Arthur L. Deleray *66

Arthur Deleray, professor of chemistry emeritus at Las Positas College, in Livermore, Calif., died June 29, 2017, in an auto accident. He was 81.

Deleray graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959 with a degree in chemical engineering, and in 1966 earned a Ph.D. in that field from Princeton. He had a distinguished 32-year career as a professor of chemistry at Chabot College in Hayward, Calif., and Las Positas College. He retired in 2002.

In addition to chemistry, he taught physics and math and was active in college activities and administration. He embraced computer technology in the early days, and looked forward to the day he would drive a zero-emissions hydrogen car.

Deleray cherished the time he spent with his family and was a dedicated father to his sons, supporting them in education and sports from youth soccer through college. He maintained a lasting relationship with a family he sponsored in Vietnam, whom in later years he encouraged and helped to start businesses and graduate from college.

Deleray had been married to Penny Tharsing. He is survived by two sons and three grandchildren.

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