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Jan./Feb. ’10 Obituaries

'27 BA—Mary Enders Copeland of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Ithaca, NY, August 14, 2009; attorney; active in alumni affairs. '27 BS Ag—Sydney Leonard of Cuernavaca, Mexico, formerly of Corona del Mar, CA, April 21, 2009; general contractor; active in community affairs. '28-29 Ag—John M. Bachmann III of Boise, ID, formerly of Ventura, CA, August 10, […]

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'27 BA—Mary Enders Copeland of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Ithaca, NY, August 14, 2009; attorney; active in alumni affairs.

'27 BS Ag—Sydney Leonard of Cuernavaca, Mexico, formerly of Corona del Mar, CA, April 21, 2009; general contractor; active in community affairs.

'28-29 Ag—John M. Bachmann III of Boise, ID, formerly of Ventura, CA, August 10, 2009; park and landscape supervisor, Ventura County; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'28 MA—Helen G. Funnell of San Jose, CA, September 7, 2008; active in alumni affairs.

'29 BS HE—Elsie Clark Paolini of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, July 19, 2009; home economics teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

'30 BA—Margaret E. Gamble of Boston, MA, July 12, 2009; college administrator; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'32 BEE—L. Herbert Allcorn Jr. of Wilmington, NC, December 22, 2005. Theta Xi.

'32 BS HE—Catherine Laney Beyland of Tinton Falls, NJ, June 19, 2009; home economics teacher; active in religious affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

'32 BS Ag—Clara Smith Burdan of Pottstown, PA, June 20, 2009; executive director, Family Service Agency and Mental Health Clinic (Pottstown); social work consultant; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'33 BA—Carleen Maley Hutchins of Wolfeboro, NH, August 7, 2009; innovative violinmaker; expert on violin acoustics; executive director, New Violin Family Assn.; taught at the Brearley School; active in professional affairs.

'34 BS Ag—Calvin C. Raidt of Halfway, MD, formerly of Hagerstown, MD, September 9, 2009; asst. comptroller, Washington County Hospital; treasurer and director, Alexander Hotel; treasurer, Hagerstown Shoe; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'35 BA—Mary Rowe Ferguson (Mrs. Donald B., PhD '41) of Dekalb, IL, June 30, 2009; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'35 DVM—Tevis M. Goldhaft of Haverford, PA, July 20, 2009; veterinarian; active in alumni affairs.

'35 DVM—Clifford H. Hoppenstedt of New Paltz, NY, September 26, 2009; veterinarian; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi.

'35 DVM—Samuel F. Huber Jr. of Stateline, NV, October 25, 2007; veterinarian.

'35 BS Ag—William C. Issler of Fredonia, NY, June 23, 2009; grape farmer; teacher; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'35—Robert S. Rowe of Oak Brook, IL, September 14, 2004. Phi Gamma Delta.

'35 BA, MD '43—Philip H. Voorhees of Midlothian, VA, formerly of Morristown, NJ, July 16, 2009; retired urologic surgeon; veteran.

'36 BS Hotel—Nicholas P. Floros of Ithaca, NY, July 20, 2009; general manager, Saturn Club; co-owner, Normandie Restaurant; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'36 BS HE—Eleanor Mayhew French of St. Petersburg, FL, and Point Vivian, NY, August 26, 2009.

'36 JD—Leo Nevas of Westport, CT, August 26, 2009; attorney; municipal judge; human rights activist; helped Paul Newman launch Newman's Own and Hole in the Wall Gang camps; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'37 BS Ag—Robert W. Alvord of Syracuse, NY, July 26, 2009; auditor, Federal Market Administrators and Eastern Milk Producers; active in community and religious affairs.

'37 BA, LLB '39—Eleanor Raynor Burns of Dexter, NY, July 15, 2009; attorney; vice-counsel, Vienna, Austria, US State Dept.; worked in the legal division, postwar military government for Bavaria; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'37 BS HE—Elizabeth Nichols Sheldon of Venice, FL, formerly of Caledonia-Mumford, NY, June 10, 2009; active in alumni affairs. Chi Omega.

'37 BS Ag—Lucille Rumsey Van Allen (Mrs. J. Robert '36) of Ithaca, NY, August 25, 2009; homemaker.

'38 BA, MD '41—Morley L. Bernstein of Niagara Falls, NY, August 31, 2009; chief of surgery, Memorial Hospital; orthopedic surgeon; veteran; active in civic and professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

'38 BA—Marvin Fenster of Boca Raton, FL, August 6, 2009; senior VP, general counsel, and corporate secretary, Macy's; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Epsilon Pi.

'38 BA, JD '40—Arthur Heiser of Stockton, CA, September 17, 2009; president, Tillie Lewis Foods; active in community affairs.

'38 BA—Elizabeth Jennings Perry of Bloomington, IN, June 8, 2009; homemaker; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'38 BS Ag—Theodore Prescott of Lecanto, FL, August 29, 2009; publisher and editor, Holstein-Friesian World; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'38 BA—Howard J. Simons of Springfield, VA, August 16, 2009; worked for the US Dept. of Agriculture. Beta Theta Pi.

'38 BS Ag—Gilbert G. Sperring of Greece, NY, June 4, 2009; retired from Eastman Kodak; taught at Naples School District and Rochester Inst. of Technology; assistant to the dean, U. of Rochester; active in civic and community affairs.

'39-41 SP Ag—Charles V. Axtell of Stamford, NY, July 13, 2009; owner, Axtell LP Gas Service; retired from Agway; veteran. Cayuga Lodge.

'39 BA—Walter G. Barlow of Princeton, NJ, June 17, 2009; public opinion analyst; president, Research Strategies Corp.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'39 BA—Walter Baum of Columbus, OH, August 21, 2009; retired physician; chairman, Grant Hospital Dept. of Medicine; clinical asst. professor, Ohio State U.; consultant to insurance companies; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'39 BS Ag—Lawrence Halprin of Larkspur, CA, October 25, 2009; landscape architect; designed the FDR Memorial, Ghirardelli Square, Freeway Park (Seattle), Heritage Park (Fort Worth), Nicollet Mall (Minneapolis), and Lovejoy Plaza, Ira Keller Fountain, and Pettygrove Park (Portland, OR); veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'39 BA—Carl T. Hewitt Jr. of New Britain, CT, May 27, 2009; worked for Aetna Insurance; veteran; author; active in religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'39 MS, PhD '43—Emile N. Hooker of Rancho Bernardo, CA, August 27, 2009; served in the Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, in Paraguay, Sri Lanka, and Mexico; also worked for the Dept. of Commerce.

'39 BA—Ruth Switzer Jette (Mrs. Arthur H. '40) of Stamford, CT, June 18, 2009; retired social worker; civil rights activist; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'39 MS, PhD '50—E. Leonard Jossem of Columbus, OH, August 29, 2009; professor and chair of physics, Ohio State U.; former staff scientist, Los Alamos Nat'l Lab; worked on the Manhattan Project; author; editor; active in professional affairs.

'39 BS Ag—George H. Kuchler of LaGrangeville, NY, August 21, 2009; farmer, Locust Lodge Farm; active in civic and community affairs. Wife, Anne (Strahan) '40.

'39 BA—Stanley J. Lesnik of Sarasota, FL, June 5, 2009; owner, Camp Plastics; banker; veteran; active in community affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'39 BS Ag—Everett C. Randall of Carson City, NV, July 18, 2009; agronomist; soil scientist; worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Soil Conservation Service; active in community affairs.

'40, BS Ag '41—Andrew Jackson Chamberlain of Kilmarnock, VA, formerly of Hinsdale, NY, August 5, 2009; owner, Birdsfoot Acres poultry farm; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'40 BA—Alexander J. Cheney of Mount Dora, FL, August 15, 2009; active in alumni affairs. Acacia. Wife, Martha (Atwood) '40.

'40-41 GR—Edward W. Clark of Washington, DC, September 27, 2009; retired Foreign Service officer; deputy chief of mission, US Embassy in Peru; active in professional affairs.

'40 BS Ag, PhD '44—James E. Dewey of Ithaca, NY, August 25, 2009; professor emeritus of entomology, Cornell U. Alpha Zeta.

'40—Austin W. Erwin Jr. of Sun City West, AZ, formerly of Geneseo, NY, June 7, 2009; judge, NYS Supreme Court; attorney; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. Wife, Lorna (Watt) '61, JD '63.

'40 PhD—Marvin W. Formo of Edina, MN, July 15, 2009; research chemist, Procter & Gamble, ADM, and Cargill; active in religious affairs.

'40 BS Ag—Henry M. Gelfand of San Angelo, TX, November 1, 2008.

'40, BCE '46—William A. Miller of Anderson, SC, June 28, 2009; civil engineer.

'40, BA '41—Graeme F. Parrish of Cambridge, NY, August 23, 2009; owner, Cambridge Lumber Co.; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'40, BS Ag '49—Owen H. Rice of Shelter Island, NY, August 4, 2009; banker; veteran.

'41 BS Hotel—J. Harold Erikson Jr. of Aiken, SC, formerly of Naples, FL, and Smoke Rise, NJ, September 29, 2009; VP, Associated Metals and Minerals Corp.; VP, finance and planning, P. Ballantine & Sons; active in community and religious affairs.

'41, BME '45—Lt. Col. Henri F. Frank of Austin, TX, August 28, 2009; retired US Army veteran; businessman; active in community affairs. Sigma Pi

'41—Seymour Mandlawitz of Richmond, VA, June 12, 2009; veteran; active in religious affairs.

'41 BEE—J. Robert Meachem of Lansdale, PA, December 15, 2008. Tau Beta Phi.

'41 BME—N. Travers Nelson of Cockeysville, MD, July 17, 2009; retired executive, Bethlehem Steel; veteran; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'41 PhD—Hans H. Plambeck of Albany, OR, September 1, 2009; professor and chairman, Dept. of Sociology, Oregon State U.; author; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'41 BS HE—Rhoda Dunham Webster (Mrs. Edwin R. '37) of Westlake, OH, May 14, 2009. Alpha Phi.

'42 BA—William J. Corbett of Concord, NH, August 1, 2009. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'42 MD—Robert E. Foley of Boca Raton, FL, May 1, 2009; cardiologist, Lahey Clinic; veteran.

'42 BA—Jane Banker Gelfand of San Angelo, TX, formerly of Virginia Beach, VA, September 21, 2008. Chi Omega.

'42 BS HE—Dorothy Clark Hulst (Mrs. Edward M. '41) of Modesto, CA, August 10, 2009; dept. chair and teacher, home economics, Modesto Junior College; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.

'42 BS HE—Cynthia Nickerson Hurd of Clintondale, NY, July 13, 2009; former asst. director of residence halls, Vassar College; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. Husband, Melvin G. Hurd '39.

'42 BA—Grace Seligman Isaacs of Troy, NY, June 24, 2009; worked for NYS Tax Dept. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'42 BA—Betty Heller Katzen of Rochester, NY, October 13, 2009; social worker, City School District of Rochester.

'42 BS HE—Elaine Seeger Osborn of Moorestown, NJ, August 18, 2009; retired teacher; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Husband, John Osborn '41.

'42 BA—Werner E. Warmbrunn of Claremont, CA, July 19, 2009; professor emeritus of history, Pitzer College; director, Int'l Center, Stanford U.; president, Nat'l Assn. for Foreign Student Affairs; co-director, Peninsula School; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'43, BArch '42—Roger O. Austin of Penfield, NY, October 5, 2009; architect; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'43 MD—Claude A. Burnett Jr. of Seal Harbor, ME, February 24, 2009.

'43 DVM—Everett J. Crawford of Deland, FL, June 17, 2009; retired veterinarian. Alpha Psi.

'43 BA—Alvin J. Greenberg of Madison, WI, August 28, 2009; professor, U. of Wisconsin Hospital; professor of radiation oncology, U. of Michigan; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'43, BS Ag '46—William N. Leuenberger of Camden, NY, June 5, 2009; farmer; justice of the peace; substitute teacher; also worked for Camden Wire; active in community affairs.

'43, BS HE '42—Barbara Merriman Palmer of New Hartford, NY, formerly of Canton, PA, July 25, 2009; dietician; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Chi Omega. Husband, Hallsey R. Palmer, DVM '43.

'43 BEE—Raymond V. Pohl of Scotia, NY, June 26, 2009; development and applications engineer, General Electric; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Tau Beta Phi.

'44 BME—William L. Calvert of Clinton, CT, February 12, 2009; retired research engineer.

'44 BA—Marjorie Evers DiPretoro of Harrison, ME, August 29, 2009; elementary school teacher; librarian; active in community and religious affairs.

'44—Suzanne Hartnett Fischer (Mrs. Robert E. '40, LLB '42) of Madison, CT, formerly of Binghamton, NY, July 11, 2009; public school teacher; owner, Mrs. Fischer's Dancing School; active in community affairs.

'44, BS Ag '47—Harlan R. Getman of Sylvania, OH, September 8, 2009; VP, general mgr., and part-owner, Vroman Foods; veteran; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta.

'44 MD—Allen L. Goulding Jr. of Billings, MT, September 8, 2009; retired physician; president, Billings Deaconess Hospital medical staff and St. Vincent Hospital medical staff; medical director, St. Johns Nursing Home; director, Deaconess Hospital Elder Care Assessment Clinic; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Natalie (Sundberg) '45.

'44 BA—Patricia Gulick Gridley of Naples, FL, March 23, 2004; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.

'44 BA—Silvia Work Grubb of Coeur D'Alene, ID, formerly of Olympia, WA, August 27, 2009; librarian, San Jose School System; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi.

'44 BA—Ora Wenning Hurd of Naples, FL, August 7, 2009; artist. Pi Beta Phi.

'44, BA '45—George J. Kaelber of Green Valley, AZ, August 1, 2009; retired from Eastman Kodak; veteran; active in community affairs. Sigma Nu. Wife, Jean (Zenner) '44.

'44—Seymour W. Kaplan of Somers, NY, January 23, 2009; executive; veteran. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'44, BA '43—Rita Krasnow Lambert (Mrs. Samuel D. '41) of Chestnut Hill, MA, June 15, 2009; Sigma Delta Tau.

'44—John D. Lesure of Altamonte Springs, FL, August 21, 2009; research director, Smith Travel Research; active in alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'44—Elizabeth Bruns Naftzinger of New Cumberland, PA, October 10, 2009.

'44, BS Ag '48—Eugene E. Pond of Brownville, NY, August 27, 2009; meat and milk inspector, NYS Agriculture and Markets; dairy owner; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'44—Anthony J. Roperti of Dongan Hills, NY, July 27, 2009; retired owner, Reliable Market; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'45 DVM—George W. Abbott of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Grafton, MA, and Little Compton, RI, September 17, 2009; veterinarian; adjunct professor of clinical medicine, Tufts U. School of Veterinary Medicine; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi.

'45, BS Ag '46—Ruth Haynes Capron of Wayland, NY, July 18, 2009; homemaker; active in community and religious affairs.

'45—Paul Carus of Peru, IL, October 2, 2009; executive VP, Carus Chemical Co.; veteran.

'45, BA '44, MD '47—David A. Cofrin of Gainesville, FL, August 11, 2009; surgeon; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'45, BS ORIE '47—Arnold J. Cogan of Berlin, NJ, September 25, 2009; president and owner, ROI Controls Corp.; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'45, BA '44—Barbara Tyler Doane of Fort Myers Beach, FL, May 23, 2009.

'45 BS Ag, MS Ag '46—Ruth Phelps Latimer (Mrs. Robert G. '39, MS '42) of Mount Dora, FL, August 9, 2009; homemaker; active in alumni affairs.

'45 BA—Anne Keenan McCoy of Lake George, NY, July 9, 2009; retired teacher; active in community and religious affairs.

'45, BA '48, MBA '49—John D. Morris of Trumbull, CT, May 28, 2009; accountant, General Electric; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Chi.

'45, BCE '44—James S. Panosian of Pittsford, NY, June 2, 2009; design engineer, Graflex; businessman; financial and tax advisor; active in community affairs.

'45—Mark Pendleton Jr. of Islesboro, ME, July 8, 2009; VP, Central Region, S&C Electric; active in community affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'45, BS HE '44—Madeline Moore Williams (Mrs. William A. '45) of Davis, CA, August 16, 2009.

'45 MD—Thomas H. Williams of Macon, GA, June 28, 2007; surgeon; chief of staff, Macon and Coliseum Park hospitals; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'46, BS Ag '48—Ray Y. Gildea Jr. of Columbus, MS, October 19, 2009; geographer; professor, U. of Alabama, Southeast Texas State U., Mississippi U. for Women, Louisiana State U., Auburn U., and U. of Florida; veteran; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. Wife, Gertrude (Serby) '52.

'46 BS HE—Elaine Windrum Kahn of Harwich, MA, August 13, 2009; social worker; active in community and religious affairs. Sigma Kappa.

'46—Francis L. Lombardi of New Smyrna Beach, FL, and Syracuse, NY, November 24, 2008; engineer, Joseph A. Cashier Sheet Metal; veteran; Phi Gamma Delta.

'46, BA '45—Eleanore Sherman Sorensen of Burlingame, CA, July 2, 2009; elementary school teacher; active in community affairs.

'47 BA—Donald F. Ayers of Bolton Landing, NY, formerly of Mountain Lakes, NJ, September 15, 2009; attorney; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Seal & Serpent.

'47 BA—Jack R. Barensfeld of Medina, OH, June 24, 2009; general manager, A. W. Stadler Rendering Co.; farmer; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'47, BA '46, MS '49—Martin R. Bates of Kenmore, NY, August 23, 2009; applied mathematician; worked for Sierra Research Corp.; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Esther (Neustatter) '47.

'47 BS Hotel—Roxanne Tanner Bell of Hudson, OH, July 12, 2009; dietician; active in community affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'47 MD—Thomas R. Hedges Jr. of Cherry Hill, NJ, September 10, 2009; professor of ophthalmology, U. of Pennsylvania; established and ran ophthalmology section, Pennsylvania Hospital; expert on intracranial pressure on the optic nerve; author; active in professional affairs.

'47 DVM, MS '68—Mathias J. Kemen Jr. of Ithaca, NY, August 3, 2009; veterinary epidemiologist; nature photographer.

'47-48 GR—Julian Levin of Livingston, NJ, September 11, 2009; homebuilder; veteran; active in community affairs.

'47, BS Ag '59—James F. Reeves Jr. of Folsom, CA, June 22, 2009; civilian Air Force employee; veteran; active in community affairs.

'47 MD—Claude O. Truss of Birmingham, AL, September 12, 2009; chief of cardiology, US Air Force Hospital, Maxwell Field, AL; practiced internal and allergy medicine; researched the role of Candida albicans in illness; author; active in professional and religious affairs.

'47 MA, PhD '52—Charlotte Erickson Watt of Chesterton, UK, July 9, 2009; historian of migration; professor emerita, Cambridge U.; also taught at the London School of Economics and Vassar College; MacArthur Fellowship recipient; author; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'48 BS Ag—Curtiss A. Blair of Elmira, NY, October 14, 2009; retired from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance; owner, Riverdale Farm; veteran; active in community affairs.

'48 GR—Walter S. Corrie Jr. of Temple, TX, formerly of San Marcos, TX, July 19, 2009; professor, Texas State U., Baylor U., U. of Chattanooga, U. of Tulsa, U. of Iowa, and Marshall College; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'48 JD—Charles J. Donovan of Lakeway, TX, July 16, 2009; attorney; senior VP and general counsel, M. W. Kellogg Co.; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Chi Phi.

'48 BME—Frank Germano of West Windsor, NY, July 9, 2009; mechanical engineer; general manager, Bendix Corp.; also worked for Deco Grank; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 PhD—Harold E. Gray of Mystic, CT, June 8, 2009; VP, Greenhouse Div., Burnham Corp.; CEO, Nat'l Greenhouse Corp.; professor of agricultural engineering, Cornell U.; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 BS ILR—William W. Heinith Jr. of Sarasota, FL, September 1, 2009; VP, human resources, Rich Products; also worked for General Foods; veteran; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'48 BA—Ruth Rohland Hinrichs of Roslyn Estates, NY, July 28, 2009; active in community and religious affairs.

'48, BS Ag '49—Rev. Myron E. Jaenecke of Greeley Hill, CA, November 26, 2006; retired Lutheran pastor; former jail chaplain, Chenango County Sheriff's Dept.; also worked in the strawberry business; active in community and religious affairs.

'48 LLB—William J. O'Connor Jr. of Sarasota, FL, May 31, 2009; attorney; deputy general counsel, Marine Midland Bank; managing partner and chair, governing committee, Phillips Lytle; helped establish MasterCard; veteran; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'48 BS Ag—Sally W. Swartzmiller of Topsham, ME, formerly of Albany and Ithaca, NY, July 17, 2009; legislative analyst, NYS Division of the Budget; editor of college publications, Cornell U.; research asst., Div. of Municipal Affairs, NYS Dept. of Audit and Control; Fulbright scholar.

'48 BS Hotel—David Zuch of Sarasota, FL, August 26, 2009; restaurateur; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.

'49 BA—George F. Cronin of Fairfax, VA, July 11, 2009; veteran.

'49 PhD—Louis L. Ferstandig of Delray Beach, FL, August 9, 2009; VP/technical director, Halocarbon Products Corp.

'49 JD—George S. Ives of Sarasota, FL, September 8, 2009; attorney; former chairman, Nat'l Mediation Board; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'49, BA '50, MD '54—David H. Law IV of Seminole, FL, August 22, 2009; associate chief of staff for education, V.A. Medical Ctr. (Bay Pines, FL); director of medical service, Dept. of Veterans Affairs; chief of medicine, Albuquerque V.A. Medical Center; vice chair, New Mexico School of Medicine; medical director, Div. of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt U. Hospital; veteran; active in professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'49 BME—Eugene E. Poore II of Prattsburgh, NY, December 18, 2005.

'49 DVM—Herbert H. Quimby of Rutland, VT, December 22, 2005; veterinarian. Alpha Psi.

'49 BME—Robert H. Staplin of Hamel, MN, June 2, 2009; senior VP, Harza Engineering; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'49 BEE—Joseph I. Whittlesey of Glenville, NY, July 15, 2009; engineer, General Electric; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'50 MS, PhD '52—John K. Backus of McCandless, PA, September 14, 2009; research chemist; director, analytical testing laboratory, Bayer Corp.; veteran; choral singer; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Marjorie (North) '52.

'50 BS ILR—John W. Bacon of Soquel, CA, September 2, 2009; VP, human resources, SaveMart Supermarkets; president, Food Employer's Council; labor relations consultant; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'50 BS HE—Nancy Lynn Barton of Escondido, CA, October 4, 2009; homemaker. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

'50—James R. Beecher Jr. of Elmira, NY, October 4, 2009; attorney; justice of the peace; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'50 BS Nurs—Jeanne Hadley Brandis (Mrs. Donald K. '49) of Houston, TX, September 17, 2009; asst. professor of nursing arts, Albany (NY) Medical Center; staff nurse, New York Hospital and Visiting Nurse Service; public health nurse; musician; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'50 BS HE—Josephine Washburn Butler of Rensselaer, NY, October 11, 2009; microbiologist; clinical manager; active in alumni affairs.

'50 BS Ag—Emerson B. Carlton of Lockport, NY, May 29, 2009.

'50 BME—Richard W. Clement of Commerce Township, MI, September 20, 2009; mechanical engineer; veteran. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'50 BS Ag—Charles E. Dalrymple of Brockport, NY, March 20, 2009. Alpha Zeta.

'50 BArch—Richard B. Frazier of Cody, WY, April 13, 2009; architect. Tau Beta Phi.

'50 BEE—Richard L. Gordon of East Northport, NY, September 11, 2009; electrical engineer; veteran. Tau Delta Phi.

'50 DVM—Seeley M. Phillips of Howes Cave, NY, July 25, 2009; veterinarian; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Wife, May (Mapes) '50.

'50, BA '51—Irving A. Quimby of Longmeadow, MA, August 9, 2009; president, Unico; active in community and religious affairs. Chi Phi.

'50 BS HE—Betty Hyland Rivoire of Fort Collins, CO, formerly of North Syracuse, NY, July 19, 2009; retired elementary education teacher; chemical researcher, Eastman Chemical Products; active in community and religious affairs. Husband, Albert Rivoire '45.

'51, BEE '52—John W. Caffry of Bristol, RI, and Sunapee, NH, September 18, 2009; executive VP of finance and administration, Nortel; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'51 BA—Daniel D. Erhart III of Hanover, PA, July 3, 2009; president, Keystone Distribution Center; president, Erhart-Conrad Co.; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'51, BME '52—Thomas B. Gill of Naples, FL, September 30, 2009; executive, Procter & Gamble; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'51 BA—John R. Hager of Lancaster, PA, August 30, 2009; executive, Watt & Shand and Hager's Dept. Store; pilot examiner and accident prevention counselor, FAA; balloonist; veteran; active in community affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'51 MS Ag, DVM '55—Benjamin A. Rasmusen of Leland, IL, July 13, 2009; professor emeritus, animal genetics, U. of Illinois; author; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi.

'51 MD—Douglas J. Roberts of Old Lyme, CT, November 21, 2008; diagnostic radiologist, Manchester Memorial Hospital; chief of radiology, US Air Force base, Myrtle Beach, SC; veteran; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'51—Margaret Blanck Stevens of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Denton, MD, July 8, 2009; homemaker; active in community affairs.

'51 MD—William A. Triebel of Port St. Lucie, FL, formerly of New York City, August 17, 2009; psychiatrist; teacher; author.

'51 MS HE—Gladys Binns Trousdale of Fullerton, CA, June 12, 2009; dietician; active in community and professional affairs. Husband, Robert B. Trousdale '45, BEE '44, MEE '47.

'51 BS Ag—William Wickham of Hector, NY, August 30, 2009; farmer; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Acacia.

'52-53 SP ILR—Walter Bayer of Arlington Heights, IL, July 21, 2009; worked for Motorola; active in community affairs.

'52 BS Ag—Albert J. Beard Jr. of Carolina Shores, NC, September 4, 2009; insurance salesman; active in religious and alumni affairs.

'52 BS Hotel—Donald M. Biles of Skytop, PA, September 24, 2009; president and general manager, Skytop Lodge; taught resort management, Hotel school, Cornell U.; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Seal & Serpent.

'52 BS HE—Ruth Dwyer Brickman of Loudonville, NY, June 16, 2009; active in community affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'52 BA—Sydney Chayes Jr. of Murrells Inlet, SC, September 24, 2009; business executive; attorney; veteran. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'52 MEd—Raymond C. French of Richland, WA, July 5, 2009; fruit farmer; county extension agent; taught at Columbia Basin College; soil scientist; veteran; active in religious affairs.

'52 PhD—Alvin R. Hamson of Logan, UT, July 5, 2009; professor and dept. head of plant science, Utah State U.; also taught at Cornell U.; developed the Hamson tomato for Campbell Soup Co.; hosted radio program on gardening; orchardist; veteran; author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'52 BS Ag, EdD '69—Kenneth L. Lane of Cooperstown, NY, and Fernandina Beach, FL, June 24, 2009; retired superintendent, Oswego City School System; veteran.

'52 MS, PhD '54—Don L. Long of Christiansburg, VA, formerly of Radford, VA, June 23, 2009; professor emeritus of agricultural economics, Virginia Tech; extension specialist in food distribution and agribusiness; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.

'52 BS HE—Dorothy Huttar Omundsen of Lititz, PA, September 8, 2009; active in religious affairs.

'52, BME '53—Perry O. Parmelee Jr. of Palm Desert, CA, September 6, 2009; retired from Mooney Industries. Alpha Tau Omega.

'52 BS Ag—Theodore H. Ryan of Lawrence, KS, June 26, 2009; VP of operations, Albert Dickinson Seed Co.; veteran; active in professional affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'52 BS Ag—Hans P. Schonenberg of Edmonds, WA, June 14, 2009; retired Commander, US Navy; later sold yachts and shipping barges; veteran; active in professional affairs. Acacia.

'52 BA—Neil R. Snyder of Allentown, PA, June 16, 2009; worked in finance, US Steel Corp.

'53 MS—Jean Kernahan Abair of Pittsfield, MA, June 20, 2009; chemist, General Electric; metallographer, Battelle Memorial Inst.; pianist; active in community and professional affairs.

'53—Jean M. Alexander of Ithaca, NY, June 26, 2009.

'53 BS Hotel—Donald Booth of Newport, RI, September 13, 2009; operated US Navy clubs; former director of food service, Yale U.; caterer; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Wife, Tiiu (Riis) '52.

'53 BS HE—Nancy Milliman Burnett of Slingerlands, NY, August 7, 2009; taught general studies, Hebrew Academy of the Capital District; Cornell Cooperative Extension agent; active in religious and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. Husband, William C. Burnett '53, MS '55.

'53 BS Ag—Douglas C. Day of Houston, TX, June 25, 2009; civil engineer, Texas Highway Dept.; veteran.

'53 BA—Robert A. Greenfield of Oakland, NJ, July 7, 2009; attorney; active in civic affairs. Delta Chi.

'53 BS AG—Peter R. Haswell of Kure Beach, NC, September 12, 2009; senior executive, Sawyer Industries; veteran; active in religious and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'53 PhD—Nancy Wilcox Livingston (Mrs. John, PhD '54) of Ripon, WI, July 15, 2009; active in community and religious affairs.

'53 MS—Robert S. Margulies of Manhattan Beach, CA, July 5, 2009; senior scientist, TRW; also worked for Space Technology Labs and Brookhaven Nat'l Laboratory; musician; active in community affairs.

'53, BCE '54—Robert C. Ready of Palmetto Bay, FL, July 16, 2009; civil engineer; asst. director and CFO, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Dept.; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. Wife, Sheila (McMullen) '54.

'53—Frank N. Underwood of Binghamton, NY, October 22, 2008.

'53 DVM—Russell D. Williamson of Lexington, VA, July 13, 2009; veterinarian; veteran.

'54 PhD—Garth J. Blackham of Tempe, AZ, July 24, 2009; professor emeritus of psychology, Arizona State U.; also worked as a school psychologist; active in professional affairs.

'54 MS—Jean B. Bobear of Niskayuna, NY, August 2, 2009; professor emerita, SUNY Brockport; herbarium assistant, Cornell U.; engineering asst., General Electric; documentary scriptwriter; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'54 BA—Joseph S. Campisi of Ocean Park, ME, August 26, 2009; worked for Aetna Life and Casualty, Honeywell, and US Steel; veteran; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent. Wife, Ann Charlene (Vickery) '55.

'54, BME '55—Orval E. Cook of Dayton, OH, August 19, 2008; senior advisor, Alpha Capital. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Wife, Dorothy (Giddings) '55, MA '57.

'54—Harold F. Cox of Ithaca, NY, August 7, 2009; worked for Ithaca College; carpenter; craftsman; veteran.

'54 MS Chem E—Halsey E. Griswold of Pawlet, VT, May 24, 2009; chemical engineer, Texaco Oil; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs.

'54 MA—Nancy A. Hoddick of Williamsville, NY, July 23, 2009; associate dean, home economics, Colorado State U.; student counselor, home economics, Cornell U.; health and physical education teacher; also worked for NYS Dept. of Education; active in community and professional affairs.

'54, BME '55—William L. Peters of Athens, GA, July 8, 2009; retired high school math teacher; engineer; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'54 BA—G. Donald Wehmann of Sarasota, FL, July 20, 2009; investment and trust banker; realtor; owner, Columbia Country Properties; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.

'54-55 SP Ag—Norman L. Wilson of Topeka, KS, July 22, 2009; florist; veteran; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

'55 MD—Stephen M. Ayres of Hampton, VA, September 12, 2009; director, int'l medical studies, Medical College of Virginia; dean, school of medicine, Virginia Commonwealth U.; chairman, St. Louis U. School of Medicine; organized Group Health Plans of St. Louis; director of medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital; veteran; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Wife, Dolores (Kobrick) '53.

'55 BS Ag, MBA '56—David A. Dinge of Queens, NY, December 16, 2005. Alpha Gamma Rho.

'55—James J. Drautman Jr. of Elizabethtown, KY, September 16, 2009.

'55—Larry J. Fisher of Fairport, NY, August 4, 2009; worked for Rochester Telephone Co.; veteran; active in community affairs.

'55-56 SP Ag—Rev. William R. Hodges of Bradenton, FL, October 1, 2009; Baptist minister and missionary; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'55 BS HE—Patricia Wells Lunneborg of Seattle, WA, August 17, 2009; psychology professor, U. of Washington; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.

'55 PhD—Lucile Hieser Sevoian (Mrs. Martin, MS '54) of Amherst, MA, September 1, 2009; home economics extension specialist, U. of Illinois; 4-H Club director; lecturer on clothing and textiles, UMass; field manager, Leiter's Designer Fabrics; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'56 BA, LLB '58—Robert S. Banks of Hernando, FL, August 17, 2009; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

'56 MD—Harry G. Browne of Reno, NV, formerly of Diablo, CA, August 27, 2009; pathologist; expert in tropical medicine; co-founder, Int'l Clinical Laboratories, and Therapeutic Antibodies; director, Dept. of Parasitology, US Naval Medical Research Unit #3 (Cairo, Egypt); former asst. professor, Vanderbilt U. Medical School; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Wife, Jean (Kerstetter) '55.

'56—Christine Griffin Frost-Johnson of Elizabeth City, NC, formerly of Staten Island, NY, August 3, 2009; homemaker; legal secretary; active in community affairs.

'56 BA—Joan Edelman Goody of Boston, MA, September 8, 2009; architect; senior partner, Goody Clancy; taught architectural design, Harvard U.; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'56, BME '57—Robert E. Hoogstoel of Pittsboro, NC, August 5, 2009; nuclear engineer, General Electric; active in professional and alumni affairs.

'56 BCE—Donald P. Hoover of Durham, NC, formerly of Mechanicville, NY, August 14, 2009; worked for Buckbee Mears and Scott Paper Co.; veteran; active in community affairs.

'56—Francis H. Osborne of Morehead, KY, January 25, 2003; professor emeritus of psychology and institutional research manager, Morehead State U.; author; active in professional affairs. Wife, Jeanne (Slocum) '58.

'56 BS Nurs—Margaret Shields Swartout of Severna Park, MD, June 23, 2009; registered nurse; artist; active in community affairs.

'56—Ronald A. Verblauw of Sunapee, NH, formerly of North Caldwell, NJ, August 21, 2009; owner, Da-Ron Service Co.; veteran; active in community and professional affairs.

'57 DVM—Thomas N. Gorman of Saratoga Springs, NY, September 15, 2009; supervising veterinarian, Saratoga Harness Racing; also worked at Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'57, BME '58—Steven Laden of Philadelphia, PA, August 13, 2009; recipient of 2009 Frank H. T. Rhodes Award; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'57, BME '58—W. Chester Maple of Hannibal, MO, August 20, 2009; mechanical engineer; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

'57, BME '58, MME '58—Bernard J. Snyder of Potomac, MD, August 27, 2009; worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Atomic Energy Commission; veteran. Tau Epsilon Phi.

'57 BS HE—Carol Insley Staring of Plantation, FL, July 23, 2009; chief dietician, Miami V.A. Hospital; active in community and religious affairs.

'58 BS Hotel—William L. Boll of Mars Hill, NC, formerly of Rowayton, CT, October 18, 2009; retired business and restaurant owner; veteran; artist; active in community affairs.

'58 BS Hotel—Harry Bonar of Safety Harbor, FL, May 24, 2009.

'58 MA—Henry B. Neuman of University Park, FL, formerly of Ithaca, NY, September 5, 2009; high school drama teacher; actor; director.

'58-60 GR—Ronald W. Schwartz of Greenville, NC, August 2, 2009; worked with the visually handicapped; active in community affairs.

'59, BCE '63—Nelson M. Cochran of Edmonton, Alberta, July 20, 2009; civil engineer; worked for Industrial Science Group; veteran; active in community and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi.

'59 B Chem E—Richard H. Franke of Baltimore, MD, September 1, 2009; professor of management and int'l business, Loyola College; also taught at Worcester Polytechnic Inst. and
U. of Wisconsin; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Sigma Rho.

'59 BS HE—Carolyn Burtless Roberts of Seneca Falls, NY, formerly of Detroit, MI, August 9, 2009; retired high school teacher; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'59—Charles B. Winn of Long Beach, CA, May 27, 2009; corporate director of real estate, Rockwell Int'l; industrial broker; former planning commissioner, City of Long Beach; active in civic and community affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

'60 BS Ag—William C. Brown of Madisonville, KY, September 6, 2009; owner, W.C. Brown Construction. Wife, Julia (Everett) '59, BArch '61.

'60 BS Ag—Philip E. Buckley of Manhattan, MT, July 14, 2009; professor of natural resource sciences, U. of Minnesota; also taught at Morrisville Ag & Tech and Ovid High School;

'60, BA '61, MBA '62—Vernon A. Dyke of Windsor, CO, April 21, 2009; VP, worldwide sensitized goods manufacturing, Kodak; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'60—E. Haffner Fournier of North Andover, MA, September 2, 2009.

'60—Michael A. Gershen of White Plains, NY, October 12, 2009.

'60 MS—Roland H. Groder of San Diego, CA, formerly of Corvallis, OR, May 11, 2009; fruit and vegetable marketing specialist, Oregon State U.; veteran.

'60—Nancy Peery Harmon of Hemet, CA, April 12, 2006. Pi Beta Phi.

'60, BA '61—Benjamin F. Hehn III of Fredon Township, NJ, September 27, 2009; VP of operations, Marine Midland Bank; insurance agent; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega.

'60 MME—Renzo L. Korner of Denver, CO, August 24, 2009; manufacturing engineer, Westinghouse Lamp and Tube; veteran; active in community affairs.

'60 PhD—Col. Max M. Nold of Williamsburg, VA, July 18, 2009; veterinarian; pioneer in radiation biology; retired Air Force officer; active in community affairs.

'60, BA '61—Rev. J. Gollan Root of Holyoke, MA, June 11, 2009; retired rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'60 BA—Gretchen Schoenbeck Wilson of Chapel Hill, NC, August 29, 2009; economic analyst, CIA; bookkeeper; active in community and religious affairs.

'60 BA—Letitia Sweeney Young of Paola, KS, June 16, 2009; clinical operations specialist, PRA Int'l; active in community affairs. Alpha Phi.

'61 MD—James W. Brown of New York City, July 30, 2009; clinical assoc. professor of psychiatry and assoc. attending psychiatrist, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; assoc. attending psychiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery.

'61 PhD—Leslie E. Decker of Salem, ME, July 4, 2009; emeritus professor of history, U. of Oregon; author; editor; active in professional and religious affairs.

'61—Patrick J. Dwyer of Wall, NJ, August 12, 2009; obstetrician/gynecologist; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'61, BS Ag '62—Bernard M. Fletcher of Monticello, NY, April 18, 2009. Cayuga Lodge.

'61 MA—Marjorie Nance Penalver of Chatsworth, CA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, August 25, 2009; vice principal, Ithaca High School; chair, English dept., Edison High School; taught at Okaloosa Walton Junior College; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Delta Sigma Theta.

'61 BA, LLB '63—David R. Rudd of Morristown, NJ, September 8, 2009; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi. Wife, Sue (Atlas) '61.

'61 BS Ag—Robert H. Schmidt of Acworth, GA, December 8, 2006. Alpha Chi Rho.

'61 PhD—Malcolm P. Stevens of Simsbury, CT, September 12, 2009; professor emeritus, U. of Hartford; also taught at the American U. of Beirut and Robert College (Istanbul, Turkey); author; active in professional affairs.

'62-63 GR—George A. Marshall of Northfield, MN, and Hot Springs, AR, formerly of Marshall, MN, July 9, 2009; retired judge; active in community and religious affairs.

'62, BS Ag '64—Major Peteris Pulsts of Palm Bay, FL, July 22, 2009; retired US Army officer; also worked for Holiday Builders; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'62, BArch '63, MArch '66—Thomas L. Schumacher of Washington, DC, July 15, 2009; architect; expert on Italian architecture; professor of architecture, U. of Maryland, Princeton U., and U. of Virginia; fellow, American Academy of Rome; author; active in community and professional affairs. Pi Lambda Phi.

'62, BEE '64—William E. Wilson of Erie, CO, September 14, 2009; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'63 BA—Jeffrey L. Kahn of Ridgefield, CT, June 24, 2009; retired elementary school teacher; active in community affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

'64 BA—Allen J. Beeber of East Brunswick, NJ, June 9, 2009; chairman, Lumiscope Co.; attorney.

'64 MBA—Robert A. Dakin of Marlborough, CT, August 24, 2009; CPA and tax accountant; veteran; musician; active in religious affairs.

'64 MD—John T. English Jr. of La Crosse, WI, October 20, 2008; radiologist, Franciscan Skemp Medical Center and Swedish American Hospital; active in community affairs.

'64 MA—Barbara Jores Galaska (Mrs. Chester F., '49-50 SP Ag) of Ithaca, NY, July 10, 2009; worked for Int'l Ministries, American Baptist Church; linguist; also worked at Cornell U.; active in religious affairs.

'64 MD—Karl G. Mangold of Diablo, CA, June 3, 2009; emergency room physician; founder, DESI; officer, US Public Health Service; veteran; author; consultant; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'64 BS Hotel—Warner L. Smith of Marietta, GA, July 11, 2009; senior analyst, Hunter Realty Assocs.; veteran. Phi Gamma Delta.

'64 DVM/PhD—John D. Strandberg of Columbia, MD, August 1, 2009; director, Comparative Pathology and Laboratory Animal Training programs, and director, Div. of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi.

'64—Terry D. Stratton of Grand Rapids, MI, September 1, 2009; veteran.

'64 PhD—Willard B. Walker of Canaan, ME, May 23, 2009; anthropology and linguistics professor, Wesleyan U.; also taught at Cornell U., Colby College, and Bacone College; tree farmer; veteran; active in professional affairs.

'65 LLB—George Browne of Ivoryton, CT, July 23, 2009; attorney; VP and counsel, First American Title Insurance; veteran; active in community affairs.

'65-66 GR—Elwood B. Ehrle of Kalamazoo, MI, July 19, 2009; professor of biological sciences and academic VP, Western Michigan U.; academic VP, Indiana State U.; dean of arts and sciences, Mankato State U.; professor of botany, Geneseo State U.; Michigan big tree coordinator; author; active in community and professional affairs.

'65 BS Ag—Ronald L. Eriksen of Scotch Plains, NJ, May 7, 2009; salesman, Liccardi Motors.

'65 MArch, MRP '72—Gregory Kasprzak of Columbia, MO, October 14, 2009; architect; outdoorsman. Wife, Hedwig (Szynalska), PhD '68.

'65 BS Nurs—Cynthia Proctor of Warwick, RI, July 11, 2009; registered nurse; worked with Boston's homeless women; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'66 BS AEP—Stanley R. Adams of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Seattle, WA, September 2, 2009; worked for Boeing Corp.

'66 BA—Margaret Best Waage of Laconia, NH, May 25, 2009; member, Community of St. Luke; active in religious affairs.

'67—Alan B. Bell of Cambridge, NY, June 5, 2009; co-owner, Hotel Cambridge; also worked at Eastern Castings and Mary McClellan Hospital.

'67 MA, PhD '69—Ralph C. D'Arge of Paris, KY, June 27, 2009; professor of economics, U. of Wyoming; also taught at UCLA, UC Riverside, U. of New Mexico, and Cornell U.; expert on environmental economics and management; raised thoroughbred horses; active in professional affairs.

'67, BS Ag '72—Constance Erdman Feissner of Cortland, NY, October 12, 2009; animal control officer; wildlife rehabilitator; active in community affairs. Husband, George F. Feissner, PhD '72.

'67 PhD—William H. Hamilton of West Lafayette, IN, August 9, 2009; professor emeritus, Purdue U.; veteran; active in community and religious affairs.

'68 MA—Edgar H. Elam Jr. of Leesburg, VA, August 17, 2009; worked for the US Census Bureau and Aid for Int'l Development; veteran.

'69 MBA—Edward K. Bartholomew of South Burlington, VT, October 4, 2009; controller, Burlington Free Press; veteran; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'69, BS Ag '70—David R. Cone of Gastonia, NC, June 23, 2009; director, special activities, Gaston Day School; operated Drumlin outdoor guide company; author; backpacking store owner; active in civic and community affairs.

'69 BA—I. Frank Costello Jr. of New York City, February 23, 2008. Sigma Alpha Mu.

'69 MS Ag—Arthur D. Kuhl of Randolph, NE, July 16, 2009; retired soil scientist, USDA; real estate appraiser; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'69 PhD—Gary L. Rumsey of Dryden, NY, July 23, 2009; director, Tunison Laboratory of Fish Nutrition, US Dept. of Interior; adjunct professor, Cornell U.; former director, Agway Research Center; active in professional affairs.

'69 PhD—Robert H. Siemann of Woodside, CA, September 16, 2008.

'69, BS Ag '70, MS Ag '76—Craig E. Tufts of Middleburg, VA, June 21, 2009; chief naturalist, Nat'l Wildlife Federation; Peace Corps volunteer. Delta Tau Delta.

'70 PhD—Nordulf W. G. Debye of Pylesville, MD, October 9, 2009; professor of chemistry, Towson U.

'70 BS HE—Elaine Bishko Durkac of Kittanning, PA, June 7, 2009; homemaker; school board member; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, Gabriel T. Durkac '67, DVM '70.

'70, BS Ag '71—Robert W. Good of Alexandria, VA, July 28, 2009; landscape architect; co-founder, Stephenson and Good; restored the grounds at the Jefferson Memorial; active in community and professional affairs. Theta Chi.

'71 BEE—Steven M. Altman of Ambler, PA, August 8, 2009; real estate developer and co-owner, Altman Management Co.; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'71, BS Hotel '72—Peter E. Dintiman of Oakland, CA, May 13, 2009; physician. Chi Phi.

'71 BA, JD '74—Timothy S. Harris of Manhattan Beach, CA, September 29, 2009; president, Timcor Financial; attorney; active in alumni affairs. Phi Epsilon Pi.

'71 BA—Elliot H. Klein of San Francisco, CA, September 6, 2009; associate director, medical development, Stanford U. Medical Center; fundraiser; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'71 JD—Stephen T. Owen of Alexandria, VA, July 6, 2009; attorney; veteran; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'71 BEE, MEE '72—Ralph E. Parker of Rochester, NY, May 27, 2009; president, Emfotec Info Systems; also worked at Eastman Kodak; active in civic and community affairs.

'71 BS Ag, DVM '76—Victor M. Valinsky of Easton, CT, July 12, 2009; veterinarian.

'72 PhD—Walda Engelbrecht Iscan of Boca Raton, FL, January 23, 2009; home economics teacher, Palm Beach City Schools. Husband, M. Yasar Iscan, PhD '76.

'72 MEd—Margaret Langeler Rogers of New Haven, CT, December 3, 2005. Husband, Glenn B. Rogers '62, MS ORIE '64.

'73 BS Hotel, PhD '80—Joseph F. Durocher Jr. of Nottingham, NH, July 18, 2009; associate professor, Whittemore School of Business, U. of New Hampshire; expert in hotel administration and food service mgmt.; also taught at Cornell U. and New York U.; author; active in professional affairs.

'74 BA—Roger Evans of Dallas, TX, August 14, 2009; attorney; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi.

'75—Karen Shaw Campbell of New York City, December 25, 2005.

'75 MS HE—Bettye R. Connell of Atlanta, GA, May 13, 2009; health research scientist, Atlanta V.A. Medical Center; dir. of research, Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center and asst. professor of medicine in geriatrics and gerontology, Emory U.; author; active in professional and religious affairs.

'75 BA—David A. Dooley of Andover, MA, July 23, 2009; department chair of foreign languages, Manchester-Essex Regional School District.

'76 BS HE—Brenda Gardner Eichorn of Ocean Township, NJ, June 6, 2009; logistics management specialist, Fort Monmouth. Husband, Kurt Eichorn '76, MEE '77.

'76 MD—James W. Hare of Mequon, WI, August 10, 2009; clinic director and physician, Concentra Occupational Health; regional medical director, United Health Care; clinic director, Family Health Plan Cooperative; veteran; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'77 BS ILR—Stephen J. Langford of Atlanta, GA, July 19, 2009; founder, Fairway Stone; also worked for Sales Technologies and Burroughs Corp.; active in community affairs.

'77 MBA—Darryl F. Taylor of Bryn Mawr, PA, June 27, 2009; businessman; computer technologist; veteran; active in community affairs.

'77, BCE '78—Steven R. Wardwell of Chepachet, RI, February 16, 2009. Zeta Psi.

'79 BS ILR—John P. Cullen Jr. of Bristol, CT, August 26, 2009; owner, Hoss Valley Restorations. Beta Theta Pi.

'79 BS ILR—Andrew J. Nathanson of Harrison, NY, August 21, 2009; managing partner, Oak Hill Capital Mgmt.; managing director, Drexel Burnham Lambert and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. Wife, Elyse (Tepper) '80.

'80, BS ORIE '83—Fred C. Burmann of Schenectady, NY, February 13, 2006; computer analyst, Fleet Bank.

'80 BS Ag—Richard T. Fowler of Southampton, NY, June 6, 2009; owner, Fowler Farms; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'80—Paul A. Green of Brooklyn, NY, May 20, 2009.

'81 PhD—Joan Lee Koch of Seguin, TX, July 22, 2009; dietician; instructor in Human Ecology, Cornell U.; former manager of food service, Guadalupe Regional Medical Center; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'81 BS Ag—Heather MacLean Walters of Long Valley, NJ, August 27, 2009; nutritionist; author; lecturer; professor of biochemistry and nutrition, College of St. Elizabeth and Centenary College; musician; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Husband, Robert A. Walters '83.

'82 PhD—Robert Rothlein of Summerfield, NC, June 21, 2009; senior VP for biology, Trans Tech Pharma; senior executive, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals; immunologist; author; active in alumni affairs.

'93 BS Ag—Albert W. Flannery of Redondo Beach, CA, September 18, 2009; VP of advanced services, Fox Cable Networks; active in professional affairs.

'93 BS HE—Beth E. Nolan of Syracuse, NY, formerly of Auburn, NY, June 4, 2009.

'94 MBA—Daniel J. Gallagher of New York City, formerly of West Deptford, NJ, July 31, 2009; VP and CFO, specialty materials division, Honeywell Int'l.

'98 JD—Amy E. Novak of Golden Valley, MN, August 10, 2009; assistant city attorney, St. Paul, MN; attorney, Hennepin County Attorney's Office; active in community and religious affairs.

'00 BS Ag—Samantha E. Cohn of New York City, September 19, 2009; meeting planner, Risk and Insurance Management Society; active in professional affairs. Delta Phi Epsilon.

'00 BS HE—Carrie E. John of Baltimore, MD, September 27, 2009; postdoctoral fellow, U. of Maryland School of Medicine.

'00 LLM—Stefan Seel of Hamburg, Germany, August 10, 2009; attorney; finance partner, Latham & Watkins.

'02 BS Ag—Jessica L. Cornell of Henderson, NY, August 19, 2009; veterinary technician, North Country Veterinary Services; student, Ross U. Veterinarian College; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'05 BS Ag—Natasha A. D. Collins of Prospect, KY, August 12, 2009; second-year medical student, Yale U.

'11—Warren J. Schor of Clinton Corners, NY, September 11, 2009; student, CALS. Zeta Beta Tau.

'11—David Z. Yang of Hillsborough, NJ, August 22, 2009; student, CALS.

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