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MAY/JUN. 2005 VOLUME 107 NUMBER 6 Alumni Deaths

'23 ME--Linton Stone of Wilmington, DE, January 21, 1992. Alpha Tau Omega.

'23 BS Ag--Gladys Wellar Usher of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Homer, NY, August 31, 2004; farmer; teacher, Country Day School; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.

'26 BS HE--Charlotte Beach Owens of Bradford, VT, February 27, 2004.

'27 PhD--Felipe T.Adriano of Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines, January 13, 1978; chemist.

'27 BA,MA '28--Ulrica JudsonWood of Terrytown, LA, August 20, 2004; retired teacher, Endicott, NY, school system.

'28 BA--Myron G. Rosenbaum of Albuquerque, NM, July 13, 2004; retired orthopedic surgeon; veteran; violinist, New Mexico Symphony; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'28 BArch--Charles L. Thompson Jr. of Little Rock, AR, July 7, 1993.

'29 BA--Helen Markson Isaacs of White Plains, NY, June 13, 2002. Husband, Jerome S. Isaacs '28, BEE '29.

'29 BA--Donald W.Mueller of Pacific Grove, CA, formerly of Los Alamos, NM, July 21, 2004; physicist; worked for Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratories; worked on the Manhattan Project and on the development of the hydrogen bomb.

'29--Thelma Fleischner Rosoff of New York City, June 27, 2004; attorney; partner, Rosoff and Rosoff.

'29 BEE--Charles W. Roth of Hot Springs Village, AR,May 20, 2004.

'29 BA--Francis H. Schaefer Jr. of Ithaca, NY, August 21, 2004; world history teacher,Watkins Glen and Ithaca high schools; newspaper reporter; veteran; author; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'29 BA--Anita Sadler Weiss (Mrs. Harry B. '28, LLB '30) of Baltimore,MD, August 1, 2004; retired social worker; dept. chief, Jewish Family Services; sculptor; poet; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

'30 BS Ag--Ralph L.Higley of Altamonte Springs, FL, July 31, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

'30 BS Ag--Priscilla Hicks Jaquith of Baton Rouge, LA, formerly of New York City, August 28, 2004; writer and newspaper reporter; publicist for the Rockefeller Center; author of award-winning Bo Rabbit Smart for True: Tall Tales from the Gullah; member of PEN and the Woman Pays Club; artist; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'30 BS Ag--Elizabeth Irish Knapp of Houston, TX, July 23, 2004; editor, The Texas Churchman; researcher, CBS; author; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'30 BA, JD '34--Charles E. Treman Jr. of Ithaca, NY, September 16, 2004; CEO, Ithaca Trust and Tompkins County Trust; veteran; Cornell presidential councilor; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha.

'31 BME--Louis A. Fekete of Lynbrook, NY, November 10, 1994.

'31 MD--Elizabeth P. Fleming of Norman, OK, December 1, 2001; physician.

'31--Wisner A. Kelley of Flushing, NY, December 25, 2003.

'31 BME--Carl R. Lemon of Tucson, AZ, February 1, 1997.

'31 BS Ag--Francis A. Lueder Jr. of Trumansburg, NY, July 2, 2004; professor, Cornell U. Ag college; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.Wife, Marian (Lasher) '33.

'31--Alice Macnaught Mauer of Waynesboro, VA, June 2, 2004.

'31 PhD--Nancy Booker Morey (Mrs. Donald R., PhD '31) of Spencerport, NY, July 28, 2004.

'32 MD--William A. Cooper of Southbury, CT, July 13, 2004; associate professor of clinical surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; attending surgeon, New York Hospital; veteran; author; expert on the diagnosis of gastric cancer; active in community and professional affairs.

'32 BS Ag--Elmer “Flip” S. Phillips of Ithaca, NY, August 28, 2004; photographer; photography professor, Cornell U.; head of Cornell's Visual Aids Services; filmmaker; Voice of the Big Red; winemaker; author; editor, American Wine Society Journal; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'33 BA--Ruth Legum Goodman of Reston, VA, August 15, 2004; active in community and religious affairs.

'33--William H. Knoble of Tequesta, FL, formerly of Rocky River, OH, August 17, 2004; retired president, Knoble's Flowers; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'33 BEE--Joseph W.McWilliams of Pittsford, NY, June 3, 2004; retired engineer, Eastman Kodak; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Sigma Rho.

'33, BA '32, B Chem E '33--H. H. Peckham of Columbia, MO, June 9, 1998.

'33 BS Hotel--William I. Pentecost of Clarks Green, PA, July 28, 2004; bank president; hotelier; partner, wholesale grocery; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Sigma Chi.

'34 BA, PhD '38--Charles H. Bridges of Livonia, MI, August 18, 2004; engineer; vice president of packaging development, Kellogg Co.; also worked for Sharples Chemicals and Eastman Kodak; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Beta Phi.

'34 BA--Herbert L. Kehr of Beverly Hills, CA, July 6, 2004; physician, L.A. Children's Hospital; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

'34--William M.North of Lansdale, PA, July 7, 2004; president, American Olean Tile; chairman, National Gypsum; active in community affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'34 BA--Elsie Starks Shreeve of Annapolis, MD,May 8, 2004. Delta Delta Delta.

'34 BA--Mary Jewell Willoughby (Mrs. Everett S. '34) of Lenox, MA, August 28, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'35 BA--Gustav U. Gants of Larchmont, NY, July 4, 2004; sales manager; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'35 DVM--Doyle W.Hennessee of Meridian, TX,March 30, 1988; veterinarian.

'35 BEE--Henning S.Hermanson of Lititz, PA, July 25, 2004; engineer; retired supervisor, American Instruments; also worked for IBM and Honeywell; active in civic and community affairs.

'35 BS HE--Eleanor Geller Leinoff of Melbourne Beach, FL, April 28, 2004.

'35 BME--John S. Leslie of Hanover, NH, July 29, 2004; president and chairman, Leslie Co.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'35 BS Ag--Esther Aronson Rothenberg of Ithaca, NY, August 31, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'35--Charles Winer of Rome, OH, August 1, 2000.

'36 BA, LLB '38--Donald G. Briggs of Tavares, FL, August 16, 2004; attorney.

'36 BA--Col. Donald L. Keeler of Melbourne, FL,March 24, 2004; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'36, BA '37, PhD '41--John I. Lacey of Rancho Mirage, CA, June 27, 2004; professor emeritus, School of Medicine,Wright State U.Wife, Beatrice (Cates) '40.

'36-37 GR--Julius D. Lewis of Binghamton, NY, December 29, 2003; owner, Dave Lewis Shoe Store; active in community and religious affairs.

'36 BA--Elizabeth FessendenWashburn of Charlotte, NC, August 18, 2004; analytic research chemist; ornithologist; conservationist; outdoorswoman; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

'37 BS Ag--Norman C.Healy of Lewiston, NY, formerly of Beaufort, SC, August 3, 2004; chief, Fruit Branch Div., USDA; responsible for fruits and vegetables in the school lunch program; veteran. Phi Delta Theta.

'37 BA--Clara Strang Hurley of Brockport, NY, December 11, 2003.

'37, BA '41, MA '42--Beatrice Rashleigh Johnson of Palo Alto, CA, February 13, 2004; former teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

'37 BEE--Wilbur H. Peter Jr. of Sarasota, FL, August 19, 2004; vice president, Industria Electrica de Mexico; vice president, Square D Co.; general mgr., EC&M; active in community and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

'37 BA--Miriam C. Reed of Newtown, PA, August 12, 2004; retired dermatologist; taught at the U. of Pennsylvania; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'37 BS HE--Helena Palmer Sprague of Hartford, CT, July 17, 2004; home economics and family studies teacher, Darien and New Britain school systems. Alpha Phi.

'37--James S. Thompson Jr. of Ashland, OR, formerly of La Jolla, CA, August 24, 2004, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'37 M Ed--Charles E.Wingo of Wilmington, NC, February 28, 1986.

'37 BA--Richard Wisch of Boynton Beach, FL, August 19, 2004. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'38 BA--David Beitler of Tallahassee, FL, January 11, 2003; veteran. Beta Sigma Rho.

'38, BS Ag '37--Eliazar L. Drasin of Monroe, NJ, September 4, 1999.

'38 BArch--Miguel Ferrer-Rincon of San Juan, PR, September 29, 2004; architect; partner, Toro Ferrer y Torregrosa; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'38--Germaine Miller Gallagher of Annapolis, MD, July 22, 2004; head of water quality issues,Maryland League of Women Voters; former editor, Cornell Daily Sun; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'38--Frank P.Hill of San Diego, CA, July 16, 2004.

'38, BS HE '39--Marjorie Vreeland King of Sun City, CA, July 16, 2004; home economics teacher, Susquehanna Valley High School.

'38 BA--June Breen May of Cooperstown, NY,May 24, 2004.

'38 BA, LLB '40--Herbert P. Polk of Floral Park, NY, August 25, 2004; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

'38 BA--Allen D. Shapiro of Chatham, MA, April 3, 2004; retired pediatrician and allergist; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'39 MA--Mary H. Bickley of Elkins Park, PA, September 21, 2004; literature and composition teacher, and chair, English dept., Abington Friends School.

'39 BS Ag--Henry L. De Graff of Williamsburg, VA,May 26, 2004.

'39 BA, JD '41--Morgan T. Fisher of Tequesta, FL, September 17, 2004.

'39 BA--Robert T. Foote of Milwaukee,WI, September 26, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Chi Psi.

'39, BA '40--Ezra M.Greenspan of New York City, September 3, 2004; professor emeritus,Mount Sinai Medical School.

'39--Doris Whitehill Guelich of Boca Raton, FL, July 5, 2004. Delta Delta Delta.

'39--George W.Miller of Ithaca, NY, September 14, 2004; senior vice president, First National Bank and Trust; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'39 PhD--Ben E.White of Newtown Square, PA, September 5, 2004; retired chemical company executive; active in civic and community affairs.

'39 BEE--John C.Wolff of Cheshire, CT, September 15, 2004; electrical engineer; worked for Montgomery Wire Co. and Whitney Blake Co.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'40 BA--Lowell O.Anderson of Naples, FL, June 11, 2004.

'40 BS Ag,MS Ag '41--Bancherd Balankura of Sukhumvit, Thailand, September 23, 2004; director-general, Land Development Dept. of Thailand; founder, Thailand's Land Classification School; soil conservationist; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'40 BS Ag--J. Louis Jennings of Palatine Bridge, NY, July 4, 2004.

'40--Arthur E. Lawes of Charlottesville, VA, November 9, 2003. Chi Psi.

'40--George E. Springer Jr. of Miami, FL, September 7, 2004; development manager. Phi Kappa Psi.

'41, BS Ag '42--Katherine E. Barnes of Ithaca, NY, August 15, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'41--John D. Beattie Jr. of Homosassa, FL, July 12, 2004; dentist; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

'41 BS Aero--Alfred F. Brady of Far Hills, NJ, September 23, 2004. Sigma Phi.

'41 BS HE, MS HE '61--Martha Cross Durfee of Raleigh, NC, September 28, 2004. Delta Gamma. Husband, Arthur E. Durfee '40.

'41 BME--Calvin O. English of Atlantic Beach, FL, August 7, 2004; engineer; active in alumni affairs. Theta Delta Chi.

'41--Sol Feigenbaum of Arlington, MA, November 7, 1991; mathematics professor, U. of Bridgeport; veteran.

'41 BME--Porter W. Gifford Jr. of Dallas, TX, September 11, 2004; president and chairman, Gifford-Hill Co.; rancher; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'41 BME--William T.Hagar of Tillson, NY, July 25, 2004; engineer; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'41 BS Ag--J.Milton McMahon of Penfield, NY, July 12, 2003; retired from Eastman Kodak; veteran and Japanese interpreter; active in religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'41 BA, B Chem E '42--James M.Meyers of Chatham, NJ, September 11, 2004; retired Exxon engineer; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'41 BME--Robert E. Ohaus of State College, PA, August 3, 2004; retired president, Ohaus Scale Corp.; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi.

'41 BA--Alvin Nesselbush Stone (Mrs. Alvin D.) of Lancaster, NY, July 21, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'41 BS Ag--Helen Nichols Tiura of Palo Alto, CA, July 29, 1998.

'41 BA--Adolph R.Wichman of Boonton, NJ, August 15, 2004; former chief of surgery, St. Clare's Hospital; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi.

'42 BS Ag--Charles W.Atwater of Lowell, MA, January 5, 2003; worked for Soil Conservation Service.

'42 BA, MD '45--George B. Banister of Elkin, NC, August 23, 2004; physician. Phi Kappa Psi.Wife,Winona (Chambers) '42.

'42 MD--A.Norton Benner of Woodside, CA, January 8, 2004; physician.

'42 BS Ag--Fredrika Lofberg Decker of Beacon, NY, September 30, 2004.

'42--John F. Ford of Binghamton, NY, April 6, 2003.

'42 BME--Edward M.Holub of Media, PA, July 17, 2004; mechanical engineer.

'42--John L.Kirsch of Fort Collins, CO, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 24, 2004; mechanical engineer; real estate developer; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'42 JD--Donald A. Levinger of Elmira, NY, September 29, 2004; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'42--James Lieberman of Westport, CT, September 23, 2001; director of health, Greenwich Dept. of Health.

'42 BA--Edwin C. Parkhill of Norwich, NY, August 25, 2004; interior designer; veteran; motion picture producer, General Electric; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

'42--William W. Rusch of Southold, NY, August 29, 2004; treasurer, Suffolk Cement Products; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'42 BS Ag--Eugene S. Schneider of Tacoma,WA, November 22, 2003.

'42 BEE--Thomas M.Wilson of Stuarts Draft, VA, February 8, 2004; product design engineer, General Electric.Wife, Beryl (Cooke) '42.

'43 BS Hotel--Roger L. Alley of Ormond Beach, FL, September 25, 2004. Theta Chi.

'43--James C. Earl of Unadilla, NY, October 20, 2003; retired dairy farmer; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'43--Herbert M.Hirsch of Margate, FL, September 27, 2000; Tau Delta Phi.

'43 BEE--Robert W.Hughes of San Antonio, TX, December 23, 2003. Phi Kappa Psi.

'43 BS Ag--Anthony J. La Scala of Chatham, MA, July 10, 2004; active in alumni affairs.

'43 BA--Sanford T.Miller of San Diego, CA, September 14, 2004; retired from Union Bank; veteran. Beta Sigma Rho.

'43--William A.Murdoch Jr. of Melbourne, FL, December 17, 2003.

'43 BCE--Thomas O.Nobis of Davenport, IA, February 20, 2004; president, Central Engineering; veteran; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'43 BS Ag--Frank J. Roberto of Highland, NY, July 29, 2004; founder, Phoenix Electronics Enterprises; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'43 B Chem E--Richard H. Simmonds of Hemel Hempstead, UK, July 19, 2004; chemical engineer.

'43 MD--Leonard R. Straub of Sanford, NC, July 6, 2004; retired psychiatrist; taught at Weill Cornell Medical College; veteran; taught English to prospective citizens.

'43 BA--Roy B.Unger of Ithaca, NY, August 18, 2004; retired president, Serta Mattress Co.; former executive, Sealy Inc.; active in alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

'43 BME--Donald A.Ward of Charlotte, VT, April 18, 2004; engineer. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'44 BME--Charles W. Fox of Cottonwood, AZ, February 21, 1997; owner, Fox Industries. Pi Kappa Psi.

'44 BA--Barbara Gans Gallant of Gainesville, FL, September 29, 2004; social studies teacher, Gainesville High School; education activist; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'44, BS Ag '46--Richard L. Gerwitz of North Syracuse, NY, September 5, 2004; police officer; former restaurant owner; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'44 B Chem E--Fay McClelland of Southampton, PA, September 3, 2004; chemical engineer, DuPont, IBM, and Stokes Molded Products; musician; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Acacia.

'44 BS Ag--Peter Mullen of West Islip, NY, December 21, 2000.

'45--Louis J. Corbetta of Norwalk, CT, July 30, 2004.

'45, BA '46--Donald B. Iseman of Westhampton Beach, NY, July 8, 2004; partner, Neuberger & Berman; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'45, BA '48--William P.Mulvihill of Glen Cove, NY, September 17, 2004; novelist; author of The Sands of the Kalahari; history teacher, Glen Cove High School; creative writing teacher, Long Island U.; publisher, Bricklin Press; veteran. Sigma Nu. '45 Miriam Taylor Sajkovic of South Hadley, MA, July 1, 2004; professor, Holyoke Community College; author. Delta Gamma.

'45--Edward W. Schreiner of Pittsford, NY, July 19, 2004; active in community and religious affairs.

'45 BA--Ina Hundinger Wolf of Sag Harbor, NY, September 27, 2004. Alpha Phi.

'46 PhD--Eugene W. Dehner of Atchison, KS, September 7, 2004; professor emeritus in biology, St. Benedict's College and Benedictine College; priest; national chaplain, Nat'l Federation of Catholic College students; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'46--Floyd O. Kenyon of Sun Lakes, AZ, September 25, 2004. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'46 MD--Warren B. Nestler of Bangor, ME, formerly of Summit, NJ, September 14, 2004; physician; administrator, Overlook Hospital; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'47 BS HE, MS HE '51--Phyllis Reuning Berg of Charlottesville, VA, August 2, 2004; home economics professor, U. of Illinois and UCLA; active in community affairs.

'47, BA '46--Joan Rowe Chibnik (Mrs. Sheldon '46, BA '44) of Cherry Hill, NJ, September 11, 2004; worked for ExxonMobil.

'47 JD--Frank Horton of Bentonville,VA, August 30, 2004; attorney; liberal Republican Congressman, Rochester, NY; sponsored the Whistle Blower Protection Act, Home Rule Act (for Washington, DC), and Paperwork Reduction Act; former executive, Rochester Red Wings; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'47 BCE--Robert D. Loucks of Dalton, GA, July 11, 2003. Chi Epsilon.

'47 BS Ag--Ruth Cohn Maltinsky of Rochester, NY, September 9, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'47 BA, MA '48--Lois J.Meek of Cheshire, CT, July 26, 2004; architectural draftsperson; active in community and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'47 BA, LLB '50--Arthur B.Netter of Old Greenwich, CT, September 28, 2004; attorney; writer; consultant. Phi Sigma Delta.

'48 BS Ag--Gordon W. Ball of Greenville, SC, August 29, 2004; dairy manager; chemical adhesive sales manager; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'48, BS Hotel '49--Henry O. Barbour of Dallastown, PA, August 16, 2004; former president, Culinary Institute of America; veteran; hotelier; also worked for Pan American Airlines.

'48 BS Ag--Horace I. Brink of Arcadia, FL,March 14, 2004.Wife, Elinor (Monroe) '50.

'48 MBA--George B. Burpee of Ambler, PA, July 8, 2004. Delta Upsilon.

'48 BA--Robert L. Emmet of Jackson, MI,May 28, 2004; vice president, Jacobson's Store Inc.; active in community affairs.

'48 BA--Nancy H. Fulton of Dunkirk, NY, July 21, 2004. Pi Beta Phi.

'48 BA--Howard Halpin of Haddon Heights, NJ, April 12, 2003; chemist and research supervisor,Marshall Lab, Dupont; veteran.

'48 BArch--John L.Haughwout of Pittsburgh, PA, July 6, 2004; architect; secretary, Pennsylvania State Art Commission; active in alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'48 PhD--Florence Thomas Martin of Belleville, IL, September 9, 2004; retired teacher, Southwestern Illinois College and Parks College; horticulturalist.

'48 BA--Shirley L. Rubert of Marietta, NY, August 4, 2004; psychologist, medical director, Hutchings Psychiatric Center; also practiced at Upstate Medical Center; pilot; active in professional affairs.

'48 BME--Frederick P. Seymour Jr. of Northfield, IL, August 20, 2004; engineer, Engineers & Management Consultants. Phi Delta Theta.

'48 MS HE--Mary Curtis Steptoe of St. Louis,MO, September 3, 2004; teacher, Roanoke City Public Schools; active in community and religious affairs.

'48 BA--Lillian Dann Swenson of Buckingham, PA, January 30, 2004; worked for C & C Insurance. Chi Omega.

'48 BS Ag--C.William Thorn of Shelton, CT, formerly of Easton and East Hampton, CT, July 1, 2004; retired special education teacher and dept. chairman, Trumbull Public Schools, veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'48, BA '47--Arnold S. Turetsky of White Plains, NY, July 27, 2004; rabbi emeritus, Temple Israel of White Plains; NGO representative for Synagogue Council to the U.N.; founding rabbi of Beit Praha in Prague; former rabbi in residence, Cornell U.; Naval chaplain; member, education dept., State of Israel Bonds; teacher, University of Jewish Studies in Budapest; active in alumni affairs.

'49 BCE--Edward V. Crinnion of Wilkes-Barre, PA, September 5, 2004; structural engineer; veteran; worked on the Lincoln Tunnel and the Western Electric Bldg.

'49 BS Ag--George R. Dirk of Webster, NY,March 19, 2001; former owner, Askus Pest Control.

'49 PhD--D.Marc Eny of Joppa, MD, April 29, 1996; president, Ecotech Inc.; active in alumni affairs.Wife, Henriette (Herman) '48.

'49 BS Ag--Richard P. Glor of Holland, NY, August 4, 2004; retired asst. railroad engineer, NY State Dept. of Transportation; president, Glor Hatchery and Glor Assocs.; active in community affairs.Wife,Marian (Krause) '51.

'49 BA, PhD '61--Frank C. Kallen of Buffalo, NY, February 25, 2004; professor of anatomy, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'49 BCE--Donald A. Lochhead of Midlothian, VA, July 13, 2004; veteran; active in community affairs. Theta Delta Chi.

'49 BA--M.Douglas MacLean of Oyster Bay, NY, June 14, 2004; physician. Sigma Nu.

'49 MS Ag--Carlos M.Matos of San Juan, PR,March 25, 2004.

'49 MD--Sanford J.Matthews of Atlanta, GA, August 2, 2004; pediatrician; author, Through the Motherhood Maze; TV and radio commentator; active in professional affairs.

'49, BA '51--Nat C.Myers Jr. of Asheville, NC, November 25, 2004; developed audio-visual technologies; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.Wife, Frances (Goldberg) '51.

'49 BA--Edward R. Smith of Yardley, PA, June 23, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Theta Chi.

'50 BCE--Edward P.Arbogast of St. Louis,MO, September 7, 2004; engineer; land surveyor; veteran; conservationist; active in community affairs.

'50 MD--Charles H. Bippart of Norwich, VT, formerly of Morristown, NJ, August 24, 2004; obstetrician,Morristown Memorial Hospital.

'50 BA--Leo L. Bromley of Nutley, NJ, February 8, 2001; president, South End Co.

'50 BA--Arnold H. Chin of Bellingham,WA, July 8, 2002.

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

'50--Wesley B. Curtis of Wilsonville, OR, December 29, 2003. Alpha Chi Rho.

'50 PhD--James R. Frith of Montreat, NC, August 19, 2004; linguist; retired dean, School of Language Studies, State Dept.'s Foreign Service Inst.; veteran; author; owner, Skyline Evergreen Farm; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'50 BCE--Durward B. Kennedy Jr. of Allentown, PA, February 27, 1998. Tau Beta Phi.

'50 BS Ag--Roger C. Lukes of Yreka, CA, November 12, 2003.

'50 BS HE--Aileen Enright Moore of Hemet, CA, June 1, 2004; scientific researcher; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, Harry L.Moore Jr. '49.

'50 BCE--David S.Morgan of Toledo, OH, December 2, 1997. Zeta Beta Tau.

'50--C. Stuart Perkins Jr. of Marietta, GA, formerly of Stonington, CT, September 12, 2003; vice president, Printing Company of America; financial mgr., Davis Standard Division; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha.

'50 BS Ag--Martin H. Pfeiffer of Lake Placid, NY, August 30, 2004; retired aquatic biologist; researched effects of acid rain; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'50 BS Ag--Albert G. Pierce of Ruskin, FL, August 22, 2004; retired marketing representative, Shell Chemical; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'50 BS HE--Bertha Scheffel Seifert of Ames, IA, August 28, 2004. Husband, George Seifert, PhD '50.

'50 JD--James E. Spellman of Ilion, NY,May 24, 2004; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'50--Edward M. Spoth of East Amherst, NY, February 27, 2004; veteran.

'51 BA--Burton Besner of Sherman Oaks, CA, July 1, 1985. Phi Sigma Delta.

'51 BLA, MLA '52--David B. Carruth of Spencerport, NY, June 11, 2004; landscape architect; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'51 BS ILR--Stanley D.Morris of Clay, NY, September 20, 2004; veteran; active in community affairs.

'51 PhD--Franklin J. Pegues of Worthington, OH, July 3, 2004; professor emeritus, Ohio State U.; founding member, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; veteran; author; active in professional affairs.

'51 BME--Richard A. Phillips of Hilton Head Island, SC, July 7, 2004; engineer; president,Massachusetts Computer Corp.; vice president, Sycor; veteran; active in community affairs.

'51 LLB--Russell E. Rakestraw of Port Clinton, OH, July 31, 2004; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'51--Mary Allard Reinfurt of Center Barnstead, NH, December 6, 2002.

'51, BS Hotel '57--William S. Rorke of San Marcos, CA, June 11, 2004. Sigma Chi.

'51, BA '54--Lon K. Savage of Salem, VA, July 27, 2004; retired journalist and Virginia Tech administrator; Richmond bureau chief, United Press Int'l; author, Thunder in the Mountains; editor; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. '51 BS AEP--Theodore D. Schultz ofWashington, DC, September 20, 2004; research physicist, Nat'l Sciences Resource Center; also worked for IBM; advocate for science education; author; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Beta Phi.

'51--Robert R. Shoemaker of Phoenix, AZ, April 11, 2004.

'51-52 GR--Richard J. Stadtherr of Gibbon, MN,March 9, 1995.

'51 PhD--Leo Steg of Norristown, PA, July 1, 2004; manager, Space Sciences Lab at General Electric; developed G.E.'s rocket re-entry program; engineer; fellow, Brookings Institute; active in community and professional affairs.

'51--Stanley Yachnin of Chicago, IL, August 30, 2004; oncologist; hematologist; professor emeritus, U. of Chicago Dept. of Medicine; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'52 BA--Elizabeth Engel Birge of Stratford, CT, July 12, 2004; physician, Bridgeport Hospital; active in professional affairs. Kappa Delta.

'52 BA--Arthur E. Burford of Hudson, OH, August 1, 2004; professor emeritus of geology, U. of Akron; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'52 BA--John A. Cypher Jr. of Kingsville, TX, August 6, 1996; assistant to the president of King Ranch.

'52--Gerald D. De Barr of Newark, NY, February 14, 2004; plant manager, Syracuse Developmental Center.

'52 BA--Martha Bliss Grogan (Mrs. Joseph W. '48, DVM '50) of Schoharie, NY, August 11, 2004; certified public accountant; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'52 PhD--Michael Laskowski Jr. of West Lafayette, IN, August 2, 2004; professor of chemistry, Purdue U.; expert in protein chemistry; author; editor; active in professional affairs.

'52 MRP--Denton S. Layman of Monmouth Junction, NJ, August 24, 2003; registered planner, State of New Jersey; county planning director, Broome County, NY; vice president, Candeub, Fleissing, and Assocs.; ornithologist; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'52 BA--Robert N. Lindsay Jr. of Charlottesville, VA, August 2, 2004. Delta Chi.Wife, Shirley (Calloway) '57.

'52--Ann Carson Nelson of Bethlehem, PA, December 12, 2002; homemaker. Delta Delta Delta.

'52--Joan Winston Siegemund of Pacific Palisades, CA, June 19, 2002.

'52 PhD--Mildred Widgoff of Barrington, RI, July 20, 2004; professor emerita of physics, Brown U.; research fellow, Cyclotron Lab, Harvard U.; research assoc., Brookhaven Nat'l Laboratory; recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at age 19; active in community and professional affairs.

'53 PhD--Gordon J.Arquit of Ithaca, NY, September 30, 2004; retired chemist.

'53 BA--Joan Frimel Gindin (Mrs. James J., PhD '54) of Ann Arbor, MI, November 4, 2003; clinical social worker.

'53 BS HE--Hilda Conklin Hennessey of Huntington Station, NY, November 1, 2001; retired, Huntington Pennysaver. Kappa Delta.

'53 BA--William A. Lewing of Naples, FL, August 1, 2004; business manager and chemist, DuPont Co.; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi.

'53 DVM--Louis O.Nezvesky of Fairfield, CT, October 8, 2003; veterinarian; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.

'54 MD--Thomas A. Edwards of Homer, AK, formerly of Salem, VA, July 31, 2004; retired orthopaedic surgeon; active in community and religious affairs.

'54-56 GR--Roger C. Evans of Yorktown Heights, NY, October 4, 2003; research staff member, IBM.Wife, Linda (Brill) '57.

'54 BS HE--Monica Hess Fein of West Palm Beach, FL, June 11, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

'54--Beverly Cleary Mandato of Las Vegas, NV, February 18, 2001.

'54 BCE--Robert L.Mast of Zanesville, OH, July 19, 1998; general contractor. Beta Theta Pi.

'54 BA, JD '56--Graham M. Scheinman of Plymouth, NH, August 21, 2004; retired attorney.

'54 PhD--Bertram Wolfe of Monte Sereno, CA, September 6, 2004; nuclear reactor physicist; vice president and manager, General Electric's Nuclear Energy Division; vice president, WADCO; consultant; author; active in professional affairs.Wife, Leila (Katz) '54.

'55 BS HE--Elizabeth Warner Davidsen of Cocoa Beach, FL, August 8, 2004; owner, The Candle Shop; former teacher, Trumansburg school district; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, Donald Davidsen, DVM '59.

'55 BS HE--Janet Frost Keller of Tully, NY, July 13, 2004; elementary school teacher; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. Husband, Paul T. Keller '54.

'55 M ILR--John R.McDonald of Southern Pines, NC, October 8, 2003; consultant.

'55 BS HE--Barbara Lerch Merleno of Cleveland, OH, February 14, 2004; former comptroller, Holiday Inn.

'55 BS Ag--George A. Ohlsen of San Jose, CA, February 8, 2004; planner, IBM. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'55 BS Hotel--William R. Smith of Tequesta, FL, formerly of Columbus, GA, June 16, 2004; hotel and restaurant owner.

'55 BA--Ronald M. Sukenick of New York City, July 22, 2004; writer who pushed the boundaries of fictional form; author of Up, Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues, Down and In: Life in the Underground, and other books; founder, Fiction Collective; professor of English, U. of Colorado, Boulder.

'55 BA, LLB '57--Louis E.Wolfe of Longboat Key, FL, formerly of Plattsburgh, NY, August 17, 2004; attorney; founder, Empire State Games; former NY State Assemblyman; active in civic and community affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'56 JD--C.William Golding of Vashon,WA, August 28, 2004; attorney; president and CEO, Pacific Marine Schwabacher and NC Machinery; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'56 PhD--Rolland R. Lutz Jr. of Chapel Hill, NC, August 23, 2004; retired European history professor, Kean U.; veteran.Wife, Jessie (Gregory), PhD '55.

'56 BA--E. Richard Meade of Roswell, GA, August 5, 2004; retired manager, PSE & G Co. Sigma Nu.Wife, Alberta (Clayton) '57.

'56 BS Hotel--Ralph Molter of Toms River, NJ, June 2, 2004; COO, Holiday Inn; active in community and professional affairs.

'56 BA--Elizabeth French Peare of Eastport,ME, September 22, 2003. Alpha Phi.

'56 BS HE--Marilyn Lasky Schneider of Dallas, TX,March 18, 2004.

'56 BS HE--Betty Carson Ward of Belle Mead, NJ, August 15, 2002; teacher,Montgomery Township Schools. Husband,Wilfrid W.Ward '56.

'56 BME--William R.Weltmer Jr. of New Providence, NJ, February 13, 2004; retired consultant, BOC Group.

'56 BS--Francis J.Wiegand Jr. of Pawtucket, RI, July 24, 2004; retired electrical engineer; former town sewer commissioner; also worked for Raytheon's Submarine Signal Division; veteran.

'57 BA--Sheila Cohen Fulton of Lake View Terrace, CA, November 3, 1988.

'57 BS Ag--John V.Marchell of Binghamton, NY, July 17, 2004; master gardener; active in religious affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'57 BS Hotel--Robert J.McCarthy of Derby, NY, June 27, 2004; president,McCarthy Power Products. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'57 MBA--H. David Rose Jr. of Salineville, OH, December 26, 2001; consultant.

'57 BA--Robert Rosenstock of Pelham, NY, September 20, 2004; international lawyer; legal advisor, US Mission to the United Nations; taught international law.

'57--Martha Bullock Sayles of Star Lake, NY, February 24, 1996. Chi Psi. Husband, John M. Sayles II '55.

'57 BA--Mollie E. Turner of Randallstown, MD, July 27, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'57 BA--William M. Zeit of Lewes, DE, July 14, 2004; physician.

'58 MBA--Robert B. Camp of Haverford, PA, September 18, 2004; worked for Camp Products Corp.

'58 BS Ag,M Ed '65, MST '65--Harry W. Cook of Fairport, NY, July 23, 2004; geology professor.

'58 B Chem E--Bernard Kriegsman of New Brunswick, NJ,May 13, 2004.

'58, BCE '61--Francis A.McHale of Honolulu, HI, June 9, 2004; marine construction engineer; veteran. Theta Chi.

'58 BFA--Carole Tuft Rubiner of Huntington Woods, MI, September 12, 2004; artist; gallery owner. Husband, Allen J. Rubiner '57.

'59 MS HE--Ramelle V. Eddins of Detroit, MI, formerly of Memphis, TN, August 5, 2004; retired teacher,Memphis City Schools.

'59, BA '60, LLB '62--Robert D.Hazzard of Somers, NY, July 14, 2004; attorney; former Westchester County legislator; Bedford town supervisor. Sigma Nu.Wife, Gretchen (Schnitzler) '59.

'59 BS ILR,MBA '60--John J.Mooney Jr. of Asheville, NC, September 14, 2004; chief financial officer; veteran.

'59 BA--Howard B.Myers of Plano, TX, August 4, 2004; attorney; theatre critic; active in community and religious affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'59 BS HE--Karen Boardman Vosburg of Buffalo, NY, September 24, 2004; senior nutrition services consultant, NY State Dept. of Health.

'60--Maida Stocker Abrams of Waban, MA,May 9, 2002; executive director, Very Special Arts.

'60 BA--Woody N. Klose of Red Hook, NY, September 29, 2004; attorney; county legislator; former TV news anchorman; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Delta Phi.

'60 BS Nurs--Elizabeth Curtis Schmelling of Ada, OK, September 20, 2003; professor of nursing and dept. chair, East Central U.; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'60--Charles E.Van Dusen of Minneapolis, MN, September 23, 2004; computer consultant; veteran. Phi Delta Theta.

'60, BEE '61, MA '623--Richard L.Venezky of Newark, DE, June 11, 2004; professor, U. of Delaware; authority on literacy, spelling, and educational technology. Delta Sigma Rho.Wife, Karen (Gauz) '64.

'61 BA--Robert L. Bischoff of Bernardsville, NJ, September 22, 2004; president, Beer Import Co.; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'61 LLB--Laura Hines Holmberg of Ithaca, NY, June 1, 2004; attorney; senior partner, Holmberg, Galbraith, Van Houten and Miller; worked for US Foreign Service; chair,

Character and Fitness Committee, NY State Supreme Court, Appellate Division; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. '61 BS Hotel--James R. Tibbetts of Boston, MA, August 18, 2004; restaurant manager; member, American Inst. of Wine and Food; active in professional affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'62 MBA--Donald B. Almeida of Little Compton, RI, July 5, 2004; systems director, Providence Journal; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.Wife, Deanna (Suneon) '61. '62 B Chem E--Allan C. Berg of Rochester, NY, August 27, 2004; chemical engineer.

'62 BS Ag--Bruce F.Hawkins of Naples, NY,March 4, 2004; owner, Pine View Farms.

'62-63 GR--Charles S. Rawlings of Rocky River, OH, April 1, 2003.

'62,DVM '65--John W.Whitefield of Hopewell Junction, NY, August 20, 2004; veterinarian; pilot; outdoorsman; member, Greenland Expedition Society. Alpha Psi.

'62 BS Ag--George E.Woodruff of Hammond, NY, August 28, 2004; banker; chairman, Redwood Nat'l Bank; president, Taylor Concrete; insurance agency owner; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'63--Carmine De Sarlo of Brooklyn, NY, July 25, 2004.

'63 BEE, PhD '68--Erasmus C.Ogbuobiri of Portland, OR,May 1, 2004; electrical engineer; retired, US Dept. of Energy; expert on computer applications, sparsity theory, long-range planning; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'68 PhD--John T.Hayes of Augusta, GA, July 31, 2004; professor of biology, Paine College; musician; active in community and religious affairs.

'68 MBA--Frederick D. Raine of New Rochelle, NY, September 26, 2004; asst. vice president, managed care, North Shore-Long Island Health System.

'69 BS ILR--Kenneth H. Bernstein of Washington, DC, August 28, 2004; counsel; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon.

'69 BA--Andrew H. Blauvelt of Saint Cloud, MN, August 9, 2004.

'69--Fernando A. Reichard of Aguadilla, PR, September 7, 2003. Pi Kappa Phi.

'69 BS HE, MS HE '71--Donna Feuquay Warren of Vinita, OK, September 27, 2004; family physician; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Delta.

'70 BS Ag--Henry L. Brittingham of Lewes, DE, July 23, 2004; worked for Lewes Dairy; active in alumni affairs. Delta Phi.Wife, Susan (Labarre) '71.

'70 BS Hotel--Dennis W.Murphy of Naples, FL, formerly of Preble, NY, June 24, 2004; active in community affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'70 JD--Mark E.Welch of Denver, CO, September 1, 2004; attorney.

'71 PhD--Patrick W. Colgan of Burlington, Ontario, July 21, 2004; director of research and natural lands, Royal Botanical Gardens; expert on animal behavior; former professor, Queen's University; author; bed and breakfast owner; active in professional affairs.Wife,Marcia (Sweet) '60.

'71 BEE--Peter M. Deierlein of Ardmore, PA, February 10, 2004; physics teacher, Carver High School. Phi Gamma Delta.

'71 BA--Rhea Stevenson Shedden of Huntington Beach, CA, August 30, 2004; attorney.

'72 JD--Timothy J.Heinsz of Columbia, MO, July 2, 2004; Earl F. Nelson Prof. of Law, U. of Missouri, Columbia; established Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, U. of Missouri; expert in labor law; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'72 BA--Margaret Joskow of New York City, June 21, 2004; graphic designer; photographer; painter; worked at Newsweek.

'72, BS Ag '71--Daniel J. Peters of Ulster Park, NY, September 18, 2004; worked for Rifton Equipment; social and environmental activist; active in civic and community affairs.

'72 BEE--Jon F.Wright of Syracuse, NY, June 8, 2004; engineer; veteran; long-distance truck driver; active in community affairs.

'72 PhD--John F.Yeagley of York, PA, December 22, 2000.

'73, BS ILR '75--Howard J. Shulman of Bronx, NY, October 14, 2002; attorney.

'74 BS Ag, ME Ag '76--David C. Chapman of E. Falmouth, MA, July 20, 2004; senior scientist,Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.; expert on fluid dynamics. Kappa Sigma.

'74, BA '77, ME Nuc '78--John M. Josephs of Charlotte, NC, September 21, 2004; computer programmer; veteran.

'74 BA--Christopher Reeve of Pound Ridge, NY, October 10, 2004; movie, television, and Broadway actor; star of Superman; director; founder, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation; lobbied for public health issues; author of Nothing Is Impossible and Still Me; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'74 PhD--Langdon G.Wright of Cooperstown, NY, September 10, 2004; associate professor of history, History Museum Studies Program, SUNY Oneonta; historian; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'75 BA--Joanne Riley Conigliaro of Utica, NY, September 18, 2004; data processing systems supervisor, Utica Nat'l Insurance Group. Delta Delta Delta.

'75 BS Ag--Marcia L. Cota of Anchorage, AK, August 29, 2004; worked at Bell's Nursery.

'75 BS Ag,MS Ag '77--Guido Dingerkus of Goshen, NY, July 21, 2004.

'75 BS Hotel--Juan M. Perez-Gomez of Mexico City,Mexico, July 14, 2004; president, Camino Real Hotels & Resorts; awarded Hotelier of the Year for Latin America by Cornell Hotel Society.

'76 BS Ag--Vivienne E.Harris of Tifton, GA, August 14, 2004; extension service director; horticultural agent; asst. professor of entomology, Cornell U., U. of Georgia, and U. of Queensland, Australia; researcher, BASF; also worked as secretary, United Nations.

'76 JD--Frank L.Newburger III of Huntingdon Valley, PA, September 11, 2004; attorney; public finance specialist; active in community and professional affairs.

'76--Jon A. Sorber of Springville, PA, September 26, 2004; physician; founder, Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Tyler Memorial Hospital.

'77 MCE--William E. Booth of Dover, MA, August 29, 2004; patent attorney; member, Nat'l Equestrian Federation.

'77-78 GR--Timothy C. Choate of Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2004; film, television, and stage actor; appeared in Pearl Harbor, Jefferson in Paris, The Europeans, Ghost Story, and other films; played the role of Zathras on “Babylon 5.”

'77, BA '82--Susan K. Schrick of Kingston, NY,May 23, 2004; special education teacher; author; active in community affairs.

'78 BME--Matthew G.Yenik of Matthews, NC, July 29, 2004; engineer; project manager, IBM; worked on the IBM Selectric Typewriter and ATM machines.

'79 PhD--Larry D. Bustard of Albuquerque, NM, July 2, 2004; physicist, Sandia National Laboratories; expert on safety equipment for nuclear power plants; helped to develop decontaminants against biological and chemical agents; active in community and professional affairs.

'79 M ILR--John R. Collings of Detroit, MI, June 22, 2004; senior advisor, U.A.W. Social Security Dept.

'81 BS Ag,DVM '85--Susan B. Leitzan of West Falls, NY, August 26, 2004; veterinarian, Abbot Road Animal Hospital; Australian shepherd breeder; horsewoman; active in community and professional affairs.

'82 MBA--Neal J. Golub of Northbrook, IL, July 12, 2004; senior loan workout consultant, Harris Trust & Savings Bank.

'83 BA--Gail Dorros Dorfman of Mansfield, MA, June 7, 2004; marketing manager; active in community and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

'86 MD--Harry R.Arlis of Port Washington, NY, August 13, 2004; craniofacial plastic surgeon; asst. professor of clinical surgery and clinical otorhinolaryngology, and director of craniofacial surgery,Weill Cornell Medical College.

'86 BS ILR--Kevin P. Stein of Troy,MI, August 7, 2004.

'88 B Chem E--Bruce E. Bensink of Victor, NY, April 1, 2004; packaging engineering supervisor; veteran.

'88 BA--Michael C. Levine of Camarillo, CA, September 6, 2004; counsel, human resources, Verizon. Theta Chi.

'88 BA--Brian S. Simmons of Bloomington, IL, August 20, 2004; attorney; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'90 BS Ag--Steven J. Bertisch of New City, NY, September 8, 1996. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'94, BA '95--Robert W. Richardson Jr. of Baltimore,MD, January 14, 2004; veterinarian. Sigma Chi.Wife, Karen (Crowley) '94.

'98 MD--Robin L.Mitchell of Little Rock, AR, August 14, 2004; chief resident, neurosurgery, U. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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