Donald B. Oseid; Orange County Political Leader,...

Donald B. Oseid; Orange County Political Leader, Teacher

Donald B. Oseid, 73, former Orange County political leader and popular teacher. Active in school board recall elections, Oseid served as president of the Orange County Democratic Party in the 1960s. He taught English for 34 years, and in 1964 was named Orange County Teacher of the Year. Oseid earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan. After teaching for several years in Long Beach, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach for two years at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, Greece. He divided the rest of his teaching career between Fullerton High School and Sonora High School in La Habra. On Friday in Fullerton.

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Carson Smith; Double Bassist Performed With Jazz Giants

Carson Smith, 66, double bass player who was popular in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet in the 1950s. Smith’s arrangement of “My Funny Valentine” for the group propelled Chet Baker to fame. In 1964, Smith performed with Mulligan at the Hollywood Bowl. A native of San Francisco, Smith played and recorded with Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Billie Holiday, Charlie Teagarden, Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich. He was a member of the original Chico Hamilton Quintet. Working with Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne, Smith recorded the soundtrack for the 1954 film “The Wild One.” In recent years, he had lived and performed in Las Vegas. On Sunday in Las Vegas.

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Benjamin W. Zweifach; Pioneer in Small Blood Vessel Research

Benjamin W. Zweifach, 86, pioneering researcher in small blood vessels. A professor of bioengineering at UC San Diego, Zweifach founded the Journal of Microvascular Research and worked on it for 30 years. He established one of the first departments of bioengineering, incorporating disciplines of physiology, engineering and mathematics to examine medical problems. A native of Manhattan, he earned his degrees at the College of the City of New York and New York University. He worked at Cornell Medical School and NYU before joining UC San Diego in 1966. In honor of his research in circulation in small blood vessels, the Microcirculation Society named its top award the Zweifach Gold Medal. On Oct. 23 in San Diego of complications from heart surgery.