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In memoriam

In memoriam

Infographic: WSU by the #s

Mao’s Kisses: A novel of June 4, 1989
Alex Kuo
Redbat Books, 2019
Deng Xiaoping learned to play bridge in the early 1950s. Little did he realize that appropriating state transportation to take him and his team to tournaments would result in the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and his being transported far from Beijing for reeducation through manual labor.
But Deng wasn’t just a Goren Prize-winning bridge player. He was, after his rehabilitation, China’s paramount leader during a time of civil crisis. The spring of 1989 brought … » More …

In memoriam
1930s
Grace Weller Gilmore (’36 Home Econ., Kappa Alpha Theta), 106, September 1, 2019, Irvine, California.
Helen Lois Irby (’39 Home Econ., ’40 Ed.), 100, August 20, 2018, Lynnwood.
Dorothy M. Tombari (’39 Home Econ.), 101, December 6, 2017, Spokane.
1940s
Janet Elizabeth Fothergill (’41 Bacterio.), 101, September 4, 2019, West Hartford, Connecticut.
Laura Jean Shaw (’41 Pharm.), 98, March 7, 2018, Oregon City, Oregon.
Eileen E. Griffith (’42 Fine Arts), 98, October 26, 2019, Denver, Colorado.
Donald D. Anderson (’44 Civ. Eng.), 97, August 7, 2019, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Irene Sears (’44, ’46 MA Ag.), 98, November 19, 2019, Keizer, Oregon.
Dorothy “Dotty” K. Mead … » More …

In memoriam

In memoriam

In memoriam
1930s
L. Owen Clinton (’39 Fine Arts, ’40 Ed.), 100, January 30, 2018, San Diego, California.
1940s
Gordon A. A. Smith (’40 Elec. Eng.), 99, September 19, 2017, Spokane.
Jack McVicar Hayne (’43 Busi., Lambda Chi Alpha), 97, February 26, 2018, Conrad, Montana.
James Conrad Stover (’43 Civ. Eng.), 96, March 19, 2018, Richland.
Robert Pearse Gibb (’44 Pre-Med.), 95, July 16, 2018, Bellingham.
Dorothy B. Davidson (’47 Chem.), 92, June 5, 2018, Monroe, Wisconsin.
William F. Johnson (’47, ’70 MS Civ. Eng.), 94, January 10, 2017, Clarkston.
Donald R. “Don” Taylor (x’47, Alpha Tau Omega), 94, July 9, 2018, Kalispell, Montana.
Walter D. Buehler … » More …

Being best
A 9-year-old slave girl fanned her young mistress to keep the flies off her while she learned her lessons. Because she picked up enough education to be able to read and write a little, she ended up teaching other slaves and ex-slaves.
Her daughter became a schoolteacher, married to a Presbyterian minister in segregated Columbus, Ohio. The couple passed on the family mantras to their children: “You must get an education to get ahead” and “you must be a credit to our race.”
Their children, the second generation born free, took the advice to heart, attending college and becoming teachers and professionals. One of them, … » More …