Memorials

Janet Collins, Mary Larsgaard, Mabel Suzuki and Kathy Rankin conceived the idea of honoring deceased WAML members. Many folks have contributed their rememberances and time locating materials on the WAML members listed below in alphabetical order.
If you know of other deceased WAML members or have better photos than those listed below, please contact Kathy Rankin.

WAML Members: Gone but not forgotten (Memorials)
compiled by Kathy Rankin

WAML 2012 Hawaii remembrance event for deceased WAML members photo collage (photos courtesy of Carlos Diaz, Jon Jablonski, Dean Walton)

Roy Vernon Boswell, 1894-1990

CSU Fullerton WAML Information Bulletin memorial

Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. 1898-1985

Bishop Museum, Hawaii WAML Information Bulletin 17(1) memorial

Sue Trevitt-Clark, 1946-1998

U of Oregon WAML Information Bulletin 29(3) memorial
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Sheila Dowd, 1925-2015

UC Berkeley WAML Information Bulletin 46(2) memorial
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Carlos Hagen, 1929-2010

UCLA memorial
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Barbara Haner, 1942-2010

UCLA WAML Information Bulletin 43(1) memorial
.photo collage

Wendy Romney Hassibe, 1940-1999

USGS memorial
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Edward Jestes, 1929-2011

UC Davis memorial
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Mary Larsgaard 1946-2017

UC Santa Barbara memorial
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Bea Lukens 1918-2009

UC Berkley memorial
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Jim O’Donnell, 1952-2012

GSIS memorial
Legacy.com
.photo collage
Remembrances of Jim

James Rothenberger 1936-2003

UC-Riverside memorial
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Mary E. Schell 1916-2007

California State Library memorial
no photo available

Vladimir Vladimirovich Shkurkin, 1930-2013

WAML Information Bulletin 45(2) memorial
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Richard Soares, 1954-2013

UC Davis memorial
CSU Chico memorial
.photo collage

Richard Spohn, 1945-2008

U of Cincinnati memorial
.A Rememberance

Ed Thatcher, 1916-2001

U of Oregon WAML Information Bulletin 33(2) memorial
.photo collage
1st WAML Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
Tribute from 1981

Ron Whistance-Smith, 1935-2003

U of Alberta WAML Information Bulletin 35(1) memorial
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Ron’s 1987 poem for WAML’s 20th anniversary
The Map Man: A tribute to Ron Whistance-Smith
-selected articles with permission of Edmonton Journal

Maureen Wilson 1925-2004

UBC Vita
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Elizabeth Winroth ?-2003

Oregon Historical Society WAML Information Bulletin 34(2) memorial
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