In Memoriam

Kenneth Lee Moore, M.A, '76, Ph.D. '80 '80 - September, 2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of alumnus Kenneth Lee Moore on September 13, 2024. Ken earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from UCSB.

Ken was a highly distinguished professional who served as a Principal Engineering Fellow with Raytheon Technologies (RTX) over a 27-year tenure. His career at Raytheon included key leadership roles in both business and engineering including: Director of Advanced Concepts and Architectures, Technology Area Director for Advanced Algorithms and Architectures, Space Architect, and Principal Investigator for Enterprise Modeling and Simulation.

A prolific inventor, Ken was a patent holder for a Bi-static Radar System and was the primary inventor of several foundational Raytheon technologies, including: Real-time Autonomous Activity Detection, Activity-Based Causality, Indicator-based Dynamic Collection Control, and Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP). He was also a co-inventor of Raytheon's Navigation Integrity in GPS Challenged Environments. His significant contributions to mathematics and engineering have left a lasting legacy.

Maria Nguyen '16 - September, 2025

Maria Nguyen ‘16, author of the best-selling children’s book “I Love Lucky,” published posthumously, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.
After graduating from High Tech High School in San Diego, CA, in 2012, Maria attended UC Santa Barbara, earning a BA in Media Studies, Film, and a minor in Professional Writing.
From 2014 to 2016, she served as Web Communications Director for UCSB Associated Students and as layout editor for Focus Media Journal and The Bottom Line.
In 2015, she studied abroad at Sussex University in Brighton, England, and became an avid traveler, visiting Thailand, Greece, Italy, and Japan.
After graduating, she worked as a front-end developer in Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles, where she continued her career as a developer, most recently at Crocs since 2021.
Maria loved painting with her cats and debating on Reddit, and spoke freely and loved deeply. Her wit, intelligence, and kindness touched everyone.
In 2020, Maria met and later married in 2024 her husband Casey Gould, who is forever thankful to the wife of his dreams and the marble of his life.

Sleep tight, Marble, you were perfect.

Charles Osiris '03 - May, 2025

Charles Emmanuel Osiris (Davis), affectionately known as "Free" or "Chuckie," was born on June 3, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles Edward Davis and Wilma Jean Davis (Johnson). A man of profound intellect and a powerful speaker, Charles was a lifelong learner dedicated to expanding his own wisdom and imparting knowledge to those around him. He naturally assumed leadership roles, rarely shied away from debate, and often challenged others—always out of love and a sincere desire for their personal best.

Academic & Professional Life
Charles’s career was defined by remarkable academic achievement and a deep commitment to higher education. He held multiple advanced degrees, including a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development and a Master of Arts in Education and Cultural Perspectives from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). He also earned a Master of Science in Counseling and College Student Personnel and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Psychology, both from Western Illinois University.

Most recently, Charles served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield.

Shirley Clarke '78 - April, 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, Shirley Cristina Clarke, on April 17, 2024, at the age of 91.

Shirley was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 19, 1932 to Rose Bader and John Cristina and enjoyed her childhood growing up on Wible Run Road with her older brothers Raymond and Eugene Cristina and thrived in her high school years as a cheerleader and honors student. Shirley was independent and adventurous, joining the Foreign Service after high school, serving in Switzerland and France during the cold war, followed by a successful tenure at Alcoa Steel in Pittsburgh. Shirley met and married Wilfred J. Clarke and moved to Santa Barbara in the 1960’s, where they raised their children, Mary, John, Patricia, Kathleen, Maureen and Cristina. Shirley was a devoted mother to her children.

Shirley continued her career at UC Santa Barbara and was proud of her role providing administrative support for the university’s four natural reserves. She had a special fondness for Santa Cruz Island which she shared with her children. Upon her retirement, Shirley enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Bowen Dillman '07 - February, 2024

Bowen Anderson “Bo” Dillman died in his San Diego home 02/22/2024 at age 43 from complications of 2009 H1N1 influenza myocarditis-cardiomyopathy, and hereditary autosomal dominant adult-onset myotonic dystrophy type 1(DM-1) diagnosed in 2019. He graduated from San Diego Torrey Pines High School in 1999 and attended UCSB 1999-2005 (BA Spanish). He worked for 8 years at the global communications company ViaSat in Carlsbad, CA. He was an avid college and professional football fan and was champion of several fantasy football leagues. In his final homebound years, he was internationally known by the moniker “Assassin Bowen” in the Sea of Thieves interactive videogame. He never married and had no children. He was predeceased by his mother Candace M. Anderson (ovarian cancer 2014, late-onset DM-1). He is survived by his father Robert O. Dillman and stepmother Jacquelyn B. Dillman, Newport Beach, CA, brothers Bradley and Brandon (Clintonville, WI, Grafton, MA), sister Kelda Becker, Columbus, MT and stepbrothers Benjamin, Matthew, and Andrew Cornforth (San Jose, CA, San Marcos, CA, Carlisle, MA). Per his wishes, his body was donated to the UCSD School of Medicine for scientific study.

Jonathan Oakes '89 - January, 2024

Jonathan Oakes (1989) joined UCSB in 1984 as a computer science major, lived in Santa Rosa Dorm where he had the only computer (and met his wife of 30 years). While at UCSB he added business, anthropology and counseling psychology classes and settled on Law and Society. Always a member of a variety of communities--he was a Community Service Officer (CSO) where he wrote a program to link lost/found bikes with owners, an RA for the "new" Community Service and Leadership Hall in Santa Cruz and active member of Amnesty Int'l. Post graduation he worked for CompuServe supporting well known Bay Area businesses; More recently his passion for emerging technologies made him an expert in Virtual Reality, AI and other platforms where he helped support communities of developers and entrepreneurs as a volunteer while working at SJSU in the University Library Student Services and Klevr lab--supporting projects across the university--such as language and art preservation (by capturing in VR/3D) among other ventures. Jon's unexpected passing leaves behind his mom, Skip Oakes, his wife and fellow alumni Paula, and two young adult children (one a UCSB senior) as well as extended family and friends.

Robert Rochelle '74 - January, 2024

Robert D. Rochelle (1952-2024) passed on January 2nd, 2024, with 71 years of a life well lived. Born in Champaign, Illinois to Rene and Annona Rochelle, Rob grew up in Santa Barbara, California, which led to his love for the mountains and the sea. With a B.A.Sc. in Biology, MA in Physiology and a JD, Rob practiced as an attorney for over 30 years. He was an honored member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and named as a Top Lawyer in San Diego. Above all, Rob cared about helping people, participating in a medical mission trip in Panama, and a humanitarian aid site in Syria, among others. Rob enjoyed traveling the world, hiking, history, sports, and most of all – being a loving husband, dad and grandfather.

Rob is survived by his children Jennifer, Nicholas, Stephanie and Aimee, his daughter-in-law Tia, his grandchildren Felix and Charlie, his siblings Rick, Connie, Mark, Jan and Debbie, his nephews and nieces, his second wife Marla, her children Ross and his wife Lauren, Will and his wife Amber, and grandchildren Lily, Taylor, Paige, Austin, Spencer and Zachary.

To celebrate Rob’s life, join us at San Roque Parish on Thursday, Feb 8th at 10:30am.

Jeffrey Foskett '78 - December, 2023

Jeffrey Foskett was one of the driving voices behind The Beach Boys concerts and Brian Wilson. As a member and musical director of The Beach Boys from 1980 through 1991, Jeffrey performed before millions of fans in some of the largest events and venues in Rock and Roll history. Some of these include Live Aid, Farm Aid, Command Performance for the Queen of England, four U.S. Presidents, and the Prince of Monaco. Jeffrey was on stage for the famous Beach Boys 4th of July Concerts on the Mall in Washington DC and Philadelphia that drew millions of fans and with Brian Wilson when he appeared to a world-wide television audience of 80 million.

In addition to The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson teams, Foskett toured and recorded with other legends in the music industry such as Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow, Heart, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Ringo Starr.

Scott Davis '96 - August, 2023

Scott was born to Dr. John and Carolyn Davis on June 25, 1973 in Paso Robles, CA. He graduated from Paso Robles High School where he excelled in water polo and was elected student body president.
He attended UCSB where he graduated magna cum laude in 1999. He completed his medical degree at Thomas Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia followed by his residency at UCLA Medical School.
Scott’s medical career took him from Southern California back to the place he loved, the Central Coast. He was adored and respected by
his many patients from San Miguel to Santa Maria.
Scott loved nature and being outdoors; he skied, surfed, and scuba-dived; also loved fishing, backpack- ing and sky diving. In Shell Beach he met his soulmate and the absolute love of his life, Nicolle Corcuera, RN. Deeply devoted to each other they were married in Tahiti and travelled extensively to Hawaii, Europe and Croatia.
An independent and vibrant personality, Scott was the joy of his family and close friends, his sense of humor was legendary and his gentle caring love will always shine in our hearts.

Virginia Bukowski '74 - May, 2023

Virginia Bukowski passed away on May 21, 2023, at 100 years, 9 months old. She died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Van Nuys, surrounded by family. She was born in Chicago in 1922. Her parents emigrated from Poland, married in 1914 and raised 4 sons and 2 daughters. She married 2nd Lt. Bernard Bukowski in Los Angeles in 1943, on his army leave. They moved to the San Fernando Valley in 1948, driving on Route 66. She bore 4 children (James, John, Nancy, Fred) before settling in Oxnard in 1957. After her divorce in 1967, she moved to Santa Barbara, raised her children as a single mom, and never remarried.
Virginia earned her BA in art history (`1974 + credential), worked at Dos Pueblos High School and in real estate. Returning to Los Angeles, she worked as a secretary for the UCLA School of Engineering. She kept her life busy with exercise, hiking, piano, and singing in the choirs of UCLA and her Catholic church. She took family camping trips to many National Parks. Following her 1991 UCLA retirement, she and her sister visited Spain on their own. She kept her mind and body always active, had the best sense of humor and the most beautiful smile. Now she sings with the angels.

Martin Arno '08 - October, 2022

Martin Arno '08 passed away suddenly on October 31, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Martin graduated from Modesto Junior College, the University of California Santa Barbara, and received an MA degree from University of Chicago. Martin was a scholar of religion in Mediterranean Antiquity. His dissertation, "Apostles Behaving Badly: Defending the Indefensible in Mediterranean Antiquity," traces how ancient writers sought to rehabilitate their traditions' founding heroes from accusations of damning moral failures.

Ida Rickborn '68 - September, 2022

Ida Rita Rickborn '68 has passed in the early morning of September 2, 2022. She fought a long and difficult battle with Parkinson’s disease. Through dedicated hard work she became a reading specialist, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools for the Goleta Union School District.

Frank Olmos '77 - August, 2022

passed away peacefully on August 1, 2022. He was born in Dinuba, CA on October 28, 1954 to Fidel and Dolores Olmos.

Gary Rasmussen '71 - August, 2022

Gary Glenn Rasmussen, BA '68, Ph.D. '71, Clinical Psychologist, passed away on Aug. 25, 2022, at the Glenridge Hospice Comfort Care unit in Augusta. He graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara with a bachelors’ degree in sociology. He has worked for the past 40 years as a clinical psychologist in Waterville. Gary worked for several years as the psychologist in the psychiatric unit at Seton Hospital in Waterville. Gary continued his private practice providing counseling services and was also a forensic psychologist.

Mary Lou Hale Smitheram '77 - August, 2022

passed away peacefully at home on August 6, 2022 after a few years of declining health. She was 93 years old. She accomplished a long-term goal of receiving a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Spanish Literature from the University of California Santa Barbara. This accomplishment is especially noteworthy as Lou was a full-time working mother while completing the doctorate program.

Dr. Thomas E. Berndt '68 - July, 2022

passed away in his sleep at the age of 78. He graduated college at the University of California Santa Barbara, did his medical training at the University of California Irvine, and became a specialist in family medicine at UC Davis Sacramento Medical Center.

Delores Elaine Bonander '46 - July, 2022

died July 4th, 2022 at the age of 96. She was the first in her Swedish family to attend college and was the epitome of a life-long learner and educator. A 1946 graduate of UCSB at the Riviera campus in home economics, she later earned her MS in Michigan state. She worked for UC extension for many years as well as being a donor and participant in community service. Delores enjoyed travel and supporting family and among other contributions, wrote for local papers and taught classes on local television and helped create a cookbook for friends of the Kingsburg, Ca. Library--Food from the Homelands-Celebrating the cultural diversity and agricultural richness of the San Joaquin Valley. Her connection to UCSB continues through a great niece, 1988 alumni (who shared same middle and last name) grand nephews in law, and now a Great Grand Nephew class of 2024.

John Halcón '82 - July, 2022

died surrounded by his family on July 20, 2022 in San Marcos, CA. He was known as "Dr. John" or "Professor Halcón" who never missed an opportunity to promote education, diversity, equity, and community service.

William Henry Cunningham '52 - June, 2022

former Board member and loyal “Riviera” alum has passed away on June 24, 2022 in Hilton Head S.C. Born Dec 2, 1930.

William Arthur Forsberg '07 - June, 2022

has passed away in Kealakekua, Hawaii, on June 12, 2022. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a degree in environmental sciences.

Judy Hay Pochini '53 - June, 2022

Judy Hay Pochini died peacefully in her home in Santa Barbara on June 21, 2022, after a short illness. She was 90 years old. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1949 and The University of California at Santa Barbara in 1953.

William Davison Kerrick '52 - June, 2022

has passed away on June 23, 2022. After military service he attended San Bernardino Valley College and Santa Barbara College of the University of California (now UC Santa Barbara), earning a bachelor's degree in Industrial Arts.

Thomas William McCloy '74 - June, 2022

of Woodland Hills, CA, passed away peacefully at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, on June 24, 2022. He received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974.

Patricia D. Shoemaker '59 - June, 2022

has passed away at the age of 91.She met her husband, Dick, while attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. They married in 1951. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education with a minor in Fine Arts from Long Beach State College and a Master of Arts in Reading from United States International University.

Marilee Zazueta '60 - April, 2022

passed peacefully, April 4, 2022, with her children and husband at her side.