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’35 BS HE—Helen Buttrick Whitney of Sequim, WA, May 28, 2020. ’45 PhD—John J. McKelvey Jr. of Richfeld Springs, NY, September 6, 2020; ento- mologist and director of agricultural aid in Latin America and Africa, Rockefeller Fdn.; ’37 BS HE—Barbara Keeney Mandigo of Altoona, FL, August 18, 2020; 4-H Club evaluated agricultural programs in Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland for the UK agent, NYS Extension; author; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, government; helped found the Int’l Inst. of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria; author; Boy religious, and alumni affairs. Scout leader; enjoyed travel, beekeeping, making maple syrup, and writing; active in community and professional affairs. ’40 BCE—Hubert H. Everist Jr. of North Sioux City, SD, October 15, 2020; president, Western Contracting Corp. and Intercontinental Engineering-Manufacturing Corp.; ’45 BA—Maxine Katz Morse of Portsmouth, NH, August 23, 2020; director, Greater patron of the arts; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Manchester Child Care Center; chairwoman, 1975 Commission on Laws Affecting Delta Phi. Mental Health; held leadership roles at Odyssey House, New Horizons, the Social Welfare Council, Lakes Region Mental Health Center, and Children’s ’40, BA ’41—William W. Owens of Arlington, VA, September 9, 2020; retired lieuten- Alliance of New Hampshire; received the 2013 Eileen Foley Award from Friends ant colonel, US Army; CFO, Communications Group, US Chamber of Commerce; Forever; president, Class of ’45; advocated for the less fortunate; active in civic, enjoyed travel and golf; active in professional affairs. Sigma Nu. community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

’41 BA—Edwin M. Cronk of Adamstown, MD, September 1, 2020; dean of Deep ’45 BArch—Morrell M. Shoemaker Jr. of Chicago, IL, September 22, 2020; architect; Springs College; Foreign Service offcer; chief of Japanese Financial Trade 1951-56; volunteer at Newberry Library; enjoyed classical music and opera; active in com- veteran; active in civic and professional affairs. munity, professional, and religious affairs.

’41 BS Hotel—Lucille Haupin Lamborn of Bloomfeld, NJ, August 30, 2020; home- ’46, BA ’45—Alice Gerwin Feder of Cranford, NJ, December 15, 2019. Tau. maker; also worked at Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Corp. and the Hotel Astor; enjoyed reading and the New York Yankees; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. ’46 JD—Doris Banta Pree of St Louis, MO, September 20, 2020; attorney; VP and Alpha Omicron Pi. general attorney, St. Louis County Water Co.; frst woman editor-in-chief of the ; enjoyed travel, gardening, biking, and the arts; active in com- ’41—Madelon Rufner Umlauf of Allentown, PA, July 29, 2020; laboratory technician; munity, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. enjoyed bridge; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Phi. ’46 BA, MEd ’49—Nancy Hall Rosenberg of Alexandria, VA, October 1, 2020; editor ’42 BA—James H. Brewster of West Lafayette, IN, October 26, 2020; professor of for educational magazines; enjoyed folk dancing. Delta Gamma. chemistry, Purdue U.; served with the American Field Service; author; enjoyed music, travel, camping, hiking, nature photography, family history, and painting; active in ’47 BEE—Ulrich F. Caro of Rockville, MD, August 28, 2020; certifed fnancial planner; community, professional, and religious affairs. active in alumni affairs.

’42 BS HE—Christina Steinman Foltman of Ithaca, NY, August 28, 2020; home- ’47 MS—Evelyn Young Marion of Phoenix, AZ, May 6, 2020. Husband, Claud C. maker; founding member, Friends of the Library book sale; Red Cross volunteer; Marion, PhD ’48. enjoyed bridge, travel, gardening, and golf; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa . ’47 BS HE—Martha Rausch Ohaus of Lake Toxaway, NC, September 18, 2020; worked for Central Hudson Gas and Electric; 2008 recipient of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exem- ’42 BS HE—Louise Nordenholt Schatz of St. Louis, MO, August 23, 2020; member, plary Alumni Service Award; enjoyed travel; active in community, religious, and Midwestern Braille Volunteers; enjoyed quilting, knitting, sewing, bridge, golf, music, alumni affairs. and choral singing; active in community and religious affairs. Delta Gamma. ’48 BA—Nancy Horton Bartels of North Branford, CT, September 20, 2020; recipient ’43, MD ’45—Richard A. Malmgren of Annapolis, MD, and Taos, NM, August 16, of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; member, Cornell U. Council; 2020; physician; head of the cytodiagnostic service, George Washington Hospital; established the Bartels World Affairs Fellowship, which brought the Dalai Lama, Arch- medical researcher, National Cancer Inst.; enjoyed sailing, weaving, and building; bishop Desmond Tutu, and other prominent international fgures to campus; sup- active in professional affairs. ported undergraduate research and programming at Shoals Marine Laboratory; Cornell Athletics donor; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’43 BS Chem E, B Chem E ’47—Edward F. Wagner of Paoli, PA, July 22, 2020; chemical engineer, ARCO; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Cayuga Lodge. ’48 BA, MD ’51—George H. Carman of Dallas, TX, September 21, 2020; cardiologist and internal medicine specialist; attending physician, Baylor U. Medical Center and ’44, BA ’46—Hubert M. Aronson of Mount Kisco, NY, March 1, 2018; president and Gaston Episcopal Hospital; clinical professor of internal medicine, Southwestern owner, Anytime Anywhere Travel; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. Medical School, UT Health Science Center; veteran; enjoyed travel, fne dining, ge- nealogy, music, and art; active in professional affairs. ’44 BS Ag—Edwin E. Fitchett of Poughkeepsie, NY, September 6, 2020; VP and co-owner, Fitchett Bros. Dairy; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed photography, travel, scuba ’48 BS HE—May Daniels of Tinton Falls, NJ, May 21, 2020; retired educator; active diving, antiques, and skiing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni in alumni affairs. affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’48 BS HE—Mary McCarthy Dougherty of Elmira, NY, July 27, 2020; taught human ’44, BA ’43—Ruth Wilson Long of North Andover, MA, September 13, 2020; elemen- ecology at Ernie Davis Junior High School; hospital volunteer; active in community tary school teacher; enjoyed mahjong, bridge, birds, fowers, swimming, reading, and and religious affairs. golf; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’48 BS HE—Jean Boughner Getsinger of Vancouver, WA, September 16, 2020; liter- ’44 BS Ag, MS Ag ’53—Durland R. Weale of Addison, NY, September 30, 2020; acy volunteer; volunteer for Washington State School for the Blind and Elahan Mental administrator, BOCES program in Corning, NY; teacher; trainer at Ingersoll Rand Co.; Health Services; enjoyed travel, golf, canoeing, cross-country skiing, and hiking; active enjoyed old cars, history, and gardening; active in community, professional, and in community and religious affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. alumni affairs. ’48, BA ’49, MD ’53—Ira H. Kaufman of Houston, TX, August 21, 2020; ophthal- ’45, BS Ag ’48—William Berley of Seattle, WA, August 7, 2020; art collector; active mologist; clinical professor of ophthalmology, ; practiced at the in alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. US Naval, Long Island Jewish, New York, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat, and North Shore U. hospitals; jazz pianist; patron of the arts; active in community, professional, and ’45 PhD—Victor L. Guzman of Lima, Peru, June 3, 2019. alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau.

1 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 ’48 BS HE—Jean Genung Pearson of Largo, FL, October 27, 2020; active in alumni ’49-51 SP Ag—Orren J. Roberts of Medina, NY, October 6, 2020; owner, Roberts affairs. Bros. Farm; founder, Roberts Farm Market; Mason; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. ’48 BS Hotel—Constantine Rockas of Fairfax Station, VA, formerly of Winchester, MA, April 14, 2020; general manager, Jimmy’s Harborside Restaurant; veteran. ’49 BS Ag—Bernard F. Stanton of Ithaca, NY, September 25, 2020; professor emeritus and chair of agricultural , Cornell U.; also worked for Cornell’s ’48 BCE—Gonzalo M. Vorbeck of Quito, Ecuador, September 25, 2020; civil engineer. Health Careers offce; author; member, Choir; enjoyed gardening, Pi Kappa Alpha. crossword puzzles, golf, bridge, and singing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’48 BA—Nancy Nicholas Wengert of Lancaster, PA, October 8, 2020; enjoyed travel, bridge, and reading; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa ’50 BS ORIE—William H. Brownlee of Chevy Chase, MD, October 3, 2020; systems Kappa Gamma. engineer at IBM; veteran; enjoyed rowing; active in community and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’49 BS Ag—Jack R. Battisto of Boca Raton, FL, August 29, 2020; founder and director of immunology, the Cleveland Clinic; expert in immunology; professor of microbiology ’50 MS, PhD ’52—Rupert E. Clark of Hurricane, UT, October 16, 2020; public school and immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; adjunct professor of biology, science teacher in Los Angeles and New Mexico; taught agronomy at West Pakistan Cleveland State U. and Case Western Reserve U.; also taught at U. of Arkansas School Agricultural U.; agronomy consultant, Harza Engineering; agricultural researcher, New of Medicine; active in professional affairs. Mexico State U.; researcher, Green Giant Co.; veteran; author; enjoyed electronics, math, science, and raising Japanese quail; active in professional affairs. ’49 BS Ag—Marilyn Olsen Baurle of Dryden, NY, February 29, 2020; editor; enjoyed gardening, reading, and bridge; active in alumni affairs. ’50—Robert M. Greene Jr. of Whitney Point, NY, August 1, 2020; founder, Robert Greene Lumber; also worked at Patch Bros. Coal; veteran; Rotarian. ’49 MFS—Kathryn Causey Beamer of Morgantown, WV, October 10, 2020; biochem- istry and surgery researcher, West Virginia U. School of Medicine; active in com- ’50 JD—Robert C. Gross of Portsmouth, RI, August 1, 2019; attorney and corporate munity and religious affairs. offcer, Texaco; active in community affairs.

’49—Aaron Bradshaw of Baldwinsville, NY, September 3, 2020; retired from Syracuse ’50 BA—Walter S. Helly of New York City, June 6, 2020; professor of engineering, U.; high school teacher; also worked for Mohawk Airlines and General Electric; vet- NYU; also worked at Bell Laboratories, Port Authority, and Bell Telephone Co.; author; eran; toy train collector; active in community affairs. Sigma Nu. enjoyed classical music, opera, board games, mystery novels, constructing models, and collecting cameras. ’49 BA—Wayne E. Brougham of Baton Rouge, LA, July 26, 2020; civil servant, State of Louisiana; owner, bicycle repair shop; veteran; enjoyed travel, remote control cars, ’50 BS Ag—Robert B. Naylor of Dahlonega, GA, August 11, 2020; worked at A. Duda garage sales, and Scrabble; active in alumni affairs. and Sons; veteran; enjoyed singing; active in religious affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’49 B Chem E—Kenneth S. Canfield of La Jolla, CA, March 12, 2019; senior counsel. ’50 BA—Margaret DeRycke Nesbitt of Oneonta, NY, July 17, 2020. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’50 JD—Herbert M. Palace of Suffern, NY, March 3, 2015; attorney. ’49 BS HE—Gloria Green Caro of Rockville, MD, June 18, 2020; active in alumni affairs. ’50—Marilyn Jamison Thomas of Providence, UT, September 26, 2020; licensed ’49 DVM, PhD ’53—George C. Christensen of Ames, IA, August 1, 2020; veterinar- practical nurse, Tompkins County Hospital; enjoyed music, painting, dancing, and ian; professor of veterinary medicine and dean of the college of veterinary medicine, singing; active in professional and religious affairs. Iowa State U.; also taught veterinary anatomy at Cornell U. and Purdue U.; consultant, USAID; veteran; author; Rotarian; active in community, professional, and religious ’51 BS HE—Florence Jessup Beaujon of Monroe, OH, August 20, 2020; retired affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. Presbyterian minister; volunteer, Historic Southeast Ohio Heritage Village Museum and the Nat’l Alliance of Mental Illness; active in community and religious affairs. ’49 BCE—Thomas W. Cohill III of Amityville, NY, July 22, 2020; civil engineer for Alpha Xi Delta. Copat Construction; veteran; enjoyed sailing, travel, gardening, and woodworking; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. ’51 BArch—Robert F. Clark of Webster, NY, July 30, 2020; architect; enjoyed swim- ming, skiing, scuba diving, and rowing; Mason; Shriner; active in community, religious, ’49-50 SP Ag—Leo L. Cooper of Elbridge, NY, August 20, 2020; dairy farmer; Fuller and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. Brush salesman; also worked for P.E.A.C.E. Inc.; coach; Boy Scout leader; founded a youth horseback riding club; member, Lions Club; Mason; active in civic, com- ’51—Wilber H. Cleveland of Mount Vision, NY, September 3, 2020; farmer; post- munity, and religious affairs. master; rural mail carrier; veteran; volunteer freman; enjoyed travel and attending auctions; active in community affairs. ’49 BCE—John J. Gilbert Jr. of Ithaca, NY, October 9, 2020; civil engineer; worked on highway design and construction; also worked for Greater Buffalo Development ’51 BS Ag—Herbert E. Forbach Jr. of Durham, NC, December 2, 2019. Fdn.; anti-poverty advocate; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. ’51 MS—Henri A. Fribourg of Knoxville, TN, September 25, 2020; professor emer- itus of crop ecology, U. of Tennessee; authority on forage crops, pasture, and cattle ’49 BS Ag—Mary Lou Fister Gregg of New Paltz, NY, August 5, 2020; manager, Gregg management; French instructor, U. of Wisconsin; French, Spanish, and English inter- Apple Farm; developed Wyoming County’s Offce for the Aging; dairy farmer; horse- preter and translator, US Dept. of State and the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organiza- woman; enjoyed woodworking, gardening, cooking, and cats. tion; veteran; author; active in professional affairs. Alpha Phi Omega.

’49 BS HE—Beverly Cates La Forse of Ithaca, NY, September 6, 2020; teacher; direc- ’51 BS HE—Elizabeth Zobel Hannan of San Jose, CA, February 1, 2020; active in tor of Pre-K education, Ithaca City School District; active in community, profes- alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. sional, and religious affairs. ’51 BME—Charles H. Moore of Laporte, PA, October 8, 2020; Director of Athletics ’49 BA—Leonard Lehman of Rockville, MD, March 17, 2020; active in alumni affairs. at Cornell U.; 1952 Summer Olympics gold and silver medalist; managing director, Peers & Co.; founding executive director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philan- ’49 BA—Janice Schultz Moss of Aptos, CA, August 4, 2020; artist; painter; potter; thropy; senior manager at Lenape Forge, Lapp Insulator, Allied Thermal, Interpace, sculptor; librarian; member, Santa Cruz Art League; active in community affairs. Clevepak, and Ransburg Corp.; served on the US Olympic Committee and the Presi- dent’s Council on Fitness and Sports; inaugural member, Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame; ’49 BEE—Robert A. Nafis of Ithaca, NY, August 12, 2020; president of the Grumman active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. Electronics Division; VP of corporate development and director of ASW programs at Grumman; senior management consultant; soccer coach; enjoyed singing; active in ’51 BS Hotel—Robert B. Moore of St. Augustine Beach, FL, September 6, 2020; community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. restaurateur; tax preparer, H&R Block; veteran; enjoyed golf.

2 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 ’51 MS HE, PhD ’55—Sylvia Turlington O’Neill of Madison, WI, October 11, 2020; ’53, B Chem E ’54—Keith S. Campbell of Denver, CO, October 18, 2020; worked professor, Trenton State College; also taught at Rutgers U.; advocate for women’s rights for Standard Oil of Ohio, Colony Development oil shale project, and Stearns-Roger and civil rights; poet; artist; enjoyed opera and travel; active in civic, community, environmental group; chemical engineering consultant, Harris Group; also worked professional, and religious affairs. at Raytheon; soccer coach; enjoyed reading, classical music, jogging, biking, squash, and racquetball; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’51 BCE—David C. Pinkham of Montpelier, VT, July 30, 2020; civil engineer; executive director, Chittenden County Circumferential Highway District; director, solar energy pro- ’53—Jared A. Culver of Ocala, FL, October 14, 2020; farmer; operated Agriculver gram, Vermont State Energy Offce; Vermont director of Selective Service; director, Inc.; enjoyed gardening and marksmanship. Technical Information Center, U. of Vermont; also worked for Jones Bros. Granite and Dravo Corp.; veteran; Boy Scout leader; Rotarian; enjoyed skiing and fshing; active in ’53 BA—Elizabeth Overbaugh Dean of Raleigh, NC, August 13, 2020; certifed community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. public accountant; enjoyed music, hiking, jogging, knitting, crossword puzzles, and travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’51 BA—Corinne Watkins Stork of Penn Yan, NY, August 29, 2020; worked for Stork Insurance; school board member and advocate for women in education; founding ’53 BA, LLB ’56—I. Leonard Feigenbaum of Huntington Station, NY, January 7, member, Ladies of the Market investor group; enjoyed birdwatching, gardening, and 2020; attorney. golf; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Upsilon. ’53 BA—Lorraine Putzig Felch of Ithaca, NY, September 4, 2020; special education ’51—Patricia Redman Wetherbee of Grand Rapids, MI, October 8, 2020; homemaker; and ESL teacher; enjoyed gardening, quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, birding, enjoyed art, reading, birding, camping, gardening, hiking, and sailing; active in com- and travel; active in community and religious affairs. munity and religious affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’53 BA—Carole Andersen Foy of Snyder, NY, December 27, 2019; executive secre- ’51 LLB—Walter J. Wiggins of Ithaca, NY, September 9, 2020; attorney; hotelier; tary. Delta Delta Delta. founder, La Tourelle Hotel, Bistro, and August Moon Spa; co-founder, L’Auberge du Cochon Rouge; built the Downtown Ithaca Ramada Inn; civil rights activist; veteran; enjoyed pho- ’53 MD—Ward O. Griffen Jr. of Frankfort, MI, July 21, 2020; surgeon; executive tography, tennis, woodworking, and sailing; active in community and professional affairs. director, American Board of Surgery; professor of surgery at U. of Minnesota; profes- sor and chair of surgery, U. of Kentucky; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed fshing, garden- ’52, BME ’53—Miguel S. Abizaid of Arlington, VA, April 3, 2020. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ing, reading, and card games; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’52 PhD—Arthur Ashkin of Rumson, NJ, September 21, 2020; Nobel Prize-winning ’53 BFA, MBA ’57—Peter Hallock of Touisset, MA, September 25, 2020; founder and physicist who invented optical tweezers; discovered the photorefractive effect; worked CEO, Gripnail Corp.; account executive; aerial photographer; veteran; enjoyed sailboat at Bell Labs and Columbia Radiation Laboratory; patent holder; author; active in racing, rowing, and fying; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. professional affairs. Wife, Aline Nitzsche Ashkin ’54. ’53—Deborah Cornell Henderson of Albuquerque, NM, July 27, 2020; real estate ’52 B Chem E—Abraham G. Emanuel of Wilmington, DE, August 7, 2020; chemical broker; enjoyed singing, riding horses, and travel. engineer, DuPont; founder, Photo Bug Inc.; veteran; enjoyed photography and travel; active in professional affairs. ’53 PhD—Jeremiah M. Howald of Birmingham, AL, September 23, 2020; worked for Perrysburg Labs, American Cyanamid, Glaskyd Corp., and Shell Oil Corp.; veteran; ’52 B Chem E—Richard H. Forbes of Rochester, NY, July 29, 2020; chemical engineer; enjoyed music. veteran; active in alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’53 BA—Elizabeth Hall Keach of Arkdale, WI, October 6, 2020; enjoyed travel and ’52 BS Hotel—Edmund A. Jung of San Francisco, CA, July 12, 2020; retired, Marriott birdwatching; active in community and religious affairs. Corp.; food and beverage director, Kona Kai restaurants; also worked at Trader Vic’s; veteran. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’53 BS HE—Ann Smyers Livingston of Oberlin, OH, July 16, 2020; organic farm- er; enjoyed sewing, knitting, and jewelry making; active in community affairs. Pi ’52—Frances Jones Lammers of Los Gatos, CA, July 14, 2020; worked in the religious Beta Phi. Husband, Dayton E. Livingston ’51. studies department, Santa Clara U.; also worked in the sociology department at Michigan State U. and the Stanford Research Inst.; enjoyed hiking and travel; active in ’53 BS HE—Marilyn Gall Ostrander of Conway, SC, August 15, 2020; homemaker; civic and community affairs. Delta Gamma. Husband, Donald N. Lammers ’52. enjoyed travel. Sigma Kappa.

’52—Joan Hanssler Pappas of Stratford, CT, September 16, 2020; director of opera- ’53 BS HE—Ann Gleason Sequerth of Lavonia, GA, October 12, 2020; schoolteach- tions, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals; enjoyed sailing; active in community and profes- er; homemaker; active in religious and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. sional affairs. ’53 BA—Berton R. Shayevitz of Manlius, NY, August 20, 2020; physician; director ’52 BME, MBA ’53—Roy R. Payne Jr. of Winston-Salem, NC, August 29, 2020; owner, of rehabilitation, V.A. hospital in Northampton, MA; practiced at Loretto Hospital; Plastic Molders Inc.; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. professor, Upstate Medical U.; enjoyed singing; active in professional, religious, and Delta Chi. alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.

’52-53 SP Ag—John J. Pollock Jr. of Sylvania, GA, October 6, 2020; dairy farmer; also ’53 PhD—Ernest C. Turner of Blacksburg, VA, July 31, 2020; professor of entomol- worked for the Roeliff Jansen Central and Taconic Hills school districts; enjoyed hunting, ogy, Virginia Tech; specialist in medical and veterinary entomology; veteran; singer gardening, fowers, and birds; active in community and religious affairs. and choir director; enjoyed travel, model airplanes, and golf; active in community and professional affairs. ’52 DVM—Edward P. Winnick of Sidney, NY, September 19, 2020; veterinarian; enjoyed golf and baseball; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi. ’53 BA—Ruth Kanis Walker of Pittsford, NY, October 5, 2020; worked for Eastman Kodak and Talbots; enjoyed sailing, travel, cards, and music; active in community ’53 Nurs—Ruth Greus Armstrong of Valley Cottage, NY, March 1, 2019; retired nurse. affairs. Chi Omega.

’53 JD—Robert W. Avery of Irondequoit, NY, October 4, 2020; asst. district attorney ’53 BS HE—Nancy Ferguson Waugaman of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of Grosse Pointe for Rochester, NY; veteran; active in community and professional affairs. Watermargin. Farms, MI, August 24, 2020; worked for Stouffer’s, the Federal Reserve Bank, U. of Michigan, and First Federal of Michigan; also taught high school, where she and her ’53 BS Ag—Jess B. Brewster of Bellingham, WA, August 1, 2020; teacher; veteran; students operated the Speedy Gourmet restaurant; active in community, profes- woodcarver. sional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Kappa.

’53, BA ’54—James R. Bullard of Westport, NY, August 16, 2020; owner, Fort Ti Ferry; ’53 PhD—Roland L. Wigley of Woods Hole, MA, September 16, 2020; chief of worked for the Holstein Friesian Assn., Int’l Center for the Improvement of Wheat and benthic dynamics investigation, Woods Hole Laboratory, Bureau of Commercial Maize, Uniroyal, and Bullard Orchards; Fulbright scholar; veteran; literacy volunteer; Fisheries (now NOAA Fisheries); discovered fve crustaceans new to science; met enjoyed boating; active in community and professional affairs. Rachel Carson while serving on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s research vessel

3 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 Albatross III; author; enjoyed fshing, gardening, music, woodworking, and bridge; hiking, birdwatching, skiing, gardening, bridge, and travel; member, Appalachian active in community and professional affairs. Mountain Club 4000 Footer committee; active in community affairs. Husband, James W. Beattie, MD ’57. ’54—John L. Barrett Jr. of Melbourne, FL, July 23, 2020; radiological offcer, Ocean County Offce of Emergency Management; evaluator of nuclear power plant emer- ’55 BS ILR—Gerald P. Braverman of Chandler, AZ, July 17, 2020; worked in the com- gency operations, FEMA; commercial pilot, Eastern Airlines; retired colonel, US Air puter software business; veteran. Zeta Beta Tau. Force; enjoyed travel and golf; active in community affairs. ’55 MS, PhD ’57—Rondo A. Christensen of River Heights, UT, September 16, 2020; ’54—Alan E. Brickett of Green Bay, WI, July 16, 2020; mechanical engineer at professor of economics, Utah State U.; also worked with USAID in Bolivia; missionary; Kershaw Manufacturing and Northwest Engineering; veteran; Mason; enjoyed model enjoyed golf and hiking; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. trains, photography, woodworking, dancing, and travel; active in community and religious affairs. Theta Chi. ’55, BS Hotel ’56—Albert R. Dobie of Hamden, CT, September 7, 2020; VP of opera- tions, Hospital of St. Raphael; director of operations, Yale U. food services; enjoyed ’54, BCE ’55—Robert Bunstein of North Attleboro, MA, July 27, 2020; president, reading, politics, and family; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Fabricated Steel Products Corp.; veteran; member, Kiwanis; active in community Seal & Serpent. and professional affairs. Sigma Chi. ’55, BEE ’56—Richard E. Godfrey of Los Altos, CA, December 12, 2019. Delta Tau Delta. ’54 BS HE—Marilyn Fallick Dunkel of River Vale, NJ, September 22, 2020; worked at Paramus Public Schools; enjoyed tap dancing, folk dancing, folk and classical music, ’55 BS Hotel—Donald S. Kennedy of Milwaukee, WI, August 25, 2020; worked in and reading. contract food service, hotels, restaurants, and club management; president, Kennedy & Co.; enjoyed travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’54 BA—Ruth Bader Ginsburg of Washington, DC, September 18, 2020; US Supreme Court Justice; second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court; champion of gender ’55 JD—Richard B. Laschever of Bloomfeld, CT, August 13, 2020; attorney; veteran; equality and women’s rights; judge, US Court of Appeals; law professor at Columbia founding member of PLAN, a nonproft focused on special needs trusts; active in U. and Rutgers U.; director, ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project; enjoyed opera; active professional and religious affairs. Wife, Estelle Weinman Laschever ’54. in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’55 DVM—Robert G. Little Jr. of Williamsport, PA, October 5, 2020; veterinarian; ’54, BA ’55—Robert C. Greene of Daly City, CA, August 19, 2020; geologist, US Rotarian; enjoyed hunting, fshing, golf, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing; active Geological Survey; also worked on a USGS project in Saudi Arabia; author; enjoyed in community, professional, and religious affairs. Alpha Psi. travel, hiking, opera, history, woodworking, and gardening; tour guide for the San Francisco Opera House and San Francisco Heritage; active in community and profes- ’55—Henry T. Rowe Jr. of Middletown, DE, September 8, 2020; senior business sional affairs. programs administrator, IBM; docent, Historic Houses of Odessa; active in commu- nity and professional affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’54—John R. Gunner of Franklinville, NY, July 31, 2020; worked at Scott Aviation; developed oxygen burning candles for the space industry and underwater oxygen ’55, BME ’56—C. Wesley Simmons III of Orchard Park, NY, October 14, 2020; vet- tanks; veteran; active in community affairs. Cayuga Lodge. eran. Chi Phi.

’54, BS Ag ’55—Clifford J. Holgren Jr. of Newtown Square, PA, September 22, ’55 BS Ag—Marcia Willemen Sutter of Lancaster, PA, September 26, 2020; worked 2020; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. at Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; restarted the Muhlenberg Botanical Society; enjoyed travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’54 BS Ag—Robert L. Larrowe of Huntsville, AL, August 6, 2020; co-founder of an insurance bonding company; also worked in the commercial bonding division of ’56 BS Ag—Raymond M. Aasen of Lansing, NY, November 1, 2020; dairy farmer; Travelers Insurance; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and enjoyed winter sports; ski jumper and cross-country ski racer in NYS Empire Games; religious affairs. active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’54 BS Ag—Herbert F. Ley of Naples, FL, August 10, 2020; managed a veal feeding ’56—Virginia Howard Burt of Westfeld, IN, September 22, 2020; real estate agent; program for Ralston Purina Co.; animal husbandry experimentalist at Cornell U.; homemaker; enjoyed golf; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Phi. veteran. Zeta Psi. ’56 BA—Dorothy Zimmerman Bynack of Somers, CT, September 23, 2020; asst. ’54 BA—Richard L. Neilson of Foxborough, MA, July 28, 2020; banker; senior VP, director of group insurance, Connecticut General Life Insurance; enjoyed puzzles, Bank of ; also worked at Boston Federal Reserve Bank; veteran; enjoyed collectibles, needlework, hiking, basketball, and NASCAR; active in community affairs. travel, gardening, golf, and skiing; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi. ’56 MS—Domingo C. Cheng of Los Altos, CA, March 27, 2019.

’54 BA—Edward S. Nicholls of Anaheim, CA, October 8, 2020; family physician; ’56 BS Ag, MBA ’60—Gerald W.Cunningham of New Rochelle, NY, September 14, 2020; medical director, Affliated Doctors of Orange County; veteran; enjoyed gardening, NYC taxi feet owner; president, Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade; veteran; Knight of woodworking, photography, oil painting, and waterskiing; active in professional affairs. Malta; enjoyed golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi. Alpha Chi Rho. ’56 BS Ag, MPS ’18—Herbert E. Doig of Rexford, NY, September 7, 2020; deputy ’54 BS Hotel—Peter H. Plamondon of Germantown, MD, August 16, 2020; chair- commissioner for natural resources, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation; helped man emeritus, Plamondon Companies; developed Roy Rogers Restaurants; owned develop the Return a Gift to Wildlife program; enjoyed travel, hunting, fshing, golf, and operated 13 Marriott and Hilton hotels; veteran; active in community, profes- ballroom dancing, and family; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. sional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Wife, Lorraine Pietryka Phi Sigma Kappa. Wife, Susan Eleanor Doig ’58, BS Nurs ’59. Plamondon ’55. ’56 BS Ag—Lester Feller of Niles, IL, October 1, 2020; developed Meals Ready-to-Eat; ’54—William R. Probst of Stone Mountain, GA, October 7, 2020; civil engineer; land worked for Kraft Foods, Quaker Oats, Sara Lee, and Lawrence Foods; veteran; musician; surveyor; landscape architect; president of Smoke Rise Corp. and Smoke Rise Cha- active in community and professional affairs. teau Development; vice chairman, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; Rotarian; enjoyed travel and good food; active in civic, community, and profes- ’56 MBA—Henry D. Houston of Monroe Township, NJ, April 9, 2020; sales associate, sional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. Home Depot.

’54 BS ILR—Jean Dempsey True of Newburyport, MA, August 19, 2020; earned an ’56 BArch—Willa “Bunny” Kemins-Kenton of Fairfeld, CT, November 14, 2019; active MBA from Northeastern U. and a MLS from Simmons College. Kappa Kappa Gamma. in alumni affairs.

’55 BS Nurs—Marilyn Duane Beattie of Rye, NH, September 26, 2020; nurse at ’56 BA, MBA/JD ’61—Charles Klaus of Granville, OH, August 9, 2020; attorney. Tau New York Hospital and Memorial Hospital; enjoyed mountain climbing, biking, Kappa Epsilon.

4 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 ’56 BA—Edward C. Lawson Jr. of Tulsa, OK, August 7, 2020; president, Lawson ’57 BS Ag—Harvey A. Lyndaker of Middleport, NY, September 27, 2020; voca- Petroleum Co.; also worked at Amoco; veteran; member, Dallas Regional Panel of tional agriculture teacher, Medina Central Schools; track and wrestling coach; real White House Fellows; president, Kennedy Center advisory board; political advisor; estate agent; veteran; enjoyed travel, skiing, and country music. Alpha Gamma Rho. arts advocate; enjoyed tennis; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. ’57—John J. Post of Manchester, NH, September 12, 2020; manager for Hewlett Packard and Phillips; veteran; chapter chair of SCORE; enjoyed travel, golf, sailing, ’56 BArch—John C. Morris Jr. of Basking Ridge, NJ, September 15, 2020; architect; swimming, and gardening; active in community affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. veteran; volunteer, Morristown Medical Center; enjoyed model railroads and com- munity theater; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa ’58 MS Ag—Lourdio L. Clamohoy of Pensacola, FL, formerly of Toronto, ON, August Delta Rho. 5, 2020; education technician, Naval College Offce in Guam; professor of animal husbandry, U. of the Philippines; dairy farm manager; veteran; enjoyed gardening, ’56-59 GR—Lee W. Myers of San Diego, CA, August 16, 2020; enjoyed travel, swim- music, and animals. ming, and good conversation. ’58 BS HE—Evelyn Wright Herring of Sarasota, FL, September 26, 2020; active in ’56 MD—Burton A. Nault of Concord, NH, August 17, 2020; executive medical of- community affairs. fcer and state surgeon, New Hampshire National Guard; surgeon, Concord Clinic and Hospital; team physician for the New England Patriots; consulting surgeon, New ’58 BS Hotel—E. Charles Hunt of Vero Beach, FL, August 29, 2020; entrepreneur; Hampshire Hospital; medical consultant, New Hampshire Disability Board; veteran; executive VP, NYS Restaurant Assn.; restaurateur; 1958 class president; active in enjoyed tennis and hockey; active in professional affairs. community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu.

’56 BA—Marlene Grass Paikoff of Fort Myers, FL, July 28, 2020; bookkeeper; elemen- ’58 MBA—Richard B. Lichtenstein of Sarasota, FL, and Beech Mountain NC, June tary school teacher; also worked for Flex-Hose and the Jewish Home of Central New 17, 2020; contracts offcer, Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Authority; also worked for York; active in religious affairs. General Waterworks; enjoyed tennis, travel, wine tasting, and fshing.

’56 BA, MD ’60—Allen J. Togut of Rockville, MD, November 16, 2019; thoracic ’58 BS Ag—Clifford R. Parks of Chapel Hill, NC, July 18, 2020; professor, U. of North surgeon; veteran; enjoyed stamp collecting and birdwatching; active in alumni affairs. Carolina; researched and developed camellias at the Los Angeles State and County Alpha Phi Omega. Arboretum; author. Kappa Delta Rho.

’56 MEd—Anne Garcin Wasson of Olney, MD, July 4, 2020; elementary school ’58, BCE ’59—Jose L. Ramirez of Carolina, PR, July 26, 2020; civil engineer. teacher; also taught at the Nat’l Institutes of Health children’s school; enjoyed opera, dogs, and playing piano; active in community and religious affairs. ’58 BA—Gordon H. Roston of Ottawa, ON, August 19, 2020; businessman; enjoyed music, theater, tennis, squash, and swimming; active in civic and community affairs. ’56—Frederick G. Wenzel of Clyde, NC, July 28, 2020; general surgeon; chief of Phi Sigma Delta. staff, Haywood County Hospital; veteran; co-founder, North Carolina’s frst rescue squad; enjoyed oil painting, woodcarving, hunting, gardening, and travel; active in ’58 JD—Edward G. Thomson of New York City, December 22, 2019; attorney; general community, professional, and religious affairs. Theta Chi. counsel for corporate philanthropy, Council on Foundations and the Foundation Center; volunteer, Nat’l Alliance on Mental Illness; active in professional and religious affairs. ’57, BME ’58—Rodney F. Beckwith of Charlottesville, VA, August 8, 2020; partner and chief administrative offcer, Cresap, McCormick, and Paget management consult- ’58 BS Hotel—James A. Walsh Jr. of Palm Desert, CA, May 20, 2020; president, ing frm; veteran; enjoyed travel, sports, and reading; active in community, profes- Charity Sports; country club manager; Rotarian; active in community, professional, sional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. and religious affairs. Beta Theta Pi.

’57—Sylvia Richards Benedict of College Station, TX, August 15, 2020; homemaker; ’58 MS, PhD ’59—John A. Weese of Annapolis, MD, July 31, 2020; professor of me- librarian; enjoyed reading, classical music, ballet, opera, knitting, horseback riding, chanical engineering and head of the engineering technology department, Texas A&M and animals; active in religious affairs. Husband, Chauncey R. Benedict ’54, MS ’56. U.; director of mechanics, structures, and materials at the Nat’l Science Fdn.; dean of engineering, Old Dominion U. and U. of Denver; mechanical engineer, structural dynam- ’57 MS Ag—Terence W. Boone of Northside East Bay, NS, September 26, 2020; ics department at Boeing’s Wichita Military Systems division; veteran; author; enjoyed school teacher and principal; Superintendent of Indian Affairs; also worked in agri- fshing and boating; active in professional affairs. Wife, Betty Dietrich Weese ’58. cultural extension; enjoyed music and poetry; active in community and professional affairs. ’58 BS Ag—D. Barry Weidner of Doylestown, OH, October 15, 2020; nursery man- ager, Davey Tree Expert Co.; veteran; enjoyed golf. ’57 BS Ag—Gerald P. Brant Jr. of Frostproof, FL, July 27, 2019; agricultural com- modity grader, US Dept. of Agriculture; active in religious affairs. ’59, BME ’61—Richard J. Badenhausen of Franklin Lakes, NJ, July 31, 2020; owner, Columbia Racquet Club; president, Yeast Products; also worked for McBride Co. Indus- ’57, BA ’58—James D. Brown of North Stratford, NH, September 28, 2020; execu- trial Real Estate and Ingersoll Rand; enjoyed skiing and birding; active in community tive search and management consultant; founder, Northern Consultants; also worked and religious affairs. Theta Delta Chi. for Bamberger’s, Irving Trust, Warner Lambert Pharmaceuticals, Monsanto, United Shoe Machinery, and Folger Consulting; author; bred Labrador retrievers; enjoyed ’59 BA—James H. Bissland III of Bowling Green, OH, October 14, 2020; professor fshing and hunting; active in professional affairs. Delta Tau Delta. emeritus of mass communications and interim director of the School of MassComm, Bowling Green State U.; expert on Shaker and American history; instructor, U. of Iowa; ’57 BA—Michael J. Du Jack of Boonton, NJ, August 31, 2020; writer; screenwriter; public information offcer and director of publications, Rhode Island College; reporter; wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “So Long Solange”; fnancial analyst, DuPont’s author; editor; guardian at litem, Wood County Juvenile Court; active in community Swedish subsidiary; chemical engineer, DuPont; enjoyed sailing, sports cars, theater, and professional affairs. classical music, dance, gardening, travel, and attending the Olympics; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. ’59—David C. Heasley of Errol, NH, October 7, 2020; owner, Wilderness Aviation; career pilot and captain, Eastern Airlines; veteran; enjoyed collecting Inuit art, fshing, ’57 BS Ag—Philip T. Gravink of Saco, ME, October 9, 2020; director of skiing, State hunting, and hiking. Psi Upsilon. of New Hampshire; president and CEO, Attitash; president and general manager, Loon Mtn.; general manager, Gore Mountain; co-founder Peek’n Peak Ski Area; dairy farm- ’59 BA, MD ’63—Monroe S. Karetzky of New York City, October 16, 2020; pulmonary er; Cornell crew champion at the Henley Regatta and the European Int’l Regatta; physician; director of the ICU, Pulmonary, and Sleep Centers at Newark Beth Israel; enjoyed fy fshing and distance cycling; active in civic, community, professional, asst. professor at Dartmouth and Albert Einstein medical schools; associate professor religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. at Rutgers and New Jersey Medical schools; veteran; author; active in professional affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’57 BA—Shirley Calloway Lindsay of Old Forge, NY, and Charlottesville, VA, July 30, 2020; enjoyed golf and watching basketball; active in community and religious affairs. ’59, BA ’60—Dana T. Lerch of Newtown Square, PA, February 18, 2020; active in Kappa Delta. alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

5 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 ’59 BA—David J. Leshan of Gwynedd, PA, November 30, 2019. ’61, MD ’65—William S. Kammerer of Jacksonville, FL, October 9, 2020; physician and associate professor at Penn State U. Medical Center; retired from the Mayo ’59, BCE ’61—Howard K. Nakamura of Wailuku, HI, September 18, 2020; president Clinic; specialist in tropical medicine; expert on parasitic diseases; veteran; Delta Phi. and CEO, Wailea Development Co.; VP, Alexander & Baldwin; planning director, Maui Planning Dept.; civil engineer, State of Hawaii; planning consultant; enjoyed ’61 MS, PhD ’64—Roy A. Mecklenburg of Orlando, FL, April 8, 2020. Wife, Eleanor travel, golf, reading, music, and sports; active in civic, community, and profes- Phillips Mecklenburg ’60. sional affairs. ’62 BA—Joel Bernstein of Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2, 2019; professor of applied ’59 BA—Marie-Louise Nordholm of Martin’s Point, NC, and Frisco, TX, July 27, science, Ben-Gurion U.; professor-at-large, U. of Western Australia; global distin- 2020; homemaker; enjoyed gardens, topiaries, waterfalls, and koi ponds. guished professor of chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi; expert on solid-state chemistry and chemical crystallography; consultant to pharmaceutical companies; expert witness; ’59 BA—Morgan Larkin Rankin of Santa Cruz, CA, October 15, 2020; editor, Battle author; editor; active in professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. Mountain News; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. ’62 PhD—Richard S. Bower of Hanover, NH, July 29, 2020; professor emeritus, Amos ’60 MArch—Kenichi Buma of Allendale, NJ, September 25, 2020; architect, Port Tuck School of Business, ; also taught at Alfred U. and Vanderbilt Authority of New York and New Jersey; escaped the World Trade Center on 9/11; U.; veteran; enjoyed travel, hiking, theater, opera, movies, reading, and the New York veteran; enjoyed tennis, classical music, the performing arts, and travel; active in Yankees; active in professional affairs. professional affairs. ’62 BS Hotel—Charlotte Jones Collister of Columbus, OH, October 21, 2020; prin- ’60 MS—Dat Kim Choy of Laguna Beach, CA, June 1, 2020; research scientist, cipal, the Collister Co.; general business systems regional manager, Ohio Bell and Loral Space and Communications; consultant; veteran. AT&T; also worked for American Electric Power; member, Kiwanis; active in com- munity, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Husband, ’60 BA—Barbara Davidson of New York City, July 27, 2020; architect and interior J. Michael Collister ’59. designer; worked with Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans; reporter for Newsweek; ghostwriter; artist; wrote ’62, BS HE ’61—Janet McClayton Crites of Mercer Island, WA, formerly of Clyde Hill, and illustrated children’s books; enjoyed hiking, backpacking, running, and travel; WA, and Lake Oswego, OR, July 28, 2020; realtor; home service representative, Con- active in community and professional affairs. sumers Power Co.; civil servant, Agricultural Research Service; private school teacher; dietitian at a V.A. hospital; longtime 1962 class correspondent; enjoyed travel, moun- ’60, BME ’61—L. Walter Deitrich of Naperville, IL, August 1, 2020; director of reac- tain climbing, cross-country skiing, and sailing; active in alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. tor engineering, Argonne Nat’l Laboratory; also worked at Knolls Atomic Power Lab and the Atomic Energy Agency; enjoyed travel; active in professional, religious, and ’62, DVM ’64—N. Joel Edwards of Altamont, NY, October 15, 2020; veterinarian; alumni affairs. Acacia. cardiologist, Upstate Veterinary Specialists; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’60—Lee S. Kimbrough of Frankfort, MI, June 28, 2020; worked in the health science division of Herman Miller (later Milcare); consultant in international business develop- ’62 DVM—Peter R. Hall of The Villages, FL, October 6, 2020; veterinarian; worked ment at Milcare; enjoyed classic cars, Airstream trailers, reading, dogs, birdwatching, at racetracks in the Eastern US; yearling inspector, Keeneland Racetrack; enjoyed hiking, and visiting national parks. golf, dogs, and carving. Alpha Psi.

’60 MS HE—Elaine Burns Lindbloom of Scituate, MA, formerly of Brighton, MA, ’62 BS Hotel—Lynn R. Kasin of Lagrangeville, NY, August 4, 2020; owner, Fishkill September 10, 2020; dietitian; director, Health Sciences Program, New England Health Related Center and other healthcare facilities; veteran; enjoyed cooking, Dairy in Food Council; active in professional and religious affairs. travel, reading, birdwatching, and boating; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’60 BA—Keith MacBain of Southampton, MA, September 13, 2020; English teach- er and chair of English, New Canaan High School; coached football, basketball, and ’62 LLB—Lewis W. Morse Jr. of Elmira, NY, October 13, 2020; attorney; specialist baseball; advocate for peace and justice; volunteer at Rosamund Gifford Zoo and in real estate and wills; enjoyed travel, the arts, gardening, and the outdoors; active Baltimore Woods Nature Center; enjoyed gardening; active in civic, community, pro- in alumni affairs. Wife, Charlotte Conrad Morse ’59, BS HE ’60. fessional, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi. Wife, Cynthia Loring MacBain ’60. ’62 BA—Phyllis Pierce Okulicz of Oakland, NJ, September 7, 2020; school teacher; ’60, BEE ’61—Stephen J. Marmaroff of Singer Island, FL, formerly of Brightwaters, librarian; member, Sweet Adelines; enjoyed music, singing, reading, jigsaw and NY, September 25, 2020; electrical engineer; co-founded an energy consulting frm; crossword puzzles, and animals. enjoyed entertaining, travel, gardening, fshing, boating, birdwatching, music, pho- tography, and Thai cooking; active in community and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’62 BA—John P. Oldendorf of Lake Elmo, MN, December 11, 2019; teacher; active in community affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’60 MS HE, PhD ’64—Ruth E. Pestle of Montpelier, VT, August 5, 2020; professor of home economics at SUNY Oneonta, Oklahoma State U., and Florida State U.; ’63, BS Ag ’64—Richard P. Draper of Surfside Beach, SC, September 9, 2020; choir author; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. director; composer; veteran; active in religious affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.

’60, BME ’61—Theodore W. Seely of Sunset Beach, NC, July 27, 2015; retired from ’63 BA—Elizabeth Eaton Gesler of Orange, CT, August 14, 2020; enjoyed reading, the US Navy; owner, Falls Church Service Center; shelter manager, American Red needlepoint, conversation, and the Red Sox; active in community affairs. Alpha Phi. Cross; enjoyed golf, walking, gardening, and animals. Theta Xi. ’63 MD—Howard E. Kulin of Hingham, MA, August 17, 2020; professor emeritus of ’60 BA—Ching P. Woo of Cedar Falls, IA, October 7, 2020; professor of chemistry, pediatrics, Penn State U. College of Medicine; medical offcer, US Public Health U. of Northern Iowa. Alpha Chi Sigma. Service; senior staff scientist, NIH; collected antique maps and oriental rugs; enjoyed birdwatching; active in professional affairs. ’61 BS Hotel—Hal O. Binyon III of Naples, FL, April 12, 2020; restaurateur; chairman, Taste of Chicago; enjoyed travel, golf, and the Chicago Cubs; active in professional, ’63, BCE ’64—John R. Lutz of South Hamilton, MA, July 22, 2020; civil engineer; religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. industrial project manager; veteran; enjoyed sailing, skiing, travel, and model railroad- ing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’61, B Chem E ’62, MBA ’63—Ronald H. Curry of Willow Street, PA, September 24, 2020; marketing representative, IBM; also worked in the new products division at ’63, BME ’65, MBA ’66—Joe R. McAfee of Pittsford, NY, August 3, 2020; ran man- DuPont; taught ESL; consultant; author; enjoyed golf and chess; active in commu- ufacturing companies; also worked as an engineer for several oil companies; 2002 nity affairs. Sigma Phi. co-recipient with his wife of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; enjoyed travel, movie festivals, and jazz festivals; active in community, professional, ’61 BA—Catherine L. Dowling of Waterford, ME, August 18, 2020; English professor and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. Wife, Nancy Cooke McAfee ’63. and asst. dean, Northern Essex Community College; magazine editor; enjoyed gar- dening, bridge, reading, and classical music. ’63, BA ’67—Roger Roberts of Sonoma, CA, July 2, 2020; computer technology

6 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 consultant on large infrastructure projects; enjoyed comedy and dogs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’65—Barbara V. Hollandt of Somerville, NJ, August 4, 2020; psychiatrist; specialist in treating young adults with eating disorders; also worked at ESSO Research and ’63 PhD—Sid Saltzman of Ithaca, NY, September 23, 2020; former chair and faculty Engineering; pilot; enjoyed travel, reading mystery novels, and the New York Yankees; member, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Cornell U.; taught statistics, applied active in community and professional affairs. econometrics, systems modeling, and economic impact analysis; assistant director, Offce of Computer Services, Cornell; engineer, production planner, and operations ’65 PhD—William E. Schilling of Galway, NY, August 27, 2020; worked at Knolls research and systems analyst in the New York City area; co-author of two books; active Atomic Power Laboratory; taught computer science at SUNY Albany; active in profes- in professional affairs. Wife, Dolores Lehrman Saltzman, MAT ’68. sional affairs.

’63 BS Ag—James A. Sample of Rosemount, MN, January 29, 2020; president and ’65 DVM—Richard E. Thoma of Akron, NY, September 8, 2020; veterinarian; owner, owner, Marcomm Publishing Co.; editor and publisher, Midwest Beef Producer; direc- Town and Country Animal Clinic; researched cancer at Roswell Park Cancer Inst.; tor of information, Grand Forks Air Force Base; veteran; Mason; enjoyed music, helped develop photodynamic therapy against various cancers; active in community, photography, travel, writing poetry and short stories, and dogs; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. professional, and religious affairs. ’66 BA—William M. Arnold of Houston, TX, August 5, 2020; professor in the practice ’63 BS Ag—Dorothy Teitelbaum Terman of San Francisco, CA, formerly of Irvine, CA, of energy management, Rice U.; head of international government relations, Royal October 13, 2018; science and math coordinator, Irvine Unifed School District; Dutch Shell; also worked at the Texas Commerce Bank and the Export-Import Bank; consultant, Sally Ride Science; owner, Dynamic Organizations; developed science fellow, Windsor Energy Conference; member, Aspen Inst. Forum on Energy and Secu- courses for Osher Center for Lifelong Learning; author; enjoyed travel, music, theater, rity; wrote about energy policy; veteran; feld director, Amigos de las Americas; enjoyed reading, Scrabble, and learning; active in alumni affairs. travel, photography, music, and fy fshing; active in civic, community, and profes- sional affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’64—Donald E. Basile of Douglassville, PA, July 24, 2019. ’66 BS HE—Sara Grossman Kotler of Franklin, MA, July 5, 2020. ’64, BS Ag ’66, MBA ’67—Joseph A. De Meo Jr. of Niskayuna, NY, formerly of San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2020; Olympic wrestling coach; head wrestling coach, ’66, BS Ag ’67—William B. Krenning of Albion, NY, August 24, 2020; VP, New York Stanford U. and U. at Albany; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Farm Bureau; VP, Orleans Renaissance Group; active in civic, community, and profes- Tau Delta Phi. sional affairs.

’64—Steven E. Denmark of Lynbrook, NY, November 9, 2017. ’66 MS Ag—Marjorie Christiansen Pollice of New York City, September 30, 2020; medical researcher; worked for Enzo Biochemical, NYU Medical Center, and Roche ’64—Laddie H. Hamilton II of Las Vegas, NV, May 31, 2016; worked in the travel Diagnostics. industry. ’66 BA—Ronald D. Schmal of Alexandria, VA, September 22, 2020; clinical psy- ’64 BA—Hanley M. Horwitz of Sand Key, FL, July 24, 2020; plastic surgeon; chief chologist, Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services; active in professional and of plastic surgery, Kaleida Health; pioneer in microvascular surgery; led the J. Sutton religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. Regan Cleft Palate Clinic; founder, Center for Plastic Surgery; advised President Rea- gan’s medical staff for his surgery for Dupuytren’s contracture; held fellowships in ’66 MILR—Irma L. Ten Kate of Hilton Head Island, SC, formerly of Boston, MA, burns and reconstructive surgeries; ringside fght doctor, Madison Square Garden September 23, 2020; VP, Kidder Peabody; also worked for Travelers, John Hancock, and Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium; medic, Sing Sing Correctional Facility; active in Corning Glass Works, and IBM Holland; enjoyed piano, opera, classical music, and professional affairs. travel; active in professional affairs.

’64—Kingsley L. Kitson of New York City, June 1, 2020. ’66 B Chem E—David R. Wallis of Marco Island, FL, August 23, 2020; VP of corpo- rate development, PPG Industries; enjoyed golf, fshing, reading, and watching sports; ’64 BA—Roy C. Nash of Naples, FL, August 20, 2020; senior fnancial executive for active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Chi. a telephone company; certifed pubic accountant; veteran; enjoyed travel. ’66 BEE, MEE ’67—Ed A. Weideman of Centennial, CO, October 14, 2020; electrical ’64 BA—Frank E. Roberts of Grand Blanc, MI, August 29, 2020; CEO, McLaren engineer; worked at Nat’l Lab; active in alumni affairs. Delta General Hospital; enjoyed cameras, computers, cars, and coffee; active in commu- Upsilon. nity, professional, and religious affairs. ’66 MAT—Anne Mosher Wimsatt of Phoenix, AZ, June 24, 2020; owner, the Book Shop; ’64 BS Ag—John F. Scarola of Post Falls, ID, formerly of Goldendale, WA, August 11, English teacher; computer programmer; “Jeopardy!” contestant; lifeguard; enjoyed 2020; Washington State park manager, Maryhill State Park; fshery biologist, New sewing, painting, gardening, carpentry, and reading; active in civic, community, and Hampshire Fish & Game; also worked at the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Se- religious affairs. attle; veteran; author; active in professional affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’67 LLB—Bruce A. Coggeshall of Falmouth, ME, September 14, 2020; corporate ’64 BS HE—Barbara Conway Scheaffer of Loveland, CO, formerly of Bellingham, and commercial attorney; expert on tax exempt and municipal fnancing; enjoyed WA, November 2, 2020; medical laboratory technician at Longmont Clinic, Boul- skiing and boating; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. der Medical Center, and Boulder Hospital; fber artist; custom designer, Lark Textiles; traffc manager for loom maker Schacht Spindle Co.; also worked for ’67, BA ’68—John G. Early of Chilmark, MA, September 11, 2020; general contrac- Boulder Blimp. Husband, Norman C. Scheaffer Jr. ’64, ME ’67. tor; Peace Corps volunteer in India; selectman for West Tisbury; asst. fre chief; president, Island Elderly Housing; enjoyed music; active in civic, community, and ’64 BS Ag—Richard W. Scholz of State College, PA, August 20, 2020; professor, professional affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. Penn State U.; enjoyed gardening, hunting, Penn State wrestling, and the New York Yankees; active in professional affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’67, BS Ag ’69, MBA ’72—Donald J. Greene of West Chester, PA, September 24, 2020; national sales manager, Henry F. Michelle Co.; veteran; attended Woodstock ’64 BS HE—Mary Pirie Snaith of Laconia, NH, formerly of Amherst, NH, October 6, Music Festival; enjoyed music, reading, and singing; active in religious affairs. Pi 2020; worked at the Sununu Youth Services Center, State of New Hampshire; consult- Kappa Phi. ing dietitian; enjoyed hiking, gardening, snow shoeing, and skiing. ’67 BEE—John F. Maguire of Alpharetta, GA, July 30, 2020; asst. director of business ’64—Mahendra H. Thaker of Wauwatosa, WI, May 29, 2018. development, Georgia Tech Research Inst.; also worked for General Dynamics, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, and ARINC Research Corp.; enjoyed amateur radio, ’65 BEE—Leroy W. Brown of Rochester, NY, January 12, 2020; electrical engineer, dogs, and grilling; active in professional affairs. Sigma Pi. Rochester Gas and Electric; also worked at Lowe’s; veteran; enjoyed golf. ’67 DVM—David B. Sequist of Stowe, VT, September 17, 2020; veterinarian; special- ’65 BA—Fred Firestone of Hillsborough, CA, May 27, 2020; dentist; enjoyed reading, ist in large animal medicine; enjoyed gardening, beekeeping, bread making, and the politics, jazz, travel, and painting. outdoors; active in community and professional affairs.

7 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 ’68 MCE—Robert L. Plum of Bellevue, WA, September 1, 2020; senior principal geo- immunologist; supervising physician, NYS Dept. of Health; helped contain the H1N1 technical engineer, Kleinfelder Inc.; also worked at Goldber-Zoino; helped reconstruct infuenza pandemic; general practitioner, US Public Health Service; enjoyed singing, the I-90 foating bridge and the highway to Mt. St. Helens; enjoyed studying astronomy, shopping, and travel; active in professional affairs. risk analysis, and Jewish spirituality, as well as music, mountain climbing, and biking; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’72 MPA—William F. Broskett Jr. of Vestal, NY, October 21, 2020; deputy director of administration, Broome Development Center; also worked at Binghamton Psychi- ’68—Richard A. Wolff of Youngstown, OH, August 7, 2020; worked for Youngstown atric Center; raised champion Samoyeds; enjoyed reading, scuba diving, and travel; Cartage Co.; veteran; enjoyed golf, amusement parks, and deep-sea fshing. active in community and professional affairs.

’69 BS Ag—G. Edward Fielder of Bel Air, MD, August 16, 2020; high school social ’72 BS Ag—Daniel E. Schlafer of Waverly, NY, September 12, 2020; dairy farmer; studies teacher; dairy farmer; founder, Fielder’s Choice Delectables; Harford County school bus driver; enjoyed gardening, woodworking, stonework, and travel; active in councilman; enjoyed politics, history, stamp collecting, and the Ravens; active in community affairs. Wife, Jean Walter Schlafer ’72. civic and community affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’72 BA—Judith Kloogman Weinstein of Great Neck, NY, June 1, 2020; medical ’69 BEE, MEE ’70—Frank W. Heil Jr. of Hayward, CA, July 26, 2020; consultant; librarian. active in alumni affairs. ’73 BME—D. Mark Doman of Ann Arbor, MI, July 29, 2020; chief regulatory engineer, ’69 BS Ag—Richard A. Malecki of Ithaca, NY, October 14, 2020; associate professor Ski& Amusement Safety, State of Michigan; designed ski lifts for Leitner-Poma; designed of Natural Resources at Cornell U.; wildlife biologist, New York Cooperative Fish and rollercoasters for Arrow Dynamics; founded a snowmaking business; built snowmaking Wildlife Research Unit; researched waterfowl and wetlands; enjoyed hunting and systems for Alta ski area and the 1988 Calgary Olympics; ski instructor; enjoyed skiing, fshing; active in professional affairs. sailing, and travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.

’69 BA—Kathleen A. Rick of Narberth, PA, October 16, 2020; director of human ’73 BA—Senter Fouraker Jones of Topsham, ME, July 18, 2020; potter; watercolorist; resources, UPenn School of Medicine; Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya; enjoyed dogs, taught marketing at INSEAD and Boston U.; management consultant; enjoyed reading, movies, Broadway musicals, and travel. swimming, hiking, sculling, and travel; active in alumni affairs. Delta Gamma.

’70 MA, PhD ’79—Gene B. Chase of Mechanicsburg, PA, September 14, 2020; ’73 BS ILR—Mark H. Ludington of Syracuse, NY, July 24, 2020; worked in advertis- professor emeritus of mathematics and computer science, Messiah College; also ing sales; enjoyed reading, music, flm, history, art, golf, and sports. taught at Wells College, Houghton College, and Dickinson College; volunteered with Wycliffe Bible Translators; active in community, professional, and religious ’74 PhD—Ming S. Chang of Burr Ridge, IL, September 7, 2020; founder, L&M Tech- affairs. Wife, Emily Parke Chase ’69. nology; philanthropist; author; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Lisa Wang Chang, PhD ’72. ’70 BS Ag, MBA ’71, JD ’74—John W. Hughes of New York City, August 18, 2020; tri-captain of Cornell’s 1969-70 undefeated NCAA Champion men’s ice hockey team; ’74 BS HE—Elayne B. Cheslow of Atlantic Beach, NY, October 2, 2020; director of tax and real estate attorney; inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame; active nutritional services, Elmhurst Hospital. Delta Phi Epsilon. in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Wife, Amy Pastarnack Hughes ’71, MBA ’74. ’74 PhD—Ronald W. Davis of Mount Airy, MD, August 15, 2020; mechanical engineer, Nat’l Inst. of Standards & Technology; also worked at NASA and General Dynamics; ’70 BS Ag—Richard A. Jerome of Naples, NY, August 17, 2020; farmer, Jerome’s enjoyed opera; active in professional affairs. U-Pick; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’74 BA—Michael E. Frye of Northfeld, ME, September 23, 2020; civilian employee, ’70 MS, PhD ’74—Robert C. Malone of Los Alamos, NM, September 1, 2020; re- US Air Force; worked at Loring, Hanscom, and Edwards Air Force bases; veteran; searched laser-driven and magnetic-confnement fusion at Los Alamos Nat’l Labora- town clerk; enjoyed genealogy, reading, movies, wine, the Red Sox, and the New tory; worked on climate modeling at the Nat’l Center for Atmospheric Research; direc- England Patriots. tor of model development, Dept. of Energy CHAMMP program; helped found the Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling project at CHAMMP; active in community and ’74 PhD—Robert R. Gallo of Ithaca, NY, September 19, 2020; professor, director of professional affairs. Wife, Joan Ernstoff Malone, MA ’68. continuing education, and dean of administration and educational services at Ca- yuga Community College; evaluator, Middle States Assn. of Colleges and Secondary ’70 BS Ag—Irving P. McPhail of Raleigh, NC, October 16, 2020; senior executive in Schools; consultant; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. higher education, public school administration, and the nonproft sector; founder and chief strategy offcer, the McPhail Group; president, St. Augustine’s U.; president ’74 BS HE—Lindsay Ann Morrow Pastirik of Tucson, AZ, August 6, 2020; elemen- and CEO, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering; founding chancellor, tary school teacher; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious Community College of Baltimore County; chief operating offcer, Baltimore City Public affairs. Husband, Michael R. Pastirik ’74. Schools; tenured professor; also served as president, vice president, provost, or dean of academic affairs at several other colleges and universities; co-editor or author of ’74—John W. Stanton of Locke, NY, August 14, 2020; worked at Cayuga Correc- numerous journal articles, reports, and book chapters; active in community, profes- tional Facility; enjoyed sports; active in professional and religious affairs. sional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’74 BS HE—Karen Whitmore Thomas of Theresa, NY, November 3, 2020; home ’70 BS Ag—Roger L. Persons of Rising Sun, MD, August 31, 2020; veteran; enjoyed economics teacher; volunteered with Family Career and Community Leaders of reading, travel, and camping. Phi Kappa Tau. America; active in community and professional affairs.

’70 BA—Jeffrey M. Riedl of Tenants Harbor, ME, October 1, 2020; president and ’75, BA ’76—Dennis J. Hodges of Saratoga Springs, NY, September 9, 2020; senior partner, Midland Abstract title insurance agency; trial attorney; also practiced real budget examiner, NYS Division of the Budget; also worked for the Public Authorities estate and family law; admitted as attorney and counselor of the US Supreme Court; Control Board and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; investor; enjoyed enjoyed travel, cooking, and entertaining; active in professional and alumni affairs. skiing, biking, and dogs. Delta Upsilon. Wife, Tina Economaki Riedl ’69. ’75 MBA—Philip M. Hurdle of Ithaca, NY, September 18, 2020; professor of market- ’71 MS—Thomas Baker of Howell, NJ, October 1, 2020; pharmacologist, Monmouth ing, Elmira College; founder, McLean Communications; taught at Merrimack College, Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine; author. Massachusetts Bay Comm. College, Boston U., and Northeastern U.; enjoyed music, reading, travel, and fshing. ’71 PhD—David J. McAdoo of Georgetown, TX, April 12, 2020. ’75 BS Eng—Carl E. Marhaver of Amelia Island, FL, July 24, 2020; president, Georgia- ’71 MA—Thomas J. O’Malley of Louisville, OH, September 27, 2020; professor of Pacifc Packaging Division; operations manager at Koch Industries; executive leadership mathematics, Mount Union College; also taught at LeMoyne College; operations consultant; enjoyed sport shooting and travel; active in community, professional, research analyst, McDermott and Co.; enjoyed family and gardening; active in religious and alumni affairs. affairs. ’75 BEE—Carmen P. Putrino of Woodland Hills, CA, October 13, 2020; senior man- ’72-73 GR—Antoinette Williams Akita of Flushing, NY, April 1, 2020; allergist and ager, Amgen Pharmaceuticals; co-owner, PMR Flooring; also worked at Singer-Link,

8 ALUMNI DEATHS CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 IBM, Hughes Aircraft, and Anderson Consulting; enjoyed math, physics, philosophy, research and development engineer, Ascensia Diabetes Care; patent holder. UFOs, and electronics. ’85 MRP—Jonathan L. Gitlin of Seattle, WA, July 13, 2020; legislative offce direc- ’77 BEE, MEE ’78—Arthur G. DeGroff of Worthington, OH, December 13, 2019; tor, NYS Legislature; business development manager; legal assistant; researched senior engineer, American Electric Power; enjoyed music, watch repair, and running; geographic information systems and electoral redistricting practice; avid sports fan; active in professional affairs. Wife, Valerie Nickol DeGroff ’76. active in civic and community affairs.

’78 BA—Lydia Bukowy Daniels of South Park, PA, September 14, 2020; lecturer in ’86 MS Ag, PhD ’91—Julie G. Lauren of Brooktondale, NY, August 8, 2020; researched biochemistry, biology, and science writing and director of undergraduate programs agricultural productivity in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Kenya, and Uganda; in biological sciences, U. of Pittsburgh; tutor; active in civic, community, and profes- worked at Cornell U., research institutes, and international development organizations; sional affairs. Kappa Delta. Husband, Robert G. Daniels ’77. taught crop science and international agriculture at Cornell; advocate for equal rights; enjoyed reading, singing, PBS, and good wine; active in community and professional ’78 BS Hotel—Thomas F. Galle of Oakton, VA, September 28, 2020; president, affairs. Donohoe Hospitality Services; also worked for Marriott Corp.; enjoyed travel, music, sports, and good food and wine. ’89 PhD—George C. Bacuta Jr. of New Orleans, LA, October 31, 2020; geologist, US Army Corps of Engineers; also worked for the Philippine Bureau of Mines; active ’78—David M. Romero of Staten Island, NY, May 19, 2018; legal specialist in eDis- in community and professional affairs. covery and project management; gifted writer and speaker; guitarist and composer; enjoyed a wide range of intellectual interests as well as music, literature, and the ’89 PhD—William E. Pence IV of Bedford, NY, September 2, 2020; chief technol- arts; chess enthusiast; active in community and religious affairs. ogy offcer, AOL; instrumental in the sale of AOL to Verizon and the acquisition of Yahoo; executive VP, WebMD; senior VP and CTO, Universal Music Group and Press- ’79 MILR—Christopher W. Jamison of Syracuse, NY, August 3, 2020; staff union Play; technology manager, IBM; patent holder; board member, John Wiley and Sons; representative, Civil Service Employees Assn.; also worked as a coal miner, steel- consultant for incubator companies; taught ESL; active in community, professional, worker, construction laborer, motel clerk, and warehouse worker; veteran; member, and alumni affairs. Wife, Maria Blasiak Pence ’88. Veterans For Peace; active in community and professional affairs. Wife, Signe Nelson Jamison, MS ’80. ’89 BA—Christopher M. Siedman of Kingston, MA, July 31, 2018. Alpha Sigma Phi.

’80 MS ORIE, PhD ’82—David A. Amato of Pembroke, MA, September 23, 2020; ex- ’91, BS Hotel ’95—Michael K. Burkeen of San Diego, CA, October 15, 2020; brand ecutive director of biostatistics, Sepracor; senior director of biometrics, Shire HGT; head manager, Procter & Gamble; also worked at ConAgra, Intuit, and USAopoly; guidance of biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health; lead statistician on HIV/AIDS therapies; counselor; marketing trainer; co-founder, Nat’l Society of Minorities in Hospitality; researched chemotherapy and radiation therapies at Dana-Farber Cancer Inst.; associ- active in community and professional affairs. ate research scientist, U. of Michigan; assistant professor, Harvard School of Public Health; enjoyed flm, trivia, poker, and fantasy sports; active in professional affairs. ’91 BS Ag—James A. Smith of Greensboro, GA, August 27, 2020; attorney; landscape architect; member of the Osage Nation; enjoyed reading, collecting shells, and pho- ’81 PhD—Cleophus Charles of Berea, KY, August 23, 2020; professor and founder of tography; active in religious affairs. Black studies at Berea College; established the Cleo-Rosa Charles Pan-African Student Development Fund; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’92 DVM—Kelly Malloy Farrell of Jacksonville, FL, March 6, 2017; veterinarian.

’81 BA—Christopher J. Evans of Paradise Valley AZ, January 13, 2020; CEO and ’95 JD—Peter A. Essley of Rochester, NY, March 5, 2020; advocate for children; owner, Paratrade Systems; also worked at Salomon Bros. and a Canadian bank; deputy county attorney, Monroe County Law Dept. Children’s Service. blogger; enjoyed reading, basketball, golf, and ftness; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi Omega. ’97 BS Ag—Oliver B. Habicht of Ithaca, NY, September 25, 2020; IT manager at Cornell’s Baker Lab; EMT; volunteer frefghter; enjoyed backpacking, camping, hiking, ’81 MBA—Thomas E. Hill of Phoenix, AZ, July 31, 2020; worked at Coopers & Lybrand running, fying, skydiving, and biking; active in community and alumni affairs. ; active in religious affairs. ’97, BEP ’98—Eric S. Williams of St. Louis, MO, October 15, 2020; cardiac electro- ’81 BA—John M. Hines of South Harwich, MA, August 27, 2020; worked for Cullinet physiologist, Mercy Heart and Vascular; enjoyed music, history, current events, and and Computer Assocs.; recipient of the Ken Moon Award for documenting bobolinks reading biographies; active in community and professional affairs. and other nesting birds; enjoyed birdwatching, music, sports, and learning; active in community affairs. ’98 MS, DVM ’01—Kevin R. Kimber of Lakeville, MN, October 1, 2020; veterinary medical offcer, Lakefeld Vet Group. ’82—James H. Gibbons of Colorado Springs, CO, July 18, 2020; enjoyed hunting, fshing, skiing, and camping. Delta Upsilon. ’05 MA, PhD ’06—Patrick J. Nolen of London, UK, formerly of Ware, MA, October 12, 2020; professor of economics, U.of Essex; researched gender differences, health insur- ’82 MBA—Jonathan R. Gordon of San Antonio, TX, September 30, 2020; associate ance, poverty eradication, and exports; consultant to the UK government and interna- director, Bear Stearns Securities Corp.; also worked for USAA; veteran; escaped the tional organizations; author; enjoyed travel; active in community and professional affairs. World Trade Center on 9/11; board member, Jewish Family Services; active in com- munity, professional, and religious affairs. ’06 BS Ag—Lauren B. Brinkerhoff of Monticello, NY, August 16, 2020; special projects consultant for medical technology startup companies; anesthesiologist; ’82 BA—Scott O. Lilienfeld of Atlanta, GA, September 30, 2020; professor of psy- active in professional affairs. chology, Emory U.; master debunker; author; editor. ’10 BS HE—Emily Caras Snyder of Brooklyn, NY, September 17, 2020; registered ’83—Edwin A. Rivera of Fairport, NY, August 1, 2020; engineer at Delphi Technolo- dietitian; worked for God’s Love We Deliver, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the gies; founding father of La Unidad Latina/Lambda Upsilon Lambda at Cornell U.; Center for Science in the Public Interest; enjoyed marathon running, swimming, and worked with Worldwide Marriage Encounter; author; blogger; mentored robotics teams; travel; active in community and professional affairs. Pi Beta Phi. active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Leonor Borja Rivera ’83, BS EE ’84. ’11 MBA—Daniel Deicas of New Providence, NJ, October 9, 2020; technical man- ’84—Cosmo J. Cusimano of Ithaca, NY, October 2, 2020; worked at Schickel Con- ager at Bayer; pianist; enjoyed soccer, biking, camping, hiking, and travel; active in struction Co.; veteran; enjoyed woodworking, golf, and computers. community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’84 JD—Lorraine K. Rak of Bloomfeld, NJ, October 22, 2020; attorney; New Jersey ’13 BS Ag, DVM ’17—Samantha M. Schwalje of Malvern, PA, August 9, 2020; deputy state attorney general and counsel for affrmative civil enforcement; active veterinarian at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society; enjoyed hiking, biking, and in professional affairs. animals. Kappa Alpha Theta.

’84 BS HE—Gail Freiman Schnur of Bellmore, NY, August 27, 2019. ’18 MS—Jackson L. Clark of Las Cruces, NM, October 4, 2020; PhD candidate in chemistry at Cornell U.; researched treatments for fbrolamellar hepatocellular car- ’84 BME—Todd T. Swanzey of Putnam Valley, NY, October 30, 2020; senior staff cinoma; chemistry tutor; soccer coach; active in community affairs.

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