In Memoriam January 2023 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s The University recently learned of the passing of these Cornellians 1940s ’43—Ruth Ohringer Frank of Longboat Key, FL, formerly of Pittsburgh, PA, June 13, 2021; jewelry designer who sold her creations through Saks Fifth Avenue stores around the country; philanthropist; competitive golf and tennis player; enjoyed international travel, swimming, and big band music; active in community, cultural, religious, and alumni affairs. ’44, BA ’43—Norma Hirshon Schatz of Sarasota, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT, October 24, 2022; homemaker; also worked at Harper’s Bazaar and MGM; advocate for social justice and women’s health; member or chair of numerous regional, statewide, and national juvenile justice boards and task forces; philanthropist; founder, Collaboration for Connecticut’s Children and delegate to the White House Conference on Children; 50-year volunteer with Planned Parenthood; enjoyed travel, golf, and social activities; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’46 BS HE—Ann Kleberg Blakeslee Black of Venice, FL, formerly of Litchfield, CT, September 15, 2022; taught special education at the High Hill School (Madison, CT), Foote School (New Haven), and Plumfield School (Darien); accomplished needleworker and renowned collector of thimbles and historical sewing accessories; enjoyed classical music, collecting antiques, and following professional tennis. ’47, BS CALS ’65—Ann Kramer Jones of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Isle of Ulva, Scotland, October 2, 2022; accomplished artist and author; active in alumni affairs. ’47, BEE ’46—Peter D. Schwarz of Rochester, NY, October 15, 2022; horologist and patent holder; owner, Rochester Time; veteran; pilot; Rotarian; Cornell Alumni Magazine class correspondent; enjoyed international travel, photography, sailing, camping, skiing, tennis, and computers; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Elaine Drobner Schwarz ’47. ’47, BEE ’46—Thomas E. Talpey of Washington, NH, September 30, 2022; owner, Shades of Jade jewelers; worked at Bell Laboratories, during which time he did pioneering design work on the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope receiver for Cornell; archives committee member and secretary, town planning board; treasurer, Washington Historical Society; enjoyed amateur radio and studying the gesneriad family of flowering plants; active in religious and alumni affairs. ’48 MD—Joseph A. Bonta of Dublin, OH, October 10, 2022; surgical oncologist in private practice; chief of surgery, Clark Field Air Force Base, the Philippines; veteran; enjoyed international travel, golf, fly fishing, and flying his V-tail Beechcraft Bonanza. ’48, BA ’61—Shirley Ringholm Longstreet of New Port Richey, FL, formerly of Jupiter, FL, January 17, 2022; enjoyed international travel and her Jaguar XK; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. ’48 BS CALS—Carol Luther Mackay of Saratoga Springs, NY, November 1, 2022; homemaker; avid quilter; founder, Wings Falls Quilters Guild and Tuesday Afternoon Quilters charitable quiltmakers; enjoyed international travel, birdwatching, classical music, opera, and choral singing; active in historical, religious, and alumni affairs. ’48 BS Nurs—Jeanne Scanlon O’Connor of Seattle, WA, October 2, 2022; nurse, Group Health Hospital; active in religious affairs. ’49 BS Nurs—Joan Schmidt Carr of Ashburn, VA, October 7, 2022; practicing nurse and educator in several schools of nursing. ’49 BS Nurs—Louise S. Hazeltine of Dallas, PA, formerly of Trucksville, PA, September 29, 2022; registered professional nurse; worked in nursing administration and education, New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center; associate dean, assistant professor, and director of nursing education, Cornell–New York Hospital School of Nursing; published author in professional journals; active in cultural, historical, professional, and religious affairs. ’49 BS HE—Eileen Bennett Maglathlin of Longmeadow, MA, October 4, 2022; worked at the Cock o’ the Walk store; taught grammar school in Springfield, MA, and Toms River, NJ; homemaker; enjoyed tennis, golf, and duplicate bridge; active in community, humanitarian, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Leon E. Maglathlin Jr. ’49. ’49 BA—Polly Wallworth Riggs of Gladwyne, PA, October 9, 2022; commercial and residential interior designer; founder, CG Wallworth & Co.; involved in the multi-year relocation of the National Endowment for the Arts; also worked in the family textile business; Francophile; enjoyed international travel and the Philadelphia Phillies; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. 1950s ’50, DVM ’51—Peter L. Malnati Jr. of Port Tobacco, MD, September 26, 2022; small animal veterinarian and surgeon, White Plains (MD) Animal Hospital and other veterinary practices; also founded and built Waldorf Animal Clinic and Coolridge Animal Hospital; veteran; enjoyed international travel, hunting, fishing, crabbing, motorcycle riding, and amateur car racing; active in philanthropic and professional affairs. ’50 BA—Shirley Stewart McGrath of Williamsburg, VA, formerly of Anchorage, AK, October 5, 2022; analyst and network designer, Bell Telephone Co.; also worked at General Electric; naturalist and environmentalist; accomplished fly fisher and fly tyer; enjoyed genealogy, bear viewing, birdwatching, and photographing wildlife; active in community, historical, military, and alumni affairs. ’50 MA, PhD ’52—Frederick D. Stocker of Chula Vista, CA, formerly of Columbus, OH, October 3, 2022; professor emeritus of economics and public administration, Ohio State University; economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; executive director, National Tax Association, which studies public taxation, spending, and borrowing decisions by governments around the world; member, American Humanist Association; enjoyed motor home and international travel; active in academic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’50 BME—Frank W. Zurn of Sebring, FL, October 2022; chairman, Zurn Industries Inc., manufacturers of environmental control systems; veteran; author and industry lecturer; competitive sailor and commodore, Erie Yacht Club; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. ’51 BArch—Gerrard S. Pook of Cambridge, MA, formerly of Chicago, IL, October 4, 2022; architect, artist, and poet; building renovation designer in private practice; partner, Holabird & Root; veteran; advocate for HIV/AIDS research; patron of the arts; enjoyed visits to the Cambridge Public Library; active in cultural and professional affairs. Telluride. ’51 BS CALS, MS ’55, PhD ’58—Harry K. Schwarzweller of Bloomfield, NY, October 3, 2022; professor emeritus of sociology, Michigan State University; also taught at University of West Virginia and University of Kentucky; researched farm family life, migration, educational attainment, and social mobility; agricultural extension agent; veteran; author; enjoyed travel; active in religious and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. Wife, Elizabeth Purdy Schwarzweller ’55. ’51 MD—Carl Wierum of Nashville, TN, formerly of Englewood, NJ, September 28, 2022; internal medicine physician in private practice; expert in arthritis and metabolic disease; director of medical education, associate chief of endocrinology, section chief of internal medicine, and associate chief of the department of medicine, Englewood Hospital; director of medical education, Bergen Pines County Hospital; on staff at New York Hospital and clinical assistant professor of medicine, Cornell Medical College; veteran; accomplished violinist; volunteer and teacher, EHMC Medical Clinic; active in humanitarian and professional affairs. ’52—Walter B. Gladstone Jr. of Andes, NY, October 4, 2022; dairy and crop farmer, Gladstone Farm, the family business; Andes town supervisor and mayor; veteran; member of several educational, financial, and professional boards; Mason; enjoyed stream fishing and hunting; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’52, BArch ’53—Alan N. Hartell of Philadelphia, PA, July 5, 2014; architect, John Cicone Architects; environmental preservationist. ’52 BS HE—Barbara Fradkin Prins of Stamford, CT, August 1, 2022; worked in management at General Electric; also worked with special needs children; enjoyed travel, sports, collecting early American antiques, and restoring the family’s landmark 18th-century farmhouse; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’52 BA—Neil I. Van Vliet of Vero Beach, FL, September 5, 2022; management consultant; also worked in the petroleum industry; active in alumni affairs. Theta Xi. ’53 BS CALS—Donald L. Derrick of Le Roy, NY, October 20, 2022; commissioned officer, U.S. Air Force; also served with the Genesee County Civil Defense; enjoyed fishing and gardening; active in religious and alumni affairs. ’53—R. Garret Finley of Duluth, MN, and Sun Lakes, AZ, October 30, 2019; registered civil engineer and consultant; principal engineer, 3M tape engineering; also worked in the construction of highways, bridges, dams, water and sewer facilities, airfields, ammunition production facilities, and manufacturing plants; veteran; Shriner; avid skier; active in professional affairs. Sigma Chi. ’53—Reginald C. Grosse of Nunda, NY, October 21, 2021; active in community and historical affairs. ’53 BA—Jane Carroll Hall of Raleigh, NC, October 6, 2022; award-winning quilt artist and nationally certified quilt teacher, judge, and appraiser; author; homemaker; market research professional, Procter & Gamble; enjoyed international travel and fiber arts; active in community, political, and humanitarian affairs. ’53 BA—Janet Fowler Hovis of Asheville, NC, August 21, 2022; research scientist in microbiology, National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute; supporter of women’s rights, civic engagement, and universal healthcare; enjoyed international travel, lifelong learning classes, attending the symphony, and reading books on politics and religion; active in religious affairs. ’53 BS CALS—Jean Lovejoy Sackett of Byron, NY, October 18, 2022; second-grade teacher, Byron-Bergen Central School; social worker, Ontario County, NY; active in alumni affairs. Husband, John L. Sackett Jr., GR ’56–57. ’53—Ann Richardson Wilson of Dansville, NY, and Seffner, FL, February 16, 2014; co-owner/operator, Wilson Beef Farms, Ossian, NY; master gardener; enjoyed quilting and baking bread; active in religious affairs. ’54—William C. Bates of Tonawanda, NY, September 16, 2021; owner, Adam’s Apple Too, consumer electronics dealers; claims representative, Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income program; active in alumni affairs. ’54, BS HE ’55—Joanne Wohnsiedler Bell of Watkins Glen, NY, October 4, 2022; business manager and florist, Grant’s Greenhouses; homemaker; teacher; enjoyed music, sewing, knitting, cooking, and baking. ’54 BA—Judith Starr Carr of Mashpee, MA, formerly of NYC, October 16, 2022; advertising professional, J. Walter Thompson; also worked in shipping markets at Poten & Partners; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’54 BA—Sally Gephart Killian of Mechanicsburg, PA, October 26, 2022; pre-school blind child counselor, Department of Public Welfare; homemaker; community volunteer; advocate for the interests of senior citizens; championship golfer and manager of women’s tournaments and golf programs; active in civic, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, John D. Killian III, JD ’53, LLM ’54. ’54 BA, LLB ’58—Luther W. Miller of Rochester, NY, October 29, 2022; attorney; co-founder, Cooke and Miller law firm; managing partner, MacFarlane, Harris & Goldman; veteran; grants director, the Willmott Foundation charitable trust; advocate for senior living residents as an ombudsman for Lifespan; actor and director with several community theater groups; enjoyed international travel, trail hiking, and the Boston Red Sox; active in community, environmental, and alumni affairs. Wife, Iris Lothrop Miller, MEd ’55. ’55–56 SP CALS—G. Ernest Donnan of York, NY, September 26, 2022; dairy farmer on the multi-generation family farm; avid golfer; champion sports car racer and member, Sports Car Club of America. ’55 BS HE—Eleanor G. Downing of Endwell, NY, October 6, 2022; homemaker, farm wife, and bookkeeper; commissioned lay preacher, leading worship in 14 different churches in the Susquehanna Valley; active in community and alumni affairs. ’55 BA—Barbara Blanchard Gregg of New Market, MD, October 5, 2022; attorney; director, Montgomery County Office of Consumer Affairs; also worked at Neighborhood Legal Services in Syracuse, NY; advocate for consumer rights and the underprivileged; docent and community volunteer; enjoyed international travel and the family home on Keuka Lake; active in professional affairs. Delta Delta Delta. ’55 BA—Jack B. Helitzer of Fairfax, VA, October 21, 2022; attorney; vice president, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; author of Government Affairs publications on employee benefits laws, regulations, and major court decisions; columnist, Benefits Law Journal; lecturer, American Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, and National Health Lawyers Association; enjoyed international travel and adult education classes; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Wife, Eugenie Alexander Helitzer ’57. ’55 MS—Jean McDonald Hood of Iowa City, IA, October 19, 2022; human development specialist, Cedar Rapids Area Extension Service; extension home economist, Iowa State University; international classroom coordinator, Center for World Order; also taught in the New York and New Jersey public schools and in an adult education program; volunteer and general manager, Hancher Showcase gift shop; enjoyed international travel and gardening; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Husband, Albert B. Hood, EdD ’57. ’55–57 SP Ag—Thomas J. Prout of Albany, NY, October 22, 2022; senior employment representative, New York State Department of Labor; also worked as an Ag & Markets inspector across New York State; greeter, Saratoga County Fair and New York State Fair; community volunteer; enjoyed gardening and early morning walks. ’55 BA—Philip D. Readio of Florham Park, NJ, October 18, 2022; chemist, Abbott Laboratories; enjoyed water skiing; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BS HE—Jacquelyn Slinde Robbins of Cicero, NY, October 2, 2022; home economics teacher at several schools in Central New York. ’56—Margot Mahoney Haddock of Lebanon, NH, formerly of Grantham, NH, October 2, 2022; personnel manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers; enjoyed international travel, bridge, continuing education courses, and attending cultural events; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’56 BA—Arno P. Niemand of Saratoga, CA, formerly of Boulder, CO, November 1, 2022; owner and founder, Body Bar Inc., producers of the fitness product Body Bar and sponsor of the first U.S. women’s wrestling team at the 2004 Olympics; president, Niemand Industries, the family business; veteran; accomplished wrestler, lifelong promoter of the sport, and inductee, National Wrestling Hall of Fame; author; avid runner and advocate for the inclusion of women in distance running competitions; served on many nonprofit boards; benefactor of the Cornell wrestling arena and women’s softball field; active in alumni affairs. Theta Delta Chi. ’56 BA—Sandra Rodetsky Slipp of Bloomfield, CT, October 30, 2022; management and training consultant; co-founder, OPT Associates, providing trainings for governmental agencies and private companies related to race, diversity, and sexual harassment; author; enjoyed international travel, sailing, and political discourse; active in community, civic, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57, BCE ’58—Richard L. Jarvis of Richmond, VA, October 19, 2022; structural engineer; technical director and manager of mechanical engineering, AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, MD; worked on the Apollo Command Module Simulator, Apollo Lunar Module Simulator, and Earth Globe Reentry Simulator; enjoyed golf, marathon running, fitness, and researching family history; active in alumni affairs. ’57 BS Hotel—Sally Ann Blake Lavery of Exeter, NH, formerly of Amesbury, MA, September 30, 2022; career officer in the U.S. Navy, where she worked in human resource management; also worked in the hotel industry; community volunteer; member of numerous cultural, historical, humanitarian, and professional organizations; enjoyed reading and genealogy. ’57, BArch ’60—Stephanie Woods Mauri of Hyde Park, NY, October 17, 2022; expert in historical and landscape architecture and in the interpretation of historic maps; consultant in historic preservation; also worked at Potter Brothers Ski & Snowboard Shop; chair, Dutchess County Landmarks Association and research coordinator, Dutchess County Historical Society; enjoyed skiing, exploring different cultures, authentic Italian cooking, museums, opera, sending handwritten cards and letters, and overseeing amateur motocross racing; active in community and alumni affairs. Husband, Albert R. Mauri ’59, BArch ’60. ’57 BS Hotel—Stanley Orr of Burlington, NC, October 4, 2022; award-winning hospitality industry professional; general manager, Firestone Country Club, Denver Athletic Club, and Union League Club of Philadelphia; veteran; Rotarian; avid golfer; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. ’57—Frances Yeomans Szasz of Germantown, NY, October 24, 2022; homemaker; raised goats, sheep, pigs, and poultry on Legend West, the family farm; won several awards for goat milk production and herd improvement; chair, Columbia County Environmental Management Council; enjoyed gardening and the outdoors; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’57, BS CALS ’58—Anton F. Tewes of Grosse Pointe Park, MI, October 28, 2022; sales professional; founder, board member, and CEO, Structured Financial Associates; founding member, Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co.; veteran; accomplished athlete in many sports; enjoyed international travel, fishing, hunting, boating, and farming; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. ’57, B Chem E ’58—Walter R. Wills of Raleigh, NC, and Chester, NJ, October 28, 2022; senior research leader, Minerals and Chemical Division, Engelhard Corp.; development manager, Komline-Sanderson Corp.; also worked for Pfizer’s mineral and technologies department and for Allied Chemical Corp.; helped start the chemical engineering department at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; held several patents; veteran; enjoyed international travel, golf, tennis, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and weekly science discussions; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’58 PhD—Mitchell S. Cohen of Lexington, MA, October 18, 2022; research physicist at MIT’s Lincoln Labs, several startup companies, and IBM; held 37 patents and published 55 papers in the areas of magnetics, ink jetting, and fiber optics; fluent in French and German; short-story writer and memoirist; avid runner and walker; enjoyed international travel, hiking, and camping; active in professional and religious affairs. ’58 PhD—Michael R. Curtis of Princeton, NJ, October 3, 2022; teacher, international lecturer, and scholar of European and Middle East politics; distinguished professor emeritus of political science, Rutgers University; also taught at Yale University, Oberlin College, and other U.S., European, and Middle Eastern institutions; member of the World War II Royal Artillery Corps; founder, American Professors for Peace in the Middle East and frequent spokesperson for the U.S. Jewish academic community on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; television news commentator; award-winning author of more than 35 books and numerous articles on political theory, comparative government, anti-Semitism, and totalitarianism; expert in the history of jazz and the Great American Songbook who hosted concerts with jazz greats in his Princeton home; active in alumni affairs. ’58, BME ’59, MS ’62—Glenn C. Light of Los Angeles, CA, October 11, 2022; principal investigator for the Midcourse Space Experiment (part of the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was also known as “Star Wars”), Aerospace Corp.; expert on lightning and its effects on missiles; veteran; volunteer paraprofessional therapist, Southern California Counseling Center; enjoyed hiking, biking, and photography; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’58 LLM—Mamintal A.J. Tamano of Mindanao Island, Philippines, May 18, 1994; vice governor and senator, Lanao del Sur; worked to increase natural resources on the islands to improve conditions; advocate for the autonomy of Muslims; deputy minister of foreign relations in the cabinet of Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines; justice of the peace and provincial secretary, Marantao, Lanao. ’58 LLB—James M.S. Ullman of Meriden, CT, August 24, 1994; attorney in private practice; corporation counsel to the City of Meriden; veteran; Rotarian; avid train buff and advocate for the historic preservation of railroads; active in cultural, professional, and religious affairs. ’59 MCE—H. Everett Drugge of Darien, CT, September 27, 2022; award-winning structural engineer; consulting engineer and partner, Hardesty & Hanover, specializing in movable bridges; veteran; author of a historical narrative about building the Wolmido Island dike during the Korean War; worked on several local environmental and planning committees; enjoyed music and large family gatherings; active in community and professional affairs. ’59 BS Hotel—Gerald C. Finaldi of Dallas, TX, October 18, 2022; food service industry professional; member, Knights of Columbus; enjoyed cooking; active in religious and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi Delta. 1960s ’60 MEd—Elizabeth Menchek Bernhard of Bethlehem, PA, formerly of Flemington, NJ, October 27, 2022; associate professor, the College of New Jersey; also taught at the elementary school level; volunteer teacher of English as a Second Language; avid tennis player; enjoyed social gatherings and watching local and college sports; active in religious affairs. ’60 MA—Carolyn Dean Bond of Kingston, ON, October 29, 2022; professor of English literature with a focus on Romantic poetry and prose, Queen’s University; helped design the first interdisciplinary women’s studies course at Queen’s University; copy editor and reporter, Kingston Whig-Standard; book reviewer and review editor, Whig Standard Magazine and Quarry Magazine; accomplished seamstress, quiltmaker, and knitter; enjoyed sketching and art classes; active in charitable and community affairs. Husband, Edward J. Bond, PhD ’64. ’60—Butler S. Cox of Paonia, CO, October 30, 2022; worked in the advertising, printing, skiing, diving, and computer industries; performed in several local theater productions and played keyboard for the North Fork Flyers; enjoyed music, photography, boating, kayaking, and go-cart racing. Psi Upsilon. ’60—Paul S. Kempf of Southbury, CT, October 7, 2022; administration specialist for 600 AARP Foundation tax aide volunteers in Connecticut; distribution engineering professional, JCPenney and Pfizer; veteran; community volunteer; enjoyed international travel, tinkering, and collecting and refinishing antiques. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’60 BS CALS—Sherrill A. Weeks of Afton, NY, September 29, 2022; science and biology teacher, Sidney Central Schools; summer driver’s ed teacher, Bainbridge and Afton school districts; enjoyed golf, Los Angeles Dodgers baseball, singing, playing guitar, and performing bluegrass and country music. ’61—Richard D. Brandes of Sharpsville, PA, September 27, 2022; plant manager, Agway Energy Products; member, Kiwanis and Lions Club; Scout leader and Boys Club baseball coach; enjoyed playing cards and following the Buffalo Bills; active in civic, community, and educational affairs. Theta Chi. ’61 BA—Margaret G. Farrell of Washington, DC, October 10, 2022; professor, Yale University, University of Virginia, Widener University, Cardozo, and American University law schools; also worked for Covington & Burling and the Mental Health Law Project; Supreme Court fellow; 15-year special master; enjoyed international travel and cultures; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’61 MA, ’66 PhD—James C. Hogan of Meadville, PA, October 1, 2022; professor, Department of Classics, Allegheny College; instructor and professor at University of Oklahoma, Washington University, and Converse College; author of scholarly articles, three books, and countless poems; enjoyed music, golf, Paris, and wild English gardens. ’61 MS—Robert P. Zimmerer of Huntingdon, PA, October 14, 2022; department chair and professor of biology and other physical and plant sciences, Juniata College; research assistant in the Department of Botany, Pennsylvania State University and visiting professor of plant physiology, University of Maine, Orono, summer sessions; also served as consultant to the Mine Safety Research Corp., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., and the Penn State veterinary science department and USDA Pasture Laboratory; veteran; author of 11 scientific publications; member of numerous academic committees, grant programs, and professional organizations; community volunteer; enjoyed international travel, hiking, bicycling, reading, gardening, photography, and birdwatching; active in civic, cultural, and religious affairs. ’62 BA—Leonard Lipton of Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2022; filmmaker, inventor, lyricist, and pioneering researcher in 3D filmmaking; accumulated 70 patents related to stereoscopic technology that was later used in aerial mapping by the military, molecular modeling, and driving Mars rovers; founder, StereoGraphics Corp.; co-writer, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” the substantial royalties from which funded years of research; author of several books on cinema history and technology; active in alumni affairs. ’63 BS CALS—William S. Birkhead of Hamilton, GA, July 7, 2021; chair of the Department of Biology and emeritus professor of anatomy and physiology, vertebrate natural history, ecology, and ornithology, Columbus College; supervisor of studies on the impacts of the Brunswick County, NC, nuclear power plant, North Carolina State University; state representative, Georgia Botanical Society; enjoyed international travel, fieldwork, birding, and puns; active in professional affairs. Sigma Pi. ’63, BS CALS ’64—Peter E.G. Clark of Exeter, NH, September 9, 2022; math teacher and chair of the department, Exeter High School; also served as head coach of several championship hockey teams; Reiki healer and volunteer trainer at Portsmouth Regional Hospital and in long-term care facilities; veteran; Peace Corps volunteer in India; active in professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi. ’63 MST—Robert Davidson of Columbia City, IN, formerly of Delhi, NY, September 28, 2022; professor emeritus of life sciences, SUNY Delhi; avid gardener; enjoyed reading, music, poetry, history, and studying religions; active in civic, professional, and religious affairs. ’63 BS CALS—George A. Kimmich of Grand Blanc, MI, formerly of Fairport, NY, October 8, 2022; researcher, international lecturer, and professor emeritus of biochemistry, University of Rochester; senior associate dean of graduate studies, associate chair of biochemistry, and director of the Program in Biology and Medicine, URMC; member, board of trustees, Roberts Wesleyan University; also served as an investment counselor; avid stamp and coin collector; enjoyed music, reading, bicycling, walking, and dogs; active in religious affairs. ’63, BEP ’64—Jay O. Light of South Dartmouth, MA, and Hobe Sound, FL, October 15, 2022; award-winning professor of business administration and dean, Harvard Business School; expert in corporate finance, risk management, integrative valuation, and negotiation; advanced the school’s global engagement, opening a new research center in India and launching Harvard Center Shanghai, and fostered collaboration across the university and in Boston; co-author of a book on how to teach capital markets; enjoyed sailing and collecting antique and rare maps; active in alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’63 DVM—Richard J. Sheehan of Mansfield, MA, September 30, 2022; award-winning equine-centered veterinarian in private practice and at New England racetracks; consultant to Thoroughbred owners; expert in treating lameness; veteran; helped establish the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University; board president, Mansfield Library; avid reader; active in environmental, philanthropic, and professional affairs. Alpha Psi. ’63 BA—Robert I. Toll of Fort Washington, PA, October 7, 2022; co-founder, chairman, and CEO, Toll Brothers, builders of luxury single-family homes, active adult communities, urban high rises, and residential rental properties; philanthropist; member of several regional school and nonprofit boards; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’64 PhD—James L. Clayton of Salt Lake City, UT, October 20, 2022; provost, dean of the graduate school, and director of the honors program, University of Utah, where he advocated for undergraduate initiatives and programs for women and minorities; visiting professor of economics and U.S. Constitutional history, University of Cambridge, Dartmouth College, and University of Science, Malaysia; veteran; recipient of numerous fellowships, prizes, teaching awards, and research grants; author and editor; enjoyed skiing, exploring the Wasatch Mountains, classical music, opera, and discussion groups; active in academic and professional affairs. ’64 JD—Robert F. Grele of Riverside, CT, October 3, 2022; attorney; partner and principal, Cummings & Lockwood; admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; founder and officer, Oceanographic Foundation Inc., a nonprofit that provided supplementary science education to students; avid sailor; enjoyed international travel, cruising, and skiing; active in civic, community, philanthropic, professional, and religious affairs. ’64, BME ’65, MBA ’66—Charles D. Hartquist of San Rafael, CA, October 20, 2022; president, Chevron Land and Development; also worked in Canada and Saudi Arabia for Chevron partners Aramco and Irving Oil; enjoyed international travel, experiencing world cultures, playing and watching team sports, skiing, golf, and monthly poker games; active in alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’64 DVM—Neil A. MacKenzie of Osterville, MA, October 6, 2022; veterinarian; co-owner, Westborough Animal Hospital; veteran; Rotarian; accomplished flutist and woodworker; enjoyed travel, tennis, sailing, and boating; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’65 MBA—Robert A. Burton of Ellijay, GA, February 11, 2021; CEO, Armour Health, Miami, FL, providers of healthcare services to incarcerated patients; active in religious affairs. ’65–66 GR—Eugene G. Endres of Trumansburg, NY, October 3, 2022; host of the weekly radio show “Hobo’s Lullaby” on WICB in Ithaca for 31 years; creator of the Ithaca Times’s long-running series “Postcards from the Finger Lakes”; audio engineer, Park School of Communications, Ithaca College; railroad enthusiast, website manager, and newsletter producer, Cornell Railroad Historical Society; Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica; enjoyed international travel, writing, photography, electronic gizmos, poetry, fruit picking, and canning; active in community and historical affairs. ’65 BA—Petra Dub Subin of Margate City, NJ, September 25, 2022; social worker and drama therapist, counseling law enforcement officers, medical interns, and cancer survivors; accomplished actor, singer, and dancer in New York City and community theater performances; children’s book author; enjoyed yoga, healthy cooking, gardening, crafts, live jazz, and dragon boat racing; active in community affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’66 BA—A. Learoyd “Lee” Adamson III of Vero Beach, FL, August 17, 2022; worked at Intel in Oregon, Prime Computer in Australia, and as a marketing professional at IBM; certified to teach deep-sea diving and celestial navigation; adventurer and worldwide sailor who circumnavigated the globe one and a half times; enjoyed the reefs of Bonaire in the Caribbean and learning about the evolution of Cornell sailing. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’66 LLB—Joseph Z. Epstein of East Windsor, NJ, February 10, 2022; entertainment and real estate litigation attorney; partner, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn; also served as a mediator for a Circuit Court judge; preservationist; avid collector of ceramic figurines of Winston Churchill and English bulldogs; enjoyed international travel, antiquing, hiking, music, dancing, studying history, and political discourse; active in community, cultural, and professional affairs. ’66 LLB—Ernest J. Gazda Jr. of Taylor, PA, September 30, 2022; attorney, Gazda & Penetar (now Gazda & Cottone) and for the Polish National Union of America; also served as assistant district attorney; veteran; Mason; board member of several financial, transportation, educational, and recreational organizations; enjoyed boating and deep-sea fishing; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’66 DVM—Charles H. Palin of LaFayette, NY, formerly of Delhi, NY, November 1, 2022; veterinarian and partner, Delhi Animal Hospital; master carpenter, kitchen designer, and home builder; enjoyed travel and restoring antique cars. ’66 EdD—Ralph E. Plant Jr. of New Smyrna Beach, FL, October 15, 2022; self-employed management development consultant and trainer, primarily serving the healthcare industry; also taught at the Culinary Institute of America and at IBM; veteran; member, Kiwanis; accomplished photographer and skilled woodworker; avid boat, car, and train enthusiast; enjoyed travel, cruising, cooking, and entertaining; active in community affairs. ’69 MS—Jean Michael Crawford of Ashland, OR, October 18, 2022; classroom assistant in special education, Ashland School District; naturalist and director, Roaring Brook Nature Center; trainer, Girl Scouts of the USA; outdoor educator, Sargent Camp in New Hampshire and Project Outdoors in Connecticut; member, Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission; advocate for music education; enjoyed swimming, rafting, and rowing; active in community and religious affairs. ’69 BS Nurs—Mary Gifford Meisch of Hyde Park, NY, formerly of Cincinnati, OH, August 30, 2022; nurse and case manager in various clinical, research, educational, and institutional settings; also worked in public health with at-risk mothers and children in NYC; enjoyed bridge, music, theater, opera, flower and vegetable gardening, canning, and following professional sports; active in community and religious affairs. ’69 BS CALS—Edward J. Zuchorski Jr. of Cobleskill, NY, October 21, 2022; teacher of floriculture and ornamental horticulture and chair, Department of Plant Science, SUNY Cobleskill; also worked at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Tompkins and Chemung counties; advocate for practical agriculture education; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed New York Yankees baseball; active in community, educational, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. 1970s ’70 BS ORIE—W. Keith Cummins of Brookville, IN, and Fort Myers Beach, FL, May 28, 2021; general supervisor, Delphi Division of General Motors; avid golfer; enjoyed international travel and walks on the beach; active in charitable and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. ’70—Duane M. LaBarbera of Rockville Centre, NY, October 22, 2022; writer and poet; family caregiver; member, 1968 U.S. Olympic handball team. ’70—Amy Cicchetti Midgley of Johns Island, SC, September 28, 2022; co-author with her mother of 11 romance novels for Harlequin; also worked as a reporter for the Mansfield News Mirror and at Mansfield Animal Clinic; production editor, Prentice-Hall Publishing Co. college textbook division; avid quilter, reader, and animal lover; active in alumni affairs. ’71 PhD—Donald R. Brady of Memphis, TN, October 15, 2022; member of the biochemistry faculty, University of Memphis; music lover and choir director; enjoyed singing, playing the piano and guitar, and composing song arrangements; active in religious affairs. ’72 PhD—Richard N. Castonguay of Slaterville Springs, NY, formerly of Danbury, CT, October 17, 2022; director, R&D, Dorrie International Co., Norwalk, CT, manufacturers of plastic, chemical, and petroleum products; enjoyed tinkering with cars. ’72 PhD—Gordon M. Crippen of Anacortes, WA, formerly of Ann Arbor, MI, October 11, 2022; professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan; also taught physical chemistry at Texas A&M University; enjoyed international travel, hiking, opera, choral singing, and Science magazine; active in religious affairs. ’72, BArch ’73—Leland G. Hulst III of Portland, ME, October 23, 2022; architect in private practice; designed and oversaw the building of shingle-style homes on the islands of Casco Bay and along the Maine Coast; also worked at firms owned by prominent architects T. Scott Teas and George B. Terrien; accomplished classical pianist; church organist, Scarborough, ME; enjoyed travel, downhill and cross-country skiing, gardening, cooking, entertaining, and good conversation about the arts and world events. ’72 BS CALS—Patrick J. Leach of Portland, OR, July 16, 2022; owner of a gardening services and maintenance company; also worked as a teacher, technical writer, and director of a small university agricultural institute; poet and painter. ’72—Kenneth B. Lifshitz of Monroe, NY, formerly of Ithaca, NY, October 31, 2022; computer programmer and systems analyst; owner, Silver Stream Winery, developed on the family homestead; classical double bass player; author of fiction and nonfiction novels; enjoyed cooking, antique collecting, stamp collecting, literature, art, and studying history. ’72—Robert R. Schillawski of Auburn, NY, September 27, 2022; mechanic, farmer, and long-haul truck driver. ’73—William F. Vant of St. Albans, VT, October 23, 2022; enjoyed gardening, farming, and birding. ’73 MBA/JD—James E. Wright of Toronto, ON, February 8, 2014; commercial real estate finance professional; head, Citibank Corporate Real Estate Canada; veteran; enjoyed travel, gardening, country music, practical jokes, and good conversation; active in professional affairs. ’75 MRP—David L. Hamilton of Washington, DC, October 11, 2022; architect/urban designer, National Capital Planning Commission; professional photographer; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’76 BS CALS—Mary Pykosz Creekmore of Newtown, PA, September 27, 2022; food science professional, DuPont and Stouffer’s, where she was instrumental in creating their French Bread Pizza; community volunteer; enjoyed international travel, skiing, hiking, and walking on the beach; active in religious and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. 1980s ’80 BA—Rosemary P. Fiore of Ocean, NJ, October 23, 2021; internal medicine physician and award-winning teacher; hematologist/oncologist, Monmouth Hematology Oncology Associates and attending physician, Monmouth Medical Center and the Jacqueline Wilentz Breast Cancer Center; author of numerous scholarly articles; medical director, American Cancer Society; enjoyed cooking and ballroom dancing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’83 PhD—Brian W. Gould of Madison, WI, October 2022; professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison; expert on dairy marketing, dairy price risk management, applied econometrics, and the determinants of food purchase behavior; enjoyed wilderness backpacking, biking, snowshoeing, gardening, raising bees, and working in the woods on his land; active in community and professional affairs. ’83, BS CALS ’85—Guy R. Hammond of Bath, NY, October 7, 2022; large and small animal veterinarian; owner, Steuben Veterinary Clinic; also worked at Central Valley Veterinary Hospital, Shippensburg, PA; owner, Steuben Farms Maplegrove, a cow/calf operation of registered Hereford cattle; Standardbred horse breeder; Mason; 4-H and FFA leader; enjoyed hunting, blacksmithing, and woodworking; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. 1990s ’91 BS CALS—Dianne Dilger of Sebring, FL, September 7, 2022; self-employed horticulturalist and landscape maintenance professional; horticulture agent, University of Florida Extension Service; science teacher, Orange County (FL) Public Schools; co-owner, Jacobson’s Plants Inc.; enjoyed the beach, walking in wild areas, and working with master gardener volunteers; active in religious and alumni affairs. ’91 BA—Patricia Breznay Frank of Saint Charles, MO, September 27, 2022; insurance defense attorney; partner, Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion; patron of the arts; enjoyed cooking and baking. Husband, Kenneth A. Frank ’90, ME ’91. ’94 PhD—Lawrence K. Ma of Hong Kong, September 29, 2022; co-founder, eMALI, which develops blockchain and distributed ledger applications; chief technical advisor, Immunodex; senior advisor, Bain & Co.; senior VP, American Bourses Corp.; head of quantitative research, Man Drapeau Research; lecturer, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore; founder, Hong Kong Blockchain Society; enjoyed lifelong learning and new technology; active in alumni affairs. ’94 BS CALS—Jennifer Hubbell Miller of Elizabethtown, PA, formerly of Hershey, PA, October 1, 2022; pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics, Penn State Hershey Medical Center; also served as director of the newborn nursery and associate director for the pediatric residency program; enjoyed travel to national parks, hiking, and cooking; active in professional affairs. ’98–99 GR—Diana Bayles Wolan of Endicott, NY, June 2012. 2000s ’04 BA—Justin M. Koser of Quincy, MA, formerly of Somerville, MA, November 13, 2021; self-employed software engineer with a focus on backend web and SQL development; also worked at JNJ Mobile and Alloy Media + Marketing; active in alumni affairs. ’08 BA—Sarah L. Andrus of New York City, October 9, 2022; writer, editor, and linguist; publishing executive, Wiley, Oxford University Press, and Mary Ann Liebert Inc.; advocate for scientific research and discourse; avid birder; enjoyed international travel, crosswords, and cooking pasta; active in alumni affairs. Husband, Rukun Vaidya ’08. 2010s ’12 BS CALS—Seth F. Saslo of Jefferson Township, PA, October 2022; studied meteorology and atmospheric science; competitive sailor; music lover and accomplished guitarist and drummer; enjoyed karate and restoring and repairing old muscle cars. ’17 BS CALS—Terry Horgan of Montour Falls, NY, October 12, 2022; assistant director of undergraduate advising, Department of Information Science, Cornell University. Please submit notification of alumni deaths to: cubio-deceased@cornell.edu. Top: Photo by Sreang Hok / Cornell University. Published January 1, 2023