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William Seal was WWII veteran, educator and mentor to disadvantaged
William Blois Seal (seated) with his late wife Betty, who passed away on Aug. 7, 2011
William Seal, 1957 Aries yearbook photo.
William Seal, 1958 Aries yearbook photo.
William Blois Seal, who was born in Long Beach on June 14, 1924 at
Seaside Hospital, passed away Friday, March, 15, 2013. He died
peacefully of natural causes in the arms of his daughter Judy Seal,
surrounded by family, according to Judy.
William attended Burnett and Fremont elementary schools, Jefferson
Junior High School and Wilson High School. It was while he was at
Wilson at a Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at the Pacific Coast Club that he
met his future wife, Betty Houston, a Poly High student and daughter of
Judge Oscar E Houston.
William enlisted in the Army on Terminal Island with most of his classmates in 1942.
One of his hobbies was raising homing pigeons, and, while in the
service, he was sent to England to train pigeons with English
pigeoneers. A frustration was the pigeon hawks the Germans kept
releasing, requiring a constant flow of newly trained birds. William
was also in the fourth wave in Omaha Beach.
Judy says that she had asked her father throughout his life, “Why don’t
you ever complain about anything? You are always cooperative and
positive.” His answer was that once he survived the gunfire at Omaha
Beach, he promised he would never complain about anything again. On his
way to the Battle of the Bulge, he was called to the captain’s quarters
and was handed an order to report to Amherst College within the next 16
days. He had passed the officer’s test for West Point, and he went to
Amherst and Cornell for training.
William graduated from Long Beach City College and then earned a
bachelors and a masters in education from USC, where he had been a
member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
He was on the first faculties of Stanford Junior High School and
Millikan High School. He was activities director at Poly High School in
the early ‘60s and worked with students who went on to become prominent
athletes and community leaders, such as Gene Washington, Kenny Booker,
Charles Brown, and Dr. John Ingram. He began counseling students at
LBCC. At that time Long Beach Unified School District was a K-14 system
with all employees and students under the Board of Education. In the
late 60’s, the two systems separated, and William followed his own
father’s footsteps at Long Beach City College.
He became very active in Veterans Services at LBCC, counseling Vietnam
veterans and getting them on academic paths to success. During the time
of the fall of Cambodia and large numbers of immigrants coming into
Long Beach, he coordinated with LBUSD closely to enroll parents of
students in LBUSD into English-as-a-Second-Language classes. The
coordination came easily, according to Judy. His wife Betty was in
charge of the school district’s ESL and bilingual programs, and William
was well known for paying for books and tuition for LBCC students who
had run out of financial aid, Judy said.
“My parents always considered getting an education a social
responsibility more than a privilege,” Judy said. “Therefore, if there
were barriers to fulfilling that responsibility, both of my parents
spent their lives removing them. They did whatever it took. And
oftentimes it meant having students in need living with us. I never
quite knew who would be at the dinner table. Dad fed, clothed and
educated students who had recently left the Navajo Nation, former Poly
students, exchange students, and homeless Vietnam veterans. I think I
got an excellent education in the process. My parents shaped my entire
philosophy of public education, the need for higher education for all
students, and the enduring strength of this nation. Removing barriers
to higher education became front and center. Little did I know I would
spend my life doing the same thing.”
William’s career spanned 43 years. In his retirement years, he traveled
with his wife and children, volunteered in the community, and continued
his open-house policy for students in need.
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Ben
Levine: Taught
at Millikan 1960-1968
My dad died March 3, 2001 just short of his 78th birthday of Cholangio
Carcinoma (cancer of the bile duct). He had been feeling progressively
worse since November of 2000. After Millikan, he went to Poly and then
moved on his own to Santa Monica where he lived for about 24 years
working at Ryokan College in Los Angeles, teaching and helping adult
students write doctoral theses on subjects mostly related to
psychology. He also spent those same years in prison ministry visiting
Terminal Island and in later years he became active in the Quaker
faith. There is a continuing fund raising effort at Ryokan in his
honor. Typical of Ben Levine, his memorial service in Los Angeles had
every diverse person imaginable attending. Although I did not share
Dad's somewhat left-leaning politics, I had to appreciate his
incredible ability to collect the most unusual and varied friends and
tireless efforts to help them. He was a major character. My brother and
mom continue to live in Long Beach and I live in Indiana.
Thanks,
Geni Levine Thomas
I was so sorry to
read the news of Mr. Levine's death. He was one of my senior Humanities
instructors (along with Neil Van Steenburgen and Pat Bratton) in
'64-'65, and part of the team-teaching rotation during my year of
Social Studies in '63-'64. Levine was a passionate teacher, always
urging us to "get involved," and, of course, a great champion of good,
old-fashioned liberalism. He had great faith in the government's
ability to solve many of our society's social problems. We've lost an
inspirational teacher and a decent human being. My sympathies to his
family. John Tsitrian - updated 7.26.09 (Class photo from Doyle Flock Class of 1963)
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Norman
Maredith, long
time Wood Shop Teacher passed away (5-10-03)... I'm not sure of the
circumstances, but i thought you would like to know.
Dennis Houser
Class of 1980
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Other faculty that passed away was Sgt. Stringfellow who
retired and moved to Mephis Tennessee. I was privileged enought to
travel to Memphis for his retirement from that school district. He
showed me the fine eatings on Beal Street. He passed away a year later
in 1991, I believe.
Joseph "Joe" Schmid, a German teacher for many
years, retired and moved to Mamoth. He died, I believe, in 2000, while
coming down the mountain to go on a vacation cruise. His car struck
black ice and went off the mountain. I have been told he died
instantly. A memorial service was held at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim.
Just thought I would help on the ones I knew.
Judy Segerstrom Barrett
email:"Judy
Barrett" JBarrett@socal.rr.com |
MR.RONALD BALAN; RENOWNED ART TEACHER AT MARSHALL JR. HIGH AND
MILLIKAN HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH,CA CIRCA 1966-1971. HE PASSED IN
1971 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. INSPIRATIONAL TO MANY---FORGOTTEN
BY NONE.
BLESS YOU MR. BALAN.
From Randy Engelman
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Spencer A. Brekke taught at Millikan High School during the
early 60's for a short time. I believe he taught in the Social Studies
and/or English Departments. He had taught Social Studies and English
for many years at Hughes Jr. High School. Upon retiring from the LBUSD
he moved to the Ashland, OR area where raised cattle for over 30 years
on his ranch. Spencer passed away at the age of 87 on Sept. 15, 2000.
From Ted Brekke
"Ted
Brekke" t.brekke@sbcglobal.net |

PATRICK
JAMES BRATTON
'52 died February 26, 2002 in Long Beach, Cal. He was a teacher and
administrator in the Long Beach public schools for 33 years, retiring
in 1990 as principal of Stephens Junior High School. In retirement he
enjoyed traveling, interviewed prospective Harvard students, and
informally helped dozens of people with troubled pasts to gain
employment by polishing their résumés. He leaves his wife, Jane Ann, a
daughter, Lisa Santana, a son, Joel, three grandchildren, and two
brothers, Kevin and Con.
This is my dad's obituary from the Harvard Alumni newspaper. He taught
English and Humanities at Millikan throughout the 60's. He was 70 when
he died of emphysema.
From:
Lisa (Bratton) Santana, class of 1975
email:
"Lisa Santana" <lisa@bataviastrings.com> * *
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father, Roland J. Urbanek, taught Social Studies, Government, US
History and AP History at Millikan High School. He began teaching
at Millikan in 1957. He was transfered to Jordan High School when
I attended Millikan, as there was a policy of not having family members
at the same school site. After I graduated in 1969, he eventually
returned, and retired after 41 years of teaching in 1988.
He passed away this year. Here's his biography/obituary: '61 ARIES scans thanks to Doyle Flock, Class of 1963
Roland J. Urbanek March 27, 1920 to February 18, 2009
Roland
(also known as Rollie) was born in the family home on March 27, 1920 in
Clarkson, Nebraska. He attended Clarkson's public schools and graduated
in 1938. In his early teens Rollie began a musical career playing
saxophone and clarinet with the popular Clarkson favorite of that time
“Fil Wacha and his Swing Band”. Music was always an important part of
his life. Attending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, he
received his BA and MA degrees majoring in History and Education. While
there he met his wife to be, Dorothy, from Hebron, Nebraska, in a U.S.
History class. They were later married at Mather Field, Sacramento, CA,
on December 25, 1942. Roland's work at the University was
interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the Army Air
Corp as a Technical Sergeant assigned to the Judge Advocate Division of
the India-China division of the Air Transport Command. At the close of
the war he returned to the University and continued studies in advanced
work as a John Hay Fellow at Columbia University in New York City; as a
William Robertson Coe Fellow at the University of Wyoming in Laramie;
as a Taft Fellow at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, and at
Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, and as an International Law Fellow
at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. During this
time he entered the teaching field and taught for 41 years (10 years in
Scottsbluff, NE, and 31 years in Long Beach, CA). Although teaching
was the core of Rollie's career, he also served as a Ranger Historian
with the National Park Service in Scottsbluff, NE., for 7 years and
developed a lifelong interest in the Oregon Trail and Westward Movement
in America's History. Several publications and color slide programs
came out of this period. After retiring from teaching in 1988,
Rollie pursued his interest in rock collecting, and jewelry making with
the Bellflower Gem and Mineral Society. He and Dorothy had been married
58 years when she finally succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. He enjoyed
playing his saxophone with the Long Beach Community Band, Leisure World
Symphony, Swing Band and Dixieland Jazz group. During the last 9 years
of his life he was able to travel in the US and South America. He
continued to enrich the lives of his family and friends with his humor
and zest for life. submitted by Karen Michele (Chelle Wilson) Urbanek '69
Mr.
Urbanek was my A.P. U.S. History teacher in 1984-1985. He must have had
a profound affect on me because I have taught the same course in San
Diego. I'll never forget how proud he was of me, and a little surprised, when I scored a 4 on that exam. Maurey Williams '86
Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson
Click to see page dedicated to Mrs. Hudson in 1962 Aries
Mrs. Hudson's photo and '62 ARIES dedication scans thanks to Doyle Flock, Class of 1963 Maxson (Red) Montgomery
Click to see page dedicated to Red Montgomery in 1961 Aries
'61 ARIES dedication scans thanks to Doyle Flock, Class of 1963
'61 ARIES scans thanks to Doyle Flock, Class of 1963
Elva Louise Tucker Miller (June 24, 1908 - January 5, 2010)
Mrs.
Miller, 101, of Lake City and formerly of Rochester, died late Tuesday
evening, Jan. 5, 2010, at the Lake City Medical Center-Mayo Health
System Nursing Home in Lake City, MN.
Elva
Louise Tucker was born at Bondurant, Iowa, on June 24, 1908, to Herbert
and Idella (Lee) Tucker. She attended grade school at Dailey School in
Polk County, Iowa, and graduated in 1925 from Mitchellville High School
in Mitchellville, Iowa. Elva received a B.A. degree from Lombard
College in Illinois in 1928, and an M.A. degree from the University of
Iowa in Iowa City in 1944.
She
taught at the following schools: Bear Grove, Jasper County, Iowa rural
schools; Mitchellville, Iowa; Rock Falls, Ill.; Gladbrook, Iowa; Campus
School at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls; East High
School in Waterloo, Iowa; and Millikan High School in Long Beach, Calif.
'61 ARIES scans thanks to Doyle Flock, Class of 1963
Richard O. Williams, on June 19, 2010. According
to a notice in the Orange County Register, Mr. Williams was a Minnesota
native born in 1937, and was an alumnus of North Hollywood High, Valley
College, and UC Santa Barbara, and did graduate work at Cal State Long
Beach. He taught Industrial Arts at Millikan for over 40 years. He was
survived by Ruth Ann (his wife since 1965), two children, and four
grandchildren.
The family requested that donations in his memory be sent to the MHS Industrial Arts Dept.
Sincerely, Gary Ashcraft (Millikan '65)
Photo from the 1960 Marshall J.H.S. Ramanac --- Thanks to Doyle Flock
Dr Joseph Yoseloff died in 1993 (Government/Business Law)
Photo from the 1960 Marshall J.H.S. Ramanac --- Thanks to Doyle Flock
Principal Clarence Wood died in 1984 - I remember the obit in the Press Telegram
From: Edward Schaffer Class of 1971
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