
Obituaries


In memoriam

In memoriam

In memoriam

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.
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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.
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In memoriam
1930s
John Baecher (’39 Ani. Sci.), 101, April 11, 2018, Salem, Oregon.
1940s
Manley Kjonaas (’40 Gen. St., ’42 Chem. Eng.), 101, April 6, 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Lester Stanley King (’41 Mech. Eng.), 98, June 8, 2016, Puyallup.
Roy V. Lewis (’42 Elec. Eng.), 96, July 30, 2014, Syracuse, New York.
Jack McVicar Hayne (’43 Busi.), 97, February 26, 2018, Conrad, Montana.
Jean C. Sharp (’44 Elec. Eng.), 93, February 19, 2018, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.
Rodney Guy Hoff (’45 Phys. Sci.), 92, November 25, 2014, Yorba Linda, California.
Eleanor Baker Macy (x’45 Speech and Hearing Sci.), 95, April 17, 2018, McMinnville, Oregon.
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James F. Short Jr. 1924-2018
I am privileged to have known Jim Short and to have worked with and learned from him. When we met in 2000, Jim (’51 PhD, University of Chicago) recently had become professor emeritus of sociology at Washington State University and was beginning to “unwind” after an illustrious career spanning half a century. I was a graduate student in my second year of the doctoral program and had just learned that my first mentor would be departing WSU for what were very understandable personal reasons. I am forever indebted to him for walking me three doors down the hall to introduce me to Jim.
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