After retiring in 1991 Nina permanently settled in France where many longtime friends have enjoyed her ever-generous hospitality. Survivors include sons Pete, who lives in Verrieres, France, and Sam, who serves as the PSU College of Arts’ chief accounting officer; daughters-in-law Helene and Elaine; and grandsons Simon and Steve. To them our organization extends its heartfelt sympathy. A memorial may be scheduled in the summer. Family members suggest that memorial gifts be made to an arts group of the giver’s choice. --Vic Dahl, Emeritus Professor of History In Memoriam: Emily de la Cruz, 1952-2014 Emily de la Cruz, Coordinator of the Graduate Teacher Education Program in the Graduate School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, died at her home after a year-long battle with cancer. Professor de la Cruz, born in Modesto, California attended public schools in San Jose, and enrolled in the University of California Santa Barbara, where she completed a B.A. in 1972. She began her professional career in 1974 as a teacher of English as a Second Language in Sunnyvale, California. From 1975 to 1985 she taught primary grades in a one-room school at Montebello in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She took advantage of the opportunity to integrate technology into elementary teaching. That experience motivated her to pursue advanced studies and she returned to UC-Santa Barbara and continued to teach school while concurrently pursuing graduate studies leading to degrees in Instructional Technology (M.A. 1989) and Educational Psychology (Ph.D. 1992). After joining the PSU Graduate School of Education in 1992, Dr. de la Cruz launched an active and highly productive professorial career in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She dedicated her life to mentoring and teaching teachers. She undertook leadership roles in revising and improving clinical practice in teacher training at both master’s and doctoral degree levels. Her colleagues and students benefited from her professionalism and energetic efforts to support partnership programs. Her interests ranged over many aspects of higher education. She contributed research findings to various educational journals and made presentations at many scholarly professional conferences held in the United States and abroad. For eight years she participated in summer migration studies in Morelia, Mexico. She actively promoted philanthropic programs to enable women to advance in the management of education at all levels. The University benefited greatly from her energetic contributions to teacher training. Her colleagues highly esteemed her efforts and the institution owes her a heavy debt of gratitude. Survivors include her husband William H. Parm and stepdaughter Melissane Parm Schrems; son Virgilio de la Cruz; mother Dottie Rae Smith, sisters Rebecca Bush and Paula Smith, and brother David Smith. Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org, or to the PSU Graduate School of Education either on line or by check payable to the PSU Foundation “In Memory of Emily de la Cruz Fund #2700522.” A private memorial will be conducted in San Jose. A public service has been scheduled for the PSU campus on Saturday, August 9, 2014, 1:00-3:00pm, in Room 298 Smith Memorial Student Union, on the PSU campus. --Vic Dahl, Emeritus Professor of History 6
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