1954 Robert Goodale lives in Washougal, Wash.; he was honored with the 2007 Outstanding Credit Union Volunteer Award, for averaging seven volunteer hours per month for the past 45 years.1959 David and Dorothy (Tonseth) Crockett live in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. David serves as the interim pastor at Community Presbyterian Church, in Cedar City.
John Branden, '50, died June 26. He received his master of divinity degree in 1954 and served congregations in Washington and California. He is survived by his wife, four children, two stepsons and three grandchildren. Robert Brugge, '50, died Aug. 12. After graduating as valedictorian of his class, he was a nuclear physicist in Richland, Wash. In 1959, Brugge and his family moved to San Jose, Calif., where he worked for General Electric Co. for the next 30 years. His expertise was in test design and analysis for water-cooled nuclear reactors. He is survived by two sons, a daughter and three grandchildren. Henry Holter, '50, died May 29. A lifetime resident of Spokane, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service from 1959 until his retirement in 1985. He is survived by his wife, one son and two grandchildren. Tom Jones, '51, whose career was spent in the lumber industry, died Aug. 12. He is survived by his wife, one son, two daughters and two grandchildren. Edward Warren, '51, died July 7. He and his wife moved from Spokane to Kalispell, Mont., in 1975. He worked in the circulation department for the Daily Inter Lake newspaper. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and three sons. Cal Moxley, '52, died July 20. He studied music and business management at Whitworth and was a certified public accountant who spent his career at General Motors and other industrial firms in Southern California after his retirement from GM "didn't stick." He was a co-founder of, and key donor to, Whitworth's Early Fifties Fund. A car buff, he had a special fondness for the '41 Pontiac. William Sevadjian, '55, died Aug. 23. During his career he was a high-school teacher and coach in Glendale, Calif., a member of the football staff at UCLA, and a scout for the Dallas Cowboys NFL team. He is survived by his wife, three children, five grandchildren and two nephews. Alexander Campbell, '56, died March 20. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he served churches in California and Washington. For 17 years, he was on the staff of the Synod of Alaska Northwest; he also served as director of evangelism for the Synod. In 1956, he was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Whitworth. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Glen McLeod, '56, died April 2. He taught disabled children at Garland School in Spokane for years, then became the school's principal. He developed several aids used in schools for disabled children and, in 1967, he received the National Certificate of Merit for special-education teachers. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and one grandson. Wayne Smith, '56, died June 2. Smith received his master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California and worked as a psychiatric caseworker for years, helping emotionally disturbed adolescent boys in group homes in California. He is survived by his wife, Esther (Baird) Smith, x'64, four children and nine grandchildren. Joanne (Mazna) Garinger, '57, died April 23. Mary Jean (Poage) Coulter, '57, died July 15. She was an elementary-school teacher in Spokane for six years and then taught in Othello, Wash., for 13 years, until her 1976 retirement. She is survived by her husband, a son and daughter, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Rollie Robbins, '57, died Aug. 8. He was best known in the Seattle area for his 16 years as head football coach at Interlake High School and 11 years at Seattle Prep. During his career, Robbins had 231 high-school victories. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter, a sister and nine grandchildren. William (Bud) Gildehaus, '58, died Oct. 22. Following his graduation from San Francisco Theological Seminary, in 1962, he began his career as an ordained minister; he served Presbyterian churches in Montana from 1962 to 1968. For the next eight years, he served churches in Fort Collins, Colo., and Boise, Idaho, before moving to Rogue River, Ore., where he was pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church for 21 years. He was the pastor of a church in Hutchinson, Kan., from 1997 until his retirement in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Jeannette (Webster) Gildehaus, x'57, four sons, including Jerred Gildehaus, '94, two daughters, Michelle Gildehaus, '86, and Meggan (Gildehaus) Cooper, x'99, one brother and 12 grandchildren. Paul Henley, '59, died Aug. 28. He worked for 30 years in Spokane public schools as a teacher, basketball coach and athletics director. Following his "retirement," in 1982, he worked for 19 years as a registered representative for an investment firm. He is survived by his wife, four children, two stepchildren, 10 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, one sister and numerous other relatives.