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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Category Archives: Obituary
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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Longtime Berkeley educator Marian Altman, remembered for generosity, dies at 84
Altman was fiercely committed to her work as a teacher at the Berkeley Unified School District and was beloved by students and family members alike, according to Barbara Ziony, Altman’s cousin. Altman was also the namesake of the Marian Altman Library at John Muir Elementary School.
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‘A man who brought people together’: UC Berkeley visiting scholar Harvey Peskin dies at age 86
Peskin was also a visiting scholar at the campus’s Institute for Human Development, or IHD, and a professor emeritus at San Francisco State University.
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‘A brilliant scientist’: Professor Emeritus of environmental science, policy and management George Oster dies at 77
George Oster, campus professor emeritus of environmental science, policy and management and a groundbreaking researcher in the study of mathematical biology, died April 15. He was 77.
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Berkeley High School alumnus Zachary Baggins dies at 20, remembered for humor, quirkiness
Zachary Baggins, a Berkeley High School alumnus and a junior studying computer animation and game design at CSU Chico, died March 14 at the age of 20.
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Former UC Berkeley employee Erich Frisch dies at 59, remembered for sense of humor
Erich Martin Frisch, a Berkeley native who died March 24 at the age of 59, is remembered by family and friends for his great sense of humor, insightful opinions and friendliness.
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Life of Telegraph Avenue: Twigger ‘Twig’ Shellman dies at 67, remembered for vibrance he brought to the streets
A certain vibrance will be missing on the corner of Telegraph and Durant Avenues after street vendor Twigger “Twig” Shellman — a “Bay Area Legend” — died in a car accident earlier this week at the age of 67.
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