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Stan Johnson, '50, has written a book, The Milwaukee Road's Western Connection: The Building of a Transcontinental Railroad. Johnson is the author of several other railroad books. The Milwaukee Road's Western Connection includes rich historical details and interesting vignettes of life in railroad construction during the first few years of the 1900s. The text is supplemented with more than 400 photographs and author-drawn diagrams explaining some of the more complex engineering hurdles that early builders faced. For more information about this publication, visit www.museumni.org.
Henry Schalock, '51, died Dec. 3. Following his graduation from Whitworth, he earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology and measurement from the University of Nebraska. In 1966, he began working at the Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University. For the next 40 years, he worked tirelessly to improve education through research and development in the areas of teaching, learning and teacher preparation. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pastega Lifetime Faculty Scholarship Award, which he received from Western Oregon University in 2000. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and son, two brothers, including Robert Schalock, '62, one sister, four grandsons, one great-grandson, and many nieces and nephews. Muneaki Maeda, '54, died April 5, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Teiko Maeda. Eugene Oord, '55, died Dec. 14. He served for more than 30 years as a teacher, vice-principal, principal, counselor and coach at schools in Othello, Wash. In 1974, he was honored with the Othello Teacher of the Year Award and was a runner-up for the Washington State Teacher of the Year. He is survived by his wife, three children, four sisters and nine grandchildren. Dale Grover, '56, died Feb. 6. During his 48 years in ministry, he served as a pastor in churches located throughout Minnesota and as a missionary in East Africa, England, Scotland and Europe with International Missions, Inc. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, five sons, six grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. William Stewart, '56, died Nov. 29. He served in the U.S. Air Force before beginning a teaching career that lasted 30 years. He is survived by a daughter and son, four granddaughters and five great-grandchildren. Marvin Adams, '57, died Jan. 30. During his 37-year career in education, he was a classroom teacher, school counselor, principal, superintendent, district superintendent, and county superintendent of schools, working in Washington and California. Adams was the fifth-leading all-time scorer in basketball for Whitworth, with 1,457 points. He was inducted into Whitworth's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. He is survived by his wife, Patricia (Walsh) Adams, '58; one daughter; two sons, Brad Adams, '81, and Barry Adams, '83; a brother and sister; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Karl Bock, '57, died Jan. 3, 2005. A retired U.S. Navy commander, he is survived by his wife, two sons and a sister. Richard Hoadley, '58, died Aug. 25. Following his graduation from Whitworth and from San Francisco Theological Seminary, he was a Presbyterian minister for five years and then taught high school for 30 years in Petaluma, Calif. He is survived by his wife, two sons, his mother, a sister and brother, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Verle "Bonnie" (Segur) Sherman, '58, died Dec. 7. Following her marriage, in 1963, she was a caseworker for the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services, in Seattle. A career in real-estate finance followed and, at the time of her retirement in early 2006, she was a supervisor for the unemployment section of the State of Washington Employment Security Department. She is survived by her husband, a son and daughter, two brothers and two grandchildren.
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