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MAY/JUNE 2004 VOLUME 106 NUMBER 6 Alumni Deaths

'24 BLA--Carl F.Wedell of Nokomis, FL, April 1, 1974; active in alumni affairs.

'26 BA--James Wotherspoon of Plainfield, NJ, October 1, 1982.

'27 BA--Mortimer J. Shapiro of West Orange, NJ, September 23, 2003; retired businessman; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'28-30 GR--Louis G. Millward of Calgary, Alberta, February 28, 1991.

'29 BA, MD '32--John G. Connell of Boca Raton, FL, September 11, 2003; physician. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'30 BA, PhD '35--Albert C. Shuman of West Lafayette, IN, August 23, 2003; biochemistry professor, Purdue U; founder, Shuman Chemical Laboratory.

'31 BA--Edward J.Mintz ofWalnut Creek, CA, September 23, 2003; life insurance salesman, New York Life; active in community and alumni affairs.

'31 BS HE--Terrace Morgan Pratt (Mrs. Arthur J. '26, PhD '33) of Davis, CA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, July 8, 2003; active in community and religious affairs.

'32--Ruth Gordon Brauner (Mrs. Julius F. '31, LLB '32) of Stratford, CT, September 6, 2003. Alpha Phi.

'32--Aaron W. Christensen of Arlington, VA, September 19, 2003; retired asst. US surgeon general; worked in the Public Health Service; deputy chief, Indian health; farmer; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'32, BArch '33--Charles V.Northrup of North Palm Beach, FL, September 10, 2003; architect; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.Wife,Mary (Kelly) '38.

'32 BA, MD '36--George E. Pittinos of Inman, SC, September 9, 1999; physician.

'33 BA--Nathaniel S.Apter of Peoria, AZ, September 29, 2003; psychiatrist and neurologist, U. of Chicago Medical Ctr.; authority on snails; veteran; president, Class of '33; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

'33 BME--Roger S. Babcock of Basking Ridge, NJ,May 14, 2003. Alpha Tau Omega.

'33 BA--Ardeen Lambert Brehse of Hamlin, NY,May 30, 2003.

'33 BA, MD '36--Ralph S. Emerson of Roslyn Heights, NY, September 26, 2003; surgeon; chief of surgery,North Shore University Hospital; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'33 MD--Margaret Jones-Kanaar of Pacific Palisades, CA, December 9, 2001; physician.

'33 BA--Gerson Nonas of New York City, June 28, 2003; physician. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'33 BS HE--Helen Cotter Strombeck (Mrs. Lloyd G., GR '33-34) of Owego, NY, September 28, 2003; taught clothing construction, Cornell Cooperative Extension; home economics teacher, Sherburne Central School; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'34 BA--Honey Jacobs Drezen of Tamarac, FL, July 2, 2003.

'34 BA--Lester Friedman ofWest Palm Beach, FL, September 19, 2002; Beta Sigma Rho.

'34 BA--John F. Kelley of Spokane,WA, September 10, 2003; retired attorney, one of three Cornell brothers who practice law in Washington State; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'34 BA, MD '37--Henry B. Marshall of Ft. Myers, FL, September 28, 2003; physician. Acacia.

'34 BA--Constance Ely Moncrief of Medford, NJ, December 15, 2002; retired teacher; active in community affairs.

'35 BS HE--Bethel M. Caster of Denton, TX, August 18, 2003; retired professor of home economics, Texas Woman's U.; listed in Who's Who of American Women; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

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

'35 BA--David L. Schreiber of Essex, NY, March 11, 1997. Pi Lambda Phi.

'36 LLB--James E. Mitchell of Hubbard, OH, September 2, 2003; attorney; active in alumni affairs.

'36 SP HE--Ora Anderson Mongiore of Mendocino, CA, July 12, 2003; writer; religious educator.

'36 BA--Charlotte Putnam Reppert (Mrs. Charles M. Jr. '34) of Stratford, CT, November 1, 1986; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'36 BA--Claude R. Snyder of Elmira, NY, April 30, 2003. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'37 BS Ag--Frank A. Carroll of Morris, NY, August 16, 2003; retired farm labor representative, NY State Dept. of Labor; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'37-39 SP Ag--Paul N. Craner of Rome, NY, September 30, 2003; agricultural teacher,Westmoreland Central School; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'37--John W. Devanney of Naples, FL, formerly of Cincinnati, OH, September 27, 2003; retired neurosurgeon; professor, U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine; author; veteran. Alpha Tau Omega.

'37 BA--Gertrude Kaplan Fitzpatrick of Homer, NY, May 7, 2003; active in alumni affairs.

'37, BA '38--Stephen S. Jones of Santa Rosa, CA, September 16, 2003; worked in nuclear and solar energy and energy conservation; author; activist; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'37 BA--Marvin M. Klein of Mountain View, CA,May 17, 2003; owner, M.M. Klein Printing Services; active in alumni affairs.

'37 BA, LLB '39--Alvin E. Moscowitz of Naples, FL, June 1, 2003; attorney.

'37 DVM--Herbert Racoff of Columbia, SC, July 26, 2003; veterinarian; retired from Clemson Extension Service; veteran; active in the American Camellia Society.

'37, BS Ag '38--Bernard N. Rolfe of Tulsa, OK, August 2, 2003.

'37 BS ME--H. Leslie Walker of Ridgefield, CT, August 25, 2003. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'38--John R. Bacon of Bethlehem, PA, December 10, 2002; civil engineer, Penn Dixie Cement; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Sigma Phi.

'38 MD--Madeline Schier Burlingame of Shelter Island Heights, NY, August 30, 2003; physician.

'39 BS HE--Alice Pitcher Blatchley (Mrs. Robert P. '40, MS '59) of Cortland, NY, September 26, 2003; home economics teacher; Cortlandville town historian; active in community and religious affairs.

'39 BS HE--Eva Just Brown of Rochester Hills, MI, August 20, 2002.

'39 MA--Winifred Maloney Burke of Bath, NY, August 28, 2003; Husband, Edmund Burke '34, MEd '39.

'39 BEE--Stanley E. Clark of Ojai, CA, April 7, 2003.

'39 BS Ag, PhD '46--A. Alfred Foster of Norris, TN, October 28, 2002.Wife, Grace (Kuchler) '41.

'39 DVM--John M.Holmes of Cherry Valley, NY, September 7, 2003; veterinarian; asst. director, division of animal industry, NYS Dept. of Ag and Markets; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

'39 BA--Clara McDonald Jones of Granville, NY, September 29, 2003. Kappa Delta.

'39 BS Ag--William Kuchmy of Webster, NY, July 14, 2003; worked for Eastman Kodak; veteran.

'39 BS HE--Barbara Gay Ringholm of Middletown, NY, July 11, 2003; home economics teacher; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'39 BCE--William H. Scott of Omaha, NE, September 14, 2003; civil engineer; land surveyor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'40 DVM--Anthony F. Favata of Rochester, NY, February 26, 2003; veterinarian.

'40 BS Ag--Col.Matthew J. Freda of Callicoon, NY, August 7, 2003; owner, Matthew J. Freda Real Estate; retired US Air Force; flew combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'40 BS HE--Julia Swenningsen Judson of Fort Collins, CO, September 7, 2003; taught occupational therapy at Colorado State U.; active in community affairs. Husband, Lowell B. Judson, SP Ag '37-39.

'40 MS--Leighton F.Koehler of Sunnyvale, CA, October 7, 2001.

'40 M Ed--N. Francis Miller of Venice, FL, January 1, 1988.

'40 BS Ag--Donald R. Nesbitt of Orlando, FL, September 8, 2003; apple grower; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'40--Herbert E. Rubin of Palm Beach, FL,May 20, 2003.

'40-41 SP Ag--Harry S. Sallade of York, PA, July 30, 2003; retired florist; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'41 BS Ag, M Ed '47--Frank C. Merchant of Waterloo,MO, September 26, 2003; retired educator and coach, St. Louis Public Schools; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'41, BA '48--Col. Paul J. Slocum of Rome, NY, September 25, 2003; retired Air Force officer; recipient, Distinguished Flying Cross; realtor; active in community and professional affairs.

'41 BS Ag--Mildred K. Taylor of Placentia, CA, June 8, 2002.

'42 DVM--Arthur J. Jones of Dodge, NE, September 12, 2003; veterinarian. Alpha Psi.

'42 B Chem E--Richard H. Morgan of Issaquah, WA, August 1, 2003. Alpha Chi Rho.

'42 B Chem E--Robert A. Prisch of Rochester, NY, July 24, 2003; investor. Sigma Nu.

'42 DVM--Leo A.Wuori of Tybee Island, GA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, September 23, 2003; veterinarian; worked at the Cornell Feline Health Resource Center; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

'43 DVM--Harry F. Burghardt of Winter Springs, FL,May 6, 2003; veterinarian.

'43 DVM--Elmer N. Coye of Southern Pines, NC, June 12, 2003. Alpha Psi. Wife, Mary (Fusselbaugh) '44.

'43--Don B. Davidson of Rome, NY, July 27, 2002; active in alumni affairs. Wife, Norah (Patrick) '42.

'43--Geraldine Jenks Gaenger of College Station, TX, July 15, 2003; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'43, BA '47--Hyman Gelman of Arlington,VA, January 12, 2003.

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

'43 BS Ag, MS Ag '47--Arthur E. Masters of Bakersfield, CA, August 12, 2003; president, King Lumber Co.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'43 BA--Hilda Lozner Milton of Manhasset, NY, September 14, 2003; active in alumni affairs.

'43--George L.Morrow of Arlington Heights, IL, August 21, 2003; former president, Peoples Gas, Light & Coke Co., and Natural Gas Pipeline Co.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Chi.

'43 BA--Charles E. Shaw of Kenmore, WA, September 12, 2003. Sigma Nu.

'43--Robert E.Wetmore of Hawley, PA, July 2, 1998; senior project manager, The Kling Lindquist Partnership. Theta Chi.

'44, BA '46--Benjamin D. Beyea of Rockport, MA, September 15, 2003.

'44, BA '43--Rosanne Buckenmaier Guinan of Greenport, NY, September 21, 2003; systems analyst for Nassau County; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

'44 BEE--Joseph S.Hollyday of Bedford, MA, July 30, 1998; engineer.

'44, BA '46--Harry E.Kellogg of Atherton, CA, October 28, 2002; vice president and treasurer, Leslie Salt Co.; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'44 BS HE--Marcia Colby Meister (Mrs. Donald F. '42) of Greene, NY, July 18, 2002; active in alumni affairs.

'44 B Chem E--Wallace H. Toole of Springfield Township, PA,May 20, 2003. Beta Pi.

'44 BS HE--Mary Kleberg Whittier of Asheville, NC, May 15, 2003. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'45 BME--Justus Von Lengerke of Andover, NJ, May 12, 2003. Chi Psi.

'45, BS Ag '47, PhD '51--William A.Williams of Davis, CA, May 21, 2003. Alpha Zeta.Wife, Madeline (Moore) '45.

'46 PhD--Georg Frostenson of Stockholm, Sweden, January 1, 2002; agricultural economist, American Embassy, Stockholm; founder, Cornell Club of Sweden.

'46--Anita E.Monsees of Syracuse, NY, July 20, 2003; public relations consultant; advertising copywriter; taught broadcast copywriting at the Newhouse School of Communications, Syracuse U.; former publicity director, Cornell University Press; classical music host, WHCU; contralto; writer; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'46, BS HE '45--Judith Gold Reiher of Arlington Heights, IL, September 23, 2003; dietitian, Northwest Community Hospital; active in community and religious affairs.

'46 JD--D. Jay Wilson of Ogden, UT, August 25, 2003;Weber County, UT, attorney; attorney, Ogden City School Board; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'47 BS--Betty Frye Post of Sharon, MA, July 20, 2003.

'47 BCE--Richard L. Quasey of Coraopolis, PA, September 4, 2003. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'48 LLB--James K. Baker of Helena, AL, April 29, 2003; attorney.

'48 BS Ag--Col. Marco J. Caraccia of Ft.Myers, FL, December 2, 2002; veteran.

'48 MD--Gerard L. Eastman of Huntington, NY, July 22, 2003; physician, North Shore Medical Group; consultant on malpractice insurance; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'48--James R. Hall of Port Orchard, WA, November 23, 2002.

'48 MBA--Harry A.Keller of Farmington Hills, MI, September 22, 2003; CPA; controller of Speedway Oil and Aurora Oil; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'48 BS Nurs--Patricia Stiglitz Robertson of Edison, NJ, September 12, 2003; taught nursing at Muhlenberg Regional Hospital; veteran.

'49--Rohland M. Baldwin of Lakeland, FL, April 1, 1979.

'49 BS Hotel--Kenneth P. Battles of North Falmouth, MA, September 27, 2003; hotelier; coowner, Sea Crest Oceanside Resort & Conference Ctr.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'49 MS HE--Alice Kelly Iverson of East Troy, WI, April 6, 2003; worked for Wisconsin Vocational and Adult Ed.

'49-50 SP Ag--Wilfred J. Klopf of Tyrone, NY, September 23, 2003; self-employed truck driver; veteran; active in community affairs.

'49 BCE--E. Eugene Lewis of Gold River, CA, August 14, 2003; civil engineer. Chi Phi.

'49 BS Ag--Lawrence F. Lewis of Troupsburg, NY, December 26, 2001. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'49-50 GR--Ian W. MacDonald of Cherrybrook, New South Wales, Australia, July 29, 2003.

'49 BCE--Carl C.Michaels of Christiansburg, VA, February 25, 2003; civil engineer. Phi Sigma Kappa.

'49--Victor I. Seneca of North Chili, NY, February 26, 2002; aeronautical engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

'49 BS Ag, MS Ag '58--Howard F. Smith of Caledonia, NY, June 26, 2003.

'50 BEE--Edward H. Christian of Brookfield, WI, November 23, 2002.

'50 BME--Robert J.Hannon of Cherry Hill,NJ, August 1, 2003; engineer. Tau Kappa Epsilon. Wife,Mary (Potter) '50.

'50--John J.Hyland Jr. of Alexandria, VA, July 28, 2003. Chi Phi.

'50 B Chem E--Reginald O. Jackson of Cincinnati, OH, September 9, 2003; plant manager, Monsanto Plastics and Resins Co.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'50 BS Ag--Rogert W.Walter of North Port, FL, June 6, 2003; retired high school teacher.

'50, BA '52--Frank Wydo of Uniontown, PA, February 1, 1979. Alpha Tau Omega.

'51 PhD--James W. Herron of Valley Park, MO, August 20, 2003.

'51 BA--David B. Ludlum of Delmar, NY, April 3, 2003.Wife, Carlene (Dyke) '52.

'51 BS Ag--Eugene J. O'Connell of Ft. Myers, FL, July 5, 1992; worked for the Lee County (FL) Health Dept.

'52 MS ILR--Elbert E. Beamer of Middleport, NY, September 1, 2003; materials engineer,Harrison Radiator; asst. football coach, Duke U.; active in community and religious affairs.

'52 PhD--Elton L. Clark of Cape Porpoise, ME, March 4, 1991.

'52, BA '56--Lester Feistel of Evergreen, CO, June 17, 2003; building inspector, city of Aurora, CO.

'52--James H. Hillyer of Altamonte Springs, FL, December 3, 2001; civil engineer.

'52 BA--Richard S. Mann of Houston, TX, August 11, 2003; obstetrician/gynecologist; chief of staff,Memorial Southeast Hospital; veteran; active in professional affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'52 BA--Barbara Odiorne Metzger of East Aurora, NY, December 14, 2003. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, Lee. L.Metzger '49.

'52 PhD--Earl L. Steele of Lexington, KY, July 27, 2003; retired professor and chair, electrical engineering dept., U. of Kentucky; expert on solid state electronics; also taught at Arizona State U., UC Irvine, and Southern California College; worked at General Electric,Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, and Rockwell Corp.; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'52 BS Ag--Alexi Zaharchuk of Brockport, NY, and Ft. Pierce, FL, November 23, 2002; pomologist, entomologist; worked for CIBA-Geigy, Ag Chem Service Co. and other companies; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Jean (Stubbs) '52.

'53 BS Hotel--Henry C. Steele of Welton, AZ, January 24, 2003.

'53--Charles S. Stodter of Falls Church, VA, March 10, 1995.

'53 BS Ag--Charles C.Wheeler of Florida, NY, April 23, 2003; dairy farmer; veteran; active in religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'54 BA--Josef L. Altholz of Minneapolis, MN, August 2, 2003; professor of history, U. of Minnesota; active in professional affairs.

'54 MS--Roy A. Bailey of Menlo Park, CA, July 13, 2003; geologist, U.S. Geological Survey.

'54 MS HE--Mary C. Eble of New Orleans, LA, May 12, 2003; former teacher and supervisor, Orleans Parish School Board.

'54 MS Ag--Ryland L.Holmes of Dunnsville, VA, April 22, 1994.

'54, BS Ag '53--Colen C.Wyatt of Woodland, CA, February 10, 2000.

'55--James J. Hogan of Bend, OR, January 8, 2002. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'56, B Chem E '57--Wellington R. Burt Jr. of Orlando, FL,March 28, 2003. Zeta Psi.

'56 BS HE--June Hercek Kildea of Charlottesville, VA, June 9, 2003; worked at the U. of Virginia. Husband, James T. Kildea '55.

'56 BS Nurs--Janet Shaw Muehl of San Jose, CA, July 18, 2003; retired school nurse; active in community and religious affairs.

'56 MA--Rev. David M.Murphy of Brighton, MA, August 25, 2001; Catholic priest, St. John's Seminary.

'57 BS Hotel--Alan B.Hershon of Branchville, NJ, August 13, 2003; retired Lt. Col., US Air Force; former director of security, NY State Workers Comp. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'57 BS Ag--Ernest J. Schmalz of Jackson, NJ, February 16, 2003.Wife, Ann (Friedman) '58.

'57 LLB--Robert H.Walsh of Portland, OR, November 4, 2000; attorney.

'59 PhD--Mark W.Martin of Logan, UT, February 4, 2002; retired geneticist, US Dept. of Agriculture.

'60 PhD--William F.Nydegger of Collegeville, PA, March 2, 1991; professor, Penn State U. Wife, Corinne (Nemetz), MA '70.

'61 MD--James E.Hanchett of Pittsburgh, PA, September 29, 2003; internist; nephrologist; director of nephrology, VA Hospital, Pittsburgh; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Jeanne (Pain), MD '61.

'62 BA--Susan York Sheldon of Missoula, MT, August 18, 2003; CPA; artist; musician; active in community and religious affairs.

'66 BS Ag--Richard C. Bieder of Port Republic, NJ, August 10, 2003.

'66 BS ILR--John C.Van Amber of Escondido, CA, January 11, 2003; logistics engineer, Northrop Corp.

'68 BA--Fred E.Karch of Rochester,NY, August 31, 2003; professor emeritus of medicine, U. of Rochester; internist; active in community and professional affairs.

'69 BA--Lesley Spring Sanders of New York City, August 27, 2003; president, Custom Communities Inc.; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.Husband, Steven S. Sanders, JD '71.

'69--Tommy P. Thompson of Las Vegas, NV, July 13, 2003; auditor, US Defense Dept.

'70 PhD--Douglas S. Lacate of Surrey, BC, Canada, November 5, 2001; worked for the Federal Lands Directorate; professor, U. of British Columbia; active in community affairs.

'70 MST--John L.Miletich of Malone, NY, July 7, 2003; earth science teacher, Malone High School; active in community affairs.

'71 BA--Hubert H. Everist of Castle Rock, CO, September 24, 1999. Kappa Alpha.

'73 JD--David P. Gery of Davis, CA, April 20, 2003; attorney.

'76 BS ILR--Susan Zwiren Schultz of Palm Harbor, FL, October 6, 2002; business analyst; active in religious affairs.

'79--Curtis E.McMillan of Rochester, NY, June 15, 2001. Alpha Phi Alpha.

'79 BS Nurs--Lynne E. Sorensen of Boston, MA, January 24, 2003; nurse.

'91, BA '92--Kay H. Lillibridge of San Francisco, CA, July 31, 2003; entertainment editor, Bay City News Service; co-founder, Cornell Japanimation Society.

'99 MHA--Allison Coleman Hendry of Flower Mound, TX, April 18, 2002; veteran; active in religious affairs. Husband, Gregory J. Hendry, MBA '99.

'06--Scot A. Elwood of New Albany, OH, September 18, 2003; human biology, health, and society major; wrestler.

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