Marriages, Births and Deaths

Marriages

Troy C. Wollwage ’91 and Joan E. Quinn

Amanda J. Maertz ’93 and Ian I. Ayler

Pamela A. Muzyka ’93 and Matthew T. Dixon

Tracie Michelle Tso ’95 and Burton Conrad Griffith ’00

Allison M. Jacobs ’96 and Matthew M. McGee

Jennifer Michaels ’96 and Jeff Cohn

January Poulsen ’98 and Scott Von Luft ’98

Matthew Thomas Wilson ’01 and Shasta Lynn Bosz ’02

Cree L. Holland MSW ’02 and Paul J. McDaniels.


Births

Susan (Niemi) Feldman ’83 and Michael Feldman, a daughter, Caroline Kelly Rae Grace. She joins brother Sam, 12. She is the niece of Steven O. Niemi ’79 and Sandra (Niemi) Trujillo ’89.

David E. Lutfi ’83 and Christine A. Lutfi, a son, Joseph Elias. He joins sisters Allison, 8, Amy, 6, and Jennifer, 3.
Deborah L. Marks ’83 and Dorian R. Marks ’85, a son, Ryan Lee.

Katie (Butler) Fitkin ’87 and Mark Fitkin, a daughter, Billie Rose. She joins sister Brittany, 9.

Karen (Kesselman) Obuljen ’88 and Brett F. Obuljen ’89, a son, Tyler Benjamen. He is the nephew of Colleen (Obuljen) Palla ’89.

John Parker ’90 and Kelly (Smith) Parker ’94, a son, Cole Edward.

Stephanie (Hilton) Smith ’90 and Adam Smith ’90, a son, Justin Adam. He joins siblings Zachary, 8, Molly, 5, and Ethan, 2.

B.J. (DeMeo) Casey ’92 and Jack Casey, a daughter, Charlotte Blythe.

Mia (Schneider) Lauritzen ’92 and Troy A. Lauritzen ’92, a son, Andrew “Drew” Dean. He joins brother Cole, 3.

Holly (Bradford) Nelson ’92 and Christopher Lawrence Nelson, a son, Bradford Errol.

Lance Weber ’93 and Stacey Weber, twins, Michael Bernhard and Leah Rose. They join sister Molly Deanna, 5.
Bentley Kerr MBA/ MRED ’95 and Mercedes (Cantu) Kerr MRED ’95, a daughter, Daniela Marie. She joins sister Samantha Deborah, 2.

Brian Michael Schmidt ’96 and Jennifer Lynn Schmidt, a daughter, Lindsay Grace.

Joseph R. Carmona ’97, MS ’01 and Christina (Galvan) Carmona ’98, JD ’01, a daughter, Isabel Ann. She is the niece of Samuel R. Glavan ’01.

Daniel E. Owens ’97 and Delia (Jimeney) Owens, a son, Dylan Alexander. He is the nephew of Michelle Owens ’95.


Deaths

Ruth (Bailie) Parris ’19, of Long Beach, Calif.; Jan. 14, at the age of 106. She earned her A.B. in history from USC. In 1920 she married George F. Parris, who served as a captain in the Balloons Corps during World War I. She is survived by son George, daughter Jessie, granddaughter Stephanie and grandson Jay.

Harry M. Pryor ’25, of Glendale, Calif.; Dec. 28, 2002, at the age of 99. While at USC, he introduced the now-famous card stunts employed by fans during games. He also established the Trojan Knights to assist with the stunts. In 1927, he married Alys Maxfield. He was the owner of Pryor and Co. in Los Angeles until his retirement in 1982. He was the oldest continuous member of the Oakmont Country Club, where he originated the USC-UCLA golf tournament. He also supported the Glendale Community Foundation, the Glendale Mental Health Foundation and the Verdugo Visiting Nurses Association, and volunteered weekly at Verdugo Hills Hospital. He was a charter member of Cardinal and Gold and a lifetime football season ticket holder. He and his wife were honored by the Glendale Old-Timers Association and were Glendale Senior Citizens of the Year. His wife of 73 years died before him. He is survived by daughters Peggy and Sally, sons-in-law Tom and Bob, grandchildren David, Bruce, Diane, Steve, Brian, Margie, and Judy Kathy, and 13 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the La Canada Presbyterian Church Choir or to the Glendale Community Foundation, P.O. Box 313, Glendale, CA 91209.

Frances (Johnson) Fuller ’32, of Montecito, Calif.; Nov. 24, 2002, at the age of 91. While at USC, she was a member of Pi Beta Pi. She married the late Winston R. Fuller ’32, who was a member of the USC Board of Trustees. They were married for more than 60 years. She is survived by daughter Marilyn ’61, son Winston Jr., sister Margaret ’35, grandchildren Michelle, Carl and Jonathan, and great-grandchildren Scott, Kent, Sally, Kathryn and Seneca. Donations may be made to the USC Norris Cancer Center Auxiliary, 1331 Eastlake Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033, or to the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital Foundation, 2400 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, CA 90007.

Helen (Eastman) Brockett ’39, of San Diego, Calif.; Oct. 19, 2002, of ovarian cancer, at the age of 85. She attended San Diego State University for three years before transferring to USC, where she studied microbiology. While at USC, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi. In 1938 she married Sheldon I. Brockett DDS ’37. Upon her graduation from USC in 1939, the couple moved to San Diego. She was a charter member of the San Diego Trojan League and a member of the First United Methodist Church of San Diego, the San Diego County Dental Society Auxiliary, the Grossmont Hospital Auxiliary, the Cotillion Club, the San Diego Zoological Society, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Museum of Fine Art, the San Diego Historical Society and the Juniors of Social Service Auxiliary. She is survived by husband Sheldon, brother Leigh, children Kathy DH ’66, Larry and David DDS ’76, and nine grandchildren. Donations in her memory can be made to San Diego Hospice, 4311 Third Ave., San Diego, CA 92103-1407.

George A. Macer MD ’39, of Altadena, Calif.; Aug. 18, 2002. He began his Ob-Gyn residency at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center but was interrupted by WWII when he served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946. He returned to complete his residency and in 1947 established a private practice in Pasadena, where he remained for 42 years. He also was on staff at Huntington Memorial Hospital and Saint Lukes Hospital and was the first chairman of the Ob-Gyn residency program at Los Angeles County Hospital in 1964. He taught physicians in Managua, Nicaragua, on the Project Hope Ship in 1966 and 1967. In 1970, he established the Ob-Gyn residency program at Huntington Hospital, served as director until 1976 and later served as a department chair. He was president of the Los Angeles Ob-Gyn Society, the Southern California Ob-Gyn Assembly and the Pacific Coast Ob-Gyn Society. He later became a clinical professor emeritus at the USC School of Medicine. He was a founding member and president of Salerni Collegium, the Medical School’s support group. He was named USC Medical Alumnus of the Year in 1989, shortly before he suffered a career-ending stroke at age 77. He is survived by wife Nevart, children Lynne ’69, MPA ’73, George Jr.’71, MD ’76, James ’75, MD ’79, and Jemela PhD ’89, as well as nine grandchildren. In his memory, donations may be made to the Salerni Collegium Past Presidents Scholarship Fund.

Sidney Troxell ’39, LLB ’47, of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Jan. 8, at the age of 84. He was a civil litigation attorney in Los Angeles for more than half a century. He interrupted his law studies at USC to serve as a radio operator with the Army Air Forces in the South Pacific. He later completed his bachelor’s degree, a year of graduate studies in philosophy and his law degree at USC. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1947. He maintained his law offices in North Hollywood through 2000, handling divorce cases and general civil litigation. As environmental cleanup became a major governmental concern, he represented small metal plating companies and other businesses in their dealings with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Daniel L. Duggan LLB ’40, of Los Angeles; Oct. 26, 2002, of heart failure, at the age of 89. He was an early partner in Coldwell Banker and was a former president of the Los Angeles Realty Board. He was recruited by Coldwell Banker when the San Francisco-based company expanded to Los Angeles in the 1940s. In 1952, he became an owner-partner. He helped expand the firm throughout the state, then to Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, New York City and other locations. He headed the Los Angeles Realty Board in 1957 after it had become the largest organization of its kind in the world, with more than 1,900 members. He retired in 1973 and turned his attention to civic and UCLA alumni organizations and real estate investment with his family. A planner of Pauley Pavilion at UCLA, he was a chamber of commerce board member and also served on the boards of the Boy Scouts and Hathaway Home for Children. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Jean; sons Dennis and Richard; daughter Joan; and five grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, or to St. John’s Health Center, 1328 22nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Bob DeLauer ’42, of Los Angeles; Nov. 27, 2002, of emphysema, at the age of 82. An offensive lineman at USC from 1939 to 1941, he was a member of the Trojan football team that won the 1940 Rose Bowl. He was also captain of the 1941 team. He played for the NFL champion Cleveland Rams in 1945. In 1946, after the team moved to California, he kicked a field goal to beat the Washington Redskins in the first NFL game ever played in Los Angeles. He is survived by wife Lois and children Diane, Julie and Dane.

Albert J. Aschenbrenner MEd ’47, EdD ’61, of Upland, Calif.; Dec. 16, 2002, at the age of 89. He was a former Cal Poly Pomona professor and administrator. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army in Europe. He attained the rank of captain and earned two Bronze Stars. He met his first wife, Ruth Freeman, in Chicago during the war. He graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., before attending USC. He joined the Cal Poly faculty as an English professor in 1947, when the campus was still in San Dimas and considered a branch of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He served in various posts, eventually becoming a dean of arts and sciences. After retirement from Cal Poly in 1975, he and his wife became antique dealers, with a shop in San Bernardino. He continued to be a part of the Cal Poly community and contributed several gifts, including parts of his antique collection, now at the university’s Kellogg House. His first wife died in 1995. He is survived by his second wife, Lorraine, whom he married in 1997; sons Michael and George; daughters Dorothy and Joyce; and four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

John P. Meehan Jr. MD ’48, of Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Oct. 23, 2002, of leukemia, at the age of 79. He was a Keck School of Medicine of USC professor emeritus of physiology and a pioneering aeromedical researcher whose work on the physiological effects of weightlessness and acceleration aided NASA’s early space programs. He was highly regarded for his research in heart disease, blood pressure and circulation when he began his collaboration with NASA in the late 1950s. He helped design and build the original astronauts’ space suits as well as the medical monitoring devices that would continuously beam data about heart rate and blood pressure to mission control. In the 1970s, he helped the County of Los Angeles acquire a hyperbaric chamber for the medical treatment of divers injured with air embolisms. USC still operates the chamber at the Marine Science Center on Catalina Island. He earned his B.S. from Caltech before attending USC. He joined the Keck School faculty as a physiology instructor in 1947 and was an assistant professor until 1951, when he began a three-year stint as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He returned to USC in 1954 and eventually became professor and chair of the department of physiology, a position he held until his retirement in 1987. In the 1970s, in part because of his work making space flight safer for astronauts, he was invited to the U.S.S.R.’s Baikonur Cosmodrome. In 1987, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics gave him the prestigious Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award, which recognizes outstanding research accomplishments in aerospace medicine and space life sciences. He is survived by wife Frances, four children and four grandchildren.

Gene Rock ’48, of Coronado, Calif.; Oct. 31, 2002, of cancer, at the age of 80. He was a three-time letter winner in basketball at USC who played one season for the Chicago Stags in the NBA. A 5-foot-9 guard, he lettered at USC in 1942, 1943 and 1947, serving in the Marines in between. He led the Trojans in scoring in 1943, when they won the Pacific Coast League Southern Division title and finished 23-5, at the time a school record for wins. He also led the team in scoring in 1947 and was selected as the team’s MVP. He played 11 games for Chicago in the 1947-48 season. He retired from the Los Angeles police department in 1979 as a captain. He is survived by wife Jeanette and three children.

Conrad L. Hall ’50, of West Hollywood, Calif.; Jan. 4, of bladder cancer, at the age of 76. He was an Academy Award-winning cinematographer and one of Hollywood’s most sought-after directors of photography. He won Oscars for his cinematography for 1999’s American Beauty and 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and posthumously for 2002’s Road to Perdition. He received the lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 1994, and was to be honored later this year with a similar award from the National Board of Review. Born in Tahiti, where he later owned an island, he was the son of James Norman Hall, co-author of Mutiny on the Bounty. After graduating from USC, he joined with two friends to form a production company called Canyon Films. He began working steadily on camera crews as an assistant and camera operator in the early 1960s. He received his first cinematographer credit on a mainstream Hollywood feature with 1965’s Wild Seed. He then amassed a string of credits, including Morituri, Cool Hand Luke, In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. After he served as the director of photography on 1976’s Marathon Man, he left cinematography to try his hand at screenwriting. He returned to camera work with the 1987 thriller Black Widow. Within a year, he had another Oscar nomination, for Tequila Sunrise. He was nominated for the cinematography Oscar a total of nine times. He completed his last film in 2002. Road to Perdition was his final film. He is survived by his second wife, Susan, son Conrad Jr., daughters Kate and Naia, and a sister.

William M. Schoenfeld ’50, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; Jan. 11, at the age of 78. He was head of architecture, planning and engineering for the Los Angeles International Airport from 1970 until 1994. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he helped create what was billed as the “New LAX.” Among the construction projects he oversaw were the Tom Bradley International Terminal, domestic Terminal 1, the airport’s upper level of the roadway loop to passenger terminals, four new parking structures and several cargo terminals. His work earned him the Distinguished Community Service Achievement Award from the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering in 1989. He served as an Army Air Forces pilot during World War II before attending USC. After teaching at USC for a few years, he joined the architectural and engineering firm Charles Luckman Associates. At Luckman, he directed planning for 12 major U.S. Air Force and Navy facilities in Spain, several airline terminals at LAX, and sports arenas, hotels and shopping centers across the country. When he joined what is now Los Angeles World Airports in 1970, he had become a vice president and general manager at Luckman.

Paul Nielsen MEd ’51, EdD ’55, of Alturas, Calif.; Oct. 29, 2002, at the age of 85. He was former superintendent of the South San Francisco Unified School District and a professor of educational administration at USC, teaching in the master’s program in Germany, Holland, Japan and Korea. He also served as superintendent of the Modoc County Schools and vice president of Fresno City College, and he taught at San Francisco and Fresno State universities and Long Beach City College.

Earl Audet ’52, of Los Angeles; Dec. 18, 2002, at the age of 81. He was on the USC football and track teams in the 1940s, lettering at tackle for the 1943 Trojan football team that won the 1944 Rose Bowl. He also lettered in track in 1944 and 1945 and won the shot-put titles at the U.S. Championships in 1940, 1943 and 1944. He was selected in the second round of the 1944 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins, playing with the team in 1945. He also played for the Los Angeles Dons from 1946 through 1948 and the Calgary Stampede in 1950. He graduated from USC after serving in the Marines. He then joined the Los Angeles County Probation Department, serving there from 1953 to 1983. He is survived by wife DeDe and brother Ernest.

Richard Crenna ’52, of Encino, Calif.; Jan. 17, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 76. He was an actor who gained fame on TV comedies and made a successful transition to drama both on television and in movies. He began his six-decade career in the late 1930s as Walter Denton on Eve Arden’s “Our Miss Brooks,” when the popular radio series moved to TV in 1952. In 1957, he graduated to an adult role as Luke on “The Real McCoys.” He made the break from comedy to drama in 1964 as the star of “Slattery’s People,” a weekly series in which he played an idealistic, reform-minded state legislator. The show led to a high-profile role as the gunboat captain in director Robert Wise’s 1966 epic drama The Sand Pebbles. In the 1980s, he played critically acclaimed supporting roles in Body Heat and The Flamingo Kid. In 1985, he received an Emmy as outstanding actor in a limited series or special for The Rape of Richard Beck. He played another cop in the 1985 TV movie Doubletake and in six sequels. Opposite Sylvester Stallone, he also appeared in three of the most profitable big-screen action movies of the 1980s: First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III. Over the years, he made several short-lived returns to television sitcoms and carved out a successful side career as a television director. He was also a producer, forming his own company to co-produce “Slattery’s People” and other shows. In recent years, he appeared as Tyne Daly’s love interest on the CBS drama “Judging Amy.” At the time of his death, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild board of directors. He is survived by Penni, his wife of 47 years; son Richard; daughters Seana and Maria; and three granddaughters.

Robert E. Fried ’52, of Naples, Fla.; Jan. 15. He is survived by wife Susan, children David, Leesa, Jessica, Shari and Stacey, and grandchildren Brittany, Zachary, Mirabelle, Danielle, Dylan and Isabelle.

Donald C. Hensman ’52, of Pasadena, Calif.; Dec. 9, 2002, at the age of 78. He was an architect whose award-winning designs helped further the development and influence of the modernist style in Southern California. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Navy, becoming a parachute rigger in the New Hebrides. After receiving an honorable discharge in February 1946, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill by attending Los Angeles City College. He soon transferred to USC, where he became president of the Scarab Society, a national honorary architectural fraternity. While at USC, he met Conrad Buff III, commencing a working partnership that lasted until Buff’s death in 1988. Before graduating from USC, both men began their professional careers by designing more than 600 tract and model homes near Long Beach for Brittain Development. In decades-long collaboration with Buff and, later, Calvin C. Straub and others, he created hundreds of contemporary homes. Among them were two of the legendary Case Study Program houses, No. 20 and No. 28. He was strongly identified with what was termed “the Pasadena School” – a generation of architects, many associated with USC’s School of Architecture, who combined an interest in new technology and experimental solutions with a sensitivity to the Southern California landscape and the history of modernism. Eventually he was named an assistant professor within USC’s design curriculum and was chairman of the joint USC/American Institute of Architects education committee. After retiring in 1998, he continued to design and build homes on a smaller scale. A new book chronicling his and Buff’s work will be published by the USC Architectural Guild Press later this year. He is survived by nephews Brad, Chris, Mike and Mark and nieces Betsy and Melinda. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Donald C. Hensman Publication Fund, USC School of Architecture, Watt Hall, Rm. 204, Los Angeles, CA 90089.

Arlow C. “Mac” McIntyre ’52, of Las Vegas, Nev.; Oct. 5, 2002, of prostrate cancer, at the age of 80. He attended USC after serving with the U.S. Marines for eight years in the Pacific, seeing action on Iwo Jima. He started his own accounting practice in 1956, and in 1962 he became the COO of Dragon Engineering, at the time a pioneer in the nuclear utilities industry. He retired in 1985. His first wife, Juanita, died in 1992. He is survived by second wife Mary, daughter Kathleen ’72, sons Brian and Terry, one granddaughter, three stepchildren and one stepgrandson.

Harold “Hal” Charnofsky ’53, MS ’58, PhD ’69, of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Dec. 21, 2002, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 71. While at USC, he played shortstop for Trojan baseball and was on the All-American team in 1952. He was later signed to a professional contract by the New York Yankees and played for several clubs in their minor league system, including Binghamton, N.Y., Modesto, Calif., and Greensboro, N.C. He served as player-manager at Modesto and Greensboro and was voted Manager of the Year in 1959 at Modesto. While playing professional baseball, he also continued his academic career, earning a master’s degree in secondary education at USC. From 1961 to 1966, he was an assistant baseball coach for Rod Dedeaux at USC. After completing his coursework for a Ph.D. in 1966, he joined the faculty at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he was one of the founders of the sociology department. He wrote a dissertation titled “The Major League Baseball Player: a Sociological Study.” While at Dominguez Hills, he also coordinated the master’s degree program in marriage, family and child counseling from 1980 to 2002. He received the school’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 1990 and the Outstanding Professor Award from the Cal State University Foundation in 1992. He retired in 2002. He is survived by wife Michele, children Eric, Michael and Tessa, brother Stanley, sisters Beatrice, Charlotte and Leonore, stepchildren Scott, Stephanie and Deborah, a grandson, two stepgranddaughters and numerous nieces and nephews. Donations in his name can be made to the Marriage and Family Therapy Masters Degree Program at Cal State Dominguez Hills, the TreePeople or the Carson Child Guidance Program.

Courtland A. Blake MD ’54A, of Pasadena, Calif.; July 20, 2002, at the age of 76. He attended Occidental College for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during WWII. He later graduated from Stanford University before attending the USC School of Medicine. He interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, did his surgical residency at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan and completed his urology residency at Los Angeles County Hospital. He practiced urology in Pasadena and was a member of the staff of Huntington Memorial Hospital until his death. He served as chief of urology at Huntington and as co-chairman of the urology section at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. He also served as chief of USCII urology staff from 1966 to 1998 and was a professor emeritus of urology at the USC School of Medicine. He was a member of numerous societies, including the California Medical Association and the American Urology Association. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter Nancy. He is survived by wife Barbara, daughter Barbie ’85, son Courtland and grandsons Court and Aidan. In his memory, the family has established the Courtland A. Blake Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

David R. Heebner MS ’55, of McLean, Va.; Jan. 3, of cancer, at the age of 75. He was an electrical and systems engineer and former Defense Department official who was board vice chairman of Science Applications International Corp. He came to the Washington area and joined the Pentagon in 1968, serving as deputy director of defense research and engineering until retiring and joining SAIC in 1975. He directed the company’s Washington operations until retiring again in 1993. Over the years, he was chairman of the Naval Research Advisory Committee and the naval studies board of the National Academy of Sciences. He also was president of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems and vice chairman of the Defense Science Board. He was a recipient of the secretary of defense’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the department’s Superior Public Service and Fubini awards. He served with the Navy in the Pacific during World War II and was recalled to active duty during the Korean conflict. A graduate of the Newark (N.J.) College of Engineering, he received a master’s in electrical engineering from USC. Before going to Washington, he worked for Hughes Aircraft. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is survived by wife Lynn, son Rick, daughters Karen, Kim and Kathey, and eight grandchildren.

John P. Streicher ’58, of Flagstaff, Ariz.; Oct. 17, 2002, at the age of 75. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1949 until 1952. He taught as an elementary school speech therapist, later opening his own private practice in clinical speech therapy in Southern California. In 2000, he co-wrote The Pebble in the Shoe, chronicling his 40 years as a speech therapist and his development of a “thumb vaccine” therapy that helps sufferers identify the causes of and cure many speech and dental problems. He worked with other speech therapists, dentists, psychologists, school officials and others. He retired in 1988 and moved to Flagstaff in 1995. He was a member of the Marine Corp League and San Francisco de Asis Parish, and volunteered at the local soup kitchen. He is survived by wife Rosalie, sons James, Greg and Chris, daughters Annette and Jennifer, sister Jeanette and 10 grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations be made to any soup kitchen or to the Marine Corp League Toys For Tots program.

Patrick H. Porcarello ’59, of Prescot, Ariz.; Oct. 18, 2002, at the age of 66.

Ron Ziegler ’61, of Alexandria, Va.; Feb. 10, of a heart attack, at the age of 63. He was the press secretary to President Richard Nixon and remained a loyalist even as the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters snowballed into the Watergate scandal. In an e-book published last year on Salon.com, he was one of four people identified by John Dean as potentially having been the infamous leak “Deep Throat,” though he denied it. In 1978, he told an audience at Gonzaga University that he was one of the Watergate victims because he “was not told what the facts were.” He was one of the few senior White House officials to avoid criminal indictment. He always remained loyal to Nixon – even when Nixon publicly shoved him at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in New Orleans. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, on a football scholarship, then transferred to USC, where he majored in marketing and was active in the Young Republicans. During Nixon’s 1962 run for governor of California, he became a protege of H.R. Haldeman, Nixon’s future chief of staff. He went to work for Haldeman after Nixon lost that race, then followed Haldeman into the Nixon presidential campaign in 1968. In 1969, at the age of 29, he became the youngest press secretary in history. After the White House, he worked for a number of companies; he was president of the National Association of Truck Stop Operators and most recently was chief executive of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, from which he retired in 1998. He is survived by wife Nancy, mother Ruby and daughters Cindy and Laurie.

Walter Judson ’62, of Glendale, Calif.; Jan. 5, of a heart attack, at the age of 61. He was a fourth-generation stained-glass maker whose family-owned business, Judson Studios, created decorative windows for cathedrals, casinos and shopping malls. He took over the family business in 1975 in a direct succession that began in 1897 with his great grandfather, William Lees Judson, who was also the USC art school’s first dean. During his time as president, Walter Judson helped design stained-glass windows for commercial structures, such as the South Coast Plaza shopping mall in Costa Mesa, Calif., as well as ecclesiastical buildings, including Valley Beth Shalom synagogue in Encino. He also expanded the company’s range to include vestments, mosaics, candles and holders, among other religious furnishings. Last year, the newly opened Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles installed a glass panel etched with angels that had been made by Judson Studios. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, a brother and a sister. Contributions in his name can be made to the
Walter Judson Memorial Fund, Holy Redeemer Church, 2411 Montrose Ave., Montrose, CA 91020.

JoAnn “Jody” Zidback ’62, of Imperial Beach, Calif.; Jan. 26, of cancer, at the age of 68.

Marvin Silverman ’63, of Los Angeles; Nov. 17, 2002, at the age of 62. He graduated from USC with a degree in accounting and had a CPA practice in West Hollywood for 26 years. He was a dedicated fan of USC football and almost never missed a home game.

L. Daniel Schaeffer MS ’64, PhD ’69, of Hidden Hills, Calif.; Dec. 13, 2002, of melanoma, at the age of 63. He was an associate professor in the USC School of Dentistry. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Wichita State University in 1961 and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a master’s degree in biological sciences at USC. His research focused on the effects of stress on the adrenal glands and, while working as a teaching assistant, he became part of a team that studied the hormonal control of metabolism. The team published seminal research articles on the subject. After receiving his Ph.D. in biological sciences from USC, he did his postdoctoral research at the University of Washington on the relationship of insulin and glucagon. His work contributed to the discovery of “proglucagon,” a hormone produced by the pancreas that is thought to be a key to understanding the cause of diabetes. He returned to USC to teach in 1970. He assumed many leadership roles during his long USC career. He was chairman of the physiology department in the 1970s and head of that section from 1988 to 1991. He helped develop the dentistry school’s integrated basic and clinical science curriculum and was its coordinator from 1995 to 2001. He also was involved with the USC Faculty Senate and the Dental Faculty Assembly. He had a dental practice in Northridge and was a member of the staff at Northridge Hospital Medical Center and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. He became chair of the Northridge hospital’s dental department in 1998. He is survived by wife Christine, daughters Elizabeth and Julie and sons Sean and Patrick.

B. Meredith Burke MA ’71, of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Dec. 11, 2002, of an apparent suicide, at the age of 55. She was a demographer and writer who argued for immigration reform as a chief means of battling overpopulation. A native of Los Angeles, she had a master’s degree and a doctorate in demographics from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in economics from USC. A senior writing fellow for the Santa Barbara-based Californians for Population Stabilization, she campaigned to limit immigration through commentaries published in major newspapers. Unafraid of riling fellow Democrats with her strong views, she used her skills as a demographer to argue that U.S. immigration policy was the main cause of steep rises in California’s population and a root cause of environmental degradation. She was also interested in women’s rights and public health issues. She co-authored a book on prenatal testing and founded Lariam Action USA, an information service for users of the anti-malaria drug mefloquine.

Patricia Schwalm ’71, MS ’76, of Shabbona, Ill.; Nov. 29, 2002, at the age of 53. After attending USC, she received her doctorate in evolutionary biology from the University of Chicago in 1981. While at USC she did oceanographic research aboard the boat Valero; her later research focused on tropical frogs and how they use infrared coloration for camouflaging themselves for protection from predators. She went on several field expeditions to Central and South America. In more recent years, she was the proprietor of the Vast Vaseland, specializing in American art pottery, and she was also active in the Garden Clubs of Illinois and other environmental organizations. She also was an active horsewoman, competing in endurance races and horse shows with her two Morgan horses. She is survived by husband Peter, children Margaret and Patrick, parents Betty and Walter, brother Walter Jr. ’67 and sister Peggy.

Wade A. Piston ’75, MPA ’77, of Redondo Beach, Calif.; Oct. 28, 2002, at the age of 49. For 23 years he was director of public affairs and government relations for the Los Angeles County Medical Association. In his position, he developed working relationships between physicians and elected officials to improve healthcare in California. He also served as principal of Horton Consulting, a firm specializing in public affairs and government relations. He served as commissioner of the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission and chair of the Redondo Beach Planning Commission. He was a member of the board of governors of Goodwill Industries of Southern California and served as director of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Paralysis Project and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He was past president of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the International Visitors Council of L.A. and a member of the Mayor’s Council of Sister Cities. He also served as chairman of the L.A. Consular Corps Invitational Sponsor Committee. He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Claudia; twin sons Matthew and Tyler; mother Amy; mother-in-law Gloria; sisters-in-law Jennifer and Robin; and brother-in-law Bob. Memorial gifts may be made to a college trust fund for his sons at Alliance Bank, 100 Corporate Pointe #110, Culver City, CA 90230, made payable to Claudia Piston, trustee.

Albert A. Erkel ’76, of Roseville, Calif.; Oct. 19, 2002, after a long illness, at the age of 80. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology and went on to do graduate work at USC. He served as a naval officer during World War II. He was president and founder of Erkel/Greenfield Associates Inc., a structural engineering firm that for the last 50 years designed many significant buildings in Southern California. He served on several professional engineering boards and was active in alumni groups for both Cal Tech and as a longtime member of the Associates at USC. He was an avid chess player, engaging in numerous games nationally and internationally. He is survived by wife Rosemary, son Albert Jr., daughter-in-law Donna, daughter Bonnie, son-in-law Joseph and five grandchildren. Donations may be made to the Cal Tech Associates Scholarship Fund.

Stephen Kates ’76, of Baltimore, Md.; Jan. 18, of lymphoma, at the age of 59. He was a cellist who, at the age of 23, placed third in the 1966 Tchaikovsky International Competition and later made solo appearances with major orchestras around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A professor of cello at Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory of Music for 28 years, he had intended to retire and launch a graduate school for cellists in Monterey before becoming ill. The son of David Kates, who played the viola with the New York Philharmonic for 43 years, he grew up in a family of musicians, including two uncles and his grandfather, all of whom played cello. He studied with cellist Gregor Piatigorsky at USC. While studying with Piatigorsky, he won the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow. Also while at USC, he played chamber music with violinist Jascha Heifetz. After he left California, he studied at Juilliard, where he received his degree with honors. He played in the Los Angeles area many times, including a 1965 performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. He is survived by wife Mary, father David and brother Michael.

Kelly Lynn (Messer) Dutton ’89, of Riverside, Calif.; Oct. 17, 2002, at the age of 35. She taught elementary school in Burbank and Redlands. While at USC, she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. She received a master’s degree in education from Pepperdine University in 1992. She was a member of the Junior League of Riverside and the Riverside Art Museum Avant Garde. She was also a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Riverside. She is survived by husband Charles, daughters Casey and Riley, father Richard and grandmother Laura.

Mark Galton ’96, MBA ’00, of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Dec. 23, 2002, of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 33. He graduated in 1987 from La Canada High School, where he was a swimmer and water polo player and received All-Rio Hondo League recognition. While at USC, he studied communications and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was an avid outdoorsman and athlete, participating in several triathlons and running in the Los Angeles Marathon. Prior to his illness, he was a senior consultant for KPMG Consulting, now known as BearingPoint. In August 2001, he married Shelby Schlifkin. He is survived by wife Shelby, parents Stephen and Grace, brothers Brad and Jeremy, sister Elisabeth, father- and mother-in-law Robert and Lynda, and brother- and sister-in-law Justin and Alli. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sierra Club or USC.

David E. Eskey, of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Oct. 19, 2002, of a heart attack, at the age of 69. He was a professor of educational policy, planning and administration in the USC Rossier School of Education. An expert on the administration of multilingual and multicultural programs, he worked at USC in various positions since the mid-1970s, including as director of the USC American Language Institute. At the time of his death, he was director of the USC Rossier School’s master of science program for the teaching of English as a second language. He served as a consultant on second-language teaching for the Educational Testing Service and other organizations and was a national consultant for the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs. He also taught at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, and abroad at the American Institute of Languages in Baghdad, Iraq, the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. He earned his bachelor’s in English from Pennsylvania State University, his master’s in English from Columbia University, and a second master’s in linguistics and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh. He is survived by wife Eleanor, children Megan, Jennifer and Katherine, stepchildren Kim and Robert, and brother Kenneth.

Herman Feifel, of Los Angeles; Jan. 18, at the age of 87. He was a psychologist whose work broke the taboo on discussions of death and dying and made them legitimate subjects for scholarly and scientific study. He became known as the founder of modern death psychology after editing a volume of essays titled The Meaning of Death, published in 1959. It became a classic in the field, earning wide attention with contributions from such eminent thinkers as psychiatrist Carl Jung, theologian Paul Tillich and philosopher Herbert Marcuse. The American Psychological Foundation, in awarding Feifel its 2001 Gold Medal for Life Achievement, hailed The Meaning of Death as “the most important single work” to galvanize the scholarly community into studying dying, death and bereavement. He majored in psychology at City College of New York, then continued his studies at Columbia University, where he began to focus on adult development and maturity. He earned his master’s degree from Columbia in 1939 and began work on his doctorate. His studies were interrupted when he joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. As an aviation psychologist, he helped select flight crews for combat missions. After his discharge in 1946, he continued to work as a research psychologist for the Office of the Adjutant General. At the same time, he resumed work on his doctoral degree, which he earned from Columbia in 1948. In 1956, he organized and chaired the first symposium of psychologists on the subject of death and dying, which spurred him to gather the articles that formed The Meaning of Death. A decade after The Meaning of Death was published, the book became a popular success. He taught at Brooklyn College, American University in Washington, D.C., and the Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, Kan., before moving to California in 1954 to begin a three-decade career at the Veterans Administration Mental Hygiene Clinic in Los Angeles. He was named chief psychologist for the VA outpatient clinic in 1960, a position he held until 1992. He also taught at UCLA and USC. He later edited and contributed to New Meanings of Death, published in 1977. He is survived by sister Thelma, niece Laurie, nephew Robert, and four grandnieces and grandnephews.

Elias "Eli" Glogow, of Culver City, Calif.; Sept. 12, 2002, at the age of 78. He was emeritus professor of public administration and a longtime USC administrator. He served as an associate professor in the USC School of Public Administration from 1968 to 1989 (now part of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development) and director of graduate programs in health administration from 1969 to 1975. He also served as chair of the retired faculty and staff benefits committee for the past 10 years. In his tenure at USC, he received numerous awards for teaching excellence and outstanding service, and he was published in more than 25 professional and academic publications. He received his B.S. in public health from UCLA in 1949, a master’s in public health from UC Berkeley in 1951 and a doctorate in health education and medical care organization from UCLA in 1968. He began his career in 1949 in public health in Oakland. Later, he was a field representative for the Los Angeles County TB Association and then a public health educator for the Los Angeles City Health Department. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Christine AB ’70, MPA ’78, a former associate dean in the Information Services Division of USC Libraries until her retirement in 2001; father-in-law Thomas DDS ’44; son Steve; daughter Nancy ’76; son-in-law Gary ’77; sister Eve; nephew Robert ’63; granddaughter Kaley; grandniece Amanda ’95; and grandnephew Michael ’98. The family asks friends to consider memorial gifts to the Eli Glogow Fellowship in Health Care Administration (Attn: Constance Rodgers, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626); the Keck School of Medicine of USC (c/o John Brodhead, 137 Ambulatory Health Center, HSC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9232); or to an organization of their choice.

L. James Grold, of Santa Monica, Calif.; Jan. 24, of cancer, at the age of 70. He was an influential psychiatrist who aided hostages in local incidents, testified in high-profile court cases and created an innovative mental health referral network. He was frequently asked by lawyers to help select sympathetic jurors or to testify about the mental health of clients involved in civil and criminal trials. The news media often sought his comments on events that had a traumatic effect on the community. In 1979, he established the Mental Health Referral Service of Southern California in West Los Angeles to help people find competent mental-health professionals. He remained on the group’s board and provided his services until his retirement. He earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees at Stanford University and took his psychiatric training as a fellow at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kan. As a captain in the Army, he established a mental hygiene clinic for the 3rd Armored Division in Frankfurt, Germany. In addition to his private practice, which he maintained for four decades, he worked as medical director successively at the Resthaven Psychiatric Hospital and the Westwood Psychiatric Hospital and taught at USC and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Society. He also volunteered his mental health services at the Venice Family Clinic. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Janis; sons Kevin and Eric; daughter Katherine; sister Joan; and one granddaughter. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Frank J. Lockhart, of Harbor City, Calif.; Dec. 12, 2002, of complications from heart disease and diabetes, at the age of 86. He was a professor emeritus of chemical engineering and former chair of the USC School of Engineering’s chemical engineering department. He was a member of the USC faculty from 1946 to 1987 and chaired the department of chemical engineering from 1956 to 1969. He was responsible for the engineering and technology training of the nation’s first air pollution control officers at the USC Air Pollution Control Institute between 1965 and 1972. He worked with the public administration and engineering schools and the USC Allan Hancock Foundation to create the institute. From 1954 to 1973, he was a member of the Southern California Advisory Committee to Selective Service System on Scientific, Engineering and Specialized Personnel. In 1968, he received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the USC School of Engineering and the Engineering Alumni Association for his anti-pollution activities and his work with the Selective Service advisory committee. As a consultant to a UNESCO project in the mid-1970s, he assisted in the upgrade of graduate chemical engineering courses at three universities in Venezuela. He was named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering in 1978 and received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the USC Associates in 1980. His research interests focused on the design process of chemical plants, including the strategy of design and the interface between the engineer and computerized air-pollution controls. Before coming to USC, he worked as a chemical engineer at Humble Oil and Refining Co., Union Oil Co. and Fluor Corp. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Texas and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He was a registered professional engineer in California, serving as a consultant to a number of oil companies and engineering contractors. He is survived by daughter Sandra, grandchildren Erin, Karen, Steven, Pamela and Cheryl, and nine great-grandchildren. The USC School of Engineering Office of Financial Aid will establish an endowed account in his name. Donations in his name may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309.

John Read McCarthy, of Glendale, Calif.; Feb. 8, after a fall in his home, at the age of 80. He left college to join the Army during World War II and served as a staff sergeant in the Philippines. Following the war, he returned to UCLA and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. He earned his master’s degree in education and a doctorate in education while operating a nursery and kindergarten school that his mother started in 1937. He taught at USC as an adjunct assistant professor and wrote a textbook on learning, evaluation and development, which has been used for many years at the college level. He is survived by cousins in Pennsylvania.

Taylor W. Meloan, of Lake Forest, Calif.; Nov. 4, 2002, of respiratory complications from cancer, at the age of 83. He was a former interim dean and professor of marketing at the USC Marshall School of Business. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines during World War II. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from St. Louis University, his master’s from Washington University and his doctorate from Indiana University. A full-time member of the USC faculty for 32 years, he came to the university as professor and head of the department of marketing and served as interim dean of the business school from 1969 to 1972. He later served as associate vice president for academic administration and research. He resumed teaching and research in 1981 and remained at the USC Marshall School until his retirement. In retirement, he was an active member of the USC Emeriti Center. In 1997, he was designated Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Marketing.