IN MEMORIAM

Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Winter 2005

Preston B. Allison, PhD, a member of the Southeastern Louisiana University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away at the age of ninety. Allison formed and headed the division of religious education at the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and was instrumental in the seminary's efforts toward accreditation.

William M. Cahill, Jr., MD, a member of the San Jose State University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away at the age of ninety-three. He did research in the area of human nutrition as a biochemist and published articles in English, German, and French. Later, he changed careers and reached his ultimate goal of becoming a physician, practicing medicine until his eighties.

Alice Denton, a member of the Texas A&M University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away at the age of seventy-eight. Denton, a graduate of Texas A&M University, was a teacher for twenty-two years for the College Station school district in Texas.

Ralph Dorff, MPA, a member of the California State University-Long Beach chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, died at the age of eighty-eight. Dorff served thirty-two years as a lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force in addition to being a sales manager and agent, marketing specialist, educator, lecturer, and published author of fiction and non-fiction.

Ferrell Ervin, a member of the Southeast Missouri University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away of cancer. He was the department chair of mass communication as well as a former Phi Kappa Phi chapter president at Southeast Missouri State University.

Patrick Guerra, a member of the Florida International University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, died July 31, 2002. He was twenty-two. Guerra completed graduate work in political science at Ralph Bunche Summer Institute for Political Science at Duke University and was a Congressional Intern in the Miami office of U.S. Senator Bob Graham.

Colonel Carlton J. Martin, a member of the University of Florida chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away at the age of ninety. He was a retired Air Force officer, serving in the Air Force for thirty years, as well as a former instructor of economics at Purdue University.

Marian C. Spears-Ralston, PhD, a member of the Kansas State University chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, passed away at the age of eighty-three. She was an emeritus professor of hotel, restaurant, institutional management, and dietetics at Kansas State University.