1984. Survivors: two daughters, Virginia Hammon and Rosalind; one son, Douglas; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two brothers.
Lincoln E. Moses, ’41 (social science/social thought), PhD ’50 (statistics), of Portola Valley, December 17, at 84. His graduate work was interrupted by service in World War II. He taught at Columbia U. for two years before returning to Stanford in 1952. A professor of health research and policy and of statistics, he founded the Medical School’s division of biostatistics. In addition, he held a variety of administrative posts, including head of the statistics department from 1964 to 1968 and dean of graduate studies from 1969 to 1975. Under President Jimmy Carter, he headed the Energy Information Administration during the oil crisis of 1978. Survivors: his wife, Mary Lou; and nine children and stepchildren.
Clare Wagstaffe, ’41 (classics), of Redwood City, January 1, at 85. She entered the Dominican Order in San Rafael, Calif., and then attended the Catholic U. of America in Washington, D.C., where she received her doctorate in philosophy. She held various faculty positions in California, including dean of student development and director of parent relations at St. Mary’s College in Moraga. Survivors include one brother.
Martha Jean Barringer Albert, ’42 (economics), of Palo Alto, December 4, at 86, of Parkinson’s disease. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. A master’s level bridge player, she was a dedicated volunteer at Stanford Hospital. Her husband of 60 years, Frank, ’42, died in 2002. Survivors: three daughters, Nancy James, ’65, Jane Willens, ’67, and Terry Levin, ’74, MA ’81; six grandchildren, including Heather Willens, ’93, JD ’97, and Jake Willens, ’99, MA ’00; one great-granddaughter; and one brother, Carl Barringer, ’44.
Barbara Elaine Heilbron Greenberg, ’42 (English), of Stockton, Calif., November 28, at 85. She was president of both the Lawyers Wives of San Joaquin County and the Temple Israel Sisterhood. She volunteered at Dameron Hospital and the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Shop for more than 25 years. Survivors: her husband of 63 years, Forrest; two daughters, Lori Rifkin and Nancy; one son, Jeffrey; and four grandchildren.
Harry G. Parsons, ’42 (preclinical medicine), MD ’46, of Weimar, Calif., January 10, at 87. He was a member of El Toro and the baseball team. An assistant clinical professor of surgery in 1955, he was sent to Weimar Joint Sanitarium to develop the chest surgery program. He eventually became the county’s medical director and ran tuberculosis clinics in the surrounding area and Nevada. He retired in 1988. Survivors: his wife of 20 years, Rubyann Kattenhom; four stepchildren; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Harry Frederick Booth, ’43 (mechanical engineering), MBA ’48, of San Marino, Calif., December 13, at 84. A member of Theta Chi, he served in the Navy during World War II. He worked for Lockheed after graduation but switched to accounting and served as the manager of Booth & Booth CPAs. Survivors: his wife of 61 years, Doreen (Bayley, ’46); three daughters, Allison, Andrea and Christine; three sons, Brian, David and Stephen; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Raymond O. Mackey, ’43, of Carmichael, Calif., February 8, at 86, of a heart attack. During World War II, he served in the Army and earned a Bronze Star. A lifelong Sacramentan, he helped steer the Campbell Construction Co., which built many of the city’s landmarks, including the Sutter hospitals, the Sacramento County Courthouse and Sacramento High School. He retired in the late 1990s. Survivors: his wife of 50 years, Barbara Brand; three daughters, Sydney, Mary Alice and Jennifer; and one son, Christopher.
Elizabeth “Betty” Barmann Borgnino, ’44 (biological sciences), of Kensington, Calif., July 19, at 83, of Alzheimer’s disease. Her father was one of California’s pioneer rice growers, and she assumed the running of her family’s rice farm in 1965. She was active in the California Rice Growers Association and the California Cooperative Rice Research Fund. She was predeceased by her husband, Francis, and son Carl. Survivors: one son, Francis; one daughter, Catherine Dusterdick; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister.
Douglas Darling Hastings, ’44 (geology), of Lafayette, Calif., January 26, at 85. At Stanford, he was president of the Hammer & Coffin Society, editor of the Chaparral and a member of Alpha Delta Phi. Upon graduation, he joined the Standard Oil Co. as an exploration geologist. During his 42 years with the company, he worked throughout the western United States and Alaska, retiring in 1986. Survivors: his wife of 63 years, Doris (Dreusike, ’45); three sons, Douglas, William and James; and four grandchildren.
Eleanore Anne “Elie” Hyman Marcus, ’44, of Menlo Park, December 25, at 83, of heart failure. Her first husband, Greil Gerstley, died in World War II. Survivors: her second husband, Gerald Marcus, ’38; four sons, Greil, Bill, Steven and Daniel; one daughter, Anne Vronski; and 10 grandchildren.
Janice Elizabeth Jaques Haynes, ’45 (history), of Prescott, Ariz., October 28, at 82. She was Phi Beta Kappa and staff editor of the Stanford Daily. After receiving a master’s degree and teaching credential from Claremont Graduate School, she taught before becoming a research assistant to the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. After moving to Arizona, she worked as the migrant coordinator at the Paloma School. She also worked as a Title II coordinator for the Humboldt School District and the Yavapai Indian Tribe until her retirement in 1993. Survivors: her husband of 55 years, David, ’51; one daughter, Judy; one son, David; and three grandchildren.
Fritz Hubert Grau, ’46 (general engineering), of Carmel, Calif., December 3, at 82. A member of the varsity baseball team and Delta Kappa Epsilon, he served in the Navy during World War II and built a successful manufacturing business. Survivors: his wife, Susan Locklin; three daughters, Tara Martin, Alice Smith and Laura McCormick; one son, Fritz; and five grandchildren.
Harold Hamlin Hopper, ’46 (preclinical medicine), of Millbrae, November 25, at 82. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he enlisted in the Navy during World War II. He earned his medical degree from the U. of Cincinnati and completed internships at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia and Stanford Hospital. A dedicated physician for more than 50 years, he maintained a private practice in internal medicine and served as chief of staff at Mills Memorial Hospital and medical director of the Peninsula Regent. Survivors: his wife, Connie; two sons, Marshall and Charles; two daughters, Dana Habegger and Kimberly; two stepchildren; eight grandchildren; one brother, Emery Rogers, ’44, PhD ’51; and one sister.
Robert Hammond Anderson, ’47 (political science), of Portola Valley, January 22, at 86, of cancer. He was a World War II aviator, flying anti-submarine patrols and piloting a seaplane under the Golden Gate Bridge. After graduating from Stanford, he entered the lumber and logging business on the San Mateo coast. He sold his mill, Cascade Lumber Co., in 1958 and became an investor and developer. Two years later, he was ordained a deacon at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He got involved in Portola Valley’s incorporation drive in the early 1960s. He served on the first planning commission, the second Town Council and four one-year terms as mayor. Survivors: his wife of 59 years, Charlotte (Anderson, ’46); two sons, Doug and Bruce; one daughter, Sally; and one granddaughter.
Marshall Canning Hjelte, ’47 (political science), of Bothell, Wash., February 9, at 82. He was a member of the Band. After earning his law degree from the U. of Colorado in 1950, he set up a private practice in St. Helens, Ore., where he stayed for 13 years. He left the practice to become an administrator for Willamette View Manor, a retirement community south of Portland, Ore. He then worked with the Methodist Board of Hospitals and Homes in Evanston, Ill., traveling the country evaluating and solving problems in retirement homes. He went on to become executive director of several more retirement homes until he retired in 1995. Survivors: his wife of 58 years, Alice; two sons, Richard and Donald; one daughter, Janet; and seven grandchildren.
John Ingram, ’48 (political science), of Washington, D.C., February 2, at 80, of Parkinson’s disease. After receiving a master’s degree in public administration from UC-Berkeley in 1950, he began working in city management in San Diego, where he was budget director. He came to Washington, D.C., in 1967 and worked as budget director, director of the city’s Office of Planning and Management and as associate director at the Department of Environmental Services. He left in 1979 to work for Delphi International and retired in 1991. He was president of Washington’s Temple Sinai from 1976 to 1978 and volunteered for the United Way, Recording for the Blind and the Library of Congress. Survivors: his wife of 52 years, Ann (Livingston, ’53); two daughters, Elizabeth Yaffe and Judith; one son, David; and five grandchildren.
1950s
Joseph C. Kohlbecher Jr., ’50 (economics), MBA ’52, of Pleasant Hill, Calif., December 25, at 79, of lung cancer. A member of Delta Chi, he was actively involved with the Classic Car Club of America, the Singing Messengers of Pleasant Hill and the Society of California Pioneers.
William Harvey Sullivan, ’50 (political science), JD ’55, of Riverside, Calif., June 17, 2006, at 78. He was a member of Kappa Alpha and a retired superior court judge in Riverside County. Survivors include four daughters and nine grandchildren.
William Fletcher Thompson Jr., ’51, MA ’52 (history), of Madison, Wis., January 13, at 77. After Stanford, he completed a PhD in American history at the U. of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught at Wisconsin State U.-Oshkosh until 1971. After, he became director of research and then state historian at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He was very active in local politics, serving on the Landmarks Commission, the Plan Commission and on the board of the Park Commissioners. He was also president of the Olbrich Botanical Gardens. He was predeceased by his second wife, Connie, and stepdaughter Colette. Survivors: his former wife, Nancy Green, ’51; two sons, Ross and Brian; one daughter, Susan Ligh; one stepdaughter, Michele; 10 grandchildren, including Scott Thompson, ’06; and one sister.
Joan Karen Marshall Ton, ’51 (English), of Aurora, Colo., December 27, at 77. Survivors: her husband of 55 years, Paul; three sons, Scott, Robert and John; and one daughter, Elizabeth Collins.
Ronald Loughlin Allen, ’52 (economics), of Winnetka, Ill., February 11, at 77. At Stanford, he worked at KZSU radio station, and was a member of the track and field team and a member of Theta Xi. After completing his service in the Navy, he worked for A.B. Dick Co. in sales, sales management and product management. In 1971, he founded Allen and Boehm, which later became AllenVisual Systems Inc. in Buffalo Grove, Ill. He was a co-founder and board member of the Skokie School Foundation in Winnetka, a member of the schools committee of the Winnetka Caucus and past president of the New Trier Parents Association. In addition, he was president of the Carnot and Luceile Allen Foundation. Survivors: his wife of 51 years, Ruth; three daughters, Linda Walsh, Cynthia Smith and Susan Hughes; three sons, Stuart, Douglas and James; and 12 grandchildren.
Charles William McKay, ’52, MS ’56 (geology), of Lynnwood, Wash., December 4, at 76, of progressive supranuclear palsy. He was a member of Kappa Sigma and the football team, and he served in the Army between earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He worked for 12 years as a geologist with Standard Oil of California. After moving to Washington, he shifted careers and spent 22 years in labor relations, retiring in 1990. He was active in the Boys and Girls Club of Snohomish County and the Mukilteo YMCA. Survivors: his wife of 48 years, Jean; three daughters, Teresa Benito, Sandy Wollin and Tammy; one son, Scott; 10 grandchildren; and one sister.
Wilbur Richard Taylor, ’52 (social science/social thought), of Paradise, Calif., December 4, at 76. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was a member of the football and track teams. After graduating, he joined the Marines and served as an officer in the Korean War. His first wife, Shirley McBain, died in a car accident in 1987. Survivors: five daughters, Patricia Kaizoji, Catherine Roach, Sharon, Jennifer and Maura; one son, Michael; 14 grandchildren; and two sisters.
Frederick Augustus Moller Jr., ’53 (industrial engineering), of Calistoga, Calif., February 9, at 75. A member of Sigma Chi, he served in the Marine Corps after graduation. He then began a 41-year career in the San Francisco offices of Dean Witter Co., retiring in 1999. He was a longtime member of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. Survivors: his wife, Barbara; one daughter, Catherine; one son, Stephen; three stepdaughters; and one grandson.
David Lee Speyer, ’53, MS ’55 (geology), MBA ’62, of Yorba Linda, Calif., October 27, at 75. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Lambda. He worked as a geologist and aerospace program manager until his retirement. His wife, Gilda, died in 2003. Survivors: two sons, Paul and John; and two grandchildren.
Patricia Ann Meeks Linnett, ’55 (psychology), MA ’57 (education), of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., January 3, at 73. She became an educational psychologist with the Los Angeles County Office of Education and worked with disabled children in the special education section. Forced to retire in 1988 because of a brain tumor, she nonetheless remained an active volunteer with the Art Museum Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Survivors: her husband of nearly 50 years, Kim, ’56, MS ’57; three sons, Kim, Barry, ’82, and Christopher; six grandchildren; and one sister.
Carol Cecile Gevurtz Meisels, ’55 (social science), of Bellevue, Wash., December 30, at 73, of cancer. Following graduation, she worked in the stock and bond field in San Francisco. After her family moved to Southern California, she worked in special education for the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 1989, they moved to the Northwest, where she became an active member of the Eastside Interfaith Social Services Council and the Temple De Hirsch Social Action Committee. Survivors: her husband of 42 years, Stanley; one daughter, Julie; one son, David; two grandchildren; and one brother, John Gevurtz, ’58.
Susan Wilbur Hopper Foote, ’56 (geography), of San Bernardino, Calif., December 8, at 73. Active in social services, she worked as a welfare counselor for Santa Clara and Imperial, Calif., counties and later as a research investigator for UCLA. She also served as president of the El Centro Junior Women’s Ten Thousand Club and was secretary of a chapter of the American Red Cross. Survivors: one daughter, Barbaradee; one son, Ray; two grandchildren; and many brothers and sisters, including Nancy Hopper Franklin, ’51.
Jon Charles Cosovich, ’57 (political science), of San Francisco, January 24, at 71, of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He started working for the University as a development officer in 1961, leaving 22 years later to become vice president for development at the U. of Michigan. Beginning in 1996, he served as a senior adviser to the director of the Hoover Institution. He was elected into membership in Stanford Associates in 1983. Survivors: his wife of 46 years, Katharine “Timmie” (Getchell, ’57); two sons, Charles, ’86, and Peter; one daughter, Sarah; four grandchildren; and two brothers, including Peter, ’54.
Robert Logan Hyde, ’57 (biological sciences), of Kelseyville, Calif., December 18, at 70. He was president of his fraternity, Kappa Alpha, and ran track. After Stanford, he earned an MD from McGill U. in Montreal. He was a general practitioner for 44 years, beginning as a physician and surgeon in Florence, Ariz. He also ran Arizona’s state prison hospital and plasma center. In 1995, he moved to California, where he was the doctor for two clinics near Kelseyville and cared for patients at Meadowood Nursing Center in Clearlake. Survivors: his wife, Martha; two daughters, Amy Sherman and Rebecca; two sons, Casey and Brennan; two grandsons; two sisters, including Nancy Hyde Anderson, ’55; and his former wife, Joann Lohr Reedy.
Robert H. Feyerabend, ’59 (history), of Guerneville, Calif., October 7, at 69, of AIDS. He was an accomplished classical pianist and a student of philosophy and spirituality. He spent many years studying and writing on the Mendocino, Calif., coast. Survivors include his caregivers, Neil Fox and Sean Lyons.
1960s
JoAnne Gilmer Berryhill-Slack, ’60 (political science), of Coquille, Ore., January 16, at 67, of cancer. After Stanford, she attended San Francisco State College to become certified as a special education teacher for blind and partially sighted students. She taught in the Shasta County, Calif., schools for 17 years. Later, she joined the Slack Fish Co., a commercial salmon fishing operation in Alaska, and became expert in operating her own gill net and in all aspects of the fishery. She was also an accomplished watercolorist and was the featured artist in several shows near her home in Oregon. Her first husband, Robert Berryhill, ’59, died in 1981. Survivors: her second husband, Harry Slack Jr.; one son, Robert Berryhill; one daughter, Laura Berryhill; and two stepchildren, Joseph Slack and Helen Miller.
Farris Clark Hignett, ’61 (psychology), of Santa Barbara, Calif., January 23, at 67. Survivors include her son, Christopher, and one sister.
Gregg Ross Hopkins, ’62 (history), of Washington, D.C., December 19, at 65, of cancer. He was on the staff of the Stanford Daily, served as a Yell Leader and was a member of Sigma Chi. He served two years in the Navy before moving to Washington and working in the Office of Management and Budget. In 1969, he became vice president of Kraemer and Co., a real estate brokerage. More recently, he worked as a broker at Pardoe and Co., which was absorbed by Coldwell Banker. A great patron of the arts, Gregg sat on the board of the Paul Taylor Dance Co. Four days before he died, he saw the troupe perform the Washington premiere of two dances he had commissioned. Stanford Associates honored him with an Award of Merit in 1977 and a Governors’ Award in 1982. Survivors include his partner of 37 years, Murray Nimmo, his mother and one sister.
1970s
Antoinette S. “Toni” Culpepper, ’70 (communication), of Los Angeles, March 30, 2006, of leukemia. She was an architect with the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD) in Los Angeles. She had worked with OSHPD for more than 14 years, serving as a regional supervisor. Prior to joining OSHPD, she worked at William L. Pereira and Associates and was a partner in the firm of Friedman & Culpepper Architects. She earned her master’s of architecture degree from UC-Berkeley.
David William Denton, ’72 (English), of Brooklyn, N.Y., February 5, at 57, of brain cancer. A member of Phi Gamma Delta, he earned a law degree from the U. of Colorado-Denver in 1975. He worked as a federal prosecutor for 15 years. In 1987, Rudolph Giuliani, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, named him associate U.S. attorney. After leaving the office in 1992, he became director of investigations for Citibank. In 1996 he began working to promote student internships at the U.S. attorney’s offices and to obtain work-study funds for students. He arranged for summer intern positions for more than 100 students who would have been otherwise unable to afford unpaid government service. Survivors: his wife, Reena Raggi; one son, David Jr.; one brother; and three sisters.
Lois Verlee Larson Williams, ’73 (German studies), of Berkeley Heights, N.J., November 9, at 55, of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. After Stanford, she proceeded to graduate school, where she earned two master’s degrees: one in German studies from Cornell and a second in library science from the U. of Illinois-Urbana. She worked in England as a librarian at Sheffield U. in the late 1970s. After returning to the States, she worked as head of technical services at the Berkeley Heights Public Library and at the Westfield Memorial Library. Survivors: her husband, Michael, MS ’69, PhD ’71; two daughters, Rebecca and Sarah; one son, Benjamin; her mother and stepfather; two brothers; and a sister.
Thomas David Millican, ’74 (math/computational science), of Austin, Texas, in January, at 54, after being struck by a car while bicycling in December. Survivors include one sister.
Nancy Jane Mootz, ’77 (economics), of Greenbrae, Calif., December 11, 2004, at 49, of a brain tumor. After Stanford, she earned an MBA from Harvard. She founded Mootz and Co., a restaurant consulting firm, as well as Kona Pacific Enterprises, a food products marketing and distribution company. She also launched and served as general partner in three restaurants in the Bay Area. She was an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America and served as guest lecturer for courses in business and entrepreneurship at the U. of San Francisco and UC-Berkeley Hass School of Business. Survivors include her parents and two siblings.
John Calhoun Zajac, ’79, MS ’84 (biological sciences), of Tucson, Ariz., February 6, at 49. A member of Alpha Sigma Phi, he completed course work in film at the U. of Arizona and founded his own production company. He is a former secretary of the Arizona Libertarian party and was a Libertarian candidate for both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate and for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. He drafted gun rights legislation that became Arizona law. He was active in the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. Survivors: his father, Edward, PhD ’54; his mother; and one sister.
1980s
This corrects an obituary that appeared in the March/April issue.
Michele Dana Bee, ’83 (Spanish), of Los Angeles, November 7, at 45, of cancer. She taught elementary school and earned a law degree from UCLA and was a member of the California bar. An accomplished singer and guitarist, she composed songs about love and survival. She was a talented painter and ceramicist. Survivors: her mother, Lenore Lashley; her father; John Bee; two sisters, Donna Bee-Gates, PhD ’99, and Maria Bee; a niece and nephew, Sarafina and Anthony Bee-Martinelli, and her fiancé, Frederic Baker, PhD ’87.
David William Blackburn, ’88 (engineering), of Laguna Beach, Calif., November 9, at 40, of esophageal cancer. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and earned an MBA and a master’s of management in manufacturing from Northwestern U. He was selected as a fellow for the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and worked in the field of health care technology. Survivors: his wife, Tiffany; two daughters, Lauren and Evie; one son, Danny; his father, William, ’64; and his mother.
John Gund Farr, ’88 (anthropology and mechanical engineering), of Lexington, Mass., January 8, at 40. A graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, he worked as a consultant in the electric utility industry and was committed to developing efficient electricity markets that minimize environmental impact. Survivors: his wife, Usha Thakrar; one son, Kavi; his parents; and two brothers.
Jack Edward Ottaway III, ’89 (American studies), of Miami, December 25, at 39. At Stanford, he was a four-year member of the Band. Survivors include his father; and one brother.
Business
Ronald Frank Wippern, PhD ’65, of Napa, Calif., January 31, at 73. He worked as a consultant who lectured widely on valuation, corporate finance, strategy and derivatives. He was a tenured professor of finance at Yale’s School of Management and served on the business school faculties at Harvard and Dartmouth. He received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the U. of Colorado, serving as an officer in the Navy before earning his graduate degrees. At Stanford, he was a Sloane Fellow. Survivors: two sons, Chris and Mitch; and two daughters, Stacy Pak and Joscelyn.
Education
Robert John Hughes, MA ’41, of El Cerrito, Calif., July 10, 2004, at 97. His father, Charles, worked for Leland Stanford as an engineer on campus. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education from the California State Teacher’s College, now UC-Santa Barbara. After graduating from Stanford, he taught at Albany, (Calif.) High School until his retirement in 1972 as chair of the industrial arts department. His wife of more than 70 years, Mildred, died on January 20. Survivors: his son, Robert; one grandson; and two great-grandchildren.
Stanley D. McDougall, MA ’50, EdD ’57, of Sacramento, December 26, at 87. After serving with the Navy Seabees during World War II, he worked for 16 years with the California State Department of Education, retiring in 1982. He served as Los Altos School District superintendent and as a high school principal. His wife of 57 years, Elsie (Rose, MA ’53), predeceased him. Survivors include his son, Christopher, and his daughter, Pamela.
Marion Margaret Schrum, EdD ’58, of Prescott, Ariz., February 3, at 83. She received her bachelor’s degree from St. Louis U. and began teaching at Mercy Hospital in Burlington, Iowa. She continued her education with a master’s in nursing school administration from Catholic U. of America in Washington, D.C., before matriculating at Stanford. Before retiring as the academic dean of nursing from the U. of Nevada-Reno, she worked at Villanova College of Nursing and San Francisco State U. In addition, she served as department chair and dean of nursing at the U. of Wyoming.
Engineering
Keith H. Hurlbut, MS ’54 (electrical engineering), of Palo Verdes Estates, Calif., January 19, at 83. A World War II veteran, he served with the Air Force’s 70th bomb squadron in the South Pacific. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UC-Berkeley in 1950. He spent his career with Aerospace Corp. as a satellite specialist. He was an active supporter of the Hoover Institution, where he endowed the Keith and Jan Hurlbut Chair. Stanford Associates elected him into membership in 2001. Survivors include his wife, Jan (Ellis, MA ’51).
Tatsuzo Koga, PhD ’68 (aeronautics and astronautics), of Moriya, Japan, December 16, at 71. He studied engineering at Tokyo U. before enrolling at Stanford. He worked for Tsukuba U. in Japan as a teacher and an administrator and eventually became vice president of the university. He then served as director of Tsukuba Gigabit Laboratory for the Telecommunication Advancement Organization of Japan until 2004. Not ready to retire, he became director of Tsukuba JGN2 Research Center of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. Survivors: his wife, Tamiko; his son, Kei; and his daughter, Jun.
Dan Eric Miller, MS ’69 (industrial engineering), of Mountain View, January 2, at 65, of Alzheimer’s disease. After earning his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse U., he moved to California and began working at Lockheed. He enrolled at Stanford and then began his career at Hewlett-Packard, where he worked until his retirement in 1999. He was active in the Sierra Club and often led their trips. He was also an amateur radio enthusiast: in 1957, he made the New York newspapers as the first amateur radio operator to hear signals from the Sputnik satellite. Survivors: his wife of 36 years, Micki; and two sons, Jeremy and Joshua.
Humanities & Sciences
Nathan Wendell Riser, MA ’47, PhD ’49 (biological sciences), of Swampscott, Mass., July 26, at 86. He served in the Navy Medical Corps during World War II before completing his PhD on tapeworms at the Hopkins Marine Station. He then held various teaching and research positions at the U. of Pennsylvania, Fisk U., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Lab and the U. of New Hampshire before assuming a faculty position at Northeastern U., where he served as chair of biology. In 1967, he was appointed founding director of Northeastern’s Marine Science Institute (now the Marine Science Center), a position he held until he retired in 1985. He also served as an adviser to the Stratton Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources during President Johnson’s administration. Survivors include his wife, Jean.
Charlotte Olmsted Gill Kursh, MA ’61, PhD ’65 (anthropology), of San Francisco, December 27, at 94. The granddaughter of Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed the Stanford campus plan, she attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. After her children were grown, she earned her graduate degrees and turned to writing, publishing many articles and books, including her study of gambling, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose. Her first husband, Robert Gill, predeceased her. She was married to her second husband, Maurice Kursh, for 27 years. He died in 1987. Survivors: three daughters, Sarah Gill, Jane Gill-Shaler, ’62, and Mary Gill Jordan; one son, Stephen Gill; two stepchildren, Paula Kursh and Stephen Kursh; eight grandchildren, including Janet Olmsted Cross, ’84; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Janet R. Berkenfield, MA ’65 (Latin American studies), of Jamaica Plain, Mass., February 1, at 64, of a stroke. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Brandeis U. before enrolling at Stanford, and earned her MBA from Boston U. She joined the Peace Corps and worked to develop health programs in Chile. Returning to Massachusetts, she worked for the Department of Public Health Migrant Health Project. In 1975, she became the statewide director of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, leaving in 1982 to direct the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. She rejoined state government in 1990, becoming the first director of the Emergency Medical Services for Children project in 1993. She worked there until her death. Survivors include a sister.
Scott McMillin, PhD ’65 (English), of Ithaca, N.Y., March 29, 2006, at 71, of a stroke. He attended Princeton and served in the Navy before earning a master’s from George Washington U. With a doctorate from Stanford, he accepted a position on the English department faculty at Cornell and received tenure in 1972, the same year he won the university’s Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. He published four books and dozens of articles on Elizabethan drama. He was also committed to social justice and to fighting racism and co-founded the Harlem Literacy Project in 1990. Survivors include his wife and three sons.
Howard Leslie Garrison, MA ’66 (Latin American studies), of San Angelo, Texas, October 5, at 90. In addition to his master’s degree from Stanford, he held degrees from Two Rivers Bible Institute in Saskatchewan, Canada, a bachelor’s degree from Pan American College in Edinburg, Texas, and a PhD from the U. of New Mexico. He was an ordained minister in the Evangelical Free Church of America and served as a missionary in Colombia and Guatemala. His teaching ministry included Rio Grande Bible Institute in Texas and Trinity Junior College in Canada. Survivors: his wife of 28 years, Pauline; two daughters, Gail Pybus and Arensha; one grandson; and two sisters.
Pershing Tousley, MA ’68 (communication), of Independence, Mo., August 3, at 87. A retired Army colonel, he served on active duty for 31 years and was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was also a professor of military science at Texas A&I (now Texas A&M). Highly decorated during his military career, he received the Legion of Merit for his Vietnam War service. He was serving in the Pentagon in the Office of the Chief of Information, Department of the Army when he retired in 1973. He was a graduate of the U. of Maryland and the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. Following retirement, he served as assistant to the First Presidency of the Community of Christ, supervising the church’s program of ministry to the armed forces from 1974 to 1984. His first wife, Eva, predeceased him. Survivors: his second wife, Doris; two daughters, Jacquelyn and Sherry; two grandchildren; and one sister.
Timothy James Wiles, MA ’71, PhD ’75 (English), of Bloomington, Ind., July 17, 2003, at 56. He was an associate professor of English at Indiana U. Survivors: his wife, Mary McGann; and one son, David.
