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Beloved Spanish instructor dies of infection at age 46 Wayne Gottshall, who was dedicated to helping students and performing community service on campus, died July 1 By Jillian Daley Oregon Daily Emerald Wayne Gottshall, a senior in structor of Spanish at the Universi ty, passed away July 1. He was 46 years old. He died from an infection, as his white-blood cell count was low from chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma two years ago. He was born Aug. 10, 1955, in San Diego to William and Jeanne Behart. He married Sayo Murcia in Spain on Dec. 10,1983. In 1976, he moved to Eugene, and lived in Spain from 1980 to 1985, after which he returned to Eugene. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1988 from the University. In 1992, he graduat ed from the University law school. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Mikel, Alex and Julian of Eu gene; his mother, of San Diego; and two brothers, Marc of DeMoines, Wash., and Loyd of Seattle. An in fant daughter, Leann, died in 1991. “He was an excellent lawyer, but we had three boys and he really wanted to spend more time with them, and teaching could give him that,” said his wife, Sayo, who is a senior Spanish instructor at the University. Gottshall was known for the time he spent with students and his love of teaching. “He had more office hours than anyone else,” she said. “The maxi mum was two hours. He had four.” Colleagues also spoke highly of Gottshall, as well as his dedication to teaching and the University. “He was a friend of mine,” Spanish Associate Professor Leonardo Garcia-Pabon said. “He was open and warm. “He was an incredible instructor. He designed some grammar classes that were very good. He was strict, but at the same time he made stu dents love what he was teaching.” He performed community serv ice for the University, which, as an instructor, he did not have to do, Garcia-Pabon said. “He was really, really dedicated,” his wife said. “He did everything 150 percent. If he decided to cook, he was the best cook. When he played the guitar, he was the best. When he decided to knit, he made the best sweaters. It was the same thing with teaching.” Gottshall’s colleagues concurred about his good nature. “As a person he was wonderful,” Garcia-Pabon said. “We will all miss him very much.” Contact the reporter atjilliandaley@dailyemerald.com. Speakers focus on immigration issues Vincenza Scarpaci and Robert Kono are two of the lecturers who will discuss issues of cultural assimilation in Oregon By Michael J. Kleckner Oregon Daily Emerald Students and community mem bers interested in ethnic assimilation in Oregon have three opportunities this summer to attend lectures dis cussing issues of immigration. History instructor Vincenza Scarpaci’s summer course, A Century of Immigration: 1897-1997, offers guest lectures from 3 to 5 p.m. on al ternate Thursdays in 214 McKenzie. The first lecture is today, the second is on July 23 and the last is on Aug. 6. Today, Gerald Rasmussen, co-au thor of “Oregon Danish Colony: Ethnic Assimilation in Junction City 1902-1952,” examines the Danish settlers of that town as they moved from an immigrant group to an ethnic group while trying to re tain their customs. “There is an active Danish broth erhood there,” Scarpaci said, and the community carries on the rituals of its ancestors. “Every midsummer’s eve, they have a bonfire as a way of keeping the traditions alive.” On July 23, Robert Kono, author of “The Last Fox: A Novel of the 100th/442nd RCT,” and Peggy Na gae, lead attorney in reopening a fa mous Japanese internment case, will speak on the Japanese Ameri can experience in Oregon. Kono lives in Eugene and was an interned as a teenager during WWII. His book looks at four Japanese American soldiers from Oregon who fought for American freedom while their families were being kept behind barbed wire. Nagae’s efforts to get redress for WWII internees were probably best known to the University communi ty in the case of Minoru Yasui, Class of ’37. In 1942, Yasui, who lived in Portland after graduating from the University, intentionally violated curfew laws aimed at Japanese Americans to test the laws’ constitutionality. Scarpaci finds it ironic that the University now recognizes Yasui’s heroic efforts, but it stood by while he was kept in solitary confine ment before the Supreme Court ruled on his case. “In the 125th Anniversary brochure, the University claims him with pride,” she said, “and yet, where were they when he was be ing held? Although, it was probably hard to speak out then.” On Aug. 6, Thao Xiong, presi dent of the Hmong Association of Oregon, will discuss efforts to pre serve the Hmong culture, and two women will perform a traditional Hmong dance. Also on Aug. 6, Hung Luong will describe his journey alone at age 14 from Vietnam to Portland. 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