Obituaries Content

IN MEMORIAM: Mike Denison, Environmental Toxicologist

Dave Jones — April 26, 2022 - 4:28pm

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Michael “Mike” Steven Denison, internationally known for his work in environmental toxicology, died March 22 at age 67 of glioblastoma. He was a resident of Woodland.

IN MEMORIAM: Thorp, Chuchel, Stern, Feeney

Cody Kitaura — June 17, 2019 - 11:30am

IN MEMORIAM: Robbin Thorp, a global and legendary authority on bees; John Chuchel, mathematics teacher for 35 years; Judith Stern, distinguished professor of nutrition and internal medicine; and Floyd F. Feeney, founding faculty member at the School of Law.

Walter Robinson: Emulating His Kindness

Dave Jones — June 17, 2019 - 11:05am

A campus memorial event for Walter A. Robinson is being planned for the fall, but his friends and colleagues also wanted to pay tribute to him now. So they are asking people to join them in random acts of kindness for a week in memory of the “Random Acts of Kindness King.”

Meanwhile, a private burial is scheduled for this Friday (June 21) and a private celebration of life is scheduled for next week. Robinson, 66, died June 9 of heart failure at his home in Vallejo, about eight months after retiring as associate vice chancellor of Enrollment Management.

Dean Emeritus Charley Hess Dies at 87

Dave Jones — May 03, 2019 - 3:37pm

Updated 2 p.m. May 3: A memorial gathering for Charles E. "Charley" Hess will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 24, in the Good Life Garden at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

Geologist, Beloved Campus Citizen Eldridge Moores Dies

Dave Jones — October 29, 2018 - 6:49pm

Distinguished Professor Emeritus and world-renowned geologist Eldridge Moores died unexpectedly Sunday (Oct. 28) while on a geology field trip. He was 80.

Moores began his career at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis more than 52 years ago as a founding member of the Department of Geology (now known as Earth and Planetary Sciences) and the College of Letters and Science.

THE DOWNLOAD: Mom-Scientists, Aggie-Ewok and a Thank-You

Cody Kitaura — April 03, 2018 - 10:00am

Last month, a group of academics led by a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis researcher called on scientific conferences to do more to accommodate nursing mothers and parents to help normalize parenthood in academia. Now, Rebecca Calisi Rodriguez, an assistant professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior, is explaining more about why she's embarking on the effort. Watch the above video and read her blog post published by Scientific American to learn more.

Alumna Killed in Vegas Shooting Remembered for Independence

Cody Kitaura — October 10, 2017 - 12:15pm

When Michelle Vo once brought a friend on a visit to her sister’s home, she made sure to tell him the best way to interact with her sister’s children.

“’You gotta get down on the floor and play with them,’” her sister Diane Hawkins recalled Vo saying. “’You can’t just stand there.’”

Retired Med Center CEO Robert E. Chason Dies

Dave Jones — May 09, 2017 - 5:35pm

Robert E. Chason, retired chief executive officer of the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and a former administrator in Student Affairs on the main 51�ԹϺ�� Davis campus, died Monday (May 8) following a brief illness. He was 73.

IN MEMORIAM: Jim Beutel, Retired Pomologist

Dave Jones — January 25, 2016 - 2:44pm

James A. “Jim” Beutel, a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis pomologist who battled a devastating virus in a well-established fruit and helped in introducing two new fruits to California, died Dec. 28 at the age of 88 at a Vacaville hospital.