In Memoriam July 2024 1920s 1930s 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. 1920s ’29 BA—Sara Mazza Parker of Cincinnati, OH, August 7, 2005; taught high school French and Latin; active in religious and alumni affairs. 1930s ’36 BA—Peter J. Raineri of Deerfield Beach, FL, September 4, 2004; U.S. Foreign Service officer in Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela, Mexico, and Washington, DC; humanitarian; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1940s ’44 BEE—Herbert H. Hagens of Princeton, NJ, November 26, 2021; founder and president, Hagens Recording Studio Inc.; veteran; member, Anthroposophical Society in America; produced videos about Rudolf Steiner’s educational philosophy and eurythmy; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’45, BA ’44, MS ’49—Elmer M. Sharp of Firestone, CO, June 16, 2023; senior engineer. ’47 BS CALS—Lois Rabenstein Stafford of Dryden, NY, April 13, 2024; first-grade teacher, Dryden Elementary School; avid gardener; enjoyed travel, Scrabble, birdwatching, cooking, and golf; active in community and alumni affairs. ’48, BS Nurs ’49—Jean MacKellar Mortensen of Beacon, NY, January 7, 2019; public health and operating room nurse; one of the first women in the U.S. Civil Air Defense Services; author; mentor; philanthropist; pianist, organist, and vocalist; enjoyed classical music and literature; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. 1950s ’50 BS CALS—Kenneth A. Dehm of Batavia, NY, March 19, 2024; retired, Jones Chemical; vice president and financial comptroller, Climax Co.; also worked for J.I. Case Co.; veteran; enjoyed travel, art, and playing cribbage; active in religious and alumni affairs. ’51 BA—W. Bradford Bond of Marietta, OH, March 31, 2024; research chemist, DuPont; longtime ’51 class correspondent; enjoyed music and nature; established and promoted Kroger Wetlands; author; wrote about the grindstone industry in Washington County, OH; editor and publisher, Towpaths, Canal Society of Ohio; recipient of a lifetime achievement award from President Obama for his volunteer efforts; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’51 BS HE—Barbara Hal Freed of Menands, NY, March 21, 2024; owner, Heritage Travel; former president, Shaker Realty Corp.; former president, Flah’s Department Store; recipient, Helen Bull Vandervort Alumni Achievement Award; enjoyed travel, hiking, skiing, opera, and the Mets; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’51 B Chem E—Donald P. Victorin of Allen, TX, March 11, 2023; worked for Exxon Mobil and Esso Inter-America; veteran; enjoyed travel, hunting, and fishing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’52, BME ’53—Richard T. Groos of Hastings, MI, March 25, 2024; retired president and CEO, Viking Corp. and Tyden Seal Co.; board chairman, National Bank of Hastings; also worked for Union Carbide; veteran; foremost benefactor; enjoyed travel; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’52 BA—Charles L. Lea Jr. of Ocean Ridge, FL, April 3, 2024; venture capitalist, Dillon Read; helped Federal Express attain its first public offering; managing director, New Court Securities; partner, F.S. Smithers & Co.; president, Bessemer Securities; veteran; member, alternate investment committee, Johnson School; former chairman and governor, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Musseum; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. ’52 BS CALS—Richard E. Redmond of Scipio Center, NY, April 19, 2024; dairy farmer; president, Cayuga County Farm Bureau; director and president, Dairylea Cooperative; chair, U.S. Technical Advisory Committee on Dairy International Trade; chair, Dairy Advisory Council; director, National Council of Farm Co-ops and the National Milk Producers Association; president, Finger Lakes Catholic Charities; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse, Margaret Bailey Redmond ’52. ’53, BME ’54, PhD ’58—Richard W. Conway of Greenwood, SC, March 19, 2024; professor emeritus and chair of computer science, Cornell University; helped launch Cornell’s Department of Computer Science; professor of manufacturing management at Cornell’s Johnson School; received the first PhD in operations research and industrial engineering; founding director, CIT; developed early compilers such as Cornell Computing Language, Cornell University Programming Language, and PL/C; developed the Johnson School’s Semester in Manufacturing immersion courses; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Delta Phi. ’53, BME ’54—Charles E. Juran of Bermuda Run, NC, April 15, 2024; real estate agent; mechanical engineer; active in alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha. ’53 BS CALS, PhD ’65—Robert W. Snyder of Minneapolis, MN, March 31, 2023; professor, University of Minnesota; attorney; veteran; author; supporter of the arts; enjoyed international travel, tennis, classical music, and sailing; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’54, BS Chem E ’55—Malcolm H. Davison of Cotuit, MA, formerly of Niskayuna, NY, March 22, 2024; metallurgical engineer; real estate agent; tax preparer; veteran; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Cayuga Lodge. ’54 BA—Charles L. Hildreth of Mystic, CT, March 19, 2024; co-founder, Noroton Consulting Group; marketing research director, General Foods; veteran; avid sailor; enjoyed skiing, opera, classical music, theater, and playing piano and harpsichord; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’54 BA—Stephen Kaplan of Weston, MA, formerly of Wayland and Framingham, MA, March 29, 2024; president, Eagle Electric Supply Co.; avid tennis player; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel, the outdoors, skiing, sailing, bicycling, swimming, theater, classical music, and playing piano; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’54 BA—Michael Lehrman of Washington, DC, April 5, 2024; chairman and CEO, Sleep Methods Inc. and iLife Solutions Inc.; entrepreneur and inventor of medical devices; president, Altair Airlines; founder, Aviation Values Corp.; director of international operations, Whittaker Corp.; operations research engineer, Kaman; also worked for North American Rockwell, DGA International, and HWI International; aviation consultant to NBC News; test pilot; veteran; advocate for women’s rights; enjoyed travel, reading, classical music, skiing, and dogs; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54 BA—Richard Maslow of Dallas, PA, and Naples, FL, March 20, 2024; president, CEO, and chairman of the board, InterMetro Industries; chairman of Maslow, Lumia, Bartorillo advertising company; director and president, National Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers; founder, Maslow Family Foundation; veteran; named a “Distinguished Pennsylvanian” by Governor Richard Thornburgh; art collector; avid golfer; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54 BA—Emil B. Shenbaum of Vero Beach, FL, July 18, 2015. ’55 BS Hotel—Paul A. Bowell Jr. of Dayton, OH, January 30, 2023; product manager, NCR Corp.; member, Kiwanis and Elks; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Chi. ’55 BS HE—Ruth Clarke Hawkins of Peabody, MA, April 16, 2024; teacher; founder and coordinator, Partners to Assist Youth; enjoyed sailing, reading, and bridge; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. ’55 BS Hotel—Keith A. Hazeltine of Red Oak, TX, April 11, 2023; taught at Lenoir-Rhyne College; sales manager, Keating of Chicago Inc. Pi Kappa Phi. ’55 BS HE—Mary Lou Brann Oppenheimer of Yardley, PA, March 28, 2024; retired elementary school and Title One teacher; also taught the children of U.S. armed forces in Germany; enjoyed spending summers in Ocean City, NJ; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BA—David Preston of Essex, CT, March 26, 2024; president and chairman, Scott & Daniells Inc.; enjoyed travel, skiing, hiking, and Squam Lake; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. ’55 BA, MD ’59—Paul E. Romano of Dillon, CO, June 16, 2014; ophthalmologist; owner and editor, Binocular Vision Quarterly; author; active in professional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’55 BS Hotel—Elizabeth Colton Wislar of Austell, GA, March 30, 2024; worked at Northwestern Mutual; teacher; enjoyed tennis, golf, bridge, and sewing; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’56 BS HE—Ann Wetherbee Bashaw of Keeseville, NY, December 14, 2023; nutrition coordinator, ACAP Head Start. ’56—Peter H. DeGraff of Niantic, CT, formerly of Ithaca, NY, April 9, 2024; owner, Ithaca Boating Center; charter bus driver; senior staff engineer, NCR; vice president, ALCOR Inc. sound equipment; patent holder; veteran; enjoyed sailing. ’56, BME ’57—James F. McCarthy of Ajijic, Mexico, March 2023; retired attorney; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’57–59 SP CALS—Allen D. Branagan of Earlyville, NY, April 18, 2024; dairy farmer; active in professional and religious affairs. ’57, BME ’58—James L. Broadhead of North Palm Beach, FL, April 10, 2024; chairman and CEO, FPL Group Foundation; president, GTE Corp.; president, Joe Minerals Corp.; also served as director of Health Corp. of Greater Stamford, Barnett Banks, and Pittston Co.; member of the Cornell Council, Cornell trustee, and foremost benefactor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’57 BS CALS—Ronald Buxenbaum of Aurora, NY, March 21, 2024; dairy farmer; owner, Match Mate Farm; avid pilot; certified flight instructor; active in community affairs. ’57, BArch ’58—Guillermo E. Carreras of Miami, FL, April 17, 2024; principal architect, Spillis Candela; assistant director of design, Welton Becket; designed the Cadet Union Center at West Point Military Academy; architectural design professor, Simón Bolivar University; helped design the Teatro Nacional de Cuba; also worked for Marcel Breuer & Associates and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. ’57 BS HE—Vanne Shelley Cowie of Phoenix, AZ, April 16, 2024; home furnishings fashion coordinator, Bloomingdale’s Department Store; designer, Ford Motor Co.; needlepoint designer; also sold Kazuri jewelry; lifelong learner; recipient, James A. Perkins Prize and Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; foremost benefactor; enjoyed travel and gardening; active in artistic and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi. Surviving spouse, Robert A. Cowie ’55, BME ’56, MBA ’57. ’57—Bruce R. Hughner of Williamsburg, VA, April 25, 2016; financial administrator, Stromberg-Carlson and Computer Consoles Inc.; veteran; avid photographer; enjoyed travel and sports; active in religious affairs. ’57 PhD—Albert S. Kuperman of New York City, December 21, 2021; associate dean for educational affairs and professor emeritus of molecular pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; launched global health programs; helped establish the Department of Pharmacology at Mahidol University, Bangkok; visiting scholar, Teachers College, Columbia University; fellow in nerve-muscle physiology, U.S. Naval Research Institute; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57 MA—Mary Lafter of Cadillac, MI, August 1, 2023; teacher; worked with high-risk mothers; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57—Thomas K. Pierce of Ball Ground, GA, 2022; civil engineer. ’57 JD—Samuel C. Sanford of Manlius, NY, April 5, 2024; attorney; founder, Commonfund Mortgage Co.; also founded Sanford Fire Apparatus Corp.; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’58 BA—Anne R. Aberbach of Paradise Valley, AZ, February 15, 2018; attorney and juvenile public defender; also worked for the Lewis Roca law firm; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’58 BS ILR—John H. Bailey of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Reno, NV, January 31, 2024; president, TJC Inc.; vice president of personnel, Incom International Inc.; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho. ’58—Dorothy Dean Gusick of Bonita Springs, FL, March 1, 2019; active in alumni affairs. ’58 BS CALS—Robert E. Rands of Phelps, NY, August 19, 2017; employment interviewer, NYS Department of Labor; case worker, Herkimer County Social Services; veteran; avid gardener; enjoyed travel, coaching and watching sports, horse racing, and playing the slots; active in religious affairs. ’58—Peter B. Schlenker of New York City, August 21, 2023. Alpha Sigma Phi. ’58, BME ’59—William M. Tuck of Jamesville, NY, March 25, 2024; president, Crouse-Hinds Co.; taught lean manufacturing, Syracuse University; avid painter; enjoyed golf, gardening, and cross-country skiing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon. ’59, BEP ’60—John A. Bewick of Hingham, MA, formerly of Newton, MA, December 25, 2014; president, Compliance Management Inc.; secretary, Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs; active in environmental, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’59, BA ’60—Dan Willets Brock of Newton, MA, September 26, 2020; professor emeritus of medical ethics, Harvard Medical School; pioneer in the field of bioethics; director, Harvard’s Center for Bioethics; staff philosopher, President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine; member, ethics working group, President Clinton’s task force on national health reform; consultant to the Office of Technology Assessment, the Institute of Medicine, and the World Health Organization; recipient, Henry Knowles Beecher Award for contributions to ethics and the life sciences; author; mentor; active in professional and alumni affairs. Theta Delta Chi. ’59 BA—Ira J. Brous of Ithaca, NY, March 23, 2024; president, Collegetown Bagels/Ithaca Bakery; real estate agent; professor of economics, Ithaca College; veteran; enjoyed travel, reading, music, and collecting art; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse, Anne Sverdlik Brous, PhD ’81. ’59, BS ’60—Phillip B. Dewey of Kennett Square, PA, October 26, 2023; chemical engineer; worked for Zeneca A.G. Products; also worked for Chesebrough-Ponds and Stauffer Chemical Co.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’59, BArch ’60—Jules Labarthe Jr. of Verona, PA, March 28, 2024; architect; founder and managing principal, the Design Alliance; director of design and engineering, PPG-Feal; partner, Fuillerton/Labarthe; principal designer, Watson Institute and School, the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, and the Education Center at Fort Ligonier; helped design Alcoa’s corporate center and Heinz’s world and North America headquarters; enjoyed the outdoors, tennis, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi. Surviving spouse, Carroll Olton Labarthe ’59. ’59—Walden M. Myers of Annapolis, MD, April 15, 2024; industrial engineer, Procter & Gamble; helped start the first factory for Pampers in Europe; enjoyed tennis, golf, bridge, gardening, making stained glass, and writing; active in professional and religious affairs. Phi Delta Theta. 1960s ’61 MA, PhD ’65—Robert D. Brooks of Brevard, NC, March 25, 2024; professor of communication, University of Illinois; chair of communication, University of South Florida; also taught at University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, and San Diego State University; founder, Brooks Communication; Fulbright-Hays Fellow; founder and director, Webster University’s Geneva, Switzerland, and Leiden, Netherlands, campuses; editor and researcher, International Peace and Cooperation Center; author who wrote about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; lifelong learner; St. Louis Cardinals fan; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’61 BA—Gary K. Busch of London, UK, March 21, 2024; chairman, Transport Logistics Inc.; director, Trans-World Group; political consultant and intelligence advisor to West African countries; professor, University of Hawaii; assistant general secretary, International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers’ Unions; research director for international affairs, United Auto Workers; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’61—Alan R. Schmitt of Sterling, VA, December 17, 2023; high school guidance counselor; computer programmer; cattle and Christmas tree farmer; truck driver; stock market day trader; enjoyed music, watching football and basketball, and playing chess, Tetris, and solitaire. ’61 BA, MBA ’63—Robert D. Shappee of Snyder, NY, November 22, 2023; vice president, M&T Bank; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’61 MS Ed—Lillian Bell Tuskey of Ithaca, NY, April 13, 2024; owner, Lily Hill Bed & Breakfast; co-owner, Town and Country Antiques; principal, Belle Sherman and Henry St. John elementary schools; teacher, Fall Creek Elementary; board member, Family and Children’s Services; volunteer, Immaculate Conception Food Pantry and Suicide Prevention Service; election inspector; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’62 PhD—Barry M. Butcher of Albuquerque, NM, March 13, 2021; worked for Sandia National Laboratories; enjoyed travel, music, reading, geology, genealogy, and woodworking; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’63 DVM—Peter A. Driscoll of Winterthur, Switzerland, March 12, 2024; veterinarian; researcher and instructor, ETH-Zentrum and Tierzucht Institut der Universität Zurich; expert on low- and high-avoidance Roman rats in neuroscience research; professor, St. Louis University; author; editor, mammals section of Behavior Genetics; studied orchestra conducting; accomplished trombone, trumpet, and piano player; enjoyed gardening and music; active in professional affairs. ’63 BA—Diane F. Gutterman of Pikesville, MD, March 30, 2024; psychiatrist; lifelong learner; active in alumni affairs. ’64 BA—A. David Jette of Seattle, WA, January 14, 2022; executive director, Lanzl Institute of Medical Physics; researched radiation treatments; author; mentor; enjoyed travel, bridge, board games, and the outdoors; active in civic, professional, and alumni affairs. ’64, BA ’65—Fred M. Rosen of Cuernavaca, Mexico, formerly of New York City, September 12, 2023; editor and chief administrator, NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America) Reports on the Americas; journalist; professor of economics, Central University of Venezuela; professor, Vassar College; founder, UpRiver/DownRiver magazine; antiwar activist and advocate for social justice; environmentalist; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’64 BS CALS—Edward Schwartzman of Santa Rosa, CA, formerly of Guerneville, CA, October 21, 2022; veterinarian; lover of animals; enjoyed opera and fine art. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’64, BA ’66—Sergio F. Sismondo of Syracuse, NY, March 13, 2023; postal historian and philatelic dealer; expert on classic stamps; author; editor; active in professional affairs. Surviving spouse, Liane Cooper Sismondo ’67. ’66 BA—Richard Kallus of Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2022; psychiatrist; active in alumni affairs. ’67, BA ’68—James R. Crispi of Washingtonville, NY, April 1, 2024; teacher, Meadow Hill School; filmmaker; photographer; author, cartoonist, and humorist; inventor; lover of animals; active in alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa. ’67 DVM—Karl K. White of Post Falls, ID, March 16, 2024; veterinarian; professor of veterinary medicine, Washington State University; head of the Large Animal Clinic, Cornell University; specialist in veterinary surgery; enjoyed travel and tinkering; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’68 BEP—Jerry M. Fox of Cupertino, CA, October 1, 2022; worked for the San Francisco Giants and Frontier Airlines; active in alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. ’68 MS, MBA ’69—Edward E. Steele of University City, MO, March 23, 2024; information technology manager; author; avid genealogist; enjoyed travel, nature, and contra dancing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’69, BS CALS ’71—Francis C. Berdine of Wurtsboro, NY, May 19, 2023; worked in the golf industry; sales representative, Turf Partners Inc.; technical sales representative, Scott & Sons Co.; also worked for ITT; Mason; enjoyed playing golf; active in alumni affairs. ’69 BS Hotel, MS ’74—Ernest W. Franklin of Orange Park, FL, August 18, 2018; real estate analyst; active in alumni affairs. ’69, BS CALS ’71, MPS ’76—Steven Kearl of Aiken, SC, September 25, 2021; journalist; photographer; worked for the American Agriculturalist, Finger Lakes Living Magazine, and the Sea Grant Project at the University of Florida; veteran; enjoyed international travel, fishing, boating, cooking, and the outdoors; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’69 BA—Maurice O. Page of Cambridge, MA, July 15, 2020; mathematician; professor at Harvard, MIT, Wheelock, and Lesley universities; also taught public school; musician; active in professional affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’69 BS CALS—Roy L. Rainford of Kingston, Jamaica, November 23, 2020; agricultural scientist. ’69, BS CALS ’70—Robert W. Riker of Newfield, NY, April 4, 2024; researcher, Cornell University Department of Plant Breeding; developed systems to mass produce Taxol from yew trees to treat breast cancer; fisheries observer in Alaska; artist; member, Old Forge Mountain Plein Air Painters; enjoyed travel, reading, gardening, landscaping, watching sports, and listening to classic rock and roll; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’69 BS CALS—Alan S. Robertson of Norfolk, NY, November 9, 2023; account executive, Yellowbook; loan officer, Community Bank of Canton (NY); owner, Friar Tuck’s, Uncle Max’s, and Scives; avid boater and horseman. Chi Phi. ’69, BS CALS ’71—Robert F. Schulz of Woodbridge, CT, November 27, 2018; chemical engineer; maple syrup entrepreneur; lover of dogs; enjoyed travel to U.S. national parks; active in alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. Surviving spouse, Stefany Westgate Schulz ’70. ’69 PhD—Nand K. Sharma of Salem, NH, March 27, 2024; worked at Bell Laboratories; professor of civil engineering at universities in India; lifelong New England sports fan; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’69 PhD—Maria Scaiola Swenson of Trumansburg, NY, April 3, 2024; lecturer in Italian, Cornell University; recipient, Clark Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching; enjoyed travel, cooking, gardening, and reading British detective novels; active in professional affairs. Surviving spouse, Edward E. Swenson, PhD ’74. ’69 BS CALS, MAT ’70—Clinton C. Traver of Queensbury, NY, June 14, 2023; deacon, Redeemer Reformed Presbyterian Church; carpenter; enjoyed playing the Farming Simulator game and solving computer problems; active in community and religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’69 BA—Diane Albert Weinstein of Cambridge, MA, April 1, 2015; counseled students at Harvard’s Bureau of Study Counsel. ’69 BA—Denis E. Wermuth of Buford, WY, August 22, 2018; Catholic priest and missionary; active in religious affairs. Alpha Chi Rho. 1970s ’71 BS CALS—Dale S. Antanitus of Carlisle, MA, January 30, 2022; researched the role of astrocytes in brain function; medical director, Liberty Healthcare Corp.; pediatric neurologist; administrator, Wrentham State School and Walter E. Fernald Developmental Center; professor, Harvard Medical School; also worked for the U.S. Department of Justice; author; art collector; enjoyed travel, gourmet cooking, skiing, and music; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’72, BS CALS ’74—Paul R. Murphy of Corning, NY, March 28, 2024; surrealist painter; exterior painter and colorist of Victorian houses featured in the book America’s Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration of our Victorians; active in artistic affairs. ’74 JD—Richard M. Lucash of Boulder, CO, formerly of Boston, MA, January 12, 2024; attorney; special counsel, McCarter & English LLP. ’74 BS CALS—Richard A. Stillwaggon of Dryden, NY, June 9, 2023; purchasing manager, BSU Inc.; office manager, Roger Beck Construction; active in religious affairs. ’75 JD—C. Thomas Kunz of New York City, formerly of Durham, NC, April 18, 2024; corporate attorney and expert in the structured finance and asset-backed securities markets; partner and head of the structured finance department, Skadden Arps; partner, Seward & Kissel LLP; pioneer in the development of innovative legal structures and bankruptcy analysis; mentor; opera love and patron of the arts; board member, Metropolitan Opera, and board president/director, North Carolina Opera; enjoyed international travel, visiting all the Major League Baseball parks, and hunting; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’75 MA—Roger Q. Mundy of London, UK, 2024; musician; orchestra manager, Southwark Sinfonietta; executive project manager, IBM UK Ltd.; active in artistic and community affairs. Surviving spouse, Susan Ray Mundy ’78. ’77 BS CALS, MPS ’81—William L. Grover of Ithaca, NY, March 23, 2024; building manager and facilities coordinator, Uris Hall, Cornell University; warehouse manager, Deanco electronics firm; contractor; taught at Rogers Environmental Conservation Center; salesman; seasonal park ranger, Grand Teton National Park; veteran; Scoutmaster; taught hunter safety; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’77 DVM—Robert W. Perry of Fort Salonga, NY, April 15, 2024; large animal veterinarian, Northshore Equine Clinic; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. ’78 BS Hotel—Robert Mendez of Walnut, CA, September 13, 2020; food center manager, Rowland Unified School District; management consultant. ’79 BS Hotel—Christine A. Goodell of Lake Wylie, SC, October 19, 2023; account executive, Ceramic Recruiters Inc.; active in community and alumni affairs. ’79 BS ORIE—Michael J. Rabin of Plainview, NY, October 2022; project manager, Morgan Stanley Foundation; principal, Linkage Data Systems; active in alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. ’79 MBA—John J. Renz of Elmira, NY, January 20, 2023; president and CEO, Creative Orthotics and Prosthetics; vice president of development, St. Joseph’s Hospital; enjoyed tennis, swimming, and gardening; active in religious and alumni affairs. 1980s ’81 MS, PhD ’85—William F. Waters of Quito, Ecuador, 2024; professor emeritus of sociology and dean of the College of Development Administration, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ); co-director, USFQ Health and Nutrition Research Institute; expert in global and rural health and development; professor of global health and international affairs, George Washington University; author; consultant; active in community and professional affairs. ’85 PhD (CIS), PhD (Eng) ’87—Walter R. Cleaveland of Arlington, VA, March 27, 2024; director, Computing and Communication Foundations, National Science Foundation; associate dean for research, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, University of Maryland; executive director, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering; also taught at North Carolina State University and Stony Brook University; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse, Karen A. Hardee, PhD ’88. 1990s ’98 BEE—Jocelyn Chabot Mozak of Portland, OR, March 31, 2024; electrical engineer, Intel; owner, web design agency; public speaker; active in professional affairs. Alpha Phi. Surviving spouse, Christopher Mozak ’98. 2000s ’00 BS CALS—Eric P. Bertelson of Big Sky, MT, 2022; acquisitions manager, Time Warner; consultant, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young; enjoyed skiing, sports, and bingo; active in community and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. Surviving spouse, Jane P. Egan ’02. 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. Top: Photo by Lindsay France / Cornell University. Published July 1, 2024