Fall 2026 59 COURTESY OF THE ALEGADO FAMILY REMEMBRANCE GIDEON ALEGADO, M.S. ’76, ED.D. ’98 Gideon Alegado died April 25 in Vancouver, Washington. He was 83. For generations of students, faculty and staff, Alegado was one of the Memorial Union’s most familiar and welcoming faces. As the night manager and later building manager, he helped guests, encouraged students and often played the piano, creating a sense of warmth, hospitality and belonging. He was also the longtime advisor to the Filipino American Student Association, later known as Isang Bansang Pilipino. Born and raised in the Philippines, Alegado moved to Corvallis with his late wife, Rachel Tobias Alegado, M.S. ’76, to pursue graduate studies. (The couple is pictured here together.) In 1983, while studying for his doctorate in education, he joined the MU staff, where he worked for 25 years, until 2008. After retiring, he spent six months each year in the Philippines as president of the Christian college his adoptive parents founded and where his own love of education began. He is survived by his son, Gideon-Mer Alegado, ’99; his daughter, Garnet Hayes; two grandchildren; and extended family in the United States and abroad. Roger Dean Clyne ’68 ’84, Tualatin, OR • Susan Goodman ’68, Seattle, WA, Pi Beta Phi • Ishwar Prasad Murarka ’68 ’71 • Akos Dominic St. Clair ’68, Florence, OR • Robert James Worral ’68, Portland, OR, Sigma Pi • William Stephen Bodner Jr. ’69, Fayetteville, NC • Larry D. Conn ’69, Lakeview, OR • Gloria Ayoutt Hensen ’69, Anchorage, AK • Daniel T. Miller ’69 • Albert I. Nassar ’69 • Calvin H. Taylor ’69, Creswell, OR • Winfield Truax ’69 Britton ’66, Baker City, OR, Acacia • Susan Moehnke Gookin ’66 • John Thomas Hardy ’66, Portland, OR • Ronald Eugene Nitsos ’66 ’70, Medford, OR • Donald Homer Cooley ’67 ’69, Nibley, UT • Philip R. Ekelund ’67, La Pine, OR, Alpha Sigma Phi • Randall W. Harrison ’67, Albany, OR • Nancy Lee Hudson ’67, Salem, OR • Mohammad Jamshidi ’67, Los Angeles, CA • John L. Krumbein ’67, Vancouver WA • David George Laird ’67, Eugene, OR • Frank J. Ribik Jr. ’67, Delta Chi • George Rongerude ’62, West Des Moines, IA, Kappa Delta Rho • Patricia Storms-Cattell ’62, Carmichael, CA, Sigma Kappa • Robert Keith Andrews ’63, Kappa Delta Rho • Michael Joseph Dardis ’63, Portland, OR, Delta Tau Delta • Lewis Mike Miller ’63 • Richard C. Ray ’63, Randolph, NJ • Arthur Douglas Ritchie ’63, Bend, OR, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Peter J. Roake ’63, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Beta Theta Pi • Robert Leroy Thrush ’63, Bandon, OR • Anne Bialous ’64, Duvall, WA, Kappa Kappa Gamma • Roger Gladwin Bland ’64 • Michael Evan Bye ’64, Happy Valley, OR • Larry D. Evans ’64, Anchorage, AK, Alpha Gamma Rho • Daniel Morgan Ford ’64 • Ken Lance Harrison ’64 ’66, Walla Walla, WA, Delta Tau Delta • Douglas J. Klein ’64 • Edward Lee Lehman ’64 • Terry D. McKee ’64, Tigard, OR, Theta Xi • Donald Lee Proctor ’64 • Barbara Jean Taitz ’64, Wilsonville, OR, Delta Delta Delta • Robert Earl Akers ’65, Palm Springs, CA • Barry Claude Dearborn ’65, Wasilla, AK • Earl Eugene Ferguson ’65, Chandler, AZ • Dale A. Handy ’65, White Bear Lake, MN • William Richard Humphreys ’65, Baker City, OR • Mark Jack Hyman ’65, Portland, OR • Victor B. Kim Jr. ’65, Kailua, HI • John Bartley Miaullis ’65 ’68, Los Altos, CA • Ronald Allen Schoenheit ’65, Lake Oswego, OR, Sigma Pi • Johnny E. Shaw ’65, Condon, OR • Edith Louise Thompson ’65, Pendleton, OR • Howard C. VA • Robert L. Guinn ’59, Bloomington, MN, Sigma Phi Epsilon • Harris H. Hansen ’59, Delta Tau Delta • Ronald K. Swingen ’59, Hillsboro, OR, Phi Gamma Delta • Gene R. Wall ’59, Pahrump, NV, Theta Chi 1960s Darrell L. Fort ’60 • Carol Hopeman Jordan ’60, Albany, OR • Ronald Lewis Pittman ’60, McMinnville, OR • William C. Routh ’60, Dayton, NV, Pi Kappa Phi • Burt L. Sarver Jr. ’60, Lacey, WA • Hisao Shigeishi ’60, Sacramento, CA • Janet A. Stout ’60, Bellevue, WA • Charlotte Ralls Thompson ’60 ’61, Corvallis, OR, Kappa Alpha Theta • Robert R. Bushman ’61, Sublimity, OR, Pi Kappa Alpha • Ronald William Critchfield ’61, Salinas, CA • Kenneth O. Gamon ’61 ’69, Ellensburg, WA • Arnold B. Harmsen ’61, Sundance, WY • John F. Luebben ’61, San Jose, CA, Theta Chi • Robert M. McBurney ’61, Charleston, SC • Lawrence H. Merk ’61, Tuscon, AZ • Thomas Ralph Stumbaugh ’61, Santa Cruz, CA • Jody Ward ’61, Bend, OR, Delta Delta Delta • James Richard Wilson ’61, Napa, CA • Alpha Tau Omega • Charles LeRoy Bayman ’62, Athena, OR • Gordon A. Brynildsen ’62 • Beta Theta Pi • Ailene Deanna Dean ’62 ’73, Chico, CA, Sigma Kappa • James M. Galyen ’62 • Phi Delta Theta • James M. Heater ’62, Salem, OR • W. Richard Neilson ’62, Tucson, AZ, Alpha Gamma Rho • Denys Dale Overholser ’62, Arkdale, WI • David
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