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. Luong
acts as a guide for bike tours each
year that travel 1,200 miles from
North Vietnam to South Vietnam,
introducing the bicyclists to the tra
ditional culture of the country.
Scarpaci is excited about the op
portunity to better understand the
experience of immigration.
“When we have available to us
people in the area that reflect the
experience,” she said, “it comes to
life for students and people in the
community.”
Contact the editor in chief
at editor@dailyemerald.com.
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