In Memoriam: Trish Del Pozzo, 1943-2019

Trish Del Pozzo, who served as assistant academic secretary at Stanford University for more than three decades until her retirement in 2016, died last month at her home in La Honda, California. She was 76 years old.

A native of Hollywood, California, Del Pozzo, began her career at the university in the Office of the President in 1980. Del Pozzo, who had taken a computer course offered by Goodwill Industries just before she was hired, put her new skills to work computerizing the president’s office.

She joined the Office of the Academic Secretary in 1984. As assistant academic secretary, she was the chief administrator for the Faculty Senate and its committees, as well as serving as historian, archivist, elections official, assistant parliamentarian and office manager.