March 8, 2017
(The following is from Yvette Fallandy.)
A veteran SSU faculty member died last Wednesday, the 8th of March. Ray Lemieux, Professor of Foreign Languages emeritus, 1970-90, was not active in faculty affairs, but he was an exemplary professor of French—abidingly...
December 8, 2016
Colleagues: I'm sorry to report that Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Dr Charles Phillips died yesterday (8 December 16) at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife Jeanette and their son. He was born in 1924 in the South Bay. He served in World War II and was wounded...
November 27, 2016
A celebration of Duane's life will be held at 5 PM on Friday, February 10, 2017, at Sonoma State University Green Music Center, Weill Hall Lobby. A full obiturary was published in the Press Democrat December 3 - 8, 2016.
The following letter was sent to the SSU...
December 27, 2015
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Professor Emeritus John Palmer. John had a long and distinguished career at Sonoma State in the 1960s and beyond. He co-founded SSU’s graduate program in counseling, was professor of psychology and served under President...
September 16, 2015
Dr. Silver, professor emerita of the Department of Anthropology and a linguist who specialized in Californian and American Indian languages, passed last week from complications during surgery. Dr. Silver was very active in scholarship, teaching, and faculty governance...
April 23, 2015 (ERFA notified on September 9, 2015)
We were informed today that Emeritus Professor of Communication Studies Carl Jensen passed away last April. He began teaching in SSU’s Department of Sociology in 1973 and given his background in public relations and advertising, created...
June 8, 2015 (Updated on September 16, 2015)
She specialized in developmental psychology and worked in the Department of Counseling. Professor Saarni's research focused on children¹s emotional development. She was an internationally recognized scholar and has enjoyed speaking engagements...
April 9, 2015
We are sad to report that Dr. Hee-Won Kang, a former faculty member in the School of Education has passed away after a long illness. She will be remembered for her contributions to the University, her School and her department and especially to all the students who she...
April 6, 2015
I am sorry to report that Dr. Peter Diamandopoulos, 4th president of Sonoma State University, passed away on April 1. Information from the New York Times is below:
"Dr. Peter Diamandopoulos died on April 1, 2015, in New York City, surrounded by his loving...
Ray Castro, 64, passed away after a long illness. Ray was born in south central Los Angeles. He attended St. Anthony's Franciscan Seminary for high school, graduated from UCLA in 1970 with a BA in Spanish, earned a master's degree in Public Administration in 1972 from UCLA, and received a...