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SEP./OCT. 2005 VOLUME 108 NUMBER 2 Alumni Deaths

'21 BS Ag, PhD '25--Luther S.West of Marquette, MI, December 1, 1985.

'28 BA--Dorothy Sloan Cohen of Oakland, CA, October 1, 1998.

'28 BA--Eva Effron Goldin of Morristown, NJ,May 8, 2004; librarian.

'29 BA--Kathryn Mcguire Williams of Plainfield, IN, December 23, 1993.

'33, '34 BA,MD '38--Frederick S. Kinder of San Juan Capistrano, CA,May 13, 2003; physician. Kappa Delta Rho.Wife,Mary (Mitchell) '35.

'34 PhD--Harold L.Haley of Hamilton, OH, August 19, 1997.

'35--Russell J.Anderson of Rochester, NY, September 7, 2002. Beta Theta Pi.

'35 BEE--Frank R. Conace of Scottsdale, AZ, January 7, 1995; electrical engineer. Pi Kappa Phi.

'35 BA--Eleanor Bernhard Laubenstein of Muskogee, OK, formerly of Scarsdale, NY, July 31, 1998. Pi Beta Phi.

'35--Carl B.Whiskeman of Chesterfield,MO, July 28, 2004. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'36-37 GR--John A. Freeman of Beckenham, UK, December 1, 2003.

'36-37 GR--Gerald N. La Grange of Westport, NY, February 23, 2003; retired headmaster, Rye Country Day School; teacher; active in community and professional affairs.

'38--Kenneth J. Clinch of Vernon Center, NY, November 27, 2003; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'38 JD--Charles W. Sutton of Loudonville, NY, August 2, 2004; attorney; veteran.

'39, BA '40--Alice Kennedy Ahern of Storrs, CT,May 8, 2004; former researcher, Assn. of Nat'l Advertisers. Delta Gamma.

'40--J.Winthrop Brown Jr. of Lakewood, CO, December 31, 2001.Wife, Barbara (Warner) '40.

'41 MS, PhD '51--Franklin S. Blanton of Gainesville, FL, April 29, 2004; medical entomologist; professor emeritus, U. of Florida; veteran; author; active in professional affairs.

'42 MEd--John E. Bills of Rochester, NY,March 24, 2002.

'42 BS Ag--F. Philip Hoag Jr. of Wingdale, NY, June 1, 2001.

'43 BA,MA '45--Mildred Schulman Ross of Chatham, NY, September 7, 2003. Husband,Michael Ross '42, DVM '45.

'43--Everett R. Schieven of Webster, NY, February 14, 2004; building contractor;Webster School employee; veteran.

'43 BEE--Douglas B.Whitney of Lexington, MA, September 22, 2004; electrical engineer. Theta Xi.Wife, Elspeth (Paterson) '40.

'44 BME--William S. Brucker of Baltimore,MD,May 8, 2004. Kappa Delta Rho.

'44, BS Ag '47, PhD '55--Charles R. Freitag of Cheverly,MD, January 31, 2002; retired botanist.

'45--Franklin W. Broadwell of Waterport, NY, August 22, 2004. Alpha Zeta.

'46--Jerry E.DuMont of Malone, NY, October 25, 2003.

'46 MEd, EdD '56--Harold J.Keeler of New Braunfels, TX, formerly of Jacksonville, AL, February 24, 2004; retired educator, SUNY Oswego and U. of South Florida, Tampa.

'46 BA--Stephen A. Tower of Houston, TX, November 7, 2000; petroleum entrepreneur; founder, Ranger Markets; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'46 MS HE--Alice Collings Ward of Oakland, CA, August 12, 2004.

'48 MS, PhD '51--Kenneth P. Coffin of Oberlin, OH,May 9, 2004; retired from NASA Lewis Research Center.Wife, Frances (Dunkle), PhD '50.

'49 MS HE--Edna E. Busekist of Mankato, MN, July 4, 1999; home economist.

'49-50 GR--Donald F. Clapp of Rochester, NY, August 16, 2002.

'49 JD--James J. Clinch Jr. of Westbury, NY, October 24, 1999; retired professor, Nassau Community College.

'49 BS Hotel, MS Ag '50--Ray W.Hurd of Boulder, CO, January 29, 1999. Phi Kappa Sigma.Wife, Angelina (Wessels) '41.

'49 BME--John T. Synnestvedt of Bryn Athyn, PA, October 8, 2004; patent and intellectual property attorney; active in professional and religious affairs.

'50 BCE--Roger D. Brown of Columbus, OH, April 25, 2004; civil engineer; retired exec. vice president, Central Nat'l Bank; veteran; active in community affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

'50 PhD--Norbert J. Foecking of Chardon, OH,May 16, 2004.

'50 BS ILR--Robert B.Grider of Pompton Lakes, NJ,March 21, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'50 BS Hotel--Kenneth O. Short of Denver, CO, September 5, 1978. Pi Kappa Phi.

'51 BA--Mary Mundy Arillo of Allenwood, NJ, December 6, 2002; homemaker; active in religious affairs. Kappa Delta.

'51--Robert H. Boynton of San Mateo, CA, June 9, 2004; food broker.

'51--Reo A.Hall of Williamstown, NY, February 19, 2003.

'51 BS Ag--Donald M. Robinson of Hampstead, NC, November 20, 2004; engineer, Borg Warner Corp. and Federal Paper; veteran; bagpiper; active in community and religious affairs.

'51-52 GR--Philip Shuchman of Hollywood, FL, November 28, 2004; emeritus professor, Rutgers U. School of Law, Newark; expert on empirical research.

'51--Clyde D. Tomboulian of Lincoln, AR, October 20, 2002; electrician; plumber; active in community and religious affairs.Wife, Norma (Lamb) '51.

'51 PhD--George Q.Williams of Lewes, DE, August 11, 2004.

'52 BS HE--Mozelle Rumery Coe of Norfolk, VA, September 1, 1988. Alpha Phi. Husband, Robert S. Coe '51, BME '53.

'52, BCE '53, MCE '57--Herman A.J. Kuhn of Madison, WI, November 5, 2004; forensic scientist; professor emeritus, civil and environmental engineering, U. of Wisconsin; veteran. Tau Beta Phi.

'52 MArch--Albert L.Williams Jr. of Montgomery, AL, January 11, 2004; architect; owner, Albert L.Williams Assoc.; active in professional affairs.

'54 BS Ag--Edward H. Barton of Eustis, FL, August 27, 2002; district sales manager. Sigma Nu.

'55 BA--Judith L.Greenfield of New York City, November 21, 2004; news researcher, New York Times; active in alumni affairs.

'56 M Ed--Angela Delleplane Block (Mrs. James D., PhD '54) of New York City, November 7, 2004; retired psychologist.

'56 GR--Carmen Daines Fredrickson of Logan, UT, January 3, 1983.

'57, BS Hotel '58--Samuel C. Bookbinder Jr. of King of Prussia, PA, December 24, 2004; restaurateur; owner, Bookbinder's 15th Street Seafood House in Philadelphia; partner in many seafood restaurants; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'57 MS HE--Morell Johnson Darko of Rome, GA, June 12, 2004.

'57 BA--Lois Ernstoff Stekler of Bethesda, MD, November 25, 2004; active in religious and alumni affairs.

'58 BA--Mary Coombs Florentine of Cherry Hill, NJ, February 25, 2004; worked for Wee Love.

'59 BS HE--Ann Byrne Miniutti of Bryn Mawr, PA, November 8, 2004; director, Lehigh U. Centennial School. Husband, John R.Miniutti '58, BME '59.

'59 PhD--Herbert Rosenkranz of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, November 27, 2004; biochemist; pioneered predictive toxicology; former chair, dept. of environmental and occupational health, U. of Pittsburgh; also taught at Columbia, Case Western Reserve, and Florida Atlantic universities; active in professional affairs.

'59--Richard G. Talboys of Miami, FL, June 20, 2000. Pi Kappa Phi.

'63 BS Ag--David W.Nickles of Ghent, NY, June 13, 2004.

'64-66 GR--Peter D.Mollemet of Memphis, TN, November 18, 2004; engineer; national bridge tournament director; manager of internet services, American Contract Bridge League.

'65, BS Ag '66--Frank C. Brundage Jr. of Rushville, NY, November 30, 2004.

'66 PhD--Michael Cohen of San Francisco, CA,May 19, 2004.

'67 PhD--H. Lewis McKinney of Lawrence, KS, February 5, 2004.

'68 BA--Thomas A. Bodden of Wailuku, HI, February 29, 2004; attorney. Alpha Delta Phi.

'69, BArch '70--Joel L. Bostick of Syracuse, NY, November 8, 2004; professor, Syracuse U. School of Architecture.

'69 PhD--John L. Edwards Jr. of Burlington, NC, August 4, 2003; microbiologist; veteran.

'70 PhD--Frederick C. Drake of Peterborough, Ontario, June 18, 2002; history professor, Brock U.

'72--Brenda J. Fitzgerald of Richmond, VA, November 18, 2004; retired project manager, AVAYA Systems.

'73 BEE, MEE '74--Richard N.Wilson of Shelburne, VT, November 24, 2004; electrical engineer, IBM; active in community affairs. Delta Chi.

'73 JD--Sherwin V.Wittman II of Colorado Springs, CO, November 5, 2004; attorney.

'74 PhD--Cyril E. Sagan of Volant, PA, September 22, 2004; professor emeritus of chemistry, Slippery Rock U.; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'79 MS Ag--Jerry H.Mulcahy of Crompond, NY, November 21, 2004; owner,Mulcahy's Gardening Service.

'79 PhD--Kenneth W. Schaar of Ruston, LA, December 1, 2003; professor, Louisiana Tech.

'81--David E. Choquette of Foster, RI, July 17, 2002. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'81 JD--Joseph T. Rotondo of Phoenix, AZ, November 28, 2004; real estate attorney, City of Phoenix, AZ.

'86 PhD--Juan A. Pastor of San José, Costa Rica, November 29, 2004; associate professor, U. de Costa Rica; expert on high-strength concrete; owner, banana plantation; active in professional affairs. Chi Epsilon.

'87--Nimish V. Oza of Houston, TX, September 15, 1994.

'87 BS Ag--Jonathan S.Weinstein of Doylestown, PA, November 28, 2004; owner, home entertainment system business; active in community affairs. Delta Phi.

'89 PhD--Robert J. Carsky of Washington, DC, November 6, 2004; soil scientist and crop researcher; worked on humanitarian aid in Ivory Coast and other West African countries; former Peace Corps officer; active in community affairs.Wife, Rebecca (Khelseau), PhD '85.

'89 BS Ag--Jeffrey J. Seymour of Buffalo, NY, January 15, 1997.

'89 BS Ag--Philip A. Zach of Spencer, NY, December 20, 2004.

'03--Jordan A. Ressler of La Jolla, CA, November 17, 2004; film studies major; worked for La Jolla Playhouse.

'04 GR--Nilanjan Banerjee of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 26, 2004; Johnson School graduate student.

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