'24 BS HE—Winifred Zimmerman Doudna of Savoy, IL, May 20, 2009; home economics teacher; first lady of Eastern Illinois U.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'26 BS Ag, MS Ag '27—Louise M. Russell of Silver Spring, MD, May 15, 2009; entomologist, USDA; expert on aphids; author; active in professional and alumni affairs.
'29 BA—L. Sanford Reis of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Ridgewood, NJ, June 27, 2009; founder, Reis & Chandler, financial consultants to utilities; director, chairman, and president, Stamford Water Co.; founder, Cayuga Construction Co.; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'31 BA—Mona Pipa O'Brien of Stamford, CT, July 1, 2008.
'32—Frederick H. Jaeger of Montgomery Village, MD, July 3, 2008. Theta Xi.
'32—Lucile Worden Meeghan of Palmetto, FL, March 31, 2009; school bus driver; bookkeeper; housekeeper; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'34 BA—Ethel Bonan Hoefler of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Huntington, NY, April 11, 2009; teacher, Syosset, NY, school district; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.
'34 BA—Oscar G. Mayer Jr. of Madison, WI, July 6, 2009; president, Oscar Mayer Co.; active in civic and community affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.
'36 BA—Robert A. Hamburger of Jupiter, FL, formerly of Amagansett, NY, March 21, 2009; "Berry Patch" humor columnist, Cornell Daily Sun; textile industry executive; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Epsilon Pi.
'36 BS Ag, MS Ag '40—Herbert R. Kling of Rotterdam, NY, July 12, 2009; retired director of milk control and senior research analyst, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets; worked for the legislative commission on dairy industry development; co-author, Dairy Compact legislation; veteran; active in civic, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.
'36 BA—Allan S. Mirken of Escondido, CA, August 29, 2007; physician; active in alumni affairs.
'36 BA—Betty M. Silver of New York City, May 30, 2008; retired chemist; active in alumni affairs.
'36 BME—James K. Thomas of Boise, ID, March 31, 2009; engineering consultant; worked for the US State Dept. in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and South Korea; worked for a rum distillery; sugar cane mill manager; charter boat operator; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'37 BS HE, MEd '48—Elizabeth Stevenson Bennett of Windsor, NY, May 14, 2009; home economics teacher; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'37 BS HE—Jean Thompson Ferguson of Chevy Chase, MD, June 15, 2009; outdoorswoman; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.
'37 BA—Mary Schuster Jaffe of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Cleveland Heights, OH, June 26, 2009; scientist, General Electric; researcher, Manhattan Project; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma.
'37 BME—Daniel F. Macbeth of New Smyrna Beach, FL, April 13, 2009; co-owner, Material Handling Products Corp.; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Beta Phi.
'37 BS Ag, PhD '41—William A. Seleen of Jamestown, NY, formerly of Orlando, FL, May 14, 2009; professor of microbiology, U. of Arizona, U. of Idaho, and U. of Maryland; laboratory mgr., Borden's research center; food industry consultant; expert on botulism; active in community and professional affairs.
'38 BS Ag, PhD '52—Harry S. Myers of West Winfield, NY, and Bradenton, FL, March 13, 2008; consultant, Rural Research Consulting Service; veteran; active in community affairs. '38—Fred J. Schilling of Boca Raton, FL, June 17, 2009; physician; developed Royal Palm Cardiovascular Clinic; former medical director and VP, Continental Insurance; veteran; active in community affairs. Beta Theta Pi.
'38 BA, MD '41—Preston S. Weadon of Kalamazoo, MI, formerly of Hendersonville, NC, and Shelburne, VT, May 20, 2009; neurosurgeon; introduced new procedures in cerebral arteriography, surgery for aneurysms, carotid endartectomy, and shunts for hydrocephalus; staff member of hospitals in southwest Michigan; veteran, Army Medical Corps; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.
'39-40 SP Ag—Robert H. Body of Auburn, NY, April 5, 2009; manager, Cayuga County Farmers Insurance; director and asst. treasurer, Midstate Mutual Insurance; farmer; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'39, BME '40—Russell L. Hopping of Roswell, GA, April 15, 2009; mechanical engineer; rocket designer; designed the docking mechanism for Skylab; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Nu.
'39 BA, JD '41—Richard Netter of New York City, July 1, 2009; attorney; philanthropist; co-founded Thanks to Scandinavia with Victor Borge; longest-standing trustee, Beth Israel Medical Center; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.
'39 BEE—Woodward H. Warrick of Grosse Pointe, MI, April 7, 2009; president, Charles F. Warrick Co.; veteran; active in community affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.
'39 BA—Mary Raecher Wiser of Ulster Park, NY, July 7, 2007. Husband, Arthur D. Wiser '42.
'40 BA—Georgina Selzer Inglis (Mrs. Burton F. '40) of Eden, NY, April 23, 2009; high school math teacher; partner, Inglis Holsteins dairy; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'40, BS Hotel '41—J. Burch Mayo of Tulsa, OK, May 29, 2009; retired executive VP, Mayo Hotel; VP, Mayo's Inc.; veteran; opera baritone; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Chi Phi.
'40 DVM—Vincent X. Paciello Jr. of Las Vegas, NV, formerly of Ithaca, NY, June 19, 2009; veterinarian.
'41 BS Hotel—Annetta Blessing Lawton of Colonie, NY, June 15, 2009; worked for New York Telephone; active in community and religious affairs. Chi Omega.
'41 BA—Barbara Benson Mansell of San Antonio, TX, July 7, 2009; attorney; law librarian; head of the San Antonio Bar Assn.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Husband, Calvin Mansell, LLB '46.
'41 BS HE—Janet Bliss Snyder of Middleburgh, NY, May 7, 2009; manager, Snyder Surveying; member, Cobleskill State College Council; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
'42 BS Ag—A. James Cochrane Jr. of Ripley, NY, June 29, 2009; owner, Cochrane Farms; grape and dairy farmer; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. Wife, Dorothy (O'Meal) '43.
'43 PhD—Ewart M. Baldwin of Eugene, OR, May 2, 2009; professor of geology, U. of Oregon; also taught at Whitman College; also worked for US Geological Survey; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'43, BA '42—Fred C. Hess of Bronx, NY, December 13, 2007; professor emeritus.
'43—Paul E. Illick of Modesto, CA, April 23, 2009; retired school superintendent.
'43, BS Ag '42—Howard C. Parmalee of Warsaw, NY, April 4, 2009; poultryman; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'43-48 SP Ag—Earl I. Sasso of Stapleton, NY, March 16, 2009; manager, Children's Center, Staten Island Zoo; manager, Heliports Industry; also worked for Halsey Farms; active in professional affairs.
'43 BA—Betsy Small Schrader of Cleveland, OH, May 26, 2009; founder and manager of the translation service, Language Bank of Cleveland; editor and proofreader; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.
'43 MEd—Agnes R. Shaw of Montpelier, VT, June 8, 2009; taught at Thetford Academy and St. Johnsbury Academy; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'43 BS Ag—Frank A. Walkley of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Castile, NY, June 6, 2009; NYS executive director, Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Svcs.; NYS Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets; former state assemblyman; dairy farmer and orchardist; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.
'43—William N. Young Jr. of Surf City, NC, May 23, 2009; retired physician; veteran; stunt pilot; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'44, MD '46—Theodore E. Hauser of Carlsbad, NM, March 20, 2009; physician; chief of staff, Carlsbad Medical Center; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Sigma Chi. Wife, Ruth (Bowman) '45.
'44—Robert J. Woods Jr. of South Pasadena, CA, June 23, 2009; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.
'45, BS ORIE '48—William R. Bromstedt of Vernon Hills, IL, April 24, 2009; owner, Dans Un Jardin accessories shop; partner in a travel agency and import-export company; also worked for Household Finance; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.
'45—John S. Morgan of Tucson, AZ, May 10, 2006. Phi Sigma Kappa.
'45 BA, MS '48—William W. Patton Jr. of Menlo Park, CA, June 2, 2009; scientist emeritus, US Geological Survey.
'46, BME '45—Robert C. Burgess of Laguna Beach, CA, May 5, 2009; president, ASCO Sintering Corp.; expert in powder metallurgy; also worked for Burgess-Norton Manufacturing; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Chi Psi.
'46—Jean Klein Dayton of Corvallis, OR, formerly of Helena, MT, March 30, 2009; journalist; trail planner, US Forest Service; technician, Manhattan Project; active in community and civic affairs.
'46 BME—John Edwards of Boulder, CO, December 24, 2007; professor of geology, U. of Colorado, Boulder; also taught at Ft. Lewis College; chief geologist, Shell Oil; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.
'46—John G. Flagg of Hauppauge, NY, September 14, 2007. Theta Xi.
'46 BME—Richard W. Jordan of West Caldwell, NJ, May 3, 2009; mechanical engineer, Wallace & Tiernan; veteran; bridge enthusiast.
'46 BS Nurs—Jean Fedde Lunde of Jamesburg, NJ, June 16, 2009; registered nurse; lab technician.
'46 GR—Betty Nelson Robertson of Butte, MT, March 26, 2009; chemist; worked for Montana School of Mines, Montana Bureau of Mines, and A. B. Cobb Oil Co.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'46 BA—Louise Carmody Wiley of Naples, NY, February 8, 2006; active in alumni affairs.
'46 BME—John T. Woodruff II of Wilmington, NC, April 13, 2009; mechanical engineer; worked for Western Electric, Bell Labs, AT&T, and Atlantic Coastline Railroad; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.
'46 BA—Mary Cross Wulffleff of Jensen Beach, FL, February 24, 2009; active in community and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.
'47—Dorothy Cornish Bintz of Salt Lake City, UT, April 11, 2009; co-creator, "Baby Love" educational comic book; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Husband, Charles T. Bintz '45, BA '47.
'47 MD—Jonathan O. Cole of Cambridge, MA, May 26, 2009; psychiatrist; pioneer in psychopharmacology; former chief of psychopharmacology, McLean Hospital; first director, psychopharmacology research branch, Nat'l Inst. of Mental Health; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'47 BME—Robert G. Minges of Hilton, NY, May 28, 2009; mechanical engineer; veteran; active in alumni affairs.
'47, BME '48—Frank E. Parkin of Quincy, MA, July 4, 2009; electrical engineer; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Nu.
'47, BArch '49—Edward C. Patton of Sonoma, CA, March 25, 2009; architect; veteran; active in civic and professional affairs. Wife, Joan (Dall), BArch '47.
'47—James J. Redden of North Branford, CT, April 17, 2009; president, Joseph Simons Co.; veteran; active in religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.
'47 BA—June Johnson Reynolds of Santa Rosa, CA, December 27, 2008. Alpha Phi.
'47—Aran Safir of San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2007.
'47 BA—Jacqueline Rappoport Siegel of South Hadley, MA, April 29, 2009; homemaker; antique toy collector. Sigma Delta Tau.
'47 BS Ag—Sarah R. Swift of Brattleboro, VT, April 2, 2009; taught horse-riding; developed "centered riding" method; author, Centered Riding; worked for the Holstein Assn. of America; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'47 BS HE—Shirley Green Thorington of Rushford, NY, June 30, 2009; taught home economics; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Husband, Gerald L. Thorington '49, DVM '52.
'47 MEd—Raymond A. Waldron of Auburn, NY, March 29, 2009.
'48—L. Theodore Christian of Cassadaga, NY, May 22, 2009; branch manager, Marine Midland Bank; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.
'48 BME—Royal M. Douglass of Lebanon, OH, June 28, 2009; mechanical engineer, Babcock and Wilcox; active in community affairs.
'48 BS Ag—Karl Gertel of Bethesda, MD, June 4, 2009; agricultural economist, US Dept. of Agriculture; taught at Penn State U. and in Hawaii and Brazil; active in community and professional affairs.
'48 BS Nurs—Doris Gordon McGinnis of Newark, DE, April 6, 2009; nurse; proponent of natural childbirth; clinical instructor, U. of Delaware; active in professional affairs. Husband, Philip R. McGinnis '44, BME '43.
'48 BS Ag, PhD '53—Joseph R. Orsenigo of Belle Glade, FL, June 7, 2009; professor emeritus of plant physiology, U. of Florida; horticulturalist; VP of research, Sugar Cane League; agronomist and manager, InterAmerican Cacao Center; agronomist, Acarigua Research Farm; veteran; photographer; historian; active in professional and alumni affairs. Wife, Mary (Billings), MS '51.
'48 BCE—Willard J. Rivenburgh of Poughkeepsie, NY, May 12, 2009; civil engineer; assistant engineer, City of Poughkeepsie; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'48 MBA—Charles A. Shoecraft of Charlotte, NC, March 3, 2009; retired president, Intertech Research Assocs.; also worked for DuPont, B.F. Goodrich, S.B. Penick, and Collins & Aikman; veteran; active in religious affairs.
'48 BA—William G. West of Old Saybrook, CT, June 3, 2009; president and co-owner, StanChem; general mgr., chemical division, Stanley Works; also worked for Celanese and Borden; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent.
'49 BA—Mildred Christopher Bradshaw of Baldwinsville, NY, April 23, 2009; teacher; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega.
'49 PhD—Dean Foster of Lexington, VA, June 6, 2009; professor and chairman of psychology, philosophy, and religion, Virginia Military Inst.; active in community and professional affairs.
'49 MS—Harold D. Fox of East Orleans, MA, formerly of Oklahoma City, OK, July 9, 2009; petroleum geologist, Anson Corp., Sohio, and California Co.; consulting geologist; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'49 PhD—George K. Fraenkel of New York City, June 10, 2009; dean emeritus and professor emeritus of chemistry, Columbia U.
'49 BS Ag—Carl A. Hedin of Sachse, TX, formerly of Naples, FL, and Springfield, MA, April 18, 2009; owner, Colonial Cheese and Gourmet Shop; manager, Massachusetts American Dairy Assn.; county agricultural agent; veteran; active in community and civic affairs.
'49 MNS, PhD '51—Charles H. Hill of Raleigh, NC, March 26, 2009; professor emeritus, North Carolina State U.; research scientist; veteran; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'49 BEE—Vladimir Kenn of The Villages, FL, formerly of Palm Springs, CA, May 6, 2009; electrical engineer; veteran; active in community affairs.
'49 BA—Alexander B. Millar of Grass Valley, CA, March 24, 2009; real estate broker; test pilot; veteran; author; active in community affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.
'49 BCE—Dominic J. Parrone of Fairport, NY, February 11, 2009; founder, Parrone Engineering; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.
'49—Carl H. Siegrist of West Windsor, NY, March 19, 2009; co-owner, PMP Delicatessen; veteran; photographer; artist.
'49 BS Ag—Joseph A. Swartzman of Jupiter, FL, and Norwalk, CT, July 10, 2009; materials engineer, Norden Systems; consultant; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Anne (Ryan) '48.
'50-51 GR—John L. Butler of Portland, OR, July 6, 2009; professor emeritus of psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science U.; state director of mental health, State of Idaho; mental health consultant, Dutch gov't.; industrial psychiatrist in Paris under the Marshall Plan; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'50, BS AEP '51, ME '53—James W. Schwartz of Medford, OR, April 26, 2009; owner, medical electronics business; also worked in television research; veteran.
'50 BS Ag, MS Ag '60—Earle A. Wilde of Jeffersonville, NY, July 15, 2009; Cornell Cooperative Extension agent; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Elizabeth (Lightfoot) '52.
'50 MS—Philo C. Wilson of Orleans, MA, formerly of Oneonta, NY, April 28, 2009; professor and chair, Earth Sciences Dept., SUNY Oneonta; also worked for Sohio and Champlin Oil; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'50 PhD—Wasley D. Yushok of Wilmington, DE, May 11, 2009; retired from Fox Chase Cancer Center; head of cancer biochemistry, Biochemical Research Foundation; also worked for Laboratory of Tissue Metabolism, U. of Texas Medical School, and Nat'l Research Council; veteran; editor; author; active in professional affairs.
'51 DVM—James C. Davidson of Albuquerque, NM, formerly of Hendersonville, NC, July 3, 2009; veterinarian, USDA; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi.
'51 BA—Carol Burns Hayes of Broomfield, CO, June 17, 2009; taught high school French, Spanish, German, and Latin; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. Husband, Richard O. Hayes, PhD '53.
'51 BA—John B. Henry of Skaneateles, NY, April 10, 2009; president, director of transfusion medicine, and director of clinical pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical U.; dean, Georgetown U. School of Medicine; assoc. professor of pathology and director, clinical pathology labs, U. of Florida; veteran; author; editor; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.
'51 DVM—Nils O. Isachsen of Troy, NY, May 6, 2009; veterinarian; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.
'51 MD—Mary Wilber Jensen of Redding, CT, April 1, 2009; physician; active in community and religious affairs.
'51 BS HE—Barbara Bull MacKinnon of St. Johns, MI, June 4, 2009; retired dietician and teacher; active in community and alumni affairs. Chi Omega.
'51 BA, JD '58—Frank E. Pitcher of Wayne, ME, formerly of Glastonbury, CT, April 15, 2009; attorney; legal counsel, United Technologies; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Psi Upsilon.
'51-54 GR—Daniel H. Rauscher of Coopersburg, PA, formerly of Williamstown, MA, June 21, 2009; semiconductor engineer, RCA, Sprague Electric, and Nat'l Semiconductor; active in community affairs.
'51 BS Hotel—Richard K. Rohde of Ocala, FL, June 4, 2009; private club manager; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'51 BA—Harvey J. Saffeir of West Hartford, CT, April 16, 2009; senior VP, Travelers Insurance; actuary; active in professional affairs.
'51 MS—Catherine Thomas Smith of Newburyport, MA, formerly of Charleston, IL, April 23, 2009; taught at Eastern Illinois U.; driver's license examiner; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Husband, P. Scott Smith Jr. '44, BA '43, PhD '51.
'51 PhD—M. Carl Walske of Silverdale, WA, May 30, 2009; former president and chief executive, Atomic Industrial Forum; assistant to the Secretary of Defense for atomic energy issues; scientific attaché, US mission to NATO in Paris; scientific adviser, nuclear test ban treaty talks in Geneva, 1959-61; also worked at Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'52, BEE '53—Richard L. Aitken of Bethesda, MD, April 6, 2009; retired patent attorney; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'52 PhD—Duncan M. Cameron of Canton, NC, formerly of Pasadena, TX, June 7, 2009; research chemist, Imperial Oil of Canada and Exxon Ltd.; consultant; gardener; active in professional affairs.
'52 BS Ag—A. Morelle Cheney of Navarre, FL, July 12, 2009; territory manager, Wesaw Inc.; also worked for J. Star Industry and VanDale Inc.; active in religious affairs.
'52 PhD—William E. Kennick of Amherst, MA, April 12, 2009; professor of philosophy, Amherst College; professor and chairman of philosophy, Oberlin College; veteran; author; editor; active in professional and alumni affairs.
'52 MEd—Helen Hennessey Risley (Mrs. Robert F., PhD '53) of Candor, NY, June 11, 2009; teacher, Candor School District; active in community affairs.
'52 BA—David A. Stein of Buffalo, NY, April 28, 2009; chemist and patent agent, Allied Chemical and Hooker Chemical.
'52-54 SP Ag—Raymond A. Twombly of Peoria, AZ, July 8, 2009; golf course superintendent; veteran.
'53 BS Ag—C. Ivor Kepner Jr. of Clarence, NY, January 3, 2008; president, Buffalo Franchises Corp.; active in alumni affairs.
'53 B Chem E—R. Edward Lodico of Findlay, OH, June 3, 2009; manager of products and services, Marathon Oil; also worked for Mobil Oil; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'53 MFA—Mario J. Vincenti of Enfield, CT, March 21, 2009; artist; head, art dept., Suffield Academy; also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Cornell U., and George Walter Vincent Smith Museum; veteran; active in professional affairs.
'53, BCE '55—Ira C. E. Youngdahl of Cleveland, TN, March 2, 2009; civil engineer. Acacia.
'54, BS Ag '55—Robert W. Hood of Franklin, NY, October 18, 2007; information specialist. Alpha Gamma Rho.
'54 BS Nurs—Joanne Stein Hunt of Petaluma, CA, November 29, 2003; registered nurse; active in community affairs.
'54 BS Ag—Thomas S. Kohm of Beaufort, NC, April 30, 2009; high school physics and chemistry teacher; research and development engineer; veteran; active in community affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.
'54 BS Ag—Nissan T. Rand of Tel Aviv, Israel, December 25, 2008.
'54 BA—Ellen Shapiro Saalberg of Ann Arbor, MI, March 23, 2009; editor and writer, U. of Michigan School of Social Work; development officer, U. of Michigan; teacher, Detroit Public Schools; first woman managing editor, Cornell Daily Sun; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'55 MILR—Ernest F. Combs of Gig Harbor, WA, April 22, 2009; professor of economics, U. of Puget Sound; also worked in personnel, Longview Pulp Mill, General Electric, and Cleveland Electrical Illuminating Co.; active in community and professional affairs.
'55, BEE '57—John A. Durschinger of Thousand Oaks, CA, April 26, 2009; electrical engineer, TRW; helped to develop the Hubble and Chandra telescopes; active in community affairs.
'55 BS Ag—Bernard N. Fleischer of Laguna Woods, CA, January 7, 2008.
'55, BArch '56—Robert W. Jones of Westbrook, CT, May 15, 2009; architect; director of architecture, Rockefeller Center; active in community and professional affairs. Psi Upsilon. '55—Susan Goldberg Lamb of Shelter Island, NY, July 27, 2008; fundraiser for nonprofit organizations; on-air correspondent, BBC; attorney and first female associate, Proskauer, Rose; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'55, BS ILR '56—Peter W. Replogle of Westtown, NY, May 14, 2009; business professor, Orange County Community College; also worked for GMC; operated the Orange County Ceeta program. Phi Kappa Psi.
'55, BS Ag '59—Kermit T. Rinell of Elkins, WV, May 11, 2009; game biologist, West Virginia Div. of Natural Resources; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.
'55 MA, PhD '59—George J. Staller of Ithaca, NY, July 14, 2009; professor emeritus of economics, Cornell U.; visiting professor, Charles U. (Prague); active in professional and alumni affairs. Wife, Dorothy (Duley) '55.
'55 BS HE—Paula Kranzler Yeager of Boynton Beach, FL, August 28, 2008; retired administrator. Alpha Epsilon Phi.
'56 BA—John H. Harrington Jr. of Alameda, CA, March 26, 2008; general practitioner; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
'56—Lila Inkeles Holland of Woodmere, NY, June 27, 2008; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Husband, Richard Holland '56.
'57 BA, MPA '60—Roger H. Jones of Port Orange, FL, May 9, 2009; attorney; poet; composer; chief judge, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Small Business Admin.; also served in the Atomic Energy Comm.; executive officer and deputy asst. administrator, DEA; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.
'57 BA, MS '60—Richard L. Scheffel of Briarcliff Manor, NY, June 12, 2009.
'57 BS Ag—Robert White III of Fairport, NY, May 30, 2009; broker and financial advisor; veteran; conservationist; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.
'58—Barbara Hassan Caldwell (Mrs. Lawrence B. '56) of Ithaca, NY, July 11, 2009; retired, Ithaca Board of Realtors; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.
'58 BS HE—Diane Eskin of New York City, June 13, 2009. Alpha Epsilon Phi.
'58 BS ILR—Raymond S. Sant of Fair Haven, NY, June 10, 2009; attorney; Cayuga County Attorney; practiced law before the US Supreme Court; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.
'59 DVM—George M. Baer of Mexico City, Mexico, June 2, 2009; veterinarian; public health specialist; head of rabies laboratory, Centers for Disease Control; worked for US Public Health Service and the Mexican Public Health Service; developed oral vaccine against rabies; author, The Natural History of Rabies; active in community and professional affairs.
'59 BA—Eskil A. Ericson of Rock Hill, NY, June 7, 2009; international sales and instructor, IBM; veteran. Phi Gamma Delta.
'59, BArch '60—Linda Straus Pellish of Rockville, MD, June 26, 2009; architect.
'60 BA—Pierre E. Provost IV of Westwood, MA, June 2, 2009; otolaryngologist; head and neck surgeon; asst. clinical professor of otolaryngology, Boston U. School of Medicine; director, Rosebud Indian Health Hospital; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'61—John J. Ahearn of San Marcos, CA, May 7, 2009; president, Transpacific Industries; VP of marketing, Steamboat Springs ski resort; pharmacist; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Sigma Chi.
'61 MS—Freeman K. Buxton of Bridgeport, WV, April 13, 2009; economist, US Dept. of Agriculture; veteran; active in community affairs.
'61 PhD—Donal P. Conway of Bethlehem Township, NJ, June 27, 2009; retired scientist, Pfizer Animal Health division; former assoc. professor, U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'61 BA—Daniel D. Morrill of Chicago, IL, April 23, 2009; taught photography and aesthetics, American Academy of Art; active in community affairs. Delta Phi.
'62 MEd—Betty Querqui Hughes of Columbia, MD, May 3, 2009; second grade teacher; produced science education films, Elmira (NY) School District; musician; artist; active in community and religious affairs.
'62—Ralph E. Schmollinger of Warwick, NY, June 9, 2009; resort mgr., Pleasant View Lodge & Golf Club. Pi Kappa Alpha.
'63 BS Hotel—Mary Souhan of Dallas, TX, formerly of Seneca Falls, NY, January 13, 2009; president/CEO, Souhan Design. Pi Beta Phi.
'63 MAT—Lois Leavitt Splinter of Bartlesville, OK, March 23, 2009; retired high school mathematics teacher; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.
'63, BEE '64—Bruce M. Steinberg of San Francisco, CA, December 30, 2007; consultant.
'63 BS Ag—Jerome A. Van Riper of Interlaken, NY, June 26, 2009; financial manager, facilities and business operations, Cornell U.; also worked for Jewel Home Shopping; veteran; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.
'64 BS Ag—Edward H. Barclay of Cranbury, NJ, April 4, 2009; horticulturalist; owner, Orchardside Farms; landscaper; active in community and professional affairs. Theta Delta Chi.
'64 LLB—George W. Conaty Jr. of Rochester, NY, June 22, 2009; defense attorney; veteran.
'64 MS—Samuel D. Parsons of West Lafayette, IN, March 24, 2009; professor emeritus of agricultural engineering, Purdue U.; expert in farm machinery management; author; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'65, BS Ag '66—Charles B. Hermann of Auburn, NY, June 16, 2009; tractor-trailer driver, Red Star Express.
'65 BS Chem E, M Chem E '66—Ronald O. Johns of Houston, TX, June 27, 2009; president, Symcon Global Technologies; also worked for Exxon; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta.
'66—Joel I. Dobbin of Naugatuck, CT, April 17, 2009; salesman; reptile keeper, Bronx Zoo; news anchor; talk show host; veteran; active in community affairs.
'66 MA—Mark L. Scher of Dresden, NY, April 19, 2009; high school English teacher, Dundee Central School; also taught at Keuka College and Finger Lakes Community College; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Wife, Nancy (Earlley), GR '66-67.
'66 BS HE—Kay Stroker Staid of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Peapack, NJ, May 29, 2009; real estate executive, Burgdorff Realtors; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, James J. Staid '65, ME '66.
'66 PhD—David K. Wyatt of Ithaca, NY, November 14, 2006; the John Stambaugh Professor of History, director of the Southeast Asia Program, and chairman, Dept. of History, Cornell U.; also taught at U. of Michigan and the School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London; expert on the history of Thailand; author; active in community and professional affairs.
'67 BA—Alan Berkman of New York City, June 5, 2009; vice chairman, epidemiology dept., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia U.; medical director, Highbridge Woody-crest Center; advocate for AIDS patients; founder, Health Global Access Project; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Tau Delta Phi.
'67 BA—Tom G. Lucas Sr. of Lake Oswego, OR, June 8, 2009; president, Portland Chartered Life Underwriters; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. '67 BS Hotel—William D. McLean of Jupiter, FL, January 12, 2009; marketing manager, Jonathan's Landing; real estate broker.
'67 BS Hotel, MBA '72—Frederick W. Mosser of Chatham, MA, June 5, 2009; president and CEO, Wingate Inns; managing director, European operations, Choice Hotels; executive VP, Choice Hotels; real estate investor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Wife, Elisabeth (Engs), MAT '72.
'68, BA '71—Richard Blue of Burlingame, CA, May 16, 2009; worked in finance for Chase Manhattan. Lambda Chi Alpha.
'68 PhD—Mary McDorman Burton of Fayetteville, AR, April 27, 2009; professor and researcher, home economics dept., U. of Arkansas; founder, Infant Development Center; livestock farmer; also taught at Cottey College; Arkansas Women's Initiative spokesperson, AARP; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.
'69 PhD—Jeffrey J. Rothmeier of Austin, TX, formerly of Milwaukee, WI, February 26, 2009; veterinarian.
'69 PhD—Marc J. Trudel of St.-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, March 1, 2009; professor of agriculture, Laval U.
'70, BA '71—George E. Lawrence Jr. of Phoenixville, PA, April 25, 2009; columnist and senior political reporter, The Phoenix; active in civic and community affairs. Delta Chi.
'70 BCE—Edward M. Turner of Flagstaff, AZ, April 7, 2009; co-owner, Strombolli Restaurant; chemist and engineer, Salt River Project; music festival producer; active in community affairs. Delta Upsilon.
'71, BS ILR '72—Susan K. Blum of Fairfield, CT, June 7, 2009; attorney, City of New York Judicial Dept.
'71 BS Ag—Mark F. Smith of Ithaca, NY, June 26, 2009; banker; active in community and alumni affairs.
'72—Bruce R. Forsyth of Vestal, NY, April 25, 2009; retired from IBM; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.
'74—Jack V. Puntorno of Pacifica, CA, April 24, 2006; active in community affairs. Watermargin.
'75 PhD—Bronek Z. Drozdowicz of Allentown, PA, June 19, 2009; manager of toxicology and rise control, Air Products and Chemicals; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.
'75 BS Nurs—Nancy Banfield Johnson of Claverack, NY, April 7, 2009; pediatric nurse; medical receptionist; active in community and religious affairs.
'76 BS Ag—Gary F. Papa of Philadelphia, PA, June 19, 2009; sportscaster and sports director, WPVI-TV; attorney.
'77 BS ILR—Bruce Farbman of Malvern, PA, April 17, 2009; president, Farbman and Assocs.; senior executive, Reliance Group Holdings/Reliance Insurance Co.; active in community affairs.
'79 MPS—Christopher J. Fulvio of Richfield Springs, NY, June 20, 2009; manager of hospitality services, Farmers' Museum and Fenimore Art Museum; active in community affairs.
'79—Catherine G. Villano of Miami, FL, May 3, 2009; administrator and office manager, housing and healthcare fields; active in community affairs.
'80—David E. Barnhart of Eugene, OR, March 1, 2009; rehabilitation and charge nurse, Sacred Heart Hospital; active in community and professional affairs.
'80, BA '81—Denise E. Dodero of Vienna, VA, July 29, 2008; associate VP, Assn. of American Medical Colleges; active in professional affairs.
'80-81 GR—Oscar Willumsen of Miami, FL, May 13, 2009; broker and financial planner; president, Coup de Tete; active in community affairs. Wife, Maria (Fernandes), PhD '84.
'81—Josef C. Lapp of Corning, NY, April 26, 2007; senior development associate, Corning Display Technologies; earned 26 patents; author; active in professional affairs.
'81 PhD—Jerry A. Waldvogel of Norris, SC, May 30, 2009; associate professor of biology, Clemson U.; active in professional affairs.
'82 MA—Priscilla Bain-Smith of Mason City, IA, March 21, 2009; taught art history, painting, and drawing; artist; writer; media supervisor; art tour guide.
'83 BS Ag—Douglas C. Lumley of Adams, NY, May 5, 2009; president, Mannsville Chemical Products; active in community affairs.
'84 BA—Harry D. Castle of San Diego, CA, June 23, 2009; musician and electronic music composer; also taught music and computer science, Northern Illinois U.
'85 PhD—Frederik J. De Jong of Hebron, CT, April 8, 2009; project engineer, Pratt & Whitney; research scientist, Scientific Research Assocs.; active in community affairs.
'85-89 GR—Daniel Verna of Hamden, CT, March 14, 2009; worked for UNICEF: senior health specialist, headquarters; chief of health and nutrition, Dem. Rep. of Congo; project officer in health and nutrition, Burundi; project officer in nutrition, Rwanda; expert in tropical medicine; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.
'87 BS Hotel—Robert K. Connors of Orlando, FL, March 20, 2009; assistant controller, Peabody Orlando Resort.
'89 BS HE—Lt. Col. Harris R. Prager of Las Vegas, NV, June 17, 2009; flight surgeon, US Air Force, Ramstein AB and Nellis AFB; ob/gyn; Iraq and Afghanistan veteran; active in civic, professional, and religious affairs.
'95 MS ORIE—Andres J. Suarez Montes of Utrera, Spain, June 1, 2009; VP, Wireline for Latin America.
'98 MBA—Gretchen Howison Whiting of Mercer Island, WA, May 12, 2009; manager, Gordon Bros. Asset Advisors; fundraiser and speaker, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; author; active in community affairs. Husband, Lawrence Whiting, MBA '98.
'00 BS HE—Anthony E. Tindall of Fairport, NY, June 15, 2009; active in religious affairs.
'07 PhD—Caroline M. Coffey of Ithaca, NY, June 4, 2009; post-doctoral researcher in biomedical engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell U.; visiting asst. professor, St. Joseph's U.; recipient, Bicknese Prize; co-founder, Graduate Advisory Council and European Club, Cornell U.