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JUL./AUG. 2005 VOLUME 108 NUMBER 1 Alumni Deaths

'20 BS Ag--Thera Emerson Kahler of Washington,MD, January 5, 1997. Delta Delta Delta.

'25 BEE--Kenneth G.Van Wynen of Ramsey, NJ, October 23, 2004; worked for AT&T and Bell Labs; active in religious and alumni affairs.

'26 BA,MA '35--Frances M. Jennings of Binghamton, NY, October 31, 2004.

'27--Ruth Hooper Neely of Staten Island, NY, April 14, 2002.

'28 BA--Madelyn Reynolds Caskey (Mrs. Kenneth H. '25) of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Monticello, NY, October 30, 2004; teacher; active in community affairs. Delta Gamma.

'30--Clinton R. Studwell of Los Angeles, CA,May 21, 1997. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'31, BS Ag '32--Amelia Abbott of Aurora, NY, formerly of Smyrna Beach, FL, September 11, 2004; office manager, Ithaca Textiles; active in community affairs. Chi Omega.

'31 BA--Clara Lubin Pye of Louisville, KY, September 18, 2004.

'32 BA--Helen GellisWunsch (Mrs. Harry '30) of Brighton, MA, September 8, 2004.

'33 BA--Mildred Coats Bassett of West Oneonta, NY, October 5, 2004.

'33 BME--John A.Hunter Jr. of Winston-Salem, NC, September 13, 2004; mechanical engineer; worked for U.S. Steel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'33 BA--Paul P. Levin of San Marcos, CA, October 1, 2004; headed real estate dept., ABC; attorney; veteran.

'33--James S. Perkins of Cedarburg,WI, June 21, 2002. Sigma Chi.

'33--Donald P. Stengle of Fayette, NY, October 28, 2004; dairy farmer and horse breeder; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'34 BCE--Norman S. Collyer of Morrisville, NC, September 18, 2004; civil engineer; active in alumni affairs. Chi Epsilon.

'34 DVM--Clarence L. Ranney of Osceola, IA, September 1, 2002; retired cattle rancher; veteran. Phi Gamma Delta.

'35 MD--Edward F. Keefe of Greenwich, CT, September 20, 2004; ob/gyn; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'35 BA--Addison D.Merry of Vero Beach, FL, October 29, 2004; retired from AT&T; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'35--George R. Orth of Jupiter, FL, June 14, 1996. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'36 BA--Bernard Grossman of Boca Raton, FL, October 2, 2004.

'36 BA, MD '40--Robert M. Richman of New York City, October 23, 2004; physician.

'36--Sydney Rudin of Margate, FL, September 3, 2004.

'36 BA--Mary-Emily Wilkins Wells of Buffalo, NY, October 29, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'37 PhD--George K. Davis of Gainesville, FL, October 27, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'37 BS Ag--Arthur J. Poelma of Albion, NY, October 4, 2004; retired farmer and teacher; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'38, BS Ag '39--Robert P. Boynton of San Mateo, CA, June 8, 2004; dairy salesman; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'38 BS HE--Gertrude L. Bramley of Framingham, MA, November 1, 2004; physician; New England regional medical director for Maternal and Child Health Svcs., US Dept. of HEW; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'38-39 SP Ag--Col. E. Lloyd Nobles of Melbourne, FL, formerly of Ludlowville, NY, September 2, 2004; veteran.Wife,Mary (Howell) '43.

'38 BS HE--Hope Stevenson Peet (Mrs. Olmstead '35) of Lowville, NY, October 27, 2004; adoption placement worker,Wayne County Dept. of Social Services.

'38 BA--Frank Untermyer of Riverwoods, IL, October 10, 2004; professor emeritus of political science and African studies, Roosevelt U.; veteran.

'40 BS Ag--Edward D. Garber of Chicago, IL, October 9, 2004; plant geneticist; professor emeritus of ecology and evolution, U. of Chicago; veteran; author; editor; active in professional affairs.

'40 DVM--Cyril J. Laughlin of Silver Spring,MD, October 15, 2004; veterinarian; farmer; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'40 BS Ag--Howard C. Spence of Horseheads, NY, October 5, 2004. Kappa Delta Rho.

'40-42 SP Ag--John W. Stevens of Cortland, NY, October 21, 2004; farmer; restaurant owner.

'41 SP Ag--Michael B. Karr of New Albany, OH, November 1, 2004; real estate developer; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'41--John M. Turnbull of Bayonet Point, FL, November 4, 2004; retired chemist and quality control officer, Akzo Nobel; veteran; active in community affairs. Beta Theta Pi.Wife, Constance (Luhr) '43.

'42--Harold L. Fargo of Falconer, NY, October 11, 2004; worked for Art Metal Co.; active in civic and community affairs.

'42, BME '47--John H.Hogg of Grove City, PA, October 18, 2004; retired managing engineer, U.S. Steel Oil Well Div.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'42 BS Ag--Clement M. Krenkel of North Miami Beach, FL, July 15, 1996. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'43 BA--John G. Benson of Syracuse, NY, October 21, 2004; retired research chemist; worked for Allied Chemical.

'43 BS Ag,DVM '46--Thomas J. Love of Watkins Glen, NY, October 25, 2004; retired veterinarian; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'43, BS Ag '53--Mary Strok Peter of Avon, CO, October 15, 2004; worked for USDA and WETA; veteran.

'43 BS HE--Harriet Gauss Smith of Canton, NY, October 3, 2004; operated veterinary practice with her husband; active in community and religious affairs.Husband, Edwin B. Smith '41, DVM '43.

'44 BA--Seymour R. Reiman of Williamsburg, VA, October 2, 2004. Beta Sigma Rho.Wife, Carol (Senft) '45.

'45, BS Ag '47--Harry B. Furman of Redwood, NY, October 20, 2004; vice president, Furman Lumber; owner, Eastern Traffic Safety; veteran; football coach; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

'45--George F.Hammersmith of Glen Ellyn, IL, July 9, 2004. Chi Phi.

'45--Arthur Handley Jr. of Glass Lake, NY, October 30, 2004; civil engineer; assoc. director, Pure Waters Div., NY State Health Dept.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'45 BA--Samuel W.Mitchell of Coatesville, PA, July 24, 2004; design engineer,Westinghouse Corp.; active in community affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.

'45-46 GR--George W. Trimberger of Charlotte, NC, October 9, 2004; professor emeritus of animal science, Cornell; expert in dairy cattle; author; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'45, BA '44, PhD '50--Edwin F.Whiting of Bethlehem, PA, October 14, 2004; vice president, J.T. Baker Chemical Co.; research chemist; musician; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'45 BA--William M.Woodford of Pacific Palisades, CA, October 3, 2004; salesman; artist. Sigma Pi.

'46 BA--Caroline Steinholz Goldsmith of New York City, October 2, 2004; senior VP of public relations, Ruder Finn Arts & Communications; active in artistic, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'46 BS Hotel--Vincent J. Iannaccone of Dallas, TX, October 14, 2004.

'46--George S. Langa of Stanfordville, NY, July 28, 1981. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'47 BS Hotel--James V. Bennett of Plymouth, MN, November 2, 2004; general manager, Hay-Adams (DC), Ritz-Carlton (Boston), Hotel Pierre, and other hotels; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Chi.

'47 PhD--Harry L. Raub III of Allentown, PA, October 2, 2004; emeritus professor of physics,Muhlenberg College; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'47 BCE--Robert J. Snyder of Stonington, CT, October 4, 2004; worked for Dodson Boatyard.

'48, BS Ag '50--Frederick Edmunds Jr. of Wilsonville, OR, October 5, 2004; owner, Edmunds' Roses; veteran.

'48 JD--Edward Silver of Boca Raton, FL, October 1, 2004; labor attorney; senior partner and chairman, Proskauer Rose LLP; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'49 BS HE--Mai-Jean Anderson Eisenbrown of Hudson, OH,March 9, 2004. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, Richard S. Eisenbrown '49.

'49 BCE,MBA '51--Robert N.Holzman of Boynton Beach, FL, September 23, 2004; civil engineer; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'50 BA, MD '55--Richard I. Dudley of Morristown, NJ, October 28, 2004; physician. Theta Delta Chi.

'50 BA, MD '54--Edward S.Mongan of Downey, CA, October 23, 2004; former chairman, dept. of medicine, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital; taught at U. of Rochester, UCLA, and USC medical schools; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'50 BA--Lee F. Richardson of Tucson, AZ, July 15, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'50 BS Ag--John F. Robinson of Gloucester, NC, October 26, 2004. Phi Kappa Psi.

'50 BCE--Anson R. Stone of Rochester, NY, October 17, 2004.

'50 BArch--Arthur F.Young of Temple Hills, MD, October 12, 2004; retired Census Bureau division chief; developed the American Housing Survey; veteran; consultant.

'51 BS Nurs--Ruth Ernest Helfferich of Glastonbury, CT, October 21, 2004; retired coordinator of discharge planning,Mt. Sinai Hospital (Hartford); assoc. professor, Cornell U.-New York Hospital School of Nursing; also taught at Rutgers; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'51--Bertram Lebhar III of Tucson, AZ, February 26, 2004; radio talk show host, KTUC. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'51 MD--E.Addis Munyan Jr. of Shawnee Mission, KS, October 16, 2004; retired flight surgeon,Missouri Army National Guard; veteran; active in community affairs.

'51 BA--Joe H. Patch of Danville, IN, October 17, 2004; president, Special Oils Inc.; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma.

'51 BA--Barnard Tilson of Avon, CT, October 28, 2004; retired director of marketing, CIGNA; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'52--Concepcion Jordan Matos (Mrs. Carlos M., MS '49) of San Juan, PR, October 18, 2001.

'52 BA--Donald E. Terwilliger of Rochester, NY, October 17, 2004; physician. Phi Kappa Tau.Wife,Margaret (Bellone) '54.

'52 BS Ag--George S.Woolley of Rockville, MD, October 2, 2004; owner, VaculandAmerican Country Crafts; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'53 MD--William K. Riker of Lake Oswego, OR, October 23, 2004; former chairman, pharmacology dept., Oregon Health & Science U.; expert on epilepsy and stroke; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'54 PhD--John T. Bryans of Lexington, KY, October 2, 2004; expert in equine infectious diseases; professor of veterinary science and virologist, U. of Kentucky; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'54 PhD--Theodore B. Taylor of Silver Spring,MD, formerly of Wellsville, NY, October 28, 2004; theoretical physicist; nuclear weapons designer; antinuclear campaigner; profiled in John McPhee's book, The Curve of Binding Energy; founder, Nova Inc.; author; taught at Princeton; member, president's commission on the Three Mile Island accident; active in civic and professional affairs.

'54 BA--Henry S.Wile of Williamsville, NY, October 20, 2004; insurance and motor racing executive; veteran; active in community affairs.

'55--Carmine Angelotti of Cape Coral, FL, July 3, 2003.

'55, B Chem E '56--Charles H. Brandt of Westfield, NJ, August 26, 2003. Psi Upsilon.

'55 BS Ag--Roy A.Haberstock of Wilton, CT, October 2, 2004; worked for William Raveis.

'55--Andrew A.Marshall of Lewiston, NY, October 15, 1994.

'55 BA, MD '59--Ralph L.Moress of Pismo Beach, CA, October 12, 2004; psychiatrist; medical director, mental health clinic; active in community affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

'55 MD--John V. Price of Syosset, NY, January 22, 2004.

'57--John C.McConachy of Blairstown, NJ, August 3, 2004; worked for M&M Mars Corp.; dairy farmer; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'57--John T. Penner of Eastry, Kent, UK, was mistakenly listed as deceased in the November/December 1999 Cornell Magazine.

'57 BS Ag--Duncan A. Rankin of Utica, NY, November 27, 2003; investigator, Niagara Mohawk Power Co.

'57 BA--Robert H. Smart of Ithaca, NY, October 23, 2004; urologist; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.Wife,Marjorie (Nelson) '57.

'58--Pedro Pick of Prague, Czech Republic, and Caracas, Venezuela, October 4, 2004.

'60 BS ILR--Steven B. Geffen of Armonk, NY, October 2, 2004; retired IBM attorney; active in community affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'61 MD--Kevin M. Cahill of New York City was mistakenly listed as deceased in the September/October 2004 Cornell Alumni Magazine.

'61-62 GR--William H. Deming of Dryden, NY, October 12, 2004; district superintendent, Dryden Central School District; exec. director, Rural Schools Program, Cornell U.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'62 BS Ag,MBA '63--Alfred H.Hicks of Westbury, CT, October 1, 2004; president, Hicks Nurseries; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.Wife,Marilyn (Bosley) '62.

'65, BCE '66--Lawrence E. Feinberg of London, England, formerly of New York City, October 25, 2004. Zeta Beta Tau.

'66--Raven B. Earlygrow of Point Arena, CA, October 3, 2002.

'69 BA--Robert S. Patterson of Cincinnati, OH, October 21, 2004; former chair, English dept., Cincinnati Country Day School; writer; former executive director, Colorado Opera Festival; musician; active in professional affairs.

'70 BS HE--Hinda Frankel Squires Levy of Port Washington, NY, October 26, 2004; elementary school teacher; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'72 DVM--Phillip V.Guild of Honeoye Falls, NY, October 7, 2004; veterinarian. Alpha Psi.

'72-74 GR--Anthony F. Long of Maitland, FL, December 2, 2002; structural section manager, Sverdrup Corp.

'75 BS HE--Shellie Replansky Fine of Silver Spring,MD, October 6, 2004. Husband, Eric M. Fine '73.

'77 BS ILR,MBA '79--Mitchell B. Smith of Alexandria, VA, September 7, 2004; principal, facilities group, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott.

'80 BS Hotel--Lee D. Pomerance of Chicago, IL, October 31, 2004; president, No Place Like Inc.; former nat'l sales director, Double Tree Hotels; active in professional affairs.

'81, BME '83--William G.Hansen of Sewickley, PA, November 16, 2004; mechanical engineer; president, Hansen Inc.; also worked for A. Stucki Co.; founder, The Neighborhood Academy; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'81 BA--Alan G. Sagan of Oakland, CA, October 16, 2004.

'82 BS Ag--Andrew J. Cohen of Chicago, IL, November 26, 2004; legal aid lawyer; active in professional affairs.

'82--Anna M. King of Bronx, NY, January 29, 2003.

'86 BA--Karen A. Erdman of Wilmington, NC, October 14, 2004; high school English teacher; active in community affairs.

'91 BS Ag--Ron D. Cooke of Lakeland, FL, October 2, 2004; worked for Advanced Prosthetics and Orthotics; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'98 BS Ag--John M.Wing of Etna, NY, October 5, 2004.

'02 BS Hotel--Phillip E.Cummins of Dallas, TX, September 15, 2004; second year law student, Columbia U.; former Cornell Law School student, selected for Cornell Law Review and International Law Review.

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