In Memoriam

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Remembering our beloved Poets and friends who have left us.

Names of Poet alumni, donors, faculty, and staff who passed before June 2022 were previously listed in the Whittier College alumni magazine, The Rock.

To notify the College of a death, please submit this form.

Alumni

Margaret E. Fischer '40
Anita J. Graves '40
Alfred G. Shaheen '43
Jere M. Craggs '44
Esther E. Dye '44
Lola L. Padan '44
John R. Cauffman '45
Leula J. Simpson '45
Martha E. Weaver '45
Rena M. Brownell '46
Frances A. Eggen '46
Barbara J. Neighbours '46
Patricia A. Pascal '46
Kathryn D. Tholl '46
Audrey J. Cartwright '47
Anna G. Hunt '47
William E. Mitchell '47
Marie F. Pike '48
Joyanne Elkinton-Walker '48
Ralph C. Nichols '48
Charles Y. Rhodes '48
Richard H. Deihl '49
Jacqueline A. Gordon '49
Barbara F. Hagler '49
Watt G. Hill, Jr. USAF '49
Richard K. Mastain '49
Jeanne A. Morris '49
Edward F. Simonin '49
Alfred W. Stoll '49
Marygene Marshburn Wright '49

Esther Brady '50
Jack E. Carlisle '50
Marjorie E. Carroll  '50
Donald D. Carter
Kenton L. Chambers '50
Bille Deihl '50
Marilyn A. Eldridge '50
Robert B. Elliott '50
Marilyn J. Gardner '50
Hugh F. Hodgens '50
Jack L. Krause '50
Ted Mooschekian '50
Gordon K Pederson '50
Betty A. Rauth '50
Gwenn E. Truax '50
Jay H. Williams '50
Vina M. Woodland '50
Dorothy A. Yates '50
Peggy J. Bishop '51
Robert H Causey, Jr. '51
Raymond S. Cole '51
John F. Crippen '51
Cleo M. Davidson '51
John M. Fugitt '51
Jean E. Griffin '51
Lois A. Gordon '51
Joan A. Hillyard '51
Barbara J. Hiltscher '51
Jeannette M. Hughes '51
Jean C. Nelson '51
Jack J. Jones '51
John E. Kelly '51
Luella C. Kemp '51
Doris R. McNeil '51
William W. Mountcastle, Jr. '51
Helen M. Payne '51
Marilyn L. Princic '51
L. C. Loring '51
Frances C. Whitmore '51
Josh L. Wilson '51
Lois M. Brock '52
Theodora L. Calaway '52
Carol J. Cruzen '52
Virginia A. Grande '52
Gordon R. Guillaume '52
Robert G. Hambelton '52
Gordon C. Jones '52
Kenneth C. Kim '52
Robert G. O'Connor '52
Patricia L. Rains '52
John R. Rollofson '52
Gladys E. Satterfield '52
Robert Signer '52
Mario S. Weide '52
Marcella J. Woehrmann '52
William W. Bonney, Sr. '53
Leone K. Brockman '53
Frank L. Chiros '53
Al Gobar  '53, M.A. '55, L.H.D '05
Marjorie A. Gray '53
Martha C. Meacham '53
Mary J. Norman '53
Darlene W. Patrick '53
Ralph and Mabel Pray '53
Shirley M. Stayton, GRI '53
Helen Swindt '53
Arthur D. Turman '53
Rosalie C. Abacherli '54
Phyllis D. Evans '54
Phyllis M. Hutchinson '54
William F. Kleese '54
Warren W. Kalk '54
Boone B. Owens, Ph.D. '54
J. Joseph Pia '54
Laurie M. Primeau '54
Mildred P. Scharpenberg '54
Shirley A. Shuff '54
Cecile Weed '54
Carole L. Buckles '55
Thomas M. Chester '55
Ben B. Hartunian '55
Sarah E. King '55
Takeji Kobayashi '55
Marjory J. Hopper '55
John Leslie '55
Donna J. Longman '55
Richard H. Pickup '55
Velna L. Reinwald '55
Karin R. Stanton '55
Bruce K. Weed '55
Robert N. Broyles '56
Marcia A. Brubaker '56
James Carlisle '56
Allene J. Circle-Rader '56
Joan L Dezember '56
Renee C. Evans '56
Prof. Ann D. Farmer '56
Joyce C. Harris '56
William B. Kountz, Jr. '56
James P. Michaelson '56
Kathleen M. Miller '56
Robert L. Muller '56
Robert W. Peters '56
F. Lynn Blystone '57
Julianne T. Causey '57
James A. Chappelle '57
John R. Cole '57
Joan B. Lambie '57
Robert A. Lawe '57
Nancy L. Lurvey '57
Bruce G. Martin '57
Joyce T. Nishimura '57
Barbara S. Peck '57
Mary M. Shackford '57
Jon W. Scharer '57
Marjorie R. Swanson '57
Ronald L. Thom '57
Neal A. Woolston '57
Bernard W. Berger '58
Harvey Charnofsky '58
William A. Dark, Jr. '58
Lawrence E. Jenkins '58
Louise R. Kempf '58
William W. Lescher '58
Bob C. Lies '58
Carleen J. Lindberg, BA, MA '58
Robert C. Osborn '58
Mary A. Samarin '58
Joseph H. Sarthou '58
Gerald M. Stanfield '58
Clark H. Staples '58
Robert A. Van Oosting '58
Benjamin K. Bryant '59
Robert C. Burns '59
Natalie J. Farrell '59
Lois M. Fopiano '59
J. Marilyn Herr '59
Jean Kachaturian '59
Wade E. Lamming '59
Daniel M. Marble '59
Jane L. Steward '59

Loretta J. Armer '60
Edward H. Bloomfield '60
Marilyn E. Campbell '60
Corinne K. Chapman '60
Deion M. Chetkovich '60
Jerry A. Corbett '60
J. Randall Cultra '60
William T. Dickson '60
William R. Donner '60
Donna M. Ferguson '60
Lyle C. Jamison '60
D. Martin Klure '60
Jean A. Morgan '60
William C. Notthoff '60
Pat A. Terlip-Martinez '60
Lloyd A. Schneider, Jr. '60
Theodore R. Thatcher '60
Gwen J. Woirhaye '60
Kenneth A. Baker '61
Judy S. Cooper '61
Janice M. Crevola '61
Cathy E. Deets '61
George H. Ennis '61
Donald A. Ferguson, Jr. '61
Stan D. Huddleston '61
Marilyn A. Kendricks '61
Joyce M. Kracker '61
Virgil W. McDonald '61
Judy E. McIntosh '61
Elaine C. Paulus '61
Robert L. Rice '61
David L. Rhone '61
G. Thomas Triggs '61
Dale B. Trowbridge '61
John W. Chisler '62
Marialice Hayes '62
Margaret Hennigar '62
Gretjen E. Fenwick '62
Nancy Jenkins '62
Terry M. McCarty ’62
Seitaro Miyano '62
Victor B. Moon '62
Elden L. Smith '62
George F. Terlip '62
Alice J. Triggs '62
Sally L. Yeager '62
Alice E. Ausman '63
J. David Bigelow '63
Ian W. Desborough '63
Donna L. Goff '63
Robert A. Haines '63
Sheila F. Hartfield '63
Sandy C. Krogh '63
George W. Marich '63
Kenneth W. Carpenter '64
Kathleen J. Duncan '64
Susan P. Elliott '64
Henry F. Hills '64
Lela R. Jeffrey '64
Walter J. Laskey '64
Lee K Phillips '64
William W. Workman '64
Thomas H. Bateman '65
Robert P Brainerd, Jr. '65
Martin C. Coren '65
Lee M. Doran '65
Carol A. Grimes '65
Joseph M. Hafey '65
Mary E. Hjalmarson '65
Gloria C. Jackson '65
Melody J. Schubert '65
Christopher J. Simons '65
Glenn T. Sneddon '65
Charles W. Starbuck '65
Gordon M. Wilkins, Jr. '65
Thomas G. Wilson '65
Sandra A. Bruesch '66
Vonda L. Cheverton '66
Bonnie J. Grace '66
Sherrill A. Dillingham '66
Jeffrey L. Greenacre '66
Joseph E. Jennum, Jr. '66
Carol E. Lieberman '66
James K. Looney '66
E. V. Marshall '66
Arthur E. McLean, Jr. '66
Patricia Harvey '66
Mrs. Vicky Pion '66
Jon F. Straatemeier '66
Heather A. Zartl '66
Thyra L. Gibson '67
Richard H. Hodson '67
L. Roger Ipswitch '67
Delbert McGue, III '67
Betty L. Rudstrom '67
Janet E. Yocam '67
Paul E. Deats '68
Terry L. Hensley '68
Alan S. Howard '68
Ronald M. Lindblom '68
Vaunceil A. Matson '68
Roy T. Scaffidi '68
Michael S. Strawn '68
Judith A. Dane '69
Diane H. Harper '69
Kenneth A. Jones '69
Gary G. Jorgenson '69
Linda K. Mitrovich '69
S. Michael Majowicz '69
Thomas W. Miesse '69
James M. Mistysyn '69
Catherine B. Partridge '69
Phillip L. Robinson '69
Ann K. Vanosdol '69

Suzanne F. Emrey '70
Dennis L. Coville '70
Keith A. Hunter '70
William H. Jones '70
Raymond Mellado '70
Michael D. Moorhead '70
Thomas W. Paegel '70
Penelope L. Stirling '70
Kathleen J. Sternshein '70
Suzanne L. Dedrick '71
Carol Ann Glassco '71
Robert A. Moody '71
Christopher D. Wall '71
Karin L. Young '71
Stephen W. Bosetti '72
Dorothy B. Carrass '72
Kathryn D. Ekberg '72
Thomas G. Hoffmann '72
John E. Min '72
Meredith A. Oppenlander '72
Kenneth W. Phillipson '72
Scott B. Springer '72
Dennis Trzeciak '72
Sylvia M. Tsui, Pharm.D. '73
James K. Walton '73
Richard T. Deihl '74
Carol L. Stanley '74
Ronald A. Van Vliet '74
Steven E. Chang '75
Anthony P. Criscione '75
Cheryl M. Frazier '75
Michael T. Preston '75
John L. Mellotti '76
Barbara M. Reeves '76
Priscilla C. Azcueta '77
Robert J. Kazragis, Jr. '77
Bonnie Rae Long Hicky '77
Bonnie R. Hicky '77
Jeffrey C. Lynn '77
Brian I. Muraoka '77
Virginia L. Peelle '77
Mark Y. Cho '78
Sharon Lott-Person '78
David W. Newsom '78
John M. Pilkington '78
Karen D. Butterton '79
David C. Dantes '79
B. Kirk Raymond '79
Timothy T. Sato '79
Theresa A. Shimer '79
Gary M. Thompson '79

Susan M. Perez-May '80
Elizabeth N. Fortini '81
Lisa M. Keller '81
Sally A. Schacht '81
John B. Flaherty '82
Carla F. Grabert-Lowenstein, Esq. '84
Rita M. Hollingsworth '84
Ila M. Mahan '84
David C. Slama '84
Ryan E. Greenup '85
Nina R. Santo '88
Samanda K. Guyan '89
Elizabeth Y. Kay-Im '89
Janet L Wheeler '89

Hans C. Gustafsson, '93
Jennifer Dorrance-Brown '94
Lisa J. Hoggan '94
Elizabeth S. Presogna ’95
Deborah A. Magdosku '96
Edward C. Copenhaver-Reidhead '99
Sora A. Farfan '99
Scott E. Sauter '99
Brandon G. Valeriano '99

Shawn N. Guy '01
Matson B. Martin '01
Rodrick T. Buckner '07
Raphael D. Farlough '08
Kelli R. Mastin '09

Jonathan W. Bluett '12
Christopher E. Montelli '18

Ava C. Vigliotti-Dewitt '24

Poet Friends

Michael Adams
Heliodoro Altamirano
Gilbert Amestoy
Matthew Andriese
Michael D. Armstrong
Layla A. Avila
Charles D. Batts, Esq.
Alan Bissett
Arnold W. Bramlett
Gerald F. Brock
Bruce S. Capucetti
Glenda T. Carroll
James Carroll
Daniel Casanova
Donald B. Carty
Janet Charnofsky
Manuel Chavez
Eliza Ching
Hung Wo Ching
Dorothy L. Chiros
Norma R. Cole
Dale Colosi
Irene Cornman
William J. Crevola
James Dalley
Claudia L. Day
James R. Day
Stephen Deck
Mariam Diyab
Jennifer Dorrance
Gordon Elliott
Martin Evans
Connie Fairbanks
Prof. Joseph H. Fairbanks, Jr.
Joan C. Farber
Ellen Ferguson
Greg Foley
James J. Forster
Sandy Fox
Anthony E. Galvin
Rodrigo T. Garcia
Carlos Gomez
Roger J Grace
Betsy E. Greenbaum
Dorothy R. Gregory
Gary D. Grimes
Deborah L. Guzzo
Verner D. Hawk
Jon A. Hayman
John N. Hermes
Gregorio M. Hernandez
Louise B. Holden
John W. Hole, Jr
Helen I. Horning
Jeffery Ianiri
Edward D. Jervey
Max A. Kane
Virginia Kane
Ronald B. Kendricks
Sharon M. Kilrain
Mabel Kim
Stanley J. Kramer
Richard Lee
Sandra C. Lidskin
Walter Maholick
Jonathan R. Mahony
Julie S. McCloskey
Darline McCracken
James C. McCullough
Kimberly E. McDonald
Thomas N. Meacham
Brad Miller
Emil Miller
M. Yvonne Mitchell
Dennis Moberg
Harold V. Muller, Jr.
Ursela J. Muller
Prof. John H. Neu
William O. Nighswonger
Anne Nowicki
Mary L. Nunez
Umberto Nunez
Lois T. O'Connor
Bill Oppenlander
Janet Osborn
Janet W. Parker
Eunice Peterson
Raymond H. Patrick
Frank Paulsen
Arthur E. Pigott, Sr.
Randy L. Pilkenton
Harry E. Pillow
Nevin Ponce-Edgington, III
Karl E. Princic
Clifford A. Ranney
John S. Reedy
Nancy Reeve
John L. Richardson
Klane E. Robison
Howard Samarin
Gene Satterfield
Edward C. Saunders
William W. Seleznoff
Susan F. Settlage
Merilyn Simonin
Walter H. Sinfield
Birdean B. Smith
Ellson F. Smith
Margaret F. Snyder
Ted C. Snyder
Robert Solomon
Ivannia Soto-Hinman
Joseph Swindt
John Tholl
Phillips O. Thomas, Sr.
William F. Tiernan
Gerald Timbol
George W. Triest
Linda M. Uhler
Ricardo Vicent
Jeff Wheeler
Bonnie J. Wilson
Donald E. Wood, L.H.D. ’98
Alvin M. Yamauchi
Professor Natale Zappia