He was preceded in death by his son.The Emeritimes, Winter 2015, ROBERT E. BLACKMON, Emeritus Professor of Journalism, 1960-1986, died at 93 in Oxnard in May 2014, where he resided after his retirement. He served as dean for a 16-year period, from 1985 to 2001, and has been recognized for his innovative administrative leadership and numerous accomplishments during his career. He earned a B.S. After the war, he completed his B.A. Over the course of her career, she served as director of the Los Angeles Accelerated Schools Center, coordinator of the bilingual program, and coordinator of the program in curriculum and instruction in the urban classroom. It is The Weakly Blast, with its proud motto, All the News that Fits We Print. It appeared mysteriously at Cal State L.A. and Huntington desks from 1961 to 1986,and is the first item on his list of publications. She is remembered as a fun person to be around, full of innovative ideas right up to the day she retired. He gave more than 20 presentations on aspects of organizational development for various workshops up and down the west coast. In the early '70s, they had built a second home on Whidbey Island, Washington, at which they anticipated enjoying their summers. She was 74. He was already teaching at the University before some of his newer colleagues were even born. In 1952, Bob took his wife and two small children to the highlands of Guatemala to complete the field research that became the foundation of his dissertation. The Nicklin family immigrated to the U. S. in 1926; Helen became an American citizen in 1944 on reaching the age of 21, as then required. Bernie previously had been a leader in the efforts of professors in various disciplines from around the country to assist in attaining peace between the Arab countries and Israel. Jack's dedication to instruction and to his research did not prevent a significant contribution to the University and his profession generally. He was a chief motor machinist mate in charge of the engine room on Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs). She continued her commitment to racial integration during her 24 years at Cal State L.A. Marian was honored in a memorial service on June 27 in the Music Hall, which was attended by nearly 100 people, most of them students or teachers who benefited, between 1948 and 1952, from what was called the Willowbrook Way of education. He achieved fame as a winning college coach at Bakersfield College and especially at Los Angeles State, when the Diablos, in just three years, won 25 games and lost only 2, with a national college division title. She also served on the Committee on Committees for nine years (1968-87) and the Committee for Academic Freedom for five years (1973-78). She later proposed and taught a general education course in the Maturity and Aging theme. Ed came out of retirement to be president of the University of West Los Angeles from 1995 to 1997, special assistant to the president at Pacific Oaks College from 2000 to 2005, and acting president at Tusculum College in 2007. At the department level, she was active on various committees and chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee for many years. Rosemarie was an avid bridge player and tennis player, and she could often be found on campus, even after she retired, playing tennis with colleagues Donald Dewey and Joan Johnson. Lester joined the Cal State L.A. Physics Department in February 1960, following his service on the faculty of East L.A. College. He resided in Sonora following his retirement from the faculty in 1981. She also actively encouraged women to become administrators and educational leaders. In December 1989, Alan and Lia were married in the Civil Registry in Argentina, followed by their religious ceremony in January 1990, the year in which Lia came to live in the U.S. Hannah Malena, the joy of Alan's and Lia's life, was born in May 2006. .. at UC Berkeley and his MPA at CSU San Bernardino. He enjoyed continuous funding by the National Science Foundation for over 35 years, a good level of funding from the National Institutes of Health for 24 years, and five years of support from NASA. But the 2001 crash, when Don was 85 and Kathleen 83, became the terminator for such travel. His impact on so many lives is immeasurable and profound. Former administrative assistant Judy Lane [McDaniel], who worked for him from 1977 to 1987, remembers, He was the best boss I ever had; almost 30 years later, I can still say this without reservation. Dick was a professor of industrial studies. After being awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in London, he returned home to take up his first college teaching position at Oberlin College. Finally, unable in their mid-eighties to keep up their big house in the apple orchard, Joe and Bert moved to a retirement community in Davis. Having grown up in the Santa Ynez Valley, he graduated from Santa Ynez High School and went on to discover the field of geological science at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he obtained his B.A. During the next three decades, Marty became one of the leading historians of Los Angeles, publishing numerous articles and book chapters; a revised version of his doctoral thesis, The Politics of Efficiency: Municipal Administration and Reform in America, which remains a standard work in United States urban history; and four edited books: Los Angeles in Turmoil: Social Conflict, Political Change and Community Survival; City of Promises: Race and Historical Change in Los Angeles; The California of the Pat Brown Years: Creative Building for Golden States Future; and Responsible Liberalism: Edmund G. Pat Brown and Reform Government in California 1958-1967. Like Jean, she succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. She was very involved in student integration in the public schools, serving on several committees for Los Unified School District, including the Citizens Committee on School Integration, which was charged by the school board to develop and recommend plans for reducing racial isolation of students in the district. ", In addition to Vilma and his two sons, Bert is survived by daughter Alexandra, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren who called him GG.The Emeritimes, Winter 2009, ALLEN P. BRISTOW, Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice, 1959-1983, died on October 26, 2008 in Gleneden Beach, Oregon. She continued her studies after joining the professional staff of John F. Kennedy Library and received an MA degree at Cal State L.A. in 1979. She is survived by their son Eric and daughter Claire, sister Marie, five granddaughters, a step-granddaughter, and three great-grandchildren. (1947), and Ph.D. in Latin American history and anthropology, all at UC Berkeley. She loved photography and was very involved in her church, where she volunteered in a hospice program and visited the elderly in their homes. After studying music, working as foreign sales supervisor for Max Factor in Central America and the Caribbean, and spending more than five years on the personal staff of the late Howard Hughes, he resumed his education and earned bachelor's (1955) and master's (1958) degrees at USC. He retired in 2018. Too early for the rise in prominence of womens professional tennis, Joan and Jeri were pioneers who paved the way for others. That energy seemed to extend beyond the class time as well, for students always came early to his classes, stayed afterwards to ask questions, and then showed up during his office hours to continue the discussions. He was chair of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics from 1969 to 1977 and associate chair in 1980. This was followed by postdoctoral studies at USC in 1959-60 and at the Washington University Medical School in 1970. He continued his research for a number of years afterward, most recently in a lab prepared for water containment that was set up in the basement of the Physical Sciences Building. He began teaching at CSLA in 1958. In addition to class and private instruction in piano, for which he became known informally as "professor of piano," Henry directed the Cal State L.A. Opera Workshop in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prior to his relocation to southern California, he taught at the Army Command and General Staff College and several civilian institutions, including the University of Wisconsin. She earned her B.A. Coming in at the top rank was an acknowledgment of her status as a nationally recognized professional in the field of education of the deaf. A memorial service is being planned for the Summer Quarter at Cal State.The Emeritimes, Spring 1990, WILLIAM G. (BILL) LEARY, Emeritus Professor of English, who taught at Cal State L.A. for 25 years (1953-78), died May 26, 1990, at his retirement home in La Selva Beach, CA. Throughout his tenure at Cal State L.A., he was one of the English Departments most innovative, creative, and successful teachers. She established a university endowment fund, and actively promoted science education among minorities and women. She began acting as a young girl. Colleague Alfredo Gonzlez asserts, Don was a major asset to the University throughout his years of active service, as well as in retirement to the Emeriti Association. The role he would later play in combining mathematics and economics was foreshadowed by a paper he authored about sampling theory while working under Harold Hotelling and by his M.A. She was also a four-time Kodak All-American and finished her career owning virtually every school record, including career scoring (3,018 points), scoring average (22.3 points per game), career rebounds (1,534), total field goals (1,159) and total free throws made (700). In 1993 he and Helen were remarried, but, sadly, shortly thereafter he developed the first signs of myasthenia gravis. A highly respected cardiologist, Hilard was eulogized at a memorial service by former patients, who spoke of his caring warmth throughout their treatment. As a result, he never returned to his research and never returned to complete his doctorate. He moved information literacy as a full-fledged campus wide initiative and assisted the information literacy coordinator, library Information Literacy Advisory Committee, and campus information literacy advisory committee in planning and implementing a series of workshops, community college summit, and many staff development opportunities. As an expert, he gave many lectures on this subject to faculty groups. He was very active in the National Council of Educational Administrators, which held its 1990 annual convention at this campus, with Gerry as organizer. One of three children, she spent much of her childhood in the place of her birth. degree in English. Lloyd, therefore, accepted a position as an assistant professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina, a historically black college (HBCU), where he taught for two years before joining the faculty at Howard University, also an HBCU, in Washington, D.C. in 1945. He was one of the architects of the Spanish M.A. During Kens career, he oversaw several library reorganizationsboth functional and physicalin the periodicals and government document areas. The DeArmonds were married for 23 years, in a second marriage for both. in 1954 at the University of Michigan, following five years of military service in the U.S. Marine Corps. While Chair from 1969 to 1980, he guided his department's growth and the modification and changes in the program and course offerings necessary to meet the needs of the criminal justice community. husband, father, At the celebration of Dons life on October 28, 2019 at Claremonts Oak Park Cemetery, at which some 100 family members, colleagues, former students, and other friends gathered, colleague Tim Harding reported, What I learned about Don at his funeral was the incredible impact he had on changing the trajectory of his students lives. As one of the founders of the innovative learning strategy known as discipline-based art education, he worked with 21 school districts in Los Angeles County and served as director of curriculum for the Gettys Institute for Educators. Over the years Ernest played a leadership role in the area of curriculum development. She taught at USC and at Los Angeles City College before her appointment at L.A. State, which at the time was housed on the LACC campus and offered only an upper-division curriculum. In addition to other journal entries, he had articles published in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and La Opinin. She was our membership secretary from 1987 to 1989, vice president for administration from 1989 to 1990, then president for two years, immediate past president for one year, and a member of the editorial board of The Emeritimes for five years, the last two of which she served as chair. Women comprise about 60 percent of the more than 27,000 students at Cal State LA, which fields teams in six womens sports. Bill is survived by his two married sons, Dan and Tom, his daughter Amy, and five grandchildren.The Emeritimes, Winter 2013, TERRY R. KANDAL, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, 1968-2008, died July 28, 2012 in Los Angeles at age 71. The Franz Alexander biography will not be written solely by Dr. George H. Pollock, a past president of the American Psychiatric Association, with appropriate attributions to Francesca. When slide rules were replaced by calculators in the late 70s, Don began to collect slide rules, joking that they would be worth a lot of money as antiques some day. Over the intervening years, he wrote two texts, Health and Safety Law and Administration and Law in Occupational Safety , and developed a certificate program for certified occupational safety specialists. Services were held in San Diego on April 10. At Cal State L.A., Hubert continued his research in fundamental nuclear physics. And he respected you when you would speak your mind. One can celebrate the life of George Rolling by reading in his own words about his experiences at Brunel in England. He was 102. She then went on to an M.A. He is survived by his wife, Michele Linden-Charnofsky, six children from their respective former marriages, and three grandchildren. Lorraine is survived by a number of cousins. In 1953, Ivan received a masters degree in geology from Claremont Graduate School, now University, and went on to a brief career with Shell Oil. The initial program was designed to advance junior-year students holding an R.N. He could be blunt, however, when necessary, as when he told a young colleague complaining about his teaching load and salary that you shouldnt complain since we are well paid for doing what we love. Art is survived by his wife Jutta, sons Scott and William, and four grandchildren. Librarianship seemed to be in his blood. At the time, the bowling program was recognized as one of the top bowling programs in the country, and his teams won numerous state, regional, and national tournaments. Professionally she published and attended conferences and art shows, often paying her own way. After moving from his longtime home in Pacific Palisades to Foster City, California in 1996, Ralph and his wife Margaret lived in a house on the water for the next eight years. He was born in Jerome, Pennsylvania in 1915, studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan and at Wayne State University, from which he received his B.F.A. In 1977 he retired from Cal State L.A. after 17 years of outstanding service. With his vast knowledge, he never hesitated to make decisions about tough issues when they were presented. His reputation in this specialty led to his working with the California State Fair as a designer. Born in Aurora, Illinois to Frederick and Jessie Numrich, Carol moved with her family to Southern California in 1948 and was a resident of the San Gabriel Valley for the remainder of her life. With his 398th win on February 10, 2002, John became the Universitys all-time leader in victories, surpassing the late Jim Reeder, for whom the Cal State LA baseball field is named. His area of expertise was health education, and his contributions were noteworthy. When Greenpeace dedicated its new airship to her brother, A.E. After spending a year at UC Riverside, she transferred to UCLA, where she graduated with a degree in art history in 1964. He also was the master's degree adviser for the department. After obtaining his undergraduate degree, Paul joined Sperry Rand Corporation, a leading and groundbreaking computer company of that era, as a manager. Vladimir died in 1968, and Evelyn chose to retire in 1969. He earned his M.S. A student and scholar of art as well as literature, David had developed a deep love of Native American culture and arts when teaching in a boys boarding school in Waring, New Mexico during his college years. degrees from UCLA in 1951 and 1952, respectively. Ever the active, dynamic person, he was faced almost daily with demands for quick decisions which would impact upon the future of the college. The fellowships also provided some support funds for the operation of the program. When the upper division theme courses were added to the G.E. He then worked for Bell Labs, where his work included innovative applied research. They competed at Wimbledon, as well as in France, Italy, and Switzerland that year. Barely 21 years old, in late 1944 Norman was ordered to defend the Alsatian town of Offendorf, 30 miles north of Strasbourg. She became a member of the Board of Directors of the Southwest Museum Collector's Club in 1989 after having served as president and vice president, and then joined the Autry Museum Board. Jean worked closely with the public and private schools that were serving children with hearing impairments.