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ALUMNI DEATHS ’38 BS HE—Lucy Howard Jarvis of New York City, January 26, 2020; groundbreak- ing TV and theater producer; president, Jarvis Productions Ltd. and Creative Projects; flmed TV specials inside the Kremlin, China, and the Louvre; collabo- rated on a production of Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” in Moscow; brought the frst Soviet rock opera to the US; food editor, McCall’s magazine; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’40 BS Ag—Richard T. Meister of Willoughby, OH, January 28, 2020; worked for American Fruit Grower Publishing Co.; editor; veteran; enjoyed travel and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’41 BA—Rose Ewald Bethe of Ithaca, NY, December 24, 2019; housing of fcer for the Manhattan Project, where her husband, Hans Bethe, helped develop the frst atomic bomb; assistant to physicist Bruno Rossi; active in community and alumni affairs. ’41 BA—Herbert J. Cogan of New York City, December 11, 2019; psychotherapist; investment counselor; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’41 BA—Bruce F. Johnston of Portola Valley, CA, February 1, 2020; professor of agricultural economics, Stanford U.; agricultural economist, NATO; veteran; author; enjoyed travel, skiing, hiking, tennis, and Stanford sports; active in com- munity, professional, and religious affairs. ’43—Otis H. Johnson Jr. of Wilmington, NC, February 4, 2020; agronomist, US Army Corps of Engineers; veteran; master gardener; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’43—Mary Morgan Smith (Mrs. Robert S. ’42, PhD ’52) of Ithaca, NY, February 19, 2018; homemaker; volunteered with the Service League of Ithaca and the Girl Scouts; enjoyed travel, bridge, golf, needlepoint, and nature; active in com- munity and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’44 B Chem E—Raymond C. Baxter of Atlanta, GA, formerly of Ellisburg, PA, January 7, 2020; president, Allied-General Nuclear Services; group VP and board member, Allied Chemical Corp.; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’44 BS HE—Barbara Eldredge Hess of Glenville, NY, January 7, 2020; home- maker; foster parent; nursery school teacher; enjoyed knitting, bridge, and travel; active in alumni affairs. ’44, BA ’47—Robert W. Langbaum of Charlottesville, VA, March 10, 2020; professor of English, U. of Virginia; veteran; author; enjoyed travel, art, conversa- tion, and entertaining; active in professional and religious affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’44 BEE—Knowlton P. Rice of Laguna Beach, CA, December 25, 2019; retired colonel, US Marines; A-4 squadron commander; liaison of fcer; inventor; devel- oped the OV-10 Bronco; active in professional affairs. ’44, BA ’46, LLB ’48—Alan Ross Jr. of Palm Desert, CA, September 12, 2019; attorney. ’44, BME ’43—Merril D. Sands of Beachwood, OH, November 5, 2016; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. Wife, Mitzi (Zahler) ’44, BA ’43. ’44 BS ORIE—Theodore L. Smith of Skidaway Island, GA, February 16, 2020; chairman, Lang & Smith Advertising and Consulting; veteran; founding member, Playreaders and River Bend Repertory Co.; enjoyed singing, tennis, golf, and storytelling; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. ’44 BA, MD ’47—Peter S. Tolins of Berkeley, CA, March 6, 2018; retired pedia- trician. Wife, Gloria (Ellison) ’45. ’44 BS Ag—Charles L. Van Arsdale of Lexington, MA, February 15, 2020; CEO, Bank of Castile; veteran; founder, Small Business Development Center, SUNY Geneseo; co-founder, Honey Hill Ski Area; Scout leader; enjoyed skiing, canoe- ing, iceboating, and card games; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. ’44 BS HE—A. Louise Eadie Williams (Mrs. Evan S. ’43, LLB ’47) of Troy, PA, Janu- ary 30, 2020; home economics teacher; enjoyed bridge, golf, tennis, travel, and big band music; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’45—David Sawyer of Sherman, CT, February 26, 2020; owner, GBH Partners; veteran; active in religious affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’45 BME—Edward A. Thimons of Tarentum, PA, January 6, 2020; research direc- tor, automotive and aircraft, PPG Research; veteran; enjoyed hunting, fshing, cards, woodworking, gardening, and landscaping; active in community, profes- sional, and religious affairs. ’45-48 SP Ag—Frank A. Tomaino of Utica, NY, January 2, 2020; owner, Gold Medal Dairy; inspector, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets; veteran; enjoyed fshing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’45—Richard C. Wolff of San Antonio, TX, February 27, 2020; anesthesiologist; retired colonel, US Air Force; worked with NASA’s Astronaut Recovery Program; taught at U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; assistant medical director, Nat’l Health Information Center; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’46, BME ’45—Paul W. Christensen Jr. of Cincinnati, OH, January 15, 2020; president and CEO, Cincinnati Gear Co.; president, Cincinnati Steel Co.; veteran; enjoyed playing piano; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi. ’46 MD—Arthur B. DuBois of New Haven, CT, December 24, 2019; research scientist; clinician; professor of physiology and medicine, U. of Pennsylvania; director, John B. Pierce Fdn.; author; active in professional affairs. ’46 LLB—James C. Harding of Naples, FL, January 30, 2016; attorney; judge, NYS Workers’ Compensation Court; veteran; enjoyed shooting sports, collecting clocks, woodcarving, boating, skiing, and tennis. Pi Kappa Alpha. ’46, BME ’45—Scott Nevin of Albion, IN, March 8, 2020; mechanical engineer, ITT; veteran. ’46 BS HE—Mary Louise Rutan Snowden of Madison, WI, January 18, 2020; antique shop owner; jewelry maker. Alpha Omicron Pi. ’46 BEE—William J. Weigle Jr. of Danville, KY, January 7, 2020; project engineer, Matthews Conveyor; also worked for Westinghouse; veteran; patent holder; Habitat for Humanity volunteer; enjoyed golf and woodworking; active in com- munity, professional, and religious affairs. ’47, BA ’48—Joel A. Chaseman of North Bethesda, MD, January 11, 2020; broadcast executive; chairman and chief executive, Post-Newsweek Stations; former president, Westinghouse Television Station Group; media consultant; investment frm founder; radio and TV announcer; veteran; enjoyed poker; active in professional affairs. ’47 BA—Kathryn Lawler Conway of Bath, ME, January 31, 2020; social worker, Catholic Charities; enjoyed quilting, knitting, and needlepoint; active in com- munity affairs. ’47 SP Ag—Frank E. Green of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Westville, NY, January 6, 1 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JULY | AUGUST 2020

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’38 BS HE—Lucy Howard Jarvis of New York City, January 26, 2020; groundbreak­ing TV and theater producer; president, Jarvis Productions Ltd. and Creative Projects; filmed TV specials inside the Kremlin, China, and the Louvre; collabo­rated on a production of Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” in Moscow; brought the first Soviet rock opera to the US; food editor, McCall’s magazine; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

’40 BS Ag—Richard T. Meister of Willoughby, OH, January 28, 2020; worked for American Fruit Grower Publishing Co.; editor; veteran; enjoyed travel and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

’41 BA—Rose Ewald Bethe of Ithaca, NY, December 24, 2019; housing officer for the Manhattan Project, where her husband, Hans Bethe, helped develop the first atomic bomb; assistant to physicist Bruno Rossi; active in community and alumni affairs.

’41 BA—Herbert J. Cogan of New York City, December 11, 2019; psychotherapist; investment counselor; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

’41 BA—Bruce F. Johnston of Portola Valley, CA, February 1, 2020; professor of agricultural economics, Stanford U.; agricultural economist, NATO; veteran; author; enjoyed travel, skiing, hiking, tennis, and Stanford sports; active in com­munity, professional, and religious affairs.

’43—Otis H. Johnson Jr. of Wilmington, NC, February 4, 2020; agronomist, US Army Corps of Engineers; veteran; master gardener; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’43—Mary Morgan Smith (Mrs. Robert S. ’42, PhD ’52) of Ithaca, NY, February 19, 2018; homemaker; volunteered with the Service League of Ithaca and the Girl Scouts; enjoyed travel, bridge, golf, needlepoint, and nature; active in com­munity and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’44 B Chem E—Raymond C. Baxter of Atlanta, GA, formerly of Ellisburg, PA, January 7, 2020; president, Allied-General Nuclear Services; group VP and board member, Allied Chemical Corp.; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’44 BS HE—Barbara Eldredge Hess of Glenville, NY, January 7, 2020; home­maker; foster parent; nursery school teacher; enjoyed knitting, bridge, and travel; active in alumni affairs.

’44, BA ’47—Robert W. Langbaum of Charlottesville, VA, March 10, 2020; professor of English, U. of Virginia; veteran; author; enjoyed travel, art, conversa­tion, and entertaining; active in professional and religious affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

’44 BEE—Knowlton P. Rice of Laguna Beach, CA, December 25, 2019; retired colonel, US Marines; A-4 squadron commander; liaison officer; inventor; devel­oped the OV-10 Bronco; active in professional affairs.

’44, BA ’46, LLB ’48—Alan Ross Jr. of Palm Desert, CA, September 12, 2019; attorney.

’44, BME ’43—Merril D. Sands of Beachwood, OH, November 5, 2016; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. Wife, Mitzi (Zahler) ’44, BA ’43.

’44 BS ORIE—Theodore L. Smith of Skidaway Island, GA, February 16, 2020; chairman, Lang & Smith Advertising and Consulting; veteran; founding member, Playreaders and River Bend Repertory Co.; enjoyed singing, tennis, golf, and storytelling; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

’44 BA, MD ’47—Peter S. Tolins of Berkeley, CA, March 6, 2018; retired pedia­trician. Wife, Gloria (Ellison) ’45.

’44 BS Ag—Charles L. Van Arsdale of Lexington, MA, February 15, 2020; CEO, Bank of Castile; veteran; founder, Small Business Development Center, SUNY Geneseo; co-founder, Honey Hill Ski Area; Scout leader; enjoyed skiing, canoe­ing, iceboating, and card games; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’44 BS HE—A. Louise Eadie Williams (Mrs. Evan S. ’43, LLB ’47) of Troy, PA, Janu­ary 30, 2020; home economics teacher; enjoyed bridge, golf, tennis, travel, and big band music; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

’45—David Sawyer of Sherman, CT, February 26, 2020; owner, GBH Partners; veteran; active in religious affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

’45 BME—Edward A. Thimons of Tarentum, PA, January 6, 2020; research direc­tor, automotive and aircraft, PPG Research; veteran; enjoyed hunting, fishing, cards, woodworking, gardening, and landscaping; active in community, profes­sional, and religious affairs.

’45-48 SP Ag—Frank A. Tomaino of Utica, NY, January 2, 2020; owner, Gold Medal Dairy; inspector, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets; veteran; enjoyed fishing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’45—Richard C. Wolff of San Antonio, TX, February 27, 2020; anesthesiologist; retired colonel, US Air Force; worked with NASA’s Astronaut Recovery Program; taught at U. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; assistant medical director, Nat’l Health Information Center; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma.

’46, BME ’45—Paul W. Christensen Jr. of Cincinnati, OH, January 15, 2020; president and CEO, Cincinnati Gear Co.; president, Cincinnati Steel Co.; veteran; enjoyed playing piano; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’46 MD—Arthur B. DuBois of New Haven, CT, December 24, 2019; research scientist; clinician; professor of physiology and medicine, U. of Pennsylvania; director, John B. Pierce Fdn.; author; active in professional affairs.

’46 LLB—James C. Harding of Naples, FL, January 30, 2016; attorney; judge, NYS Workers’ Compensation Court; veteran; enjoyed shooting sports, collecting clocks, woodcarving, boating, skiing, and tennis. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’46, BME ’45—Scott Nevin of Albion, IN, March 8, 2020; mechanical engineer, ITT; veteran.

’46 BS HE—Mary Louise Rutan Snowden of Madison, WI, January 18, 2020; antique shop owner; jewelry maker. Alpha Omicron Pi.

’46 BEE—William J. Weigle Jr. of Danville, KY, January 7, 2020; project engineer, Matthews Conveyor; also worked for Westinghouse; veteran; patent holder; Habitat for Humanity volunteer; enjoyed golf and woodworking; active in com­munity, professional, and religious affairs.

’47, BA ’48—Joel A. Chaseman of North Bethesda, MD, January 11, 2020; broadcast executive; chairman and chief executive, Post-Newsweek Stations; former president, Westinghouse Television Station Group; media consultant; investment firm founder; radio and TV announcer; veteran; enjoyed poker; active in professional affairs.

’47 BA—Kathryn Lawler Conway of Bath, ME, January 31, 2020; social worker, Catholic Charities; enjoyed quilting, knitting, and needlepoint; active in com­munity affairs.

’47 SP Ag—Frank E. Green of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Westville, NY, January 6,

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2020; dairy farmer; Mason; built his home, an experimental airplane, and cedar strip canoes; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’47 BME, MS ’49—Jerry Grey of Key Biscayne, FL, February 4, 2020; professor of aerospace engineering, Princeton U.; director, Princeton’s Nuclear Propulsion Research Lab; co-inventor, Kantrowitz-Grey molecular beam source; advocated peaceful uses of outer space; author; consultant; active in professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

’47, BEE ’49—Gerald F. Kaplan of Piedmont, CA, December 21, 2019; retired college professor. Phi Sigma Delta. Wife, Rita (Rutstein) ’50.

’47 BEE—Charles G. Mallery of Vestal, NY, December 19, 2019; electrical en­gineer, General Electric; veteran; Scoutmaster; trained dogs for Guiding Eyes for the Blind; veteran; enjoyed hiking, biking, cross country skiing, canoeing, geol­ogy field trips, and genealogy; active in community and religious affairs.

’47 BS Hotel—Margaret Kaufman Schumo of Wyomissing, PA, December 28, 2019; philanthropist; enjoyed golf; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

’48 BS ILR—William E. Carroll of Williamsburg, VA, December 9, 2019; veteran; active in alumni affairs.

’48 BA—Carol Schoenbrun Feinman of New York City, September 19, 2017; handled publicity for Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, and Harry Belafonte; director of public relations, Long Island U.; fundraiser; advocate for social justice; helped establish the Free Southern Theatre; active in civic, community, and profes­sional affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

’48 BS ILR—Richard T. Marshall of El Paso, TX, February 13, 2020; trial lawyer; civil rights advocate; helped draft the El Paso Civil Rights Ordinance; veteran; enjoyed travel and ballroom dancing; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’48 BS HE—Barbara Sherlock Nelson of Englewood, CO, February 20, 2020; founder, Ski and Sea Int’l; teacher; enjoyed skiing, tennis, golf, and travel. Kap­pa Kappa Gamma.

’48 BEE—Jerome Schwarzkopf of Sarasota, FL, February 22, 2020; laboratory manager, GTE; also worked for Hazeltine Electronics and Bendix-Friez; consultant; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed flying, canoeing, sailing, water skiing, and sports car rallies; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Beta Pi.

’48—Russell D. Sprague of Lansing, NY, January 20, 2020; insurance agent; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed flying, skiing, biking, and travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’48 BS ILR—Anthony A. Tyrpak of West Seneca, NY, October 6, 2018; veteran.

’48 BA—Joan Holden Witte of Rockport, MA, October 8, 2019; Foreign Service secretary; also worked for Eastman Kodak and Hobart and William Smith Col­leges; enjoyed choral singing, travel, crossword puzzles, theater, symphony, opera, museums, swimming, reading, and the Red Sox; active in civic, commu­nity, and religious affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

’49-50 Law—Frank A. Cappiello Jr. of Baltimore, MD, March 22, 2016; invest­ment advisor; panelist on “Wall $treet Week”; principal, Montgomery Brothers; partner, McCullough, Andrews & Cappiello; president of Summit Advisors and Monumental Capital Management; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’49 BS HE—Jeannette Powell Davis (Mrs. F. Langdon Jr. ’47, DVM ’49) of Au­gusta, ME, February 6, 2020; preschool program director, Kennebec Valley YMCA; homemaker; member, Int’l Refugee Accompaniment Program; active in com­munity and religious affairs. Kappa Delta.

’49 DVM—Stanley Glick of Boynton Beach, FL, formerly of Liberty, NY, January 19, 2020; veterinarian; held food safety positions with the USDA and NYS Dept.

of Agriculture and Markets; veteran; Rotarian; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

’49 MS Ag, PhD ’52—Wayne F. Keim of Fort Collins, CO, February 11, 2020; professor emeritus of agronomy, Colorado State U.; also taught at Purdue U., Iowa State U., and U. of Hawaii; veteran; member, Kiwanis Club; active in com­munity, professional, and religious affairs.

’49 BA—Henry Z. Lang of Getzville, NY, January 23, 2020; president, Lang Electric; veteran; enjoyed golf, swimming, and power walking; active in com­munity and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’49 BA, PhD ’55—Gerhard Loewenberg of Iowa City, IA, December 28, 2019; professor and chair of political science and dean of liberal arts, U. of Iowa; founder, Comparative Legislative Research Center and Legislative Studies Quar­terly; also taught and served as acting academic dean at Mount Holyoke College; author; enjoyed classical music; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Ina (Perlstein) ’52.

’49 MD—James A. Lundquist of Cornwall, PA, January 27, 2020; physician; veteran; enjoyed reading and book collecting.

’49 BS Ag—Gerard J. Maynard of Winchester, VA, formerly of Oakland, MD, December 30, 2019; worked with the Farm Credit Land Bureau; also conducted financial seminars; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

’49 BCE, MCE ’60—William W. Mendenhall Jr. of Fairbanks, AK , February 19, 2020; civil engineer at Fairbanks Exploration (F.E.) Co. and Philleo Engineering Service; professor, U. of Alaska; worked for the Marshall Plan in France with the US Army Corps of Engineers; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

’49 B Chem E—Robert P. Rhodes Jr. of Estill Springs, TN, October 3, 2018; research scientist, U. of Tennessee Space Inst.; also worked at Arnold Engineer­ing and Development Center; enjoyed sailing, water skiing, duck hunting, camp­ing, spelunking, woodworking, and cooking; active in community and profes­sional affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon. Wife, Sarra (Woodcock) ’49.

’49 BS Hotel—Lucinda Perry Servis (Mrs. John E. ’43, BS Hotel ’50) of Princ­eton, NJ, February 9, 2020; bookkeeper; enjoyed gardening, bridge, tennis, and dogs; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

’49 BA, JD ’52—Raymond W. Smith of Pittsboro, NC, August 20, 2019; attorney. Phi Kappa Tau.

’50 PhD—Anne Buzzell of Grantsville, MD, February 26, 2020; scientific civilian contractor, Fort Detrick Army Base; research assistant, Yale U.; poet; enjoyed travel, reading, bridge, and Scrabble.

’50 MS—William G. Cooper of Hilton Head, SC, December 28, 2019; executive, Nat’l Library of Medicine; vice chancellor for programs and educational re­sources, U. of Colorado Health Sciences Center; taught anatomy at U. of Puer­to Rico School of Medicine and Columbia U.; consultant; helped develop Abu Dhabi’s medical school; invented the Cooper Dish; author; active in profes­sional affairs.

’50 BEE—Ernest C. Dawson of Ellicott City, MD, December 31, 2019; electrical engineer, Baltimore Gas and Electric; veteran; enjoyed golf, long walks, military history, sports, and travel.

’50 M Chem E—Bruce D. Hainsworth of Foxboro, MA, March 12, 2020; chem­ical engineer, Foxboro Co.; veteran; enjoyed woodworking, photography, and theater; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’50 BA—George S. Jenks of Albuquerque, NM, January 16, 2020; chairman, Sunwest Financial Services; veteran; enjoyed golf, travel, and sports; active in professional affairs.

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’50 JD—Marc Joseph of New York City, February 9, 2020; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Wife, Judith (Goldstone) ’50.

’50 BS Ag—Robert W. Pease of Gowanda, NY, March 5, 2020; owner, Pease Farm; operated Elkdale Farm Market and Garden Center; veteran; airplane and helicopter pilot; active in community and professional affairs.

’50 MA—Robert J.M. Scott of Lindsay, ON, September 15, 2019; freelance writer.

’50 BA—Bernard J. Tinkleman of Rockville, MD, August 4, 2019; businessman; veteran; enjoyed reading, baseball, and musical theater.

’51, BS Ag ’52, DVM ’59—Albert M. Beck of Reston, VA, January 16, 2020; veterinarian; veteran; Scout leader; Rotarian; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. Wife, Patricia (Peck) ’51.

’51 MD—Stanley J. Birnbaum of New York City, January 16, 2020; vice chairman, ob/gyn department, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center; veteran.

’51 BS ILR—William G. Brown of Houston, TX, January 22, 2020; worked for Shell Oil Co.; veteran; enjoyed photography, RV travel, and flying remote control airplanes.

’51 BA—Joan Savarese Conboy of Fort Plain, NY, December 20, 2019; high school English teacher; enjoyed contests, jewelry making, and gardening; active in civic and community affairs.

’51 BS ILR—Alfred J. Da Brescia of Hancock, NY, January 5, 2020; salesman and bookkeeper, Da Brescia Motors; veteran; enjoyed golf, reading, and letter writing; active in alumni affairs.

’51 BA—Robert F. Dean of Raleigh, NC, March 11, 2020; retired from IBM; high school math teacher and golf coach; veteran; enjoyed community theater and travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Phi Kappa. Wife, Elizabeth (Overbaugh) ’53.

’51-52 SP Ag—John E. Milks of Cattaraugus, NY, January 16, 2020; worked at Cornell U.; ran Rocky Dock Campground; veteran; enjoyed playing Dominoes; active in religious affairs.

’51 BCE—James A. Norris of Fort Myers, FL, October 24, 2019; president and chairman. Zeta Psi.

’51, BCE ’52—Alfred L. Pellegrini of Canton, GA, January 2, 2020; civil engineer; enjoyed golf, reading, bridge, travel, and playing games of strategy. Alpha Phi Delta.

’51, BEE ’52—Stanley B. Rosen of Bethesda, MD, January 31, 2020; active in alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

’51 BA—John R. Strecker of Lakewood, CO, February 3, 2020; exploration ge­ologist in the oil and gas industry; veteran; Alpha Tau Omega.

’51 BS Ag—Paul E. Stubbe of Palm Harbor, FL, formerly of Albuquerque, NM, December 8, 2019; economist; worked at ICI Chemicals, AstraZeneca, and as a financial planner; also worked for Atlas Powder Co.; veteran; enjoyed hiking and painting; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’51—Robert C. Warner of Anoka, MN, February 10, 2020; physician; VP of medical affairs and chief of staff, Grand Forks Clinic; executive assistant to the president, Pfizer Corp.; veteran; Elks and Kiwanis member; enjoyed boating; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’52, BEE ’54, MEE ’57—Leo D. Arons of Princeton, NJ, December 31, 2019; owner, Gilded Lion antiques and fine art; art historian and appraiser; enjoyed Hungarian food, Balkan music, and the Oxford English Dictionary; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’52 BS ILR—Franklin J. Bardack of Cumberland Foreside, ME, February 18,

2020; advertising copywriter; television commercial producer; veteran; newslet­ter writer; enjoyed jazz and classical music. Sigma Alpha Mu.

’52 BS HE—Jane Ross Blasak of Buffalo, NY, formerly of Perrysburg, NY, February 14, 2019; worked for J.N. Adam; active in community and religious affairs.

’52, BA ’56, PhD ’63—Stillman Bradfield of Ithaca, NY, March 26, 2019; profes­sor, Kalamazoo College; also taught anthropology and sociology at Penn State U.; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’52 BA—Lucille Freidenreich Doree of Fort Lee, NJ, January 22, 2020; president, New Jersey Arthritis Fdn.; active in community affairs.

’52 BS HE—Phebe Vandervort Goldstein of Bloomfield Hills, MI, January 4, 2020; governor, Cranbrook Schools; advocate for arts and education; historic preser­vationist; kindergarten teacher; active in community and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi. Husband, Sidney Goldstein ’52, MD ’56.

’52-53 GR—George A. Hays of Greensboro, NC, February 25, 2020; Foreign Service officer; Civil Service examiner; helped establish Shepherd House; ad­vocate for the mentally ill; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’52 MS, PhD ’54—Conrad J. Kercher of Laramie, WY, January 22, 2020; profes­sor emeritus and head of animal nutrition, and acting VP for academic affairs, U. of Wyoming; USAID consultant in Afghanistan; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’52 BS HE—Janet Heller King of Somers, NY, December 26, 2019; professor, Marymount College; nature photographer. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

’52 JD—Robert P. Lipton of Lakewood, CO, December 16, 2019; president, Ripple Oil Co.; attorney; veteran; enjoyed reading, tennis, and bridge.

’52 BEE—Joseph M. Lombardo of Pocasset, MA, February 28, 2020; worked for Digital Equipment Corp., Foxboro Computing, and Honeywell; veteran; enjoyed travel, boating, golf, bridge, jazz, and big band music; active in community and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’52 PhD—Leonard C. Maximon of Scottsdale, AZ, January 4, 2020; professor emeritus, George Washington U.; worked at the Nat’l Bureau of Standards; also taught at Brown U., Norwegian Technical U., U. of Manchester, Herberger Young Scholars Academy; veteran; author; Head Start consultant; enjoyed languages and playing violin; active in community and professional affairs.

’52 BS Ag—Morton K. Sadinsky of Elmira, NY, February 24, 2020; regional account manager, Oakite Inc.; branch manager for Dairylea Corp.; enjoyed golf; active in community and religious affairs.

’52 BS Ag—MaryAnne Cranston Sovocool of Warsaw, NY, January 20, 2020; high school teacher; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

’52-53 GR—Herbert A.R. Stevens of Palm Desert, CA, November 30, 2019. Sigma Phi.

’53 JD—Arthur A. Agnello of Rochester, NY, January 4, 2020; attorney; veteran; trombone player; enjoyed music, travel, film, and family dinners; active in profes­sional affairs.

’53 BS Ag—Alva A. App of Southern Pines, NC, February 14, 2020; principal scientist, Boyce Thompson Inst. for Plant Research; expert on rice yields; also worked for the United Nations, the Rockefeller Fdn., and in the mushroom industry; board member, Campbell’s Soup; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Pi.

’53 BS ILR—Pat Leyden Barott of Syracuse, NY, January 8, 2020. Delta Gamma.

’53 PhD—Irving E. Dayton of Corvallis, OR, November 4, 2019; commissioner of higher education, State of Montana; VP for academic affairs, head of physics

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department and professor, Montana State U.; also taught at Princeton and Swarthmore; worked at Babcock & Wilcox; author; enjoyed travel, hiking, skiing, canoeing, cycling, classical music, playing bassoon, and gourmet food; active in community and professional affairs.

’53—John J. Dermody of Celina, TX, February 17, 2020; electrical engineer; veteran; Sunday school teacher; enjoyed history, reading, and family; active in religious affairs.

’53-54 GR—Gordon P. De Wolf Jr. of West Brookfield, MA, December 17, 2019; coordinator, horticulture program, Massachusetts Bay Community College; hor­ticulturist and horticultural taxonomist, Arnold Arboretum; professor of biology, Georgia Southern College; senior scientific officer, Kew Gardens; civil rights activist; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’53-55 SP Ag—Bruce S. Godfrey of Fulton, NY, February 11, 2020; planner, Texas Dept. of Transportation; veteran; enjoyed gardening; active in community and professional affairs.

’53 BA—William D. Gurowitz of Washington, DC, March 3, 2020; VP for campus affairs and executive director of the Dept. of Chemistry at Cornell U.; research scientist, Dow Chemical Co.; veteran; enjoyed swimming, running, and biking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

’53 BS Ag, MEd ’64—Richard L. Haner of Saratoga Springs, NY, March 10, 2020; supervisor for vocational education, NYS Education Dept.; veteran; master gar­dener; enjoyed skiing, construction, and camping; active in community and professional affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

’53 BA—Jane Thompson Mead of Cathedral City, CA, February 6, 2020; editor; communications executive, Synod of the Northeast, Presbyterian Church; enjoyed music, theater, ballet, reading, travel, knitting, and needlepoint; active in com­munity, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

’53 BA—Barrant V. Merrill of Gulf Stream, FL, January 5, 2020; managing partner, Sun Valley Partners; veteran. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

’53 BA—John H. Murphy of Brookfield, WI, December 12, 2019; owner, Murphy Assocs.; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

’53 BA—Elliott Rosenberg of Voorhees, NJ, December 27, 2019; cardiologist; founder, Cardiovascular Medical Assocs.; taught at Jefferson Medical College and U. of Pennsylvania; veteran; enjoyed skiing and sailing; active in professional affairs.

’53 DVM—Hortense Ford Rowan of Meridian, ID, January 6, 2020; veterinarian; helped establish Treasure Valley Opportunities and Mary Kay School; manager, St. Agnes Thrift Shop; Idaho Mother of the Year; active in community and religious affairs.

’53 BS Hotel—Lorraine Dengler Shackleford of Miami, FL, February 20, 2020; enjoyed animals and entertaining. Alpha Phi.

’53—Walter R. Taber of Houston, TX, February 1, 2020; mechanical engineer; founder, Taber Engineering Co.; also worked for Clark Bros.; veteran; Scout leader; enjoyed horseback riding, skiing, and travel; active in community, profes­sional, and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’53 JD—Bernard Tannenbaum of Wellington, FL, April 17, 2019; attorney. Wife, Bernice (Bramson) ’52.

’53—Charles J. Weed of Milton, NY, December 25, 2019; fruit farmer; fire com­missioner; town councilman; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’53, BS Ag ’55—Frank J. Wratny Jr. of Batavia, NY, January 17, 2020; branch manager, Marine Midland Bank; veteran; member, Lions Club; active in com­munity and religious affairs.

’54 BA—Marian Russell Boslaugh of Winchester, VA, December 26, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

’54 BS HE—Diana Heywood Calby (Mrs. Joseph W. ’51) of Falmouth, ME, March 9, 2020; public school reading specialist; guardian at litem for foster children; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

’54 BA—Benjamin S. Farber of Sherman Oaks, CA, December 26, 2019; attorney; Assistant US Attorney; investigated Jimmy Hoffa; served on the McCone Commis­sion; real estate investor; veteran; active in professional affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

’54 BS Ag—Frank K. Hummel of Smith Mountain Lake, VA, January 22, 2020; worked in marketing communications; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi.

’54 BS Ag—Robert W. Kittle of Clayton, NY, March 16, 2020; VP, Youngs Drug Products; farm manager, Zenda Farms; also worked at Swift & Co. and Kodak; veteran; member, Lions Club; enjoyed gardening, cooking, and mentoring; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’54—John J.B. Miller of Kerrville, TX, January 11, 2020; park planner, Nat’l Park Service and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation; taught geography at Utica College and Stephen F. Austin U.; owner, Magic Carpet Travel Agency; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

’54 BS Nurs—Judith Maxson Murray of Brewster, MA, March 13, 2020; public health nurse; enjoyed camping, birdwatching, and travel; active in community and religious affairs.

’54 BS Ag—Nathan G. Pond of Andover, VT, November 3, 2019; commercial pilot; senior pilot, Precision Airlines; owner, Pond Farm Beefalo; co-founder, jump instructor, and chief pilot of Orange Sport Parachuting Center; veteran; enjoyed flying and skiing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

’54 BS Ag—Allen L. Smith of Watertown, NY, February 23, 2020; president, northern region, KeyBank; veteran; Rotarian; member, Kiwanis Club; enjoyed hunt­ing, fishing, and boating; active in civic and community affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’54 BS Ag—Mark W. Sussman of Vacaville, CA, December 25, 2019.

’54 MEd, PhD ’60—Theodore J. Voneida of Kent, OH, January 11, 2020; profes­sor and chair of neurobiology, Northeastern Ohio U. College of Medicine; profes­sor of neuroanatomy, Case Western Reserve U.; veteran; active in professional affairs. Wife, Swanhild (Bekkedahl), MEd ’58.

’55 MD—John V. Abbott Jr. of Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 23, 2020; psychia­trist; medical director, Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy; founder, Valley Behav­ioral Medicine Clinic; veteran; Hanoverian horse breeder; enjoyed travel, skiing, swimming, tennis, dressage, and collecting Renaissance and Baroque clocks and bronzes; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’55 BS Hotel—Frederick S. Asbeck of Boca Raton, FL, January 8, 2020; owner, Beck’s Nursery; investment broker; veteran. Phi Delta Theta.

’55 MS AEP—Norman W. Briggs of Beverly Hills, FL, March 3, 2020; applied physicist and systems engineer at Mitre Corp.; worked on the defense systems on Air Force One; managed an engineering group for NATO; enjoyed golf, camping, hiking, and travel; active in professional and religious affairs.

’55 BS HE—Elizabeth Barstow Calhoon of St. Paul, MN, January 26, 2020; worked at the Pellon Corp.; enjoyed cooking, musicals, jazz, and classical and barbershop music; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’55 BS Ag—William B. Drake of Elbridge, NY, January 16, 2020; orthodontist; veteran; enjoyed fishing, hunting, travel, and collecting vintage war vehicles; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’55, BME ’56—William R. Forbes of Colorado Springs, CO, August 29, 2019; salesman; enjoyed tennis, golf, skiing, travel, fine dining, jazz, country music, reading, and westerns; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

’55 BS ILR—Raymond L. Gilbert of Bethesda, MD, March 9, 2020; director of

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appropriations, NASA; also worked for IBM, RCA, and Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab; worked on the first heart pacemaker and the lens for the Hubble Telescope; veteran; enjoying running, skiing, and travel; active in professional affairs.

’55 BA—Ann Busch Githler of Albany, NY, January 2, 2020; physician assistant, Albany V.A. Medical Center; enjoyed music, language, travel, opera, obscure food, and good wine; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

’55 BS Ag—Martin E. Hayes of Geneva, NY, January 31, 2020; president and CEO, Nat’l Bank of Geneva; president, Finger Lakes Fire and Casualty Insurance Co.; veteran; member, Kiwanis Club; enjoyed kayaking and golf; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’55 BS Ag—Carl F. Jeerings of North Ogden, UT, January 14, 2020; worked for Cromalox and Singer Co.; consultant; veteran; Mason; enjoyed painting, travel, camping, animals, and the outdoors; active in professional affairs.

’55—John H. Koonce of Willis, TX, March 8, 2020; mechanical engineer; worked for Western Geophysical and IBM; veteran; enjoyed birdwatching, gardening, and making furniture. Phi Sigma Kappa.

’55 BA—David C. Levin of Bryn Mawr, PA, January 15, 2020; professor, Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

’55 BS Ag—Jona Spiegel Mann of Ames, IA, January 23, 2020; high school English teacher; enjoyed horses, dogs, gardening, and cooking; active in com­munity affairs.

’55 BS Hotel—Allan F. Ripans of Atlanta, GA, January 8, 2020; food service executive; restaurant owner; enjoyed travel, cooking, entertaining, classical mu­sic, and storytelling; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. Wife, Gail (Kweller) ’61.

’55-57 SP Ag—Samuel D. Sterusky of Little Falls, NY, February 11, 2020; farmer.

’56 BS Hotel—C. Bruce Bentley of Sherborn, MA, January 5, 2020; manufac­turer’s representative; enjoyed hockey, wire fox terriers, woodworking, gardening, travel, reading, concerts, and ballet. Delta Tau Delta.

’56—Alice Platt Brooks of Vestal, NY, January 28, 2020; foster care case work­er; enjoyed travel and playing clarinet and piano; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’56 MS—Marshall K. Corbett of Kalispell, MT, January 4, 2020; professor of geology, Idaho State U.; hydrogeologist, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation; also worked in the oil industry; veteran; enjoyed hunting and designing and building homes; active in professional affairs.

’56, BS ILR ’57—Donald E. Crean of Ross Township, PA, December 31, 2019; VP of human resources, Mine Safety Appliances; personnel manager, Joy Manu­facturing; owned a fishing boat charter; veteran; enjoyed reading, fishing, boat­ing, hunting, ballet, and watching sports; active in professional affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

’56 JD—John T. DeGraff Jr. of Slingerlands, NY, November 23, 2019; attorney; veteran; enjoyed tennis, theater, and travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’56 BA—Leonard J. Eaton Jr. of Tulsa, OK, February 3, 2020; president, World Travel; CEO, Bank of Oklahoma; consultant; also worked for First Nat’l City Bank; helped establish Tulsa’s River Parks; enjoyed travel; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

’56 BA—Patricia Marlowe Epstein of Stamford, CT, January 30, 2020; high school history and English teacher; enjoyed travel, Civil War history, and “Jeopardy!”.

’56 BA, MD ’60—Frederick S. Erdman Jr. of Estero, FL, formerly of Canandaigua, NY, January 11, 2020; radiologist; partner, IDE Radiology; veteran; enjoyed sailing,

skiing, golf, tennis, and travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.

’56—Arthur L. Golding of Los Angeles, CA, December 19, 2019; cardiothoracic, vascular, and dialysis access surgeon; founder, Los Angeles Thoracic and Cardio­vascular Surgery Assocs.; consultant for medical device development; enjoyed tennis, reading, and learning; active in professional affairs.

’56, BME ’57—Harold F. Grunert Jr. of Rochester, NY, December 16, 2019; ob/ gyn; veteran. Sigma Nu.

’56 BS Ag, MBA ’57—Richard I. Kleinhans of Rockledge, FL, January 8, 2020; CFO for cruise ships and casinos; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in community affairs.

’56 PhD—James E. Ogg of Fort Collins, CO, December 24, 2019; professor emeritus of microbiology, Colorado State U.; worked on public health in Nepal; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’56 PhD—John B. Russell of McKinleyville, CA, February 5, 2020; professor emeritus of chemistry, Humboldt State U.; research associate at Cornell U.; author; enjoyed hiking, camping, and canoeing; active in professional affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma.

’57 MD—Patrick J. Barry of Miami Beach, FL, December 27, 2019; orthopedic surgeon; pioneer in arthroscopy; founding physician, Palmetto General Hospital; medical missionary; created a reconstruction of King Tut’s head; veteran; actor; active in professional affairs.

’57, BS Ag ’58—Raul A. Cowley of Miami Beach, FL, January 3, 2020; worked in the beverage industry; board member, Bacardi Imports; enjoyed travel; active in community affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

’57 LLB—Edmund M. Davis of Ellisburg, NY, December 25, 2019; attorney; director, Niagara Mohawk and HSBC Central; veteran; Boys Club volunteer; Scout leader; Mason; active in community and religious affairs.

’57—Arnu C. Diggs of Monrovia, Liberia, December 27, 2019; agriculturist; assistant minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia; active in community and pro­fessional affairs.

’57 BS Ag—Georgia Paddock Dudley of Woodbury, CT, January 21, 2020; biol­ogy and science teacher; arts advocate; active in community and alumni affairs. Husband, George C. Dudley Jr. ’57, DVM ’64.

’57-58 SP Ag—Martin E. Farkas of Punta Gorda, FL, February 20, 2020; heavy equipment operator; veteran; enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, hunting, fish­ing, travel, and the outdoors.

’57—Donald M. Gardner of Saint Matthews, SC, December 19, 2019; owner, Don Gardner Fences; stockbroker; veteran; enjoyed fly fishing and golf. Alpha Delta Phi.

’57 BArch—Patricia Fuoss Hopkins of Cedaredge, CO, December 4, 2019; ar­chitect; city planner; park designer; college professor; horticulturist; ski instruc­tor. Husband, David L. Hopkins ’54, BArch ’57.

’57, BME ’58—Bradford R. Howes of Barrington, IL, December 11, 2019; retired sales engineer, Electrical Supply and Equipment; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’57 DVM—Fred W. Kern of Herkimer, NY, January 28, 2020; veterinarian; enjoyed camping, hiking, and sports; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Theta Xi.

’57 MD—Costas T. Lambrew of Scarborough, ME, December 12, 2019; chief of cardiology and director, division of cardiology and cardiac intensive care unit, Maine Medical Center; professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, SUNY Stony Brook, and U. of Vermont; also worked at the Nat’l Institutes of Health,

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New York Hospital, Nassau County Medical Center, and Unum; author; enjoyed reading, singing, sailing, and travel; active in professional affairs.

’57 BA—Ruth Willard Lekan of Chicago, IL, January 1, 2020; designer; enjoyed art, music, travel, and animals.

’57, B Chem E ’58—Bruce C. Lorig of Mercer Island, WA, December 4, 2019; founder, Lorig Assocs.; active in alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’57, BS ILR ’59—A. Robert Martini of Camden, DE, January 15, 2020; worked in human resources, retail sales, organic farming, and general contracting.

’57 BS Ag, MS Ag ’63—Ronald C. Pearce of Voorheesville, NY, December 9, 2019; milk marketing administrator, USDA; Little League coach; enjoyed travel, gardening, and painting; active in community affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’57 MD—Waid Rogers of San Antonio, TX, November 18, 2019; founding fac­ulty member, U. of Texas Medical School; chief of surgery, Audie Murphy V.A. Hospital; veteran; author; member, Kiwanis Club; enjoyed travel, tennis, and literature; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’57 MBA—John F. Ryckaert of Ocala, FL, February 27, 2020; director of Kodak’s operations in South America, Australia, and Europe; veteran; enjoyed golf, read­ing, cooking, bridge, and billiards; active in professional affairs.

’57, BCE ’58—Harry M. Swigert of East Hampton, CT, November 25, 2019; civil engineer, Mobil Oil Corp.; veteran; enjoyed studying science, history, religion, and philosophy; active in community and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi. Wife, Jeanne (Carnahan) ’61.

’57 B Chem E—Raymond D. Zelek of Williamsburg, VA, November 17, 2019; worked in the oil and gas industry; expert on petroleum products; founder, Polaris Petro­leum; general sales manager, Warner Co.; VP of regional sales, Northville Industries and Pittston Petroleum; wholesale fuels operations coordinator, Exxon; veteran; enjoyed golf, stamp collecting, and sports; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

’58 MS HE, PhD ’61—Mary Mueller Carmichael of Ithaca, NY, March 6, 2020; webmaster and coordinator of publications and statistics, Cornell Graduate School; social sciences researcher, Cornell U.; enjoyed line dancing, water aero­bics, and cross country skiing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Leland E. Carmichael, PhD ’59.

’58 BS ILR—Thomas R. Colosi of Glen Allen, VA, January 5, 2020; mediator, American Arbitration Assn.; helped establish the Center for Dispute Settlement; settled disputes in more than 20 countries; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’58 BA—John H. Davis of Hudson, OH, February 8, 2020; president, Zehman-Wolf Management; also worked at Ernst & Ernst and Tremco; enjoyed gardening, reading, and sports; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

’58 BS Ag—Laurence V. Du Bois of Chatham, NY, December 16, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Wife, Jeanne (Perkins) ’58.

’58 MS—Robert C. Duncan Jr. of Princeton, NJ, November 25, 2019; research physicist and facilities allocation manager, RCA Laboratories; author; equal rights advocate; enjoyed tennis, storytelling, reading, sailing, and crossword puzzles; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’58 PhD—John M. Elliot of Ithaca, NY, November 26, 2019; professor emeritus of animal science, Cornell U.; researched vitamin B12 production and glucose metabolism in ruminants; also taught at UMass Amherst; enjoyed golf; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’58—Anne Black Evans of Baltimore, MD, February 7, 2020; worked in development at Oldfields School, Loyola U. Maryland, and Villa Julie College; active in com­munity and professional affairs.

’58 BA—Annette Fogo Harper of Gladwyne, PA, January 4, 2020; worked in adver­tising and publishing; enjoyed reading, music, and theater; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Husband, James R. Harper ’58.

’58 BS Ag—Harry L. Hartsough of Farmington, NY, February 18, 2020; worked for Utica Nat’l Insurance Co. and Ontario Insurance; veteran. Wife, Margaret (Herendeen) ’55.

’58—D. Alan Hershey of Victor, NY, January 9, 2020; owner, Hershey Energy Systems; veteran; active in alumni affairs.

’58 BS Hotel—Robert L. Hollis of Calverton, NY, January 14, 2020; BOCES teacher; veteran; enjoyed sailing, cooking, and travel. Alpha Tau Omega. Wife, Elizabeth (Bortugno) ’58.

’58, BS Ag ’59—David C. Ives of Bainbridge, NY, March 14, 2020; dairy farmer.

’58, BME ’59, MS Aero ’65—Lawrence Lasher of Mountain View, CA, December 27, 2019; aerospace engineer; led the Ames Outreach Program at NASA Ames Research Center; project manager, Pioneer Missions; also worked on the Galileo space probe; enjoyed tennis, bridge, and playing piano; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’58 BS Ag—Wilmer R. Maxham of Windsor, VT, November 22, 2019; worked for the US Census Bureau; owner, Maxham’s Quechee Valley Shoppe; real estate salesman; supply manager, Rock Resorts; member, Elks Club; enjoyed gardening and travel; active in community affairs.

’58 BS Hotel—William H. Miller of Charlotte, NC, January 7, 2020; restaurateur; stockbroker; founder, Crucible Securities; also worked for DEC, Sperry, and Unisys; soccer and wrestling coach; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’58 MA—Joan Rafaj Olson of Northfield, MN, October 22, 2015; archivist at St. Olaf College, Northfield Historical Society, and St. John’s Lutheran Church; first female president of the congregation, St. John’s Lutheran Church; president of the board, Northfield Historical Society; assisted in the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees; enjoyed reading, literary scholarship, and travel; active in com­munity and religious affairs. Husband, Duane N. Olson, PhD ’60.

’58—Robert B. Schlotzhauer of Knox, IN, January 26, 2020; owner, Sellers Oldsmobile; district service manager, Oldsmobile; dealer service representative for DeLorean Motor Co.; enjoyed travel and classic cars.

’58, BME ’59—Thomas H. Yeakle of Glenmoore, PA, December 13, 2019; manufacturing representative; developed the first postal sorting machines; en­joyed travel; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

’59 BS Ag—David M. Bates of Ithaca, NY, December 11, 2019; professor emer­itus of botany, Cornell U.; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’59—Dana Davis Calhoon of Pebble Beach, CA, November 27, 2019; developed patient screening, care, and support programs at Salinas Valley Memorial Health­care System; director, Monterey County Arts Council; Girl Scout volunteer; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’59 MRP—Carl D. Cederstrom of Independence, MO, February 2, 2020; city planner for Kansas City; veteran; active in religious affairs.

’59, BEE ’60—Bay “Jere” Estes III of Lombard, IL, January 27, 2020; designed electronic controls for home appliances; patent holder; enjoyed boating, water-skiing, motorcycling, bicycling, music, and pets. Theta Chi.

’59 BS Hotel—Allan E. Hall of Fort Myers, FL, March 10, 2020; hotelier; CEO and president, Midwest Motor Inns; real estate broker; veteran; Rotarian; pianist; percussionist; enjoyed music, golf, tennis, and travel; active in community, pro­fessional, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Elise (Schmahlfeldt) ’59.

’59 MS ILR—Lilian Soobik Holmsen (Mrs. Andreas A., PhD ’60) of Kingston, RI,

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February 10, 2020; worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Co.; enjoyed bridge, cooking, knitting, and reading; active in civic and community affairs.

’59 BS Ag, PhD ’63—Stanley W. Jacklin of Fort Valley, GA, January 26, 2020; logistics manager, Robins Air Force Base; USDA researcher; professor of biology, Fort Valley State; veteran. Wife, Roberta (Osborn), PhD ’64.

’59, BEP ’60, MS Aero ’61—Alan F. Klein of San Mateo, CA, January 15, 2020; physicist; president and CEO, High Country Tek and other high technology com­panies; enjoyed running, tennis, golf, and attending ballet; active in profes­sional affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

’59 BA—J. Theodore Larson of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and East Orleans, MA, December 6, 2019; worked in marketing and operations at General Foods; also worked for Union Carbide; Habitat for Humanity volunteer; enjoyed long-distance bike riding, travel, gardening, bridge, following the stock market, and attending the symphony; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Delta Phi.

’59 PhD—Angus F. MacKenzie of Calgary, AB, January 22, 2020; soil scientist; professor emeritus, McGill U.; expert in crop production and crop yield; researched the effects of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural practices; active in professional affairs.

’59 BS Ag—David J. Mahar of Wilson, NY, January 2, 2020; farmer; co-owner, Frontier Stone; veteran; enjoyed World War II history, hunting, photography, golf, and gardening; active in community and religious affairs.

’59 BS Ag—Wesley G. Marsh of Ocala, FL, December 1, 2019; labor relations specialist, NYS United Teachers; taught agricultural mechanics; fire chief; enjoyed golf, cards, and cruises; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’59 BS Nurs—Angela Lombard McCann of Milford, CT, December 12, 2019; registered nurse; high school chemistry teacher; swimming coach; active in professional affairs.

’59 MBA—Ralph J. Mills Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA, December 26, 2019; investment manager; director, Manufacturers Hanover Bank; also worked at Paine Webber; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’59 MS, PhD ’60—Richard L. Ridgway of Flower Mound, TX, February 13, 2020; professor, Texas A&M U.; researcher, USDA Agricultural Research Service; expert on biological insect controls, pesticide regulation, and pest management; worked on the USDA’s policy on boll weevil eradication; helped found the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Fdn.; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’59, BME ’60—George T. Schneider of Ithaca, NY, December 15, 2019; founding president, Cornell’s Business Innovation Center; lectured on entrepreneurship, S.C. Johnson business school; CFO; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed sailing, birdwatching, hiking, skiing, golf, and woodworking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. Wife, Roberta (Greig) ’59.

’59 BS Ag—Charles D. Stout of Whitesville, NY, January 27, 2020; driver’s edu­cation instructor; owner, DJ Driving School; enjoyed hunting, dancing, and travel; active in religious affairs. Cayuga Lodge.

’59 BS Nurs—Valerie Moore Woodard of Gainesville, FL, October 11, 2019; nurse; journalist; author.

’60 PhD—Amir E. Askari of Toledo, OH, January 15, 2020; professor emeritus and chair of pharmacology, U. of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences; expert on proteins affecting heart function; enjoyed chess; active in professional affairs.

’60 BA—H. Carroll Brooke III of Bryn Mawr, PA, January 21, 2020; financial consultant; worked for Chase Manhattan, Pitney Bowes, Connecticut Innovations, and Mail Code; began the Connecticut Venture Fair; enjoyed rowing; active in community and professional affairs. Theta Xi.

’60—Augustus W. Dymes of Schoharie, NY, October 30, 2016; worked at Altamont

Country Values and Agway; enjoyed gardening; active in community and religious affairs.

’60 BA, MBA ’61—Thomas D. Foster of Milwaukee, WI, December 24, 2019; president, Color Craft Graphic Arts; CPA for Fortune 500 companies; enjoyed travel, reading, and World War II history; soccer coach; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Pi.

’60—Richard W. Horwitz of Queensbury, NY, January 16, 2020; labor relations specialist, NYS United Teachers; high school social studies teacher; educational consultant; enjoyed travel, golf, photography, music, and the arts; active in com­munity and professional affairs.

’60—Elizabeth Lake Huesman of Friday Harbor, WA, March 9, 2020; social worker; enjoyed sailing and travel.

’60, BCE ’61—William D. Kovacs of South Kingston, RI, March 19, 2020; profes­sor of civil engineering, Purdue U. and U. of Rhode Island; veteran; author; active in professional and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’60 BA—Nancy Mason Munson of Huntsville, AL, February 10, 2020; social work­er; high school English teacher; historic preservationist; enjoyed gardening, sew­ing, quilting, and pottery making; active in community affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

’60 PhD—Wayne O. Pearson of Las Vegas, NV, November 27, 2019; business and political consultant; served on the Nevada Gaming Control Board; director of athletic fundraising, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas; board member, Dunes Hotel; sports enthusiast; active in civic and community affairs.

’60 BS Ag—Thomas W. Schleich of Scotts Valley, CA, February 15, 2020; professor of biochemistry and chemistry, UC Santa Cruz; expert on nuclear magnetic reso­nance to study protein structures; enjoyed mountain climbing, backpacking, biking, sailing, skiing, kayaking, photography, and travel; active in professional affairs.

’60 MBA—Howard G. Seebach of Livermore, CA, January 23, 2020; worked in sales and marketing at DuPont; owner, Seebach & Seebach; parks and recreation commissioner and civic arts commissioner, Pleasanton, CA; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’60 BS ILR—Susan E. Shank of Santa Barbara, CA, January 5, 2020; economist, US Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics; feminist and civil rights advocate; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

’60, BS Nurs ’62—Dianne Wiley Symansky of Albany, NY, February 19, 2020; registered nurse, Albany Medical Center; enjoyed reading; active in civic, com­munity, professional, and religious affairs.

’60, MA ’65, PhD ’73—William L. Tetlow Jr. of Winter Park, CO, December 27, 2019; manager, computer center for faculty and staff, U. of Colorado; also worked at U. of British Columbia; veteran; enjoyed skiing, golf, entertaining, and teaching; active in community and religious affairs. Chi Psi.

’61 MBA—Leo R. Crowe of Garden City, NY, August 19, 2019.

’61 BA—Charles L. Fidlar of Norfolk, CT, December 1, 2019; vocal director, Northwest Regional High School. Kappa Alpha Theta.

’61—Donald T. Hill of Cattaraugus, NY, January 18, 2020; sheep farmer; dairy farmer; enjoyed bowling. Cayuga Lodge.

’61 JD—Robert W. Letendre of Potomac, MD, November 8, 2019; attorney.

’61 BA—Peter H. Moeller of Lawrence, KS, December 24, 2019; life insurance actuary; veteran. Kappa Sigma.

’61 JD—William G. Ruger of Cary, NC, January 31, 2020; attorney in private practice; assistant district attorney, Schuyler Country; also worked for the Schuyler County Legislature, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Valent and Callanan law firm; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

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’62 JD—Thomas B. Albertson of Block Island, RI, February 7, 2020; trust and estates attorney; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’62 BS Ag—Peter J. Austin-Smith of Wolfville, NS, December 27, 2019; man­ager of non-game biology, Dept. of Lands and Forestry; taught biology at Acadia U.; expert on shorebirds and raptors; record store owner; veteran; military pilot, RCAF; author; active in community and professional affairs.

’62 BA—Gail Hirschmann Becker of Bloomington, IN, February 23, 2020; real-tor, Gail Becker Realty Assocs.; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. Husband, Paul C. Becker ’60.

’62 BA—Thomas V. Brown of Tucson, AZ, February 26, 2020; worked in the pulp and paper industry; CEO, Carastaur Industries; enjoyed golf, crossword puzzles, and animals. Beta Theta Pi.

’62, BS MatSci ’63—Charles V. Dewitt Jr. of Flossmoor, IL, January 31, 2020; worked for Inland Steel Co.; veteran. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’62 DVM—John T. Peters of Wilmington, DE, February 11, 2020; equine veteri­narian; chief veterinarian, Thoroughbred Racing Commission, State of Delaware; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

’62 JD—Danforth W. Rogers of Rochester, NY, December 25, 2019; attorney; enjoyed bridge, opera, sailing, and tennis; active in community and profes­sional affairs.

’62 MD—Thomas H. Snider of San Antonio, TX, December 28, 2019; pathologist; chief of staff, Metropolitan Hospital; veteran; enjoyed skiing, tennis, weightlifting, biking, running, and reading; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’63—Newcomb D. Cole Jr. of North Chelmsford, MA, February 5, 2020; financial planner; enjoyed animals, reading, skydiving, travel, golf, Sudoku, and crossword puzzles; active in religious affairs. Chi Phi.

’63—Frank Eberhart III of New York City, January 10, 2020; partner, Eberhart Bros. real estate company; veteran; enjoyed reading, sailing, and cooking.

’63 BS Ag—Edward E. Laine of Newfield, NY, March 5, 2020; real estate broker; farmer; Mason; enjoyed hunting, Euchre, and bowling; active in civic and com­munity affairs. Theta Xi.

’63 LLB—Martin K. Miller of East Montpelier, VT, January 20, 2020; attorney; CEO, Vermont Electric Power Co.; author; active in civic, community, and profes­sional affairs.

’63, BS Ag ’64—James B. Platt III of Reisterstown, MD, November 21, 2019; founder, Platt Int’l; inventor; patent holder; founder, Dover Int’l helicopter business; aerial photographer for the film Silence of the Lambs; enjoyed flying, fishing, and gardening; active in community and professional affairs.

’63 MD—Benjamin B. Storey of Lexington, KY, January 18, 2020; psychiatrist; veteran.

’63 MA, PhD ’67—Everett K. Weedin of Poughkeepsie, NY, November 23, 2019; English professor, Vassar College; active in community affairs.

’63 BA—Deborah Seyl Wycoff (Mrs. William C. ’63) of Encinitas, CA, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, December 18, 2019; travel agent; enjoyed travel, golf, literature, film, and dancing; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

’63, BArch ’65, MArch ’67—Thomas A. Zimmerman of Canandaigua, NY, January 22, 2020; architect; managing partner, SWBR; founder, Z2 Architecture; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

’64, BEE ’71—Francis X. Buchwalder of Milford, CT, February 24, 2020; consultant, Technology Advisors; veteran; enjoyed languages, history, and classical music.

’64, BA ’69—Peter W. Dickson of Rye, NY, February 6, 2020; computer analyst,

Bank of New York; film editor; Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil; enjoyed painting and photography. Chi Psi.

’64 BA—Allen A. Hinman of Passaic, NJ, February 28, 2020; Episcopal priest; veteran; enjoyed fishing, gardening, cooking, entertaining, pets, and movies; active in religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’64, BEP ’65, MS AEP ’66—H. Michael Newman of Ithaca, NY, March 4, 2020; manager, Cornell’s Building Automation and Control Systems Integration group, Facilities and Operations; father of the BACnet; computer scientist; also worked in the aviation industry; author; founding member of the Hangovers; former president, Savage Club; enjoyed boating, music, scuba diving, skiing, racquet sports, wood­working, singing, travel, and nature; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

’64 MST—Carl W. Penird of Marion, IN, February 12, 2020; engineering man­ager, Thomson Consumer Electronics; also worked for RCA and GTE Sylvania; developed the TV color picture tube; taught at Slippery Rock U.; enjoyed fishing; active in professional affairs.

’64 MS—Henry A. Putre of Seven Hills, OH, March 18, 2020; project manager, Illuminating Co.; managed construction of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant; mechanical engineer, NASA Lewis Research Center; enjoyed camping, swimming, dancing, tennis, birdwatching, and biking; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’64 PhD—Dharmbir Rai of Austin, TX, December 30, 2019; engineer and engi­neering consultant; retired from US Army Aviation Systems Command; taught at universities in Alaska and Brazil.

’64 BA, MD ’68—Paul E. Reading Jr. of Poway, CA, January 31, 2020; ob/gyn; founding member, Pomerado Hospital; sang with the Sherwoods; enjoyed golf and San Diego sports teams; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

’64 BA—Mathew I. Winston of Tuscaloosa, AL, February 9, 2020; professor emeritus of English, U. of Alabama; also taught at Columbia U., the College of William and Mary, Cornell U., and Southern U.; author; civil rights advocate; enjoyed storytelling, wit, and wordplay; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’65 BS Ag—William I. Coleman of Hobart, NY, February 19, 2020; VP, Stam­ford Nat’l Bank; Rotarian; enjoyed gardening, Belgian draft horses, and collect­ing antique tractors; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’65 MRP—Norman Krumholz of Rockville, MD, December 21, 2019; professor of urban affairs, Cleveland State U.; planning director, City of Cleveland; assistant director, Pittsburgh City Planning Commission; author; active in civic, commu­nity, and professional affairs.

’65 PhD—Betty J. McKnight of Trumansburg, NY, January 6, 2020; professor emeritus of education, SUNY New Paltz; high school science teacher; author; help establish Cayuga Nature Center; enjoyed camping; active in community and professional affairs.

’65 BS Hotel—Eric D. Molin of Seneca, SC, January 6, 2020; president, Molin Development Corp.; veteran; enjoyed reading, boating, the outdoors, and travel; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

’65 MME—Robert J. Pirih of Annapolis, MD, January 13, 2020; director of busi­ness development, Cordant Technologies.

’66 BArch—Edward L. Bramson of New York City, October 24, 2019; general contractor; enjoyed tennis, theater, and political activism.

’66 BS Hotel—Edward R. Bryce Jr. of Germantown, TN, September 17, 2019; owner, Edward Bryce Interiors; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

’66, BA ’67—Douglas L. Burrill of San Francisco, CA, January 16, 2020; worked

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at Chevron Shipping Co.; enjoyed travel, sports, history, cards, and collecting stamps and coins; active in community affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’66 BS HE—Lois M. Herrmann of Washington, DC, January 14, 2020; press manager for presidential summits and international conferences, US Dept. of State; also worked for the Foreign Student Service Council; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

’66, BS Ag ’67—Robert W. Munch of Ithaca, NY, November 9, 2015; worked at Farmers Home Administration; enjoyed hunting and fishing; active in commu­nity, professional, and religious affairs.

’66 MAT, PhD ’68—Glenn W. Olsen of Erie, PA, January 15, 2020; professor and chair of mathematics, Edinboro State College; high school math teacher and ath­letic director; also taught at Indiana U. of Pennsylvania; veteran; Mason; member, Kiwanis Club; enjoyed golf and travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’66 BS Hotel—William W. Perrett of Naples, FL, February 21, 2020; hotel ex­ecutive; enjoyed travel, skiing, scuba diving, and reading; active in professional affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

’66 BA, JD ’69—Lawrence C. Salameno of Mahwah, NJ, February 23, 2020; businessman; active in alumni affairs.

’66 BA—Thomas L. Stover of Southampton, PA, March 4, 2020; computer pro­grammer, Johnsville Naval Air Development Center. Pi Kappa Phi.

’66 JD—Henry H. Wallace of Pittsburgh, PA, January 11, 2020; trial attorney; won major cases against Volkswagen; enjoyed scuba diving, baseball, and fishing; active in professional affairs.

’67 BS HE—Carol Scribante Allen of Wilmington, DE, December 20, 2019; guid­ance counselor; high school teacher; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Husband, James W. Allen Jr. ’69.

’67 BS Ag—Stephen B. Cole of Medina, OH, March 5, 2020; owner, Write Words marketing and advertising firm; author; enjoyed motorsports, reading, trains, photography, and critiquing and evaluating new beers; active in community affairs.

’67 MAT—Karen Kalayjian Hunter of Bridgeport, CT, May 31, 2018; worked in the publishing industry; senior VP, Reed-Elsevier; oversaw the transition from print to digital and online journals; enjoyed travel, reading, music, fine dining, and cats; active in professional affairs.

’67 MA—Dennis A. Knurek of Melbourne, FL, January 23, 2020; Catholic priest; served in the Diocese of Orlando; chaplain, Sacred Heart U.; missionary; active in professional and religious affairs.

’67 MA, PhD ’77—Maria Nowakowska Stycos of Ithaca, NY, February 4, 2020; senior lecturer in Romance Studies, Cornell U.; author; flight attendant; contrib­uted her voice to the golden records of Voyager 1 and 2; enjoyed opera, garden­ing, languages, literature, and architecture; active in civic, community, profes­sional, and alumni affairs.

’68—Richard J. Brehm of Memphis, TN, January 17, 2020; human resource manager, Baptist Memorial Hospital; veteran; enjoyed bridge, travel, and music.

’68 JD—William V. Buccella of Chestnut Hill, MA, February 15, 2020; attorney; veteran.

’68 BS Ag—Robert Harrilchak of Moline, IL, January 2, 2020; contract specialist, Rock Island Arsenal; ground instructor, FlightSafety Int’l; veteran; enjoyed hockey, fishing, home improvements, and family.

’68—Leo J. Mahool of Lansing, NY, December 26, 2019; restaurateur; developer; president, LJM Hospitalities; founder, The North 40, Mexicali Rose, and Lake-Watch Inn; enjoyed sports, fireworks, boating, horse racing, and music; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi.

’68 BCE, MCE ’69—Aleksander Mizne of São Paulo, Brazil, January 28, 2020; CEO, A.M. Consultoria Group; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

’68 BS Ag—Michael D. Phelan of Scottsdale, AZ, December 6, 2019; marketing manager, Texaco Oil; veteran; enjoyed ice hockey, skiing, golf, swimming, music, movies, and travel. Delta Tau Delta.

’68 BA, MBA ’72, PhD ’78—David A. Yeater of Cocoa Beach, FL, February 17, 2020; owner, All-Mode Communications; real estate investor; taught business at U. of the West Indies, Colgate U., and Cornell U.; enjoyed sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’69 BA—David I. Drout of Colts Neck, NJ, January 19, 2020; physician; president, director of the Dept. of Medicine, and VP of medical staff at Riverview Medical Center; active in professional affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

’69, BS Ag ’70—Douglas G. Erikson of Janesville, WI, February 11, 2020; worked at Seneca Food Corp.; also worked at Libby Foods; Peace Corps volunteer in Panama, St. Lucia, and Paraguay.

’69 PhD—Ronald L. Heim of Warren, NJ, January 24, 2020; professor and associ­ate dean, Fairleigh Dickinson U.; businessman; enjoyed woodworking, landscaping, photography, fly fishing, and travel.

’69 PhD—Roger D. Kirby of Lincoln, NE, January 31, 2020; professor emeritus and chair of physics and astronomy, U. of Nebraska; enjoyed tennis; active in professional affairs.

’69—M. Susan Lewis of Austin, TX, December 20, 2019.

’69 JD—Richard C. Mitchell Jr. of Oswego, NY, February 25, 2020; attorney; enjoyed boating, golf, biking, canoeing, dancing, and sports; active in profes­sional and religious affairs.

’69 BA—Marguerite R. Waller of Santa Monica, CA, March 11, 2020; professor emerita of comparative literature and gender studies, UC Riverside; helped create UC-R’s major in sustainability studies; also taught at Amherst College; author; directed and produced a documentary on homelessness; active in community and professional affairs.

’70 BS Ag—Richard E. Dunn of Saratoga Springs, NY, March 13, 2020; worked in marketing at Stewart’s; also worked at Skidmore College; veteran; enjoyed gardening, cross-country skiing, tennis, wine, reading, and the Adirondacks; active in community and religious affairs.

’70 BS Ag, MS Ag ’77—Daniel H. Hudson of Cazenovia, NY, February 3, 2020; agronomist, Agway and Cattaraugus County Cooperative Extension; agricultural consultant; active in community and religious affairs.

’70 BCE—Robert A. Michalove of New York City, December 22, 2019; civil engineer; author; enjoyed classic films, music of the 1930s and 1940s, and storytelling.

’70 BS Ag—R. Alan Miller of Wayne, PA, February 15, 2020; investment banker; expert witness; veteran; Scout leader; Little League coach; enjoyed fishing, boating, and dogs; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’71 BS Ag—E. Larry Burlingame of Tobyhanna, PA, January 7, 2020; salesman, Glock and Crimson Trace; retail sales food broker; grocery store manager, Grand Union and P&C; enjoyed hunting, target shooting, travel, camping, and watch­ing sports.

’71 MS, PhD ’74—Lawrence M. Busch of Ann Arbor, MI, December 28, 2019; professor of sociology, Michigan State U. and U. of Kentucky; author; editor; active in professional affairs. Wife, Karen (Hagberg), MS ’73.

’71 MST—John V. Meeks of Auburn, CA, February 6, 2020; high school science teacher; rancher; veterinary technician; videographer; veteran; horseman and endurance rider; active in community affairs.

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’71, BS Ag ’73—Michael R. Moosman of St. Petersburg, FL, December 10, 2019; worked in international commodities; veteran; enjoyed golf, the gym, and swim­ming. Psi Upsilon.

’71 JD—Richard J. Orloski of Allentown, PA, January 26, 2020; district attorney, Lehigh County; deputy attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; author; enjoyed fly fishing, gardening, and photography; active in civic, community, pro­fessional, and alumni affairs. Wife, Kathy (Law) ’70.

’72 DVM—Steven H. Kross of Saratoga, NY, December 18, 2019; veterinarian; enjoyed golf, tennis, skiing, sailing, reading, and folk rock. Phi Epsilon Pi.

’72 MPA—Nicholas Whitby of Henrico, VA, January 9, 2020; federal funds analyst, Commonwealth of Virginia; veteran.

’73 BA—Ronald T. Carman of Rockville Centre, NY, January 25, 2020; associate dean and director, Molloy College; former managing director, Morgan Stanley; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’73 BS Hotel—Patrick J. Gleason of Damascus, OR, January 10, 2020; general handyman; member, Elks Club; enjoyed cooking, fishing, and hunting; active in community affairs.

’73 BS Nurs—Florence Marcin of Danville, PA, January 28, 2020; nurse; Catho­lic nun; elementary school teacher and principal; active in professional and re­ligious affairs.

’73, BS Ag ’74—Seymour L. Solomon of Rahway, NJ, February 20, 2020; gen­eral manager, J & A Exterminating; buyer, Sears Roebuck.

’73 PhD—Donald H. Waters of Woodbury, NJ, February 14, 2020; pharmacolo­gist; director of clinical research, VP, and president of Rosemont Pharmaceutical Co.; taught at SUNY Albany, Southwestern Oklahoma State U., and West Vir­ginia U.; active in professional affairs.

’74, BA ’75—Edwin L. Hetfield Jr. of Saratoga Springs, NY, February 5, 2020; professor and chair of English, Baltimore Int’l College; also taught at Montgom­ery and Howard colleges, and Lemoyne College, Syracuse U., and Onondaga Community College; enjoyed history, photography, camping, hiking, and dogs.

’74 BS Ag—Michael R. Piotrowski of Austin, TX, December 8, 2005; president, Matrix Remedial Technologies.

’75 BS ILR—Allie M. Cage of Memphis, TN, January 1, 2020; preacher in charge, Murfreesboro Christian Methodist Episcopal Mission, Southeast District; worked for several Fortune 500 companies; teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

’75 BA—Josephine Lau Ho of Manasquan, NJ, November 21, 2019; executive director, New Jersey Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce; VP and president, Cincinnati’s Chinese American Assn.; worked for the Cincinnati Dept. of Health; also taught ESL; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’75—Bradley P. Jordan of Glen Rock, NJ, January 26, 2020; financial consultant, fund manager, futures broker, and institutional futures specialist; enjoyed running and biking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi.

’75 MS Ag—Stephen P. Lathrop of Mechanicsburg, PA, December 22, 2019; worked for the EPA and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection; hardware and feed store owner; visiting ecology scholar, US Senate Commerce Committee; advisor, Safe Drinking Water Act; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’75 MD—Alan A. Morgenstein of Santa Rosa, CA, December 8, 2019; physician; specialist in infectious disease; enjoyed travel.

’76 MRP—John A. Chewning of Cincinnati, OH, March 4, 2020; associate profes­sor emeritus, U. of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

’76 BCE—Stephen P. Garcia of New Haven, CT, February 23, 2020; civil engineer; active in alumni affairs. Chi Psi. Wife, Laurinda (Fox) ’77.

’76 PhD—Glen E. Lewis of Greensburg, PA, January 19, 2020; president, Small Business Strategies; founder, Acme Plastic Enterprises; co-owner, Latrobe Pie Shoppe; partner, Wetlands Construction; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’76 BA—Scott A. Millhouse of Mt. Lebanon, PA, February 19, 2020; attorney; coach; enjoyed golf and puns; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Upsilon.

’76 BEE—David A. Strange of San Jose, CA, January 11, 2020; owner, Tampico Enterprises; founder, Cuil and 8X8; also worked for Narda Microwave, Acrian, Gamma, and Spectrian; enjoyed travel, music, fitness, ham radio, woodworking, gardening, and cooking; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’76 MS, PhD ’79—Neil M. Wolfman of Dover, MA, January 15, 2020; worked in the pharmaceutical and genetic engineering industries; professor of chemistry, Boston College; active in professional and alumni affairs. Wife, Deborah (May) ’79.

’77—Joseph R. Barnes of Bellaire, OH, March 5, 2020; project manager, Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization; senior watch officer, Joint Coordination Center; police officer, Baltimore Police Dept.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’77 BS Hotel—Roger C. Stehman of Calabash, NC, January 2, 2020; senior manager of managed network services, Computer Sciences Corp.; veteran. Delta Tau Delta.

’78 BS Ag, MBA ’80—John L. Bakos of Prides Crossing, MA, December 24, 2019; chief strategist, Bay Colony Advisory Group; enjoyed hiking and biking; active in alumni affairs.

’78 BS ORIE—Philip A. Capin of Palo Alto, CA, January 18, 2020; civil engineer; project manager, Cahill Contractors and Vance Brown Builders; also worked for VIP Structures; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

’78 BS Ag—O. Franklyn Johndrew III of Kendallville, IN, January 22, 2020; poultry sales manager, Hy-Line Int’l; veteran; enjoyed golf, travel, and family; active in professional affairs.

’79 PhD—Michael N. Chopan of Hopewell Township, NJ, December 22, 2019; manager, Office of Information Technology, State of New Jersey; active in profes­sional and religious affairs.

’79 BEE—Edward P. Einhart of Central Square, NY, March 11, 2020; president, Industrial Control & Electrical Design Corp.; also worked for Moog Corp., Gen­eral Electric, and Mill Control Systems; invented a cable design for the Aries 1 rocket; Scoutmaster; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’79 BS Ag—Robert W. MacCaull of Clemmons, NC, January 21, 2020; worked in the agricultural feed business; retired from Corn Products Int’l; veteran.

’79 BS Ag—John D. Oles of Corfu, NY, February 17, 2020; organic farmer; pioneer in farm-to-table agriculture; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

’79, BS Eng ’80—Kathleen A. Perry of Austin, TX, January 3, 2020; worked for IBM, Sematech, Motorola, Obsidian, Applied Materials, and Cabot Microelectron­ics; financial advisor, Merrill Lynch; active in community and professional affairs.

’79 BS Hotel—Jeffrey G. Saunders of Boca Raton, FL, January 27, 2020; pres­ident and CEO, Saunders Hotel Group; enjoyed poker, Boston sports teams, tennis, skiing, golf, and walking to work; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’80 MCE—David L. Bacon of York Harbor, ME, January 17, 2020; structural engineer; design manager of seven tunnel construction projects for Boston’s Big Dig;

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managed tunnel and road projects in Greece, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar; enjoyed travel and hiking; active in professional affairs.

’80—Frederick D. Greene of Newton, MA, March 3, 2020; commercial realtor with CRG; also worked at the Boston Globe; merchant mariner; enjoyed sports, skiing, golf, boating, and fishing.

’81 MPS—Joseph M. Quigley of Ithaca, NY, December 21, 2019; retired com­mander, US Navy; professor of naval science and executive officer, Cornell NROTC; chairman, seamanship and tactics, US Naval Academy; academic director, Naval Officer Candidate School; operations officer at Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis; real estate developer; Rotarian; sailing coach; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs.

’82 JD—Bruce M. Cormier of Washington, DC, February 5, 2020; attorney; general counsel at Ernst & Young.

’82, BS Ag ’84—David E. Phelps of Bethesda, MD, November 15, 2017; mortgage broker; enjoyed cooking, flying, scuba diving, and adventure. Von Cramm.

’83 BS HE—Cynthia Kulas Messemer of White Plains, NY, January 31, 2020; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

’83 PhD—Joseph L. Wysocki of Amissville, VA, January 13, 2020; national pro­gram leader for housing and environment, USDA Nat’l Inst. of Food and Agriculture; state extension housing specialist at Cornell U., Indiana U. of Pennsylvania, Vir­ginia Tech, Penn State U., and U. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; author; enjoyed Polish food, genealogy, gardening, reading, travel, and studying mid-century design and fine architecture; active in professional affairs.

’84, BA ’85—Angelo G. Iannone of Westbury, NY, October 27, 2019.

’84 BS Ag—Scott R. Melrose of Greensboro, NC, January 14, 2020; landscape architect; principal, Melrose Design Group; adjunct professor of landscape ar­chitecture, A&T U. of Greensboro.

’85 JD—Mark J. Haberberger of Milwaukee, WI, January 4, 2020; attorney; senior counsel, General Electric Healthcare Technologies; family historian and genealogist; enjoyed travel and German singing; active in community and professional affairs.

’85 PhD—Roupen L. Keusseyan of Carlsbad, CA, September 19, 2019; scientist, DuPont Electronics; also worked in Italy and for IBM; active in professional affairs.

’85 BA—Norin L. Lucas of New York City, June 16, 2015; associate director of copyediting for Viking, Penguin Press, Portfolio, and Pamela Dorman Books.

’86 BS Ag, DVM ’91—Karen M. Fischer of Orchard Park, NY, January 31, 2020; veterinarian. Alpha Phi.

’86 BS Ag—Kimberly Foster Giordano of Marietta, GA, December 29, 2019; global accounts manager in the shipping line industry; worked at Safmarine North America; enjoyed hiking, skiing, and gardening; active in professional and religious affairs.

’87 PhD—Michael W. Fazio of Starkville, MS, February 26, 2020; professor, Mississippi State U.; author.

’88 MPS—F. Douglas Fuller of Oakland, CA, December 17, 2019; realtor; also worked in the low-income housing industry; performed as Ouchy the Clown; active in community and professional affairs.

’89 BA—Lauren Flato Labovitz of Sunnyvale, CA, July 21, 2019; small animal veterinarian; certified professional dog trainer; owner, Sit Stay Wag Dog Training; former class correspondent, Cornell Alumni Magazine; active in professional and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. Husband, Steven M. Labovitz ’92.

’89 MA, PhD ’91—Tejumola Olaniyan of Madison, WI, November 30, 2019; chair of African literature and professor of English and African cultural studies, U. of Wisconsin, Madison; professor of English, Cornell U.; author; active in profes­sional affairs.

’90—Brian J. Scott of Bethesda, MD, February 3, 2020; restaurant manager; direc­tor of operations; active in professional affairs. Delta Upsilon.

’92, BS ILR ’93—Harmony L. Weisbart of Orlando, FL, February 9, 2020; advocate for transgender rights; minor league baseball manager; manager of marketing re­search, Walt Disney World; also worked at PDI; enjoyed films and puns; active in community affairs.

’93 PhD—Armando Gonzalez-Caban of Riverside, CA, December 28, 2019; economist, USDA Forest Service; assistant professor, U. of Puerto Rico; consultant, USAID missions to South America, Europe, and Africa; board chair, Nati Fuentes Centro de Niños; active in community and professional affairs.

’93 BS HE—Tyrone Tucker of Sterlington, LA, February 9, 2020.

’94 MBA—Jayaram Chigurupati of Nandigama, India, February 1, 2019; en­trepreneur.

’94 BEP—Tricia Russell Forsyth of Warrenton, VA, October 8, 2019; department director, US government.; enjoyed quilting, knitting, travel, Disney, and spicy food.

’96 BS HE—Jennifer D. Dubow of Durham, NC, November 15, 2019; social busi­ness transformation leader, IBM; coach and mentor, UNC-Flagler Business Startup, Soft Launch, Carolina Challenge; guest lecturer; director of marketing, Dognition; founder, Jennifer Dubow Consulting; also worked for Andersen Consulting and Amoco UK; career counselor, Compass Center for Women and Families; dog lover; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’97 BS Hotel—Ryan C. Duran of Austin, TX, January 22, 2020; operated Rabbit’s Lounge; coordinator for the Obama presidential campaign; legislative assistant in charge of finance for Texas State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos; consultant, Ernst & Young; active in civic and community affairs. Sigma Nu.

’98 MS ORIE—Bojan S. Manic of Plymouth, MA, December 21, 2019; production manager, Servolift Eastern; also worked for BD, Haemonetics, and Boston Scien­tific; enjoyed mountain biking.

’99 PhD—Tim W.J. Bauters of Sunnyvale, CA, February 16, 2020; director of engineering, Slurry Waste Solutions.

’02 BS HE—Erica S. Liberman of Campbell, CA, January 31, 2020; worked for Kaboom; served with AmeriCorps; enjoyed reading, cooking, knitting, running, photography, travel, the outdoors, and all things Harry Potter; active in commu­nity affairs.

’07—Harrison D. Haney of Lockport, NY, December 30, 2018; investment broker; sports fan.

’09 BME, MME ’10—Michael E. Isenberg of Cincinnati, OH, December 28, 2019; staff engineer in mechanical design and former stress and life management engi­neer, GE Aviation; project engineer, Quest Global Services; mechanical design engineer, HDT Robotics; enjoyed travel, sports, the outdoors, and music.

’10 BS ILR—Sara A. Furguson of Rotonda West, FL, December 3, 2019; attorney; pursued a Master of Law degree at Seton Hall U.; teaching assistant, Cornell Prison Education Program; active in community and professional affairs.

’22—Paul B. Fisher-York of Ithaca, NY, December 25, 2019; computer science major; intern at Vector Magnetics; passionate about robotics; team member, Au­tonomous Underwater Vehicle; sang with the Cornell University Chorale.

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