After moving to Arcadia, Harry and Jean frequently hosted meetings, dinner parties, and department gatherings at their home. After his civilian retirement, he took great pleasure in the advisement he was able to pro-vide for the education of his six grandsons. She was a superb organizer who found her job complicated in the early years on the present campus by the facilities, or lack thereof. She was 85. That year, she had also been honored by the University as Outstanding Professor. He could be counted on to let as many students in his classes as the room would hold, and especially delighted in doing so when the dean had decreed not to do so. His administrative abilities were then called upon in 1964, when the college was reorganized into schools instead of the old divisions. His work on these projects played an important role in our understanding of the plate tectonic history of southern California. Two years of real life experience followed as editor of local papers in Condon and Ashland, Oregon. After he retired, he donated money for an endowed scholarship for a student in physical chemistry, which the department named the Razouk Award. At LACC, he designed Way of the World , which won the first American College Theatre Festival and thereafter was performed at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. During his active career backstage in Southern California, he designed lighting for operas at the Hollywood Bowl, the old Biltmore Theatre and the old Philharmonic Auditorium, and for plays at the Ivar and Las Palmas theatres. In 1953, he received an M.A. In 1982, The Jack-Roller at Seventy: A Fifty-Year Follow-up of Delinquent Boys Own Story was published, Jons life span analysis that contradicted conclusions of the classic study that The Jack-Roller had been rehabilitated. He established the Hugh W. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. He also published several articles and was co-author of Christopher Isherwood: A Bibliography . He retired in 1976, but his dedication to service did not end. The eulogy was delivered by a retired colleague and friend from the Geography Department, David Radell.The Emeritimes, Spring 2009, JAMES T. SULLIVAN, Emeritus Professor of English, 1969-2000 , died in his Temple City home on December 25, 2008 of undisclosed causes. He was educated in Southern California, beginning his undergraduate work at Pasadena City College in 1944 and resuming it at Chapman College after his return to the United States after World War II, obtaining his B.A. Earle received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from USC. Pat is survived by daughters Donna, Stephanie, and Robbi, and sons Glenn and Mick, and their spouses; 17 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. She received her B.A. An obituary in the Los Angeles Times provided by her son, David Richard Oxstein of Santa Monica, describes her as "a vibrant woman, who read, traveled, loved conversation and made many wonderful friends." During Rikard's year as president of the League of Nations General Assembly, ke served on his staff. Surviving are his wife of 62 years Margaret, sister Catherine, son Tristram and his wife, son Matthew, daughter Ann and her husband, and three great-grandchildren. Vilma was recruited to the California State College at Los Angeles Division of Language Arts to coordinate freshman English when the fledgling institution added lower-division courses to the upper-division and M.A. Students flocked to him, spending endless hours in conversations, sometimes profound, sometimes profane, but always enjoyable. He moved information literacy as a full-fledged campus wide initiative and assisted the information literacy coordinator, library Information Literacy Advisory Committee, and campus information literacy advisory committee in planning and implementing a series of workshops, community college summit, and many staff development opportunities. Perhaps most memorable was his chairing of the Outstanding Professor Awards Committee in 1985, the year after he received that campus award. A brilliant teacher, he taught the department's courses in both ancient and medieval history for a decade until the department hired an ancient historian in 1968. In 1970, he joined the faculty of the Department of Economics and Statistics at Cal State L.A. For the next 30 years, before his retirement in1999, in addition to being a very popular professor, Judd published in his field and served with distinction on many University committees. His survivors include a sister, Dorothy Reiter of Portland, Oregon; her husband Phillip; and a nephew and niece.The Emeritimes, Winter 2002, IRVIN BORDERS, Emeritus Professor of Journalism, 1951-1971, died on January 11, 2000 at the age of 99; he would have reached 100 on August 17. .. Every Sunday, Hap wound his huge collection of antique clocks all over his house in San Marino. He was 79. He wrote three published textbooks: Engineering Systems Analysis (Setup and Solution) (1965), Use of digital computers for engineering applications (1966), and Vibration analysis (1968), plus three additional books. She is survived by two sons, a daughter, and three grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Fall 2006, LOUIS C. DE ARMOND, Emeritus Professor of History, 1950-1979, died in San Mateo the day after his 88 th birthday (2006). In 1958, she was hired as an assistant professor in the Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Hundreds of CPAs attended the program each year. He also served as president of the Cal State L.A. chapter of the California Faculty Association. Marty was a role model and the learning continued outside the classroom to the day he retired. He was a quadriplegic until surgery and physical therapy enabled him to return to the classroom. Each year, NOBCChE bestows the Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award to scientists with technical excellence and documented contributions to their field. degree in 1950. In addition to Pam, John is survived by two sons from an earlier marriage.The Emeritimes, Winter 2006, AUDREY GRAFF HAWK, Emerita Librarian, 1960-1981, who for 21 years headed the Science and Technology division of the Library, died on September 19, 2005 at her home in Seattle. A Utah native, he earned B.S. Immediately upon taking office, Vice President Greenlee became involved in converting the campus to year-round operation and adopting the curriculum from the semester system to the quarter system. Following his retirement in 1974, he and his wife moved back to Arizona and established a real estate business, first in Phoenix and later in Prescott. in 1958 at Wayne State. His dissertation was entitled The Washington Plural Executive: An Experiment in Interaction Analysis . As a dean, he was actively interested in curricular design, and he encouraged outreach between the academic community and businesses in the surrounding vicinity. in zoology, with minors in botany, psychology and history. Harold served as a department chair for several terms, and was instrumental in establishing the student chapter of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), for which he was the faculty adviser. With him an era in world science and Californias history closed. A resident of San Marino, Jerry is survived by his wife, Clare, and two daughters, Catherine Gordon and Eileen Hutto.The Emeritimes, Spring1988, HELEN B. TRUHER, Emeritus Professor of Education, died January 9, 1988 after an extended period of declining health. Born in San Jose on November 17, 1917, Charlie grew up in California, and went on to Stanford University, where he received an A.B.in 1939 and an A.M. in 1940, the latter with the aid of a major fellowship . Are you looking for real estate agents or brokers? Howard graduated from New York University with a B.S. Her generosity went further through her contributions to the fellowships of many emeriti across disciplines. She also received national honors in hearing and speech and a California State award for hearing and speech. Audrey joined the faculty in 1960, at a time of rapid expansion of the Library's holdings in the sciences, mathematics, and major areas of engineering and technology. He was appointed to the faculty in the former Department of Health and Safety Studies in 1963, following several years as registrar. After retirement, he co-edited The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York City, 1763-1787 (2005), and with his co-editor, Joe Tiedemann, prepared The Other Loyalists , to be published in 2006. A few years later, he served as co-organizer of the 2014 Conference on Rudolfo Anaya, and moderated sessions in various annual conferences at Cal State LA in memory of Gigi Gaucher-Morales, a dear friend and outstanding colleague who died in 2007. Although his intentions were to "pursue some of the civilized and civilizing arts"which, for Morrie, included chamber music recitals, lectures, movies, Linda Ronstadt concerts, gardening, reading, fine dining, writing, and Dodger gamesMorrie's retirement wish list also included further public service and "some political activity." Beverly and Bernie traveled the world extensively, back in the day when parents got a 90 percent travel discount with Pan Am. Many of his demonstrations are now housed in Physical Sciences 453, which was dedicated as the Lester Hirsch Exploratorium when he retired in 1986. His latest effort, The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation , which Fernando co-authored with Richard Feynman and William Wagner, was published in June 2002. Being an active supporter of political causes that she believed in, in 1992 Virginia worked tirelessly for the election of a former governor who was once the keynote speaker at a Cal State LA Honors Convocation. Leonard studied art at UC Berkeley, where he earned B.A. Former campus Senate chair Nancy Hunts statement honoring Len at the Academic Senate reads, in part, This remarkable collection of firsts was a testament to his obvious intelligence; his habits of careful, thoughtful decision-making; his sound judgment; his calm, reassuring manner; and the paradoxical mix of his cool sobriety and his warm Midwestern sense of humor. The statewide Senate honored Len at its September meeting with a statement read by the vice chair, and a name placard and roses were placed at an empty chair in the Dumke Auditorium in Lens honor. In body padding, makeup, and full facial hair, she had fooled everyone. When Bruce asked where he should go to finish his doctorate, Oppenheimer recommended Cornell University, which was doing groundbreaking work in physics on a par with UC Berkeley. He was 87 years old. Upon returning home, Bob enrolled in college on the G.I. He was predeceased by his wife Marcia.The Emeritimes, Fall 2015, ROBERT S. CATHCART. When the war with Japan in the Pacific broke out, he and his family were interned in a prison camp for four years, during which time his education was informal. He had been retired for ten years and resided in Agoura Hills. The only grandson of Alec Thompson, founder of the Thompson Boiler Works on the site of what is now Mandarin Plaza in New Chinatown, Ross was born in Los Angeles and lived there all his life except for time spent at Berkeley, MIT, Cornell, and the Navy Language School at Boulder, CO. He left the University to teach at Queens College of the City University of New York.The Emeritimes, Fall 2015, BENJAMIN W. SMITH, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, 1963-2000, died at home in Redlands on June 24, 2015 at the age of 76 from lung cancer that had metastasized into brain cancer. Lee was an active faculty member in the Department of Art. John and his wife Ruth, who, with their son James John, became longtime residents of Monterey Park, were active members of the local and University communities. Gigi and Alfredo also enlisted the collaboration of Maris Ubans and Gay Manifold from the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, and Rene Aravena from the Department of Music, on several occasions to produce some outstanding plays. He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and retired at the end of 2003. Ellie served in academic governance for 25 of her 28 years as a Cal State L.A. faculty member, playing a very active role. He was part of a small team of administrators led by then-President Howard McDonald who guided our institution, in its early years, from a small, upper division/graduate college to a major university whose enrollment, at its peak, topped 25,000 students. Research interests included diversity in higher education, student retention, and maternal-child healthcare issues of African- Americans. He retired in 1982. He was respected internationally as a scholar of the Bible, an authority on early church history, a linguist and humanistic professor. A specialist in the field of inorganic chemistry, he served as coordinator of the Chemistry Department's freshman program.The Emeritimes, March 1985, RICHARD J. WHITING, Professor of Management and Assistant Dean of the School of Business and Economics, died October 17, 1985 after a brief illness. Jim is survived by his wife Laura, an alumna and long-time lecturer in the English Department, and their two children.The Emeritimes, Fall 2017, CAROL JEAN NUMRICH, former Director of the University Development Office for more than 30 years, died on April 25, 2017 at the age of 82. In two weeks, he would have celebrated his 87th birthday. Byong-kon founded the Pacific Contemporary Music Center to provide venues and means for composers here and in other Pacific Rim countries to have their music performed. He specialized in organizational analysis and behavior, organizational development, group theory and behavior, the executive process, and state and provincial government. Words cannot capture the awe, excitement, and motivation an 18-year-old black kid from the rural tobacco fields of North Carolina experienced as a college sophomore at Hampton University when his organic chemistry professor showed him the Textbook of Organic Chemistry with a photograph on the jacket cover of the author, an African American professor at Howard University named Dr. Lloyd Ferguson, said Costello Brown, emeritus professor of chemistry at Cal State L.A. As students, we were struggling with equations and nomenclature, and here was someone who looked like us who had written a whole book on organic chemistry! He swam for in the Channel for 12 hours, until he and two others were picked up by a British destroyer and taken to Northern Ireland. Following his retirement, Paul and his wife Mary moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he refocused his interest in transportation by building an extensive model railroad. He was promoted to associate professor in 1963, and became chair of the department in 1964 upon the retirement of Florence Bonhard. Your complete guide to Cheryl Miller; including news, articles, pictures, and videos. He was injured at St. Alfred was born in Germany in 1925 and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was advanced to the coaching position when the opportunity became available. According to reports, the average salary for an NBA analyst is between $106K and $116K. Joan received her B.A. in 1954 at Kent State University, and had taught at each of those institutions. Not only was he an outstanding classroom instructor and adviser, Tom was an editor on the Western Political Quarterly from 1966 to 1969, president of the Southern California Political Science Association during 1966-67, and president of the campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors in 1968-69. That same semester, Bruce was elected chair of the department for the period 1970 to 1973. Tony joined the faculty of what was then called Los Angeles State College in 1962, where he taught rigorous courses in organic chemistry and began a modest research program. She played a major role in the development of the master's degree program in secondary education. He is survived by a daughter, two sons, and four grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Fall 2001, ANTHONY LONGHETTI, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, 1989-2001, 72, passed away on June 9, 2001. He received a football scholarship in 1948 from Utah State, but was not happy there and subsequently changed to Idaho State. During his early years at the University, Pete pursued a Ph.D. in communication-drama from the University of Southern California, which he received in 1968. He was in the forefront in the mediation of many campus disputes during the strident 1970s. John taught basic methods of secondary teaching courses for years. She thus became proficient in German and English in addition to her native French. Jim was born December 30, 1908 in Walla Walla, Washington. In 1991, he left to become president of the University of Northern Colorado. As Harry became well launched into his career in education, he took other important steps in his life. Having three sons, Emil also coached in the Pacific Palisades Little League and youth basketball, and was involved with the Boy Scouts. Before that, their personal flights had taken them to areas of North and Central America, and their military-privilege flights had taken them to numerous places in Europe. She was inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Nursing in 1991. Among his writings was the college textbook, Patterns of Thinking and Writing.The Emeritimes, Winter 1995, PERSIS H. COWAN - Word of the death of Persis H. Cowan (EducationCurriculum and Instruction, 1956-1974) last fall (1994) in Oakland has been received from her family. He also wrote pioneering studies on the Italian dialect of Rome and its literature, and on ancient and medieval psychological thought, including Plutarch's Formal and Animal Psychology. Ken was a lively, erudite, and witty lecturer who developed a wide array of social and cultural history courses covering topics such as medicine, sports, rock and roll, childhood, and Native Americans (his favorite). Eleanore graduated from UCLA, taught in elementary schools and served as principal of an elementary school in Willowbrook. As a result of this experience, he was inspired to write his first mystery book, Smoking Frog Lives (2009), followed by Blood on the Stone (2012) and Mourning and Remembering (2013). As a colleague, he provided a quiet, yet effective, leadership for the Chemistry Department and its faculty. May 20, 2016. He consulted for many nonprofit and public agencies in the San Luis Obispo area. His research was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Science Foundation. In recognition of his contributions to teaching, research, and the University as a whole, Andreoli received the Cal State L.A. During his tenure as chair, both the state and the CSU system went through a difficult financial period. Jack attended UCLA after high school for three semesters until he was asked not to return. He continued to teach part time after his retirement and was active in the campus Education Administrators Alumni Association which he organized. He was noted statewide as an expert on school law. He taught courses in operations management and related areas, such as time and motion studies. He played Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois at the Pasadena Playhouse and again in Norman Corwin's The Rivalry at Theatre 40 and The Huntington Library. As a Chicano studies scholar, Lou had seminal articles published in journals such as Aztln: A Journal of Chicano Studies and La Causa Poltica: A Chicano Politics Reader. Born in Oakland to Hal and Bess Hall, Betty and her sister Allice traveled extensively during their fathers tenure as Santa Fe Railroad Superintendent before settling in Berkeley. After graduating from Fairfax High School, Carol entered Stanford University at 16, and graduated with a bachelor's degree at the age of 19. He was a knowledgeable source in early childhood physical education, and was also instrumental in starting yoga instruction on campus. She returned to Cuba to continue her studies at the University of Havana. She led the way in this difficult fight for womens sports to take their rightful place in the pantheon of athletics. Active in academic governance, Joan chaired many committees, culminating in service as chair of the Academic Senate during 1991-92. In that same year, he accepted an assistant professorship at L.A. State College in both chemistry and microbiology. in counseling and a Ph.D. in social foundations in education and educational research from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962 and 1967, respectively. He was interred in the family plot in Clovis, New Mexico.The Emeritimes, Fall 2003 WILLIAM G. (BILL) PLUMTREE, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, 1955-1982, died on August 11, 2003 at the age of 86, about a year after his cancer was diagnosed. He was cited as one of the top 100 educational leaders of the 20th century by Black Issues in Higher Education. Miller is widely considered one of the best players of all-time and is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Womens Basketball Hall of Fame. The granddaughter of a freed slave, Cobb grew up in Chicago, the daughter of a doctor and a teacher. Following a brief period of employment as a teacher, she began her career as a librarian in a number of locations, including both public and academic libraries. After his retirement in 2008, Chor continued to stay in touch with faculty and staff and periodically visited the Accounting Department. It is not often that people get to sit down and interact one-on-one with a genius who also possesses the patience of a saint. He came to the University upon the completion of his doctoral study at Cornell University in 1961. He graduated from Scottdale High School, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in 1931 and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green College of Commerce in 1934. During his 37 years at the University, Tony was instrumental in building the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry into an outstanding one, all the while combining the highest level of teaching with administration and an enormous amount of research. She published numerous articles with students who later went on to Ph.D. programs. Bernice ("Bunny" to her friends) was a member of the Cal State L.A. School of Education faculty for 30 years, an inspiring teacher educator with a practical background. He is survived by Judith, his daughter Deborah, son-in-law, three grandchildren, and a great-grandson.The Emeritimes, Fall 2014, STUART FISCHOFF, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, 1972-2005, and American Psychological Association Fellow, died on November 21, 2014 at the age of 74. degree from the University of Southern California in 1957, having majored in both physics and chemistry. In 1950 Sax left Beverly Hills High to become head basketball coach at Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences. Among her other accomplishments was her development of the first federally funded institute to prepare community college student personnel workers. Notable among his contributions were his involvement with the Mayors Committee on Technology Implementation and the preparation of environmental impact reports for the transportation authority. A memorial service was held in August.The Emeritimes, Fall 2005, WILLIAM L. STERNAL, Counselor, 1965-2003. in 1951 from the University of Utah, with a major in theater and a minor in dance. The results of these studies appeared in 40 publications. He was an avid tennis player until forced from the courts by knee surgery.
