In January 1956, he was hired as an assistant professor at then Los Angeles State College. from CSU Fullerton in 1970, and a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in 1975. Cal State LA was Jims academic home for more than 20 years. He received an honorary doctorate from Tusculum College in 1997, a distinguished service award in 2003, and a civic leadership award in 2008. He was chair of the Department of Physical Education and Athletics from 1969 to 1977 and associate chair in 1980. He is survived by his sister, Adrienne, of Ontario, Canada.The Emeritimes, Winter 1996, GEORGE ROLLING, Associate Librarian and Humanities/Social Sciences Librarian, 1959-1988, was born October 20, 1926 in Pasadena. Born in Blackfoot, Idaho, he attended elementary and high school in Idaho, but dropped out at age 17 to join the Navy. After he retired, Frank wrote eight books of fiction and more than 50 short stories and scholarly articles. Mac then began his life as a consummate potter, painter, sculptor, writer, and poet. Hilard is survived by three sons from his first marriage, two of whom are physicians, and by two daughters whom he and Ellen adopted.The Emeritimes, Winter 2007 LEONARD "BUD" ADAMS , Head Football Coach, Intercollegiate Bowling Coach, and Emeritus Professor of Physical Education, 1951-1983, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2007 at the age of 86. He taught that course, the course on school finance, and numerous other courses in educational administration. Born on May 4, 1938 to Luu Vinh and Quach Dao, he went on to earn his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sir George Williams University in Montreal (now part of Concordia University) in 1966, his MBA from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario in 1968, and his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1976. These include college text books called the Contemporary Series, nine orchestra and band albums, and more than 150 arrangements and original pieces for orchestra and band. He earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California in 1978, joining the Cal State L.A. counselor education faculty shortly thereafter. He directed the reading program in the former Department of Secondary Education and taught courses in that program, including diagnostic and remedial procedures for clinicians. He retired in 1992. at the associate degree level to the BSN. She later taught medical-surgical nursing at the University of Iowa and then traveled west to obtain her M.S. Anita is survived by son Robert, daughter Karla, eight grandchildren, 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and four great-greatgrandchildren.The Emeritimes, Spring 2016, WILLIAM R. HANSON, Emeritus Professor of Biology, 1960-1988, died on October 31, 2015 at age 96. In the latter role, he assembled three albums of photographs of emeriti activities. From 1965 to 1971, he helped establish Metropolitan State University in Denver as its first president. Among Hahn's considerable accomplishments is having served as president of the national Speech Association of America (now Speech Communication Association) for 1958. Their trips ranged from annual visits to Utah to more distant travels to England and Scotland. He was a knowledgeable source in early childhood physical education, and was also instrumental in starting yoga instruction on campus. In the early 1960s, he taught California state government courses at the Chino Prison. She especially enjoyed her Renaissance song group and, as the character Candide recommended in Voltaire's famous philosophical tale, working in her garden. The Emeritimes, Fall 2002, JOHN A. TOMASKE, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Statistics, 1965-1997, died on Saturday, July 20, 2002 of pancreatic cancer. The cause of death was pneumonia. Among Walt's 10 big screen movies were Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , in which he sang "The Loveliest Night of the Year" as brother Lem. Apparently, they had no choice in the matter. On retirement in 2000, she became an active member of the Emeriti Association. Following graduation, she studied in New York and Europe. Lia had come to Cal State L.A. as an intern in the Career Planning and Placement Office in the summer of 1988. Throughout his career at Cal State L.A., he consistently received superlative teaching evaluations in all his classes. Both her mother and her father were tennis players, her mother having won the Detroit City Championship for 10 of 12 years. He was 91 years old. He was 87. In 1984-85, the United Negro College Fund supported his visiting professorship at Bennett College, an HBCU for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. (1952) at Columbia University Teacher's College. In addition to her husband, Willa is survived by two children, two stepchildren, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. In 1975 John took early retirement, and the Norbys settled in Langley, where in the ensuing years they became involved in many community projects. If faced with an impasse, usually between friends, she would close the argument by saying, Well, who cares? She was discriminating, witty, impish, endlessly curious, and brilliant. Based in Italy, his group attacked oil fields that were supplying fuel to German military forces and industry. After service in the Navy during World War II, Vince obtained degrees from UCLA and USC and worked as an engineer for the Edison Company and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for a total of eight years. He even demonstrated his carpentry and building skills by constructing an addition to his house in Arcadia. The couple lived in Idaho for 13 years, moving to California in 1953. After retirement, she turned to her love of horses and became an expert rider, trained in dressage. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Florence, also a psychologist, and by a son and grandchildren. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Terry has informed us that he is setting up a website in her honor.The Emeritimes, Spring 2002, MORRIS POLAN, Reference Librarian, 1955-1965, and Emeritus University Librarian, 1966-1988, and Pat Brown Institute coordinator of public affairs, died on March 23, 2002 of heart failure. She was not entirely successful, but shortly afterwards, the department found that it could, after all, recruit an industrial psychologist, and Jean was able to go back to teaching courses in her own field. She served for a time as division chair and saw temporary service as chair of the Department of Pan-African Studies during the 1980s. John joined the faculty of the Secondary Education Department in 1968. Ironically, he had also been director of technical theatre for Los Angeles State College when it was housed at the Vermont campus of LACC. He was among the last witnesses to live through a momentous era in the development of nuclear physics that still affects the lives of people throughout the world. Tom joined the Cal State LA faculty in 1959 and directed an Institute of Asian and African Studies for the campus from 1960 to 1963. He was a Cal State L.A. alumnus, receiving his B.A. She served as a music specialist in the public schools of Austin, where, in addition to teaching music, she taught in the special education program as well. The most memorable of his countless scholarly publications is the modern Arabic translation of the Bible from original Greek and Hebrew sources. He remained an active builder all his life: in addition to the Carmel Valley home, he had designed and built his home in Ithaca and a cabin for the family on Echo Lake near Lake Tahoe, a project of great importance to him. Because of this financial aid for students, she was able to recruit graduate students of outstanding quality. In 1943, he graduated from the University of Montana with a major in botany. He was very well liked and respected. This work in turn led him to create another form of ceremonial artuniversity maces. Burt will be remembered for his sunny outlook and humor, love of music and travel, tenderness with his family, and toughness. She went on to become a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School from 1968 to 1970, doing research on a soil-dwelling amoeba. Her brother Dick and her first husband, Ben Onodera, predeceased her. A bright, multi-talented man with many interests, he graduated with a B.S. David was indeed a model of the scholar-teacher whose professional activities informed and vitalized his work in the classroom. He went on to graduate study at Syracuse University, where he received a master's degree in music education and composition in 1937, adding a new interest in music psychology. She incorporated the Orff concepts into her teaching, and continued her own studies in other institutions, including the Orff Institute and USC. She was 94 years old. Upon his retirement in 1995, Tony moved to Avila Beach. As was his wont, Dr. McDonald kept fully involved in all phases of development of the new college. But after about a decade in engineering practice, he turned to teaching, and joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in 1957.His engineering interests broadened over time under the influence of innovative developments, including specialties such as solar power and adhesive bonding, and he obtained several patents. John lived in Pasadena but he also had a condo in San Diego. Rays numerous accomplishments as dean were validated by his selection as the first California State University administrator to be awarded the prestigious systemwide CSU Wang Family Excellence Award for administrative leadership. A specialist in transportation, logistics, and interstate commerce regulation, he received his B.A. In accordance with the usual prewar German practice, she studied history and literature at numerous European universities, including the universities of Freiburg and Bonn in Germany, Innsbruck in Austria, and the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving the degree in philosophy in 1956 from the University of Freiburg before coming to California. He attended the University of Washington with the aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer, but his studies there ended in 1943 when he was drafted into the Army. Rolling worked in the Pasadena City Schools Adult Education Office from 1949 through 1952, and served on active duty in the U.S. Following degrees from City College of New York (CCNY) (BSS, 1949) and Columbia University (M.S., 1950), he labored on his dissertation at CCNY despite a hostile member of his committee who disagreed strongly with the directions and guidance of his committee chair. She had come to Cal State L.A. after teaching music in public schools for many years in Hammond, IN, Spokane, WA, and Santa Paula, CA. She completed her Ed.D. He had served continuously at Cal State L.A. for more than 43 years. Carol was born in Santa Barbara on December 25, 1915 to Margaret and Virgil Thornton. In his professional field of secondary education, Rogers was a contributor to professional research journals and served extensively over the years on accrediting committees of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Appropriately for a historian, Arnies life paralleled the history of Jews in the United States in the 20th century. Hendrik received a postdoctoral fellowship offer from Cal State L.A. in early 1967, and arrived accompanied by his first wife Mary and his seven children. He and his best friend Lew became a team and placed sixth in their class. In the 1960s and 1970s, he had a special interest in studying changing directions in psychotherapy. He is survived by his wife, Peggy, and two sons.The Emeritimes, March 1986, GENE B. TIPTON, Emeritus Professor of Economics who was serving as the 1985/86 president of the Emeriti Association, died on March 20, 1986. Ed came out of retirement to be president of the University of West Los Angeles from 1995 to 1997, special assistant to the president at Pacific Oaks College from 2000 to 2005, and acting president at Tusculum College in 2007. For a number of years, she served as an officer for the business honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma. War then intervened, and he served in the Navy as an aviation radioman on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. However, he pursued a more pressing interest concurrently with his football career, and received a master's degree in religion from USC in 1955. He has presented his poetic work at limerick fests and libraries. When Mary was hired by our Speech and Drama Department, L.A. State was still on the Los Angeles City College campus and the speech classes were taught in barracks. Even though she could not speak clearly or move one side of her body, she showed great concern for the other residents and found a way of calling their issues to the attention of the staff. Those who worked with her have noted that she was a mentor and inspiration to countless special education teachers and college faculty. After she retired from that career, she began a new one, attending the UCLA School of Law along with her daughter and a niece.