Loran A. List Jr.

1927 - 2020

Loran A. List, Jr.
June 15, 1927 - December 24, 2020
Pebble Beach, CA
In the early morning hours of Christmas Eve, Loran List quietly passed away due to natural causes at the age of 93 years. Loran was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Eunice (Duncan) and Loran List, Sr. His family soon moved to the Dallas, Texas area, where he spent most of his childhood and young adulthood. He attended Highland Park High School and Southern Methodist University. Loran was drafted into the Navy, and served in Southern California, which whetted his appetite for living on the West Coast.
Loran returned to Texas, where he graduated from SMU in 1950 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. It was at SMU that he met his first wife, Jeanne (Barkley) on a blind date set up by a fellow ATO fraternity brother. After they married, they moved to the Pacific Palisades, where their twins daughters were born. Not too long afterwards, the family moved to the Monterey Peninsula. He built a home in Pebble Beach in 1957, and he has had a home in Pebble Beach ever since.
He established a very successful Mechanical Engineering business in Monterey, and formed List and Fehr Engineering, with Dale Fehr, an electrical engineer. Some of his best known projects were the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, with its indoor fountain – which, at the time, was an engineering marvel – and Kresge College at UC Santa Cruz. Loran was active in The Rotary Club of Monterey, and was past president of the Monterey Peninsula Council of the U.S. Navy League. He was a long-time member of the Pacheco Club in Monterey, and loved to play gin rummy with his buddies there after a long lunch.
Loran was an accomplished photographer, and won numerous prizes for his work. He had several one-man photography exhibits, including a show at the Monterey Museum of Art. He specialized in silver gelatin prints and large format paper negative technique, and proudly printed his own photographs in a professionally equipped dark room next to his home.
Among his other passions were classic cars, and at one time he owned an Aston-Martin DB-5 (the James Bond car), a propane powered Morgan 2+2, and a Rolls Royce Cabriolet, among others. His love of France, particularly the South of France, brought him back year after year to Juan-les-Pins in the French Riviera each Spring for a couple of months. He also traveled frequently to Houetteville in Normandy, where he maintained a second home. An avid swimmer and body surfer, he also loved Laguna Beach and Hawaii. And wherever he was, there was sure to be a glass of his favorite rose wine in his hand, usually a Tavel from Provence!
Loran was predeceased by his parents and sister, Phyllis Ann (Pallo), first wife Jeanne (Barkley) in 1979, and by his second wife Dominique (Legrand) in 2000. He is survived by his current wife Ling (Lau), his twin daughters Kimberly Caneer (David), Karen Letendre (Lorin) and Lorin's sons Dana and Jason Letendre, granddaughter Courtney Cruzan (Jason), grandsons Keith Caneer and Gregory Caneer (Emily), and great-grandchildren Milo Caneer and Lucy May Caneer.
The family wishes to thank Ling's sister Kwan and her family, and his caregiver Nancy, for the loving care and support he received during his last few months. A special thanks also goes to the wonderful staff at Hospice of the Central Coast. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date, when it is safe to gather. Funeral arrangements are through the Trident Society of Santa Cruz. Donations in his memory can be made to:
The Weston Collective, 251 Highway One, Carmel, CA 93923. zach@thewestoncollective.org.
Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940 – ATTN: John Rexine; https://montereyart.org/support/donate/
Correspondence to the family can be addressed to: Family of Loran List, 225 Crossroads Blvd. Box #268, Carmel, CA 93923.


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