In memoriam

1930s

Kathleen Irwin (x’36 Lib. Arts), 102, May 25, 2017, Spokane.

Betty S. Mottet (’38 Busi.), 100, May 14, 2017, Santa Rosa, California.

Jean C. Austin (’39 Gen. St., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 100, July 2, 2017, Seattle.

William Ray McGee (’39 Vet. Sci., ’40 DVM), 100, August 4, 2017, Naples, Florida.

1940s

Frances C. Uhden (’40 Music), 98, May 30, 2017, Spokane.

Mary-Lou Day (’42 Home Econ., Delta Delta Delta), 96, June 17, 2017, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Ralph Berg (’43 Zool.), 96, June 2, 2017, Spokane.

John J. Majnarich (’45 Phys. Sci.), 95, June 19, 2017, Preston.

Donald Dale Morrison (’47 Agro.), 95, June 7, 2017, Winter Park, Florida.

Genevieve L. DeVleming (’48 For. Lang. and Lit.), 91, August 22, 2017, Pullman.

Robert S. Evetts (’48 Gen. St.), 91, July 13, 2017, Seattle.

Virginia Ruth Newell (’48 Home Econ.), 91, June 15, 2017, Spokane.

Elizabeth J. Bunting (’49 MS Psych.), 93, August 3, 2017, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

James H. Robertson (’49 Elem. Ed., ’50 MA Ed., Lambda Chi Alpha), 92, June 26, 2017, University Place.

Wesley M. Slaughter (’49 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 93, March 15, 2017, Walla Walla.

Shirley Ruth Speare (’49 Gen. St.), 89, June 9, 2017, Billings, Montana.

1950s

Betty L. Clark-Nilan (’50 Ed.), 89, July 9, 2017, Pullman.

Dale Gordon Crawford (’50 Math.), 91, June 19, 2017, Eugene, Oregon.

Harold B. Lindberg (’50 English), 92, July 6, 2017, Richland.

Barbara J. Prince (’50 Nursing), 89, May 25, 2017, Olympia.

Charleyne C. Roberts (’50 Home Econ., Ed.), 92, September 8, 2016, Wenatchee.

John Joseph Coad (’51 Hotel and Rest. Admin.), 88, July 21, 2017, Houston, Texas.

Richard George Goss (’51 Bacterio.), 91, July 17, 2017, Alderwood.

Harold T. Henrikson (’51 Busi.), 89, January 12, 2016, Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

John Winston Nashem (x’51 Lib. Arts, Beta Theta Pi), 85, August 8, 2017, Seattle.

Harold M. Stilson (’51 English), 91, May 15, 2017, Olympia.

Robert E. Westbrook (’51 Police Sci.), 88, August 9, 2017, Seattle.

Richard M. Oltman (’52 Gen. St., Theta Chi), 89, July 28, 2017, Olympia.

Donald Cox (’54 Civ. Eng.), 86, August 4, 2017, Vancouver.

Donald D. Ernst (’54 Civ. Eng.), 85, July 25, 2017, Olympia.

Charles E. Trainer (’54 Wildlife Bio.), 86, July 21, 2017, Corvallis, Oregon.

Janet Kay Andrews (x’55 Lib. Arts), 82, May 8, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

James Bruce Rankin (’55 DVM), 87, January 28, 2017, Salem, Oregon.

Donald “Bruce” Butler (’56 Busi.), 81, November 16, 2015, Beaverton, Oregon.

Douglas Ross Currin (’56 Math., Pre-med.), 83, June 1, 2017, Seattle.

William W. Dobler (’57 Acc.), 82, June 8, 2017, Tulalip.

Bryan Douglas Harris (’57 Ani. Sci.), 85, May 18, 2017, Spokane.

Donald Davis Smith (’57 Mech. Eng.), 82, July 17, 2017, Auburn, California.

James S. Beitinger (’58 Busi.), 83, August 31, 2016, Maricopa, Arizona.

Donald L. Crimmins (’58 DVM), 89, March 1, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

Richard Lee Gordon (’58, ’66 PhD Physics), 81, August 16, 2017, Richland.

Robert John Pearson (’58 Psych.), 85, June 16, 2017, Vancouver.

1960s

William Herbert Gillis (’60 Math.), 78, July 25, 2017, Seattle.

Harold Lloyd Pazer (’60 Busi.), 80, July 16, 2017, Albany, New York.

Gary Duskin (’61 DVM), 80, August 2, 2017, Stanwood.

Marianne Ide (’62 Speech & Hearing Sci.), 76, June 10, 2017, Bremerton.

Merlyn Dean Kraft (’62 Mktg.), 77, June 7, 2017, Wickenburg, Arizona.

Carolyn A. Tomich (’62 Elem. Ed.), 77, June 27, 2017, Burien.

Dennis M. McLaughlin (’63 Poli. Sci., Beta Theta Pi), 76, June 20, 2017, Spokane.

Diane Marie Pedersen (’64 Socio.), 76, August 8, 2017, Tacoma.

Richard Arend Dawson (’65 Mktg., Delta Chi), 73, May 16, 2017, Kona, Hawai‘i.

Michael R. Szymczak (’65 Wildlife Biol.), 74, October 30, 2016, Casper, Wyoming.

Cletus B. Anderson (’67 MAT), 87, July 29, 2017, Lebanon, Ohio.

Ronald Roy King (’67 Comm.), 72, June 2, 2017, Yakima.

Richard F. Roach (’67 Hotel and Rest. Admin.), 75, March 21, 2017, Redmond.

Mir Kursheed Ali (’68 PhD Math.), 90, May 12, 2015, Fresno, California.

Norman “Norm” Albert Olsen (’68 Comm.), 76, June 18, 2017, Longview.

David B. Gabrielsen (’69 Forestry), 70, August 9, 2017, Beavercreek, Oregon.

Paul F. Holstine (’69 Econ.), 69, June 30, 2017, Seattle.

Terry Lee Linden (’69, ’71 MS Ag.), 70, May 6, 2017, Goldendale.

Alan Lewis Roecks (’69 Math., ’70 Psych.), 70, July 6, 2017, Spokane.

1970s

Cheryl J. Marshall (’72 Int. Des.), 66, September 16, 2016, Tacoma.

Thomas Blake Williams (’72 MA Poli. Sci.), 69, June 28, 2017, Potomac, Maryland.

Jacqueline J. Donovan (’73 Elem. Ed.), 66, July 3, 2017, Samish Island.

George Arthur Knudsen (’74 MA History), 69, June 10, 2017, Mountainside, New Jersey.

Thomas D. Nagle (’74 Poli. Sci.), 64, October 22, 2016, Yakima.

Janine Adele Prindle (’74 Ed.) 64, July 3, 2017, Spokane.

Constance R. Anderson (’75 Ed.), 63, May 16, 2017, Steilacoom.

Richard E. Anderson (’77 Hort.), 65, December 15, 2016, Parkdale, Oregon.

Michael D. Strickland (’77 Pharm.), 62, March 1, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

Steven Ray Tomlinson (’78 Pharm.), 62, June 30, 2017, Camas.

Sheldon Jay Miller (’79 History), 61, June 9, 2017, Bellingham.

1980s

Lorne Douglas MacGregor (’84 MS Env. Eng., ’88 PhD Civ. Eng.), 60, July 22, 2017, Vermilion, Alberta.

David Edward Madle (’84 Chem. Eng, ’91 MS Elec. Eng.), 54, July 23, 2017, Stanwood.

James E. Wright (’84 Hum.), 56, May 30, 2017, Spokane.

Kelly Joseph Sanford (’86 Mat. Sci.), 54, May 25, 2017, Boise, Idaho.

Denise Lenore Dengel (’88 Crim. Jus.), 52, July 15, 2017, Tacoma.

Craig A. Caro (’89 Arch.), 52, August 5, 2017, Priest Lake, Idaho.

Gregory Paul Boivin (’89 DVM), 55, August 11, 2017, Springboro, Ohio.

Mary Ellen Marta Pastor (’89 MA English), 58, September 8, 2016, Moscow, Idaho.

1990s

Gary A. Downing (’90 Mktg.), 49, August 21, 2017, Tacoma.

Greg Allen Brewer (’91 Busi.), 53, February 12, 2017, West Valley City, Utah.

Jennifer Ann Lamance (’91 Elem. Ed.), 48, June 8, 2017, Tyler, Texas.

Susan L. Munk (’91 Comm.), 48, March 14, 2017, Portland, Oregon.

Jeanne N. Ratliff (’94 MA Comm.), 72, February 3, 2017, Spokane.

Adam Wayne Zeigler (’97 Chem. Eng.), 44, August 6, 2017, Kennewick.

David Marc Near (’99 Biochem.), 43, July 11, 2017, Alaska.

Samantha Anne Ramsay (’99 Nutrition), 41, July 30, 2017, Switzerland.

2000s

Edward D. Harness (’00 DVM), 44, July 27, 2017, Jerome, Idaho.

Anne E. Raftis White (’00 DVM), 52, May 2, 2017, Orange, California.

Curtis Nelson Tong (’07 Elem. Ed.), 51, November 26, 2013, Vancouver.

2010s

Sharon Lynn Linden (’10 Busi.), 59, April 27, 2014, Seattle.

Keith Borja Brub (’15 Acc.), 43, May 7, 2017, Barrigada, Guam.

FACULTY AND STAFF

Jonny Allen, 57, Information Security Services, 1980–2016, April 17, 2017, Pullman.

John S. “Jack” Benscoter, 89, Physical Plant, 1968–1987, July 1, 2017, Pullman.

Harley Dodson, 90, Physical Plant, 1971–1992, July 4, 2017, Palouse.

John A. Larsen, 93, Physical Plant, 1954–1986, July 3, 2017, Troy, Idaho.

Karin Maertens, 75, Biological Chemistry, 1969–1983, May 19, 2017, Clarkston.

Everett “Jake” Murray, 95, WSU Prosser, 1958–1983, September 4, 2017, Prosser.

Frank Pirnique, 79, Economic Sciences, 1967–2003, June 29, 2017, Pullman.

Marcia Wannamaker, 65, Clark County Extension, 2014–2017, August 8, 2017, Brush Prairie.

 

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