In Memoriam
Donald Rands ’46, November 17, 2001, age 87. Rands served in the Navy during World War II and then moved to California, where he taught physics and calculus at Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology in Inglewood. He later worked as a physicist in the aerospace industry for more than 25 years. He retired in 1985 and moved home to Portland.
John Hewitt ’49, February 20, age 74. Hewitt taught in secondary schools in Salem and Dallas. He was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem.
Edward Sandin ’49, February 28, age 78. Sandin served in Europe and the South Pacific during World War II and owned Sandin Dental Supply for more than 55 years.
Robert Cairns ’50, January 6, age 76. Cairns served in the U.S. Army in Korea during World War II. He received a master’s degree in music from the University of Southern California. He was a composer, principal trombonist for the Pasadena Symphony, and alternate first trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. When he returned to Portland in 1969, he taught at Roosevelt High School, Beaverton High School, and Lewis & Clark College. He also played in the Woody Hite Big Band.
Richard Gates ’50, November 1, 2001, age 75. During World War II, Gates served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Guam. He was director of special education for Cedar Hills Elementary School and the Oregon City School District. In addition, he supervised the communications skills department of the Tongue Point Job Corps Center, and then worked for Philco Ford training systems in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 1973, Gates moved to Roseburg, where he was director of the Developmental Education Program for Umpqua Community College for 18 years before retiring in 1991. He and his family owned a Melrose vineyard for 18 years, and he was past president of the Oregon Wine Advisory Board and the Oregon Wine Association.
Arthur Bakke ’51, February 8, age 74. Bakke served in the Korean War. He was a teacher and a football and track-and-field coach for the David Douglas School District until he retired in the late 1980s. Bakke was inducted into the Lewis & Clark Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, 1996, and 1999 for football, basketball, and track and field.
Thora Manlove ’51, October 24, 2001, age 80. Manlove worked for Oregon Steel Foundry after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She moved to California and, in 1958, joined the Stanford Linear Accelerator Project conducting particle physics research. Later, at Lockheed Corporation, she wrote the technical manual for the assembly of the U.S. Navy’s Trident missile.
William Dieter ’53, December 22, 2001, age 73. Dieter served in the U.S. Army. He lived in Astoria until 1965 and then moved to Beaverton, where he worked as a self-employed accountant.
Alene Ogilbee Ford-Flye ’54, January 20, age 70. She was a medical technologist for Good Samaritan Hospital and later a homemaker. She was a longtime member of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church.
R. David Cook ’55, J.D. ’57, December 13, 2001, age 69. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a lawyer until 1983, and then owned a dry-cleaning business before retiring in 1998.
George Watts ’56, December 18, 2001, age 73. Watts immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1943. He served first as principal at Durham Grade School, and then as principal at Metzger Elementary School from 1957 to 1984. A permanent memorial at Metzger School recognizes his dedication to education.
Ronald Auxier ’61, January 28, age 65. He worked at Blue Cross of Oregon for 17 years. He started in the mail room and worked his way up to vice president in personnel and office services. He left the company in 1982 to work as an independent insurance agent. A memorial service was held on February 2 in Portland.
Marian McFarlane Thomas ’64, February 27, age 59. Thomas taught in the Lake Oswego School District for 23 years at Lake Grove and River Grove elementary schools. To assist low-income students, high-need students, and those struggling with their schoolwork, Thomas began the Title I program MARS, Mastering Arithmetic, Reading, and Spelling. The Marian Thomas Most Improved Reading Award will be awarded annually in her memory.
Robert Heitmeyer ’70, November 21, 2001, age 74. He served in the U.S. Army in France during World War II. In 1945, he moved to Portland and worked as a steamfitter with Local 29 for 23 years.
John Marsh ’71, November 11, 2001, age 52. He received his medical degree from the University of Oregon Medical School and worked as a physician in California for 20 years.
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