Obits

TADASHI KUNIYUKI, ’34, Seattle, age 99, Aug. 3.

VIRGINIA F. LUTHER, ’34, Slippery Rock, Penn., age 99, July 15.

PATRICIA RYAN REIN, ’35, ’39, Spokane, age 99, July 21.

JUNE MAGNUSON, ’38, Orcas Island, age 95, Aug. 22.

HELEN SCHMIEDEN, ’39, Mercer Island, age 94, Sept. 8.

MARGARET NEWELL, ’40, Seattle, age 94, July 20.

JEROME FRED ANDERSON, ’41, Cumming, Ga., age 93, Aug. 18.

MARY TORIBARA CHANEY, ’41, Ann Arbor, Mich., age 93, May 22.

HARRIET SHAFER KATZ, ’41, Bellevue, age 91, June 23.

JOCELYN MARCHISIO, ’41, Bellingham, age 90, June 12.

ROBERT SHIELDS, ’41, Seattle, age 95, July 1.

CHARLES HENRY JR., ’42, Seattle, age 92, Sept. 13.

WILLIAM ALLEN JOHANNESEN, ’42, Silverdale, age 92, June 29.

HELEN KLOESS, ’42, Seattle, age 94, July 6.

BETTY IONE WRIGHT WING, ’42, Lacey, age 91, July 4.

RICHARD G. MARQUARDT SR., ’44, Edmonds, age 90, Aug. 9.

JANET JENKS EDSON, ’45, Seattle, age 86, July 30.

MILTON FRANCIS SESSIONS, ’45, Snohomish, age 88, Aug. 27.

MURIEL WENKE, ’46, Kirkland, age 87, Aug. 6.

ADA WOODHOUSE HALLBERG, ’47, Seattle, age 87, June 22.

ALLEN LONG, ’47, Kirkland, age 90, Aug. 21.

RUTH LAMBERT SMITH, ’47, Portland, age 88, June 9.

MILDRED BROWNELL, ’48, Seattle, age 87, July 18.

RAYMOND T. DIXON, ’48, ’53, Bellevue, age 92, May 18.

JENNINGS FELIX, ’48, Olympia, age 91.

HOWARD YIM WONG, ’48, Los Angeles, age 89.

ROSEMARY M. BEZZO, ’49, Shoreline, age 85, June 14.

DIXIE HASSELO, ’49, Everett, age 85, July 7.

JOHN NICHOLAS, ’49, Mill Creek, age 89, Sept. 7.

EUGENE BAUER, ’50, ’51, ’71, Brazil, age 90, Sept. 13.

STANLEY R. BRETT, ’50, Seabeck, age 88, Sept. 15.

MARY KAY DAVIDSON, ’50, Bellevue, age 84, July 23.

RONALD HAUG, ’50, ’53, Indianola, age 86, Aug. 14.

EDWIN HEARING, ’50, Bellevue, age 92, Aug. 4.

WILLIAM JACKMAN, ’50, Seattle, age 85, June 25.

WILLIAM HUBKA, ’50, Wildomar, Calif., age 86, June 25.

HOWARD SPRINGER, ’50, age 90, July 18.

JOHN STANLEY SWANBERG, ’50, Tacoma, age 87, June 23.

PAULINE WESTLUND, ’50, ’51, Seattle, age 83, June 13.

SALLY SPRING BLOOM, ’51, Everett, age 82, July 14.

WILLIAM HAMMERSLA, ’51, Edmonds, age 85, Aug. 6.

MAX SORIANO, ’52, Seattle, age 87, Sept. 15.

MARIAN GRUBER, ’53, Mountlake Terrace, age 81, Sept. 1.

CARILOU WARD HURLBUT, ’53, ’73, Bellevue, age 81, July 3.

JOYCE WERTTEMBERGER JOLLEY, ’54, Bellevue, age 81, Aug. 9.

GORDON LOGAN, ’54, Mercer Island, age 87, July 26.

HOWARD CLARK, ’55, Burien, age 89, Sept. 16.

WALLACE J. GOLEEKE, ’55, ’61, ’69, Spokane, age 78, Sept. 8, 2011.

ORLO STOKOE, ’55, Seattle, age 90, Aug. 21.

DANIEL SULLIVAN, ’55, Seattle, age 86, July 1.

CHARLES A. TAYLOR, ’55, Ferndale, age 93, Aug. 2.

IVAR BIRKELAND JR., ’56, ’59, ’67, Seattle, age 80, June 24.

JOANIE WASKO, ’55, Edmonds, age 69, June 23.

VERNE EKE, ’56, Seattle, age 89, July 9.

ROGER W. EVANS, ’56, Seattle, age 82, July 28.

STANLEY MAR, ’56, Seattle, age 82, July 8.

RICHARD BLOUNT, ’57, Seattle, age 78, Aug. 15.

RICHARD W. CLARK, ’57, Bellevue, age 76, July 6.

SHARON McGEE HANSEN, ’57, Seattle, age 77, Aug. 17.

D. BOWEN KING, ’57, Seattle, age 76, Aug. 5.

WILLIAM MAYS, ’57, Gig Harbor, age 80, Aug. 21.

DONALD COOPER, ’58, Maple Valley, age 79, July 23.

DONALD J. DeMERS, ’58, Lynnwood, age 82, July 18.

ROBERT D. REIMER, ’60, Sumner, age 82, June 2012.

STANLEY DICUS, ’62, Spokane, age 75, June 19.

RAYMOND H. SKELTON, ’62, Oro Valley, Ariz., age 72, July 24.

CECILE MILLS, ’64, Watsonville, Calif., age 68, May 14.

HENRY STUART MUENCH, ’64, Brunswick, Maine, age 81, May 26.

SUSAN ENGLISH HECKMANN, ’65, Seattle, age 69, Sept. 7.

HELEN BURGHER, ’68, Seattle, age 95, Aug. 7.

MARY E. IRVINE, ’68, Seattle, age 66, Dec. 15, 2011.

JOSEPH KARR, ’68, Port Ludlow, age 70, Aug. 31.

KEITH PAUL FOREST, ’68, Seattle, age 73, July 1.

ANN FOX, ’69, Seattle, age 71, Aug. 11.

ALBERT SWANSON, ’69, Seattle, age 64, July 24.

WILLIAM ARNOLD DAVIS, ’70, Federal Way, age 69, July 16.

MICHAEL T. McMURRAY, ’70, Duvall, age 63, Sept. 16.

SYLVIA CARLSON REDDIE, ’70, Shoreline, age 87.

KATHY AKIKO TAGAWA SUGIYAMA, ’70, Seattle, age 65, Sept. 2.

ROBERT HOBBS, ’71, Bellevue, age 94, June 2.

JAMES R. PEARSON, ’71, Shoreline, age 88, July 13.

RICHARD SLAGLE, ’71, ’76, Newcastle, age 63, Aug. 9.

LORA PISHUE WILSON, ’71, Shoreline, age 63, June 26.

HARRISON ANTHONY WOOD (AKHENATEN WOODE), ’71, Seattle, age 65, Aug. 23.

DAVID K. ZEIGEN, ’71, Seattle, age 63, Aug. 26.

LORETTA BOWERS, ’72, Seattle, age 83, July 19.

RICHARD R. BROWN, ’72, ’78, Bellevue, age 80, June 22.

MARY THERESA DODSON, ’72, Seattle, age 70, Aug. 24.

GORDON CRAIG, ’73, ’74, Seattle, age 73, Aug. 14.

JAMES HARRELL, ’73, ’77, Seattle, age 66, Aug. 12.

RALPH L. JONES, ’73, Seattle, age 64, July 23.

DAVID N. LOMBARD, ’73, Woodinville, age 63, Aug. 22.

DONALD RICHARDSON, ’73, La Quinta, Calif., age 72, Aug. 7.

HELAINE E. GLEDHILL, ’75, Kirkland, age 81, July 1.

JAQUELINE LICATA, ’77, Kirkland, age 67, Sept. 4.

DEBORAH V. LOW, ’78, Kirkland, age 56, Sept. 17.

FREDERICK BRIAN MOORE, ’79, Auburn, age 55, Aug. 28.

PATRICIA RICHERT, ’79, Seattle, age 68, Sept. 8.

CATHERINE ROSSER PRITCHETT, ’80, Seattle, age 57, Sept. 10.

RHONDA LEE ALTOM, ’82, Seattle, age 55, July 30.

RANDALL THOMPSON, ’82, Redmond, age 53.

NANCY CHAPMAN, ’83, Seattle, age 51, Aug. 7.

ELIZABETH FISHER, ’83, Seattle, age 53, Aug. 3.

WILLIAM WURSTER, ’83, Mercer Island, age 54, Sept. 7.

GAYLE DELANTY BAMFORD, ’85, Seattle, age 68, Aug. 27.

RICHARD BIEKER, ’86, Seattle, age 63, Aug. 14.

MELISSA DICKERSON, ’86, Seattle, age 48, Seattle, June 17.

DAVID S. NEELY, ’86, Monterey, Calif., age 54, Sept. 11.

RONALD MEICHO, ’87, Edmonds, age 56, Aug. 15.

RICK SCHEUER, ’87, San Francisco, age 55, July 4.

ANDREW DOYLE, ’88, Richland, age 47, July 5.

CAROLE LYNN BREEDEN, ’90, Kirkland, age 45, Sept. 7.

PENNY FRIEND BATHUM, ’91, age 59, Enumclaw, Aug. 19.

NATHAN BAHNER, ’02, Mercer Island, age 34, Aug. 10.

KEITH S. HARDY JR., ’07, Seattle, age 34, June 15.

SAIBO FUJII, ’08, (honorary Nikkei graduate), Seattle, age 93, May 2012.

Faculty and Friends

JULIAN ARGEL, ’84, ’91, academic service director in the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity, died July 8. He was 59.

R. PALMER BEASLEY, ’67, ’69, a former UW professor of public health who found the link between hepatitis B virus and liver cancer, proof that a virus could cause cancer, died in Houston Aug. 25 at age 76.

PAUL F. BERNARD, former administrator of the Department of Psychology, died Aug. 24. He loved to read, travel, swap stories and discuss politics. He was 66.

FRANK W. DAVIS, who worked for the UW as construction coordinator for the South Campus, died July 31 on Vashon Island at the age of 94.

LOUISE HASTIE, ’42, who edited The University Report at the UW for many years, died Sept. 1 in Portland. She was 91.

GEORGE HICKMAN JR., a Tuskegee airman in World War II, and beloved usher at UW football and basketball games for many years, died Aug. 18 at the age of 88. In 2007, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

RONALD LUHMAN, ’57, longtime member of the President’s Club, Tyee Club, Tyee Sports Council and the UWAA, died June 22. He was 81.

LOUISE McKINNEY, wife of noted Seattle pastor Rev. Sam McKinney, died Aug. 15 at the age of 82. She was an educator and philanthropist who served on the boards of ACT Theatre and the UW Foundation among others.

KRISTIN MILES, ’93, ’98, who served as an assistant attorney general in the UW Division, died June 23. She was 42.

R.L. MORGAN, an expert in identity management for UW Information Technology, died July 22 at the age of 57. He liked to bake bread, watch soccer and kayak.

JACK NUGENT, ’58, a former Husky football great who, in 1951, returned a punt against Oregon for a 97-yard touchdown, died July 18. He was a longtime dentist in Aberdeen. He was 82.

JOHN P. O’CONNELL, assistant professor of Romance Languages and foreign study administrator at the UW, died July 2. He was fluent in several languages and led tours to Europe with a travel company he co-founded. He was 77.

DAVID J. OLSON, professor emeritus of Political Science and founding director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, died Sept. 15. He received the UW’s Sterling Munroe Public Service Teaching Award. He was 71.

MARGARET POWELL, academic counselor in the UW Biology program, died July 17. She loved other languages and cultures. She was 79.

RICHARD ROTTER, who taught at the UW Dental School and practiced dentistry in the University District for more than 20 years, died Sept. 10. He was a fly fisherman.

LAURIE ALICE SUTHERLAND, who spent 40 years as a UW librarian and most recently was head of the Serials Acquisitions Department, died Sept. 4. She was proud of her ancestral connections to Scotland. She was 65.

RUSSELL SHANK, ’46, ’49, chief librarian at UCLA from 1977 to 1989, died June 26. He was also first director of libraries at the Smithsonian Institution, where he began to automate operations and create the first centralized catalog for its more than 80 separate libraries. He died in Orange, Calif. at age 86.

MARIAN SHORT, who worked for the UW during World War II managing the Persian Dining Room, died June 16. She liked to share life-affirming stories about her time there during the war. She was 96.

DAVID P. THOMAS, ’41, ’47, professor emeritus of Forest Resources who served the UW for 37 years, died Aug. 25. He had the challenging job of serving as academic adviser to the ROTC program during the Vietnam era.

JAMES WARREN, ’52, former director of the Museum of History and Industry and former president of Edmonds Community College, died Sept. 13. He was a prisoner of war during World War II after he was captured in the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. He was 87.

EDWARD WENK JR., professor of engineering and public affairs, died June 27. He designed submarines, served as a scientific adviser to Congress and served as staff in the White House for several administrations. He was 92.

DON WHITNEY, longtime manager of graduate services for the UW Bothell Business Program, died Sept. 11. He was the first manager of the UW Bothell’s MBA program. He was 64.

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