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Jan./Feb. ’11 Obituaries

'35 BS Ag—Joseph J. Davis of Frederick, MD, October 25, 2008; active in alumni affairs. '38 BEE—John A. Pistor of Marco Island, FL, August 28, 2010; worldwide coordinator, Motion Picture and Education Market division, Kodak; helped develop the bombsight for the Enola Gay; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. '43 BS […]

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'35 BS Ag—Joseph J. Davis of Frederick, MD, October 25, 2008; active in alumni affairs.

'38 BEE—John A. Pistor of Marco Island, FL, August 28, 2010; worldwide coordinator, Motion Picture and Education Market division, Kodak; helped develop the bombsight for the Enola Gay; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'43 BS Ag, PhD '48—Everett W. Jameson Jr. of Roseville, CA, August 11, 2010; zoology professor, UC Davis; expert on chiggers; veteran; author; falconer; active in professional affairs. Delta Phi.

'43, BArch '47—Bertrand C. Johnson of Chatham, NJ, August 14, 2010; architect; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Tau.

'44 MD—George Knauer Jr. of Naples, FL, May 12, 2008; ob/gyn; partner, Elizabeth Obstetric Group; assoc. professor of obstetrics and gynecology, New Jersey College of Medicine; chair, dept. of ob/gyn, Elizabeth General Medical Center; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

'44—Frances Lucha (Sister Mary Englebert) of Latham, NY, August 23, 2010; sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet; therapeutic, dietetic, and clinical instructor, St. Mary's Hospital; supervisor of dietary dept., manager of crafts, and staff in central supply, St. Joseph's Provincial House; active in religious affairs.

'44—Edmund J. Talott of Saint David, AZ, November 12, 2008. Theta Xi.

'45 BME—Mason Britton Jr. of Southport, ME, August 12, 2010; founder, Britton Industries and Britton of Southport; also worked for Grumman Aircraft and Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.; veteran; active in civic and community affairs. Kappa Sigma.

'45—Nancy Clark Cox of Lakeland, FL, November 14, 2008.

'45—Charles R. Eble of Homosassa, FL, October 4, 2008. Sigma Nu.

'45, BS Chem E '44, B Chem E '47—Harry L. Hilleary Jr. of St. Louis, MO, August 18, 2010; partner, Flaming Pit steak houses; attorney; also worked for Standard Oil; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'45, BEE '48—Winthrop E. Mange Jr. of Pompton Plains, NJ, August 19, 2010; retired PSE&G VP of corporate services; veteran; active in community affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'45, BCE '46—Robert A. Olmstead of Jackson Heights, NY, August 16, 2010; former planning director, MTA; veteran; active in alumni affairs.

'45—John H. Updegrove of Easton, PA, August 21, 2010; chief of surgery, Easton Hospital; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'46 MS HE—Velma J. Laird of Lockport, NY, August 21, 2010; home economics teacher; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'47 DVM—Calvin B. Roper of Menlo Park, CA, August 11, 2007; veterinarian; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'48 MA—Donald P. Dietrich of Ithaca, NY, August 1, 2007.

'48 BS Hotel—Viola K. Kleindienst of Bellingham, WA, August 11, 2010; real estate broker; chair of physical education, U. of Maine; assoc. professor, U. of Missouri; asst. professor, U. of Montana; instructor, Connecticut U.; public school teacher; veteran; active in civic and community affairs.

'49 BEE—William R. Elmendorf of Frederick, MD, August 31, 2006. Acacia.

'50 BS Hotel—John J. Carr of Bridgeville, PA, August 10, 2010; hotel and restaurant manager; veteran.

'50 BEE—James M. Meeker of Spring Lake, NJ, August 10, 2010; business owner; electrical engineer; veteran. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'50 BA—Alphonse A. Satkus of Ventnor, NJ, March 25, 2007; insurance adjustor; artist; veteran.

'51 BS Ag—Donald W. Burton of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Cobleskill, NY, August 13, 2010; real estate agent; professor of horse science, SUNY Cobleskill; extension agent; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Wife, Doris (Van Eps) '50.

'53-54 SP Ag—Ruby McDonald Price (Mrs. Floyd W., '53-54 SP Ag) of Meridian, MS, August 24, 2010; elementary school teacher; United Methodist missionary; active in community and religious affairs.

'53 BS Ag—Henry C. Shapley of Stafford, TX, January 22, 2006.

'53—Alan A. Steinberg of Bala Cynwyd, PA, December 2, 2006; worked for American Steel Engr. Co. Beta Sigma Rho.

'53, BCE '54—Robert Strehlow IV of Captiva, FL, and Bainbridge Island, WA, formerly of Miami, FL, and Peoria, IL, August 17, 2010; president, V. Jobst and Sons; also worked with HCB Contractors; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

'55 BA—James L. Freeman of Tryon, NC, August 15, 2010; president, Connecticut Printers; certified financial planner; also worked for R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Houghton-Mifflin, and W. A. Krueger; jazz musician; active in civic and community affairs. Acacia.

'56 BS Ag—Barbara Woods Russell of Ashland, OR, formerly of Arcata, CA, June 13, 2006. Pi Beta Phi. Husband, John B. Russell, PhD '56.

'58 BA—Jay L. Cunningham of Las Vegas, NV, November 5, 2007. Theta Xi.

'59 BS HE—Roberta Harvey Cuddy of Bath, NY, July 15, 2010; worked at Dresser-Rand; active in community affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

'60 BA—Stephen G. Rothschild of Alamo, CA, August 11, 2010; senior VP and portfolio manager, Salomon Smith Barney; CEO, Arneson Products; also worked for Procter & Gamble, Warner Lambert, Hunt Wesson, American Cyanamid, and Del Monte; veteran; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'60 PhD—Bhag S. Sidhu of Winston-Salem, NC, August 22, 2010; retired professor of biological sciences, Winston-Salem State U.; plant breeding expert, UNESCO; also taught at Punjab U.; competitive race walker; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

'61 PhD—J. Richards Chase of Carol Stream, IL, August 20, 2010; former president, Wheaton College; president and speech professor, Biola College; also taught at Tyndale Seminary; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi.

'61-62 GR—Keith P. West of Broomall, PA, October 22, 2008.

'65 MD—Richard F. Greminger of Leesburg, FL, August 26, 2010; chief of plastic surgery, Memorial Hospital West; associate professor of plastic surgery, U. of Albany; author; repaired cleft palates for the poor in South America; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

'65, BS Ag '66, DVM '68—Kenneth P. Seeber of Glenfield, NY, August 23, 2010; equine veterinarian; leading trainer of harness horses; founder, Adirondack Cattle Co.; raised Wagyu cattle; active in community and professional affairs. Chi Phi.

'70 MS Ag—Theodore J. Szymanski of Trumansburg, NY, August 21, 2010; mathematics professor, Tompkins County Community College; taught scientific journalism at Cornell  U.; adjunct instructor, NYS Academy of Fire Science and Nat'l Fire Academy; also taught at George Junior Republic and Ithaca High School; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

'72 BA—Allen M. Kalik of Manchester, NH, August 14, 2010; president/owner, Professional Teledata; active in community affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

'78 BS Ag—Paul J. Sadowski of Webster, NY, was mistakenly listed as deceased in the November/December '10 issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine.

'85 BS Hotel—William A. Levine of Valley Village, CA, August 13, 2010; CPA.

'13—Khalil King of Charlotte, NC, August 29, 2010; sophomore student in Architecture, Art and Planning; rapper; dancer; artist.

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