Remembering Bruce Willats, college professor and spiritual seeker
A member of St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, Bruce Willats was a fifth-generation Californian who had a rich love for his family, music and laughter.
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Remembering Sally Byrne Woodbridge
As a longtime correspondent of Progressive Architecture, the most important professional magazine of its era, Woodbridge kept the Bay Region’s architects visible nationally.
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Remembering Robert Harmon Price
The lawyer, devoted husband and avid audiophile, who was a well-known patron of Amoeba Records, insisted on accolades for his faithful seeing-eye canine companions.
Remembering experimental particle physicist George Trilling
Trilling, a physicist at Berkeley Lab and longtime professor at Cal, was a leader in the high-energy physics community. He lived in Berkeley for 60 years and was passionate about traveling.
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Remembering Donald Lewis Yost, car collector, sailor, real estate broker
He co-founded Norheim & Yost, was instrumental in transforming the commercial landscape of West Berkeley, and was a bigtime “foodie” before it was hip.
Remembering long-time local musician Bob Mielke
As his friend Clint Baker put it, Bob had “the darkest and richest trombone sound one could produce, he was a great thinker about music and jazz and his sometimes grumpy exterior protected the soul of a great artist.”
Remembering Lottie Rosen: Dedicated educator, fighter against injustice
As a teacher, Lottie Rosen always strove to make things better for her students. She will also be remembered for her dazzling smile, her love of family, her iron will and unwavering indignation at injustice.
Remembering Arthur Gill, UC Berkeley academic, avid traveler
Arthur Gill was on the faculty the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley from 1959 to 1991.
Remembering Dr. John Murray, lung specialist who died of complications from COVID-19
Murray lived in Berkeley with his wife, the novelist Diane Johnson, for 25 years. They moved to Paris in 1994, which is where he died.
Remembering Betty Halpern, director of Berkwood School, early childhood educator
She came from Romania to the U.S. in the height of the Depression and moved to Berkeley to attend Cal. In retirement, she helped to organize the Berkeley Arts Festival
Remembering George Marchi, teacher, war veteran and co-founder of Actors Ensemble of Berkeley
He was a survivor of the Leopoldville troopship disaster, where hundreds of Americans GIs died after a German U-boat torpedoed the ship. He also spent his life immersed in the theater.
Mike Zint, vocal defender of homeless rights, dies
Zint’s “Poor Tour” around Berkeley thrust the plight of homeless people in city officials’ faces.
