In Memoriam January 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 ’43—Seymour Leopold of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Southbury, CT, July 9, 2025; veterinarian; founder, Darby Veterinary Hospital; patented a surgical support device designed to increase the comfort of animals undergoing procedures; veteran; stained-glass artist; avid golfer; enjoyed painting still lifes; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’47 BA—Renee Brozan Goldsmith of Delray Beach, FL, September 8, 2025; president, CEO, and architect, Rendon Associates; interior designer; artist; enjoyed dancing, golf, and bridge; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Donald B. Goldsmith ’42, BArch ’47. ’48 BS HE, MNS ’49—Sylvia Kilbourne Hosie of Northport, NY, September 15, 2025; teacher, Northport-East Northport School District; public health nutritionist, American Red Cross; reader for the blind; Sunday school teacher; enjoyed dancing and playing piano; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’48 BA—Barbara Wilson Nathan of Somerset, NJ, July 5, 2025; substitute teacher; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. 1950s ’50 BA—Winifred Burtt Brinster of Seattle, WA, formerly of Lake Stevens, WA, July 14, 2025; playwright; theater critic, Bellevue Journal American; news editor, Lake Stevens News; actor and director; poet; watercolorist; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’50 BS CALS—Carson Z. Geld of Tietê, Brazil, June 7, 2025; owner, Fazenda Pau D’Alho; pioneering breeder of Santa Gertrudis cattle; founder of Novilha do Futuro, a global cattle marketplace; information specialist, IRI Research Institute; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’50 B Chem E—Robert L. LaBelle of Baldwinsville, NY, August 27, 2025; professor and food scientist, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; also conducted research at the USDA Western Research Laboratory, Utah State University, and Oregon State University; veteran; marathon runner; competed in the Senior Olympic Games in Toronto, Canada, and Gothenburg, Sweden; avid hiker; enjoyed classical music, chess, cross-county skiing, bicycling, and mountain climbing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’50 B Chem E—Leo A. Sears of Hockessin, DE, July 18, 2025; process safety instructor and process engineer in polymer research and production, DuPont Co.; veteran; enjoyed woodworking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’50 BA—Ilonka Karasz Turner of Red Lodge, MT, September 5, 2025; accountant, Wayne State University physical plant; avid supporter of animal rescues and Native American charities; enjoyed skiing, backpacking, playing the oboe, and drawing whimsical cat illustrations; active in community and alumni affairs. ’51 BS HE—Mary Thoman Coe of Ventura, CA, November 29, 2024; professor of child development, marriage and the family, and nursery school administration, Ventura College; also taught at Hanna Perkins School, specializing in assisting children with emotional difficulties; voracious reader; accomplished seamstress; enjoyed travel, silk-screening, nature, flowers, and walking outdoors; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’51—William T. Duba of Bristol, RI, formerly of Newport, RI, July 27, 2025; colonel, U.S. Army; served in Germany, Korea, Panama, and Vietnam; administrator, Junior ROTC program; member, Elks and Knights of Columbus; enjoyed golf; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’51 BA, MD ’55—Joseph W. Landau of Santa Rosa, CA, formerly of Pacific Palisades, CA, August 16, 2025; pediatric dermatologist and dermopathologist at UCLA, Jewish Home for the Aged, and Wadsworth V.A. Hospital; flight surgeon; veteran; author; enjoyed marathon running, hiking, backpacking, and mountain climbing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’52 BA—Lillian Schneider Gerstman of San Diego, CA, July 5, 2025; professor emerita of psychology, Erie Community College; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’52 BA—Richard J. Golinko of Roslyn, NY, July 26, 2025; chief of pediatric cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center; director of pediatrics, Brookdale Hospital; active in professional affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’52 BS CALS—Emmet B. Vanderburgh of Williamson, NY, August 16, 2025; driver education teacher; veteran; volunteer, 4-H and BOCES; member, Genesee Valley Gladiolus Society; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Marjorie Relyea Vanderburgh ’51, MS HE ’55. ’53, BCE ’54—William F. Albers of Galway, NY, August 10, 2025; mechanical engineer; worked at General Electric and the New York State Department of Transportation; veteran; Scout leader; social justice advocate; marathon runner; enjoyed working on advanced math problems; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’53 BFA—Margaret Bernstein of New York City, September 18, 2025; photographer; lover of the arts; active in community and alumni affairs. ’53 DVM—Francis A. Simpson of Port Jervis, NY, September 12, 2025; veterinarian; veteran; helped found the Neversink Valley Area Museum; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’54 BS Nurs—Beverly Stanton Greenfield of New York City, June 2, 2025; nurse, Berkshire School; embassy health officer, U.S. Department of State; stewardess, Flying Tigers; advocate for human rights and healthcare access; avid reader; enjoyed dogs and horses; active in community and professional affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’54—Edith L. Master of New York City, August 18, 2013; champion equestrian; member of four U.S. Olympic teams; winner, bronze medal in team dressage, 1976 Olympics; second-oldest U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal. ’55, BEE ’56—James G. Carville III of Palm City, FL, November 22, 2019; electrical engineer; president and CEO, Savory Equipment Co.; partner, Alco Standard Corp.; enjoyed golf, swimming, reading, boating, dogs, and the beach; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi. ’55, B Chem E ’56—Paul M. Hohenberg of Troy, NY, July 23, 2025; professor emeritus and acting chair of economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; also taught at Concordia and Stanford universities, Bennington College, and the University at Albany; author; enjoyed international travel, reading, hiking, good food, theater, folk music, and performing in operas, musicals, and choral groups; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’55, BA ’56—Robert J. Leader of Cocoa Beach, FL, formerly of Gouverneur, NY, July 4, 2025; attorney; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’56 BA—Edward N. Lee of Solana Beach, CA, July 21, 2025; professor of ancient Greek philosophy, University of California, San Diego; also taught at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Texas, Austin; specialist in Plato and the pre-Socratics; veteran; author; enjoyed international travel, collecting books, estate sales, playing the piano, and dry gin martinis; active in professional affairs. ’56 BS CALS—Judith Strong Sullivan of Stone Ridge, NY, July 10, 2025; social worker; avid skier; enjoyed international travel, playing the flute, birdwatching, and exploring new restaurants; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’56, BME ’57—Robert L. Winship of Durham, NH, formerly of Topsfield, MA, February 6, 2025; mechanical engineer, National Hydro Corp., Allis Chalmers Company, and Gurnard Manufacturing; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’57 BS CALS, DVM ’64—George C. Dudley Jr. of Woodbury, CT, August 8, 2025; veterinarian, Sherman Hill Hospital; specialist in equine health and surgery; also worked at the USDA in Puerto Rico; lifelong learner; enjoyed history, music, sports, and learning about different cultures; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha. ’57 BA—Richard D. Pomerantz Jr. of Ambler, PA, July 29, 2025; worked at IBM as national account manager of Sun Oil; also worked at A. Pomerantz & Co., the family office supply business; veteran; enjoyed travel, fishing, running, hiking, skiing, reading, and telling jokes; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. ’57 BA—Gloria Welt Sage of Syracuse, NY, July 3, 2025; senior scientist, Syracuse Research Corp.; assistant professor, clinical pathology, and research associate in biochemistry and pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University; environmentalist; enjoyed travel, tennis, hiking, cross-country and downhill skiing, kayaking, birding, and mushrooming; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57—Jack H. Warning of Olmsted Falls, OH, August 26, 2025; financial advisor, Wells Fargo; insurance adjuster; veteran; Citizen of the Year, Olmsted Falls; softball and basketball coach; enjoyed softball, soccer, running, and competing in triathlons; active in civic, community, and religious affairs. ’58, B Chem E ’59—Dean E. Danzer of St. Louis, MO, July 9, 2025; chemical engineer, Monsanto; helped clean up several Superfund sites; Scout leader; baseball coach; enjoyed international travel, hiking, camping, and canoeing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. ’59 JD—Philip J. Loree of Farmington, CT, formerly of Port Washington and Hornell, NY, September 9, 2025; attorney focused on labor relations, employment and discrimination, arbitration, employee benefits, corporate law, maritime law, and mergers and acquisitions; partner, Loree & Loree; managing partner, Hays, Landsman & Head; chairman, Federation of American Controlled Shipping; adviser, U.S. State Department and other government agencies; guest lecturer, U.S. Naval War College, Kings Point Maritime Academy, and other maritime academies; veteran; author; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, history, music, golf, skiing, boating, fishing, and baseball; active in community and professional affairs. ’59, B Chem E ’60, LLB ’62—Allen P. Miller of Dallas, TX, August 25, 2025; attorney; lifelong learner; enjoyed boating, tennis, and teaching his grandchildren how to play cards; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’59 BS ILR—Thomas J. Wallisky of Naples, FL, formerly of Farmington Hills, MI, January 1, 2024; worked at Bell Telephone, Kroger, and Campbell’s, and in human relations for city government; veteran; active in professional affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. 1960s ’60, B Chem E ’62—John C. Gillies of Houston, TX, and Boothbay Harbor, ME, August 12, 2025; president, OGS Pipeline LLC; also worked at Dow Chemical; enjoyed international travel, tennis, skiing, golf, and dancing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’60 BS CALS—Frederick W. Thorne of Carmel, IN, August 5, 2025; global director of trademark, event management, and licensed products, John Deere; consultant, NASCAR’s Roush Racing; judge, Future Farmers of America; certified soccer referee; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Phi. ’61 BA—J. Stephen Bethea III of Atlanta, GA, August 12, 2025; orthopedist, Southern Orthopedic Clinic, Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital; chief of orthopedics, USPHS hospitals in New Orleans and Baltimore; also taught at Emory University; Rotarian; Scout leader; member, the Lenbrook Singers; enjoyed international travel, reading, boating, and fishing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. ’61 PhD—Dennis Poller of Glen Rock, NJ, July 1, 2025; head of Exxon Biomedical Sciences Inc.; management consultant, Stevens Institute of Technology; author; mentor; enjoyed reading, museums, classical music, and independent cinema; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Merle Forman Poller ’57, MA ’64. ’62 BA—James D. Campbell Jr. of Mechanicsburg, PA, formerly of Camp Hill, PA, August 22, 2025; attorney, Caldwell and Kearns PC; veteran; enjoyed hunting and fishing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’62 BME—Scott Holmes of Bryn Mawr, PA, August 5, 2025; vice president of sales, Shared Medical Systems; also worked at IBM; veteran; enjoyed squash, tennis, jogging, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. ’62 MS Ed—Carolyn Williams Thompson of Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, July 28, 2025; elementary school teacher; enjoyed gardening, flowers, birds, and dogs; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’62 BA—Thomas O. White of Stockton, NJ, September 24, 2025; attorney; managing director, Secondary School Admission Test Board; president, Law School Admission Services; vice president and director of law programs, Educational Testing Service; professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; author; enjoyed sailing, music, and reading; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 MS, PhD ’65—Douglas C. Brew of Durango, CO, August 19, 2025; professor of geology, Fort Lewis College; also taught at Prescott College, New York University, University of Minnesota, and University of Arizona; veteran; enjoyed international travel, running, music, art, reading, choral singing, dogs, and stimulating conversation; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63, BEE ’65, MEE ’66—Neville C. Davison III of Richmond, IN, July 4, 2025; electrical engineer; worked at Lincoln Laboratory, MIT; stained-glass artist; dog lover; active in professional affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’63—Charles W. DeRose of Florence, MA, July 1, 2025; co-publisher, Daily Hampshire Gazette; co-owner, WHMP AM and FM; owner, Meriden Precision Plastics; also worked at Burlington Free Press; pilot; enjoyed boating; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. ’63 BA—Dalia Rosenfield Miller of Encino, CA, May 5, 2025; executive recruiter, Rod Asher & Associates; realtor; linguist; docent, Skirball Cultural Center; enjoyed international travel and entertaining; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 MS ILR, PhD ’66—Mark E. Thompson of Vancouver, BC, July 24, 2025; professor emeritus, University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business; helped shape labor policy across Canada; also worked at the International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland; labor arbitrator; veteran; author; mentor; recipient, Order of Canada; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’64, BS Hotel ’89—Dorothy Wheeler Ireland of Burlington, VT, July 21, 2025; night nurse; hotelier; enjoyed travel, Irish music, designing and making clothes, and quilting; active in professional affairs. Surviving spouse: Peter M. Ireland, MBA ’63. ’64, BEE ’66—Edward L. Schulman of Ithaca, NY, May 26, 2025; founder, Perceptions Inc.; co-founder, Ironics Inc.; avid European model train collector; enjoyed international travel, air shows, photography, and sun conures and other parakeets; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’64 BS CALS—Michael Schmuckler Skyler of Mill Valley, CA, May 24, 2020; managing partner, Earthquake Supply Center; founder, Flo Toronto Service Station Ltd., a clothing business; also worked at Thomas Publishing Co.; recipient, Coty Award for innovative fashion design; baseball and basketball coach; enjoyed travel, good food, abalone diving, hiking, kayaking, and visiting the Catskills; active in community and professional affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. ’65 BA—Bruce M. Maston of Menands, NY, formerly of Schenectady, NY, July 1, 2025; physician; attorney; co-founder, Spencer & Maston medical malpractice firm; veteran; author; artisan carpenter; architectural preservationist; enjoyed international travel, art, music, chess, science fiction, model trains, history, Monopoly, baking pies, and quoting Monty Python; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. ’65 MBA—Ronald A. Press of Geneva, NY, August 5, 2025; director, risk management, Crouse Hospital; senior vice president, Genesee Hospital; officer, U.S. Public Health Service; volunteer handyman, Geneva Public Library; enjoyed travel, collecting antique photographs, boating, gardening, swimming, and good food; active in community and professional affairs. ’66, BA ’67—Jerry A. Gindele of San Marcos, TX, July 1, 2025; group insurance salesman; helped found the Zebra Insurance Co.; avid yoga practitioner; enjoyed theater, opera, and classical and rock music; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi. ’66 BS, ME ’67—Walter B. Harvey of Louisville, CO, formerly of Glastonbury, CT, September 20, 2025; engineer, Pratt & Whitney; analyzed turbines and compressors for advanced commercial and military engines; taught physics and math as a Peace Corps volunteer at the University of the Philippines; enjoyed international travel, skiing, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Pi. ’66 BS Nurs—Katherine York Moran of Biddeford, ME, formerly of Camden, ME, July 10, 2025; public health nurse; nursing supervisor and staff education coordinator, Camden Health Care Center; also worked for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Manhattan Bowery Project, and the Visiting Nurse Association of Brooklyn; hosted international visitors and musicians from the Salzedo Harp Colony; enjoyed genealogy and baking; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’66 MS—Clement J. Moses of Durham, NC, August 11, 2025; professor emeritus of physics, Utica College; researched defects in solids, solar cells, and the dynamics of atoms at surfaces; author; enjoyed reading, gardening, cycling, cooking, singing, opera, and cats; active in professional affairs. ’66 BS CALS—Suzanne Smith Saulniers of New Bedford, MA, September 23, 2025; international development consultant, Ford Foundation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, U.S. Agency for International Development, Asian Development Bank, Asia Foundation, U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, World Bank, Catholic Relief Services, and the British Department for International Development; first U.S. woman and second woman ever to earn a PhD in rural sociology; taught at Huston-Tillotson University; co-owner, Orchard Street Manor Bed & Breakfast; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’67 BA—Ronald M. Childress of Winnabow, NC, formerly of Columbia, SC, July 17, 2025; attorney; taught Russian law, University of South Carolina Law School; served at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow; introduced Russians to the American economic and judicial systems; staff attorney, U.S. District Court; Richland County Attorney; veteran; fluent in Russian and German; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’68 BS CALS, MST ’69—Judith Winter Andrucki of Lewiston, ME, September 3, 2025; attorney, Andrucki & Mitchell; also taught middle school biology; choral singer; founder, Battle of the Blends, a fundraising concert of a cappella vocal groups in the Northeast; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’68 BS CALS, MBA ’75—Geoffrey M. Weaver of Fairport, NY, July 2, 2025; chief financial officer, DBS Construction; also worked at Reckitt & Colman Inc. and French Co.; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. ’69 BS HE—Caryl Ginsberg Glickman of Cary, NC, July 18, 2025; systems programmer and project manager in IT; early childhood education teacher; enjoyed travel, reading, bridge, and mahjong; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi Epsilon. ’69 BA—Thomas E. Perry of Studio City, CA, September 15, 2025; prolific mystery novelist; wrote the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series, The Butcher’s Boy, Metzger’s Dog, and The Old Man; television writer and producer on “Simon & Simon,” “Snoops,” “The Oldest Rookie,” “Sidekicks,” and other series; veteran; recipient, Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America; also received the Barry and Gumshoe awards; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi. 1970s ’71 BS CALS, PhD ’75—Anthony A. Hickey of Sylva, NC, July 26, 2025; dean of graduate studies and research and professor of sociology, Western Carolina University; taught courses on rural society, community development, societal and regional development, research methods, and statistics; also taught at George Mason University; mentor; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. ’73 BA—Thomas G. Padgett of Mill Valley, CA, August 1, 2025; emergency physician and chief of the emergency department, Kaiser San Francisco; also worked at Brookside, Novato Community Hospital, and the San Francisco V.A.; lifelong learner; enjoyed international travel, music, literature, playing piano, learning Italian, and cooking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’74 JD—Robert A. Curley of Hingham, MA, September 10, 2025; attorney; president, Curley & Curley PC; enjoyed sailing and biking; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’76 BS ILR—Philip R. Voluck of Philadelphia, PA, July 30, 2025; attorney; rock-’n’-roll aficionado; avid golfer; tennis enthusiast; active in professional affairs. ’77 BA—Dehan S. Vojnovic of Tarpon Springs, FL, February 25, 2022; president, National Restaurant Brokers; attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’78—Gregory C. Peniston of Neptune, NJ, August 16, 2025; medical courier, Jersey Shore Medical Center; artist; lifelong learner; active in community affairs. Alpha Phi Alpha. 1980s ’80—Susan Kosuk of Middleboro, MA, July 20, 2025; ultrasonographer, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital; farmer; enjoyed reading, gardening, home renovation, Lego, tabletop gaming, art, and 3D printing; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’83 BS ILR—David J. Lingyak of Greenwood, SC, August 31, 2025; artist; co-founder, D&L Designs, a greeting card business; enjoyed international travel; active in community affairs. ’84 BS HE—Barbara Reynolds Davenport of Kingston, NY, July 31, 2025; home economics and health teacher; lifelong learner; summited the 33 peaks of the Catskills and attempted the 46 High Peaks of the Adirondacks; enjoyed skiing, biking, backpacking, hiking, and crafting; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Douglas P. Davenport ’84, BS ’85. ’85 MA, PhD ’87—Karen Swenson of Christiansburg, VA, August 1, 2025; professor of English, Virginia Tech University; specialist in mythology and Old Norse, medieval, and Renaissance literatures; also taught English as a second language; author; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel, reading, gardening, playing music, writing, cats, and yoga; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. 1990s ’90 BS ILR—Richard I. Dreitzer of Henderson, NV, September 15, 2025; attorney; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’91 BS CALS—Russell J. Crawford of Suffolk, VA, May 28, 2011; agricultural supervisor, Virginia Tech Tidewater Ag Research and Extension Center; active in religious affairs. ’92 BA—Robert K. Hull Jr. of Boyds, MD, August 17, 2025; attorney; co-founder and president, Round Table Group; helped develop the expert witness referral industry; active in community and professional affairs. ’94 BS CALS—Brian J. Horvath of Seattle, WA, May 16, 2023; researched the development and implementation of CAR-T cell therapies and treatments for advanced stages of cancer; senior scientist, Invitrogen Corp.; assistant senior biologist, Lilly & Co.; also worked at Merck & Co.; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’95 MS, PhD ’97—Edward J. Urankar of Furlong, PA, formerly of Cincinnati, OH, July 13, 2025; worked at Eastman Kodak, P&G, GE, and Veolia; avid sports fan; enjoyed cooking, gardening, biking, and woodworking; active in community and professional affairs. ’96 BS HE—Jonathan C. Rapkin of North Caldwell, NJ, August 29, 2025; president, USADATA Inc.; mentor; helped create North Caldwell’s first recreational turf facility; enjoyed tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’97 BME—Shiron Purdy Olson of El Dorado Hills, CA, August 3, 2025; mechanical engineer; vice president, operations, Sevan Multi-Site Solutions; also worked at Shell Oil Co. and Bovis Lend Lease; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Christopher R. Olson ’97. 2000s ’04 BA—Venkatesh T. Thattai of Bangalore, India, September 17, 2025; member of the promoter group at the TTK Prestige kitchen appliance company; partner, T.T. Krishnamachari & Co.; active in professional and alumni 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 January 1, 2026