58 OregonStater.org U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OUR COMMUNITY IN MEMORIAM EDITED BY > SCHOLLE MCFARLAND MARY E. KENTULA, M.S. ’73, PH.D. ’83 Mary E. Kentula died Feb. 5 in Albany, Oregon. She was 76. A nationally recognized wetland scientist known among colleagues as the “Queen of the Swamp,” Kentula spent more than three decades with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis. Her research showed that creating wetlands did not necessarily replace the ecological functions of those that were lost, helping reshape restoration practices and inform implementation of the Clean Water Act. She later led the first National Wetland Condition Assessment, a nationwide survey that continues to guide environmental decision-making. As courtesy faculty at Oregon State, she mentored more than two dozen students and helped train a new generation of wetland scientists. She was awarded the Society of Wetland Scientists Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, reflecting a career devoted not only to advancing knowledge, but also to helping others find their place in the field. She was predeceased by her husband, Professor Emeritus Donald J. Armstrong, and is survived by her sister-in-law, Colleen Kentula; her cousin, Rick “Rico” Racosky; and her chosen family, Amanda Nahlik and Eric Emerson. 1940s Eleanor Ilene Hayes ’44, Portland, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Helen Colleen Bliss ’49, Mount Vernon, WA, Sigma Kappa • Mary Ann Arrowsmith Sharp ’49, Kappa Alpha Theta 1950s Earl D. Barton ’50, Portland, OR, Pi Kappa Phi • Donald Q. Hall ’50, Phi Kappa Psi • Richard Allan Howell ’50, Sherwood, OR, Phi Sigma Kappa • Jerome L. Lewis ’50, Vancouver, WA • William O. Sheppard Jr. ’50, Hood River, OR, Delta Upsilon • Barbara Covey, ’51, Beaverton, OR, Chi Omega • Royal Willey DeLany ’51, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Welles Adkisson Henderson ’51, Davis, CA, Alpha Xi Delta • James Chung Lum ’51 • Marjory Gay Wade ’51, Portland, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Mary Wait Keinath ’52, Aberdeen, WA, Delta Delta Delta • Robert W. Reeves ’52, El Paso, TX, Pi Kappa Phi • Donald Wallace Chapman ’53 ’57 ’61 • Paul R. Enberg ’53, Vancouver, WA • Vernon L. Hulit ’53 ’56 ’57, Canby, OR, Alpha Gamma Rho • Barbara Ruth Stabler ’53 ’63, Lake Oswego, OR, Pi Beta Phi • William S. Dunbar ’54, Helena, MT • Loren D. Gardner ’54, La Jolla, CA, Delta Sigma Phi • Joann Freeman Gribble ’54, Paris TX, Sigma Kappa • John J. Heniges ’54, Vancouver, WA, Pi Kappa Phi • Earl Ronald Liggett ’54, Kent, WA, Phi Gamma Delta • Jane Mausshardt ’54, Portland, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • William S. Smith ’54, Colfax, CA, Delta Tau Delta • Edward J. Chaffee ’55, Lakewood, OR • Mitchell P. Daletas ’55, Springfield, OR, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Richard L. Johnson ’55, Kent, WA • William C. Johnson ’55, Corvallis, OR, Theta Chi • Kayrene Butler Pearson ’55, Longmont, CO, Delta Zeta • James Alfred Williams ’55, Albany, OR, Beta Theta Pi • Richard A. Young ’55, Strafford, NH • Robert Owen Butcher ’56, Carnelian Bay, CA • Charlotte Nygren Chalker ’56, Tacoma, WA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Alan N. deLaubenfels ’56, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Deloris Sell Dennis ’56 • Joanne Lehman Klunder Hardy ’56, Brunswick, ME, Sigma Kappa • Fern Keith ’56, East Wenatchee, WA • Irita Donahue Nicholas ’56, Fort Worth, TX, Gamma Phi Beta • Paul N. Nordling ’56, Woodburn, OR, Sigma Nu • Sue Marie Weber ’56, Santa Rosa, CA, Chi Omega • Suzanne Lillian Rho • Craig MacCloskey ’58, Bend, OR, Beta Theta Pi • David Albert McClure ’58 ’59, Mission Viejo, CA • Joyce Jensen Read ’58, Canby, OR • Robert L. Smith ’58, Port Angeles, WA, Delta Tau Delta • Junius I. Tanner ’58, Snowflake, AZ, Sigma Chi • Beverly Jeanne Asbahr ’59, Gresham, OR • Burk H. Biersdorf ’59, Emmett ID • Marjory Coker ’59 ’69, Vermillion, SD • George J. Fischer ’59, Phi Kappa Theta • Richard Chester Fults ’59 ’70, Arlington, Anderson ’57, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Richard E. Atterbury ’57 • Joyce Rae Gustafson ’57, Portland, OR, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Melvin T. Nygaard ’57, Roseburg, OR, Pi Kappa Alpha • James C. Waggoner Sr. ’57, Sartell, MN, Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Ann Kirkpatrick Beaumont ’58, Boise, ID, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Margery Guthrie ’58, Bend, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Guinn R. James ’58, Springfield, OR, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Delta
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