John “Jack” O’Neil, a longtime engineering professor who opened his home for nearly three decades to engineering students for a Thanksgiving meal and funded scholarships after retiring, died Feb. 12 after a long illness. O’Neil, a former aerospace engineer for…
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Peter P. Dawson, who was a professor of organizational behavior in the College of Business for 23 years, died Oct. 29 from a stroke. He was 101. Dawson, a retired Air Force colonel, author of multiple books in the field…
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Carolyn Forrester, a longtime instructional support technician in the chemistry department, died Oct. 29 from complications related to cystic fibrosis. Forrester worked at Cal Poly Pomona from 1985 to 2013. In 2010, she was awarded the Governor’s Employee Safety Award…
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Barbara Dev, who served as a lecturer and taught biochemistry in the College of Science, died on Oct. 8 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Holy Names College in Oakland, California then attended…
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Walter Maya, a professor emeritus of chemistry, died Dec. 16 at his Claremont home after battling lung cancer. He was 89. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. at Todd Memorial Chapel, 325 N. Indian…
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Jerry L. Voorhis, a former Cal Poly Pomona professor whose family is tied to the founding of the university, died Nov. 19. He was 80. Voorhis, who taught European history, was the son the late Congressman H. Jerry Voorhis and…
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Wayne Bidlack, who served as dean of the College of Agriculture during a period of great change from 1995 to 2007, died Nov. 2. He was 74. When Bidlack arrived at Cal Poly Pomona in 1995 from Iowa State University,…
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Hugh O. La Bounty’s imprint can be seen in nearly every corner of campus. It’s in the reddish-brown concrete of the library’s original building. It resides in every apartment in University Village. And it lives in the offices of Building…
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Lori Lebeau-Walsh, a former lecturer in the art department and a Cal Poly Pomona alumna (’92, art), died Aug. 19. She was 65. Lebeau-Walsh taught part-time at the university on and off from 2000 to 2009. When art Professor Emeritus…
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Tricia Alicante, graduate advisor for the College of Business Administration, died on Oct. 10, her 36th birthday, after a short but courageous battle with a rare form of liver cancer. Alicante, who worked at Cal Poly Pomona for more than…
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