In Memoriam

Welko Gasich

Welko Elton Gasich of Los Angeles, California, passed away on Friday evening, January 14, 2022, of heart failure with his beloved wife by his side. Welko was born March 28, 1922, in the small farming community of Cupertino, California, to Elija and Catherine (Paviso)...
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Eric Etheridge

Eric Pharr Etheridge passed away Jan. 9, 2022, at the age of 62. He was born in 1959 in the state of Georgia to Roger Etheridge and Rena Faye Norby, nee Ritchey. Once he completed high school there, off he went to Cal Tech and remained on the West Coast the rest of...
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Martin Walt

Martin Walt passed away on December 15, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 95 years old at the time of his death. Martin was born in West Plains, Missouri but spent most of his childhood in La Crescenta, CA, graduating from Glendale High School in 1944. It...
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James A. Ibers, DAA

James A. Ibers, PhD and Caltech Distinguished Alumnus 1997 passed away in Chicago, IL on December 14, 2021 at the age of 91. He was Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University at the time of his passing. More information about his career is available in the memoir...
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