In Memoriam
We celebrate the lives of the following members of our Caltech alumni family.
James Komarek
Jim Komarek founded his own chip design company, Creative Integrated Systems located in Irvine, CA. He ran it successfully for many years until he became ill in 2012. He then retired and died in Irvine in August of 2021. Graduation Year:[ba_dual_button...
John Stuart
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Min Chen
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Donald Stern
Donald Stern (BS Physics 1958) died July 17,2021 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. In his senior year at Caltech Don was the President of Blacker House. After graduating from Caltech Don earned his PhD in Physics from U Wisconsin at Madison. After receiving his PhD, Don returned...
William L. Wise
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Gary G. Christoph
On July 3, 2021, just 8 days after his 76th birthday, Gary Gordon Christoph flew his final flight into the sunset. Gary was an avid private pilot who loved punching holes in the clouds and greasing a landing, he collected butterflies and enjoyed solving complex...
Kenneth K. Tang
Kenneth Kai-nan Tang, Class of 1948 (Engineering); died July 2, 2021, Pasadena, California. Claremont High School, Class of 1944; Stanford University, MS 1949 (Mechanical Engineering); US Patent no. 3147823 (1964) and US Patent no. 3561224 (1967); USMC 1945-1946,...
Mason L. Williams, III
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Charles K. Michener
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Reginald W. Clemens
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Ralph F. Miles, Jr.
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Peter V. Mason
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Phillip Livingston Adams
Phillip Livingston Adams was born July 8, 1922. He graduated from Caltech with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1944. He went on to receive a MBA from Stanford. He is survived by his spouse, Mikki of 53 years, 1 child, and 5 step children. Phillip died peacefully...
George S. Stranahan
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Raymond J. Palmer
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Ritchie B. Coryell
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Dr. Luis P. Bernal
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Richard Mikio Tsuyuki
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Stephen G. Sawochka
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San-Chiun Shen
Dr. San-Chiun Shen, a distinguished alumnus of the California Institute of Technology (1996), on the evening of March 26, 2021 (Beijing Time) passed away at the age of 103. Dr. San-Chiun Shen received his doctorate in biochemical genetics from Caltech in 1951. He was...
David A. Lee
David Lee, engineer and physicist extraordinaire, passed away at his home in Santa Monica on March 11, 2021. As many SEAOSC members will know, David was the West Coast representative for Taylor Devices, Inc., since the 1970s through to his “retirement” a few years...
Cathy Shapiro Gates
[PROLOGUE] It is my sad duty to inform you that Cathy Gates, beloved Wife, Mother, and Daughter, entered immortality at 7:35 the morning of March 10th, 2021.Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem aeternum dona Caterina, Requiem Caterina, Requiem Caterina, Caterina,...
Richard Louis Baker
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John K. Inman
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Douglas Dean Duhon
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Randall K. Bartman
Randall Kieth (Randy) Bartman (1954- 2021) passed away after a long illness on February 22, 2021. Randy was a loving spouse, father, dog parent, and an engineer and deputy section manager at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 42 years. Randy moved to...
John A. Lovberg
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