In memoriam

1930s

Floyd L. Norgaard (’31 El. Ed.), 98, April 21, 2006, Stanwood.

Julius Riseland (’31 Elec. Engr.), 97, September 2005, Mukilteo.

Jane Hicks Markuson (’33 Ed. & Psych.), 96, March 22, 2006, Brookings, Oregon.

John (Jack) Whidden Downie (’35 Phys.), 92, February 15, 2006, Syracuse, New York.

Maxine E. Simmons (’36 FA), 93, July 30, 2006, Moscow, Idaho.

Winnifred Greer Shelton (’37 Ed.), 89, July 9, 2006, Pullman.

Francis X. McArthur (’38 Sci.), 94, January 24, 2006, Boise, Idaho.

Alice E. Peterson (’38 Home Ec.), 89, April, 12, 2006, Walla Walla.

Leslie E. Edwards (’39 Phys.), 91, March 14, 2006, Richmond, Virginia.

Betty Jane Moore x’39, 88, April 2, 2006, Everett.

Alice M. (Burke) Schuchman (’39 FA), February 2006, Sacramento, California. 

1940s

John Charles Benner (’40 Bus. Admin.), 92, May 10, 2006, San Francisco, California.

Richard D. Sanders Sr. (’40 Econ.), 88, April 9, 2006, Bradenton, Florida.

Rachel Redman Camp (’41 Soc.), 86, February 18, 2006, Vancouver.

Don W. Clark (’41 Vet. Med.), 88, May 6, 2005, Tallahassee, Florida. 

Betty E. Cranston (’41 Home Ec.), November 23, 2006, Victoria, British Columbia.

Agnes M. McQuarrie (’41 M.S. Phys. Ed.), 89, March 9, 2006, Pullman.

Donald Boyle (’42 Gen. Stud.), 85, May 27, 2006, Santa Barbara, California.

Harold Etzel Hodge (’42 Econ.), November 20, 2005, Newcastle. 

Susan Simpson Sanders x’42, 87, February 14, 2006, Tacoma.

Marjorie Scott (’42 Home Ec.), March 28, 2006, Temple City, California.

William S. Yorozu (’42 Hort.), 92, March 27, 2006, Seattle.

Neil A. Baldwin (’43 Mech. Engr.), 87, Danville, Illinois.

James W. Cottrell (’44 Ag.), 85, March 3, 2006, Wenatchee.

Sue E. Hildenbrand (’44 Zool.), 84, May 15, 2006, Calgary, Alberta.

Virginia Lyon x’44, 86, February 27, 2006, Kokomo, Indiana.

Robert Ruff Reese (’44 Civ. Engr.), 84, April 15, 2006, Spokane.

Neil A. Degerstrom (’46 Civ. Engr.), 82, 2006, Spokane.

William T. Good (’46 Lib. Arts), 87, March 12, Freeland.

Thomas James Jurich Sr. (’48 Comm.), 79, March 13, 2006, Seattle.

William C. MacArthur (’48 Psych.), 90, March 17, 2006, Sacramento, California.

Claudia Celeste (Ruffin) Meenach x’48, 78, March 20, 2006, Wenatchee.

Robert Miller (’48 Mus.), 83, January 19, 2006, Pullman.

David Edward Myre Sr. (’48 Mech. Engr.), 82, April 27, 2006, Seattle.

Gordon J. Robinson (’48 Elec. Engr.), 81, March 15, 2006, Medina.

Lillian Strand (’48, Gen. Stud.), 80, March 28, 2006, Seattle.

Marie L. Skellenger (’49 Home Ec.), 84, March 25, 2006, Vancouver.

Cecil Edward Thill (’49 Bus. Admin.), 83, November 13, 2005, Uniontown. 

1950s

Robert Lewis Erdmann (’50 Psych.), 77, July 10, 2006, Port Orchard.

William E. Wege (’50 Ag.), 82, July 7, 2006, Bellevue.

Alfred Kuehn (’51 Econ.), 80, June 9, 2006, Bad Homberg, Germany.

Richard M. “Dick” Boge (’52 Gen. Stud.), 78, July 1, 2006, Spokane.

James Weston Hickey (’52 Bus. Admin.), January 19, 2006, Spokane.

Shirley Ann Slippern McIntyre (’52 Elem. Ed.), 75, March 31, 2006, Seattle.

Edward H. Quinn (’52 Elec. Engr.), 84, January 12, 2006, Gresham, Oregon.

Lila Mae Swanson (’52 Phys. Ed.), 76, March 9, 2006, Portland, Oregon.

Joseph O. Virgin (’52 D.V.M.), 85, February 22, 2006, Lake Forest Park.

William A. Langbehn (’53 Econ.), 78, August 21, 2006, Rockville, Maryland.

Betty L. Campbell Loudon, (’53 Home Ec.), 75, June 7, 2006, Wenatchee.

Merrill Dean Snook (’53 D.V.M.), 79, March 17, 2006, Deer Park. 

Mary Kay Lowery (’54 Hist.), 74, June 22, 2006, Tucson, Arizona.

Patricia K. Miller x’54, 74, March 3, 2006, Richland.

Gilbert Yasoki Inaba (’55 Phys. Ed.), 74, June 17, 2006, Seattle.

Andrew C. Knaphus (’56 Ed.), 85, April 14, 2006, Mesa, Arizona. 

1960s

La Velle West (’61 Phys. Ed.), 68, February 14, 2006, Bellingham.

Dick Brown (’62 M. Ex.), July 26, 2006, Richland.

Lloyd Erickson (’64 D.V.M.), January 13, 2006, Butte, Montana.

Barbara Jane Shaw (’65 Ed.), 62, March 8, 2006, Calgary, Alberta.

Gordon Carl Shogren (’65 Math.), 63, March 30, 2006, Kirkland.

Alva Johnson (’66 Ph.D. Bact.), 76, April 22, 2005, Stockbridge, California.

Diane L. (Louret) Tyson (’66 M.A. Sci.), 67, April 17, 2006, Lewes, Delaware.

Michael D. Forzley (’67 Gen. Stud.), 63, August 21, 2006, Sandy, Oregon.

Ranjit Singh Sabharwal (’67 Ph.D. Math.), 81, July 23, 2006, Fremont.

Gregg L. Tinker x’67, 60, April 18, 2006, Puyallup. 

Frank Stuart Palmer (’68 Bus. Admin.), 86, June 4, 2006, Port Angeles.

Hank Grenda (’69 Bus. Admin.), 59, March 31, 2006, Seattle.

Roderick L. Lindberg (’69 Gen. Stud.), 58, February 10, 2006, Phoenix, Arizona. 

1970s

Dennis Lane Bettencourt (’70 Comm.), 59, June 23, 2006, Boise, Idaho.

Larry G. Bettesworth (’71 Pharm.), 58, August 13, 2006, Spokane.

Jane Charlotte Kinion (’71 Pol. Sci.), July 25, 2006, Pasco.

Ronald D. Alldredge (’76 Arch.), 51, March 22, 2006, Snohomish.

Dianne M. Joseph (’76 Off. Admin.), 52, March 9, 2006, Fife. 

1980s

Dwight A. Bergstrom (’80 Rec. & Leis. Stud.), 49, March 2, 2006, Bellevue.

Kevin E. Waltari (’84 Bus. Admin.), 46, July 20, 2006, Chandler, Arizona.

David L. Hoffman (’85 Ph.D. Agron.), 50, January 31 2006, Pocatello, Idaho. 

1990s

Jennifer Davis (’92 El. Ed.), 38, May 7, 2006, West Richland.

Faculty and Staff

Donald F. Adams (’41 Chem.), 84, August 23, 2006, Spokane. Donald was a WSU professor of chemical engineering.

Joyce A. Arnold, 66, April 17, 2006, Spokane. Joyce was employed with WSU for 28 years as a custodian, much of that time in a lead capacity.

Hella Bartlett, 74, May 6, 2006, Kennewick. Hella retired in 1997 as controller cashier supervisor. She worked for WSU for 27 years.

Kenneth Batty, 82, July 6, 2006, Palouse. Kenneth started working at WSU as a feed plant manager in the animal sciences department and retired in 1962.

Irene “Lavonne” Berg, 68, July 15, 2006, Pullman. A laboratory technician in the veterinary microbiology department, Lavonne was a WSU employee since 1979.

Phillip E. Bloom (’37 Ag.), 92, August 1, Ellensburg. Phillip was a Kittitas County extension agent from 1949 to 1978.

June B. Crantz, 79, May 22, 2006, Moscow, Idaho. June retired from Ferdinand’s at WSU.

Sally Anne Franek, 68, April 15, 2006, Cheney. In 1983, Sally joined the faculty of WSU, where she provided new insights to multiple students in counseling psychology.

Barbara Jacquot, 97, May 14, 2006, Pullman. Barbara was a volunteer at the art museum at WSU.

Karen Shirley White Jordan, 66, May 7, 2006, Fairfax, Virginia. Karen worked as a manager and administrative assistant in several WSU departments, including the Office of the Dean of Students, the Primate Research Center, the Institute of Biological Chemistry, and the Department of Agricultural Economics.

Rafail Khairoutdinov, 58, April 4, 2006, Pullman. Rafail was a research professor in the chemistry department.

F. Dudley Klopfer, 85, April 22, 2006, Silverdale. Dudley was a professor of psychology and served as a University ombudsman from 1975 to 1977. 

Constance Lydon, 67, July 3, 2006, Olympia. Constance worked with WSU County Extension from 1990 to 1997. 

L. Frances Manus x’33, 95, April 9, 2006, Everett. Frances worked in Central Stores in the 1950s and served as executive secretary in the police science department in the 1960s and 70s. 

Tory Wesley McWilliams, 29, June 9, 2006, Pullman. Tory worked full-time with computer technology in the WSU admissions department. He was the information systems coordinator in the WSU admissions office at the time of his death.

Maxine Rauch, 75, May 13, 2006, Pullman. Maxine retired from the President’s Office.

Robert W. Richardson, 55, April 11, 2006, Pullman. Robert was a custodian at WSU.

Russ Swan, 42, April 26, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada. Russ was a pitching coach at WSU. 

Edward Eng Dui Woo, 55, March 7, 2006, Pullman. Ed worked in WSU Compton Union Building food services for more than 25 years.

Francis Allan Young Jr., 87, May 24, 2006, Pullman. Frank retired from the psychology department in 1988, after serving the University for 40 years with one of the longest tenures as a WSU professor. His involvement with WSU continued up until the time of his death.

Ann Elizabeth Zakarison, 71, April 7, 2006, Pullman. Ann began working at the WSU Cooperative Extension office in 1974 then later transferred to the entomology department, where she retired in 1997.