'25 BA—Arthur E. Kern of Caledonia, MI, January 8, 1998.
'26 BA—Catherine Whitehill Fischer of Cupertino, CA, March 28, 2008; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
'30—Ruth Burnside Schmelzer of Coral Gables, FL, February 3, 2002.
'31 BCE—Albert J. Green of Dayton, OH, March 17, 2008.
'31, BA '32, LLB '34—Robert C. Groben of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, December 30, 2007; retired attorney; active in alumni affairs.
'31 BS HE—Doris Brown Hodge of Acton, MA, December 23, 2007; active in alumni affairs. Chi Omega.
'32 BA—Florence Apfel Goodstein of Newtown, CT, August 12, 2004.
'32 BA—Jane Knapp Honhorst of Jamestown, KS, November 27, 2007. Kappa Delta.
'33—Sylvia Aronson Cole of White Plains, NY, and Palm Beach, FL, March 17, 2008. Alpha Epsilon Phi.
'33-35 SP Ag—Lyle A. Robinson of Canajoharie, NY, July 3, 2006; active in alumni affairs.
'33 BA—Alice Freedman Rosenstock of Palm Beach, FL, and Loudonville, NY, April 7, 2008; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'33 BA—Philip M. Winslow of Henrietta, NY, November 12, 2007; orthopedist; chief of orthopedics, Genesee Hospital and County Hospital; assoc. professor, U. of Rochester School of Medicine; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'34 BS HE—Mary Terry Goff of Aliso Viejo, CA, March 12, 2008.
'34 BS Ag, MEd '46—Everett C. Lattimer of Glenmont, NY, January 14, 2008; director, NYS Division of Occupational Education Supervision; taught at the Agricultural Inst. (Farmingdale, NY); school principal; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.
'34 BA—Peter A. Miceli of Westbury, NY, January 15, 2008; retired physician; active in alumni affairs.
'34 BS HE—Margaret A. Van Wagenen of Cobleskill, NY, February 13, 2008; social worker; active in community affairs.
'35 BS Ag, MS '36—George R. Goetchius of Mount Vernon, NY, May 30, 2006; retired executive, Ayerst Laboratories.
'35 BS HE—Janet Weiermiller Taylor of Silverthorne, CO, March 8, 2008. Kappa Delta.
'35 BME—John W. Todd Jr. of Sewickley, PA, March 24, 2008; retired VP, US Steel; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.
'35 BS Ag—Theodore C. Woodruff of Mexico, NY, February 25, 2008; VP, First Trust and Deposit Bank; agriculture teacher; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.
'36 BME, MME '37—David C. Amsler of Sarasota, FL, April 26, 2008; mechanical engineer; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.
'36 BA—Harold R. Berger of Elizabeth, NJ, February 17, 2008; pediatrician; active in professional affairs.
'36 BS Ag, MS '59—Ernest J. Cole of Palm Harbor, FL, April 10, 2008; retired agricultural extension agent; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.
'36 BS Hotel—Wallace W. Lee Jr. of Columbus, NC, June 19, 2007.
'36 BA, JD '38—Stanley D. Metzger of San Diego, CA, March 3, 2008; retired professor emeritus, Georgetown U. Law Center; active in professional and alumni affairs.
'36 MCE—Arthur V. Peterson of Seattle, WA, March 24, 2008; oversaw the building of the Manhattan Project's atomic reactor; chief, fissionable materials, Atomic Energy Commission; general mgr., Atomic Energy Division, American Machine and Foundry Co.; nuclear power planner; veteran; active in professional affairs. Chi Epsilon.
'37 BA—Beatrice Hirschfeld Blumenson of New York City, March 11, 2008. Sigma Delta Tau.
'37 BArch—William A. Buckhout of Ft. Myers, FL, February 18, 2008; president and owner, Fair-Chester Builders; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu.
'37 BA—Augusta DeBare Greyson (Mrs. William L. '37) of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Wayne, NJ, March 11, 2008; substitute teacher.
'37 BA—Robert C. Hayman of Boca Raton, FL, November 15, 2007; retired executive. Beta Sigma Rho.
'37 BS HE, MS HE '54—Bertha J. Kotwica of Rome, NY, March 17, 2008; retired food service director of schools in New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Hawaii; teaching dietician, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Utica; director of food service at military bases and at the Pentagon in WWII; active in alumni affairs.
'37 BS HE—Helen Fellows Naylor of Warrenton, VA, October 22, 2007; active in community affairs.
'37 BS HE—Jane Salisbury Parker of Presque Isle, MI, November 30, 2007. Delta Delta Delta.
'38 BEE—David J. Bechtold of Johnstown, PA, June 28, 2007; retired VP, operations; veteran; active in civic, religious, and alumni affairs.
'38 BA—Natalie Perry McKee (Mrs. James E. '37) of Rancho Bernardo, CA, March 1, 2008; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.
'38 BME, MME '39—Lloyd P. Merrill of Rochester, NY, December 21, 2007; retired mechanical engineer. Alpha Tau Omega.
'38 BEE—Harry L. Smith of Sun City Center, FL, August 18, 2007; retired real estate developer; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.
'39 MD—William G. Budington of Seal Beach, CA, March 14, 2008; physician.
'39 BS Ag, MS '42—Robert G. Latimer of Mount Dora, FL, formerly of Kendall Park, NJ, March 26, 2008; professor of agricultural economics, Rutgers U.; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. Wife, Ruth (Phelps) '45, MS '46.
'39 BS Ag—Peter Lazoration of Horseheads, NY, April 10, 2008.
'39 BS Ag, PhD '47—Mary Hickox Mandels of Natick, MA, February 17, 2008; retired head of bioengineering group, US Army Pioneering Research Laboratory; developed process for converting waste cellulosic biomass into ethanol.
'39 BA—Laura Vandermeulen Mergler of Bolivar, NY, December 13, 2006; retired from Friendship Central School.
'39 BS Ag—Col. Mark T. Muller of Amarillo, TX, August 19, 2007; retired US Army colonel; pioneer in use of computer as teaching tool; assoc. professor of military science, MIT; research scientist/engineer and asst. director of the Engineering Inst., U. of Texas, Austin; camera collector; author; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.
'39 BA, MA '42—Randall W. Reyer of Morgantown, WV, February 6, 2008; professor emeritus of anatomy, West Virginia U.; expert on the amphibian eye; also taught at U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Yale U., and Wesleyan; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'39 BA—Patricia O'Rourke Smith (Mrs. Harry L. '38) of Sun City Center, FL, July 28, 2007; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.
'39 BS HE—Ruth Goodman Waskey of Boulder, CO, October 21, 2007; nutritionist; overseer, pre-school lunch program, State of Florida; worked for Procter & Gamble; active in community affairs.
'39—Richard M. Wheeler of Corning, NY, October 31, 2007; retired accountant. Delta Upsilon.
'40 BA, JD '42—Louis M. Greenblott of Rancho Mirage, CA, August 29, 2007; judge, Appellate Division; NYS Supreme Court Justice; district attorney, Broome County; attorney; active in civic and professional affairs.
'40 MA, PhD '48—Francis R. Hodge of Austin, TX, April 6, 2008; emeritus professor of theatre, U. of Texas, Austin; also taught at Carroll College and U. of Iowa; director; author; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Beulah (Wiley), MA '42.
'40 PhD—Ching-Chun Li of Pittsburgh, PA, October 20, 2003; professor emeritus of human genetics and biostatistics, U. of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health; author; active in professional affairs.
'40—Gladys Cohen Pearlstine of Haverford, PA, July 9, 2007.
'40—Joan Mintz Rahe of Darien, CT, March 6, 2008; theatre critic; editor, Theatre Information Bulletin; owner, Theatre Critics' Review; also wrote for Newsweek; author; actress; active in professional affairs.
'40 BME—S. Samuel Trifilo of Scottsdale, AZ, March 30, 2008; professor of Spanish language and literature, Marquette U.; veteran.
'40 BME—Kenneth B. Turner of Des Plaines, IL, February 20, 2008; mechanical engineer, Liquid Carbonic Corp.; active in professional affairs.
'40, BS HE '41—Anna Fusek Warren (Mrs. George F. '35, PhD '45) of West Lafayette, IN, February 15, 2008; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.
'41 BS Ag—Rev. Hugh L. Cosline Jr. of Philadelphia, PA, November 25, 2007; clergyman.
'41—Ruth Conde Farrell of Trumansburg, NY, March 14, 2008; homemaker; active in community affairs.
'41 BA—Nadina Benke Howe of Pleasantville, NY, March 4, 2008.
'41 BA—Muriel Bernstein Liberman of Teaneck, NJ, February 16, 2008; active in civic and community affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.
'41 BS HE—Grace Noble Nettles (Mrs. Victor F., PhD '49) of Gainesville, FL, October 18, 2007; English instructor, Santa Fe Community College; poet; pianist; active in community and religious affairs.
'41 BME—Robert P. Northrup of Quakertown, PA, September 22, 2007; mechanical engineer, General Electric; veteran.
'41 BS Ag—Rowland E. Ramsey of Portland, ME, November 17, 2007.
'41 BA—Charlotte Kovitz Schaffner of Denver, CO, March 17, 2008; bacteriologist, National Jewish Hospital; helped to develop the vaccine for tuberculosis; partner, Peerless Tyre Co.; active in community affairs.
'41—Hilda Babcock Sine of Ithaca, NY, April 2, 2008; caterer; active in community and religious affairs.
'41 BCE—James R. Symons of Mt. Lebanon, PA, March 12, 2008; chief engineer, US Steel; veteran.
'41—Herman A. Uihlein Jr. of Naples, FL, February 27, 2008; partner, Thomson & McKinnon brokerage firm; president, Ben-Hur Mfg.; VP, QuicFreeze; board member, Schlitz Brewing Co.; active in community and alumni affairs. Chi Psi.
'42 BS Ag—Herbert C. Fordham of Holyoke, MA, March 6, 2008; extension horticulturist, U. of Massachusetts; landscape designer; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'42 LLB—J. Pierre Kolisch of Portland, OR, March 1, 2008; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'42 BME—Abbott A. Putnam of Columbus, OH, March 5, 2008; worked for Battelle Memorial Institute; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Triangle.
'43—Theodore G. Brown Jr. of Middlebury, VT, August 31, 2007; pharmacologist; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.
'43 PhD—John Chalmers of Manhattan, KS, March 14, 2008; former VP of academic affairs and dean of arts and sciences, Kansas State U.; professor of economics; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'43-44 SP Arch—Norman D. Daly of Ithaca, NY, April 2, 2008; painter and sculptor; professor emeritus, Dept. of Art, Cornell U.; invented an entire ancient civilization called Llhuros; active in professional affairs.
'43, BA '47—Myron B. Gilbert of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, January 16, 2008; physician, Montefiore Hospital Medical Group. Tau Delta Phi.
'43 BME—Robinson B. Gourley of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Skaneateles, NY, March 13, 2008; retired engineer, General Electric; veteran; cellist; active in community affairs.
'43 BME—Philip V. Johnson of West End, NC, November 2, 2007; specialist in naval nuclear propulsion systems; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Kappa Sigma. Wife, Jeanne (Copeland) '44.
'43 BA, MD '46—Jerrold S. Lieberman of New York City, April 3, 2008; physician; cardiovascular researcher; assoc. professor of clinical medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.
'43—Col. Alfred W. Miles of Tampa, FL, March 29, 2008; retired US Air Force colonel; retired Air Force historian; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'43 PhD—Harry B. Naylor of Ithaca, NY, February 20, 2008; professor emeritus of microbiology, Cornell U.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'43, BA '46, MBA '48—Donald P. Skove of Charlottesville, VA, April 11, 2006; director of financial planning, Harris Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Theta Delta Chi.
'43 BME—Peter J. Sundheim of West End, NC, February 3, 2008. Phi Kappa Sigma.
'44 BS HE—Olga Senuk Diamond of New York City, February 29, 2008; retired social worker; photographer; active in community affairs.
'44 BME—Richard F. Jacobson of Arlington, TX, December 16, 2007; retired from Vinson Supply Co.; designed power plants for EBASCO Services.
'44, BA '46—James A. McTague of Naples, FL, February 26, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'44 BS Ag—Henry A. Parker of Lake Barrington, IL, February 18, 2008; owner, data processing business; worked for Oliver Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Delta Upsilon.
'44, BS HE '48—Virginia Oakes Tyler of Pittsford, NY, December 20, 2007; active in community, civic, religious, and alumni affairs.
'44 DVM—Roland G. Whitehead of Springville, NY, March 4, 2008; veterinarian; veteran; director, Cornell Mastitis Laboratory; author; active in community and alumni affairs.
'44, BA '47—Edward J. Whiting of Malvern, PA, June 22, 2006; insurance underwriter; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Ernestine (Rowland) '45.
'45—John B. Babcock of Ithaca, NY, April 12, 2008; chief operating officer, Park Broadcasting; television station manager, ABC; radio broadcaster; author; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'45, BS HE—Nancy Luther Baird of Arlington, VA, June, 1, 2004. Delta Delta Delta.
'45, BS Hotel '44—Barbara Schminck Bayer of Ithaca, NY, March 28, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'45, BME '47—T. Edward Byerly of Port Republic, MD, July 30, 2007. Seal & Serpent. Wife, Bettie (Neumann) '49.
'45, BME '49—William B. Coulter of Southport, CT, April 3, 2008; worked for Coulter Packaging Co., Bridgeport Hydraulic Co., and Penton Media; accountant; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta.
'45, BA '44—Caroline A. Dinegar of New Haven, CT, December 12, 2007; professor and chair of political science, director of the Inst. of Law and Public Affairs, associate provost,
U. of New Haven; former director, Peace Corps; former professor of strategy and politics, US Naval War College; also taught at U. of Virginia, Cal State Northridge, and U. of Connecticut; foreign affairs officer, US State Dept.; liaison to US Mission, United Nations; expert on terrorism; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'45—William A. Franklin of Syracuse, NY, and Bradenton, FL, March 29, 2008; founder and CEO, United Chemicon; president and owner, Franklin Sales Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'45 DVM—Russell F. Greer of San Diego, CA, March 24, 2008; veterinarian; retired consultant, Petco Corp.; veteran. Alpha Psi.
'45, BS Ag '46, DVM '46—Julius J. Haberman of Bethel, ME, formerly of Weston, CT, and Hereford, AZ, March 12, 2008; medical licensing and marketing consultant; expert in technology transfer for universities; copywriter and account executive; veterinarian; game pathologist; author; co-founder, Westport Community Theatre; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. Wife, Mary (Holcomb) '50.
'45 BS Ag—Ruth Adamy Huntley of St. Petersburg, FL, February 26, 2008; retired from Lipton's; active in community affairs.
'45 BA—Eve Mink Ingraham Mitchell of Manheim, PA, January 28, 2008; worked in radio advertising; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
'45 BS Ag—Joseph F. Pellegrino of Largo, FL, March 12, 2008; chemistry professor, Alfred U.; high school science teacher; active in community affairs.
'45 MEd—Ada R. Stovall of Wetumpka, AL, formerly of Montgomery, AL, March 11, 2008; asst. state director of vocational education, Alabama; state supervisor of vocational home economics, Alabama; author; editor; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'46 BA—Elaine Carlin Block of New York City, March 7, 2008; retired professor of elementary education, Hunter College; founder, Misericordia Int'l; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'46 BS Ag, MS '47—William W. Hassler of Raleigh, NC, February 16, 2008; retired owner, AB Ltd. Cape Fear Fish Farm.
'46 BA—Betty Riker Howell of Haddonfield, NJ, February 14, 2007; retired physical therapist; active in community affairs. Chi Omega.
'46 BA—June Cronig Kapell of Teaneck, NJ, March 2, 2008; taught chemistry at NYU Dental School; active in civic and community affairs.
'46-48 GR—Margaret Bryner Parks (Mrs. Harold F., PhD '50) of Lexington, KY, September 18, 2005.
'46 BA—Florence Kagan Rubin of Newton, MA, February 26, 2008; president, Nat'l Center for Citizen Participation; high school chemistry teacher; active in civic and community affairs.
'46, B Chem E '45, BCH '47—William C. Ruch of Sun City Center, FL, January 2, 2008. Phi Kappa Psi. Wife, Patricia (Hoke) '48.
'46-47 SP Ag—Martin P. Vince of Savoy, IL, March 6, 2008; warehouse manager; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Marilyn (Miller) '47.
'47 MD—Charles F. Dyer of Waterford, CT, March 28, 2008; retired surgeon; clinical instructor of surgery, Yale-Grace New Haven Hospital; director of health, Town of Waterford; senior aviation medical examiner, FAA; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'47—Catherine Decker Friend of Athens, PA, February 27, 2008; operated Friend Realty and the Gristmill Restaurant; active in community affairs.
'47 BME—M. Michael Lobsitz of West Paterson, NJ, March 7, 2008; retired executive. Phi Sigma Kappa.
'47 BS Ag—Donald S. Manning of Sanibel, FL, and Auburn Township, OH, March 26, 2008; retired vice chairman, Parker Hannifin Corp.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. Wife, Betty (Nosek) '45.
'47 MD—Harold E. Marden Jr. of Delmar, NY, November 28, 2007; retired urologist; assoc. professor of surgery, Albany Medical College; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'48 BS HE—Mary Stenbuck Brown of Roseville, CA, March 4, 2008.
'48 BS Nurs—Katherine Williams Bryant of Gillsville, GA, October 2, 2007; retired registered nurse; active in religious affairs.
'48—Henriette Herman Eny (Mrs. Desire M., PhD '49) of Joppa, MD, February 3, 2008; president, Ecotech; active of alumni affairs.
'48 BS Hotel—Betty Forbes Finn (Mrs. James W. '48) of Loudonville, NY, March 21, 2008; active in community affairs. Kappa Delta.
'48—Frederick E. Jenks of St. George, UT, December 7, 2007; carpentry teacher, BOCES; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Wife, Marilla (Oaks) '45.
'48 BS Hotel—Robert E. Ledder of Edina, MN, April 2, 2008; director of food services, U. of Minnesota; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Chi Phi.
'48 BS ORIE—Robert M. Levy of Boca Raton, FL, March 18, 2008. Phi Sigma Delta.
'48 BS HE—Ruth Lane Loeb of Tucson, AZ, November 29, 2007.
'48 BME—Norman O. Mason of Westport, CT, May 15, 2007; VP, security sales, Smith Barney; executive, Bridgeport Brass Co.; active in community affairs. Beta Theta Pi.
'48 BME—Edward G. Milne of McLean, VA, February 9, 2008; mechanical engineer; retired sales representative, Apex Plumbing Supply. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'48 BS ORIE—Morris Mirzoeff of Aventura, FL, June 6, 2007.
'48 BEE—Frederick A. Moore of Delmar, NY, February 29, 2008; electrical engineer; veteran.
'48 BME—Robert L. Nugent of Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, March 16, 2008. Phi Delta Theta.
'48 BS Ag—William J. O'Brien of East Aurora, NY, November 14, 2007; public health specialist; expert in radiation safety; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Kappa Delta Rho. Wife, Patricia (Hayes) '48.
'48 BA—Paul M. Pinkham of Spofford, NH, January 18, 2008; executive. Chi Phi.
'48 BCE—Lewis F. Roth of Potomac, MD, March 15, 2008; real estate developer; FAA manager; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'49—Arthur L. Arnold of Orlando, FL, January 16, 2006; industrial engineer; veteran.
'49 BS Hotel—Charles A. Bell of Scarsdale, NY, December 2, 2007; president, Charles Anderson Bell Ltd.; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi. Wife, Claire (Naughton), MS '49. '49 BME—Leland N. Burke Jr. of Northfield, OH, April 3, 2005.
'49 BS ORIE—Charles T. Eberts Jr. of Broomfield, CO, January 4, 2008; retired director, licensing and teaching.
'49—Elmer P. Heil Jr. of Aurora, CO, January 16, 2007; contracts manager, Martin Marietta Corp.; veteran.
'49, BA '50—Finley C. Hunt Jr. of Stony Brook, NY, January 26, 2008; screenwriter; director; producer; senior VP, Henry J. Kaufman Assocs.; wrote, directed, and produced the Louis Armstrong documentary A Boy From New Orleans; produced campaign commercials, Reagan/Bush Committee; supervised the filming of President Clinton's first inaugural; veteran; active in civic and professional affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.
'49 MS, PhD '54—H. McClure Johnson of Fort Wayne, IN, November 13, 2007; research meteorologist, Nat'l Environmental Satellite Service; taught at Cornell U. and U. of Hawaii; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Suzanne (Briggs) '51.
'49 PhD—William L. Kraushaar of Gorham, ME, March 21, 2008; pioneer of high-energy astronomy; professor, MIT and U. of Wisconsin, Madison; author; active in professional affairs.
'49 BA—George R. Lindemer of Syracuse, NY, March 5, 2008; president and COO, Lincoln First Bank; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Theta Delta Chi.
'49 MD—William P. McCann of Birmingham, AL, November 15, 2007; professor emeritus of pharmacology, U. of Alabama School of Medicine; also taught at U. of Colorado Medical Center; veteran; author; active in professional affairs.
'49 BS ILR—Alexander B. McKenzie of Greenbrae, CA, February 14, 2008; chief management negotiator and arbitrator, California construction industry; manager, San Francisco Sheet Metal Contractors' Assn.; referee, California State Bar Trial Court; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'49 PhD—Victor F. Nettles of Gainesville, FL, February 7, 2002; professor of horticulture, U. of Florida.
'49 BS ILR—John R. Owens of Houston, TX, December 5, 2007; owner, construction company; real estate broker; also worked for Nat'l Gypsum Co., Wage Stabilization Board, and American Federation of Labor; veteran; active in religious affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.
'49 MD—John G. Rogers of Fernandina Beach, FL, November 14, 2006.
'49 BS HE—Joan Dahlberg Schmidt of Bradenton, FL, January 18, 2008; retired home economics teacher; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'49 MS HE—Norma Newman Schunk of Buffalo, NY, July 5, 2006.
'49 BCE—Murray J. Smith of White Plains, NY, March 17, 2008; civil engineer; VP, Starett Housing; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.
'49 BEE—George W. Supplee of Wilmington, NC, March 11, 2008; chief electrical engineer, Public Service Electric and Gas; veteran.
'49 BS ORIE—Richard L. Wanner of Naples, FL, formerly of Woodbridge and Southbury, CT, March 20, 2008; VP and superintendent of manufacturing, Sargent and Co.; veteran; active in community affairs. Sigma Phi.
'49 BME—Robert I. Widder of Chevy Chase, MD, February 21, 2008; senior research engineer, Battelle Memorial Inst.; expert on ballistic missiles; consultant on arms control and technology transfer; veteran; active in civic and professional affairs.
'50 BS Ag—Alan L. Caspar of Boyce, VA, June 3, 2003; geneticist; worked for Brookhaven Lab, Blandy Experimental Farm, Ranson Fruit, and Clarke County Water Works. Wife, Emily J. (Landfear) '49.
'50 BA—Richard A. Damon of Walnut Creek, CA, January 24, 2008; veterinarian.
'50—Robert W. Lanman of Schereville, IN, February 26, 2008; president, Hadady Machining Co.; chief engineer, Parker-Hannifin Corp. and Carter Controls; designer, New York Central & New England railroads; active in professional affairs. Chi Phi.
'50 BS Ag—James D. MacNair of Pound Ridge, NY, January 25, 2008; trade magazine publisher; veteran; active in community affairs.
'50 MA—Barbara Mardfin Miller (Mrs. Wilson L., DVM '50) of Minneapolis, MN, December 8, 2007; assisted in husband's veterinary practice.
'50 PhD—William C. Paddock of Antigua, Guatemala, February 28, 2008; expert on world food issues; director, Iowa State College Tropical Research Center, Antigua, Guatemala; developed Tiquisate Golden Yellow corn; director, El Zamorano, the Pan American School of Agriculture; director, Latin American Affairs, Nat'l Academy of Sciences; veteran; author; active in civic and professional affairs.
'50 PhD—Harold F. Parks of Lexington, KY, April 15, 2008; retired professor and chair of anatomy, U. of Kentucky College of Medicine; former zoology professor, Cornell U.; also taught at U. of Rochester School of Medicine and U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; musician; active in community and professional affairs.
'50 BS ILR—Martin J. Reitkopp of Chevy Chase, MD, February 26, 2008; Tau Delta Phi.
'51 BS Ag—George W. Cumming of Beamsville, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2007; retired assistant director, Royal Botanical Gardens; veteran.
'51 BS ILR—Teresa M. Feller of Rochester, NY, February 19, 2008; retired personnel manager.
'51 LLB—Saul Kwartin of Stamford, CT, March 23, 2008; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'51 BS Hotel—William H. McKinnon of Michigan City, IN, February 10, 2008; hotel executive.
'51 BArch, MRP '54—Robert C. Morris of Pennellville, NY, March 20, 2008; regional planner; veteran; active in community affairs.
'51 BA—Janet Raleigh O'Connor of Ithaca, NY, March 30, 2008; artist; worked in the medical art dept., U. of Virginia Hospital; worked for US Geological Survey. Alpha Phi. Husband, Stanley J. O'Connor Jr. '51, PhD '65.
'51 BS Ag—Wilbur Pope of Smithville, NY, February 18, 2008; retired farmer; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. Wife, Dolores (Hart-nett) '51.
'51 MEE—Bernard H. Rudwick of Springfield, VA, August 5, 2007; management consultant; author.
'51 MEE—Robert D. Wilson of Shelburne, VT, March 21, 2008; electrical engineer, Raytheon Corp.; technical editor; taught at Cornell U., MIT Radar School, and US Naval Postgraduate School; owner, RadioKit; amateur radio enthusiast; active in community and professional affairs.
'52, BCE '53—Robert D. Anderson of Southold, NY, April 7, 2008; president and founder, Robert D. Anderson Co.; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi.
'52 BA—Nancy Taylor Brown of Clayville, RI, March 18, 2008; social worker; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.
'52 BS Ag—Robert L. Bull of Temple, ME, February 26, 2008; consultant; professor of marketing, U. of Delaware; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. '52—Peter W. Drake of Mendham, NJ, April 1, 2008; architect; principal, Kuhn+Drake Architects; veteran. Phi Kappa Sigma.
'52 DVM—Daniel Durniak of Phoenix, AZ, March 17, 2008; veterinarian; track veterinarian, Tucson Greyhound Park and Rillito Horse Track; veteran. Alpha Psi.
'52 MA—Paul V. Hale of Voorhees, NJ, formerly of Buffalo, NY, April 7, 2008; professor and chair of English, Buffalo State U.; also taught at Niagara U.; playwright; poet; linguist; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'52 PhD—Robert J. C. Krueger of Richmond, VA, October 31, 2007; founder, Agrimetrics Associates.
'52—Henry S. Livingston of Lake Havasu City, AZ, October 6, 2007; logistics engineer, Rockwell Int'l'; veteran. Sigma Phi.
'52 BA—Roderick L. Turner of Sands Point, NY, January 9, 2008; senior executive VP, Colgate-Palmolive; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
'52 BS Ag, MAT '67—Paul J. West of Labelle, FL, April 3, 2008; retired guidance counselor.
'53—Robert S. Arner of Loves Park, IL, February 11, 2008; optometrist; founder, Rockford Vision and Learning Foundation and Rockford Family Eye Care Center; started Arlon Contact Lens Laboratories; author; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.
'53—Joan Palermo Beyea of Valentine, NE, January 7, 2008; active in religious and alumni affairs. Husband, Orville S. Beyea '51.
'53—Martin Blair of Santa Fe, NM, February 28, 2007. Delta Kappa Epsilon.
'53, BS Ag '58, PhD '69—Thomas A. Brewer of State College, PA, April 11, 2008; professor of agricultural economy, Penn State U.; also taught at Washington State U.; veteran.
'53 BS HE—Joyce White Cima of Lansing, NY, February 29, 2008; secretary, Cornell University Council and Board of Trustees; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Xi Delta.
'53 DVM—Charles F. Clause of Henrietta, NY, May 14, 2005; veterinarian. Alpha Psi.
'53, BME '54—Samuel N. Donaldson of Roswell, GA, March 18, 2006; manager; active in alumni affairs. Chi Phi.
'53 BS Ag—Stephanie Terni Erickson of Schenectady, NY, February 29, 2008; retired bacteriologist; active in community and professional affairs.
'53, BS ILR '56—Robert A. Fay of Burna, KY, March 19, 2008; attorney; asst. Livingston County attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha.
'53—Lawrence H. Himmelback of Ransomville, NY, December 17, 2007; retired farmer.
'53 BS HE—Marilyn Craig Hoge of Hendersonville, TN, January 1, 2008; active in religious affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.
'53 MS—Pierce D. Milliman of Seattle, WA, February 25, 2008; engineer and manager at Boeing Aircraft; musician; author; active in community affairs. Wife, Constance (Stanton) '53.
'53 BS Ag—Ronald W. Space of Dryden, NY, March 28, 2008; manager, Dept. of Animal Science Teaching and Research Center, Cornell U.; farmer; active in community affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.
'53—Lt. Cmdr. Charles R. Thompson of West End, NC, January 15, 2008; administrator, Temple U. Hospital; retired Naval officer.
'53 JD—Robert C. Woodbury of Dunkirk, NY, October 27, 2007; attorney; electrical engineer.
'54, BS Ag '58—Robert W. Budd of Baldwinsville, NY, February 13, 2008; retired teacher and asst. principal, N. Syracuse School District; veteran. Alpha Gamma Rho.
'54 BArch—Kirk R. Craig of Greenville, SC, March 29, 2007; architect; partner, Craig Gauldin Davis; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'54 BA—Patrick De La Sota of Bilbao, Spain, February 13, 2008; worked in metallurgy and insurance; founder and president, Maritime Museum; consul of the Republic of Ireland; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'54 BS HE—Amanda Goldsmith Farrell (Mrs. Robert D. '48, DVM '51) of Mount Upton, NY, January 3, 2007; vocalist; choir director; entrepreneur; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.
'54—Floyd A. Guernsey of Schoharie, NY, January 11, 2008; owner, Guernsey's Schoharie Nurseries; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'54 LLB—Thomas Hogan of Fayetteville, NY, April 8, 2008; attorney; partner, Hiscock & Barclay law firm; former Dept. of Justice attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.
'54-55 SP Ag—Lester N. Hunt of Sacramento, CA, March 2, 2008; Baptist minister; missionary in Thailand; veteran; active in religious affairs. Wife, Jean (Cackler), '54-55 SP Ag.
'54 BA—Seely F. Pratt Jr. of Le Roy, NY, March 11, 2008; worked for Union Steel Chest; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.
'54, BA '77—Alan R. Sheppard of Beaufort, SC, November 23, 2007; investment counselor; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Phi.
'54 BS Ag, MBA '58—Russell O. L. Smith of Pittsford, NY, February 10, 2008; operated Pittsford Liquor Store; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs.
'54 BA, MBA '59—Donald F. Walls of Austin, TX, June 28, 2003.
'54 BS Ag—Mildred Myers Weiner of Spencerport, NY, February 27, 2008; retired horse farmer; active in community and religious affairs.
'54 BS Ag, MBA '55—Franklin R. Winnert of Gainesville, TX, December 25, 2006; active in alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi. Wife, Carol (Cochran) '57.
'55 BS HE—Marilyn Levy Black of Boynton Beach, FL, April 2, 2008; retired employment counselor, Monroe County, NY; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.
'55 BS Ag—Frederick Cummings of Andover, MA, June 11, 2007; asst. VP and secretary of commercial lines, Andover Companies; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. Wife, Mary (Spinney) '56.
'55—Phyllis Clause Dewan of East Falmouth, MA, April 22, 1996.
'55 LLB—Robert B. Dickson of Chocorua, NH, January 30, 2007; superior court justice, State of New Hampshire; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'55 PhD—Kenall L. Dolge of Manlius, NY, February 20, 2008; animal nutritionist; manager of nutrition and quality assurance, Agway; formulated the feed for Seattle Slew; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'55 BS ILR—Michael H. Greenberg of New York City, March 10, 2008; attorney; arbitrator; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'55 MEd—James G. Henry of Warsaw, NC, July 1, 2002.
'55—Bradford C. Laube of Tenafly, NJ, August 24, 2007. Delta Phi.
'55—Joseph H. Lowy of Newark, NJ, February 19, 2008; systems engineer, Smith Industries; veteran.
'55 BS Ag—Rev. Richard E. Mastin of Jordan, NY, March 24, 2008; retired minister; owner, Rich's Construction; substitute teacher; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.
'55 BS ILR—Renee Miller Mayer of Port Washington, NY, March 7, 2008; attorney; active in civic, professional, and alumni affairs.
'55 BArch—Edith Lyons Mendel of Great Neck, NY, April 8, 2008; architect.
'55—Richard L. Vigurs of Southbury, CT, April 10, 2008; owner, Connecticut Auto Test.
'56—Donald L. Blotner of West Hartford, CT, May 14, 2007; Beta Sigma Rho.
'56 BA—Sally D. Decker of Kennett Square, PA, formerly of Ardentown, DE, October 18, 2007; social worker; active in community affairs. Chi Omega.
'56—Rosina Farwell French of Chattanooga, TN, April 13, 2005.
'56 JD—Donald J. Goodell of Chappaqua, NY, February 16, 2008; international trademark attorney; veteran; active in alumni affairs.
'56 BS Hotel—Arthur S. Kerbel of Petaluma, CA, January 27, 2008; director, Old Adobe Developmental Services; hotel executive; tax accountant; active in civic and community affairs.
'56 MS HE—Sister Marie L. Mayer of Rochester, NY, January 29, 2008; Catholic nun, Sisters of St. Joseph; convent treasurer; taught high school business and home economics; active in religious affairs.
'56 MD—Robert R. Morgan of Montclair, NJ, March 15, 2008; physician.
'57—Jack C. Mettauer of Brookline, MA, February 1, 1983.
'57—Edward S. Reich of New York City, March 31, 2008; attorney; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.
'57 PhD—John R. Waters of Tampa, FL, March 14, 2008; neutron physicist; research associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic U.; developed BACTEC, an automated blood culture system; author; active in community affairs.
'57 BA—Stephen H. Weiss of Greenwich, CT, April 16, 2008; managing director and senior portfolio manager, Neuberger Berman LLC; co-founder, Weiss, Peck & Greer investment firm; former director, A. G. Becker and Co.; chairman, Cornell U. Board of Trustees; first chair, Weill Cornell Medical College Board of Overseers; Presidential Councilor; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.
'58 MD—Armand Cortese of Clinton Corners, NY, February 17, 2006; thoracic surgeon; clinical associate professor emeritus of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; active in professional affairs.
'58 PhD—Lloyd J. Kusak of Burr Ridge, IL, March 8, 2008.
'58, BME '62—Donald E. Nurenberg of Bloomfield Hills, MI, November 3, 2007; mechanical engineer; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.
'58 BS Ag—Thomas H. Osbourn of North East, PA, August 31, 2007.
'58 MA—Rev. Addison S. Truxton of Colville, WA, December 28, 2007; Baptist minister and missionary to India and Thailand; program planner and coordinator, Fresno Refugee Resettlement; Baptist chaplain, UCLA; poet; active in religious affairs.
'58, BME '59—Peter B. Weber of Newtonville, NY, January 4, 1995; former president, Rushmore and Weber; executive, Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio railroads; also worked in advertising; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.
'58 MS HE—Barbara Smith Whaley of San Antonio, TX, January 19, 2008; retired dietitian.
'58 MS—Charles R. Wilson of Cortland, NY, February 14, 2006; biology professor, SUNY Cortland; veteran. Pi Kappa Phi.
'59 BS Hotel—William F. Hahne of Bertram, TX, formerly of New Orleans, LA, February 15, 2008; corporate executive chef. Theta Xi.
'59 BA—Douglas W. Lewis of Christchurch, New Zealand, February 14, 2008; Lambda Chi Alpha.
'59 BS Ag, DVM '63—Ronald W. Miller of Staatsburg, NY, November 27, 2007; veterinarian; active in professional affairs. Alpha Psi.
'59, BS Hotel '62—Herbert W. Stover III of White Stone, VA, December 5, 2007; real estate broker; veteran; active in religious affairs. Theta Delta Chi.
'59 BA—Jane E. Werly of Delray Beach, FL, February 22, 2008; consultant; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.
'60 MS—Ragnar Baerug of Vear, Norway, September 21, 2007; professor.
'60 MFS—Lt. Col. Ronald N. Bowman of Memphis, TN, March 20, 2008; retired commander, Memphis Defense Depot; deputy administrator, Shelby County Correction Center; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'60 BA—John M. Gallaway of St. Petersburg, FL, March 19, 2008; president, TropWorld; hotelier; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi.
'61 JD—John D. Bryant of Hendersonville, NC, October 31, 2007; co-founder, construction law firm Bryant, O'Dell and Basso; town attorney, Skaneateles, NY; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'61 BS Ag—James P. Ford of Montrose, NY, October 24, 2007; computer analyst, Federal Reserve Bank; active in community and religious affairs.
'61 LLB—Philip J. Kramer of Vestal, NY, March 4, 2008; attorney; NYS Supreme Court Justice; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'61 BS Ag, DVM '65—Hugo P. Veit of Christiansburg, VA, September 17, 2006; professor emeritus of biomedical sciences and pathology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech; veterinarian; author; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.
'63 BA—Ethel Hoffman Decter of Montclair, NJ, March 10, 2008; clinical social worker; Sigma Delta Tau. Husband, Julian A. Decter '62.
'63 BA—Cynthia Kovacs Dorney of Short Hills, NJ, May 14, 2007; hospital administrator, Summit Dog & Cat Hospital. Husband, James M. Dorney, DVM '64.
'63 BS HE—Patricia Parker Fox of Cincinnatus, NY, March 29, 2008; home economics teacher, Cincinnatus Central School; town supervisor, councilperson, and tax collector, Town of Freetown; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Chi Omega.
'63, BA '64, MILR '66—Charles E. Leonard of Kenmore, NY, April 2, 2008; labor mediator; supervising mediator, Public Employment Relations Board; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'63, B Chem E '64, M Chem E '66—Robert F. Rakowski of Athens, OH, February 19, 2008; chair, biological science, Ohio U. Alpha Delta Phi. Wife, Linda (Eakin) '64.
'63-64 GR—Charlotte Fein Sack of Venice, FL, February 28, 2008; German and French teacher; jewelry designer.
'64—Peter K. Cline of Indianapolis, IN, March 29, 2008; history professor and associate academic dean, Earlham College; also taught at U. of California, Davis.
'64 BS ILR—Stephen R. Engleman of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, February 18, 2008; home economics consultant.
'64 BS Hotel, MBA '65—Robert S. Iversen of Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 26, 2008; president, DCL. Wife, Linda (Rasken) '64.
'64 BS Ag, PhD '73—Eino Kivisalu of Sauquoit, NY, July 31, 2007; antiques dealer; active in community and religious affairs.
'64 MS—Dale Koenig of Louisville, KY, February 28, 2008; food industry executive; veteran; active in religious affairs.
'64 BS ILR—Nancy Alfred Persily (Mrs. Andrew A. '65) of New York City, March 12, 2008; associate dean for academic affairs, U. of Albany School of Public Health; clinical professor, Dept. of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and assistant provost, Health Affairs, U. of Albany; owner, healthcare consulting firm; held management positions at George Washington School of Public Health and Medical Center; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.
'65, BArch '69, MFA '71—Thomas R. Burton of Columbia, MO, September 8, 2002.
'65—Gary W. Felstead of Great Falls, MT, November 27, 2001. Theta Xi.
'65 PhD—Michel M. Goutmann of Fort Washington, PA, January 16, 2008; retired VP of engineering, General Atronics Corp.; taught at U. of Pennsylvania; active in professional affairs.
'65—James C. Griefer of Overland Park, KS, January 15, 1995. Delta Chi.
'65 BS MatSci, ME '66—Richard S. Humphrey of Tecumseh, MO, May 24, 2007; engineering group consultant.
'65 BS ILR—Bennett H. Kaplan of New York City, March 17, 2007. Beta Sigma Rho.
'65, BS Hotel '66—Alvin E. Koch of Audubon, NY, June 6, 2007. Watermargin.
'65 BA—Carol J. Kronman of New York City, May 8, 1999.
'65 MA, PhD '68—Henry C. Moses III of New York City, April 16, 2008; headmaster, Trinity School; college administrator; dean of freshmen, Harvard U.; lecturer in American literature; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'65—Arthur E. Olsen of Hyattsville, MD, January 15, 1992. Alpha Sigma Phi.
'65 BA—Yohko Suzuki Shorb of Hornbrook, CA, January 6, 2002. Husband, Alan M. Shorb, MA '65.
'65 BS HE—Jane Galardi Summerford of Davidson, NC, December 12, 2004.
'65—James Weiner of Punta Gorda, FL, August 25, 2007.
'67, BA '68—Donald A. Weadon Jr. of Washington, DC, March 23, 2008; principal, Weadon & Assocs.; active in alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.
'68 BA—John W. Pearson of Altadena, CA, December 29, 2007. Phi Sigma Kappa.
'68 BS Ag—Gary F. Senyk of Akron, NY, February 7, 2008; VP, research/quality, Perry's Ice Cream.
'69 MS Ag—Kenneth A. Apostolico of North Brunswick, NJ, September 11, 2007; patent engineer, Law Offices of Ezra Sutton; active in community affairs. Tau Delta Phi.
'69 BS Ag—Newton C. Galusha Jr. of Colleyville, TX, May 6, 2007; practiced internal medicine; founded Harris Methodist Springwood addiction treatment center; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.
'69—Joseph F. Katusz of Dundalk, MD, April 2, 2006.
'70 BA—Larry S. Eisner of Boca Raton, FL, March 4, 2008; neurologist; retired medical director, Baumel-Eisner Neuromedical Inst.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.
'70 BS ILR—Stephen R. Goodwin of New York City, March 7, 2008; founder and CEO, Cartwright Goodwin; active in alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi.
'70 MArch—Leonard E. Mankowski of Eldersburg, MD, March 2, 2008; architect; active in religious affairs.
'71 BS Ag, MPS '73—David J. Griffin of Doral, FL, February 24, 2008; retired sales manager; active in alumni affairs.
'71 BS Ag—Harvey L. Levy of Howell, NJ, March 17, 2008; veterinarian.
'71 PhD—Billy L. Redmond of Rancho Mirage, CA, formerly of New Paltz, NY, March 2, 2008; professor of electron microscopy, SUNY New Paltz; consultant on electron microscopy; active in community affairs.
'72 MAT—Mary J. Hynes of Schenectady, NY, February 19, 2008; director, Wellness Center of Sage Colleges; Jungian psychologist; high school math and science teacher; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'72 BS Ag—Jeffrey C. Walters of Chicago, IL, March 31, 2008; podiatrist.
'72 BS Hotel—Rex L. Williams of Tacoma, WA, March 12, 2008; owner, Williams Properties; active in civic and community affairs. Kappa Alpha.
'73 BA—David L. Davies of Mount Laurel, NJ, March 18, 2008; chief technical officer, Channel Logistics; attorney; former Peace Corps volunteer; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.
'73 MPS, MA '76, PhD '85—Willie A. Drake of Trent Woods, NC, March 14, 2008; professor, Virginia Commonwealth U.; active in civic and community affairs. Wife, Doris (Moore) '74.
'73 MS Ag, PhD '74—Paul E. Powell of Austin, TX, February 7, 2008; microbiologist and plant pathologist; worked at the Int'l Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Sonora, Mexico; taught at Cornell U., U. of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, U. of Hohenheim, and U. of Texas, Austin; active in professional affairs.
'73 DVM—Nils W. Robertson of West Boylston, MA, November 7, 2004; veterinarian; active in community and professional affairs.
'75 MA, PhD '77—Robert Balter of Wake Forest, NC, September 26, 2007.
'78 MA, PhD '80—Carolyn Clark Ahern of Norman, OK, March 14, 2008; high school English teacher; freelance writer; editor; lyricist; taught English at U. of Oklahoma; active in community and religious affairs. Husband, Judson L. Ahern, PhD '80.
'78 MD—Thomas F. Cheng of Edina, MN, February 25, 2008; cardiologist, Minnesota Heart Clinic; clinical associate professor, U. of Minnesota Medical School; active in professional affairs.
'78 MBA—Douglas J. Wood of Greensburg, PA, March 30, 2008; CEO, GPS Industries; co-owner and president, Carrera Corp.; active in civic and community affairs.
'79 MPA—William D. Jones of Peaks Island, ME, April 14, 2008; academic financial director, Naropa U.; organic gardener; treasurer, Boulder Farmers' Market; worked in admissions and treasurer's office, Cornell U.; worked at JP Morgan; active in community affairs.
'80 BME—George D. Low of Sterling, VA, March 15, 2008; NASA astronaut; payload commander, Space Shuttle Endeavor; carried Ezra Cornell's socks into space; senior VP, Launch Systems Group, Orbital Sciences Corp.; also worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; active in professional affairs.
'81 BS Ag—Michael L. Piotrowski of Erie, PA, December 8, 2007; financial advisor, UBS Financial Services; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.
'83 MEE—William E. Wells of Raleigh, NC, August 5, 2006.
'86 MBA—Stanley E. Smith of Littleton, MA, March 11, 2008; freelance business and mystery writer; publisher, Mental Master Publications; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'89 MILR—John D. Tanner of New York City, February 29, 2008; human resources manager; active in alumni affairs.
'92 MA—Elspeth Stanfield Delancy of Syracuse, NY, August 6, 2007; retired banker.
'92, BS Ag '93—David A. Von Rhedey of Pulteney, NY, March 25, 2007; VP of sales, VR Food Equipment; active in community affairs.
'98 BS Ag—Michael J. Lacasse of Ellicott City, MD, August 9, 2000.