Charles Bixler Heiser Jr., 1920-2010
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Charles B. Heiser Jr. died on June 11, 2010. Heiser is survived by his wife Dorothy Gaebler Heiser, their three children: Lynn Marie Monzo, Cynthia Ann Roberts-Hall, and Charles B. Heiser III; and their seven grandchildren. The Heisers were married for almost 66 years.
Heiser was born in Cynthiana, Ind., in 1920. He earned his AB (1942) and MA (1943) from Washington University in St. Louis, and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947.