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…
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George W. Martinek, professor emeritus of biological sciences, passed away at 79 from a stroke brought on by a hereditary condition.
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James Oliver Jackson, a professor emeritus of biological sciences, died early July 16 on his 72nd birthday. He had a massive stroke two weeks earlier. Jackson, who taught from 1972 to 2005, was a highly active and respected member of…
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Ina Abelar, former president of Staff Council and an instructional support technician in the physics and astronomy department, died May 14 at the age of 85. Abelar, who was hired in 1967, formally set up and organized the department’s stock…
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Professor Emeritus Fred Shafia, who taught microbiology for more than three decades at Cal Poly Pomona before retiring in 2000, died April 20 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 78. Shafia, a stalwart in the College of Science for…
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Andy Thacker, professor emeritus in the international business and marketing department, died March 31 in his home in Seabrook, Texas. He was 73. Thacker joined Cal Poly Pomona in 1985, following a successful career with Shell Oil in Houston and…
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English Professor Emeritus John Frederick Fulbeck, a prolific poet who joined Cal Poly Pomona when it was still part of San Luis Obispo, has died at 95. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Fulbeck enrolled at USC.…
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Edgar C. Pierce, former director of the news and publications department, died Jan. 9 at the age of 89. Pierce had a 40-year career in live television production, broadcast advertising and public relations, and was a charter member of the…
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Professor Emeritus Jerry Dimitman, one of the pillars of the biological sciences department, died Dec. 14 at the age of 91. He taught at Cal Poly Pomona for 35 years and was the second person to serve as department chair.…
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Robert Lawrence Balzer, the nation¿s preeminent wine journalist who in 2008 donated his writings, photos and many wine artifacts to the university¿s Special Collections Library, died Dec. 1. He was 99. Balzer was a prolific author and popular educator, writing…
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