Faculty and Staff
Paul V. Roberts, MS ’71 (civil engineering), of Cupertino, February 12, at 67, of leukemia. He was professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton U. in 1960 and his PhD from Cornell in 1966. He worked for one year as a visiting professor in Chile. From 1968 to 1971, he was a research engineer at the Stanford Research Institute. In 1971, he joined the Swiss Federal Institute of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control. In 1976, he came to Stanford as a research professor of environmental engineering. He became a full professor in 1986 and served as associate chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering from 1985 to 1990. He retired in 2000. Survivors: his wife, Inge; one daughter, Nina Marton, ’89; two sons, Christopher, ’92, and Sebastian, ’94; and nine grandchildren.
Oscar N. Serbein, of Fullerton, Calif., January 21, at 86. He was a specialist in risk management and insurance and professor emeritus at the Graduate School of Business. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the U. of Iowa in 1940 and 1941. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the Army Air Corps, rising to the rank of major. He earned his doctorate from Columbia U. in 1951 and became a professor of statistics there. In 1959, he joined Stanford’s Graduate School of Business as a professor of insurance. For 30 years, he taught insurance, risk management, operations, decision sciences and estate planning. He chaired the university committee on faculty and staff affairs from 1978 to 1981. He authored several books, including Paying for Medical Care in the United States, published in 1953, Educational Activities of Business, published in 1961, and co-authored two books. From 1966 to 1981, he was editor of a series of volumes titled Series in Risk and Insurance. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Alice; one daughter, Mary Parker; one son, John, ’77; and two granddaughters.
1930s
Harold C. Enderlin, ’32 (general engineering), of Reno, Nev., February 20, at 95. He served as an officer in the Navy civil engineers corps and construction battalions from 1943 to 1946 and remained in the Navy Reserves afterward. He earned his MPA from Harvard in 1953. He spent his career working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, beginning in 1935 as a field engineer and ending as assistant director, engineering division. He retired in 1972. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Lorraine; two sons, Jay Senter and William Senter; two granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; and two brothers.
Charles H. Merrill Jr., ’33 (economics), of Sausalito, February 2, at 95, of natural causes. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and during World War II, he served in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. He was an executive with Holbrook Merrill Co., a family-owned manufacturing company in San Francisco, and retired in 1976. An avid sailor, he helped organize the Farallon Patrol and a regular ferry service to the islands of the same name in the 1980s, when the Point Reyes Bird Observatory took up residence there. He was a founding member of the Richardson’s Bay Maritime Association. Survivors: three daughters, Molly Merrill Sterling, ’61, Alice, ’68, and Jenefer; one son, Bruce Gunn; six grandchildren, including Polly (Brown) Diffenbaugh, ’95, MA ’97; five great-grandchildren; and two brothers.
Philip Brown, ’37 (speech and drama), of Woodland Hills, Calif., February 9, at 89, of pneumonia. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. An actor best known for a small role as Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen in the 1977 film Star Wars, he joined the Group Theatre in New York in 1938. Later, he and other Group Theatre members formed the Actor’s Laboratory, which produced critically acclaimed works in Hollywood. He directed plays by Arthur Miller, Nikolai Gogol and Arthur Laurent. In 1951, he directed his first feature film, The Harlem Globetrotters. He was blacklisted in the 1950s and moved to London where he worked on stage and in such films as Tropic of Cancer (1970) and Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s, where his fame as Uncle Owen led him to became a popular figure at science fiction conventions. Survivors: his wife of 65 years, Virginia (Sharpe, ’38); a son, Kevin; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Jane Northen Schumacher Mock, ’38 (political science), of Carlisle, Pa., February 4, at 87, of a stroke. A military wife, she lived all over the world, and often led family and social programs in the communities where she lived. She was an avid golfer and the women’s champion at many military posts. She was predeceased by her husband of 44 years, Vernon Mock, and her second husband, Caesar Flore. Survivors: one son, Phillip; one daughter, Christopher; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Wanda Delle Truax Bradford, ’39 (social science/social thought), of Fresno, Calif., March 7, at 88. A homemaker, she assisted in her children’s swim team activities for more than 16 years and was an active member of the Holiday Guild of Valley Children’s Hospital. She was predeceased by her son, Douglas. Survivors: her husband of 65 years, Brenton, ’39; one son, David; one daughter, Becky Lovell; five grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
William Reinhold Kirsch, ’39 (general engineering), of Concord, Calif., February 2, at 90. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and of the football team. He served in the Navy from 1945 to 1946. After 18 years with US Steel in Pittsburg, Calif., he worked for another 18 years with Teledyne Ohio Steel, retiring as western region district manager. He was involved with the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers as well as several civic organizations. Survivors: his wife of 58 years, Elayne; one daughter, Carol; one son, Larry; and three grandchildren.
Stuart Anderson Pettingill, ’39 (economics), of Sterling, Va., January 22, at 88, of congestive heart failure. He pursued graduate studies at American U. and served in the Army during World War II. Afterward, he worked for the Federal Communications Commission as an electronics engineer, where he was a member of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics. That commission’s plan for the Air Force traffic control system won the 1948 Collier Trophy, a national award for advances in aviation. In 1950, he joined the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He began working for the Commerce Department in 1955 and stayed there for 25 years. He served as chief economist in the Office of Scientific Equipment in Commerce’s Business and Defense Services Administration and was an economist in the Office of Business Research and Analysis in the Bureau of Domestic Commerce when he retired in 1980. Survivors: his wife of 57 years, Margaret; two sons, Alan and Henry; one daughter, Kathleen; and four grandchildren.
Charles L. Prince, ’39 (social science/social thought), of Alta, Calif., November 18, at 88. He was a member of the water polo team, the track and field team, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of major. The owner of the Prince Ford dealership in Colfax, Calif., he served on the Alta/Dutch Flat School Board and was involved with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce and several other civic organizations. Survivors: his wife of 58 years, Marilyn (Dey, ’48); one daughter, Susan, ’71, MA ’72; three sons, Ben, George and Charles; and four grandchildren, including Emily, ’03.
1940s
Robert Fielding Love, ’41 (general engineering), of Kihei, Hawaii, February 24, at 85, in a car accident. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He had a career in the mining industry in Wyoming with FMC Corporation, and served on the State Mining Board and as a mining rescue leader. In 1971 he moved to Maui, where he worked as a realtor with Love/Anderson Realty until 1994. He was a member of the Maui County Planning Commission, served on the board of directors of the Maui County Fair and Racing Association, and was involved in many other community activities and organizations. Survivors include his wife, Lois; one son, Peter, ’67; one daughter, Sally Warrington; two stepsons, John and Jeffrey Harman; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Alltucker, ’47.
Randall Fawcett, ’44, of Los Banos, Calif., February 10, at 84. He was a member of the football team, the track and field team, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity. During World War II, he served as a paratrooper and played football for the Army’s Pacific team. He worked on his father’s farm and became a leader in the California agriculture and dairy industries for more than 60 years. He served as legislative assistant for agriculture in Washington, D.C., from 1978 to 1979. His wife of 50 years, Harriet (Driscoll, ’44), died in 1993. Survivors include four children; several grandchildren; and two sisters, Virginia Bates, ’40, and Nancy Robinson, ’41.
David E.A. Johnson, ’44 (chemistry), of Denver, December 2, at 83. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and helped develop a rugby team on campus. During World War II, he served as an Air Force B-24 pilot. He became a certified petroleum engineer, working for Seaboard Oil Co. and later starting his own oil and gas production company. He was active in oil and gas exploration and production throughout his career, and retired in 2004. His son, Tom Matthews, predeceased him. Survivors: his wife of 42 years, Marjorie; five sons, Bruce and Dave Matthews, George Febiger Johnson, Phil and Edward; and six grandchildren.
Patricia Aileen Deasy Bloch-Jackson, ’46, of Bellingham, Wash., January 30, at 81. She was co-president of Merry Knights of St. Joseph Hospital and was active in church organizations. Survivors: her husband, Ivan Jackson; two daughters, Kathryn and Jessica; one son, Jim; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
Lemuel Edward Chapin, ’46 (biological sciences), of La Jolla, Calif. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II he served as a medic in the Army. He attended medical school at Temple U. and interned at the U. of Colorado, Denver General Hospital before completing his residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He earned his master’s in medicine in 1955. That year, he co-founded the Fullerton (Calif.) Internal Medicine Clinic. He was a clinical professor of medicine at UC-Irvine and received his internal medicine board status in 1958. He became a founding fellow of the American Geriatric Society in 1972 and was a fellow in several other medical organizations. He served as chief of staff of St. Jude Hospital, retiring in 1992. His first wife, June (Sword, ’48), predeceased him. Survivors: his wife, Nancy Rice Gray; two daughters, Linda and Barbara; two sons, Edward and Stephen; three stepdaughters, Rebecca, Cynthia and Catherine; and 15 grandchildren.
Patricia Farrell Zelver, ’46, MA ’49 (English), of Bozeman, Mont., March 21, at 82. She authored novels, novellas and children’s books including The Honey Bunch (Little, Brown), The Happy Family (Little, Brown), A Man of Middle Age & Twelve Stories (Holt, Rinehart & Winston) and The Wonderful Towers of Watts (Tambourine), which was featured as a Reading Rainbow book. Her short stories were published in the Atlantic Monthly, Esquire and numerous literary journals and anthologies. In the 1970s, five of her stories won the O. Henry Prize. Survivors: her husband, Al, ’41, MA ’49; two sons, Nicholas and Michael; and three grandsons.
John F. “Jack” Henning Jr., ’47 (social science/social thought), of Atherton, March 6, at 82, of respiratory ailments. He attended Chico State College and served as a pilot in World War II before transferring to Stanford. He worked at the San Francisco Examiner then took a job selling advertisements for Sunset magazine. He rose through the ranks at Sunset over the next 40 years and was named president in 1982. He retired at age 68. Survivors: his wife, Frances; two sons, John “Jeff” III and Robert; two grandsons; and two brothers.
Paul Frederick Charles Mueller, ’47, MA ’50 (psychology), of Sacramento, December 27, at 82. He joined the Army in 1943 and studied in Paris after graduating from Stanford. In 1959, he earned a PhD in experimental psychology and anthropology from the U. of Washington. He worked for the state of California for 26 years; for the last 19 he was chief of research and statistics for the Department of Rehabilitation. In the 1960s he was a part of the civil rights plea for equal access to housing in California. He was involved with many community organizations, including the Sacramento Council for International Visitors and the World Affairs Council. Survivors: his wife of 60 years, Virginia (Schwartz, ’44); one son, Christian; one daughter, Lisa Turcotte; three grandchildren; one brother; and one sister.
Joseph F. Okarski, ’47 (humanities), of Luverne, Minn., January 11, at 92, of natural causes. He worked at Peabody’s Benz Kid tannery in Massachusetts and attended Pomona Junior College before joining the Army Reserve. He worked at Lockheed and was attending UCLA when he was called for active duty. After completing his Stanford degree, he enrolled in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Columbia U. Teachers’ College in New York and later practiced in Rochester, N.Y., and then Glens Falls, N.Y., until 1965. He became the first chief psychologist of the Rock County Mental Health Center (later named the Southwestern Mental Heath Center), serving five Minnesota counties. In 1983 he retired, but kept a small private practice for another 10 years. In the 1970s he created “The Trouble Spot Survey” and for 30 years worked on the theory behind the survey, which focused on the patient as an individual rather than by comparing him to other people. His wife, Ruth, died in 2003. Survivors: one son, David; and one brother.
Paula Ann Power Wildanger, ’47 (physical therapy), of Los Altos, March 15, at 79. After graduating, she traveled the country with the March of Dimes, helping polio patients. After several moves abroad with her family, in 1974 she helped found and lead the family business, Eurodesign Furniture, in Los Altos. She retired in 1998. She was active in P.E.O. International, an organization providing educational opportunities for women, and helped manage the museum shop at the Los Altos History Museum. Survivors: her husband, Edward; three sons, Ward, John and Richard; one daughter, Ann Cone; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Joe David Wray, ’47 (biological sciences), MD ’52, of Medford, N.J., March 9, at 79. He was known for his work in rural health training for medical students in developing countries as well as for research that provided evidence linking malnutrition to childhood mortality through infectious diseases. He served in a Navy V-12 unit at Emory U. during World War II. He completed his pediatric training at the Grace-New Haven Hospital of Yale U. School of Medicine, and in 1956 became the first chief resident at the Hacettepe Children’s Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. In 1961 he joined a Rockefeller Foundation program intended to improve medical education in developing countries. For the next five years he was visiting professor of pediatrics at Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. Later he worked under the same title at the Ramathibodi Hospital Medical School of Mahidol U. in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1966 he earned an MPH at the U. of North Carolina School of Public Health. He was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 1974 and then taught at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1975 to 1981, serving as head of the department of population sciences and director of the Office of International Health. In 1981 he joined the Center for Population and Family Health of Columbia U. as a professor of clinical public health. He participated in international operations research and training activities of the center in family planning, maternal and child health, and primary health care, primarily in Mexico, Haiti, the Sudan and Nigeria, and helped establish research programs on the prevention of maternal mortality in West Africa. After retiring in 1991, he worked as a consultant on children’s health projects in many countries. Survivors: his wife, Beth; five children; and eight grandchildren.
Ruth Roberta Richards Young, ’47 (humanities), MA ’50 (education), of Pacific Grove, Calif., February 4, at 80. She taught school in San Juan Bautista, Calif., and Salinas, Calif., and later became vice principal at Robert H. Down School in Pacific Grove. Later, she returned to teaching at Lighthouse and Forest Grove Elementary Schools in the Pacific Grove area before becoming a counselor at an area high school in 1963. She retired from her 28-year career in schools in 1986. She became a volunteer guide for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and served on the Pacific Grove Recreation Board for 12 years. Survivors: her husband, George; three sons, John, James and George III; one daughter, Susan; and two grandchildren.
Mary Elizabeth Shannon Salisbury, ’48 (history), of Grants Pass, Ore., March 8, at 83. She was a member of Cap and Gown. She was a homemaker and former trustee of the Josephine County Library. She served on the boards of local nonprofit organizations, including the Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center. Survivors: her husband, Raymond, JD ’50; two sons, Lee, ’73, and John; one daughter, Jane; and six grandchildren.
1950s
Rosemary Stewart Canfield, ’50 (psychology), of Carmel, Calif., March 2, at 76. She pursued graduate studies at Cal State-San Francisco and San Jose State U. She worked for Monterey County (Calif.) Social Services as a social work supervisor and, later, for the Department of Defense as a librarian.
Eleanor May Stewart Kelleher, ’50 (economics), of Redlands, Calif., February 20, at 77. She was a volunteer at Kimberly Crest House and Gardens and at the A.K. Smiley Public Library. Her son, Patrick, died in 1967. Survivors: two daughters, Nora and Jean; four sons, Peter, James, John and Tim; three grandchildren; two brothers; and her former husband, John, ’48, MBA ’49.
Thomas Arthur Kirwan, ’50 (communication), of Fresno, Calif., February 15, at 77, of natural causes. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He worked for the Tulare Advance-Register in California’s Central Valley before serving in the Army from 1951 to 1953. He returned to the Advance-Register until 1955, and then worked for KFRE radio, where he stayed until 1958. He next joined the Fresno Bee, beginning as a reporter and progressing to editorial page editor, a position he held for nearly 30 years. He retired in 1992. His wife, Wanda, and son Kent predeceased him. Survivors: one son, Garrett; and two grandchildren.
Howard Edwin Ruggles II, ’50, of San Diego, December 23, at 77. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and LSJUMB, and completed his bachelor’s degree at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. He served in the Navy as a submariner until 1955 and continued in the Reserve. He retired as commander in 1986. For 29 years he worked for Hughes Aircraft, retiring as director of radar systems. In retirement he served on numerous boards and was president of the San Diego Chapter of the Navy League and director of public affairs for the San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve; and one brother, Robert, ’52.
Robert Charles Frojen, ’52 (economics), of Los Angeles, December 11, at 75. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and of the swimming and water polo teams. He competed in the 1956 Olympics in water polo. He served in the Navy as an aviator and worked in advertising, marketing and business consulting. He started three agencies during his career. Survivors: his wife, Colleen (Baker, ’55); two children, Jon and Robin; and three grandchildren.
Richard Thomas Love, ’52 (social science/social thought), MD ’58, of Santa Barbara, Calif., December 28, at 76. He served in the Navy during World War II and was a member of Chi Psi and Stanford’s men’s gymnastics team. He practiced radiology at the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic until his retirement in 1998. He was an active Humane Society volunteer. Survivors: his wife, Susan; one daughter, Julie Love Dolan, ’81; two sons, John and Scott; three grandchildren; and one sister.
Sara Carrick “Sally” Cooper Borg, ’53, of La Jolla, Calif., August 12, at 75, of cancer. With her husband, C. Arthur “Buck” Borg, a United States diplomat, she lived all over the world, including Japan, Germany, Sweden, Austria and Finland. Survivors: one son, James; one daughter, Marion “Marcy”; two grandchildren; one brother; and one sister.
Patrick Edward Henry, ’54 (geography), of Fremont, Calif. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and of the football and rugby teams. He served in the Marines and later played semi-professional football for the Petaluma (Calif.) Leghorns. He coached Fremont football as well as Fremont American Little League baseball. Survivors: his wife of 49 years, Joan; one son, Michael; one daughter, Maureen; and two grandchildren.
Norma Clare Canning Bradley, ’55, MA ’56 (education), of Pasadena, Calif., February 2, at 72, of a heart attack. She spent her career in education and earned a master’s degree in school counseling from Pepperdine U. in 1981. She was a member of the board of the Stanford Women’s Club of Pasadena and was involved in several civic and cultural organizations. Survivors: one daughter, Elizabeth; and one son, John.
James Leonard Lyons, ’55 (economics), of Laguna Niguel, Calif., May 26, 2005, at 71. He was advertising manager for the Stanford Daily and a member of the Axe Committee. Before attending Stanford, he attained the rank of Army second lieutenant. After graduating, he was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado. In 1958, he moved to Santa Ana, Calif., where he worked in advertising for the Orange County Register. He spent 20 years as publisher of the Turlock (Calif.) Journal before joining the Porterville (Calif.) Record as its publisher. He retired in 1997. He helped start a blood bank in Turlock as well as a foundation to provide wheelchairs to those who could not afford them. Survivors: his wife, Louise (Lord, ’56); two daughters, Kate Canty and Carolyn; one son, Leonard; two grandchildren; and one brother.
Jana Beale Morgana (Jane Beale Morginson Clements), ’55 (economics), of Falls Church, Va., January 1, at 72, of breast cancer. She worked for the Stanford Daily and was an artist. Survivors: one daughter, Cait; three sons, John, David and Andrew; 13 grandchildren; and one sister.
David Edward Becker, ’56 (economics), of Portland, Ore., October 22, at 71. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. After graduation he joined the family business, the Ray F. Becker firm, which fabricated steel and metal canopies for gasoline service stations and later made architectural custom panels, cornices and rooftops for commercial buildings. He became president of the company in 1972 and was a member of several professional organizations, serving as president of the Sheet Metal Association. He was on the board of many community organizations. He retired in 1996. Survivors: his wife, Chita; two sons, Scott and Mark, ’86; one daughter, Anne Miller; three grandchildren; and one sister, Carol Woodworth, ’50.
Martin Kay “Marty” Lee, ’56 (psychology), of San Mateo, at 72, of lung cancer. He was a member of the Chinese club and earned a master’s degree from Chapman College in 1975. He served in the Navy and then worked in real estate before being called back to active duty in 1961. Later, he worked for Qantas Airways before joining the San Mateo County probation office, where he became supervising probation officer. He remained active in the Navy with the Military Sealift Command, attaining the rank of captain. Survivors: his wife, Mary; two daughters, Summer, ’97, and Jena; one stepson, Eugene; and one stepdaughter, Michelle.
Anne Elizabeth Wilson Neisser, ’56 (political science), of Scottsdale, Ariz., February 22, at 70. She earned an MBA from Arizona State U. in 1980. She worked as a stockbroker and was active in local and state politics as a campaign manager, grassroots organizer and spokesperson. She chaired the Northeast Phoenix Citizen Zoning Review Board and was appointed by the mayor as a member of the Zoning Ordinance Review Commission. During the ’70s, she was a member of the Governor’s Appointed Arizona Women’s Commission. She was active in several equestrian groups. Survivors: her husband, Peter; two daughters, Sandi Boone, ’81, and Dawn, ’79; and three grandchildren.
Peter Cyprien Pauly, ’56 (economics), of Helena, Mont., February 5, at 71, of cancer. He served in the Navy and graduated from Denver U. Law School. He practiced law in Montana for more than 30 years. An active member of several community organizations, he was a former president of the Montana Club. Survivors: his wife, Martha; one son, Cy; one daughter, Lisa Waldner; two grandchildren; one brother; and one sister.
William Brunner Armstrong, ’57 (music), of Palo Alto, February 2, at 71, of a heart attack. He was a member of Chi Psi fraternity and served in the Army. A pianist, he performed in concert and as an accompanist for opera singers, and was a longtime member of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. He taught piano students for more than 40 years and founded Reasonable Piano Rentals, a rental and moving company. Survivors: his partner of 30 years, David Stritmatter; and one sister, Betty Dole.
Michael Milani, ’59, of San Mateo, June 4, 2005, at 67 of pneumonia following kidney failure. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and of the baseball team. He was owner and president of Sunset Produce in South San Francisco. Survivors: his wife, Joanne; one son, Stephen; four daughters, Michele Sahm, Gianna Stephens, Kristen Hansen and Maureen Ekedahl; 12 grandchildren; and one sister.
1960s
William Huston “Skip” Face, ’60 (economics), of Huntington Beach, Calif., February 20, at 68, of congestive heart failure. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and of the football team and the track and field team. After graduation he was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys but a knee injury ended his career. He became a salesman for Narmco Materials and spent 43 years in the advanced nonmetallic composites field. He joined the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering and in 1992 became the organization’s president. He later served on the past presidents’ committee and was an active member of the board of directors and served as tennis director for the Mesa Verde Country Club. In 1978 he was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. Survivors: his wife, Julie; two sons, William and Robert; two daughters, Kelly Stewart and Deborah Calkin; one stepson, Colin Ignacio; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
Elaine Marie Frank Russell, ’60 (history), of Kirkland, Wash., August 28, at 67. For 27 years she worked as an employment counselor with Adams and Associates in Bellevue, Wash. She retired in 2001. Survivors include her husband of 29 years, Tom; one son, John Livezey; one granddaughter; and a sister, Carolyn Cline, ’65.
Gerald Lee Kamansky, ’61 (mechanical engineering), of Upland, Calif., February 19, at 66. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and earned his MBA at Northwestern U. He held senior management positions at several oil and gas firms. Later, he worked as a realtor, most recently with Coldwell Banker. He was involved in numerous civic organizations. Survivors: his wife, Rose Marie; three sons, Gerald Jr., Geoff and Garry; six grandchildren; and a brother.
Talton Francis Ray, ’61 (history), of Washington, D.C., December 31, at 66, of brain cancer. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and a member of the boxing team. He earned a master’s degree in public law and government at Columbia U. in 1969. He worked in community-based development in Venezuela from 1961 to 1964 as director of field operations of ACCION. He wrote The Politics of the Barrios of Venezuela (U. of California Press) and went on to serve as co-manager of the Ford Foundation’s program-related investment fund from 1968 to 1981. For five years afterward, he was director of operations of the South Bronx Development Organization. He was president of the Council for Community-Based Development from 1988 to 1993. He created the National Neighborhood Indicators Project, a collaborative effort of local researchers in seven cities to track changing conditions in neighborhoods. In 1996 he founded and served as publisher and editor of the Francis Press, a book publishing company. Survivors: his wife of 42 years, Lilli (Doberstein, ’61); two daughters, Justina, ’86, MA ’87, and Nicola; one grandson; two brothers; and a sister.
Jon Evans Manousos, ’62 (political science), of Berkeley, December 10, at 64. He was knowledgeable in music and was an accomplished cook. Survivors: one son, Alexander; and one daughter, Melissa.
M. Edmonds “Ned” Hunt, ’63 (history), of Ludlow, Vt., February 25, at 64. He was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and of the water polo team and junior varsity swim team. He earned an MBA from UC-Berkeley. For 23 years he worked as an investment banker for Citibank, U.S. Trust Co. and Travelers Asset Management International Co. He was the owner of Southern Vermont Home Management and served on the Ludlow Development Board and as chair of the Ludlow Planning Commission. He was a volunteer coach for the Okemo Mountain race department. Survivors: his wife, Jacquelyn; one son, Robert; one daughter, Tanis Hunt Meakin; two granddaughters; one brother; and one sister.
Carol Jean Kuehn Sears Ellen, ’64 (psychology), of Garberville, Calif., December 26, at 64, of cancer. A gardener and horticulturist, she ran a family farm, the products of which she used to feed her family. She experimented with deer-proof and drought-resistant plants, on which she authored several articles. Survivors: her husband of 37 years, Stephen, MS ’71, PhD ’71; two sons, Bart Sears, ’84, and Jesse; one daughter, Rosie Sears Pelz; three grandchildren; two sisters; and a brother, Douglas Kuehn, ’65.
Diane Laraine “Dee” Hermann, ’69 (history), of San Francisco, February 16, at 58. She was a member of the April 3 Coalition, which did campus sit-ins to oppose U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. She earned a law degree from the U. of Virginia in 1972. She worked for the Arizona governor’s office and at a federal agency concerned with poverty issues. In 1976 she moved to San Francisco and worked as deputy city attorney. She worked in various departments throughout her 21-year career, eventually heading the city attorney’s code enforcement department. She later worked as legal counsel to the San Francisco Port and in the legal counsel’s office at San Francisco International Airport. She retired in 1997 and served as president of the Fort Point & Presidio Historical Association for four years. Survivors: two brothers, Robert and Donald.
1970s
Mark Lawrence Rathbun, ’73 (communication), of Castro Valley, Calif., October 1, at 54, of cardiac arrest. He was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. He worked for the Environmental Protection Agency for 26 years. Survivors include his daughter, Zoë; his former wife, Debra Caldon; his mother, Dorothy; one sister; and two brothers.
Roger H. Stillwell, ’75 (political science), of Novato, Calif., February 19, at 54. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and a member of the football team, where he was named a first-team All-American two years in a row. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears and played for that team for four years, until a knee injury ended his career. In 1985, he was one of the football players featured in an HBO documentary called Disposable Heroes. He coached football at Novato High School in the late 1980s and recently was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. He was a member of the pastoral staff for the Open Door Christian Church in Petaluma, Calif. Survivors include his son, Brett; his mother, Jerri; two sisters; and his fiancée, Bethany Moellers.
2000s
Patrick David Wood, ’05 (mathematics), of Pomfret Center, Conn., February 3, at 23. He worked for the Stanford Daily and studied at Stanford in Berlin. He was awarded a Krupp internship at the BMW in Munich, Germany, after his junior year. Since graduation, he had been employed as an intern at Siemens, a German engineering firm. Survivors include his father, Robert; his mother, Marie Lisette Rimer; a twin sister, Elizabeth; and one brother, Colin.
Business
Alan Charles H. Root, MBA ’53, of Las Vegas, February 24, at 80. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Oxford U. in 1943 and a master’s in economics from the U. of Cambridge in 1951. He was retired from the American Standard Company in New Jersey. In 2000, he was awarded a five-year service pin by the Stanford Associates.
James Molony, MBA ’57, of Santa Barbara, Calif., December 22. He was a jet fighter pilot and as a result of a parachute malfunction following an ejection at 15,000 feet, he spent three years in hospitals before coming to Stanford. After graduating, he worked as senior operations coordinator for Lockheed at Vandenberg Air Force Base. After 30 years at Lockheed, he retired in 1990. He was active in many local organizations. Survivors include his wife, Katherine. Alexis Pertuz, MBA ’68, MS ’68 (electrical engineering), of Atlanta, December 24, at 63. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Yale U. in 1964. His career in consulting and technology took him to New York; Mexico City; San Francisco; Amsterdam; Caracas, Venezuela; and London. Survivors include one son, David; one daughter, Amy Pertuz Farnham; one brother; and his former wife, Martha (Griffin, ’68).
Earth Sciences
Manuel George “Doc” Bonilla, MA ’60 (geology), of Palo Alto, February 18, at 85, of cancer. He mapped earthquake faults in the Bay Area and around the world. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UC-Berkeley in 1943 and during World War II served as a geologist in the Army Intelligence Division. After working for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, he joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1947. He was involved in preventing the construction of a nuclear power plant near Bodega Bay, Calif., due to the proximity of the proposed site to a seismic fault. He investigated at least 19 significant earthquakes and studied faults in California, Nevada, China, Guatemala, West Africa and Taiwan. He received the Department of the Interior’s Meritorious Service Award in 1975 and retired from the USGS in 1994. Survivors: his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Janice and Laurie; one son, Roger; and two grandsons.
Education
John A. Dahl, MA ’50, EdD ’52, of Santa Barbara, Calif., May 30, 2005, at 83. He earned his bachelor’s degree at San Jose State U. He became a professor of education at California State College (now CSU-Los Angeles) and later joined the department of counseling and guidance, where he often served as head of the department. Later, he became dean of the School of Education and vice president of the university. Survivors: his wife of 41 years, Pam; two sons, John and Kenneth; one stepson, R. Douglas Wright; one stepdaughter, Kimberley Fatch; and eight grandchildren.
Robert Playfair Anderson, MA ’55, of Pacific Grove, Calif., February 20, at 81. He worked as an educator in Palo Alto schools for 38 years. A longtime track official at Stanford, he officiated at the meet between the United States and the Soviet Union on the Farm in 1962 as well as the Olympic trials at Stanford and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He served as a board member of the University’s Hopkins Marine Station and was an active community volunteer. Survivors include his wife, Esther (Summerfield, ’48); and four children, Robin Minor, Chris, Tom and Jon.
Mary Roberts Burns, MA ’73, of Oakland, February 22, at 71, in her sleep. She graduated from Mills College in 1972. For 33 years she taught English in the San Jose Unified School District. She also advised the Afro-American Student Union at San Jose High Academy. She retired in 2005 but worked as a substitute teacher until her death. Survivors: one son, Daryl; two daughters, Cynthia Burns Hemphill and Jennifer; six grandchildren; and two sisters.
Engineering
Robert A. Hemmes, PhD ’69 (economic planning), of Menlo Park, March 21, at 81. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and his master’s degree from MIT. He taught at George Washington U. and Stanford before working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Later, he joined the Department of Transportation, where he eventually served as the assistant administrator for research, demonstration and development. He helped to develop dial-a-ride transportation systems for the elderly and disabled as well as automated “people movers,” and researched air-cushioned vehicles that ran on rails and high-speed rail. His federal government career spanned two decades. Survivors: his wife, Adelaide Gore; two daughters, Linda Griffith and Keira Alexandra; one son, Robert; and two grandchildren.
Parvez Salim, MS ’70 (industrial engineering), of Pebble Beach, Calif., and Karachi, Pakistan, February 16, 2005. He owned a business that included PS Engineering, and was CEO of Salsons Lubricants, an oil company associated with Pakistan State Oil. Survivors: his wife, Tranna; and two children, Jaff and Adara.
Paul Andrew Flaherty, MS ’89, PhD ’97 (electrical engineering), of Belmont, Calif., March 16, at 42. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Marquette U. He worked for Digital Equipment Corporation’s Network Systems Laboratory, where he proposed the idea for AltaVista, an Internet search engine, and became the technical leader of the project. When AltaVista spun off into a private company in 1999, he became director for technical strategy. In 2001, he joined Zindigo, a consulting firm. Later, he was an associate partner at Accenture, a management consulting firm. He next served as vice president for product development at TalkPlus, a telecommunications software firm. Survivors: his wife, Natasha (Minenko, ’90); his parents, James and Ruth; and four brothers.
Humanities and Sciences
Edward M. Gilliland, MA ’85, PhD ’90 (sociology), of Albuquerque, N.M., December 30, at 48, of cancer. He earned his bachelor’s degree at St. Joseph’s U. He taught sociology at New Mexico State U. and the U. of New Mexico, where he specialized in research methods and statistical analysis. Later, he worked for the New Mexico Department of Education as director of state accountability and evaluation systems. He was involved in the formation of the New Mexico Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance. Survivors include his companion of 18 years, Eduardo Rubio-Arzate; his mother, Eileen; and six siblings.
Law
Delbert E. Wong, JD ’48, of Los Angeles, March 10, at 85. He was the first Chinese-American appointed to the bench in the continental United States. He earned his bachelor’s degree at UC-Berkeley and then served in the Army as a B-17 Flying Fortress navigator during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and, on four occasions, the Air Medal. He worked as a deputy legislative counsel in Sacramento before transferring to Los Angeles. In 1952, he was appointed a deputy state attorney general. California Gov. Pat Brown appointed him to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court in 1959. In 1961, he was appointed to the Superior Court. He was elected in 1962 and re-elected three times. He retired in 1986 and conducted a probe into allegations of racial discrimination at the Los Angeles Airport Police Bureau. In 1989, he was appointed to a panel to draft an ethics policy for the city of Los Angeles. He served as a special master and testified at the O.J. Simpson trial. With his wife, he was involved with Chinese-American community organizations and co-founded the Asian Pacific American Friends of the Center Theater Group. Survivors: his wife, Dolores; one daughter, Shelley Wong Pitts; three sons, Kent, Duane and Marshall; and three grandchildren.
Medicine
Owen Ralph Tanner, MD ’40, of Palo Alto, March 13, 2005, at 89. An ophthalmologist, he established the eye department at the Palo Alto Clinic in 1946 and was a clinical professor at Stanford Hospital. His wives June (Phillips, ’39) and Mary Lou predeceased him. Survivors: his wife, Edith (Jennings, ’39); one daughter, Dorothy; five sons, George, ’67, David, Richard, Garry and Patrick; two stepsons, Jim and Patrick McAleney; seven grandchildren; and a brother, Joseph, MD ’43.
Robert H. Quillinan, MD ’42, of Sunnyvale, February 2, at 94, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UC-Berkeley in 1936. During World War II, he was the chief pathologist in the European theater. In 1950 he began his own general surgery practice in Sacramento. He also worked for Mercy and Sutter General hospitals. In his late 60s he became a surgical consultant for the Department of Veterans Affairs medical clinic, retiring in 1996. He served as president of the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society and was a member of the state medical board. His wife, Helen Gilkey, died in 1984. Survivors: his son, Jim; three grandchildren; and a sister.
Correction
The obituary of Randall Fawcett, ’44, listed his sister Virginia Bates, ’40, as a survivor. She died in 1977.
