alma matters Thomas Knutson Deceased Emeriti Faculty and Staff Herbert Cederberg, Ph.D.
Raymond V. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of history, Herb Cederberg, died Aug. 24, at 81 years of age after battling pancreatic cancer for three years. Cederberg joined the UWRF community in 1966 and taught for 33 years. In the early 1970’s he co-founded and was director of the UWRF Minority Services Office and was the recipient of several state and national grants for his research and publications. In 2007 he was named Advisor of the Year for his service and dedication to his students. After retiring in 1999, he continued to teach part-time at UWRF (American art history and colonial history) for several more years. Over the years he developed an expertise in art history and conducted many student tours to major history and art museums in the United States. The lifelong tennis player enjoyed landscaping his yard with large rocks, volunteered his time generously to his community, serving on boards of Jobs Now and the Young People’s Symphony Concert Association of the Minnesota Orchestra. He also served with multiple arts and cultural venues around the city.
Professor Emeritus and past department chair of political science, Ray Anderson, died April 10 at the age of 91. Having once called teaching “the world’s most wonderful profession,” Anderson spent from 1963 to 1990 at UW-River Falls, where he helped draft the constitution that created the Faculty Senate. He was heavily involved in civic and political affiliations throughout his lifetime, and made several visits to the state’s and nation’s capitols as a registered lobbyist. He travelled extensively with his wife, Zora, to whom he had been married for more than 60 years, visiting all 50 states and all seven continents. While on the faculty, Anderson created the Dr. Ray Anderson Endowed Scholarship Fund, which is awarded annually to a political science major with demonstrated financial need.
William “Bill” Ammerman Professor Emeritus of art, Bill Ammerman, died Aug. 24, at 88 years of age at Kinni Long Term Care. Ammerman joined the UWRF Art Department in 1958 and served as chair of the department from 1960-67. He retired in 1988.
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Earl Lewis Professor Emeritus of English Earl Lewis died Jan. 30, at the age of 92. He taught at UWRF for 25 years, where he is remembered as a dynamic and influential teacher. He served as president of the Association of University of Wisconsin Faculty from 1984-1986, and as chairman of the Pierce County Democratic Party. In July, 2013, Lewis and his wife, June, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple’s passion was traveling the world, making many trips to Hawaii, Alaska, Central and South America, Europe, the South Pacific, and parts of Asia.
1965 graduate of UW-River Falls and UWRF’s 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Thomas Knutson died on Sept. 30 of cancer at age 71. Knutson, an inaugural participant in UWRF’s celebrated “Quarter Abroad” program, spent 33 years as a professor of communications at California State University – Sacramento and was a global communication professor at Bangkok University in Thailand. He was a Fulbright scholar in South Korea and Russia and a past president of Phi Beta Delta, an honor society for international scholars. He traveled to more than 40 countries and published dozens of professional articles. Knutson and his husband, Phan Datthuyawat, were pioneers in same-sex marriage advocacy and, in 2013, became one of the first bi-national couples in the U.S. to have their marriage approved by federal immigration officials.