Oct. 14, 1921 n Aug. 20, 2008

Theodore Madden died at age 86 as a result of pneumonia, preceded by weakness due to Parkinson's disease.

He was born in Everett, Wash., and raised in the upper Methow Valley, Okanogan County, Wash. His parents were George W. Madden, blacksmith/farmer, and Gladys I. Martin Madden, teacher/homemaker.

He attended public schools in Twisp and Winthrop, graduating from Winthrop High School in 1938. He attended several colleges and universities: the University of Washington, Western Washington College of Education, Teachers College of Columbia University, City College of New York, and the University of Arizona.

His work was in education. He was an elementary school teacher, a clinical psychologist and a school psychologist, and, in 1959, he was appointed to the faculty of Oregon State College (now University) Department of Psychology. He taught his last class in 1991.

He enjoyed foreign travel, and during his tenure at OSU he undertook three assignments abroad: he was a visiting lecturer for one semester at the New University of Ulster, in Coleraine, Northern Ireland; he was an exchange lecturer for one year at North East London Polytechnic in London, England; and he was a Fulbright research fellow for six months at the University of Bucharest, in Romania.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946, in several assignments, the longest being in the 353rd Infantry Regiment, 89th Division.

He enjoyed his memberships in the American Legion, the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, the Nature Conservancy, the World Watch Institute, Phi Delta Kappa, and the 89th Division Society of World War II.

He appreciated music, was a bugler in the army and as a youth tried unsuccessfully to become a professional musician. He liked poetry, particularly Japanese Haiku. He was a great collector of old things, but was quite unselective and probably should be characterized as an accumulator, rather than a collector.

He is survived by his wife Edith, his son Karl, his daughters Elizabeth Swenson and Barbara McQuillen, his brother and sister-in-law Blaine and Virginia Madden, sons-in-law Karl Swenson and James McQuillen, granddaughters Maura and Siobhan McQuillen, many nephews and nieces, and the people who have honored him with their friendship.

He has chosen cremation over burial. A memorial service will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., with a program beginning at 3, on Friday, Aug 29 at the Walnut Community Room, 4950 N.E. Fair Oaks Drive. Fair Oaks drive turns off Walnut, about ¼ mile south of Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The Walnut Community Room is adjacent Fire Station No. 5.