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Helene Beaver: 1939-2021

Serving as chair or president of a host of civic organizations, and as a city councilmember, when Helene Beaver talked, people listened.

Michael Summers: 1969–2021

Mike Summers was equally comfortable directing his team of 60 employees, leading the way in environmentalist think tanks, or producing music festivals at the Live Oak Campground in Santa Ynez.

Steven Carlson: 1950-2021

Tall, sometimes severe-looking to strangers — at UCSB, his job entailed delivering a lot of good and bad employment news, cementing his tough-guy reputation — Steve Carlson was in truth a doting parent and a steadfast friend.

Dave Loveton: 1958-2021

It’s hard to describe how frenzied a Friday or Saturday night on the sports desk could be, and Dave Loveton was cheerfully in the middle of the action.

Sam Cunningham: 1950-2021

The qualities that set Sam Cunningham apart and made him the brightest star in the constellation of sports figures during my lifetime were his genuineness, his honesty, and his decency.

Leon Litwack: 1929-2021

American historian Leon Litwack had a distinguished career that included a Pulitzer Prize-winning books and four decades teaching at UC Berkeley. Born in Santa Barbara, he returned in 2013 to give a talk, the preview for which we run again here.

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