With the late Fred Shroyer (English, 1950-1975), he coauthored a popular textbook titled Types of Drama . She served as a grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and as chair of the Department of Microbiology from 1986 to 1989. Once resettled, she attended Cal State Northridge, and in 1972, she received an M.A. At the time of his death, Frank was survived by his wife Elena, two daughters, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She was also an essential member of her church, St. James Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, where she served on the Altar Guild and sang in the choir. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, Cal State LA has long been recognized as an engine of economic and social mobility. Memorial services were held at the Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society in North Hills on June 30.The Emeritimes, Fall 2012, ANTHONY JOSEPH (TONY) MOYE, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Dean of Academic Planning, 1962-1996, died on May 31, 2012 at his home in Avila Beach, California at the age of 78. In the early 1970s, she was instrumental in the formation of the California Dance Educators Association. He was 86. His other great interest was his devoted service throughout his life to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With a Woodrow Wilson scholarship, Earl went on to graduate study in history at the University of Southern California, and became a specialist in African history following field research in Nigeria. CRAFT, Emeritus Professor of Accounting, 1977- 1987, died on October 27, 2007 of undisclosed causes. from the University of Colorado in 1939. He was licensed as a professional engineer in both New York and California. During his long career at Cal State LA, Art produced, in addition to numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews of eight booksapproximately one every four yearsin both English and German, on numerous aspects of World War II and postwar German history, beginning with the revised version of his dissertation, World War II and Strategy. He was a pioneer in the abstract expressionist ceramic movement, joining the Clay Revolution with teacher Pete Voulkos and fellow students John Mason and Paul Soldner at the Los Angeles County Art Institute. His was always the calming voice in heated discussions in department meetings. He was fully involved in campus life as the faculty adviser of the Golden Key Honor Society and president of the California Faculty Association, and he was instrumental in the establishment of and support for the Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities. As the director of University Development, Carol established the institutional advancement program and was instrumental in establishing the Cal State LA Foundation. The Golden Eagles also jumped out to a 25-8 lead after one quarter in an exciting 71-53 Homecoming victory over Cal State San Bernardino. Early in Lens career, he became active in the movement for faculty governance, serving first in the Faculty Association, where he was president at its inception from 1952-53, and then on the Faculty Council that was created in 1955 as a consultative body to the president. 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. from Berkeley in 1942, he enlisted in the Navy and served four years on active duty during World War II. However, he remained unable to speak and was completely paralyzed on his right side. He was a special education teacher at Arcadia High School, following more than 20 years of teaching at Bell Gardens High School. In addition to his professional contributions, Herb was a person who enjoyed life, family, travel, and his work. .. Miller has had a stellar career as a player and coach. She grew up in Berkeley and graduated from UC Berkeley with a major in Music. She was highly respected by both students and colleagues in what was then the School of Education. The restroom building near the main theater was commonly known as Beaver Hall and is still called that by old timers aware how upset he was by initial plans, which would have had the public bathrooms in the main building, where flushing toilets could compete with the performance. One of Petes fondest memories in later years was the time he spent directing his students in plays. His travels took him to the Middle East, Europe, and North America. She also served on the Committee on Committees for nine years (1968-87) and the Committee for Academic Freedom for five years (1973-78). She had observed her 100 th birthday on May 30. Four years later, she moved to Eugene to be close to her son Cary, his wife Joan, and her grandson Miles, who have survived her, daughter Shelly having died in the mid-1990s.A memorial service was held for her on January 11, 2003 at the Eugene Unitarian Church. For the community, he chaired the Performing Arts Network of Greater Los Angeles (PALNET) and coordinated a series of lectures in affiliation with the California Center for the Book. When he arrived at CSLA in 1958, the Recreation Education program was just a few years old, the master's degree had barely been initiated, and the department, headed by founding faculty member George Willott, was housed in the Division of Health and Safety, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics. Five years later, he was promoted to professor. Jean retired from Cal State L.A.in 1974. Art lived the CSU ideal of the teacher-scholar and was designated Outstanding Professor in 1969. Joining the many thousands of other veterans attending college after the war, Tony majored in biochemistry at USC, completing a B.S. In a recent issue of University Reports, it was reported that his writing group will attempt to complete the final chapter of his book.The Emeritimes, Spring 1994, MARYO VAN DEMAN (Music, 1960-1977), a distant relative of the late President Greenlee, died July 22, 1993, of cancer. In all these capacities, she was noted for her sensitivity and integrity. A resident of West Covina, he is survived by his wife, Betty, whom he met during his service in the U.S. Army during World War II; his son, Brad, his daughter, Julie and her husband and one grandchild.The Emeritimes, Winter 1990, RICHARD J. HOFFMAN, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Studies, who developed the program of Graphic Arts and Printing Management at Cal State L.A., died September 25, 1989 following a hospital confinement of about a month. He was told privately by colleagues that, while he could work on his doctorate there, his involvement in the pre-war years as the president of Scientists for Peace, an idealistic, left-leaning group at Berkeley, meant he would be unable to work at the radiation laboratory, the Rad Lab; he would not be given security clearance. In 1982-83, John and his wife, Rita, and Carol Smallenburg were part of a seven-member team that went to Micronesia to conduct a Cal State L.A.-sponsored institute for teachers and educational administrators. Some of his students went on to exciting mathematical careers. in Astronomy in 1964, and in 1966 he finished his Ph.D. degree requirements, also in astronomy. As his scholarship was archive-based, he was particularly effective in training his graduate students in the methods necessary for using archives, skills that served well those of his students who went on to Ph.D. programs. She had had surgery for colon cancer, but complications that followed defeated her efforts to survive. In 1969, he was promoted to full professor. Susan Lue, who was Janes student and later shared an office with her as a faculty member for many years, reflects that Jane held a very high standard for her graduate students to follow scientific methods of thought and writing. Bernie then began perhaps his greatest Cal State L.A. accomplishment. Her interests then led her to employment as a librarian at the Washington State Museum, from 1955 to 1959, and in1959 she received a master's degree in librarianship from the University of Washington. He was always very courteous both to students and faculty, and will be long remembered by his colleagues as a fine human being. His teams captured 18 Moore League championships. Lou was born on September 4, 1934 in Watts to Vera and Guadalupe Negrete. In 1983, as chair of the Assembly Education Committee, she co-wrote an education bill that set state graduation standards, lengthened the school day and year, raised teacher salaries and standards, and required prospective teachers to pass a basic skills test. When Dr. McDonald retired in 1962, Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences, as it be-came known in 1949, had its own permanent site, on which seven major academic buildings had been built and an eighth structure (North Hall, later named King Hall) was nearing completion. Salinger. A member of the College Womens Club since 2006, Carol worked on its Scholarship Foundation throughout the years, serving in various capacities, including as president, secretary, and treasurer, and was instrumental in assisting with the Foundations changeover to the Pasadena Community Foundation. A memorial was held at the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Los Angeles on December 3.The Emeritimes, Winter 2006 WILLIAM F. LONG, Director of Admissions and Records, 1967-1986, and Professor Emeritus, died on January 1, 2006 of heart failure at the age of 84. He had lived at a nursing facility in Rancho Bernardo for several years, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Mary received her B.S. He was active in a reform movement in the discipline, the Caucus for a New Political Science, and used to tell stories of his and colleague Ed Maleckis work in Caucus meetings in Southern California. Services were held on August19 at the Pasadena Congregational Church in Pasadena, where she was an active participant in programs for developmentally disabled persons.The Emeritimes, Fall 2012, MALCOLM A. She was also the recipient of the 1993 NAACP Legal Defense Fund Black Women of Achievement Award. He was a member of the Pasadena Pro Musica Chorus and Orchestra, for whom he wrote program notes. His earlier career included service as a military policeman during the Korean War, service with the San Fernando Police Department, and service with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, where he took an early retirement to become an educator. In this capacity, he arranged early meetings of the society in Asia, especially Japan. His depth and breadth of knowledge, having worked in both industry and academe, provided him with insights on the ramifications of the Los Angeles Metro system. degree in Nursing from the University of Washington in 1948 and her M.S. In 1969, Bob married Henry Etta Waters, a faculty member in the Department of Nursing, and though divorced in 1979, they remained good friends until her move to Santa Fe, where the friendship continued by way of letters. degree in Elementary Education at UC Berkeley. For the last 13 months, she lived in the Lincoln Glen Nursing Facility in San Jose. Jim was born in Boston on October 22, 1936, and after graduating from Boston College High School in 1954, served three years in the United States Army, including a tour of duty in Korea. Highly skilled in experimental design, instrumentation, and procedures, he found the prospective Physical Science Building an attractive opportunity. The marriage lasted until his death in 1999. She started a Taos chapter of Artists Equity and initiated a local radio program about art. in 1941 from the University of Montana. He received his passport and was at last able to travel and work abroad. At that time, his commitment to teaching in motor learning and graduate areas of physical education became so intense and demanding that he reluctantly asked to be relieved of the coaching assignments. He retired in the Fall of 1991, after almost 30 years at the University. Gerry's first wife, Margaret, who preceded him in death, was very active in the University's Faculty Wives Club, serving as one of its early presidents.The Emeritimes, Spring 1987, MARCELLA OBERLE, Professor of Speech Communication who had been a leader over the years in academic affairs at the University, died April 2, 1987 following heart surgery. During World War II, the family moved to Richmond, California, where Randy graduated from high school. Concurrent graduate study at Michigan State culminated in an Ed.D. Sci. He resided in Hollywood. On several occasions she taught art history, covering Latin American, Native American, African, and Oceanian art. While at Cal State LA, Saralyn gained international teaching experience through Fulbright Scholar appointments in Lebanon (1964-65), Japan (1967-68), and Burundi (1970-71) that provided her insights into a variety of approaches to teaching. He died there after the relatively recent onset of Alzheimer's disease. John is survived by his wife of six decades, Joanne; daughter Shele; and sons Morgan, Andrew, and John. After retirement, Ellie continued to contribute to the Cal State L.A. Emeriti Association, serving as a member of the Executive Committee and as corresponding secretary. She was 86 and had been in remission for 21 years before its recurrence. She was formerly a sideline reporter for NBA games on TNT Sports and also works for NBA TV as a reporter and analyst, having worked previously as a sportscaster for ABC Sports, TBS Sports, and ESPN.She was also head coach and general manager of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.. He had been in reasonably good health until six months before his death, and would have turned 92 in December. He participated in the development of the recreation curriculum and authored a textbook in the field. Another aspect of their love of books was their willingness to run the semiannual book sale for the Southern California Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), which publishes the American Mathematical Monthly. 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). The first, sponsored by the Campus Ministries and the Student Health Center, will be held on Thursday, September 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the Student Health Center, Room 213. They arrived in Tokyo in late August 1945, the first wave of Americans to go in. in 1976 from Texas A&M University. Of note is an ethnographic study of 12 women in senior educational administrative positions throughout the world, highlighting their characteristics and behavior patterns in the work environment, which Joan was working on with her sister, Paula A. Nowick. A member of many state and national professional organizations, Joan received honors and awards, both local and international, from entities ranging from the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, where she was a trustee (1993-2013), and Arizona State University (Distinguished Visiting Professor, 1991) to the Republic of Korea (1989 and 1984) and the Soviet Teacher's Union (1988). On his own initiative, he wrote the multiple subjects credential, the single subject credential, and the masters degree program in Mexican-American studies, officially a graduate degree as of Fall 1979. 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's academic interests had to do with stress management, use of problem solving in conflict resolution, old age and retirement, and minority issues. Apart from her academic career, Stephanie did some modeling and appeared on several episodes of the Flip Wilson Show, where she could be seen in the Church of Whats Happening Now sketches. from L.A. State College in 1954 and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1959. Ed came out of retirement to be president of the University of West Los Angeles from 1995 to 1997, special assistant to the president at Pacific Oaks College from 2000 to 2005, and acting president at Tusculum College in 2007. They lived in Pasadena and enjoyed their campus-related friendships, many formed through the Faculty Wives Club of the early sixties, of which Betty was a very active member. He served as department chair from 1972 to 1974.Sam was active in the larger scientific community, with numerous professional memberships including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Biological Photographic Association, Phi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Tissue Culture Association. 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. Pollyanne Baxter was a gifted singer, blessed with a lovely soprano voice. He was 93. He participated in five international contests in which the Masters won gold medals. She joined the San Diego State University (SDSU) faculty in 1967 and taught many of the archaeologists who are founders or senior staff of San Diego consulting firms, as well as many students who became college and university professors. Mike was fascinated by the whole infrastructure that Tolkien had created for the middle earth and read all of the companion books that Tolkien and his son Christopher had published on the subject. A further challenge arose in the change from the semester to the quarter system, when he was responsible for rewriting all the courses in the school. from Pomona College in 1955. Jay joined the faculty in 1960 after an extended career in elementary and secondary art education. He was born in Portland, OR, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Reed College with a bachelor's degree in math in 1942. His dream of studying musicology was fulfilled when he was accepted as a student of the infamous musicology professor Gustav Reese, and Bob finished his masters degree in 1952 with a thesis on the keyboard music of Thomas Tallis. But her own professional training continued, at Memphis State University for the Orff method and at the Manhattan School of Music for the Dalcroze method. He was an avid bridge player, both at Cal State L.A. and in his retirement in Burbank. After the mass, a delegation from the American Legion conducted the full panoply of military honors, with the folded flag presented to her brother. With characteristic modesty, Herb once wrote of this endeavor that he was devoted to the twin virtues of patience and drudgery, but his persistence and labor was rewarded by several works of lasting importance. He might refer to his colleagues as doctor or professor rather than by their first names. But it was teaching and research that claimed the larger part of his time, and that resulted in a number of presentations on cultural and literary studies before scholarly associations, and several articles in such distinguished journals as Modern Fiction Studies , The Philological Quarterly , and Nineteenth Century Fiction . He was elected president of the Pacific Palisades Art Association and was a member of the advisory board of the Santa Monica Municipal Art Gallery. But ke was restless. Indeed, Toms more than 140 research articles were published in the top chemistry journals because that is where his work would be read by the largest professional audience, and as a good mentor, where the contributions of his student coauthors would be most noted. He has left us with a scholarly legacy and with warm memories of him and his achievements. Terry retired two years ago and was awarded emeritus status. His mother was an English-born nurse and his father, of Mexican-American heritage, was the towns only doctor. As dean, she was instrumental in the creation of the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning. She was respected as a curriculum leader and one who was sensitive to the concerns of students. She continued her commitment to racial integration during her 24 years at Cal State L.A. Marian was honored in a memorial service on June 27 in the Music Hall, which was attended by nearly 100 people, most of them students or teachers who benefited, between 1948 and 1952, from what was called the Willowbrook Way of education. Born on May 29, 1919 on a family farm in Butler, Ohio, John was an inquisitive and precocious child who quickly concluded that farm life was not for him. He later earned a Ph.D. from Southern Florida Graduate School. A graduate of UCLA with B.A. In 1950, when John arrived at Los Angeles State College, it was a fledgling institution, its schools and departments just being formed. He continued to teach part time after his retirement and was active in the campus Education Administrators Alumni Association which he organized. Surgery to get rid of the cancer left her with the need to learn to walk and talk clearly again, but she persisted and had several more good years before the cancer came back and was then inoperable. While at Ames, Don did pioneering work on particle physics and published a number of reports for the Ames Laboratory and the Atomic Energy Commission, as well as in Physical Review and the Journal of Chemical Physics. This particular period was one of the most productive in Latin American letters, and in Mexico, Miguel N. Lira made a significant contribution to modern Mexican literature. from Maryville College in 1936, a B.D. Catharine was born in Kirksville, MO, in 1912. Colleague Margaret McWilliams remembers her as a great role model for her dietetics students, a serious scholar and researcher with strong principles and ethics. [whose] compassion, kindness, humor, honesty, dignity, and intelligence will always be a wonderful part of our lives.The Emeritimes, Spring 2004, POLLYANNE BAXTER, Emerita Associate Professor of Music, 1970-1997, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2004 after 15 months of battling breast cancer and its complications. Ivan is survived by his wife of 60 years, Tish; sons Blake, Paul, and Kyle and their spouses; and six grandchildren. She joined the Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences faculty in 1952 when the college was located on the campus of Los Angeles City College. A memorial service was held on September 21 in the Caltech Athenaeum.The Emeritimes, Fall 2013, DOUGLAS L. CURRELL, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, 1957-1991, died on October 20, 2013 in San Francisco at the age of 86. After graduation, Vito attended the University of Michigan, where he studied clarinet with Albert Luconi and played solo clarinet in the concert band under the legendary William Revelli. George is survived by Linda; his sister, Margaret Cohen; nephew Peter Cohen and wife Callie Craig; niece Laurie Cohen Yoo and husband Thomas Yoo; grandnieces Madeline and Talia Yoo; and Linda's son, Jeffrey Gould.The Emeritimes, Spring 2007, KATHLEEN MOORE. He was writing an article for the Caltech alumni magazine, for which she was associate editor. His studies on Georgian art often explored the connections between Byzantine Europe and the Eastern provinces. A student and scholar of art as well as literature, David had developed a deep love of Native American culture and arts when teaching in a boys boarding school in Waring, New Mexico during his college years. Those who worked with her have noted that she was a mentor and inspiration to countless special education teachers and college faculty. He then went on to a career with the New York Police Department. For a year, she served as a mentor at Langston University. In 1945, Ivan graduated from high school and joined the Navy. She was known as a wonderful and gifted professor. Dr. Spielman, holder of degrees from Stanford and USC, had been a member of the University's chemistry faculty since 1961. Terry wrote a new and extensive introduction to the classic book by Robert Michels, Sexual Ethics: A Study of Borderland Questions (2001). Faculty from a variety of disciplines and administrators often sat (or even stood) in his classes to learn from him. Following the war, he started college in Los Angeles and received both a B.A., in 1949, and M.B.A., in 1950, from Cal State L.A. in those very early days of the school when it was Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences. He personally served as the research adviser for six students, all of whom were African Americans who earned Ph.D.s in chemistry. The event was attended by more than 200 students, some of whom shared their fond remembrances of their professor. ("Timing is everything," he declared in a letter to Library personnel, peppered with French, announcing his impending retirement.) He met his wife, Gisela (Gigi), in Berlin when he was working at the University of Maryland overseas educating soldiers who wanted to get their degree. His sounding rocket publications include 17 papers on mission planning, structural loads, trajectory dispersion, and post burnout attitude. He also co-authored, with Diana, Against the Gates of Hell: The Life & Times of Henry Perry, A Christian Missionary in a Moslem World. He loved sharing his knowledge and stories of his life, as well as taking the students to see the sights of Southern California. He returned home only to deliver the valedictorian speech for his high school. He appeared in great health until a fall caused a brain hemorrhage. As an administrator, in addition to his years as Department Chair, he filled the post of Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences in 1960-61. That fall, Don and Kathleen, with the first two of their three children, moved to Southern California and long-needed permanent roots. He and Lillian spent six enjoyable years living in Yokohama, getting to know the Japanese people and their culture, while administering the schools for children of American occupation forces throughout Japan from 1960-66. He moved his family to Los Angeles in the early1950s and completed a bachelor's degree at then Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences in 1958. He spent the rest of his career at Cal State L.A. Aaron was born in New York on March 9, 1921, and was educated in New York schools. in 1947, he entered a doctoral program in psychology at the University of Washington. A popular, professor, he was often sought after by students to serve on their M.A. He used those numbers effectively on the stock market. Ellie Callaway commissioned him to paint huge watercolors for his winery in Temecula, and he later became Callaway's chief designer. He is survived by two sons and two grandchildren. During his tenure, he also was a consultant to The Aerospace Corporation, Space Technology Laboratories of Ramo-Wooldridge, and Cal Tech's Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) and worked as a research chemist with the Virginia Chemical Corp. and Chapman Chemical Co. After retiring, Johnston continuing teaching chemistry part time until 1985. In the spring of 1970, Bruce was a member of the departments Faculty Recruitment Committee that succeeded in appointing the last large group of tenure-track physics faculty in one year (four members), ominously the last new faculty to join the department for the next 13 years. During World War II he taught geography to officer candidates. A remembrance while watching a baseball game would be most appropriate.The Emeritimes, Winter 2018, HERMAN D. LUJAN, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Cal State LA from 2001 to 2007, died on May 30, 2017 in Vallejo at the age of 81. 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." Clems connection to NASA led to several students employment at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition, he served as editor of the American Public Affairs Newsletter and co-editor of Western Speech and The Quarterly Journal of Speech . He earned his doctor of education degree from USC in 1973. Attending the opening ceremonies for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens was a treasured memory. More than 100 family and friends attended Celebration of Life Services for Paul Kaepler Rowan, who died November 8, 2008. In 2008, Cal State LA joined the City of Los Angeles in its Big Read selection of Rudolfo Anayas Bless Me, Ultima as the novel to be read by the University community. Within the California State University, George was the senior member of the CSU Outreach Directors' group, and was held in very high esteem by his colleagues. from UC Santa Barbara in 1951, M.A. He was appointed as assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in 1968, coming to Cal State L.A. from the distinguished doctoral program in sociology at UC Berkeley. degree in 1936 and an M.S. A memorial service was held April 5 in Pasadena. He published articles on the French Revolution. Since the college had opened in September, 1947, with 136 students, it had grown in two years to over 2,000 students. He composed and recorded his music, which he also conducted in the U.S. and abroad. He joined the Cal State L.A. faculty as an assistant professor in 1952. As president until 1996, he rebuilt the schools reputation as Colorados premier teaching university and stabilized its $120 million budget while dramatically improving private sector support. Her entire teaching career was spent at Cal State L.A., where first, as a member of the French faculty, she specialized in French literature, especially 20 th century theater. Further information can be obtained by calling the Pat Brown Institute, 323-343-3770.The Emeritimes, Spring 2002, FLORENCE DIAMOND. May is survived by her sister Harlean; brothers Paul, Tom, and Jim; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Thus began Bernies teaching career at Cal State L.A. Jons initial teaching specialty was criminology, a field to which he made a remarkable contribution by analyzing the life course of a man who had been called The Jack-Roller in a sociological case study in the 1920s that became a classic work on social origins of crime. During his tenure, he continued to perform professionally on clarinet and woodwinds in and around the Los Angeles area, including a long tenure with the original Los Angeles Rams Band.