Professor Anne Bresnock, a dedicated champion of the economics department and an innovative teacher, died Oct.16. Bresnock, who came to Cal Poly Pomona in 1990, retired in 2018 but continued to teach at the university. “The Cal Poly Pomona economics…
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Rex O. Baker, a longtime agricultural biology professor and a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, died Nov. 27. He taught at Cal Poly Pomona for more than 20 years before retiring in 2000. Baker was an acknowledged expert on conflicts between…
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Michael Reibel, a dedicated and beloved professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, died unexpectedly on Nov. 12. Reibel began teaching at Cal Poly Pomona in 1998. He was an urban geographer and demographer who specialized in geographic trends…
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Professor Emeritus Laszlo Szijj, who taught in the Department of Biological Sciences for 40 years, has died of cardiac arrest after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 88. Szijj (pronounced “see”) immigrated to Canada from Hungary and received his…
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Professor Emeritus Ernie Simpson, who taught at Cal Poly Pomona for 32 years and made immense contributions to the success and evolution of the chemistry department, has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 78. The longtime Claremont…
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Ramiro Dutra, the founder of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at Cal Poly Pomona, died at his Claremont home on April 20. He was 88. Dutra created a department that combines science with hands-on learning to prepare students…
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Irene Lovewell, a retired longtime staff member whose tenure at Cal Poly Pomona began when it was an all-male college, died July 20. She was 102. Lovewell began working at Cal Poly Pomona in 1958 in Admissions and Records. She…
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World-renowned architect, design educator and prolific author Marvin J. Malecha, former dean of the College of Environmental Design and former president of the American Institute of Architects, died May 4 due to complications from heart transplant surgery. He was 70. “Clear thinking…
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Rajan Chandra, an electrical and computer engineering professor, died on March 23. Chandra called Cal Poly Pomona home for 35 years. He taught a wide variety of classes for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and supervised…
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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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