In Memoriam July 2026 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s The University recently learned of the passing of these Cornellians 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 Cornelliansfor 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. 1930s Editor’s note: The large number of entries from the Class of ’38—many of them reporting deaths that occurred years ago—is due to the University’s annual updating of records for the oldest classes. ’38 BS CALS, PhD ’43—George N. Asai of Earlysville, VA, December 17, 2006; veteran; active in alumni affairs. ’38 BA—Alden K. Boyd of Binghamton, NY, April 25, 2002; general surgeon; chief of staff, Lourdes Hospital; also worked at Wilson and General hospitals; enjoyed travel, music, gardening, woodworking, and photography; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. ’38 BS HE—Margaret Brown Coryell of Plano, TX, formerly of Melbourne, FL, and Peru, NY, December 15, 2012; homemaker; enjoyed international travel, boating, golf, and needlepoint; active in religious and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’38 BA—Virginia Zitzmann Conti Eckerson of Eastchester, NY, and Cheshire, CT, September 5, 2006; teacher, Mt. Vernon, NY, school system; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’38 BS CALS, MS ’40—David Furman of Washington, DC, October 28, 1942; biology teacher; also worked at the U.S. Census Bureau; World War II veteran. ’38 BS CALS—Raymond Gaskill of Venice, FL, July 2, 1993; landscape architect; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’38 BA—Grace Switzer Hall of Lake Oswego, OR, January 23, 2008; math teacher and guidance counselor; market researcher; enjoyed bridge, reading, knitting, and cross-stitching; active in community and professional affairs. ’38 BS HE—Patricia Prescott Kleps Hok of Woodland, CA, May 10, 2019; copywriter, Rhodes and Davis; home economist, Emporium Department Store; author; co-founder, Sacramento Family Service Agency; organizer of a Shakespeare play-reading group; Girl Scout leader; enjoyed international travel, hiking, gardening, bridge, and Scrabble; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. 1940s ’45 BA—Paul L. Klein of Portland, OR, formerly of New York City, March 6, 2014; attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’45, B Chem E ’44—Gerald S. Schiller of New York City, October 9, 2025; president, National Executive Service Corps Healthcare Group; senior vice president, Lonza Inc.; consultant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi. ’46 BA—Lola Krisel Finkelstein of New York City, May 25, 2025; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’46 BEE—William H. Mutschler of Danville, CA, formerly of Wytheville, VA, February 27, 2026; electrical engineer; worked at ABB, ITE, and Allis Chalmers; veteran; enjoyed travel, gourmet cooking, gardening, bridge, choral singing, and reading; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Beta Pi. ’46—Peggy Tallman Peirce of Hilton Head Island, SC, March 11, 2026; artist; homemaker; enjoyed painting and cooking; active in alumni affairs. ’47 BA—Evelyn Weiner Barrow of Pittsboro, NC, formerly of Roslyn Heights, NY, January 23, 2026; librarian at Wheatley and Willets Road schools; lifelong learner; avid reader; enjoyed travel, tennis, and crossword puzzles; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’48 BA, MBA ’50—Louis Fisher of Monrovia, CA, formerly of Berkeley, CA, July 19, 2021; founder, president, and CEO, Cell-Crete Corp.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’48 BS HE—Gloria Gordon Gilbert of Bridgeport, CT, formerly of White Plains, NY, March 1, 2026; caseworker; real estate agent; professional bridge player; Scout leader; enjoyed international travel, tennis, knitting, quilting, sculpting, and collecting tribal art; active in community and alumni affairs. ’49, BS CALS ’50—Franklin C. Bishop of Eustis, FL, formerly of Manlius, NY, March 2, 2026; financial planner; real estate agent; enjoyed planting trees, gardening, and music; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’49 DVM—Richard E.W. Vargoshe of Woodbury, CT, March 6, 2026; veterinarian; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. 1950s ’50 BA—Richard L. Ottinger of Mamaroneck, NY, February 16, 2026; leader in environmental policy; U.S. Congressman; dean and professor of environmental law, Pace University Law School; wrote and passed the Hudson River Compact Act that established an interstate commission to coordinate clean-up efforts; veteran; regional director for South American programs, Peace Corps; founding member, Friends of the Earth; enjoyed tennis; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. ’50 BA—Mari Lund Wright of Oslo, Norway, December 19, 2025; history, social studies, and English teacher, Ullern School; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’51, B Chem E ’53—James W. Dillenbeck of Appleton, WI, November 22, 2025; business owner. Delta Tau Delta. ’52 BS HE—Carol Winter Mund of Saddle Brook, NJ, May 3, 2025; director, Mega Management Corp.; interior designer; foremost benefactor, Cornell University; enjoyed international travel, painting, sculpture, flower arranging, and choral singing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. ’53 MA—A.T.M. Abdul Mateen of Dacca, Bangladesh, March 5, 2001; Bangladeshi politician; representative of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and deputy speaker, Fourth National Assembly of Pakistan; lecturer in economics, Erstwhile Nawab Ahsanullah Engineering & Technology, now BUET; first director, Franklin Book Program; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’53 MS—Douglas I. Relyea of Bethany, CT, March 3, 2026; research fellow, United States Rubber Co. and its successors, Uniroyal Inc. and Uniroyal Chemical; veteran; author; patent holder; curatorial affiliate, Division of Entomology, Yale Peabody Museum; enjoyed running and gardening; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’53—Malcolm L. Sherman of Dedham, MA, March 7, 2026; businessman; chairman, Zayre Stores, and executive vice president, Zayre Corp.; philanthropist; veteran; mentor; lifelong learner; sports enthusiast; enjoyed reading and boating; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs. ’54 BA, MBA ’55—Alvin R. Beatty of Evanston, IL, March 9, 2026; commercial banker; veteran; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’54 BS CALS, MBA ’60—Alfred J. Dries of Perry, NY, February 27, 2026; farmer; professor, Cornell University; veteran; enjoyed attending livestock auctions and farmers markets; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’54 PhD—Douglas G. Harcourt of Nepean, Ontario, March 7, 2026; entomologist; chief of entomology at the Central Experimental Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; adjunct professor, Carleton University; consultant to the United Nations; author; avid curler; enjoyed golf; active in community and professional affairs. ’54 BA, JD ’56—Martin Rubashkin of New Providence, NJ, February 9, 2026; tax and trusts and estates attorney; partner, Whitman & Ransom; also worked at Bourne, Noll & Kenyon; enjoyed international travel and audiobooks; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Watermargin. ’55 BS HE—Ann Vickery Campisi of Ocean Park, ME, March 10, 2026; enjoyed international travel; active in alumni affairs. Chi Omega. ’55 PhD—William P. Flatt of Newnan, GA, February 9, 2026; professor emeritus of foods and nutrition, dean and coordinator of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and director of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, University of Georgia; research scientist and head of the USDA Agricultural Research Service Energy Metabolism Laboratory; Rotarian; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’56 BS CALS—Wesley E. Bobbett of Auburn, NY, March 1, 2026; field planner, NYSEG; also worked at Alco; veteran; enjoyed radio-controlled airplanes, fishing, and cars; active in community and professional affairs. ’56, BEE ’59—Richard A. Craft of Duncansville, PA, May 25, 2025; electrical engineer, RCA; active in alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Phi. ’56, BEP ’67—Steven Georgiev of Winchester, MA, July 21, 2024; director, Excel Technologies; chairman and CEO, Palomar Medical Technologies; chairman, president, and treasurer, Dynatrend Inc.; vice president of marketing and planning, Avco Systems; active in professional and alumni affairs. Triangle. ’56 BS CALS, MS ’63—Jane Wakeley Johnson of Andover, MA, January 30, 2026; infection control practitioner, Hale Hospital; bacteriologist, Scott Air Force Base Hospital; also worked in a cardiology office; tutor; avid reader and stamp collector; enjoyed playing handbells, quilting, bridge, strength training, and studying genealogy; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’56 BS CALS—Barbara Harrell Lyman of Fulton, NY, February 25, 2026; worked at Nestlé Co.; also worked as a town clerk; volunteer, Empire State Theater and Musical Instrument Museum; enjoyed gardening, birdwatching, crocheting, tatting, embroidery, organ concerts, and cats; active in community and alumni affairs. ’56 BA—Francesca Degogorza Moravcsik of Princeton, NJ, September 25, 2025; landscape architect; urban planner; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’56 BA—Nancy Harper Morris of Honolulu, HI, November 20, 2025; worked at Kahala Kai Interiors; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’56, BCE ’57—J. Thomas Sills of Lower Macungie, PA, formerly of Bonita Springs, FL, July 21, 2024; manager, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., supplying liquid nitrogen to the food service industry and liquid hydrogen to NASA’s Space Shuttle program; veteran; patent holder; active in professional and alumni affairs. Sigma Nu. ’56, BCE ’57—Martin B. Wilens of Natick, MA, February 15, 2026; founder, Wilens Securities and St. Michael’s Associates; stockbroker; worked at the Center for Naval Analysis, Atomic Energy Commission; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’57 MS HE—Noralee Phariss Faulkner of Springfield, MO, February 10, 2026; supervisor of daycare licensing, State of Missouri; taught at Southwest Missouri State University and the University of Missouri; enjoyed travel and genealogy; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57 BS CALS—George A. Kitchie of Bloomington, IN, February 12, 2026; human resources manager, Eli Lilly & Co.; helped develop the human resources department for the merger of Dow Agrosciences and Elanco Products; plant superintendent, Kroger Co.; career consultant; veteran; active in professional and religious affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’57 BA—Janet Slater Lobsenz of Round Rock, TX, formerly of Glen Rock, NJ, February 20, 2026; helped establish a weekend school enrichment program; president, Glen Rock Board of Education; avid reader; enjoyed cooking, sports, bridge, Scrabble, and crossword puzzles; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. ’58 MS, PhD ’61—Ramlal S. Chahal of Calgary, Alberta, July 25, 2022; realtor and home builder; president, World Sikh Organization; Rotarian; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’58, BS Nurs ’59—Susan Benson Doig of Clifton Park, NY, March 11, 2023; health and handicap coordinator, Schenectady County Head Start; also worked as a public health nurse; enjoyed travel and reading; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’58 MBA—Robert A. Fowler of Gainesville, GA, formerly of Rochester, NY, February 22, 2026; president, SW Info Corp.; senior executive, Voplex Corp.; veteran; author; enjoyed golf and tennis; active in professional and religious affairs. ’58 BS CALS—David F. Newton of Solomons, MD, January 29, 2026; worked in public health and environmental science and on issues including teaching, farmland preservation, and recycling at the Montgomery County (MD) Health Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Suffolk County General Services; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’58 BS HE—Nancy Lyon Starr of Charlotte, NC, February 12, 2026; supervisor of school food services, Staten Island public schools; enjoyed international travel, sailing, bridge, and knitting; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’59 BA—W. Jeanne McKibben of Oberlin, OH, March 2, 2026; internist, Oberlin Clinic; Rotarian; enjoyed international travel, photography, scuba diving, and gardening; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’59 BS CALS, MS ’61—James R. Weisbeck of Bloomfield, NY, March 7, 2026; executive director, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery; treasurer, General Foods; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. 1960s ’60 BA—Joy Wells Coombs of Apopka, FL, October 21, 2025; party pianist, Make Merry With Joy; also worked at Collins Development Corp.; enjoyed choral singing; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. ’60—Frederick P. Rice of St. Augustine, FL, March 2, 2026; editor, Miami Herald and the New Haven Register; photographer and reporter, Montgomery Advertiser; enjoyed fishing, writing, and reading; active in professional affairs. ’60–61 GR—Gail Seibert Weller of Sarasota, FL, March 6, 2024; taught college accounting and finance; degree secretary, Cornell University Graduate School; chair, SUNY Fredonia library support committee; representative, Tompkins County Planning; enjoyed international travel, gourmet cooking, and art history; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’61—Theodore J. Berger of Annapolis, MD, February 6, 2024; vice president at Second National, Farmers National, and Maryland National banks; life insurance agent; coach, Naval Academy squash program; avid reader; talented musician; enjoyed sailing, golf, and softball; active in community and professional affairs. ’61 MS—Don R. Jennings of Hendersonville, NC, February 12, 2026; senior process fellow, DuPont; also worked at Sterling and Agfa; author; enjoyed international travel, genealogy, Zeppelins, science fiction, woodworking, and technology; active in community and professional affairs. ’61 BArch—Helen Chilton Kiefer of Oak Park, IL, July 20, 2025; physician; owner of an urgent care facility; author; member, Presidential Advisory Committee on Health Care and Physicians for Responsible Healthcare Reform; developed independent films, music, and studies; enjoyed international travel and gourmet cooking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’62 BA, MA ’63—Hildegarde Swanson Morgan of Cody, WY, February 19, 2026; owner of a boarding kennel, pet store, training center, and dog grooming business; elementary school teacher; bred and showed collies; judge, American Kennel Club; avid birder; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. Surviving spouse: George A. Morgan Jr., PhD ’65. ’63 BS HE—Suzanne Young Allen of Marietta, GA, March 25, 2025; member, National Board of Directors, and recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Make-A-Wish Foundation; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Surviving spouse: Edward R. Allen ’63. ’63 BA—Gerard J. Bourguignon of Mill Valley, CA, February 25, 2026; professor of chemistry, Santa Rosa Junior College; also taught at the College of Marin, Sonoma State University, Saint Mary’s College, Miami-Dade Community College, and the University of Miami; enjoyed sports cars, skiing, tennis, and music; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’64, BArch ’65—Steven A. Fox of Pompano Beach, FL, October 15, 2025; investment broker; high school teacher; filmmaker; ski instructor; veterinarian; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’64 PhD—Guenther F. Lengnick of Adrian, MI, January 29, 2026; president, Wacker Silicones. ’64, BME ’65, MBA ’66—Thomas E. Nixon of Oviedo, FL, October 27, 2025; president and research director, Bakers Pride Oven Co. Inc.; also worked at Dow Chemical; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha. ’64, BEE ’65—Robert J. Whitefleet of Ferrum, VA, November 8, 2025; worked at AT&T; farmer; EMT; member, Kairos Prison Ministry; enjoyed tennis, gardening, and choral singing; active in community and religious affairs. Chi Phi. ’65 PhD—Eugene J. McGuire of Albuquerque, NM, February 16, 2026; physicist, Sandia National Laboratory; contributed to the study and development of X-ray lasers; author; soccer coach; Francophile; enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, classical music, and running; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’66 LLB—Ellen Ginnane Gambrell of Orange, MA, August 1, 2024; workers compensation attorney. ’66, BS CALS ’68—Henry C. Weisheit of Slingerlands, NY, February 26, 2026; compliance officer, Internal Revenue Service; enjoyed school concerts, sporting events, and cats; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’67, BA ’68—Afolabi Y. Akerele of Lomé, Togo, August 11, 2025. ’67 PhD—Mark A. Seiden of Silver Spring, MD, March 1, 2026; professor of English at Tufts University and Framingham State College; also taught high school; author; golf columnist; advocate for social justice; avid reader; enjoyed photography, golf, music, and swimming; active in community and professional affairs. ’68 BS ORIE, MBA ’74—William P. Karpinski of Fairport, NY, March 6, 2026; industrial and manufacturing engineer; project manager, Tool Thrift Store; veteran; lifelong learner; enjoyed sailing, dogs, and collecting books, knives, and tools; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Anne Erenstone Karpinski ’88. ’68 PhD—Newton C.M. Landis of Penfield, NY, March 3, 2026; chemical engineer, Eastman Kodak; specialist in photo-paper chemistry; author; patent holder; enjoyed photography and antique cars; active in community and professional affairs. ’68 DVM—Paul M. Nolan of Boca Raton, FL, December 19, 2025; veterinarian in the horseracing industry; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’69 BA—E. Christine Mumma Booth of Fairfax, VA, February 19, 2025; freelance magazine writer, Harris Publications; active in alumni affairs. ’69 BCE—Richard J. D’Amico of New Smyrna Beach, FL, March 5, 2026; attorney; real estate developer; recipient, Pro Bono Award, State of Florida; enjoyed cooking, baking, dancing, painting, music, tennis, and lacrosse; active in community and professional affairs. Sigma Chi. ’69 BS CALS—Karen Ker Day of Portland, ME, December 19, 2025; faculty member, University of Southern Maine; high school science teacher; corporate trainer; avid bridge player; voracious reader; enjoyed travel, gardening, birding, hiking, and kayaking; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’69 JD—Robert F. Seely of Exeter, NH, February 11, 2026; attorney; specialist in customs and international trade law; also worked at the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; veteran; avid gardener; enjoyed reading, history, current affairs, astronomy, earth sciences, old houses, and antiques; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1970s ’70 BA—Edward M. Cane of Delray Beach, FL, 2025; internist, Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’70 MST—Ruth E. Doane of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN, February 5, 2021; Catholic nun, Sisters of Providence; high school math and biology teacher; enjoyed international travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’70 MAT, PhD ’73—James Garbarino of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Chicago, IL, March 7, 2026; professor and chair of humanistic psychology, Loyola University of Chicago; president, Erikson Institute; professor of human development, Pennsylvania State University; professor emeritus of human development, Cornell University; fellow, Boys Town Center for the Study of Human Development; advocate for compassion in the legal system; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’70 BS Hotel—Sidney Johnson III of Washington, DC, formerly of St. Simons Island, GA, March 8, 2026; restaurateur; owner, textile manufacturing company; enjoyed international travel; active in professional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. ’70 MBA—Robert A. Vitro of Harleysville, PA, February 14, 2026; worked at the United Nations and the Inter-American Development Bank; Peace Corps volunteer in Latin America; advocate of knowledge-based development; enjoyed international travel, reading, and discussing current events; active in community and professional affairs. ’71 JD—Marianne Artusio of Pelham Manor, NY, March 7, 2026; attorney; professor and director of clinical programs and the elder law clinic, Touro Law School; specialist in discrimination, civil rights, disability and poverty law, public benefits, and landlord-tenant law; founding director, Longevity and Aging Law Institute; managing attorney, Westchester Legal Services Inc.; deputy director, Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp.; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’72 MBA—Leonard Nissenson of Ithaca, NY, February 3, 2026; senior administrator, Cornell University Health Services; interim administrator, Reconstruction Home Inc.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Linda S. Gasser, PhD ’91. ’73 BA—George M. Caldwell of Alexandria, VA, April 16, 2016; Episcopal priest; also worked in international affairs for the U.S. government; author; enjoyed international travel, visiting archaeological sites, reading, and animals; active in religious affairs. ’73 JD—Edward C. Coffey of Hendersonville, NC, February 25, 2026; attorney; house counsel and corporate executive at Extel, Highline, and Universal companies; veteran; enjoyed international travel and concerts; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’73 BS CALS—Ronald J. Neumann of Harrisburg, PA, formerly of Potomac, MD, March 10, 2026; owner and operator, Ron Neumann Sales; also worked at Unique Limousine; enjoyed nature, shooting sporting clays, and watching “Star Trek” and James Bond movies; active in religious affairs. ’74—Raymond L. Benecki of Winchester, VA, March 3, 2026; computer programmer, Unisys; founder and executive director, FISH Swim Team; coach; mentor; avid distance swimmer; enjoyed international travel; active in community and professional affairs. ’74 DVM—Peter J. Bluvas of Gloversville, NY, March 5, 2026; veterinarian, Adirondack Park Animal Hospital; also worked with exotic animals at the Syracuse Zoo; farmer; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’74 PhD—Robert F. Hellen of Vadnais Heights, MN, February 16, 2026; worked at 3M Co. and Imation; tutor; member, Lions Club and Knights of Columbus; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’78 BS CALS—Joseph Marletta of Massapequa, NY, January 5, 2026; self-employed; enjoyed travel, surfing, and boating; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. 1980s ’80 ME—Mathew Ittycheria of Gilbert, AZ, February 23, 2026; engineer at Motorola, Spectrum Astro, and Orbital Sciences; aerospace engineer, Lockheed Martin; also worked at Gusau Oil in Nigeria; enjoyed international travel, squash, tennis, movies, and singing; active in professional and religious affairs. ’82, BA/BCE ’83—Richard E. Crum of Denver, CO, May 22, 2024; founder and owner, Weston Homes and Weston Properties; founder and president, Weston Construction Corp.; real estate agent; wrote and taught Harvard Business School real estate case studies; soccer coach; enjoyed international travel, architectural history, reading, cooking, music, and sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’82, BArch ’84—Sally Knodell of Seattle, WA, December 12, 2025; architect, Environmental Works Community Design Center; expert in childcare and community facilities design; author; recipient, American Institute of Architecture Seattle’s Community Service Award; enjoyed singing and playing guitar in several bands; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’87 BS CALS, MD ’91—Mary Davis Gibney of Portsmouth, NH, January 30, 2026; dermatologist; served with the Flying Doctors in the Australian Outback; marathon runner; enjoyed international travel, athletics, nature, and playing piano; active in professional and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Surviving spouse: Colin E. Gibney ’87. 1990s ’91 MILR—Heather Samir Sharad Gupte of Golden, CO, March 1, 2026; law student; manager at Corning, Rockwell Automation, Choice Hotels International, Yum! Brands, and Darden Restaurants; also worked at Samiracles Consulting; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’92 PhD—Gregory G. Machacek of Poughkeepsie, NY, February 24, 2026; professor of English, Marist University; expert in 17th-century English literature; active in professional affairs. ’92 BA—Mirang Yoon of Worcester, MA, March 3, 2026; researcher and professor of physics, University of Rhode Island; researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; also worked at the Internal Revenue Service; mentor; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’93 BS ILR—H. Karl Morse of Hood River, OR, February 16, 2026; worked at the Hanford Nuclear Site; enjoyed baseball and jigsaw puzzles; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’97 BS HE—Molly Kauffman West of Easton, CT, February 10, 2026; general manager for commercial operations at the Trade Desk; vice president of linear ad operations, Walt Disney Co.; inductee, Cornell Field Hockey Hall of Fame; mentor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Brian K. West ’97. 2000s ’08 BS CALS—Thomas W. Condzella of Wading River, NY, formerly of Ithaca, NY, March 10, 2026; police lieutenant, City of Ithaca Police Department; also worked at the Riverhead and Watkins Glen police departments; gifted speaker and writer; enjoyed boating and fishing; active in community and professional affairs. 2010s ’16 BCE, ME ’17—Liam D. Lynch (recently known as Lila V. Ekblad) of Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 2026; researcher, water resources systems; instructor, UC Davis; lecturer, California State University, Long Beach; author; mentor; avid reader; enjoyed music, skiing, nature, and hiking in the Adirondacks; active in community and professional affairs. Chi Phi. 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 Noël Heaney / Cornell University. Published July 1, 2026