Category: In Memoriam

Published by Mercury News from Oct. 30 to Oct. 31, 2022. Paul P. Preising passed away, 88 years’ young, surrounded by his family in late

SJCC Library lost one of its most effective academic leaders in 2002 when Russ Fischer retired after 36 years. This past March Russ Fischer died a few weeks after his wife Ruth had died. Russ was 86.

By Alice Gosak In the 1960s, the city of San Jose had few entertainment venues so the theater at San Jose City College became a

“Carmen was always about education, “Al Castellano, her husband, told me as we worked on a sabbatical project together in 1995. Carmen had certainly proved

Walter was a 1957 graduate of San Jose City College, who returned to teach in the Radio, Television and Speech Department as well as serve

Andrew taught Industrial Engineering at San Jose City College from 1960 until 1975 when Evergreen Valley College opened. He was an early supporter of programs

Lucy started her 20-year career at San Jose City College as an English adjunct instructor before retraining as a software engineer and teaching computer science.

Our Bill was so easy to like, so good natured and just plain pleasant to be around. A smile, a chuckle and always an upbeat

By Alice Gosak and Ronald Levesque, retired ESL Instructors [N.B. Virginia died on October 6, 2018 and this tribute was written in that same month.]

Message from Byron Breland, Chancellor of San José/Evergreen Community College District: It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of