In Memoriam

Fred Donald Russell

Don received a Bachelor of Science (1957) and a Master of Science (1958) in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, where he was a member of Dabney House. In 1970, he received a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Don started out his career by...

David F. Ollis

Dr. David F. Ollis (BS '63) Welcoming, gentle, generous, kind, humble, a true intellectual, and an outstanding scholar! These are a few of the words that colleagues and former students have used to describe Professor David Ollis, University Distinguished Professor of...

Martin Mendelson

It is with great sadness that the family of Martin (“Marty”) Mendelson (belatedly) announces his passing unexpectedly on 17 September 2023 at the age of 86 years as a result of complications from routine surgery. Throughout his adult life, Marty was the quintessential...

Clarence Eugene Peterson

Clarence Eugene Peterson, age 96, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2023 at his home in Rolling Hills Estates. The son of John Gunnar Peterson and Cerona Erickson, he was born in 1927 on the family farm in Michigan. Clarence grew up in Chicago and upon high school...