Obituaries
Jerry Jay Mook (1954)
Jerry J. Mook passed away December 18, 2020 at the age of 84 in Whittier, California. He was born on February 17, 1936 in Hollywood, CA to Gerald and Willma Mook and grew up in Los Angeles with his younger sister, Beverly Mook Harrell. (passed away January 21, 2021)
Jerry graduated from Hamilton H.S. in the Winter Class of 1954. He received a Golf Scholarship to Loyola University where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business in 1958. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1958 through 1965.
In 1961, Jerry married the love of his life, Carolyn (Lynne) Hardy, and together they adopted four children and lived in Whittier for 49 years. In 1970, he co-founded Mook and Blanchard Wholesale Library Books in La Puente, CA. He enjoyed golf, traveling, LMU basketball games and swim meets.
Along with his devotion to his family, Jerry was deeply committed to his alma mater, his local community, and golf. He was a member of St. John Vianney Church, Alpha Delta Gamma, a member on the Board of Regents at Loyola Marymount University for 19 years, and a Hacienda Golf Club member for 55 years. He served on the Boards of Richstone, St. Raphael's ES, and was Chair of LMU Hall of Fame 2010 - 2012. He also chaired in many golf tournaments for each of them.
Jerry was a loving husband, father, and friend, a faithful Catholic, and an avid golfer who loved spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by his beloved wife Lynne; his children, Jeff, Chris, Cathleen, and Kelli; his grandchildren, Cory Mook, Alexis (Justin) Shaw, Dillon Peterson, Joseph, Kate, John, and Carolyn Mook; and his great-grandchildren, Dax and Otto Shaw; sister-in-law Cheryl Hardy Phillips and newphew, nieces, great-nieces and nephews and many dear friends.
bernie sandalow (1978)
Recollections:
"At my first convention in 2005, I was just a wife coming to hang out with my husband. I didn’t really know anyone beside my Art and the guys from Kappa chapter only a few of which I had seen the night before when we arrived. The next morning when Art headed to meetings I was left on my own and still really knew no one, I decided to go up to breakfast and while waiting on my breakfast was approached by a good looking man with an incredibly warm smile who asked if he could join me for breakfast. I was momentarily put off, but then he said, “I believe you're Art Taylor’s wife, my name is Bernie Sandalow.”
We had a lovely breakfast, he told me funny stories about the fraternity, told me to find him that evening and that he would make sure to introduce me to lots of people. He was the kindest, most welcoming gentleman, and every time we saw each other we spent time catching up on what was going on in each other’s lives. I truly credit Bernie as being the first brother make me feel comfortable at National events and he will be missed deeply.” – Anna Taylor
“There wasn’t a single trip I made to Lambda that didn’t involve meeting up with Bernie. He always went out of his way to meet up with me, even if only for a little while. I’ll never forget meeting him at my first convention in 2001. He gave a great lecture on acceptance and tolerance. I don’t think anyone in that room was unmoved by his impassioned speech. Afterwards, we all went out for drinks and had a blast, but it was the speech that stuck with me. Bernie was always good humored and approachable, even to people he didn’t know.
If you were a brother or family of a brother, you were family to Bernie. That attitude was infectious to everyone around him. One of my visits happened to be during the chapter’s final night out in Oxnard. Bernie was the oldest alumnus there, but he somehow managed to stay awake the entire night. Even I flagged for an hour or two for a power nap. But, when I woke up, there was Bernie, keeping an eye on everyone and making sure things were running as anticipated.
Bernie taught me a lot about what it means to be a National President, both on that previous visit, and any time I asked him for advice. Before and during my term, he was more than an advisor; he was a mentor. He was also a sounding block, someone whom I typically bounced ideas off of before pulling the trigger. His wisdom and expertise were invaluable to me. He was selfless. He would always find time for you. If he caught wind that you weren’t feeling well, he would reach out to you. He was one of the nicest brothers we had, and the world is a bit dimmer at his passing.” – Art Taylor
“I would concur that Bernie did a great many things. Bernie did take the Alphadelity and made it a much more beautiful publication for the issues published from 1979 to 1985. There were 4 and he also did the Rush brochures at one point also. I agree he wrote and edited numerous documents and publications for the fraternity and he hosted 2 conventions in Los Angeles. He served as one of the best Parliamentarians that the fraternity had in the last 50 years. He loved baseball and the Dodgers specifically. He was the voice of the Loyola Lions, Loyola’s basketball team for well over 40 years. His favorite conventions were in New Orleans and he attended at least 4 located there.
When Bernie became a member he was inducted as an honorary which you probably already knew but in those days they always wrote pledge songs to present to the actives on initiation. Although he didn’t need to as an honorary, Bernie composed his own pledge song which was quite hilarious and unique. I’ve been trying to locate the words but have come to a brick wall. I know the versus include lines like… “Lone Bone, Lone Bone, I’m the only one”. It comments about a reunion where once he’s there the whole class will be there.. I wish I could find someone that has it down more than me. I asked him frequently to write it down and to sing it, but he got so tired of the requests that he stopped singing it altogether.” – Wayne Palmer-Ball
"Doc" Francis Carothers Jr. (faculty advisor)
Francis ("Frank") B. Carothers Jr., beloved father, friend, and teacher, Professor Emeritus of English, Loyola Marymount University. Born 1919 in St. Louis, MO, died April 15, 2008 at his home in Manhattan Beach.
Graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco (1935), earned his B.A. from San Francisco State College (1938), and his M.A. at the University of Oregon (1940), where he met the incomparable Vivian Byers, whom he married in Los Angeles in 1945, after his return from World War II military service. He received his doctorate in English from USC (1954). In February 1947 he joined the faculty of Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount), where he served as professor, chairman of the Department of English, and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
He retired from active teaching in May 1987, but continued to serve as faculty advisor for student publications until May 1995, to complete almost fifty years of service to the University. During those years he served as faculty advisor for numerous student organizations, including Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity; and six times received the Outstanding Faculty Member award. At age 55 he developed an interest in backpacking and spent two weeks every summer hiking high Sierra trails for the next 20 years. At age 68 he hiked the 220 mile John Muir Trail with his son, Frank. After retiring from teaching, he volunteered at AIDS Project Los Angeles and the Los Angeles AIDS Walk until failing health curtailed his activity. He lost his son Joseph in 1992, and his beloved Vivian in March of 2000. Funeral Mass at American Martyrs Church, Manhattan Beach, Monday, April 21 at 10:00 a.m.
He will be interred beside Vivian and a short distance from Joseph at All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach on Tues., April 22.
- Published in the Los Angeles Times on 4/17/2008.
Br. Anthony Peter Smulders, CFMM (1978)
Br. Anthony Peter Smulders, CFMM, died 19 April 2009 of heart failure. Br. Smulders, Tony, was born July 6, 1942 in Oss, The Netherlands, in the back of a brewery as he was fond of pointing out. He graduated from St. Stanislaus T. T. C., Tilburg in 1962 with a degree in education and psychology and with distinction from Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1966 with a B.S. in biology. In 1970, he
earned a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. A life-long educator, Tony taught elementary school in The Netherlands and high school in Oxnard, California. He joined the faculty of the biology department at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in 1970 where he continued to teach until his death. He was always involved in teaching the general biology courses, winning University Teacher of the Year and College of Science and Engineering Outstanding Teacher. In spite of his many years of teaching he worked to remain current in modern teaching technologies, maintaining his own website for his general biology course as well as creating podcasts of all his lectures, also available on the internet. He served as associate dean of the College of Science and Engineering for 23 years.
Tony was actively involved in advising students interested in careers in the health professions. He was a member of both the regional and national Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (WAAHP and NAAHP) from 1970-2008. He held leadership positions in both organizations for 25 years including president, secretary-treasurer and historian. He was instrumental in reviving these organizations in the 1970s and was recognized in 2008 with a national lifetime service award.
He also served for more than 30 years as moderator of the LMU chapter of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity. He was the National Moderator of the fraternity from 1980-2003. In 2007 he was bestowed the organization’s highest individual honor, the ADG National Award of Merit in recognition of his outstanding service to the fraternity.
In addition to his commitment to education on the LMU campus, Tony was also active in AYSO, the American Youth Soccer Organization where he served as referee, youth referee, staff member and referee instructor, spending many weekends and summers on the soccer field with players, coaches and referees.
He was also an avid fan and always followed the World Cup competition.
For many years his professional interests have revolved around policy concerning narcotics and alcohol abuse programs. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Commission where he served two terms as chair. He was also a member and chair of the State Advisory Board on Drug Programs. He participated in the development of the Los Angeles County evaluation system at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Program and recently he has been working at UCLA’s Drug Abuse Research Center on projects related to juvenile offender treatment. He was often called on to testify in governmental hearings and to serve as an expert for news and other non-governmental
organizations.
He joined the Brothers of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy (CFMM) in 1959 and remained an active member of the order and community. He is a member of the National Assembly of Religious Brothers and served on its national board. He was a member and chair of the Brotherhood Recognition Committee and liaison
to the Sisters’ Council for the Los Angeles Archdiocese Council of Religious Brothers.
He is survived by a sister and a brother and their spouses, five nieces and nephews, and several grand nieces and nephews, all in The Netherlands. He was predeceased by a brother and a sister.
