In MemoriamFall 2025

1940s

Frances May Croff-Garren, ’42, Corvallis, OR • Bertha Jeannette Houk, ’47, Redmond, OR, Panhellenic • Peggy Shelburne Childs, ’48, The Dalles, OR, Sigma Kappa • Harrison Clyde Jamison, ’48, Tucson, AZ

1950s

Frances Hendricks, ’50, Walla Walla, WA, Delta Delta Delta • Arleen Frogley Olson, ’50, Salem, OR • James Edmonds Creswell, ’51, Klamath Falls, OR • Herbert Lindy Haglund, ’51, Portland, OR • Marshall William McMurran, ’51, Livermore, CA • Barbara Jean Memovich, ’51, Sherwood, OR, Alpha Delta Pi • Jeanne Neff, ’51 ’52, Flagstaff, AZ, Delta Delta Delta • Marjorie Graves Ericson, ’52, Brentwood, TN, Kappa Alpha Theta • Arvid Trevor Jacobson, ’52, Salem, OR, Lambda Chi Alpha • Phyllis Briggs Meyers, ’52, Portland, OR, Delta Gamma • Dorothy Ellen Myrick, ’52, Portland, OR • Russell L. Olson, ’52, Portland, OR, Pi Kappa Alpha • Leland Mather Perkins, ’52, Newbury Park, CA, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Ernest B. Price Jr., ’52, Redmond, OR, Delta Sigma Phi • Marie Sullivan, ’52, Colorado Springs, CO, Delta Delta Delta • Byron A. Ward, ’52, Cape Girardeau, MO • Antranik Barsamian, ’53, Carmel By The Sea, CA, Acacia • Clarence Dale Becker, ’53 ’55, Richland, WA, Alpha Gamma Rho • Beverly Jean Bergkvist, ’53, Cashion, OK, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Diane Teckla Buckiewicz, ’53, Forest Grove, OR • Robert Stoddart Cahill, ’53, Columbus, OH, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Henry Leland Chambers, ’53 ’64, Lebanon, OR • Beverly Friedman, ’53, San Mateo, CA, Alpha Phi • James E. Gingrich, ’53, Lafayette, CA, Phi Kappa Tau • James Nelson Holmes, ’53, Lake Oswego, OR • David F. Schmidt, ’53, Gainesville, FL • Maryanne Mitchell Solberg, ’53, Fresno, CA, Chi Omega • Bonnie Ten Eyck Thomas, ’53, Tigard, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Douglas Barnes Vickers, ’53, Tarpon Springs, FL, Phi Kappa Sigma • Roger Ernest Vorderstrasse, ’53, Portland, OR • John Alan Young, ’53 ’89, Portola Valley, CA, Alpha Tau Omega • Mary Ann Allemann, ’54, Richland, WA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Lois Johnson Hopkins, ’54, Irvine, CA, Delta Zeta • H. Gordon Jensen, ’54 ’55, Portland, OR, Sigma Nu • Gordon Dale Kohler, ’54 ’55, Cameron Park, CA, Theta Xi • Suzanne Lindstrom, ’54, Medford, OR, Alpha Delta Pi • Doris Rausch, ’54, Chico, CA, Alpha Phi • Everett Arnold Reinikka, ’54 ’59, Coatesville, PA • Elaine Grace Twietmeyer, ’54, Oregon City, OR • Jerald Elliott Backstrand, ’55, Salem, OR, Phi Sigma Kappa • Neva Tipley Campbell, ’55, Portland, OR, Alpha Chi Omega • Richard Alfred Coleman, ’55, Danville, CA, Phi Delta Theta • Alfred Dennis Dahlin, ’55, Portland, OR, Sigma Chi • John P. Enger, ’55, Portland, OR, Theta Chi • Faye McConnell Fulwyler, ’55, Wasco, CA, Alpha Chi Omega • Vernon R. Larson, ’55, Westlake Village, CA • Robert Eugene Pailthorp, ’55 ’57, Oregon City, OR • Catharine Parcher, ’55, Canby, OR, Alpha Xi Delta • Henry Gladstone Watts, ’55, Winslow, AZ • Robert Lynn Bennett, ’56 ’57, Ramona, CA, Sigma Chi • Frederik Bolkestein, ’56 • Susanne Perrins Carter, ’56, Phoenix, AZ, Alpha Chi Omega • Loretta T. Kaneko, ’56, San Diego, CA • Rasma Kurmins, ’56, Oceanside, CA • Dale L. Potter, ’56, Aurora, CO, Pi Kappa Alpha • Bonnie Louise Reeder, ’56, Portland, OR • Marjorie Knapp Reuling, ’56, Salem, OR, Delta Zeta • Ray Sidney Rothstrom, ’56, Hillsboro, OR, Sigma Nu • Gordon Doyle Dodge, ’57, Bingham Farms, MI, Sigma Chi • Kenneth L. Evans, ’57, John Day, OR • Lewis Arthur Frederickson, ’57, Oakland, CA, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Joseph S. Fritts, ’57, Scio, OR • Warren K. Moore, ’57, Northridge, CA • Edwin Sanger Rolph, ’57, Clackamas, OR, Chi Phi • John D. Bauer, ’58, Salem, OR, Tau Kappa Epsilon • Walter M. Beyer, ’58, Salem, OR • Helen K. Dale, ’58, Gold River, CA, Delta Gamma • Sydney G. Honey, ’58, Seattle, WA • Gerald Lee Knaeble, ’58, Huachuca City, AZ • Austin Robert Magill, ’58, Woodbine, MD, Delta Tau Delta • Frank S. Wright, ’58, Mukilteo, WA • Norma Jean Adams, ’59, Springfield, OR • Donald Campbell Austin, ’59, Mesa, AZ • Carl W. Fetty, ’59, Lake Oswego, OR • James Preston Harris, ’59, Dupont, WA • Rusel Charles Hause, ’59 ’60, Edmonds, WA • Dale Arthur Hein, ’59, Fort Collins, CO • Charles Wesley Johnstone, ’59, Powell, WY • Marco Anthony Lopez, ’59, Renton, WA • Mary Helen Mikesell, ’59, Albany, OR, Kappa Kappa Gamma • James A. Reeher, ’59, Tillamook, OR • Janet Nelson Reimers, ’59, Carmel- by-the-Sea, CA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Judith Mae Setzer, ’59, Bend, OR, Alpha Phi • Anne Lenox Snodgrass, ’59, Gilbert, AZ, Alpha Delta Pi

John A. Young, ’53, ’89 (Hon. Ph.D.)

John A. Young, the pioneering executive who succeeded founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, passed away on May 26 at the age of 93. A transformative force in technology and business, he helped shape the trajectory of Silicon Valley, modern computing and U.S. industrial policy. As an HP executive, he was key to the company establishing a Corvallis division and an enduring partnership with Oregon State. As CEO from 1978 to 1992, he transformed the company from a pioneer in test and measurement equipment into a global computing powerhouse. He was recognized for his contributions with the highest professional honors in his field, becoming an inductee into both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. Young was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Rosemary Murray Young, ’54. He is survived by his children Gregory, Peter and Diana, and four grandchildren.

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1960s

Brent H. Carter, ’60, Boise, ID • Gordon G. Culver, ’60, Boardman, OR • John O. Dunkin, ’60, Grants Pass, OR, Beta Theta Pi • Alvin L. Hashberger, ’60, Coos Bay, OR • Marion Faye Hovey, ’60, Decatur, AL • Lynn C. Howard, ’60, Lebanon, OR • Ronald Alvin Thompson, ’60, Roseville, CA • William Biddle Ayars, ’61 ’68, Apex, NC • Jerry S. Davis, ’61, The Dalles, OR, Theta Xi • Dianne Lawton Ettlich, ’61, Folsom, CA • Glenn Russell Harrison, ’61 ’65, Albany, OR • Marvin Heupel, ’61, Nipomo, CA • James Leroy Hiatt, ’61 ’64, Walnut Creek, CA • Carlene Krueger, ’61, Forest Grove, OR • Edward Dean Schroeder, ’61, Davis, CA, Delta Tau Delta • Virginia L. Woodley, ’61, Klamath Falls, OR, Alpha Chi Omega • Frank Brown, ’62, Chapel Hill, NC • Stephen L. DeMaria, ’62, Lafayette, CA, Phi Gamma Delta • Boyd W. Gentry, ’62, Kearney, NE • Berton Eugene McVay, ’62, Lincoln City, OR • Patricia J. Petersen, ’62, Bend, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Merwyn C. Powell Jr., ’62, Clayton, CA • John K. Bowman, ’63, Tomahawk, WI • Thomas L. Buckley, ’63 ’64, Laguna Hills, CA, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Nancy Jo Carey, ’63, Lodi, CA, Delta Zeta • Wayne Edward Chambers, ’63, Albany, OR • John D. Shurtliff, ’63, Manassas, VA, Phi Kappa Sigma • Catherine Elledge Bruffey, ’64, Dover, DE • Gary Lee Hufford, ’64 ’68, Eagle River, AK, Sigma Chi • William Melville Kizer, ’64, McMinnville, OR, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Eva Morkved, ’64, West Salem, WI • Marilyn Jean Owen, ’64 • Stephen M. Webb, ’64, Bowie, MD • Donald William Creek, ’65 ’66, Canby, OR • Charley Alton Culver, ’65, Lake Oswego, OR • Robert B. Ingram, ’65, Salem, OR, Alpha Sigma Phi • Melinda Koth, ’65, Frisco, TX, Delta Delta Delta • Robert C. Lindsay, ’65, Birmingham, MI • Ronald B. McCoy, ’65, Lakewood, CO • Kenneth R. Sandstrom, ’65 ’74, Redmond, WA • Maurice R. Stevens, ’65, Springfield, VA, Phi Kappa Theta • Dennis Robert Straub, ’65, Vancouver, WA • Albert J. Anderson, ’66, Harlingen, TX • Jerry Ferdinand Cuderman, ’66, Albuquerque, NM • Karen Shoemaker Hawkins, ’66, San Jose, CA • Martin W. Hirt, ’66, Lewiston, ID, Sigma Nu • Kevin Ken Mihata, ’66, Redmond, WA • Edgar Paul Peloquin, ’66 ’69, Vancouver, WA • Michael A. Sisk, ’66, Hockessin, DE, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Mary Diane Vreeland, ’66, Littleton, CO, Alpha Omicron Pi • Wilmer Leo Waldman, ’66, Longview, WA • Frederick H. F. Au, ’67, Las Vegas, NV • Allan W. Barnes, ’67, Vancouver, WA • Larry William Belt, ’67, Yamhill, OR • Hugh Duffey Brown, ’67 ’69, Hillsboro, OR • Julian Damian Ceniga, ’67, Wilsonville, OR • John Russell Hutchins, ’67, Seattle, WA • Paul Fletcher Johnson, ’67, Seaside, OR, Alpha Kappa Lambda • David Oscar Ohde, ’67 ’68, Portland, OR • Clark N. Starry, ’67 ’68, San Francisco, CA • Neil John Berg Jr., ’68, Raleigh, NC • Leroy Adam Bieber, ’68 ’69, Vacaville, CA • Helen Paulus-Constatine, ’68, Issaquah, WA, Alpha Chi Omega • Kenneth L. Pierce, ’68, Atlanta, GA, Sigma Pi • James Richard Silkensen, ’68 ’69, Somerset, NJ • Erich Hellmut Hoffmann, ’69, Portland, OR, Phi Kappa Psi • Curtis K. Kenagy, ’69, Carrizozo, NM • Jacqueline Kay La Chapelle, ’69, Freeland, WA • William Edward O’Connell, ’69, Palm Springs, CA • Katharine Julia Rosling, ’69, Orange, CA • Richard W. Saunders, ’69, Seattle, WA, Pi Kappa Phi • Sarah Jean Tennant, ’69, Camas, WA, Alpha Phi, Panhellenic

1970s

Danny R. Avery, ’70, Westborough, MA • Cabot H. Clark, ’70, Eugene, OR • John Thomas Elmore, ’70, Irving, TX • Ronald Lynn Marx, ’70, Dallas, OR • Lowell E. Smith, ’70, Grass Valley, OR • Dennis M. Callaghan, ’71, McMinnville, OR • David B. Collins, ’71, Kent, WA • Daniel J. Fontanini, ’71, Salem, OR • Peter Anthony Garcia, ’71, El Paso, TX • James Dennis Hansen, ’71, Wallowa, OR • Luella Hawley-Sedlak, ’71 ’76, Santa Barbara, CA • Trista Ann Nelson, ’71, Sherwood, OR • Milton L. Bartholomew Jr., ’72 ’74, Roseburg, OR, Alpha Gamma Rho • Ernest Arnold Dunning, ’72, Manchester, MO • John Roger Penn, ’72, Albany, OR • Judith L. Wilkins, ’72, Beaverton, OR • Pamela Jean Nelsen, ’73 ’74, Vancouver, WA • Eric Mauritz Schoblom, ’73, Medford, OR • Berelian Seymour, ’73, Saint Louis, MO • Kathy Ann Beck, ’74, Portland, OR • Ruth Anne Dean, ’74, Albany, OR • Gregory Scott Jones, ’74, Portland, OR, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Albert Gary Miller, ’74, Santee, CA • Alan J. Schuyler, ’74, Roberts, MT • George Lamont Sullins, ’74 ’76, Billings, MT • Grant A. Walker, ’74 • Janet Keck Beamer, ’75, Walla Walla, WA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Molly Jane Brog, ’75, La Grande, OR • Kathleen Kay Keef, ’75, Reno, NV • Harold L. Longaker, ’75, New Orleans, LA • Alexander William Macnab, ’75 ’84, Dufur, OR • Fred Beebee, ’76, Madras, OR • Sharon Haas Belanger, ’76, Milbridge, ME • Arthur Ray Bowman, ’76, Klamath Falls, OR • Keith Arthur Hutchinson, ’76, Kelso, WA • Surendra P. S. Bhatia, ’77, Kent, WA • Janice Marie Ebert-Dix, ’77, Woodbridge, VA • Sally Ann Cain Houck, ’77, Vancouver, WA • Michael Steven Kiyokawa, ’77 ’78, Camas, WA, Sigma Chi • Scott R. Landrey, ’77, Newberg, OR • Louise Vick, ’77, Beaverton, OR, Alpha Omicron Pi • Cindy Michelle Erickson, ’79, Carlton, OR • Brian William Kramer, ’79 ’93, Corvallis, OR • Lester Donald Olson, ’79, Fargo, ND

Carol Hill Pickard, ’76

A proud Oregon Stater and long-standing volunteer leader, Carol Hill Pickard died on Dec. 28, 2024, in Los Gatos, California, at age 70. Her family called her “the original Elle Woods from Legally Blonde”: an Oregon State home economics graduate who went on to law school, worked with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps and U.S. Navy, and then was a partner in a San Jose insurance defense law firm for 24 years. She served on boards for the OSU Alumni Association, OSU Foundation and Honors College, and was named an Honors College Alumni Fellow in 2013. She was also active as a volunteer judge pro tem in the Santa Clara County District Court, as a fill-in traffic commissioner and with her synagogue community. She is survived by her husband Rich; sons Rob and Jake; daughter Jamie; and two grandsons.

Photo by Richard Pickard

1980s

Michael Edward Alder, ’80, Portland, OR, Tau Kappa Epsilon • Ronald Alvin Bush, ’80, Sandy, OR • Colleen Carris Hughes, ’80, Cookeville, TN • Yvonne McCallister Caddy, ’81, Corvallis, OR • Lynette H. Okazaki, ’81, Newberg, OR • David Wayne Schmidt, ’81, Chehalis, WA • Phyllis Jean Bolsinger, ’82, Portland, OR • Sharon Ehlers, ’82, Portland, OR • Kathy Denise Munoz, ’82, Buckeye, AZ • John Alfred Anderson, ’83, Eugene, OR • Gerald Timothy Baker, ’83, Starkville, MS • Jon Stuart Beaty, ’83, Seattle, WA • Judith Irene Landauer, ’83, Caldwell, ID • Karl Francis Pelkan, ’83, Seattle, WA, Kappa Delta Rho • Gary Lee Kiemnec, ’84, Boise, ID • Kirk John Staker, ’84, Corvallis, OR • Ling-Ling Leonea Hong Hung, ’85, Marlton, NJ • Todd William Le Vigne, ’85, La Quinta, CA • William Raymond Quinn, ’85, Keizer, OR • Jack Wesley Alford, ’86, Myrtle Creek, OR • Troy Christopher Jewell, ’87, Aloha, OR • Matthew Allen Davis, ’88, Germanton, NC • Linda Henderson, ’88, Sherwood, OR • George Edmund Moon Jr., ’88, Spokane Valley, WA

1990s

Steve Kann, ’91, Longview, WA • Blake Cole McKinney, ’91, Milwaukee, WI, Lambda Chi Alpha • Frank Twiss Babcock, ’92, Corvallis, OR • Eric William Heller, ’97, Tacoma, WA • Jeffrey Morse Leonard, ’97, Corvallis, OR • Sherry M. Johnson, ’99, Bend, OR

2000s

Larry Bill Bevens, ’00 ’06, Salem, OR • Julian Corey Ceniga, ’02, Sherwood, OR • Lauren D. Crum, ’03, Ione, OR • Nathan Robert Pliska, ’03, Portland, OR, Sigma Chi • Paul Wayne White, ’03, New York, NY, Chi Phi • William Russell Miller, ’07, Melbourne, FL

2010s

Heidi Ann Mannenbach, ’12, Portland, OR • Susan Kay Perritano, ’13, San Antonio, TX • Hailey Okula, ’15, Los Angeles, CA

Hailey (Gaspar) Okula, ’15

Former Beaver gymnast Hailey (Gaspar) Okula, who helped lead her team to a Pac-12 championship in 2013, died during childbirth on March 29 in Los Angeles. She was 33. A standout at Boise State in vault, balance beam and floor exercise, Okula transferred to Oregon State with one year of eligibility left. Though an injury limited her to the vault, she was named Pac-12 Newcomer of the Week, earned Pac-12 Second Team and set a season high of 9.925 at Stanford. “Hailey approached life with a fearless energy and an entrepreneurial drive that inspired everyone around her,” said Head Coach Tanya Chaplin. After graduating, Okula became an emergency room nurse and Instagram influencer, with nearly half a million followers viewing her posts and resources for new and aspiring nurses. She is survived by her husband, Matthew, and son, Crew.

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2020s

Daniel Brewer, ’25, Oakdale, CT

Faculty, Staff and Friends

David J. Aldrich, Oregon City, OR • Rudolph T. Allemann, Richland, WA • Claudia M. Annis, Corvallis, OR • William Allen Atkinson, Sebastopol, CA • Judy Bassett, Philomath, OR • Susan Wendel Black, Lake Oswego, OR • Ralph Bolliger, Portland, OR • John R. Braaten Sr., Stevenson, WA • Warren L. Brekke, Corvallis, OR • Marjorie Briskey, Waunakee, WI • Mary J. Brog, Salem, OR • Cornelius Browne, Bend, OR • Moses Buckner, Corvallis, OR • Joanne T. Cady, Scottsdale, AZ • Ronald D. Callahan, Portland, OR • M. Dale Christensen, Walnut Creek, CA • Nancy L. Cloud, Bishop, CA • Neil Cox, Corvallis, OR • Robert H. Davidson, Portland, OR • Kelly M. Davis, Farmington, MN • James Denham, Florence, OR • Donald H. Dillinger, Stamford, CT • Richard D. Doran, Grand Junction, CO • James Duff, Portland, OR • Betty A. Duncan, Bozeman, MT • Albert H. Ellingboe, Madison, WI • Joanne F. Ellis, Sacramento, CA • Robert D. Espeseth, Savoy, IL • Margery Fargher, Columbia City, OR • Daniel F. Farkas, Raleigh, NC • Barbara A. Fisher, Salem, OR • Albert Fowlkes, Dyersburg, TN • Vera M. Fox, Seattle, WA • Edward L. Freed, Carmichael, CA • Merle M. Fulmer, Lynnwood, WA • Geraldine Gettis, Lincoln City, OR • Jane Ginn, Corvallis, OR • Leonard A. Girard, Beaverton, OR • Dixie Diane Harms, Canby, OR • Vera Harper, Prineville, OR • Lorraine Harris, Albany, OR • Thomas W. Hayes Jr., Walla Walla, WA • Gladys J. Hildreth, Denton, TX • Bernice E. Hill, Springfield, OR • John G. Holden, Portland, OR • Arzalea Hostetler, Albany, OR • Colleen V. Hull, Gresham, OR • Ann Huntley, Portland, OR • Bernice-Claire Ideta, Honolulu, HI • Joyce L. Ielmini, Patterson, CA • Lillian Ito, Kailua, HI • Marvin W. Jacob, Albany, OR • Jorgene Marie Jensen, La Jolla, CA • Dolores G. Jones, Corvallis, OR • LaVerne H. Jordan, Gresham, OR • Gregg S. Kantor, Portland, OR • Galen Kawamoto, Portland, OR • Marian S. Kelley, Port Angeles, WA • Velma Kathleen Kerr, Santa Fe, NM • Robert K. Keveren, Gloucester, VA • Robert J. Kimes, Corbett, OR • Shirley Kosesan, Salem, OR • Teresita Ladd, Eugene, OR • Robert Langridge, Berkeley, CA • Nadine Larabee, Jefferson, OR • Jane LeMaster, Murrysville, PA • W. Wayne Lichtenberger, Gold Canyon, AZ • Richard M. Lieberman, Hilton Head Island, SC • Mary Jane Lipp, Kailua, HI • Ronald P. Lovell, Gleneden Beach, OR • Barbara Magnuson, Spokane, WA • Bruce Maltman, Sandy, OR • Myron D. Marchant, Coos Bay, OR • Barbara Marinacci, Pacific Palisades, CA • Elizabeth Ann McGovern, Philomath, OR • Jerry McNerney, Wilsonville, OR • Ronald Meier, Aumsville, OR • Nelia C. Mendonca, Corvallis, OR • Malcolm Miner, Philomath, OR • Dan B. Moore, Purcellville, VA • William Morrisette, Eugene, OR • Popi Natsoulas, Davis, CA • Maurene Patsy Norman, Chadds Ford, PA • Grace Ogden, Covington, WA • Ardeth A. Overbay, Mill Creek, WA • Barbara Dohr Pappas, Advance, NC • Russell J. Parkinson, McKees Rocks, PA • John M. Pavkovich, Cupertino, CA • Virginia Peabody Polits  • Hazel M. Porter, Sublimity, OR • Maggie Powers, Philomath, OR • Barbara J. Prowell, Baker City, OR • Julie Reiersgaard, Portland, OR • Merle Alvin Reinikka, Brush Prairie, WA • Delores Russell, Talent, OR • Irene E. Schulz, Sisters, OR • Howard Simmons, Hendersonville, NC • Sara Sower, Corvallis, OR • William H. Stoller, Elk City, OK • Werner Storch, Sisters, OR • Juanita Struble, Portland, OR • Dorothy Summers, Grants Pass, OR • John C. Tidball, San Tan Valley, AZ • Donald R. Tonkin, Philomath, OR • Jack K. Towns, Albany, OR • Russell Tripp, Albany, OR • Philip D. Van Buskirk, Medford, OR • Rosetta C. Venell, Corvallis, OR • John M. Vranizan, Portland, OR • Phyllis M. Wade, Portland, OR • E. Caroline Waterman, Irvine, CA • Paul B. Weaver, Toledo, OR • Connie B. West, Corvallis, OR • Bob Whitehead, Albany, OR • Donald L. Williams, Lakeside, OR • Margaret A. Wilson, Cornelius, OR • Robert C. Wilson, Monmouth, OR • Aaron Woods  • Robert M. Wynhausen, Lebanon, OR • Richard Yates, Colorado Springs, CO • Joe Benjamin Zaerr, Corvallis, OR • Robert G. Zimbelman, Georgetown, TX

Ronald P. Lovell

Ron Lovell, professor emeritus of journalism, writer and mentor to many, died on March 26 in Gleneden Beach, Oregon. He was 87. Lovell’s Oregon State University career lasted nearly 25 years. During that time, he helped launch the careers of dozens of notable journalists, encouraging and advising many of them for the rest of his days. In retirement, he volunteered as a teacher of English for Oceana Family Literacy and wrote two series of mystery books, including one featuring a private investigator and former journalism professor at a college closely resembling OSU. He also served as informal chair of the inaugural Oregon Stater Advisory Council, helping shape the pages of this magazine. He is predeceased by his mother, father and grandmother, with whom he lived for many years, and is survived by cousins Edwin and Richard Lawrence.

Photo courtesy of Kevin Miller, ’78

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