In Memoriam April 2026 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 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 ’41 BS HE—Grace Moak Meisel of New York City, June 1, 2024; prominent figure in the New York art community; active in community and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’44 BA—Donald T. Stevenson of Concord, MA, October 31, 2021; assistant director, Magnet Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’48 BME—Charles W. Hallagan of Newark, NY, November 9, 2024; co-owner, Hallagan Furniture, a family upholstery manufacturing business; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed sailing, golf, tennis, playing cards, skiing, and gardening; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha. ’48 BS CALS, MNS ’49—Murray Heimberg of Memphis, TN, November 17, 2025; professor emeritus and chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; researched metabolic cardiovascular illnesses; professor, Vanderbilt University; veteran; artist; avid racquetball player; enjoyed international travel, reading, animals, and playing piano and mandolin; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’49 BA—Barbara Way Hunter of Walpole, NH, formerly of New York City, December 8, 2024; chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising; founder, Hunter Public Relations; also worked at Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy and Sally Dickson Associates; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’49 BS CALS—Virgil L. Nickens of Strasburg, VA, formerly of Treadwell, NY, April 12, 2005; assistant principal and science teacher, Delhi Central School System; dairy farmer; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Alpha Phi. 1950s ’50 BS HE—Ellen Forbes Andrews of Greenville, SC, March 14, 2025; elementary school teacher; home demonstration agent, Cortland County, NY; enjoyed reading, sewing, computers, and studying health information; active in community and alumni affairs. ’50, BCE ’51—L. Newton Thomas of Charleston, WV, January 19, 2022; senior vice president, Carbon Industries Inc.; veteran; served as an executive on dozens of industry, arts, medical, and civic boards and organizations and helped build the Edgewood Summit Retirement Community and Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences; active in charitable, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’50 BS HE—Jean Miller Weber of Brighton, NY, November 7, 2025; worked at Eastman Kodak and Procter & Gamble; active in community and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’51 JD—Murray Beckerman of New York City, June 2, 2025; attorney; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’51 MS—Arthur S. Dworkin of Oak Ridge, TN, November 9, 2025; researcher, Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; studied molten salt chemistry and thermochemistry; veteran; author; enjoyed travel, theater, music, tennis, baseball, hiking, and reading; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’51 BA, PhD ’55—Lawrence V. Rickard of Kinderhook, NY, November 27, 2025; geologist; principal scientist, New York State Geological Survey; researched the Devonian Period; veteran; author; genealogist; recipient, John M. Clarke Medal and other geological awards; active in professional affairs. ’51 BS HE—Julia Schaenzer Whelan of Hilton Head Island, SC, November 30, 2025; homemaker; worked in food science at Junket Laboratories; founder, the Cypress Library; enjoyed international travel and gardening; active in community and professional affairs. ’53 BS HE—Eleanor Sears Fala of Haverford, PA, November 7, 2025; dietitian, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute; enjoyed puzzles and reading; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’54 BA—Judith Greifer Benjamin of Ashland, OR, January 14, 2024; writer and editor, Peace Corps Times; teacher; nursery school founder; sociology researcher; political activist; enjoyed international travel, dance, gardening, and symphony and chamber music concerts; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54 BS Hotel—Allan J. Byer of Golden, CO, March 15, 2023; chief financial officer, Vac-Tec Systems Inc.; also worked in the hotel industry; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’54 BA—Jerrold A. Green of Berkeley Heights, NJ, November 4, 2025; manager, Madison Business Forms; veteran; social justice advocate; ESOL tutor; enjoyed travel, skiing, sailing, canoeing, hiking, and tennis; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54 BS CALS—Calvin R. Nesbitt of Ithaca, NY, November 20, 2025; owner, Pine Hill Farms; veteran; volunteer, Habitat for Humanity; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’54 BS CALS—Charles N. Sherman of Liverpool, NY, November 4, 2025; manager, Parker Hannifin Corp.; veteran; avid reader; enjoyed fly fishing, bowling, gardening, and birdwatching; active in professional affairs. Psi Upsilon. ’54—Carolyn Anderson Twiname of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of New York City, December 23, 2024; helped build New York City’s HealthCare Chaplaincy from a small program into an internationally recognized model for multi-faith pastoral care ministry, education, and research; enjoyed New York theater; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’55 BA—Andrew Dadagian of Marion, MA, November 30, 2025; chief of otolaryngology, St. Luke’s Hospital; veteran; attended several Olympic Games; enjoyed international travel, following the New England Patriots, gardening, and collecting classic antique cars; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi. ’55 MS—William A. Rock of San Francisco, CA, formerly of Tucson, AZ, October 9, 2019; consultant; veteran; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BS Hotel—Herbert G. Roleke Jr. of Stuart, FL, November 20, 2025; real estate entrepreneur; owner, HHH Development Corp.; veteran; enjoyed international travel, gardening, and storytelling; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’55 BS CALS—D. Kent Wiley of Sarasota, FL, December 2, 2025; veterinarian; veteran; Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador; member, Kiwanis; enjoyed international travel, running, bicycling, kayaking, canoeing, and camping; active in community and professional affairs. ’55 BS HE—Mary Ann Peck Wolf of Moretown, VT, March 29, 2025; worked at the Continuing Education and Women’s Studies programs, University of Vermont; organized a women’s small business exchange program with entrepreneurs in Russia; lay pastor; lecturer at Weight Watchers; enjoyed international travel, choral singing, reading, and gardening; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’56, BS Hotel ’69—William J. Callnin of Virginia Beach, VA, December 31, 2025; co-founder, chairman, and managing director, Cayuga Hospitality Advisors Inc.; president and CEO, Atlantic City Inns Inc.; developed nine casino projects; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. ’56 LLB—Michael J. Danbury of Annandale, VA, November 25, 2021; attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service; Foreign Service officer; veteran; enjoyed opera, movies, and card and board games; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’56 BA—Peter B. Dirlam of Southbridge, MA, November 26, 2025; vice president, J.I. Morris Co., manufacturer of precision miniature screws, specialty parts, and industrial polishing fabrics; overseer, Old Sturbridge Village; raised collies; lifelong learner; collector, Arctic and whaling artifacts; avid reader; enjoyed horseback riding; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’56 BS Nurs—Gail Berkson Malloy-Brown of Rockville Centre, NY, November 29, 2025; psychotherapist; professor, Adelphi University School of Nursing; also taught public health nursing at Rutgers and New York universities; enjoyed international travel and opera; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’56 LLB—Alan R. Persons of Canandaigua, NY, April 10, 2025; attorney; veteran; avid golfer; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’56, B Chem E ’57—John B. St. Clair of Bethlehem, PA, November 9, 2025; product specialist, Bethlehem Steel Corp.; veteran; Rotarian who led a Youth International Exchange Program; tennis coach; enjoyed travel, fishing, and skiing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’56 BS CALS—Michael H. Sandler of Lawrenceville, NJ, September 11, 2025; founder, Research 100, a market research business; also worked at Opinion Research Co.; enjoyed international travel, good food and wine, different cultures, and golf; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’56 BS CALS—Orlando P. Turco of Ithaca, NY, November 3, 2025; real estate broker; wrestling coach, Ithaca High School; member, National Wrestling Hall of Fame; mentor; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57 BS CALS, MBA ’59—Robert Armstrong III of New Castle, PA, November 13, 2025; Foreign Service agricultural development officer, U.S. Agency for International Development; taught at Africa University in Zimbabwe; professor of economics and business administration, Geneva College; also taught at Thiel College; dairy farmer; veteran; Rotarian; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi. Surviving spouse: Sandra Shepard Armstrong ’55. ’57 DVM—Lewis H. Berman of New York City, December 16, 2025; veterinarian; founder, Park East Animal Hospital; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’57 BA—Tamar “Joy” Langer Kahn of Chevy Chase, MD, November 29, 2025; bibliographer, Kennedy Institute for Bioethics, Georgetown University; helped establish the bioethics database at Georgetown University’s campus in Qatar; translator; also worked at the National Library of Medicine and the National Security Agency; author; enjoyed international travel, reading, and theater; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57 BA—Rachel Lawrence of Monsey, NY, November 6, 2025; broadcast editor at CBS Radio, where she wrote for Lester Holt, and at the Associated Press; journalist; enjoyed international travel, Broadway shows, symphony concerts, and museum exhibits; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57 DVM—James O. Marshall of Fayetteville, NY, November 26, 2025; veterinarian; founder, Jim Marshall Farms, a facility for breeding and training Standardbred horses for harness racing; state veterinarian, New York State Fair; Rotarian; author; enjoyed skiing, tennis, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’57, BEP ’58—Stephen M. Pollock of Ann Arbor, MI, November 13, 2025; professor emeritus of operations and industrial engineering, University of Michigan; applied operations research and decision analysis methods to problems in defense, criminal justice, manufacturing, epidemiology, and medicine; taught at the Naval Postgraduate School; also worked at Arthur D. Little Inc.; enjoyed international travel, clamming, and fishing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. ’57 JD—David A. Trager of Ossining, NY, September 1, 2025; attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’58 BA, LLB ’60—Henry M. Porter of Buffalo, NY, and Sarasota, FL, November 23, 2025; attorney, Lippes Mathias law firm; expert in mergers and acquisitions and tax law; corporate secretary, Buffalo Sabres; veteran; avid tennis player; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’59 JD—Richard J. Drake of Melbourne Beach, FL, January 4, 2025; attorney; founding partner, Richard J. Drake law firm; expert in business, transactional, and not-for-profit organization matters; attorney, Town of Newburgh, NY; mentor; recipient, John F. McBride Lifetime Achievement Award; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’59—Marian de Chazeu Holmes of Alexandria, VA, March 31, 2024; worked in office and financial management for local organizations, including Hartman-Cox Architects; enjoyed international travel, the arts, theater, crosswords, reading, Sudoku, and jigsaw puzzles; active in community and alumni affairs. ’59 BS CALS—Carol Sherman Knapp of Newcastle, ME, November 19, 2025; environmental educator, Wildlands Conservancy; veterinary tech; high school biology teacher; Girl Scout troop leader; trained springer spaniels; enjoyed gardening, quilting, hiking, fly fishing, skiing, sailing, birdwatching, and observing nature; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’59 BA—Robert A. Paul of Pittsburgh, PA, November 15, 2025; chairman and CEO, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.; president, Louis Berkman Co.; director, Echo Real Estate Services; philanthropist; minority partner, Pittsburgh Steelers; Cornell trustee emeritus; co-chair, Cornell’s “Creating the Future” campaign; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi. 1960s ’60, BEE/LLB ’64—Jon M. Dickinson of Portland, OR, April 29, 2025; patent attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’60 BS HE—Eloise Irwin French of Gwynedd, PA, November 1, 2025; legal secretary; meeting planner, American Political Science Association; editor of résumés for competitive contracts; enjoyed houseplants, gardening, reading, following current events, bicycling, and spicy food; active in civic and community affairs. Surviving spouse: David T. French ’60, BA ’64. ’60 MS, PhD ’61—Richard A. Wentworth of Lansing, NY, October 14, 2024; research professor and graduate student advisor, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine; veteran; enjoyed gardening, sailing, volleyball, and croquet; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’61 BA—Bruce M. Cowan of Williamsburg, MA, November 28, 2025; physician; veteran; lifelong learner; enjoyed international travel, animals, archery, playing music, farming, and cooking; active in community and professional affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. ’61 JD—Michael H. Dikman of Roslyn, NY, October 7, 2018; attorney; specialist in matrimonial and family law; inductee, Handball Hall of Fame; enjoyed performing magic; active in professional affairs. ’61 JD—George E. Henries of Dayton, NJ, formerly of Monrovia, Liberia, October 15, 2025; attorney; senior partner, Henries Law Firm; active in professional and religious affairs. ’61 BS HE—Ellen Auslander Reitkopp of Silver Spring, MD, November 19, 2025; account executive, Management Recruiters of McLean Inc.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Sigma. Surviving spouse: Howard H. Reitkopp ’61. ’61 BA, PhD ’67—Marvin D. Schulman of Walnut Creek, CA, November 13, 2025; biochemist, Merck & Co.; enjoyed international travel and hiking; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon. ’62 BA—William A. Bardeen of Warrenville, IL, November 18, 2025; theoretical physicist and scientist emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; authority on quantum field theory; professor, Stanford University; fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Alfred P. Sloan, Alexander von Humboldt, and Guggenheim foundations; recipient, J.J. Sakurai Prize from the American Physical Society; trustee, Aspen Center for Physics; author; avid athlete; enjoyed bicycling and researching family genealogy; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha. Surviving spouse: Marjorie Gaylord Bardeen ’63. ’62, DVM ’64—Gustave E. Fackelman of Green Cove Springs, FL, November 15, 2025; veterinarian; professor of equine orthopedic surgery and chief of staff, Tufts University; professor of orthopedic surgery and director of large animal orthopedics, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania; worked with USAID to found the veterinary school at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria; also worked at Tierspital Zürich; operated Little Lyford Pond Camps, a hunting, fishing, and cross-country skiing sporting camp; taught at L.L. Bean’s fly fishing school; author; enjoyed international travel, competitive trail riding, hiking, and Australian shepherd and border collie dogs; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’62 BA—Marvin H. Shaub of Princeton, NJ, December 8, 2025; president and CEO, Teletienda Inc.; management consultant, McKinsey & Co.; advertising executive, Lombardo, Shaub & Associates; vice president and general manager, Earle Palmer Brown Direct; professor of international business, Montclair State University; veteran; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’64 JD—Barry E. Long of Norwalk, CT, March 3, 2025; corporate real estate attorney, Cuddy and Feder; enjoyed Cape Cod and skiing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’64 MNS, PhD ’68—Archie C. Swindell of Groton, CT, November 2, 2025; principal research scientist and non-clinical statistician at Pfizer; founder, Quantitative Services, a business that served drug prevention communities; veteran; enjoyed nature, music, photography, painting, and baking; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’65 BA—David N. Hornick of Niskayuna, NY, November 16, 2025; physician; founder, Homedical Associates; pioneer in universal design and telemedicine; enjoyed gardening, music, sustainable living, and anything related to space exploration; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’65 BS CALS—Richard C. Olson of South Bend, IN, November 6, 2025; missionary, Evangelical Alliance Mission; teacher; enjoyed international travel; active in religious affairs. ’66 BA—Linda Rokeach Gordon of The Villages, FL, January 2026; high school teacher; enjoyed bridge; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’66 JD—Sheldon I. Krebs of Washington, DC, August 12, 2025; attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’66 BA—Henry S. Krochmal of Windsor, CT, November 5, 2025; computer programmer; high school chemistry teacher; enjoyed reading, writing, singing, and bluegrass music; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’66 BA—David R. Landrey of Sarasota, FL, October 12, 2025; attorney; partner and chairman, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young; veteran; enjoyed travel, stamp collecting, hiking, and following financial markets; active in professional and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’66–70 GR—Brian R. Percival of Forest Hills, NY, January 19, 2025; professor of art and architectural history at Queens College/CUNY, Bard College, New York Institute of Technology, University of Maryland, and Hunan University, Changsha, China; Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia; enjoyed international travel, skiing, and Scottish country dancing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’66 BEE, PhD ’74—Robert E. Williamson of Rockville, MD, October 31, 2025; database administrator, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; developed one of the first search engines; worked on early natural language access to medical research at the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine; also taught at Purdue University; active in community and professional affairs. Watermargin. ’67 BEE, MEE ’68—L. Gordon Booth of Pittsford, NY, November 17, 2025; middle school math and physics teacher; worked at Eastman Kodak; veteran; enjoyed international travel, skiing, and sailing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’67 BME, MME ’68—Rolf E. Christensen of Swarthmore, PA, and Town Bank, NJ, March 28, 2020; mechanical engineer; chief operating officer, Foamex; enjoyed international travel, boating, and flying; active in professional and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’67 BA—Josef W. Konvitz of Paris, France, June 16, 2025; expert on urban affairs; head, Division for Urban Affairs and the Regulatory Policy Division at the OECD; directed OECD country reviews of regulatory reform in Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Vietnam, and Australia, and assessments of the European Union; professor of history, Michigan State University; also taught at the University of Glasgow; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’67 JD—Allan M. Lerner of Manchester, VT, and Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 22, 2025; attorney; professor, Nova Law School; also worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission; enjoyed biking, tennis, reading, classic movies, and music; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’68 B Chem E—Michael Baron of Arlington, VA, November 20, 2025; president, EMCUBE Inc., which provided technical support for the Strategic Systems Program, U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapon System; propulsion/ordnance engineer, Strategic Systems Program Office, U.S. Navy; veteran; enjoyed scuba diving, sailing, skiing, and watching sports; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’68 PhD—Jerry F. Butler of Gainesville, FL, November 13, 2025; professor emeritus of medical and veterinary entomology, University of Florida; created DEET-free insect repellents; used insect evidence to determine time of death in homicide investigations; author; mentor; patent holder; avid photographer; enjoyed international travel, carving wood and stone, and modeling clay; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’68 BS CALS, MD ’80—Bette Kaufman Demartini of Westport, CT, November 28, 2025; anesthesiologist; chief of anesthesia, St. Joseph’s Hospital; enjoyed international travel, animals, tennis, golf, horseback riding, and skiing; active in community and professional affairs. ’68 MS ORIE—William M. Harvey of Pawleys Island, SC, November 1, 2025; director and co-founder, Urban Atlantic, a real estate development company; attorney; industrial engineer; member, Kiwanis; enjoyed golf and discussing films; active in community and professional affairs. ’68 PhD—Howard C. Howland of Ithaca, NY, October 26, 2025; professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University; researched aberrometers, devices used by vision researchers to map imperfections in the eye’s optical system; co-created a non-invasive way to measure how eyes focus on objects; researcher, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology; also taught at Stony Brook University; veteran; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’69 BS CALS—W. James Dinehart of Hamden, CT, November 28, 2025; worked in the travel industry at Amtrak and major airlines; veteran; member, Knights of Columbus; lifelong learner; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon. 1970s ’70 BS Hotel—John A. MacEachern of Middleton, Nova Scotia, November 24, 2025; hotelier; restaurateur; owner, the Doctor’s House & Livery and the Captain’s House restaurants; president, Canadian Congenital Heart Alliance; painter; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’71 BS CALS—John M. Geise of South Burlington, VT, November 23, 2025; banker at Vermont National Bank, Chittenden Bank, and Bank of Vermont; pitcher, Kansas City Royals Minor League team; college and high school baseball umpire; avid golfer; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. Surviving spouse: Susan Anderson Geise ’71. ’71 BS Hotel—Davis W. Pritchard of Marco Island, FL, December 12, 2025; commercial pilot, National Cargo Deutschland GmbH; veteran; participant in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet supporting operations “Desert Shield” and “Desert Storm”; enjoyed music and flying; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’73 PhD—D. Hugh Davies of Wellington, New Zealand, March 23, 2025; veterinarian. ’73 MS, PhD ’77—Richard J. Murdock of Erie, PA, November 5, 2025; professor of accounting, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University; expert witness; consultant; veteran; mentor; active in professional affairs. ’73 BS HE—Suzanne Horvath Reeps of Malvern, PA, January 9, 2026; physical scientist and systems engineer, U.S. Navy; also worked at ILC Industries; recipient, Naval Air Development Center Woman of the Year and the Naval Meritorious Civilian Service Award; designed uniforms for Cornell hockey; enjoyed choral singing, quilting, knitting, and playing guitar, piano, and organ; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’74 MBA—Thomas B. MacKey of Naples, FL, March 16, 2025; president and chief operating officer, Tenet Healthcare Corp.; associate director of hospitals and clinics, University of California Medical Center; enjoyed travel, golf, wine, cooking, swimming, skiing, competing in marathons, watching science fiction films, and discussing history and current events; active in professional affairs. ’74 MA, PhD ’75—Edward A. Vavra of Williamsport, PA, November 7, 2025; professor of English, Shenandoah University and Pennsylvania College of Technology; veteran; active in professional affairs. ’76 B Chem E—Richard P. Sasson of Friendswood, TX, December 2, 2024; global technical authority of process design, Chevron Corp.; also worked at Coastal Corp., Nye Engineering, and Parsons Engineering; mentor; enjoyed international travel and water polo; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha. ’77 MS, PhD ’80—Linda May French of Portsmouth, NH, November 9, 2025; professor of astronomy, Illinois Wesleyan University; also taught a popular course on the music of the Beatles; Asteroid 3506 French was named in recognition of her outstanding contributions to astronomical research; summitted all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks; enjoyed international travel and hiking; active in community and professional affairs. ’78 BS CALS—Stephen S. Schilde of Sharon Springs, NY, August 6, 2025; owner, Sharon Orchards; ski instructor; enjoyed Cape Cod, boating, skiing, and fishing; active in professional affairs. 1980s ’80 BS CALS—Kristine Zabinski Birmingham of Ashburn, VA, November 11, 2025; senior finance officer across public accounting, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’80 BS CALS—John R. Tassone of Simpsonville, SC, July 27, 2025; vice president of customer operations, Frontier Communications; Free Methodist pastor; Adirondack 46er; enjoyed international travel, running marathons, exploring, and dancing; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’81 BS CALS—Jeffrey M. Kaplan of Center Barnstead, NH, January 29, 2021; medical technologist. Delta Upsilon. ’84 BS CALS—Maria R. Laurendeau of Campbell Hall, NY, July 29, 2016; equine veterinarian; equestrian; author; active in professional affairs. ’84 BS ILR—Paul E. Stoddard of Chester, NY, November 2, 2025; senior deli worker, Shoprite; human resources officer, IBM; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’85, BS CALS ’88—Lori von Seydewitz Emmons of Trumansburg, NY, January 19, 2025; director, Paleontological Research Institute; associate director, reunion campaigns, Cornell Annual Fund; also worked at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; enjoyed woodworking and carpentry; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’88 BEE—Martin B. Andrews of Cleveland Heights, OH, August 2, 2017; director of web operations at AG Interactive, a subsidiary of American Greetings; neurology computer developer, the Cleveland Clinic; senior technical director, Net Genics; also worked at Bell Labs; Scout leader; advocate for Internet freedom and security; active in community and professional affairs. ’88 MBA—Gary N. Cachules of Northport, NY, June 30, 2025; director of engineering, Telephonics Corp.; enjoyed ham radio; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’88 B Chem E—Robert C. Camp Jr. of Farmington, NY, October 30, 2025; chemical engineer; worked at Pactiv, Best Practices Institute, and Westreco; enjoyed international travel, playing guitar, camping, and watching the Buffalo Bills. Lambda Chi Alpha. 1990s ’90 BS Hotel—Kathy Penovich Kirk of Wadsworth, OH, June 20, 2025; developed the spiritual framework Applied Spirituality; author, speaker, blogger, and course instructor; restaurateur; enjoyed travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’92, BS HE ’93—Sharon Siegel Sinder of San Diego, CA, December 2, 2025; worked in a group home to assist residents with life skills; avid reader; enjoyed contemporary music, art, and swimming; active in community and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Daniel J. Sinder ’92. ’94 ME—Shirley C. Jupiter of Laguna Beach, CA, November 2, 2025; worked at Hewlett-Packard and AOL; enjoyed international travel; active in alumni affairs. 2000s ’01, BS ILR ’02—Christian Y. Dubuche of Roslyn, NY, November 4, 2025; attorney; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’06 MFA—Herman G. Carroll of College Park, MD, formerly of Chicago, IL, April 20, 2020; award-winning author who wrote as H.G. Carrillo; taught at George Washington University; writer-in-residence, Kratz Center for Creative Writing, Goucher College; also worked at HBO; AIDS activist; board member, PEN/Faulkner Foundation; active in artistic, community, and professional 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 Ryan Young / Cornell University. Published March 31, 2026