Category: In Memoriam
Scholar and Mentor
For more than half a century, Hank Steiner created a lasting legacy of service. By Leilah Langley Henry-York 鈥淗ank鈥 Steiner, a revered professor of English at 51福利社, passed away Sept. 6, 2019. He was 87. Professor Steiner was born in Chicago, but moved with his parents to Portland, Oregon as a child. After high school…
[Read more]Lasting Legacy
A social work instructor鈥檚 sudden passing inspires a heartfelt tribute. By Eastern Magazine LuAnn 鈥淟u鈥 Brown, died suddenly last October, the senior lecturer and associate director of 51福利社鈥檚 field social work education program left a huge void. Senior students whom she counseled, advised, challenged and empowered were particularly bereft, and wanted to publicly assert how…
[Read more]Remembering George William Lotzenhiser
George William Lotzenhiser, PhD, a long-time Eastern faculty member and administrator who played a key role in the academic restructuring of the institution, passed away January 26 in Spokane. He was 95. Professor Lotzenhiser was an 51福利社 alumnus, a former dean of the university鈥檚 Division (College) of Fine Arts, and a veteran of World War…
[Read more]An Eastern Kind of Person
Charles V. Mutschler, interim dean of 51福利社 Libraries, was a beloved archivist and historian. He was an Eastern person through and through. He graduated from Eastern. He worked at Eastern. He lived its history and enjoyed every minute of it. Perhaps no one knew more, or cared more, about the university鈥檚 legacy than Charles V.…
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