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July / August 2011 Obituaries

'32-33 Law—Anthony L. Pusateri of Lockport, NY, formerly of Palm Beach, FL, November 7, 2010; attorney; specialist in criminal and municipal law; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. '33-35 GR—Margaret Lockwood Hartman (Mrs. Paul L., PhD '38) of Ithaca, NY, September 24, 2009; tax counselor; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. '34 BME—William […]

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'32-33 Law—Anthony L. Pusateri of Lockport, NY, formerly of Palm Beach, FL, November 7, 2010; attorney; specialist in criminal and municipal law; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'33-35 GR—Margaret Lockwood Hartman (Mrs. Paul L., PhD '38) of Ithaca, NY, September 24, 2009; tax counselor; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.

'34 BME—William F. Booker Jr. of Louisville, KY, November 9, 2010; retired insurance executive, NTVL; former co-owner, Booker & Kinnaird Insurance Agency; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'34-37 SP Ag—Floyd D. Harwood of Granville, NY, April 20, 2008.

'35—Elza Heilbrun Corlett of East Greenbush, NY, November 2, 2010; retired legal secretary; dairy farmer; active in community affairs.

'35 BCE, MCE '38—John F. Harvey of Akron, OH, November 14, 2010; civil engineer; head of marine and special products, Babcock and Wilcox Co.; adjunct professor of mechanical engineering, U. of Akron; author; active in professional affairs.

'35 MD—Charles E. Jacobson Jr. of Manchester, CT, May 25, 2010; urologist; urologist in chief, Manchester Memorial Hospital, Veterans Hospital, and Newington Children's Hospital; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'35 BME—Richard K. Keiser of Reading, PA, October 31, 2010; operated Wyomissing Hills Inc. and Sinking Spring Water Co.; founder, R.K. Keiser Air Compressors; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'35 BA, LLB '37—Theodore W. Kheel of New York City, November 12, 2010; labor mediator; "master locksmith of deadlock bargaining"; former executive director, Nat'l Labor Relations Board; environmentalist; advocate of mass transit; called for congestion pricing on motor vehicles; co-developer, Punta Cana Resort; established Punta Cana Center of Sustainability and Biodiversity; author; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'36 MS HE—Vera A. Caulum of Virginia Beach, VA, formerly of Sioux City, IA, October 28, 2010; professor emerita of home economics, Cornell U.; associate director, Cornell Cooperative Extension; also taught in public schools; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'36 BS Ag—Ralph M. Heinicke of Louisville, KY, November 26, 2009; retired research director.

'36 BA—Samuel Kahn of Nashua, NH, formerly of Amherst, NH, and Rutherford, NJ, November 10, 2010; organic research chemist, Honeywell; scuba instructor; underwater photographer; active in civic and community affairs.

'36 BCE—Robert Soman of St. Paul, MN, October 1, 2010; civil engineer. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'36 LLB—William A. Welsh of Lima, PA, March 8, 2006; attorney; asst. city solicitor, Philadelphia; owner, Beacon Hill Orchards; Delaware County commissioner; active in civic and religious affairs.

'37 BME—Robert H. Menges of Verona, PA, November 15, 2010; engineer; active in religious affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.

'37 BME—Paul R. Scofield of Clinton, TN, formerly of Newark, NY, November 19, 2010; worked in the family automobile business; also worked in production planning, Eastman Kodak; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'37 BA—Robert V. Tishman of New York City, October 11, 2010; chairman, Tishman Speyer Properties, builder of the World Trade Center, Chicago's John Hancock Tower, L.A.'s Century City, Detroit's Renaissance Center, Berlin's Sony Center, and Frankfurt's MesseTurm; active in professional and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'38 BA, MA '41—Jane Stoutenburg Jordan of Tequesta, FL, November 4, 2010; retired assistant superintendent, Ithaca School District; principal, Boynton Junior High School; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'38 PhD—Arthur M. Saum of Winston Salem, NC, April 16, 2008.

'39 LLB—Lester H. Chase of Albany, NY, October 28, 2010; attorney; retired, Chase Rothkopf Chase LLP; English teacher; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'39 BA—Peter J. Chomyn of Mechanicsburg, PA, November 18, 2010; retired from Lockheed Martin; active in community and religious affairs.

'39 BA—Geraldine Mason Clayton (Mrs. Edward L. '40) of Belleair Shores, FL, March 24, 2010. Chi Omega.

'39 BA—Nicholas Gatto of Lafayette, CA, April 15, 2008; retired from the Dept. of Social Security; veteran.

'39 BA—Virginia Hoyt Hammond of Brunswick, ME, November 3, 2010; gardener; equestrian; active in civic and community affairs.

'39—Elizabeth Thompson Stevens of Orlando, FL, September 20, 2010.

'40 BME—Baird T. Bauder of Irvine, CA, November 6, 2007; engineer, Rockwell Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs.

'40 BS Ag—Robert N. Blazey of St. Petersburg, FL, April 21, 2010. Acacia.

'40 BA—Shirley Seidman Coplon of Airmont, NY, April 16, 2009; worked for the NYS Supreme Court. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'40 BA—Bernard C. Fisher of New York City, March 10, 2010.

'40—Duncan Kreamer of Phoenix, MD, formerly of Martha's Vineyard, MA, October 8, 2010; attorney; active in community and religious affairs.

'40—Robert E. Muggleton of Skaneateles, NY, March 18, 2009; art gallery owner; art collector; photographer. Sigma Nu.

'40 PhD—Walter Reuther of Poway, CA, November 2, 2010; professor emeritus of horticulture, UC Riverside; expert on citrus; chairman, Citrus Experiment Station; senior editor, The Citrus Industry; active in professional affairs.

'41 BA—Thomas J. André of Palm City, FL, November 4, 2010; int'l rose grower; president, André Greenhouses; president, Roses Inc.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Psi Upsilon.

'41 MSE—George H. Baker of Chatham, NJ, October 8, 2010; systems engineer, Bell Laboratories; director of military program planning and asst. to the VP, Bell Systems programs; active in community affairs.

'41 BME—John C. Bellows of Walnut Creek, CA, February 27, 2010; mechanical engineer. Phi Delta Theta. Wife, Ruth (Baker) '42.

'41 MA—Philip Heiberger of Philadelphia, PA, December 2, 2009; retired chemist. Wife, Betty (Donner) '43.

'41—Olive Matteson Mack of Camillus, NY, March 16, 2009; registered nurse; operating supervisor, Manchester Hospital; active in professional and religious affairs.

'42 LLB—Raymond A. Argyros of Dunedin, FL, May 27, 2007; attorney.

'43 MD—S. Gilbert Blount Jr. of Aurora, CO, October 11, 2010; cardiologist; emeritus professor of cardiology, U. of Colorado School of Medicine; founder, Division of Cardiology, developer of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and founder of the Cardiovascular Pulmonary Laboratory, U. of Colorado Health Sciences Center; former chief, Cardiovascular Section at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta, GA; veteran; author; editor; active in professional affairs.

'43 BME—Scott L. Brown Jr. of Morris, IL, October 26, 2010; worked for Stephens-Adamson; veteran; musician; photographer. Tau Beta Pi.

'43 BME—Arthur J. Clark Jr. of Albuquerque, NM, March 19, 2010; engineer. Theta Xi.

'43 BS Nurs—Della Femina Gioia of Grand Island, NY, May 7, 2010; registered nurse.

'43—Jacqueline Mayer Lane of Long Island City, NY, August 26, 2010. Sigma Delta Tau.

'43 MD—Earl J. Netzow of Thiensville, WI, October 24, 2010; family physician; veteran.

'43—Robert S. Rich Jr. of Delhi, NY, December 17, 2009; dairy farmer; musician; active in community and religious affairs.

'44 BME—Kenneth L. Campbell Jr. of Hudson, OH, November 8, 2010; retired administrative engineer, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.; veteran; musician; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'44, BA '46, LLB '48—Robert D. Greenburg of Bethesda, MD, November 10, 2010; attorney; active in alumni affairs.

'44 BME—Richard Guy of Williamsburg, VA, November 2, 2010; retired senior engineering; worked for Argo Pneumatic Co. and Ingersoll-Rand; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

'44 MD—Robert E. Healy of Amesbury, MA, and Beaufort, SC, October 16, 2010; internist; senior VP, Northern Westchester Hospital Center; also worked for General Foods; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'44—Howard W. Hulford of Antigua, West Indies, March 9, 2009; owner and founder, Curtain Bluff Resort; former executive pilot, Texaco; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Sigma Pi.

'44 MD—Harold J. Leider of Las Vegas, NV, November 3, 2009; cardio-thoracic surgeon at UCLA and L.A. County USC Hospital; chief of surgery, Centinela and Daniel Freeman hospitals; veteran; active in community affairs.

'44 BS HE—Marguerite E. Ruckle of Dover, DE, formerly of Boca Raton, FL, February 1, 2010; homemaker; active in community affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'44 BA—Robert A. Simon of Concord, NC, October 11, 2010; lead researcher and chemist, Wyeth; manager, Simons Department Store; active in religious affairs.

'44 BS Ag—Gerald E. Tohn of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, formerly of Larchmont, NY, November 6, 2010; active in alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

'44 BS HE—Marie Reese Warnock of Poughkeepsie, NY, October 30, 2010; associate real estate broker; worked for Central Hudson Gas & Electric; active in religious affairs.

'45 PhD—Louise A. Raynor of Shelburne, VT, formerly of South Burlington, VT, November 12, 2010; associate professor emeritus of botany, U. of Vermont; author; active in religious affairs.

'45-46 SP Ag—Verla Elliott Sutton of Indianapolis, IN, November 1, 2010; minister; missionary; English teacher; also worked in the Indianapolis Welfare Dept.; master gardener; active in religious affairs.

'45, BA '44—Caryl Spoor Willhite-Ritz of Clearwater, FL, December 18, 2009; homemaker; social worker; volunteer.

'46-47 SP Ag—Lewis Eberspacher of Richardson, TX, February 12, 2008; veteran.

'46, BA '44—Joseph Fath of Princeton, NJ, October 10, 2010; chemical industry executive; former president, the Jewish Center; author, In Full View; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

'46 BS HE—Joyce Reed Folsom of Ticonderoga, NY, November 14, 2010; homemaker; artist; librarian; also worked for Lord & Taylor; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

'46, BS HE '45—Dorothy C. O'Donnell of Fairfax, VA, May 25, 2009; active in alumni affairs.

'46 BS HE—Elizabeth J. Pearson of Hibbing, MN, formerly of Albany, NY, September 39, 2010; peace activist; facilitator, Restorative Justice Program; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'47 BA—Thomas A. Dooner of New York City, October 23, 2010; worked for Prudential Insurance Co. of America; veteran.

'47 MA—Charles J. Farrell of Phoenix, AZ, November 15, 2010; teacher and coach, Phoenix Union High School; also taught history at Phoenix Evening College; director, City of Phoenix youth baseball program; owner, Arizona's first batting range; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'47, BME '48—Capt. Edward J. Gouvier of Toledo, OH, October 31, 2010; retired, SOHIO Toledo Refinery; also worked for British Petroleum, Atlantic-Richfield Corp., and Atlantic Refining Co.; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs.

'47 BS Nurs—Katharine Connors Pettit of Seattle, WA, formerly of Anchorage, AK, October 9, 2010; registered nurse; active in community affairs.

'47 BS Hotel—Richard L. Raymond of Orion Township, MI, formerly of Petoskey, MI, October 9, 2010; worked for ARA Services; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Kathryn (Johnson), MS '48.

'47 BA, MD '51—Sanford M. Reiss of Westfield, NJ, November 13, 2010; internist and gastroenterologist; former president of medical staff, Overlook Hospital; veteran; active in religious and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. Wife, Beatrice (Strauss) '47.

'47 BME—Maurice T. Rose Jr. of St. Petersburg, FL, formerly of Louisville, KY, January 27, 2006; retired mechanical and aeronautical engineer; inventor of the oven light; veteran; active in community affairs.

'47 BA—Burton A. Sachs of Scarsdale, NY, November 7, 2010; VP, Bloomingdale's; veteran; active in community affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

'47 MD—James M. Toolan of Old Bennington, VT, November 18, 2010; psychiatrist; medical director, United Counseling Service; director, female adolescent ward, Bellevue Hospital; veteran; active in community affairs.

'48 BEE—Alfred Abrams of Poughkeepsie, NY, October 7, 2010; retired electrical engineer, IBM; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'48—Eunice Murray Dittmar of Lakeville, CT, July 10, 2009.

'48 MS—Col. James H. Hayes of Westlake Village, CA, March 6, 2008; retired US Army officer; also worked for the Rand Corp.; commandant, Citadel Military Academy; his Army unit helped liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.

'48 BS Ag—Kermit Kruse of Silver Springs, NY, March 30, 2010; retired government worker; veteran.

'48 BA—Sally Palmer Kurtz of Jacksonville, FL, November 1, 2010; homemaker; active in community affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'48 BME—James S. McChesney of Ridgefield, CT, November 5, 2010; manager of engineering services, Bristol Babcock Co.; engineering supervisor, Burndy Corp.; design engineer, Honeywell; active in civic and community affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

'48—Rose Akullian Monforte of La Quinta, CA, November 2, 2010; homemaker; worked in the restaurant business.

'48 MS HE—Gladys Hagan Murphy of Worcester, MA, November 13, 2010; dietician, Rutland Heights Hospital and Worcester State Hospital; instructor, UMass Amherst; veteran;

'48—Suzanne Skylstead Nosworthy of White Stone, VA, October 11, 2008. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'48, BA '46, MD '50—Alan S. Robinson of Coral Gables, FL, May 3, 2010; gastroenterologist; chief of medicine, Baptist Hospital; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 BS HE—Grace Partrick Roop of West Monroe, NY, March 18, 2010; substitute teacher; founder, Mexico Point State Park; active in community affairs. Chi Omega.

'48 JD—Arthur I. Seld of Seneca Falls, NY, July 15, 2010; attorney.

'48, BArch '49—Olaf W. Shelgren Jr. of Wheatfield, NY, October 19, 2010; architect and preservationist; helped form the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'48—Keith S. Snyder of Lincoln, NE, October 27, 2010; int'l marketing director, Cliff's Notes; vice chancellor of administration, U. of Hawaii; director of auxiliary services, U. of Pittsburgh; also worked in hotel management; veteran; musician; active in civic and community affairs.

'48 BS HE—Carolyn Warner Wilson of Boothbay Harbor, ME, November 18, 2010; director of Elderlife Ministry and supervisor or religious education, Federated Church; dietician, Case Western Reserve U. and General Electric Co.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

'49, BA '51—Jay H. Blum of New Haven, CT, October 19, 2010; owner, office supply business; veteran.

'49—Paul S. Burdett of Nunda, NY, October 20, 2010; customer service manager, NYSEG; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'49 BA—Helen Hoffman Casey of Old Saybrook, CT, October 28, 2010; worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and the State of New York; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'49 BS Ag—Stephen Collins of Bethany, CT, October 7, 2010; emeritus professor of biological sciences, Southern Connecticut State U.; ecologist; conservationist; forest research scientist; author; wildlife photographer; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'49 LLB—Richard T. Doermer of Fort Wayne, IN, October 11, 2010; chairman and CEO, Summit Bank and Summcorp; former president and CEO, Dime Trust and Savings Bank; attorney; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'49—Arthur J. Macer Jr. of Westfield, NY, February 29, 2008; president of North American Operations, Renold Inc.; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'49 JD—Burton B. Roberts of New York City, October 24, 2010; former justice and chief administrative judge, NYS Supreme Court; district attorney; model for the judge in Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities; veteran; active in civic, professional, and alumni affairs.

'49 BA—Rabbi E. William Seaman of Washington, DC, May 25, 2010; former associate rabbi, Washington Hebrew Congregation; partner, Corsair Travel; musician; veteran; author; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'49 BA—Albert A. Strouss of New Albany, OH, October 23, 2010; veterinarian; veteran; polo player; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'49 BA, MD '52—Frank B. Throop of Indianapolis, IN, October 18, 2010; orthopaedic surgeon; associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, Indian U. Medical School; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'50 BA—Idell Carey Donnelly of San Francisco, CA, October 28, 2010; worked in Paris and Detroit; correspondent, Class of '50; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'50 MBA—William B. Haack of Coatesville, PA, March 31, 2010.

'50 BA—N. Paul Kenworthy Jr. of Ventura, CA, October 15, 2010; filmmaker; director, Rusty and the Falcon; co-director, Perri; cinematographer, The Living Desert and Vanishing Prairie; co-inventor, Snorkel Camera System; recipient, "Disney Legend" award; Academy of Motion Pictures Technical Award winner; active in community and professional affairs.

'50 BA—Rev. Charles A. Perry of Charlottesville, VA, October 24, 2010; former provost and chief pastor, Washington Nat'l Cathedral; executive officer, Episcopal Diocese of Washington; dean, Church Divinity School of the Pacific; Episcopal chaplain, Indiana U.; Congressional liaison; public information officer, Atomic Energy Commission; advocate of ordination for women; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'50—Herbert C. Phillips Jr. of Tubac, AZ, April 15, 2008; owner, Crowe's Nest gift store; VP of marketing, Curlee Clothing Co.; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'50—Michael J. Rich of Tucson, AZ, October 18, 2007; executive VP, Leo Burnett Advertising Agency; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'50 BME—Robert E. Schmidt of Armonk, NY, November 21, 2010; retired VP, Nestlé Services; also worked for Nat'l Cash Register and Westinghouse; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Tau Beta Pi.

'50, BS Ag '51—Henry M. Smith of Shelburne Falls, MA, March 30, 2010; owner and operator, Apex Orchards. Wife, Dorothy (Peck), MS '49.

'50 BS Hotel—Paul Sonnabend of Boston, MA, October 29, 2010; president, Sonesta Int'l Hotels Corp.; founding partner, New England Patriots; executive director, NFL management council; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'50 DVM—George W. Wicks of Pittsford, NY, October 4, 2010; veterinarian; active in community affairs. Alpha Psi.

'50 BS HE—Margaret Thompson Zimmerman (Mrs. Paul F. '50) of Canandaigua, NY, November 9, 2010; retired home economics teacher; cooperative extension agent; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

'51 BS Ag—Arthur P. Ives of Oxford, NY, November 7, 2010; president, Ives Hauling; taught agricultural mechanics at Chenango, NY, BOCES; agency manager, Farm Family Insurance Co.; operated an Allis Chalmers equipment business; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'51 BA—Kenneth S. Jaffe of Roseland, NJ, November 23, 2010; advertising executive; president, Kenneth Jaffe Inc.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

'51 BA—Lisbeth Beach Lamb of Linden, MI, formerly of Fenton, MI, November 24, 2010; teacher, Johnson School; active in religious affairs. Husband, John F. Lamb Jr. '50.

'51 BA—Bruce A. Lentz of Charlotte, NC, November 9, 2010; secretary of transportation and secretary of administration under Gov. Holshouser (State of North Carolina); head engineer, Century Furniture; sales consultant, Steve Moore Chevrolet; veteran. Phi Sigma Kappa.

'51-52 SP Ag—Edward C. Migdalski of Hamden, CT, December 4, 2009; founder, Yale Outdoor Education Center; founder, club sports program, Yale Athletic Dept.; collector of research and display specimens, Peabody Museum; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'51 MCE—Robert R. Sonnenburg of Ten Mile, TN, October 16, 2010; civil engineer; veteran.

'51 BS HE—Jane Overley Stockton of Auburndale, MA, November 16, 2010; caseworker and supervisor, Massachusetts Dept. of Social Services; quilter; started the Play-Watch-Talk Toddler program; worked for Family Services of Greater Boston; researcher in childhood development, Yale U.; also worked for Maryland Dept. of Social Services; musician; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'51 LLB—Gerard Thomas of Kalamazoo, MI, November 19, 2010; attorney; general counsel, Upjohn Co.; helped desegregate Kalamazoo public schools; helped rebuild Stryker Corp.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.

'51—George A. Tower of Anderson, SC, formerly of Ransomville, NY, October 18, 2010; volunteer fireman; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'51 B Chem E—S. Kilmer von Storch of Bedminster, NJ, October 10, 2010; operated von Storch & Burkavage Architects and Engineers; chemical engineer, DuPont; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

'52 BS ILR—Phyllis DuFlocq Bechle of Bradenton, FL, November 10, 2010; artist; active in religious affairs. Delta Gamma.

'52 DVM—Albert E. Grass of West Brattleboro, VT, November 13, 2010; veterinarian; horse trainer; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

'52 BS Ag—Robert L. Holmes of Oxford, PA, August 2, 2010; schoolteacher; farmer; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'52 MRP—Joseph L. Intermaggio of Winchester, VA, November 11, 2010; urban planner; worked for the City of Arlington (VA), Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, and the United Planning Org.; taught at George Washington U.; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'52 BA—Richard C. Koch of Silver Spring, MD, October 14, 2010; retired drug researcher; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'52 BME—John M. Patton of Chicago, IL, July 21, 2009. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'53 BA—Barbara Brothers Abizaid of Boulder, CO, November 5, 2010; active in community affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Husband, Miguel Abizaid '52.

'53, B Chem E '54—John H. Beardsley of Harringworth, UK, and New London, NH, February 22, 2010; retired engineer; active in alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'53 BA—Anne Buck Coyne (Mrs. Daniel M. '50) of Fairport, NY, November 4, 2010; treasurer, McQuaid Jesuit High School; also worked for Eastman Kodak; active in community and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'53 PhD—Leila Calhoun Deasy of Tallahassee, FL, November 11, 2010; retired professor, Florida State U.; professor of social research, Catholic U. of America; researcher, Cornell Inter-Group Relations Project; research sociologist, Nat'l Institutes of Health, Lab of Socio-Environmental studies; active in community and professional affairs.

'53—Cmdr. Michael Durant of Port Angeles, WA, November 10, 2006; retired US Navy officer; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Chi Phi.

'53—Kenneth E. Eiker of Monroe, NJ, November 5, 2010; teacher, director of athletics, housemaster, and guidance director, East Windsor Regional School District; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'53 MD—Charles L. Heiskell Jr. of Santa Ana, CA, January 7, 2006; physician.

'53—Robert A. Hesse of Akron, OH, October 27, 2010; chemical engineer; retired from Delco Moraine division of General Motors; active in community affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma.

'53 JD—Arthur S. Kamell of Dutchess Junction, NY, November 4, 2010; retired labor attorney; social activist; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'53 MRP—Robert J. Piper of Evanston, IL, November 11, 2010; city planner; architect; VP/partner, Perkins and Will; director of community development, Highland Park; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'53, BEP '54—Gilbert A. Stengle of Princeton, NJ, November 8, 2010; professor emeritus of mathematics, Lehigh U.; expert in real algebraic geometry; senior projects engineer, General Motors Corp.; author; musician; active in professional affairs.

'53 PhD—Norman L. Taylor of Lexington, KY, October 25, 2010; professor and curator of the Clover Germoplasm Center, Dept. of Agronomy, U. of Kentucky; veteran; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'53 PhD—Bishop James S. Thomas of Atlanta, GA, October 10, 2010; bishop, United Methodist Church; instrumental in unifying black and white conferences of the Methodist Church; assoc. general secretary, United Methodist Board of Education; president, board of trustees, Claflin U.; professor and acting president, Gammon Theological Seminary; chaplain, South Carolina State College; bishop in residence, Candler School of Theology at Emory U. and Clark Atlanta U.; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'53, BArch '57, MRP '61—George W. Tucker of New Holland, PA, formerly of Abington, PA, November 6, 2010; urban planner; technical director and director, Philadelphia Community Renewal Program; substitute math and physics teacher; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Sigma Pi.

'54 PhD—Frank J. Carlisle Jr. of Green Valley, AZ, formerly of Mandan, ND, October 20, 2010; retired from the Soil Conservation Service; helped develop the national soil survey; veteran.

'54—James I. Decker of East Greenbush, NY, April 27, 2010; manager, naval ordnance dept., General Electric; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'54 BA—William E. Deegan of Naples, FL, formerly of Columbus, OH, November 4, 2010; founding principal, First Columbus Corp. Psi Upsilon.

'54, BCE '55—Jack E. Felt of Richmond, UK, August 27, 2010; active in alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'54—Richard F. Hollenbeck of Elizabethtown, PA, April 23, 2010; VP for domestic franchise operations, Hertz Corp.; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Wanda (Corwin) '54.

'54—Willard G. Lynk of Sharon Springs, NY, July 12, 2010; Holstein cattle breeder, Lynkholm Farm; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'54, BS ILR '55—Raymond P. Rivoli of Silverton, OR, March 2, 2008; management consultant, Rivoli & Associates; newspaper columnist; tree farmer; also worked for Sylvania; veteran; active in community affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'55 BS Ag—Beverly Pabst Bolton of Madras, OR, October 12, 2010; extension agent; active in religious affairs. Alpha Xi Delta.

'55, BArch '57—Douglas B. Cornell Jr. of Evergreen, CO, October 11, 2010; park planner and architect, Nat'l Park Service; veteran; active in civic and community relations.

'55 BEE—Edward V. Howell of Delmar, NY, October 14, 2010; engineer, New York Telephone; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'55—John P. LeBlanc of Acton, ME, October 17, 2010; retired civil engineer and land surveyor; veteran; senior VP, Universal Engineering Corp.; also worked for Tutela Engineering and Ram Consulting; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'55 JD—Laxmi M. Singhvi of New Delhi, India, October 13, 2007; India's longest-serving High Commissioner to London; constitutional expert; author; historian; philosopher; member of Indian parliament; editor, Jain Declaration on Nature; ran the Indian Law Inst.; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'56 PhD—Chester T. Chmiel of Niles, MI, April 6, 2009. Wife, Margaret (Fox) '55.

'56—Frederick R. Hyland of Rutland, VT, October 26, 2010; physician; veteran; active in community affairs.

'56 BS Hotel—Leonard V. LoBello of Philippi, WV, October 14, 2010; retired CFO and VP of Business and Finance, Alderson-Broaddus College; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'56, BArch '57—Geoffrey A. Paine of New York City, November 3, 2010; architect. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'56 PhD—Wendell S. Williams of Urbana, IL, November 20, 2010; emeritus professor of physics, materials science, and bioengineering and director emeritus, Program of Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, U. of Illinois; chairman of materials science and engineering, Case Western Reserve U.; also taught at MIT, New College, and SUNY Albany; research physicist, Union Carbide; author; co-founder, Cornell Savoyards; musician; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'57 MA—William C. Aden Jr. of Chapel Hill, NC, formerly of Manhasset, NY, December 30, 2009; director of creative services, CBS and Viacom; copywriter, CBS Radio Network; freelance writer; Scoutmaster; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.

'57 BA—George L. Levinson of Larchmont, NY, June 30, 2010; worked for Burnham Asset Mgmt.; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'58 BS Ag—Albert R. Gullow of West Delhi, NY, October 20, 2010; retired dairy farmer.

'58, BEP '59—Peter H. Mengert of Cambridge, MA, September 13, 2010; mathematician, US Dept. of Transportation. Tau Beta Pi.

'58 BS Ag—Robert B. Snook II of Bayville, NY, November 20, 2010; president, RBS Delivery Service; taught at Cornell U. and Iowa State U.; dairy farmer; active in alumni affairs.

'58 MILR—Robert V. Sweetall of Blue Hill, ME, formerly of Ithaca, NY, October 8, 2010; assistant VP for labor relations and assoc. director of personnel, Cornell U.; consultant; also worked for Babcock and Wilcox Co. and Kennecott Copper Corp.; veteran; active in civic and community affairs;

'58, BCE '59—Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft of Littleton, CO, August 14, 2010; retired professor of liberal arts and int'l studies, Colorado School of Mines; co-founder and photographer, Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'59 BA—Valerie Johnson Conner of Black Mountain, NC, June 22, 2009.

'59 BS Hotel—Anton W. Gotsche of Toronto, ON, Canada, October 15, 2010; hotelier.

'61 JD—Salah E. Abdel-Wahab of Cairo, Egypt, April 16, 2009; senior partner, Wahab & Nassar law office; judge; chair, Tourismplan; undersecretary of state for tourism and vice minister for tourism development, Egyptian Ministry of Housing and Development; professor of tourism management, U. of Alexandria; author; active in professional affairs.

'61—Edward C. Beutner of Ashland, OR, December 23, 2008; retired professor, Franklin and Marshall College.

'61—Bruce E. Lander of Long Beach, CA, April 10, 2010.

'61 BS HE—Sabina Klein Millens of Henderson, NV, October 31, 2010; co-president, Catering by Maxine; VP, Millens Steel & Fabricating Service; active in religious affairs.

'61—Richard D. Moore of Mahwah, NJ, October 13, 2009. Phi Kappa Tau.

'61 BA—Phyllis Hamburger Rovine of New York City, November 5, 2010.

'61 BS HE—Margaret Stack Turner of Orchard Park, NY, October 16, 2010; principal, Margaret S. Turner & Assocs.; consultant to nonprofits; former chair, President's Council of Cornell Women; active in alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. Husband, Frederick D. Turner, JD '63.

'62, BS ILR '63—Ronald L. Cassie of Island Heights, NJ, November 22. 2010; founder and president, Cassie-Shipherd Group; active in religious and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'62 MS—Martin L. Dwarkin of Silver Spring, MD, April 14, 2008; physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and US Dept. of Defense.

'62 BS Ag—William H. Weinheimer of Hollister, CA, October 26, 2010; research manager, Agrigenetics' seed research programs; research manager, FMC-Niagara Seeds; manager, Hollister Farmers Market; orchid vendor; active in community affairs.

'62, BS Ag '63—Annlyn Ward Welles of Cold Spring Harbor, NY, and Vero Beach, FL, October 18, 2010; interior designer. Husband, Peter R. Welles, DVM '62.

'63 BS ILR—Howard P. Tuckman of Westfield, NJ, October 13, 2010; dean, Virginia Commonwealth U. School of Business; business school dean, Rutgers U.; dean, graduate business administration and business faculty, Fordham U.; active in professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'63 LLB—Kenneth P. Zauber of Princeton, NJ, May 14, 2010; attorney.

'64, BS Hotel '91—Steven L. Kolt of Kapolei, HI, October 22, 2010; owner, KOLT Cars; co-owner, First Travel Inc.; organized transportation for the 1984 Olympics; operated Leeward Bus Co.; managing director, Ko Olina Transportation; owned several taxicab companies in Hawaii; managing director, VIP Transportation; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'64-68 GR—Robert Kurlander of Philadelphia, PA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, November 11, 2010; politics professor, Ithaca College; Foreign Service officer; vice consul, Burma; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'64 PhD—Carlisle B. Rathburn Jr. of Panama City, FL, October 13, 2010; entomologist, Entomological Research Center, Florida State Board of Health and the West Florida Arthropod Research Laboratory, Florida Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services; expert on mosquitoes; veteran; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'64 BS Hotel—Matti L. Sarkia of Helsinki, Finland, October 11, 2010; lecturer, Helsinki Culinary School Perho.

'65 BA—Donna Davidson Gould of Northfield, VT, November 17, 2010; adjunct English professor, Norwich U.; active in community affairs.

'65 BS AEP—John E. Littleton of Morgantown, WV, October 20, 2010; astronomer; professor emeritus of physics, West Virginia U.; columnist; active in community and professional affairs. Theta Chi.

'66 BS ILR, MBA '68—Kenneth W. Kleinman of Beachwood, OH, October 28, 2010; attorney; city councilman; lieutenant commander, US Public Health Service; helped found the North American Menopause Society; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'66 MS, PhD '68—Mohamed A. A. Yamani of Jedda, Saudi Arabia, November 8, 2010; president, King Abdulaziz U.; minister of information, Saudi Arabia; chairman, Saudi Research and Publishing Co.; university lecturer; philanthropist; author; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'68-71 GR—Jon G. Bockus of Goshen, IN, formerly of Middlebury, IN, November 16, 2010; farmer; LPN; two-time Peace Corps volunteer; active in community and religious affairs.

'68 JD—Donald A. Taylor of Manhasset, NY, May 15, 2009; attorney; director of education and training, NYS Office of Court Administration; systems analyst, IBM; active in community affairs.

'68 BS HE—Marianne Moschell Wiedemer of East Lansing, MI, October 19, 2010; elementary school teacher; founder, East Lansing Positive Prevention; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Husband, David H. Wiedemer '69.

'69 BA—Becky Faith Bever of The Villages, FL, August 17, 2009; retired executive.

'69 MBA, JD '69—Keith K. Brooks of Chesterland, OH, October 14, 2010; attorney; adult guardianship attorney; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Wife, Donna (Fons) '69.

'69—Bonny Scanlon Meyer of Evanston, IL, October 28, 2010; school psychologist, Northbrook School District; psychologist, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center; expert on learning disabilities.

'71 BS Ag—James J. Adams of Virginia Beach, VA, November 16, 2010; retired US Navy Cmdr.; math and science teacher, Salem Middle School; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Cayuga Lodge.

'72 MPA—Dennis P. Bridgeman of Charleston, WV, November 15, 2010; VP, Wells Fargo Insurance.

'73—Stanley P. Grzywna of Three Rivers, MA, October 25, 2010; attorney; active in community affairs. Acacia.

'73 BS Ag—David R. Saltiel of Forest Hills, NY, June 28, 2010; devoted his life to caring for animals.

'74—Stephen K. Parris of Ontario, OR, formerly of Grandfield, OK, October 1, 2010; physician.

'74 ME Nuc—Wayne S. Rial of Central, SC, November 21, 2010; design engineer and university researcher; veteran.

'75 BS Ag—Paul J. McCormick of Waynesboro, PA, October 9, 2010; senior executive, Nat'l Security Agency; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'77 JD—David R. Keyser of Silver Spring, MD, October 25, 2010; attorney, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority; taught at U. of Texas Law School; actor in community theater; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'79 MPS—Rita Melkis Reimanis of Corning, NY, November 3, 2010; taught German and English, Corning Community College; also taught elementary school; active in civic and community affairs.

'79 MS HE, PhD '83—Barbara Sherman Rolleston of Berea, OH, July 21, 2010; professor and chair of economics and director of core curriculum, Baldwin-Wallace College. Husband, George L. Rolleston, PhD '83.

'80 PhD—David L. Weisser of Mission, SD, October 19, 2010; taught biology and earth science, Sinte Gleska U.; asst. professor of horticulture, SUNY Alfred and Arizona State U.; operated a greenhouse business; active in professional affairs.

'81 BA—James L. Allan of Hackensack, NJ, formerly of Teaneck, NJ, October 14, 2010; paralegal.

'83 JD—Maureen Mussenden of Snyder, NY, October 28, 2010; attorney; associate counsel, U. of Buffalo SUNY Office of University Council; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'84—Kim M. Haley of Cary, NC, formerly of Endicott, NY, October 9, 2010.

'84—Philip T. Yochum of Rosharon, TX, October 17, 2010; homicide investigator, Houston Police Dept.; district fire chief, Pearland Fire Dept.; veteran. Chi Phi.

'85 BS Ag—Maria C. Garcia of Elmhurst, NY, December 8, 2009.

'86 JD—Peter J. Harris of Olympia, WA, August 27, 2010; staff attorney, State of Washington Dept. of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission; active in community affairs.

'87 BS ILR—Stuart A. Kolinski of Glen Ridge, NJ, November 23, 2010; senior VP, general counsel, and secretary for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; active in professional affairs.

'87 BS HE—Charlene M. Williams of Chicago, IL, November 12, 2010; human resources director, WMS; asst. director of human resources, CIGNA Healthcare; HR manager, IBM.

'89 MArch, PhD '09—John M. O'Brien III of Knoxville, TN, November 13, 2010; taught art history, U. of Tennessee; active in professional and religious affairs.

'96 BA—Charlene W. Sun of Alhambra, CA, January 27, 2009; cinematographer; filmmaker; partner, SunRain Productions; artist; scriptwriter.

'04 MPS—Ryan P. Crowder of Ithaca, NY, November 13, 2010; Natural Resources graduate student, Cornell U.; worked on developing sustainable lobster harvests and marketing collectives on the Nicaraguan Atlantic coast; helped in ecosystem restoration, Alachua Conservation Trust.

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