Kathleen Odenwald, who worked at Cal Poly Pomona for 16 years, died June 7. She was 75. Odenwald first worked as a University Police Department dispatcher from July 1998 to June 2000 before taking a position in Annual Fund, where…
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Edwin Klewer, a retired Cal Poly Pomona International Business and Marketing (IBM) professor who taught at the university for nearly 25 years, died Jan. 4 surrounded by his family. He was 74. The Upland resident began teaching at the university…
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Wendy Sue Nasmyth, a longtime Cal Poly Pomona staff member, died on Dec. 25 in Whittier at the age of 61. As the facilities coordinator within Intercollegiate Athletics and Kinesiology for 18 years, Wendy made many friends. “Wendy was a…
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Longtime Cal Poly Pomona employee Vaughn Lucas died Monday, Jan. 19, after battling cancer. He was 60. An instructional support assistant in academic technology, Lucas worked for the university for 27 years. He also served as a lecturer, teaching classes…
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Elhami Ibrahim, a retired Cal Poly Pomona associate vice president of Academic Programs and a former longtime engineering professor, has died. He was 72. Dr. Ibrahim, a native of Egypt, was among the first group of students that then-Egyptian President…
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Mary Jo Oliver, a longtime professor and the first female chair in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, has died. She was 85. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Oliver attended Oklahoma A&M University and received a bachelor’s degree in…
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Frederick J. Baker, professor emeritus in the Department of Education, died in his Claremont home on Sept. 15 after a two-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 73. Baker taught at Cal Poly Pomona from 1988 to 2004, serving as…
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Roger Blaine Humes, a longtime staff member in the College of Engineering and a published poet, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 61. Humes was born in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1952 and graduated from Central Lee High…
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Janet “Jean” Kellogg, a longtime benefactor of Cal Poly Pomona, died in her home in Rancho Santa Fe on June 17. She was 96. Born Oct. 5, 1917, in Bear Creek, Wisconsin, she graduated from high school at age 16,…
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Biology Professor Emeritus Martin Stoner, who taught plant pathology at Cal Poly Pomona from 1967 to 2008, has died. He was 72. A graduate of Temple City High, Stoner received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Cal Poly…
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