Gifts in Memory of Mary Ross Daniels ’55, July 20, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was involved in Mills activities while living in Indianapolis and in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Survivors include a daughter. Luanne Edquist Gilbert ’56, MA ’58, September 5, in Berkeley, California. She had a long career as a librarian and supported several educational and environmental organizations. Survivors include her partner, Eleanor Cleary, and cousin Barbara Newman Kines ’55. Josephine Troxell Gordon ’60, July 16, in Denver, Colorado. Formerly of Seattle and Olympia, Washington, she earned a master’s degree and was a volunteer in Namibia with the U.S. Department of Education. She is survived by two children and a granddaughter. Julie De Haven Drury ’64, June 1, in Landers, California. Charlene Brandt Taylor ’66, July 6, in Keller, Texas. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, was an active member of the LDS church, and served as a leader for the Boy Scouts of America. She is survived by her husband, Laird; five children; six grandchildren; and her sister, Brandie Brandt Gallagher ’68. Helen Silveira Regalado ’70, September 7, in Merced, California. She worked as a counselor and teacher for children with learning disabilities and was honored as Teacher of the Year during her time at Merced Union High School. Survivors include her husband, Andy, and a step-son. Jane Dye ’73, July 2, in San Jose, California. Survivors include her sister Miriam Dye ’70. Beverly Burger Goddard ’76, March 15, in Berkeley, California. She earned her Mills degree after raising a family, was a founding member of the Hiller Highlands Country Club, and enjoyed sports. She is survived by four children and six grandchildren.
Janet Hamburg, MA ’76, September 4, while traveling in New York City. A professor and longtime chair of the dance program at the University of Kansas, she was certified in Laban analysis and developed innovative movement programs for people with Parkinson’s disease, athletes, seniors, and children with coordination difficulties. She is survived by her partner, Lynn Bretz, two aunts, and many cousins. Tanya Sharp ’98, August 7, in Oakland, California. She was a computer science major at Mills.
Received June 1– August 31, 2010 Nancy Van Norman Baer ’66 by Alan Baer Virginia Vollmer Barr ’46 by Genevieve Smith Hahn ’46 Allen Browne by Kay Miller Browne ’53, P ’83 Trinidad Camarena by Judith Margolin Jane Giddings Carmichael ’46 by Genevieve Smith Hahn ’46 Jane Cassedy ’37 by Jayne DuMont Mack ’67 Colette Christopherson Darocy ’60 by Maurie Davidson ’63 Doris Dennison by Maurie Davidson ’63, Emily Platt Hilburn ’53, Ellen Higginbotham Rogers ’63, Marian Reynolds Singer, MA ’61 Edward Doyle by Mills College Club of New York Marie Everett ’63 by Grace Dote ’63
Christine Sarantakis ’00, August 28, in Castro Valley, California. She was a librarian at Creekside Middle School and co-owner of The Ranch restaurant. She is survived by her husband, Christo, and two children.
Jessica Feller ’09 by Christina M. Halsey, Phyllis Lerner, Park Day School, Inc.
Spouses and Family
Connie Dorn Johannes ’46 by Genevieve Smith Hahn ‘46
Roy Keller, father of Catherine Keller Lowe ’80, June 2, in Los Altos, California.
Arch Lauterer by Helen and Robert Feldman (Helen Fihn ’50)
Professor William A. and Helen Baer Gaw by Jane Farrell Gaw ’52 Elizabeth Raines Harrop ’47 by Anne Nicholson Turchi ’47 Marilyn Heilfron ’46 by Genevieve Smith Hahn ’46 Lynne Honus ’68 by Mr. and Mrs. James Robinson (Toni Marshall ’68)
Jennifer “Jenny” Makofsky ’91 by Sonja Piper Dosti ’92 Boitumelo “Tumi” McCallum ’08 by Fred M. Hayward and Linda Hunter
Faculty and Staff Linda Seltzer Popofsky, associate professor of European history, died September 8 in San Francisco. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College, she earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in history from the University of California, Berkeley. She taught British and European history at San Francisco State University before coming to Mills, where she taught from 1975 to 1989 and mentored many students in her role as director of the Trustee Scholar Program. She published numerous articles on British legal history and served as a board member for numerous organizations, including Temple Emanu-El, Jewish Vocational Services, the Friends of California History, and the Holocaust Center of Northern California. She is survived by her husband, Larry; two children; and four grandchildren.
Janet McFadden by Florence Owens Dodington ’65, Ellen Ellis, Myra and Larry Promisel Georgiana Melvin by Mariah Imberman deForest ’59 Eleanor “Elly” McDonald Meyer ’36 by Nancy Meyer Neal ’70 Kay Reiten Meyer ’61 by Caroline Papst Corazza ’61 Margery “Footie” Foote Meyer ’45 by Theodosia Van Fossen McConnell ’51, Karen and Roger Moore Madeleine Milhaud by Katherine Farrow Jorrens ’57 Dorotha B. Myers, her mother, by Dorotha Myers Bradley ’61 Fran Napoli by Tari Sigman Bowman ’68 Dorene Burton Settle ’45 by Genevieve Smith Hahn ’46 Marcia Hinderman Smith ’54 by Carolyn Price Dyer ’53, MA ’55 Tomme Jackson Stalker ’41 by Corina Hughes ’92 Nancy Trask by Tari Sigman Bowman ’68 Imogene and Franklin Walker by Katherine Farrow Jorrens ’57 Margariete Montague Wheeler ’60 by Kathryn Mallett Chadwick ’60 Reynold and Helen Wik ’74 Katherine Farrow Jorrens ’57
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