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May / June 2010 Obituaries

'32 BA—Beryl Polhemus Haas of Rochester, NY, December 30, 2009; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. '36 BCE—Arthur F. Glasser of Pasadena, CA, and Seattle, WA, December 8, 2009; missionary; retired dean emeritus, School of World Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary; veteran; active in religious affairs. Chi Epsilon. '39 BA—Elizabeth Shaffer Bosson […]

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'32 BA—Beryl Polhemus Haas of Rochester, NY, December 30, 2009; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'36 BCE—Arthur F. Glasser of Pasadena, CA, and Seattle, WA, December 8, 2009; missionary; retired dean emeritus, School of World Missions, Fuller Theological Seminary; veteran; active in religious affairs. Chi Epsilon.

'39 BA—Elizabeth Shaffer Bosson (Mrs. Albert D. '39, BME '41) of Bloomfield, CT, December 14, 2009; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.

'39—Grandison Gridley of Charlotte, NC, formerly of Elmira, NY, December 27, 2009; administrator, Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital; also operated the North Pole theme park in Colorado Springs; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha.

'40—Walter J. Ives of Towson, MD, formerly of Riderwood, MD, December 3, 2009; insurance adjuster, Maryland Casualty Co. and Fireman's Fund; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'40 DVM—Edwin Leonard of Tully, NY, December 20, 2009; veterinarian; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Psi.

'44 BS HE—Ruth Brown Foy (Mrs. Peter A. '47) of Dansville, NY, December 5, 2009; farmer; secretary; active in religious affairs.

'45 BME—Harold F. Faught of Chesterfield, MO, December 13, 2009; senior VP, Emerson; Sr. Asst. Postmaster General, Nixon Administration; division general mgr., Westinghouse; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

'48 BA—Phyllis Eisen Geiss of New York City, December 6, 2009; VP, Market Facts; supervisor of copy research, Kenyon & Eckhardt Advertising; research analyst, London School of Economics; consultant. Husband, Anthony Geiss '48, MA '50.

'49 BA—Harry J. Flood of Fort Mill, SC, November 25, 2009; asst. county attorney, Suffolk County Family Court System; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon.

'49—William M. Irwin of New Paltz, NY, November 18, 2009; electrician, Central Hudson; police commissioner, Village of New Paltz; veteran; active in community affairs.

'50 BEE—Herman Albertine Jr. of Fernandina Beach, FL, January 22, 2010; electrical engineer; executive; veteran. Phi Kappa Tau

'50 BA—Harold A. Goldberger of Penobscot, ME, November 18, 2009; psychiatrist; advocate of alternative treatment for substance abuse; director, Le Centre Mondial; active in professional affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'50—Joseph B. Hill II of Hopewell, NJ, December 2, 2009. Phi Kappa Psi.

'50 MD—Claude W. Trapp Jr. of Lexington, KY, December 13, 2009; ophthalmologist; veteran; aide to General Chiang Kai-shek; jade collector; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'51 LLB—Beatrice Hort Holmes of Alexandria, VA, December 6, 2009; historian of federal water resources and policies, US Dept. of Agriculture; attorney, NYS Attorney General's office; poet.

'52 LLB—Laurence C. Stamelman of Long Branch, NJ, December 16, 2009; judge, Superior Court of New Jersey; attorney; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'53 BS Ag, EdD '63—Gerald R. Fuller of Shelburne, VT, December 9, 2009; chair, College of Agriculture, U. of Vermont; also taught at U. of Illinois; developed the vocational teacher mentor program; veteran; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'55 BA—Laura Chapman Hruska of New York City, January 9, 2010; co-founder and editor-in-chief, Soho Press; novelist; attorney; active in alumni affairs.

'57 BA—Harvey M. Young of Tucson, AZ, December 16, 2009; retired executive; active in alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent.

'60 MA—Allen N. Fitchen of Madison, WI, December 25, 2009; retired director, U. of Wisconsin Press; former senior editor, U. of Chicago Press; helped publish A River Runs Through It; active in community and professional affairs.

'70 BA—Jan K. Gleason of Seattle, WA, January 6, 2010; architect; designed childcare centers, homeless shelters, low-income housing, and community centers; executive director, Environmental Works; also operated Gleason & Associates; cellist; author; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'73 PhD—Nadine Klecha Jacobsen of Dixon, CA, November 21, 2009; associate professor, department of wildlife and fisheries biology, UC Davis; specialist in deer and large mammals; raised Airedale terriers; active in community affairs. Husband, Fredrick L. Jacobsen, PhD '74.

'79 JD—John H. McKeon Jr. of Moorestown, NJ, December 11, 2009; attorney, Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn; active in community and religious affairs.

'83 PhD—Eric A. Goulbourne Jr. of Liberty Township, OH, December 11, 2009; principal scientist in oral care technology, Procter & Gamble; former asst. professor of periodontics, Loma Linda U.; active in community affairs.

'09—Adam W. Frey of Pittsburgh, PA, December 26, 2009; founded Adam Frey Foundation to promote cancer research; wrestler; Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

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