Edith Newton Bailey, '45

Edith Bailey died in mid-February at her home in Del Rey, Calif. following a long illness.

A 1945 graduate, Bailey was active on the UO campus, serving as co-chair for Junior Weekend and editor of the 1944-45 Oregana. Her career after college included working as managing editor of the Astoria Budget, freelancing for national magazines, serving in various administrative positions, in later years with the insurance industry. She maintained interest in UO affairs, and funded the audio lab in the SOJC, which bears her name.

The Edith Newton Bailey Audio Production Center, which enables students to produce broadcast-quality radio and television programs as well as multimedia. It opened to students in 1998.

She is survived by two sons, Paul and George Bailey, of California.

Marion "Mimi" Bell, '24

Marion Playter "Mimi" Bell of Eugene died March 8. She was 96.

Bell was born Feb. 24, 1903, in Joplin, Mo., to George and Betty Playter.

She attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Missouri before moving to Portland with her parents in the early 1920s.

In 1924, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. She married Mack Bell. He died in 1975.

Bell was a writer, specializing in travel news, for more than 60 years. She worked at The Oregonian, for San Francisco area newspapers and magazines, and edited travel books for Sunset magazine.

She lived in San Carlos, Redwood City and Palo Alto, Calif, from 1937 to 1960. She and her husband retired to Camp Sherman, Ore., where she continued to write freelance travel articles about the Northwest and British Columbia.

In 1975, she moved to Eugene and began a weekly book review column on Northwest authors in The Register-Guard. In 1983, she wrote Offbeat Oregon, a collection of stories about out-of-the-way spots to visit.

Survivors include a son, Robert of Eugene; a daughter, Jean Bell of Bend; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Dewey A. Rand, '50

Dewey Rand died Dec. 18 in Salem where he was a longtime civic activist and a pillar in Willamette Valley politics, agriculture and journalism. He was 72.

Born in Portland, Rand enlisted in the U.S. Army in July, 1944 and served in the Philippines during World War II and in occupied Japan. He returned to Oregon and enrolled at the University of Oregon in 1946. Upon receiving his degree in journalism, Rand worked for five years at KWIL, an Albany radio station.

He began his print career with the Capital Press, a regional weekly agricultural newspaper in Salem, in 1955. Rand tried his hand at advertising sales, reporting, business management and finally publishing before retiring in 1996. After leaving the paper, Rand wrote a regular column until the month of his death.

Rand's community involvement was extensive: Salem school board member, president of the Salem Planning Commission, trustee on the Salem Hospital board, member of the Salem City Council (1974-79, presidency in 1978) and chairman of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. He was also the director of the Oregon Agri-Business Council from 1974 to 1990 and served on other boards, including that of the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

He married Barbara Lytle on March 20, 1977. She survives, as do his sons David of Sweet Home, Warren of McMinnville and Jim of Lower Largo, Scotland; and two grandchildren.

Geraldine Sumner Reed, '39

Geraldine Reed died at the age of 81 on Dec. 6 in Spokane, Wash. where she spent the last 43 years of her life.

Known as "Gerri" to her friends, Reed moved from her hometown of Wenatchee to Eugene to attend UO as a journalism major.

She was active as a community volunteer in Portland, Wenatchee and Spokane. From 1964 to 1984, Reed served in various capacities for Gov. Dan Evans and United States Sen. Slade Gordon.

She created Spokane's first satellite governor's office and served as its director from 1965 to 1976. Reed was a lifetime Republican activist and in the late 1970s served as Spokane County's State Committeewoman for the Washington State Republican Party. In the early 1990s, she served as president of the Spokane County Women's Republican Club.

Reed was also involved with the Washington State School Board for whom she served as a trustee from 1976 to 1987, and she was active with the Spokane Post-Polio Support Group Network.

Reed is survived by her husband of 62 years, Donald Reed; two sons, Roger of Spokane and Sam of Olympia; a daughter, Janet Huntley of Olympia; a sister, Janet Borgen of Scottsdale, Arizona; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.