Guy Dean McGrath,97, passed away July 27, 2011. McGrath is remembered as founding dean of ASU’s “modern” College of Education. McGrath earned his undergraduate degree from Findlay (Ohio) College in 1934, where he met and married Zoe Bishop. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Michigan, and in 1936 he and his wife moved to Colorado, where he taught science at Lamar Junior College and then chemistry and sciences at Boulder High School. During World War II, McGrath taught physics to Army air cadets in La Grande, Ore., before returning to Boulder as assistant superintendent of the Boulder Public School System. He earned his doctorate from the University of Colorado in 1946. McGrath’s 30-year tenure at ASU included 17 years as the administrative head of professional education. During that time he carried many leadership roles embracing a wide spectrum of innovation and challenge. Dean McGrath was a leading force in the professional movement which reshaped teacher education in the post World War II period. He exerted his leadership through a variety of national associations. His impact on teacher education at the national level was also felt through his professional writing, research, consultative work with other universities and government agencies, and active participation in institutional accreditation. Under McGrath’s leadership, the mission of the ASU College of Education broadened to include emphasis on research and graduate study designed to prepare a wide range of practitioners in the field of education. ASU’s first doctoral program was developed in the College of Education under his supervision. In 2002, the College of Education, with support from Phi Delta Kappa and the College of Education Alumni Chapter, created the McGrath Lecture Series to honor Dean for his visionary leadership and 70-year commitment to the field of education. Though he retired in 1980, hundreds of former faculty and student protégés scattered throughout the schools and universities of the U.S. provide testimony to his continued influence on American education. McGrath is survived by his wife Zoe, two children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.