Volume 29 · Number 1 · Fall 2011
In Memoriam: Faculty
From left: Wade Brant, Edward "Ted" Jones and Jerome Rosen
A. Wade Brant, an internationally known poultry and meat production research scientist, died in Davis in August of an aneurysm. He was 92. A Cooperative Extension food technologist during 1959–85, he wrote or co-wrote more than 250 academic publications, advised companies on production issues and was co-holder of two patents. Among many professional honors, he received the 1998 Macdougall Medal from the World's Poultry Science Association, which inducted him into the International Poultry Hall of Fame. Survivors include his children, Carol Hale, and Ronald and Jane Brant; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Edward "Ted" Jones, an internationally renowned neuroscientist who directed the Center for Neuroscience during 1998–2009, collapsed and died from sudden cardiac arrest in June while attending a scientific meeting at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He was 72. He was an authority on the anatomy of the brain and central nervous system and the causes of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. He was a past president of the international Society for Neuroscience and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He wrote more than 20 books and more than 400 scientific publications. His research showed that seemingly minute abnormalities in human brains can cause chemical imbalances and lead to schizophrenia and other serious, long-term nervous-system disorders. His studies became a basis for understanding recovery of function after strokes or cerebral trauma. He belonged to a group of scientists working on the international Human Brain Project. Among other honors, he received the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society in 2001. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Sue Jones; children, Christopher and Phillipa; and three grandchildren.
Jerome Rosen—a clarinetist, composer and professor who founded the music department—died in Davis in June after a long illness. He was 89. He became the campus's first official music instructor in 1952 and quickly redefined the music program as Davis transitioned from farm school to general campus. He took over the previously established Concert Band and University Chorus, started the chamber music program and began laying the foundation for the Symphony Orchestra. When the university established the music department, Professor Rosen became chair, recruiting faculty and developing undergraduate and graduate curricula. He served as first director of the Electronic Music Studio. He helped design the Music Building and was involved in planning the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. His undergraduate classes were known especially for his insistence, in the days before computerized notation, on meticulous calligraphy with pen and India ink. He composed some 60 works of solo and chamber music, often including clarinet or saxophone, as well as vocal pieces, works of symphonic scope and the operas Calisto and Melibea (1979) and Emperor Norton of the USA (1999), both produced in Main Theatre. University Fanfare, which he wrote for UC Davis' 75th anniversary in 1984, can be heard today at the start of many commencements. He retired in 1988, but remained active in UC Davis music for two more decades. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Sylvia; children, Michael, Elizabeth, Emily and Margaret; a sister, Evelyn Sackler; and 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.