Shirley M. Uplinger

July 30, 1937 ~ January 1, 2022

Shirley Uplinger was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college, but the value she placed on education and academic achievement didn't stop there, as she subsequently went on to earn both a master's degree and a Ph.D., paving the way to a lifetime career in higher education. Shirley was born on July 30, 1937 to parents Margaret and Lloyd Uplinger in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, grew up in Tonawanda, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, and died on January 1, 2022 in Sacramento at age eighty-four. Her immediate family included her brother Don, her beloved nephew Steve and his wife Colleen, her niece Vicki (Tony) and nephew Tom (Kim).

After high school, Shirley went on to the State University of New York in Oswego, graduating in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Her first job was teaching science and math at Tonawanda Junior High School during which time she also earned a Master of Science degree. In 1961 she applied for and was awarded a fellowship in the field of college student personnel administration at Syracuse University and was subsequently tapped to become the Director of Day Hall, the flagship women's residence hall on campus.

In 1963 Shirley left Syracuse for UC Davis where she held a number of student personnel positions including Assistant Dean of Students, Director of Housing, and Coordinator of Student Development Programs. Following a ten-year stint at UCD, she decamped for CSU Sacramento to become Associate Dean of Students and to finish her Ph.D. from the Union Graduate School. Taking a hiatus from the university in 1979 to accept a job offer from the Lockheed Martin Corporation in Southern California as Supervisor for Maintenance Training, she returned to Sac State in 1981 where she soon rose to become Vice President for Student Affairs, a position she held until her retirement in 2005.

During her university career in Sacramento, Shirley was also active in community affairs. She was the first woman ever admitted to membership in the East Sac Rotary Club; she sat on the board of the Sacramento Chapter of the Salvation Army, and was a member of both the California Governor's Alcohol Prevention Advisory Council and the Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission of the City and County of Sacramento. In addition to her distinguished career and her involvement in the community, Shirley will be remembered for her personal attributes and stellar character.

To the thousands of students whose lives she touched, she was knowledgeable, principled, dedicated, trustworthy, and always had their backs. To her many friends, she was loyal, generous, gracious, classy, and fun. She loved golf, skiing, hanging out at her Lake Tahoe cabin, reading mystery novels, watching the Bills and the Niners, driving her Mercedes convertible, caring for her canine companions, whipping up gourmet cuisine, hosting elegant dinner parties, and…(notwithstanding her membership on the Governor's Alcohol Prevention Advisory Council)…pouring a Bloody Mary, a gin martini, a vodka tonic, or a glass of wine for her friends, and a Perfect Rob Roy for herself..

Shirley's was a truly commendable life well lived, and she will be remembered with deepest admiration and affection by all who knew her.

Duane Anderson

June 21, 1931 ~ January 12, 2022

Duane Anderson is remembered by children, grandchildren, many other family members, friends in many places, Korean veterans, those who worked with him in seemingly countless endeavors, by sports fans who witnessed his prowess in football, basketball, and baseball, by those he coached in those sports, by many who received his kindness and helpfulness, by longtime neighbors, by those who love the woods and lakes and the fish that can be caught in them, and by all those with whom he shared his home and hospitality on countless Christmases, Easters and other gatherings.

Among those who shared in facets of his richly-lived life, he was valued for his kindness, intelligence, friendliness, generosity, accomplishments, dry humor, startlingly-good memory, resourcefulness, frugality, sharp wits, critical thinking, constant friendship, source of strength when needed, and as a great dad and husband.

Duane L. Anderson was born in Hatton, North Dakota on June 21, 1931. As a child, Duane was a Life Scout and grew up enjoying hunting, fishing and sports. He lettered in 4 sports in high school. His teammates and fans considered him the “ultimate team player.” Growing up he had a series of jobs in order to help support the family among them: potato picker, road construction, dog-racing attendant, barn painter, milk truck driver and hunter.

At North Dakota State University he played four years of basketball and two years of football where he earned All City, All State and All Conference honors.

In 1951 his National Guard unit was activated for the Korean War. He became a platoon sergeant in the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea, seeing combat action on Heartbreak Ridge and in the Iron Triangle area. In the last 20 years he was very active in the 2nd Infantry reunions.

Also in 1951 - while on leave from the army in Gainesville, FL - he met Bettye Coleman. They were married in 1953 until her death in 2016 - 63 years. Late in her life, Bettye wrote of him “It was your kindness – and I was drawn to your sincerity and lack of pretention – not to mention your masculinity and sex appeal – you made me feel cherished.” She also wrote “I have never ever seen any man who had so many talents and used them so well – you can build – you can farm – you can teach – you can Direct and you can invent – you speak well & write well – also you have a special very ‘wry’ sense of humour – not to mention your ‘steel trap mind.”

After graduating from NDSU Duane coached football, basketball and track & field and taught biology in high schools in North Dakota and Florida before completing his Ph.D. degree at Michigan State University.

He served as Director of Admissions, Records and Outreach and Director of Transfer Programs at California State University, Sacramento from 1965 until he retired in 1992. After retirement he loved fishing trips to his cabin at Lake Shasta, gardening, watching football, duck hunting and spending time with his family.

After fighting off bone and prostate cancer Duane finally succumbed to colon cancer. Until the end, his mind was as sharp and clear as ever and he was leaned on by all for his sage advice. Like his father Ernest he was rarely judgmental & never had a bad word for anyone. Many family members and friends shared his lively 90th birthday in June 2021.

He is predeceased by his wife Bettye Anderson, brother Harold “Zeke” Anderson and survived by his children Melinda Anderson (husband Peter Nowell), Dane Anderson (wife Nora Anderson), Wynn Anderson (wife Karen Anderson), grandchildren Clair Chapman (husband Richard Chapman), Douglas Anderson, (fiancé Krystal Perez), Tyler Anderson (wife Alexa Anderson) Lianna Anderson, sister-in-law Arlys Anderson and great-grandchildren Aspen & Hazel.

A Celebration of Life is scheduled for Friday, March 25, 2022 outdoors at the East Lawn Mortuary & Sierra Hills Memorial Park, 5757 Greenback Ln, Sacramento, CA at 1pm in the Garden of Honor. We respectfully request all attendees to be fully vaccinated OR have a negative antigen test for Covid-19 within 24 hours prior to this memorial.

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In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Duane’s name to any of these organizations: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (www.lls.org), American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org) , St. Joseph’s Indian School (www.stjo.org), or Solar Cookers International (www.solarcookers.org).

Carolyn Barney-Kenner

March 11, 1946 ~ January 29, 2022

Born March 11, 1946, in Mobile, Alabama. Passed away January 29, 2022, in Sacramento, California. Employed over 35 years as a Student Services Professional at CSUS.Preceded in death by parents Blaine and Jessie Barney; brother Blaine C.E. Barney; sister Angela M. Barney; survived by husband Bobby O. Kenner; sister Gesna R. (Barney) Clarke; brother Carver G. Barney( wife Sandra); sister Cynthia R. (Barney) Andrews (husband Napoleon) all of Sacramento; niece Erika Clarke (husband Brandt) of Altadena, California; Aunt Betty Fagan; Uncle Lonnie Donaldson of Mobile Alabama, and a host of cousins. Cards may be sent to the family c/o Gesna Clarke; P.O. Box 277832, Sacramento, CA 95827. Service will be held Saturday, February 19, 10:00 a.m. at Mount Vernon Memorial Park and Mortuary chapel, 8201 Greenback Lane, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Masks are required.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.

Wallace (Wally) Rushkin

December 10, 1930 ~ February 9, 2022

Wallace (Wally) Rushkin passed away on the early morning of Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at the age of 91 after a prolonged battle with Parkinsons disease. He was born on December 10, 1930 to Jascha and Mildred Rushkin in Sterling, Illinois. He was the only child of their union.

His parents moved from Sterling to New York City in 1935 and settled in an apartment on the Upper West Side of New York where he grew up and later attended the Julliard School of Music as a Cellist until he left to join the Army in 1951. After the completion of Basic Training in the Army, he was assigned to the 7th Army Symphony in Stuttgart Germany where he performed many recitals in a featured trio that entertained dignitaries and military personnel throughout Europe.

Upon his honorable discharge in 1953, he quickly found employment as a cellist in the Pittsburgh Symphony. It was in Pittsburgh where he found the love of his life, Margaret McCaul and they were married on July 28th, 1955 in Virginia. They went on to have three children, Cynthia, Christopher, and Suzanne. Wally moved back to Sterling Illinoi and then completed his undergraduate degree before moving to Iowa City to attend graduate school at the University of Iowa.

Wally was a professor of Music (Cello) at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, Antioch College in Ohio, the University of Arizona, Tucson, and then completed his teaching at California State University, Sacramento where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 1993. Wally was a professional musician, and the principal cellist in Tucson and the Sacramento Symphony and was a very successful instructor with many professional cellists who flourished with his training.

Richard C. Lower

November 6, 1935 ~ January 18, 2022

Richard Coke Lower, born 11-6-1935 in Oakland, California, died January 18, 2022 in Sacramento, California of a cluster of pre-existing medical maladies exacerbated by the Covid-19 virus.Richard was most fortunate in having been born to two loving, non-controlling, indulgent parents: George Turner Lower and Mary Molleston Lower who were born and raised respectively in Oklahoma and Iowa. They encouraged Richard and his brother Stephen in their boyhood enthusiasms. George helped Stephen build a chemistry lab and Richard an aviary for his love birds in the back yard. While Dick did not become a naturalist, Steven did become a Chemistry Professor. The family lived in various California locales as George pursued his career as a printer and ultimately editor for a number of newspapers including the California Rural Press, the California Farmer, finally retiring as editor of the Hayward Daily Review. Richard (Dick) graduated from San Lorenzo High School where he had won honors in foreign language and entered the University of California, Berkeley with the intent of specializing in the study of Asian Languages. He recalled switching his major to American History when he found the native speaker competition in a Haiku class too daunting.

He loved history, the academic life, and Berkeley, and having no interest in leaving— completed his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees there. He was lucky to have lived in an era of significant expansion of higher education opportunities in California and was hired to teach American history at Sacramento State College in 1966, where he remained until his retirement in 1997.

At Sacramento State, he served the History Department as coordinator of the American Section and also as Faculty Advisor of Graduate Students. His area of specialization was the so-called Progressive Era. He was a respected colleague and teacher who never slacked in his attention to students at whatever level. He gave full attention to the essays assigned to seminar and advanced students, covering their papers with commentary and critique in red ink. Students from one seminar gifted him at semester’s end with a plaque showing an A——— indicating how hard it was to earn Professor Lower’s full A. While teaching full schedules, Richard also managed to author the definitive biography : A Bloc of One. The Political Career of Hiram W. Johnson published by Stanford University Press in 1993. He also studied archival techniques at the National Archives during one Semester Break to equip him to undertake the initial processing of the Political Papers of Congressman John Moss in the Sacramento State Library Archives.

Aside from his academic and professional career, Dick was an excellent friend and a man for all seasons—a punster with a ready and wry sense of humor. He was always up for a challenge to learn a new skill—believing that one could do almost anything if he or she sought knowledge from a book or expert. Richard was as accomplished a householder as he was a scholar. He was a gardener whose garden won the accolade from a friend of, “Little Kew”. He installed temperature controlled sprinkling systems, built arbors, green houses, installed a sump pump, dishwashers, dark rooms, and chronicled his and close friends’ lives and his own travels with his wonderful professional grade photography.

Dick met his wife, Louellyn Cohan in 1969 at a colleague’s Norwegian Independence Day party in Davis, California where he was living. They married two years later in Dick’s backyard. Louellyn was also a new faculty member at Sacramento State College in the Government Department. They shared the next 50 years of marriage in an almost unbroken pattern of affection, mutual respect, collaboration and fun.

Moving to Sacramento in 1977 with many boxes of books and four cats to a house built in 1912, Dick took up painting, wallpapering, floor sanding and refinishing, bookshelf building, and antique scouting until the house was just right for them both.

Dick and Louellyn appreciated, were grateful for the special gifts and rhythms of their chosen academic life—-the course preparation, the trips to the Berkeley bookstores to check out the newest offerings, along with visits to to favored school days eateries or epicurean newcomers. But mostly they appreciated the availability of interesting and interested colleagues and students and the time to read and continue to learn.

But above all, Richard and Louellyn were grateful for the surrogate families they belonged to — made of a part of that unusual cohort of faculty that appeared at Sacramento State in the late 1960’s, early 70’s . Grateful for the years of holiday dinners, ritual birthdays, predictable and supportive friends through thick and thin. Without those close and continuing relationships — the good life they enjoyed would have been much less full and less good. Richard contributed a great deal to the surrogate family gatherings because he was an excellent baker and cook. He kept the household perpetually supplied with his mother’s recipe of the best chocolate chip cookies ever. He also made the best rhubarb pie ever, and the best apple pie ever. And certainly the best pie crust ever. And definitely the best New Years Eve Cioppino ever.

In retirement and before, the Lowers travelled to Europe and across the United States and Canada graduating from sleeping bag and tent camping to tent trailer camping, to small r.v. camping to custom made Sportsmobile camping to Alaska and Nova Scotia, with all amenities and luxuries including their Corgi - Sam.

Unfortunately, Richard’s multi-gifted life was side-tracked in 2004 by a series of small strokes and a diagnosis of “pure alexia” —an affliction affecting reading which was followed by a slow but inexorable decline in his abilities —leading to further diagnoses of Alzheimers and dementia. In spite of all that, Richard never lost his ability to pun, to be gracious and well-mannered and to detect expressions of idiocy or illogic when they were expressed in or on the media. He is survived by his wife Louellyn, his brother Stephen Lower, his sister-in-law Marlene Lower, and nephew Joel Lower and many good friends and colleagues.

Andrew E. Stoner

March 3, 1964 ~ February 9, 2022

Richard Andrew E. Stoner, PhD, 57, passed away Feb. 9, 2022, in Sacramento, California, after a month-long illness. Andrew, Drew, Andy or Dr. Stoner was a journalist, public relations practitioner, prolific author and eventually a well-loved professor. At the time of his passing, he was an associate professor at California State University, Sacramento in the Department of Communication Studies.

One friend summed him up well: “he left a long trail of lives that he touched and made better along the way. His legacy will live on in his family, friends, his students and his written words.” He is remembered for his great sense of humor, commitment to “getting it right,” perseverance, loyalty and ability to relate to others and their situations. He possessed a passion for teaching, lifelong learning and an extraordinary commitment to his students and colleagues.

Born March 13, 1964, in Goshen, Indiana, Andrew was the youngest child of Duane E. Stoner and Sandra J. (Palmer) Stoner. He was the grandson of Altis and Frances (Matesick) Stoner and Donald and Opal (Lovejoy) Palmer. Given his deep love for his family and Elkhart County, he will be buried near his parents in Violett Cemetery.

He is survived by his husband, Randolph Scott, whom he married on Dec. 7, 2015. Together for 26 years, their family included Teddy and Sandy as well as Max, Irma and Gustav, who preceded him in death. In his free time, Andrew enjoyed his pups, classic movies, and the Golden Girls. He kept up with extended family and friends far and wide. Andrew and Randolph enjoyed their explorations of Northern California and scenic Colorado together.

Andrew also is survived by two brothers, Charles D. Stoner of South Bend, Indiana, and Kirby A. (Barbara) Stoner of Goshen, Indiana, and a sister, Shelley M. (Steven) Bontrager of Middlebury, Indiana; four nephews, three nieces-in-law, five great-nephews, two great-nieces and another on the way.

A journalist by training, he earned his Ph.D. in Public Communication and Technology from Colorado State University (2013), a master’s degree in Journalism from Ball State University (1995), and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Franklin College of Indiana (1986). Andrew was a 1982 graduate of Goshen (Ind.) High School.

Personally and professionally, Andrew stayed involved. He was active in student government, politics, journalism and many other organizations in high school and college. At Franklin, he was also a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. During his career, Andrew volunteered his time and effort for multiple organizations including leadership roles and as an active participant in multiple interest groups and divisions of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). He stayed active in his communities, past and present, including the Goshen (Ind.) Historical Society, Central Christian Church in Indianapolis and the Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ in Sacramento. In 2003, he received the Hail to Franklin Award from Franklin College.

Franklin College

A phone call from William A. Bridges, a Franklin College journalism professor, opened the door to Andy’s undergraduate education. Andy is among the prospective students, now alumni, who have cited a personal call from Bill Bridges as being what led to their enrollment. At Franklin College, Andy made many lifelong friends who truly became members of his family.

A contributor on campus, Andy was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and the Student Foundation and served in various roles on The Franklin student newspaper. He also served as a Pulliam Fellow in the college’s Office of Public Affairs. Andy was a student at Franklin College during the 1985 fires, which he covered as a journalist. As the son of a fire chief and a student who escaped Bryan Hall, a residence hall gutted by one of the fires, Andy many times was among those interviewed over the months by media outlets.

Franklin College remained a part of Andy’s life. He was a speaker on campus Sept. 14-15, 2017. During that visit he gave a public presentation for Constitution Day, reading from his book, "Campaign Crossroads: Presidential Politics in Indiana from Lincoln to Obama." He also spoke to a series of classes and appeared on the WFYI “No Limits” radio show.

In early December 2021 Andy came to Indiana for the Holiday Book Fair, Indiana Historical Society. A priority of that trip was gathering with Franklin College friends over that weekend, a visit he and his friends appreciated then and his friends treasure even more now.

A Public Servant…Like His Parents

Andrew was proud of the contributions of his parents who were public servants a number of years. His father joined the Goshen Fire Department in 1965, serving in several ranks. Andy’s dad was appointed Jan. 1, 1980, as fire chief, by Mayor Max R. Chiddister, serving as chief until his retirement Dec. 31, 1988. His mother was employed as a deputy city clerk in the office of former Goshen Clerk-Treasurer Phyllis D. Roose.

He served as communications director in the office of Indiana State Treasurer Marjorie H. O’Laughlin (1987 - 1989) public information officer for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (1989 - 1992), public information officer for the Indiana State Department of Health (1994 - 1997), director of communications for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (1997 - July 2001), deputy press secretary and executive policy assistant, human services, in the office of Indiana Gov. Frank O’Bannon (2001 - 2003). He was very proud of his service to the citizens of Indiana.

Other Professional Positions

His first job after college graduation was as a general assignment news reporter for The South Bend Tribune in the Elkhart, Indiana, Bureau (1986 - 1987). Other positions included partnership coordinator, Partners in Education Program, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (1992 - 1993), director of marketing communications for M-Plan, The HealthCare Group LLC in Indianapolis (2003 - 2007), manager, corporate communications team for Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC, Greensburg, Indiana (2007 - 2009) and managing editor of The Educational Forum, an academic journal, Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation, Indianapolis (2009 - August 2010).

Andrew Stoner…The Author

Andrew wrote on a variety of subjects from mass media, politics, history, true-crime, and popular culture. His 12th book, “Fear Hate and Victimhood: How George Wallace Wrote the Donald Trump Playbook” is scheduled for publication this spring by University of Mississippi Press. His most recent book, a labor of love, “Betty White: A Century of Love and Laughs” was a revision of one he wrote on her 90th birthday and won the Silver Medal Benjamin Franklin Digital Award, from the Independent Book Publishers Association of America

In 2021, he authored two books: "Wanted in Indiana: Infamous Hoosier Fugitives" from the History Press, and "Dear Abby, I'm Gay: Newspaper Advice Columnists and Homosexuality" from McFarland Publishing. Previously, he released "Courthouse Chaos: Famous and Infamous Trials, Mob Violence and Justice" (2021), "Campaign Crossroads: Presidential Politics in Indiana from Lincoln to Obama" (2017), "Notorious 92" (2007), and “Legacy of a Governor: The Life of Indiana's Frank O'Bannon” (2006).

"Cobra Killer" - a book Stoner co-authored with Peter A. Conway (2015) - was recently reissued and was the subject of a segment on "Snapped: Killer Couples" on the Oxygen Network (NBC Universal). Film rights to the book were also sold for a 2016 independent theatrical release, "King Cobra" from James Franco and Justin Kelly.

His dissertation ultimately became "The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts" (2019: University of Illinois Press). It is the first-ever biography of the acclaimed author of "And the Band Played On," the country's most recognized tome on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Professor Stoner

Dr. Stoner joined the California State University, Sacramento, Department of Communication Studies in September 2015. Other teaching positions included service as an adjunct professor, Center for Professional & Continuing Education at University of the Pacific, Stockton, California; assistant professor and instructor, Division of Communication at University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; graduate teaching assistant at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; adjunct faculty member at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis and Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana.

Memorials may be made to the Indiana Youth Group (indianayouthgroup.org) or the Fred Finch Youth Center in Oakland (fredfinch.org).

William (Bill) Dorman

February 23, 1941 ~ April 26, 2022

We are deeply saddened to write of William Ansley (Bill) Dorman's death of an aggressive cancer on April 26, 2022. He was surrounded by family and friends in his last weeks, sharing memories, telling jokes, watching basketball games, toasting to sunsets, and saying goodbyes.

Bill loved the fog of his hometown in Pacific Grove, Calif., where he spent most of his childhood. Bill grew up with a father who was an aspiring artist and a mother who was an aspiring writer. After his parents' divorce, Bill remained in the Monterey Bay Peninsula with his two siblings, strongly influenced by his mother's love of books and passion for ideas. Bill was not a strong student in his early years, but at the encouragement of his 8th grade English teacher, he discovered his love of writing when the teacher suggested he enter a writing contest sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club, which he won. He went on to become the student body president at Monterey Peninsula College in 1959, deepening his love of public speaking, where he combined content, humor, and critical thinking. He began his undergraduate studies in journalism in 1961, at California State University, Sacramento, where he met his wife, Pat Dorman.

Bill obtained his master's degree at UC Berkeley, and began his career at CSUS in 1967, teaching in the journalism and government departments. Bill was a scholar-activist with a deep commitment to critical thinking. He was a talented teacher and mentor and was well-known for his courses on critical thinking and "war, peace, and the mass media." He wrote extensively about foreign policy in a range of publications including the Columbia Journalism Review, and co-authored the book, "The US Press and Iran," in 1990, with Mansour Farhang, to great critical acclaim. Bill was invited to lecture within the U.S. at Stanford and Washington State University, Princeton, Rutgers, UC Berkeley, and abroad in Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Singapore, and Rome. He was twice named to deliver the John C. Livingston Annual Faculty Lecture, and in 2002 received the most prestigious honor of the California State University system, the Wang Family Excellence Award, which recognizes CSU faculty and staff for exemplary contributions to student success. Until January of 2022, Bill worked with and served as the President of the Friends of the Library at CSUS.

Bill dedicated his life to fighting for social justice within and outside of academia, including revealing biases in the media, addressing structural racism in educational settings, ensuring students of color had increased access to well-paying jobs in mass media/journalism, addressing historic racism and its impact on Quinault Indian fishing rights, among many examples. He was deeply influenced by his involvement with the free speech movement and civil rights movement.

Bill always described meeting Pat as the best thing that ever happened to him. He and Pat raised their two children, Kym and Chris, in Sacramento, creating a highly political, humor-filled, engaging, and international home environment with strong family and community ties. During their nearly 60 years of marriage, Bill and Pat built their extensive community through their activism, at gatherings with friends and family around the dinner table, campfires, in their backyard, and in their travels throughout the US and Europe. Bill was deeply committed to his family and friends in countless ways and was always ready to support them in achieving their dreams. He relished his travels with Pat and his fly-fishing adventures. Bill leaves behind an extensive community of family members, longtime friends, colleagues and students, including his wife Pat; his children Kym and Chris; his daughters-in-law Sonja Mackenzie and Antonette Greene; his sister Teresa Kuhn; his sister and brother-in-law Bonnie and Josh Folick, and Olive Dorman; as well as his four beloved grandchildren, Harper and Calder Dorman Greene, Amaya and Elan Dorman Mackenzie. Bill will be forever missed, and life will not be the same without him.

Instead of flowers, please consider donating to a fund to support the CSUS Friends of the Library and a scholarship in Bill's name at CSUS, he would be honored.

A message from the family of Bill Dorman:

We are heartbroken that Bill Dorman passed on Tuesday, April 26. He had a very aggressive cancer that took us all by surprise. I suppose he would interject right about now that “life is not an insurance company.” We feel very lucky that we were able to be with him to say goodbye, and after a very quick turn of events, he passed peacefully.

We were grateful to get a call from the President of CSUS, Dr. Robert Nelsen. He was gracious in his description of Bill/Dad’s impact on the university and offered to join us in celebrating Bill/Dad's life.

In honor of Bill/Dad's legacy, we have decided to create a scholarship at CSUS and will also be donating to the Friends of the CSUS Library where Bill/Dad focused much of his energy in retirement. We would like to invite you to join us in donating to a Gofundme drive, which we believe is the best way to honor him (in lieu of flowers). Please feel free to share the link with others who might be interested.

From Amy Kautzman, Dean and Director, University Library

We are all heartbroken that our friend and colleague Bill Dorman passed away on April 26th.

He was an amazing mentor to his students and tenure-track faculty, a fighter for free speech and good government, and I know that every one of us has a special memory of how Bill made us feel special and loved. I will always remember his spirit, warmth, and intelligence.

I would like to let you know that the Friends of the Library are raising funds for a breezeway table in his honor and one can also give to a CSUS scholarship in his name. Should you wish to contribute, please contact Lora Hollingsworth.

We will celebrate Bill in many ways over the upcoming months and will inform you as information becomes available.

Ruth Margaret Rippon

July 12, 1927 ~ May 19, 2022

Sacramento has lost one of its art stars. Ruth Rippon was not only a superb ceramic artist, but also one of its great art educators. She was beloved by both museum curators and her students. Se helped put Sacramento on the map as the center of the art of working in clay.

Ruth was born in Sacramento and attended McClatchy High School. She went on to Sacramento Junior College (now Sacramento City College), where she fortunately encountered a strong art faculty and had great mentors for what was to become here future life. She moved on to the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) in Oakland where she studied with Antonio Prieto and discovered clay. She received both bachelors and masters fine arts degrees in ceramics. In 1956 she was recruited to organize a ceramic program in the art department of the new Sacramento State College (now California State University, Sacramento), and remained on that faculty until she retired in 1987.

While a full time faculty member, Ruth also continued creating and exhibiting her own artwork. In addition to numerous solo exhibitions and group shows, her lifetime body of work was presented in several retrospective exhibitions -- in 1971 at Crocker Art Museum, in 2002 at the Fresno Art Museum and again in 2017 at Crocker. This exhibition was entitled "Exuberant Earth" a great title encompassing her rich and varied output. The beauty and power of her artwork were recognized when she received numerous awards, including in 2008 named "California Artist of the Year" by the California Arts Council.

Ruth also loved spending time outdoors. She enjoyed her summers at her cabin at Lake Tahoe -- fishing, boating and picnics on the beach. But even in the cabin's cramped quarters, she never stopped creating -- small works, such as porcelain bottles and charcoal drawings. In addition to Tahoe, Ruth enjoyed spending time at her home in Crescent City where she could look out of her window and see the crashing waves. She also loved to travel, and often new places inspired designs for her work. In Rome, she loved Michelangelo's sculptures and Botticelli's paintings, in Mexico City, pre-Columbian artwork. The Li River in China inspired landscapes and craft workshops in Japan confirmed the importance of traditional attention to quality.

As an educator, she was demanding, requiring her students to master all basic techniques before moving on to their own unique visions. As a result, two generations of students who studied and shared potluck dinners in the studio with Ruth, students like Lisa Reinertson and Yoshio Taylor, continued the tradition of treating clay as a serious art medium passing Ruth's values to their students. To recognize Ruth's commitment to teaching, she received an honorary doctorate degree, the first Sacramento State professor to receive such recognition.

Ruth was pre-deceased by her parents, Samuel and Gladys Rippon, her twin brother Jack and her elder brother Samuel. Also, by her nephew Tom Rippon, who was the apple of Ruth's eye and himself became a significant ceramic artist and teacher. Also gone is her close friend, Marjorie Runser. She is survived by her nephew James Rippon and grandnephews Pricha Scott Rippon, Adam Rippon and Peter Rippon.
At Ruth's request, there will be no funeral service, but a celebration of her life will occur sometime this summer.

The spirit of Ruth Rippon will live on through her artwork included in museum's permanent collections. Also, there is now an endowed curatorship at Crocker Art Museum -- the Ruth Rippon Curator of Ceramics.

Jackie R. Donath

Passed away May 12, 2022

Dr. Jackie R. Donath, Professor emerita of Humanities & Religious Studies passed on May 12, 2022. She was an expert in American culture with a record of publishing on American arts, and was a contributor to a volume on teaching multiculturalism. In addition to her teaching, Dr. Donath served as Chair of her department for 9 years, served as the campus coordinator for General Education, was active in campus shared governance as member and chair of numerous committees, and acted as the principal researcher and chair of the campus WASC reaccreditation process. Dr. Donath was elected to the WASC Commission in 2007 as the Commission’s first faculty representative, and, among many other responsibilities, served as chair of the WASC Policy and Planning Committee.

In 2008, Dr. Jackie Donath was selected to deliver the annual John C. Livingston Lecture. This is the most prestigious honor at Sacramento State and is given to a distinguished faculty member who has shown strong commitment to students and has been active in all aspects of faculty responsibility. At the time of her lecture faculty leaders introduced her by saying, “When I think of Jackie Donath, I think of a quiet, steady principle of leadership with a gentle firmness and think of her particular contributions to our general education learning goals and the development of innovative strategies to support our undergraduate students and their learning.”

To honor the many scholarly contributions of Dr. Donath, the California American Studies Association (CASA) has created a Jackie Donath Prize competition for the best paper delivered at the annual meeting by a graduate student.

Jackie R. Donath graduated from Shaker Heights HS in Ohio, earned her BA at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, MA at the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. at Bowling Green State University. She taught for a year at Colby College in Maine, two years at Wichita State University, and two years at CSU Fullerton before arriving at Sacramento State. She joined the faculty at Sacramento State in 1991 and retired in 2018.

Jackie is survived by her beloved husband, Bruce Springborn, daughter, Bearice Springborn, granddaughter, Poppy, her mother and three brothers. A scholarship in Dr. Jackie Donath’s name for students in Humanities & Religious Studies has been created. For donations, please click on this link .

Kenneth Luk

1948 ~ July 2022

Our colleague Kenneth Luk died in July 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Born in Hong Kong in 1948 to parents who were both teachers, he attended St. Mark’s College (an esteemed prep school) in Hong Kong between 1960 and 1967. Then he entered the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan in 1967. He majored in Linguistics and received his BA degree in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he came to the United States and in 1977 obtained his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught for a time at Swarthmore College, then at Chico State, coming to Sacramento in 1991.

Here he taught Chinese and Japanese. He was also involved with exchange programs between CSUS and Chinese and Korean universities. He retired in 2006. He was a valued colleague and a true friend to his close associates at the university. He was a great reader of novels in English and Japanese, occasionally mentioning the novels of Nevil Shute, which he had read while learning English at school in Hong Kong. These novels established his life-long practice of reading. He is survived by his wife Jean, as well as two brothers, two sisters, nephews, and nieces scattered across the globe in Hong Kong, Australia, and North America. He will be sadly missed.

Clyde Jones, Jr.

December 31, 1937 ~ August 21, 2022

Clyde Jones, Jr. passed away on August 21, 2022. He was born to Clyde Sr. and Mattie Belle (Walton) Jones on December 31, 1937, in Richmond, Arkansas. The seventh of nine children, he was preceded in death by his siblings Rena, Mary, Mamie, John, Landell, and Diane.

He grew up in Ashdown, Arkansas and lived next door to Dorothy B. Williamson, who would later become his wife in 1963.

In 1958, he moved to Sacramento, where he began a 41-year career at CA State University, Sacramento (CSUS), as the facilities and equipment manager until his retirement in 1996. Clyde was honored in 1996 by being inducted into the CSUS Hall of Fame.

He loved sports, including football, baseball, and basketball. He could share stories of games and players that spanned decades. He was a wonderful gardener who took great pride in his rose bushes. He adored
his beloved dog(s). He was also a skilled pitmaster.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dorothy B. (Williamson) Jones; daughter, Stephanie Elaine Jones-Ayers (Mark); brother, Floyd Jones; sister, Hazel Sadler; nieces, nephews, and a host of family and friends that loved him dearly.

In lieu of flowers, the Jones Family requests donations be made to the CSUS Student Athletic Fund.

Timothy Frederick Comstock

August 24, 1946 ~ September 15, 2022

Timothy Frederick Comstock, beloved husband and father, adored grandfather and uncle, died Sept. 15 in Sacramento. He was 76. Tim was a fourth generation Californian and born in Sacramento Aug. 24, 1946, to Bill and Sarah Comstock. He attended Crocker Elementary and California Junior High Schools until the family moved to Fresno in 1959, where he graduated from Fresno High School.

In 1968, he completed his bachelor's degree in history at UC Berkeley and in 1971, he earned a juris doctorate degree from UC Davis. Tim then joined the California Department of Consumer Affairs and rose to become Deputy Director before moving to Sacramento State University in 1976, where he was the youngest Dean of Students of a large university in the country.

During his tenure as Vice Provost, he oversaw the Office of Student Affairs, Admissions and Records, and Intercollegiate Athletics as the campus population grew by 60%. Tim was one of the founders of the Hornet Stinger Foundation. In the 1990s, he created the Commission on the Regional University to identify and meet educational needs in the region. He later served as the Executive Director of the California Dental Association.

Responding to requests from local institutions, Tim authored several history books including ones marking the centennial celebrations of the Sutter Club and Del Paso Country Club; the YMCA, and the Grandfather's Club. His novel, Reunion in Carmel, was published in 2010. During the height of the Covid pandemic, he put out a daily newsletter, Shout Out to Shut Ins, an entertaining compendium of personal reminiscences and political observations. SOSI was the perfect vehicle to describe his vast interests including but not limited to: politics, baseball, golf, history, music, TV shows, literature, movies and the best burger places in Sacramento. He wrote 647 before his final issue in June 2022.

Tim served as president of the Sutter Club as well as the Volunteers in Victim Assistance. He served on the board of directors of the Sacramento History Center, the Sacramento YMCA, Golden Empire Boy Scouts and the Hornet Stinger Foundation. Because of his sharp wit, colorful language, gift for storytelling and unexpected kindness, people of diverse ages, backgrounds and interests responded to him with respect and affection.

Tim is survived by his wife, Nancy Comstock, and sons Timothy Comstock, his wife Courtney Comstock and their children Josephine and Eleanor Comstock; son William Comstock and his wife Traci Comstock; and niece Carmel Comstock and her children, Isabella and Jackson Carmichael. He is also survived by a number of young people who considered him their non-family uncle. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother William Comstock.

A Celebration of Life will be held in October at Sutter Lawn Tennis Club. In lieu of flowers, his family would appreciate donations to the Junior Giants of Sacramento or to the First Tee of Greater Sacramento.

John McFadden

December 21, 1936 ~ September 12, 2022

John Patrick McFadden, 85, passed away at home, surrounded by his family, on September 12, 2022. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Karen Thomas, daughters Elena McFadden and Sara McLachlan, son, Tom McFadden (Mary Ellen), and grandchildren Rose, Riley, Julia, and Bennett. He was preceded in death by his parents, John "Mack" McFadden and Helen Whitenack McFadden, and his brother Joseph Edward McFadden.

John was born in Martinez, California, where his father worked for Allied Oil. The family also lived in Woodburn, Oregon and Altadena, California. When his father had to stop working because of osteomyelitis, his mother supported the family as a registered nurse.

For twelve years John attended the Roman Catholic Junior Seminary, Queen of Angels Seminary, and St. John's College in Camarillo, forming many lifelong friendships. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in l963 and served parishes in Claremont and Pasadena, California and in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
John took a leave of absence from the priesthood in 1967 and married Georgia Lyga in l968. That year he began a PhD program in the History of Consciousness at University of California at Santa Cruz. After completing his coursework in 1970, John and Georgia went to work with the United Farm Workers in Delano, California. Elena Odile was born in 1972 and Sara Karen in l973.

In 1974 the family moved to Sacramento where John began teaching in the Education Department at California State University Sacramento. He received his PhD from UCSC in December 1975.
In July 1979, after the Sandinista Revolution, John took a leave of absence from CSUS to move to Nicaragua for two years to be part of the teacher training program for the National Literacy Campaign. He was accompanied by Georgia, Elena, and Sara.

In August, l981, the McFaddens returned to Sacramento and John continued teaching teachers at CSUS in the Department of Bilingual/Multicultural Education until his retirement in 2005.

John's second marriage to Karen Thomas took place in September, 1984. Their son Tom was born in 1986. John was an intrepid traveler and went with friends and family members to every continent except Antarctica. His journeys included trips to Peru, India, France, Bali, China, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Norway, Chile, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland.

There will be a Celebration of Life for John on Sunday, November 20, at 11:00 a.m. in the Heritage Park Clubhouse, 2481 Heritage Park Lane, Sacramento, CA 95835. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Open Doors Refugee Resettlement Program in Sacramento or to the charity of your choice.

H. Nicholas Windeshausen

May 16, 1923 ~ October 25, 2022

Nic moved to Sacramento in 1962 from Lincoln, NE. He taught at CSUS for 30 years. He was active in the community and with Presentation Catholic Church late into his 90's. Nic had a positive influence on many & will be missed. He was preceded in death by his wife (Joyce Pilger) married 62 years. He is survived by his two daughters Darcee Durham of Antelope, CA; Lael Birdsong of Citrus Heights, CA; grandchildren Mitchell Birdsong, Simone & Kyle Durham.

Angus Wright

January 16, 1945 ~ October 20, 2022

Angus Lindsay Wright, age 77, died at home in Sacramento, California, on Thursday, October 20, 2022. An Emeritus professor of Environmental Studies at California State University, Sacramento, he was born and raised in Salina, Kansas, the youngest of six children in a closely knit family. His mother worked outside the home, raising funds for the YWCA. His father was a postal clerk who eventually become a Vice President of the American Postal Workers Union. A genuinely kind, sweet-tempered, honest, and charitable man, Angus was dearly loved by his wife, his children, grandchildren, friends, colleagues, and the thousands of students he taught and mentored.

Graduating from the University of Kansas, he spent a year at Cornell, and then went to the University of Michigan. where he earned a PhD in Latin American History with a dissertation entitled "Market, Land, and Class: Southern Bahia, Brazil, 1890 to 1942." His specialty as a historian of agricultural issues led him to become one of the first faculty members of the Environmental Studies Department of California State University, Sacramento.

A dedicated teacher, he was especially proud of his first-generation and non-traditional college students and of the roles in environmental protection and policy so many of them went on to hold. Winning a Fulbright Fellowship, he did research in the fields of Sinaloa, Mexico, on the effects of agricultural pesticides on Mixtec migrant workers. The result was his first book The Death of Ramon Gonzalez: The Modern Agricultural Dilemma, which became a classic in Environmental Studies courses. He later co-authored To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil, in 2003; and in 2009 collaborated with two other authors to write Nature's Matrix: Linking Conservation, Agriculture, and Food Sovereignty. He also contributed to international environmental policy as President of the Pesticide Action Network of North America and Food First; and was Chair of the Board of the Land Institute, a Salina-based research institute dedicated to developing sustainable agriculture.

Angus found tremendous joy in sharing lively conversation, music, and good food with friends and family. He deeply treasured his children and grandchildren and will be remembered by them as a keen appreciator of simple pleasures and a champion of human decency. He loved being outside, immersed in the beauty of the natural world, or tending to sustainable agriculture in his own organic garden. In Sacramento, he made the American River his second home, canoeing, swimming, or simply sitting on its banks watching the mergansers and blue herons.

He loved to travel and meet people from different cultures, and he did so widely; with especially strong connections to, and love of, Mexico and Brazil. And he especially treasured the many travel adventures-some peaceful, others hair-raising-that he had with his wife Mary Mackey, a writer and fellow CSUS professor, with whom he shared a thirty-six year loving partnership.

He is survived by his wife Mary Mackey, his son Joe Wright, and his daughter Jessica Nakahara; three grandchildren, his elder brother Bruce Wright; and many nephews and nieces. He will be memorialized in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to some of the many charities and organizations he supported: Amnesty International, Environmental Defense Fund, The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, The Land Institute, Climate Central; and Sacramento Loaves and Fishes.