For service and dedication beyond the presidency, he was named a Life Member of the executive committee. Maurine retired from the faculty in 1974. Her undergraduate education at the University of Washington was interrupted by World War II. He taught advanced courses in structural geology, engineering geology, field geology, and petrology. Before the American entry into the war, Don earned a B.A. Active in professional organizations, Barbara served as president of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children and was on the board of directors and a past president of the California Association for the Gifted. He was coordinator of men's physical education and served as chair of the Department of Recreation and coordinator of the interdisciplinary program in recreation and leisure studies. Yet he often ended up convincing the rest of us to move to his side. Marty especially relished when Bill was criticized for leaving the classroom during examinations. He received many grants that focused on creative teaching approaches in language development, science, and other subjects taught in elementary schools. In 1957, Bob was tapped to build the new anthropology department at what was then Los Angeles State College, where he first lectured and later became department chair. As one such family member wrote, Whenever I see that Dos Equis commercial featuring The Most Interesting Man in the World, I laugh to myself at that poser, as I believe all of us who have had the good fortune to know my Uncle Emil would say he holds that title. Funeral services were held on March 29 at Corpus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades.The Emeritimes, Fall 2014, SYLVIA TEICH HOROWITZ, Lecturer in Chemistry, 1970-1995,in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, died in Pasadena on May 2. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; two children-Eric and Karen; three stepdaughters-Donna, Diana, and Deborah Steller; and his sister, Joy Aucoin. Following her surgery, friends and cousins helped her move to Dallas so that they could care for her. In 1975, he took on an adjunct position as a research associate in vertebrae paleontology with the Idaho State Museum of Natural History in Pocatello, and served in that capacity from 1975 to 1991. She became dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks before moving to the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, where she served as vice chancellor and dean of faculty, as well as acting chancellor. (He had never been in a parachute, to say nothing of dropping from a plane in one.) His accomplishments that followed are numerous. The author of two books, both about the Point Loma Utopian community near San Diego, he remained active well into his 80s and compiled a detailed history of his family. In recognition of his contributions to teaching, research, and the University as a whole, Andreoli received the Cal State L.A. He held positions on bodies directly devoted to student interests, including an advisory committee to the vice president for student affairs, but also served on committees dealing with fiscal and educational policy. He also served on the Ad visory Board for International Policy of the CSU and the Executive Committee of the Academic Council of CSU International Programs. She taught at USC and at Los Angeles City College before her appointment at L.A. State, which at the time was housed on the LACC campus and offered only an upper-division curriculum. Wood is the most English gentleman to ever hail from Texas. John is survived by his sister, Vera, of Arlington, Texas.The Emeritimes, Fall 2019, WALTER D. NELSON, The University has learned of the recent death of Walter D. Nelson, associate professor of history, who taught at Cal State LA from 1959 until his retirement in 1981. During his waning hours, she sang some of the show tunes that he loved and so lovingly directed. After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, he attended Princeton University (NJ) and earned both M.A. Bookstore. Garrett, who first hired Miller at USC, says she will help elevate Cal State LA athletics. Born in New York on January 13, 1923, Irving completed his education there, obtaining his BCE in 1944 from City College of New York, MCE in 1949 from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and MBA and D. Eng. The faculty members who were hired at that time formed the nuclei of the departments that became Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy. She received a bachelor's degree in education from SUNY-Geneseo and a master's degree and Ph.D. in administration from Michigan State University. He was commissioned as an ensign before the war's end. When he retired from the University in 1979, he and Peggy took up residence in France, first in Paris and then in southern France, where they pursued their interests in reading, travel, food, and other Continental pleasures. However, ke never abandoned his earlier interests and distinguished career as a journalist. She is remembered for her great wit and zest for life.The Emeritimes, Spring 2005, WALTER SCOTT BEAVER, Professor of Theatre Arts, 1956-1984, Walter Scott Beaver, died peacefully on January 7, 2005 at the Montecito, California home where he had lived with his wife Elizabeth since their retirement. Jack is survived by his wife Jeanette, children Mark and Cambria, and grandson Andrew.The Emeritimes, Spring 2019, MOSHE MORRIS MANO, Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1960-1990, died in Los Angeles on January 3, 2019 at the age of 91. He was paralyzed for about three weeks and very ill with a high fever. They visited California in 1947 and never returned to the north. He maintained relationships such as those with Alan Wolfe and his University of Chicago peers for years. At Cal State L.A., Kirsch was an enthusiastic supporter of academic governance, serving in the Academic Senate. In addition, he produced a number of silent and sound film strips, including "Geometry in the Elementary Grades," "Modern Mathematics Readiness Activities," and "The Los Angeles State College Story" and a motion picture, "Vocational Agriculture in Utah." He is remembered by his students for his rigor, integrity, and abiding commitment to the highest standards of ethical public discourse. from Occidental College in 1970, began his tenure-track appointment. Faculty Wives Club, where she served as one of its presidents and on the Bookreading Club, but she was a woman of many talents and several careers, starting with newspaper reporter on the police beat in Akron, Ohio. A native of New York, born in 1915, Bob pursued higher education in New England. Named an emeritus professor in 2005, he succumbed soon thereafter to the ravages of ALS, further complications of pneumonia. He kept an accurate record of the responses that he received. During this period, she established the Dance Improv Collective Workshop, taught in Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia, and continued in her quest to "learn to dance without pain. He wrote The Emeritimes frequently to report on lieder recitals, soloists whom he accompanied, teaching, lecturing, and especially the accomplishments of his students. Aside from his heavy involvement as a presenter at TESOL and CATESOL conferences, Alan was heavily involved in the organization of CATESOL conferences. She then returned to her home town, Newburgh, and married Peter Barclay. His wife, JoAnn, said he passed quietly; he was talking to a fellow patient and just faded away. He soon ingratiated himself with faculty and students, received an Outstanding Professor Award, and teamed up with colleague Martin Laser to co-edit a book of essays on J.D. in 1963 and M.A. At the time of his death, Jon was in only his first term of FERP teaching. In the 1970s, Don began to cut and polish opals, in part due to his interest in the optical properties of this fiery gemstone. Teresa was elected to the state Assembly in a special election in 1975, winning easily over her Republican opponent in the heavily Democratic 47th District, which included a large part of South L.A. and the cities of Bell, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Downey and Compton. He returned to the United States before the onset of World War II, and played as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony before beginning an even more distinguished career as an accompanist. That energy seemed to extend beyond the class time as well, for students always came early to his classes, stayed afterwards to ask questions, and then showed up during his office hours to continue the discussions. He served on the Seniors Committee for the City of Los Angeles as an appointee of then-Mayor Tom Bradley and was active in AARP.The Emeritimes, Winter 1995, MARTIN L. STOUT (Geological Sciences, 1960-1990) died in September 23, 1994, after battling cancer for 17 years. Florence was the widow of Solomon Diamond, former emeritus professor of psychology, and herself a psychologist formerly in professional practice. One colleague felt that Paul was proud of his lack of the doctorate, a kind of private snobbery, but eventually concluded that he was more literate and a better thinker than many of his doctoral colleagues. Long active in the Chinese community adjacent to campus, she was a major donor to programs at Cal State L.A. for nearly 20 years. While on military duty, he spent time in the Philippinesan area that later became a major area of his anthropological research. As Hugh Warren, acting dean, said, "He came back to teach part time in finance after he retired until last year when his illness had taken its toll." He left the University to open a law office in San Gabriel and, in 1987, opened the Student Book Mart and Copy Center on Eastern Avenue near campus, co-owned with Linda Dundas, also formerly with the Cal State L.A. It was the site of a campus wide party hosted by the Union in April 1995 to celebrate his 80th birthday. Winnie was deeply respected as a tireless, dedicated teacher and student advocate. She also coached badminton concurrently. On return to civilian life, he attended New Haven State Teachers College in 1946-47. On his professor's salary, he amassed a significant and very personal collection of paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by a wide range of artists, including artists from Southern California such as Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston, Joe Goode, Tom Wudl, Ken Price, Joyce Treiman, Edward Kienholz, Peter Shelton, Martha Alf, and Sam Francis; artists from other parts of the United States, including Peter Voulkos, Leslie Wayne, Robert Motherwell, Christopher Wool, Jasper Johns, David Smith, Gary Simmons, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Brice Marden, Robert Rauschenberg, TerryAllen, and Burgoyne Diller; and internationally renowned artists, including Anthony Caro, Edna Renouf, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Juan Munoz, Moishe Kupferman, Gustavo Perez, Avigdor Arikha, Seiji Kunishima, and Lucian Freud. He also taught part-time at East Los Angeles College and Rio Hondo College early in his teaching career. in electrical engineering (MSEE) from the University of London, he earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Caltech in 1953 and began teaching at Cal State LA in 1986 until his retirement in 1996. Don joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1956, following completion of his doctorate at Michigan State University. At her request, there was no funeral service. One of his primary interests was the campus library, and he took great pains to ensure that periodicals his faculty and students needed were up to date and that appropriate kinds of biology books were purchased. Matson was born in Kirkwood, Illinois. Marty understood the value of the program, went to bat for Mothers Club, now known as Families Forward, and included the organization in the list of groups receiving United Way financial support and the positive seal of approval conferred by the United Way logo on fundraising materials. He became a licensed psychologist in the State of California in 1962, shortly after joining the faculty at Cal State L.A., and later served as dean of the Counseling Center. Known as Flash by his friends, Warren earned that nickname from his meticulous, colorful dressing and ever-present bow tie. She bought her own steel files and used "drawers" made from apple boxes courtesy of the local supermarkets. Between 1965 and 1971, in the interest of department evelopment, she traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe, to Sweden, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Spain, attending business education meetings. His degrees were from Stanford University, University of Iowa, and the University of Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. He died at his Altadena home, in the care of his son Hugh III. As a teacher, she reached beyond her normal load at the University with her extensive private studio, and before her appointment as tenured associate professor, also with positions at the University of Redlands, Cal Poly Pomona, and Mount San Antonio College. He was highly regarded as a teacher and as an administrator. On her bookshelves were over 3,000 books at the time of her death. John is survived by Barbara and children Christine, Steve, John, Dana, and Jennifer; their spouses; and five grandchildren. That chapter presented him with an award for his impact on the local public administration profession when he retired from the faculty in 1983. Colleagues remember the challenges of teaching classes without proper facilities to accommodate the activity classes or dressing rooms to change clothes. and M.S. Services were held on July 25 at Christ First Covina.The Emeritimes, Winter 2020, GEORGE KIN FAI HONG. But music in its many guises was not Patti's exclusive activity. He joined the Music Department at Cal State L.A. in 1968 as a professor of composition. During that time, he and his wife met many people who became lifelong friends. In 2001, he drove extensively in Europe, through Poland, Germany, and Austria. A native of Texas, Betty earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Texas-Austin in English and drama. He went up the ranks from ensign to lieutenant early in his service. Lyle was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has presented his poetic work at limerick fests and libraries. The Ficks came to Pasadena in 1956, when Bill joined the Los Angeles State College faculty. Ellie believed that supporting student activities contributed to her effectiveness in student-teacher relationships, thus she attended student functions with regularity. His clarinet choirs at the University earned national reputation. Ed's major contribution to his given field is his book, The Underground Man , a study of eight significant contemporary writers, which he saw as operating within a tradition exemplified by Dostoevsky' s Notes from the Underground . He enlisted in the U.S. Navy while still a teenager and served in World War II. In later years, he was severely hampered by the aftereffects of a 1974 automobile accident and by failing eyesight. made their home in Arcadia and traveled in Asia, Europe, and North America. Interment is planned for June 2016 in the Custer County Cemetery near Miles City, Montana.The Emeritimes, Spring 2016, DONALD LYNN RANS, Emeritus Professor of Accounting, 1984-1999, died on December 28, 2015 at the age of 79 in Laguna Niguel. She was my most unforgettable character. Saralyn is survived by her younger sister, Mary Alyce; many nieces and nephews; and her beloved cat, Dart.The Emeritimes, Fall 2019, STEPHANIE ELAINE EDWARDS EVANS, emerita professor of education, 1987-2012, died on May 28, 2019 from colon cancer at the age of 77. He received the honor of the Cross of Saint Mark from the Eastern Orthodox Holy See of Alexandria in 1967. In addition to Gigi, Hap is survived by four children and 10 grandchildren. He came to our Department of Physics at its founding and had a major role in personnel selections that contributed to the unusual harmony and collegiality in the department. The lectures were on television along with five weeks of activity in each of the arts. Marilynn is survived by her husband, Glynn, her brother George Becker, and her sister-in-law, Kristina Becker.The Emeritimes, Spring 2002, DEMETRA PALAMARI, Associate Professor of French, 1963-1992, a popular member of the French faculty until her retirement 10 years ago, passed away on February 25, 2002. All of this university activity must be tempered by the fact that at one point he lived in San Luis Obispo and commuted weekly to campus. Poetry and music were close to her heart. He was the assistant director and studies coordinator for the Malaysia Peace Corps training program and director of the Thailand Peace Corps training program. In that same year, he accepted an assistant professorship at L.A. State College in both chemistry and microbiology. Stan sat on several university-level committees, including faculty affairs, committee on committees, fiscal affairs, and academic freedom and professional ethics, as well as numerous school committees and every committee in the department. He delivered invited lectures at the University of Notre Dame Law School, North Dakota State University, Kearney (Nebraska) State College, and Cal State L.A. Ed received three National Endowment for the Arts Summer Seminar fellowships, which enabled him to spend the summer studying subjects that were new to him. in history from Barnard College and obtained her M.A. His team uncovered more than 150 fossils, including remains from mastodons, camels, various horned mammals, a tapir, and a sloth, all believed to be approximately three million years old. Both courses continue as popular core courses in GE themes almost 30 years later. And he's still going at it full steam ahead!The Emeritimes, Spring 1994, LOUIS WAITE STEARNS (Biology, 1964-1980), died on March 11, 1995, at his home in Boise, ID. She was a consummate artist. in 1952 and her Ed.D. According to his family, Ron faced many struggles in life and won them with hard work, determination, and perseverance. She had observed her 100 th birthday on May 30. She presented nationally and internationally on the topics of language development, school transformation, and school reform, and was an educational consultant for a variety of educational and community organizations and school districts. Professor Pearcy served as a member of the University faculty from 1969 until his retirement in 1973.The Emeritimes, September 1980, WARREN C. BRAY, Director of Graduate Programs in the School of Business and Economics and Professor of Accounting, died June 30, 1980 from complications following surgery.The Emeritimes, September 1980, MARYANN C. MOORE, administrative assistant in charge of the Academic Senate office, died on January 19, 1982 of bacterial meningitis at the San Gabriel Community Hospital. He was an active member of the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He wrote several books on higher education. He was 82. and M.A. However, his coordination failed, and he finished with his head in the wrong position, resulting in a broken neck, a badly bruised spinal cord, and nerve damage to his right leg. from Montana State University, and in 1958, his Ed. Virginias professional activities and affiliations were numerous. In 1960, he earned his Ph.D. in English literature at New York University. Recently, a group of Japanese citizens produced a documentary video about these prisoners. He had been in declining health for some time. In 1983, Al was elected to the College of Fellows of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering. He rededicated himself to maximizing teaching effectiveness, enrolling in Moodle classes and revising his classroom textbook, The Visions of the Self in Human Development, used in his courses, Childhood and Adolescent Socialization and Aging and Maturity. She was much beloved by students and colleaguesa bubbly, fun person with a wonderful sense of humor. Among his contributions to the University, John Cox served as president of the Emeriti Association for 10 years. In 1996, Chuck received the John Robert Gregg Award in Business Education for lifetime achievement, the highest honor that a business educator can receive. After his retirement in 1978, he served for many years as lecturer in ethnomusicology on board several cruise lines and the QE2. He retired from Cal State LA in 1991. She completed requirements for a secondary teaching credential at the University of Southern California, and taught at Burbank High School and at junior high schools and high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He was named Miami Composer of the Year in 1955, and in 1958 founded the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, which continues its biennial Robert Strassburg Piano Concerto competition for aspiring young artists. Emeritus colleagues who had sent Christmas cards to Gerhard Albersheim learned belatedly of his death last year (1997) at a retirement home in Arlesheim, Switzerland. His professional publications include two major editions: Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Tale of Two Cities (1972) and John Gay: Poetry and Prose (1974). His professional memberships included both the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, the two professional organizations that carefully divide the many subfields of their discipline. In 2018, she was inducted into the Pac-12 Conferences Hall of Honor in a group that included women for the first time. At the time, the department was large and diverse, with more than 70 faculty and staff, including coaches, a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate curriculum for majors, a full array of activity course offerings for undergraduates, intramural sports, and mens and womens athletics. One of those with whom he worked was the eminent sociologist, Kurt Lewin. His application for naturalization had followed him around the country as he had moved, from Washington to Oregon to Massachusetts, with the inevitable bureaucratic delays. An expert in many aspects of music education, Millie first taught children in grades K-6 and later joined the Cal State L.A. faculty, where she concentrated on preparing prospective elementary school teachers. While at American University and the Legislative Reference Service, he wrote many reports on various Asian issues for members and committees of Congress. She helped organize and direct a major "Crafts and Architecture" exhibit on campus in 1964. When the campus became a university and the divisions were restructured into schools, Johnston was Director of Research and Governmental Relations as well as Professor of Chemistry. Jack was always very proud of his parents effort during the war. In the years that followed, he was active in academic governance, serving on most university committees, the former Faculty Council, and the Academic Senate. degrees in physics at the University of Virginia (1949) and the University of Southern California (1954), respectively, and studied advanced engineering at UCLA. He was born in Taft, California on June 17, 1923, but moved to the Los Angeles area when he was a baby. There he met Betty June Eggleston, a teacher recently graduated from Mills College, and they were married in 1951. His area of the world was South Asia, and Tom consulted and ran institutes on South Asia throughout his career. For a number of years following his retirement from Cal State L.A., Harry taught at San Diego State.The Emeritimes, Spring 1991, ALFRED E. EHRHARDT, Emeritus Professor of English who served as Secretary of the University for ten years before his retirement in 1975, died in early July 1991. In addition to his other pursuits, he founded and operated Sikand Properties and its successor, MG Enterprises, LLC, to develop and manage residential and commercial properties. check out>>>> Matt Hasselbeck's wife Sarah Egnaczyk Bio, Net Worth, Family, Personal Life, Kids, Facts He is remembered for his gentle wisdom, his ready laugh, and delicious sense of humor. He attended the University of Washington with the aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer, but his studies there ended in 1943 when he was drafted into the Army. Are you looking for real estate agents or brokers? The obituary written by Elizabeth Beaver for the Santa Barbara News-Press lists first his membership in the Emeriti Association, followed by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity, and the Dramatists' Guild. In the 1960s, Helen spent two years in Jamaica on an Early Childhood Education project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. A memorial service was held on August 3 at the Tomaske residence in Sunland.The Emeritimes, Fall 2002, VIRGINIA RUSSELL GOURLEY, wife of G. Douglas Gourley, emeritus professor of criminal justice, passed away in Arcadia on July 21, 2002 at the age of 86.