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    • Alumni

    1920s 1960s
    1930s 1970s
    1940s 1980s
    1950s  
     
    • Kathryn A. Munday, Bothell, age 72, Feb. 9.
    • Ellen L. Repp, Mount Vernon, age 97, April 18.

      1920s

    • Margaret Carolyn Sealls Remlinger, '25, Seattle, age 95, April 4.
    • Della June Patch, '26, Seattle, age 100, April 15.
    • Lois Harritte Cowling Aeils, '28, age 90, May 18.
    • Homer M. Davis, '29, Seattle, age 94, April 24.
    • Wilma Wise Nelson, '29, Seattle, age 91, May 14.

      1930s

    • Velma L. Meredith Foster, '31, Seattle, age 92, April 12.
    • Jennie Eudora Kenyon Snypp, '31, Port Orchard, age 89, Oct. 20, 1998.
    • Spencer W. Tinker, '31, Honolulu, age 90, April 9.
    • Carl W. Hauge, '32, '34, Shelton, age 90, Nov. 29, 1998.
    • Malcolm E. Rossman, '32, Nampa, Idaho, age 88, March 19.
    • George F. Crowe, '33, Alexandria, Va., age 89, April 6, 1998.
    • Dorothy Sartori Harrison, '34, Boise, Idaho, age 87, Jan. 23.
    • Ruth Benham Johnson, '34, Redmond, age 86, March 13.
    • Thomas Hampton Reid, '34, Redmond, age 85, May 14.
    • Harold O. Wyckoff, '34, '40, Mitchellville, Md., age 89, May 6.
    • Phyllis Victoria Lovejoy Sasnett, '35, Seattle, age 85, April 21.
    • Carl "Woody" Ullin, '35, Seattle, age 85, Jan. 31.
    • Evelyn S. Crandall, '36, Seattle, age 85, May 10.
    • Walter Robert Moberg, '36, Monroe, age 87, Dec. 19, 1998.
    • Jack R. Ryan, '36, Winter Haven, Fla., age 82, June 7.
    • Ellen S. Cochran, '37, Everett, age 81, June 25.
    • Robert Henning, '37, Edmonds, age 83, June 6.
    • Katherine Duffy Leedy, '37, Arlington, age 83, March 31.
    • Wilma Lorene Nicolai, '38, '81, '86, Seattle, age 79, May 5.
    • Vivienne L. Pollock, '38, Sun Lakes, Ariz., age 82, April 10.
    • Vern Countryman, '39, '42, Cambridge, Mass., age 81, May 2.
    • Paul F. Meydenbauer, '39, '42, Issaquah, age 82, Nov. 6, 1998.

      1940s

    • Conner E. Gray Jr., '40, Mercer Island, age 82, May 21.
    • Francis J. Harthorne, '41, Seattle, age 83, May 22.
    • Celia H. Lauer, '41, Mill Creek, age 79, Feb. 12.
    • Carl Henry Neu, '41, '42, Seattle, age 80, May 8.
    • Peggy W. Penton, '41, Fillmore, Calif., age 79, Feb. 12.
    • Marion Quesnell Bellows, '42, Snohomish, age 78, Feb. 3.
    • Alf Hvide-Bang Pedersen, '42, Coupeville, age 80, Jan. 28.
    • Robert Thomas Connolly, '43, Anderson Island, age 79, Jan. 16.
    • Omah Klopfenstein, '43, Seattle, age 77, June 2.
    • Jack E. Priebe, '43, Camano Island, age 78, Dec. 10, 1998.
    • John Porel Jr., '45, Seattle, age 77, May 15.
    • Margaret S. Swanberg, '45, '50, Sequim, age 81, May 6.
    • Elsie Marshall, '46, Seattle, May 19.
    • Max A. H. Fitz, '47, Yakima, age 74, Feb. 8.
    • Eileen Lovejoy, '47, Mountlake Terrace, age 73, May 28.
    • Donald E. Garrett, '48, Chesapeake, Va., age 76, Jan. 28.
    • Patricia J. Punnett, '48, Auburn, age 72, May 10.
    • Fred Provo, '48, Bothell, age 77, June 6.
    • Patricia Patterson Renken, '48, Portland, Ore., age 75, April 21.
    • James G. Fisk, '49, Seattle, age 74, April 22.
    • Roy Emil Lager, '49, age 73, April 17.
    • Allen McKenzie, '49, Vancouver, Wash., age 76, March 30.
    • Stanley Osborn, '49, Mount Vernon, age 74, May 21.
    • Hiram L. Tuttle, '49, '50, Tacoma, age 86, April 10.
    • Howard Wigle, '49, Seattle, age 77, May 20.

      1950s

    • Robert Earl Bergstrom, '50, Bellevue, age 70, May 4.
    • James Ardele DePartee, '50, Kirkland, age 77, May 14.
    • Orville Everett Rose Jr., '50, Huntington Beach, Calif., age 72, Feb. 26.
    • Jack Robert Sando, '50, Seattle, age 72, July 3.
    • Ralph C. Hayes, '51, '54, Seattle, age 77, May 10.
    • Charles Patrick Moriarty Jr., '51, '94, Bainbridge Island, age 71, May 21.
    • Gilbert Lloyd Penrose, '51, '58, Bellevue, age 74, June 12.
    • William Bayerd, '52, Yakima, age 81, Feb. 9.
    • Quinton D. Christensen, '53, Marysville, age 73, Feb. 7.
    • Harry George Evans, '54, Seattle, age 69, April 9.
    • Ingrid Tedford, '54, '59, Seattle, age 72, May 5.
    • Ruby Weitzer Morris, '55, '60, Seattle, April 24.
    • Eugene Hays Smith, '56, Palo Alto, Calif., age 71, Jan. 11.
    • Don E. Breimo, '57, Anchorage, age 67, Jan. 9.
    • E.M. "Jim" Barney, '58, Palm Springs, Calif., age 77, May 4.
    • Beatrice Miller, '58, Camano Island, age 79, May 15.
    • Shirley Miller, '58, Whidbey Island, July 3.
    • Bob Matthews, '59, Seattle, age 62, May 2.
    • Lowell Douglas Morical, '59, Gig Harbor, age 63, Nov. 29, 1998.

      1960s

    • James Fulton, '60, Everett, age 60, May 30.
    • Jenny Margaret Pederson Staley, '60, Seattle, age 60, May 10.
    • Penny Ellis, '61, Bellevue, age 59, April 12.
    • Franklin G. Stull, '63, '64, Redmond, age 87, May 18.
    • Rudy Leverett, '64, Boise, Idaho, age 65, Jan. 9.

      1970s

    • John C. Barber, '70, Edmonds, Aug. 10, 1998.
    • Keith H. Rousu, '70, Woodinville, age 53, March 24.
    • Eric Brian Swanson, '70, Yakima, age 54, May 25.
    • Lynne Cleland, '71, '86, Seattle, age 53, April 18.
    • Allan R. Cunningham, '71, Seattle, age 79, June 4.
    • Joy Ann Sambur Greisen, '74, Anchorage, Alaska, age 50, April 10.
    • Joseph Francis Tyllia, '74, Federal Way, age 50, May 22.
    • James R. Doolin Jr., '77, Renton, age 46, Jan. 23.
    • Steven Michael Udhus, '77, Mill Creek, age 44, May 23.
    • Robert A. Batcheldor, '79, Lake Stevens, age 46, Feb. 4.

      1980s

    • Lee Andrealli Bennett, '84, Seattle, age 77, June 6.
    • Roger Silfvast, '85, Spokane, age 51, March 31.
    • Ann Tyler Chadwick, '86, Bainbridge Island, age 43, April 11.
    • Russell John Miller, '89, Seattle, age 32, June 6.

    Faculty & Friends

    Forest Resources Professor and Dean Emeritus James Samuel Bethel, '37, died May 18 after serving the UW since 1962. Bethel served as dean of the UW College of Forestry from 1964-1985. He was responsible for starting the pulp and paper program, and oversaw the construction of new buildings. He retired in 1981, but recently completed the manuscript for a history of the forestry industry in the U.S. He was 83.

    Economics Professor Emeritus Philip Cartwright died March 13 after having served the University from 1947 to 1984. Born on March 24, 1919, in Pasadena, Calif., he earned all three degrees from Stanford Univ. Before retiring in 1984, he served as assistant director of the Institute of Labor Economics and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was 79.

    Attorney John Caughlan, '31, died April 17 in Seattle. A longtime community activist for leftist causes, he was the lawyer for UW Philosophy Professor Herbert Phillips, for one of three tenured professors fired in 1949 after the Legislature's Canwell Committee investigated the UW for anti-American activity. He was 89.

    Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor Emeritus John Lawrence Hampson died May 8, after serving the UW since 1960. He did groundbreaking research in the establishment of human gender role. He joined the UW in 1960, served as head of adult outpatient psychiatry and chief of staff at UW Medical Ctr. He retired in 1987. He was 77.

    Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus Robert Graham Hennes died April 5 after having served the University since 1934. He served as chairman of civil engineering and secretary of the faculty before retiring in 1973. He was 93.

    Oceanography Professor Emeritus Dora Henry died June 16, after a 67-year association with the UW. She joined the UW faculty in 1932 and was known as "the barnacle lady" because she was a renowned authority on the life history and biology of Pacific Coast barnacles. She retired in 1988. She was 95.

    Mathematics Professor Emeritus Edwin Hewitt died June 21 after serving the UW for 40 years. Born and reared in Everett, he attended Harvard Univ. and was was on the swimming team with future president John F. Kennedy He taught at Harvard, served in World War II and came to the UW in 1948. When Kennedy visited Seattle to speak at the UW centennial in 1961, he borrowed Hewitt's academic gown. In addition to his teaching career, Hewitt served as chair of the Faculty Senate. He retired in 1988. He was 79.

    Psychology Professor Emeritus A. Paul Horst died March 16. He joined the UW in 1947 and later served as executive director of the division of counseling and testing before retiring in 1969. He was 95.

    John Otis Jarstad, a former broadcaster of UW football and basketball, died June 12. He was 78. He was a TV broadcaster for KOMO, KIRO, KTVW and served as the voice of Seattle Rainiers baseball, UPS and PLU football in addition to his work for the Huskies.

    Psychology Professor Neil Jacobson died June 1, after serving the UW since 1979. A prominent researcher whose interests included depression, domestic violence and the efficacy of marital therapy, he and UW colleague John Gottman did pioneering research into domestic violence and in 1988 co-authored the book When Men Batter Women. He was 50.

    Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Professor Emeritus Joan C. Martin died April 6, after serving the UW since 1972. In addition to teaching, she served as associate dean of student affairs for the Graduate School and was chair of the Faculty Senate. She retired in 1997. She was 68.

    Architecture Professor Emeritus Donald Radcliffe died March 18 after having served the University since 1947. A structural engineer known for his flair for design, he was the lead structural engineer for the design of the original SeaTac Airport Parking Garage. He retired in 1980. He was 88.

    Law Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Roe Wilkins, '36, '38, '40, died April 26, after serving the UW since 1965. She joined the UW as an assistant law librarian in 1965. In 1983, she was promoted to law librarian and professor of law. She retired in 1985. She was 83.

    Neil D. Uhlman, '56, retired director of industrial and community relations in the College of Engineering, died June 24. During his seven years at the UW, Uhlman was involved in securing funds for the college's DO-IT Program and the new electrical engineering/computer science building. He retired in 1996. He was 65.

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