'27 BA—Edgar F. Sachs of New York City, May 27, 2008; attorney; rare book collector; active in alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.
'29 BS HE—Ferne Griffith Fuller (Mrs. Kenneth W. '27, LLB '29) of New Hartford, NY, May 9, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'30 BA—Roger F. Abell of Clarence, NY, February 2, 2008. Kappa Delta Rho.
'32 BA—Shirley Fuchs Milton of West Orange, NJ, May 17, 2008; professor and co-chair, advertising and communications dept., Fashion Inst. of Technology; editor, FIT Review; author; one of the first female VPs in advertising; active in professional affairs.
'32—Helen Gosnell Walters of DeLand, FL, March 25, 2008; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
'33 BA—Marjorie Forer Balbert of San Antonio, TX, June 2, 2008; elementary school teacher; active in community affairs.
'33—Marian Lasher Lueder (Mrs. Francis A. '31) of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Jacksonville, NY, April 22, 2008; homemaker; farmer; active in alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.
'33 BS HE—Beatrice Anton Saltford (Mrs. Herbert W. '33) of Gladwyne, PA, April 18, 2008; floral designer; active in community affairs. Delta Delta Delta.
'33, BME '34—Charles S. Tracy of Jamesville, NY, May 11, 2008; worked for Exxon Mobil; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi.
'33 BA—John F. Wager Jr. of La Canada, CA, May 26, 2008; travel agent; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.
'34 BA, JD '36—Daniel L. Kurshan of Sands Point, NY, December 11, 2007; attorney. Cayuga Lodge.
'34 BA—Ernestine Snyder Reeser (Mrs. Richard Jr. '32, MD '35) of St. Petersburg, FL, April 28, 2008; homemaker; president, St. Petersburg China Painters' Guild; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Phi.
'35 BA—Helen B. Freedman of Catonsville, MD, April 13, 2008; retired public health analyst; artist; active in community affairs.
'35 BA, JD '37—Edwin J. Loewy of Rockville Centre, NY, April 23, 2008; retired judge and attorney.
'35 BA, JD '37—William Massar of West Roxbury, MA, January 13, 2007; attorney.
'35 BA—Ellison H. Taylor of Oak Ridge, TN, May 31, 2008; director, chemistry division, Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory; worked on the Manhattan Project; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'36 BS HE—Isabel K. Boyd of Kent, CT, formerly of Jamesburg, NJ, April 21, 2007.
'36 MD—George A. Schumacher of Shelburne, VT, March 24, 2008; emeritus professor and retired chair of neurology, U. of Vermont College of Medicine; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'37—Donald F. Ames of Naples, FL, May 4, 2008. Kappa Sigma.
'37 BA, JD '40—James D. Andrews of Avon, NY, April 28, 2008; real estate attorney; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs.
'37—Marjorie Brunt Bailey of Fort Belvoir, VA, March 30, 2008; homemaker; flower arranger. Delta Gamma.
'37 BS HE—Hazel Oldham Hanson of Riverside, CT, June 3, 2008; homemaker; worked for Greenwich Urological Assocs.; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.
'37 BA, PhD '41—Walter J. Harrington of Raleigh, NC, June 2, 2008; professor emeritus of mathematics, North Carolina State U.; project director, Office of Scientific Research, US Air Force; also taught at Penn State U. and Cornell U.; research associate, Allegheny Ballistics Lab; active in professional and religious affairs.
'37 MD—Irving E. Sisman of Flushing, NY, May 12, 2008; physician.
'37 BA, MS Chem E '39—R. David Thomas Jr. of East Fairfield, VT, March 4, 2008; consulting metallurgical engineer, R. D. Thomas & Co. Lambda Chi Alpha. Wife, Rev. Virginia (Campbell) '39.
'37 BA—John H. Weidman Jr. of Fort Worth, TX, April 26, 2008; engineer; construction executive; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'37 MS Ag—Fred E. Winch Jr. of Concord, NH, formerly of Newfield, NY, May 17, 2008; professor emeritus of natural resources, Cornell U.; first inductee, Nat'l Maple Museum's Hall of Fame; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.
'39 BA—Robert J. Crew of Nampa, ID, March 25, 2007; retired engineer.
'39 BS Ag, PhD '50—Donald H. Dewey of Green Valley, AZ, formerly of Lansing and East Lansing, MI, April 4, 2008; professor emeritus of horticulture, Michigan State U.; USDA horticulturist; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.
'39 BEE—William P. Lentz of Baltimore, MD, May 5, 2008; electrical engineer; consulting engineer; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'39-41 SP Ag—Martin E. Leonard of Tully, NY, March 26, 2008; worked in the artificial insemination business; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'39 BME—John W. Tone of Galena, MD, April 6, 2008; mechanical engineer; manufacturing director, Ronson Corp.; engineering consultant; boat builder; veteran. Phi Kappa Sigma.
'39 BME—Phillip G. Twitchell of Novato, CA, May 16, 2008; retired industrial engineer, DuPont; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'39 BS HE—Ruth Goodman Waskey of Boulder, CO, October 21, 2007; active in alumni affairs.
'40 BS Ag—Arthur W. Galston of Hamden, CT, June 15, 2008; professor emeritus of biology, Yale U.; researched effects of Agent Orange; helped found Yale's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics; author; active in professional affairs. Wife, Dale (Kuntz) '41.
'40, BA '41—Edwin A. Hebb of Marianna, FL, April 9, 2008; retired forester, US Forest Service; veteran; artist; poet. Zeta Psi.
'40 M Chem E—Sidney P. Lee of St. Croix, VI, June 20, 2008; senator, Virgin Islands Legislature; chairman of finance, VI Port Authority; businessman; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.'40 BS HE—Jeanne Titterton Lewis (Mrs. John C. III '33, PhD '40) of East Lansing, MI, May 12, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'40, BS Hotel '46—Frederick W. Newcomb of Chamblee, GA, April 21, 2008; retired from Kimberly-Clark Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'40 BS HE—Marie Bolton Pettit of Bridgewater, VA, formerly of East Lansing, MI, April 11, 2008; director, school lunch program, East Lansing Public Schools; food production supervisor, Michigan State U. residence halls; active in community affairs.
'40 BS Ag—Ralph Resnick of Scottsdale, AZ, and Morrisville, NY, March 30, 2008; retired building contractor; member, Civil Corps of Engineers; active in civic and community affairs.
'40, BCE '41—Paul C. Wolters of Exeter, NH, March 28, 2008; retired engineering manager, General Electric; also worked for American Steel and Wire; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Delta Theta.
'41 BA—Kenneth H. B. Cudmore of Littleton, CO, May 2, 2008; corporate attorney; VP and asst. secretary, Sperry Rand Corp.; also worked for Cummings & Lockwood and DWG Corp.; poet; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Pi.
'41 BEE—William C. Don of Edenton, NC, May 12, 2007; engineer; retired from United Piece Dye Works; worked on the Manhattan Project in WWII; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'41 BA—Elizabeth A. Herrold of Lancaster, PA, May 29, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'41 BA—David C. Klein of New York City, May 4, 2008; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.
'41 BS Ag, PhD '49—George E. Mattus of Spotswood, NJ, formerly of Blacksburg, VA, May 16, 2008; professor of horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Inst.; veteran. Alpha Zeta.
'41 BS Ag, MS Ag '43—Howard A. Schuck of Tucson, AZ, July 6, 2007; active in alumni affairs.
'41 BA—Shirley Munson Stiles of Palo Alto, CA, April 26, 2008; registered nurse and school nurse; veteran; her life is depicted in Letters Home; active in community affairs.
'42, BA '48—Allan K. Bush of Sacramento, CA, March 4, 2007; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Theta Xi.
'42 BME—George B. Howell of Glenview, IL, May 9, 2008; partner, Pfingsten Partners; active in civic and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Wife, Barbara (Crohurst) '42.
'42 PhD—Ernest P. Imle of Silver Spring, MD, May 4, 2008; retired tropical crops specialist, US Dept. of Agriculture; consultant; former director, American Cocoa Research Inst.; active in professional and religious affairs.
'42 BME—Robert P. Morrow of Buffalo, NY, April 27, 2008; consultant engineer; pilot; veteran; active in alumni affairs.
'42—Margaret Fish Tackabury (Mrs. Elbert K. '42) of Fort Morgan, CO, April 15, 2008; secretary, North Colorado Medical Center.
'42—William W. Warner of Washington, DC, April 18, 2008; former administrator, Smithsonian Inst.; USIA officer; Latin American program coordinator, Peace Corps; author, Beautiful Swimmers; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha.
'43 BME—Francis J. J. Broglie of Hurlock, MD, April 18, 2007; worked for Bethlehem Steel.
'43 BS HE—Bernice Henry Fitchett of Poughkeepsie, NY, December 31, 2007; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. Husband, Edwin E. Fitchett '44.
'43 MA—Marion Porter Fross of Ravena, NY, May 3, 2008; retired teacher; active in community and religious affairs.
'43 DVM—Norman F. Lewis of Canandaigua, NY, April 16, 2008; chief veterinarian, New York State Racing and Wagering Board; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Psi. Wife, Edith (Kelsey) '44.
'43 BS Ag—Bernard W. Potter of Truxton, NY, May 25, 2008; director, New York State Fair; deputy commissioner, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. Wife, Margaret (Smith) '43.
'43, BS Hotel '50—John E. Servis of Princeton, NJ, April 24, 2008; owner, Servis Electric; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. Wife, Lucinda (Perry) '49.
'43, BA '47, MBA '48—Clifford H. Whitcomb of Jensen Beach, FL, June 9, 2008; president, Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance; veteran; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.
'44 BS, '47 B Chem E—Howard W. Blose of New Canaan, CT, May 9, 2008; retired executive, Exxon Corp.; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. Wife, Marion (Graham) '44.
'44 BS HE—Mary Pollard Clist of Cobleskill, NY, April 24, 2008; retired academic librarian; editor; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.
'44 BS HE—Eleanor Johnson Morse of Marietta, GA, February 4, 2008.
'44 BA, MD '47—Jacob Robbins of Bethesda, MD, May 12, 2008; scientist emeritus, Nat'l Institutes of Health; thyroid researcher; devised therapies to prevent thyroid disease from exposure to radioactive fallout; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'44—Charles S. Williams of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of Ithaca, NY, May 19, 2008; former managing editor, Cornell Alumni News; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'45-46 SP Ag—Budd H. Adams of Hector, NY, June 21, 2008; retired sales manager, Cayuga Ford; also worked for Babcock's; horseman; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'45—Richard R. Booth of Miami, FL, April 14, 2008; attorney; former assistant US attorney; author; calligrapher; also worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; veteran; active in community affairs. Zeta Psi.
'45, BME '44—Richard H. Frost of Cranberry, PA, formerly of McCandless, PA, May 27, 2008; owner, Autotrols Inc.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'45, BS Hotel '48—William F. Hunt of Galveston, TX, April 6, 2008; consultant. Delta Tau Delta.
'45, BME '48—William W. Thomas of Clinton, NY, April 28, 2008; foundry supervisor, NY Air Brake Co. Sigma Chi.
'46—John R. Crawford of Palm Desert, CA, April 17, 2008; retired engineer; veteran. Kappa Sigma.
'46 BS Ag—Charles L. Muller of Denver, CO, April 8, 2008; farm service director, KOA radio; also worked for Colorado Rural Electric Assn. and Colorado Farm Bureau; actor; active in professional affairs.
'46, BA '44—Johann Creal Van Patten of Preble, NY, May 25, 2008.
'47 BA—Phyllis Y. Garland of Stamford, CT, April 18, 2008; librarian. Sigma Delta Tau.
'47—Gladys Flint Hotchkiss (Mrs. Lyle B., SP Ag '44-45) of Portageville, NY, November 16, 2007; artist; teacher; active in community and religious affairs.
'47—Sally Gibson Noel of Luray, VA, April 7, 2008.
'47—John O. Strom of Providence, RI, March 22, 2008; neurologist; chief of neurology, Rhode Island Hospital; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'48—Calvin H. Axinn of Woodbury, NY, May 21, 2008.
'48 BME—Ray G. Downing of Westhampton Beach, NY, April 28, 2008; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.
'48 BA—Joann Smoyer Leer of Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 28, 2008. Delta Delta Delta.
'48 BS ILR—Henry W. Nichols of Post Falls, ID, April 10, 2008; commissioner, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; corporate labor relations manager; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'48, BA '49—Natalie Lax Rabkin of Westfield, NJ, February 17, 2008; homemaker. Husband, Richard M. Rabkin '50.
'48, BA '49—Robert W. Reynolds of Goleta, CA, January 28, 2008; professor of physiological psychology and endocrinology, UC Santa Barbara; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Seal & Serpent.
'48 BA—Joan Southworth Sedlacek of Riverwoods, IL, April 25, 2008; active in alumni affairs.
'48 BME—Richard C. Ungemach of Palmyra, VA, June 3, 2007; retired engineer.
'49—Edward L. Alexander Jr. of Rochester, NY, March 22, 2007; veteran.
'49—Evelyn Weller Austin of Winchester, VA, August 5, 2007.
'49 MA—Alice A. Bubriski of Housatonic, MA, May 14, 2008; retired teacher and coach; active in civic and community affairs.
'49 BS Ag—Austin P. Gibbons of Berlin, MD, October 23, 2007.
'49 BEE—William A. Koch of Myerstown, PA, May 23, 2008; active in alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon.
'49 BME—Gordon B. Nute of Weymouth, MA, March 31, 2008; owner, Flagg, Brackett and Durgin; veteran. Delta Phi.
'49 PhD—William F. Shipe Jr. of Ithaca, NY, May 20, 2008; professor emeritus of food science, Cornell U.; created "Food Facts and Fads" course; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'49 BA—Frances Grammer Stevenson of Augusta, GA, June 17, 2008; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Phi.
'50 BA—John Y. Barry of Santa Monica, CA, April 3, 2008. Beta Theta Pi.
'50 BS Hotel—Lt. Col. Maurice V. Graves of Oak Ridge, TN, April 20, 2008; retired Air Force officer; internal auditor, NASA and US Army Corps of Engineers; attorney; musician.
'50 DVM—Paul W. Padget of Tully, NY, April 30, 2008; retired veterinarian; Civil War scholar; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.
'50 MD—Hartwell G. Thompson of West Hartford, CT, April 19, 2008; retired neurologist; chairman, Dept. of Neurology, U. of Connecticut Medical School; professor of neurology, West Virginia U. Medical School, Morgantown; also taught at U. of Pennsylvania, West Virginia U. Med School, Charleston, and U. of Wisconsin Medical School; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'51 BS Hotel—Thomas W. Gee of Worland, WY, April 16, 2007. Sigma Chi.
'51 BS Nurs—Susanne Holden Jamison (Mrs. William A., MD '52) of Lakewood, NJ, October 5, 2007; retired nurse; active in religious affairs.
'51, B Chem E—Dale R. Pulver of Mentor, OH, March 26, 2008; retired chemical engineer; veteran; active in religious affairs.
'52 BA—Denny G. Arvanites of Green Valley, AZ, April 30, 2008; department store executive; president and CEO, Halle Bros. division of Marshall Fields; consultant; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi.
'52—Walter G. Bisek of Virginia Beach, VA, April 6, 2008; chairman, Bisek & Co.; veteran.
'52 BS Hotel—John F. Craver of Lancaster, PA, May 22, 2008; president, Jack Craver Co.; VP and general mgr., Mayflower Hotel; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. Wife, Elizabeth (Hunsberger) '52.
'52 DVM—Robert W. Fuess of Camillus, NY, May 1, 2008; veterinarian; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi.
'52, B Chem E '53—Charles A. Geyh of Wilton, CT, May 1, 1986. Acacia.
'52, BME '53—Robert T. Lewis of Webster, NY, May 13, 2008; retired mechanical engineer, Eastman Kodak; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. Wife, Jeanne (Irish) '52.
'52 BS Hotel—Edwin S. Weber Jr. of Las Vegas, NV, June 4, 2008; restaurant executive; former president, Far West Services; veteran; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Theta Xi. Wife, Vera (Horning) '49.
'53-54 GR—Matthew J. Bruccoli of Columbia, SC, June 4, 2008; biographer of F. Scott Fitzgerald, John O'Hara, and other American writers; professor of English, U. of South Carolina; edited Vladimir Nabokov's letters; helped to run Bruccoli Clark Layman, publisher of literary reference works; active in professional affairs.
'53 MS—Max M. Carpenter of Harrisonburg, VA, March 12, 2008; game biologist, Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries; active in religious affairs.
'53 DVM—Joseph E. Croshaw Jr. of Parksville, KY, April 25, 2008; veterinarian; professor of animal science, Delaware Valley College; taught anatomy at Cornell and U. of Pennsylvania; active in community and religious affairs.
'54 JD—Cameron R. Argetsinger of Burdett, NY, April 22, 2008; organizer of Watkins Glen Grand Prix; president, Int'l Motor Racing Research Center; executive VP, Chaparral Cars; race car driver; attorney; active in community and professional affairs.
'54 MD—William C. H. Grimm Jr. of Evansville, IN, May 1, 2008; physician, Wellborn Clinic; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'55 BA, LLB '58—John S. Davidge of Binghamton, NY, May 26, 2008; retired attorney; member, District Court of Northern New York; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.
'55, BA '56—Louise Laylin Firouz of northern Iran, May 25, 2008; horse breeder; rediscovered the Caspian horse, the precursor of modern racehorses; owner, Norouzabad Equestrian Center; operated adventure horse-riding tours in Iran; active in professional affairs.
'55 MD—Richard R. Lower of Richmond, VA, and Twin Bridges, MT, May 17, 2008; cardiac surgeon and general practitioner; pioneer of heart transplants; professor of thoracic and cardiac surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth U.; cattle ranch manager; active in community and professional affairs.
'55 BS Hotel—Cmdr. Rodger F. Schindele of Fairfax, VA, July 7, 2007.
'56 BS HE—Nancy Kerry Kienzle of Westport, CT, February 2, 2008; teacher, Staples High School; coordinator, Cultural Care Au Pair; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'57 BS Ag—Barbara Ziegler Allen of Petoskey, MI, April 30, 2008; retired data systems manager; also worked for the FDA.
'57 BA—Dian Porthouse of Reno, NV, June 22, 2008; stockbroker and financial manager; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.
'58, BS Ag '59—Russell R. Felthousen of Rexford, NY, February 7, 2008. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'58 MS, PhD '60—Thomas Laaspere of Norwich, VT, June 10, 2008; engineering professor, Dartmouth College; expert in radiophysics; worked at Arecibo; active in community affairs.
'58—A. David Tobin of East Williston, NY, June 17, 2008; partner, Pergolis Swartz Associates; real estate broker. Cayuga Lodge.
'59 LLB—Edmund R. Bernhard of Ringoes, NJ, April 16, 2008; Superior Court judge; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Elizabeth (Mansik), MEd '60. '59 JD—Solomon H. Katz of Deerfield Beach, FL, formerly of New York City, May 19, 2008; attorney; NYS judge.
'59 BA—Peter J. Preisner of Glastonbury, CT, October 5, 2007; attorney; veteran; active in civic affairs.
'59 PhD—J. B. Smith of Walnut Creek, CA, April 9, 2008; agribusiness consultant; led the Pineapple Research Inst. and the Research and Quality Control Div., Dole Pineapple; started genetics dept. at U. of Hawaii; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Doris (Shackelford) '55.
'60 BS Ag—Brian K. Finger of Thomasville, GA, March 23, 2008; retired sales manager; active in community and religious affairs.
'60, BA '61—Robert A. Gillespie of Benton, ME, April 28, 2008; associate professor of English, Colby College; editor, Colby magazine; author; book reviewer, Morning Sentinel; active in community and professional affairs.
'60, BS Ag '62—Daniel L. Jeffers Jr. of Shreve, OH, November 8, 2007; research agronomist, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Ctr.; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Barbara (Ricciardi) '61.
'60—Elizabeth Butt Law of Las Vegas, NV, April 28, 2008; registered nurse; active in community and religious affairs.
'60, BME '61—J. Bruce Waterfall of New York City, April 28, 2008; president, Morgens Waterfall Vintiadis Co.; active in alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.
'61 BA—Robert J. Kolker of Stuart, FL, May 8, 2008; president, Kolker & Co.; VP of sales, Roger Williams Foods; head, major appliance division group, General Electric; veteran; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi.
'61 BA—Donald L. Sayer of Port St. Lucie, FL, May 4, 2008; retired manager. Chi Phi.
'62 MD—Julian T. Hoff of Ann Arbor, MI, April 16, 2007; neurosurgeon; professor of neurosurgery, U. of Michigan and UC San Francisco; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.
'62 PhD—Chester J. Mackson of East Lansing, MI, May 21, 2008; professor of agricultural engineering and retired chair, School of Packaging, Michigan State U.; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'62 BS Ag—David C. Wright of Glen Ellyn, IL, March 19, 2008; owner, Candleman candle stores; buyer for Sears; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Tau Delta.
'63—Bonnie Duberstein Friedland of Hendersonville, NC, formerly of Boca Raton and Naples, FL, April 19, 2008; active in community affairs.
'63 BS ILR—Robert S. Oaksford of Groton, NY, April 24, 2008; retired librarian; operated the Benn Conger Inn; veteran.
'64 MST—Donald L. Brunner of Lafayette, CA, April 23, 2008; chemistry professor and chairman of the division of physical sciences, math, and engineering, Diablo Valley College; ranch manager; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'64 MS—Col. Coronado P. Munasque of Mandaluyong City, Philippines, April 7, 2008; chairman of the board, Toyota Pasong Tamo; veteran.
'64 MA, PhD '69—Gordon B. Walters Jr. of Greencastle, IN, May 4, 2008; professor emeritus of romance languages, DePauw U; author; artist; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'67 BS Ag, MS '72—David P. Brown of Dryden, NY, April 23, 2008; instructor in food science and senior extension associate, Cornell U.; dairy and food science researcher; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Janice (Balitz) '78.
'67 PhD—Malcolm H. Liggett of Vero Beach, FL, May 5, 2008; associate professor of labor relations, Pennsylvania State U., Harrisburg; also taught at San Francisco State U., UC Santa Barbara, and Cornell U.; county mediator; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Wife, Suzanne (Lapaugh), GR '61-63.
'68 DVM—John V. Steiner of Lexington, KY, May 26, 2008; veterinarian, Hagyard Equine Medical Inst.; specialist in stallion and mare reproduction; active in professional affairs. Kappa Sigma.
'69 PhD—Marion Mason of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Weston, MA, October 25, 2007; professor emerita of nutrition, Simmons College; former director of graduate studies in medical dietetics, School of Allied Medical Professions, Ohio State U.; active in professional and alumni affairs.
'69, BS Ag '70—Judith McNeal Torgerson of Landover, MD, June 11, 2007; indexer, Nat'l Agricultural Library; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'70 BA—Mark R. Eiges of Studio City, CA, April 8, 2008; movie post-production supervisor on films Sunset Grill and Soul Survivor; editor, Monkey Boy; foley editor, The Delta Force; worked for MGM, Artisan, Distant Horizon, and Sony film studios.
'70 PhD—James R. Finley of Grove City, OH, May 13, 2008; worked at Battelle Memorial Inst., a nonprofit research firm.
'70, BArch '71—Roman Nomitch of Bannockburn, IL, February 10, 2007; investment banker; active in alumni affairs.
'72 BS HE—Arlyn Reiser Grossman of Rochester, NY, April 27, 2008; active in alumni affairs. Delta Phi Epsilon. Husband, Robert C. Grossman, JD '71.
'72 MS Ag—Willis E. Hanna of Erieville, NY, June 15, 2008; soil scientist, Soil Conservation Service; veteran; active in community affairs.
'72 BCE—Carl A. Johnson of Delmar, NY, November 27, 2007; utility supervisor and liaison for federal matters, NYS Dept. of Public Service; active in community and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.
'72 PhD—Victor N. Mansfield of Hector, NY, June 3, 2008; professor of physics and astronomy, Colgate U.; founding member, Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Elaine (Ware) '67.
'73 MS ILR—Francine April Herman of Ithaca, NY, May 18, 2008; emerita professor, Cornell U.; mediator, US Dept. of Labor in the Carter Administration; mediator and fact-finder, NYS Public Employment Relations Board; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'75 MA—William B. Burnett of Santa Fe, NM, May 8, 2008; director and head of mergers practice, Charles River Associates' D.C. office; former VP, Glassman-Oliver Consulting; former economist, Federal Trade Commission; outdoorsman; artist; active in community and professional affairs.
'76—John E. Hentschel of Bronx, NY, August 7, 2007.
'79, BA '80—James H. Ovitt of Chapel Hill, NC, April 20, 2008; government data librarian, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; broadcast producer; director of documentaries and industrial films.
'82 MBA—Mark E. Brefka of Darien, CT, April 6, 2008; investment banker; director of acquisitions, Everlands; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'82 MS Ag—G. Jean Szabadi of Fresno, CA, May 6, 2008; worked for Tompkins County Cooperative Extension.
'85 BS ILR—John S. Mather of Accord, NY, May 7, 2008; parts & service director, Ireland Corners Garage; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. Wife, Leslie (Johnson) '84.
'88 DVM—J. Blair Harff of Watertown, NY, April 20, 2008; veterinarian; active in community affairs. Wife, Kristina (Zakrzewski) '81, DVM '88.
'89, BS Hotel '96—Thomas McHale of Tampa, FL, May 25, 2008; former lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; also played for Philadelphia and Miami; owner, Nat'l Home Buyers Assistance; restaurateur; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi. Wife, Lisa (D'Alessandro) '89.
'99 PhD—Rodney D. Rudolph of Weston, FL, June 5, 2008; professor of hospitality and management, SUNY Delhi; also taught at Ocean Comm. College and Fairleigh Dickinson U.; owner, Taco Maker; owner, Deru Mgmt. Services; veteran; artist. Wife, Barbara (McGill), PhD '93.
'01 BS Ag—Alexander C. Ney of Durham, NC, April 16, 2008; PhD candidate and research assistant in molecular cancer biology, Duke U.; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'04, BA '05—Margaux E. Powers of Glen Cove, NY, May 31, 2008; portfolio assistant, Estabrook Capital Mgmt. Kappa Kappa Gamma.