In Memoriam, Summer 2008

1930s

Dorothy Loretta Dishaw CAS ’34, January 13, age 95. After studying at Albany College, she was a secretary, organist, and piano teacher. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Dishaw, and daughter, Barbara Seavers.

Asa Lewelling BA ’36, September 7, 2007, age 92. During World War II he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as a bomber pilot. A graduate of Willamette University College of Law, Lewelling practiced law in Salem for six decades.

Warde Erwin JD ’39, October 5, 2007, of cancer, age 93. Erwin was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1939. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II at the Panama Canal as a second lieutenant. He enjoyed camping, hunting, and other outdoor activities.

1940s

Albert Garvin BA ’41, December 2, 2007, age 89. He served as a pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. Working for the Bonneville Power Administration, he became one of their first computer programmers, eventually retiring in 1979 as a senior computer analyst.

Grace Kingsley Williams JD ’42, June 22, 2007, age 90. Williams was the first woman elected to be a district attorney in Oregon. She practiced law in Canyon City and served as district attorney in Grant County for 20 years beginning in 1959. She was active in legal and civic affairs and in 1999, she was awarded the Oregon State Bar’s highest honor, the Award of Merit.

Ernest Raymond James BS ’48, July 30, 2007, age 84. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During his career with Sherwin-Williams in Oregon and California, he was active as a parent, in community activities, and playing water sports. He worked as a sales representative for Grand Benedicts in Portland before his retirement.

Richard Nyland BS ’49, December 31, 2007, age 83. During World War II, he served in the Navy in the South Pacific. He was an assistant for the Bonneville Power Administration, where he worked for about 30 years.

1950s

Sallie McMullen Morasch BS ’50, October 18, 2007, age 83. She graduated from Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing and was in the Army Nurse Corps before attending Lewis & Clark. Morasch and her husband, Merlin, founded Morasch Meats in Portland.

Charles Reese BA ’51, January 10, age 82. Born in Portland, Reese served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. After graduating from Lewis & Clark, he was a data processor for Jantzen Knitting Mills and several lumber trucking companies.

Roy Lee Schenck BS ’51, September 17, 2007, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, age 82. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a senior vice president for Far West Savings & Loan.

Carolyn Stauffer BA ’53, January 11, age 76, in Denver. She worked in banking in Portland and Eugene and taught junior high math in Denver. She was an accomplished amateur pianist, knitter, and weaver, and enjoyed skiing and playing tennis.

Walter Yeager JD ’53, age 85. A veteran of World War II, he spent three years in the South Pacific. Yeager was a senior deputy city attorney for Portland and entered private law practice in 1970. After retiring in 1996, he served as pro tem judge for several years.

Bill Huntley BS ’54, MA ’64, March 7, 2007.

Darrell Erik Lindquist BS ’54, September 8, 2007, age 74. Lindquist served in the Army. He was a president of First Farwest Life Insurance and a partner in Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company.

Marion Tsefalas BS ’54, December 19, 2007, age 82. He was decorated with a Bronze Star for his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was extremely interested in the arts including classical music, jazz, movies, and live theatre; loved cooking and reading; and was a master gardener. He supported many Portland-area charities.

Harold Hart JD ’56, May 30, 2007. He was a member of the Oregon State Bar for more than 50 years. Highlights of his legal career include clerking for Judge Gus Solomon, serving as Multnomah County deputy district attorney, teaching at Portland Community College, and privately practicing juvenile and family law. Lewis & Clark’s Aubrey R. Watzek Award was just one of the many community awards and accolades Hart received. He served on many boards and advisory committees but was best known for his service to Lincoln High School, where the school’s highest volunteer service award bears his name. Hart supported himself through high school, college, and law school by playing the clarinet and saxophone, and continued as an active member of jazz bands throughout his life.

1960s

Lee Reed Cunningham BS ’63, July 14, 2007, age 70, of cancer. He made his career as an entrepreneur in real estate. He avidly followed hobbies including bonsai, woodworking, boating, cultural arts, family genealogy, and world travel. He was a longtime advocate for joint custody and the rights of both divorced parents.

Mike Nichols BS ’63, January 6, age 68. A resident of Lake Oswego, he had studied in the counseling psychology program at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling after retiring as a physician.

Sarah Jane Ruckman West CAS ’63, November 9, 2007, age 66, of lung cancer. She spent most of her career as a telecommunications engineer, working in Washington state and Hawaii. For the last five years, she lived in Mukilteo and worked for the Evergreen Hospital in Totem Lake, Washington.

JoAnne Dix BA ’65, MAT ’71, December 6, 2007, age 78, of cancer. She was a teacher and counselor at Rowe Junior High School in Milwaukie for 27 years.

Karen Everhart-Hardman BS ’66, September 30, 2007. She was a social worker whose concern for the children of Oregon, and the people who served them, kept her involved with children’s services for almost 40 years, ending with her retirement in 2000. Through those years, she mentored many other social workers.

Michael “Mikel” Eugene Pippi BA ’69, September 16, 2007, age 60, of a brain aneurysm. Pippi had a varied career in nonprofit organizations promoting tourism, healthy lifestyles, economic development, and especially the arts. In Portland he served as executive director of the Regional Arts and Culture Council and as founding director of a government/education/business partnership for workforce and economic development at Portland State University, dedicated to the creative services business cluster.

1970s

Tim “Papa Yogi” DeBauw BS ’70, August 18, 2007, age 59. He was a Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy for 13 years, spending much of his time on river patrol and earning a Medal of Valor for rescuing a family from drowning in the Columbia River. He later continued his maritime career with the Washington state ferry system, where he earned his pilot’s and captain’s licenses and served as chief mate.

Richard Allan Eby BS ’71, September 19, 2007, age 58, of kidney cancer. Eby worked for Consolidated Freightways and later for the company’s subsidiary, Menlo Worldwide. There he became manager of accounting; he completed 35 years of service in July 2007. His motto was “Baseball is life.” Not only did he go to all of his own children’s games–when traveling out of town, he would find a local Little League game to attend.

1980s

Cindy Bidgood Robben BS ’82, in 2007. She was an avid gardener and animal lover.

Stacy Winawer Beale BA ’86, in 2007. Her interests included dedicated volunteer work and living an active lifestyle. For the past 21 years she lived in Santa Monica with her husband, Richard.