In Memoriam April 2025 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 2000s 2010s 2020s The University recently learned of the passing of these Cornellians 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. 1940s ’43 BS CALS, MBA ’56—Ann E. Ward of Freeville, NY, November 26, 2024; certified public accountant; enjoyed playing bridge and golf; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’44 BS HE—Priscilla Landis Moulton of Marblehead, MA, November 29, 2024; director of libraries, Brookline, MA, schools; expert on children’s books; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’45—Victor Parsonnet of Newark, NJ, December 23, 2024; chief of surgery, medical director of the Pacemaker and Defibrillator and Evaluation Center, and director of surgical research, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; co-inventor of the first nuclear pacemaker; veteran; author; founder, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology; patron of the arts; enjoyed music and bridge; active in community and professional affairs. ’45 BS CALS—Lena A. Struglia of Tigard, OR, December 2, 2024; scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; science teacher; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1950s ’51 BS HE—Ellen Overbaugh Plaisted of Ithaca, NY, December 28, 2024; homemaker; president, P.E.O. Sisterhood; 4-H Club leader; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Robert L. Plaisted ’50. ’51 BA—Sally Williamson Williams of Jericho, VT, December 11, 2024; worked at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. ’52 BME—Albert D. Klingenberg of Longboat Key, FL, December 5, 2024; vice president of business planning management at BFGoodrich and Tremco; veteran; enjoyed golf and sailing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho. ’52 LLB—Magnus Lee of Bedford, NY, December 14, 2024; attorney; veteran; enjoyed sailing and swimming; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’53 BS HE—Janet Kilby Lankton of Bonita Springs, FL, formerly of West Boylston, MA, and Sterling, MA, December 18, 2024; co-founder, West Boylston Banner community newspaper; Girl Scout leader; enjoyed crafts, singing, playing piano, tennis, and gardening; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’53—Paul E. Mobius of Shelter Island, NY, December 18, 2024; owner, the Pridwin Hotel; veteran; member, Lions Club; enjoyed crafting sets for plays; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’54 BS CALS—James C. Clayton of Camden, ME, November 28, 2024; dentist; lobsterman; realtor; owner, Blue Harbor Bed & Breakfast; veteran; Boy Scout leader; volunteered overseas with All God’s Children Oral Health Project; enjoyed international travel, antique cars, boats, hunting, and trapping; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. ’54, BS ILR ’55—George E. Hoare of Kansas City, MO, December 20, 2024; worked at Corning Glass Works, Owens Corning Fiberglass, and Tamko Asphalt Products; avid woodworker and home remodeler; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Phi. ’55 BS CALS, PhD ’74—Philip U. Alkon of Las Cruces, NM, December 4, 2024; professor and senior scientist, New Mexico State University; senior research scientist, Desert Research Institute, Ben-Gurion University; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’55 BS Hotel—Frederick H. Antil of Warminster, PA, December 24, 2024; executive director, FHA Associates; director, Career Services Office, and special assistant to the dean, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration; also worked at Marriott Corp. and American Management Association; adjunct faculty, Canisius College; veteran; author; expert on Abraham Lincoln; enjoyed international travel and Civil War history; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’55 BA—Norman R. Harvey of Princeton, NJ, and Kennebunk, ME, December 19, 2024; leader, Equity Fund Department, Merrill Lynch Asset Management; portfolio manager, E.W Axe & Co.; director of research, Auerbach Pollak and Richardson; also worked at Bankers Trust; lifelong learner; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’56 BA, MBA ’57—Donald Dresser of Hockessin, DE, December 11, 2024; computer systems consultant, DuPont; veteran; avid golfer and gardener; enjoyed bowling, baseball, wildlife, and the beach; active in professional affairs. Alpha Sigma Phi. ’56—Joan Blackett Schlank of Hermosa Beach, CA, formerly of New York City, December 8, 2024; real estate broker; owner, Joan Blackett Schlank Real Estate Inc.; enjoyed travel and dance; active in artistic and professional affairs. ’57 BS HE—Jane Graves Derby of Exeter, NH, December 23, 2024; medical office manager; real estate accountant; dietitian; enjoyed international travel, golf, bridge, knitting, and crocheting; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. ’57 BA—Kenneth W. Koenig of New York City, November 29, 2024; real estate attorney; enjoyed travel, playing the banjo, running, and the New York Yankees; active in alumni affairs. ’57 BA—Michael Lieber of Fayetteville, AR, December 23, 2024; professor emeritus of physics, University of Arkansas; chief, scientific problems section, Avco Corp.; enjoyed international travel, music, opera, and theater; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57, BME ’59—Charles E. Parker III of Carlisle, MA, December 18, 2024; president, Boston Carbon Corp.; founder, Separation Technologies; also worked at Babcock and Wilcox, General Electric, and Stone & Webster; veteran; coach; enjoyed international travel and the outdoors; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. ’58 BS CALS—Robert F. Harrel of Saint Johns, FL, formerly of Darien, CT, December 10, 2024; real estate agent; helped form Darien Bank; partner, Abercrombie, McKiernan, and Harrel Insurance; executive vice president, JM Layton Insurance and Craig M. Ferguson Insurance; owner, the Harrel Shop; buyer, JC Penney; veteran; town selectman, Darien, CT; president, Darien Chamber of Commerce; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Chi Phi. ’58 BS CALS—Mary Gerlach Robinson of Potsdam, NY, December 23, 2024; active in alumni affairs. ’59 BA—Carroll Olton Labarthe of Roanoke, VA, formerly of Ligonier, PA, December 7, 2024; music teacher; librarian; fiber artist; enjoyed international travel, hiking, and birdwatching; active in community and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi. 1960s ’60, BME ’61—Donald F. Frei of Maineville, OH, December 1, 2024; attorney at Wood, Herron & Evans; arbitrator; taught at Northern Kentucky University law school; also worked in the patent department at IBM; veteran; enjoyed international travel, hiking, skiing, boating, playing tennis, and sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’62 MD—Barry R. Tharp of Davis, CA, December 5, 2024; physician; head of child neurology, University of California, Davis, Medical School; professor of pediatrics and neurology, Texas Children’s Hospital; director, Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Child Neurology; professor, director of child neurology, and head of the electrophysiology laboratory, Stanford Medical School; veteran; author; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’63, BS CALS ’64—Gary E. Owens of Myrtle Beach, SC, December 24, 2024; rural carrier, U.S. Postal Service; hotel manager; fast food manager; owner, the Lamp Niche; purchasing manager, Traveler’s Insurance; veteran; active in religious affairs. Acacia. ’63 BA—Arthur D. Silver of Bethesda, MD, December 24, 2024; officer, U.S. Agency for International Development; election judge, Montgomery County, MD; advocate for social justice; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, theater and music festivals, crossword puzzles, and walking the entire 184-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 BS HE—Margaret J. Story of Troy, NY, December 12, 2024; worked at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Rensselaer County; also worked at the Commission on Economic Opportunity; president, Rensselaer County Historical Society; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’64 BA—Andrea Martin Bachrach of Burlingame, CA, December 28, 2024; principal, Martin Communications; reading specialist; active in alumni affairs. ’64, BS CALS ’65, DVM ’67—James C. Franzek of Amherst, NY, December 4, 2024; veterinarian, Lancaster Small Animal Hospital; hockey coach; black belt in taekwondo; enjoyed sailing and dancing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’65 BS CALS—Philip G. Davenport of Queensbury, NY, formerly of Highmount, NY, December 8, 2024; president and treasurer, Ski Highmount Inc.; veteran; enjoyed skiing and ski racing; active in professional affairs. Chi Phi. ’65—Mark D. Inglis of Ithaca, NY, December 26, 2024; architect; worked on Ulysses Town Hall and the interior of Stella’s Bar in Collegetown; native plant designer; worked on the Pleistocene Garden at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca; veteran; enjoyed family genealogy, creating geometric pop-up cards, and reading; active in community and professional affairs. ’66, BA ’68—Robert L. Fabbricatore of Altamonte Springs, FL, December 3, 2024; worked for the New York State Division for Youth; also worked for the federal government; veteran; enjoyed watching horseracing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’69 JD—Yvette Grossman Harmon of South Salem, NY, formerly of New York City, December 27, 2024; attorney; partner, McGuireWoods; visiting professor, Cornell Law School; mentor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’69 MA, PhD ’76—Barent F. “Peter” Landstreet of Toronto, ON, December 23, 2024; professor of sociology and Latin American studies, York University; co-founder, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean; advocate for democracy and human rights in Latin America; active in community and professional affairs. 1970s ’70 MS, PhD ’72—Kolumban Hutter of Zurich, Switzerland, December 20, 2024; professor of mechanics, Darmstadt University of Technology; guest scientist, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, ETH Zurich; part-time researcher, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; author; editor; recipient of the Max Planck Prize, the Alexander von Humboldt Prize of the Foundation of Polish Science, and the Seligman Crystal of the International Glaciological Society; active in professional affairs. ’71 BA—John A. D’Addario of Syracuse, NY, December 21, 2024; anesthesiologist, Anesthesia Group PC, St. Joseph’s Hospital; enjoyed cocker spaniels, music, fast cars, harness racing, and watching sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma. ’72 BS ORIE—Richard G. Schild of Aurora, CO, formerly of Rochester, NY, and Nyack, NY, December 18, 2024; senior systems designer, Orange and Rockland Utilities; enjoyed international travel, hiking, camping, mountaineering, tennis, paddle tennis, and music; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’75—Gordon M. Henry of Hamilton, Bermuda, December 16, 2024; president and director of sales, Privateer Trading Ltd.; veteran; enjoyed gardening, cooking, golf, and entertaining; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’79 BA—Daniel J. Zubkoff of New York City, November 27, 2024; attorney; partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP; enjoyed international travel, reading, crossword puzzles, “Jeopardy!,” and music; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Pauline Lee ’79. 1980s ’80 MS, PhD ’82—Howard A. Scott of Pleasanton, CA, November 25, 2024; astrophysicist; worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute; developed computer code to investigate atomic and high energy systems; mentor; enjoyed backpacking, music, dancing, and baking; active in professional and religious affairs. Surviving spouse: Elizabeth Sufit Scott ’82. ’80 BS CALS—William J. Wilbor of Churchville, NY, December 18, 2024; managing partner, Wilbor Orchards; worked in finance and administration, University of Rochester; voracious reader; avid fisherman. ’81 BA, MBA ’82—Michael G. Hoard of Harbeson, DE, November 30, 2024; director of new product development, Albea Americas Inc.; director of product launch, development, and specifications, Alcan Packaging; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi Omega. ’86 DVM—Jill K. Dennis of North Providence, RI, December 17, 2024; veterinarian; designer; artist; chef; enjoyed international travel and marathon running; active in professional affairs. ’87 BS ILR—David J. Spencer of Miami, FL, December 17, 2024; managing director, Emerald Hill Capital Partners; managing director and senior advisor, STS Capital Partners; acting CEO, Maprao; also worked at Morgan Stanley and GE Capital; food and wine connoisseur; enjoyed international travel and collecting paintings, sculptures, and Southeast Asian art; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. 2000s ’08 MBA—Keith R. Collier of Wilkes-Barre, PA, December 18, 2024; director of asset allocation research, Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Management; also worked at General Electric and Toll Brothers Inc.; founder, the Collier Institute for Intellectual Inquiry and Innovation; enjoyed classic films of the ’40s and ’50s, jazz, theater, museums, and the history of science, technology, and exploration; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. 2010s ’12 JD—Anne Marie Bossart of South Orange, NJ, December 16, 2024; attorney; specialist in intellectual property law; enjoyed choral singing; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’16 DVM—Rebecca R. Benes of Jericho, VT, November 27, 2024; veterinarian, Malletts Bay Veterinary Hospital; enjoyed kayaking, hiking, and skiing; active in community and professional affairs. 2020s ’20 BS CALS—James Mase of East Falmouth, MA, December 16, 2024; veteran; Rotarian; active in community affairs. 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 April 1, 2025