BOB BRANDON
2006-06-12
Robert Leslie Brandon, 65, of La Grande and Battlement Mesa, Colo., professor emeritus at EOU, died unexpectedly June 12, 2006. Mr. Brandon was born in 1940 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in civil engineering in 1962, and served in the Navy. He earned a master’s degree in mathematics from California State University at Northridge in 1969, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Colorado State University in 1972. He represented EOU on the Oregon Inter-Institutional Faculty Senate and served as Chairman of the Athletic Committee. In 2000 he was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award from EOU. He retired from teaching in 2002 and was inducted into the Cascade Collegiate Conference Hall of Fame the same year. Mr. Brandon was a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, the American Mathematical Association and the Mathematical Association of America. A memorial fund has been established in his name through the EOU Foundation.
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Robert Leslie Brandon, 65, of La Grande and Battlement Mesa, Colorado, professor emeritus at Eastern Oregon University, died unexpectedly June 12, 2006. There will be no public service.
Mr. Brandon was born in 1940 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in civil engineering in 1962 and served in the Navy. In September 1967 he married Cheri Roberts. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from California State University at Northridge in 1969 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Colorado State University in 1972. He taught at the University of Maine-Presque Isle and at Eastern Oregon University, where he was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, represented EOU on the Oregon Inter-Insitutional Faculty Senate and served as chairman of the Athletic Committee. He retired in 2002.
He was a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, Tau Beta Phi, the American mathematical Association and the Mathematical Association of America. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed backpacking, hiking, bicycling, skiing, canoeing and golf. He and his daughter completed Cycle Oregon eight times. He ran several northwest races as well as the Boston Marathon. He climbed Mount Rainier and canoed down the Moisie River in Labrador.
Survivors include his wife of La Grande and Battlement Mesa; a son, Christopher Brandon of Costa Mesa, California; a daughter and son-in-law, Amy and Casey Parliament of Vail, Colorado; two grandchildren and two brothers.
Contributions may be made to the Robert Brandon Memorial Fund through the Eastern Oregon University Foundation, 1 University Boulevard, La Grande.
Bob and I became good friends while in the 6th grade at Fairview. We enjoyed playing basketball, baseball, golf and other sports together with Lanny Hobart, Mike Martin, Joe McClellan and George Nostrant during our years at John Marshall Jr. Hi. Leisurely summer days were spent swimming at Green Lake, bike riding and doing lots of other fun stuff together. Bob was a great friend, I will always treasure the memories of our times together.
tribute by Jim WickershamPrior to the 50th I was trying to help find people who were missing from the mailing list. I ran into Bob in Narita Japan, and we toured the Narita Temple in about 85'. We talked of school and old times. He was on his way back from American Samoa where he was teaching math to Samoan teachers. I did not keep in touch. I decided to email "in the blind" to Eastern Oregon University, and his wife emailed me back. She then related the details of his passing. What luck finding her.
tribute by John E. NePage