Carlos J. Badger ’31 of Modesto, Calif., died February 17, 2004, at the age of 101. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy at the age of 16 and was a veteran of both world wars. When he became a centenarian in April 2002, he was the oldest practicing attorney in Stanislaus County and the second oldest in California; he did not retire until January 2003. He was also an active member of a myriad of community organizations, including the Kiwanis Club, Boy Scouts of America, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Additionally, he served as president of the Stanislaus County Bar Association and as chairman of the association’s Committee on World Peace Through Law. He is survived by his daughters, Anne Osthues, Jacquelin Fontaine, and Emmy Ames; brother, Heber; sisters, Emily Kjobeck and Alice Quinn; and eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. 

William Lyons ’34 of Alameda, Calif., died November 21, 2003, at the age of 95. 

Jesse Feldman ’40 of San Francisco, Calif., died March 15, 2004, after contracting pneumonia two weeks earlier. A founding partner of Feldman, Waldman & Kline in San Francisco, he practiced with the firm from 1955 to 1985. After graduation from Stanford Law School, he served in the U.S. Navy and then spent 20 years in private practice. He was also active in the Jewish community, both locally and nationally. He and his wife, Joan, who preceded him in death, had no children. 

Byron Smith ’40 of Indian Wells, Calif., died March 28, 2004, at the age of 87. 

James Welsh ’40 (BA ’36) of Indian Wells, Calif., died December 27, 2003, at the age of 89. He served as secretary to California governor Earl Warren from 1943 to 1953 and as legal secretary to California governor Goodwin Knight from 1953 to 1955. In 1953 he was appointed presiding commissioner of the State Industrial Accident Commission, and in 1955 he was appointed judge of the Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco. He retired in 1974. He is survived by his wife, Lovell; daughters, Lovell Bonnie and Laurie Flemer; son, Manning Welsh; and six grandchildren.

Frank D. O’Neil ’46 (BA ’43) of Dana Point, Calif., died January 12, 2004, at the age of 81 of a heart attack. 

Richard L. Eckhart ’48 of Heber Springs, Ark., died December 22, 2003, at the age of 83. A World War II veteran, he formed the Legal Department at the Laclede Gas Company where he served many years as vice president, secretary, and general counsel of the company. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Heber Springs. He is survived by sons, Edward and Larry; daughter, Susan; and six grandchildren. 

Everett Berberian ’49 died March 2, 2004. From 1949 until his retirement in 1997, he practiced in the areas of civil trial and litigation, and trusts, first with Stack, Rose & Berberian in San Francisco and later with Berberian & Saga-telyan, Inc., in San Mateo. He served on the boards of the San Francisco and San Mateo County Bar Associations and was a past president of the Barristers Club of San Francisco. He was also active in Armenian affairs, especially in the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Knights of Vartan, an Armenian lodge. He is survived by daughters, Gail Constant and Nancy; and son, Harry. 

George Pfeiffer ’49 of Banning, Calif., died March 20, 2004, at the age of 83. A resident of the Los Angeles area for more than 50 years, he was a director of the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation, where he served at different times as president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and secretary. He was also a practicing attorney in general contract, real estate, and family law. An avid hiker, he was a member of the 100 Peaks Club of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club and climbed all 100 peaks between the ages of 62 and 66. He is survived by his second wife, Constance; daughter, Lise Pfeiffer Chapman (BA ’75); son, Jonathan; brother, Philip Carling; sister, Katherine Tallett; and three grandchildren. 

Edgar D. Crumpacker ’50 of Camp Sherman, Ore., died January 29, 2004, at the age of 87. He received a master’s degree from the California Institute of Technology before earning his law degree from Stanford Law School. He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II as well as in the Air Force during the Korean War. During his 45 years of practicing law in Hawaii, he was assistant U.S. attorney and later a circuit court judge. He is survived by his daughters, Cornelia Kilmer, Eve Alani Morgan, Pender Lee Cahoon, and Paula Helen Crumpacker; stepdaughters, Christine Escobar and Gail Keanaaina; stepson, John Davis; brother, James; companion, Katherine Livingston; 11 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. 

Norman H. Gottlieb ’50 (BA ’48) of Los Angeles, Calif., died on April 2, 2004, at the age of 78. He was an expert in domestic relations and adoption law, and an active participant in a number of Jewish organizations in his community.

K. Jay Holdsworth ’50 of Salt Lake City, Utah, died January 23, 2004, at the age of 78. He organized his own firm in Salt Lake City, Holdsworth & Swenson, which specializes in tax matters. He served as chairman of the Estate and Gift Taxes Committee of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association, and he was also a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He is survived by his wife, Donna; daughters, Wendy Pearson and Veda Hansen; and sons, David, Gary, and Kevin.

Brock Stavig ’50 of Hemet, Calif., died January 9, 2004, at the age of 78. He served in the Marines during World War II and resided in France with his family for many years. He is survived by two children, Leslie and Victoria. 

Merton K. Cameron ’52 of Irvine, Calif., died October 1, 2003, at the age of 82. He was commissioned as a Marine Corps pilot during World War II and served five years, including two years in which he was an instructor. He also served in the Korean War, flying 107 missions and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross. He left the service and became the business manager for the Newport Mesa School District and the first site manager for Rancho California. He was active in his community through his participation in the Ushers Guild at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, the Lions Club, Boy Scouts, and a Korean War group called the Chosin Few. He is survived by his wife, Jane; four children; 11 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. 

Peter Nakahara ’54 of San Jose, Calif., died November 28, 2003, at the age of 82. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he persevered in joining the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, overcoming rejection by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps because of his Japanese heritage. Eventually he was accepted by the Army as a draftee and was elevated to the intelligence service as a result of his fluency in Japanese. He served in New Guinea, Australia, and the Philippines, followed by a four-year stint as a court interpreter during war crime trials held in Tokyo. Hooked on law, he then entered law school, choosing Stanford over Harvard because Palo Alto was 3,000 miles closer to Japan. Upon graduation, he opened a practice near San Jose’s Japantown, which he maintained for 40 years. He is survived by his wife, Aiko; daughter, Elizabeth; and sons, William, Robert, and David. 

Harry Hupp ’55 (BA ’53) of Los Angeles died January 27, 2004, at the age of 75. Although in precarious health for the last several years, he maintained a busy schedule as one of the most beloved and distinguished senior court judges in the Central District of California. Accepting a lifetime appointment from President Ronald Reagan to this U.S. District Court in 1984, he served ably, taking senior status in 1997. Although eligible for retirement at full salary at that time, he continued to serve, hearing cases for colleagues and conducting settlement conferences, serving on committees, and hosting tours for local schoolchildren. Judge Hupp served in the U.S. Army prior to entering Stanford Law School, and upon receiving his law degree, he practiced law in Los Angeles as a partner at Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble, when he was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench by then Gov. Reagan. He was honored as Trial Judge of the Year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association in 1983. He is survived by his wife, the sculptor Partricia (Tita) Hupp; daughters, Karen and Virginia; sons, Brian and Keith; two grandchildren; and two sisters.

Robert R. Smith ’55 of Prescott, Ariz., died January 9, 2004, at the age of 75. 

David F. Allen ’59 of Chicago, Il., died March 24, 2004, at the age of 73. Before attending Stanford Law School, he was recruited to help the Cold War effort and worked as a case officer for the CIA, overseeing covert operations in Austria. He then joined what is now Schiff Hardin LLP and was an expert on mergers and acquisitions as well as other aspects of financial law; he retired from the firm in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Gwen; daughters, Laura and Kathleen; sons, Jeffrey and Steven; stepsons, Jed Chase and Theodore Chase; stepdaughter, Cathryn Chase; and eight grandchildren. 

James Stewart ’62 (BA ’59) of Palo Alto, Calif., died April 24, 2004, at the age of 67. Appointed to the Santa Clara County Municipal Court bench in 1979 by Gov. Jerry Brown, he later was elected a superior court judge, spending much of his career in family court. He wrote two books that dealt with helping people cope with the trauma of divorce and child-custody disputes. Retired in 1999, he continued to serve as a private judge in family law cases through theAmerican Arbitration Association. A longtime supporter of liberal Democratic politics, as a young lawyer he traveled to Mississippi with other Bay Area attorneys to defend civil rights activists. He also represented the midpeninsula chapter of the ACLU and the NAACP, and helped campaign for fair housing practices. He is survived by his wife, Suzan (Behrman, BA ’62, MA ’63); son, David; daughter, Amy; and a granddaughter, Tessa. 

Eugene Robinson ’64 of Pleasanton, Calif., died February 11, 2004, at the age of 69. A graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School, he served five years with the U.S. Navy on a destroyer and a submarine. He then worked for 23 years as a corporate attorney for FMC, Singer, and Crown Zellerbach, before retiring in 1988. He also volunteered for 18 years with Kairos, a Christian ministry for incarcerated men and women and their families. He is survived by his wife, Helen; daughters, Lisa and Karen; sons, Jeff, Steve; and eight grandchildren.

Roland Griffin ’65 of Los Altos Hills, Calif., died March 18, 2004, at the age of 68. He worked at Hewlett-Packard as a patent attorney specializing in intellectual property law for 35 years before retiring and becoming a consultant. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spent two and a half years in France on a mission. He is survived by his wife, Marie; six children; and 16 grandchildren. 

George M. Feldan ’70 of New York, N.Y., died March 2, 2004, at the age of 59. He had an interest in intellectual pursuit and accumulating knowledge of western society. Over a 30-year period, he compiled a substantial private reference library, one of his many intellectual accomplishments. 

Sarah Cohen Fuller ’74 of Brooktondale, N.Y., died April 21, 2004, of breast cancer. A lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, a state-financed group set up to defend inmates’ civil rights after the Attica uprising of 1971, she also held teaching positions at Cornell and Syracuse Universities, where she ran clinics in which students could handle cases, usually for indigent clients. In 1995, she filed a suit to stop corrections officers from videotaping the strip searches of female inmates at Albion Correctional Facility, and she also filed a suit that resulted in the state’s agreeing to allow Native Americans in New York to practice their religion in prison. In 2000, she went to El Salvador on a Fulbright scholarship to help develop a clinical legal program for the Technical University of El Salvador. She coauthored, with Harvey Fireside, Brown v. Board of Education: Equal Schooling for All, and was the author of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: Censorship in School Newspapers. At the time of her death, she was pursuing state and federal cases seeking to prevent prisons from giving some prisoners only bread and water to eat. She is survived by her husband, Ronald; two sons, Jonah and Gabriel; a daughter, Cecily; and one granddaughter.