Rosalyn Thomasena Marshall Grigsby passed away November 9, 2008. She was the wife of Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby, Jr., who was a faculty member in ASU's School of Art from 1966 until he retired in 1988. Thomasena, affectionately called Tommy, was a long-time educator, activist and pillar in the Phoenix community. She received degrees from Barber Scotia College and Johnson C. Smith University, both in North Carolina. She began her science teaching career in 1940 in Halifax County, NC. She and Eugene married in 1943 while he was serving in the United States Army. In 1946 she and her two small sons moved to Phoenix to join her husband who had been appointed to head the art department at Carver High School. Tommy began work as a librarian with the City of Phoenix. She also enrolled in a Master's degree program at ASU and began writing for several newspapers. After completing her Master of Education degree, she began teaching biology and science in the Phoenix public school system, from which she retired in 1974. She and Eugene traveled extensively throughout the world. She was a member of numerous organizations as well as a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. She is survived by her husband, two sons, four grandchildren, one great grandson and a host of other relatives.