In Memoriam

Marylou McAthie R.N., Ed.D, was proud of being a nurse. She started her career at the Presbyterian School of Nursing associated with Loyola University in Chicago. During her career she served as an administrator, consultant, and teacher holding positions at Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, IL;...

Marylu Mattson, one of the first professors to teach in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, passed away on December 30, 2012. Admired by colleagues and students alike for her combination of rigor and creativity in teaching, she was also a dedicated researcher in...

David Allen Fredrickson, an archaeologist noted for his sensitive excavations of California's ancient American Indian sites, died Aug. 28 at a care home in Walnut Creek. He was 85. During his long career as a professor of archaeology at Sonoma State University, Dr. Fredrickson was also...

"I am distressed to announce the passing of our good friend Connie Lewsadder. Connie died of breast cancer at her home in Grants Pass last night. I was informed by a few friends of hers. We will be purchasing a card that can be signed at the Dean's Office that we will send to her husband Bruce...

Sonoma State University lost a beloved colleague this week when Professor Steve Norwick succumbed to injuries sustained in a hit-and-run bicycle accident near the campus on Tuesday afternoon after being in a coma for 11 days. A professor at SSU since 1974, Norwick taught in the Environmental...

It is with a great deal of sadness to inform the community that Dr. Laurence Horowitz passed away on June 27. Larry came to the Psychology Department in 1969 and retired in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1958 where he studied with Albert Bandura. He developed the Psychology of...

A philanthropist, educator, and international scholar has passed away. LeVell Holmes, a history professor as well as a one-time chair of the history department at Sonoma State University passed away May 20, 2012.

Dr. Holmes began working at Sonoma State University in 1968 after receiving...

Jean Ann Wasp died suddenly of natural causes in her home in Cotati, California, on the evening of December 15, 2020. She was the University's Press Secretary (perhaps not her official title) from 2005 until her retirement in 2015.

Died in 2020, lived in Santa Rosa.

Date of death unknown, lived in Montreal.

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