‘A force of nature for justice’: Judy Shattuck, union activist, dies at 76
Shattuck was a champion for social justice, according to Kathryn Lybarger, president of AFSCME Local 3299 — of which Shattuck was an important member.
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‘A life of leadership’: Former Oakland mayor, US representative Ron Dellums dies at age 82
Dellums was elected to Berkeley City Council in 1967 and later represented California’s 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1998, serving as chair of the House Armed Services Committee.
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Disability rights movement leader Susan O’Hara dies at 80, leaves ‘lasting legacy’
O’Hara grew up in La Grange, Illinois with her four siblings before moving to Berkeley in 1971 at the encouragement of her sister, Liz O’Hara.
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William ‘Bill’ Baker, Berkeley Lab’s 1st electrical engineer, dies at 103
A Manhattan Project scientist and enjoyer of root beer floats, Baker kept a sailboat at the Berkeley Marina and believed most problems could be solved through dedication.
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Campus professor emeritus and toxicology expert John Casida dies at 88
Sarjeet Gill — Casida’s former student and the distinguished professor of molecular, cell and systems biology at UC Riverside — said Casida was “the preeminent toxicologist in the world” and added that he changed the way people study the mechanism of toxicity.
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Homeless Berkeley resident Kareah Mendoza dies at age 39, remembered for compassion
Mendoza had been homeless on the streets of Berkeley since approximately 2008, when his wife, Clementine, died, according to his brother Gabriel Mendoza.
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UCPD Office of Emergency Preparedness director Stephen Stoll dies at age 69
In 2012, Stoll worked with student emergency responders to transform what was then Bear Emergency Medical Services into the Berkeley Medical Reserve Corps.
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An ‘amazing public orator’: UC Berkeley Italian studies professor Steven Botterill dies at 60
Botterill came to UC Berkeley from England in 1986 to become an assistant professor of Italian studies, according to Albert Russell Ascoli, a professor and colleague of Botterill’s for 23 years in the campus department of Italian studies.
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Renowned physicist, UC Berkeley alumnus David Pines dies at age 93
Physics department chair Wick Haxton said Pines studied as an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley from 1941 to 1944.
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Former Berkeley City Councilmember Miriam ‘Mim’ Hawley dies at 89
Hawley was active in local politics and organizations, such as the League of Women Voters and the Berkeley Baby Book Project, which she helped found.
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