Arthur Alberts , PhD ’ 87 , died December 4 , 2016 . He was 52 . Alberts was a principal investigator at the Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids , Mich . He is survived by his wife , Lisa , and two daughters , Corinne Helena and Isobel Mae .

Wayne Akeson , founding chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , died October 15 , 2016 , in La Jolla . He was 88 . In addition to clinical care and research , Akeson trained more than 130 residents at UC San Diego Health and

Veterans Affairs San Diego

Healthcare System .

Mabel Bahena died in a car accident on February 17 , 2017 . She was a 19-year-old freshman studying engineering . She is survived by her parents , stepparents , and brothers and sisters .

William Cain , PhD ’ 75 , died January 14 , 2017 . He was 79 . A professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry , Cain had served as department chair and chair of the faculty senate at Loyola

Marymount University . He is survived by his brother and sisters .

Sigrid A . Carlson ,

Muir ’ 76 , died January

6 , 2017 , from cancer .

Carlson was an attorney specializing in legal aid ,

homeowner defense , workers ’ compensation and immigration law . She is survived by her husband , Frank Willis , two children and two grandchildren .

Roy D ’ Andrade , a professor emeritus in anthropology , died October 20 , 2016 .

He was 84 . A founder in the field of cognitive anthropology , D ’ Andrade ’ s interdisciplinary work on cognition laid the foundation for the creation of the Department of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego .

Ruben Gonzales , Warren

’ 76 , died February 12 , 2017 , after a brief illness . He was 63 . Gonzales was actively involved in animal rescue efforts . He is survived by his mother , brothers and sisters , and extended family .

Damian Michael Gonzalez ,

Muir ’ 15 , died October 9 , 2016 , from complications following a bone marrow transplant . He is survived by his mother , Carmen , and extended family .

Freya Gordon , Muir ’ 06 , died January 19 , 2017 . She was 54 .

Sonia Hamburger , Muir ’ 70 , died February 8 , 2017 , from heart failure . She was 92 . After her husband ,

Robert Hamburger , MD , helped establish the UC

San Diego Medical School in the early 1960s , she

applied and graduated from Muir College ’ s first class , developing her own major , medical anthropology . She received a clinical faculty appointment to the UC San Diego School of Medicine and founded the Menopause Education

Clinic in the Department of

Reproductive Medicine .

Susan Karcher , PhD ’ 79 , died January 13 , 2017 . She was 65 . Karcher was an assistant professor in the biology department at Purdue University from 1981 until retiring in 2016 . She is survived by her husband , three children and extended family .

Gary Kluge , Revelle ’ 72 , died November 22 , 2016 . He was 67 . For 20 years , Kluge was a dentist and orthodontist in San Francisco .

Phil Mages , MS ’ 99 , PhD

’ 03 , died October 13 , 2016 , from sarcoma cancer . He was 41 . Mages developed new materials to improve the conductivity of heat , light and electricity , used by NASA , the U . S . Air

Force and U . S . Energy

Researchers . He is survived by his wife , Danielle Amato , two daughters and extended family .

Katsumi Miyai , professor emeritus of pathology and an original faculty member at UC San Diego School of

Medicine , died November 9 ,