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'24 BA--Frances Iredell Gilson of Schenectady, NY, October 13, 2003.

'24, LLB '25--Otto C. Jaeger of Charlotte, VT, September 9, 2003; retired attorney. Alpha Chi Rho.

'25-27 SP Ag--Edith Olson Cree of Dunellen, NJ, October 21, 2003; former public school teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

'29 DVM--Alton P. Boulton of Saranac Lake, NY, October 8, 2003; veterinarian; active in civic and community affairs. Alpha Psi.

'29 BS HE--Charlotte Kolb Runey (Mrs. Irving T. '28) of Horseheads, NY, October 3, 2003; co-owner, Runey Advertising Service; hosted radio program "Charlotte Calls"; newspaper columnist; home demonstration agent, Cornell Extension; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

'31 DVM--Arthur W. Fredericks of Northport, NY, October 2, 2003; founder, North Shore Veterinary Hospital; active in community affairs. Alpha Psi.

'33 BA--Lenore Loeser Kulberg of Buffalo, NY, October 3, 2003; former librarian; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

'33 BS HE--Eleanor Crombie Shuman ofWest Lafayette, IN, October 15, 2003; worked with Shuman Chemical Laboratory; active in community and religious affairs.

'34 BA--Lester Friedman of West Palm Beach, CA, September 19, 2002; physician. Beta Sigma Rho.

'34 BS Ag--Karl F. Schmidt of Gold River, CA, October 8, 2003; former class correspondent; active in alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

'34 BA--Mildred Holman Williams of Mahanoy City, PA, October 10, 2002; retired teacher; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'35, BCE '36--Robert V. Celette of Altamonte Springs, FL, July 5, 2003. Delta Tau Delta.

'35 BS Ag,MS Ag '36--Dolores Weimer Godwin (Mrs. Melvin C., PhD '36) of Chicago, IL, October 6, 2003; botanist; pilot; active in civic and community affairs.

'36 BS EE--Donald C.Graves of Palm City, FL, October 11, 2003. Psi Upsilon.

'36 BS Ag--Joseph Naghski of Philadelphia, PA, formerly of Wyndmoor, PA, October 2, 2003; research chemist and microbiologist, USDA; author; editor; active in community and professional affairs.

'37--Robert H. Carpenter of West Palm Beach, FL, October 4, 2003; supervisor, Pratt & Whitney; tree surgeon; farmer.

'37 BS Ag,M Ed '47--Fredric D.Morris of Cuba, NY, July 17, 2003.

'38 MS Ag--Kenneth J.McCallister of Oxon Hill,MD, October 31, 2003; professor,U. of the District of Columbia; economic statistician, USDA; active in community and professional affairs.  

'38 BA, JD '40--Robert S. Newman of Sleepy Hollow, NY, October 7, 2003; attorney, Lowenstein and Pitcher; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu.  

'38 PhD--Burt C. Pratt of Wilmington, DE, October 16, 2003; organic chemist, Central Research Dept., DuPont Co.; expert on polymers; musician; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.  

'40 BEE--Kenneth J. Sorace of Chagrin Falls, OH, October 13, 2003; general manager, Ajax Manufacturing Co.; project engineer; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Acacia.

'40 BME--William H.Worcester of Bay Village, OH, October 19, 2003; worked for Cutler-Hammer; active in community and professional affairs. Chi Psi.

'41 BA--Mary Jane Webb Acton (Mrs. Charles H. '40) of Ithaca, NY, October 17, 2003; former '41 women's class correspondent; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'43, BA '42, LLB '48--Barber B. Conable Jr. of Alexander, NY, and Sarasota, FL, November 30, 2003; president of the World Bank; Republican congressman from

1964 to 1984; economic policy expert; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.Wife, Charlotte (Williams) '51.

'43 BS Hotel--Joseph A. Gore of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 19, 2003; hotelier; taught hotel mgmt., Broward County Community College; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'43--James S. Larson of Albany, NY, February 14, 2001.

'43 DVM--Rex A.Malmberg of New Smyrna Beach, FL, October 2, 2003; veterinarian; veteran; active in community affairs.

'43 BME--Alfred J. Sait of Cincinnati, OH, October 4, 2003; retired engineer.

'43--Benjamin Solomon of Kansas City,MO, October 8, 2003; active in religious affairs.

'43 BEE--Edward J. Totah of Rockville, MD, October 7, 2003; active in religious and alumni affairs.

'44 BS Hotel--Janice Edelbut of Adamstown, MD, October 20, 2003; owner and president, O'Donnell's Restaurant. Pi Beta Phi.

'44 BA, MD '46--Gilbert Houston III of Ft.Myers, FL, formerly of E. Greenwich, RI, October 4, 2003; pediatrician; school physician,Warwick School Dept.; director of health services,U. of Rhode Island; medical director of outpatient services, Providence, RI,Veterans Administration; professor, Edison College; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

'45 BS Ag, PhD '53--Max K.Hecht of Flushing, NY,March 17, 2002; biology professor, Queens College.

'46 BA--Philip X.Munisteri of Setauket, NY, October 12, 2003; retired guidance counselor and administrator,Western BOCES; veteran; active in alumni affairs.

'46, BS HE '45--Anne Harper Powers (Mrs. Charles E. '48) of Cocoa Beach, FL, June 30, 2003. Delta Chi.

'47, BME '46--George A. Reisch of South Dennis, MA, July 11, 2003; mechanical engineer. Phi Delta Theta.

'47 BS HE--Janet Pierce Sins of West Leyden, NY, October 10, 2003; teacher; farmer; active in community and religious affairs.

'48, B Chem E '49,MBA '51--Stanley R. Gilbert of Miami, FL, September 22, 2003. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'48 BS Ag--Paul J.Kennedy of Norwalk, CT,October 6, 2003; retired telephone traffic engineer; veteran; active in religious and alumni affairs.

'48 MS--John W. Sewell of Newport Beach, CA, October 21, 2003.

'49 BS Ag,M Ed '65--Donald G. Demick of Brooksville, FL, October 31, 2003; agricultural engineering professor, SUNY Cobleskill; high school teacher; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'49 BS Ag--Robert E. Schaal of West Seneca, NY, October 14, 2003; retired farm manager.

'50 BS ILR--Douglas J.Higgins of Millbrook, NY, October 1, 2003; guidance counselor; high school principal; teacher; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.  

'50, BME '51--Thomas H. Poyer of Prospect, NY, October 9, 2003; retired engineer; worked for General Electric; airplane designer, Boeing; active in community affairs.  

'51 MD--John H.McArdle of Dewittville, NY, September 29, 2003; obstetrician/gynecologist; practiced at DeGraff Memorial, Kenmore Mercy, and Millard Fillmore hospitals; active in community and religious affairs.

'51--Robert G.McCartney of Santa Barbara, CA, September 20, 1999.

'52 MD--John M. Connolly of Centennial, CO, September 3, 2003; physician.

'52 BS Ag--Roger N.Moseley of Buskirk, NY, November 16, 2003; owner, Ramble Rock Farm; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'52--Walter C.O'Connell of Melbourne, FL, October 10, 2003. Phi Gamma Delta.

'52 BS Ag--Albert W. Robbins of Memphis, NY, September 16, 2003; worked for the NY State Dept. of Transportation.

'52--Richard O. Swenson of Irwin, PA, September 24, 2003; veteran. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'55 MS Ag,DVM '57--Clyde S. Card ofWellington, CO, October 7, 2003; veterinarian; professor of veterinary medicine, Penn State, Colorado State, U. of Idaho; state assn. director of agricultural research stations, U. of Arizona; exec. secretary, animal health and diagnostic commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; active in professional affairs.  

'55 PhD--Harrison A. Geiselmann of Englewood, FL, September 3, 2003; mathematics professor, Cornell U.; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.  

'55-56 GR--Ruth Moore of Knoxville, TN, October 5, 2003; professor of foods and nutrition, U. of Georgia; also taught high school home economics; active in religious affairs.  

'55 BS Ag--Joseph D. Shore of Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, September 17, 2003; research biochemist and chair, biochemistry and molecular biology, Henry Ford Hospital; taught at Wayne State U. School of Medicine; former fellow, Nobel Medical Inst.; author; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.  

'56 BS HE--Margaret Mowry Day of Ithaca, NY, October 21, 2003; extension associate, nutritional sciences, Cornell U.; home economics teacher, Groton Central School; active in community affairs.

'56 BA--Barbara Bloom Koch of Naples, FL, September 4, 2003. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, Donald T. Koch '53.

'56, BEP '57--John J. Rosenbaum of Danville, CA, formerly of Berkeley, CA, September 30, 2003; worked for UC Berkeley physics dept.; high school physics teacher; artist; musician; writer; veteran. Beta Theta Pi.

'57 BA--John E. Burgess of Lusby, MD, October 11, 2003; retired naval aviator; program mgr., TRW; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'57 BS HE, MS HE '62--Marilyn Spiner Podgainy of Dix Hills, NY, September 24, 2003; attorney.

'57 MD--G. Stewart Ray of Ghent, NY, October 12, 2003; ophthalmologist; professor of ophthalmology, Albany Medical College; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'58-60 SP Ag--Paul E. Bundschu of Winter Haven, FL, October 13, 2003; president, Harvest Publishing; magazine publisher, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; active in community and professional affairs.

'58 BA--Thomas J. Byers of Worthington, OH, September 21, 2003; professor and founder, molecular genetics dept., Ohio State U.; assoc. dean, biological sciences, OSU; protozoologist; active in community and professional affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.Wife, Sandra (Roberts) '59, BS Nurs '60.

'58 BS Hotel--Arthur H. Denzler of Palm Springs, CA, September 3, 2003; hotelier. Phi Kappa Tau.

'58 BS HE--Helga Scharr Rudtke of New York City, September 30, 2003; food stylist.

'59 BS ILR--Harold C. Skorpen of Stuart, FL, formerly of Andover,VT, October 2, 2003; clinical psychologist; also worked for NY State Dept. of Education; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'59 BA--Robert L. Strickler of Westampton, NJ, October 20, 2003; retired vice president, CIGNA Systems. Seal & Serpent.Wife,Mary (Thomas) '62.

'60, BS HE '61, ME '62--Kenneth E.Ackley of Pittsford, NY, October 7, 2003; chemical engineer; professor, dept. of chemical engineering, Cornell U.; active in alumni affairs.

'60 BS HE--Kathleen Rogers Pettit of Lockport, NY, September 10, 2003. Delta Delta Delta.

'60 B Chem E--Robert S. Pettus of Cortez, FL, September 14, 2003; chemical engineer; president, Cedar Concepts Corp.; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'64 BS Hotel--Frank A. Benetz of Quakertown, PA, September 13, 2003; hotelier; owner, Benetz Inn; insurance agent; active in civic and community affairs.

'65 M Ed--Wanda Bridges Stambaugh of Ithaca, NY, September 27, 2003; Ithaca High School counselor; recipient,Marjorie Penalver Education Award; active in civic and community affairs.

'66 BS HE--Virginia Pomerantz of New York City, June 28, 2003; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'68 JD--Kenneth C. Curtin of Columbus, OH, September 15, 2003; attorney, Legal Aid Society of Columbus; specialized in Medicaid cases; VISTA volunteer; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'69 BS Ag--Barbara Kass Rubin of Bridgewater, NJ, July 20, 2003; worked for AT&T. Husband, Alan R. Rubin '67.

'71 BS Ag--Harry M. Ketcham of East Durham, NY, October 12, 2003; county director, Farm Services Agency, Columbia and Greene counties; active in civic and community affairs.  

'71 BCE, ME '72--Dennis W.Mitchell of Anchorage, AK, October 2, 2003; civil engineer; worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District; worked for Husky Oil; active in community and professional affairs.

'72 DVM--Edward G.Hahn of Centreville, MD, October 9, 2003; veterinarian.

'76 BS HE--Arthur L. Steinberg of West Simsbury, CT, October 8, 2003; partner, Leo J. Shapiro & Assocs.; strategic planner, JC Penney and Ames department stores; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.  

'79 BA--Kurt A. Dodd of Arlington,VA, October 2, 2003; appropriation staff member, US House of Representatives; also worked for the US Geological Survey; active in community affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'83 BA--Gabriella Tussusov Morey of New York City, September 20, 2003. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'85--Thomas A.Hagadorn of Montour Falls, NY, October 21, 2003.

'86--Ruth B. Bailey of Burdett, NY, September 25, 2003.

'87 MBA--Brett C. Skakun of Media, PA, October 15, 2003; director of investor communications, Smith Barney; newspaper reporter; financial analyst.Wife, Mary (Lindee), PhD '90.

'93 BS Ag--George A.Wood of Marcy, NY, November 20, 2003; US Army captain, 4th Infantry Division; killed in action in Iraq.

'94 BS HE--Kimberly E. Esterman of Massapequa, NY, September 1, 2003.

'95 MS Ag--Stephen M.Graw of Ithaca, NY, September 20, 2003; doctoral candidate, community and regional sociology, Cornell U.

'96 BS Ag--Allen G. Fudger of Ithaca, NY, October 2, 2003.

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