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. They arrived in Tokyo in late August 1945, the first wave of Americans to go in.
Cheryl Miller named coach of Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles Dr. Luk is survived by his son, Erik, and his daughter, Doris.The Emeritimes, Fall 1993, LESLIE NELSON (1950-1973, Education), one of Cal State L.A.'s earliest faculty members, died during the spring of 1993. Bruce retired from Cal State LA in 1980 and moved to Monterey County, where he built a beautiful home in Carmel Valley by himself. Because both of his parents died before he was 12, Paul claimed that he ran the streets and therefore failed the ninth grade. He also taught part time in the School of Business and Economics. in 1948 from the University of Toledo. Helen escaped with her parents to the U.S. in 1918, coming first to Chicago and then to California to join a large colony of Russian emigrants who settled in Boyle Heights. Born on April 11, 1930 in Los Angeles, Bill graduated from Eagle Rock High School and joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1948. Under Ron's guidance as dean, the Department of Information Systems rebuilt itself by revamping the curriculum, building the information technology infrastructure, and expanding its outreach to the students and the business world. In the1970s, he became art director for the architectural firm of Albert C. Martin and Associates. For several years he was the in-country vocational education consultant in Malaysia. Born on December 29, 1918 in Painsville, Ohio, Edward was the eldest of three children of Axel Nelson and Elma Karpinin. He was a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors for several years, as well as the University-Student Union Board of Directors. 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). His professional papers were published in the Michigan Journal of Secondary Education and the American School Board Journal . He was a member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges from 1987 to 1996. He graduated from San Diego High School in 1940, then worked at various jobs in San Diego, briefly attending Pacific University in Oregon. Released from active service in 1945, he returned to Reed College for an M.A. He was a truly dedicated teacher, very much liked by his students, a person who devoted his life to the improvement of instruction in the field of business subjects. He purchased the five-acre farm in the early 1980s while still teaching at Cal State L.A., spending many enjoyable days tending to his 300 avocado trees, exotic fruit trees, vegetable garden, and assorted flowers. A memorial was held in Culver City on December 17. After receiving her full professorship, she served one term as department chair. As particularly active leaders in a "Feed the Mind Mission," an outreach program for Nigeria, Addie and Bill made five trips to Nigeria. He yearned to be a pilot in World War II, but was forced by inadequate vision to become a glider pilot instead. degree from UCLA and M.S. He helped every student who contacted him and is said to have never taken a sick day. He established a scholarship for the best undergraduate student in Philosophy. He threw himself into his new responsibilities with his usual enthusiasm so that they became among the departments most popular offerings. Charlie joined the Los Angeles State College faculty in 1957, following earlier teaching at Oregon State University. Her husband, John, died shortly after she retired. Seen coming and going there for a years, his final withdrawal was not noted. She is the mother of Bonar's one grandchild, Alexander. Her administrative skill was an outgrowth of her military career in the Navy, which preceded her academic pursuits. She had a life full of people who loved and respected her. Jean's legacy also includes a lifelong love of music and the arts. He was an excellent jazz guitarist and played actively following his retirement, until his stroke. Rudy, who has resided in Citrus Heights, near Sacramento, since his retirement in 1973, came to Cal State L.A. as Professor of Secondary Education in 1952 and chairman of his department from 1954 to 1956. Murray wrote three books, all on government documents. Predeceased by his sister Maude and Janets son David, he also lost his daughter Elizabeth and two granddaughters who died in 2009. As a teacher in the Los Angeles public schools, Adeline was an advocate for the developmentally disabled. She also had chapters in numerous books. Her mother worked as a hairdresser and her father was a painter and paperhanger. degree as one of seven members of Cal State's first graduating class in 1948, when it was known as L.A. State College. Born on November 6, 1921 in Honeoye Falls, New York, near Rochester, Frank spent most of his early life in Florida. He then became editor of the Wilson Library Bulletin , a periodical published by the H. W. Wilson Company in New York. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 31, 1929, the youngest of four children of parents who emigrated to the United States from Byelorussia at the beginning of the century. He had celebrated his 73 rd birthday with family and friends, but succumbed to colon cancer the following week after more than a year's struggle. He played a key role in the establishment of Cal State L.A. as a center for Peace Corps training in the 1960s. Predeceased by Bert (2008) and son Paul (2016), Vilma is survived by children Alexandra and Joshua and their spouses, seven grandchildren and their spouses, and seven great-grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Spring 2018, ALVA FUMIHIKO YANO, husband of emerita professor of physics Fleur Yano, died on March 13, 2018 in Berkeley at the age of 84. Chor made sure he introduced me to as much as a neophyte on his first trip to Asia could absorb. She received her B.A. Dr. Hall served on the faculty of the School of Business and Economics from 1961 to 1980. Beyond his work on campus, Hershel was profoundly committed to a variety of community advocacy programs. Leonard's first one-man exhibition was at San Francisco's De Young Museum more than a half-century ago. degree in 1941; and volunteered for service in the U.S. Army in 1942. He loved to travel, and several sabbaticals established collaborations that lasted decades, notably with Cyril Grob at the University of Basel, Jeffries Wyman and Eraldo Antonini at the University of Rome, and Carmela Ioppolo of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, Center for Molecular Biology in Rome. In public service, he was an active practitioner in the fields of his expertise, lecturing to and holding appointments on selection boards of public agencies, writing reports for government departments at local and national levels, and speaking to political groups. A productive scholar throughout his academic career, Friedman has more than 50 titles under his name. Back at City College by the end of 1945, Norman graduated the following year and received his M.A. Starting as periodicals librarian, Morrie served as head of reference, head of reader services, and assistant college librarian. Don was the epitome of the teacher-scholar. She subsequently moved to Laguna Beach, where she opened a free clinic for psychological counseling and a private practice of her own. Her survivors include her son and daughterher husband Frank died in 1995and the many friends in her several bridge groups and university associations. For 64 years, Vernon was a member of Oneonta Congregational Church in South Pasadena, where he was involved in many activities, including music committees.
Cheryl Miller's career as a baller may have been cut short, but her He was the first member of his family to graduate from college at Ohio State University in 1940. degree and his Army commission in the Air Corps. D. degrees from USC. In this capacity, she was granted the civilian rank of GS-15, the equivalent of a brigadier general. Students in his courses report that Joe brought energy, momentum, and creativity to his classes, and inspired students to move forward in their own creative endeavors. 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 lived with his son, Lee, and benefited from the warm climate. Her colleagues and students remember Demetra fondly for her personal charm, dedication to her teaching, and commitment to humane causes, especially the causes of world peace, universal civil rights, protection of the environment, feminism, and the humane treatment of animals. A memorial service honored him at this church on August 4. He worked on Navy-related projects related to areas of his expertise, and was actively associated with the journal Business Forum . He died at his Altadena home, in the care of his son Hugh III. Legendary basketball player Cheryl Miller is expected to be named women's basketball coach at Cal State Los Angeles, according to sources. Leonard was a widely known printmaker of screen prints, etchings, and lithographs. While living in the Bay Area, he became acquainted with a young woman named Ruth Decker. His specialization was in remote sensing and aerial photography. His first book, Statistics with a Sense of Humor, is still widely used nationwide after 20 years because it has been so successful in demystifying what had been an impenetrable topic for generations of students. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the Perry Ehlig Scholarship should contact the Geological Sciences Department.The Emeritimes, Spring 2000, PAUL T. MCELHINEY, Emeritus Professor of Marketing, 1968-1983, and former chair of the Marketing Department, passed away this past May 2000 following a series of strokes. Miller has had a stellar career as a player and coach. He served as a teacher and administrator in the public schools of North Dakota and Montana before coming to California. Professor Epstein served on the School of Engineering faculty from 1957 to 1983. In 1986, she was nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award, and in that same year, USC retired her #31 jersey, the first . Cal State L.A. emerita Margaret McWilliams crossed paths with Pauline during that time, at which time Pauline shared her vision of the direction that dietetics education should take. She was born to Virginia and Eugenio Gerini, Italian immigrants, in San Francisco on December 3, 1920, and grew up in the city by the bay. His first son, Howard, predeceased him many years ago.The Emeritimes, Winter 2015, DONALD A. NIELSEN, SR., Emeritus Professor of Education, 1968-1992, died peacefully at home on November 15, 2014. Ken was part of the team that developed the groundbreaking A Curriculum to Reflect Technology under Warner's guidance. In her second season, Miller led Langston to a 20-8 overall record that included a 14-4 mark in conference play. After a B.A. His childhood was spent in Southern California. He was also a guest professor at Uppsala University in Sweden in 1984-85. In retirement, he kept busy with his craft, completing a six-foot brass and red leather processional cross in 1985 to complete the sanctuary appointments he made 31 years earlier for St. Peter's Episcopal Church. She was a talented violinist and violist. As many who knew him can attest, those travels held a special place in his heart for all of his life. The Emeritimes, Winter 1997, DONALD J. HAGER, Professor of Sociology, 1957-1981, and one of the early members of the department, died this past summer 1996. His father was a gifted photographer who died in Norman's infancy, and his mother raised Norman and his siblings in strained circumstances. He was fluent in French, German, Spanish, Russian, Greek and Mandarin Chinese. In 1932, he began his career as a high school teacher in South Dakota, but at the same time, wishing to teach at the college level, he completed an M.S. Professionally she published and attended conferences and art shows, often paying her own way. He voluntarily provided therapy to individuals and families in need. He served on the statewide senate for 27 years, often elected to office or appointed to chair a standing committee. After graduation, he taught and coached at Ruggles-Troy High School in Nova, Ohio for the next four years, and was honored as Ashland County Coach of the Year for 1956-57. He was 81. Born in Chicago on June 13, 1931, the son of Martin and Elsie Jacobs, Earl received his B.S. In California, Mike immediately became active in the professional business community. After ratification of the statewide Constitution, Len became the first elected chair of the Academic Senate of the California State Colleges in 1963. During World War II, he was a tool and die maker, an occupation considered essential to the war effort. After she retired, Elise lived in Carmel with her longtime companion, Laurie Schumann. Prior to coming to Cal State L.A., Ken taught at UCLA, Bradley University, and Northwestern. Sumi was an avid runner and became a world-class runner after meeting her coach, George McHale. She continued to teach at Middlebury College for a few years and she continued publishing. Their younger brother, Gordon, died earlier. As Secretary, he served as the unofficial historian of the University. He is survived by his wife Diane, of Fallbrook; daughter Debbie Kaye; son Paul; three grandchildren; a sister; and nieces and nephews.The Emeritimes, Winter 2002, JULIAN B. ROTH, Emeritus Professor of Education, 1956-1980, died of leukemia on July 24, 2001. Bill and began taking courses in political science, intending to focus on Asia. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. A year later he attended Officer Candidate School, was commissioned as a second lieutenant, and was sent to Europe as the youngest combat platoon leader in the 42nd Infantry, the famed Rainbow Division. Terry also served as editor for a decade (1984-94) of California Sociologist , a Department journal that he helped establish. As he put it, Norman wanted students to get back to the feeling about literature that made them readers in the first place. For all his grit, passion, learning, and dedication, or perhaps because of them all, Norman was a man of great humor, charm, and personal warmth. An attorney since 1940, Bert founded and developed the Pasadena law firm that is now Potter, Cohen & Samulon, specializing in Social Security disability law. Naval Reserve in October 1941 and was commissioned as an ensign in March 1942. Early on, Dr. Greenlee began what he described as an "urban thrust" for the campus, in which he "turned the campus around to face its community" and enlisted faculty and student help in improving relations with secondary schools, assessing the educational needs of prospective students, and adjusting class scheduling and course offerings to best serve student needs. A native of Illinois, Dr. Guild earned his BA degree at Wisconsin and his MA and PhD degrees at Stanford. In retirement, he enjoyed golf and both he and Fran enjoyed many happy times with friendsespecially playing bridge. He performed the role of Ahab in a reading of Moby Dick at the 2003 Melville Conference, his last public performance. His responsiveness and his commitment to his family and his friends, to the pleasures of art and travel, in fact to whatever the day- to-day might bring him, was total. Intrigued by the opportunity to open a new school, Ed was a member of the founding faculty of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1971. in Nursing Education in 1950. He joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1965, and served as catalog and reference librarian before establishing the government documents collection as a separate entity from the main book collection. Over the course of her studies, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Pi Lambda Theta, the national honor society for education. Mac was profoundly affected by his war experience, which included the Battle of the Bulge and the Liberation of Dachau, and he turned to art and poetry in France as an antidote to those experiences. He retired in 1980 and was granted emeritus status. He is survived by his wife, Pat, a brother, and three nieces.The Emeritimes, Spring1989, JESSE B. ALLEN, who taught Marketing in the School of Business from 1958 until he transferred to Humboldt State University in the early 1970's, died in Eureka, CA on March 5, 1989. Terry is survived by Peggy; sons Mark and Michael and their spouses; two granddaughters; and siblings Gary, Gerry Lynn, and Ronald and their families. During her 15 years at Cal State L.A., she was instrumental in moving the communicative disorders area of that department to the School of Education, where she championed the role of speech correction in the public schools. He was a pioneer. He founded the Southern California Research Institute that established the three-test battery of field sobriety examinations used throughout the U.S. They fell in love and, upon their return to the U.S., were married, on November 11, 1945. She was chair of the anthropology departments at SDSU and Washington State University. He might refer to his colleagues as doctor or professor rather than by their first names. In 1946-47, she was an assistant professor of music at the University of Oklahoma, after which she became the director of music education in the school system of Spokane. That year he joined the English Department at Cal State L.A. Her deep sense of the dignity and value of every individual were hallmarks of her personal relationships, her teaching, and her scholarship. in 1940. Saralyn loved words and books. Memorial services were held on October 14 at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Mar Visa, with many faculty members in attendance. He was the last living of the 10 children of Jacob and Amelia Tuohino and is survived by his wife Jean; their children Barbara Funk, Lawrence Tuohino, Nancy Chapman, Kent Tuohino, and their spouses; and five grandchildren,. He traveled to France with his son in 2003 and 2004. As a teacher, Mike preferred to teach upper-division and graduate analysis courses. After obtaining B.A. A prolific and excellent letter writer, Tom provided his colleagues with amazingly detailed accounts of the people and politics he encountered on those trips. This catalog of positions and activities makes too lightly of the fact that in a world of academic diplomats and soft-spoken people, Ed Goldberg was a lionin his views, his values, and even the volume of his voice. According to Bob Douglass, her long-time colleague and department chair, her broad clinical background greatly enriched the experience of her students. Im glad to be back, she said. Although near retirement, he served as associate chair in 1977-78. Her expertise in statistics and research methodology contributed to the graduate programs in every division in the school. Colleagues in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures remember him as a dedicated scholar who took his respon sibilities on committees as seriously as he did his commitment to his students and their education. After graduation from high school in 1950, she majored in occupational therapy at Ohio State University and obtained her B.S. A memorial is scheduled for May 16 at St. John Fisher Catholic Church in Rancho Palos Verdes.The Emeritimes, Spring 2011, KENNETH D. COURTNEY. Marge received her bachelor's degree in 1946 from USC, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. 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. 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 intellectual engagement in human development led him to earn a second doctorate, this in child psychoanalysis, from the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center in Los Angeles. Then in 1935, he returned to Utah and attended Brigham Young University, where he earned a B. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Delta Chi and was listed in Who's Who in America in 1954-55. But after about a decade in engineering practice, he turned to teaching, and joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1957.His engineering interests broadened over time under the influence of innovative developments, including specialties such as solar power and adhesive bonding, and he obtained several patents. He edited and annotated another Carnap essay in German on metaphysics. His parents worked in burlesque and vaudeville, his father a singer, his mother a dancer. 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. Besides being a dedicated teacher, Friedman also had a passion for acting. . Ross was deeply concerned with conservation and environmental issues. The Golden Eagles erased an eight-point deficit in the final 47 seconds to stun Cal State Dominguez Hills, 90-89 and scored 17 straight points to stun UC San Diego, 75-69. Patterson had numerous external affiliations. Besides Cal State L.A., he created maces for USC, the University of Buffalo, Syracuse University, and Bethune-Cookman College. Among his responsibilities was the planning of South Tower, now Simpson Tower, with Floyd Simpson. The first chair of the Department of Special Education at Cal State L.A. was Dr. Francis Lord, one of the real pioneers of special education programs. Mildred was hired as an assistant professor of economics at Los Angeles State College in fall 1960 and taught courses in both her department and the Business Administration Department. Polan was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, on January 24, 1924. 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. Terry was born on May 23, 1935 to Edwin and Mildred Davis. It was a race against time completing the last edition, but she was able to finish it and actually received a copy shortly before her death. And this glimpse of Bill and Ruth Simpson would not be complete with mention of their devotion to a legion of dogs whom they have rescued. Having grown up in the Santa Ynez Valley, he graduated from Santa Ynez High School and went on to discover the field of geological science at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he obtained his B.A. He received his Ed.D. 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. He first taught at Manual Arts High School before coming to Cal State L.A. in 1959. in 1951 from Stanford; and an Ed.D. John had a love for the sea and spent many hours on his boat in Long Beach and at the 4th of July Yacht Club on Catalina Island. The highlight of these vacations may indeed have been the two trips he made to golf at St. Andrews in Scotland. Don was born on August 20, 1916, in Vegreville, Alberta, in a family that traced its lineage to Scotch-Irish immigrants to North America in the 18 th century. Jan began her long career at Los Angeles State College in 1960. He held degrees from the University of Washington (B.S. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in 1951, specializing in political science and social work. in educational administration at UCLA with great distinction. After retirement, she turned to her love of horses and became an expert rider, trained in dressage. Having three sons, Emil also coached in the Pacific Palisades Little League and youth basketball, and was involved with the Boy Scouts. Ron was known for his administrative fairness, willingness to listen, and compassion for the faculty and staff. She then joined the music faculty of the Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences. In the early 1970s, she was instrumental in the formation of the California Dance Educators Association. Born in Ohio on July 18, 1906, Esther remained in that state through most of her education. He held a bachelor's degree in economics from Kenyon College, followed by a master's degree in library science from the University of Buffalo School of Library and Information Science, which he received in 1973. In 2002, issues of health led Bill and Virginia to move to Cotati in order to be close to their daughter, Amy, and her husband, Joel, both of whom were unflagging in their loving care of the elder Ficks. degree in 1952. In addition to his wife of 59 years, Ben is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She was laid to rest beside him in the Riverside National Cemetery, for which they were eligible by virtue of Don's World War II military service. As the program grew, she was able to concentrate on her area of specialization, teaching the Introduction to Speech Correction and the Diagnostic Clinic in Speech Correction, as the subject was called back then; presenting a variety of seminars in neuropathologies of speech and specific speech disorders; and supervising student teachers in her field. Her greatest influence was probably Esther Andreas, noted singer and pedagogue, and she also coached with Gerhard Albersheim and Henry Jackson. In 1944, at the height of World War II, Bert was 18 and he enlisted in the Navy. Saralyn was born in Huntington, West Virginia on May 11, 1924 to Ruth Kaufman Daly, herself a teacher and writer, and John Ross Daly. 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. Other passions were weekly poker games and watching all sports, but especially football and Lakers basketball.The Emeritimes, Winter 2014, KENNETH J. PRATT, Emeritus Professor of History, 1958-1992, died in Altadena on September 26, 2013 from complications of Parkinson's disease. and Ed.D. In January 1993, Virginia was rewarded for her efforts with an invitation to President Bill Clintons inaugural ball. After his retirement in 1997, and participation in the Faculty Early Retirement Program, Tom and Sharon retired to the Presidio district of Tucson, where he continued scientific collaborations at the University of Arizona, continued their interest in music, and supported the local symphony orchestra. All are northern California residents. They also planted coffee trees with other volunteer laborers. She joined the staff of the Los Angeles State College Library at the old Vermont campus at Los Angeles City College in1952, and retired from the Library at Cal StateL.A. He received his first masters degree in speech communication from the University of Arizona in 1965, Ph.D. in speech communication from the University of Southern California in 1973, second masters degree in counseling psychology from CSU Northridge in 1984, and California State License in Marriage and Family Therapy in 1985.