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Eldon W. Bergstrom, 87, passed away on March 1, 2018. He leaves behind his wife, Judy; his children, Stephen, Liz, Cindy and Carrie; and several grandchildren. He served in the Air Force as a first lieutenant and pursued a career at the Continental Bank.
John L. Nichols, 86, passed away on June 29, 2018. Appointed as a judge of the Citrus Municipal Court in 1978 by Gov. Jerry Brown, he served on the bench for 13 years. Previously, he served as a named partner at the West Covina-based criminal law firm of Nichols & Bazan.
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James R. Rucker, 76, passed away on June 5, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Pat; his daughters, Lisa and Heather; and several grandchildren.
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Robert Zaiden Corrado, 72, passed away on July 12, 2017. After graduation, he worked from 1969 to 1985 for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Later, he practiced as a private criminal defense lawyer from 1985 through 2014. During that time, he wrote a textbook on death penalty defense and taught as an adjunct professor. He is survived by his wife, Diana, and his daughter, Catherine.
Betty L. Phelps, 88, passed away in 2018.
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Charles V. Burnett, 85, passed away on June 1, 2017. He had been a pharmacy leader since the 1950s. He was the only person to win both the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award and the Harold W. Pratt Award—the highest honors given by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He worked for many years for Costco and played a major role in opening the first Costco pharmacy in 1986.
Reed V. Langlois, 85, passed away on March 9, 2018. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1956 and obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in 1958 before attending law school. Until his death, he practiced family and bankruptcy law. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne; six children, Mark, Ted, Doug, Laurie, Matthew and Heather; 29 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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William F. Woods, 69, passed away on February 20, 2018. He practiced law for nearly 45 years in the San Diego community he loved. He is survived by his wife, Pam; sons, Billy and
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Jim; mother, Elizabeth “Betty” H. Woods; and two grandchildren, Georgia and Will.
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Frederick Gatti, 79, passed away on June 9, 2017. Prior to attending law school, he served as an engineer for the U.S. Army. Until he retired, Fred acted as a corporate attorney. He is survived by his spouse, Jean, his two daughters and several grandchildren.
Kathryn Crippen Hattox, 86, passed away on April 29, 2017. After earning her JD, she specialized in estate planning and became an active investor. As a strong supporter of the San Diego community, she served as the Old Globe’s board chairwoman in 2006–07, and supported the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Natural History Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Robert A. Mulvaney, 68, passed away on May 4, 2017. His career included over a decade as a criminal defense attorney in San Diego and continued for 27 years as the chief investigator for the San Luis Obispo Public Defender’s Office. He retired in 2014. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and his children, Melanie, Lara and Conor.
Kenneth A. Stone, 92, passed away on November 23, 2017. He enlisted in the U.S. Army shortly after turning 18 and completing parachute school. He was injured in a training jump and received a medical discharge in 1945. Afterward, he returned to the University of Michigan where he received his PhD in electrical engineering. Toward the end of his engineering career, he received his law degree. He is survived by his wife, Jetral; their five children, Todd, John, Carol, Craig and Nancy; 11 grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.
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John P. Baginski, 67, passed away on May 28, 2017. He was a prominent trial lawyer. Having practiced for 35 years in several areas of the law across state lines, he was seen as a font of knowledge. He leaves behind his wife, Jane (MacCaffrey) Baginski, and daughter, Julia Felixa Baginski.
C. Dan Conaway, 75, passed away on May 23, 2017. After serving in the U.S. Air Force as a B52 navigator, he attended the USD School of Law. In addition to his practice, he served the community as a councilman and member of many nonprofit boards of directors. He is survived by his wife, Margee Lennard, and his stepsons, Scott and Ryan Lennard.
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Diane S. Brewer, 77, passed away on November 24, 2017. She practiced law and became partner at Reid & Hellyer, a postion she held until her retirement in 1999. She was an active supporter of her community, not only through her practice, but also through her various involvements. She is survived by her brother, Robert Sorem.
James E. Gorton, 64, passed away on May 8, 2017. He practiced law for 40 years, mostly in Anchorage, Alaska. Jim is survived by his wife, Judith, and children, Christopher (John) and Jeffrey, as well as several grandchildren.
Timothy L. O’Connell, 68, passed away on July 4, 2017. He served San Diego Mayor Maureen O’Connor as director of program development for growth and development. Following O’Connor’s term of office, he served as assistant to the chief executive officer of the San Diego housing commission. He moved to Los Angeles to take up a position with Century Housing, a not-forprofit community development financial institution, as its senior director of policy and advocacy. He is survived by his daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, as well as several grandchildren.
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David Xavier Durkin, 64, passed away on April 27, 2017. A San Diegan to his core, he practiced law for over 30 years after receiving his JD. He leaves his wife, Lori GuardianoDurkin, and their sons, Tomas, David and Mickey.
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Leon R. Whitney, 65, passed away on July 23, 2017. He served as courier and assistant to the Army Surgeon General from 1972–1974 at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., and later attended USD. The same year of his graduation from law school, he earned his broker’s license and started selling homes in the prestigious neighborhoods of Mission Hills and Bankers Hill. Real estate was his passion and his approach was professional as well as personal. Time magazine featured him for five consecutive years as one of the 30 top-producing residential agents in Southern California.
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Barbara E. Kristal, 72, passed away on November 5, 2017. She practiced law in Palm Desert for 33 years. She is survived by her two sons, David and Jonathan, as well as several grandchildren.
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Naida L. Brown, 61, passed away on June 3, 2017. She practiced law for 32 years, focusing her practice on business litigation under her own law firm, Brown & Termini. She was an active participant in her
Remembering Professor Lesley McAllister
CLIMATE AND ENERGY SYMPOSIUM NAMED IN HER HONOR
Professor Lesley McAllister passed away on August 30, 2017, at the age of 47. She was part of the USD School of Law faculty from 2005 until 2013, when she moved to UC Davis. McAllister taught and wrote in the areas of environmental, natural resources and energy law; comparative and international law; administrative law; and property law.
Among her many achievements at USD, Professor McAllister was a founder of the annual Climate and Energy Law Symposium and the San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law. She also pioneered the Climate and Energy Law course at USD School of Law and co-authored a book on the subject.
To honor her many contributions to USD School of Law, the Climate and Energy Law Symposium has been named the Lesley K. McAllister Symposium on Climate and Energy Law.
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community, constantly striving to modernize the school district. She is survived by her husband, Michael, and their two sons, Blake and Jared.
Phyllis B. Lane, 87, passed away on October 9, 2017. After receiving her Masters in Law from USD, she found her true passion in life as a teacher. She is survived by her sister, Doris Ramirez, and her four children, Patrick, Jeff, Kim and Michael.
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Deborah E. Brady-Davis, 62, passed away on June 27, 2017. After graduating from USD School of Law, she worked as a sole practitioner. In addition to her diligent and heartfelt practice of the law, Deborah worked as an instructor for the San Diego Community College District for many years. She is survived by her husband, Edward Davis Sr., and her children, Edward and Michelle.
Steven P. Duncan, 63, passed away on December 15, 2017. After graduating law school, he proceeded to run his own practice in Laguna Beach as a plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer. He is survived by his wife, Anne, as well as his four children, Madison, Riley, Jamie and Liam.
Paula Garrison Tupper, 65, passed away on February 3, 2018. She practiced as an attorney for over 20 years in the San Diego community. She was an active supporter of the theater and arts within the city and was a five-time Jeopardy champion. She is survived by her husband, David, son, Matthew, and daughter, Morgan.
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Vincent R. Ross, Jr., 61, passed away on August 12, 2017. After graduating, he devoted his practice to criminal law. He is survived by his parents, Vincent and Naomi; his wife, Jane; and daughters, Alexandrao, Ariana and Victoria.
Karl Terp, who retired in 2017 after a distinguished career as a deputy attorney general in San Diego, passed away. He argued five times in the California Supreme Court, twice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and dozens of times in the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Having suffered a severe spinal cord injury years before, he was also a tireless advocate for the disabled.
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W. Christian Van Duyne, 59, passed away on December 10, 2017. Over the last several years he worked as a certified financial planner with Morgan Stanley while maintaining his California Bar.
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Christopher Emery Haskett, 52, passed away on January 16, 2018. He worked in the realty department at the U.S. Naval Facilities Southwest Division, starting as a realty specialist in 1991 and retiring only recently in 2017 as a real estate contracting officer. During his 26-year career, he was a wellrespected authority on real estate law and procedure.
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Emebet Solomon Selassie, 50, passed away on February 7, 2018. Her impact was felt by her employers and colleagues at Exxon, EDS, Concour Technologies, Onyx Software and Medimpact, where she received the General Counsel Award for 2013.
