Issue #5 - In Memorium

In Memoriam

Remembering Chouinardians and CalArtians who have recently passed

Scott Walker ’64 In March 2019, Chouinard alumnus Scott Walker died at 76, in London. Walker had been living in England since the 1960s when he and his American pop group, the Walker Brothers, had become teenage idols in Britain. Their hits, such as the Bachrach/ David ballad, “Make It Easy on Yourself,” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore,” became #1 best sellers. Walker later devoted himself to experimental music that influenced artists including David Bowie and Radiohead. The New York Times described Walker’s music as “intricate puzzles of shock, indiscretion, non-resolution, theatrical uses of text and extended technique, often with a 40-piece orchestra.” A 2007 documentary on his life and work, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, was directed by Stephen Kijak and executive produced by Bowie.

David Sewell Chouinard ’65

Douglas Grindstaff ’75

Benjamin Medrano ’80 “My husband, Benjamin Medrano, a guitar major, passed away on January 8, 2018. He always loved getting the alumni magazine, and read it cover to cover.”

Stephen Hillenburg’92 (see cover story on page 20)

Adam Burke ’93

John McLaughlin ’93

Carl Raggio IV ’04 passed away in February 2019. Known as “C” to family and friends, Raggio had been working as a storyboard artist on Sony Pictures’s Angry Birds 2 at the time of his death. Raggio was raised in Glendale, CA, the grandson of the town’s mayor, Carl Raggio. After graduating from CalArts’s Character Animation BFA program in 2004, he began his career at Cartoon Network as a character designer and story artist. In 2010, Raggio joined Disney TV Animation, where his character designs for Kick Buttowski earned him an Annie Award nomination. More recently, Raggio contributed to The Grinch and the 2015 blockbuster Minions, both from Illumination Entertainment.

Brennan Thale ’13