from UC Santa Barbara in 1951, M.A. One of his publications was on a new specimen of his favorite plant, penstemon, that had been discovered in Mexico and named for his now-emeritus colleague James Henrickson. The family suggests memorial contributions to Brooks Hill Community Church, 11539 NW Skyline Blvd., Portland, OR.The Emeritimes, Winter 1994, ROBERT M. OLDHAM (Physical Education, 1961-1992), Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, suffered a fatal heart attack Nov 6, 1993, at his home in Avila Beach, CA. She had a long and distinguished career at Cal State LA, during which she taught successfully in two departments, Economics and Statistics and History. In addition to her teaching, Rosemarie was heavily involved in academic governance at the department, college, university, and systemwide levels. After two weeks, he wanted to know how Bernie had done it. Now that he was free to travel, Bruces career took him away from North America. After several years on the faculty of the University of Maine, he was hired by Cal State L.A.'s Foreign Language Department in fall 1959 to establish programs in both German and Russian. in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1984, both at USC. As a teenager Miller spent summers in the U.S. Olympic development program, held in the Cal State LA gym. More recent sources of pride include his establishment of the Stuart Fischoff Excellence in Musical Theater Award at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale, where he and Rachel lived following his retirement from the University, and his donation of his library and papers to SIUs Global Media Research Center. Lee worked very closely with students in helping them to achieve their goals, exposing them to relevant exhibitions, conferences, and current literature in the field. He had many hobbies and interests over the years. His huge library of rare books, including many medieval texts, has been donated to the Archives of the History of Psychology at the University of Akron. He was promoted to professor in 1980. He also worked as a consultant for an engineering firm. She transferred to the present campus in 1956, where the Art Department was in parts of two buildings. In the early 1950s, the Brands moved to Los Angeles, and Gerhard pursued his graduate studies in English at UCLA. She was 74. It has recently come to the attention of the Emeriti Association that Earl D. Jacobs, former professor of physics, died in his sleep on July 3, 2008 in Pasadena, at the age of 77. David, who has followed in his father's musical footsteps, is a noted jazz pianist and composer.The Emeritimes, Spring 2003, H. LEONARD EDMONDSON, Professor of Art, 1964-1986, died in July 2002. Prior to his academic career, Harold served as a radio specialist in what then was the Army Air Corps during World War II, assigned to a bomb squad flying B-24s in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). .. Its satisfying to feel that I have had a chance to offer them as much time and energy as I physically and mentally could give. A devoted wife, parent, and grandparent, Barbara is survived by her husband of 48 years, Terry; daughter Vanessa, son Mark, four granddaughters, one grandson, and three great-grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Winter 2021, MICHAEL JOHN HOFFMAN, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, 1981-2017, died at home in Pasadena on September 19, 2020 at the age of 72, after fighting a long battle with colorectal cancer. at the University of Iowa, respectively in 1939 and1942, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Steve was a Cal State L.A. alumnus and a member of the Library staff. Lorraine began teaching at Cal State LA that same year. His teaching, research, and academic service were exemplary, and his advancement assured. An experienced teacher and practitioner of couples and family therapy, he developed the master's level program in clinical psychology at Cal State L.A., and taught graduate and undergraduate classes in general psychology and family therapy. Because of the pandemic, no celebration-of-life service was held. She had recommended that family and friends have a party instead. According to Bob Douglass, her long-time colleague and department chair, her broad clinical background greatly enriched the experience of her students. The Emeriti Association was notified of the death of Mariana Cobb, widow of E. Kennedy Cobb, emeritus professor of accounting. The 1998 squad also earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament, the first for the Cal State LA baseball program since the 1977 team finished in fourth place at the College World Series. In that same year, he accepted an assistant professorship at L.A. State College in both chemistry and microbiology. Throughout her life, Jan was concerned with the effective, efficient, and sensitive use of dance movement, and experimented with methods of developing and maintaining dance technique "without pain." However, during those summers, she worked tap dancing every night in quite professional shows at the Grand Canyon North Rim. David was indeed a model of the scholar-teacher whose professional activities informed and vitalized his work in the classroom. Alan will be remembered for his kindness and his sincere interest in people; his strong desire to help and mentor students; his complete engagement as a dedicated educator, always striving to improve his and others' pedagogical practices, leading to greater student successes; his strong sense of ethics; and his genuine collegiality. Miller guided a short-handed Cal State LA team in her first year as the head coach, leading the Golden Eagles to a 15-14 overall record in 2016-17 and their first winning season since 2014. Prior to coming to Cal State L.A., he held accounting and managerial positions with U.S. Rubber, Los Angeles City Schools, and several accounting firms. Lamar was born in Fountain Green, Utah on May 5, 1927, and was the brother to four sisters. Although he retired from Cal State in 1985, he continued to teach as part of the Faculty Early Retirement Program until his death recently (Ed. Sci. He was very passionate about helping students learn and excel, and they greatly benefited from his expertise and pedagogy. Published in the area of developmental disability, Daves books include Readings in Learning Disability, with colleagues Arthur Atwell and Colleen Jamison, and Community Colleges and the Developmentally Disabled: Training Models for Direct Care Personnel, with colleague Jane Matson. Herb is survived by his wife, anthropologist Muriel Myers, and a sister. In the early '70s, they had built a second home on Whidbey Island, Washington, at which they anticipated enjoying their summers. Ken was born on October 8, 1925 in Los Angeles and spent most of his youth in the San Fernando Valley. Marty moved to California to enter the Ph.D. program at UCLA. in 1927.After advanced dance classes with the Perry Mansfield Dance Company, she auditioned for the troupe and was accepted, and she toured with them in 1927-28. The areas of Business and Economics were being developed by Floyd R. Simpson, who had arrived two years earlier. Although Harry was justifiably proud of his long service with the University, his children, Carolyn and Brian, were his pride and joy. He attended Donora High School, from which he graduated in 1946, and went on to Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He became one-fourth of the founding quartet of the engineering program, along with Les Cromwell, Bill Eggers, and Bill Plumtree. Holder of degrees from Northern Illinois and Northwestern Universities, Marcella came to Cal State L.A. in 1960. Her distinguished record in archery includes service as head coach of the 1979 championship team and subsequent recognition as national Archery Coach of the Year in 1982. Starting as an assistant professor at then California State College, Los Angeles in 1962, Frank taught a long list of coursesexisting and some new, lecture and laboratory, undergraduate and graduatecovering subjects that included surveying, design graphics, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, hydraulics, and environmental engineering. Iry first worked for Walt Disney Productions and later became Director of Advertising at KNX radio. Once resettled, she attended Occidental College for graduate work and received an M.A. The Wing Luke Asian Museum of Seattle has in its permanent collection Lee's series of paintings of the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar. Paul left a lasting imprint on all the Department of Information Systems program review reports. She did more than that by not only earning her bachelors and masters degrees at what was then Los Angeles State College (1954 and 1956, respectively) and teaching credential from then California State College in Northridge, but also a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California in 1963. He then spent the 1958-59 year as an instructor at Oakland City College. For 25 years, he also taught an oceanography class at Moorpark College and conducted bi-yearly field trips to Montaa de Oro State Park near Morro Bay, which were very popular with the students. Many of his colleagues were sad to see this gifted professor retire in 2001 after what was already an outstanding academic career. A major mission of that foundation was preservation and restoration of the Tallac Historic Site, at which he served as a volunteer until his death became imminent. While in high school, she began to focus on biology. He also traveled widely, including trips to India, Nepal, and Thailand, in the spirit of Buddhist pilgrimages. Among her professional accomplishments were two classic textbooks on classroom group behavior . Earlier, he was fine arts librarian and, much later, humanities/social sciences librarian. He joined Angel Flight, an organization of private pilots who flew critically ill patients to medical centers. With the late Fred Shroyer (English, 1950-1975), he coauthored a popular textbook titled Types of Drama . in the field. His musical roots were in church music, but he began piano lessons as a child and later also took trumpet lessons. After moving to California, Virginia obtained her B.S. George lived his philosophy by extensive reading, cooking, auto mechanics, building and construction, landscaping, and working with children. As executive vice president, she led Pacific States University in obtaining accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Herb frequently taught graduate seminars on learning, where he exposed students to a broad background in experimental methodologies. His professional activities included membership in the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); he was variously member, secretary, and president of the IEEE L.A. Metro Section and he was a member of the College of Fellows of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering. . At Cal State L.A., Stan taught a variety of courses in the American and California government and politics area, specializing toward the end of his career in a lower-division writing and research seminar required of all political science majors. His travels took him to the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Don was born in Indianapolis on March 26, 1919. They were married for 60years. After receiving his Ph.D., Harry taught at Temple Uni versity in Philadelphia, where one of his students was Alan Wolfe, the noted author of many books on American politics and religion. However, his pursuits during half a century have covered an extraordinary range of activities: founding member of Econometrica , a member of the entering team to Japan upon its surrender during World War II, expert on the economics of college education, delegate to the AAUP, author, counterintelligence special agent, and, most recently, participant in the Reed College "Take Charge" program in Southern California. Miller, 52, spent the past two seasons coaching at Langston University in Oklahoma, where she went 49-12 and made two NAIA Tournament appearances. I plan to teach as long as I am able to, until I am 80, at least." Later in his career, his book, Robert Nathan , was published in1969, and his papers included articles on Muriel Spark and Henry Adams. For 20 of his 30 years of service at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Charles directed the Circulation and Limited Loan departments. She went on to a position as librarian and assistant curator at the Amerind Foundation, in Dragoon, Arizona, in which she served until 1961. Jean retired from Cal State L.A.in 1974. He wrote his last poem, Nightfall, on May 13. Throughout her life, she was entirely devoted to her family. from Columbia University in 1950, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1963 with a dissertation titled British Radical Secularism: Unbelief from Bradlaugh to the Mid-Twentieth Century. George was born in Los Angeles on March 14, 1943, and attended Washington High School, graduating in 1961. Lois joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1951. In fact, he retired slightly earlieron December 30, 1988. She taught with much enthusiasm such illustrious writers of the Renaissance as Rabelais, Montaigne, and the poets of the Pleiade, as well as the great novelists of the 19th century, among whom her favorites were Flaubert and Zola. Ron embraced people from all walks of life, of all cultures. in 1974 from Hong Kong Chinese University. He retired in 1992. By 1970, the collapse of the job market in history was in full swing; he later remembered sending out 100 applications for positions before Cal State LA came through. He continues to receive universal and unanimous praise for his leadership style and his contributions to the development of the University's engineering programs.The Emeritimes, Fall 2010, ALFRED H. FRITZ, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1971-1988, died on July 7, 2010 in San Luis Obispo at the age of 85. She also proposed a course in 17th-century French literature and, with the English Department, helped initiate an interdepartmental major in comparative literature. Health issues in recent years restricted his hiking and painting, but not his poetry. degree from UC Berkeley in 1951, and M.A. In 1966, he earned his masters degree in engineering administration from the University of Utah. His scientific research and student training initiatives were supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and U.S. Department of Education. 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. Throughout his tenure at Cal State L.A., he was one of the English Departments most innovative, creative, and successful teachers. He was a creative, freethinking person who knew how to make everyone feel appreciated and valued. Miller, 52, spent the past two seasons coaching at Langston University in Oklahoma, where she went 49-12 and made two NAIA Tournament appearances. Whenever her books were used here, she donated those royalties to the Department. There he met his wife Margarete, to whom he was married for 61 years. He managed the museums collection of ethnological artifacts, doing outreach to community groups and responding to location of Native American artifacts in the Wisconsin area. He was active in the Los Angeles Geographic Society and served as its president and editor of its monthly newsletter. When the opportunity to leave the cold and snow of the Midwest arose in 1960, Tom moved with his wife Millie and his sons Pat and Tom Jr. to take a position as assistant professor of government at Los Angeles State College. He taught at Cal State L.A. and several other universities in his long career. Bud came to Cal State L.A. in 1950 as an assistant professor, assuming the chairmanship of the Men's Physical Education Department, along with teaching and coaching assignments. He is survived by his wife Fern, daughter Gaile Van Dahlen, son Robert Lee, and five grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Winter 2004, ROBERT STRASSBURG, Emeritus Professor of Music, 1971-1983, died on October 25, 2003 in Pasadena. After she retired, Lu continued to teach and play an active role in fundraising for Cal State LA music scholarships as a longtime active member of the Friends of Music. She was a world traveler and brought students, faculty, and friends to Havana for the Cuban Film Festival as part of the People-to-People program for many years. Some of her credits include roles in blockbuster hits such as The Big Lebowski, Primary Colors, Wag the Dog, and Freaky Friday. She went on to the Catholic University of America, where she earned a B.S. His doctoral thesis was on Joaquin Murat. He retired in 1981 and is survived by his wife, Hilda, of San Pedro.The Emeritimes, Winter 1997, J. C. RAY, Professor of Accounting, 1957-1989, who retired from the department after 32 years of service, passed away on November 19, 1996 from cancer. Thomas Lask of The New York Times found it relentlessly and devastatingly polemical and one of the most exciting I have read in years. The American academic establishment was largely indignant. She then went on to teach in Wisconsin. He retired in September 1996 but continued to teach until Winter Quarter 1999 through the Faculty Early Retirement Program. 317, for several years), and he was a frequent jurist for art exhibits. In 1973, Pat began her career at Cal State LA in the Department of Special Education. The aspiring player, Cheryl Miller, was born on January 3, 1964, in Riverside, California. he balances a love of the arts with his passion for the sciences: he plays the piano and is a professional oboist who performed with the San Diego Symphony while a student at San Diego State. Tom was devoted to his wife Sharon, with whom he shared a love for music.