In Memoriam July 2025 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 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 ’44, BS HE ’43—Dorothy Kay Kesten of Westport, CT, September 1, 2024; co-founder and vice president, Army Aviation Magazine; co-founder, Army Aviation Association of America, and governor emeritus, AAAA Scholarship Foundation; 1998 co-recipient of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; member, Cornell University Council; co-hosted with her husband international travel tours for members of the Class of 1944; enjoyed international travel and hosting Cornell parties in New Haven, CT; active in community, professional, alumni, and class affairs. ’45 BA—Maralyn Winsor Fleming of Ithaca, NY, March 30, 2025; homemaker; worked at a regional office of the Veterans Administration; served as director of Tompkins County Hospital, Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County, the First Presbyterian Church, and the Tompkins County Trust Co.; enjoyed travel, golf, and skiing; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. ’45 BA—Nancy Nixdorf Rose of New Canaan, CT, formerly of Albuquerque, NM, July 19, 2018; realtor; enjoyed travel and entertaining; active in professional and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’48 BA—Margaret Labash Young of Bloomington, MN, February 25, 2025; contract librarian, KPMG; consultant, editor, and publisher, Gale Research Co.; international librarian; secretary/operations researcher, Arthur D. Little Co.; high school science teacher, Emma Willard School; grader, Harvard Business School; avid reader; enjoyed international travel; active in community, humanitarian, professional, and alumni affairs. ’49 BCE—Lee T. Regulski of Largo, FL, April 10, 2025; civil engineer; vice president of construction, Arthur Rutenberg Homes; also worked at Wittner & Co.; veteran; member, Kiwanis; enjoyed international travel, sailing, tennis, and running; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’49 BA—James E. Roeber of Spokane, WA, November 2, 2023; commercial real estate broker; general manager, General Steel & Wire; also worked at Aerospace Corp. and General Electric; enjoyed travel, boating, and music; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’49 BA—Jean Gurney Roeber of Spokane, WA, November 12, 2024; homemaker; spectroscopist at Baker & Co. platinum refining business; Rotarian; member, National Water Safety Congress; enjoyed travel and boating; active in community and religious affairs. 1950s ’50—Joseph A. DiVaio of Hudson, MA, formerly of Saugus, MA, August 5, 2015; optometrist. ’50 BEE—Michael S. Kotula of Plainview, NY, November 8, 2021; veteran. ’50—Eva Potter Lee of Scarborough, ME, October 10, 2023; enjoyed travel, theater, reading, tennis, bridge, and golf; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’51 DVM—William Abel of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Bettendorf, IA, September 22, 2024; veterinarian; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed travel, art, teaching, science, and new ideas; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’52, B Chem E ’53—Edward W. Callahan of Palm Beach, FL, March 17, 2025; vice president for health safety and environment at Allied Chemical; chairman, World Environment Center; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’53 BS CALS—Virginia Jackson Browning of Maysville, KY, formerly of St. Louis, MO, February 21, 2025; actress and director; founding member, the Maysville Players; avid hiker, skier, reader, and needleworker; enjoyed international travel, theater, and photography; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’53 BS ILR—Edward W. Powers of Portland, OR, March 7, 2025; labor relations attorney; human resources consultant for universities; counsel at Harvard University; director of civil service, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’53 BA—Marianne Aber Rippe of Denver, CO, formerly of Williamsburg, VA, and Westfield, NJ, December 28, 2023; school psychologist; adjunct faculty, Seton Hall University; avid reader; enjoyed travel, golf, tennis, theater, and opera; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’53 BS HE—Barbara Baker Schwarting of Jordan, NY, July 11, 2024; worked at Cornell Cooperative Extension; also worked at the family business, Schwarting Drainage; enjoyed genealogy, quilting, counted cross stitch, nature, and gardening; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’54 BA—Mimi Cohen Levine of Springfield, VA, March 1, 2025; pioneering woman in technology at IBM; owner of an antiques business; lifelong learner; avid reader; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’55 BA—Richard E. Alpert of Lansdale, PA, July 17, 2020; pediatrician; Scoutmaster; dedicated diarist; enjoyed travel, photography, and classical music; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Watermargin. ’55 BA—Craig W. Atwater of Monroe Township, NJ, January 10, 2025; vice president, public finance department, Moody’s Investors Service; veteran; enjoyed music, trivia games, blackjack, and watching football; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’55 BS CALS—Barbara Barnard Berger of Tallahassee, FL, formerly of Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 13, 2025; farmer; helped to develop a nutritional supplement used in Guatemala; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BS Hotel—Lee H. Gackenbach of Allentown, PA, September 5, 2024; director of purchasing, M.W. Food Service; owner, Fogelsville Hotel; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’55, BME ’56—Richard G. Rutledge of Wilmette, IL, March 1, 2025; private investor; president, Gilbert Rayner and Associates and Quinlan and Tyson Inc.; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed travel, sailing, skiing, hunting, trout and bass fishing, tennis, canoeing, power boating, hiking, and biking; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. Surviving spouse: Elizabeth Jennings Rutledge ’56. ’55 DVM—Joseph B. Stuart of Santa Barbara, CA, December 2, 2024; veterinarian; active in alumni affairs. ’55, BS CALS ’56—Leo J. Tranka of Macedon, NY, February 15, 2013; worked at the New York State Department of Labor; active in alumni affairs. ’55 MS—Donald L. Turcotte of Davis, CA, February 4, 2025; professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis; professor of geology and aeronautical engineering, Cornell University; studied the mantle convection of the Earth’s interior, seismology, earthquake forecasting, and geophysics; enjoyed French cuisine, classical music, and golf; active in professional affairs. ’55 MS HE—Jane Kubach Warkentin of Boise, ID, formerly of Corvallis, OR, March 17, 2025; watercolor artist; home economics teacher; also worked at Hewlett-Packard; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’56 BA—Signe Jonsson Brightman of Merion Station, PA, February 22, 2025; instructor and researcher at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, and Philadelphia and Warminster General Hospitals; research assistant, Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; avid reader; enjoyed music; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’56—Margaret Johnson Kime of Somerset, NJ, March 19, 2025; worked at AliMed; also worked at Welcome Wagon and Shirlo Products; author; enjoyed international travel and training horses. ’56 BS CALS—Mary Holmes Moon of Tacoma, WA, June 2, 2019; trained caregivers at Tacoma Learning Center and Bates Technical College; Episcopal deacon; enjoyed travel, gardening, jigsaw puzzles, singing, drawing, sculpture, hiking, camping, reading, cooking, music, and playing Scrabble; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’56—John O’Neill Jr. of Manasquan, NJ, March 2, 2025. ’57 BS HE—Carolyn Nehrbas Alexander of Acworth, GA, February 19, 2025; elementary school teacher; receptionist; aqua aerobics instructor; enjoyed international travel and exercise; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. ’57 BME—John P. Auten of Kailua, HI, formerly of Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 21, 2022; manager, Dole Food Co.; also worked at Corning Glass Works and Hawaiian Electric Co.; veteran; enjoyed travel, golf, sports, and concerts; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Sigma. ’57 BA—David A. Carp of Desert Hot Springs, CA, March 14, 2025. Watermargin. ’59, BS CALS ’73—Eldred J. Wood of Wellsville, NY, March 28, 2025; conservation and heavy equipment instructor at Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES; veteran; avid whittler; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. 1960s ’60 BA—Paul Anbinder of Dobbs Ferry, NY, March 19, 2025; publisher; founder, Hudson Hills Press; president, Harry N. Abrams (now Abrams Books); also worked at Dover Books, Ballantine, Alfred A. Knopf, Pantheon, and Random House; avid reader; movie aficionado; enjoyed international travel, gourmet cooking, museums, galleries, theater, ballet, opera, and classical music; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. ’60 BA—Elizabeth Heazlett Kury of Hershey, PA, October 7, 2024; attorney; city solicitor, Sunbury, PA; member, Pennsylvania’s Human Relations Commission; enjoyed travel; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’60–62 GR—Andree Grandjean Levy of Dallas, TX, formerly of Ithaca, NY, February 24, 2025; taught French at Cornell University and Ithaca High School; created the course “French for Hotelies”; enjoyed bicycling and rollerblading; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’61 BS CALS—Warren D. Cuddeback of Pompton Plains, NJ, formerly of Cuddebackville, NY, March 27, 2025; New York State parole officer at the Otisville Correctional Facility; veteran; taught gun safety; enjoyed skeet shooting; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. ’62, BEP ’63—D. Jeffrey Blumenthal of Chicago, IL, March 14, 2025; vice president, Blumenthal-Hart Ltd.; senior research engineer at Sylvania; also worked at Bolt, Baranek & Newman and the Follett Corp.; founder, the Jeffrey Corp.; adjunct professor at the J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Harold Washington College; author; enjoyed ham radio, cycling, and opera; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’62 BS ILR—Neil S. Glazer of Boca Raton, FL, March 22, 2025; attorney; helped found the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’62 DVM—Willis H. Shaw of Randolph, NY, March 19, 2025; veterinarian; also worked at the Chautauqua County Humane Society; farmer; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Psi. ’63 DVM—Alan M. Chrisman of Naples, FL, and Port Jefferson, NY, October 30, 2024; veterinarian, Jefferson Animal Hospital; veteran; breeder of champion Labrador retrievers; avid golfer; enjoyed nature, country music, dog shows, and field trials; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. ’63 BCE/MCE—K.T. Mao of Harpswell, ME, formerly of Beijing, China, March 25, 2025; civil engineer; president and CEO, Hysen International Inc.; also worked at Woodward Clyde Consultants; enjoyed international travel and storytelling; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. ’64—Jan C. Buhl of Carmel, CA, December 4, 2024; radiologist; enjoyed travel, glider flying, gardening, classic cars, and reading; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’64 BA—Ernest Sho-Hua Liu of Fort Lee, NJ, December 7, 2024; partner and managing director, Goldman Sachs & Co.; veteran; member, Committee of 100; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Rho. ’64 JD—John A. Titus of Leesburg, VA, formerly of Venice, FL, February 28, 2025; attorney; veteran; avid boater; enjoyed sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’65—William A. Hill of Fairfax, CA, April 28, 2024; archivist; also worked at the Smith-Kettlewell Institute; founder of the Butterfly House communal home and the Library of Social and Technological Alternatives; co-founder, California Lichen Society; advocate for gay rights; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’65 JD—David B. Newman of Charlotte, NC, January 28, 2025; attorney; expert in international tax law; managing director, Bank of America and Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank); author; enjoyed travel, hiking, rafting, horseback riding, and the wilderness; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’65 BS ILR—Lawrence A. Reverby of Trumansburg, NY, March 13, 2025; attorney; co-founder of New York State’s first lavender farm; enjoyed jazz piano, photography, and art; active in community and professional affairs. ’66 BA—Mark L. Klein of Alameda, CA, March 8, 2025; AT&T technician; whistleblower who helped expose National Security Agency spying; active in civic affairs. ’67 BS CALS, PhD ’72—Jon C. Glase of Baltimore, MD, formerly of Newfield, NY, March 6, 2025; senior lecturer in biology, Cornell University; author; jazz enthusiast; bird conservationist; enjoyed beekeeping, cooking, cycling, swimming, cider making, sailing, kayaking, and astronomy; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Madelyn Stafford Glase, PhD ’73. ’67 BA—Arlene Blutreich Savitsky of New York City, March 15, 2025; intellectual property attorney; vice president, Chanel Co.; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’68 PhD—Frank D. Anger of Trujillo Alto, PR, July 8, 2024; director, Software Engineering and Languages Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF); deputy division director, Computer-Communications Research Division of NSF’s CISE Directorate; college professor; taught at MIT and the universities of Kansas, Auckland, and Puerto Rico; competitive fencer; active in professional affairs. ’68 MA, PhD ’70—Gary D. Bouma of Clayton, VIC, Australia, August 19, 2021; associate dean of arts, professor of sociology, and director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University; Anglican priest; author; chair, the Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’68 PhD—Kurt J. Leonard of Shoreview, MN, March 30, 2025; director of the USDA ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory; research plant pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture; adjunct professor of plant pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, and North Carolina State University; editor-in-chief of APS Press and the journal Phytopathology; senior editor at the British journal Plant Pathology and the German journal Plant Breeding; author; enjoyed travel and classical music; active in professional affairs. ’69 BS Hotel—Hans B.D. Bremstrom of Sigtuna, Sweden, March 4, 2025; CEO, Bremstrom International Corp.; president and CEO, Sara Hotels; active in professional affairs. ’69 MA, PhD ’71—Edward F. Countryman of Dallas, TX, March 24, 2025; professor of history, Southern Methodist University; also taught at the universities of Canterbury, NZ, Warwick, Cambridge, and Yale; author; recipient of the Bancroft Prize and the Jo Faye Godbey Prize; avid long-distance runner; enjoyed skiing, cycling, hiking, reading, and the arts; active in community and professional affairs. ’69 BA—Dennis A. Dore of Trumansburg, NY, March 31, 2025; dentist; co-owner, the Renaissance Book Store; performed with Firehouse and Encore Players community theaters; active in community and professional affairs. 1970s ’70 BS MSE—Albert Hoefer of San Diego, CA, January 3, 2025; section manager, Computer Sciences Corp.; veteran; active in alumni affairs. ’70 BME—Andrew I. Schwartz of Marco Island, FL, October 30, 2024; mechanical engineer. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’70 PhD—James M. Symons of Boulder, CO, March 6, 2025; chair of theater and dance, University of Colorado, Boulder; also chaired theater departments at Trinity University, SUNY Albany, St. Catherine University, and University of St. Thomas; also taught at Yankton College and Minnesota State University, Moorhead; directed plays at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival; veteran; author; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, scuba diving, and playing piano; active in community and professional affairs. ’71 BA—Arthur R. Firstenberg of Brooklyn, NY, February 25, 2025; head of the Cellular Phone Task Force; author; enjoyed Cornell hockey, rock climbing, and playing piano; active in community affairs. Watermargin. ’71 BME, ME ’73—Jay C. Gillis of Saratoga, CA, March 23, 2025; vice president, Optimal Corp.; also worked at S. Levy Inc. Phi Sigma Kappa. ’75 BS CALS, MAT ’76—Deborah Whipple Degan of Wilton, NH, November 19, 2024; owner, the Woolery yarn and wool shop; knitting teacher; member, Lions Club; enjoyed travel, music, and the outdoors; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Omega. Surviving spouse: P. Michael Degan ’70, BS EE ’76. ’75 JD—David A. Tyler of Trumansburg, NY, March 5, 2025; attorney; counsel for the villages of Trumansburg and Cayuga Heights; veteran; pilot; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Lucia DeGroot Tyler, PhD ’79. ’77 PhD—Rodney T. Wulff of Malvern, VIC, Australia, formerly of Toorak, VIC, Australia, August 6, 2024; landscape architect; founding director, Tract Consultants, Australia’s first landscape architecture and urban design firm; artist; author; represented Australia in basketball at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics; active in professional affairs. 1980s ’80 BA—Joyce A. Rothschild of Shaker Heights, OH, March 15, 2025; graphic artist; owner, Rothschild Design Inc.; enjoyed international travel, attending programs at the Chautauqua Institution, art, exercise, and cooking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. Surviving spouse: Daniel A. Mansoor ’79, MBA ’80. ’86 BS CALS, DVM ’91—Cynthia A. Ribarich of Cerritos, CA, February 27, 2025; veterinarian, VCA Lakewood Animal Hospital; author; avid reader, artist, and athlete; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1990s ’96 JD—Kenneth M. Lord of Durham, NC, March 9, 2025; attorney; assistant solicitor general, Alaska Region, U.S. Department of the Interior; also worked as a police officer; enjoyed hiking, camping, and motorcycle riding; active in professional affairs. Surviving spouse: Satrina Hilliard Lord, JD ’97. 2010s ’12 DVM—Priyangani A. DeSoyza of Englewood, NJ, March 14, 2025; veterinarian at Crown Veterinary Specialists; medical director, Outcast Rescue; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, hiking, kayaking, ocean swimming, and snorkeling; active in community and professional affairs. ’19 MILR—Andrew L. Litt of Los Angeles, CA, July 10, 2023; attorney; management consultant, Crystal Consulting; Marschak Colloquium coordinator, UCLA Anderson School of Management; course reader and assistant, Department of Political Science and Communication Studies, UCLA; management assistant, City of Palo Alto; enjoyed travel and current events; active in community and professional affairs. 2020s ’24 MPS—Grant I. Crawford of Jasper, MN, March 27, 2025; worked at Merck Animal Health; member, Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership; enjoyed travel, reading, golfing, jogging, playing softball, and exercising; active in community, professional, and religious 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 July 1, 2025