TRITON Magazine Fall 2020 | Page 52

TRITONS REMEMBERED

John Baldessari , highly
Raul E . Carranza , Marshall
David Mordecai Goodblatt ,
Rajnish S . Kooner , Warren
influential artist and former
’ 16 , died May 7 , 2020 . He
professor emeritus in the
’ 93 , died April 10 , 2020 in a
faculty member , died on
was a dedicated advocate for
Department of History and
car crash . He was 49 . Kooner
January 2 , 2020 . He was 88 .
social change and disability
first holder of the endowed
had been an urgent care
His Stuart Collection piece
rights . He is survived by his
chair of Judaic Studies , died
physician with Sharp Rees-
" Read / Write / Think / Dream "
mother , father , and a sister
September 25 , 2019 following
Stealy Medical Group until
transformed Geisel Library ’ s
and brother .
injuries sustained when
he retired from practicing
entrance with color-changing
he was struck by a moving
medicine in February 2018 .
sliding doors and images of
Russell Doolittle , a UC San
vehicle during a morning
students . He is survived by his
Diego professor emeritus in
walk . He was 76 .
Kyoko Matsuda , PhD ’ 67 ,
sister and children .
the department of chemistry
died November 15 , 2019 .
and biochemistry , died
Donald G . Guiney , MD ’ 74 ,
She was 87 .
Jean Brenchley , MS ’ 67 ,
October 11 , 2019 , from
died January 15 , 2020 . He was
PhD ’ 70 , died on July 9 , 2019
complications of metastatic
72 . He was a respected doctor
James McCarthy , PhD ’ 71 ,
from cancer . She was 75 .
melanoma . He was 88 . He
and faculty emeritus at UC
died December 11 , 2019
Brenchley was an advocate
is survived by his wife and
San Diego .
after a years-long battle
for enhancing the status
extended family .
with pulmonary fibrosis . He
of women microbiologists
Brian H . Kantor , Muir ’ 85 ,
was 75 . He was a leader in
and increasing employment
Marilyn Farquhar , a
died November 21 , 2019 .
efforts to communicate the
opportunities for women and
distinguished professor
He was 66 . He worked for
urgency of climate change .
minorities in science . She is
and founding chair of the
UC San Diego for 47 years ,
He is survived by his wife
survived by her brother , niece ,
department of cellular and
retiring from the university ’ s
and children .
and nephews .
molecular medicine at UC
computer science and
San Diego School of Medicine ,
engineering department in
died November 23 , 2019 .
October 2018 .
She was 91 .
2020 . He was 88 . During his
Ernie would always welcome
some of the many lessons
30 years with UC San Diego ,
the freshmen and the parents
I learned from him as a
he worked with founder
who attended by reading a
resident advisor , orientation
Roger Revelle to develop
“ letter ” from a student to
leader , and a member of the
the university ’ s system of
her parents .
Revelle College Council .
undergraduate residential
The humorous letter would
Ernie encouraged us to be
colleges , while also serving
start out with a fire in the
involved . He encouraged us
as peacemaker and confidant
dorm , then an injury from
to try new things and develop
during turbulent political
escaping , then moving in with
new programs and new
times .
a fireman and having a baby .
traditions . To do anything
Ira Rubenstein ’ 87 ,
It would scare any parent ,
that hadn ’ t been done before .

IN MEMORIAM

Ernie Mort
December 19 , 1931 – January 19 , 2020
past president of UC San Diego Alumni , wrote Triton magazine shortly after Mort ’ s passing to share memories of the beloved dean :
“ I remember the first time
but the payoff was that it was all not true , except the poor grades in her classes . The point was to keep everything in perspective .
Ernie kept everything in
It was through involvement outside of the classroom that I and many others learned lifelong skills : how to run a meeting ; how to work with your peers ; how to think on
ERNIE MORT , a former Catholic
priest who served nearly
25 years as dean of Revelle
College , died January 19 ,
I met Dean Ernie Mort . It was freshman orientation in the fall of 1982 . At the very beginning of orientation ,
perspective . He was never rattled , never shaken , and always had an open door to any student . These were
your feet ; and how to plan , budget and execute a project . I know I learned more from Ernie than any class or
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