In Memoriam
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In Memoriam—William Shipley
William Shipley, one of the first faculty hired at UC Santa Cruz, died January 20. He came to UCSC in 1966 to found the linguistics program, which he led as chair until 1980.
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In Memoriam—Rahsheka Keith
UCSC’s Rainbow Theater is hosting a special event on Wednesday, February 2, for Rahsheka Keith, a former College Ten student who died in a snowboarding accident this past weekend.
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In Memoriam: Wayne Brumbach
Wayne B. Brumbach, longtime director of UCSC’s Office of Physical Education Recreation and Sports (OPERS) passed away this month at the age of 92. Please see his newspaper obituary. The following remembrance was submitted by Nick Royal, Merrill College fellow: “Wayne came to UCSC in 1969, the same year I did, and the second year…
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In Memoriam: Martha E. Morello-Frosch
Martha E. Morello-Frosch, Born September 13, 1928 in San Jose de la Esquina, Argentina died on December 29, 2010 at her home in Santa Cruz
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In Memoriam, Bill Pickles
William L. (Bill) Pickles died on the night of December 7, 2010.
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In Memoriam: George Hitchcock
George Hitchcock, poet, painter, publisher, and UCSC lecturer emeritus in Creative Writing (Literature), died on August 27 at the age of 96.
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In Memoriam: Carter Andrew Sudeith
Cowell College is saddened to learn of the recent death of Carter Andrew Sudeith, who died on July 28, 2010.
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In Memoriam: George Kane
George Kane–who taught fine printing and book arts classes for 27 years as a lecturer at the Cowell Press–died on November 28, 2009 of natural causes at the age of 96.
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In memoriam: Foundation trustees Betsy Woolpert, Paul Irwin, and Bud Kretschmer
With sadness, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation announces the passing of three former Foundation trustees in April.
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UCO staff member death
Chris Wright, a University of California electronics engineer since 1995, passed away unexpectedly on July 31. Chris was an expert in designing the electronics circuits for the sophisticated detector systems used in instruments at Lick Observatory and the Keck Observatory telescopes. His designs are an integral component of the four state-of-the-art optical instruments in use…
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Registrar’s Office Staff Member Dies
I write with great sadness about the death of Samantha Szemeredi, associate registrar for enrollment and academic records. After a courageous battle with cancer, Samantha died June 30 at Dominican Hospital. She was 41. Long a member of the campus community, Samantha graduated from UCSC in 1991 as a Kresge College student with a Bachelor…
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Gerhard Ringel, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at age 88
It is with sadness that I inform you of the death of Professor Gerhard Ringel. Gerhard came to UCSC as Professor in 1970. He was one of the world leaders in the fields of Combinatorics and Graph Theory and was much honored for his seminal work including the solution (with J.W.T. Youngs) of the famous…