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Arthur W. Carlson turned 100 years that they were naming the 1,000-acre pre- for scholarships. For the last six years, Lola 34 old on Aug. 5. His family gathered serve as the Audubon Canyon Ranch Martin has resided in Oceanside. Finding Alameda at his home in Ridgefield, Wash. for a huge Griffin Preserve. The preserve, located near a pleasant place to live, Evelyn (Lynn) Webb celebration. Carlson has four children (one Stinson Beach, is home to a large colony of Dashiell remains busy playing and teaching passed away from cancer at age 30), ten egrets and herons, with viewing areas and bridge, and acting as a director of duplicate grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. educational programs. For many years, Henry bridge tournaments. She has enjoyed the He played right guard on the football team. In and Emily Stout Evers have been enjoying life companionship of many dogs, but now has 1931, he was awarded the Andy Smith Memo- in Sonoma County. Last summer they cele- just one—a rescue dog. After living in Sacra- rial Trophy for playing the greatest minutes brated 50 years of country living with Bea and mento and working in various departments in conference football as one of the “60” min- Dick Heggie, Carol and Dick Lyon, and many for over 30 years for the State, Elinore Barton utemen. He may be the oldest member of the other Cal graduates. Doyle has been in Grants Pass, Ore., for 26 Big C Society. Upon graduation he married Class Secretary: Rebecca Hayden, 2598 Filbert years, enjoying Tai Chi, her book club, a fun Evaline Otis, granddaughter of Frank Otis, St Apt 2, 94123, beckyhnotes@ and games group, and her pets. who was a gold medalist of the University of sbcglobal.net, 415/931-4283 Class Secretaries: Dick Duhring, 13871 California’s first graduating class in 1873 and Robleda Rd, Los Altos Hills 94022, fkd@ one of “The Twelve Apostles”. His wife was Cara-May Sproul Carpenter (with duhring.net; Virginia Pearson Anderson, 100 a third generation Cal graduate. They were 43 Stanford grad husband Ted) divides Bay Pl, #2001, Oakland 94610 both on the permanent class committee. her time between her Napa home and an Carlson’s family is looking for a way to find apartment in Marin. Ruth Mead Fisher lives in Letters were mailed out at or duplicate his original football jersey from Urbana in a retirement complex near the Uni- 45–47 our Reunion Committee 1930-1934 and number 13. If anyone has some versity of Illinois where Ralph Fisher taught meeting in September informing classmates ideas, please contact [email protected]. Russian. She has four grandchildren. Kay of our 65th Reunion luncheon on October Class Secretary: Betty Noack, 739 Glenside Cir, Kieffer Stanley lives in a retirement complex 7, 2011 at the Berkeley Marina Doubletree. Lafayette 94549 in Redmond, Wash., travels to Hawaii yearly, Final activities were discussed at the meeting and recently cruised the Dalmatian coast with and will be presented in a future letter. Please Class Secretary Alison Thomson Crist her daughter Lynn, a former Newsweek edi- fill out the information about your activities 37 injured herself in a fall late June. Fol- tor. Betty Fankhauser Lewis lives in Washing- so we can include them in future “Keeping lowing surgery, she spent months in a Walnut ton, D.C. but spends time in the Bay Area with in Touch” updates now that we are “back in Creek rehabilitation facility. Despite having her son and daughter. She reports the death of print”. Since we are the “Wartime Classes” I a broken ankle and missing her beloved Big Marjorie Henshaw and Jean Hubbard. Jeanne am including news of a very active ’45 class- Game luncheon, Alison has kept her sense of Wilcox is enjoying life at Rossmoor, four mate, Richard Heggie. humor intact. Her family and friends applaud great-grandchildren, and is recovering from Dick was one of two recipients of the her spirit. the death of husband Max ’41 and daughter Orinda Historical Society Award for 2009 for After many years of dedication and ser- Mary ’76. Polly Luchsinger Clark, art collec- exceptional effort to preserve Orinda’s past vice, Ms. Crist is gracefully stepping down tor and well-known painter of hats, has been for current and future generations. Dick was from her position. Her passion for Cal is married to Bill Clark for 61 years. They have the first mayor when the town incorporated unwavering and her spirit continues to shine five grandchildren. Anne Ristenpart Soule in July 1985, and was in the news in June, bright. CAA is grateful to Alison for proudly lives in Rossmoor where there is an active Cal when Orinda celebrated its 25th anniversary. representing the Class of 1937. club and many alums and faculty. She has four ’45 Class Secretary: Mary Napton Engstrom, Class Secretary: Donna Reid Connell, 1800 grandchildren and five great-grandsons. 2001 Rancho Verde Cir East, Danville 94526, Atrium Pkwy, Apt 248, Napa 94559-4804 Class Secretaries: Mike Mellor, 81 Fifth Ave, [email protected]; ’46 Class Sec- San Francisco 94118, 415/751-0878, mmel- retary: Eileen O’Brien Kreps, 290 Via Bar- The Joint Reunion of the Classes [email protected]; Rosamond Craig Castle, 565 ranca, Greenbrae 94904, DEKREPS@aol. 42 of 1942 and 1941 was held at Trader Bellevue Ave #2306, Oakland, CA 94510, com; ’47 Class Secretary: Phyllis Carvalho, Vic’s in Emeryville on November 19. There 510/451-1210 5520 Starboard Ct, Discovery Bay 94505-9416, will be more about the event in the next issue. 925/634-5706 The voice behind Andy in the popular movie Lola Williams Lawson is a mem- Toy Story is Chuck Auerbach’s grandson, 44 ber of a real Cal family: She and her We’re delighted to have Class Notes John Morris. Yet another award for Marty four brothers all attended Cal, as did her four 48 back in print. Please send any ’48 Griffin: In July, the Audubon Canyon Ranch children and three grandchildren. She also news to your Class Secretaries. Marian Mel- celebrated Marty’s years of service as ACR married a Cal man, Win Lawson. Since retir- rose Everett and her husband, Ed Van Kleeck, Founder at the Annual Barbeque & Bluegrass ing from working in several capacities for have enjoyed several trips with Cal Discover- Picnic, with over 300 volunteers, donors, San Joaquin County, most of them involving ies the last couple of years including to South family, and friends present. economics, Lola increased her participation Africa, the Black Sea, and Paris to Normandy by The highlight of the festive event was the in the local and national organizations of the riverboat in July. Each one was very special! ACR Board’s surprising Marty with the news DAR, now concentrating on raising funds Class Secretaries: Marian Melrose Everett, 3

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Charles Hill Ln, Orinda 94563-1505, 925/254- attended every Cal home football game for They’re fortunate to see their family often. 2685; William M. Fay, 955 Mendocino Ave, over 60 years! He and his wife, Judy, live in Hugh continues to add to his 55 years in the Berkeley 94707, 510/528-4725 San Mateo. Connie Cole parks her car twice investment business and also manages the a week at the University of Texas with her charitable foundation that he founded in Phil Orth, Dick Walker and fellow Cal license plates. She has one granddaugh- 1972. Walks with their golden retriever have 50 railroad buffs chartered a dome car ter and three grandsons. Connie greatly replaced his life-long tennis activity. He and and toured Southern California this spring. enjoys the Ollie program at UT Austin. Bon- Nancy enjoy their small Carmel cottage and Highlights included the Orange Empire Rail- nie Ritzenthaler Wilson participated in an look forward to more travels. When Hugo way Museum at Perris; L.A. to San Diego Elderhostel program at International House Simens graduated from Cal in criminology, behind a 4-8-4 Santa Fe steam locomotive; a where Elaine Hartgogian Anderson served as he had been married for a year with a child special tour of a magnetic levitation research a facilitator. on the way. He had been working half time station, and a visit to one of the country’s larg- Class Secretaries: Mardy Pletcher Robinson, at the Cal Virus Laboratory and was hired by est model train layouts in Balboa Park. 1195 Glen Rd, Lafayette 94549, BluDot1195@ the Radiation Laboratory. He went on to work Class Secretaries: Norma Blair Connor, 30 aol.com; Micky Scholte, 28450 Buena Vista, on nuclear powered aircraft for Pratt & Whit- Baywood Cir, Novato 94949, SheBear50@ Mission Viejo 92692, [email protected] ney. He spent 13 years with Aerojet General. comcast.net; Roger C. Thompson, 1439 Haw- He spent 17 years at Bechtel in S.F. ending as thorne Ter., Berkeley 94708-1803, 510/841- Hugh Ditzler still lives in Oakland a V. P. for Bechtel National Inc., with several 7817, [email protected]; Bill Woolley, 53 with his wife of 56 years, Nancy years as Executive Assistant. He is a Certi- 4018 Edgemont St, Boise, ID 83706, wlwand- Moncure Ditzler ’54, and enjoys Cal activities. fied Health Physicist and a Licensed Nuclear [email protected]

In preparation for our illustrious 60th 51 reunion, two classmate couples are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversaries: There are now more ways to Aldo and Edina Heagerty Nelson of Oakland with their five children and progeny; and Jim catch up with your classmates and Joyce Johnson Blamire of Alameda with four children plus grandchildren. Dr. Bob than ever before. Molthen and Connie have just moved from their Nevada City acreage to a new retirement residence in Ripon where they will be greeted online: by son Rob and his family. Be prepared for more class notes about our 60th Chair Lefty Look for your class notes online at alumni.berkeley.edu/classnotes. Stern and his committee’s latest plans. The Join @Cal, Berkeley’s secure, online social networking site, and connect members are: Bob Janopaul, Ed Bartlett, Tony with your friends right away. Here, you can upload your photos, share updates Ellis, Bill Hagler, C.V. Peterson, C.S. Harrison, instantly, and reach out to other alumni across ages and interest groups. George Fernbacher, Donna Bowman, Leon Lit- There are never any deadlines, and posts can be of any length and style. @Cal wack, and Ted Sanger. also offers career networking opportunities. Class Secretaries: Elayne McCrea McCabe, 23500 Cristo Rey Dr #503H, Cupertino 95014, To find out more, visitalumni.berkeley.edu/classnotes. [email protected]; Doug Higgins, [email protected] CAN’T FIND YOUR SECRETARY? Email [email protected] or call 510/642-5781 for names and Jeanne St. Hill Ley and Pete ’50 cel- contact info. We currently have no information for the following classes: 1929, 52 ebrated Jeanne’s 80th birthday 1930, 1931, 1936, 1945, 2004, and 2006 on. Please call us if you are the class with a cruise to Peru to tour pre-Colombian secretary for one of these years. and pre-Incan cultures. Other octogenar- ians celebrating in 2010 include Mary Dell Email your notes to [email protected] with your class year Fisher Spongberg, and Lee Talbot, who was in the subject line. Or fax your notes to 510/642-6252 or mail a hard copy to surprised at a Berkeley luncheon after sev- Class Notes, California magazine, CAA, 1 Alumni House, Berkeley, CA 94720- eral summer weeks in the Sierra. Nonna 7520. Please bold class members’ names. Each class is limited to 250 words. Cheatham and Cliff Egan joined Lee and Death notices and reunion information should be submitted to the appropri- Marty Talbot’s surprise day. Mary Lou Wil- ate section. Please read our submission guidelines at alumni.berkeley.edu/ lis Berg and Dave ’53 spend weekends at their classnotes. Class notes may be posted on CAA’s website. Discovery Bay home. Mary Lou is continuing her 30-year career as a doctor’s assistant in Submission deadlines: Berkeley. Roland Bianchi is the author of the Summer 2011: March 25 recently published ReCallections of a Bear, which he dedicated to, “The University of Fall 2011: June 24 California at Berkeley for changing my per- ceptions to Blue and Gold.” Roland became To find out more, visitalumni.berkeley.edu/classnotes. a vice president of Bank of America and has

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Engineer. Dr. Peter Corona recently wrote the The Fresno County Board of Super- who are not as well known as the celebrated book Little Italy: The Way It Was. Pete served 69 visors has designated Howard K. Julia Morgan. Ms. Horton is also a contribut- as superintendent of schools for a span of 47 Watkins the county’s Photo Laureate. This is ing author to Design on the Edge: a Century years. At Cal he led the baseball team in bat- in recognition of the more than 210,000 pho- of Teaching Architecture at the University of ting, became assistant baseball coach, was tographs he has donated to what has become California Berkeley 1903-2003 (College of president of Newman Club, and was honored an online archive through the CSU Fresno Environmental Design 2010). by Phi Delta Kappa. He and his wife, Yolanda Madden Library. Howard’s last three years of Class Secretaries: Shelly de Vries, 111 Kenwood ’54, collectively have been in the field of edu- photographs can be viewed and downloaded Way, San Francisco 94127, fax 415/586-3747; cation for 113 years. for free at www.watkinsphotoarchive.com. Maria Protti, 3 Los Amigos, Orinda 94563 Class Secretaries: Beth Mott, 14 Mariposa Dr, Old Cal classmates and friends may contact San Luis Obispo 93401, [email protected]; Howard at [email protected]. Rod- A recovering frat boy, Mike Neal Oliver White, Ridgeback Rd, Carmel Valley ney Culver Hill, M.S., was awarded the 2010 80 reports that he is biking (his new 93924, [email protected] Presidential Professor Award for Texas A&M passion) to new heights, with a tough climb University in May. He also awarded the ING near Bishop right before the Cal/Colorado There will be news in the Spring edi- Teaching Excellence award in October. football game. Mike Quigley promises to 54 tion from our Class Picnic on Oct. Class Secretary: Richard Carter, 99 Florada be at a Cal football game this season and 9 at The Class of 1954 Gate, our last annual Ave, Piedmont 94610, richard_carter@cal. will meet up with friends from the 1976–77 class event until Memorial Stadium reopens. berkeley.edu eighth floor of Ehrman Hall. A resident of Plans for a 60th Reunion in 2014 are not being Paris, Big Bill Hinchberger returned from a considered at this time. After a long battle Dan Giovanni, M.S. ’71, has been pro- summer trip to his adopted home of Brazil. with cancer, John Kirby-Miller passed away 70 moted to Vice President of Energy He touched base with a number of friends on September 20, 2009. While he and Bonnie Delivery at Hawaiian Electric Company in looking for pictures from his Berkeley-era Kirby-Miller are best known as the efficient Honolulu. days, hopefully in punk garb, as he was organizers of our yearly Class football pic- Class Secretary: Louis Goldman, 465 Grove St, readying for a night at the Mabuhay Gardens nic at 1954 Gate, John also chaired our 50th Glencoe, IL 60022, [email protected], in San Francisco. Your class secretary had a Reunion. He and Bonnie, our Vice Presi- 312/622-8448 Top Dog before the Bear 52-3 blow-out of its dent, brought a great love of Cal, warmth and UC sister, UC Davis, and will enjoy the sea- friendship to our Class events, and he will be James Fox has a short story included son sitting with Ol’ Blues. sorely missed. 72 in the next Thin Threads anthology Class Secretary: Kevin Johnson, 232 Tern Pl, Class Secretaries: Donald Denton, 14039 currently being compiled by Kiwi Publish- Davis 95616, [email protected] Strawberry Cir, Penn Valley 95946, 530/432- ing. His “Polka Dots and Sunshine Teardrops” 1888, [email protected]; Lesley Walsh, 453 was originally published in Pure Inspiration Anna Novakov has been promoted to 44th Ave, San Francisco 94121, Lesley.walsh@ magazine and later selected by Kiwi Publish- 81 Full Professor of Art History at Saint sbcglobal.net ing as the 2009 winner of their “true stories of Mary’s College of California. inspiration” contest. Jim muses that at least Class Secretaries: Linda Martin Takimoto, Class of ’68 members continue to two copies will sell: one for his family’s book- 1320 Lawrence St, El Cerrito 94530; Tyler H. 68 hold quarterly gatherings on Sat- case, another for mom. Hofinga, 114 Meadow Ln, Orinda 94563-3209, urday mornings on campus. Our last gath- Class Secretary: Debbie Klohs DeZarn, cell 925/254-0900, 415/536-6237, thofinga@ ering was on Dec. 4. For more information, [email protected], 6469 Moss Cir, salesforce.com; Cathy Wiley Boer, 2141 Black- e-mail [email protected]. The Center Arvada, CO 80007, 303/424-1498 field Dr, Concord 94520 on Civility and Democratic Engagement, along with the Goldman School of Public John Gezelius returned to law school Suzanne Kuehl Warheit uses her Policy, co-sponsored its ninth Homecoming 78 after 20 years and earned an LLM in 85 degree in linguistics as a freelance Lecture, “Big Ideas to Fix the Golden State” international business from the McGeorge writer for elance.com, where her username on Oct. 9. Panelists were Goldman School School of Law in Sacramento. As part of the is ‘stotter.’ After raising a family with hus- Dean Henry Brady; Professor and Execu- academic program he was required to spend band David, she felt the Internet was the next tive Director of the UC Washington Center ten weeks as an intern in Shanghai. At the logical challenge. Ever since she got her first Bruce Cain; and Sunne Wright McPeak, conclusion of the internship John was named computer in December ’05, she has played MPH ’71, President and CEO of the Califor- “Of Counsel” to the H & Y Law Firm in Shang- around and learned how to email and use nia Emerging Technology Fund. The panel hai. He currently practices law in Tustin. Photoshop to put funny heads on people. That was moderated by Dick Beahrs. Fundrais- Class Secretaries: Jamie Wells Behrendt, P.O. lasted five years, and now the writing bug has ing is ongoing. Many thanks to Class of ’68 Box 514, Ross 94957-0514; Karl Keller, 7504 bitten hard. She is reliving her glory days as a members and others in the Cal community Brentwood Dr, Stockton 95207 copywriter from way back in ’85 by pursuing for their support. For more information on employers like mad over on elance.com. She the Center, please visit the Center’s rede- Inge S. Horton, MCP and Dipl. Ing. has written articles about the glycemic index signed website with expanded information 79 (Technical University Berlin), is the list and on art history (for petesoriginalart. about the Center’s programs, including web- author of Early Women Architects of the San com, under ‘Information’). Suzanne says it’s casts from past events, at gspp.berkeley.edu Francisco Bay Area: the Lives and Work of about 75 percent less interesting than raising and click on the Class of ’68 icon. Fifty Professionals, 1890–1951 (McFarland babies—not bad for work. Class Secretary: Diane Moreland Steenman, & Company 2010). The book highlights the Class Secretary: Flora Lee, 224 Congo St, San 3956 Ruskin St, Las Vegas, NV 89147, dsteen- many talented women who practiced archi- Francisco 94131, [email protected] [email protected] tecture in the first half of the last century

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Peter Traugott, president of Brill- Angie Chau, Hedgebrook Fellow and Federal Highway Administration’s Office of 86 stein Entertainment Partners, mar- 97 recipient of the Maurice Prize in Innovative Program Delivery, and Christina ried Mandana Rivka Dayani in Simi Valley. Fiction, gets a starred review from Publish- Goodridge Page celebrated their partnership Class Secretaries: Dan Aloni, c/o CAA, 2000 ers Weekly for her debut collection of short at a commitment ceremony in Pescadero. Avenue of the Stars, Century City 90067, stories, Quiet As They Come (Ig Publishing), Laura Wetherington won this year’s National 310/246 6031, [email protected] described as, “Serenely stirring stories … Poetry Series. Laura teaches creative writing track the breaking asunder of an extended at both Eastern Michigan University and in Graciela Tiscareno-Sato received Vietnamese boat family newly arrived in Cali- University of Michigan’s New England Lit- 89 the Entrepreneur of the Year fornia in the 1970s.” erature Program. She also co-founded and award from Latina Style Magazine. Accord- Class Secretary: Bill Kong, 555 Bryant Street co-edits textsound.org, an online journal of ing to the Bay Area News Group, she was #167, Palo Alto 94301, [email protected] experimental poetry and sound. selected for her “lifetime achievements and We currently have no information for this her visibility as a true role model for young Heather Elisa Grossman, a director class. If you are the class secretary, please call women.” Tiscareno-Sato is the principal 98 in the global credit products group at the magazine office at 510/642-5781. founder of the communication firm Grace- Credit Suisse, married Benjamin Ned Braun fully Global. She also coaches parents of in Los Angeles. Jidan Koon, an organizational Misha Leybovich has been living in children with special needs in how best to development consultant at the Movement 05 Atlanta and working as a consul- negotiate for approriate programs with their Strategy Center in Oakland, married Bryant tant with McKinsey & Company, where he school districts. Thomas Terry in Oakland. is now a senior associate, since September Class Secretary: Brett Kanazawa, 651 Class Secretaries: Paul Huang, 1352 Cutforth 2009. Focusing on high-tech strategy, the Stamm Ave., Mountain View 94040-2530, Ct., San Jose 95132, zooropa821@hotmail. work has brought him to locales as diverse as 510/550-6839 com; Jonathan Stewart, [email protected] Seattle, Detroit, Lynchburg, and Seoul, and ley.edu; Deborah Yim, P.O. Box 80097, San left him just enough early morning hours to Karl Mueller, Ph.D., was recently Marino 91118, [email protected] train for and complete his first marathon in 91 named a Laboratory Fellow and June to raise money for cancer research. He joined the Environmental Molecular Sci- Andrea Abrams volunteered with is very excited about his transfer to Shang- ences Laboratory, a DOE National User Facil- 99 the Buffalo Field Campaign in May hai, in September for one year to continue to ity located on the Pacific Northwest National to work with the wild bison in Yellowstone learn about technology and business in Asia, Laboratory campus. Laboratory Fellow is National Park. Her responsibilities included and even more excited that his last name in the highest rank awarded to scientists and extensive wilderness hiking in eastern Mon- Mandarin means “thunder”! Aaron Kumar engineers at Pacific Northwest National tana to count newborn calves, patrolling the Chatterji, Ph.D., a senior economist for the Laboratory. road at night to protect buffalo from vehicu- White House Counsel of Economic Advisers lar trauma, and documenting footage to raise in Washington, married Neely Manoj Shah in Steve Tivol and his wife, Louise public awareness. Atlanta. Amy Wang has been traveling around 93 Harm, are living in Berkeley and Class Secretary: Staci Goussev, 424 San Bruno the world and was offered a scholarship to proud to announce the birth of their daugh- Ave., San Francisco 94110 study at a Grande Ecole in Paris. She put her ter, Cora Elizabeth. Grandparents Nancy travel and photographic knowledge to good (Stock) Tivol ’66, MSW ’68, Jacqueline Craig Hanson Bridgett LLP recently use and won a Most Innovative iPad Travel ’63, and Dave Tivol ’64 are teaching her to 03 announced a major expansion of App award in August. yell, “Go Bears!” Carol Elias Zolla’s first book its real estate and construction section with Class Secretary: Amy Wang, yammyamy@ was published in early 2010: The Trustee’s the addition of 11 attorneys from Sacra- gmail.com Legal Companion, a step-by-step guide to mento-based McDonough Holland & Allen administering a living trust. Carol is an attor- PC. Among them, John Klotsche was added. Angela Ni recently received a Ful- ney who specializes in estate planning, trust, Molly Blair, fund-raiser for Hoops4Hope, an 09 bright Scholarship to conduct a and probate law. She lives in Los Gatos with organization that provides educational pro- research project on water and sanitation in her husband, Howie, and children Aaron and grams in South Africa and Zimbabwe, has Yunnan province of for the next ten Abby, ages 6 and 4 respectively. married William Gilmore in Cornish, NH. months. Class Secretary: Kelly Hamilton Graser, 2531 Class Secretary: Amy Lei, 415/812-5479, We currently have no information for this Begonia Street, Union City 94587, graserkg@ [email protected] class. If you are the class secretary, please call sbcglobal.net the magazine office at 510/642-5781. Natalia Baldwin was a field pro- Steve Ongerth graduated with a 04 ducer on the National Geographic Stephen Robert Curran, a research fel- 94 bachelor’s degree in architecture. TV series Border Wars. She has been flying 10 low and adjunct professor at UCLA, Now, he has a book published, titled One Big around in Blackhawk helicopters, camp- has married Vidya Venkateswaran in Princ- Union: Judi Bari’s Vision of Green-Worker ing, horseback riding, and traveling by ATV eton, NJ. Daniel Christopher Mattingly and Alliance in Redwood Country, about the his- through the desert for the last two years to Mattie Lou Ming Thompson celebrated their tory of cooperation between timber workers put this show together. It premiered Sept. 1. marriage on her family farm in Pounding and environmentalists 1985–89. Details on Richard Matthew Vezina, M.P.H., a consul- Mill, VA. the book are available on judibari.info. tant in San Francisco, married Alex Jason We currently have no information for this Class Secretary: Elizabeth Zamora-Villegas, Davidson at the American Academy of Arts class. If you are the class secretary, please call [email protected] in Cambridge. Jennifer Ruth Mayer, M.B.A., the magazine office at 510/642-5781. the director of strategic planning in the

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Ada Burrell Kierulff, June 17. She Berenice Bernard, Aug. 25, in Los 26 was born and raised in Alameda and 46 Angeles. At Cal, Berenice was one belonged to Delta Gamma at Cal. She is sur- of two women in the school of architec- vived by her daughter Jacquie, two grand- Herb Richards ’38 ture. Despite being confined to a wheelchair daughters, ten great-grandchildren, and two due to a medical condition, she became an great-great-granddaughters. Herb Richards ’38, the oil magnate behind accomplished architect. Berenice was also the Rotten Robbie brand, introduced a a strategic planner, fundraiser, and board Jean Moon Liu, July 6. A lifelong res- simple concept that revolutionized how we member for the Access Center. She loved to 39 ident of Oakland, Jean was a charter buy gas: self-service stations. On August cook, entertain, and travel. She is survived member of the Berkeley Charter Chapter of 29, at 98 years of age, he died in his Sara- by three children, one grandchild, and three the American Business Women’s Associa- toga home. great-grandchildren. tion, a board member of the Chinese Chapter For Richards, petroleum was a part of the Cal Alumni Association, and a founder of growing up. Born on May 19, 1912, he Frank Edward Podesta, July 29, in of the Sigma Omicron Pi sorority. She is sur- was the son of a stillman at the Interstate 48 Santa Rosa. At Cal, Frank was in the vived by two children, two grandchildren, Refining Company in San Jose. He worked ROTC program. During WWII, he served in and two great-grandchildren. Donations in at a gas station during his years at San Europe with the Army. He continued his mili- her name can be made to the student schol- Jose State University and at Cal, where he tary career in the National Guard and retired arship fund of the Chinese Chapter Alumni transferred. as a colonel. He also worked in the steamship Club of CAA. After earning a degree in petroleum business. Among other organizations, Frank engineering, he partnered with his father was a member of the Oakmont Cal Alumni Joseph H. Lipow, Aug. 26. He was born in to form the Coast Oil Company, eventually Club and the Sonoma County Alumni Club. Phoenix and graduated from the Manual Arts expanding into Nevada, Arizona, and Ore- He is survived by his wife, Jonnee, two chil- High School in Los Angeles. He worked as an gon. Though he faced heavy competition, he dren, and four grandchildren. aeronautical engineer and as a lieutenant in stayed ahead by innovating and trying new the Navy during WWII. He also operated the tactics that larger corporations might not Edwin Sell Anderson, Jan. 31. Dur- Lipow Construction Company in Los Angeles consider. For instance, when major corpora- 49 ing WWII, he landed in Normandy for 30 years and co-patented the Webb-Lipow tions lowered their gas prices, he responded on D-Day. As a member of the Phi Delta tie-back anchoring system. He is survived by by giving away a free gallon of gas to cus- Theta fraternity, he graduated from Cal with two children, two stepchildren, and three tomers with ballot stubs on Election Day. a degree in chemistry. He worked with Cut- grandchildren. In 1947, he introduced self-service ter Labs and as a chief chemist with Stauffer stations—a strategy that let him sell gas Chemical Company, both in the East Bay. He Gloria Swicegood Dunn, M.A. ’60, on considerably cheaper and has contributed is survived by two children and two grand- 40 April 7. Gloria was born Jan. 31, 1919. to the low price of fuel today. Many cities children. Contributions in his memory may She was the long-time secretary for the Class initially met the concept with skepticism be made to Cal’s College of Chemistry. of 1940. She established the Gloria Swicegood borne of concerns for public safety, but the Dunn Endowed Scholarship for the City Col- public loved it. And since Richards wasn’t Ralph Fong Sr., July 23, in Oakland. A long- lege of San Francisco to honor students active obligated to sell his gas under a specific time resident of Berkeley, Ralph studied in service organizations. Gloria’s generosity brand he created many of his own—includ- civil engineering at Cal. He participated in and commitment to service also extended to ing Rotten Robbie. ROTC, and served in the Army during WWII her personal life; she was known to be a great “It’s a name no one likes but no one as an aerial navigation instructor. During his friend and teacher. Gloria is survived by her forgets,” he once said. “Everybody knows career as an engineer in the oil industry, he daughter. where Rotten Robbie is whether they like earned many commendations for his leader- it or not. It’s interesting how that theory ship and technical expertise. After retiring in Richard H. Foy, April 13. Richard works.” He got the idea from Terrible 1985, Ralph remained active in his commu- 42 graduated from Cal with a bachelor’s Herbst, a gas station he saw in Nevada. nity as the director of CAA and as president of in electrical engineering and then enlisted in Initially, he chose the brand name “Nasty CAA’s Chinese Chapter. He is survived by his the Army to serve in India and Burma. After Nell,” after his wife, Nell. However, he wife, Mary; children Mary, Russell, and Ralph completing his service, he began his 60-year reconsidered and decided instead on Rot- Jr., M.S. ’87; three grandchildren; and a great- career at MIT’s Radiation Laboratory. On ten Robbie, after his franchise partner Don grandchild. Contributions in his memory can retiring, he advocated for human rights Robinson. be made to the Pi Alpha Phi fraternity, UC through Amnesty International and the He went on to found the California Berkeley Chapter. ACLU, and was very involved in his Redondo Independent Oil Marketers Association and Beach community. He is survived by his organize the first regional petroleum trade David S. Thayer, May 14. David was born in daughter. show, the Pacific Oil Conference. His work Seattle. He served in WWII as a captain in earned him a variety of distinctions includ- the Army Air Corp. After completing his ser- Vern Harold Green, M.A. ’60, July ing the Distinguished Service Award, the vice, he attended Cal. David worked as both a 44 16, in El Sobrante. He was a mem- Distinguished Marketer Award, and in 1998 chemical engineer and a strategic planner. He ber of the Big “C” Society and assistant coach he was recognized as the Petroleum Man is survived by his wife, Ruth; three children; to the swim team. He participated in many of the Century. In addition to his success- and a grandchild. activities, including at the Berkeley YMCA. ful franchise, he made sure to help various Previously, he was a teacher, counselor, and small marketing companies get on their Werner Tom Angress, M.A., principal in the Oakland Unified School Dis- feet, which only added to his own success. 50 Ph.D. ’53, on July 5, in Berlin. He was trict. He is survived by a niece and nephew. Richards is survived by his wife and born in Berlin in 1920 and fled to Amsterdam Contributions in his memory can be sent to three children. with his family in 1937. He immigrated to the the UC Regent Intercollegiate Office at 195 —Sandeep Abraham United States in 1939 and served in the Army. Haas Pavilion. After the war, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa

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from Wesleyan University, then earned a in his honor may be made to the Bear Back- Susan ’76, Robin, Tracy, Brian ’81, Nancy ’84, master’s and doctorate at Cal. He taught ers at 195 Haas Pavilion. Peter ’88, and Brena; and 12 grandchildren, modern European history at Wesleyan, Cal, the oldest a Cal graduate of 2010. and SUNY Stony Brook. In 1988, he retired Myron E. Andrews, Aug. 21 in to Berlin, where he became an advocate for 51 Neenah, WI. Myron earned his Harold N. Zemelman, April 29. After graduat- disadvantaged groups. He is survived by four bachelor’s in chemistry from Cal and his ing from high school, he attended Cal Arts and children. master’s in business and finance at the Uni- studied photography. He then served overseas versity of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He worked as with the Army Air Forces. After being dis- Walter Andrew Paroni Jr., June 3, in Post a chemist, a data processor, and a manager charged, he graduated from Cal with a bach- Falls, ID. Throughout his career, Walter held of information systems. He contributed to elor’s in medical science and later graduated many jobs, working as a hydraulic operations many charitable organizations including from UCSF School of Medicine. He was one worker, a miner, and a designer for the Rich- CAA. Myron is survived by his wife, three of the first doctors to join Kaiser Permanente. mond–San Rafael Bridge. During WWII, he children, nine grandchildren, and two He is survived by his wife, two children, and served as a mechanic in the Army and Air great-grandchildren. four grandchildren. Force. He then received a bachelor’s in min- ing engineering from Cal’s Hearst School of Virginia Margaret Jones, Sept. 16, 2009, in Elvo S. D’Amante, July 28, in St. Mines. He is survived by his wife, Genevieve, Sonoma. While at Cal, Virginia was involved 52 Petersburg, Russia. At Cal, he was a and a daughter. in many organizations. In 1948, she appeared member of Sigma Chi and the Cal Band. He on the cover of Life as part of a photo essay received his master’s in music and became a Alexander Gross Jr., on July 4. He about Cal. She worked as a kindergarten long-time teacher. He retired as Laney Com- 50 was born on July 21, 1923, and was teacher, bookstore owner, and swim instruc- munity College Chairman of Music. Elvo a lifetime member of CAA. tor. She was also an advocate in many com- was a talented professional saxophone and munity organizations. She is survived by clarinet player. He is survived by Mary, his Herbert Earl Stansbury Jr., July 31, in Pied- three children and five grandchildren. wife of 53 years, three children, and seven mont. Originally from Texas, Herb gradu- grandchildren. ated from Oakland High School and entered Robert Ludden, June 28, in Tucson. Robert Cal in the V-12 Navy College Training Pro- was employed by Phelps Dodge for 40 years Marie Lewis Matthews, on Aug. 18. At Cal, Marie gram. After serving in the Navy, he worked as as an exploration geologist. He is survived by was a member of Alpha Xi Delta, the Masonic the cartoon editor for The Daily Cal. He was his wife, Gladys, and two children. Club, and the Senior Class Council. She then involved with the Bear Backers, designed the earned a master’s degree and remained active iconic growling bear logo, and published the Gordon Eugene Seck, Nov. 27, 2009, in with the Berkeley Library Advisory Committee Bear Flag Republic. Herb served as Trustee of Auburn. Gordon served in the Army and and the Class of 1952 Gift Committee. She was the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and was a mem- was a member of Phi Kappa Tau at Cal. He also an accomplished nature photographer. ber of the Advisory Council. He also received remained active in many community orga- She is survived by her husband, Edward, four many awards, including the UC Berkeley nizations, including the Placer Cal Alumni children, and 12 grandchildren. Foundation’s Wheeler Oak Meritorious Club. In 1997, the California Medical Asso- Award. He is survived by his wife, Audrey, ciation named him Rural Doctor of the Year. John Sage Rountree, on May 23, in Clare- two children, and five grandchildren. Gifts He is survived by his wife; seven children, mont. At Cal, John was in Alpha Delta Phi, Cal

William Coblentz ’43, a UC Regent who enabling her to found the Incentive Awards Program, which provides defended free speech and was a fierce advocate scholarships to low-income and first-generation college students. for civil liberties, died in his San Francisco home Himell described him as a very caring, loyal, and down-to-earth indi- on September 13. He was 88 years old. Once vidual who loved Cal and had a deep desire to help younger people in known as one of San Francisco’s most powerful need. His achievements earned him a Berkeley Citation. attorneys, Coblentz also helped shape the city’s To honor his service, in 2008 the law firm Coblentz, Patch, Duffy land use policies to enable the construction of & Bass, where Coblentz was senior partner, donated $500,000 some of its most celebrated public areas, includ- to Berkeley (Boalt) School of Law to establish the The William K. ing Yerba Buena Gardens and Pac Bell Park. Coblentz Civil Rights Endowment Fund. Money from the endowment Born July 28, 1922, in San Francisco, Coblentz went to Lowell High supports research on racial and ethnic justice, and provides fellow- School, then to Berkeley where he earned his undergraduate degree in ships to students committed to defending civil rights. economics. In 1947, he graduated from Yale with a law degree. During his six decades as an attorney, Coblentz represented a Coblentz, who was a board member of the NAACP Legal Defense number of high-profile entities, including Patti Hearst, the Getty fam- and Education Fund and a supporter of the American Civil Liberties ily, MacClatchy newspapers, and the Grateful Dead. His influence Union, served on the Board of Regents from 1964 to 1980, including as extended into state and national politics in his service to Governor its chairman from 1978 to 1980—a critical time for Cal. He pushed the Edmund “Pat” Brown, and Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. University to fight against South African Apartheid and he upheld the A terminal at SF Airport will be named in his honor, in recognition of right of Communist philosopher Angela Davis to teach at UCLA. his service on the San Francisco Airport Commission. His influence at Cal remained long after his time as regent ended. He is survived by his wife, Jean, two children, and four Maryellen Himell, Executive Director of Development for the Office grandchildren. of Student Affairs, credits his personal support and commitment in —Katie Goldsmith

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Rugby, and ROTC. He served in the Navy dur- the 1970s. She interned at the New View Paula K. Seamster Gray, July 30, ing the Korean War, worked for Chevron Oil, program for advanced avionics designs at 72 in Berkeley. She was a native of and was a member of several fraternal orga- NASA/Ames Research Center. She worked Zanesville, Ohio, and a long-time resident nizations. He is survived by his wife, Jo ’53; for Hewlett-Packard in the Hardware Plan- of Albany. After graduating from Cal, she children Kim ’79, Sue, and Joanie; and grand- ning group and later in Graphics Software worked as a court clerk for Alameda County. children Matt, Taylor ’09, Lori, John, Natalie, User Training Management. She finished She was a member, and at one point presi- Sage, and Holly. her career working as a manager in Systems dent, of the Berkeley Lions Club. When not Engineering Business Planning at Oracle in travelling and watching ice-skating, Paula Joan Eleanor (Igram) Davis, Aug. 2007. Bev is survived by her husband, Bob, was also a gourmet cook. She is survived by 53 19, in Hayward. She was a resident three children, four stepchildren, and 15 her husband, William. of Stern Hall and received her bachelor’s in grandchildren. political science. She is survived by her hus- Philip D. Roos, Ph.D., on Aug. 6, in band, Jim ’56; children Katie, Andy ’82, and Philip Robert Dunn, on Aug. 7. Philip 74 Jefferson City, MS. Philip was born Dan ’86; and four grandchildren. 60 graduated from Cal with a degree in in 1936 in Holland and immigrated to north- civil engineering. Besides serving the Stock- ern California at the age of 3. He received a Joan (Parsons) Flanagan, June 23, in Portola ton community, he was a member of the Cal doctorate in sociology from Cal and served Valley. During her senior year at Cal, she Athletics Director’s Advisory Board and a eight years in the Navy. Philip founded the became president of the Delta Zeta sorority. trustee of the Berkeley Foundation. He was Berkeley Free Press in the 1960s and helped She was an avid golfer and loved sailing, fly- a Cal football season ticket holder for over found the Missouri Mycological Society. ing, and traveling. Her husband of 57 years, 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Marji, He is survived by his wife, Erika, one child, Don, survives her, along with two children three children, and five grandchildren. Con- eight stepchildren, and many grandchildren and six grandchildren. tributions in his memory can be made to UC and great-grandchildren. Regents, Athletics Department, c/o Joe Ber- Edgar Milton Phillips Jr., Aug. 1. Edgar was toletti, 195 Haas Pavilion. Molly Tova Koslowski, on May 31. born and raised in Los Angeles and served in 77 She was born in San Francisco and the Navy during the Korean War. After gradu- Mark M. Morris, Aug. 17, in Tibu- graduated from Cal Phi Beta Kappa, with ating from Cal, he worked as a stockbroker. 61 ron. A native San Franciscan and degrees in psychology and social welfare. He was a life-long member of the Hillcrest lifelong Bear fan, he attended his first Big She continued her education with a master’s County Club and was editor of its newsletter. Game at age 8. He held season tickets for Cal in social work from USC. She remained a In 2005, he was honored by the Jewish Voca- football and basketball, and camped four social worker for 30 years, primarily work- tional Services with the Lifetime of Service decades at the Lair. He served on the CAA ing in advocacy at Kaiser Sunset. She is sur- Award. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, two Board of Directors, the Lair committee, vived by her mother and two siblings. children, and 11 grandchildren. and the Capital Campaign committee, and on the Cal Alumni Club of Marin board. He Byron R. Skinner, Ph.D., July 16. Roscoe Harris Brooks Jr., June 17, in also served on the Council of Regents for his 78 He was born in Camden, AL, and 55 San Francisco. He graduated from alma mater Southern California College of attended Western Michigan College before Cal with a bachelor’s in business administra- Optometry and was named its Alumnus of coming to Cal to earn a doctorate in U.S. tion and as a member of the Phi Kappa Tau the Year. He is survived by his wife, Susan, history. He was president of the University fraternity. Throughout his career, he worked and children Kathy ’87 and Steve ’91. The of Maine at Augusta, San Jose City College, in the freight transportation industry. He also Marin Alumni Club has established a CAA Palo Alto College, St. Phillip’s College, and served in the Army as a personnel specialist Achievement Award Scholarship in Mark’s Compton College. He is survived by his wife and an expert marksman. He is survived by memory. and two daughters. wife, Judy, and several children, stepchildren, and grandchildren. Donations can be made in Erik T. Vartiainen, Aug. 19, in Fresno. Phillip Morway, April 29, 2008, in his name to the CAA. 63 Erik was born in Finland and moved 79 Folsom. He graduated in forestry to the United States in 1949. After serving a management, then obtained a second degree Arnold Zellner, Ph.D., Aug. 11, in Chi- year in the Army, he graduated from Cal with in computer technology and worked for 57 cago. After serving in the Army, he a degree in architecture. Throughout his AT&T. He is survived by his mother, Eliza- attended Cal to earn a doctorate in econom- career, Erik worked various jobs in Finland beth, and two brothers. ics. He was a leading economist at the Univer- and the United States, including as a teacher sity of Chicago Booth School of Business, and at Cal Poly. He also worked as a staff analyst David L. Lew, Feb. 16, in Oakland. pioneered the field of Bayesian econometrics. and as a mentor in Fresno. He enjoyed classi- 83 David was vice president at McCall He founded two major journals and published cal music, football, and traveling. He is sur- Design Group of San Francisco. He gradu- over 200 articles and 22 books. After retiring vived by his sister. ated from Cal as an Alumni Scholar with a in 1996, he remained active in academia, pub- degree in architecture. He is survived by his lishing papers and advising students. He is Gail Joanne Koff, Aug. 31, in Man- wife, Sharon ’82. Donations can be made in survived by his wife, Agnes, five children, and 66 hattan. After graduating Cal, she his name to CAA’s David L. Lew Memorial four grandchildren. earned a law degree from Georgetown Uni- Scholarship. versity. In 1978, Gail became the “silent” Beverly Buechner Lewis, Dec. 31 third partner at the Jacoby and Meyers law John Dennis Kenzo Komaru, July 59 2009, in Los Altos Hills. Born and firm and worked with those who could not 86 16, in San Diego. He was born in raised in Alameda, she graduated with a afford to hire lawyers. Although the firm Los Angeles and attended Cal to earn his degree in English from Cal and was a mem- eventually divided, Gail maintained rights bachelor’s in city planning and a master’s ber of Alpha Phi sorority. Bev taught Eng- to operations across the country. She also in transportation engineering. He attended lish in Verona, Italy, for 2 years then taught wrote nine books offering legal counsel for every home game of Cal’s football and bas- in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Los Altos in the lay public. She is survived by three sons. ketball teams. He is survived by his sisters.

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Faculty and Staff Stanford University for his bachelor’s in 1949 before joining Glenn T. Seaborg’s lab as Don Backer, July 21 in Berkeley. Born in a doctoral student. He earned his doctorate Plainfield, New Jersey, he earned his bach- Gerson Goldhaber in chemistry at Cal in 1953, and continued elor’s degree in engineering physics from his work in nuclear chemistry. In 1967, he Cornell University, his master’s in radio Unheard of 20 years ago, dark energy discovered the heavy nucleus of mendele- astronomy from Manchester University, is now thought to make up most of vium 258, and, while working for the Law- and returned to Cornell to earn his doctor- the universe and may prove to be one rence National Laboratories in Berkeley ate in astronomy. He was a researcher at the of the most important discoveries of and Livermore in 1974, shared in the discov- National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the 20th century. It was only one of ery of the 106th element, later named sea- Virginia and later joined NASA’s Goddard many discoveries of Gerson Goldhaber, borghium. He eventually headed the Heavy Space Flight Center in Maryland. In 1975, a German-born physicist who was an Elements Group at the Lawrence Livermore he joined the faculty at Cal, where he studied iconic figure at Cal and the Lawrence Lab and despite the , spent time a variety of subjects, including black holes, Berkeley Lab since joining the staff in at the Soviet nuclear research center in Dubna in 1978, and at ’s Heavy Ion pulsars, and most recently, the hydrogen 1953. He died on July 19. Research Center in Darmstadt. In his free spectrum of the early universe. His crown- Goldhaber was born in 1924 in time, he enjoyed woodworking on his Diablo ing achievement was his 1982 discovery of Germany. Fleeing Nazi persecution, home out of his master furniture workshop. the “millisecond pulsar,” a small star that his family moved to Cairo. He earned rotates in a thousandth of a second. He is He is survived by two children, four grand- his master’s at Hebrew University, children, and two great-grandchildren. survived by his wife, Susan; and a son. Jerusalem, in 1947, then completed his doctorate in physics at the University of James A. Baker, on July 7, in Berkeley. Franz Schurmann, August 20 in San Fran- Wisconsin in 1950. James graduated from UCLA and served in cisco. The son of a Slovenian father and a At Berkeley, Goldhaber joined the the Army in Southeast Asia during WWII. German mother, Schurmann was born in staff of the physics department to con- He joined Berkeley Lab in 1952 as a math- Astoria, Queens. Growing up in the mul- ematician. James was department head in duct research in the Radiation Labora- ticultural community of Bloomfield, Con- the Theoretical Group until 1979 when he tory. Much of his early work in particle necticut, he became fluent in 12 languages. became a staff scientist in the Office of Com- physics was done in collaboration with He was drafted into the Army during WWII, puting Resources. He was also a lecturer his wife, nuclear physicist Sulamith taught Japanese, and was sent to Japan as in Electrical Engineering and Computer Löw, who died in 1965. a newspaper censor. After his discharge, Science, teaching and directing graduate Goldhaber was involved in some he earned his doctorate in Asian studies student research; he retired in 1984. He is of the most important discoveries of through the GI Bill at Harvard Univer- survived by his wife, Mary. the last half-century of physics. One of sity. Though he taught in Cal’s Center for his first contributions was to develop Chinese Studies from 1963 to 1967, he lost David Blackwell, July 8 in Berkeley. Born in a photographic technique that would interest in academia in 1970 and wanted to increase American awareness of the Asian Centralia, Illinois and expecting to become be used to confirm the existence of press. He and alumnus and former J-school an elementary school teacher, Black- antiprotons, discovery of which earned dean co-founded the Pacific well enrolled at the University of Illinois, the Nobel Prize for Emilio Segrè and News Service, which became the ethnic Urbana-Champaign in 1935 at age 16. He Owen Chamberlain in 1959. Goldhaber graduated with a bachelor’s in mathematics media organization New American Media in was also involved in discovering the A 1996. He eventually returned to Cal to teach in 1938, then earned master’s and doctor- meson and the “charm” quark. ate degrees. Seeking a faculty position, he history for 38 more years. He also wrote on In 1989, Goldhaber turned his atten- applied to 104 black colleges, assuming no and traveled within China, Vietnam, and tion to astrophysics, where he once non-black colleges had room for black pro- Central Asia extensively. His wife, Sandy again became involved in some of the fessors. He joined the faculty of Howard Close, and two sons survive him. most exciting and profound research of University in 1944, and served as the head of mathematics from 1947 until 1954. He the last century. While working on the was solicited by a prominent professor to Berkeley Lab’s Deep Supernova Search come teach at Cal, but racial tensions pre- with Carl Pennypacker, Richard Muller, vented him from joining the faculty . After and Saul Perlmutter, he postulated that For In Memoriam guidelines, please visit WWII, racial relations eased, and he was the universe was expanding, a hypoth- alumni.berkeley.edu/California/guidelines.asp. invited to Cal first as a visiting professor esis that later evidenced “dark energy.” We prefer that you email submissions to then granted full professorship in 1955, the Science magazine named this research [email protected] with year statistics became a distinct depart- the 1998 Breakthrough of the Year. “Obituary: first name, last name, class year” ment. Though he retired in 1988, he contin- “Goldhaber was one of the true col- in the subject line, but you also can fax ued to visit the department until recently. laborative scientists. He represents the them to 510/642-6252 or mail a hard copy His legacy includes dynamic programming, best that the University had to offer,” to In Memoriam, California magazine, CAA, the renewal theorem, the Rao-Blackwell said Pennypacker. “He was always lead- 1 Alumni House, Berkeley, CA 94720-7520. Theorem, two books, 80 papers, and the ing us to new things, and he always had Submissions may be edited for distinction of being Cal’s first tenured black faith in the data.” length and clarity. professor. He is survived by four children. Goldhaber is survived by his second wife, Judith Golwyn, three children, and Ervin Hulet, June 29 in Diablo. Born in Baker, Submissions deadlines: three grandsons. Oregon, he served as a Navy aircraft gunner Summer 2011 issue: March 25 —Eric Schultz ’94, M.D., MA in Florida at the end of WWII. He attended Fall 2011 issue: June 24

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