He was overjoyed the day a wrongly convicted African-American youth was released from prison because of a second trial that featured Stuarts research. Lou left behind his haircutting interlude after receiving the Coro Foundation Fellowship in Public Affairs in San Francisco, appointed afterwards as a consultant to the Committee on State Personnel and Military Affairs of the California State Assembly. Jerry said that his worst risk in WWII was alligators; the research was done in Florida. While in high school, she began to focus on biology. All Information about Cheryl Miller - Radaris A baseball coach for 49 years at the high school and college level, he had a record-setting 21-year career at Cal State LA and led his Diablo and Golden Eagle teams to 455 victories, including 15 campaigns of at least 20 wins. A Minnesotan by birth, Rudy earned degrees at Luther College in Iowa, the Univ. He represented the Cal State LA emeriti on the CSU Academic Senate and worked to obtain voting status for that position. When asked about his personal philosophy, he replied, "I live by teaching. He earned his B.S. After completing a Bachelor of Music degree in 1948, he decided to come to California to seek his fortune. He served in the 42nd Rainbow Division, where he received a Bronze Star and a battlefield commission to second lieutenant for his bravery in battle on the front lines. He worked at various other jobs, including a movie theater, where he progressed from janitor to projectionist. After retiring, he traveled extensively in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe and was president of both the Retired Teachers Association and the Old Time Athletics Association. Dick is survived by his wife Minda and daughters Margot and Risa. After receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy, he went on to attend the University of Kansas from 1955 to 1957, where he studied Pleistocene (Ice Age) rabbits and rodents and earned a master's degree in zoology. At the other end of the baccalaureate curriculum, she designed and taught the first course in mental health consultation for graduate students. She was promoted to associate professor in 1964 and to professor five years later. Although he used to say that the smog was so thick when he arrived that he couldnt see the mountains for six months, his affection for the campus is obvious on every page of Thats A Good One! His reputation in this specialty led to his working with the California State Fair as a designer. He served as an official in baseball, basketball and football, from Little League through all college sports.The Emeritimes, Winter 1991, WALTER (RICO) BURRELL, a Public Affairs Manager who was well known on campus for his outstanding skills as a writer and photographer, has died after an extended illness (Ed. Dr. Morton came to the University in 1948 and served in the posts of Dean of Instruction, Dean of Educational Services and Summer Session, and Dean of Instructional Administration during his 22 years of administrative service before retirement in 1970.The Emeritimes, September 1980, G. ETZEL PEARCY, retired Professor of Geography, died June 28, 1980 in San Francisco at age 75. To the English Department he brought a profound interest in 19th-century American literature, and his upper-division classes and seminars on major American writers of that period were as popular as they were successful. He counseled his students with their academic and career questions and developed close professional relationships with some of them. They moved to Havana when she was eight and she studied at El Sagrado Corazn (Sacred Heart), an all-girls school. He remained in Los Angeles after his retirement until he returned to Twin Falls in October 2008. As a teacher, he demanded excellence from his students. It served as a major resource for this article. At Cal State LA, Marty rose to the rank of professor and served not only as department chair but also terms as associate dean, acting dean, and acting associate vice president. He was then accepted by the UCSB Geology Department as a teaching assistant while earning his Ph.D. in isotope geochemistry, which he obtained in 1969. He received both his B.A. Elected chair of the Department of Political Science in Fall 1967, he started a practice of welcoming new faculty and their families to a dinner and swim at his home in Alhambra before school started in late September. degree with honors at ULCA and an M.S. With all these program development and instructional activities, she found the time to serve her department, school, and university on many committees, as well as serve in the Academic Senate and as a two-term department chair. In 1970, he joined the faculty of the Department of Economics and Statistics at Cal State L.A. For the next 30 years, before his retirement in1999, in addition to being a very popular professor, Judd published in his field and served with distinction on many University committees. Later he was promoted to Professor in the Counseling Center. He kept busy writing his memoir and a screenplay imagining he lives of Cal State LA graduates from diverse backgrounds as they made their way in the world, gardening, keeping in touch with former students, reviewing articles for Latin American Perspectives, and spending time with family. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and son, Jim. Jackie was also the first representative from California to the national committee that developed the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) in 1971, and she was the first Region 8 (California, Hawaii, Nevada) representative to the national group from 1972 to1976. After the war, Don became a reserve officer, and the young Mortensen family returned to Los Angeles where Don resumed his graduate study at USC. Following his military service, Bill continued his education, receiving his B.A. She was an Outstanding Professor for 1977-78. Having lived through much of its metamorphosis, which included growth in services as well as physical facilities, they co-authored a history of Villa Gardens covering the years 1926 to 2008, detailing its managerial and physical evolution. in education and Ed.D were awarded by USC in 1948 and 1955, respectively. He worked continually to preserve neighborhood values in an area that became all too attractive to disruptive forces. The initial program was designed to advance junior-year students holding an R.N. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, respectively in 1932 and 1942. In 1990, Career Strategies Map and Guide was published, followed by Follow Your Career Star, in 1996, based on Jons experience over 12 years as director of a career counseling center in Pasadena. In 1959, he left that position to move to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, as a research scientist. He served as a hospital corpsman at the Corpsman School in Portsmouth, Virginia, and at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. ), Stanford (MBA), and USC (Ph.D.). Their home was filled with their eclectic collections including a two-person sleigh. At the national level, in 1972, Lloyd was one of the founders of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). In 1989 he retired from teaching due to his failing health. In addition to her daughter, Helen is survived by a son, a stepson and six grandchildren. He also played a leading role in a staged version of Corwin's famous radio show, On a Night of Triumph , which was produced by his wife Elizabeth O'Reilly Beaver at Theatre 40. Cheryl Miller's CIFSS & Inland Empire record of 3,446 should fall tonight or in Chloe's next game. After retirement, Allen wrote two Western detective novels, The Pinkerton Eye (2001) and Playing God (2005). She was co-author of The Voice of Singing , a book for beginning voice classes. She then obtained an M.A. However, he will be best remembered for his devotion to teaching. She was awarded the title of Volunteer of the Year from the County of Los Angeles. Bill following U.S. Army service in Germany. Ted predeceased her in January 1989.The Emeritimes, Fall 2015, FRANK R. BALLE, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, 1962-1997,and Registered Professional Engineer in California, died on July 1, 2015 at the age of 81 following several months of declining health. The majority of the collection, amounting to over 200 works of art, has been assigned by Judd for donation to the Portland Museum of Art in Oregon. He was the founder and senior director of Project Fatherhood, through Children's Institute. An inspiration to her students and athletes, she remained close to many of them over the years. She went on to anchor the U.S. Olympic team that captured the 1984 . The 28 GeV Proton Synchrotron at CERN had just been finished, and the beam stability loss issues had been resolved, but no beam lines had been built as yet. He attended the University of Dubuque, graduating in 1949 cum laude with a triple major in political science, psychology, and sociology. Taking advantage of the G.I. She led the way in this difficult fight for womens sports to take their rightful place in the pantheon of athletics. Active in academic governance, Joan chaired many committees, culminating in service as chair of the Academic Senate during 1991-92. Today, California State University, Los Angeles stands as a monument to the dedicated efforts of Howard S. McDonald.The Emeritimes, January 1987, ELLIOTT W. GUILD, member of the faculty at Cal State L.A. from 1949 to 1961, died in a Santa Clara hospital on February 6, 1987. After a 28-year career as a member of the Cal State L.A. Physics and Astronomy department faculty, Fernando embarked on a career in the private sector. She stepped down from her position as assessment coordinator for the University in 2004 to begin a collaboration with Jerome Siegel of the Sepulveda VA on a project examining the hypothalamic basis of human narcolepsy. He was very well liked and respected. The past year has been tragic for the senior Theatre Arts faculty, as Barry McGee joins Walter Beaver, Maris Ubans, and Roger Altenberg in death.The Emeritimes, Spring 2006, MILLIE BURNETT, Emeritus Professor of Music, 1978-1998, died on May 3, 2006 of undisclosed causes. She thus became proficient in German and English in addition to her native French. Shortly after his return to campus, he received the Ed.D. Herm came to Cal State LA in 2001 from the Connecticut State University system, where he had been vice president and provost, serving as chief liaison to the leadership of the four system campuses and the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education. He received his Ed.D. Betty authored numerous publications, research reports, and monographs. Bobs lasting legacy is embedded in the numerous students that he championed and mentored, as well as his founding of the Los Angeles Gregorian Institute and Schola. Leon predeceased her in 2013. From 1966 to 1969, he did postgraduate work at the University of Southern California. After a year at the University of Kentucky, she began her career at AT&T, working as an engineer. Bill of Rights, he was kept busy teaching and was neglected for his own progress toward the degree. Director of Cal State L.A.'s President's Scholars program since its inception, George also directed the Accelerated College Enrollment program (ACE) and the Pre-Accelerated College Enrollment program (PACE) for many years, as well as the Mentally Gifted Minors program. An anthropologist with broad interests, she conducted research, largely archaeological, in the Great Basin, California, the Southwest, Oceania (particularly Vanuatu), and Israel. He served in the U.S. Navy in both World War II (one tour) and the Korean War (two tours). As the campus was considered the upper-division extension of LACC, she and others taught courses at the junior and senior level and many of them were in the field of teacher training. Michael Roffe, a former student of Diamond's and now chair of the Department of Psychology, declared that "all of us who had the good fortune to know Sol as teacher, colleague, or friend will feel the loss of this valued member of our profession. She co-authored a laboratory manual with Margaret Manatt. He taught a variety of courses, but his primary role was as the creator of the M.S. He and his wife Jacqueline spent the 1994-95 academic year in Jamaica. Rashad was born on August 22, 1911 in Dumiat, Egypt. note: as reported in the Winter 1991 issue of The Emeritimes). Sax Elliot is survived by his wife Addelaine; daughters Lynda, Farly, and Susan; three grandchildren; and He was educated at the Horace Mann School, a well known private school devoted to progressive education as developed by Horace Mann. Ken was part of the team that developed the groundbreaking A Curriculum to Reflect Technology under Warner's guidance. The Emeritimes, Winter 2018, SCOTT FISHER, former staff member in the sponsored research office and later, the research office in the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, died on July 19, 2017 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. His oeuvre also included hundreds of brilliantly crafted emails. Harry saw the impact of groupthink in Vietnam War decision-making, as well as in the Watergate scandal and its aftermath. He was in charge of the school's move from King Hall to Simpson Tower. He served on the Academic Senate, Faculty Policies Committee, Undergraduate Studies Subcommittee, and numerous other deliberative bodies at all levels. Lous participation in campus conferences and cultural activities was always supportive and fruitful. degree in business and commerce at the University of Denver. After the war, he received his B.A. Born in San Jos three years after the great San Francisco earthquake, he acquired a B.A. Born in Toronto on May 19, 1916, Joe majored in history at the University of Toronto, earning a B.A. Included were three international meetings of the World Conference of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. He established the Douglas Currell Scholarship at Cal State L.A. to support student participation in interdisciplinary research at the interface of chemistry and biology/biochemistry. Akilah Miller | Cal State LA Newsroom Also in 1963, Millie attended a workshop on the Orff Schulwerk system of children's music education, and it became her professional commitment. She joined the Cal State LA faculty in 1968 and completed her Ed.D. Perry also had an intense interest in engineering geology. He kept an accurate record of the responses that he received. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings grabbed their attention. After one year as an operating room nurse at Whittier Hospital, she became the charge nurse in a medical surgical unit at Palm Harbor Hospital, followed by the head nurse on a coronary care unit at St. Joseph Hospital, and by 1971, she had begun her teaching career as an in-service instructor in critical care nursing and a part-time instructor at Golden West College. He strongly believed in Cal State L.A.'s missionafter all, Brooklyn College, where Ed got his B.A., is much like Cal State L.A., an urban institution where most students are the first in their families to graduate from college. On the previous evening he attended the baseball game between the Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger stadium, seemingly in normal health. in 1959 from the University of Southern California. The same ethical indignation that had stoked his work on Coleridge's plagiarism was now funneled into resistance to the increasing role of ideology and politics in the university's curricular and hiring policies. He is survived by his wife, Betty, two sons, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He had an extensive organizational development consulting practice for individuals and their spouses. In 1944, at the height of World War II, Bert was 18 and he enlisted in the Navy. While on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera in February 2006, K.T. Other passions were weekly poker games and watching all sports, but especially football and Lakers basketball.The Emeritimes, Winter 2014, KENNETH J. PRATT, Emeritus Professor of History, 1958-1992, died in Altadena on September 26, 2013 from complications of Parkinson's disease. In that role, he developed the Five-Year Concept plan, which allowed students to earn college credit while attending. After retiring from the auto industry in 1980, Frank came to California to work in higher education, first as Cal State L.A.s public affairs director, from 1980 to 1988, and then as a professor of public relations and journalism at CSU Long Beach. She was also active in and a generous contributor to the Spanish honor society, Sigma Delta Pi. Don had been in failing health for some time, but was reported as having been lucid to the end. The initial briefings for this new job had all the trappings of a James Bond scenario. Son William, Jr. died in 2009. They bought property near Mariposa, California and developed the land into a place where they could take in the beauty of the land and Ron could use his mechanical skills. He was born in Portland, Oregon on June 17, 1918, and graduated from Reed College just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a contribution to the university's historical record and as a tribute to the memory of faculty and other members of the university community who have passed away, all obituaries or other remembrances published in The Emeritimes since its inception in March 1980 have been collected here and may be accessed through the alphabetical listing below. She joined the faculty of the School of Education at Cal State L.A in 1954 as a teacher of graduate courses in educational measurements and evaluation. When he arrived in Korea, he was initially assigned as a clerk at the headquarters of the 10th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group in Seoul, a devastated city a few miles from the front. As an administrator, in addition to his years as Department Chair, he filled the post of Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences in 1960-61. She wrote two books, and at the time of her death she was working on a third with a co-author, who is expected to complete it. She began teaching music professionally at a girls' school in Washington, D.C., but after her marriage she went west with her husband to Southern California. In 1968, he moved to Washington, D.C. to head the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences, promoting new approaches to teaching biology, and served as its director until 1971. Some 15 years after its publication in 1972, it was still one of the 10 most cited books in public administration. Being an active supporter of political causes that she believed in, in 1992 Virginia worked tirelessly for the election of a former governor who was once the keynote speaker at a Cal State LA Honors Convocation. He especially appreciated the complimentary tickets and the opportunity to meet and interview famous artists. He wrote six novels, one of which, "The Trojans," sold more than a million copies, and two of which, "The Far Side" and "Ma Dallas," won Pulitzer nominations. At the college level, she was a member of the College Steering Committee and served as chair of the Educational Policy Committee. She also assumed important responsibilities in the teaching and administering of composition and writing. The cause of death was heart failure. Among his accomplishments, Sam's research in plant tissue culture led to new techniques in the field. Born on April 11, 1930 in Los Angeles, Bill graduated from Eagle Rock High School and joined the U.S. Navy Reserves in 1948. His book, American Journalism, was published in Sweden and is used as a text there. He received his B.S. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Robert spent his youth in Chicago and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the Perry Ehlig Scholarship should contact the Geological Sciences Department.The Emeritimes, Spring 2000, PAUL T. MCELHINEY, Emeritus Professor of Marketing, 1968-1983, and former chair of the Marketing Department, passed away this past May 2000 following a series of strokes. Resides in Perris, CA. He earned a B.S. A stage reading was planned as part of the year-long campus and citywide activities honoring a Chicano writer. While completing his thesis at NYU, Bob accepted a teaching position in Richmond, California in 1951, where he taught junior high school choir until 1961. In 1960, she came with him to Los Angeles State College and, while he taught in our Political Science Department, she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history and a teaching credential, and she began another career as a nursery school teacher. These awards were in recognition of her dual concerns for scientific rigor and the welfare of others, focusing on the special nutritional problems of ethnic minorities. Funeral services were held on Sunday, April 12, at his church in Laguna Hills. She was elected president of the California Colleges of Nursing, testified in Sacramento regarding nursing issues, and helped developed the state nursing master plan. John came to Cal State L.A. in 1971 and served as dean of academic planning on the campus from 1971 to 1980. in linguistics at Indiana University and later entered the anthropology Ph.D. program at Columbia University. After postdoctoral work at the University of Washington, he joined the faculty of the three-year-old Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences in 1950, one of 90 faculty members housed in trailers on the Los Angeles City College campus who set the tone and direction of the fast-growing college. The University has a music scholarship set up in her name.The Emeritimes, Spring 2006, S. BARRY MCGEE, SR., Professor of Theatre Arts, 1972-1980 died December 20, 2005 just four days after his 91stbirthday. He earned a B.S. After he retired in 1977, the program struggled for lack of direction and was eventually abandoned. The Lowries later relocated to Santa Fe, where Don hiked and studied the vast southwest desert and taught at a local college. A bright, multi-talented man with many interests, he graduated with a B.S. A gifted pianist since childhood, Patti was internationally known as a teacher, a methodology expert, and a judge at performance competitions. Born into a family of artists (sculptors), he had a clear vision of his career interests from an early age. She earned an M.A. Actress: Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion. He grew up witnessing police harassment against Mexican and African-American neighbors, and as a teenager he was on one occasion a victim of a police beating while suffering an asthma attack. In addition to being an educator, he was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. He received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1968, and was a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in California. He also served as assistant dean of the division. degrees. After receiving his B.S. Also that year, he and his fiance Jean were married. in business administration, 1970), Ron earned an MBA and a Ph.D. in information systems from UCLA's Graduate School of Management, in 1972 and 1977, respectively. He has made many contributions through his teaching, research, and writings and as an activist for many causes. At Cal State L.A., Vernon initiated the instrumental music education program and directed the brass choir for many years. in 1958 at Wayne State. In addition to its relevance to her work in medical sociology and social psychology, her interest was motivated by her father's pioneering work in psychoanalysis, first in Germany and later in the United States, to which her family had immigrated when Kiki was three. In the early sixties, he was instrumental in the establishment of the new School of Fine and Applied Arts, and he was appointed its associate dean in 1965. He gave many readings and published a chapbook of his poems, Some Kind of Happiness, in 1995. Jim was an authority on British romantic literature and on the works of William Wordsworth. His mother became much concerned with the poverty she saw around them, and she and Bert became involved with efforts at feeding the poor. He is survived by his mother Mary; sister Dolly; brothers Dean and Randal; children Erica, Brian, Chris, and Lauren; and three grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Spring 2012, TERESA P. HUGHES, Assistant Professor of Education, 1969-1975, when she began a long and successful career in the California Legislature, died on November 13, 2011 at age 80, after a sudden illness. Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers, in particular, were another of George's passions, and he and Linda have held season tickets for many years. He was 72. The Jack-Roller was a 16-year-old mugger in Chicago. In 1984, the Lakers could have brought a championship to Los Angeles, but they let the NBA Finals slip away against the Celtics. Gene's first and continuing academic interest was devoted to early American history. He combined his work with his great interest inand enthusiasm for-35 mm photography which resulted in numerous slide lectures.The Emeritimes, Fall 1993, HUDSON ROYSHER (1954-1975, Art) died on June 23, 1993 in La Jolla, CA after a long illness. He pioneered team-teaching classes, usually with Timothy Harding, but also with Marjorie. Faculty and staff members from other departments, as well as administrators, on several occasions, joined colleagues in music in a number of those performances. She received a fellowship to teach and study cell biology at New York University, where she earned her masters degree and doctorate in cell biology. A fund has been established for a scholarship in Hugh Bonar's name, and friends and colleagues are encouraged to donate to this scholarship, which the Department of History will endow in his name.The Emeritimes, Fall 1999, WINONA N. BROOKS, Professor of Home Economics, 1959-1983, died May 13, 1999 at age 80 in an Alhambra retirement home.