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A L U M N I D E A T H S ’35 BA—Elsie Kinde Green of Canandaigua, NY, April 18, 2019; active in religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

’38 BA—Eileen Mandl Goodwin of Laguna Hills, CA, April 22, 2019; pianist; piano teacher; homemaker; helped her husband establish successful medical practice; active in alumni affairs.

’40-42 SP Ag—Kenneth W. Chase of Surprise, AZ, April 1, 2019; salesman for RH Donneley and Prentice Hall Publishing; farm manager; organist; active in religious affairs.

’40—Charlotte F. Sa� r of New York City, April 4, 2019; art historian; portraitist; antiquarian book dealer; linguist; cook; avid gardener. Sigma Delta Tau.

’41 BS HE—Elizabeth Howe Hyde of Vancouver, WA, June 8, 2019; rancher; restaurant operator; newspaper columnist; statistician; comparison shopper; enjoyed bridge; active in community and professional affairs.

’41 BA—H. Jerome Noel of Carmel, IN, November 20, 2018; co-founder, Physician’s Practice Management; corporate secretary, Indiana Transit Service Inc.; owner, Chaudiere Lodge; active in professional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

’42 BS Ag—Rose Head Bliss of Middlebury, VT, June 4, 2019; manager, NH League of Craftsmen Shop; district secretary, Bridgeport District Girl Scout Council; camp counselor; potter; enjoyed travel; active in civic and community affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’42 BA—George T. Bogert of Bridgman, MI, formerly of Chicago, IL, May 13, 2019; attorney; taught estate planning at the U. of Chicago; author; editor; political activist; supporter of the arts; founder, Music of the Baroque and the Rembrandt Chamber Players; enjoyed gardening, tennis, and cigars; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Psi Upsilon.

’43 BS Ag—Donald Barnes of Dewitt, NY, March 27, 2019; accountant and supervisor, Agway; Rotarian; enjoyed wood carving, hawk watching, travel, and photography; active in community and alumni affairs.

’43—John C. Bulkley of Spring Hill, FL, March 10, 2019; salesman, Centurion Poultry; poultry farmer; veteran; Mason; active in professional affairs.

’43—John E. Hinrichs of Thomasville, GA, May 21, 2018; electrical engineer, Motor Dept., General Electric; veteran; Rotarian; active in community and religious affairs.

’43 BA—Beatrice Swick Ornitz (Mrs. Martin N. ’42) of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, July 14, 2018; homemaker; world traveler; active in alumni affairs.

’43 PhD—George W. Woodbury of Fort Collins, CO, June 27, 2019; professor and chair of chemistry, U. of Montana; chair, faculty senate; expert on fermentation; author; marathon runner; avid sailor; active in professional affairs.

’44, BCE ’48—John W. Bishop of Vero Beach, FL, June 8, 2019; veteran. Zeta Psi.

’44 BS HE—Maryellen Severinghaus Bowers (Mrs. Wayne A., PhD ’43) of Chapel Hill, NC, May 13, 2019; homemaker; civil rights activist; enjoyed knitting, sewing, and gardening; active in civic and community affairs.

’44, BS Ag/DVM ’45—Myron L. Dimon of Oswego, NY, July 5, 2019; large animal veterinarian; set up rabies clinics, milk stations for inspections, and tuberculosis testing on cows; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

’44—Irene Sutphen Elkins (Mrs. William C. ’44, LLB ’49) of Burdett, NY, February

22, 2019; co-owner, Schuyler Abstract Co.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’44—Robert L. Kortright of Sun City, AZ, August 25, 2018; sales manager, Land O’Lakes and United Fruit Co.; realtor; veteran; enjoyed golf; active in community affairs.

’44—Alfred C. Metz Jr. of Chester Springs, PA, April 11, 2019; chief of engineering analyst, US Dept. of Energy; also worked for Sinclair Oil and BP; veteran; Delta Chi.

’44, BA ’47—Robert S. Miller of Ithaca, NY, April 4, 2019; owner, Erie J. Miller Chrysler Plymouth dealership; commercial realtor; veteran; Rotarian; pianist; trombone player; enjoyed woodworking, golf, boating, sailing, and swimming; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent.

’44 BA—Karl Schmeidler of Warrenton, VA, December 23, 2018; retired Colonel, US Army; attorney, US Dept. of Justice; advocate for the mentally handicapped; enjoyed Japanese and Chinese art and pottery; enjoyed travel and single malt scotch; active in community and professional affairs.

’45 BEE—John A. Casazza of Springfeld, VA, January 9, 2019; electrical engineer; expert on electrical power transmission; former president, American Education Inst.; founder, Power Engineers Supporting Truth; director, Georgia Systems Operation Corp.; chairman, CSA Energy Consultants; veteran; author; lecturer; active in community and professional affairs.

’45, BA ’48—Harold M. Hargrave of Chico, CA, June 8, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Wife, Margaret (Gladstone) ’48.

’45, BEE ’48—Dan R. Hartmann of Rocky Hill, NJ, April 16, 2019; manager, data systems, RCA/GE Astro; veteran; active in religious affairs. Theta Chi.

’45, B Chem E ’49, MBA ’50—David C. Kay of Martinsville, NJ, February 26, 2019; chemical engineer; veteran; rescue squad volunteer; enjoyed running, cycling, skiing, travel, and learning languages; active in community affairs. Sigma Pi.

’45—Richard M. Lasday of Maplewood, NJ, February 24, 2019; veterinarian; veteran; enjoyed gardening, nature, and art; active in religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

’45 BS HE—Lina Colacicco Nelson of Clinton, NY, formerly of Old Forge, NY, July 15, 2019; home economics teacher; homemaker; enjoyed cooking, baking, and reading; active in religious affairs. Kappa Delta.

’45, BA ’47, MS ’48—Roger D. Norton of Houston, TX, March 25, 2019; control systems engineer; veteran. Wife, Virginia (Best) ’45.

’46, BA ’48—Gordon E. Baylis of Greenport, NY, April 13, 2019; property administrator; veteran; enjoyed history, gardening, bird-watching, and reading; active in community and religious affairs.

’46 BA—Ruth Critchlow Blackman of Newtown, PA, February 17, 2019; statistician; active in alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

’46 BA—Hazel Brill Brampton of Ithaca, NY, February 23, 2019; psychiatric social worker; social worker at Head Start; co-founder, Displaced Homemakers program; counselor, Tompkins County Mental Health Services; advocate for social justice; enjoyed music, photography, genealogy, and dancing; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’46—John C. Burns of Canton, OH, April 19, 2019; worked for Burns Realty Co.; veteran; singer; active in community and religious affairs.

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’46 BA—Madge Spurny Cole of Greensboro, NC, June 15, 2019; author; artist; photographer; medical technician, Wesley Long Hospital; also worked for Measurement Inc.; advocate for women’s rights; active in civic affairs.

’46, BA ’45—Ruth Rothschild Mayleas of New York City, November 19, 2018. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

’46, BA ’45—Polly Ryder Mendlin of Kirkland, WA, March 23, 2019; volunteered for the Girl Scouts; enjoyed weaving, rhododendrons, miniatures, gardening, family history, baking, and Christmas.

’46—Elizabeth Lainhart Nelson of Gainesville, GA, April 25, 2019; fight attendant, Eastern Airlines; enjoyed gardening; active in religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’46 BME—Anthony S. Rugare of Cleveland, OH, February 16, 2019; engineer, General Electric; developed solid-state technology; blogger; active in community and professional affairs.

’46 MD—Alexander R. Stevens Jr. of Seattle, WA, April 25, 2019; internal medicine specialist; clinical professor, U. of Washington; taught hematology in Nicaragua; veteran; election observer in Latin America; enjoyed classical music, golf, Mozart, and Joyce Carol Oates; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Jane (Hartwell) ’46.

’46 BA—Ann McGloin Stevens (Mrs. Orrie P., LLB ’48) of Ambler, PA, May 4, 2018; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

’47, BA ’46—Seymour R. Askin Jr. of Greenwich, CT, April 7, 2019; co-founder, Concepts Int’l; stockbroker; also worked for the Askin Stores; endowed the Seymour R. Askin Jr. ’47 Curator of Earlier European and American Art, Johnson Art Museum; board president, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services; co-founder, Thomas Askin Alternative High School; enjoyed music, art, travel, and wine; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

’47, BS HE ’46—Helen Allmuth Ayer (Mrs. John L. ’47) of Ithaca, NY, May 4, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’47 BS Ag—Guitta Drimer Blau of South Wellfeet, MA, March 31, 2019; early childhood education specialist; director, Head Start, Cape Cod Child Development Program; acting Head Start administrator, Erie County; mycologist; enjoyed travel and birdwatching; active in community and professional affairs.

’47 B Chem E—Anthony C. Casciato of Marion, IA, February 19, 2019; general sales manager and export sales manager, Fisher Controls; engineer at Honeywell; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs.

’47 BME—Charles R. Cox of Vero Beach, FL, March 18, 2019; senior executive, Dravo Corp.; president, Western Pennsylvania AAA Club; enjoyed golf, tennis, and bridge; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

’47 BA, JD ’49—Jean R. Goldman of Lauderhill, FL, July 6, 2019; attorney; author and editor, Matthew Bender Co.; taught in the New York City school system; also worked at the Federal Communications Commission; active in civic and alumni affairs.

’47 BS Ag, PhD ’51—Heinz K. Meng of New Paltz, NY, August 13, 2016; professor emeritus of biology, SUNY New Paltz; falconer; helped restore the peregrine falcon in the eastern US; named a champion of conservation by the National Audubon Society; active in professional affairs.

’47 BS HE—Georgia Franklin Olsson of Seneca, SC, May 14, 2019; social worker, State of New Hampshire; preschool teacher; enjoyed travel, knitting, reading, swimming, bridge, and birdwatching; active in community and religious affairs.

’47 BME—Charles A. Palmer of Rossmoor, NJ, January 22, 2019; engineer at Fedders Corp. and Chrysler Int’l; veteran; enjoyed travel, history, woodworking,

genealogy, and gardening; active in professional and religious affairs. Sigma Nu.

’47 BA—Silence Turnbull Roth (Mrs. Herbert ’47) of Nashville, TN, April 17, 2019; taxpayer advocate, Internal Revenue Service; enjoyed travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’47 BA—Lois Stamey Spear (Mrs. Moncrieff J. ’46) of Indianapolis, IN, April 5, 2019; systems programmer analyst; active in alumni affairs.

’48 JD—John H. Barber of Bradenton, FL, July 15, 2018; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’48—Helen Buschmann Belvin of Redmond, WA, February 14, 2019; concert pianist; performed with Washington Musical Omnibus, Washington Concert Caravan, Ladies Musical Club, and Seattle Musical Arts; piano teacher, the Bush School; painter; enjoyed swimming, skiing, and travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’48 BS HE—Jane Bowers Bliss (Mrs. Theodore J. ’46) of Warner, NH, February 13, 2019; realtor; operated Tara Hall lodge; substitute home economics teacher; Girl Scout leader; home health aide; enjoyed gardening; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

’48 BA—Myron Fink of Bellingham, WA, formerly of Albuquerque, NM, March 28, 2019; law librarian and emeritus professor of law, U. of New Mexico; enjoyed reading, writing poetry, and swimming; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’48—Irwin L. Gold of Brentwood, MD, April 17, 2019; owner, food processing business; also worked in the toy industry; veteran.

’48 BCE—Raymond F. Green of Maitland, FL, December 8, 2018; engineer, Lockheed Martin; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’48 BA, MD ’51—William H. Jeffreys of Danville, PA, July 20, 2019; neurologist; emeritus director, Geisinger Clinic; co-founder, Neuroscience Inst.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’48-49 GR—Jean Erath Krebs (Mrs. Alfred H. ’41, PhD ’50) of Trumansburg, NY, March 15, 2019; English teacher, Montgomery, MD, Blacksburg, VA, Champaign-Urbana school system, and Odessa Central School; instructor in public education, Virginia Tech; avid reader; active in community and professional affairs.

’48 B Chem E—Robert E. Mersfelder of Columbus, OH, March 2, 2019. Wife, Sylvia (Jackson) ’49.

’48 BME—Shirley Ogren Pabo (Mrs. Waldemar ’43, BME ’48) of Fort Collins, CO, formerly of Hilton, NY, June 16, 2019; engineer; Baptist pastor; research technician, Eastman Kodak; enjoyed sewing, knitting, cross-country skiing, and sailing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Beta Pi.

’48 BA—Oriole Hoffman Peterfreund of New York City, March 24, 2018; retired psychologist.

’48 BEE—William H. Robbins of West Winfeld, NY, December 26, 2018. Sigma Chi.

’48—Robert E. Sanson of Naples, FL, March 13, 2018; VP and treasurer, Henry E. Sanson and Sons; veteran; avid tennis player; active in community affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’48 BEE—William F. Santelmann Jr. of Peabody, MA, formerly of Lexington, MA, February 20, 2019; electrical engineer; advocate for nuclear non-proliferation and social justice; enjoyed ham radio, travel, photography, and choral singing; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Tau Beta Pi.

’48, BA ’49, MD ’52—Herbert A. Zaccheo of Ulster Park, NY, June 20, 2019; ob/gyn; staff member, Northern Dutchess, Kingston, and Benedictine hospitals;

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veteran; Elks Club member; enjoyed hunting and fshing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi Delta. Wife, Margery (Hrouda) ’50.

’49 BA, MNS ’51—George L. Campbell Jr. of Cowansville, QC, October 29, 2018; Anglican priest; professor of biochemistry, Concordia U.; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’49—Jean Budd Falconi of Newtown, PA, May 1, 2019; volunteer, Bowman’s Hill Wildfower Preserve; enjoyed dogs, cats, golf, fowers, and nature. Pi Beta Phi.

’49 BS HE—Ruth Cornwell Hack of Lutherville-Timonium, MD, January 1, 2015.

’49, BS ORIE ’50—Herbert S. Hartley of Greenwich, CT, January 23, 2017.

’49 BS ORIE—Milton W. Herzog of Ypsilanti, MI, December 19, 2018; engineer. Tau Delta Phi.

’49, BArch ’50—Shirley Kerr Kennard of Bethesda, MD, September 1, 2016; architect; sailor; sang with the Annapolis Chorale; active in community affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’49 BA—Robert H. Koch of Fairfeld, CT, April 28, 2019; worked in diesel sales and service; contractor; veteran; volunteer, Habitat for Humanity; past president, Flushing YMCA; active in community affairs. Delta Chi.

’49 MME—Robert N. Rasmus of Evanston, IL, November 30, 2018; president and CEO, Masonite Corp.; also worked for Johnson & Johnson and Armour Co.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

’49 MS—Walter A. Sauter of Malibu, CA, March 28, 2019; VP of research and devel-opment, American Nucleonics Corp.; inventor; veteran; active in religious affairs.

’49 BME—Bill A. Selling of Arcadia, CA, July 3, 2019; aerospace engineer, Aerojet General; treasurer and president, Partners for Hope; enjoyed golf, cycling, and reading; active in community affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

’49—James M. Simmen of Lake Forest, IL, May 4, 2019; founder, Photo Image Co.; veteran; enjoyed woodworking and music; talented chef; active in religious affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

’49 MA, PhD ’50—Paul E. Sultan of Edwardsville, IL, June 25, 2019; professor of economics, Southern Illinois U.; also taught at U. of Southern California and Claremont Graduate School; veteran; author; active in professional affairs.

’50 BA, MD ’54—James H. Arthur of Centennial, CO, January 30, 2019; pediatrician; clinical professor emeritus in the Child Health Associate Program at U. of Colorado School of Medicine; veteran; avid rower; held Guinness World Record as member of oldest “intact” 8-oared crew; active in professional affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

’50 BS HE—Mary Baxter Barger of Winchester, MA, March 27, 2019; homemaker; trustee, Griffn Museum of Photography and the Boston Ballet; enjoyed cooking, gardening, and knitting; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, J. P. Barger ’50, BME ’49.

’50 BA—Donald P. Darnell of Annandale, VA, December 25, 2018; retired Lt. Commander, US Navy; history teacher, Stonewall Jackson High School; Asst. US Naval Attaché, Istanbul, Turkey; veteran. Theta Chi.

’50 BS HE—Lori Heyman Gordon of Bethesda, MD, March 21, 2019; founder, PAIRS program to help marriages and families; social worker; adjunct professor, American U.; author; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’50, BEE ’51—Richard N. Houston of Williamsburg, VA, October 2, 2018; engineer and executive in the electric welding feld; veteran; active in community affairs. Zeta Psi.

’50 BA, PhD ’58—G. Richard Jansen of Fort Collins, CO, December 23, 2018;

professor emeritus and dept. head, food science and human nutrition, Colorado State U.; research fellow, Merck Inst. for Therapeutic Research; research biochemist, DuPont Experimental Station; veteran; enjoyed tennis, making model ships, boats, and airplanes, and reading; active in professional and religious affairs.

’50 B Chem E—Harold F. Mason of Walnut Creek, CA, December 16, 2018; retired research manager. Alpha Chi Sigma.

’50, BME ’51, MME ’54—William S. Neef Jr. of Livermore, CA, October 15, 2018; mechanical engineer, Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Laboratory; Boy Scout leader; baseball coach; Rotarian; enjoyed bridge and golf; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’50 MEd, EdD ’58—William F. O’Connor Jr. of Greenville, SC, November 1, 2018.

’50 BA—T. Francis Ogilvie of Ann Arbor, MI, March 30, 2019; professor emeritus of ocean engineering, MIT; physicist, US Navy’s David Taylor Model Basin; liaison scientist, Offce of Naval Research in London, UK; professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, U. of Michigan; active in professional affairs.

’50 BEE—Richard M. Rabkin of Ashburn, VA, formerly of Westfeld, NJ, November 11, 2018; patent attorney for Ideal Toy Corp., RCA, Sylvania, and Federal Pacifc Electric; enjoyed gardening, woodworking, stamp collecting, classical music, and bridge; active in community and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi Omega.

’50 BS Ag—Edward E. Williams of Exeter, NH, June 29, 2019; attorney; worked for Boston & Maine Railroad, Century Insurance, Rockingham County Superior Court, and the US Census; veteran; baseball fan and youth baseball coach; enjoyed music. Theta Chi.

’51 BS Ag—Charles W. Ahrend of Harrisonburg, VA, June 24, 2019; raised livestock; also worked in the agriculture dept. of Campbell Soup Co.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi.

’51-53 GR—Landis L. Boyd of Minnetonka, MN, April 28, 2018; executive director, Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Stations, Colorado State U.; director, Agricultural Research Station, Washington State U.; head of agricultural engineering and Agricultural Experiment Station, U. of Minnesota; also taught at Cornell; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed computers, boating, skiing, camping, fshing, and hunting; active in professional affairs.

’51 MA—Doret Meeker Burnett of Thief River Falls, MN, April 18, 2019; English teacher; environmentalist; enjoyed playing piano, baking, and making Halloween costumes; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’51 BA—Gloria Brooks Degling (Mrs. Albert S. ’50) of Keene Valley, NY, May 14, 2019; substitute teacher; social worker; helped found United Cerebral Palsy of Lehigh Valley; library volunteer; enjoyed snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and hiking; active in community and religious affairs. Wayside-Aftermath.

’51 BA, PhD ’55—Rolf B. Dyce of Aguadilla, PR, March 11, 2019; planetary radar astronomer; associate director, Arecibo Observatory; built two major antenna systems for Arecibo; chief scientist for Equatorial wireless communications company; also worked at the Stanford Research Inst.; conducted radar studies of the moon and planets; veteran; author; ham radio operator; active in community and professional affairs.

’51 BS Ag—Jesse B. Hannan Jr. of Sarasota, FL, June 23, 2019; dairy and livestock specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension; farmer; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed boating, travel, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. Wife, Elizabeth (Zobel) ’51.

’51 BS HE—Nancy Hinner Heller of Charlotte, NC, September 27, 2017; worked for DuPont; Girl Scout leader; member, Eastham (MA) Historical Society; enjoyed Cape Cod, ocean swimming, gardening, and the outdoors; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Delta.

’51—Barbara Miller Henley of Houston, TX, February 16, 2019; director of social

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work, Ben Taub Hospital; feld coordinator for social work in Rio de Janeiro; asst. project director, Study of Psychological Needs of the Elderly, New York Hospital; instructor of community medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; adjunct professor and special asst. to the dean, U. of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; author; enjoyed painting, the symphony, theater, movies, and reading; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’51 BS Ag—John C. Huttar Jr. of Ithaca, NY, June 5, 2019; worked in the poultry industry; veteran; outdoorsman; world traveler; solo trekked the Appalachian Trail; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’51—Margaret Landon Koplinka of White Plains, NY, April 3, 2019; home economics and child development teacher, Scarsdale High School.

’51 BS ILR—William J. Kovack of Danbury, CT, March 3, 2019; director of Labor and EEO Affairs, Union Carbide; consultant; veteran; avid tennis player; sports enthusiast; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’51, BEP ’52—James D. Livingston of Sarasota, FL, May 10, 2019; taught materials science and engineering at MIT; physicist, GE Corporate Research and Development; expert on magnetic materials, metallic superconductors, and rare earth magnets; author; active in professional affairs. Tau Beta Pi.

’51-53 GR—Ann Huston Ray of Hingham, MA, March 11, 2019; enjoyed tennis, baseball, golf, college basketball, cooking, gardening, and bridge; volunteer, Old Derby Animal Hospital; active in community affairs.

’51 PhD—Edwin L. Resler Jr. of Ithaca, NY, July 21, 2019; professor and director of graduate aerospace engineering, Cornell U.; frst director, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell; active in professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’52 BS HE—Marjorie North Backus (Mrs. John K., PhD ’52) of Wallingford, PA, October 17, 2018; member, American Association of University Women; board member, Bridgeway Capital; active in community affairs.

’52, BArch ’53—William J. Bain Jr. of Seattle, WA, June 8, 2019; architect; con-sulting design partner, NBBJ; restored the Olympic Hotel, US District Courthouse, and Pacifc Place in Seattle; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’52 BA, MBA ’53—David W. Buckley of Little Silver, NJ, July 17, 2019; worked in marketing at Lever Brothers and Nielsen Media Research; veteran; sports fan and avid reader; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

’52 BEE—A. Roderick Carlson of Palo Alto, CA, March 25, 2019; director of cor-porate grants and general manager, Stanford Park division of Hewlett-Packard; also worked for the Cornell Aeronautical Lab;enjoyed travel, backpacking, sailing, running, skiing, and gardening; active in professional and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

’52 LLB—Jack G. Clarke of Naples, FL, April 26, 2019; attorney for Exxon and Creole Petroleum Corp.; expert in business law and the culture of the Middle East; founder, Jack G. Clarke Inst. for the Study and Practice of Business Law at Cornell U.; donated funding for several professorships and programs at Cornell; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’52 BS Ag—John H. Crager of Hudson, NY, June 21, 2019; veteran; active in community affairs.

’52 BA—Leonard D. Dank of Cutchogue, NY, January 25, 2019; medical illustrator; president and CEO, Medical Illustrations Co.; co-founder, North Fork Therapeutic Riding Program; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

’52 BME—Padma M. Dixit of Kathmandu, Nepal, November 1, 2018.

’52 BFA, MEd ’53—Margaret O’Connor Downing (Mrs. Charles R., MS ’54) of Hackettstown, NJ, March 6, 2019; ministered to the homebound; active in religious affairs. Wayside-Aftermath.

’52 BA—John R. Evanco of Buffalo, NY, June 28, 2019; veteran; enjoyed baseball, hockey, movies, sailing, reading, seafood, and travel.

’52 BA—Philip A. Fleming of Washington, DC, May 21, 2019; attorney; regulatory litigator and mediator; practiced energy and environmental law; veteran; helped organize the Electricity Consumers Resource Council and the Global Climate Coalition; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.

’52 BA—Suressa Holtzman Forbes of Rochester, NY, April 7, 2019; former Commissioner of Economic Development, City of Rochester; chair, Rochester Regional Health board; active in community, civic, and alumni affairs. Husband, Richard H. Forbes ’52.

’52, BME ’53—John S. Hopple of Cincinnati, OH, November 22, 2018; founder, Hopple Plastics; veteran; Salvation Army volunteer; enjoyed sailing, golf, squash, and coaching youth soccer and baseball; active in community and professional affairs. Chi Psi.

’52 BS Ag—Gordon H. Huckle of Ithaca, NY, July 1, 2019; administrator, Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell U.; co-founder, Village Greenhouse; also worked for Monroe Abstract; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs.

’52 BA—Gayle Raymond Kennedy of Minneapolis, MN, March 27, 2019; middle school English teacher; world traveler and hiker who studied Mesoamerican cultures; lifelong choral singer; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. Husband, George M. Kennedy ’52, BME ’53.

’52 BA—Lyman L. Leathers of Columbus, OH, June 20, 2019; professor emeritus of English and Humanities, Ohio Wesleyan U.; art critic and music editor, Delaware Gazette; life trustee, Opera Columbus; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’52 BS Hotel—Richard D. Levy of Boca Raton, FL, April 24, 2019; real estate developer; chairman of the board, Oriole Homes Corp.; president, Donna Klein Jewish Academy; collected Judaica art; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

’52 BS Ag, MEd ’65—John E. Price of Wayland, NY, July 22, 2019; high school agriculture teacher; greenhouse owner; Lions Club member; enjoyed hunting and camping; active in community and professional affairs.

’52 BS Ag—Jack A. Randorf of Marilla, NY, December 2, 2015.

’52, BEE ’53, JD ’55, MEE ’64—Donald P. Reynolds of Aurora, IL, April 20, 2019; patent attorney; director, Center for Intellectual Property Law, John Marshall Law School; adjunct professor of international patent law,U. of Chicago; taught electrical engineering at U. of Tennessee; enjoyed fying, coral reef diving, studying the classics, and travel; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’52 MBA—David Schaenen of Scottsdale, AZ, February 3, 2019; worked for Shell Oil Co.; president, Montana Petroleum Assn. and Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Assn.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon.

’52 MD—Robert M. Wagner of Minneapolis, MN, June 1, 2019; retired physician.

’52, BME ’53—Robert B. Walter of Dalton, MA, March 29, 2019; engineer at General Electric Ordnance Systems and Sperry Rand Corp.; Lions Club member; enjoyed racing sports cars, skiing, hiking, sailing, and camping; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

’52 MS HE—Barbara Snowman White of Cape Elizabeth, ME, formerly of Amherst, MA, February 26, 2019; taught home economics at Cornell U. and UMass Amherst; high school home economics teacher; enjoyed tennis, bridge, reading, theater, concerts, the arts, and walking.

’52 BA—Will W. White III of Arcadia, FL, May 16, 2019; public relations exec-utive; author; publisher, Omegacubed Press; veteran; enjoyed sailing; active in community and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

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’53 MS Ag, PhD ’61—Heman P. Adams of Fort Collins, CO, December 7, 2018; professor of biology and zoology, Glenville State College and Jersey City State College; college administrator; Boy Scout leader; enjoyed birdwatching, botany, puzzles, and Sudoku; active in community affairs. Wife, Patricia (Nutt), MA ’53.

’53 BA—Samuel A. Cassell of Wyckoff, NJ, January 7, 2019; internal medicine specialist; expert in the use of fber optics in pulmonary medicine; chief of staff, Barnert Hospital; clinical instructor, U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; helped found Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’53 MS—Dorothy Tappe Grotos of Great Falls, VA, April 25, 2019; chair, Arlington County Board; member, League of Women Voters; Girl Scout leader; enjoyed nature; active in civic and community affairs.

’53 BS HE, MPS ’73—Ann Wheeler Kassel of Baltimore, MD, May 1, 2019; managing editor of Industrial Labor and Labor Relations Review and MedChi Journal.

’53, B Chem E ’54—Richard J. Kelly of Yardley, PA, April 4, 2019; worked in research and engineering at Mobil Oil Corp.; veteran; enjoyed astronomy, classical music, opera, dining out, golf, reading, investing, and travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’53 BFA—Sandra Bangilsdorf Klein of Westport, CT, March 16, 2019; advertising copywriter; speechwriter for Hubert Humphrey; author; active in civic and professional affairs.

’53 BA—Elaine Stern Koretsky of Brookline, MA, November 11, 2018; paper artist; director, Research Inst. of Paper History and Technology; founder, Carriage House Paper; woodworker; author; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs.

’53 BS Ag—George M. Lewis of Lititz, PA, March 25, 2019; banker; also worked for Wirthmore Feed Co.; raised cattle, hogs, and sheep; president, Lititz Improvement; veteran; enjoyed gardening; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’53, B Chem E ’54—Paul W. Makosky of Easton, MD, March 25, 2019; chemical engineer; enjoyed travel, the arts, railroads, history, and culture; active in alumni affairs. Theta Chi.

’53 BS ILR—Frank A. Mason Jr. of Pennington, NJ, February 22, 2019; director, New Jersey Governor’s Offce of Employee Relations; asst. to the corporate VP of personnel, Johnson & Johnson; arbitrator; veteran; enjoyed golf and travel; active in professional affairs.

’53 BEP—Murray E. Miles of Rockville, MD, May 11, 2019; expert in radiological protection and controls; nuclear engineer, US Navy; director, nuclear technology division, the Atomic Energy Commission; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. Wife, Enid (Spangenberger) ’53.

’53, BS Ag ’57—Harold S. Porter of Interlaken, NY, May 19, 2019; taught science at Ithaca and Trumansburg high schools; veteran; track and cross country coach; outdoorsman; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

’53, BME ’54—Richard L. Townsend of Gardner, MA, April 14, 2019; electrical engineer, GTE; veteran; enjoyed skiing and running; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.

’53 BA—John D. Twiname of Scottsdale, AZ, March 12, 2019; co-president, New York City’s HealthCare Chaplaincy; Congregational minister emeritus; VP of marketing, American Hospital Supply Corp.; asst. secretary for Welfare and Social Services, Rehabilitation Service, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare; ad-ministrator of health, Cost of Living Council; managing director, American Health Foundation; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Wife, Carolyn (Anderson) ’54.

’53 BS Ag—Kenneth E. Van Liew of Columbus, IN, April 24, 2019; service

manager, Southern Division, Cummins Engine Co.; also worked at Ivy Tech; veteran; Boy Scout leader; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’53 PhD—Roger D. Way of State College, PA, June 2, 2019; pomologist; research scientist, Cornell’s Agricultural Experiment Station; introduced several varieties of apples, cherries, and elderberries; relief worker, American Friends Service Committee; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’53 BS Ag—Raymond S. Wilkes of Ottumwa, IA, May 8, 2019; engineer at John Deere; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.

’54, BS Ag ’53—Herbert P. Barber Jr. of Westfeld, NY, June 14, 2019; founder, Herb Barber & Sons Food Brokers; director of feld services, general manager of the co-op, and VP of Welch Foods; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54 BS Ag—Arthur P. Braaten of Scotland, MD, December 31, 2018.

’54 BA, MS ’57—Marjorie Hall Davis of Granby, CT, February 24, 2019; minister, United Church of Christ; pastoral counselor; adjunct faculty member, Hartford Seminary; taught biology, chemistry, and physics at Granby Memorial High School; president, Inst. on Religion in an Age of Science; author; peace and social justice advocate; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54 MS—Charles R. Downing of Hackettstown, NJ, May 18, 2019; veteran.

’54 BS HE—Ellen Barber Fonda of West Chester, PA, July 18, 2019; high school home economics teacher; volunteer, Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54 MD—Walter L. Freedman of Tucson, AZ, November 29, 2018; former chief of ob/gyn, Denver Health; veteran.

’54, BME ’55—Rodney C. Glover Jr., of St. Petersburg, FL, June 14, 2019; mechanical engineer and section head of environmental controls, Procter & Gamble; VP, One Design Sailing; enjoyed sailing and photography; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54 BS Ag—Richard G. Harley of Harmony, FL, December 12, 2018; owner, Harley Engraving; also worked for Northern Photo Engraving; veteran; enjoyed fshing, square dancing, fying, camping, pottery, art shows, travel, and golf; active in community affairs. Sigma Pi.

’54 MS Ag, PhD ’57—Charles E. Hess of Davis, CA, April 13, 2019; dean emeritus of agricultural and environmental sciences, UC Davis; helped create the UC Davis Student Farm; asst. secretary for science and education, US Dept. of Agriculture; chair of horticulture and forestry, Rutgers U.; also taught at Purdue U.; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’54—Charles M. Huck of Somerville, NJ, April 25, 2019; senior industrial designer, MPR Assocs. Inc. Phi Sigma Kappa.

’54 MS, PhD ’56—Donald J. Lisk of Freeville, NY, April 27, 2019; professor emeritus of toxicology, Cornell U.; expert on the toxic effects of chemical exposure; studied the use of fame retardants in clothing; collaborated with the Roswell Park Cancer Inst. and the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station; consultant for Exxon and General Electric; author; editor; enjoyed travel, woodworking, gardening, theater, music, and singing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54 BA—Douglas F. Miller of Birmingham, AL, April 19, 2019; senior consultant, Cardinal Risk Management Alternatives; veteran; enjoyed singing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.

’54 BS ILR—Rosanne Rogan Roach of Watervliet, NY, July 19, 2019; homemaker; enjoyed dancing, card games, and travel; active in community affairs.

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’54 BA—Nancy Carter Russell of Hilton Head Island, SC, May 21, 2019; res-taurateur and hotelier; owner, More Than Wine retail shop; enjoyed music, the arts, knitting, puzzles, Scrabble, and reading.

’54 BS HE—Shirley House Spencer (Mrs. John F. ’54, MS ’62) of Chapel Hill, NC, March 30, 2019; homemaker; French horn player, pianist, singer; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

’54 DVM—Edward W. Stewart of Manchester, CT, formerly of Glastonbury, CT, April 6, 2019; veterinarian; enjoyed gardening and playing piano; active in com-munity, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

’54 MS, PhD ’57—Jonathan S. Tobey of Brattleboro, VT, June 22, 2019; VP and technical director of agriculture, Chase Manhattan Bank; asst. professor of mar-keting and farm management, Cornell U.; operated the Townshend Corner Store; veteran; enjoyed cross-country skiing, running, sports, gardening, painting, wood-working, bowling, fshing, and canoeing; active in community affairs.

’54, BArch ’55—Teodoro C. Valentiner of Bad Vilbel, Germany, May 28, 2019. Lambda Chi Alpha.

’54 BA—Sandra Ingalls Van Heerden of Salisbury Mills, NY, May 17, 2019; director of social work, Community Family Planning Council; attended Summer Olympic Games from 1960-2004; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Phi.

’54 BA—Sally Guthrie Whitman of Manasquan, NJ, January 6, 2019; advertising copywriter and copy supervisor at Young & Rubicam; founder, the Wordsmith Agency; enjoyed tennis, reading, and the New York Times crossword puzzle; active in community and religious affairs.

’55, BCE ’56—Robert P. Ackert of Fort Myers Beach, FL, October 1, 2018; worked on the Apollo lunar rover and missile systems at Raytheon; Boy Scout leader; enjoyed sailing, fshing, fying, scuba diving, and travel; active in community affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

’55 BS Hotel—Robert W. Alstrin of Portland, OR, May 23, 2017; executive. Phi Kappa Sigma.

’55 PhD—William E. Beckel of West Vancouver, BC, October 15, 2018; president, Carleton U.; president, U. of Lethbridge; professor of zoology and dean of Scarborough College at U. of Toronto; research scientist, Defence Research Board and Canadian Dept. of National Defence; proponent of television as a teaching medium; author; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Dorothy (Brown), GR ’53-54.

’55 BS Ag, DVM ’57—Gerald A. Bezner of Henderson Harbor, NY, July 12, 2019; veterinarian; enjoyed sailing, fying, tennis, downhill skiing, reading, clas-sical music, and opera; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.

’55, BS ILR ’59—Richard G. DoBell of Endwell, NY, May 16, 2019; founder and president, Sieba Ltd.; VP of administration, Stow Manufacturing; also worked for Mohawk Airlines; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Acacia. Wife, Diana (Cook) ’58.

’55 BA—Roberta Pierson Fernow of Seattle, WA, formerly of Bowie, MD, December 2, 2017.

’55—Richard J. Frank of Elmira, NY, February 12, 2019; insurance broker; enjoyed golf, photography, stamp collecting, and gin rummy; active in community and alumni affairs.

’55 PhD—Robert G. Howe of Midland, MI, December 14, 2018; product development manager, Dow Chemical Co.; veteran; enjoyed travel and fshing; active in community and professional affairs.

’55, BME ’56—Robert D. Jones of Daniel Island, SC, May 1, 2019; worked in

corporate sales, research and development, and marketing at Air Products and Chemicals; veteran; enjoyed travel, tennis, cooking, and reading; active in community and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent.

’55 BA, MD ’59—Edward L. Krawitt of Shelburne, VT, July 18, 2019; physician; professor of medicine, U. of Vermont; clinical professor of medicine, Dartmouth College; scholar of autoimmune liver diseases; enjoyed opera, travel, and reading; active in professional affairs.

’55 BA—Barbara Hofheins Lavin of Easton, MD, July 11, 2019; attorney; practiced juvenile and family law; competitive fgure skater; enjoyed curling and camping; active in professional affairs. Alpha Phi.

’55 MS, PhD ’59—Arthur D. Leach of Kennebunkport, ME, March 12, 2019; established agricultural institutes for the Rockefeller Foundation; owner, real estate and construction business; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’55 BA—Nancy Allen Logan of Portsmouth, RI, March 8, 2019; library media specialist; teacher, Hyde Park School District; endowed a program with Childreach/Plan Int’l; enjoyed travel, photography, and baking; active in com-munity affairs. Husband, Joseph S. Logan, BEE ’55, MME ’56.

’55 BS Hotel—James R. Metz of Phoenix, AZ, October 13, 2016; hotelier.

’55 MA—Toni Wofford Morrison of Grand View-on-Hudson, NY, August 5, 2019; Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of the African American experience; author of Song of Solomon, Beloved, Sula, Jazz, and other novels and essays; professor of humanities, Princeton U.; senior editor, Random House; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’55 MEd—Edward M. Moy of Ithaca, NY, March 9, 2019; teacher and school administrator; director of educational communications at Ithaca BOCES; also taught Extension courses at Ithaca College; veteran; member, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs; Boy and Girl Scout volunteer; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’55 MA, PhD ’60—Roger J. Panciera of Stillwater, OK, March 22, 2019; veterinary pathologist, Oklahoma State U.; received the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award; 1992 Oklahoma Veterinarian of the Year; enjoyed canoeing and woodworking; active in professional affairs.

’55 BA—Daniel G. Partan of Boston, MA, March 29, 2019; professor of international law, Boston U.; pioneer on the legal implications of climate change; Distinguished Fulbright Scholar at Tsinghua U.; worked on panels of NAFTA and the World Trade Organization; human rights advocate; environmentalist; author; editor; enjoyed hiking, camping, and travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’55 BS Ag—John T. Romans of Gainesville, FL, February 28, 2019; professor of economics, U. at Buffalo; expert on regional and state income accounting; pioneer in forensic economics; author; wilderness advocate; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’55 MD—John Ross Jr. of La Jolla, CA, April 11, 2019; cardiologist, UC San Diego School of Medicine; expert on heart valves; developed heart catheterization procedures at the National Heart Inst.; enjoyed playing piano and sailing; active in community and professional affairs.

’55, BEE ’57—John H. Sachleben of Charleston, SC, April 21, 2019; electrical engineer, Grumman Aerospace; enjoyed golf. Kappa Delta Rho.

’56, BEP ’57, MS ’58—John F. Ahearne of Chapel Hill, NC, March 12, 2019; commissioner and chairman,Nuclear Regulatory Commission; worked for the Dept. of Energy and the Dept. of Defense; VP, Resources for the Future; executive director, Sigma Xi; also worked for the Nat’l Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; advisory council member for Los Alamos, Livermore, and Berkeley labs; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Sigma.

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’56, BS Ag ’57—Noé Diaz of West Palm Beach, FL, September 28, 2018; businessman; teacher; author; musician; veteran.

’56 BA—Stephanie Wilson Douglass of Ridgewood, NJ, January 6, 2019; forist.

’56 MS—Thomas H. Haliburton of Avonport, NS, January 1, 2016. Wife, Mabel (Lamb) ’55.

’56 BS Ag—Vaughn Larrison of Nashville, TN, April 27, 2019; food service supplier and broker, ConAgra. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’56, BCE ’58—Walter W. Lathrop of Perrysburg, OH, April 15, 2019; construction frm owner; VP, W. W. Lathrop Co.; co-founder, Tomahawk Development Co.; Scout leader; active in community and professional affairs. Theta Delta Chi.

’56 BS Ag—Norman L. Merritt of Fort Collins, CO, April 14, 2019; retired Colonel, US Air Force; base commander, Thule Air Base; chief, cost and economic analysis division, NORAD; associate professor of air science, U. of Illinois; active in com-munity, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Zeta.

’56 MBA—Richard A. Peshkin of Florence, AL, July 16, 2019; retired Colonel, US Air Force; also worked for Lockheed Martin; defense contractor consultant; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’56 LLB—J. William Reeves of Rochester, NY, May 27, 2019; corporate attorney; partner, Boylan Code LLP; golfer and chair of Oak Hill’s Hill of Fame; enjoyed sailing, skiing, sports cars, and jazz; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Gail (Berry) ’56.

’56 BS Ag—Stewart L. Sherman of Manlius, NY, June 26, 2019; middle school science teacher; also worked for 4-H; enjoyed singing and gardening; active in community and religious affairs.

’56 PhD—Glen A. Slack of Schenectady, NY, June 27, 2019; research professor of physics; worked at General Electric Research and Development Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Illinois Inst. of Technology, and Russell Sage College; co-founder, Crystal IS; author; patent holder; Guggenheim fellow; enjoyed mountain climbing, backpacking, canoeing, restoring Model A cars, and the environment; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Nancy (Guttmann) ’52, MS ’54.

’56 BEE—Robert Neale Van Delft of Wayne, NJ, May 28, 2019; worked at ITT; editor, Unit 106 Newsletter; enjoyed opera, theater, travel, animals, and duplicate bridge.

’56 BA—Carol Pearson Whalen of Santa Fe, NM, formerly of Truro, MA, March 16, 2019; teacher, American School of Paris and Irvington, NY, schools; lecturer, Albright Art Gallery; worked in public information at the National Gallery of Art; active in community affairs. Chi Omega.

’57 MBA—Wilbur L. Appel Jr. of Indianapolis, IN, February 11, 2019; owner, Central Indiana Oil Co.; veteran; enjoyed golf, the arts, classical music, and reading; active in community and religious affairs.

’57 MS HE—Gene Stimart Beardsley of Gainesville, FL, April 8, 2019; social worker, UF UpReach Pavilion; coordinator for teacher resources, Alachua County Childcare Coalition; nursery school teacher; also worked at Donaldina Cameron House helping Asian immigrant youth in San Francisco; activist, Nuclear Freeze movement; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’57 BS Hotel—Robert H. Bennett of Englewood, CO, July 1, 2018; elementary school teacher.

’57 MA—Joyce Long Ferris of Exeter, NH, December 30, 2018; educator and school administrator.

’57 BS Hotel—William J. Galvin Sr. of Queensbury, NY, March 22, 2019; president, Gallagher Truck Leasing Corp.; asst. professor of air science and tactics, Manhattan College; veteran; member, Knights of Columbus, Rotary, and

Elks Club; volunteer, Habitat for Humanity; enjoyed history, storytelling, and the outdoors; active in community and professional affairs. Seal & Serpent.

’57 MS ILR—Antonia H. Nell of Rockville, MD, March 24, 2019.

’57—Albert J. Phillips of Sarasota, FL, April 15, 2019; electrical engineer; veteran; enjoyed bridge, fshing, and golf. Delta Tau Delta.

’57 BCE—Donald J. Redlich of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Camp Hill, PA, May 25, 2019; civil engineer; veteran; Mason; active in community affairs. Seal & Serpent.

’57, BCE ’58—Alan H. Schultz of Tucson, AZ, July 12, 2019; consultant, Schultz and Assocs.; active in alumni affairs.

’57, BS Nurs ’58—Nora Daldy Schumacher of Wayne, PA, and Venice, FL, July 23, 2019; nurse; avid tennis player; active in community and religious affairs.

’58, BME ’59—Bruce Augustus of Hailey, ID, June 29, 2019; attorney; aero-nautical engineer; helped design the re-entry shield for Apollo 7; owner, Augustus Airlines charter fight service; building manager; editor, SAM Speaks; model airplane enthusiast; enjoyed sailing, skiing, snowboarding, jogging, and fying. Tau Epsilon Phi.

’58 MEd—Elizabeth Gall Biesiot (Mrs. Peter G. Jr., MBA ’58) of Kenai, AK, and Fairbanks, AK, December 28, 2018; sculptor; painter; muralist; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs.

’58 BA—Floyd L. Downs of Wooster, OH, June 19, 2019; professor and chair of biology, College of Wooster; herpetologist; author; editor; birder; enjoyed tennis, golf, and volleyball; active in professional affairs. Chi Phi.

’58 BA—Roberta Arvine Fishman of Brookhaven, NY, June 2, 2019; English and social studies teacher; world traveler; active in community and alumni affairs.

’58 BS Ag—Ronald D. Forness of Allegany, NY, November 1, 2018; loan assistance offcer, Farmers Home Administration; also worked for Ralston Purina, Allied Mills, and Wirthmore Feed Co.; farmer; county supervisor; member, Knights of Columbus; enjoyed hunting; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’58 BA—Harry W. Gorgas of Charleston, SC, June 21, 2019; executive VP of sales, Kimberly-Clark Corp.; enjoyed travel, sailing, golf, croquet, and gardening; active in professional and religious affairs. Psi Upsilon.

’58 BS Ag, DVM ’62—William H. Herbold III of West Islip, NY, May 9, 2019; veterinarian; operated solo small animal practice for 40 years; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

’58 BA—John A. Herman of Los Gatos, CA, January 14, 2019; internist and endocrinologist; specialist in diabetes in Hispanic patients; asst. clinical professor of medicine, UC San Francisco; veteran; enjoyed gardening, hiking, and travel; active in community and professional affairs. Seal & Serpent.

’58 BS HE—Sandra Ellis Lomker of Rochester, NY, June 1, 2016; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

’58 BS Ag—William H. Longstreet of Webster Groves, MO, July 13, 2019; commodities broker; operated Ranch-Roy-L summer camps; veteran; enjoyed sports, reading, classical music, and nature; active in religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’58, BEP ’59—James H. McNally of Scottsdale, AZ, February 26, 2019; physicist, Los Alamos Nat’l Lab; consultant; also worked for the US Dept. of State; enjoyed sailing; active in professional affairs. Sigma Nu.

’58, B Chem E ’59—John W. Nestor Jr. of Concord, MA, June 4, 2019; senior research manager, Polaroid Corp.; enjoyed basketball, golf, and skiing; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

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’58 MILR—Melvin L. Roberts of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, November 9, 2018.

’58 LLB—Perry Satz of Poughkeepsie, NY, March 30, 2019; attorney; adjunct professor and lecturer, Marist College; also lectured at Cornell Law School; veteran; enjoyed jazz, golf, swimming, and gin rummy; active in professional affairs.

’58 PhD—David J. Thouless of Cambridge, UK, formerly of Seattle, WA, April 6, 2019; condensed-matter physicist; Nobel Prize winner; expert on thin materials and superconductivity; professor at U. of Washington, Yale U., and U. of Birmingham; also worked at Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Laboratory; awarded the Wolf Prize in physics and the Dirac Medal; active in professional affairs. Wife, Margaret (Scrase) ’59.

’58 PhD—Harry C. Triandis of Carlsbad, CA, June 1, 2019; cross-cultural psychologist; professor emeritus of psychology, U. of Illinois; also taught at UC Irvine, U. of Hawaii, Nanyang Technological U., Victoria U., and Cornell U.; Guggenheim fellow; Distinguished Fulbright Professor to India; author; active in professional affairs.

’59 BA—Lester S. Adelman of Cambridge, MA, December 18, 2018; professor of pathology and neuroscience at Tufts Medical School and U. of Virginia; enjoyed classical music, literature, flm, photography, and baseball; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Epsilon Pi. Wife, Stephanie (Herman) ’60.

’59, B Chem E ’60—Stuart D. Alexander of Sarasota, FL, April 29, 2019; research section head, Scott Paper; group leader, St. Regis Paper Co.; technical service engineer, Westvaco; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma.

’59 BS HE—Barbara S. Beaman of Shelburne, VT, June 9, 2019; elementary and early childhood educator; also taught in Evreux, France, for the US Air Force; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Gamma.

’59 BS Hotel—John T. Chirgwin of Edgartown, MA, May 25, 2019; owner, the Lightkeeper’s Inn; active in alumni affairs. Theta Delta Chi.

’59 MS—Wilfred F. Declercq of Tucson, AZ, June 6, 2019; Foreign Service offcer; active in professional affairs.

’59 BA—Robert J. Dunne Jr. of Ashland, WI, May 7, 2019; commercial and industrial real estate broker; also worked for the Missouri Pacifc Railroad. Psi Upsilon. Wife, Sondra (Rudgers) ’62.

’59, BS Ag ’60—Charles H. Field Jr. of Saint George, UT, June 18, 2019; professor of chemistry and botany, Cochise College; also taught biology at Hartwick College; genealogist; Scout leader; active in community and religious affairs. Acacia.

’59 BS ILR—John E. Gibbons of Antioch, CA, May 3, 2019; executive VP, Guy F. Atkinson Co.; executive secretary, Northern New York Builders Exchange and Associated Building Contractors; asst. managing director, General Building Contractors of NYS; consultant; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’59 MFA—Charles A. Ginnever Jr. of Putney, VT, June 16, 2019; metal sculptor; taught at Cornell U. and Windham College; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’59 BS ILR—Evelyn Schulman Hammerman (Mrs. Herbert L. ’56, BME ’57) of Jaffrey, NH, July 1, 2019; psychiatric social worker; art docent; enjoyed sailing, swimming, kayaking, tennis, painting, and reading; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

’59-61 SP Ag—Frank A. Healy of Orono, ME, March 31, 2019; executive VP and CEO, Lane Construction Corp.; operated a greenhouse business; enjoyed gardening; active in community and professional affairs. Zeta Psi.

’59, DVM ’61—Eugene L. Johannes of Hornell, NY, August 4, 2018; veterinarian; dairy farmer; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

’59, BS ILR ’60, JD ’65—Philip E. McCarthy of Vero Beach, FL, May 22, 2019; attorney; co-founder, Ceracuity Inc.; co-founder, ImmunoGen; managing general partner, McCarthy, Bund & Weersing and Michigan Investment Fund; director of mergers and acquisitions and venture capital, Int’l Nickel; adjunct professor, Columbia U. Business School; veteran; enjoyed tennis, squash, paddle tennis, golf, and boating; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

’59 BS Ag, MBA ’60—David W. Menard of Villanova, PA, May 13, 2019; founder, Moro Corp.; president and CEO, Colmen Menard Co.; enjoyed gardening, collecting antiques, and world travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

’59 BA—Jonathan B. Pasternack of Tucson, AZ, March 27, 2019; pediatrician; medical consultant, Arizona Dept. of Health; veteran; active in professional affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

’59 BS Ag, MS Ag ’71—Gary A. Randorf of Pittsboro, NC, June 18, 2019; nature and landscape photographer; Adirondack conservationist; naturalist, Adirondack Park Agency; executive director, Adirondack Council; leader in the fght to curb acid rain; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Kappa Sigma.

’59 BS Ag—Donald M. Smith of Franklin, NY, May 5, 2019; dairy farmer; director, Franklin Fire Insurance Cooperative; enjoyed NASCAR; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’59 PhD—John O. Sutter of Mill Valley, CA, March 16, 2019; Foreign Service offcer; closed the American Consulate in Shanghai in 1949 during the Communist takeover; representative for the Asia Foundation in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Pakistan; president and CEO, Democratic World Federalists; veteran; genealogist; enjoyed travel, stamp collecting, baseball, tennis, swimming, and following world events; advocated for gun control and ending war; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’59, BArch ’60—C. J. Way Jr. of Glen Ridge, NJ, February 9, 2019; architect; worked on the 1980 Olympic Arena at Lake Placid, the US Embassy in Cairo, Minnesota Orchestra Hall, and Sony’s US headquarters; enjoyed golf, travel, opera, theater, and lectures; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.

’60 PhD—Richard P. Abernathy of Greensboro, GA, June 15, 2019; professor and head of foods and nutrition, Purdue U.; professor of foods and nutrition, Virginia Tech; veteran; tutor; enjoyed fshing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’60, BCE ’62—James E. Anderson of Westmont, IL, December 30, 2018; civil engineer; principal and VP, James Anderson Co.; active in community affairs. Chi Psi.

’60 BA—Margaret Hospital Bramble of Austin, TX, March 28, 2019; junior college teacher; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’60 BA—Linda Kitay Censor of New York City, June 18, 2019; worked in publishing at Doubleday and Time Life. Sigma Delta Tau.

’60 BA—Donald A. Christensen of Berwyn, PA, May 13, 2019; worked at Rohm and Haas; enjoyed bridge, travel, skiing, tennis, golf, and reading; active in religious and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

’60, B Chem E ’61—Walter C. Gates Jr. of Ithaca, NY, December 2, 2018; worked at the Texaco Research Facility; patent holder; enjoyed ice hockey, nature, theater, opera, and classical music; active in community affairs.

’60, BEE ’61—Maurice G. Gilliland of Holly Hill, FL, March 13, 2019; associate professor of computer science, Daytona State College; retired from General Electric; tutor; enjoyed cooking, golf, reading, sports, and history; active in community affairs. Kappa Sigma.

’60 PhD—Andreas A. Holmsen of Kingston, RI, June 15, 2019; fsheries economist, U. of Rhode Island; agricultural economist, United Nations Food and

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Agriculture Organization; also taught at U.of North Dakota; international consultant; enjoyed gardening and travel; active in professional affairs. Wife, Lilian (Soobik), MS ILR ’59.

’60 BA—Stephen J. Kornreich of New York City, May 8, 2019; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

’60 BS Ag—John W. Lincoln of Bloomfeld, NY, July 3, 2019; owner and operator, Linholm Dairy Farm; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’60—William H. Maxwell of Massena, NY, March 31, 2019; founder, Maxwell Logging; raised livestock; also worked at General Motors; enjoyed gardening, pinochle, and the outdoors; active in community affairs.

’60—Ray S. Messenger of Camillus, NY, April 16, 2019; Episcopal priest; program manager, Eastman Kodak; docent, Seward House Museum; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha. Wife, Susan (Rogers), BS Nurs ’60.

’60—Friedrich B. Miller of Pendleton, OR, February 14, 2019; psychiatrist and pediatrician; staff physician, Eastern Oregon Psychiatric Center; minister, Universal Life Church; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’60, BME ’61—George R. Simpson of Hampton Bays, NY, April 2, 2019; engineer; designed the frst word processing products for Wang, Digital Equipment Corp., Xerox, and other companies; founder and CEO, Micro-Curl Display Technologies; also worked for Union Carbide and NASA; developed the E.T. Corn Gods language; author; patent holder; active in professional affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’60, BA ’61—Guerry L. Suggs of Springfeld, IL, April 9, 2019; senior VP, First National Bank of Springfeld; also worked for Marine Midland Bank; enjoyed tennis, cycling, and baseball; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

’60 MS Ag, PhD ’63—David B. Van Vleck of Middlebury, VT, April 22, 2019; high school science and biology teacher; director, Optimum Population; professor of biology, Middlebury College; grape and apple grower; raised Black Angus cattle; veteran; author; Lions Club member; enjoyed travel, painting, tennis, birdwatching, and the outdoors; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’61 BS ILR—Robert W. Allison Jr. of Pittsburgh, PA, July 19, 2019. Alpha Tau Omega.

’61 BS ILR—Charles P. Arthur of Voorheesville, NY, May 10, 2019; retired from SUNY Research Foundation; veteran; member, Kiwanis and Lions clubs; enjoyed stamp collecting, gardening, old time radio, and the Boston Red Sox; active in community and religious affairs.

’61 DVM—Frank L. Boudinot of Berea, KY, February 24, 2019; veterinarian; veteran; enjoyed sailing, golf, and woodworking; active in professional affairs.

’61 BS Ag, DVM ’65—R. Kenneth Braun of Gainesville, FL, May 17, 2019; professor emeritus of veterinary medicine, U. of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine; dairy farmer; played semi-pro football for the Newark Bears; active in professional affairs.

’61 BS Ag, PhD ’75—Frank E. Brockman of Trumansburg, NY, July 10, 2019; agronomist, Int’l Inst. of Tropical Agriculture; Peace Corps volunteer; veteran; enjoyed gardening, running, biking, motorcycling, travel, and organic farming; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.

’61 DVM—Walter E. Collins of Grand Ledge, MI, January 19, 2019; veterinarian; associate professor and coordinator, veterinary tech program at Michigan State U.; director, animal medical technology program, Mountain View College; pro-fessor and founder of the frst veterinary tech program at SUNY Delhi; veteran; enjoyed gardening and computers; active in professional and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

’61 BA—Kathryn Hansbury Dawson of Morris Plains, NJ, December 9, 2018; learning disabilities teacher and consultant; principal, Early Childhood Learning Center; also worked for the Morris-Union Jointure Commission; sewed and sold doll clothing through her business, Tinka’s Treasures; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, David M. Dawson ’60, BME ’61.

’61 MRP—David K. Dodes of Hamden, CT, March 23, 2019; town planner, East Hampton, CT; state representative, Connecticut legislature; president, Hamden Town Council; little league and youth football coach; enjoyed music and the New York Giants; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’61 MA, PhD ’64—Stephen L. Harris of Sacramento, CA, April 14, 2019; professor and chair of humanities and religious studies, California State U., Sacramento; also taught at Washington State U.; author; authority on the Cascade Mountain Range; enjoyed hiking, music, humanities, the arts, and the outdoors; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’61 MA—Akimi Yamakawa Hio of Norfolk, VA, November 13, 2018; physical therapist; also worked for the Episcopal Diocese of Okinawa; enjoyed traditional Japanese dance, taking walks, and singing; active in religious affairs.

’61 BS Nurs—Patricia Million Loizou of La Verne, CA, April 18, 2018; nurse.

’61 BS Ag—Carolyn J. Male of Salem, NY, June 14, 2019; taught microbiology at College of St. Rose; also taught medical students at the U. of Colorado; heirloom tomato enthusiast; founding member of tomatoville.com; author; active in com-munity affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

’61 MS ORIE—Stewart F. Paterson of Pittsburgh, PA, June 25, 2019; worked at Westinghouse as program administrator for NASA’s lunar camera program and Westinghouse Health Systems, and as international consultant for corporate man-agement, operations research, and inventory control; taught at Elmira College, York College, and U. of Vermont; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’61 MD—James W. Ryan of Augusta, GA, May 4, 2019; physician; professor emeritus, U. of Miami.

’61 JD—Raymond L. Sciarrino of Mount Morris, NY, May 25, 2019; attorney; middle school math teacher; justice of the peace; district attorney, Livingston County; veteran; member, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, and Jaycees; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’61 MD—James E. Standefer of Woodridge, IL, and Marine on St. Croix, MN, December 28, 2018; ophthalmologist; founder, Associated Eye; clinical professor of ophthalmology, U. of Minnesota; US Navy fight surgeon; performed cataract surgery, treated glaucoma, and taught others to perform procedures in more than 31 developing countries; enjoyed collecting Asian art, beekeeping, birdwatching, gardening, scuba diving, rowing, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing; active in community and professional affairs.

’61 BS Ag—Lee O. Van Arsdale of Ballston Spa, NY, December 13, 2018; district manager, farm equipment industry; veteran; Scout leader; volunteer frefghter; enjoyed camping, travel, reading, auctions, and garage sales; active in community affairs. Cayuga Lodge.

’61 BA, MBA ’63—Richard L. Weyand of Bloomfeld Hills, MI, May 26, 2019; manufacturer’s representative, auto industry; veteran; led Culver Military Academy’s Black Horse Troop in President Eisenhower’s second inaugural parade; enjoyed golf, polo, gardening, mountain climbing, and the outdoors; active in community and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.

’62 MD—Donald W. Abel of Naples, FL, July 6, 2019; surgeon; veteran; staff surgeon during the Vietnam War; sports offcial and fan; president, Massachusetts State Basketball Offcials Assn.; enjoyed bridge, crossword puzzles, and “Jeopardy!”; active in community and professional affairs.

’62 BA—Priscilla Snow Algava of Princeton, NJ, April 23, 2019; artist; operated Wondrous on Witherspoon pop-up gallery; teacher, Marist College and South

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Brunswick Schools; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Husband, Martin E Silverman ’61.

’62 DVM—David F. Anderson of Chester, CT, April 28, 2019; veterinarian; Rotarian; enjoyed sailing, reading, and seafood; active in professional affairs.

’62, BA ’63—Donald F. Behan of The Villages, FL, June 3, 2019; chair of actuarial science and director, actuarial science program, Georgia State U.; chief actuary, Deloitte; former professor of mathematics, Union College; expert witness; con-sultant; enjoyed travel, learning languages, running, beekeeping, maple sugaring, cooking, reading, astronomy, and Sudoku; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

’62 MS—Janet Pancoast Cassady of St. Augustine, FL, July 7, 2019; bio-statistician, U. of Miami School of Medicine; author; women’s rights advocate; environmentalist; enjoyed travel, orchids, and reading; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’62 BS Ag—Nancy L. Couse of Golden, CO, June 10, 2019; certifed public accountant; also taught genetics at U. of Denver; enjoyed nature and travel.

’62, BEE ’63, MEE ’68—James H. Elgin of Tewksbury, MA, December 2, 2018; worked for Digital Equipment Corp., Cambridge Technology Partners, and Honeywell; also taught computer programming at Northeastern U. and Middlesex Community College; veteran; enjoyed travel, camping, and sailing; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’62, B Chem E ’63—Samuel C. Fleming of New London, NH, May 2, 2019; founding president, chairman, and CEO of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources; director, Picker Inst.; director, Pathway Health Network and other institutions; advocate for improved safety and quality of care in hospitals; veteran; Cornell U. trustee emeritus; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.

’62, BCE ’63—James M. Greenberg of Uniontown, PA, August 3, 2018; professor emeritus of mathematical sciences, Carnegie Mellon U. Zeta Beta Tau.

’62 BA—Susan Boesel King of San Rafael, CA, January 17, 2019. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, John M. King ’61.

’62—Paul F. Raymond of Oswego, NY, March 28, 2019; dairy farmer; established Raymondairy Holsteins; 4-H leader; active in community and professional affairs.

’62 MBA—Peter W. Rector of Portsmouth, RI, March 11, 2019; president, Newport Creamery; chairman of the board, Newport Federal Savings Bank; little league and youth basketball coach; enjoyed tennis, fshing, and sports; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’62 BA—Charlotte White Spencer of Walnut Creek, CA, September 8, 2018. Delta Delta Delta.

’62 LLB—Douglas S. Stuart of Tijeras, NM, April 30, 2019; senior consultant; enjoyed travel, golf, and the Boston Red Sox.

’62 BA—Richard D. Thurston of Spanaway, WA, February 28, 2019.

’63, BCE ’65, MCE ’66—Arthur H. Adams of Alpharetta, GA, April 30, 2019; civil engineer; designed water and sewage treatment plants around the world; enjoyed sailing, the outdoors, and fshing; Scout leader; volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and AARP; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

’63 DVM—W. Robert Bastian of Friedens, PA, July 13, 2019; veterinarian; legislator, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

’63 BA—Nancy J. Blanford of Bronx, NY, March 8, 2019; freelance editor; writing coach.

’63 BS Ag—Evelyn S. Chadwick of Livingston, NJ, November 23, 2018; teacher,

New York City public schools.

’63 DVM—Edward F. Christensen of Fayetteville, NY, May 30, 2019; veterinarian; also worked at Bristol-Myers; veteran; enjoyed garden railroading and travel. Alpha Psi.

’63 MS—John A. Ferwerda of Bangor, ME, May 21, 2019; soil scientist, USDA; participated in the National Cooperative Soil Survey; veteran; enjoyed gardening, birdwatching, rock collecting, hiking, and cycling; active in community, pro-fessional, and religious affairs.

’63 BS Hotel—Julie Milligan Flik of Key Biscayne, FL, April 27, 2019; consultant, Compass Group; co-founder, Flik Int’l, a food service management company; named one of the Hotel school’s “90 Infuential Hotelies”; loved travel, tennis, orchids, opera, ettiquette, and word games; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’63 BS Ag—William P. Kroll of Pasadena, CA, May 7, 2019; co-owner, Plantasia Nursery; owner, lawn care business; co-owner, New Horizons Christian Bookshop; enjoyed plants, travel, fshing, nature walks, cars, and singing. Algonquin Lodge.

’63, BS Ag ’64—James I. McNitt of Slaughter, LA, May 22, 2019; professor of animal science, Southern U. A&M College; authority on poultry and rabbit production; also taught at the U. of Malawi; Peace Corps volunteer; author; active in community and professional affairs. Algonquin Lodge.

’63 MS—Evangelos D. Paneras ofThessaloniki, Greece, August 20, 2018; professor emeritus of science, Aristotelian U. of Thessaloniki; also worked for Kraft Foods; author; active in professional affairs.

’63 DVM—E. Raymond Penhollow of Clarence Center, NY, February 7, 2019; veterinarian; enjoyed motorcycle touring; active in community and professional affairs.

’63 DVM—William A. Reynolds of Flemington, NJ, May 2, 2019; veterinarian. Alpha Psi.

’63 BS Hotel—Nan Rick of Boise, ID, March 17, 2019; owner, Thursday’s Book-store; owner, NanCraft Inc. wholesale gift business; restaurateur; farmer; founder, Art Mom/Dad program in Idaho; enjoyed travel, art, literature, movies, and music; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’64 BS Ag—Neal H. D’Agostino of Corona, CA, December 8, 2018; sales manager.

’64, BEE ’65—Edward G. Fisher of Bristol, ME, November 6, 2018; electrical engineer, Canberra Industries; musician who played with Chuck Berry; enjoyed the outdoors, music, and travel; land steward; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi. Wife, Mary (Dix) ’65.

’64 BA—Karen Graning Gardner (Mrs. Robert L. ’57, BS Ag ’63) of Tigard, OR, July 6, 2019; statistician; Meals on Wheels volunteer; enjoyed travel, gardening, bridge, and knitting; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Phi.

’64, BS Ag ’66—David E. Hospodor of Bozeman, MT, February 2, 2019; owner, Spas and Home Recreation. Sigma Nu.

’64 DVM—Arthur J. Nestved of Shelby, NC, July 7, 2019; equestrian veterinarian; also opened his own business manufacturing and selling horse medicines; enjoyed playing cards and board games; active in professional and religious affairs.

’64 LLB—Brian M. Olmstead of Beverly, MA, May 10, 2018; attorney; worked with Boston Legal Assistance, Greater Boston Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services, and the US Civil Rights Commission; founded the legal services program at New England School of Law; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’64—Paul D. Radway of Pompey, NY, April 17, 2019; tree surgeon; veteran; Lions Club member; enjoyed birdwatching, sports, crossword puzzles, and animals; active in community affairs. Cayuga Lodge.

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’64, BEE ’65, MEE ’66—Frederick W. Wendland Jr. of Del Mar, CA, June 7, 2019; electrical engineer; worked in research and development for Lucent Technologies and Bell Laboratories; enjoyed reading, tennis, water skiing, restoring antique cars, collecting model trains and planes, and sailing; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Chi.

’65 BS Hotel—Peter A. Cheney of Pompano Beach, FL, March 25, 2019; worked in accounting and fnancial management; CFO, National Re-Insurance; also worked at Price Waterhouse; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’65, BS Ag ’66—John C. Hough Jr. of Urbana, IL, June 1, 2019; taught human anatomy at U. of Illinois; also taught biology at Knox College; enjoyed fshing. Alpha Phi Delta.

’65 BS Ag—Rolf Jesinger of Wilmington, NC, May 18, 2019; agricultural researcher, BASF; also worked for Rohm & Haas; active in professional affairs.

’65—William F. Klick of Kendall, NY, September 3, 2018; truck driver, Traczyk Trucking.

’65 BS HE—Marilyn Barnes Miller of Springfeld, VA, May 7, 2019; teacher; school administrator; enjoyed gardening, reading, and swimming; active in community and professional affairs.

’65 BS Ag—Dennis P. Nor� eet of Oswego, NY, March 26, 2019; internal medicine specialist; medical director, Oswego County Opportunities, Hospice, and Oswego County Health Dept.; medical consultant to Oswego County; clinical associate professor of medicine, Upstate Medical U.; Scout leader; active in civic, com-munity, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Doren (Poland) ’65.

’65 LLB—Alfred T. Ogden II of New York City, March 28, 2019; attorney; senior VP and attorney for investment banking, Prudential Securities; enjoyed sailing, history, and culture; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.

’65 BS HE—Sharon Edelman Sheiman of Yardley, PA, June 30, 2019; relocation project manager, Prudential; also taught elementary school; loved animals and the arts; active in community affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. Husband, Larry S. Sheiman ’65.

’65—Robert A. Spaulding of Ithaca, NY, June 9, 2019; real estate agent, Audrey Edelman & Assocs.; computer programmer, Kenneth Post Lab; also worked in quality control at Ithaca Gun; veteran; columnist; supervisor, Town of Caroline; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’65 BA—Margaret Hodges Wexelblat of Concord, MA, March 18, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

’65, DVM ’68, PhD ’79—James F. Zimmer of Loudon,TN, formerly of Dryden, NY, March 18, 2019; veterinarian; taught in Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine, SUNY Delhi Dept. of Veterinary Science Technology, and Purdue U.; former mayor, Village of Dryden; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’66—Alexander S. Gibson III of Peru, NY, April 14, 2019; established Yarborough Square in Plattsburgh and Peru, NY.

’66 MBA—Terry S. Mercer of Seal Beach, CA, April 25, 2019; worked in manu-facturing; managed the frst fber optic factory; volunteer with Food Finders and Urban Community Outreach; enjoyed exercise, hiking, business consulting, hosting dinner parties, movies, and pickleball; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’66 BA—Martin Y. Sponaugle of Rye Beach, NH, March 24, 2019; attorney; real estate developer; also worked in the zinc business in Thailand; active in alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon.

’67 BS Ag—Steven L. Auerbach of Franklin, MA, April 7, 2017; videographer, Video Archives Unlimited. Phi Kappa Tau.

’67 MST—Ralph F. Brown Jr. of West Hartford, CT, January 9, 2019; high school biology teacher; science education consultant; high school track and basketball coach; Scout leader; enjoyed hiking, canoeing, camping, tennis, skiing, bird-watching, and NPR; active in community and professional affairs.

’67 MA—Ramon B. Cardenas of Manila, Philippines, June 15, 2019; active in alumni affairs.

’67 JD—Barton D. Graham of Pine City, NY, October 12, 2018; retired VP.

’67 PhD—Ronald E. Hess of Collegeville, PA, July 1, 2019; professor and chair of chemistry and pre-med advisor, Ursinus College; also taught high school chemistry; basketball coach; train watcher and photographer; collected railway art; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’67 BS—James R. Lopata of Chicago, IL, August 6, 2019; retired chemical engineer; owner, Lopata Technical Services.

’67 PhD—James H. Lovering of Charlottetown, PE, May 3, 2019; retired director of agricultural development.

’67 DVM—Leslie J. Mathews of Conway, SC, June 12, 2019; veterinarian; veteran; enjoyed listening to Willie Nelson.

’67 BS MSE—Roy J. Nilsen of Upper St. Clair, PA, July 7, 2019; metallurgical engineer, Westinghouse Bettis Power Laboratory; patent holder; active in professional affairs.

’67 BA—George A. Schieren III of Boone, NC, May 21, 2019; professor of eco-nomics and statistics, Appalachian State U.; also taught at Texas Christian U.; author; member, Society of Shaggers; enjoyed reading and hosting parties; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’67 BS Hotel—Philip J. Sorota of Louisville, KY, October 30, 2018; chiropractor; veteran; Scout leader; active in religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’67 MST—Edward V. Tschappat Jr. of Toledo, OH, February 19, 2019; development engineer, Ford Motor Co.; engineer, Gemini Space Program; statistics professor, Bowling Green State U.; taught high school math and science; taught science, math, and astronomy during his retirement; active in professional affairs.

’67, BME ’68—William H. Weitzenkorn of The Hills, TX, July 19, 2019; mechanical engineer; enjoyed freshwater and bay fshing, golf, and visiting South Padre Island and Port Arthur. Sigma Chi.

’67 JD—Jonathan M. Weld of Brooklyn, NY, May 10, 2019; attorney; specialized in capital markets and banking; veteran; philanthropist; enjoyed gardening, travel, bridge, music, theater, dance, literature, and fne wine and food; active in community and professional affairs.

’68 BS HE—Jennifer Sohn Appleby of Chipman, NY, July 23, 2019; developed and taught in the Early Childhood Occupations Program at Northwest Tech; worked for Cooperative Extension; 4-H agent; town justice; enjoyed sewing, reading, and swimming; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’68 BA—M. Douglass Bellis of Washington, DC, October 15, 2018; attorney; senior legislative counsel, US House of Representatives; advisor, Commonwealth Assn. of Legislative Counsel; adjunct professor, George Washington U.; enjoyed science, religion, philosophy, law, history, and music; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha.

’68—John M. Finley of New Orleans, LA, May 4, 2019; director, Center for Cosmetic Surgery; staff physician, Ochsner Medical Center; associate professor, Tulane U.; medical missionary; author; painter; enjoyed fying, sailing, collecting art, the outdoors, Celtic music, and playing the fddle; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Pi.

’68 PhD—Robert Folken� ik of Laguna Beach, CA, July 20, 2019; professor

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emeritus of English, UC Irvine; specialist in 18th-century British literature; author; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Vivian (Perlstein), MA ’67.

’68 MS Ag—Joseph S. Laposata of Melbourne, FL, December 3, 2018; retired US Army Lt. General; chief of logistics plans and operations, US Army; chief of staff, NATO’s Allied Forces Southern Europe; secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; director of logistics, NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency; author; active in professional affairs.

’68 BS Ag, MS Ag ’71—Leslie E. Maust of Plain City, OH, November 30, 2018; research assistant, Ingredient Innovation Int’l; missionary; dairy farmer; active in professional and religious affairs.

’68 PhD—James J. Skelsey of Austin, TX, April 6, 2019; entomologist; worked for DuPont, Shell Development Co., and Niagara Chemical Co.; enjoyed golf, gardening, and long walks; active in professional affairs.

’68 BA—Thomas K. Weiss of Waltham, MA, April 20, 2019; psychiatrist.

’68, BS Ag ’69—Roger D. Williams of Hector, NY, June 27, 2019; dairy farmer; also raised beef cattle; loan offcer, USDA; veteran; Mason; active in community and religious affairs.

’69 BS Hotel—Fred F. Loewenthal of Miami, FL, March 22, 2019; CEO; enjoyed tennis, teaching, writing, football, and family.

’69 BA—Ronald E. Nehring of Salt Lake City, UT, May 24, 2019; Utah Supreme Court Justice; managing attorney, Utah Legal Services; litigator; author; com-petitive runner and horseback rider; completed the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela; enjoyed cycling, black dogs and horses, marathon running, and skiing; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’69 BS HE—Margaret Greene Nicklin of Romulus, NY, March 6, 2019; registered nurse; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

’69 BS Ag—George R. Swan of Oakville, ON, April 23, 2019; managing director, Forstar Wealth Management; president, HSBC Trust Co.; founder, PerCor Financial Consultants; also worked for CIL; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’69—Mark A. Thomas of Canandaigua, NY, May 1, 2017.

’70, BS Eng ’71—Edward F. Harrigan of Hartford, CT, formerly of Anchorage, AK, March 8, 2019; commercial fsherman; carpenter; enjoyed travel; active in religious affairs.

’70 BS Ag—Daniel S. Lodboa of Thorold, ON, May 11, 2019; bar owner; played hockey for the Dallas Blackhawks and the Chicago Cougars; active in community affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

’70 DMA—Dexter G. Morrill of Ithaca, NY, July 2, 2019; professor emeritus of music, Colgate U.; composer; incorporated jazz and computer-generated sounds in his work; wrote music for saxophonist Stan Getz; studied trumpet with Dizzy Gillespie; also taught at St. John’s U.; Ford Foundation Young Composer Fellow; author; active in professional and religious affairs.

’70 BA—Janet Humm Pierce of King Ferry, NY, February 23, 2019; high school teacher; volunteered with the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth; active in community affairs. Husband, David R. Pierce ’70.

’70 BS HE—K. Brendi Poppel of Santa Barbara, CA, May 5, 2019; musician; painter; poet; worked with adults with developmental disabilities; active in community and religious affairs.

’70 BA—Rani Loftsgaarden Season of Unionville, CT, April 7, 2019; attorney; realtor. Delta Gamma.

’70 PhD—Brice S. Sumner of Kilmarnock, VA, May 6, 2019; mechanical engineer,

Naval Surface Warfare Center; veteran; enjoyed boating on his trawler yacht; active in professional affairs.

’71 BS Ag—D. Wayne Brewer of Seneca Falls, NY, February 12, 2019; colonel and director of the division of law enforcement, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation Police; environmental conservation offcer, Seneca County (NY); Seneca County undersheriff; outdoor writer; adjunct instructor of criminal investigation, police ethics, and environmental conservation law at Keuka College, Cayuga County Community College, and Wells College; enjoyed fshing and hunting; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’71 DMA—Jerome T. Coller of Collegeville, MN, June 22, 2019; Catholic priest; taught music at St. John’s U.; composer; pianist; active in religious affairs.

’71 BS Ag—George E. Hagerty of Baldwin, NY, April 22, 2019; attorney; CPA, George Hagerty & Co.; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

’71, BEE ’72—Stephen A. Harris of Satellite Beach, FL, July 16, 2019; electrical engineer; avid reader. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’71-72 GR—Ronald McKnight of Baltimore, MD, June 19, 2017; veterinarian.

’71 BS HE—Deborah Dowling Paul of Pinehurst, NC, March 11, 2019; VP of merchandising, Intek; also worked in marketing and management in real estate and medicine; active in professional affairs.

’71 JD—Barry M. Portnoy of Eaton Center, NH, February 25, 2018; founder, chairman, and managing director, the RMR Group; active in professional affairs. Wife, Diane (Katz), MA ’71.

’71 PhD—Robert J. Taylor of Great Falls, VA, March 9, 2019; professor of physics, Johns Hopkins U.; author; family historian; active in professional and religious affairs.

’72 MS MSE—Yun-Hoo Chen of São Paulo, Brazil, December 2017; senior researcher, Cta-Iae-Amr. Wife, Sherry (Chou), MS ’71.

’72 BS HE—Joan I. Korins of Setauket, NY, December 31, 2015; pediatric dentist.

’72, BS Eng ’73—Steven J. Lerner of Monticello, NY, June 26, 2019; engineer, Quickway Metal; active in religious affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

’73 BS Ag—Timothy J. Cahill of Trenton, NJ, September 25, 2018.

’73 BS Ag—Steven Easterbrook of Forest, VA, April 17, 2019; president, CMPIC; guitarist; songwriter; enjoyed travel and photography; active in professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

’73 BS Ag—Kevin R. Finn of Stephentown, NY, July 5, 2019; retired technical sergeant; also worked for the NYS Dept. of Agriculture, Altech Steel, and Momen-tive; veteran; active in community affairs. Cayuga Lodge.

’73 PhD—Garland Grammer Jr. of Jackson, NJ, January 30, 2019; senior project executive, IBM; research asst. professor, U. of Illinois; research associate, Inst. for Theoretical Physics, SUNY Stony Brook; taught physics at Monmouth U.; also worked for Bell Labs; helped discover the tau lepton; veteran; enjoyed basketball, piano, and fshing; active in professional affairs.

’73 MS ILR—Robert E. Hayes of Roswell, GA, November 24, 2018; worked for Xerox and the Telein Group; veteran; enjoyed hiking, biking, tennis, skiing, water sports, music, art, theater, and travel; active in community and religious affairs.

’73 MS, PhD ’76—Iraj Kalantari of Macomb, IL, June 2, 2019; professor emeritus and chair of mathematics, Western Illinois U.; also taught at UC Santa Barbara and Cornell U.; author; active in professional affairs.

’73, BS Ag ’74—Mary Fraser Sit of San Leandro, CA, December 8, 2018; research

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microbiologist, Boston U. School of Medicine and the Medical College of Penn-sylvania; expert on infectious anaerobic bacteria; Scout leader; soccer coach; enjoyed choral singing, travel, sailing, and horseback riding; active in community and religious affairs.

’73, BS HE ’74—Millicent Minor Williams of Silver Spring, MD, April 27, 2016; social worker; specialized in adoption and foster care; program director, Child Welfare League of America; consultant; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Husband, Dennis A. Williams ’73.

’74, BS Ag ’75—Joseph H. Boardman of Rome, NY, March 7, 2019; president and CEO, Amtrak; championed high-speed intercity passenger service; NYS transportation commissioner; manager, Rome, NY, transit system; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’74 BA—Ridgely W. Harrison III of Saranac Lake, NY, April 22, 2019; president, Minwax Co.; enjoyed golf, bicycling, boating, and cross-country skiing; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. Wife, Lynn (Arrison) ’75.

’74 MBA—Kenneth A. Jones of Mashpee, MA, July 14, 2019; category manager, Reckitt & Coleman Inc.; worked in marketing, General Foods Corp.; founded Heroes in Transition Inc. to help veterans and military families; enjoyed boating; active in community affairs.

’74 BS Ag—Steven C. Lahr of Geneva, NY, July 15, 2019; chemical salesman, Int’l Specialty Products; outdoorsman; author; enjoyed waterfowl hunting, fshing, travel, and boating; active in community affairs. Chi Psi. Wife, Linn (Chu) ’74, BS ’75.

’74 JD—Raymond Minella of New Canaan, CT, August 7, 2019; investment banker; executive director and adjunct professor, Cornell Law School’s Clarke Business Law Inst.; vice chair and managing director of capital markets, Jefferies & Co.; co-founder, Berenson Minella & Co. and Merrill Lynch’s merchant banking business; worked on the Eastern Airlines buyout and the acquisition of RJR Nabisco; attorney; enjoyed golf, wine, reading, politics, classic movies, and collecting cars; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’74 BEE—Lawrence R. Mintz of Coudersport, PA, May 21, 2019; computer programmer at Intelsat and Computer Science Corp.; enjoyed building computers, travel, and Civil War history. Beta Pi.

’74 BA—Olga E. Mohan of Manhattan Beach, CA, January 15, 2019; pediatric anesthesiologist, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; professor at UCLA; advocate for social justice and peace; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’75 PhD—Charles C. Grace Jr. of Trumansburg, NY, May 29, 2019; professor emeritus of English, Ithaca College; also taught in Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Germany through the U. of Maryland University College; board member, Ulysses Philomathic Library; enjoyed travel, sailing, and woodworking; active in com-munity and professional affairs.

’75 MBA/JD—J. Edward Penick Jr. of West Chester, PA, May 11, 2019; attorney; partner, Lawler, Felix & Hall law frm; VP and general counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb; enjoyed travel; active in professional and religious affairs.

’75-77 GR—Barbara Campbell Thomas of Raleigh, NC, March 9, 2019; teacher, DeRuyter Central Schools; enjoyed bridge, crossword puzzles, and knitting; active in community affairs.

’76 PhD—Alice Riccadonna Dunkle of Great Falls, VA, January 14, 2019; taught anatomy and physiology at George Mason U.; edited scientifc journals; also taught high school biology; member, National Italian-American Foundation; enjoyed gourmet cooking, ballroom dancing, environmental conservation, and family; active in community and professional affairs.

’76-78 GR—John Kaminsky of State College, PA, April 14, 2019; business owner; college instructor; enjoyed kayaking, hiking, travel, and sports.

’76 BA—Jeffrey T. Letzler of Manhasset, NY, June 5, 2019; attorney; chief compliance offcer, BGC Partners; also worked for Merrill Lynch, NatWest Securities, and HSBC Securities; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

’77 BEE—Robert M. Green of Shaker Heights, OH, May 13, 2019; CEO, Acorn Technology; designed and built industrial control systems, marine electrical equipment, and large fans; also worked for Reliance Electric; enjoyed singing, travel, and family activities; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. Wife, Lalana (Janlekha) ’77.

’77 BS Ag—Ilene L. Klugman of Fresh Meadows, NY, March 24, 2019.

’78 BS Hotel—Mary J. Brierley-Peterman of Scottsdale, AZ, April 30, 2019; realtor; active in alumni affairs.

’78 DVM—George B. Nashe of Harwinton, CT, June 4, 2019; veterinarian; active in civic and community affairs.

’78 MS—Kevin J. Weiler of Paso Robles, CA, November 25, 2018; pioneer in computer graphics; co-developed the Weiler-Atherton clipping algorithm; senior scientist and director, CAD-Graphics Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon U.; director, computer graphics and modeling hardware and software at Autodesk, Silicon Graphics, and Adobe; architect; also worked at GE Research and Development; enjoyed ham radio, reading, and science fction movies; active in professional affairs.

’78 DVM—Jo-Anne Backstrom Wisniewski of Sherwood, OR, December 29, 2018; emergency veterinarian; volunteer swimming offcial; enjoyed the clarinet, horseback riding, attending Portland Trailblazers games, and Irish Wolfhounds; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

’79 BS Hotel—Lee A. Heinsius of Rumson, NJ, November 30, 2018; adver-tising marketing director for RockResorts, Marriott Int’l, Cunard Cruise Line, and New York Palace Hotel; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs. Delta Gamma.

’79 MA, PhD ’81—Norma C. Prendergast of Ithaca, NY, June 24, 2019; retired art history professor, Cornell U.; also worked in the math dept. and the Cornell Development Offce; enjoyed knitting, gardening, art, sewing, cooking, and travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’79 JD—Carolyn J. Swift of Washington, DC, July 7, 2019; attorney, Fannie Mae Foundation.

’79 MBA—Thomas N. Tracy of Portland, ME, April 3, 2019; founded Deep River Publishing and AdventureQuest.com; math teacher; also worked at L.L. Bean, Coastal Enterprises, and Delorme Mapping; organized the Campaign for Young Families; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’80 BEE—Walker Anderson of Holliston, MA, May 11, 2019; principal engineer of chip design, Mellanox Technologies; consulting engineer, Digital Equipment Corp.; distinguished member of the technical staff, Motorola; pianist; enjoyed jazz, classical music, rock and roll, folk music, nature, reading, gardening, history, photography, hiking, and travel; active in professional affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

’80 MBA—Gary R. Kozik of Seattle, WA, June 1, 2019; attorney.

’80, BS Ag ’81—Beth A. Leder-Pack of Santa Monica, CA, March 30, 2019; information analyst, City of Santa Monica; also worked in city and regional planning in Philadelphia, Princeton, NJ, and East Palo Alto, CA; affordable housing activist; enjoyed music and theater; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’80 MPS—Patricia Hand McDonald of Aventura, FL, May 3, 2019; retired teacher; enjoyed musical theater; active in religious and alumni affairs.

’80 BS Ag—Jodi Diehl Nestle of Gainesville, GA, June 16, 2019; vice principal

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and school psychologist; owner, Trans Plants horticulture business; enjoyed gardening, singing, beekeeping, and playing the ukulele; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Mark L. Nestle ’79, MS ORIE ’93.

’80 BS Hotel—Daniel E. O’Byrne of Jacksonville, FL, May 3, 2019; president and CEO, Visit Jacksonville; CEO, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau; executive director, Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau; VP, hotel real estate company; adjunct professor of sports tourism, U. of North Florida; realtor; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’80 BS Ag—Teresa V. Passaretti of Baton Rouge, LA, July 8, 2019; microbiologist, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept. of Health; researcher, Albany Medical College Hospital; active in religious affairs. Alpha Phi.

’80 BS HE—Anita B. Schonberger of Pensacola, FL, May 1, 2019; attorney; deputy general counsel, U. of West Florida and Florida Atlantic U.; discrimination investigator, Broward County Human Rights Commission; enjoyed cooking, baking, and travel; active in professional affairs.

’80 BS Ag—Karen Schupak of Bedminster, NJ, January 16, 2019; chief of radiation oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; active in professional affairs.

’81, BS HE ’84—Margaret A. McGuire of Albany, NY, May 14, 2019; social worker; performer and supporter of theater, poetry, and music.

’81 BS ORIE—Marc W. Myers of Brookline, MA, November 15, 2018; partner, Ernst & Young; enjoyed performance driving, travel, dogs, and the Red Sox; active in professional and religious affairs.

’82, BS HE ’87—Marjorie Lail Kearl (Mrs. C. Delmar, PhD ’49) of Freeville, NY, May 19, 2019; worked at Cornell while earning her degree; also worked at the Pentagon; enjoyed travel, gardening, cooking, painting, and music; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

’82 BS ILR—Kevin P. Lawler of Wrentham, MA, December 28, 2018; worked in human resources and facilities management in the high tech and biotechnology industries; enjoyed beach vacations; active in alumni affairs.

’82 BA—Alan B. Pollack of Chappaqua, NY, March 7, 2019; CFO of the Yield Book, formerly a Citigroup subsidiary. Enjoyed hiking, nature, travel, and cooking; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

’83 BS Ag—Petra B. Moessner of Ann Arbor, MI, April 22, 2019; earned master’s degrees in biology and computer science. Alpha Chi Sigma.

’83 MFA—Susan E. Shockley of Nashville, TN, July 19, 2019; curator, Parthenon Art Museum; farmer.

’84 BS ILR—Edward L. Friedman of Houston, TX, July 19, 2019; attorney; partner, Baker Hostetler; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

’85 MS ORIE—Anthony B. Di Battista of New Hyde Park, NY, December 7, 2018; product manager, Ciba-Geigy; manager, New York Blood Center; enjoyed tennis, backgammon, family gatherings, and the Orioles.

’85 BA—Lenora M. Lapidus of Brooklyn, NY, May 5, 2019; attorney; director, Women’s Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union; advocated for the rights of farm, food processing plant, and nail salon workers; fought against gender-based violence; challenged the US military’s ban on women serving in combat; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’86 BS Ag—John P. Conti of Sebastopol, CA, March 21, 2019; partner, Wynn Capital Management; options trader, Pacifc Stock Exchange; enjoyed travel, backpacking, and nature; interested in Buddhism and meditation; active in community affairs. Delta Upsilon.

’87 BS HE—Heidi Glaesel of Burlington, NC, February 26, 2016; professor of geography and African studies, and chair of history and geography, Elon U.; instructor for WorldTeach in Kenya; established a health center in Ghana; blogger, African Development Successes; active in professional affairs.

’87 BEE—Robert J. Ludwig of Oakdale, NY, November 25, 2018; electrical engineer; enjoyed playing trombone. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’87 BS HE—Dana Rudy Nottingham of Westerville, OH, May 1, 2019; family physician at Sunbury Family Medicine, America’s Urgent Care, Max Sports Medicine, and Ohio Health Employer Services; assistant director, resident program at Riverside Family Practice; medical director, Pregnancy Resources of Delaware County; enjoyed piano, choir, and rowing crew; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’92 MS—Paul G. Wilson of Solon, OH, June 25, 2019; research chemist, Tarkett USA; also worked for GAF-ELK; enjoyed sailing, making stained glass windows, and birdwatching.

’94 BME—Christina Martinez-Serrano of Davie, FL, September 1, 2017; sales engineer. Sigma Delta Tau.

’98 MPS, PhD ’01—Rosern K. Rwampororo of Kampala, Uganda, October 1, 2018; team leader, Uganda Evaluation Assn.; evaluation advisor with the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Development Fund, USAID, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; active in professional affairs.

’00, BS Hotel ’01—Jeffrey N. Jacobsen of Manhattan Beach, CA, March 3, 2019; associate, Commonwealth Partners. Psi Upsilon.

’01 DVM—Jamie Kibel of Rhinebeck, NY, June 3, 2019; veterinarian; partner in the family real estate frm; co-owner, Ellerslie Stables; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’07 BS Ag—Jack E. Young of Washington, DC, July 19, 2019; sales director.

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