an active member of the Architectural Guild throughout his career and sat on the Dean’s Advisory Council. His achievements within the architectural profession over a 52-year career include more than 60 national and regional design awards and presidency of both the American Institute of Architects California Council and the American Institute of Architects Orange County Chapter. In 2000, he was honored with the AIACC Lifetime Achievement Award. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Laurene, daughters Therese ’80 and Catherine Hazen, sons Thomas, William and Robert ’83, son-in-law Jim Jennings, daughters-in-law Lenka, Julie ’78 and Leanne, grandchildren Brian, Matthew, Thomas ’08, Catherine, Grant, Megan and Annie, 10 nieces, and 12 nephews. Joan “Joni” Mannix Neckerman ’55, of Eagle Rock, Calif.; June 4, at the age of 76. She was the woman’s editor of the Daily Trojan and a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She became a bylined writer for the Los Angeles Examiner and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and was a member of the Theta Sigma Phi Association for Women in Communications. She worked as a technical editor and writer for several Ventura County firms. She is survived by son Michael Neckerman ’87 and sister Pat Calhoun. Ward Stanley Cayot ’56, of Harbor City,
Calif.; Jan. 3, at the age of 79.
Paul W. Kane PhD ’69, of Yorba Linda, Calif.; Jan. 29, at the age of 72. After earning his secondary teaching credential at Long Beach State University, a master’s in history from the University of Wyoming and a doctorate in philosophy from USC, he joined the faculty in the school of education at California State University, Fullerton. He became a full-time professor at the university, and served in a number of administrative positions, including acting dean of the school of education and chair of the teacher education division. He retired after 40 years. He is survived by his wife, Carol, sons Mark, Kevin, Neil and John, daughters-in-law Jan, Karen, Pam and Sharon, grandchildren Lilyanne, Gavin, Keaton, Karson, Paul, Thomas, Jack, Connell and Bailey. Lyle G. Frost MS ’70, of San Juan Capis-
trano, Calif.; July 16, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth M. Frost.
Chris Limahelu ’75, of Los Angeles; April 7,
of prostate cancer, at the age of 59. He lettered as the placekicker on the USC foot-
ball team for two years, including the 1974 team that won the national championship. His 47-yard field goal against Ohio State in the 1974 Rose Bowl was the longest ever by a Trojan, breaking a 64-year-old record. He earned All-Pac-8 first team honors as a senior in 1974, making a 50-yard field goal against UCLA that season to break his own record. After graduating, he became an accountant and was a volunteer for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses for the past 15 years. He is survived by his mother, Juliana, brothers Al, Robert, Frank, Henry, Rocky and Patrick, and sister Juliette. Michael M. Cooper MSW ’87, of Los Angeles; March 24, 2009, at the age of 62. A licensed clinical social worker, he worked at the Los Angeles County Probation Department where he was the driving force of the department’s intern initiative. He is survived by his wife, Diana Weihs, daughters Sydney Schwartz and Lesley, sons Scott Grossman and Todd Grossman, son-in-law Joel Schwartz, daughter-in-law Kat Grossman, six grandchildren, sister Susan Reinfeld, and brother-in-law Hesh Reinfeld. Sharon Valerie Quam Bell MSW ’02, of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; May 23, 2009, at the age of 39. After graduating from USC, she worked at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, daughters Brooke and Andrea, father Dennis, mother Kikue, sister Jennifer, and brother Fletcher. Maggie Feiss ’08, of Baltimore, Md.; Nov. 2,
2008, of epilepsy, at the age of 22. In 2004, she graduated from Bryn Mawr School, where she won an Alumni Award for spirit. While at USC, she pioneered the first Relay for Life at USC, a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society, and was a member of the Hellions of Troy, the women’s ultimate frisbee team. She worked for Enterprise Community Partners in Los Angeles, a national nonprofit that helps with community development and affordable housing. At the time of her death, she was about to begin a job with Living Classrooms Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization. Recently, her mother, Meg Tipper, released Standing at the Edge: A Year of Days After Sudden Death, a memoir chronicling the first year after Feiss’ death. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her father, Bill Feiss, brother Stephen Feiss, and grandmothers Peggy Taliaferro and Elinor Feiss.
Carl Roger Freberg of Los Angeles; June 5, at
the age of 94. He was a professor emeritus
at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. After getting his Ph.D. from Purdue (Ind.) University, he worked as a draftsman at Cereal Engineering and Construction Company. He served as director of equipment research for the U.S. Naval Civil Engineering Lab, and then as associate director of Borg Warner Research Center. He worked as an educator for several decades, first as an instructor in machine design at the University of Minnesota and then as an instructor in mechanical engineering and assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Purdue University. At USC, he served as a professor of mechanical engineering from 1966 until his retirement. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education and American Society of Metals. He also authored the books Elements of Mechanical Vibrations, 2nd edition, and Aircraft Vibration and Flutter. He is survived by his children, Charles Alan and Barbara Ann. Estella Mysels of Los Angeles; March 31, at the age of 89. She was a researcher in the chemistry department at USC in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Berlin, Germany, she left in 1938 to study chemistry at UC Berkeley, where she received her Ph.D. She was an active member of the League of Women Voters and a supporter of several charities. She was preceded in death by her husband, Karol Mysels, who was a faculty member in the chemistry department at USC. Marion Schulman of Los Angeles; May 2, at the age of 89. She was a longtime USC librarian, beginning shortly after the end of World War II and retiring in 2009, two weeks short of her 64th anniversary at the university. She previously worked as a circulation and reference librarian at Brown (R.I.) University. Three years later, she relocated to Los Angeles. Hired during USC president Rufus B. von KleinSmid’s administration, she distinguished herself as one of the libraries’ most tenacious reference experts. From 1945 to 1973, she worked as a reference librarian in Doheny Memorial Library. In 1956, she earned a master’s in library science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1980, at the age of 60, she took on a new role in the USC Libraries as a general bibliographer and held this position until her retirement. Schulman was an active member of the American Trust for the British Library, the Society of California Archivists, the Friends of the Huntington Library, and the California Academic and Research Libraries Association. l
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