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Vera Lenon Rigby ’37, May 29, 1994, in Lubbock, Texas. She married Fred Rigby ’35, in 1937. She was an ICCU nurse for 10 years prior to her retirement in 1980. Survivors include a daughter; son Fred Rigby ’70; sister Ethel Lenon Setterberg ’42; brother Harlow Lenon ’35; and two grandchildren, Rachel Kleban ’92, and Matthew Kleban ’96. Her husband died in 1991.

Jean Lowery Wells ’30

Jean Lowery Wells ’30, in April 29, 1995, in Princeton, New Jersey. After graduation from Reed, she taught high school in Newberg, Oregon, for several years. She married Kenneth Wells ’30 in the Eliot Hall chapel in 1932 and the couple lived in Portland until 1940. They then spent three years in Medford and three years in Eugene before moving to White Plains, New York, in 1945. In 1952, they settled in Princeton, New Jersey. Jean worked for many years with Opinion Research Corporation as a proofreader and in other capacities. She was active in various civic affairs, including the Red Cross, Recording for the Blind, and United Way. She and her husband were members of the Unitarian Fellowship. After retirement, the couple traveled in Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Hawaii, as well as making several trips back to Portland. In addition to her husband, she is survived by their son, Roger B. Wells ’63.

Marie-Louise Langdell Melvin MAT ’58

Marie-Louise Langdell Melvin MAT ’58, June 14, 1995, in Portland. After earning her master's degree from Reed, she earned a special education certificate for teaching crippled children. She taught art, foreign languages, and social studies at the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children through the Portland Public School District from 1956 until her retirement in 1979. She was a member of the Oregon Retired Educators Association and Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary teachers' sorority. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, two sons, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Shelley Steinmann List ’51

Shelley Steinman List ’51, of ovarian cancer, May 22, 1996, in New York, New York. She lived in Venice, California and was a television script writer and producer. After graduating from Reed, she earned a master’s degree in English literature from Teachers’ College of Columbia University. She began her career as a theatre reviewer and feature writer for newspapers in Connecticut. In 1972, she published her first novel, Did You Love Daddy When I Was Born? A second novel, Nobody Makes Me Cry, was published in 1975. She moved to California to try her hand at television writing and sold a script which was made into the 1979 movie And Baby Makes Six, an NBC-TV production starring Colleen Dewhurst. Beginning in the ’80s, she and her husband, Jonathan Estrin, worked together to write and produce many television mini-series and situation comedies. From 1986 to 1988, they were supervising producers for Cagney and Lacey, a popular television series about two women police detectives. The couple received the Scott Newman Award at the 1987 Emmy Awards ceremony for a script they wrote for the series that dealt with alcoholism. In 1991, they received the prestigious Writers’ Guild Award for their pilot script for the television series Sisters. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, two brothers, a stepson, and a grandson.

Jenilu Levi Schoolman ’64

Jenilu Levi Schoolman ’64, of cancer, February 24, 1996, in Schenectady, New York. After attending Reed, she transferred to the University of Colorado, where she earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in psychology. She opened a private practice in Schenectady, where she counseled individuals, couples, and children, and developed a specialty in therapy for people with life-threatening illnesses. She served as a psychologist for a demonstration program that worked with neglected and abandoned children and developed intake evaluation procedures for the project. She served on the Governor’s Commission on Children and Youth and the Mental Health Advisory Panel to the governor. She was a consultant to the Ferrano Center for HIV Positive Infants and Children with AIDS, and for Hospice of Schenectady, Saratoga, and Montgomery Counties. In 1988, she received the Rozendaal Award from Hospice of Schenectady. Survivors include her mother and two brothers.

Maxine Lesseg Zeller ’33

Maxine Lesseg Zeller ’33, February 23, 1997, in Portland, where she lived since graduating from Reed. She married Werner Zeller ’33 in 1934, who was studying medicine at the University of Oregon, and she studied and worked in the area of medical technology until the birth of their first child in 1939. She was primarily a homemaker and raised four children. She is survived by Werner and their two sons and daughters, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Beatrice Levy Israel ’27

Beatrice Levy Israel ’27, March 3, 1998, in Palo Alto, California. She married Delmer Israel ’24 in 1928, and they moved to Palo Alto shortly thereafter when he entered Stanford Law School. They opened a tennis shop in Palo Alto and later expanded its scope to business machines, and she worked for the company while raising their two sons and a daughter. In 1970, her husband died, and her older son took over the business in 1977, when she retired. She was active in the American Association of University Women, serving as president of the local group from 1962 to 1964 and again in 1972–73. She also worked as a volunteer with the International Center at Stanford, which helped foreign students with conversational English. In 1997, she was the only member of her class to attend its 70th reunion on the Reed campus. She is survived by her two sons, a daughter, and six grandchildren.

Joanne Lukomnik ’68

Joanne E. Lukomnik ’68, April 20, 1998, in New York City, of complications from multiple myeloma. She was known as a lifelong advocate of community health services and social justice. After attending Reed, she graduated from New York University in 1969 with a degree in fine arts. She took premedical coursework at Columbia University and received an MD in 1975 from the State University Health Science Center in Stony Brook, New York. She also held a master’s degree from Columbia and studied sociology at the University of Edinburgh and social medicine at the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Over the years, she held teaching, medical, and administrative positions at Columbia University’s School of Public Health, the U.S. Public Health Service, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Jersey City Family Health Center. She was on many committees and boards of the American Public Health Association and was elected chairwoman in 1995. She also served on the National Council on Primary Care. She is survived by her husband, two children, her mother, and two brothers.

Jonathan Alan Laitinen ’92

Jonathan Laitinen ’92, from injuries sustained in a car accident, March 26, 1999, while vacationing in Livingston, Montana. He was a math and science teacher at Parkrose High School, in Portland. He earned a master’s degree from Whitworth College in 1995 and then joined the faculty of Parkrose High School. He taught in the alternative program there and was the chairman of the science department. He was an advisor for the National Honor Society, taught credit recovery classes and drivers’ education, and helped out as a scorekeeper for the wrestling team. Students and faculty remember him as a dedicated and inspiring teacher who had taken a leadership role in the school. His other interests included snowboarding, fishing and hunting, and baseball, and he was credited with being instrumental in recent wins of the Reed alumni softball team. Survivors include his parents; two brothers; four sisters; and his grandparents.

Katherine Niles Lind ’28

Katherine Niles Lind ’28, January 29, 2000, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she had lived for 65 years. After graduating from Reed, she moved to Chicago and spent two years as the editorial secretary of Religious Education, published by the Religious Education Association. She then entered the graduate program in sociology at the University of Chicago, where she also worked in the sociology department, earning a master’s degree in 1935. While there, she met and married her husband, Andrew Lind, who was on the faculty at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu. During World War II, she worked for the YWCA as a counselor, and she continued there as a volunteer after the war. She also helped her husband edit his writings on social relations in Hawaii. In 1959, she took a paid position with the YWCA as associate director of the education department, and later became administrative director. She retired in 1969, but resumed the position for several years in the 1970s. She and her husband spent sabbatical years in Jamaica, Thailand, and Singapore, and also traveled to Europe and parts of the U.S. In retirement, she continued to volunteer with the YWCA, the Church of the Crossroads, Common Cause, and Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association. She is survived by two sons, a daughter, several grandchildren, and a sister, Helen Niles Bentley ’32. Her husband predeceased her.

Amy Perlstein Levinson ’54

Amy Perlstein Levinson ’54, March 31, 2001, in Portland. She married Al Levinson ’54 in 1958, and earned an MS in microbiology from the University of Rochester in New York, while caring for their two daughters, during the same period that Al completed doctorate and postdoctorate work in chemistry at Indiana University. They returned to Portland in 1963. Amy spent the next several years as a homemaker, raising their three children. She enrolled in the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College and earned a JD in 1976. She was an attorney in private practice in Portland, retiring in 1994, and was a member of Congregation Nevah Shalom and past president of the Jewish Genealogical Society. Survivors include her husband, a daughter, a son, and two sisters. A daughter died in 1983.

Gilbert Brooks Lee ’37

Gilbert Lee ’37, January 19, 2001, in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had lived since retirement. He earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology from the New School for Social Research, New York City, in 1946. He was a research associate in ophthalmology with the University of Michigan Medical School, retiring in 1989 as senior research associate engineer. He was married and had three sons and a daughter.

Jane Logan Edwards ’38

Jane Logan Edwards ’38, February 29, 2000, in Loomis, California. She attended Reed for two years and later worked as a legal secretary. In 1952, she earned a JD from Golden Gate University, and she practiced law in Montague and Yreka, California. She was elected to a term as district attorney in Siskiyou County, California in 1966.

L. Jerome Lewis ’49

L. Jerome Lewis ’49, March 21, 2002, in Walnut Creek, California. After attending Reed for three years, he enrolled in the University of Oregon Medical School, where he earned a master’s degree in physiology while simultaneously completing the Reed degree. He earned an MD from Stanford Medical School in 1957, specializing in radiology. After a residency at the University of California, San Francisco Hospital, he joined a private radiology group, Diablo Valley Radiology, based in Walnut Creek, where he worked from 1961 until his retirement in 1988. He married Irmy Bruck in 1956 and they had two children. In retirement, they enjoyed many activities together, including gardening, cooking, photography, music, and socializing with friends. He was also an avid fly fisherman. He was a fellow in the American College of Radiology, the American Board of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and the American Medical Association, and he was active in the American Cancer Society. Survivors include his wife; a daughter; a son; a sister, and three grandchildren.

Harriet Lupton Tremaine ’42

Harriet Lupton Tremaine ’42, February 2, 2002, in Portland.

Virginia Lorraine Ueckert Lamont ’48

Virginia Lorraine Ueckert Lamont ’48, March 30, 2004, in Gladstone, Oregon. Virginia earned an RN from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Grand Island, Nebraska, before attending Reed for two years. In 1946, she married Maurice B. Lamont ’48, and they had three daughters. Virginia worked as an infirmary nurse at Reed, and also worked in nursing in Washington and Montana. She was director of nursing for Kimberly Quality Care in Eugene, Oregon, for many years before moving to Gladstone in 1999. In retirement she volunteered for the Gladstone Senior Center and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center. Among her associations, she was the Pacific Northwest representative for the National Nursing Directors (for Quality Care) Association, and was appointed a delegate to the Oregon governor’s commission on aging. Survivors include her children, six grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Maurice predeceased her.

Virginia Ann Lewis Greenberg MAT ’63

Virginia Ann Lewis Greenberg MAT ’63, December 15, 1998, in Vancouver, Washington. Ginny earned a BS in chemistry and mathematics from Wisconsin State at Oshleosh in 1958, and followed her master's degree from Reed with an MS in oceanographic chemistry from the University of Hawaii in 1966. She worked for a number of years as a research chemist in labs, on an oceanographic expedition, and at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics. In 1974, she married Edward Greenberg. She became program coordinator for the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina–Charlotte, before retiring in 1993 to Vancouver, Washington, where she responded to her unquenchable desire to teach by becoming a public library volunteer in computing.

Marcia Jean (Fenton) Dalin Lapham ’51

Marcia Jean (Fenton) Dalin Lapham ’51, March 6, 2005, in Tualatin, Oregon. Marcia attended Reed for four years, but did not graduate. In 1950, she married David D. Lapham ’60. Following his service in the Korean War, the couple lived in Portland and raised two daughters and one son; they later divorced. Marcia earned a bachelor's degree in 1951 and a master's degree in social work in 1972 from Portland State University. For 17 years she worked for the State of Oregon in child protective services. In 1985, she moved to Tualatin to be near grandchildren, and traveled with one granddaughter to 4-H events in Oregon and Washington, as an assistant 4-H leader for six years. Marcia treasured the wonders of childhood, enjoyed outdoor activities, and maintained a keen interest in history and current events. She was happiest when lending a hand to family and friends. She is survived by her son and daughters, including Sarah Lapham ’76; 10 grandchildren, including Elizabeth Bocci ’04; and a half-brother and half-sister.

Charles Willson Lee ’43

Charles Willson Lee ’43, February 6, 2005, at home in Newton, Kansas, from a sudden illness. Charles received a BA in psychology from Reed, and entered World War II in the U.S. Air Force. In 1956, he received an MA in public administration from the University of Minnesota. A two-week temporary position with the U.S. Senate subcommittee on education stretched to 12 years. As a registered lobbyist, he was instrumental in developing many educational programs in the ’60s and ’70s. He directed the Commission for Educational Funding, a coalition of 80-plus organizations. His professional distinctions included 10-year service awards from the U.S. Senate and Department of Agriculture, a national leadership award from the George Washington University Institute for Educational Leadership, and the distinguished service citation from the Council for Exceptional Children. Charles retired in 1982 to Gearhart, Oregon, acting as a consultant to several national organizations, before moving to Newton.

Doris Jane Cahill Litchford ’40

Doris Jane Cahill Litchford ’40, March 4, 2005, in Troy, New York. Doris earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Reed and did social work for two years in Portland before becoming a caseworker for Sperry Laboratory (U.S. Navy) during World War II. In 1942, she married George B. Litchford ’41; they had two children. In 1951, she received a masteris degree in education from SUNY at New Paltz. She taught kindergarten in the Cold Spring (New York) School District for four years; was a homemaker; and worked for George's engineering and consulting business, Litchford Electronics, assisting with secretarial and patent work. Doris had many artistic and literary interests, was an unpublished poet, and a certified literary volunteer. She also had a great love for animals. From her parents, she received a love of learning, and she enlarged on this gift throughout her life. Survivors include her husband, her son and daughter, and her sisters Ruth Cahill ’43 and Kathleen Cahill Dougall ’37.

Jean Frances Larrabee Sutherland ’40

Jean Frances Larrabee Sutherland ’40, June 6, 2004, in California. Jean transferred to Reed, earning a bachelor’s degree in political science. She married William M. Sutherland ’41; they had two children, and later divorced. In 1956, she received her teaching certificate from San Jose State, and taught at the Elizabeth Van Auken School, and the Lucille Nixon Elementary School in Palo Alto. Her parents, Mary Brownlie Larrabee ’16 and Charles F. Larrabee ’17, and cousin Edward M. Larrabee ’55, also graduated from Reed.

Wayne Taylor Lill MAT ’67

Wayne Taylor Lill MAT ’67, March 20, 2006, from cancer, in Eugene, Oregon. Wayne served in the U.S. Army Air Corp in World War II and in the Korean War. He earned a BS in drawing in 1953 and a BA in art education in 1957 from the University of Oregon. He taught art at Willamette High School in Eugene from 1963 to 1985. At Reed, he focused his master’s work on the study of calligraphy. In leisure hours, Wayne enjoyed jewelry making, woodworking, travel, and jazz. He was a member of Crag Rats climbing and rescue organization and of St. Mary Episcopal Church, and he sung with the Eugene Gleemen. Survivors include his wife, Ruth.

Mabel Livingstone Bishop ’46

Mabel Livingstone Bishop ’46, March 10, 2007, at home in Portland. Mabel attended Reed for two years. In 1947, she married C.M. Mort Bishop Jr. She was active in the Portland Garden Club, Town Club, and Portland Junior League; and was vice regent and regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association Board for 20 years. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, tennis, gardening, and bridge. Survivors include her husband, three daughters, one son, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a brother.

Mary Lovering Farquhar Gassman ’42

Mary Lovering Farquhar Gassman ’42, January 6, 2007, in Twisp, Washington. Mary received a BA in history and literature from Reed. She was active in AAUW, St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Auburn, and the Twisp Library. She married William Farquahar, who died in 1979, and George R. Gassman, who died in 2000. Survivors include a daughter and sister. Her son died in 2006.

Rita Lucille Leibrand Othus ’42, MAT ’64, MALS ’71

Rita Lucille Leibrand Othus ’42, MAT ’64, MALS ’71, March 28, 2007, in Portland. Rita met Byron J. Othus ’41 at Reed; they married in 1942. She later earned a bachelor’s degree from Lewis & Clark College. Rita worked as a freelance writer, taught English to juniors and seniors at Roosevelt High School, and was an instructor at Portland Community College for 20 years. Survivors include two daughters, including Jane Othus ’68, and two grandchildren. Byron died in 1969.

Helen Lee MAT ’67

Helen Lee MAT ’67, December 23, 2006, in Oakland, California. Helen earned a BA from Lewis & Clark College.

Jeffrey Brian Lathe ’77

Jeffrey Brian Lathe ’77, March 10, 2008, in Florida. Jeffrey received a BA from Reed in international studies and a JD from Washington & Lee law school. He practiced law in South Florida, and enjoyed gardening. In 1984, he married Gay Campbell. Survivors include his son, and his mother and brother.

Gail Yvonne Zimmerman Lent ’39

Gail Yvonne Zimmerman Lent ’39, April 26, 2008, in Portland, from cancer. Gail received a BA from Reed in general literature, and worked as an accountant for the state of Oregon. Survivors include her son and one grandchild.

Barbara Jean Lair Lair ’49

Barbara Jean Lair Lewis ’49, July 15, 2007, in Portland. Barbara attended Reed, but did not graduate. In 1946, she married William E. Lewis ’49; they had two sons and a daughter. Barbara's home and family were of primary importance in her life. Survivors include her children. Bill died in 2006.

Stephen Charles Liebes ’53

Stephen Charles Liebes ’53, January 21, 2008, in Palo Alto, California, from complications of multiple myeloma. Steve attended Reed for two years, with a focus on sociology and economics, and spent a year in retail training at Macy's in New York City. He worked for the family business, H. Liebes & Company, in San Francisco in the ’50s and ’60s, and interned in real estate for the Draper Company in San Francisco. He was president of the Hillsdale Merchants Association, and managed Liebes & Company, his specialty real estate business for shopping centers and independent grocers in Palo Alto. With Ellis Partners, Steve redeveloped the Town & Country Village in Palo Alto. He also was a member and past president of the Sequoia Club in Redwood City. Steve traveled, cooked, and used his talent as a domino player to compete in the annual Children's Health Council Tournament. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Dale; two sons and three daughters; nine grandchildren; and a brother.

Richard J. Lindlar ’61

Richard J. Lindlar ’61, April 24, 2008, in California, following a brief illness. Dick received a BA from Reed in mathematics, and then served in the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command. He then began a 25-year career at IBM, which took him to five states. In 1991, he took a position as senior vice president for SAIC in La Jolla, from which he retired in 2001. In retirement, he owned a small business and enjoyed golf and bluegrass music. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Amelia, two sons and a daughter, and four grandchildren.

George Barrett Litchford ’41

George Barrett Litchford ’41, February 28, 2008, in Albany, New York. George received a BA from Reed in physics. Following graduation, he accepted a position with Sperry Gyroscope Research Labs in Garden City, New York. In 1942, he married Doris J. Cahill ’40; both worked for Sperry during World War II: George on radars and microwave blind-landing systems; Doris on gasoline rationing. In 1952, he joined Airborne Instruments Laboratory, and directed programs involving, among other things, airport design, navy-carrier and space-shuttle landing systems, and air-traffic control radars. He also served as consultant to the White House Curtis Committee, which lead to the establishment of the FAA. In 1965, he started an independent business, the Litchstreet Company, to manage the growing number of his patents in North America, Europe, and Japan. He also worked as a consultant for government agencies, universities, and private companies. George's patents led to the development of anti-collision systems for civil and military aircraft, and to ground-based passive radars, which monitor and record aircraft flight patterns and identities. Officially retiring in 2004, George remained active in his field. He also enjoyed time with family, reading, boating and water sports, and long walks with his dog. For his 50-year class reunion, George reported that his introduction to aviation systems at Reed, with physics professors A.A. Knowlton [1915–48] and Marcus O'Day [1926–45 ], led to his most interesting career. From the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, he received the Pioneer Award and medal in 1974, and the LammT Medal in 1981, for outstanding contributions in the development of electronic systems for air navigation and air-traffic control. From the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, of which he was a fellow, he received the Wright Brothers' Medal in 1978. Survivors include his daughter and son, and brother. Doris died in 2005.

Josephine E. Lewis Utley ’39

Josephine E. Lewis Utley ’39, March 18, 2008, in Seattle, Washington. Josephine received a BA from Reed in literature and languages. She began a 15-year career in social work in 1940, employed with the Portland and Hillsboro, Oregon, public welfare departments. In 1945, she married artist and musician Windsor R. Utley, and moved to New York City. In 1946, she received her master's degree from the New York School of Social Work, Columbia University. The couple lived in Seattle for the next 23 years, where she did social work and assisted with the operation of her husband's business, Utley's Art Gallery. In 1969, the couple and their son, artist C.L. Utley, moved to Salt Spring Island, B.C., where she took up hand weaving. She was a lifetime member of the Salt Spring Island Weavers Guild. (Later, she joined the Seattle Weavers Guild and the Hand Weavers Guild of America.) The couple also opened an art gallery, in 1976, in Sidney, B.C. In 1980, they moved to Laguna Beach, and then to Seattle in 1987. Their business and interest in Italian art and culture included numerous trips to Italy. Josephine studied Italian language and cuisine and then, in turn, gave Italian cooking classes. During the ’90s, she was a docent at the Seattle Art Museum, and was a member of the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington, and the Fry Art Museum in Seattle. She was also a member of the Meany Hall for Performing Arts and many chamber music groups. In her oral history interview with Deborah A. Prince ’71, in 2001, she said: “What Reed gave me is that I recognize every name I ever hear in any subject, and the rest of the people don't. I may not remember what the person's philosophy was precisely, but I'm not uncomfortable. Because I know when they're referring to these people, whether it be in music or philosophy or history, whatever, it just goes along with me. Others say, 'Who's that?' 'What's that?' That's what I really realize, how different the Reed education is.” Her sister, Claudia L. Lewis ’30, also graduated from Reed. Survivors include her son and brother. Windsor died in 1989. His portrait of Victor L.O. Chittick [English, 1921–48 ] was presented as a gift to the college.

Audrey Angelique Lockhart Gregg ’30

Audrey Angelique Lockhart Gregg ’30, March 28, 2010, in Portland.

Gilbert Prentiss Lee ’39

Gilbert Prentiss Lee ’39, June 19, 2010, in Portland, from age-related complications. Gilbert grew up in Eastern Oregon and graduated from high school in Baker City, a little town near the Wallowa Mountains. He majored in biology, wrote his thesis on fish runs at the (then brand new) Bonneville Dam and was elected class president. He followed classmate Ned McKrill ’38 to medical school at Tufts University, hitchhiking and riding freight cars from Portland to Boston. While awaiting admission to Tufts, he bicycled through Europe; when the German army invaded Poland, he wisely boarded a ship back to the U.S. Gilbert spent two years at Tufts and then transferred to the University of Oregon. After earning an MD, he trained at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Seattle, Washington, and served as a medical officer in the South Pacific. Back in Portland, he did a surgical residency at the Veterans Hospital and met Patricia A. Brownell ’43—who was head of physical education at Reed in 1946–49—at a folkdance event at the college. They married, and spent two years in Helena, Montana, before returning to Portland, where they raised three sons and created a spectacular landscape on their two-acre property. Gilbert was a surgeon and partner at the Valley Medical Center in Southwest Portland and was on the staff at Good Samaritan and St. Vincent hospitals. He was a member of the Portland Surgical Society, president of the Multnomah County Medical Society, director of the Parkview Nursing Home for 25 years, diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He enjoyed skiing and hiking, and he wrote an autobiography, Reflections, which includes an account of his years at Reed. Survivors include Patricia, two sons, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and his nephew. A son, Gary, died in a mountain-climbing accident in 2008.

William Bard Layton ’42

William Bard Layton ’42, July 24, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. Bill spent two years at Reed, withdrawing in order to enter military service. He served under General Eisenhower in the army during World War II. His career included work for the Federated Department Stores. In his public obituary, we read that he had a zest for life, and enjoyed traveling, reading, walking, and listening to symphonic and classical music. “Bill will be remembered by those he touched for his sense of humor and compassion. He will be cherished by his family and friends for the fatherly advice, caring demeanor, and willingness to always lend a helping hand.” Survivors include three daughters, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Elisabeth Bauman Lewis ’48

Elisabeth Bauman Lewis ’48, July 7, 2011, in Stockton, California. Betty earned a BA in biology from Reed. She did social work in Santa Rosa and was a member of the Girl Scouts, the Sierra Club, and the Mazamas. She was also adept at biological illustration, spinning, dying, weaving, and gardening. Toward the end of her life, she worked to restore a 311-acre stewardship forest in Philo, California. Betty married Fred R. Lewis ’44 in 1947 and raised three daughters and two sons; they later divorced. Survivors include her children, nine grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and a sister.

Lester James Lindberg ’60

Lester James Lindberg ’60, June 24, 2012, in McMinnville, Oregon, as a result of a traffic accident. Jim earned a BA from Reed in physics and did graduate work at the University of Maryland and at Portland State University. He enlisted in the army in the early ’60s and served for three years, including a year in Germany. During that time, he and Lucie M. Fischer began corresponding, which led to their marriage in 1965. Jim was an excellent electrician and a master at repairs, though unconventional (yet successful) in his approach. In 1972, the family, which by then included a daughter and son, moved to Valley Junction, Oregon, where Jim became co-owner, with his brother-in-law, of S&C Lumber; he operated the business for 25 years. Jim also built a home, raised farm animals, gardened, picked wild berries, hiked, hunted, swam, and mined for gold. He was a cook at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, Oregon, for nine years, and, at age 71, mastered a new career, handling finances for his daughter and son-in-law’s home medical equipment company. Jim was proud of his Swedish ancestry and made strong coffee (“mud”) in the same drip coffee pot for 47 years. He also had a great sense of humor and entertained others with his stories. He loved the challenge of complicated mathematics problems, ones that appeared “unsolvable,” and would work out the problems on a paper napkin while sitting at the kitchen table. He tutored his children and six grandchildren in mathematics and science, and taught a niece chemistry and physics via the telephone—all excelled in their academic endeavors. Jim’s sister, Suzanne, who provided the details for this memorial, wrote, “My brother was a marvelous individual, with emphasis on the individual. He was very proud of his Reed education, as was his whole family.” Jim’s wife, children, and grandchildren also survive him.

Ethel Landye ’30

Ethel Mason Landye ’30, October 3, 1996, in Portland. She attended Reed for three years and then transferred to the University of Oregon, where she majored in physical education and graduated in 1931. Ethel obtained a teaching job in Klamath Falls, Oregon, where she taught for the next four years. In 1935 she married Jim Landye, a prominent Portland lawyer. They lived in Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Francisco, and in 1938 returned to settle in Portland, where they raised three children. After her husband’s death in 1956, Ethel went to work for the Portland YWCA. She was director of the adult department, planning and arranging adult education classes throughout the Portland metropolitan area. In 1969 she became building director for the YWCA, a position she held until she retired in 1973. She was active in politics for many years, especially in the Oregon Democratic Party. She was also an active fundraising volunteer for the University of Oregon School of Law. She was a member of the Proto Club, a women’s group at the St. John’s YWCA. In retirement, she traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, and Africa. She is survived by a daughter; two sons, including Thomas Landye ’60; a step-daughter; a brother, Frederick Mason ’28; two grandchildren, including Kathleen Flynn-Landye ’87; and a cousin, George Campbell ’38.

Ilo Lehmann Bonyhadi ’51

Ilo Lehmann Bonyhadi ’51, of cancer, November 8, 2000, in Portland. She was known in Portland as a civic leader, businesswoman, and cultural activist. While still at Reed, she married Ernest Bonyhadi ’48. They lived in New York City in 1948–51 while he earned a law degree from Columbia University. Upon their return to Portland, Ilo managed her father’s companies, Northwest Packing and Oregon Trail Farms, becoming executive vice president and director after his death. She retired in 1974. Her volunteer activities were numerous and extensive. In the ’70s, she became the first woman to serve as a commissioner of the Port of Portland. She was an appointee of the Governor’s Economic Council in 1972 and served on the State Ethics Commission until 1998. She also served on many county and city committees and task forces, engaging in what she once referred to as political kibitzing. She was president of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and a member of the boards of the City Club of Portland, Planned Parenthood, Chamber Music Northwest, the Casey Family Program, and the Reed alumni association. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a daughter; son Mark Bonyhadi ’82; sister Marianne Lehmann Feldman ’49; and five grandchildren. The family suggests remembrances to the Bonyhadi Scholarship Fund at Reed College.

Allene Lamson Jacobs ’53

Allene Lamson Jacobs ’53, November 16, 2000, in Palo Alto, California. Jenny attended Reed for several years and met her husband, Edgar Jacobs ’53 there. She later attended San Jose State University, receiving a BA in psychology in 1966. Jenny and Edgar settled in Palo Alto and raised three children. She was a wonderful cook and avid gardener, and she later took up scuba diving, along with Edgar, and became an instructor. Survivors include Edgar, two sons, a daughter, and a granddaughter. To commemorate her love of books, the family asks that memorial contributions be given to the Reed College for the acquisition of library books.

Ernest T. Livingstone ’49

Ernest Livingstone ’49, September 15, 2000, in Portland. He was a physician and leader in medical research and educational organizations in Oregon. After graduating from Reed, he studied medicine at the University of Oregon Medical School, earning a master’s in science and an MD in 1951. He also studied at New York Hospital Cornell Medical School in 1951–55. He was in private practice in internal medicine in Portland in 1955–92. He was director of medical education at St. Vincent’s Hospital in 1955–58, and was a steadfast volunteer in the medical school before there was a full time clinical faculty there. He was president of the Oregon Medical Association and the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, a trustee of the Oregon Health Sciences Foundation, and director of the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center. He also served as president of the Portland Downtown Rotary Club for many years. Survivors include his wife of 53 years; a brother; a sister; two daughters; two sons; and four grandchildren.

Helen Lotz Kansky ’37

Helen Lotz Kansky ’37, March 23, 2001, in Portland. After graduating from Reed, Helen obtained a teaching certificate and taught in Oregon, California, and Washington schools. In 1943, she married George Kansky, who was then an army cartographer, and after the war was a forester with the U.S. Forest Service. She supported him in his career on assignments in four national forests in Oregon and Washington, and she continued to teach school. She became an active leader in civic affairs in the small towns in which they lived, helping to start a new public library, organizing lecture series and cultural programs, and organizing an agricultural fair. They moved to Portland in the late ’50s when her husband was assigned to the Forest Service regional office, and she became involved with the PTA and other education committees. She returned to teaching, working in elementary schools in east Portland, until her retirement. She and her husband traveled extensively after retiring, and she enjoyed flower gardening. Survivors include her husband, a sister, a son, and two grandchildren.

Carl W. Larson ’27

Carl Larson ’27, September 11, 2001, in Port Townsend, Washington. After graduation from Reed, he accepted a job in the analytical laboratory of Goodrich Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. He worked in the research and development units and in quality control before returning to the Northwest to seek a new position. In 1934, he began working for the grain inspection division of the Oregon Department of Agriculture in Portland. Less than six months later, he was loaned to the Wasco Warehouse Milling Company, The Dalles, and when their chemist decided not to return, he was offered the position. For 35 years, he remained with the company, which was purchased by the Sunshine Biscuit Company in 1944. He retired as chief chemist in 1970 and moved to Marrowstone Island, Washington. In 1936, he married Cecile Pelley, who died in 1978. He married Harriet Sollars in 1981. In retirement, Carl enjoyed gardening, and he produced fruits and vegetables for friends, family, and the local food bank. He was a member of the American Association of Cereal Chemists and the American Chemical Society, and was active in the Community United Methodist Church of Port Hadlock. Survivors include his wife; a son; a stepdaughter, six stepchildren, and two step-grandchildren.

Mitzi D. Leibst ’60

Mitzi Leibst ’60, August 12, 2001, in Seattle, Washington, of a brain tumor. After graduating from Reed, Mitzi entered the U.S. Army, where she served as an intelligence officer and later as a community services officer at Fort Lewis, Washington. In 1971, she received a master’s degree in Slavic and Soviet area studies from the University of Kansas through a special program of the U.S. Army. She retired from the army in 1981 with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and then enrolled in law school at the University of Puget Sound. In 1984, she earned a JD and was admitted to the Washington State Bar. She was known in the Seattle area as a dedicated animal rights activist, and her legal career was devoted to animal rights cases, which she worked on without charge. She is survived by a brother.

Claudia L. Lewis ’30

Claudia Lewis ’30, August 9, 2001, in Newton, Pennsylvania, where she retired in 1996. After graduating from Reed, Claudia enrolled as a student at the Bank Street College of Education, New York City, where she developed a lifelong interest in the teaching of young children. In 1943, she earned a master’s in developmental psychology from the University of Minnesota, and shortly thereafter, she returned to New York to join the faculty of Bank Street, where she taught until her retirement. Her interest in child development led her to study the child rearing practices of other cultures, and she did field research on the children of Cumberland County, Tennessee, and with the Doukhobor families and the Salish Indians in British Columbia. Her strong interest in creative writing led her to study the teaching of the subject in elementary schools, and she focused on that topic for the dissertation for a PhD from Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1959. In 1988, Bank Street College awarded her the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters. During her career, she also taught courses at the New School for Social Research and was a national presenter of lectures and workshops. She was the author of 10 books and many shorter publications and articles, including five books for children and two for adults about creative writing, scholarly works on her anthropological research, and, most recently, two autobiographical poems about her childhood. She was also an accomplished pianist. Survivors include her sister, Josephine Lewis Utley ’39, two brothers, and many nieces and nephews.

Mary Ristig Lewis ’38

Mary Ristig Lewis ’38, November 26, 2000, in Rainier, Oregon, where she had lived since 1941. After working for a year at Montgomery Ward, following graduation from Reed, she began teaching at a small high school in Eastern Oregon. In 1941, she moved to Rainier, where she taught high school English and drama. She married Charles Lewis in 1943, and the couple had two children. She took a 14 year break from teaching to be a homemaker, but she continued to do substitute teaching at the elementary school. In 1963, she returned to full time teaching, taking a job as supervising teacher at Hudson Elementary School. Three years later, she took a new position at Carrolls School in Washington, where she taught fourth and fifth grades for 13 years. She retired in 1979. In retirement, she and her husband enjoyed traveling together until his death in 1985, and she continued to travel extensively after his death. She was active in Business and Professional Women in Kelso, Washington, and was secretary of Retired Educators for nine years. Survivors include a son, a daughter, and five grandchildren.

Ellen Virginia Lewis Noble ’45

Ellen Virginia Lewis Noble ’45, September 21, 2003, in Los Altos, California. Ellen attended Reed for two years She married Paul Noble Jr. ’43 in 1946, and they had a daughter and two sons. Ellen was active as a volunteer for the Red Cross, the El Camino and Veterans hospitals, and the Retarded Children’s Guild. Survivors include her husband, three children, a granddaughter, and her sister.

Dorris Laity Adkins ’42

Dorris Mae Laity Adkins ’42, August 31, 2002, in Seattle, Washington. After graduating from Reed, Dorris attended the University of Oregon School of Nursing. In 1944 she married George E.M. Adkins. During their 42 years of marriage, they worked to establish his pediatric practice and to raise six children in Seattle and on Orcas Island, Washington. Dorris is remembered for her kind heart and ready sense of humor, as she is for her compassion and respect for all living things, demonstrated by her work in animal advocacy and for the protection of trees and wilderness areas. She was considered to be a voracious reader, and a writer, who generously encouraged her four daughters, two sons, and four grandchildren—who have survived her—to develop their talents and to realize their dreams.

Mary Eloise Savage Leber ’50

Mary Eloise Savage Leber ’50, October 4, 2005, in Seattle, Washington. Mary attended Reed for three years, leaving to marry Bruce E. Leber ’48 and to raise their family. She later she completed a BA and an MA in sociology from the University of Washington, and worked for many years in administration at Evergreen Hospital, and at the Little School in Bellevue. She traveled in the U.S. and abroad, including to South America and New Zealand, and enjoyed playing Scrabble, bird watching, reading, gardening, and performing choral work. With one daughter, she owned Brie and Bordeaux, a Seattle restaurant. She also served as a member of the Reed board of trustees from 1980 to 1983, following her service as an alumni trustee from 1978 to 1980. Survivors include her son, B. Douglas Leber ’77; and three daughters, including Kelly E. Leber ’78; and two grandchildren. Bruce died in 1994.

Jean Marie Louttit Roest ’42

Jean Marie Louttit Roest ’42, December 12, 2004, in California. Jean Marie attended Reed for two years.

Margaret Kendall Arragon Labadie ’43

Margaret Kendall Arragon Labadie ’43, 2006, November 13, in Portland, from cancer. Margaret received a BA from Reed in mathematics, and left Portland the day after graduation, spending three years as statistician P-1 and P-2 in Washington, D.C., Boston, and Bethesda, Maryland, with the U.S. Weather Bureau and the U.S. Public Health Service. In 1946, she married James H. Labadie ’43, and the couple moved to Chicago, where they lived for 13 years. In 1949, she earned an MBA from the University of Chicago in statistics. In 1959, the family, including sons Marc A. Labadie ’69 and Matthew Labadie ’72, moved to Winnetka, Illinois, where Margaret managed the New Trier Federal Credit Union. She also was a graduate of the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) School for Credit Union Personnel (CUNA Management School) in Madison, Wisconsin, and served as treasurer of various nonprofit corporations. She returned to Portland in 1987. Margaret described her avocations as attending theatre, opera, and dance performances; competing in sports car rallies; traveling; and collecting contemporary art. “My greatest passion,” she wrote in 1993, “has been dedicated to fighting for peace, justice, equal opportunity, civil rights, and to protesting against war, racism, homophobia, and the reactionary drifts in this country.” Her sister, Mary Arragon Spaeth ’53, also graduated from Reed, and their father, Rex Arragon, Richard F. Scholz Professor of History emeritus, taught at Reed from 1923 to 1962, and is generally acknowledged as the founding father of the Reed humanities program. James died in 1986.

Mary Virginia Lavin ’37

Mary Virginia Morris Lavin ’37, January 6, 2003, in Portland. Mary attended Reed for two years, and earned degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Washington. She taught in Arizona, and also lived in California, before returning to Oregon. In 1954, she married Fred Lavin. Survivors include her son and daughter, and a sister. Her husband died in 1977.

Harlow F. Lenon ’35

Harlow F. Lenon ’35, October 25, 2006, in Portland. Harlow attended Reed for two years before transferring to Northwestern School of Law (Lewis & Clark); he was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1937 and went into private practice with his father. During World War II, he served in five campaigns through France, Belgium, and Germany; he received numerous medals, including the Silver Star. He returned to his law practice after the war, and was appointed to the Multnomah County circuit court in 1965, serving as a judge for 16 years. He taught at Northwestern for 24 years. In 1950, he married Jane Howe. Harlow was a 15-year volunteer reader for the blind, taping books through Independent Living Resources; he also made pots and ceramic sculpture. He was named Portland's First Citizen by the Portland Board of Realtors in 1982, and honored for 44 years of service to the community as a lawyer, judge, counselor, teacher, and legal scholar. Survivors include his wife, two sons, three grandsons, and a sister.

Fred R. Lewis ’44

Fred Richard Lewis ’44, October 1, 2006, in Seattle, Washington. Dick received a BA from Reed in biology and earned an MD from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1948. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army. He was chief of rehabilitation medicine at the VA Center in Prescott, Arizona; he retired in 1978 and moved to Silverdale, Washington. Fred was an accomplished woodcarver. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Gage Lewis, whom he married in 1971; his seven children, 11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Jesse R. Lien ’41

Jesse Rudolph Lien ’41, October 28, 2006, in Portland, from congestive heart failure. Jesse received a BA from Reed in physics, and, that same year, married Wilma Richard. He entered a PhD program at MIT, and left the program at the onset of World War II to be a staff member of the institute's radiation laboratory, where he developed a remote guidance system for B-17s. His wrote for MIT Radiation Laboratory publications and for various technical journals, and was issued a number of patents. After the war, he was assistant director of the Upper Atmosphere Research Laboratory at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center, and was the test and launch director for the V-2 rocket and the Aerobee probe research at the center; he was also a consultant on rocket telemetry data and satellite transmission capabilities for the U.S. government. In 1953, he received an MA from Boston University in physics. He also completed the senior executive program at the Sloan School of Management at MIT in 1967. Jesse worked for GTE (Verizon), and was president of GTE Laboratories and vice president of GTE Engineering; he retired in 1982. He was a fellow and member of numerous professional and academic associations and societies, and served on government advisory groups, including for the National Security Agency. Survivors include his wife, two sons, and five grandchildren. His brother, R. Harold Lien ’36, also graduated from Reed.

Eleanor B. Light MAT ’71

Eleanor Bird Light MAT ’71, September 5, 2006, in Memphis, Tennessee, following a long illness. Elli earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She was a reporter for the Record in Summit, New Jersey, and copyeditor for the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee.

Arthur M. Lohmann AMP ’44

Arthur Martin Frederick Lohmann AMP ’44, May 9, 2006, in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from multiple myeloma. During World War II, Art served in the U.S. Army Air Corp, attending Reed and Yale College (University). He spent a year in India. He returned to Minnesota after the war, and attended the university, earning bachelor and master degrees in mechanical engineering. Art was an engineer at Honeywell in Hopkins for 40 years, and was granted 14 patents by the U.S. Patent Office. He spent a year in England working with the British government on defense systems (1982). Survivors include his wife, Bev; three sons; and eight grandchildren. One son predeceased him.

Jere J. Lord ’43

Jere Johns Lord ’43, October 15, 2006, in Seattle, Washington. Jere received a BA from Reed in physics. He worked on the Manhattan Project at UC Berkeley and at Oak Ridge (National Laboratory) in Tennessee. He then studied at the University of Chicago, where he earned a PhD in physics. In 1952, he joined the physics staff at the University of Washington, where he taught classes and conducted research on cosmic rays and other high-energy subatomic particles. He served as president of the Western Division of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Science. Jere retired from teaching in 1992, but continued his research. He also enjoyed folk dancing, hiking, and mountain climbing, as a member of the Mountaineers Club. Survivors include his wife, Miriam, to whom he was married for 59 years; and three sons.

Peter F. Linde ’46

Peter F. Linde ’46, August 15, 2007, at home in Livermore, California. Peter received a BA from Reed in chemistry, and subsequently earned advanced degrees in chemistry—an MA from the University of Oregon in 1950 and a PhD from Washington State College (University) in 1953. In 1953, he also married Mary Ruth Bousliman; they had four sons. His first appointment was at the Sandia Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then he began a 38-year career as a professor of chemistry at San Francisco State University. Peter was born in Germany, arriving in the U.S. at 13, and developed a marvelous proficiency with the English language-learning the roots and meaning of words, and expressing his humor and observations through poetry, limericks, and prose. He was also an expert in music, particularly jazz. He played trumpet, led jazz combos in graduate school, and continued to perform in community band and orchestras throughout his life, including as a member of the Deutscher Musik Verein German Music Society of San Francisco, for which he was also president. Survivors include his wife, his sons, four grandchildren; and his brother, Hans A. Linde '47.

Marguerite Maria Laine Griffith ’49

Marguerite Maria Laine Griffith ’49, July 28, 2007, in Beaverton, Oregon. Marge received a BA from Reed in mathematics, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She married her high school sweetheart, Richard E. Griffith, in 1947, with a honeymoon at Timberline Lodge after his return from U.S. Naval service in Pearl Harbor. The couple had three children: a daughter and two sons, including Jack C. Griffith '83, who supplied the details for this memorial. Richard's work as a field engineer in the rubber industry took them to numerous places: Seattle, Washington, in 1952; back to Portland in 1954; Boise, Idaho, in 1956; Portland (again) in 1958; Eugene, Oregon, that same year; Denver, Colorado, in 1965; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1968; Walla Walla, Washington, in 1970; and Fremont, California, in 1984. In 1995, a difficult year that brought the loss of both her daughter and husband, Marge returned to Portland, her home, in proximity to extended family. She was an avid gardener, turning barren properties into lush landscapes. She loved exploring the outdoors in the Cascades, Rockies, Adirondacks, Wallowas, and Blue Mountains, and sought to identify all the flora, fauna, and geology in her path. She was also a closet artist, dabbling in some painting and photography, but mostly rug-hooking incredible wall hangings of forests and abstract patterns. “This was in spite of the Rheumatoid arthritis that deformed and ravaged her joints. It seemed that as the disease progressed, her passion for hooking increased,” says Jack. Marge was a perpetual student, devoted in her study of Latin, Greek, and Finnish languages and literature in original texts. She had a great passion for Finnish history and culture, the language of her heritage, and had a lifelong love of mathematics, physics, philosophy, and literature. “Her modest nature always kept her searching for understanding, never assuming she had the answers,” says Jack. Survivors include two sons and five grandchildren. A memorial was held in the Eliot Hall chapel on August 4.

Esther I. Lenon Setterberg ’42

Esther I. Lenon Setterberg ’42, August 26, 2008, from Parkinson's disease, in Portland, where she lived her entire life. Esther received a BA from Reed in psychology and was a caseworker for the American Red Cross. In 1959, she married James M. Setterberg ’37; they had a daughter and two sons. Her sister, Vera Lenon Rigby ’37, and her brother, Harlow Lenon ’35, also attended Reed. Survivors include her children and five grandchildren. James died in 2002.

Deborah A. Lithgow ’77

Deborah A. Lithgow ’77, April 21, 2006, in Denver, Colorado. Deborah earned a BA from Reed in biology. Records show that she worked for Charles Schwab in San Francisco. Survivors include her parents and extended family members.

Margaret T. Johnson Larrance ’38

Margaret T. Johnson Larrance ’38, September 3, 2009, in Portland. “After satisfying the intellectual half of my brain and earning a bachelor's degree in French—thank you, Reed, and Benjamin Mather Woodbridge [1922–52]—I left our cultural hothouse to learn more about the world and the strange life forms outside.” Margaret taught in the Sacramento Valley and traveled to the Yucatan and Panama before returning to Portland. In 1951, she married Clifford Larrance, and raised three sons and a daughter. Margaret maintained an interest in writing throughout her life. For her 50th-class reunion, she noted: “Now that I'm writing again—or still—I have more to think and say. I'm much more oriented to human concerns, and I begin to see the outlines of what I want to express. Count me as a late bloomer.” Survivors include her children.

Fellice Lauterstein Driesen ’40

Felice Lauterstein Driesen ’40, July 22, 2009, in Portland, where she lived her entire life. Felice attended Reed for two years. In 1943, she married Ralph Driesen, a New Yorker who opened a men's clothing store in Portland. Felice was a lifelong member of Congregation Beth Israel, and was honored in 2003 for 55 years of service as a volunteer for the American Red Cross. Survivors include a son and daughter, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Arthur Hamilton Livermore ’40

Arthur Hamilton Livermore ’40 and professor of chemistry [1948–65] October 12, 2009, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Art's fascination with chemistry was sparked at the age of 12, when he received a chemistry set for Christmas, he told Gwen Lewis ’65 in an oral history interview in 2005. Too young to take chemistry in his first year of high school, he resorted to building a laboratory in his basement. “There was a drug supply company in downtown Portland, and I bought all sorts of chemicals there including some chemicals that you'd be in real trouble selling kids today-potassium chlorate and sulfur. You mix them and you have an explosive mixture. I mixed the dry powders and wrapped them in layers of newspaper, and then hit them with a flat head of an axe, and it went boom! Made a tremendous noise.” After earning a BA from Reed in chemistry, Art earned a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Rochester and did postdoctoral work at Cornell Medical School. During the war, he worked on a research team led by Nobel Prize–winning chemist Vincent du Vigneaud that was the first to synthesize penicillin.

At Cornell, Art received a visit from his former adviser, Arthur F. Scott [1923–79], who invited him to return to Reed. Back at the college, Art taught courses in chemistry, biochemistry, and the use of radioactive materials. In 1954, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in molecular and cellular biology. He was also the host of the local TV show Secrets in Science, broadcast on Portland's KGW-TV, intended to popularize science for a young audience. He began a nationwide event designed to teach meteorological concepts to elementary and middle school students, and also worked on the development of the Einstein Fellows program, which introduced outstanding secondary school science and mathematics teachers into the ranks of Congressional staffing.