Quality Concepts
With an array of accomplishments, Stephen Gladhart '69/72 was a respected member of Wichita State's College of Health Professions, where he served as assistant dean of health scienes before his retirement in 2005. Gladhart's specialties included health services delivery, health politics, strategic management in health services organizations, concepts of quality, and evironmental health. As a researcher, he focused on program evaluation. Among his many projects was helping author "Wichita State University Physician Assistant Program," a report that covered the program's funding, accreditation, legislation and other facets. He died July 23, 2007 in Wichita.
— Molly Walsh
Dean A. Allison fs ’50, Dean Allison Oil Co. oil producer and World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp., July 21, Wichita.
Susan “Sue” A. Ayesh, homemaker and friend of the university, retired controller for Ayesh Law Offices, 17-year co-owner and operator of the Shocker Alumni & Faculty Club (in the former Marcus Continuing Education Building, originally the Crestview Country Club), WSU Plaza of Heroines honoree, May 18, Wichita.
Mark A. Barackman ’87, Boeing material requirements planner, Aug. 13, Wichita.
John R. Barrier Jr. ’65, retired Boeing business manager, former WSU Alumni Association board member and a 1980 WSU Alumni Ambassador, June 3, Wichita.
Gina S. Bauer ’98, dispatcher, former WSU Student Activities Council member and alumna of Alpha Phi Sorority, May 18, Wichita.
William C. Bernhard ’51, retired personnel recruiter, July 27, Wichita.
Philip W. Bernstorf, university friend and retired physician and VA Hospital chief of medical services who served with the Army Medical Corps from 1942-45 in England, North Africa and Italy and later with the 89th Reserve Training Division, a former internal medicine instructor at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock, former instructor at the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, June14, Wichita.
Donald D. Blankenship ’54, retired teacher and former WU track letterman, July 19, Pratt, Kan.
James A. Blue ’54, retired Boeing vice president who worked 45 years for the company, a member of the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame, who played for the Marines and for a number of teams in the Midwest, May 23, Lake Stevens, Wash.
Elizabeth M. (Savage) Bove ’83, retired from the medical field, July 6, Wichita.
Steven S. Bradbury ’95, owner of the computer service company At Your PC Service in Parsons, Kan., June 14, Parsons.
Robert E. Bruce Jr. ’70, retired Boeing supervisor, former algebra teacher and U.S. Army veteran who earned the rank of Corporal in the Army Security Agency, June 11, Wichita.
Bill F. Bulla ’63, Col., Medical Service Corps, ret., who served at a number of U.S. bases and in Germany, Vietnam and Korea, and who was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal upon his retirement from the position of deputy chief of staff for logistics at Health Services Command, Aug. 18, San Antonio, Texas.
Mary B. Burnam, homemaker and university friend, July 3, Springfield, Va.
Thelma L. (Perky) Buser fs ’85, homemaker, former legal secreatry in private law firms and secretary to Federal Judge Frank G. Theis, retiring in 1997 at the age of 82, June 8, Eastborough, Kan.
Earl E. Buswell, retired Santa Fe Railway carman and university friend, July 24, Haysville, Kan.
Dee Anne (Lander) Byer ’88/92/98, retired academic advisor at WSU, homemaker, volunteer, May 24, Wichita.
Joan L. (Donnell) Cantwell ’45, retired teacher, an opera-trained soprano and co-owner of the Cantwell Funeral Home and Cantwell Furniture Store in Haven, Kan., June 28, Hutchinson, Kan.
Kristin M. Caro ’96, pharmaceutical representative, Sept. 12, Wichita.
Paul L. Clark ’52, WWII veteran, first test flight engineer for the first Boeing 707 and retired FAA division manager, July 24, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Saul A. Clay, retired WSU custodial supervisor, July 15, Wichita.
Genevieve I. (Nash) Cody ’47, retired VA Hospital medical technologist, Aug. 1, Wichita.
John E. Comes ’65, former social studies, language arts and science teacher, football and bassketball coach and retired Boeing engineering administrator, July 31, Derby, Kan.
Dennis R. Cowel ’77/78, retired Wichita Fire Department captain, May 21, Wichita.
Orlando J. D’Amato ’64, retired Beechcraft structural engineer, June 3, Andover, Kan.
D. Edward Davis ’59, retired lawyer, July 18, Amarillo, Texas.
Wallace R. “Rusty” Davis, trial lawyer and university friend, July 24, El Dorado, Kan.
Betty Jean Deshler ’46, University of Wichita Senior Honor Woman and spirit squad member who, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology, went on to earn a master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan, May 4, Green Valley, Ariz.
Betty F. (Martin) Dillon ’60/68/78, retired history teacher, June 25, Viola, Kan.
Joseph R. Dinda ’54, Army veteran, University of Wichita football letterman and German graduate, Jan. 8, 2003, Keizer, Ore.
Alice L. (Claassen) Dodd ’51/51, homemaker, retired Wesley Hospital nurse and member of the Ninety-Nines, a national organization for female pilots, Aug. 13, Wichita.
Donald R. Douglass ’51, retired consulting geologist, Aug. 30, Wichita.
Jean B. Dunn ’72, retired special education teacher, July 21, El Dorado, Kan.
Eldon T. Foster ’49/53, retired secondary school administrator and history teacher, WWII veteran who served in the Army in the Coast Artillery and in France and Germany, May 26, Tucson, Ariz.
Janet L. (Thompson) Franklin ’57/82, retired educator, July 31, Wichita.
Carol A. Fromm ’66, English language and literature graduate, Aug. 27, Wichita.
Douglas G. George ’67, retired chemist and salesman for Dupont, June 2, Mission Viejo, Calif.
Maurice G. Gillenwater ’39, retired real estate broker, owner of Gillenwater Coffee & Supply Co. and WWII veteran, serving with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific, Aug. 11 Wichita.
Joe R. Gingrich fs ’98, agronomist, WWII Navy veteran and peace activist, June 27, Wichita.
Arthur D. Goering ’56, retired junior high school math teacher, Sept. 5, North Newton, Kan.
Herbert R. Goldberg, retired pediatrician and friend of the university, June 15, Wichita.
Robert H. Goodwin ’73/73, Wichita public school system social worker, Aug. 28, Wichita.
J. Keith Graham, longtime chair and professor of communicative disorders and sciences at Wichita State, Aug. 24, Wichita.
Allan F. Gray ’64, served in the U.S. Navy from 1954-57, retired insurance claims administrator, July 28, O’Fallon, Mo.
Charles W. Gutsch ’57, retired farmer and rancher, June 10, Burdick, Kan.
Margaret A. Haddock, former WSU purchasing director, June 14, Mulvane, Kan.
John J. Hancock fs ’98, a violinist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra as well as the Amarillo Symphony, the Oklahoma Symphony, Roswell Symphony and Friends University Community Orchestra, former concert master of the Aspen Festival Orchestra and string instrument teacher in Wichita public schools, July 27, Decorah, Iowa.
Paul F. Hartman ’41, retired senior research scientist for U.S. Rubber Co., Allied Chemical Co., W.R. Grace Co. and Occidental Petroleum Co., Sept. 12, Greenfield, Mass.
H. Allan Hein ’61, retired Washburn University music educator, former secondary education choral and instrumental music teacher, private instructor on trumpet and other brass instruments, former Griffith & Blair real estate agent, WWII veteran who served with distinction in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a bombardier on B-17s, flying numerous missions in the European theater, July 15, Topeka, Kan.
James W. Hervey ’57, retired FBI agent who during his career was stationed in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, among other locations, and retired general security manager for Southwestern Bell in Oklahoma, Jan. 1, Caddo, Okla.
Larry E. Hiebert ’66/68, CPA, June 7, Wichita.
Vincent F. Hiebsch Jr., independent oil and gas lease broker who in 1969 formed Vincent Oil Corp. and served as president until his retirement in 1995, WWII veteran who served with the Army Air Corp and piloted a C46 cargo plane over the “hump,” the flight from India to China over the Himalayan mountains, friend of the university, July 4, Wichita.
Ophelia (Parish) Hirsh ’59, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher who began teaching in 1930 in rural Rice Co., Kan., and who during World War II moved to Wichita where she taught aircraft employees’ children at MacArthur Elementary School in Planeview, Aug. 17, Wichita.
Shannon G. Jackson, social services, university friend, Aug. 6, Wichita.
Virginia (Brown) Jackson ’49, homemaker and former Federal employee, June 11, Wichita.
Norman K. Jacobshagen fs ’35, retired advertising manager at Kansas Gas & Electric Co. and former member of the Kansas Soaring Association, a group of glider pilots, Feb. 2, Wichita.
Donald A. Janssen ’66, retired teacher and school administrator, WWII Army veteran, June 23, Houston, Texas.
Dexter L. Johnson ’66, retired high school English teacher, June 9, Pismo Beach, Calif.
Abdel-Baset Kamash ’91, Wichita businessman and farmer, June 27, Wichita.
Paul M. Killingsworth, former Boeing and Beech aircraft employee and friend of the university, July 9, Wichita.
Ronda S. (Lott) Kime ’87, homemaker and Pampered Chef and Kime Plumbing businesswoman, June 24, Wichita.
Jacqueline D. (Johnson) Kinder ’52/69, homemaker, potter, musician, former teacher and legal research assistant, June 12, Wichita.
Lawrence W. Kinney Jr. ’50/59, retired teacher, missionary and WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army as a bugler, sharpshooter and radio repairman, Aug. 10, Wayne, Pa.
Cathy S. (Miller) Kirk ’85, psychologist with the Jim Taliaferro Community Health Center in Lawton, Okla., June 22, Lawton.
Charles E. Kittle ’48, retired editor and art director of publications at Cessna Aircraft, May 27, Wichita.
Jack W. Kowalski, retired senior vice president, Midwestern regional sales manager and board member of A.G Edwards & Sons, and university friend, May 27, Wichita.
Elwin L. Kroeker, retired CPA and university friend, May 15, Wichita.
Wayne M. Kuykendall ’52, retired credit manager for PG Industries and Houston Association of Credit Management, Aug. 3, Houston.
Ted G. Laird ’69, farmer, retired Federal bank examiner and U.S. Army veteran, May 7, Watertown, S.D.
Wayne A. Largent ’71, entrepreneur, financial consultant to a variety of businesses and former president of National Autofinders Inc., June 27, Goddard, Kan.
James L. Linder, retired electrical contractor and university friend, June 7, Wichita.
Andrew J. Malakates ’66/68, economist, originally from Greece, Dec. 03, 2006, La Crescenta, Calif.
Robert “Bob” E. Mallonee fs ’44, retired Raytheon Aircraft marketer, WWII veteran who served with the Army Air Corps and flew 23 sorties in the European Theater as a B-24 group lead navigator in the 464th Bomb Group, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Sept. 6, Mission, Kan.
Alvin M. Marcus, CPA with Allen, Gibbs & Houlik and university friend, Aug. 15, Wichita.
Dick R. Markwell ’48/50, Lt. Col., U.S. Army, ret., served with the Marines in WWII and the Army in Korea, Vietnam and in Europe, July 29, San Antonio, Texas.
Elinor J. (Infield) Martens fs ’48, homemaker and former music teacher, May 20, Wichita.
Wanda L. Martin ’54, homemaker and former teacher, May 21, Emporia, Kan.
Eugene L. Marts, university friend, June 2, Andover, Kan.
Norman E. Mason fs ’79, retired Boeing electrical engineer, Aug. 16, Wichita.
Michael J. May ’69, retired from the New Mexico State Department of Education, former superintendent, principal, teacher and coach, former mayor of the city of Andale, Kan., U.S. Army veteran who served from 1953-56 in Frankfurt, Germany, May 4, Santa Fe, N.M.
Dennis B. Mayfield ’71, computing analyst and planner for Boeing, Leonards Metals and PCI Newco, Aug. 19, Derby, Kan.
Kenneth “Ken” A. McGrew ’57, retired area sales manager for RCA Electronics, former captain in the U.S. Army and avid WSU men’s basketball supporter, May 19, Wichita.
Clarence W. McLeland ’50/57, retired music instructor and professional musician, Aug. 10, Wichita.
James A. Miller ’49, member of Phi Upsilon Sigma, WWII U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot, former Wichita and Garden City, Kan., attorney, retired FBI agent, Mexico and Nicaragua legal attaché, and former Forida prosecutor, June 26, residing in Mexico and San Antonio, Texas.
Olive D. (Quiring) Miller fs ’47, retired businesswoman and owner of Quiring Monument Co., Quiring Old Mission Mortuary and Cemetery, Dunsford Funeral Home, Hillside Funeral Home and the Douglass Tribune, June 21, Wichita.
S. Donald “Steve” Miner, retired Boeing executive and university friend, July 22, Wichita.
Marcus A. Mitchell ’91, an employee of Dillon’s, Pizza Hut, Pinsker Steel and Somers Maintenance Co., in Wichita, musician who in the mid-1970s hit the road with his guitar, hitchhiking, riding the rails and buskering his way throughout the western United States, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served with the 82nd Airborne Division in the Grenada campaign, May 23, Wichita.
Victor A. Montemayor Jr. ’74, retired USAF and USMC serviceman, former Veterans Administration police officer, July 14, Wichita.
Richard A. Morganti ’71, retired from the Tucson Unified School District where he worked for 34 years, May 19, Prescott, Ariz.
Thomas J. Myshka ’68, retired Boeing electrical engineer, Sept. 5, Wichita.
Philip W. Nichols ’75, former accountant and developer who devoted his career to improving inner-city housing and neighborhoods, April 21, Kansas City, Mo.
Emzy Farmer Oakes fs ’72, retired Cessna Aircraft supervisor of tool planning, June 8, Wichita.
Georganna (Pollock) Overton fs ’51, homemaker and retired office manager at Emory University, Aug. 29, Tucker Ga.
Ralph S. Phillips fs ’66, retired high school vo-tech teacher, July 27, Wichita.
Kimberly M. (Ruth) Rahman fs ’04, homemaker and former WSU Student Alumni Association member, Aug. 14, Brooklyn Center, Min.
Bryan E. Ralston ’94, city of Wichita health inspector, June 27, Mulvane, Kan.
Mable Irene Randall, homemaker, cosmetologist and university friend who was named “Fan of the Game” at a 1997 men’s basketball game, July 16, Wichita.
Jerry D. Rayl ’78, senior vice president of M&I Bank in Wichita, July 12, Wichita.
Rose A. (Luckhardt) Reid ’43/72, homemaker and retired teacher, June 14, Derby, Kan.
Harold D. Reynolds ’50, retired State Farm Insurance claim adjuster, University of Wichita football letterman who played in both the Camelia and Raisin Bowl games, a founder of the Greater Wichita Junior Football League, former coach of the Indian Hills Chiefs and Warriors, WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Army, May 20, Wichita.
Harry C. Rice Jr. ’49, retired Allstate Insurance Co. general agent and WWII veteran who served in the 65th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army and was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, May 31, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Velma L. (Abel) Crawford Rostberg ’37, former English, speech and drama high school teacher, retired YWCA adult eucation program director and homemaker, who, while her husband was stationed in India for three years during World War II, worked as a blueprint engineer for Boeing in Wichita, June 20, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elenore (Levand) Rudd, homemaker, university friend, co-founder (along with her husband, Sam, in 1949) of Standard Mercantile, now Standard Beverage Corp., a statewide distributor of spirits, wine and beer, and noted community volunteer who moved at the age of 19 from Denver to Wichita, where her uncles owned and published the Wichita Beacon newspaper, July 25, Wichita. A strong advocate for higher education, she is honored in the Plaza of Heroines at WSU, where she is also the namesake of the Elenore Rudd Scholarship Fund.
Daniel T. Ryan ’73, medical technologist at Via Christi-St. Joseph in Wichita, May 29, Wichita.
Madonna E. (Briscoe) Saunders ’70, homemaker and retired elementary school teacher with 35 years of experience in Wichita public schools, Aug. 23, Davenport, Iowa.
Mary E. (Hogan) Schooler ’89, homemaker and owner of Schooler Trucking in Rose Hill, Kan., July 6, Wichita.
Janet K. Sims ’87, retired educator whose many accolades included receiving a Fullbright Memorial Scholarship in 1999 and 2004 and being recognized as the 2001 Kansas Distinguished Principal by the Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals, June 21, Hutchinson, Kan.
Eldon H. Smith ’67, biological sciences and music graduate, June 11, Sedgwick, Kan.
Ethel M. (Hornbuckle) Smith ’70, a leader in city and state affairs and in organizations promoting voter registration and excellence in education, the first woman named to the Wichita planning commission (1957), active community volunteer who helped found one of the first homes for abused women in Wichita and who served as president or board member of Monica House for 16 years, June 4, Wichita.
David W. Spencer ’74, businessman and artist, June 26, Newton, Kan.
Robert L. Sprague ’67, retired educator and counselor, May 26, Grenola, Kan.
Frank D. Stevens III ’56, retired owner and president/CEOof International Cold Storage, a Wichita-based custom refrigeration business, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Germany for two years (1956-58), an active community volunteer and a member of the World Clown Association, July 11, Wichita.
James L. Streiff ’49, math graduate, May 25, Leavenworth, Kan.
William “Bill” A. Summers ’91, worked for PSI Armored Services for 27 years, July 18, Wichita.
Leona E. (Nypen) Synstegard ’87, retired vocal music teacher and high school special education teacher, May 6, Dubuque, Iowa.
Lee R. Tatum ’51, petroleum geologist, independent drilling contractor and consulting geologist, Naval Air Corps veteran, Sept. 6, Sarasota, Fla.
Marjorie (Johnson) Taylor, retired controller for Comley Neff Lumber Co. and university friend, July 11, Wichita.
Richard H. Taylor ’41, retired drug representative, April 26, Dodge City, Kan.
Jack D. Tucker ’94, retired ACI truck driver, Aug. 4, Wichita.
Grace A. (Entz) Unrau ’83, earned a master’s degree in elementary education and was a Shocker men’s basketball and SASO supporter, July 18, Moundridge, Kan.
James E. Upton ’73/82, longtime educator and vocational and special needs coordinator for the Sedgwick Co. Special Education Cooperative, archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, 2003 Bishop’s Vision Award honoree and one of nine deacons in 2005 honored with the Recognition of Diaconal Ministry designation given by the North American Association for the Diaconate, June 17, Newton, Kan.
Willard “Bill” W. Vliet, co-founder of E.E. Vliet & Co., WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and university friend, July 11, Wichita.
John M. Vosburg fs ’99, retired middle school science teacher and bnsf Railroad employee, July 17, Wichita.
George H. Waitt ’53, retired chairman and CEO of Rose Hill State Bank, Aug. 17, Wichita.
Raymond E. Walton fs ’59, developer and former owner of Flint Oak Ranch in eastern Kansas, one of the founders of Pennypower Shopping News and U.S. Marine Corps veteran serving in Japan with the Far East Command, July 20, Wichita.
Mary L. (Rucker) Weaver ’52/70, retired instrumental music teacher, Aug. 13, Wichita.
Mary Jean (Lawver) Webber fs ’45, homemaker and retired Wichita Historical Museum receptionist and secretary, July 26, Lawrence, Kan.
Mark L. White ’78, award-winning graphic designer and advertising art director and creative director with more than 25 years of experience, former firefighter for the city of Wichita and a detective for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Reserves, July 12, Atlanta, Ga.
John R. “Jack” Wickes ’62, retired from Honeywell Inc., July 18, Arkansas City, Kan.
Shirley J. (Howell) Wills ’58/60, former vocal music teacher and homemaker, May 27, Dardanelle, Ark.
William “Bill” P.D. Wilson Jr. ’49/50, retired Boeing flight test operations manager, WWII veteran who enlisted in the Army reserves, was called to active service in 1943 and deployed with the 8th Army Air Force to England, July 16, Wichita.
Janice (Rainey) Wyckoff ’50, homemaker and retired high school physical education teacher and junior high math teacher, Sept. 4, Wichita.
William J. Wyckoff ’52, retired math teacher and Boeing analyst, Aug. 20, Wichita.
