J. Kenneth Kaseberg ’30 (AB ’28) of Portland, Ore., died May 18, 2003. He passed the Oregon bar exam a year before completing his law studies at Stanford and, upon graduation, entered private practice. In the 1940s he joined the Department of the Interior and devoted much of his legal career to the Bonneville Power Administration. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the development of BPA’s hydroelectric power grid and in making possible the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie, the largest single electrical transmission program ever undertaken in the United States. He was a primary drafter and lead negotiator for legislation ultimately enacted as the Northwest Power Act of 1980. For his contributions, the Interior Department bestowed upon him its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. He is survived by a daughter, Barbara Riper; three grandchildren, Kevin Riper, John Riper, and Alissa Picker; and four great-grandchildren. 

William Dienstein ’31 (AB ’31, PhD ’59) of San Francisco, Calif., died February 18, 2003, at the age of 93. A professor emeritus of California State University, Fresno, he enjoyed a lifelong career in education, specializing in sociology and criminology. During World War II he spent time in the Pacific in charge of civilian and military police activity and training, and upon his return to the States, was hired by Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) to develop and head a criminology program. He retired in 1974. He wrote three books in the field of criminology and numerous articles on criminal justice, criminal investigation, and the rights of subjects during interrogation. He served as secretary-treasurer, vice president, and president of the American Society of Criminology and was active on the California Governors’ Special Study Commission on Juvenile Justice, which resulted in the Juvenile Court Act of 1961. He is survived by his wife. 

Frank B. Ingersoll ’38 (AB ’35) of Seattle, Wash., died July 26, 2003, at the age of 91. A longtime resident of Hillsborough, Calif., until moving to Seattle recently, he was one of the ground-floor members of Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn, a pioneer law firm on the Peninsula. He was an active member of the Hillsborough Town Council and worked on local congressional campaigns for the Republican Party. An avid sports fan, he was an intramural boxing champion at Stanford during his under graduate years, and during World War II he served as a captain in the navy. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; his children, Claire, Sandy, and Richard; and several grandchildren. 

Richard B. Eaton ’38 (AB ’34) of Redding, Calif., died July 29, 2003, at the age of 88. A retired Shasta County Superior Court judge, he was known for his vast knowledge of, and love for, Shasta County, and would entertain children and adults alike with historic lore. A World War II veteran, he practiced law in Redding before being appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1951. For many of the 25 years he spent on the bench, he presided over the juvenile courts, and in 1977 the juvenile hall was renamed in his honor. Judge Eaton and his pioneer family— parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents— were honored in 2002 with five commemorative plaques placed in the Shasta Historical Society office. He was also remembered as the man who helped the African-American community record its history in Shasta County. 

Oliver M. Jamison ’41 of Fresno, Calif., died July 4, 2003, at the age of 86. He served in the army during World War II, and upon his discharge, joined a firm that eventually became Thomas, Snell, Jamison, Russell & Asperger, once the largest law firm in the central San Joaquin Valley. An authority on farm and ranch tax issues, he served on the state bar’s board of governors from 1976 to 1979. He was also active in the Fresno community, as a trustee of the Fresno State Foundation and the Fresno Community Hospital and as president of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. He is survived by two sons, Stephen and Daniel, and three grandchildren. 

Douglas B. McDonald ’47 (AB ’42) of Sacramento, Calif., died July 26, 2003. 

George Livesey, Jr. ’48 of Bellingham, Wash., died July 12, 2003, at the age of 78 of complications related to a brain tumor. An undergraduate alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, he was a member of the California and Washington state bars and served as the attorney for the Bellingham Port Commission for many years. He was a former national director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and one of the first Whatcom County chairmen of the March of Dimes Association. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; children, Marcia, Brad, Paul, and Rory; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Hollis G. Best ’51 of Fresno, Calif., died August 15, 2003, at the age of 77 of complications from cancer. A U.S. magistrate, he has been serving at the U.S. District Court in Yosemite National Park since 1994. He began his career as a Fresno County deputy district attorney before entering private practice in 1953. He later served as a Fresno County Superior Court judge and as the presiding judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeal before becoming a U.S. magistrate. 

Richard W. Bridges ’53 of Santa Cruz, Calif., died June 29, 2003, at the age of 83 of emphysema. A highly decorated World War II veteran— Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, and Air Medal—who escaped a Hungarian prisoner of war camp, he spent his career as the in-house attorney for the Western Pacific Railroad. He is survived by three sons, Steve, Chris, and Tyler; four daughters, Beverly, Lorna, Hilary, and Alison; 12 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild; and two sisters, Avel and Peggy.

M. Peter Katsufrakis ’58 (AB ’56) of Tarzana, Calif., died July 28, 2003, at the age of 83 of heart failure. An outspoken and innovative small claims court judge whose handling of small claims cases in Los Angeles Municipal Court in the 1960s and 1970s garnered national attention, he turned down an offer to be the original judge of television’s The People’s Court. Born to Greek parents but raised in the United States, he became a captain in the army during World War II and served in Greece, where he remained for four years after the war to direct the Greek war relief program. He then returned to the States to complete his undergraduate and law school education at Stanford. A former entertainment lawyer with O’Melveny and Myers, he was appointed a municipal court judge in 1965 and was elected for two more terms before retiring in 1977. During his tenure, the Los Angeles Small Claims Court was lauded by the National Institute for Justice as a model court and was considered the “jewel in the court’s crown.” He is survived by his wife, Martha; two children, Jason and Danai; a brother, George; and a sister, Angie.

Guy Blase ’58 (’51) of Palo Alto, Calif., died July 5, 2003, at the age of 73 of cancer. A former naval officer who served aboard a destroyer during the Korean War, he helped found the Palo Alto law firm Spaeth, Blase, Valentine & Klein (now Ritchey Fisher Whitman & Klein) in 1965 and remained a partner, specializing in corporate law, until he retired. In recent years he spearheaded a fund-raising drive for the $23.5 million Opportunity Center, a Palo Alto development that will provide affordable housing and support services to the homeless. An enthusiastic Stanford alumnus, he was a member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, and Stanford Associates; he also chaired the reunion fund drive for his law school class’s 40th reunion in 1998. He served on the board of the Children’s Health Council and the Community Working Group of Palo Alto. He was also an avid horseman and belonged to Los Rancheros Visitadores, a prestigious Santa Barbara men’s riding club. His first wife, Noel, died in 1994. He is survived by his wife, Bobbi; two daughters, Cece and Leslie; three grandchildren; and a sister, Joan. 

Howard L. Schwartz ’59 (AB ’55) of Piedmont, Calif., died August 20, 2003, at the age of 69 after a long illness. An Alameda County judge for 22 years, he retired from the Superior Court bench in 1992. He served with the navy for two years aboard an aircraft carrier, then attended and graduated from Stanford Law School and joined the Alameda County district attorney’s office. He spent seven years in private practice before being appointed to the Alameda County Municipal Court in 1970 by then California governor Ronald Reagan. From 1976 to 1980 he served on the California Commission on Judicial Performance, and in 1980 was elected to Alameda County Superior Court. He was active in the California Judges Association and served on the boards of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland and the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Foundation. He is survived by his wife, Marion; three sons, Michael, Bryan, and Douglas; and five grandchildren. 

Richard Allan Hicks ’65 of Honolulu died March 29, 2001 at the age of 60. He was a partner at Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright specializing in banking, private international law and financing. After law school, he studied Japanese at Columbia, then moved to Japan, where he worked for Anderson, Mori & Rabinowitz and met and married his wife, Kazuko Itakura. He moved back to the States in 1971 to Honolulu, when he joined Cades, Schutte. He did charitable work for the Episcopal Diocese, for which he served as treasurer for fundraising campaigns to renovate a children’s camp and restore a cathedral. He also served on the board of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He leaves his wife and two children, Sarah and R. Anton. 

David H. Fox ’67 of Sherman Oaks, Calif., died July 8, 2003, at the age of 60 of a heart attack. A former top aide to Governor Jerry Brown, he was appointed director of the state Department of Real Estate in 1976 and served for five years. Subsequently he developed seminars in real estate ethics and earned a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling. At the time of his death, he was president and chief executive officer of Professional Achievement Success Systems, a company he founded to provide study materials, seminars, and small-group training to prepare students for state licensing exams in family therapy. He is survived by two children, Susanne and Kevin; his father, Fred; and a brother, Alan. 

Harry Wartnick ’72 of San Francisco, Calif., died July 7, 2003, at the age of 55 of heart failure. A respected San Francisco lawyer, he gained national prominence as a pioneer in asbestos litigation, taking on such industry giants as Fibreboard Corp. and Johns-Manville Corp., and was instrumental in negotiating national settlements for thousands of victims of asbestos-related diseases. After graduating from law school, he joined Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell in San Jose, handling workers’ compensation claims primarily. In 1974 he joined Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowsky, Wartnick, Moore & Harris in San Francisco, commencing his ground-breaking work in asbestos claims and rising from associate to name partner. Plagued by a long history of heart problems, he underwent bypass surgery in 1987 and cut back on his trial work. In 1995, he and four other partners formed Wartnick, Chaber, Harowitz, Smith & Tigerman, gaining recognition for record verdicts against the tobacco industry. He is survived by his wife, Joan; two stepsons, Stuart and Daniel; his mother, Lillian Raen; his stepfather, Julius Raen; and a brother, Rick Reiss.

William A. Bolger ’73 of Gloucester, Va., died June 7, 2003, at the age of 55 of cancer of the liver. Executive director of the National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Services for more than 20 years, he was president of William A. Bolger and Associates, a consulting firm that designed and implemented a legal services plan for the AARP, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and American Association of School Administrators, among others. He was also president of Bolger Group Legal, LLC, which operated the national legal services plan of the AFL-CIO. He designed his first legal services plan in 1972 as president of the Stanford Law School Legal Aid Society, and campaigned successfully for student funding of the plan to cover all students. He was commodore of the Ware River Yacht Club and, a nascent boatbuilder, had nearly completed his third wooden boat, a 20-foot custom camp cruiser. He is survived by his wife, Anita; two children, Timothy and Sarah; two brothers, Thomas and Benjamin; and two sisters, Rebecca and Constance. 

Margaret Wilz Gruter, JSM ’73, of Portola Valley, Calif., died August 2, 2003, at the age of 84. Founder and president of the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research in Portola Valley, she was an intellectual crusader and accomplished businesswoman who helped pioneer the study of neuroscience in law and economics. Under her leadership, the Gruter Institute has fostered multidisciplinary research in law and the behavioral sciences, including evolutionary biology and economics. She was the author of numerous books and articles, including The Sense of Justice: An Inquiry into the Biological Foundations of Law (1992), Law and the Mind: Biological Origins of Human Behavior (1991), Ostracism: A Social and Biological Phenomenon (1986), and Law, Biology and Culture: The Evolution of Law (1983). Born and educated in Germany, she emigrated with her husband and young daughter to the United States in 1951, and for two decades was involved in a number of enterprises, including a mink ranch, a Christmas tree farm, and a nursing home, before moving to California, where she earned her master’s degree and subsequently founded the Gruter Institute. She is survived by her daughter, Vera; her son, Oliver; and four grandchildren.