In memoriam

1940s

Sally Janet Munn (’47 Bacterio.), 96, October 3, 2022, Olympia.

June M. Bills (x’48 Lib. Arts), 95, July 2, 2022, Boulder, Colorado.

G. Edward Roberts (’48 Ag., ’54, ’59 MA Ed.), 93, September 3, 2016, Wenatchee.

Sue L. Sutter (’48 Chem.), 95, October 14, 2022, West Richland.

Wayne Martin Fondahn (’49 Busi., Phi Sigma Kappa), 95, June 25, 2022, Walla Walla.

1950s

Donald Warren Fowler (’50 Econ.), 92, April 29, 2019, Beaverton, Oregon.

Edward Carl Gayda (’50 Econ.), 94, December 11, 2021, Spokane.

Frances C. Kissler (’50 Home Econ.), 93, November 2, 2022, Boise, Idaho.

William D. Nelson (’50 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 95, November 4, 2020, Augusta, Georgia.

Patricia M. Scheibel (’50 Int. Des.), 92, March 4, 2021, Seattle.

I. Rosemary Smith (’50 Busi.), 94, September 5, 2022, Vancouver.

Ben Lars Swanson (’50 Accounting), 96, June 17, 2022, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Janet W. Burke (’51 Home Econ., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 92, September 21, 2022, Clarkston.

Edward M. Hanks (’51 Ag.), 95, September 8, 2022, Cashmere.

Loran Allen Clark (’52 Busi., Pi Kappa Alpha), 94, October 9, 2022, Issaquah.

Joan Marie (Drumheller) Dillon (’52 Ed., Kappa Delta), 92, August 19, 2022, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

Alfred E. Slinkard (’52, ’54 MS Agro.), 91, November 24, 2022, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Michael John Stone (’52 Ed.), 92, August 2, 2020, Eatonville.

Howard W. White (’52 Gen. Stu.), 91, December 17, 2021, Vandalia, Illinois.

Nancy Valaine (Scoles) Magisos (’53 Music, Ed., Kappa Delta), 91, September 6, 2022, Silverdale.

Howard Yancey Reser (’53 Accounting), 89, January 18, 2022, Walla Walla.

James R. Shelver (’53 Civ. Eng.), 93, August 20, 2022, Langley.

Margaret Mary Cassens (’54 For. Lang.), 89, August 25, 2022, Cottonwood, Arizona.

Donald Barnett King (’54 Psych.), 90, October 20, 2022, Washington, Missouri.

Mary R. Lamb (’54 Comm.), 89, August 21, 2021, Olympia.

Philip J. Burke (’55 Busi.), 87, September 17, 2018, Phoenix, Arizona.

Betty Arlene Gridley (’55 Nursing), 85, October 30, 2019, Pueblo, Colorado.

Beverly Jean Nelson (’55 Home Econ., Child. Dev.), 87, April 6, 2021, Bothell.

Thomas Charles Wright (’57 MA Kinesio.), 93, August 5, 2022, Victoria, British Columbia.

Annette Hendrickson (’59 Elem. Ed.), 85, August 30, 2022, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Richard W. Jensen (’59 Econ.), 83, November 29, 2020, Santa Barbara, California.

Jack D. Stevens (’59 Busi.), 87, January 23, 2020, Colville.

DeLee F. Strong (’59 Gen. Stu.), 86, May 27, 2022, Morton.

1960s

Judy Elmquist (’60 Ed.), 84, January 23, 2022, Spokane.

Erwin Claude Lewis (’60 Busi.), 84, October 21, 2021, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Bruce D. Buchanan (’61 Gen. Stu., Beta Theta Pi), 84, November 6, 2022, Anderson Island.

Carol Ellen DeChenne (’62 Elem. Ed.), 82, April 5, 2022, Bozeman, Montana.

Gerald Dan Larson (’62 MAT Music), 93, August 28, 2022, Plains, Montana.

Carol Ann Cheney Carlon, (’63 Elem. Ed., Kappa Kappa Gamma), 80, Yakima, March 30, 2022.

Lawrence V. Grant (’64 Poli. Sci.), 76, June 28, 2019, Afton, Minnesota.

Terrence Joseph Ball (’65 Zool.), 79, July 10, 2022, Mercer Island.

Anne Marie Gentry (’65 Speech & Hearing Sci.), 79, October 8, 2022, Kenai, Alaska.

Ralph Kem McMillan (’66 Busi.), 79, August 20, 2022, Van Nuys, California.

Elaine Thom (’66 Elem. Ed.), 77, September 29, 2020, Chehalis.

James C. VandenBerge (’66 Phd Zool.), 86, November 4, 2022, Naperville, Illinois.

Marlene Ann Fallquist (’67 Bacterio.), 76, September 3, 2022, Mercer Island.

John A. Schoeff (’68 Elec. Eng, Alpha Gamma Rho, Tau Beta Pi), 75, May 8, 2022, Spokane.

Kenneth M. Meyers (’69 PhD Vet. Sci.), 80, October 27, 2022, Sagle, Idaho.

Douglas Ness (’69 Busi.), 77, August 18, 2022, Vancouver.

Rick D. Williams (’69 Accounting), 76, November 14, 2022, Newport Beach, California.

1970s

Terry D. Campbell (’70 Music), 75, July 20, 2022, Lake Stevens.

Lynda Dianne McCauley (’70 Home Econ.), 73, April 15, 2022, Olympia.

Roxi Vallene Mohondro (’70, ’73 MS Phys. Ed.), 74, July 6, 2022, Kennewick.

Judieth Elaine Scott (’70 Bacterio.), 70, January 16, 2019, East Wenatchee.

John W. Murphey (’71 Gen. Stu.), 74, November 6, 2022, Mount Vernon.

Stephen John Filsinger (’72 MS Comp. Sci.), 76, November 17, 2022, Kingman, Arizona.

William D. Hyslop (’73 Poli. Sci.), 71, September 11, 2022, Spokane.

William D. Hyslop, a third-generation Cougar, was twice appointed US Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. He served as president of the WSU Alumni Association in 1991-92, received the WSUAA Alumni Achievement Award in 2002, cochaired WSU’s Legislative Network, and co-chaired the WSUAA centennial celebration committee in 1998. Hyslop practiced law for 40 years in Spokane and was an advocate for equal access to the justice system. He was president of the Spokane County Bar Association in 1999 and Washington State Bar Association president in 2015.

Donald Allan Watson (’73, ’74 MS Wildlife Biol.), 76, August 26, 2022, Milledgeville, Georgia.

Patty Mae Honsowetz (’74 Ed.), 69, February 10, 2022, Moses Lake.

Carla Jean Thurlow (’74 Ed.), 70, June 5, 2022, Spokane Valley.

Patrick Paul Dempsey (’77 MS Comp. Sci.), 70, May 1, 2022, San Jose, California.

Janice D. Brobst (’78 Busi.), 86, September 9, 2022, Pullman.

Lawrence Linton Lang (’78, ’92 MS Elec. Eng.), 69, December 23, 2021, Richland.

1980s

John Paul Fabian (’80 PhD Ed.), 88, August 18, 2022, Richland.

1990s

Dan Vaughn (’91 History), 54, October 30, 2022, San Jose, California.

Tina Danette Engebretson (’93 Elem. Ed.), 51, July 13, 2021, Yakima.

Missy Gail Lee (’93 MA Anthro.), 63, October 9, 2022, Palouse.

Peggy F. Spielman (’99 Soc. Sci.), 73, August 28, 2021, Vancouver.

2000s

John Walter Welch (’07 Soc. Sci.), 74, July 19, 2021, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sandra L. Cable (’08 Crim. Jus.), 58, October 25, 2022, Winnemucca, Nevada.

2010s

Maris Mareen DiGiovanni Jordan (’14 Elem. Ed.), 30, October 6, 2022, Spokane.

Faculty and staff

John J. Berney, 69, Facilities Services, 1997-2020, October 14, 2022, Uniontown.

Bruce Brendan Davitt, 73, School of the Environment, 1978-2018, September 19, 2022, Pullman.

Eugene “Gene” W. Gourley, 62, Facilities Services, 1987-2022, October 27, 2022, Moscow, Idaho.

Deborah Lynn Hill, 68, Facilities Services, 1985-2019, September 4, 2022, Viola, Idaho.

Michael Landers, 64, Libraries, 1998-2022, September 24, 2022, Pullman.

Melissa “Missy” Lee, 63, University Advancement, 1994-2022, October 9, 2022, Palouse.

JoDean Moore, 87, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1984-2000, October 5, 2022, Lewiston, Idaho.

Herbert Nakata, Molecular Biosciences, 92, 1959-1993, September 7, 2022, Pullman.

Jerry Allison Neidiger, 74, Nuclear Science Center, 1974-2000, May 16, 2022, Milwaukie, Oregon.

Dwyla F. Nelson, 90, Housing, 1986-1997, April 5, 2022, Hayden, Idaho.

Richard A. Parker, 91, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1956-1995, September 27, 2022, Moscow, Idaho.

Jay Richardson, 65, Business, 2021-2022, November 12, 2022, Portland, Oregon.

Thomas P. Ruff, 86, Education, 1968-2001, July 27, 2022, Seattle.

Phyllis Shurtlieff, Nursing, 90, 1980-1996, November 5, 2021, Seattle.

Ka’imi Sinclair, 60, IREACH, 2015-2022, October 16, 2022, SeaTac.

Lynn G. Wheaton, 79, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, 1989-1998, June 10, 2022, Pullman.