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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Rodney Short, the former director of enrollment technology for the Division of Student Affairs, died Aug. 26. He was 63. Short, who had resided in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the past six years, worked at Cal Poly Pomona for 27…
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Larry McMillan, a former engineering professor who mentored faculty and students and was instrumental in helping to raise funds for the construction of Building 17, has died. McMillan, a Los Angeles native and a U.S. Navy veteran who served in…
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Sue Manning, who shepherded some of the biggest news stories in the region during a 38-year career at the Los Angeles bureau of The Associated Press, has died. She was 71. Manning (’72, communications) began honing her skills at the…
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By all accounts, Mark Manlapaz’s family extended well beyond biological boundaries. The Cal Poly Pomona public safety specialist quietly touched lives seemingly wherever he went. Manlapaz was killed June 29, the victim of a stabbing near the entrance to South…
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Nancy Sharon Kropf, former associate vice president for human resource services, died on May 25. She was 73. Kropf worked for 30 years at Cal Poly Pomona, beginning as a department secretary. She was respected by her colleagues and developed…
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College professor, homestead farmer, ‘grampa,’ powder ski hound. Professor Emeritus Ralph Henry Miller, former chair of the College of Business Administration’s technology and operations management department, died on April 19 after a long battle with a rare genetic strain of…
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Harry Antoniades Anthony, professor emeritus in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, died Feb. 26. He was 95. In 1971, the College of Environmental Design recruited Anthony to lead its urban and regional planning program, confident that his leadership…
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The Cal Poly Pomona community will celebrate the life of William “Bill” Hauser, a former mechanical engineering professor who had a passion for working with students. An event honoring his memory is scheduled Saturday, Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. to…
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A champion for the equal treatment of all. A loving mother and grandmother. A dedicated employee of more than three decades. Christine Thomas, a one-time president of the Cal Poly Pomona chapter of the California State University Employees Union (CSUEU)…
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