Winsor Soule Jr.

Winsor Soule, Jr. Of Berkeley, died peacefully on May 19 following complications from a fall. He was 81. Born September 1927 in Santa Barbara, CA, Winsor graduated from St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, and from the California Institute of Technology with a BS degree in structural engineering. Following service in the army he attended graduate school at Stanford University where he earned an MS in electrical engineering and an MBA from the Stanford Business School. He completed all but his PhD dissertation at UC Berkeley, and lived in Berkeley for over 50 years. Winsor worked in the field of electronic engineering his entire career, retiring from Teradyne, Inc. in 1999. In 1955 he married Anne McCoy, a ceramics artist, who died in 1994. He married Marcia Tanner, an independent art curator and writer, in 1997. He is survived by Marcia; his daughters Anne Soule, Jr. and Phoebe Soule Ball; and grandchildren Miranda and Ethan Ball. An avid tennis player, fisherman, woodworker, photographer, handyman. traveler and crossword puzzle addict. Winsor was loved and appreciated by his colleagues, friends, neighbors and family for his technological brilliance, sense of humor, generosity, kindness, and civility. In recent years, he enjoyed his affiliation with SECA, SF MOMA's Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, as the valued "member-at-large" of its Council. Winsor will be mourned by many. He requested no funeral. A celebration of his life will be announced, by invitation, later this summer. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Winsor's memory to SECA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.