Retired Foothill and De Anza College professor William Glen Bushnell died in his sleep Jan. 11 at his home in Sunnyvale. He was 87.
Bushnell was hired at Foothill College by President Cal Flint in 1960 before moving to De Anza when the college opened in 1967.  
Bushnell took pride in his service to the school and practiced a “students come first” policy.
At De Anza, Bushnell taught accounting classes through the decades as computers, cell phones and the Internet changed the world.  
In 1989, Bushnell was awarded a President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Innovation.  
“Since 1960, Glen Bushnell has consistently demonstrated a total commitment to the students of the Foothill-De Anza district,” De Anza President A. Robert DeHart said in an award ceremony, according to the
De Anza Today newsletter.
Concerned about the availability of classes for working students, Bushnell created and served as dean for the Saturday College program for over 30 years before retiring in 2000. The program has since been canceled.    
Bushnell helped organized the flea market that coincided with the Saturday College.
Bushnell also enjoyed helping students as a counselor. Lamar Bushnell, his oldest son said his father was a popular figure around town.
“Everywhere we went, there were old students of his happy to see him,” the
son recalled.  
All four of Bushnell’s children attended De Anza.
Bushnell was a veteran of the Pacific in World War II, and an active member of the
Mormon church.   
He is survived by his wife, Beth Barstow Bushnell, sister Norma George and his children Lamar, Ron, and Vicki, as well nine grandchildren.  
Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Meadow Latter-Day-Saints Ward Chapel in Bushnell’s hometown of Meadow, Utah.