Alumni Deaths
MAR./APR. 2007 VOLUME 109 NUMBER 5

'30 BA--Arthur Bernstein of Miami, FL, April 17, 2006; active in alumni affairs.

'33 BA--Lt. Col. Alfred W. Bennett of Camarillo, CA, February 10, 2006; chemist for A&P; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

'33 BA--Edward O. Berkman of Santa Barbara, CA,May 12, 2006; screenwriter of Bedtime for Bonzo, Fear Strikes Out, Cast A Giant Shadow, and other movies; author of To Seize the Passing Dream, Sabra, and other books; journalist; Balkan-Middle East Chief of the US Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service in WWII; information director, UN Appeal for Children; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'38--Alan Smith of Pittsford, NY, April 21, 2006; retired from RG&E; active in civic and community affairs.

'39 BS HE--Margaret Schuman Green (Mrs. Egbert T. '40) of Fairport, NY,March 24, 2006; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'40--James E.Hanshaw of Ithaca, NY,May 3, 2006; union carpenter, Cornell U.; veteran; active in community affairs.

'40 BS HE--Virginia Pease Panzarella of Fayetteville, NY,May 9, 2006; high school home economics teacher; nutritionist; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'41 BA, JD '47--Jules A.Wiener of Savannah, GA, April 10, 2006; attorney; veteran; active in community affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'42 BEE--Beatrice Mead Hagedorn (Mrs. Alfred A. '42, BME '47) of Woodland Park, CO, May 4, 2006; vice president, Mid-Colorado Investment Co.; active in alumni affairs.

'44--Siegfried G. Bohle of Schenectady, NY, April 19, 1993; industrial engineer, General Electric.

'44 BS Hotel--Margaret McCaffrey Kappa of White Sulphur Springs, WV, May 8, 2006; hotelier; director of housekeeping, the Greenbrier resort; consultant; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'44 BS HE--Wynn Ogle Somers of Marco Island, FL, April 9, 2006.

'45, BS '44, BCH '47--Howard J. Sanders of Washington, DC, January 21, 2006; chemical engineer.

'46 BS HE--Elizabeth Hausheer Dunwoody of Englewood, FL,May 1, 2006; active in religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

'46 PhD--William E. Reed of Greensboro, NC, April 12, 2006; retired foreign service officer; active in religious affairs.

'48 BS Ag--Donald R.Holmes of San Jacinto, CA, January 24, 2006; retired, Donglo Enterprises; active in alumni affairs.

'51, BCE '52--Ralph M. Baumgarten of Jackson Heights, NY,March 19, 2005; active in alumni affairs. Chi Epsilon.

'51--Elizabeth Grimm Hague of Pennington, NJ, September 13, 2005; active in alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'51 MA--Kenneth V. Koeppel of Tonawanda, NY, May 5, 2006; retired sales executive; economics instructor, U. of Buffalo and Millard Fillmore College; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'51 BS Ag--Norman D. Ronemus of Fresno, CA,May 1, 2006; agriculturist; owner, Ag Forensics. Theta Xi.

'51 BS Ag--Lt. Col. Ernest A. Schmid of Goldsboro, NC, April 28, 2006; retired US Air Force officer; real estate agent; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'52 PhD--Lewis F.Crabtree of Crickhowell, England,May 8, 2006; Sir George White chair of aerospace engineering, Bristol U.; researcher, Royal Aircraft Establishment; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'52 MS--Frank Kupka of Lummi Island,WA, January 3, 2006.

'52 M Ed--Michael T. Orinik of Binghamton, NY, January 15, 2005; retired chemistry professor, Broome Community College; IBM consultant; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'53 BME--Richard A. Lee ofWorcester, MA,May 7, 2006; retired vice president,Wachusett Molding Corp.; past owner, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of New London, CT; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'53-54 SP Ag--Richard W. Scharf of Westfield, NY, April 11, 2003.

'53--Dorothy Sturdevant Stahl of San Diego, CA, June 4, 2003; worked for San Diego County.

'53, BME '54--John R. Swenk of Port Jefferson, NY, April 28, 2006; retired systems engineer, Grumman Aerospace Corp.; veteran.

'54 PhD--Louis A. Ploch of Gainesville, FL, formerly of Orono, ME, December 11, 2003; professor emeritus of sociology, U. of Maine; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'55 PhD--Floyd L. Corty of Baton Rouge, LA, April 6, 2006; professor emeritus of agricultural economics, Louisiana State U.; evaluated agricultural development projects, USDA; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.

'56 BA--Peter Haritatos Jr. of Rome, NY, April 24, 2006; physician; director, Court St. Clinic, Utica; partner, Internist Group of Rome; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'56 JD--Kenneth G. Orvis of Rensselaer, NY, June 9, 2005; attorney; counsel, Rensselaer County Dept. of Social Svcs.; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'57 BS Nurs--Shelby D.Decker of Pittsfield, MA,May 8, 2006; director of intensive, coronary, and respiratory care units, Berkshire Medical Center; active in professional affairs.

'57 BS HE, MS HE '59--Jacqueline Mahl Egerton of Forest Hill, MD, June 14, 2005; nursery school teacher. Husband, Benjamin G. Egerton '57.

'57, BS AEP, MS '60--David A. Goldberg of Walnut Creek, CA, April 2, 2006; staff scientist emeritus, Lawrence Berkeley Labs.

'57, B Chem E '58--Bernard S.Horton of Cambridge, MA,May 8, 2006; chemical engineer; founder and president, Horton Int'l; also worked for Boeing, Avco, and Abcor; helped to found the National Rowing Assn.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Triangle.

'57 BS Hotel--Lory M. Johnston of Plantation, FL, May 5, 2006; restaurateur; former owner, the Elbo Room, Ft. Lauderdale; CFO, American Heritage School; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'57 BFA--Dorothy F.Meese of Buffalo, NY, August 9, 2005.

'59, BEE '60--Karl A. Foster of Brookline, MA, February 17, 2006; retired account manager. Psi Upsilon.

'59 BA--Frayda Seifer Oston of Albuquerque, NM, April 29, 2006; executive VP, Brannen Brothers; active in community affairs.

'60 MA--Katherine Monsees Gaudreau of Webster, NY, April 4, 2006.

'60-61 SP Ag--James R.Hunter of Theresa, NY, April 30, 2005.

'61 BA--Justine George Fowler of Oshkosh, WI, May 3, 2006; director of advertising, Northwest Environmental Systems; dairy farmer; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Pi Beta Phi. Husband, Paul E. Fowler '58.

'63 BS Ag--Stuart D. Lamb of Cobleskill, NY,May 11, 2006; taught agricultural business, SUNY Cobleskill; founder, Lamb's Crop Services; agriculture educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'63 BS Nurs--Mary A. Sawko of Binghamton, NY, April 4, 2005.

'64 MA--Pandam Guritno of Jakarta, Indonesia, September 14, 2001; university lecturer.

'67 MBA--William E. Lewis of East Northport, NY, August 6, 2005; massage therapist.

'68 MPA--Lawrence E. Kucken of Dyer, IN, August 23, 2005; senior research analyst, Health Care Financing Admin.

'69, BS Ag '71--Lee C. Beardsley of Phoenix, NY,May 10, 2006; retired medical technologist. Alpha Phi Delta.

'69, BS Hotel '70--H. Phillip Conrad Jr. of Scottsdale, AZ,May 4, 2006; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'69 MA--Edward L. Dinnall of Fruitland Park, FL, May 11, 2006; principal and teacher, Jamaican educational system; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'69 BS HE--Leslie Rosen Schweiger of Nashua, NH,May 3, 2006; founder, Creative Promotional Products; Estée Lauder counter manager; active in community affairs.

'72 BME--Charles M. Perrella of Valley Cottage, NY, May 7, 2005; president, Trexis Inc.; gemologist; active in community and religious affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Wife, Irene (Kunar) '72.

'74 BA--Joan Bensing Boehnen of Northbrook, IL, May 4, 2006; director, Lake Forest College intern program; former trust officer, Northern Trust Co. Husband, Daniel A. Boehnen, JD '76.

'74 PhD--Richard A. Fehnel of Portland, OR, May 6, 2006; education program officer in South Africa, Ford Foundation; founding chairperson, bilateral South African/US Fulbright Commission; dean of off-campus programs and continuing education, Linfield College; professor of public affairs, U. of Oregon; veteran; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'78, BS HE '79--Danette G. Leiter of New Rochelle, NY,March 28, 2006.

'79 MBA--Eric André of Brussels, Belgium, July 28, 2005; Secretaire d'Etat, Region de Bruxelles; economist.

'82, BA '84--Kenneth S. Robinson of Cerritos, CA, September 20, 2005. Alpha Delta Phi.Wife, Keri (Allan) '85.

'88 DVM--Karin E. Leo of Northglenn, CO, January 6, 2006; veterinarian.