Faculty and Staff
Byron “Bill” Brown Jr., of Stanford, November 30, at 74, of a heart attack. Former chair of the department of health policy and research, he spent more than 30 years at Stanford. He was also a consultant to the National Academy of Science and authored several books on biostatistics. He retired from Stanford in 1998 but remained active as an emeritus faculty member at the Medical School. Survivors: his wife, Jan; three sons, Bill, Eric and Mark; two daughters, Madeleine and Lisa; and three grandchildren.
Mauro Cappelletti, of Stanford, November 1, at 76. He joined the law faculty in 1970, became a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution in 1985, and was named the Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of international legal studies in 1987. He became emeritus in 1996. He started his teaching career in his native Italy, moving to the U. of Florence in 1962, where he founded and directed for 14 years the Florence Institute of Comparative Law. He wrote or edited more than 30 books, including a multivolume series on converging trends in the legal systems of various nations in Europe. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, a fellow of the British Academy, a member of the Academy of Italy and a member of the Institut de France. Survivors: his wife, Mimma; and one daughter, Matelda.
Paul Landry, of Carpenteria, Calif., October 30, at 82. He was an associate professor of drama from 1957 to 1975. He began consulting on theater design and construction in the early 1960s and founded Paul Landry & Associates in Palo Alto in 1965. The firm, renamed Landry & Bogan in 1971, consulted on such well-known venues as UC-Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. At Stanford, he consulted on the renovations of Cubberly and Memorial auditoriums. Survivors: his wife, Margaret; two daughters, Elissa Rufo and Megan; and two granddaughters.
Samuel “Pete” Pond, MBA ’39, of Woodside, October 14, at 90. A World War II veteran, he joined the Business School as associate dean in 1961. Over the next 20 years, he served as acting dean and assumed other administrative posts at the school. After retiring, he ran Bricker’s International Directory of University-Based Executive Development Programs and served as a trustee for his first alma mater, the Thacher School in Ojai, Calif. Survivors: his wife, Kip; one son, Sam; two daughters, Elizabeth Poolman, ’81, and Katharine; and three grandchildren.
William Frank Weber, of Menlo Park, November 4, at 77, of lung cancer. He was a member of the clinical faculty in the psychiatry department from 1965 until his diagnosis in 2003. He also served as director of the individual psychotherapy clinic at Stanford from 1993 to 1998. He was a founding member of the Lindemann Seminar, now in its 34th year. He and his wife served as resident fellows for 10 years. His wife, Sheila, died on May 21. Survivors include his son, Marc.
1920s
Kenneth V. Beer, ’26 (math), of Redwood City, December 4, at 100, of pneumonia. A member of the Band and the Los Arcos eating club, he joined Pan American Airways in 1929, retiring 34 years later as a senior captain. In retirement he focused on competitive tennis, winning the singles Grand Slam title for his age group three times in his 80s and being inducted into the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame. His wife, Mavia, died in 1999. Survivors: one son, John; two daughters, Frances Kristofferson and Dorothy; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Mary Jean Huff Penfield, ’29 (social science/social thought), of Santa Barbara, Calif., February 1, 2004, at 96. She was a member of the women’s rifle team. She belonged to Kappa Kappa Gamma and helped found a new chapter at UCSB in 1978. She was also an active member of the Assistance League and the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club. Her husband of 40 years, Wallace, died in 1975. Survivors: her son, William, BAR ’63; one daughter, Mary Louise Williams; and one grandchild.
1930s
James Adam Barr, ’30 (medicine), MD ’34, of Rossmoor, Calif., October 26, at 95. He was a member of the Band and the El Cuadro eating club. He served in the Navy during World War II. He worked as a doctor in Oakland, specializing in internal medicine and cardiology and associated with Merritt Hospital, until his retirement at 68. He served on the hospital’s board of directors for 13 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Molly. Survivors: his son, James; one daughter, Gail Lansingh; and two grandchildren.
Mary Anita Loos von Saltza, ’35, of Monterey, Calif., October 11, at 94. She started her career as a publicist in New York before coming to Hollywood in 1941 as a screenwriter. She also produced several films with her first husband, the late Richard Sale, and wrote four novels. Her second husband, Carl von Saltza, ’34, predeceased her.
Thomas W. Dibblee Jr., ’36 (geology), of Santa Barbara, Calif., November 17, at 93. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he worked as a geologist for the Richfield Oil Corp. and the U.S. Geological Survey, mapping one-fourth of the entire state of California. His wife of more than 50 years, Loretta, died in 2001.
Janet Carey Clark Warren, ’37 (social science/social thought), of Portland, Ore., October 13, at 89. Her first husband, Edgar Clark, ’36, died in 1960. Her second husband, Neal Warren, died in 1994. Survivors: one son, Edgar Clark, ’64; one daughter, Mary Clark, ’67; and two grandchildren, Brinton, ’92, and Matthew Clark, ’94.
Frank Thomas Collins, ’38 (general engineering), Engr. ’41 (mechanical engineering), of Portland, Ore., February 20, 2004, at 87, of congestive heart failure. A member of Phi Delta Theta and the football, track and boxing teams, he was named Northern California Golden Gloves heavyweight champion in 1938. He joined Douglas Aircraft as a stress engineer in 1941, leaving five years later to work independently as a civil engineer designing industrial buildings and installations. His wife of 51 years, Priscilla Throop Hatch, ’41, died in 1992. Survivors: two sons, Richard and John, ’67; and four grandchildren.
Donald W. Douglas Jr., ’38, of Sun City, Calif., October 3, at 87. A member of Phi Gamma Delta, he joined his father’s company, Douglas Aircraft, as an engineer and eventually became president. The company merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 and he was named senior vice president of the firm. He retired in 1974 but remained on the board until 1989. He also founded Capistrano Bank and Biphase Energy Systems, a geothermal energy company. Survivors: his wife, Linda; one daughter, Victoria Thoreson; two grandchildren; and two brothers.
1940s
Max L. Dimick, ’40 (preclinical medicine), MD ’44, of Sacramento, October 2, at 87. He served as an Army captain and chief of surgical services during World War II. He ran a private practice as an obstetrician and gynecologist for 35 years. He was also an assistant clinical professor of medicine at UC-Davis. His wife of more than 50 years, Nadine Vann, ’45, died in 2003. Survivors: one son, Dan; three granddaughters, four great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
Ruth Mathews Broy Niccolls, ’41 (preclinical medicine), of Ross, Calif., February 15, 2004, at 82. She helped found the Sunny Hills Auxiliary and the Marin Mental Health Association. She served as a grief counselor for suicide prevention, chaired the Marin chapter of the Junior League and volunteered as a docent for the Audubon Society. Survivors: her husband of 61 years, William, ’41, MA ’46; one son, William, ’70; three daughters, Sara, ’72, Dorothy, ’75, and Katherine Rodler, ’84; four grandchildren; and one sister, Dorothy Broy Brown, ’45.
Henry Stouder Thompson, ’42 (political science), of Palm Desert, Calif., October 1, at 84. A member of Chi Psi and the men’s soccer team, he worked for Johnson and Higgens Insurance Co. for 25 years as senior vice president. Survivors: his wife of 25 years, Barbara Wessels; two sons, Henry and Christopher; one daughter, Diana; four grandchildren; and one brother.
Willard Southgate Webber, ’42 (political science), of Piedmont, Calif., September 11, at 84. He was a member of Sigma Nu and Beta Chi and served in two wars in the Navy. He had a long career as an investment counselor, retiring at 81 from Loomis Sayles & Co. Survivors: his wife of 61 years, Arloine; one son, Douglas; one daughter, Candace Webber Huston, ’73; four grandchildren; and his sister, Carol Webber Kleyensteuber, ’55.
Bernard Edwin Olsen, ’43 (political science), of Walnut Creek, Calif., October 22, at 81, of a stroke. A member of Phi Delta Theta, he was a career executive with the Kaiser Steel Corp. His wife of 51 years, Gloria, predeceased him. Survivors: his three children, Heidi Teichgraeber, ’72, Kimball and Jeffrey; and four grandchildren.
James Williams Cooper, ’44 (social science/social thought), of Sun City, Calif., December 1, at 82, of a stroke. A member of Chi Psi, he served in the Navy during World War II. He worked as an account executive for a Los Angeles advertising agency before joining his father’s lumber business. He then formed his own company, JW Cooper and Co., specializing in advertising and public relations. Survivors: his first wife, Carole Carpenter, ’45; his second wife, Patricia; two daughters, Kimberley and Kathleen; three stepchildren; 10 grandchildren; and one sister.
Miriam Leigh King, ’44 (philosophy), of Etna, Calif., November 16, at 82, of leukemia. She was a member of Cap and Gown and played women’s basketball. After earning a master’s degree from UCLA, she worked as a psychiatric social worker in the Santa Barbara area. She was a member of the Vedanta Society.
John Lawrence Pagen Jr., ’44, of Santa Cruz, Calif., October 2, at 82. A member of the soccer team and Beta Theta Pi, he interrupted college in 1942 to join the Stanford Flying Indians in the Marine Corps. He worked as a personnel manager at Hiller Helicopters and FMC. Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Janet; one son, Geoffrey; one daughter, Susan McCray; four grandchildren; and one sister, Patricia Hebbron, ’47.
Donald David Hoytt, ’45 (biological sciences), MD ’48, of Los Angeles, October 23, at 81. A member of the El Toro eating club, he was a member of the teaching staff of UCLA Medical Center before starting his own practice. He then worked for the state as a consultant for 11 years before retiring. Survivors: his wife, Joan; one son, Lawrence; one daughter, Elyse Vosburg; two stepchildren; four grandchildren; and one brother.
Nancy Elizabeth Ganahl Lewis, ’45 (education), of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., November 21, at 81. She was a member of Chi Omega. Survivors: her husband of 57 years, Jack; four sons, John, Stuart, William and Thomas; seven grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Louise Eimers, ’40, and Margaret Concannon, ’49.
Stanford W. Ascherman, ’47 (biological sciences), of San Francisco, November 24, at 78, of prostate cancer. A physician specializing in abdominal surgery, he worked in Chicago and New York and as an Air Force doctor in Taiwan, the Philippines and Morocco before settling in San Francisco in 1959. At Stanford, he endowed three professorships in the schools of engineering, medicine, and humanities and science, and he established the Stanford Ascherman/Baruch Blumberg Fund in Basic Research. Survivors include his twin brother.
Lester Byron Briggs Jr., ’47 (industrial engineering), of Palo Alto, November 7, at 87. He served in the Air Force during World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart. He worked for 33 years at Ames Research Center in the personnel division, retiring in 1983. Survivors: his wife of 62 years, Dorothy Louise; three sons, Gary, Don and Jim; seven grandchildren; and one brother.
Frances H. Beardsley Dee, ’49 (education), of Pasadena, Calif., October 31, at 76, of cancer. A member of Cap & Gown and the women’s crew team, she worked for many years as an elementary school teacher in Pasadena. She was active in her PEO chapter. Her husband, John, ’49, died in 1978. Survivors: two daughters, Linda Barajas and Ellen McGuire; one son, Eric; five grandchildren; and one sister, Ann McHugh, ’53.
1950s
Richard Ervan Beekman, ’50 (physics), of Kalispell, Mont., June 29, at 76, of a brain hemorrhage. A World War II veteran, he worked as an electrical engineer for General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin. Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth; three children; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters.
Frederick Rylands Moore, ’51 (English), of Paradise, Calif., November 1, at 75. He served in the Navy from 1951 to 1955. He taught English at Santa Rosa Middle School for 26 years until his retirement in 1993. Survivors: his wife of 43 years, Harriett; two daughters, Sarah Reid and Elizabeth; and one brother.
Patricia Jane Tyler-Larrus, ’51 (English), of Mountain View, December 21, at 75. Survivors: her husband, Herbert Larrus; two daughters, Lynda Larrus and Lisa Walker; one son, Marc Larrus; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Rodney Glisan Kennedy-Minott, ’53 (English), MA ’56, PhD ’60 (history), of Pacific Grove, Calif., December 15, at 76, of pancreatitis. He was an Army veteran who served as a sergeant in postwar Japan. At Stanford, he was an assistant professor, assistant director of the Western Civilization program and, from 1960 to 1965, director of the summer session program. In 1967, he was named associate dean of Cal State-Hayward and later served as a history professor and head of the humanities division. A longtime Democratic Party activist, he served as President Carter’s campaign chairman for Northern California in 1976 and the following year, he was appointed ambassador to Sweden. In the 1990s he was an instructor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, specializing in environmental and diplomatic issues. A published author, he was an associate fellow of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown U. and a former board member of USF’s Pacific Basin Studies Program. Survivors: his two daughters, Katharine and Polly, MA ’91; one son, Rodney; two grandchildren; one brother; and two sisters.
David Richard Marriner, ’56 (economics), of Laguna Beach, Calif., May 27, at 69, of pancreatic cancer. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the track and field team, he started his career with Arthur Andersen in Los Angeles. He then spent 25 years as an executive with Fleetwood Enterprises and Burtec Waste Industries. Survivors: his wife of 51 years, Joan; three daughters, Marcia Thorne, Susan Moore and Sherry Noble; and three grandsons.
Keith S. Fraser, ’58 (biological sciences), of Livermore, Calif., December 6, at 68. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and the men’s soccer team. He worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County until 1963 when he joined a private law firm. In 1971 he helped form Varni, Fraser, Hartwell & Trutner, where he remained active until his death. He served on the boards of Livermore National Bank and Community First National Bank and was involved with Boosters, which supports local high school sports. Survivors: his wife, Marilyn; two daughters, Julie Fraser Howard and Jennifer; four grandchildren; and one sister.
1960s
Linda Collins Maurer, ’61 (nursing), of Turlock, Calif., October 13, at 65, of breast cancer. She won a number of amateur golf titles, including the California Women’s Golf Association Championship, before she turned professional. She taught golf for more than 20 years and twice won the Ladies Professional Golf Association Senior Teaching Division National Championship. Survivors: one son, Paul; two daughters, Karry Walker and Kathryn; two grandchildren; two brothers; and one sister.
Kenneth G. Griffin, ’63 (undergraduate law), JD ’64, of Los Angeles, November 5, at 64. He was a business attorney and commercial litigator who specialized in representing Japanese companies for more than 35 years. He started Stone, Van Patten, Griffin & Arndt in 1977, leaving five years later to start his own practice. He wrote a series of books aimed at Japanese businessmen to help them better understand the American legal culture. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. Survivors: his wife, Shirley; two sons, Glenn and Winston; his mother; one sister; and one brother.
Scott Ewbank, ’69 (political science), of San Jose, November 6, at 57, of an apparent heart attack. A member of El Cuadro eating club, he volunteered for two years with International Volunteer Services helping central Vietnam’s highland tribes develop new agricultural practices. He began his solo criminal practice in San Jose in 1976. He was active with the Boy Scouts and with the Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Commission. He was also a volunteer mentor to juvenile delinquents with Volunteers in Parole. Survivors: his wife, Susan Hartt; one son, Jack; one daughter, Anne; his mother; and two brothers.
1970s
Chris Howard Peterson, ’72 (psychology), of Mountain View, October 21, at 54. A member of the Band and Alpha Delta Phi, he worked for HP/Agilent for 23 years as a hardware and software engineer. Survivors: his wife, Karen Rogers; and two brothers.
1980s
Steven Charles Murray, ’83 (physics), of Scotts Valley, Calif., August 17, at 43, of drowning while snorkeling. After working for Candela Corp. and Laserscope, he co-founded Bay Glass Research and was developing corrective filters for color-deficient vision. Survivors: his wife, Alice; two sons, David and Michael; his parents; his grandmother; one sister; and one brother.
Business
Owsley Bodley “Bod” Hammond, MBA ’36, of Oakland, October 26, at 90. He served in the Navy during World War II. After working for 10 years as a stockbroker and investment adviser in San Francisco, he joined Theo H. Davies and Co. for 15 years and served as a company vice president, treasurer and director. He was the treasurer of the U. of California from 1963 to 1978 and a member of Stanford Associates. His wife of 62 years, Patricia, died in 2000. Survivors include two daughters, Katherine and Patricia.
Education
Franklin MacDonald, PhD ’50, of San Jose, November 24, at 91. He served in the Air Force during World War II. An English professor at San Jose State U. for 34 years, he was also the author of books, magazine articles and book reviews. His wife of nearly 64 years, Jane, predeceased him. Survivors: his daughter, Susan Bergtholdt; one son, Craig; and one grandson.
Joyce E. Leyland, MA ’54, of Saratoga, Calif., November 5, at 78. She worked in Los Gatos, Calif., as the district music teacher at University Avenue School, where she was appointed vice principal in 1959. She retired in 1981.
John Alexander Michaelson, MA ’92 (education), of San Francisco, December 25, at 52. He was the principal of Maraloma Elementary and of Marina and Luther Burbank middle schools. Survivors: his parents; three sisters; and three brothers.
Engineering
Jared Bernard Moo, MA ’47 (electrical engineering), of Saratoga, Calif., November 25, at 86. After serving in the Army-Air Force during World War II, he worked in management for Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics in Palo Alto for 28 years. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Jan; one son, Jeffrey; three daughters, Jerrie Thurman, Julie Bradley and Janet Pecsar; and eight grandchildren.
Bernard Adelbert Wambsganss, MS ’47, PhD ’55 (electrical engineering), of Sunnyvale, November 26, at 90, of a stroke. He joined the Naval Reserves during World War II and retired a captain after 32 years. He spent his career at Crocker Bank. A longtime member of the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, he volunteered at the VA hospital in Palo Alto. His first wife, E. Wilkins, MA ’49, died in 1981. Survivors: his wife, Larene; and five stepchildren.
Donald Oscar Pederson, MS ’49, PhD ’51 (electrical engineering), of Walnut Creek, Calif., December 25, at 79, of Parkinson’s disease. He was a pioneer in semiconductor chip design who oversaw the creation of a widely used program for circuit simulation. A World War II veteran, he worked in Stanford’s electronics research laboratory and Bell Telephone Laboratories. He joined UC-Berkeley in 1955, became chairman of the electrical engineering and computer sciences department and retired in 1991. The university dedicated the Donald O. Pederson Center for Electronic Systems Design in 2001, honoring the professor’s contributions to computer-aided design. Survivors: his wife of 27 years, Karen; three daughters, Katharine Rookard, Margaret Stanfield and Emily Sanders; one son, John; and four grandchildren.
Mamoru Inouye, MS ’53 (mechanical engineering), of Los Gatos, Calif., November 14, at 74. He worked for 40 years as a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. Survivors: his wife, Yasuko; one sister; and one brother.
Richard V. Elms Jr., MS ’60 (mechanical engineering), of San Jose, November 25, at 74.
Humanities and Sciences
Mark Alfred Barmore, MA ’29, PhD ’31 (chemistry), of Lacey, Wash., November 10, at 98. He worked in Hollywood as a control engineer for the Fox Film Co. and as a sound technician for Warner Brothers and First National Studios. He then began a long career as a cereal chemist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was the founding director of the Western Wheat Quality Laboratory until he retired in 1969. He wife of 72 years, Elizabeth, died in 2003. Survivors: his son, Frank; one daughter, Sarah Davis; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Suzanne Requet Fisher, Gr. ’34 (French), of San Francisco, December 10, at 100. A retired French instructor at the Alliance Francaise and San Francisco State, she was a member of the Women’s City Club and the Mechanics’ Institute Library. Survivors include her two sons, Philip and William.
Reynold Cluff “RC” Merrill Jr., MA ’40, PhD ’42 (chemistry), of Salt Lake City, February 25, 2004, at 83. He worked as a research scientist at the Western States Agricultural Laboratory and for the Philadelphia Quartz Co., where he was made director of research at age 27. After earning an MD, he worked as the medical director for Squibb’s research program.He also served as medical director for Parke Davis, Sterling Drug and the Alza Corp., and he held more than 20 patents. His wife, Ruth Burgess, predeceased him. Survivors: two sons, David and John; three daughters, Helen Pfeifer, Elizabeth Culbertson and Susan; 13 grandchildren; one brother; and two sisters.
James Haran, MA ’51 (speech and drama), of Sonoma, Calif., December 10, at 83, of a heart attack. He served in the Navy during World War II. After teaching at Holy Names College in Oakland and the U. of San Francisco, he was hired as a drama instructor at San Francisco City College, where he spent 25 years until his retirement in 1985. He also directed community theater groups in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties. Survivors: his wife, Loyce; five sons, Terry, Tim, Ned, Mark and Tom; five daughters, Bronwyn Harris, Ethne Bullick, DeAnn Matthews, Brigid and Mary; 13 grandchildren; two brothers; and one sister.
Walter Kenneth Waters Jr., MA ’51, PhD ’64 (speech and drama), of Nacogdoches, Texas, October 2, at 77. During 40 years of teaching, the last 33 years at Stephen F. Austin State U., he directed more than 150 productions. Survivors: his wife, Irene; one daughter, Wendy McNeill; one son, Brian; and three grandchildren.
Lawrence J. Osborne, PhD ’52 (English), of Belmont, Calif., November 21, at 96. He was a Methodist minister, an accomplished musician and a professor of English at the U. of the Pacific until his retirement in 1978. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and belonged to the Scottish Rite Valley in Stockton, where he served as founding co-chair of the Scottish Rite Children’s Language Center. Survivors: his wife, Kathryn; two sons, Lawrence and Richard; two daughters, Mary Nissen and Nancy Sclater; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Dennis James Doolin, MA ’60 (political science), PhD ’64 (graduate special program), of Tokyo, February 15, 2004, at 70. A veteran of the Korean War, he worked for the federal government as defense department senior China analyst, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia and deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for international affairs. Survivors: his wife, Eiko; two daughters, Maureen Yrigoyen and Sarah Felice; one son, David; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister.
Vincent Lauricella Jr., MS ’70 (statistics), of Sunnyvale, December 5, at 69. He owned and operated Optima Print & Copy Center in Sunnyvale. Survivors: his wife, Kathryn; and two daughters, Ann Bitonti and Elizabeth Kobata.
