CURRENT ISSUE | SUBSCRIBE | ADVERTISE | WRITE TO US | CORNELL AUTHORS | PAST ISSUES

'17, BA '19--Lloyd S. Cleveland of Denver, CO, formerly of Warren, PA, June 11, 2001.

'21, BA '22--Helen Hallam Gladman of Lakeland, FL, February 16, 2004; retired elementary school teacher; property manager; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'24 BS Ag,MS Ag '25--Laurence W. Corbett of Minneapolis, MN,March 27, 1998. Kappa Delta Rho.

'26 BS ME--William H. Jones of Kennett Square, PA,November 20, 2003; executive, Philadelphia Electric Co.; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

'26 BA,MD '30--Solomon Rauch of Deerfield Beach, FL, December 27, 2003; physician.

'28 BS CE--Earle C.Adams of Kennebunk, ME, November 9, 2003; active in alumni affairs.

'28 BA--Gilbert H. Alexander of Durham, NC, February 4, 2004; retired physician. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'28--Dorothy Johnston Fritz of Oneonta, NY, April 30, 1991.

'28 BA--Jesse G.Keshin of Hallandale Beach, FL, December 14, 2003; clinical urologist; surgeon; professor emeritus of urology, New York Medical College; director of continuing medical education, North Shore Medical Center; researcher; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'29 BA--Ksenia Proskouriakoff Beetem of Portland, OR, June 1, 1981. Alpha Phi.

'29 BA--Alice Kloepfer Busch (Mrs. Addison F.) of Kenmore, NY, January 20, 2004; former medical secretary; active in community affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'29 BS ME--Charles S. Caldwell of Birmingham, AL, November 5, 2003; founder, Ferro Fabricating Co.; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'29 BS Ag, PhD '47--Eva L. Gordon of Wichita, KS, July 25, 1988.

'29 BA, MA '29--Morris Gordon of Cambridge, MA, January 7, 2004; physician; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'29 BA--Anna K. Schmidt of Lexington, MA, January 8, 2004.

'30, BA '31--Richard I. Edwards of Edgewater,MD,March 6, 2004; commercial pilot; aviation pioneer; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

'30 BA--William H.Harder of Hamburg, NY, and Rancho Mirage, CA, December 10, 2003; retired president, Buffalo Savings Bank; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'30--Michael J.Mottolese of Virginia Beach, VA, December 1, 2003; owner, Architectural Tile & Marble; contractor; active in community and professional affairs.

'30 BA--K.F.Ralph Rochow of York, PA, October 26, 2003; attorney; solicitor,New York City School Board; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'30 BS HE--Louise Marks Steuber (Mrs. Henry N. '31, BA '32) of Caroga Lake, NY, November 24, 2002; active in alumni affairs.

'30 BS HE--Florence Case Thompson of Dewitt, NY, January 2, 2004; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Zeta.

'31 BA, MS '41--Dorothea Floyd Hall of Getzville, NY, January 8, 2004; high school science and chemistry teacher; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'31 BA--Benjamin Hertzberg of New York City, January 16, 2004; retired president, Champale; photographer; cellist; established Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at Mount Sinai; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'31 BS Ag--Chris P. Katsampes of Richmond, VA, formerly of Short Hills, NJ, November 11, 2003; former director of clinical research,Warner Lambert; professor of pediatrics, Columbia U. College of Physicians & Surgeons; professor of pediatrics, U. of Rochester Med School; helped develop whooping cough vaccine; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'31 MS--Angie Turner King of Institute,WV, February 28, 2004; retired professor,West Virginia State College.

'32 MArch--Jerome G.Armstrong of San Bernardino, CA,March 3, 1992; architect.

'32 BA--Paul Ehrenfest of Gulfport, MS, February 15, 2004; civil engineer; veteran; active in community affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

'32 BA--Frederick P. Frantz of Fulton, NY, January 28, 2004; former president, Fulton Savings Bank; active in community and professional affairs. Zeta Psi.

'32 BA--Herbert Kalmanoff of New York City, January 19, 2004; psychoanalyst; veteran. Tau Delta Phi.

'32 MA--Ruth Happel Smiley of Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY, February 8, 2004; horticulturalist; naturalist; nature photographer; author of Reflections of Mohonk and The Sky Lakes; director,Mohonk Preserve; active in community and professional affairs.

'32 BCE--Melvin P.Windsor of Delray Beach, FL, November 15, 2003; engineer and builder; owner,Melvin P.Windsor Inc.; consultant, New York City Mayor's office; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'33,BA '34, MD '37--Shepard G.Aronson of Tappan, NY,November 10, 2003; chief, endocrine clinic,New York University Hospital; chief, diabetes clinic, Stuyvesant-Polyclinic; attending physician, New York Infirmary-Beekman Downtown Hospital and Doctors Hospital; chief, dept. of metabolic diseases and diabetes, Good Samaritan Hospital; veteran; first chairman of the board of the NY chapter of NOW; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

'33 BS EE--Kenneth W.Ashman of Longwood, FL, December 15, 2003; general mgr., European subsidiary, Eaton Corp., GMBH; also worked for General Electric and IBM; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'33--Alexander W. Dannenbaum of Boca Raton, FL, January 10, 2004; retired senior vice president,Westinghouse Broadcasting; radio pioneer; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'33 BA--Gladys Rosenthal Pines of Hollywood, CA, December 9, 2003; retired high school mathematics teacher.

'34 BA, MS '35--John A. Bennett of Columbia, MD, November 2, 2003. Sigma Phi.

'35 DVM--David Barsky of Singer Island, FL, January 10, 2004; veterinarian; founder, Port Washington Animal Hospital.

'35 BS Ag--Frank Colling of Utica, NY, January 22, 2004; served with the USAID; former county extension agent; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'35-36 SP Ag--James M. Flood of Slingerlands, NY, January 19, 2004; retired, USDA Soil Conservation Service; veteran; active in community affairs.

'35 BME--Frederick A. Giesecke of Wheaton, IL, February 8, 2004; retired engineer; director, mechanical engineering, Corn Products; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'35 BCE--John L.Hammond of Wichita Falls, TX, February 10, 2004; operated Dalls Tent and Awning. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'35 BS Ag--Caleb K.Hobbie of Allentown, PA, November 23, 2003; founder and owner, C.K.Hobbie Inc.; real estate investor; former president, Lehigh Valley Dairy; farmer; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'35--Dorothy McMullen Pisani of Englewood, NJ, November 24, 2003; director and professor of nursing, Russell Sage College; dean, Indiana State U. nursing school; director of education and practice, National League for Nursing; nursing instructor, New York Hospital; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'36 BA--Frances Robb Bowman (Mrs. Ronald E. '41) of Auburn, NY, January 14, 2004; active in civic and community affairs.

'36--Olive Taylor Curvin (Mrs.Winthrop S. '35) of Lakewood, CO, December 25, 2003.

'36 BA--Frank S. Dickerson of Truro, MA, February 14, 2004; director of development, Colby-Sawyer College; vice president, Salzburg Seminar for American Studies; purchasing agent, Harvard U.; veteran; poet; active in community affairs. Theta Delta Chi.

'36 MA--Mary Kimball Gard (Mrs. Robert E., MA '38) of Madison, WI,March 20, 2004; actress; theatrical producer; author; folklore researcher; taught at the Douglas College for Women campus of Rutgers U.; active in community and professional affairs.

'36 BA--Ann Sunstein Kheel of Bronx, NY, December 28, 2003; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. Husband, Theodore W. Kheel '35, LLB '37.

'36 BS Ag--Anne Orzel Muschel of Bronx, NY, November 16, 2003.

'36 PhD--David L.Wray Jr. of Raleigh, NC, November 25, 2003; entomologist; ornithologist; taught at the U. of South Carolina; worked for the US Dept. of Agriculture and North Carolina Dept. of Ag.; consultant, Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratories; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.'

'37 BA,MA '39--Phyllis Betts Arlt (Mrs. Carl T., PhD '42) of Newport News, VA, formerly of Clearwater Beach, FL,March 9, 2004; retired from U. of Illinois.

'37, BA '38, JD '40--Joseph W. Cribb of Canandaigua, NY, November 25, 2003; retired attorney. Kappa Sigma.

'37 BS Ag--Norman P. Dounce of Waverly, NY, January 9, 2003. Kappa Sigma.

'37 BA, MA '38--Esther Fried Fagan (Mrs. Raymond, DVM '39) of Richmond, VA,May 10, 2002.

'37 BA--William S. Gavitt of Lyons, NY, December 28, 2003; retired president, Lyons Nat'l Bank; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'37--Robert S.Hatfield of Greenwich, CT,March 14, 2004; chairman and CEO, Continental Group; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha.

'37 BA--William O. Lay of Owego, NY,November 3, 2003; historian and curator, Tioga County Historical Museum; active in community affairs.

'38 BS ME--Joseph C.Antrim of Chula Vista, CA, November 22, 2003; industrial supplies salesman; veteran; pilot; sailor; active in community and alumni affairs.

'38 BS--Henry V. Beutell of Vero Beach, FL, November 1, 2003; engineer. Chi Phi.

'38--Frank S.Gray of Sun City, AZ, November 8, 2003; retired physician; veteran; violinist; active in community affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.

'38-40 SP Ag--Ralph W.Heist of Lancaster, NY, November 17, 2003; retired postal clerk; veteran; active in community affairs.

'38 BA--Jacob Walkin of Arlington, VA, October 23, 2003; retired foreign service officer; former professor, Auburn U.; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'39 BA--Alben F. Bates of Elmhurst, IL, December 6, 2003; attorney; chairman of the board, Elmhurst Nat'l Bank; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'39 BME--Paul F. Bracht of Chipley, FL, September 10, 2003; engineer, National Machinery Co.; superintendent, United Fruit Sugar Co. in Preston, Cuba, 1950-57; active in religious affairs.

'39 PhD--Archie D.Hess of Laporte, CO, February 6, 2004; medical entomologist, US Public Health Service; consultant,World Health Org.; malariologist, TVA; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'39 BArch--G.Carroll Madden of Rochester, NY, November 15, 2003; architect.

'39 DVM--Isidor I. Sprecker of Boynton Beach, FL, January 10, 2004; veterinarian; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'39 BS Ag--Alexander W. Trainor of West Leyden, NY, November 10, 2003; former dairy farmer; worked for Trainor Funeral Home; worker for Ralston Purina Co.; veteran; active in religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'39 BA--Marian Putnam Wentworth of Rochester,NY, November 24, 2003; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'40 BS Ag--Derwin C. Alberding of Zephyrhills, FL, November 6, 2003; retired dairy farmer; active in religious affairs.

'40 MA--Mary McCall Babcock (Mrs.William C. '35, JD '38) of Minneapolis, MN, February 27, 2004; active in community and religious affairs.

'40 BA--Carolyn V. Brignola of Cohoes, NY, February 15, 2002.

'40-42 SP Ag--Charles E. Burr of Trumansburg, NY, November 24, 2003; active in community and religious affairs.

'40 BS Hotel--John P. Downing of Princeton, MA, November 1, 2003; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Phi.

'40 BS HE--Eunice Munger Bickford Ferguson of Spencer, NY, November 2, 2003; active in religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'40 BME--James A. Frank of Pittsburgh, PA, January 26, 2004; businessman; entrepreneur; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.Wife, Ruth (Ohringer) '43.

'40 BS HE--Lucille Shoemaker Glover ofWhite Hall,MD, September 29, 2003. Pi Beta Phi.

'40 BCE--Charles A.Hunt of Schaghticoke, NY, November 10, 2003; civil engineer; veteran; active in professional affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'40 BS Ag--Ernest H. Jacoby of Hasting, MI, and Sebastian, FL, November 6, 2003; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.Wife, Lucy (Schempp) '35.

'40 BA--Alfred A. Johnson of New York City, January 22, 2004; physician.

'40 BS Ag--Melvyn Johnson of Tiverton, RI, November 12, 2003; retired psychiatrist; medical director, Family Service Assn. of Greater Fall River; psychiatric consultant, Rhode Island School for the Deaf and Providence Family Service; taught at Brown U.Med School, Boston U., and former RI Junior Coll.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'40--David C. Johnston of Fallbrook, CA, January 9, 2004; engineer, Robert A. Johnson candy company; veteran; owner, citrus and avocado grower; active in religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'40 BS HE--Ellen Langer Ross of Ft.Myers, FL, formerly of Baltimore,MD,November 10, 2003; social worker; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Delta. Husband, Howard E. Ross '39.

'41 MA--June Babcock of Taunton, MA, November 12, 2003; retired teacher and dean, Lasell Junior College; active in civic and community affairs.

'41 BS HE--Harriet Howell Becker (Mrs. George H. '41) of Fayetteville, NY,March 28, 2004; active in community and religious affairs.

'41, BME '43--William J. Candler of Santa Fe, NM, February 4, 2004; former vice president, Torrington Co.; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Sigma Chi.

'41 BA--Willena Dutcher Cartwright (Mrs. Edward B.) of Denver, CO, January 23, 2004; anthropologist; curator, Denver Art Museum's Native American dept.; artist; active in professional affairs.

'41 BA--Robert E.Henkel of Rutherford, NJ, December 9, 2003; editor and publisher, Secaucus Home News; active in professional affairs.

'41--James F. Johnson of Groton, NY, November 29, 2003.

'41 MA--Albert N. Robson of Bethlehem, PA, November 19, 2003; salesman, Bethlehem Steel; former history professor,Moravian College; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'42 BS HE--Shirley Lewis Allen of East Aurora, NY, February 9, 2004; librarian; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Xi Delta.

'42--Walter L. Bird of Oakland, CA,March 18, 2003; owner, Imperial Restaurant.

'42 BCE, PhD '46--Mateo L.P.Go of Honolulu, HI, December 6, 2003; professor emeritus, College of Engineering, U. of Hawaii; consultant, US Dept. of Defense; also taught at Syracuse U.; active in community and professional affairs. Rho Psi.

'42 BS Ag--Leo Hamalian of New York City, November 8, 2003; English professor, City College of New York; dean of academic affairs, California Inst. of the Arts; author; editor. Acacia.

'42, BS Ag '43--Richard H.Haynes of Waterloo, NY,March 10, 2003; retired clergyman; active in religious affairs.

'42 PhD--Neal F. Jensen of Albuquerque, NM,November 24, 2003; professor emeritus of plant breeding, Cornell U.; veteran; author; artist; active in community and professional affairs.

'42 BS HE--Frances Ardell Kettler of Liverpool, NY,March 12, 2004; worked for VIM Systems; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'42 MD--Freeman D. Love of Sandy Hook, CT, December 26, 2003; physician; clinical professor of internal medicine, Kings County Hospital; also associated with Samaritan, Brooklyn, and Long Island College hospitals; medical director,Morgan Guarantee Trust; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'42 BA--Louis Mehr of West Orange, NJ, November 13, 2003; organic chemist; retired owner, Aero Chemical Corp.; adjunct professor, Queens College; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'42 BA--Edith E.Morton of Parkland, FL, December 13, 2003.

'42 BS HE--Thelma Drake Robinson of Castile, NY, January 5, 2004; retired high school home economics teacher; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Donald G. Robinson '41, MS '54.

'43 BCE--Hugh E. Brown of Savannah, GA, December 30, 2003; civil engineer; active in alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

'43 BA--William W.Howe of Deerfield, IL, September 24, 2003. Delta Upsilon.

'43, BCE '47--Arthur R. Jones III of Port Aransas, TX, formerly of Chicago, IL, December 10, 2003; founding partner, Douglas Film Industries; veteran; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.

'43 MA--James R. Phillippe of Indianapolis, IN, December 15, 2003; public address announcer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway; professor of drama and radio & television, Butler University; active in community and professional affairs.

'43--William H.Van Duzer of Sarasota, FL, November 16, 2003; businessman; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'44 BS Ag,MS Ag '48--John P. Beardsley of Stockton, NY, June 11, 2001. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'44-46 GR--Donald S. Burgis of Okeechobee, FL, formerly of Bradenton, FL, January 16, 2004; vegetable researcher; expert on tomatoes and other crops; active in professional affairs.

'44 MD--James W. Correll of Hampstead, NC,March 26, 2004; neurosurgeon, New York Presbyterian Hospital; pioneered surgery on the carotid artery to prevent stroke; active in professional affairs.

'44 BS Aero--H. Lindsley Cummings of Alexandria, VA, January 4, 2004; retired Air Force colonel; physics and mathematics teacher; combat pilot; aerospace researcher; active in community and professional affairs. Chi Phi.

'44 BCE--J.Warren Finch of Largo, FL,March 2, 2004; civil engineer. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'44--James L.Halsey II of Port Isabel, TX, October 18, 2003; worked in the trucking industry; veteran; recipient, Distinguished Flying Cross. Sigma Pi.

'44 BA--Benjamin D.Hilton of Ithaca, NY, January 23, 2004; neurotoxicologist, Cornell U.; veteran; concertmaster, Cornell Symphony Orchestra; active in community and professional affairs.

'44, BCE '47--William R.Hughes of Norristown, PA, October 3, 2002; president, Cayuga Concrete Pipe Co. Delta Upsilon.

'44--Kenneth Johnson of Elgin, IL, January 13, 2004; real estate broker; veteran; active in professional affairs. Chi Phi.

'44 BS Aero--James F. Judd of Northbrook, IL, December 13, 2003; director of energy and environmental affairs, Sara Lee Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.

'44 BA--John R. Thompson of Lakeland, FL, November 16, 2003; businessman; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'45, BME '49--Morton N. Blatt of Staten Island, NY, July 20, 2003.

'45, BS Chem E--John R. Bradshaw of Guilford, CT,May 25, 2003; chemical engineer. Alpha Tau Omega.

'45 BS Ag--Donald W. Galen of Naperville, IL,March 18, 2004; professor emeritus,Morton College; veteran.

'45, BS HE '44--Elaine Ferguson Hauser of Sarasota, FL, February 23, 2004; social worker, Sarasota Artificial Kidney Center; founder, Center of Young Parents, Niagara Falls; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'45 PhD--Antoinette MieleWilkinson (Mrs. Robert E., PhD '48) of Ithaca, NY,November 2, 2003; retired Cornell professor; author of The Scientist's Handbook for Writing Papers and Dissertations; editor, Administrative Science Quarterly; also taught at Ithaca College; expert on rhododendrons; active in community and professional affairs.

'46 BS HE--Nancy Knapp Allen of Lewes, DE, February 20, 2004. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'46 MS Ag--James D. Burke of Port Orange, FL, formerly of Ithaca, NY, January 23, 2004; emeritus professor, Dept. of Animal Science, Cornell U.; dairy management expert; active in community and professional affairs.

'46 BA--Patricia Dexter of Baltimore,MD, January 31, 2004; president, Dexter Corp.; active in community and professional affairs. Husband, George W. Dexter '46.

'46, BA '49, LLB '51--Kenneth L. Estabrook of Spring Lake, NJ, November 13, 2003; attorney; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. Wife, Anne (Evans) '65, MBA '66.

'46, BS Hotel '48--John C. Gockley of Myrtle Beach, SC, January 22, 2004; retired vice president of marketing, Fibre Box Assn.; professor of marketing & sales, U. of Bridgeport; veteran. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'46 BA--Ruth Marcus Gussen of Los Angeles, CA, December 31, 2003; professor of pathology emerita, UCLA School of Medicine; expert on ear pathology; active in community and professional affairs.

'46--John C. Lydon Jr. of Charlotte, NC, December 24, 2003; veteran; active in religious affairs. Chi Psi.

'46, BS CE '45--Nathan Scherr of Baltimore,MD, November 21, 2003; developer; owner of 1982 Preakness winner; former owner, Baltimore Blast soccer team; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Chi Epsilon.

'47 BA--Sara Milner Harlow of Syracuse, NY, January 1, 1969. Alpha Phi.

'47--Russell K. Johnson of North Kingstown, RI, November 17, 2003; realtor; active in religious affairs.

'47 BA, PhD '50--Roy Pierce of Ann Arbor, MI, October 24, 2003; professor emeritus, political science, U. of Michigan; expert on French politics; veteran; author of, among other books, Political Representation in France, winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award and the George H. Hallett Book Award; editor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.Wife,Winnifred (Poland), MA '47.

'48--Aaron G. Alexander of Virginia Beach, VA, October 8, 2003; retired Commander, US Navy; teacher, Norfolk public schools; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 BS HE, M Ed '50--Dorothy Kane Duff of Westerly, RI, December 14, 2003; admissions counselor, Quinnipiac College; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'48 BME--James H. Flournoy ofWestport, CT,March 18, 2004; mechanical engineer; owner, marine refrigeration company; worked at General Foods in new product development; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.Wife, Jacqueline (Smith) '48.

'48 BS Ag--Abby Noselson Friedman of New York City, December 10, 2003; family planning advocate, Planned Parenthood; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. Husband, Bernard H. Friedman '48.

'48 MD--Sherman Kupfer of New York City, December 1, 2003; physician and professor, Mt. Sinai Medical Center; former dean, Mt. Sinai Medical School; pioneer in kidney dialysis and transplant research; editor of Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine; veteran; active in professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'48 BA--Braman Pomeroy of Buffalo, NY, December 27, 2003; retired president and CEO of Lexington Wood Products; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'49 DVM--Howard F.Anderson of Oviedo, FL, December 27, 2003; veterinarian; veteran; also worked at Mote Marine Laboratory; active in community and religious affairs.

'49 BCE--Wilson T. Ballard of Sparks,MD, January 21, 2004; engineer. Alpha Delta Phi.

'49 BA--Barbara Kurtz Crouch of Bonita Springs, FL,March 27, 2004; secretary-treasurer, Chicago Conveyor Corp.; active in community and professional affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'49 BS Ag--William B. Dunbar of Massena, NY, November 20, 2003; plant manager, Homestead Dairies; veteran; active in community affairs.

'49 BS EE--John J. Edwards of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, January 5, 2004.

'49 MS ILR--Edward L. Field of Sarasota, FL, December 8, 2003; retired vice president, Federated Dept. Stores; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'49 PhD--Samuel L.Hood of Greenville, SC, January 5, 2004; senior scientist, Int'l Chemical and Nuclear Corp.; research chemist; veteran; active in community affairs.

'49 MFS--Lawrence E. Kase of Kingsville, MD, April 9, 2002.

'49 BS EE--Richard W. Lutes of Camp Hill, PA,November 22, 2003; retired civil engineer; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'49 BS Nurs--Ann Hastings Thurkauf of Lancaster, PA, November 24, 2003; registered nurse; active in community affairs.

'49 BS Hotel--William D. Turner of Asheville, NC, November 18, 2003; executive vice president and treasurer, Turnpike Properties Inc.; hotel manager; also worked for Pepsi Cola Co.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Chi Psi.

'50, BS Ag '51--Edward L. Dague of Keeseville, NY, August 4, 2003; owner, Ed Dague Chevrolet; bank executive.

'50 BS EE--Anthony Del Duca of Santa Barbara, CA, November 10, 2003.

'50 BS Ag--Charles A. Dye of Penfield, NY,May 27, 2002. Phi Kappa Psi.

'50 BS Ag, PhD '56--Eystein Einset of Mount Vernon,WA, June 19, 1996.

'50 BS Ag,MS Ag '60--William E. Finch of Zephyrhills, FL, formerly of Newport, NY, October 29, 2003; banker, Herkimer County Trust; active in civic and community affairs.

'50--Gary Geissler of Placida, FL, formerly of Lewiston, NY, November 12, 2003; executive, pharmaceutical industry; veteran.

'50 BS Hotel--James H. Petersen of McLean, VA, November 26, 2003; Episcopal priest; president of ARASERV; vice president and director of restaurant franchising,Marriott; active in professional and religious affairs.

'51 BS Ag--Robert Andrews ofWest Monroe,NY,November 15, 2003; warehouse mgr.,Monroe Tractor; veteran; active in religious affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'51 BS Ag, PhD '60--Charles D. Busch of Lafayette, AL, December 6, 2003; professor.Wife, Ruth (Chipman) '53.

'51 GR--Franklin J. Campbell of Chelmsford, MA, February 19, 2004; professor of horticulture,U. of Massachusetts, Amherst; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'51 JD--Liston F. Coon of Watkins Glen, NY, January 20, 2004; attorney; judge; district attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'51 BCE--Col. Richard H.Hinz of Atlantis, FL,March 9, 2004; US Air Force officer; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'51 BEE--Wayne D.Holden of Arlington, TX, January 1, 2004; retired electrical engineer, General Electric; veteran; pilot; active in community affairs.

'51 BA,MS '52--Lawrence L. Jackson of Owego, NY,March 14, 2004; retired teacher and administrator; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Phi Kappa.

'51 BS Ag--Ann Elliott Johnson of Orchard Park, NY, April 11, 2003.

'51 BA--Eleanor Steinholz Keats of Littleton, CO, January 31, 2004; poet; author of An Olive Tree Cycle; pianist; violinist; composer; taught voice at Antioch College and Central State U.; taught writing at U. of Denver and Community College of Aurora.

'51--Frederick W. Potthoff of Nisswa, MN, December 14, 2003; operated Minnewawa Lodge; veteran.

'51 BME--Fulton Rindge of Naples, FL, December 16, 2003; owner, Rindge Industries; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi.

'51, BS Chem E '52--David M. Smith of Southbury, CT, September 18, 2003; chemical engineer. Delta Chi.

'51 PhD--John P.Windmuller of Ithaca, NY, December 2, 2003; first holder of the Martin P. Catherwood Chair in industrial and labor relations; professor emeritus, Cornell U.; veteran; author; active in professional affairs.

'52 MD--William Cooper of Seattle,WA, August 7, 2001; physician; surgeon for the Chippewa Tribe.

'52 MA--Glenn R. De Long of Lehigh Acres, FL, February 23, 2004; retired math professor; veteran.

'52 BS Ag, PhD '58--Donald P. De Sylva of Brooksville, FL, January 28, 2004; professor emeritus, marine biology, U. of Miami; active in professional affairs.

'52 M Ed--Cecil H. Erickson of Richmond,VA, February 28, 2004; asst. state supervisor, trade and industrial education,Virginia State Dept. of Education; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'52 BA--Harley D. Frank of New Milford, NY, February 13, 2004.

'52--John M. Gardner of Sauquoit, NY, December 17, 2003; worked for Niagara Mohawk; veteran; active in community affairs.

'52 PhD--Burton C.Matthews of Waterloo, ON, Canada, January 2, 2004; soil scientist; president, U. of Waterloo and the U. of Guelph; professor emeritus, U. of Waterloo; active in professional affairs.

'52, BEE '52--Gordon F.Moran of Springfield, MA, December 10, 2003; director, electrical engineering, Reinhart Assocs.; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'52 BS HE--Beatrice Steinman of Palm Springs, FL, November 6, 2003; broadcast advertiser; paralegal. Sigma Delta Tau.

'52 M Ed--Janina Wirpsa Wirth of Bradenton, FL, November 8, 2003; retired professor, NY State Dept. of Education; active in religious affairs.

'53--Armand Benedek of Pound Ridge, NY, February 9, 2004; landscape architect; veteran; active in professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'53 BS Ag--Frederick A. Bettelheim of Rockville,MD, February 17, 2004; research biochemist; expert on biochemistry and biophysics of the eye; professor, Adelphi U.; Fulbright professor,Weizman Institute; author; active in professional affairs.

'53 ME--Giovanni A. Bianchi of Milan, Italy, November 15, 2003; professor of mechanical engineering, Politecnico di Milano.Wife, Barbara (Epstein) '53.

'53 BA--Helen R. Burchell of Ridgewood, NJ,March 1, 2004; professor of education, director of clinical experiences, and debate contest director, Ramapo College; active in community and professional affairs.

'53--Richard E. Diamond of Staten Island, NY, February 12, 2004; publisher, Staten Island Advance; director, Newspaper Advertising Bureau; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'53 LLB--John J.Donahue of Colorado Springs,CO, January 18, 2004; attorney; executive director, Pikes Peak Legal Services; former asst.U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of NY; former attorney for CBS business affairs; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'53 BS Ag--Col. John C.Holler of Las Vegas, NV, January 12, 2004; insurance agent; retired Army; active in civic and community affairs.

'53, BME '54,MBA '55--Walter P. Knauss of Grand Rapids,MI, January 1, 2004; vice president, Knape and Vogt; VP, Keeler Brass; VP, Allis-Chalmers; worked for Grand Rapids Community College; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.

'53, BArch '54--Lester C. Pancoast of Miami, FL, November 21, 2003; architect; landscape architect; designed city of Miami's administration and police buildings; partner, Pancoast Albaisa; watercolorist; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'54 BS HE--Joan Clifton Bosshardt of Lucerne, Switzerland, December 5, 2003; managing partner, Nostalgie Kleider Shop; active in community affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Husband, Richard M. Bosshardt '52.

'54 JD--Michael J. Capanegro of Great Neck, NY,March 17, 2004; attorney.

'54 PhD--Bernard S. Cohn of Chicago, IL, November 25, 2003; anthropologist, U. of Chicago; expert on India's caste system; active in professional affairs.

'54 MNS--Betty McKee Einset (Mrs. Eystein '50, PhD '56) of Mount Vernon,WA, February 24, 2004; director of food services, Benton Harbor Area Schools; active in community affairs.

'54 BS Hotel--Harry W. Johnson Jr. of Highland, MD, October 29, 2003; hotelier.

'54 BS Ag--Byron A. Schlag of Pittsburgh, PA, November 25, 2003; real estate developer; dairy owner; veteran; active in community and veterans' affairs.

'55 BA--William A. Brown of Palo Alto, CA, October 29, 2003; astrophysicist; expert on the sun; active in community affairs.

'55 MS--Jorge G. Davide of Bourbonnais, IL, formerly of Laguna, Philippines, August 7, 2003; agronomist; consultant, United Nations Food and Agriculture Org.; active in professional and religious affairs.

'55 BME--Robert T.Harnsberger of Ocean Park,ME, December 8, 2003. Delta Tau Delta.

'55--William L. Licklider of Columbus, OH, December 17, 2003; otolaryngologist; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'55 BS Nurs--Margaret Ennis Loizeaux of Salvo, NC, January 6, 2004; registered nurse; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Husband, Alfred D. Loizeaux '54.

'55--William W.Niemeck of Linden, NJ, December 12, 2003; psychiatrist; retired captain, Public Health Service and Coast Guard; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'55 BA--Walter M. Strong of New Orleans, LA, November 15, 2003; retired account vice president and investment management consultant, Paine Webber; former geologist, Humble Oil; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'56 LLB--Marvin S. Lander of Brooklyn, NY, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, PA, December 16, 2003; attorney; veteran.

'56 MBA--Paul H.Marx of Edina, MN, January 7, 2004; financial executive; former president,Minnesota Antique Dealers Assn.; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'56 BS Nurs--Mary Lu Durkin Spillane of Summit, NJ, September 3, 2001; realtor; nurse; active in community and professional affairs.

'56-57 GR--Janice Rice Warren (Mrs. Jerry A., PhD '60) of Durham, NH, November 8, 2003; retired, U. of New Hampshire; poet; painter; environmentalist; active in community affairs.

'57 LLB--Ralph M. Bettman of Tarrytown, NY, December 14, 2003.

'57--Robert J.Bligh of Stamford,NY,May 5, 1996.

'57 BS HE--Gale Turnbull Boardman of Granby, CT,March 31, 2004; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Edwin L. Boardman '57.

'57, B Chem E '58--Mathias M. Coburn of Kennett Square, PA, January 25, 2004; technical mgmt. expert; former DuPont executive; author; active in professional affairs. Tau Delta Phi.Wife, Stephanie (Cobert) '58.

'57 BA--Edwin A.Kartman of San Leandro, CA, November 8, 2003; reference librarian, City of San Francisco; development officer; also worked in public relations; musician; political activist; birdwatcher; active in civic and community affairs.

'57--Michael L.Matus of Coral Gables, FL, December 18, 2003; investment manager; active in civic and community affairs.

'58 BS Hotel--Erik T. Brauner of Bradenton, FL, January 9, 2004; food and beverage service mgr.; veteran; active in religious affairs. Delta Chi.

'58--Joseph G. Goulding of Carlsbad, CA,March 6, 2001. Delta Tau Delta.

'58 BA--Blair Perkins Grumman of Evanston, IL,November 6, 2003; executive director, Child Care Center of Evanston; teacher; active in civic and community affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Husband, David L. Grumman '56.

'58 PhD--Guy J. Le Moigne of Bethesda, MD, December 1, 2003; chief of water resources development, World Bank; executive director,World Water Council; worked in the US Army Corps of Engineers and the French Army Corps of Engineers; author.

'59 B Chem E--Chester R. Fox of Huntingdon Valley, PA, January 8, 2004; president, Fox Global Consultants; chemical industry consultant; author; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'59 DVM--Paul A. Peterson of Cortland, NY, October 25, 2003; veterinarian; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

'59--James T. Rick of Somerville, NJ, December 5, 2003; owner, La Fontaine and Budd Insurance Agency; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Nu.

'59 MS Ag--Harry E. Serfass of Nazareth, PA, December 20, 2003; agricultural agent, Rutgers U.; industrial arts teacher; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'60 MS--Robert O. Garrett of Beloit, WI, December 31, 2003; chair, physics dept., Beloit College; veteran; environmentalist; active in community affairs.

'61 MD--Kevin M. Cahill of New York City, January 16, 2004; physician.

'62 BS Hotel--Albert W. Backauskas of Allison Park, PA, December 1, 2003; former operations mgr., Northwestern Memorial Hospital; restaurant owner. Psi Upsilon.

'62 BS Hotel--Christopher B.Hemmeter of Los Angeles, CA, November 27, 2003; resort developer in Hawaii; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'63 BA--Thomas J.Andre of New Orleans, LA, January 23, 2001; professor and vice dean, Tulane U. School of Law. Chi Psi.

'63 BEE, MEE '65--George H. Blomgren of Torrance, CA, February 18, 2004; computer scientist; created early computer languages; worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'63, BA '66--Lillie E. Fox of East Windsor, CT, January 4, 2004; computer programmer; language teacher.

'63 MS--Barrie King of Perth, Australia, February 1, 2004; director, Radiation Health Branch, and physicist-in-charge,Western Australia; recipient, Order of Australia; president, Australian Council of Film Societies.

'63 BS Ag--Edward T. Kingsbury of LaFargeville, NY, December 7, 2003; owner, Penet Research Farm; taught at the U. of Massachusetts, Amherst; veteran.

'63 BA--Susan Schwartz Kornblum of Long Beach, NY, November 22, 2003; artist; clinical psychologist; Peace Corps volunteer. Husband,William S. Kornblum '61.

'63 BS EE,MBA '65--Edward J. Slisky of Tiburon, CA,November 2, 2003; systems engineer, IBM; active in community and religious affairs.

'64 BA--Owen J. Brown of New Canaan, CT, November 9, 2003; senior director, Cushman & Wakefield, international real estate firm; active in community and religious affairs. Sigma Chi.

'64 BA,MBA '68, JD '68--Thomas A. Brown of Patterston, NY, September 15, 2003; president, All-Tech Auto Truck and Electric; former partner, Sentinel Oil; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'64-67 GR--Gary L. Buck of Mesa, AZ, February 11, 2004; director of Pima Health Systems in Tucson, AZ; sociology professor, U. of Arizona and U. of Texas, El Paso; owner, “The Place” resort in Pinetop, AZ; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'64, BS ORIE '65, ME ORIE '66--Dennis K. Caldwell of Kenosha, WI, October 9, 2003; CFO. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'64 MS, PhD '68--Martin M.Guterman of Belmont, MA, February 1, 2004; mathematics professor, Tufts U.; active in professional affairs.Wife, Sonia (Kosow) '64.

'64 BS Ag--J.Daniel Harrison of Irving, TX,May 1, 2003; vice president, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; vice president,Wycliffe Bible Translators; missionary.

'64, BS Ag '65--David L. Kingston of Madrid, NY, October 26, 2003; worked for USDA. Cayuga Lodge.

'64 BS Hotel--Robert Kloeppel III of Jacksonville, FL, November 10, 2003; owner, Inlet Marine; former hotelier; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.

'65 PhD--Allen W. Benton of State College, PA, December 1, 2003; entomologist; professor, Penn State U.; developed vaccinations against insect venoms; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'65 BA--William B. Gladfelter ofWest Falmouth, MA, December 25, 2003; coral reef ecologist; professor,West Indies Laboratory; triathlete; active in community and professional affairs.Wife, Elizabeth (Higgins) '68.

'65 BA--Evelyn Brandon Schechter of Hollywood, FL, December 22, 2003.

'66 PhD--Herbert W. Charnley of Newfield, NY, January 20, 2004.

'66 MBA, JD '66--Samuel D. Delich of San Francisco, CA, January 4, 2004; managing partner, law firm of Flynn, Delich and Wise; expert in insurance in transportation and international trade; active in professional affairs.

'67 BS Ag--Douglas R. Ferguson of New Westminster, BC, November 10, 2003; All-American hockey player; member, Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.

'69 BA--Steven L. Barza of Richmond, VA, February 18, 2004; assoc. professor and director, creative writing program, U. of Richmond; poet and fiction writer; active in community and professional affairs.

'69 BA--Kenneth W. Justice of Milwaukie, OR, January 4, 2004; vice president of information systems,Western Family Foods. Kappa Delta Rho.

'69 BS Hotel--Dennis J. Kavanagh of Santa Monica, CA, December 14, 2003; project mgr., Saber Management Services.

'70 BA--Michael S.Weber of Gansevoort, NY, December 7, 2003. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'71, BA '76--Pauline M. Allen of Media, PA, November 13, 2003; college teacher; Protestant chaplain of Swarthmore College; counselor; writer; musician; active in CRESP at Cornell; active in community and religious affairs.

'71 BEE--George F.Armentrout of Beaverton, OR, October 10, 2003; electrical engineer; audio recording engineer. Beta Pi.

'71 BS ILR--Elliot J.Mandel of Stamford, CT, December 3, 2003; attorney; partner, Epstein, Becker and Green; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon.

'71 BS HE--Amy J.Noble of Canton, MA, formerly of Gainesville, FL, November 24, 2003; former editor, P.C.Week and the Patriot Ledger; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'73 BA--Leslie R. Brenner of Yonkers, NY, October 16, 2003.

'74 MD--John L. Barr III of Bethesda, MD, February 17, 2004; internist, Kaiser Permanente; expert on pain management; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'74 JD--Matthew H. Dwyer of Keene, NY, December 9, 2003; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'76 BA--Claude B. Starks of Cleveland, OH, was mistakenly listed as deceased in the March/April 1999 Cornell Alumni Magazine.

'76 MPS Hotel--Peter O.Webster of Denver, CO, January 3, 2004; hotel and restaurant manager; equestrian.

'77--Gary L.Hill of Niagara Falls, NY, November 7, 2003; worked for Canadian Immigration Dept. and the Seneca Niagara Casino; hockey coach and player. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'77, BEE '79--Bruce B. Johnson of Mount Laurel, NJ, January 28, 2004; director of network architecture, Comcast; also worked for Cornell Information Technologies.

'77 BS Nurs--Martha Schnute of New York City, December 10, 2003; nurse educator.

'79 BS Ag--Steven M. Rivkin of Boca Raton, FL, December 14, 2003; owner, SMR Consulting Assocs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'81 MBA--Robert E. Bjorhus of Wayne, PA,May 5, 2003.

'90 MPS--Waranee Pokapanichwong of Soi Bunpongsa, Thailand, November 24, 2003; AIDS researcher.

'91 BS ME--Scott A.Houser of Reston,VA, October 30, 2003; mechanical engineer; research fellow, Logistics Management Inst.; trained nuclear-reactor operators of submarines; active in religious affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

'91 BS ILR--Ainslee Haffner Johnson of Westborough, MA, February 27, 2004; director of human resources, Gillette; active in community affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'92-93 GR--Mark E. Brown of Locke, NY, February 27, 2004; senior network specialist, Borg-Warner; active in community affairs.

'92 BCE--Claudia R. Johnson of Sherborn, MA, January 17, 2004; structural engineer, Souza, True and Partners; active in professional affairs.

'94 BS Hotel--Nikkisha Stephenson Dyer of Miami, FL,March 13, 2002; hotelier.

'97 MBA, '97 M ILR--Amy B.Hewitt of Portland, ME, October 5, 2003; human resources officer, Corning Inc. and Motorola; marathon runner; active in community affairs.

Return to top of page