Lazare F. Bernhard ’32 (BA ’29) of Pacific Palisades, Calif., died June 12, 2005, at the age of 96. An able swimmer with lifeguard training, Bernhard won a Carnegie Medal for rescuing a drowning man from the ocean. He was an 18- year-old Stanford sophomore at the time and he used the prize money to finance his Stanford Law School education. Bernard practiced law in Los Angeles before joining the Army as an attorney in 1942. He flew to England on several missions during World War II, including the delivery of D-Day orders to the military. He is survived by his wife, Lanie; daughter, Laurie Jo; two sons, John and Paul; sister, Johanna; and three grandchildren.

Owen F. Goodman ’40 of Palm Springs, Calif., died at the age of 100 on July 14, 2005. Goodman served in the Army as a captain in the 41st and 9th Field Artillery Battalion; he was stationed in Rabat, North Africa, under Gen. Eisenhower, and took part in the initial landing in Sicily. Upon returning to California, he worked for law firms in the Los Angeles area, as well as for multiple water management districts. Goodman served as the first mayor of Rolling Hills, the first gated community in California. He was an avid golfer, winning numerous local championships, and an active member of the Bakersfield South Rotary Club and the Palm Springs Rotary Breakfast Club. He is survived by his wife, Darlene, and brother, Robert.

James L. Grubbs ’42 of Los Angeles, Calif., died February 10, 2005, at the age of 88. Before retirement, he served as a legal-corporate attorney of his own firm Grubbs and Collins. He is survived by his wife, Nancy. Frederick G. Dutton ’49 of Washington, D.C., died June 25, 2005, at the age of 82. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his contributions. He became a Washington power broker and worked on the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, and George McGovern. Dutton was Kennedy’s Cabinet secretary and an assistant secretary of state for congressional relations under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He served on the Democratic National Committee’s McGovern Commission from 1969 to 1972, which led to the reform of the delegate selection process and helped increase the number of female delegates. Beyond the Beltway, Dutton also advised Mobil Oil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Embassy in Washington. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; four daughters, Lisa, Eve, Stacy, and Christina; son, Christopher; and seven grandchildren.

William E. Siegert ’51 of Stockton, Calif., died July 13, 2005, at the age of 92. Before law school, Siegert was an officer in charge of antiaircraft defense on the California coast, taught in gunnery schools, and invented a gunnery sight. He continued to serve his country through the Army Reserve and retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel. At law school, he edited Stanford Law Review and graduated with honors. Siegert then joined the law firm of Neumiller & Ditz, specializing in civil law. He became a full partner and retired in 1972. Known as a renaissance man with a lifelong love of learning, William had a passion for electronics, machinery, and tools and he was credited with numerous clever inventions. After retiring from law practice, he studied art, music, architecture, cooking, and electron-microscopy, and received certificates in landscaping, air conditioning, and automobile brakes. He is survived by his daughter, Melody Allen Lenkner; son, Christopher Durell Siegert; granddaughter, Jodie Marie Theil; and the Cadillac LaSalle convertible coupe he purchased in 1939.

William H. Rehnquist ’52 (BA ’48, MA ’48) passed away September 3, 2005. See p. 4. Carlos F. Brown ’53 of Sacramento, Calif., died July 30, 2005, at the age of 77. Born in Tacoma, Wash., he moved to Yakima, Wash., when he was 12 to live with his grandparents. After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Navy for a little over one year, before attending Stanford. He is survived by his wife, Lynn; daughter, Carla; and son, Chris.

Leonard A. Goldman ’54 of Beverly Hills, Calif., died this year at the age of 75. His interests included cancer research, music, Big Brothers of America, and the Jewish BIg Brothers of Los Angeles. He was the founder and president of the Amie Karen Cancer Foundation and the director of the KDFK radio station. He is survived by his wife, Mera Lee; son, Mark; daughters, Tamara and Robin Joy; and grandchildren, Benjamin, Phoebe, and Zachary.

Kenneth M. Judd ’59 of Portland, Ore., died May 13, 2005, at the age of 79. During World War II, Judd served in the Navy in the Pacific and received a Purple Heart. After the war, he graduated from Montana School of Mines and Stanford Law School. He moved in 1959 to Portland, where he was in private law practice and then owned Pacific Steel Foundry and Crawford & Doherty Foundry. He is survived by his wife, Harriet; son, Jeffrey; daughter, Karen J. Lewis; and four grandchildren.

Charles J. Hoffman ’60 of Pebble Beach, Calif., died May 29, 2001, at the age of 69. He was the Supervising Deputy District Attorney for Madera
County. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and daughter Linda. R. Frederic Fisher ’61 of Inverness Park, Calif., died of cancer August 17, 2005, at the age of 68. Fisher spent most of his career as a maritime lawyer, representing steamship owners as a partner in two major San Francisco firms. Beginning as a volunteer for the Sierra Club, a sidelight from his practice in the late 1960s, Fisher became a pioneer in environmental law, co-founding the prominent nonprofit public-interest organization known as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. One of his first and possibly most important cases was Marks v. Whitney, which firmly established the Public Trust Doctrine in California; the case has been cited by judges all over the world to protect baylands as well as lakes, rivers, and streams for public use and enjoyment. An avid wilderness hiker, Fisher was especially drawn to the Sierra Nevada and the red rock desert region in Utah and Arizona. After a classmate from Stanford Law School introduced him to the Sierra Nevada, Fisher said, “Once you get into the Sierra, and you see anything that’s a threat to it, you become an environmentalist unless there is something wrong with you.” Fisher is survived by his wife, Susan; sons, Matthew and Jonathan; and brother, Jonathan.

John G. McAuliffe ’63 of Walnut Creek, Calif., died November 5, 2004. He was a member of the State Bar of California, the Alameda County Bar Association, and the Contra Costa County Bar Association. He practiced in the areas of insurance law and personal injury, including both plaintiff’s and defense personal injury and automobile damage litigation. He also served as staff counsel and managing attorney for Allstate Insurance Company. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn; son, William; and daughter, Kathleen. Howard Lee Everidge ’76 of Dallas, Texas, died December 27, 2003, at the age of 52. According to his mother, Everidge died in a car wreck.

Eric D. Johnson ’95 of Anchorage, Alaska, died May 6, 2005, at the age of 40. Johnson first went to Alaska as a summer law clerk for the Sierra Club
Legal Defense Fund in 1994. After law school, Johnson completed two clerkships in Alaska and stayed to work for the Native American Rights Fund on a two-year fellowship from the National Association for Public Interest Law. He served as tribal rights attorney for the Association of Village Council Presidents from 2000. Johnson’s work spanned a successful challenge to a 1998 referendum proclaiming English to be Alaska’s official language, numerous cases to enforce tribal government rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act, and the defense of Native hunting and fishing rights. In 2003, Johnson’s contributions were honored by the Alaska Civil Liberties Union with its Liberty Award. An Eagle Scout in his youth, Johnson was an avid outdoorsman in his spare time. He is survived by his partner, Margaret; parents, William and Margaret; and brother, Robert.