In Memoriam: Lea Virginia Johnson
Lea Virginia Johnson, who taught for 18 years at Cal Poly Pomona’s Teacher Preparation Center, died June 22. She was 97.
In Memoriam: George T. Galbreath
George Galbreath, a longtime economics professor who helped establish the Faculty Senate (now called the Academic Senate) and Cal Poly Federal Credit Union and was the first recipient of Cal Poly Pomona’s Outstanding Teaching Award, died June 15. He was…
In Memoriam: Edward C. Appel Jr.
Edward Appel, professor emeritus and founder of the agricultural services and inspection/agricultural biology program, died on March 16, his birthday.
In Memoriam: Robert L. Gilbert
Robert Gilbert, professor emeritus of the theatre department, passed away at 74 after a three-year battle with leukemia.
In Memoriam: Walter Coombs
Walter Coombs, a professor emeritus and longtime chairman of the social sciences department, died March 31. Coombs, 94 had served as a professor in the then-social sciences department from 1971 to 1992.
In Memoriam: Robert Wilson
Robert (Bob) Wilson, 69, passed away Feb. 19. The retired baker and his late wife, Louise, left a legacy of giving at The Collins College of Hospitality Management and the University Library.
In Memoriam: William F. Girouard
As a child, William F. Girouard grew up playing with John F. Kennedy. Later, he served as a Marine officer in two wars. And he once taught Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon. But Girouard…
In Memoriam: Lidia Maya
The Cal Poly Pomona community is mourning the loss of a Los Olivos dining commons employee and her two daughters. Lidia Maya, 51, and her daughters, Sonia, 25, and Francisca, 12, were killed in a traffic accident while visiting family…
In Memoriam: Paul F. Weisend
Paul F. Weisend, professor emeritus who founded the contract management program, died July 27 following a long illness. He was 84. Born in Pennsylvania, Weisend served as a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and received his juris doctor from…
In Memoriam: George W. Martinek
George W. Martinek, professor emeritus of biological sciences, passed away at 79 from a stroke brought on by a hereditary condition.