Edmund V. Laitone
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Edmund Laitone, a professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, died at home on Monday, December 18, 2000. He was 85. The San Francisco native lived in El Cerrito for 48 years. He was a professor of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley for over 50 years. During that time, he was Chairman of the Division of Aeronautical Sciences at Berkeley, the Chairman of the Engineering Department at UC Extension; an exchange professor at Moscow University in Russia, a visiting fellow at Oxford University in England, and a visiting lecturer in Beijing, China . He was a member of the Mira Vista United Church of Christ. He enjoyed travel, swimming, and dancing. He is survived by his daughter, Vicki Laitone Cucarola of Moraga; his son, Ivan Arbogast of Watsonville; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. His wife, Dorothy Laitone died in 1997. His son, Jonathan Laitone, died in 1981. Services: A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 13th at 11am at Mira Vista Church, 7075 Cutting Blvd, El Cerrito. Interment was private. Ellis-Olson of Albany handled arrangements. Memorial Gifts: Jonathan
Laitone Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Department of Mechanical Engineering,
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