In Memoriam August 2026 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2020s The University recently learned of the passing of these Cornellians Please submit notification of alumni deaths—including an obituary, if possible—to the University at cubio-deceased@cornell.edu. Once the University records an alumni death in its database, the relevant information is forwarded to Cornelliansfor inclusion in a future In Memoriam section; deaths are generally listed three to four months after the University receives notice. If you have questions, please contact Alexandra Bond ’12 at abb83@cornell.edu. 1930s Editor’s note: The large number of entries from the Class of ’38—many of them reporting deaths that occurred years ago—is due to the University’s annual updating of records for the oldest classes. ’38 BS CALS—Marian Bale Huey of Brockport, NY, formerly of Montour Falls, NY, December 8, 2009; laboratory technician, Schuyler Hospital; active in alumni affairs. ’38 BA—Emma Widger Hunt of Penrose, CO, August 6, 2012; mathematics, science, and English teacher for gifted children, Pittsburg, CA, school district; also taught at the Mendocino and Fort Bragg, CA, school districts; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’38 BA, MA ’39—Harold E. Johnson of Indianapolis, IN, 1985; professor of musicology, Butler University and Oberlin College; wrote the first critical biography of the composer Jean Sibelius; music librarian, New York Public Library and the Library of Congress; active in professional affairs. ’38 BS Nurs—Clara Gurvitch Lepow of Centerville, MA, March 14, 2013; taught nursing at Holyoke Community College; director of in-service education, Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts; nursing home inspector, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; enjoyed international travel; active in professional affairs. ’38 BS CALS—Arthur L. Levin of Yonkers, NY, November 16, 1944; veteran; first American officer to reach the Rhine during World War II; recipient, Bronze Star Medal. ’38—Anne Morrow Nees of Bangor, ME, formerly of Overland Park, KS, January 3, 2004; child welfare worker, State of Kansas; genealogist; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi. ’38, BS CALS ’39—Jacob “Jack” Pokras of Silver Spring, MD, March 17, 2012; retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army; provided administrative, professional, and technical support to clinical research at the Department of Defense; specialist in blood banking and blood bank research; vice president, American Red Cross; enjoyed ice skating, golf, and bowling; active in community and professional affairs. ’38 BS HE—Mary Randolph Prozeller of Fairport, NY, April 16, 1999; dietitian, New England Deaconess Hospital; active in alumni affairs. ’38 BA—Marshall W. Stark of Rochester, NY, March 8, 1954; captain, U.S. Army; recipient, Bronze Star Medal. ’38 BS CALS—Michael J. Sulla of San Diego, CA, formerly of Harrison, NY, February 4, 2002; salesman, Fairchester Oil Co.; avid golfer; active in alumni affairs. 1940s ’46, BS CALS ’49—Paul B. Levine of Pleasanton, CA, April 26, 2026; president and CEO, New Haven Comforter and Pillow; longtime class correspondent; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi. ’46—Robert W. Plass of Pleasant Valley, NY, March 28, 2026; farmer; veteran; enjoyed gardening, bridge, and pinochle; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’49 BEE—Bartholomew M. Jordano of Minnetonka, MN, April 17, 2026; worked in the electrical manufacturing industry; president, Jordano Associates Ltd.; veteran; helped build the Claire Booth Luce Library and install geothermal energy at Mepkin Abbey; enjoyed international travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. 1950s ’50 BA, MD ’53—Richard T. Silver of New York City, April 17, 2026; professor emeritus of medicine and director emeritus of the Richard T. Silver, MD, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Center, Weill Cornell Medicine; attending physician, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital; expert on leukemia and the myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs); founder, Cancer Research & Treatment Fund; vice chairman and acting chairman of a large multidisciplinary cooperative cancer chemotherapy group sponsored by the National Cancer Institute; introduced interferon for the treatment of MPNs; initial clinical investigator in the first trials of imatinib; developed bone marrow biopsy technique to diagnose blood disorders; veteran; author; Fulbright professor in Brazil; enjoyed playing clarinet; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’51 BA—Mary Perrine Johnson of Salt Lake City, UT, April 7, 2026; musician; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’51 B Chem E—Alfred N. Mann of Highland Park, PA, July 25, 2021; director of process economics, Gulf Research and Development Co.; also worked at the U.S. Department of Energy; author; editor, Pittsburgh’s East Liberty Valley; environmentalist; enjoyed researching genealogy and local history; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’51 BS CALS, MEd ’61—John A. Oliver of Ithaca, NY, April 4, 2026; farmer; taught science and math at King Ferry School; director, Southern Cayuga Atmospherium Planetarium; enjoyed travel and gardening; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’51 BA—Susan Pickwick Ray of La Canada Flintridge, CA, January 11, 2025; school director; active in alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’53 BS Hotel—Stanley Abel of Scarsdale, NY, March 27, 2026; chairman of the brokerage firm Abel-Noser Corp.; veteran; enjoyed golf, stamp collecting, and jogging; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’54, BEP ’55, MS ’56—Thomas R. Brogan of Burlington, VT, April 18, 2025; engineer, scientist, inventor, and adventurer; founder, MEPPSCO, which focused on innovation in aeronautics, aerospace, and energy; veteran; captain of three transatlantic crossings; enjoyed sailing, mountaineering, and cross-country skiing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54 BS CALS, MS ’55—David B. Diver of Savannah, GA, March 29, 2026; vice president of produce, Hannaford Brothers; also worked at Kroger; veteran; author; enjoyed bridge; volunteer, Habitat for Humanity; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. Surviving spouse: Carol Cobb Diver ’57. ’54 BA—Dorothy Noll Hostage of Vero Beach, FL, March 22, 2026; homemaker; enjoyed travel; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’55 BS HE—Ann T. Eaton of Gill, MA, April 4, 2026; computer analyst at Marsh & McLennan; sewing teacher, Singer Sewing Center; also worked at the Massachusetts Department of Education; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’55 BA—Leonard R. Kasten of Phoenix, AZ, March 26, 2026; freelance computer consultant; also worked at IBM; author; veteran; avid reader; active in alumni affairs. ’56 BS HE—Janet Booth Anderson of Fairport, NY, April 6, 2026; director, Twelve Corners Nursery School; enjoyed skiing, gardening, the Cornell Gourmet Club, sailing on Canandaigua Lake and with the Canandaigua Yacht Club, and choral singing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’56 BS Nurs—Marybelle Carruth Chapin of New London, NH, April 7, 2024; nurse; homemaker; active in community affairs. ’56 BA—Virginia MacDonald Lindseth of Hunting Valley, OH, March 29, 2026; taught at Hathaway Brown and University schools; founder, Institute for Educational Renewal; developed a theme-based curriculum for primary grades; adjunct professor, John Carroll University; chairman and CEO, AER Energy Resources Inc.; member, Ohio Board of Regents; enjoyed international travel, skiing, mountain climbing, bicycling, and trekking; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Surviving spouse: Jon A. Lindseth ’56, BME ’57. ’56, BME ’57, PhD ’61—William L. Maxwell of Indiana, PA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, March 31, 2026; professor emeritus, Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University; philanthropist; volunteer, Greater Ithaca Activities Center; helped design and finance Max’s Wading Pool; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’56 BS CALS—Thomas L. Poulson of Jupiter, FL, formerly of Oak Park, IL, March 16, 2026; professor of biology, University of Illinois, Chicago; expert on seaside sparrows, beech-maple old growth forests, dune succession, and cave ecology; also taught at Yale and Notre Dame universities; taught adult lifelong learning classes at Florida Atlantic University; author; helped establish the Abacoa Community Garden; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57, BCE ’58—H. Gordon Baier of Boca Raton, FL, March 27, 2026; civil engineer; owner, Construction Waterproofers Inc.; worked on the United Nations building and Yankee Stadium; veteran; enjoyed model railroading, boating, politics, reading, theater, classical music, jazz, chess, and cats; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57 BS CALS, MBA ’58—Anthony B. Cashen of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Austerlitz, NY, and Pleasantville, NY, March 24, 2026; principal, Entrepreneurial Support Services; senior partner, Lamalie Amrop International; owner, Elliot Hardwood Co.; investment manager; director, Columbia County Land Conservancy, Taconic Telephone Corp., Vistaprint, ImmuCell Corporation, and Point 4 Data Corp.; also worked at Standard Oil Co. and MD Publications; recipient, Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; instrumental in establishing Cornell’s Fraternity & Sorority Advisory Council; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. Surviving spouse: Gail Lautzenheiser Cashen ’57. ’57 BS Hotel—John M. Fisher Jr. of Needham, MA, March 25, 2026; founder, Claughton Island Associates; general manager, Backer Spielvogel Bates Inc.; executive director, Doremus & Co.; veteran; avid reader; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’57 BA—Dooley Sciple Kiefer of Ithaca, NY, April 4, 2023; copyeditor, Ecological Society of America; Tompkins County Legislator; chair, Tompkins County Ethics Advisory Board and the Charter Review Committee; helped create the Citizens Committee to Save Cayuga Lake; enjoyed mushroom hunting and playing the harpsichord and viola da gamba; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57 MA—Meredith Parsons Lillich of Syracuse, NY, March 18, 2026; professor emerita of fine arts, Syracuse University; expert in medieval stained glass; author; Fulbright Fellow; enjoyed classic VW Beetles, Mozart, and Dalmatians; active in professional affairs. ’57 BS HE—Barbara Ress Rotenberg of Tulsa, OK, April 29, 2025; teacher; docent, Philbrook Museum; established a monthly book club; enjoyed bridge and mahjong; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’58, BEE ’59—Arthur R. Axelrod of Fairport, NY, March 14, 2026; computer operations manager, Xerox Corp.; helped build Xerox’s Intranet; enjoyed international travel, opera, art, literature, and history; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’58—Stephen C. Cruty of Apalachin, NY, April 6, 2026; owner, Quality Press; also worked at Union Press, Johnson City Publishing, and Montrose Publishing; veteran; enjoyed travel, bowling, golf, horse racing, and choral singing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’58 BA—Thomas A. Delaney of Danville, CA, formerly of Boulder, CO, and Springfield, OH, March 17, 2026; general, thoracic, and vascular surgeon; director, Department of Surgery, Mercy Medical Center; veteran; avid birdwatcher and naturalist; enjoyed international travel, skiing, writing, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’58 BA—George G. De Young of Plano, TX, March 20, 2026; anesthesiologist; enjoyed international travel; active in professional affairs. ’58—Jean Gleichenhaus Kressy of Ashburnham, MA, March 14, 2026; food correspondent, the Boston Globe; contributing editor, Cooking Light; taught nursing at Fitchburg State University; author; lifelong learner; active in community and professional affairs. ’58 MS, PhD ’61—Norman B. Rushforth of Cleveland, OH, March 16, 2026; professor emeritus and chair of biology, Case Western Reserve University; active in professional and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’58 MBA—William C. Tostevin of Toronto, Ontario, March 18, 2026; chemical engineer; worked in the oil and gas industry; enjoyed international travel, camping, canoeing, kayaking, tennis, reading, writing, photography, and pottery; active in community and professional affairs. ’59 BA, MD ’63—Richard H. Dyer Jr. of Litchfield, CT, formerly of Watertown, CT, April 11, 2026; orthopedic surgeon; inventor; veteran; patent holder; enjoyed competitive rowing, Cape Cod, sailing, and his farm; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’59 BA—Alexander A. Levitan of New Brighton, MN, March 29, 2026; oncologist, internist, and clinical associate professor in family practice at the University of Minnesota Medical School; practiced at Unity and Mercy hospitals; president, A and L Management Co.; philanthropist; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel, dancing, cooking, gardening, and birdwatching; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. 1960s ’60 BA—Gary A. Beller of New York City, April 13, 2026; corporate attorney; senior legal counsel, Marsh & McLennan; senior executive vice president and general counsel, MetLife; executive vice president, American Express; vice president and general counsel, Smith Barney; lifelong equestrian; enjoyed golf, playing polo, and fishing; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’60 BS HE—Donna Williams Beusch of Pelham, NH, March 14, 2026; staff director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; director, Massachusetts House of Representatives; active in civic, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. ’61 BS Nurs—Frances Wagenseller Hurlburt of Grafton, OH, March 27, 2026; registered nurse; worked at Walter Reed Hospital and the Cleveland V.A.; founder, Visiting Nurse Association in Mattoon, IL; veteran; enjoyed music and gardening; active in community and professional affairs. ’61—David S. Symula of Voorheesville, NY, March 11, 2026; mathematics teacher, Bethlehem Central High School; president and vice president, Guilderland and New Scotland Pop Warner; enjoyed choral singing and playing the horn; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’62, BCE ’63—Andrews A. Mireku of Durham, NC, March 11, 2026; civil engineer; active in religious affairs. ’62 PhD—Paul F. Weller of La Habra, CA, formerly of Siesta Key, FL, March 18, 2026; president, Framingham State College; provost and academic vice president, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; dean of arts and sciences, Western Illinois University; also taught at SUNY Fredonia; research chemist, IBM; enjoyed international travel, photography, and sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 BS CALS—Donald T. Bennink Jr. of Bell, FL, April 20, 2026; dairy farmer; owner, North Florida Holsteins; developed partnerships with the University of Florida and Ohio State University; attorney; recipient, Outstanding Alumni Award, Cornell University; inductee, Florida 4-H and Florida Agricultural halls of fame; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63, BCE ’64—James H. Redington of Summit, NJ, and Harvey Cedars, NJ, March 16, 2026; civil engineer at RIF International and Design & Construction; enjoyed swimming and sailing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’64 BFA—Patricia Greene Bates of Williamsburg, VA, March 16, 2026; interior designer; owner, Interior Scapes; also taught interior design, drawing, and art appreciation; painter; author; enjoyed international travel, playing piano, collecting china, baking, nature, birds, Labrador retrievers, irises, and the ocean; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Surviving spouse: Jared L. Bates ’63, BS ’64. ’64 MS—Virginia Ross Bredderman of Delmar, NY, March 12, 2026; science teacher, Cortland Junior High School; founder, Locker Ladder; enjoyed tennis, ping-pong, volleyball, hiking, and photography; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’64 BA—Dwight G. Peterson of Charleston, SC, March 19, 2026; lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force; logistics resources advisor, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Minuteman Logistics Plans program manager at the Directorate of Special Weapons, San Antonio Air Logistics Center; NASA consumables analyst for Apollo 7 through Apollo 13; principal at Synergy; recipient, Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Bronze Star Medal; enjoyed sailing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Rho. ’65—Barbara Bean Broich of Westfield Center, OH, March 18, 2026; first-grade teacher, Westfield Elementary School; enjoyed travel, hiking, biking, jigsaw puzzles, and reading; active in community and professional affairs. ’65, BS CALS ’66—Michael B. Little of York, ME, March 17, 2026; science teacher and soccer, basketball, and track coach at Marshwood High School; enjoyed travel, golf, and tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. ’65 PhD—James M. Muldoon of Voorhees, NJ, March 12, 2026; professor emeritus of history, Rutgers University, Camden; expert in medieval history; research scholar in residence, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University; Rhodes Scholar; author; enjoyed building model ships; active in professional and religious affairs. ’65, BS CALS ’66—Peter L. Wolf of Franklin, NC, March 16, 2026; worked at Kmart; tax preparer; avid sports fan; enjoyed international travel; active in religious and alumni affairs. ’66 BA—F. Paul Esposito of Cincinnati, OH, December 1, 2024; professor emeritus of physics, University of Cincinnati; expert in solid state theory, quantum computing, and string theory; mentor; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel, reading, classics, history, literature, foreign languages, opera, classical music, jazz, and tango; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi. ’66 BS ILR, JD ’69—Thomas A. Klee of Fort Myers, FL, November 13, 2024; attorney; worked at Travelers Insurance, Hartford Insurance, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and several law firms; veteran; avid BMW car enthusiast; enjoyed international travel, bicycling, tennis, kayaking, genealogy, history, and following Formula One racing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon. ’66 BS CALS—Gurdon J. Van Hamlin of Cortland, NY, March 27, 2026; worked at Van Hamlin Memorials, the family business; veteran; active in professional affairs. ’68 PhD—Aubrey C. Elkins Jr. of Ann Arbor, MI, April 29, 2025; pediatrician; professor of English, University of Michigan; veteran; avid reader; enjoyed jazz, fly fishing, the Detroit Tigers, Texas A&M football, and dogs; active in community and professional affairs. ’68 MAT—Joan Rascoe Hausman of Cupertino, CA, February 9, 2025; president and creative director, Hausman Design; created Yahoo’s first annual report; graphic designer at Atari; nutritionist; home economics teacher; children’s author; lifelong learner; enjoyed history; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’68, BEE ’69, MEE ’70—Eric W. Hawkins of Olney, MD, March 13, 2026; electrical engineer; veteran; enjoyed travel, cars, planes, boats, and models; active in professional and religious affairs. ’68 BS ILR—Donald M. Larris of Aurora, CO, formerly of Monroe Township, NJ, March 20, 2026; financial director, Dri-Print Foils; assistant to the president, Allison Corp.; vice president, Colorite Plastics; veteran; enjoyed gardening, poker, UConn women’s basketball, and cats; active in professional affairs. ’68 MA, PhD ’69—Sarah Moore Seidel of LaPorte, CO, February 19, 2025; co-owner and bookkeeper, East Rabbit Creek Ranch LLP; executive secretary, International Embryo Technology Society; research assistant; counselor; also taught in Fairbanks, AK; enjoyed international travel and hiking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’68—David J. Sherrick of Queensbury, NY, March 27, 2026; dentist; veteran; Rotarian; avid runner and skier; enjoyed international travel; active in community and professional affairs. Psi Upsilon. ’69 PhD—Rita Rothenberg Calvo of Ithaca, NY, April 14, 2026; lecturer in biology, Cornell University; cofounder and director, Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers; editor; helped improve the Regents Biology standards; enjoyed international travel and gardening; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’69 BS ILR—Eileen Barkas Hoffman of Washington, DC, April 16, 2026; labor mediator; commissioner of mediation, general counsel, and district director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; adjunct professor, George Washington University law school and graduate school; neutral-in-residence, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and recipient of the ILR Groat Alumni Award; traveled internationally to train mediators and design mediation services; frequent speaker at labor relations conferences; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Surviving spouse: Richard B. Hoffman ’67. ’69 MS, PhD ’71—James M. Howell of Palenville, NY, April 2, 2025; professor and chairman of chemistry, Brooklyn College; enjoyed sailing, photography, woodworking, and making furniture; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1970s ’70 MBA—James J. Kurtt of Bloomington, MN, April 25, 2025; bicycle and ski technician, REI Inc.; also worked at Keane Inc. and Data Card Corp.; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’70 BS CALS—John C. Mann of King Ferry, NY, April 7, 2026; agriculture teacher and advisor for the Future Farmers of America program, Southern Cayuga High School; mentor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’71 MS—Roberta Miller Coughlin of Storrs, CT, March 23, 2025; horticulture author; expert in plant identification and gardening; also worked at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory mapping the Hudson River floor in preparation for construction of the first Tappan Zee Bridge; enjoyed international travel, reading, and hiking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Robert W. Coughlin, PhD ’61. ’71 MS, PhD ’74—Edward S. Donoghue Jr. of Easton, PA, March 31, 2026; process safety engineer at several agricultural chemical companies; enjoyed travel, sailing, biking, hiking, kayaking, fishing, and bird watching; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’71 MD—Robert L. Protell of Carmel Valley, CA, formerly of Stockton, CA, March 29, 2025; gastroenterologist; taught at UC Davis and the universities of Virginia, Washington, and Arizona; author; medical director of the ski patrol at Bear Valley; enjoyed tennis, golf, and skiing; active in community and professional affairs. ’72 BS CALS—John H. Barclay of Port Angeles, WA, March 16, 2026; wildlife biologist and ornithologist; worked for the Peregrine Fund at Cornell to help re-populate the peregrine falcon in the eastern U.S.; co-founder, Albion Environmental Inc.; author; pilot; naturalist and avid birder; enjoyed surfing, golf, falconry, sports cars, sports, woodworking, and duck decoy carving; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’72 BS CALS—Robin A. Mangini of Cassville, NY, March 24, 2026; soil conservationist; district conservationist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; consultant; football referee; president, Sauquoit Valley Little League; enjoyed nature, gardening, and the New York Yankees; active in community and professional affairs. ’73 BS CALS—Bruce W. Nuttall of Fort Collins, CO, March 11, 2026; surveyor, Stewart and Associates Engineering and Land Surveyors; enjoyed hiking, biking, and skiing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’73 BS Nurs—Gregory S. Oswald of Lexington, SC, March 21, 2026; registered nurse anesthetist; veteran; enjoyed travel, golf, cooking, and coaching soccer; active in professional affairs. ’75 PhD—Dennis R. Gengenbach of Smithfield, NE, March 31, 2026; farmer; expert on the genetics of cattle and swine; president, Nebraska Corn Growers Association; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’75 BS CALS—Madeline S. Ginzburg of Riverdale, NY, December 7, 2024; dentist; owner, Comprehensive Dental Care; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’76 JD—Stephen D. Fromang of Vero Beach, FL, February 28, 2021; attorney. ’76 BA, MBA ’78—Lorraine A. Mohan of Bronxville, NY, formerly of Milford, MA, April 11, 2026; managing director, Chase Securities; vice president, Chemical Bank; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’76 BS CALS, MPS ’82—Elizabeth Owens-Roe of Danby, NY, April 19, 2026; taught communication and media studies at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and SUNY Cortland; master gardener; editor, Danby Area News; enjoyed cooking, photography, painting, history, archaeology, and following world news and politics; active in community and professional affairs. ’76 MS—Lawrence T. Scura Jr. of Waterloo, IA, March 29, 2026; engineer at John Deere; enjoyed rodeos, hunting, fishing, and the shooting range; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’76, BS CALS ’77—Michael A. Weber of Atkinson, NH, September 21, 2024; leadership consultant. ’77 MS, PhD ’79—Gene W. Holbert of Loveland, OH, April 19, 2025; review chemist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; active in professional affairs. ’78 BS Nurs—Roselyne Mackenzie Balmir of Cambria Heights, NY, March 18, 2026; critical-care nurse and nursing manager, Franklin General Hospital; active in professional and religious affairs. ’78 MA—Bryna Levenberg Fireside of Baltimore, MD, March 23, 2026; author; children’s book reviewer, New York Times Book Review and the Ithaca Times; elementary school teacher; helped found the Lehman Alternative Community School, Ithaca; feminist; advocate for social justice and human rights; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’79 PhD—Richard W. Evans of Pittsford, NY, March 23, 2026; worked in higher education administration; chair, Information and Technology Department, and adjunct professor of psychology, Finger Lakes Community College; veteran; avid reader; enjoyed movies, cooking, gardening, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, birdwatching, and genealogy; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’79 BS ILR—Neal H. Klein of Clinton, NY, March 26, 2026; CEO, Klein’s All Sports; enjoyed music, golf, and the New York Yankees; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. 1980s ’81 BArch—Laurie R. Feinberg of Baltimore, MD, April 10, 2026; division chief, Comprehensive Planning, City of Baltimore Department of Planning; staff architect, Charles Street Management; adjunct professor of city planning, Morgan State University; author; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’81 BS CALS, DVM ’87—Rebecca Myers of Turner, ME, April 2, 2026; veterinarian; co-founder, Turner Veterinary Service; enjoyed hunting, bird watching, gardening, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking, music, and bluegrass festivals; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’83 BS CALS—Lisa Freedman Shephard of Ithaca, NY, March 22, 2026; physician; enjoyed travel, cooking, knitting, and playing board games; active in community and professional affairs. ’88 BS Hotel—Beverly Torkewitz White-Feoli of West Deptford, NJ, April 25, 2025; sales consultant, Macy’s Northeast; also worked in hotel management, substitute teaching, nannying, and as a librarian; enjoyed travel, reading, music, the beach, British television, murder mysteries, and crocheting; active in alumni affairs. 1990s ’95 B Chem E—Phong Diep of Ithaca, NY, April 25, 2026; director, Modeling Integration & Scalability, Corning Inc.; helped found the Finger Lakes LGBT Workplace Alliance; board member, Family & Children’s Services; enjoyed music, entertaining, cooking, cars, watches, fountain pens, and the arts; active in community and professional affairs. ’97–98 GR—Meredith G. Metzler of Gaithersburg, MD, July 21, 2023; worked at the Cornell NanoScale Facility, Quattrone Nanofabrication–Singh Center for Nanotechnology, and National Institute of Standards and Technology; Scout leader; car enthusiast; enjoyed bicycling; active in professional affairs. 2000s ’05, BS HE ’06—Brian C. Fiedler of Syosset, NY, April 4, 2026; physician; artist; enjoyed travel, painting, drawing, creating murals, the outdoors, and biking; active in community affairs. 2020s ’24–26 GR—Yosef “Joey” Lorimer of Brooklyn, NY, April 22, 2026; second-year law student, Cornell Law School; law clerk; volunteer at a crisis support line; active in the Jewish Law Students Association and Cornell Law Review. Editor’s note: Please submit notification of alumni deaths—including an obituary, if possible—to the University at cubio-deceased@cornell.edu. Once the University records an alumni death in its database, the relevant information is forwarded to Cornellians for inclusion in a future In Memoriam section; deaths are generally listed three to four months after the University receives notice. If you have questions, please contact Alexandra Bond ’12 at abb83@cornell.edu. Top: Photo by Jason Koski / Cornell University. Published July 31, 2026