Alumni Deaths
JUL./AUG. 2006 VOLUME 109 NUMBER 1

'23 BS HE--Eva Peplinski Drumm of Niverville, NY, July 5, 1969.

'24--Frederick C. Porter Jr. of Sarasota, FL, August 2, 2005. Delta Phi.

'26 BA--Sara Rubin Baron of Woodbridge, CT, July 18, 2005; retired from Stuyvesant High School; active in alumni affairs.

'27 BA--Ethyl Goldstein Alper of New York City, August 13, 2002; attorney; former president, American Inst. of Decorators; active in community affairs.

'27--Allen H. Nelson of Adams Basin, NY, December 19, 1994. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'28 BA--Samuel C. Jones of Newtown Square, PA, November 1, 2005; chemical engineer; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'29--Katheryn Worster Barbour of Darnestown, MD, January 28, 2003.

'32, BS HE '33--Esther Halsey Otteman of Canandaigua, NY,May 8, 2005; retired high school home economics teacher.

'32 BA, MS '33--William E. Persbacker of St. Albans, WV, October 2, 2005; retired from Union Carbide; active in community and religious affairs.

'32 BS Ag, PhD '36--Richard C. Ringrose of Troy, NY, October 30, 2005; taught at U. of New Hampshire and Clemson College; active in civic affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. Wife, Helen (Schroeder) '32.

'33--Ruth Rabstein Pellettieri of Princeton, NJ, November 4, 2005; workers' compensation attorney; member of defense team, “Trenton Six” case; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'33 BS HE--Norma Kenfield Pieters of Sun City, AZ, November 3, 2005; active in alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'33 BS Ag, M Ed '65--Amy Tobey Russell of Ithaca, NY, November 7, 2005; asst. professor emeritus, SUNY Cortland; active in community and professional affairs.

'34 BS HE--Winifred Mulligan Cary of Queensbury, NY, February 27, 2005. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'34--Janice Buckley Lynch of Greenwich, NY, November 4, 2005; homemaker; active in community affairs. Alpha Phi.

'34-37 SP Ag--Charles A. Storie of Syracuse, NY, November 5, 2005; safety inspector, NYS Dept. of Labor; veteran. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'35 BA--Carl H. Ahrens of Hackettstown, NJ, September 10, 2005; owner,Mecke & Co.; active in community and religious affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'35 BS Ag, PhD '39--George E. Brandow of Sarasota, FL, November 28, 2005; professor emeritus, agricultural economics, Penn State U.; veteran.Wife, Adelaide (Wade) '36.

'35 BA, LLB '37--Harold D. Cohen of Washington, DC, November 14, 2005; retired attorney; active in community and religious affairs.

'35--Robert D.Mulholland of Hamburg, NY, September 27, 2005; supervisor, Open Hearth Div., Bethlehem Steel Corp.; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'35--Harvey G. Starkey of Ft.Worth, TX, January 25, 2005; retired project engineer, General Dynamics; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

'36 BS HE--BarbaraWilson Bebbington of Evans, GA, June 1, 1986.

'36 BA--Edward J. Doyle Jr. of Englewood, FL, June 18, 2004. Theta Delta Chi.

'36 BS Ag--Lewis M. French of Pulteney, NY, August 10, 2004.

'36 MS Ag, PhD '38--Tull N. Gearreald of Norfolk, VA, November 1, 2004. Alpha Zeta.

'37 BA--Dorothy Houghton Grady of Bethel, VT, June 10, 2005; retired librarian. Kappa Delta.

'37 BS HE--Eloise Grant Jones (Mrs. Paul B. '30, MS '35) of Lexington, KY, September 3, 2004; home economics teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

'37--John A. Joseph Jr. of Williamsville, NY, February 2, 2005. Delta Chi.

'37 BA--Phyllis Gronich Rosenberg of Amherst, MA, January 21, 2005; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'37--Stephen R. Snajczuk of Buffalo, NY, October 17, 2003; restaurant owner; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'38 BA--Richard H. Brelos of Minnetonka, MN, October 16, 2005; veteran; active in community affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'38 BS Ag--Paul W. Christner of Pavillion, NY, July 3, 2005; active in alumni affairs.

'38, BA '40--George Engles Jr. of Woods Hole, MA, November 8, 2005; pianist and composer; veteran. Seal & Serpent.

'38 JD--Richard C.Mitchell of Oswego, NY, October 21, 2005; attorney; senior partner, Mitchell, Mitchell and Palmer; active in community and professional affairs.

'38 BS HE, MS HE '47--Wilhelmina Mazar Satina of Phoenix, AZ, June 27, 2005; high school teacher; musician; writer; active in community and alumni affairs.

'39, BS Ag '40--Howard I. Cobb of McDonough, NY, September 1, 2005.

'39 MCE--Edward H. Dillon of Dickson, TN, November 16, 2005; retired colonel, Army Corps of Engineers; active in professional and religious affairs.

'39 MS--Col. Linwood E. Funchess of Auburn, AL, October 21, 2005; director, Buildings and Grounds, Auburn U.; retired Army officer; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'39 BArch--Frank L.McAleavey of Ft.Worth, TX, October 22, 2005; architect; also worked for the Army Corps of Engineers; active in community affairs. Theta Chi.

'39 BS Ag--Margaret Pearce Stark of Westhampton, NJ, July 27, 2005. Husband, Oliver J. Stark '39.

'40 MA--Catherine Hemphill Brown (Mrs. Stuart M. Jr. '37, PhD '42) of Brattleboro, VT, and Ithaca, NY, October 5, 2005; raised giant Schnauzers; active in civic and community affairs.

'40 Pardon W. Cornell of North Dartmouth, MA, June 1, 2005.

'40--Jane Lontz Stern of Fargo, ND, October 25, 2005; active in civic and community affairs.

'40-41 SP Ag--Lee M.Warner of Rainbow Lake, NY, October 23, 2001.Wife, Alice (Schrader) '47.

'41, BME '42--Harry K. Crandall of Sayre, PA, September 28, 2005; clinic manager, Guthrie Clinic; veteran; active in religious affairs.

'41 M Ed--Edward A. Doolan of Sarasota, FL, November 10, 2005.

'41 BS Ag--Carl S. Salmon Jr. of Manzanita, OR, formerly of Amsterdam, NY, July 2, 2005; retired attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'42 BME--Robert M. Coors of Palos Verdes Estates, CA, January 15, 2004; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'42 LLB--Nelson C. Doland Jr. of Boonton, NJ, November 24, 2005; attorney for Boonton Township; municipal judge; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'42 BS Ag, BME '48--Arthur B. Dutky of Idaho Falls, ID, formerly of Omaha, NE, November 12, 2005; aerospace engineer; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'42--Robert S. Edgar of Randolph, NY, June 20, 2000.

'42 BEE--Francis E. Gruen of Tonawanda, NY, October 25, 2005; mortgage banker; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'42 BME--Harry M. St. John Jr. of Avon, CT, November 16, 2005; inventor, reverse-thrust propeller; sales manager, Hamilton Standard; active in community affairs. Sigma Nu.

'42 BS Ag--Ilese Powell Symonds (Mrs. Paul S., PhD '43) of Needham, MA, June 22, 2005.

'43--James K. Elderkin Jr. of Wexford, PA, November 6, 2005; stockbroker; salesman; veteran; active in alumni affairs.

'43 BA--George C.Henckel Jr. of Albuquerque, NM, March 4, 2005. Kappa Sigma.

'43, BS Ag '46--John J. Kahabka of Bath, NY, August 14, 2004. Cayuga Lodge.

'43 BME--George B. Marchev of Mountain Lakes, NJ, November 2, 2005; president, Metro Sign & Engraving; owner, Gordos Int'l; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

'43 BA--Grace Reinhardt McQuillan of Hartsdale, NY, November 10, 2005; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi.

'43--C. Leigh Moyer Jr. of Haverford, PA, October 4, 2005; retired investment banker; veteran; active in community affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.

'43 BS Ag--Joyce W. Sumner of Bridgewater Corners, VT, July 12, 2005; assoc. professor emeritus, U. of Vermont Extension Service; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'43 B Chem E--William H. Tilley of New Bern, NC, June 2, 2005.Wife, Jean (Cooper) '46.

'43 BA--Helen AbeloffWeinberg of Arlington, VA, October 30, 2005; supervising medical social worker,Westchester County Medical Center; active in civic and community affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

'43 BA, LLB '47--Evan S.Williams of Troy, PA, April 5, 2005; attorney; retired presiding judge, Court of Common Pleas, Bradford County, PA; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.Wife, A. Louise (Eadie) '44.

'44 BME--Albert Beehler Jr. of Baltimore, MD, November 8, 2005; area manager, Fischer & Porter; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'44--Leland R. Crawford Jr. of Ithaca, NY, November 16, 2005; agronomist, Cornell U.; active in community affairs.

'44 BME--William Nachbar of La Jolla, CA, October 24, 2005; professor of applied mechanics, UC San Diego; taught at Stanford U.; worked on the Polaris missile and the Boeing 707; veteran; active in professional affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'44, BA '47--Roscoe C. Rose of North Bellmore, NY, October 6, 2004.Wife, Nina (Kuzmich) '45.

'44 BME--Max J. Stierstorfer Jr. of Allentown, PA, October 30, 2005; physician; clinical director of medicine, Allentown Bureau of Health; veteran; active in community affairs.

'44 BEE--Howard G. Turner of Atherton, CA, August 14, 2005.

'45--Chester J. Brown of Tucson, AZ, August 25, 2005; worked for General Electric; asst. professor, U. of Arizona; taught at U. of New Mexico, Carlsbad; co-owner, Largo Intercoastal Marina; veteran. Alpha Tau Omega.

'45--William M. Selden of Los Angeles, CA, March 1, 2005; developer, COBOL computer language; co-founder, GEVA Theatre in Rochester, NY. Alpha Zeta.

'46, BME '48--John P. Bagby of Anaheim, CA, December 11, 2004; consultant. Phi Gamma Delta.

'46--Mary L. Barrott of Marco Island, FL, November 29, 2005.

'46 MS Ag--Elmer E. Clapp Jr. of Vero Beach, FL, November 4, 2005; director of sire procurement, Eastern Breeders; professor, Canton's Agricultural and Technical Inst.

'46 MS HE, Ed D '60--F. June Clarke of Williamsville, NY, November 20, 2005; retired home economics professor, SUNY Buffalo; active in professional affairs.

'46-48 SP Ag--James E. Egan of Lecanto, FL, November 14, 2005; retired from the Farmers Home Admin.; dairy farmer; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'46 BEE--Roy S. Griffin of San Diego, CA, April 15, 2005.

'46 BEE--Alfred L. Koup of Southbury, CT, November 11, 2005; engineer, Sikorsky Aircraft; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'46 BA, MD '49--Barbara Simpson Robertson of Lake Forest Park,WA, January 1, 2005; physician. Pi Beta Phi.

'46 BEE--John J. Sweeney of Greensboro, NC, October 27, 2005; worked for Bell Labs and Western Electric; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'47 BA--Stuart O. Austin of Ashland, OR, April 3, 1998; worked for ITT. Phi Sigma Kappa.

'47, BME '45--William H. Blew Jr. of Florence, SC, June 20, 2002. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'47--Loretta Garrahan Jordan of Paoli, PA, October 28, 2005; worked at Safeguard Business Systems; active in community affairs.

'47 BS Nurs--Dorothy W. Smith of Elizabeth, NY, October 2, 2005; professor emerita of nursing, Rutgers U.; active in professional and religious affairs.

'47, BS HE '46--Erva VosburghWalsh of Griffin, GA,May 29, 2004. Kappa Delta.

'47 BA--Alice NewmanWenzel of Manhasset, NY, October 31, 2005; family therapist.

'48 BEE--Myron Cohen of New York City, October 9, 2005; active in alumni affairs.

'48 BS Ag--Lillian B. Goldstick of San Francisco, CA, May 17, 2005; legal logistics coordinator, California Inst. of Realtors.

'48 BS HE--Ruth Skolnick Hollander of Boynton Beach, FL, February 27, 200.

'48--Jerome M. Kutner of Portland, OR, April 3, 2005.

'48, BS Ag '51--Donald R. Laitin of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, December 10, 2004.

'48 BS Ag--E. Michael Pollack of Southborough, MA, November 8, 2005; retired chief game biologist, Mass. Division of Fisheries and Game; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 BEE--Arthur L.Yehle of Milledgeville, GA, October 19, 2005; director, Small Business Inst., Bunting School of Business, Georgia College and State U.; taught at the U. of Memphis; veteran. Sigma Chi.

'49 MBA--Kenneth S. Colmen of Redwood City, CA,May 9, 2005.

'49, BA '48--Jean M. Edgerton of Venice, FL, June 15, 2000.

'49 BS ILR--Richard N. Goldstein of Spencertown, NY, October 26, 2005; attorney; VP for labor relations, NBC; veteran; active in civic and alumni affairs.Watermargin.

'49 BS HE--Geraldine Hanks Mesick of Castleton, NY, November 27, 2005; partner & finance mgr., Gem Farms; active in community and professional affairs. Husband, George E. Mesick Jr., SP Ag '47-49.

'50 BEE--Donald S. Byron of Ithaca, NY, November 4, 2005; active in alumni affairs.

'50 BA--Charles N. Eckert of Melbourne, FL, October 12, 2005; active in alumni affairs.

'50 BS Ag--Hervey D. Forward III of Elbridge, NY, November 5, 2005; branch manager, J.I. Case Co.; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'50 BCE--Charles B. Grimshaw of Sutter Creek, CA, April 14, 2004. Delta Phi.

'50 BA--Joseph B. Kirkland Jr. of Leander, TX, November 8, 2005. Delta Upsilon.

'50 BA--Arno H. Nehrling Jr. of Timonium, MD, August 23, 2005. Kappa Sigma.

'50 BA--Wilson E. Sensenbach of Honeoye Falls, NY, November 5, 2005; retired lieutenant commander, US Naval Reserves; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'51 MBA--E. John Caruso of Albuquerque, NM, October 12, 2005; consultant, E.J. Caruso Corp.; veteran; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'51 BME--Richard L. Freeman of Little Valley, NY, November 2, 2005; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'51 BA--Daniel Leschak of Tucson, AZ, October 30, 2005; aerospace engineer; also worked for the CIA; veteran; active in community affairs.

'51--Henry W. Rittscher of Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 20, 2005; marketing advisor. Phi Gamma Delta.

'52 BS Ag--Michael A. Akintomide, formerly of Nigeria, December 1, 2001.

'52-53 GR--Robert E.Brown of La Mesa, CA,November 29, 2005;musicologist; expert on gamelan music; taught at Wesleyan U., California Inst. of the Arts, the Center for World Music, and San Diego State U.; author; veteran; his is the last recording on the Voyager's interstellar record.

'52 BME--Donald D. Campbell of Cincinnati, OH, October 2, 2005; manufacturer's representative, Rouse Marketing; veteran.

'52, BME '53--Robert S. Critchfield of Garden Grove, CA, June 12, 2005. Theta Xi.

'52--Charles C. Ford of Cohasset, MA, November 21, 2005; owner,Waterproofing Co.; veteran; active in community affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

'52--Mary Hart Forseman of Bay City, MI, June 24, 2002.

'52, BME '53--Leonard J. Kraska of Mountain View, CA, October, 9, 2005; mechanical engineer.

'52 , BCE '53--James G. Scott Jr. of Baldwinsville, NY, January 10, 2005; VP, East Syracuse Minoa CSD; active in religious affairs. Chi Epsilon.Wife, Leona (Kaiser) '51.

'53, BS Ag '56--Sherman R. Knapp Jr. of Cincinnati, OH, June 22, 2004; general product manager, R.A. Jones & Co. Lambda Chi Alpha.Wife, Jacqueline (Horn) '55.

'53--Robert M.Maloney of Houston, TX, April 22, 2005; retired, Borden Inc. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'53 BS Ag--Harry A. Turunen of Baldwinsville, NY, January 18, 2005; worked for P&C Foods; veteran; active in community affairs.

'54-56 SP Ag--Donald K. Adair Jr. of Oneonta, NY, December 2, 2004; worked for Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals; veteran; active in religious affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'54 BS HE--Beulah Nyhart Fromm of Sun City West, AZ, November 9, 2005; home economics teacher; active in community and professional affairs.

'54--Charles H. Larson of Santa Maria, CA, November 23, 2004; owner, Larson Decorating.

'55 PhD--Jaroslav M. Burian of Albany, NY, August 25, 2005; professor emeritus, SUNY Albany Dept. of Theatre; veteran; author; active in artistic, community, and professional affairs.

'55, BCE '56--Henry M. Cochran of Williamsburg, VA, November 11, 2005; exec. director, Peninsula Planning Dist. Comm.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Sigma Chi.

'56 BS ILR--Herbert N. Bernhardt of Charlottesville, VA, June 11, 2002.Watermargin.

'56 BS HE--Myrna Zerlin Mendelssohn of Thousand Oaks, CA, May 8, 2000.

'56 BS ILR--David K. Orselet of West Chester, PA, October 23, 2005; General Electric executive.

'56 PhD--Harley J. Otto of Mesa, AZ, November 24, 2005; agronomist; active in community and professional affairs.

'56 BS Ag--Martin J.Wunderlich Pel-Or of Netanya, Israel, November 20, 2005; Israeli guide.Wife, Susan (Cohen) '59.

'57 BS Nurs--Patricia Rudolph Desposito of South Orange, NJ, November 6, 2002; registered nurse.

'57--Edward C. Evans of Pittsburgh, PA, January 29, 2000.

'57 B Chem E--Fred G. Jones Jr. of Alma, MI, November 13, 2005; metallurgist; expert on magnets; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.Wife, Joan (Ellis) '59.

'58--John C. T. Church of New York City, October 27, 2005; linguist. Theta Chi.

'58 JD--John J. Fitzgerald of Cortland, NY, July 28, 2005.

'58 BA--Janet Hoffman Gardner of White Plains, NY, November 25, 2005; editor. Sigma Delta Tau.

'58 BS HE--Barbara Hauck Yates of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 30, 2004; retired consultant. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, Edward M. Yates '58.

'59 BA, MD '66--H. David Kearing of Brackney, PA, September 9, 2005; ob/gyn; veteran; active in religious and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'60 MArch--Douglas C.Holtkamp of Pinehurst, NC, April 17, 2005; active in alum-ni affairs.

'60 BA--Karl E.Walther of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, October 13, 2005. Alpha Delta Phi.

'61, BME '62--Robert P. Guerre of Conroe, TX, December 3, 2004. Kappa Alpha.

'61 BS Ag--John F.Hosmer of Stockton, CA, September 8, 2004. Delta Tau Delta.

'61 MBA--James D.Massey of Issaquah,WA,March 18, 2005; systems manager, Boeing Co.

'63 BA--Carl S. Apstein of Waban, MA, November 8, 2005; cardiologist; professor, Boston U. School of Medicine; musician; active in professional affairs.

'63, BS Ag '64--Terrance D. Blumer of Jordan, NY, November 4, 2005; dairy farmer. Zeta Psi.

'63, BS Mat Sci '65--Lorentz A. Johanson Jr. of Bethel Park, PA, July 13, 2005. Sigma Chi.

'64 MBA--Brian E. Pattison of Hanover, NH, February 4, 2005; VP finance, Traditional Mgmt. Co.; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.Wife, Anne (Warren) '64.

'66--John E. Swanstrom Jr. of Duluth, MN,May 28, 2002. Chi Psi.

'66--John J. Tobin of White Plains, NY,March 1, 1994. Chi Phi.

'68 BS Ag--Warren A. Palmatier Jr. of Congers, NY, April 7, 2005; director of operations, Orange & Rockland Utility Co.; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

'68 BS ILR--Susan Tenenbaum of Forest Hills, NY, June 21, 2004.

'71 JD--Melvin Ditman of Woodbridge, CT, September 24, 2005; attorney.Wife, Lynne (Kornreich), GR '69-70.

'71 BS Nurs--Mary Ann Hubicki Streck of Cape Coral, FL, November 28, 2005; nurse.

'72 PhD--Robert E. Tillman of Rock Stream, NY,May 31, 2005.

'73 BS ORIE, MBA '74--Paul J. Connell of Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2005; attorney; specialist in international mergers and acquisitions; active in professional affairs. Sigma Pi.

'74, BS Ag '78--Douglas C.VanderPoest of Melbourne, FL, November 11, 2005; owner, pest control business; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'75--Gary D. Graves of Franklin, MA, November 5, 2004; owner, G Square Construction; also worked for Texas Instruments.

'79 BS Ag--George W. A. Booker of New York City, October 25, 2000.

'79--Kevin P. Doyle of Brighton, MA, February 12, 1998.

'79 BS Nurs--Jeanne M.Hausser of Brooklyn, NY, June 20, 1998; nurse.

'79--Phyllis D.Hooke of Montclair, NJ, September 18, 2002.

'79--Ron P. Kendric of El Cajon, CA, October 29, 2004.

'79 BEE--Michael R. Leibowitz of San Francisco, CA, August 31, 1992.

'79, BS Ag '83--Halroye A. Lewars of Corona, NY, September 4, 1995.

'79--Brian O. Peteler of Marlton, NJ, June 15, 2005; financial manager, New Market Power; active in community affairs. '79 BS HE--Amerigo V.Vetrano of Bronx, NY, August 1, 1979.

'81 BA--Jeffrey A. Avizinis of Palm Bay, FL, November 6, 2005; software engineer.

'81 BS Ag--Daniel D. Datthyn of Williamson, NY, June 15, 2004; fruit grower; manager,Wayne County Pest Co-op; active in religious affairs.

'84 DVM--Ronnie M. Cain of Greenwood, DE, October 23, 2004; veterinarian; active in community and professional affairs.Wife,Mary (Eagle) '80, DVM '84.

'84 PhD--CandaceWidmer of Ithaca, NY,November 23, 2005; taught at Elmira College; expert on human services and public policy; lecturer in cell biology,Mansfield State U.; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'85 BS Ag--Pamela Horn Davenport of Suffield, CT, November 20, 2005; active in community and religious affairs.

'85 BA, MD '89--John A.Hinck of November 3, 2005; physician.

'86 BS Ag--Young U. Lim of Mill Neck, NY, January 23, 2005. Cayuga Lodge.

'96 BA--Daniel E. Rich of New York City, November 16, 2005; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.