1952  Jerry Garibaldi, D.V.M. '54, died in February 2003 from leukemia. He was 75. Among his achievements was the creation of the Romie Lane Pet Hospital in Salinas in 1964. Survivors include his wife, Pat; his son, Timothy; his daughter, Jane Garibaldi, and son-in-law, Ken Nakagawa.

1953  Katey Walker, Ph.D. '75, has retired from her post as family resource and public-policy specialist at Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service and has moved to Florida to be near her family. For 18 years, she taught communication, leadership and time- and money-management skills. In 1998, she earned the Excellence Award from the College of Human Ecology Extension, and in 2001 the National Public Policy Education Committee and Farm Foundation awarded her the R.J. Hildreth Career Achievement Award.

1956  Charlie Barnes, D.V.M. '58, has treated over 20,000 pets in his 42 years practicing veterinary medicine. Barnes recently celebrated his 70th birthday with his friends and wife Patricia '58. Barnes lives in Vacaville and says he has no present plans to retire.  •  Louis Locke, D.V.M., worked as a wildlife pathologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 31 years before retiring in 1989. For his services, Locke was awarded the U.S. Department of Interior Meritorious Service Medal.

1957  Werner Lipton, Ph.D., has published a memoir of his childhood during the Holocaust, titled Luck, Loss and the Kindness of Strangers--Fragments from My Life as a Child and Youth. Lipton has been a writer, editor and, with his wife, Joan, a civic activist in Fresno County since retiring from the USDA.

1959  Warren Reuben Merwin died in February 2003 from complications of fronto- temporal dementia. He was 66. Mr. Merwin was an active farmer in the Delta for 40 years and served in many positions in California agricultural associations. Survivors include wife Katherine, sons Robert and David, daughters-in-law Elizabeth and Karlin, and four grandchildren.