1920s

Helen Ruth Bell Henderson (’22 Econ.), 92, December 21, 2003, Sequim. Taught in Opportunity and later in the Spokane Public School District for more than 20 years.

Paul Hungerford (’27 Acct.), 99, March 9, 2004, Ronald. Loan officer and branch manager for Seattle Trust and Savings Bank, where he worked for 40 years.

Gladys G. Murchland (’27 English, ’27 History), 98, October 20, 2003, Grandview. Teacher, bookkeeper, office manager, and farmer. Volunteer educator for WSU Cooperative Extension. Alpha Xi Delta sorority.

Dorothy E. Brown (’28 Educ.), 97, October 11, 2003, Spokane. Assistant executive for Camp Fire Girls, 1929-32, and executive and camp director, 1932-33. Served the organization in Eureka, California; South Bend, Indiana; and Spokane. Worked for the American Red Cross at Fort Lewis, 1943-44, and as a Red Cross field representative for California, Idaho, and Washington until 1950. Co-owner of Miller-Dervant, a costume and hair shop in Spokane, 1950-67.

1930s

Walter W. Cramer (’30 Elect. Engr.), 97, January 15, 2004, Hermiston, Oregon. Electrical engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell.

Irene Nagel Reed (’30 Music Educ.), 94, November 6, 2003, Walla Walla. At WSU, she sang in the Glee Club and traveled with the musical, The Mikado. Retired after 25 years in ready-to-wear at Gardner and Co. Kappa Delta sorority.

Allie (Kalin) Thiel (’31 English), 94, December 30, 2003, Ritzville. K-12 teacher and librarian in Pateros, Brewster, and Ritzville.

Walter J. Robinson, Jr. (’32 Gen. St.), 91, December 2, 2003, Yakima. Graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 1935 and began practicing in Yakima in 1937. Served in the U.S. Army for five years during WWII. Practiced law for 53 years, including time as a deputy prosecuting attorney, legislative counsel to the Washington State Legislature, and with a law partnership in Yakima that began in 1947, specializing in trusts and estates.

Celia Theodorson (’32 Home Ec.), 92, September 30, 2003, Spokane. Teacher in Spokane.

Marlvin Clarence Hougan (’34 Agri.), 93, April 5, 2004, Olympia. Manager of the WSU poultry plant, then transferred to Lewis County to be the poultry specialist in the agricultural extension office in Chehalis. Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.

Joseph F. Caraher (’35 Educ.), 92, April 8, 2004, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Editor and publisher of the Herald & News, Klamath Falls, 1963-76, The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, Montana, 1958-63. Partner in the weekly Eastside Journal, Kirkland, for 10 years in the late ’50s and early ’60s. WSU Alumni Association president, 1947-48 and 1977-78. WSU Alumni Relations director in late ’30s. Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Memorials may be made to WSU Foundation, Towne Centre, Suite 301, Pullman, Washington 99164-1925.

John Murphy (’35 Bus. Adm.), 91, May 9, 2004, Spokane. President of the family-owned Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co. in Spokane, 1959-80. Worked for the company for more than 50 years, except for three years in the Navy during WWII. Retired in 1985. Major community philanthropist, with primary concerns for United Way and area education. WSU Benefactor.

William E. Mottram (’37 D.V.M.), 89, September 23, 2003, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Veterinarian for the San Francisco Zoo.

Olive Blendheim Barker (’38 Fine Arts), 87, January 30, 2004, Beaverton, Oregon. Homemaker. Lived in Tacoma and Port Angeles before moving to Beaverton in 1998.

L. Franklin Lewis (’38 Elect. Engr.), 87, January 2, 2004, Tampa, Florida. Worked for General Electric in Schenectady, New York. Served in the U.S. Army during WWII. As the Signal Corps lead man on Attu, he conceived and executed the idea of using air defense systems to aid pilots who were lost or struggling to find landing strips in bad weather. Awarded the Legion of Merit. Transferred to GE’s office in West Lynn, Massachusetts in 1967.

Donald L. Peters (’39 Forestry), 91, Bend, Oregon. Worked for the National War Mapping Project during WWII. Worked for over 37 years for the U.S. Forest Service. Retired in 1974 as assistant to the supervisor of the Deschutes National Forest. Helped organize and found the Mount Bachelor ski area.

William H. Westerman (’39 Educ.), 87, March 1, 2004, Cheney. Taught junior high for 40 years in the Toppenish, Waitsburg, Vancouver, and Othello school districts. Retired in 1972.

1940s

Emil Branch (’40 Pharm.), 85, March 12, 2004, Cle Elum. Captain in the Medical Corps during WWII. Opened Central Drug in Roslyn in 1946. With partner Don Garbolotto created Cle Elum Drug in 1967 and worked there until retiring in 1990.

Wilbert Fritz (’40 Animal Sci., ’41 Educ.), 89, January 8, 2004, Spokane, stroke. Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and 26 years in the Navy Reserve. Taught agricultural science in Spokane’s Central Valley School District. Later, vice principal of University High and principal of Greenacres Junior High.

James W. Nolan (’40 Speech), 85, March 6, 2004, Yakima, cancer. Pioneer in UHF television and radio. Known by thousands of children for Uncle Jimmy’s Clubhouse. He brought the first television broadcasts to Yakima, Tri-Cities, and Lewiston-Clarkston in 1953 and 1954.

William J. Biggar (’41 Mech. Engr.), 86, February 23, 2004, Redmond, cancer. First out-of state president of the WSU Alumni Association, 1976-77. Executive with Honeywell, Inc., for over 30 years. Sales executive in fire alarms and air condition control. Retired in 1980, then worked as a consultant. Moved to Redmond in 1993. Recipient of the WSU Alumni Achievement Award.

John Couch (’41 Entomology), 90, February 16, 2004, Hood River, Oregon. Orchardist and sales representative for DuPont agricultural chemicals. Retired to orcharding in Hood River in 1978.

Russel G. Perkins (’41 Metallurgical Engr.), 84, November 20, 2003, Rochester, New York, heart complications. Worked for the Civil Service Commission, and later transferred to the Armed Services Explosive Safety Board during WWII and served as technical director until 1978. Received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award for outstanding service to the government in 1978.

Howard E. Swenson (’42 Mech. Engr.), 83, March 20, 2004, Dublin, Ohio. Captain in the U.S. Army during WWII. Worked in management for General Electric for 39 years.

Leslie M. Baukin (’43 Pharm.), 84, February 10, 2004, Spokane. Officer in the U.S. Army during WWII, stationed in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he oversaw the physical rehabilitation program for returning soldiers. Worked for the Food and Drug Administration from 1946 until his retirement in 1974, when he was director of regulatory compliance. He then started a 20-year career as an international consultant with the Arthur A. Checchi consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

Charles W. Hayward (’43 Vet. Med., ’44 D.V.M.), 84, February 8, 2004, Otis Orchards, pulmonary fibrosis. Owned a small- and large-animal practice in Colfax for 17 years. Sold the clinic in 1960 to work for the USDA in disease eradication out of the Spokane Valley. Retired in 1980.

Orland Soave (’44 D.V.M.), 83, April 28, 2004, Menlo Park, California. Head of the Division of Laboratory Medicine at Stanford Medical School for many years. Later worked in research at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C. He also earned a law degree, published a book on veterinary law and another on the animal-human bond, and served in the Army Air Corps during WWII.

Colleen L. Schrag (’45 Bact.), 80, February 4, 2004, Vancouver. Owned the Fabric and Sewing Center in Ritzville for eight years. Retired in 1976.

Margaret Pitts (’46 Chem.), 80, April 18, 2004, Tacoma, cancer. Assistant editor for the American Chemical Society’s Puget Sound Chemist magazine. Member of Iota Sigma Pi, a chemistry honorary for women, and American Association of Testing Materials, where she contributed to the understanding of the hazardous potential of chemicals. Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

David M. Bell (’48 Elect. Engr.), 78, October 28, 2003, Portland. Electrical engineer for Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, 1948-80.

Charles R. Eggleston (’49 Animal Sci.), 79, January 27, 2004, Portland. Served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during WWII and in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Moved to Portland in 1980 as a livestock reporter for the American Hereford Journal.

Robert Kirkpatrick (’49 Educ., ’53 M.Ed.), 90, January 16, 2004, Olympia. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. Teacher, principal, and superintendent in several Washington state school districts and in Department of Defense Dependent Schools until his retirement from Klickitat-Glenwood-Trout Lake Tri-District in 1978. Lived in Olympia for past 20 years.

1950s

Edward H. Bolger (’50 Hotel & Rest. Adm.), 89, March 9, 2004, Beaverton, Oregon. Served in the Army Air Corps in New Guinea during WWII. Moved to Portland in 1962 as manager of two Manning’s Cafeterias and then owned Ed’s Corner in Forest Grove for three years.

Lester Braman (’50 Psych.), 84, October 23, 2003, Fairfield, Washington. Worked for Cominco Chemicals in Waverly. Retired in 1984.

Jack Doty (’50 Bus. Adm.), 78, January 17, 2004, Burlington. Served in WWII and the Korean Conflict. Commercial manager and later chief executive officer of the Skagit Public Utility District. Mount Vernon city councilman.

Arthur Haines (’50 Wildlife Mgmt., ’50 Educ.), April 2004, Bellevue. Taught biology and botany, and also coached track teams at Bellevue High. Later taught botany and oceanography at Bellevue Community College. Spent summers as a ranger/naturalist at Sunrise, Mt. Rainier National Park.

Jeanne Serr Anderson (’51 Speech), 74, February 21, 2004, San Francisco, cancer. Worked in the broadcasting industry for radio stations in Anchorage, Alaska and New York, and for the Mutual Radio Network and CBS Television before joining San Francisco’s first rock ’n’ roll radio station, KOBY, in 1958. Elementary teacher in Marin County school districts. Active in Turn Toward Peace protesting the Vietnam War.

Steven Gittler (’51 M.A. Educ.), 77, March 12, 2004, Amherst, New York. Professor of education and business law in the graduate school at Buffalo State College from 1955 to 1996. Served as assistant dean of students and as director of the summer session and continuing education programs. He specialized in mediation as an attorney for the state Public Employment Relations Board in estate and real estate matters and contractual issues.

Romeyn Kruiswyk (’51 Animal Sci.), 81, September 28, 2003, Portland. Worked for the Western Farmers Association and Van Waters & Rogers.

Donald W. Peterson (’51 Geol.), 78, December 12, 2003, Albuquerque. Geologist and volcano expert for the U.S. Geological Survey. For many years he worked as scientist in charge of volcano observatories in Hawaii and at Mount St. Helens.

Phyllis Lucille Marshall Redshaw (’53 Entomology), 71, October 29, 2003, Lancaster, Ohio.

Edward J. Hengen (’54 Agri. Engr., ’64 M.A. Agri. Engr.), 71, March 2, 2004, Niles, Michigan. Worked for more than 30 years in agricultural engineering designing combines and tractors for John Deere, Inc. and the Toro Co. Awarded more than a dozen patents.

Charles W. Kinney (’54 Bus. Adm.), 72, March 13, 2004, Spokane. At 19, he was one of the youngest golfers to win the Everett City Amateur Golf Championship. Officer and pilot for the U.S. Air Force. Stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base 11 of his 22 years in the service. Received Air Medal for meritorious achievement during military flights while assigned to duty in Southeast Asia. Sigma Nu fraternity.

Giulio Gobbato (’55 D.V.M.), 76, March 13, 2004, Palm Desert, California. Owned Sumas Veterinary Clinic in Sumas, California, 1955-85.

Ronald L. Bevensee (’56 Political Sci.), 69, December 21, 2003, Greensboro, North Carolina, post-polio syndrome. Worked for the FBI as a computer programmer, U.S. Office of Management and Business, for 30 years, and for NATO in Luxemburg as program manager of the Airborne Warning and Control System surveillance system, 1992-96.

L. Dean Rainwater (’56 Marketing), 77, October 9, 2003, Spokane, cancer. Served in WWII and the Korean Conflict. Port of Woodland manager, 1981-87.

Virginia McIntyre Murad (’58 Sociology), 69, March 1, 2004, Portland. Earned two master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Lived in Jordan and Egypt. Moved to Portland, Oregon, in the early 1960s to be a secretary for the city. For the past 12 years, she was the docent for the Oregon Zoo.

Philip Crosby (’59 Speech & Hearing Sci.), 69, January 13, 2003, Woodland Hills, California. One of Bing Crosby’s twin sons. In a short-lived show business career, he played small roles in films such as Robin and the Seven Hoods and None but the Brave. Sigma Nu fraternity.

Bonnie Jean Sweet Osterman (’59 Educ.), 66, March 10, 2004, Spokane, cancer. Taught elementary education in southern California and in the Northwest.

Clayton “Denny” Ray (’59 Geology), 71, October 13, 2003, Ventura, California. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. Geologist for the Department of the Interior. Retired in 1995.

Marilyn Williams (’59 Educ.), 66, January 14, 2004, Fresno, California. Special education teacher in the Medota (California) School District for 16 years.

1960s

Robert D. Painter (’60 D.V.M.), 72, November 22, 2003, Helena, Montana. Owned Helena Veterinary Service.

James A. Hoffman (’61 Ph.D. Plant Path.), 75, February 26, 2004, Honokaa, Hawaii. USDA/Agricultural Research Service plant pathologist at WSU and Utah State University for 28 years. Internationally recognized authority on the bunt disease of cereals and wild grasses.

Patrick Henry Duren (’62 Engl.), 64, January 15, 2004, of Hillsboro, Oregon, died in England from injuries after being struck by an automobile. English teacher for 31 years at Beaverton and Aloha high schools in the Portland area.

Philip S. Williams (’63 M.Ed.), 76, March 18, 2004, Camano Island. Counseled junior high students in the Edmonds area until retiring in 1983.

Gary M. Ham (’63 Psych, ’65 M.S. Psych.), 63, January 23, 2004, Redlands, California. Licensed clinical psychologist for the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, 1967-2004. Diplomate of the American Psychotherapy Association.

Jan Ann Uran (’65 Phys. Ed.), 60, January 24, 2004, Seattle. Taught elementary physical education, English, and social studies in Colfax, and later taught part-time in Shoreline. Received the Golden Acorn Award for service to children. Past president of the WSU Parents Association. Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

1970s

Thomas Ross Wilkinson (’70 Ph.D. Bact.), 66, October 23, 2003, Seneca, South Carolina. During his 33 years in higher education, he served as department chairman at South Dakota State University, and associate dean and associate director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at North Dakota State University. At Clemson University, he was dean and director of resident instruction in the College of Agricultural Sciences, professor of microbiology, and interim associate provost for academic affairs. Retired in June 2003.

Michael Haynes (’71 Zoology), 54, February 13, 2004, Puyallup, heart attack. Graduated from the University of Washington Medical School, 1975, and completed a family practice residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Practiced family medicine in Puyallup.

Shirley Lee Williamson (’73 Bact.), 53, April 15, 2004, Spokane. Worked for Hollister-Stier in Spokane for 28 years, and was most recently the director of quality control and product development.

Kevin L. Stephenson (’77 Political Sci., ’83 Hist.), 40, March 7, 2004, San Diego. Practiced in the San Diego law firm Stutz, Gallagher & Artiano, beginning in 1985. Became partner in Shifflet, Walters, Kane & Konoske in 1989. Joined the California Transportation Legal Division for State of California in 1989 as a staff litigator.

John Hovenkotter (’78 Agri.), 55, October 3, 2003, Portland, Oregon. Manager for Portland Parks and Recreation for 18 years. Later worked for Northwestern Mutual Life and Berg Electric.

Betty Heisler (’79 Bact.), 48, February 28, 2004, Colfax. Dietary manager of the Palouse Hills Nursing Center in Colfax and later dietary manager at the Whitman Health & Rehabilitation Center in Colfax.

1980s

Martha Louise Jack (’81 Ph.D. Phys. Educ., ’90 Mech. Engr.), 58, February 14, 2004, Richland, ovarian cancer. Taught elementary physical education in the Chicago area before earning her master’s and Ph.D. Later worked as an engineer for UNC Nuclear Industries in Richland and Westinghouse at Hanford. Recently started a bicycle fitting business through Bismarck Ergonomic Design. Founder of Cascade Clarinets and member of the Walla Walla and Mid-Columbia Symphonies.

Lt. Bishop S. Douglas (’82 Econ.), 46, April 17, 2004, Seattle. Communications officer for the USS Downs and later an engineering officer for the USS Stanley. Department head at the Fleet Training Center in San Diego, 1991-93.

James Hudson Dunn (’86 Political Sci.), 40, April 20, 2004, as the result of a fall in Everett. Longtime resident of Vancouver. Criminal defense attorney in Clark County for the past 14 years, in a partnership with his father.

2000s

Scott A. Shindle (’02 Mech. Engr.), 24, April 5, 2004, Puyallup, stroke. Employed by Larson & Associates Land Surveyors & Engineers in Tacoma.

Brit Johnson (x’05 Ph.D. Aquaculture Engr.), 27, drowned while on a student internship in Israel on March 30, 2004.

Faculty and Staff

Pamela Bunderson, 48, February 1, 2004, Pullman, cancer. English as a Second Language teacher with the WSU Intensive American Language Center.

Perry C. Crandall, 88, February 29, 2004, Vancouver. WSU horticulture professor. Published more than 100 research papers. Wrote a technical book about growing bramble plants, such as raspberries, that was recognized worldwide.

Lyman Leslie Francis, 83, May 14, 2004, Rolla, Missouri, cancer. Taught mechanical engineering at WSU, 1952-63. Joined the University of Missouri-Rolla faculty in 1963, where he helped develop the engineering technology degree program. He received the James H. McGraw Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of engineering technology education in 1980.

Abraham P. Hillman, January 19, 2004, Albuquerque. In 1938, among the top five contestants in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition, the most prestigious mathematical contest in North America. Taught at WSU and Santa Clara University before joining the University of New Mexico.

Cecil Howard, 71, March 18, 2004, Palouse. Plumber and tinsmith for WSU for 26 years. Retired in 1986.

Frances Sadoff, 87, February 2, 2004, Pullman. WSU associate professor in the management and administrative systems department, 1946-82.

Paula Lee Hoffman Swetik, 52, February 9, 2004, Deary, Idaho. Circulation manager of the WSU Holland Library. Retired in 1982.

Horace Telford, 94, March 30, 2004, Moscow, Idaho. Professor and chairman of the WSU department of entomology, 1947-75. Recognized by the American Association of Editors with the National Prize for Journalism. In the mid-1940s, he worked for private industry in Ohio, where he was the first person to discover that DDT accumulated in the food chain. After he retired from WSU, he went on to do research, advising, and teaching at the University of Curitiba in Brazil, the University of Florida, Gainesville, and Florida State A&M, Tallahassee.