A memorial Mass for Frank Samuel Cliff Jr., 72, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Paradise, Calif.
Mr. Cliff died Oct. 1, 2000. He was born April 3, 1928, in Carson City.
He married Dorothy Evans in 1984.
He was awarded a four-year Pepsi Cola National Scholarship, attended Harvard for one term and transferred to Stanford University where he earned a PhD. degree in biological sciences in 1951.
He was a member of the Stanford Marching Band and was on the wrestling and track teams. He served in the U.S. Army for two years at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco and was associate professor at Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.
He moved to Chico, Calif., in 1959 and was a professor in the biology department for 32 years until his retirement in 1992. He participated in a faculty exchange to Chester, England for one year in 1986 and 1987.
He was a member of the Paradise Elks Club, the SIRS Branch No. 43, RPEA and the ACBL.
He enjoyed RV traveling, playing bridge, reading and gardening.
Among his survivors are his wife; daughters and sons-in law Dianne and Tom Main, Catherine and Nathan Carey and Susan Cliff and Jerry Hovey; stepson John Evans; niece Janice Compton and granddaughter Elaina Carey.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Valley Ridge Homecare/Hospice.
Bidwell Chapel is in charge of arrangements.