1940s
Alma Mae (Kirpes) Druffel (’47 Pharm.), 100, June 18, 2025, Lacey.
Ted L. Cowan (’49 Gen. Stu.), 97, January 17, 2026, Naches.
France L. Mathison (’49 Socio.), 95, August 31, 2023, Wenatchee.
1950s
Mary Eliason Lange Anderson (’50 Home Econ.), 97, November 10, 2025, Vancouver.
John Dewey Hartup Jr. (’50 Civ. Eng.), 97, November 20, 2025, Portland, Oregon.
Irene (Gray) Knutsen (’50 Spanish), 98, May 31, 2025, Spokane.
Anna Catherine “Kibby” Allen (’51 Theatre Arts, Speech, Kappa Alpha Theta), 98, February 20, 2026, Sublimity, Oregon.
Hugh D. Van Liew (’51 Zool.), 95, December 24, 2025, Seattle.
William Hoyt Hine (’52 Civ. Eng.), 98, January 24, 2026, Olympia.
Si L. Matthies (’52 Ag.), 95, November 26, 2025, Kalispell, Montana.
John A. Morey (’52 Mech. Eng.), 96, February 8, 2026, Bellingham.
Dale Edward Snyder (’52 Ag.), 98, October 25, 2025, Issaquah.
Janey (Laney) Wiggins (’52 Home Econ., Alpha Phi), 95 December 21, 2025, Joseph, Oregon.
Ben Nelson (’54 Elec. Eng.), 94, January 21, 2026, Redmond.
Charles Lou Butkovich (’55 Pharm.), 93, February 2, 2026, East Wenatchee.
Robert (“Bob”) Morcom Fearn (’55 MA Econ.), 97, February 25, 2026, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Alvin R. Greening (’55 Chem. Eng.), 91, August 29, 2025, Spokane.
Lester R. Greenwood (’55 Accounting), 92, December 12, 2025, Shoreline.
Mary Jo Kuechmann (’55 Gen. Stu.), 91, December 1, 2025, Wenatchee.
Elinor F. McCloskey (’55 Elem. Ed., Delta Gamma), 92, December 12, 2025, Pullman.
Robert Dale Alessandro (’57 Busi.), 91, December 3, 2025, Gig Harbor.
Stephen Eben Dibble (’57 Pharm.), 87, December 3, 2022, Mission Viejo, California.
B. Eugene Omey (’58 Soc. Stu., ’68 MA Ed.), 89, January 14, 2026, Bellingham.
Earl A. Wineck (’58 Psych.), 97, August 20, 2024, Anchorage, Alaska.
Jean F. Galbraith (’59 Home Econ., ’77 Med Counseling, Kappa Alpha Theta), 88, March 7, 2026, Yakima.
Donald Wayne Moe (’59 Soc. Stu.), 90, January 17, 2026, Richmond, Virginia.
Bill H. Steiger (’59 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 90, December 1, 2025, Redmond.
1960s
John Kendall Evans (’60 Mech. Eng.), 86, June 2, 2024, Walnut Creek, California.
Orlin King Jeffreys (’60 Chem. Eng.), 88, January 31, 2026, Pomeroy.
Roger Lee Briscoe (’61 Music), 85, October 31, 2025, Bernardsville, New Jersey.
Manley J. Niemcziek (’62 Ag.), 91, June 2, 2025, Centralia.
Janice Diane Schwab (’63 Math.), 85, January 21, 2026, Kennewick.
Kenneth D. Thompson (’63 MS Phys. Ed.), 90, December 24, 2025, Mount Vernon.
Gary Paul Anderson (’64 Elec. Eng.), 83, February 18, 2026, Annapolis, Maryland.
David Delos Bathrick (’64 Poli. Sci.) worked for over 23 years with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vietnam, Peru, Bolivia, Thailand, and Nicaragua. Bathrick died November 4, 2025, in Alexandria, Virginia, at age 84. He had retired in 1991 as director of USAID Office of Agriculture and a minister-counselor in the US Senior Foreign Service. Even in “retirement” Bathrick advocated to help lift the world’s poor out of poverty for nearly 20 years across 15 Asian, African, and Latin American countries.
Bruce Jarrett Eyer (’64 Math.), 84, February 3, 2026, Longview.
Evelyn Jager McLaughlin (’64 Elem. Ed.), 82, August 5, 2025, Everett.
Barbara Jane Ducat (’65 English), 84, October 30, 2025, Valencia, California.
Nancy Ann Preston (’65 Elem. Ed.), 82, February 22, 2026, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Robert E. DeLong (’66 Industrial Tech.), 82, January 7, 2026, Hillsboro, Oregon.
Ernest Melvin Loudon (’67 MA History), 89, November 23, 2025, Eugene, Oregon.
Jack Franklin Sadler (’67 MS Psych.), 91, February 11, 2026, Bellingham.
Victoria Cranor Hazard (’68 Socio.), 79, December 28, 2025, Montecito, California.
Ammon McWashington Jr. (’68 Phys. Ed.), running back on WSU’s legendary 1965 “Cardiac Kids” football team and a dedicated educator for four decades, died at age 80 on February 1, 2026. He began as a teacher in Tukwila and then became a high school principal, athletic coordinator, and administrator in Seattle area schools. His son, Shawn McWashington (’97 Comm., ’02 MA Higher Ed. Admin.), was a Coug wide receiver on the 1997 Rose Bowl football team.
Christopher A. Mooney (’68 Gen. Stu.), 84, October 22, 2025, Mount Vernon.
Raymond Arthur Mooney Jr. (’68 Busi.), 81, January 17, 2026, Deer Park.
Barbie Ann (Vaughan) Olson (’68 English, Pi Beta Phi), 79, December 6, 2025, Spokane.
Lauretta J. Ruby (’68 MA Music), 85, November 19, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Carroll M. Hayden (’69 Human Resources), 86, January 1, 2026, Vancouver.
Marc Roman Mutz (’69 Gen. Stu.), 76, November 18, 2025, Seattle.
Ronald John Sessa (’69 Civ. Eng.), 79, December 3, 2025, Nordland.
Tom Tien-Shui Wang (’69 MA Ag. Econ.), 84, October 28, 2025, Bellevue.
1970s
Calvin Henry Delegard (’70 Chem.), 76, February 19, 2026, Richland.
Claude Karl Irwin Jr. (’70 Econ.), 78, January 14, 2026, Mountlake Terrace.
Jack C. Johnston (’70 Phys. Ed.), 78, November 5, 2025, Everett.
John Ramage (’70 Civ. Eng.), 81, December 30, 2025, Seaview.
Carl F. Startup Jr. (’70 Busi.), 84, December 15, 2025, Sequim.
Allen Roy Wicklund (’70 Busi.), 77, January 2, 2026, Henrico, Virginia.
Mel R. Haberman (’71 Nursing, Zool.), 79, January 17, 2026, Spokane.
Beryl Jeane Kinney (’71 Gen. Stu., Delta Delta Delta), December 18, 2025, Moxee.
Fred Raymond Miller (’71 English), 81, January 14, 2026, Loon Lake.
Janice L. Stewart (’71 Math.), 77, December 19, 2025, Spokane.
Dan Kenworthy Hull (’72 Ag., Sigma Nu), 76, January 11, 2026, Yakima.
Steven Anthony Smith (’72, ’82 MA Econ., Phi Sigma Kappa), 73, January 1, 2026, Richland.
James “Jim” Douglas Thornes (’72 Forest & Range Mgmt.), 82, February 17, 2026, St. Maries, Idaho.
Arnold M. Aljets (’73 Police Sci.), 77, January 23, 2026, Gig Harbor.
Larry L. Granger (’73 Gen. Stu.), 77, December 28, 2025, Chehalis.
James Daniel Guptill (’73 Math.), 70, March 23, 2022, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Dean Edward Jackson Jr. (’73 History, ’75 Ed.), 76, October 26, 2024, Olympia.
Leon E. Sanders (’73 Phys. Ed.), 75, January 29, 2026, Seattle.
Ronald Albin Anderson (’74 PhD Ag. Econ.), 94, November 24, 2025, Fargo, North Dakota.
Michael Jon Mosman (’74 Elec. Eng.), 74, August 3, 2025, Columbia, Maryland.
Susan Elizabeth Adams (’75 English), 73, February 6, 2026, Beloit, Wisconsin.
Alice Hansen-Long (’75 PhD Zool.), 74, April 20, 2021, Moscow, Idaho.
Gary Ellis Reed (’75 MA Police Sci.), 78, December 5, 2025, Albany, Oregon.
Dan Randal Wright (’75 Phys. Ed.), 72, January 31, 2025, Littleton, Colorado.
Crystal Kay Disotell (’77 Home Econ.), 72, February 10, 2026, Vista, California.
Lynn E. Rodda (’77 Pharm.), 83, February 27, 2026, Sandpoint, Idaho.
Gregory E. Smitman (’78, ’80 MS Forest & Range Mgmt.), 75, September 4, 2025, Sidney, Ohio.
Claudia Suzanne Nilson (’79 Nursing), 69, January 28, 2026, Wenatchee.
1980s
Frank Douglas Alguire (’81 MRP Regional Planning), 73, December 13, 2025, Oneida, New York.
Brandon White (’81 MS Comp. Sci.), 70, November 9, 2025, Granite Bay, California.
Daniel Matthew Fine (’82 English), entrepreneur and volunteer, died January 1, 2025, at age 65 in Vancouver, British Columbia. After founding and leading multiple successful companies, he received numerous honors, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and the US Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year Award. Fine volunteered with his dogs on therapy teams and with other organizations. He later started the Ukrainian War Animals Relief Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and treating animals impacted by the war. He was executive producer of the award-winning documentary War Tails, to draw awareness to this cause.
Steven Ray Culton (’83 Mech. Eng.), 66, December 27, 2025, Yuma, Arizona.
Eric Larned Dunham (’83 Gen. Stu., Sigma Nu), 72, February 5, 2026, Phoenix, Arizona.
Connie Jo Sanders (’83 Zool., ’87 DVM), 64, February 5, 2026, Anchorage, Alaska.
Michael Wayne Van Liew (’83 PhD Eng. Sci.), 74, February 11, 2026, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Robert Thomas Lobingier (’84 DVM), 69, October 8, 2025, Sherwood, Oregon.
Sridhar Sourirajan (’85 MS Comp. Sci.), 60, November 10, 2020, Cary, North Carolina.
Alan D. Basso (’86 History, ’89 Ed.), 59, November 27, 2020, Longview.
William H. “Billy” Sammons (’86, ’91 PhD Psych.), 75, November 11, 2025, Churdan, Iowa.
1990s
John Heaton (’92 Poli. Sci.), 80, September 28, 2025, Richland.
Christopher Lloyd McDougall (’92 Econ.), 55, November 22, 2025, Seattle.
2000s
Melinda Culver (’00, ’06 PhD Ani. Sci., ’04 DVM), January 23, 2026, Lüchow, Germany.
Beth Lynn Madison (’00 Elem. Ed.), 47, December 12, 2025, Spokane.
Benjamin James Parrish (’01 Busi.), 47, November 27, 2025, Walla Walla.
Martin Luther Boston (’06 Comp. Ethnic Stu., ’08 MA Amer. Stu.), 41, August 17, 2025, Elk Grove, California.
2020s
Jackson R. Carroll (’22 Finance), 23, March 28, 2025, Edmonds.
Faculty and Staff
Michael Adams, 76, Plant Pathology, 1974–2023, September 18, 2025, Pullman.
Donald Barton, 89, Facility Operations, 1983–2001, October 1, 2025, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Theodore “Mark” Blacker, 80, Facilities Services, 1978–1996, December 6, 2025, Moscow.
Coralie Borning, 106, Libraries, 1976–1978, August 16, 2025, Moscow, Idaho.
Thomas Brigham, 83, Psychology, 1972–2011, June 25, 2025, Pullman.
Edwin Creson, 67, Puyallup Research and Extension, 2010–2023, November 12, 2025, Auburn.
James “Jim” D. Cronrath, 76, Animal Sciences, 1973–2004, June 18, 2025, Cashmere.
Keith A. Felton, 86, Central Stores, 1987–2004, February 10, 2026, Lewiston.
Donald Hart, 80, Information Systems, 1983–2009, September 22, 2025, Palouse.
Charlotte “Charii” Higgins, 83, Registrar, 1982–2007, July 21, 2025, Ferndale.
Moreita “Pat” Leslie, 93, Extension, 1954–1989, October 27, 2025, Olympia.
Julita Lewis, 85, Facilities Services, 1990–2002, July 23, 2025, Pullman.
Cyril Morgan, 88, Management and Decision Sciences, 1980–2003, September 19, 2025, Pullman.
Jeffory Newkirk, 77, August 12, 2023, IT Services, 1976–2007, Pullman.
José Agustin Parés-Avila, 61, Nursing, 2022–2025, November 29, 2025, Seattle.
Stuart “Stu” Richard Perry, 73, WA Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, 2004–2015, January 9, 2026, Steilacoom.
Mary Patricia Slinkard, 73, Social & Economic Science Research, 1999–2016, October 8, 2025, Palouse.
Ralph G. Yount, 92, Molecular Biosciences, 1960–2004, June 13, 2025, Pullman.