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Obituaries

Paul Johnson
Summer 2021

Paul Johnson remembered

Paul Johnson was an instructional supervisor in the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology at Washington State University, where he spent 36 years overseeing the Worthman Anatomy Teaching Museum while also creating display specimens. He passed away peacefully at his home on November 14, 2020.

Browse a gallery of PJ and his time at WSU, and read the memories from a few of the many veterinary medicine students he helped over the years.

Photos courtesy WSU College of Veterinary Medicine

 

 

Memories of PJ
Veterinary students share their memories of Johnson over the years…

 

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In Memoriam
Spring 2020

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
Winter 2018

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 …

In Memoriam
Fall 2018

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.

Evelyn J. … » More …