Tony Sotomayor Carrillo, 83, passed away on May 9. Tony received a B.A, teaching credential and master's degree from the University of Arizona. After graduating, he taught high school history and American Government at Pueblo High. In 1962, he was elected to Arizona's House of Representatives and served three terms. Later, he earned an Ed.D degree in education at Wayne State University as a Mott Foundation Fellow. 

Tony became an associate professor at ASU before continuing his career at San Jose State University, becoming chairman of the Department of Educational Administration. As an education consultant, he was instrumental in recruiting women and minorities into educational administration positions. As a national leader in the community school education model, he advocated having adult, migrant and bilingual education being incorporated into school systems and was a pioneer in distance learning and remote learning even before the Internet. In 1989, Tony and his wife Anna founded the Unfinished Journey Project, which promoted higher education to underrepresented high school students. College-level classes were taught on high school campuses by SJSU professors, with credits earned toward both completion of high school, and university credit, and automatic acceptance into the university system. Tony is survived by his wife, Anna, four sons, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother. He was predeceased by three brothers. The family asks that donations be made in Tony's name to St. Vincent de Paul Society. (Source: Arizona Republic)