Former professor Henry Lopez died

Santiago Svidler Roundup Reporter

Henry Powers Lopez, a loving husband, father, and teacher who taught languages and humanities for 45 years at Pierce College, died Oct. 14, 2014 of respiratory failure in Northridge, CA. He was 86.

Lopez was born on Jan. 30, 1928 in Los Angeles, California to a teenage mother, Henrietta Romero and was raised by his stepfather Daniel Powers at the start of the Great Depression.

Lopez served for six years in the European Theater in World War II as an Army translator and accountant. Once he returned home he started to put his home life in order by providing for his daughter and his ill stepfather.

In 1966, Lopez started teaching at Pierce College and for 45 years he was an ESL, Humanities, Russian, Italian, French, German, Spanish professor.

Lopez loved to bring his daughters to class with him as he incorporated them in his class lectures.