Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1950s
| 1959Clem Viano and his sons, John '84 and David '86, operate the only remaining winery in Contra Costa County--an operation that was profiled in the Contra Costa Times in April. The Vianos come from a centuries-long line of Italian grape growers and wine makers. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Warren Reuben Merwin died in February 2003 from complications of fronto- temporal dementia. He was 66. Mr. Merwin was an active farmer in the Delta for 40 years and served in many positions in California agricultural associations. Survivors include wife Katherine, sons Robert and David, daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Karlin, and four grandchildren. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Theodore “Ted” Adams Jr., M.S. ’61, died suddenly in January 2004 at age 67. Mr. Adams was a Cooperative Extension wildlands specialist in the UC Davis Department of Agronomy and Range Science from 1972 until his retirement in 1998. His work, which included helping promote oak tree preservation, contributed to the establishment of the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann; daughter Linda; daughter and son-in-law Karen and Dave McCall; and two grandchildren. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Harold Bolefahr Jr., D.V.M. ’61, died in March 2004 at age 72. Dr. Bolefahr served in the Marine Corps in Korea before attending veterinary school. Following graduation he worked in Grass Valley and Hawaii, then owned small animal hospitals in Huntington Beach and Lompoc before retiring in 2002. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • James Karson died of lung cancer in February 2004. He played football and baseball at UC Davis and was a member of the SAE fraternity. An expert on vegetable oil markets, Mr. Karson worked as an executive in the food industry for over 40 years. He lived in Lafayette. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Lynn Griner, Ph.D., died at his home in Cambria in March 2006 at age 92. Dr. Griner served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps before becoming a professor of pathology at Colorado State University, a position he held from 1949 to 1964, when he joined the San Diego Zoo as pathologist and director of research. After his retirement in 1978, he continued to work part time as a consultant for the San Diego County Veterinary Department and for Sea World. Survivors include his wife, June; four children, Lynda Jensen and George, Randall and Mark Griner; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • James Orlopp died in September 2006 at age 69. After completing his studies in poultry husbandry, he worked on his farm in Orosi for 33 years and also served on the board of directors for the Klink Citrus Association and the Orange Cove Irrigation District. He was an avid hunter and fisherman as well. Survivors include his wife, Barbara, and son, Trent. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Duane Damron, Cred., a former Bakersfield College football coach, recently received a Carnegie Medal for saving a man’s life during a visit to Biloxi, Miss., in December to help Hurricane Katrina survivors. Damron pulled a man from behind a falling trailer, saving the man’s life and legs but sacrificing two of his own fingers. Despite his loss, Damron’s experience led to love—he recently became engaged to his hand therapist, Marie Glynn, also a longtime Bakersfield resident. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Jerry Reed, a retired Evangelical Covenant Church missionary, died of cancer in San Diego last April. He was 73. After earning his agronomy degree at UC Davis, he earned advanced degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. He and his wife, Nancy (Bergmans) ’60, became career missionaries in 1965, spending 10 years in Ecuador and 12 years in Mexico City. In 1987, he joined the faculty at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. He retired in 2004, but continued to do short-term missionary work in La Coruña, Spain, where his son, Rob, is a minister. Other survivors include a daughter, Kathy Matson, and son Dale. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Charles Rosson III, a retired surgeon, died in Roseville last August. He was 77. He practiced vascular and general surgery in Yuba City for 33 years. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) |