Faculty and Staff
Patricia Ann Gonzales Casey, of Redwood City, January 10, at 59, of brain cancer. During her 37-year career at Stanford, she worked at the Medical School, in the president’s and the provost’s office, and most recently, for Stanford Events, where she was the director of business and finance. In addition, she participated in the Big Sister program and was a longtime volunteer and former board member of Wildlife Rescue Inc. of Palo Alto, specializing in the rehabilitation of raccoons and hummingbirds. Survivors: her mother; one sister; and one brother.
Cleo Mishkin Eulau, of Stanford, January 23, at 80, of diabetes. An adjunct clinical professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, she came to Stanford in the late 1950s and became involved with training social workers and psychiatry and psychology interns at the Medical School. In 1994, colleagues and former students founded the Cleo Eulau Center as a service and study center dedicated to developing innovative solutions to help at-risk children and teenagers. Her husband of 58 years, Heinz, died January 18. Survivors: her daughter, Lauren; one son, Peter; three grandchildren; and one brother.
Heinz Eulau, of Stanford, January 18, at 88, of bone cancer. Stanford’s William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science, he joined the department in 1958 and chaired it twice, first in the early 1970s and again from 1981 to 1984. Former president of the American Political Science Association, he helped found Legislative Studies Quarterly, a journal published at the U. of Iowa. In 2002, the Heinz Eulau Political Fellowship was established at Stanford. He wrote a dozen political science texts and recently published a family history. His wife of 58 years, Cleo, died January 23. Survivors: his daughter, Lauren; one son, Peter; three grandchildren; and one brother.
Dennis A. Powers, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., December 8, at 65. He was the director of Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, Calif., from 1988 to 2000, and the Harold A. Miller Professor of Biological Sciences. He raised money to establish four endowed chairs at Hopkins and to support construction of the DeNault Family Research Building, a major research and teaching facility. Before coming to Stanford, he was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins U. for 16 years. At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, he helped start the Tuna Research and Conservation Center, the only facility in North America where tuna are studied in captivity. Survivors: three daughters, Kathi Santos, Wendy McNall and Julie; and four grandchildren.
William Craig Reynolds, ’54, MS ’55, PhD ’58 (mechanical engineering), of Los Altos, January 3, at 70, of a brain tumor. He spent 53 years on campus, as a student and faculty member. He chaired the department of mechanical engineering from 1972 to 1982 and again from 1989 to 1992. He helped found the Center for Turbulence Research and the Institute for Energy Studies. The author of two textbooks, he wrote a computer program for his department to sort graduate student applications. Survivors: his wife of 50 years, Janice; two sons, Russell and Peter; his daughter, Margery; three grandchildren; one brother; and one half-sister.
James S. Robinson, of Stanford, January 13, at 44, of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was the associate director of the Stanford News Service and edited the Stanford Report, which won the Gold Medal for Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in 2002. Before he arrived on campus in 1998, he worked for the Houston Chronicle, the Hartford Courant and Agence France-Presse. Survivors: his partner, Ken Wingard; his parents; and one brother.
Kurt Steiner, PhD ’55 (political science), of Stanford, October 20, at 91, of pancreatic cancer. A political science emeritus professor, known on campus as “Mr. Austria,” he taught from 1955 to 1977. He was also a founding faculty member of Stanford’s first overseas study center near Stuttgart, Germany, and he helped open the University’s campus in Semmering, Austria, in 1965. The program moved to Vienna, where it remained until it closed in the mid-1980s. His wife, Kitty, died in September.
Ellene J. Sumner, of Santa Rosa, Calif., April 8, 2003, at 96. She was the first female director of the freshman men’s dormitory, Encina Hall, from 1947 to 1955, and of Wilbur Hall from 1955 to 1957. In 1965, she became the first director of housing and food services at UC-Irvine and then worked as the university’s director of conference services. Before retiring in 1975, she received UC-Irvine’s Alumni Association Lauds and Laurels Award for university service.
1920s
Henriette K. Woolf, ’25 (psychology), of Silver Spring, Md., January 30, at 101. A child psychologist, she worked in public schools in Indiana and New York and at the Episcopal Center for Children in Washington, D.C. She was a volunteer at the Smithsonian Institution, Anderson House and Dumbarton Oaks in the D.C. area.
Clifton Ross Skinner, ’29 (chemistry), Engr. ’30 (electrical engineering), of San Francisco, August 16, at 96. He started one of San Francisco’s first radio repair shops and later ran a recording studio, Skinner Sound Studio, popular with many well-known 1960s psychedelic bands. He worked as a sound engineer for many prominent public events, including the United Nations convention in 1945 that led to the organization’s founding. His wife of 50 years, Irene, died in 1984. Survivors: his son, Douglas; two daughters, Linda Kisich and Judith, ’64; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
1930s
Orrin Kinsley “Bill” Earl Jr., ’31 (geology), of Pasadena, Calif., January 20, at 94. A member of Phi Gamma Delta, he served in the Navy during World War II. He founded O.K. Earl Builders, later renamed O.K. Earl Corp., a general contractor in Southern California. He was a member of the Stanford Associates Board of Governors. His wife of 41 years, Sally, died in 1986. His subsequent wives, Bernadine and Marcia, predeceased him as well. Survivors: his son, Robert, ’68; two daughters, Margaret Cooper, ’71, and Carolyn Luttio, ’74; five grandchildren, including Kinsley, ’96; and two brothers, Robert, ’42, MA ’50, and Joseph, ’45.
Lillian Dale Harris Gilchrist, ’32 (psychology), of Norco, Calif., October 28, 2002, at 90. She worked as a substitute teacher and was involved in philanthropic activities. Her husband, Franklin, ’33, MBA ’35, died in 1994. Survivors: two daughters, Betsy Legere, ’70, and Judy.
Sally Ruth Kofahl McMasters, ’32, MA ’33 (history), of Billings, Mont., December 28, at 92. She was a member of the American Association of University Women and Phi Beta Kappa and volunteered at St. Vincent Healthcare. Her husband, John, ’30, MA ’32, died in 1991. Survivors: three sons, John, Dave and Tom; two daughters, Sally Kofmehl and Catherine Motroni, ’77; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Hugo Bardill Meyer, ’32 (economics), of Woodbury, Vt., October 10, at 92. After serving in World War II, he founded U.S. Fiber and Plastics Corp. He was also the founder and president of Bardill Land and Lumber Co. He served on the boards of the Pet Milk Co., the Vermont Natural Resources Council and the American Society of Dowsers. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1982. Survivors: two daughters, Kitty Simpson and Anne Hoffman; three sons, Steve, ’64, John and Peter; 14 grandchildren, including Kate Simpson, MA ’98; five great-grandchildren; and one brother.
Murray Lewis “Tommy” Thompson, ’32 (economics), MBA ’34, of San Dimas, Calif., January 29, at 95, of injuries from an auto accident. Former business manager of the Stanford Daily, he served with the Marine Corps during World War II. During the course of 40 years working for the City of Los Angeles, he managed the fire and police pension system and was involved in several city departments, including water and power. He was predeceased by his wife, Mavis. Survivors: his daughter, Karen Leja; and two grandchildren.
Eugene Austin Horton, ’33 (economics), of Coronado, Calif., June 5, at 90, of complications from a fall. A member of El Cuadro eating club, he served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He had a law practice for more than 50 years, serving as president of the San Diego Bar Association in 1956. In Coronado, he was president of the PTA and served on the boards of the hospital and public library. Survivors: his wife of 56 years, Frances; two sons, Tony and Geno; two daughters, Leslie and Holly; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
William Wayne Wilson, ’33 (economics), of Santa Cruz, Calif., November 9, at 91. He worked for Marman Corp. as a manager in aerospace engineering and later as a psychoanalyst in the Los Angeles area until his retirement. His wife, Marie, predeceased him. Survivors: his son, Bob; two daughters, Chris and Deanne; one grandson; and his sister.
Allan F. Blackman, ’35 (social science/social thought), of Kansas City, Mo., February 10, at 91. A member of the track and field team and Delta Upsilon, he served in the Navy during World War II. He worked for Gustin Bacon Manufacturing and Lawrence-Leiter Consulting until his retirement. Survivors: his wife of 62 years, Jean Love, ’39; one daughter, Ann; one son, Donald; two granddaughters; and one sister, Jean, ’39.
Frederick C. Bold Jr., ’35 (economics), of San Francisco, December 14, at 90. A member of Theta Delta Chi, he served in the Army during World War II. A name partner in his own law firm, he focused on California water law, having founded the Diablo Water District in 1953 and having served as general counsel to Diablo and Contra Costa water districts for many decades. He was a member of the Alumni Association board of directors in the late 1960s. Survivors: his wife, Helene; his son, Rick, ’69; his daughter, Jane Hewitt, ’73; two stepdaughters, Susan Russell, ’67, MA ’70, PhD ’75, and Meredith Myers; and two grandsons.
Thomas Hal Odell, ’35 (economics), MBA ’38, of Green Valley, Ariz., December 26, at 90. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma, he served with the Marines during World War II. He spent 38 years on Guam, first as manager of Koster and Wythe Construction Co. and later as president of tourist-related stores selling handicrafts from the Micronesian and Melanesian Islands. He was president of Guam’s Chamber of Commerce. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Sophie; one daughter, Nancy; one son, Robert; and four grandchildren.
Alfred Newcombe Warburton Jr., ’35 (economics), MBA ’37, of Walnut Creek, Calif., November 14, at 89. He was an executive with Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. for 39 years. Survivors: his wife, Marjorie; two daughters; one son; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Patricia Burks Beuter, ’36 (political science), of Bradbury, Calif., December 8, at 90. She held a number of secretarial and managerial positions before retiring as a financial adviser at Scudder, Stevens and Clark brokerage firm in 1973. She was a lifetime member and officer of the Pasadena Humane Society, the California Wildlife Federation and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Survivors include two nephews.
James Nathan Swain, ’36 (economics), of Port Townsend, Wash., November 8, at 90, of pneumonia. A World War II veteran, he taught math and served as a high school registrar in Los Angeles for many years. Survivors: his daughter, Virginia “Gina” McMather, ’68; two stepsons; one stepdaughter; and several step-grandchildren.
Virginia Swafford David, ’37 (history), of Carmel, Calif., December 30, at 87. In addition to her work for several nonprofit agencies, she volunteered for the Nature Conservancy and co-founded the Intergenerational Program at Pacific Oaks Preschool. Her husband, Harold, ’32, died in 1950. Survivors: her daughter, Anne; two sons, Will and Thomas; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister.
Mary Margaret “Peggy” Shafer Bataille, ’39 (English), of Rodeo, Calif., January 12, at 86. Survivors: two sons, Andrew and Henry; two daughters, Claire Newbre and Marguerite Pearson; and eight grandchildren.
Barbara Jocelyn Curtis Horton, ’39 (history), of Pasadena, Calif., November 18, at 86, of cancer. An ardent environmentalist, she was president of the Pasadena Audubon Society in the late 1950s and then spent 17 years as chair of the Nature Conservancy’s Southern California chapter. In 1978, she co-founded Dorland Mountain Arts Colony and Nature Preserve, the first artists’ colony in California. A former reporter and columnist, she is author of a book and numerous articles. Her husband, Melvin, ’42, MA ’42, died in 1997. Survivors: her daughter, Alison; and her son, Curtis.
1940s
Peter Robert Gadd Jr., ’43 (economics), of Visalia, Calif., December 11, at 82. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he served in the Navy during World War II and was awarded the Silver Star. His agribusiness career in the San Joaquin Valley spanned 40 years. Survivors: his wife, Naomi Thrapp, ’44; one daughter, Luanne Kittle; one son, Peter, ’72; four grandchildren; three sisters; and one brother.
Amie Reichert, ’43 (social science/social thought), of Portland, Ore., April 14, 2003, at 80, of heart failure. A member of Cap & Gown, she wrote songs and skits for Gaieties and had her own column in the Stanford Daily. She then took a job at Life magazine as the only woman writer with a byline. Later, she taught at San Francisco State U. and became an abstract watercolor painter. Survivors: her son, Adam; her daughter, Lia Saroyan, ’72; one granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.
Frank Counsel Winter, ’43 (biological sciences), MD ’46, of La Jolla, Calif., January 17, at 81, of a heart attack. He was the chief of ophthalmology at Stanford Medical School in the mid-1970s when he decided to provide vision care to impoverished Africans as a missionary for the Episcopal Church. He went on to found the Christian Eye Ministry, now an affiliate of the International Aid relief agency. In recent years, he conducted Bible studies for former convicts and published a book based on his biblical research. Survivors: his wife, Joy; two daughters, Heather McIntosh and Elizabeth; two sons, Michael and Samuel; two stepchildren; five grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; and two brothers, including Thomas, ’49.
Margaret Ann Brigham Woodworth, ’43 (German studies), of San Diego, January 14, at 82, of cancer. A member of Chi Omega, she was the founding president of the Star of India Auxiliary, a group formed to restore the world’s oldest active sailing ship. She was the executive secretary to the vice president and general manager of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. She was also involved with the San Diego Symphony, Globe Guilders and the Forest Home Women’s Auxiliary. Her husband, Chauncey, died in 1987. Survivors: her stepdaughter, Pamela Halstead; her stepson, Chauncey III; and two grandchildren.
Jeanne Louise Struve Chandler, ’44 (speech and drama), of Sacramento, January 14, at 82, of a stroke. She worked for the U.S. Army at Tourney General Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif. She was active in the Las Madrinas Guild and the Tulare County fund-raising branch of the Valley Children’s Hospital. Her husband of 38 years, Wilber, ’42, died in 1984. Survivors: three sons, Jeffrey, Douglas, ’70, and Mark; her daughter, Julie Sauvé; and two grandchildren.
Marvin Greene, ’45 (social science/social thought), of Woodland Hills, Calif., January 19, at 79. A member of El Campo eating club, he served as a field artillery officer during World War II and received a Bronze Star. He worked as a staff attorney for the SEC before joining Loeb & Loeb, where he headed the business and corporate law department. He was active with the ABA and served as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers. He was a member of the Alumni Association board of directors. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Revlyn; his daughter, Andrea; his son, Robert; and two grandchildren.
Harriet Patricia Banfield Workman, ’45 (Spanish), of Portland, Ore., November 3, at 80. She volunteered for the American Red Cross Motor Corps during World War II. She was active in the Town Club and the Portland Junior League. Survivors: her husband of 57 years, Norman; three sons, Stephen, ’81, Mark, and Brian; her daughter, Patricia Sims; and seven grandchildren.
William Madsen, ’46 (sociology), of Santa Barbara, Calif., December 24, at 82, of lung cancer. From 1941 to 1943, he served with the American Field Service attached to Tahitian Free French Troops and the British Eighth Army in North Africa. At Stanford, he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and a research associate at the Institute for the Study of Human Problems. In 1967, he began a 25-year teaching career in the anthropology department at UC-Santa Barbara. Survivors: his wife of 57 years, Claudia Nettles, ’42; one daughter, Karen Zwicke; his son, Christopher; and two grandsons.
Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully, ’46, of Armonk, N.Y., December 27, at 78, of a heart attack. She was a feminist leader and activist who founded the Westchester chapter of the National Organization for Women. She served as co-editor of NOW’s newsletter and headed the organization’s legal defense and education fund.
Burrell Emmett Jackson, ’47 (teaching), MA ’66 (education), of Redwood City, November 18, at 82, of cancer. A World War II veteran, he was a teacher and principal in the Redwood City School District for 33 years. After retiring, he continued to teach ESL at Stanford’s Bechtel International Center. Survivors: his wife of 57 years, Cleo; and two sons, Tom and Bob.
Averill Q. Mix, ’47 (economics), MBA ’49, of Los Gatos, Calif., November 22, at 78, of heart failure. A member of Theta Chi, he served during World War II in the Army Air Corps. His career included management positions with IBM and his private law practice in San Jose, specializing in estate planning and real estate law. He was a board member of the San Jose Museum of Art and Opera San Jose. Survivors: his wife of 52 years, Ann Marie; two sons, Greg and Alan; and four grandsons.
Jean Goodan Barclay, ’48 (political science), of Auburn, Wash., December 9, at 77, of pneumonia. She bred and trained thoroughbred horses and had recently started to breed show horses as well. She was instrumental in founding the Allied Arts Center on Vashon Island in Washington’s Puget Sound. Survivors: four daughters, Margaret Jackson, Elizabeth McKinny, Rozamund and Katherine; eight grandchildren; one sister; and one brother.
Robert Lee Brown, ’48 (biological sciences), MD ’53, of Ross, Calif., December 4, at 78, of multiple myeloma. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was a member of Sigma Chi. A surgeon, he belonged to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Royal Society of Medicine. Survivors: his wife of 48 years, Mary; his son, Tyler; one daughter, Robin Brown-Frossard; and five grandchildren.
Robert Elliott Peck, ’48 (international relations), of La Mesa, Calif., November 2, at 75, of congestive heart failure. A member of Theta Xi, he served in the Air Force and in the U.S. Diplomatic Service in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. He worked with Woolworth de Mexico for two decades and then taught in the business department at Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif.
1950s
Kenzo Ishimaru, ’50 (mechanical engineering), of San Jose, January 3, at 76. Survivors: his wife, Toshiko “Tish”; one son, Stuart; one daughter, Arden Newman; three grandchildren; and one sister.
Kathryn Isabella Kaiser Hanna, ’51 (education), of Fresno, Calif., December 17, at 76, of diabetes. She worked as a pharmacist’s assistant for 30 years. Her husband, Wilson III, ’51, predeceased her. Survivors include her son, Wilson IV, ’75, MS ’76.
James Fred Riley, ’51 (civil engineering), of Saratoga, Calif., January 8, at 77, in a plane crash. A World War II veteran, he had his own civil engineering business, which he ran for 40 years. He also volunteered his time and expertise to numerous civic organizations. Survivors: his wife of 53 years, Helen; two sons, Shawn and Michael; his daughter, Nancy Walty; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother.
Harry L. Hupp, ’53 (undergraduate law), JD ’55, of San Gabriel, Calif., January 27, at 74, of a stroke. A member of the Law Review, he was named to the Superior Court by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1972. He reformed how homeless drunks were treated by Los Angeles police, ruling that they should be treated the same as anyone else arrested for a misdemeanor. In 1984, he was appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Reagan. Survivors: his wife of 50 years, Patricia Tibbetts, ’53; two daughters, Karen and Virginia; two sons, Brian and Keith; two grandchildren; and two sisters.
Nairne Forsyth Ward Jr., ’53 (history), MBA ’55, of Aptos, Calif., January 2, at 75. A member of Kappa Sigma, he played junior varsity water polo and served in the Air Force during World War II. He was a forest products executive with MacMillan Bloedel in Vancouver, B.C., before returning to California to sell newsprint. He was later self-employed as a financial planner and tax expert. Survivors: his wife, Delores Karabensh; two sons, Kenric and Stuart; one daughter, Sandra Thomson; three stepchildren; four grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his brother, Roderic, ’58.
Joanne Margretha Sonnichsen, ’54 (art), of Menlo Park, December 25, at 70, of cancer. She worked for Hiller Helicopters and for Skidmore Owings and Merrill. She also served as treasurer and president for the Committee for Art at Stanford in the 1960s. She founded her own bookbinding studio, and one of her designs is on permanent display at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Survivors: her husband, Deke; and her son, P.J.
Roy E. Johnson, ’55 (history), of Lake Oswego, Ore., November 26, at 70, of an aneurysm. He served in the Army as a court reporter. Employed as a bond trader for more than 30 years, he worked at Blyth & Co. and later A.G. Edwards Inc. Survivors: his son, Kenneth; three daughters, Carol Hamilton, Christine Banducci and Darcie; five grandchildren; and one sister.
John Bowman O’Donnell, ’56 (social science/social thought), of Washington, D.C., December 3, at 68, of lung cancer. A member of the crew team and Delta Upsilon, he served in the Army in the USARPAC psychological warfare unit. He was a longtime Foreign Service officer who served in Southeast Asia and Latin America with the Agency for International Development. Survivors: his wife, Sharon; four daughters, Ramsay Mayhew, Meghan Kunzl, Shauna and Erin; and two grandsons.
Howard Zabriskie Bogert Jr., ’57 (electrical engineering), of San Jose, December 28, at 68, of pneumonia. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, he served as a naval officer for three years. He then began a 37-year career as an electrical engineer, engineering manager and high-technology market researcher. He was a developer of six early patents used in the semiconductor industry. Survivors: his wife, Carol Marston, ’58; two daughters, Jennifer Peters and Rebecca; one son, Howard; and six grandchildren.
Elizabeth Sugden Shaw Evart, ’57 (physical therapy), of Menlo Park, December 4, at 67, of injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. She practiced as a registered physical therapist at Boston Children’s Hospital before relocating to the Bay Area and working at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City for 20 years. Her husband of more than 20 years, Leo, died in 1999. Survivors: her two sons, Douglas and Scott McPhee; five stepchildren; her mother; and her brother, Philip Shaw, ’65.
Diane Elaine Peek Wilcox-Guzman, ’58 (art), of Auburn, Calif., December 20, at 67, of cancer. She worked as a public relations/workshop coordinator at the Palo Alto Community Center in the 1960s and taught seventh grade for 22 years. Her first husband, Roy Wilcox, ’60, died in 1968. Survivors: her husband, Jose; two sons, Geoffrey and Michael Wilcox; and three grandchildren.
1960s
Thomas F. Crosby Jr., ’62 (political science), of Santa Ana, Calif., January 23, at 63, of a heart attack. A member of Delta Upsilon, he worked with the National Labor Relations Board and served in the Peace Corps in Peru. He then worked in the office of the Orange County district attorney and ran a private law practice. In 1982, he was appointed to the appellate bench after serving on the Orange County Superior Court. Survivors: his wife, Patty; and two sons, Scott and Brett.
Barbara Louise Sundlof Tingey, ’62 (English), MA ’63 (education), of Palo Alto, January 23, at 63, of breast cancer. After teaching high school English, she devoted 26 years to instructional software, working for Computer Curriculum Corp. and its parent company, Pearson Education. Survivors: her companion, Tony Thrall; her former spouse, Richard, ’61; two daughters, Erika and Karen, ’92; her grandson; and her mother.
Bruce M. Achauer, ’63 (biological sciences), of Long Beach, Calif., November 9, 2002, at 60. A member of Delta Upsilon, he served as a flight surgeon in the Air Force. He was a professor of plastic surgery at UC-Irvine and director of its burn unit as well as the director of plastic surgery at the Beckham Laser Institute in Irvine. He served as president of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation and chair of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He and his wife endowed an honors research symposium at Stanford. Survivors: his wife of 34 years, Tamara; two daughters, Allison and Hilary; his mother; and one sister.
Eric James Swenson, ’64 (political science), of San Anselmo, Calif., December 27, at 61, of cancer. A member of Delta Upsilon, he served in Vietnam as an Army captain in the Judge Advocate General’s corps. He worked at the old Civil Aeronautics Board before spending 20 years as an assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, dealing mostly with international drug cases. Following his retirement, he did pro bono work with the Marin Mediation Federation and the American Bar Association, assisting in the development of justice systems in several newly independent states in Eastern Europe. His wife of 37 years, Barbara, died in 2002. Survivors: his twin daughters, Kristin Henderson and Karin; and one brother.
Alice Coogan, ’65 (history), of Santa Fe, N.M., January 28, at 59, of cancer. She was among the earliest employees in Stanford Travel/Study, leaving in the early 1990s. Survivors include her husband, Lyall Watson, and one brother.
1970s
Nancy Stone Mitchell Weingartner, ’70 (anthropology), of Long Beach, Calif., January 1, at 55, of a heart attack. She worked briefly for IBM Corp. but devoted the bulk of her career to teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Most recently, she was chair of the math department and Gifted and Talented Education program coordinator at Hoover Middle School in Lakewood. Survivors: her husband of 20 years, Al; her son, Jack; and one brother, Gregg, ’75.
Burton Leslie “Les” Olson, ’75 (civil engineering), of Lincoln, Neb., June 20, 2003, at 50, of diabetes. He was a member of El Toro, and his career included programming, business and design analysis, and project management for various companies. He also created Olson Software. Survivors: his wife, Melissa; three sons, Max, Sam and Jack; his mother; two brothers; and one sister.
Jodi Helene Curlee, ’79 (psychology), of Tinley Park, Ill., January 22, at 46. She directed an employment-training program at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and later served as its interim executive director. Hired by the city of West Hollywood as its founding social services manager, she served for 12 years until her retirement. Survivors: her partner, Mary Newcombe; one son, Dante; one daughter, Kaia; two sisters; and two brothers.
1980s
Melissa Elgin Alyanakian, ’82 (communication), of Bryn Mawr, Pa., November 5, 2002, at 42, of breast cancer. She enjoyed a long career with Hewlett-Packard and volunteered her time to many organizations, including the American Cancer Society, Reach to Recovery and Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Survivors include her husband, Jeff, and two sisters.
Joseph Andrew “Drew” Gashler, ’88 (physics), of Pacific Grove, Calif., January 1, at 37, in an avalanche. He worked as a marine researcher supervising autonomous underwater vehicle operations at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif. Before that, he was a member of the Peace Corps in Tonga and worked on a sheep ranch in New Zealand. Survivors include his fiancée, Teri Nicholson; and his parents.
Business
Joseph Alexander Moore Jr., MBA ’31, of San Francisco, January 9, at 95. He served as president of his father’s shipbuilding business for more than 40 years. He was also a trustee of Mills College, a member of San Francisco’s Board of Education and a UC regent. Former president of the California Chamber of Commerce, he served as vice chairman of the organizing committee for the Eighth Winter Olympics in 1960. Survivors: his wife of 70 years, Gladys Gillig, ’31; his daughter, Marilyn Boring; his son, Douglas; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one brother.
Carl M. Pedersen, MBA ’46, of Sacramento, January 8, at 94. An Olympic rower during his undergraduate years, he helped establish the Stanford crew program and served as a volunteer coach. He worked as a development engineer and management consultant for various entities, including Aerojet General Corp. and the East Bay Municipal Utility District. His wife, Ruth Goodman, died in 1964. Survivors: his daughter, Karen Stevens; his son, Tedd; and five grandchildren.
Education
Harold Rhead Carruth, MA ’48, of San Jose, January 27, at 84. He served in the Air Force during World War II. Before retiring from the San Jose Unified School District in 1980, he taught and coached athletics at San Jose High School and was principal of Herbert Hoover Junior High School, Bret Harte Junior High School and Steinbeck Junior High School. He was on the board of the San Jose Parkinson’s Support Group. Survivors: his wife of 60 years, Ferne; two daughters, Karen Marburg and Claudia Leonesio; his son, Hal; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Engineering
Philip Arnold Ekstrand, Engr. ’33, of Los Gatos, Calif., December 16, at 95. During his career with the Navy, he helped establish communication systems in the Pacific and worked on electromagnetic interference as applied to ships’ systems. His wife, Kathryn, died in 1989. Survivors: two daughters, Mary Allen and Donna, ’60, MS ’62, MS ’64; two sons, John, ’65, MS ’67, and Robert; 11 grandchildren, including Jeffrey, ’91, and James, MS ’00; and nine great-grandchildren.
Bruce Gideon Woolpert, Engr. ’50 (civil engineering), of Watsonville, Calif., January 20, at 84. Former president of Granite Rock Co., he worked in shipyards and airplane factories during World War II and taught civil engineering at UC-Berkeley. He was also an engineering instructor at Stanford while studying for his degree. He was a member of the Young President’s Organization and co-founder of the World President’s Organization. Survivors: his wife of 54 years, Mary “Betsy” Wilson, ’48; two sons, Stephen and Bruce, MBA ’76; four grandchildren; and one brother.
Donald M. Brettner, MS ’70 (materials science and engineering), of Saratoga, Calif., January 15, at 67. He enjoyed a 42-year career in the semiconductor industry, most recently working for AMD as group vice president of manufacturing services. He was also the co-author of several books related to his field. Survivors: his wife, Eunmi; three sons, David, Matthew and Nicholas; two daughters, Treva Dowd and Kimberly; eight grandchildren; and one sister.
Albert H. Jacobson Jr., PhD ’76 (industrial engineering), of Mountain View, January 15, at 86. He served in the Navy during World War II as the director of quality control on the proximity fuze project. Although he worked for Eastman Kodak on the space satellite program and consulted for Motorola, he was devoted to teaching. Early on, he was a professor at Penn State U., and he returned to academia after working in the private sector to teach industrial systems engineering at San Jose State U., where he stayed for 26 years. He was involved in the Boy Scouts and was a member of the South Bay Community Orchestra. Survivors: his wife of 44 years, Elaine; two sons, Keith and Paul; one granddaughter, and three brothers.
Dana Stone Clarke, MS ’96 (aeronautics and astronautics), of Tucson, Ariz., January 17, at 39. He worked at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. He also started an after-school tutoring program for middle school students in East Palo Alto. Survivors include his wife, Kit; his mother; his father; one brother; two stepbrothers; and one half brother.
Humanities and Sciences
Ruth Drane Fleming, MA ’37 (history), of Pebble Beach, Calif., December 28, at 90. She worked for Westinghouse Electric Co. Survivors include her two stepdaughters, Patricia Schwartz and Eleanor Skinner.
Carol Ellen Renius Dillinger, MA ’47 (English), of Sacramento, December 8, at 80, of cancer. She was a poet and a painter. Survivors: her husband, Bill, ’47; three daughters, Ellen, Anne and Carla; her son, Bill; and six grandchildren.
Michael Vital DePorte, MA ’65, PhD ’66 (English), of Dover, N.H., December 9, at 64, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. An expert in 18th-century literature, he taught briefly at Stanford before joining the English department at the U. of New Hampshire, where he was a member of the faculty for 38 years. Survivors: his wife, Judy Lindberg; two daughters, Catherine and Rebecca; two grandchildren; and one brother.
Marjorie Ann Asmussen, MS ’72 (mathematics), MS ’75 (statistics), PhD ’76 (special program), of Athens, Ga., January 19, at 54, in a cycling accident. She was a professor of population genetics at the U. of Georgia. Survivors: two daughters, Margaret Andrew, ’02, and Jennifer Andrew; and her former husband, Alfred Andrew, MS ’75, PhD ’76.
Alexander Naty, MA ’86, PhD ’92 (anthropology), of Asmara, Eritrea, December 9, at 46, of cerebral malaria. Born in a mud hut in Eritrea, he became the only member of his ethnic group, Kunama, to hold a doctorate. When he returned home in 1994, he served on the constitution committee of his country. He also helped found the department of sociology and anthropology at the U. of Asmara, where he served as department chair. Survivors: his wife, Aster Beyene; his daughter, Amalle; his parents; one brother; and two stepsisters.
Rohan Peries, PhD ’89 (chemistry), of Menlo Park, February 7, at 49. He worked as the director of intellectual property for Roche Bioscience. Survivors: his parents; and two brothers.
David Duane Brace, PhD ’01 (chemistry), of Sloughhouse, Calif., November 20, at 32, of pancreatic cancer. He worked as a research scientist for Lockheed Martin in the company’s missiles and space operation division, specializing in physical chemistry and optic lasers. Survivors: his partner, Holly Mills; his mother and stepfather; his father and stepmother; and two sisters, Christina and Jennifer.
Law
Carlos J. Badger, JD ’31, of Modesto, Calif., February 17, at 101. When he retired last January, he was the oldest practicing attorney in Stanislaus County and the second oldest in California. A veteran of both world wars, he opened his own law practice, specializing in Social Security issues. Active in the Kiwanis Club, Boy Scouts of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars, he served as president of the Stanislaus County Bar Association and chair of the association’s Committee on World Peace Through Law. Survivors: three daughters, Jaquelin Fontaine, ’52, Emmy Ames, ’57, MA ’58, Anne Osthues, ’61; eight grandchildren, including Lauren Ames, ’83; nine great-grandchildren; one brother; and two sisters.
Paul George Bower, JD ’63, of Los Angeles, December 31, at 70, of a stroke. A member of the Law Review, he was a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher until his retirement in 1993, specializing in antitrust and entertainment law and federal civil litigation. He also served on the staff of the Kerner Commission, established by President Johnson to investigate civil unrest in the mid-1960s. A strong advocate of legal aid for the poor, he was active in the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. For the last 21 years, he served on the board of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, now called Earthjustice. Survivors: his wife, Erleen; three daughters, Stephanie, Julienne and Aimee; two granddaughters; and two sisters.
