In Memoriam Winter 2026

1950s

Howard E. Baldwin, ’50, Hot Springs Village, AR • Retha Irene Brophy, ’50, Medford, OR, Pi Beta Phi • Darrell L. Magee, ’50, Mesquite, NV, Lambda Chi Alpha • Norman A. Poole, ’50, Ontario, OR, Delta Tau Delta • James C. Rich, ’50, Kuna, ID, Delta Tau Delta • James W. Starr, ’50, Portland, OR, Delta Tau Delta • Richard J. White, ’50, Olympia, WA, Alpha Gamma Rho • Joanne Blaxall Bartu, ’51, Vancouver, WA, Gamma Phi Beta • William R. Carder, ’51, Hillsboro, OR • Paul Milnore Gruzensky, ’51, Walla Walla, WA • William Robert Moffat, ’51, Portland, OR, Sigma Nu • James Clifford de Broekert, ’52, Los Altos, CA, Phi Kappa Tau • Edward James Durnall Jr., ’53, Durham, NH • Alice Rowland Leitner, ’54, Portland, OR, Panhellenic, Delta Zeta • Richard H. Spray, ’54 ’55, Bend, OR, Phi Kappa Psi • Richard Marvin Berry, ’55, Fort Jones, CA • Ronald V. Grabler, ’55, Seal Beach, CA, Alpha Tau Omega • Clarence Wilbur Smith, ’55, Fairfield, CA, Delta Chi • Arthur M. Beavens, ’56, Manhattan Beach, CA, Sigma Nu • Albert Lyle Defrees, ’56, Baker City, OR • Coral Stone Edwards, ’56, Medford, OR, Alpha Gamma Delta • Robert Stevens Gilley Sr., ’56, Honolulu, HI, Delta Tau Delta • James R. Graves, ’56, Portland, OR, Kappa Delta Rho • Kenneth D. Hansen, ’56, Vancouver, WA • Sue Hval, ’56, Gulfport, FL, Delta Delta Delta • Norman Dean McKee, ’56, Amity, OR, Alpha Gamma Rho • Shalline Alice Ross, ’56, Oregon City, OR, Pi Beta Phi • Gary David Zimmerman, ’56 ’60, Jamestown, NC, Delta Tau Delta • Alfred S. Olsen, ’57, Corvallis, OR • Lyle L. Read, ’57, Corvallis, OR • James N. Scott, ’57, Albany, OR • Richard Robert Stockman, ’57, Silverdale, WA, Delta Chi • John William Boston, ’58, Hilton Head Island, SC • Sandra Ericksen, ’58, Portland, OR, Pi Beta Phi • Gloria Jill Wilson, ’58, Indio, CA • Madelyn Ellen Zimmerman, ’58, Des Moines, WA, Alpha Omicron Pi • John S. Colonias, ’59, Ridgeland, MS • Merle Charles Eakin, ’59, Prineville, OR, Theta Xi • Janice K. Graves, ’59, Portland, OR, Delta Gamma • Andrew D. Guffin, ’59, Springfield, OR • Calvin Scott Henry III, ’59 ’60, Umpqua, OR, Theta Xi • Sheryl Jane Kaseberg, ’59, Wasco, OR, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Leland Murray Larsen, ’59 ’61, Shaver Lake, CA • Stephen H. Nicholls, ’59, Lakeport, CA • Carmen Ford Phillips, ’59 ’63, Roseburg, OR, Alpha Chi Omega • Dennis Harold Ranta, ’59, Albany, OR • Winnie Bray Simmonds, ’59, Columbia Falls, MT, Delta Tau Delta, Chi Omega • Karen D. Sommer, ’59, Kennewick, WA

Carmen Ford-Phillips, ’59, M.S. ’63

Carmen Ford-Phillips died on Sept. 6 in Beaverton at age 88. Part of the Ford family, with deep ties to Oregon State, she earned a bachelor’s degree in home economics and a master’s in nutrition and food management from the university. She married Kent Phillips in 1958 and raised three children in Lake Oswego and, later, Corvallis. An accomplished entrepreneur who owned two fabric stores and a quarter horse breeding facility, she believed strongly in giving back to the community and served as an Oregon 4-H Foundation trustee, as a trustee at Oregon Health & Science University, on the Ford Family Foundation board and in leadership roles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Before her death, she donated $7 million to OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute, ensuring future generations will benefit from its world-class education and research. She is survived by her brother Allyn Ford; her children, Gerald Phillips, David Phillips and Kathryn (Phillips) Bauer; and seven grandchildren including Kristofer Bauer, ’20, and current OSU student Joshua Phillips. Photo by Karl Maasdam, ’93

1960s

Albert M. Carder, ’60, Gearhart, OR • Jacqueline Louise Ford, ’60, Boise, ID • Emil E. Fredrickson, ’60, Camas, WA, Sigma Pi • Michael L. Harms, ’60, Canby, OR • Franklin Satoshi Itami, ’60, Manhattan Beach, CA • Susan L. Kesey, ’60, Eugene, OR, Delta Delta Delta • James Joseph Peoples, ’60, Wharton, NJ, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Carolyn VanDerZanden Perrin, ’60, Portland, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Arnold L. Schroeder, ’60 ’62, Dardanelle, AR, Delta Tau Delta • Stephen C. Schuh, ’60, Mount Vernon, WA • Larry E. Bentti, ’61, Palmer, AK • Kenneth John Bird, ’61, Palo Alto, CA • Janice E. Brown, ’61, Keizer, OR, Delta Gamma • Kathleen Booth Clahan, ’61, Kentfield, CA, Delta Gamma • Thomas J. Ebner, ’61, Columbus, MS • David L. Haddock, ’61, Pendleton, OR • James L. Pullen, ’61, Portland, OR • David Eugene Sullivan, ’61, Sisters, OR • Gilbert Arthur Baker, ’62, Bellingham, WA, Phi Sigma Kappa • Robert Allan Graham, ’62 ’63, Peoria, AZ • James Albert Haefer, ’62, Billings, MT • Karel Pollard, ’62 ’66, West Linn, OR • Jack David Rohrbough, ’62 ’63, Albany, OR, Sigma Chi • James Dustin Johnson, ’63, Bend, OR, Tau Kappa Epsilon • Dorothy Bauer Jones, ’63, Portland, OR • Mary Ann Heater Rhodaback, ’63, Albany, OR, Sigma Kappa • Roger K. Sanford, ’63, Nevada City, CA • Ralph D. Erickson, ’64, Vancouver, WA, Kappa Sigma • Perry Leon Giles, ’64, Portland, OR, Beta Theta Pi • Patricia Jones, ’64, Indianapolis, IN, Alpha Phi • Shirley Arne Newton, ’64, Scottsdale, AZ • David B. Oas, ’64, Girard, PA • Robert Dean Pfister, ’64, Bonner, MT • Lucille Marie Reed, ’64, Corvallis, OR • Harold Eugene Todd Jr., ’64, Lafayette, CA • Gary Von Smith, ’65, Fountain Hills, AZ • Alan S. Defler, ’66, Boise, ID • Byron W. Hawkins, ’66, Salem, OR • Joan Guilford Kaiser, ’66, Monmouth, OR • Carolyn T. Baker, ’67 ’73, Salem, OR • Gwendolyn Walter Gowing, ’67, Salem, OR • Mary Lou Hathaway Long, ’67, Newberg, OR, Delta Zeta • William Ross McKnight, ’67, Stockton, CA • Paul Robert Munsell Jr., ’67, The Dalles, OR • Richard L. Powell, ’67, Corvallis, OR • Douglas Harold Rude, ’67, Bend, OR • Susan Sissel, ’67, Albany, OR • Roger Barton Stickney, ’67 ’77, Anchorage, AK • Lester Patrick Stinson, ’67, Portland, OR, Theta Chi • Arthur G. Baughman, ’68, Philomath, OR • Charles Jared Dominick, ’68, Rising Sun, MD • Karen Anne Fredrickson, ’68, Kneeland, CA • Clendon K. Gee, ’68, Twin Falls, ID • Mary Ann Kaestner, ’68, Santa Barbara, CA • Douglas D. Madsen, ’68, Bonanza, OR, Theta Chi • Charlene Ann Walters, ’68 ’77, Albany, OR • Margaretann Schwabe Warren, ’68, Kirkland, WA, Delta Gamma • Roger Ross Gray, ’69, Portland, OR • Dan W. Holbrook, ’69, Ukiah, CA • Janet Louise Melcher, ’69 ’72 ’73, Aurora, OR • Richard T. Plov, ’69, Portland, OR • Larry M. Rymon, ’69, Long Beach, NY • Jon Allen Speir, ’69, Auburn, WA • Donna Virginia Varela, ’69, Meridian, MS • Susan G. Wilson, ’69, Redwood City, CA, Alpha Chi Omega • Joseph M. Wyffels, ’69, Mount Vernon, WA • Susan Rohrbough Zito, ’69, Victorville, CA, Sigma Kappa

Susan Jameson Kesey, ’60

Sue Kesey, co-founder of Springfield Creamery, died on Aug. 18 at the age of 86. For more than six decades, she helped guide the family business she launched with her husband, Chuck Kesey, ’61, serving as general manager, CFO and eventually CEO. Home of Nancy’s Yogurt, the creamery gained national attention as the first U.S. producer of yogurt with live probiotics, helping spark the natural foods movement. It also holds a place in music history. In the early 1970s, Chuck’s brother — novelist Ken Kesey — connected the couple with the Grateful Dead, who played a benefit concert for the company. That legendary performance, captured in the documentary Sunshine Daydream, became known as one of the band’s most culturally essential shows. As Nancy’s Yogurt grew in popularity, the Keseys opened the Health Food and Pool Store in Springfield, a countercultural hub until its 1987 closure. Reflecting on her life’s work in 2023, Sue told the Rooted in Organic podcast, “Knowing that you’re making something that’s so good for people — so good for your belly — is a worthy mission to have.” Sue is survived by her husband, Chuck; her daughter Sheryl Kesey Thompson; her son Kit Kesey; and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as her sister, Mary Lou Jameson Rueck, ’64, and nephew and OSU Head Coach Scott Rueck, ’92, MAT ’93. Photo courtesy of Springfield Creamery

1970s

John S. Flack, ’70, Bellevue, WA • Arnold A. Epstein, ’71, Beverly Hills, CA • Kenneth R. Luse, ’71, Eugene, OR • April D. Petersen, ’71, Hillsboro, OR • Donald Ray Bachmann, ’72, San Diego, CA • Namrod David Benjamin, ’72  • Robert Blickensderfer, ’72, Albany, OR • Kenneth L. Thomas, ’72 ’76, Clarkston, WA, Alpha Sigma Phi • Allan Campbell III, ’73, Eagle Point, OR • Karl Thomas Baker Jr., ’74, Philomath, OR • Molly Brown, ’74, Seaside, OR • Daniel Willard Clark, ’74, Winslow, ME • Kenneth Allen Hanson, ’74 ’77, Oregon House, CA • Gregory Boyd Hutchison, ’74, Simi Valley, CA, Pi Kappa Alpha • Cathleen Kelly Laam, ’74, Corvallis, OR • Hiranand Balchand Ramchandani, ’74 ’78, Bothell, WA • Brian Anthony Rose, ’74, Pasadena, CA • John Scott Hamilton, ’75, Oregon City, OR • William Jay Ratliff, ’75, Waldport, OR • Peggy Ann Sato, ’75, Salem, OR • Marc E. Vandanacker, ’75, Port Orchard, WA • James Keith Walls, ’75, Lakeview, OR • William Lewis Beckley, ’76, Bend, OR, Phi Gamma Delta • Tony Hostetter, ’76 ’77, Bend, OR • Robert Holmes Neel, ’76, White, GA • Ann Worthington, ’76, Bellevue, WA, Kappa Alpha Theta • Michael Craig Amspoker, ’77, Fulton, MO • Cindy Elaine Morrill, ’77, Avondale, AZ • Wanda Iris Munn, ’77, Richland, WA • Charles Mason Bailey, ’78, Canby, OR, Beta Theta Pi • Gordon Wayne Hentze, ’78, Junction City, OR • Ernest Carlington Richardson, ’79, Hoover, AL, Delta Tau Delta

Larry M. Rymon, ’69

Larry M. Rymon, who played a pivotal role in reintroducing ospreys to Pennsylvania, died June 18 at age 90. A longtime biology professor at East Stroudsburg University, Rymon realized the state’s osprey population had not recovered after the pesticide DDT was banned in 1972. In 1980, he launched a then-controversial plan to relocate fledgling ospreys from other states to human-tended nests. Over the next 18 years, he persisted until the bird population was reestablished. His work was the subject of the documentary Return from Forever, and his methods were later adopted to help reintroduce bald eagles to Pennsylvania. “Larry developed his love of the environment through his enriching experiences at OSU and living in the beautiful state of Oregon,” said his wife, Barbara Rymon. “He brought that love back to Pennsylvania, instituting an environmental studies program and sharing it with his many students.” He is survived by Barbara, his son Tyler and daughter Holly. Photo courtesy of the Rymon family

1980s

Kathleen Hollen Davis, ’80, Bountiful, UT, Delta Gamma • David Alan Ernst, ’82, Lake Oswego, OR • Michael John Norvell, ’82, Pendleton, OR • Linda Lee Kerley, ’84, La Grande, OR • Theresa L. Musgrave, ’84, Eugene, OR • Brian Meyers Blount, ’85, Forest Grove, OR • Richard Malin Horton, ’87, Albany, OR • Richard Ward Seamons, ’87, New River, AZ • Jacob Leon Schloss, ’89, Longview, WA

1990s

Curtis Perry Rogers, ’90, Seaside, OR • Mary Ann Mckee Gwin, ’91, Kingwood, TX • Charlene Anne Hunter, ’91, Corvallis, OR • Debora Lee Good, ’92, Port Townsend, WA • Shawn Michael Kirkland, ’92, San Diego, CA, Beta Theta Pi • Lynne S. Larson, ’93, Marine on Saint Croix, MN • Diana Lynn Martin, ’93, Otis, OR • Karyn L. Callaway, ’94, Crawfordsville, OR • Richard C. Mench, ’95, Bend, OR

2000s

Lacey Heather McNeely, ’00 ’09, Philomath, OR • Juanita P. Rickgauer, ’02, Peyton, CO • Jerod Rothwell Sapp, ’03, Corvallis, OR

2020s

Brian John Weaver, ’25, Corvallis, OR

Bruce Frederick Eldridge

Bruce Frederick Eldridge, renowned medical entomologist and former Oregon State professor, died Feb. 5 in Davis, California. He was 91. Eldridge began his career in the U.S. Army, specializing in mosquito-borne diseases. After 21 years of military service, he was professor and chair of the Department of Entomology at Oregon State University from 1978 to 1986, later joining the faculty at UC Davis. He played a pivotal role in modernizing mosquito and arbovirus surveillance systems in California, pioneering the use of websites for reporting data in the 1990s, standardizing surveillance site registration, and developing early GIS mapping capabilities. These innovations became the foundation of systems now used by mosquito control and public health agencies nationwide. In 2007, he received the Harry Hoogstraal Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology, one of the field’s highest honors. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; daughter Deborah Thomson, ’81; sons Stuart, ’82, and Kenneth; and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Photo courtesy of UC Davis

Faculty, Staff, and Friends

Melvin Ambrose, Maupin, OR • Barbara B. Babcock, Lexington, KY • Leon R. Barnwell, Mesa, AZ • Donald L. Browning, Lakeport, CA • Leonard J. Calvert, Eugene, OR • David H. Cook, Lake Oswego, OR • Leon Davenport, Albany, OR • Laura L. Davison, Corvallis, OR • Jon Englund, Astoria, OR • Dennis R. Epstein, Corvallis, OR • Edward L. Ervin, Corvallis, OR • Ruby L. Frakes, Corvallis, OR • Steven France, Idaho Falls, ID • Keith M. Gelbrich, Corvallis, OR • Steven Ginn, Corvallis, OR • Kathy Goracke, Monroe, OR • Susan Graham, Mountain View, CA • Michael E. Hays, Newberg, OR • Robert Eames Hogensen, Dublin, OH • Sharon Ervin Johnson, Minot, ND • Glen Kirschenman, Portland, OR • Walter Mark Kliewer, Davis, CA • Karen E. Knutson, Corvallis, OR • Gloreen M. Lawrence, Eugene, OR • Jeremy “Jay” McMullen, Philomath, OR • Margaret Susan Massey, Albany, OR • Sally McBride, Corvallis, OR • Jerrydean M. Mercer, Sunnyside, WA • Randolph A. Morris, South Gate, CA • Pat Peutz, Payette, ID • Tony Raymond, Pendleton, OR • Malcolm Remington, Waldport, OR • Bernalou Rosebrook, Sun Tan Valley, AZ • Todd Schmit, Forest Grove, OR • Jeanne Knight Seppa, Astoria, OR • Clayton Thompson Sr., Philomath, OR • Nancy L. Thornton, Vancouver, WA • Glenn O. Tribe, Ridgefield, WA • Edna M. Wantland, Portland, OR • Robert Wolfe • Douglas M. Yost, Philomath, OR

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