Rudolf Marloth - February 4, 1938 - June 22, 2022

Rudy was proud of the fact he was born in the same town in which Ronald Reagan was raised, Dixon, IL. He graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical Engineering and eventually moved to California. He had a long career at Hughes Aircraft and retired at 56 as a Senior Scientist.  While working, Rudy earned a Master's in Math from Loyola Marymount University (LMU). After retirement he earned two more Master's degrees in Mechanical and Civil Engeneering at LMU. Using his newly-acquired knowledge, Rudy pursued diverse post-retirement engineering jobs. These included accident reconstruction and energy assessment at manufacturing plants with LMU and San Deiego  State Universiy students, through U.S. Department of Energy contracts.  For many years he also taught undergrad engineering and math at Northrop Institute of Technolgy, as well as a grad course in signal processing at LMU. Working with students gave him immense satisfaction and pleasure.  Rudy married Daisietta (Daisy) Kim in 1984 after a seven-year courtship. Their primary shared passion, acquired late in life, was rowing in double scull. They also loved music and dance, concerts, art, travel, and hosting gourmet feasts. Rudy was particularly fond of creating folk art sculpture made from scrap material he found in the garage. In November 2021 Rudy and Daisy moved from Los Angela's to Thousand Oaks. Very active at St. Alban's Episcopal Church near ULCA, he held many positions and was a member for 54 years. He was proud of being the grandson of Herman Wiilhelm Rudolf Marloth, a renowned  German-born Souh African botanist, pharmacist and analytical chemist, best known for his  Flora of South Africa, which appeared between 1913 and 1932 in six superbly illustrated volumes. Rudy was beloved for his irreverent wit. In a 2021 MIT class note, he wrote to the then-President Reif, suggesting that MIT change its mascot from a beaver to a termite. Rudy argued that terMITes, like beavers, are builders as well s destructors. "Changing mascot would allow us to distinguish ourselves from "those effete stargazers in Pasadena" (Cal Tech's mascot is also a beaver).  He is survived by Daisy and three children Drake (Tami), Melissa (Russ), and Gillian (Daniel), three grand children, Ramsey (Ashley), Nicy and Booker, two great grandchildren, Cole and Rose.