Former WWU president, Huxley co-founder Jerry Flora dies at 85

Former Western Washington University president Charles "Jerry" Flora was remembered as a passionate teacher, a man of integrity and a lover of science after his death Sunday evening, Dec. 22.

Flora, 85, died shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday surrounded by family at his home in Everson. He and his wife, Rosemary, had been in a car crash Dec. 16, and on Friday he was brought home with the help of hospice care after his condition deteriorated.