Obituaries

Deborah Kay Porter, a devoted City College management assistant and long-time Service Employees International Union member, died April 8 after an eight-month battle with lung cancer. She was 56 years old.

Holden Caulfield lives on By Jay BlaineContributing Writer In the wake of J.D. Salinger’s death at 91 on Jan. 27, students and faculty reflected on the author and his seminal work “The Catcher in the Rye”. Told from the first person perspective of Holden Caulfield, “The Catcher in

Frances Connick, former chair of the chemistry department, died on Dec. 29. At her request, no funeral services were held. Connick taught at City College for 25 years – from 1968 until her retirement in 1992. The current chair of the chemestry department, Ray Fong, Ph.D., was quoted in an

Reginald Alexander, City College employee from 1970 to 1998, died Jan. 16. He served City College in a number of roles, according to an e-mail distributed by Chancellor Dr. Don Q. Griffin, including dean and vice chancellor. A memorial service was held Jan. 22 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in

City College student Danaz Salak, 18, was killed in a head-on collision on westbound Interstate Highway 580 on Dec. 28 of last year. Salak was driving east on westbound I-580 when her vehicle crashed into a big-rig, California Hiway Patrol Officer Ralph Caggiano told CBS Channel 5 News. She was