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UPDATED: Celebrating the life of Chancellor Emeritus Larry N. Vanderhoef

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Photo: Chancellor Emeritus Larry N. Vanderhoef mugshot
Photo: Chancellor Emeritus Larry N. Vanderhoef mugshot

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis will remember Chancellor Emeritus Larry N. Vanderhoef in a celebration of life this Wednesday (Nov. 4), starting at 10:30 a.m. in Jackson Hall at the 鈥 and online for people who are unable to attend.

A reception will follow on Vanderhoef Quad. Release time is appropriate from 10:30 a.m. to noon with supervisory approval.

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Chancellor Emeritus Vanderhoef, 74, died the evening of Oct. 15 of complications from successive ischemic strokes. He had served as provost and executive vice chancellor for 10 years (1984-94) and chancellor for 15 years after that, until his retirement in 2009.

Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor, will preside at the celebration of life.

Speakers: Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, who succeeded Vanderhoef as chancellor; Robert Grey and Virginia Hinshaw, who served as provost and executive vice chancellor under Vanderhoef; Zuhair Munir, distinguished professor emeritus and former dean of the College of Engineering; Robert Segar, assistant vice chancellor, Campus Planning and Community Resources; Seth Merewitz, AS新澳门六合彩内幕信息D president during Vanderhoef鈥檚 tenure; Brice Harris, chancellor, California Community Colleges; and Vanderhoef鈥檚 wife of 52 years, Rosalie.

The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Mozart (Adagio from his Clarinet Concerto) and Beethoven (Allegretto from Symphony No. 7), under the baton of D. Kern Holoman, music professor emeritus. He was the orchestra conductor during the Vanderhoef-led campaign to build the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, a premier venue recognized particularly for its acoustics.

Holoman conducted the symphony in the Mondavi Center鈥檚 first concert, Sept. 28, 2002 鈥 a 鈥渉ard-hat concert鈥 for construction workers and their families, as well as architects, engineers and others who had been involved in the building project. Jeremy Ganter, who today serves as the center鈥檚 associate executive director, recalled how Holoman took the stage for that concert, telling The Davis Enterprise a few years back: 鈥淗e had a hard hat in his hand, and he lifted it and shook it in the air, and the audience started cheering."

The Mondavi Center is one of Vanderhoef's greatest legacies, one of the pieces of the campus's new "front door," a grand south entry. He worked on that project with Bob Segar, the campus planner at the time, and, when the Mondavi Center hosted its first Fall Convocation, on Oct. 2, 2002, the chancellor surprised Segar by bringing his violinist daughter on stage to perform.

At the celebration of life, Vanderhoef鈥檚 own daughter, Susanne, will be on stage to sing an aria, Bist du bei Mir by J.S. Bach.                                       

Besides his wife and daughter, Chancellor Emeritus Vanderhoef is survived by son Jon (Kim) Vanderhoef; sisters Lois (Christian) Krenzke and Linda (Curtis) McDermott; brother Lee (Debbie) Vanderhoef; brothers-in-law Andrew (Mavis) and Ronald (Janet) Slifka; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family asks of people wishing to make memorial contributions, to please consider either the Larry N. Vanderhoef Scholarship for Study Abroad or the Larry N. Vanderhoef Staff Scholarship. Contributions may be made or by mail to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Advancement Services, 1460 Drew Ave., Suite 100, Davis 95618 (checks should be made payable to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Foundation, with the scholarship鈥檚 name designated on the memo line).

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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu

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