In Memory

ALUMNI

RONALD O. DAVIS

Rancho Palos Verdes, California, age 98, Feb. 6 1940

MASAKO TANAKA ’42, ’08, Seattle, age 100, Dec. 12

AILEEN MILLER MCGINNIS ’46, Seattle, age 98, Feb. 17

RAYMOND GEORGE HENSEL ’48, Dupont, age 99, Feb. 8

JOHN D. PECKENPAUGH ’48, Auburn, age 93, Jan. 9

HERBERT A. SWANSON ’48, Olympia, age 99, March 20

PATRICIA JANE DOTSON ’49, Medina, age 96, Feb. 14

DONALD WENDEL MALMBERG ’49, Surprise, Arizona, age 97, March 12 1950

ANDREW RALPH AEBI ’50, Bellevue, age 97, Jan. 15

PAULINE MAKIE SHIOSAKI ’50, Vashon, age 94, Dec. 15

JOHN PAULDING THERRIEN ’50, Kirkland, age 95, Feb. 14

MARK “SHIM” ELYN ’51, Seattle, age 90, Jan. 13

KAY TOMITA HASHIMOTO ’52, Seattle, age 94, Feb. 10

BARBARA SACKSTEDER ’52, Seattle, age 94, March 2023

SAM CUNDIFF SAUNDERS ’52, Kirkland, age 91, Jan. 22

CHARLES H. SCHIFF ’52, Kirkland, age 95, Dec. 24

DANA G. ANDREWS ’66, Seattle, age 78, Jan. 15

JACQUELYN LOUISE CAMPBELL ‘66, Issaquah, age 78, March 13

JULIA BRENNER MORRIS ’66, Spokane, age 89, Jan. 21

CHRISTINE JOY YADA ’72, Federal Way, age 73, March 10

RICHARD L. HAWLEY ’73, Oro Valley, Arizona, age 73, Jan. 13

COLLIN TONG ’73, Seattle, age 76, Dec. 24

1990

DENNIS SCOTT KEETON ’91, Greensboro, North Carolina, age 69, Feb. 26

MARTIN W. BAKER, ’69, ’71, was the first executive director of the Washington Environmental Council from 1973 to 1976. He later served 20 years as deputy director of Seattle Public Utilities. He died Oct. 29 at the age of 75.

The UW and UW Alumni Association mourn the loss of a leader whose work helped make UW Tacoma a reality.

BLANCHE ANN WESTBURG ’52, Mercer Island, age 92, March 1

JAMES REBER CALLAGHAN ’53, Seattle, age 91, March 12

RICHARD FAGAN ’53, Vashon, age 91, Jan. 19

ROBERT BRUCE OVENS ’53, ’56, Kirkland, age 91, Feb. 10

RICHARD TODD WHEELER ’53, Anacortes, age 92, March 15

RICHARD S. LOUDON ’54, Seattle, age 92, May 17, 2022

SHANNON E. STAFFORD ’54, ’56, Bellevue, age 90, Jan. 30

GEORGE ERNEST CASPERSON ’55, Edmonds, age 91, Dec. 10, 2020

JOHN PETER HENNES ’55, Seattle, age 89, Jan. 19

FREDERICK FALLER NORD ’55, Auburn, age 88, Feb. 3, 2021

ROBERT L. HORCHOVER ’56, ’60, Tacoma, age 88, Dec. 19

AUDREY JEAN PALMER ’56, Pacifica, California, age 87, Jan. 7

ROBERT LEWIS ’57, Mercer Island, age 91, March 12

RONALD EUGENE MILLER ’57, Seattle, age 89, Jan. 26

PHILIP C. “SKIP” NORTON ’57, Seattle, age 93, Sept. 12

DONALD HAROLD SIMPSON ’57, Seattle, age 86, Dec. 1

KIRK STUART ADAMS ’58, Woodinville, age 89, Dec. 25

E. ANDREW OLSON III ’58, Dublin, Ohio, age 87, Jan. 12

CAROL LEE RANDALL ’58, ’66, Seattle, age 86, Jan. 24

CLARK FREDRICK GOODMAN ’59, Portland, Oregon, age 86, Feb. 11

RICHARD JAN PERRY ’59, Seattle, age 85, March 30

1960

GLENN ALAN HARTQUIST ’60, Seattle, age 89, Jan. 5

RAYMOND ALBERT MEUSE ’60, Seattle, age 93, Jan. 1

SANFORD “SONNY” ROSE ’60, Seattle, age 84, Jan. 22

BERNADINE A. SMITH ’60, ’76, Seattle, age 85, Jan. 22

DARLENE MARIE DEENY ’61, Kirkland, age 84, March 8

GEORGE ROBERT GERBER ’61, Indian Wells, California, age 86, Jan. 10

FRANK L. “LARRY” CASSIDY JR. ’62, Vancouver, Washington, age 83, Jan. 19

MARILYN DIANE DILLARD ’62, Auburn, age 81, June 21, 2022

KATHERENE MITALAS ’63, Des Moines, age 81, Feb. 20

LINDA A. BARTELS ZUAR ’63, age 78, Feb. 25

CAROL M. HAWKINS ’64, Renton, age 81, Sept. 19

HELEN KESTER ’64, Bellevue, age 81, Feb. 23

TRAVIS OGDEN THOMPSON ’64, Wailea, Hawaii, age 87, Feb. 11

PHILIP YARNELL KILLIEN ’65, ’68, Seattle, age 79, Jan. 27

RONALD G. PICKETT ’66, San Diego, age 79, May 31, 2022

FLORA MAY BRADLEY ’67, Seattle, age 95, Jan. 2

JOHN DUKES MERCER ’67, Redmond, age 77, Jan. 1

DAVID DEAN OSTERBERG ’67, ’69, ’74, Stanwood, age 77, February 2023

RICHARD EUGENE EVERS ’69, Portland, Oregon, age 75, Aug. 30

LAWRENCE “ED” PARKS JR. ’69, Seattle, age 74, Oct. 29, 2020

1970

SANDFORD “SANDY” EGUCHI ’70, Portland, Oregon, age 74, Jan. 2

JANET ANN FABLING ’70, Bonney Lake, age 77, Feb. 25

DAN C. GREEN ’70, Bremerton, age 74, Jan. 14

DENNIS NOTEBOOM ’70, Livingston, Montana, age 77, Feb. 2

STEPHANIE SCHMIDT ’70, Seattle, age 74, Feb. 4

KRISTY JEAN HENDRICKSON ’71, ’82, Lake Forest Park, age 73, Jan. 12

ROBERT SANDUSKY ’71, Newport News, Virginia, age 83, Jan. 11

JACK DONNELLY ’72, Whidbey Island, age 78, Jan. 10

GREGORY LYNN FIKE ’72, Rogers, Arkansas, age 74, Feb. 1

RONALD DOUGLAS RIEDASCH ’72, Seattle, age 80, Jan. 5

ALVIN MORTON SION ’72, San Francisco, age 94, Jan. 9

HARRY A. “GUS” WALL ’72, Seattle, age 82, Jan. 3

LINDA GIBSON ’74, Seattle, age 83, Feb. 8

PAUL FREDERICK NELSON ’74, Lynnwood, age 72, Feb. 19

TERESA L. “TRACY” DALTON ’75, New Orleans, age 73, Jan. 16

KENNETH CONRAD ELVERUM ’75, ’77, Helena, Montana, age 76, Nov. 17

THOMAS MORTON ’75, Bainbridge Island, age 78, Sept. 24

G. THOMAS REAVELL ’75, Bellevue, age 79, Nov. 30

JOHN L. WIRE ’75, Portland, Oregon, age 77, Dec. 8

CHARLES “RICK” GILBERT ’76, ’77, Kirkland, age 84, March 17

MICHAEL ALBERT OLSON ’79, Seattle, age 66, Feb. 9

1980

MARILYN CHILDS ’80, ’84, ’85, Woodinville, age 75, March 13

LINDA RAE HAUGEN ’80, Issaquah, age 81, Feb. 9

HENRY “MARK” WILLIAMS ’80, Clinton, age 70, Jan. 18

WILLIAM “BILL” GILBERT ’81, Olympia

CATHERINE A. MACDONALD ’81, Kirkland, age 93, Feb. 20

WILLIAM MCKINLEY REIFEL ’81, Bellevue, age 64, Dec. 31

STANLEY W. TOOPS ’83, ’90, Federal Way, age 64, Jan. 31

KATHY M. MACDUFF ’84, Seattle, age 70, Feb. 24

BARBARA BOARDMAN ’85, Media, Pennsylvania, age 65, March 26

ANDREA BRENNEKE ’88, Seattle, age 57, March 3

FRANK PARENTE ’94, Portland, Oregon, age 51, March 3

MARIA D’AMATO ’97, Martinez, California, age 62, Nov. 12

2000

TYLER ROBERTS ’03, Chelan, age 41, March 3

2010

EDWIN LEROY ORTIZ ’10, Lynnwood, age 35, Dec. 6

FACULTY & FRIENDS

HAZARD ADAMS ’59, ’64, was a UW professor of comparative literature from 1974 to 1990 and again from 1994 to 1995. A former first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, he also was a Fulbright research scholar in Ireland. He died Feb. 24 at age 97.

CAROLYN ALLEN, ’65, was a professor emeritus of English who received the 1980 UW Distinguished Teaching Award. In her 46 years on the faculty, she served as co-editor of the feminist academic journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. She also was the English Department’s director of graduate studies. She died Jan. 9 at the age of 79.

JEFF ALTMAN spent 25 years as a primary care physician at Hall Health Primary Care Center. He also served as an adjunct faculty member in the UW School of Medicine. After his 2000 retirement, he was an avid hiker, backpacker and skier. He died Feb. 6.

DAVID WILLIAM AMORY SR., ’61, ’71, served in the Army from 1945 to 1947, participating in the postwar occupation of Japan. He joined the faculty of the UW Department of Anesthesiology in 1974 and received numerous teaching awards. He died Feb. 19 at the age of 95.

EARL R. CARLSON, ’48, who had a long career as a professor of social psychology at Michigan State University and California State University, Long Beach, established the Earl R. Carlson Professorship and the Eleanor Carlson Endowed Fellowship in the UW Department of Psychology. He died Dec. 25 at the age of 95.

DONN CHARNLEY, ’51, ’59, spent 32 years as a professor of geology at Shoreline Community College. He also served 10 years in the Washington State House of Representatives and four years as a state senator. He died Feb. 5 at the age of 94.

JOHN CHIN was an electrical engineer in the UW Geophysics Department, where he designed scientific instruments for the Space Sciences Program. He died Feb. 16 at the age of 90.

J. RANDALL CURTIS, ’91, ’92, ’94, was a professor of medicine in the UW Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and holder of the A. Bruce Montgomery— American Lung Association Endowed Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He earned an international reputation for his work on palliative care and end-of-life care. He died Dec. 6 at the age of 62.

DANIEL GOULD DOW became the chair of the UW Department of Electrical Engineering in 1958. He also held leadership roles in the UW Applied Physics Lab and the Washington Energy Council. He died Jan. 2 at the age of 92.

ELORA MARGARET ERICKSON, ’44, was active in the UWAA’s Purple & Gold Society and the efforts to create a World War II Memorial at the UW. She died Jan. 21 at age 100.

PHILIP FLECKMAN was a beloved UW faculty member, mentor and pillar of the Seattle dermatology community. An icon and backbone of UW dermatology for 40 years, he had a warm, gentlemanly approach to teaching generations of young dermatologists. He died March 19 at the age of 76.

JOAN CHATALAS WESTOVER, ’58, past UW Alumni Trustee, was deeply involved in the leadership of the UW Alumni Association’s Tacoma alumni group and participated in the profound work to support the creation of UW Tacoma. Her son Brandt, ’83, was president of the UW Young Alumni Club and her grandson Jack is a current Husky football player. She died March 1 at the age of 86.

KRISTIE JOAN FORREST, ’73, a majorette with the 1971 Husky Marching Band, received the 2012 Frank Orrico Award, which is given to Tyee Club members who have demonstrated outstanding support of UW athletics. She died in January 2023 at the age of 71.

CHARLES HUBBARD FREY served in the National Guard and joined the UW English department faculty in 1970 to teach Shakespeare. He died Feb. 15 at the age of 87.

DANIEL GRANEY was a legendary professor of medicine who taught anatomy at the UW School of Medicine for nearly 50 years. He was voted Most Outstanding Professor so often that the University retired him from competing anymore. Recipient of the UW’s 1994 Distinguished Teaching Award, he was also the director of the UW’s Willed Body Program and played a major role in the School of Medicine’s WWAMI program, teaching anatomy to students in Wyoming. He died Jan. 10 at the age of 86.

JOSEPH J. HANNAH, ’07, was an academic adviser with the UW’s Integrated Social Sciences Program and an affiliate assistant professor in the UW geography department. He died April 30, 2022 at the age of 61.

LOUISE MONTAG HIRASAWA worked in higher education administration at the UW. She died March 24 at the age of 78.

BARBARA K. JOHNSON, ’69, spent 21 years working in the UW Experimental Education Unit of the Center for Human Development and Disability. She died May 20, 2022.

KAREN ELAINE KASONIC, ’01, was the program director for the engineering communication program in the UW College of Engineering. She died Jan. 14 at the age of 48.

DOUGLAS KELBAUGH served as dean of the College of Built Environments from 1985 to 1998. He championed sustainable urban design and transit-oriented development.He died Feb. 18 at the age of 78.

JANE Q. KOENIG ’59, ’61, ’63, was a pioneer in the study of the physiological effects of air pollution inhalation, especially in humans. She joined the faculty of the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences in 1974 and retired in 2010. She served as an adviser to the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and was a member of the Faculty Senate. She died recently.

KARL SIMON KRUGHOFF was a UW astronomer who worked on the project now known as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is under construction in Chile. He died Jan. 13 at the age of 46.

RAYMOND KRYSTYNIAK worked at the UW Medical Center-Montlake and retired in 2001. He died Oct. 11 at the age of 75.

GRETA LARSEN was active with UW faculty wives and supported the UW theater and drama programs. She died Dec. 29 at the age of 97.

DANIEL LEE LUCTHEL, ’69, spent 38 years as a faculty member in environmental toxicology. He died Nov. 1 at age 80.

GARY ALLEN MAYKUT, ’63, served as a research professor in the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He died March 10 at age 83.

PAUL MCGOUG ’55, ’57, had stints with the Merchant Marines and the Army before coming to UW. He worked at Boeing and the Resources Conservation Co. He died Feb. 17 at the age of 95.

RICHARD ORTIZ worked in the patient nutrition department at UW Medical Center-Montlake. He died Feb. 6 at the age of 72.

GERTRUDE PACIFIC was a curator of design at the Burke Museum. She died Jan. 19 at the age of 80.

NICHOLAS PASCHE worked at the UW for 12 years on the Resource Team. He died Feb. 11.

PAUL B. ROBERTSON served as dean of the UW School of Dentistry from 1992 to 2001, a time when the school’s international reputation flourished. He died Dec. 24 at the age of 82.

JOHN THOMAS SACK was a Navy captain who served in Vietnam. He was a longtime clinical faculty member as a renowned hand surgeon. He died Feb. 3 at age 82.

RUBENS SIGELMANN, ’61, ’63, spent 32 years on the UW faculty as a professor and researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He died Jan. 6 at the age of 94.

FRED UTTER, ’64, was widely recognized as the founding father of fishery genetics. An affiliate professor at the UW, he led the genetics group at National Marine Fisheries Service. He died March 5 at the age of 91.

TERESA VALOIS worked at the UW for 42 years and developed the UW’s Driver Rehabilitation Program. She died March 3 at the age of 71.