In Memoriam March 2025 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 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 ’42 BA—Virginia Poole Bauer of Redding, CT, February 18, 2024; enjoyed travel and bridge; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’44 BME—Edward H. Carman of Pittsford, NY, January 1, 2025; executive, Eastman Kodak; veteran; enjoyed sailing and tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’46, BS ORIE ’48—Ezra R. Dickinson of South Hadley, MA, January 3, 2023; owner and operater of a fuel distribution company; veteran. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’48 JD—Marvin A.H. Freiman of Chatham, NY, January 5, 2024; attorney; director, Mt. Judah and Mt. Zion cemeteries; active in professional affairs. 1950s ’50 BME—Richard G. Elmendorf of Glenshaw, PA, October 1, 2024; mechanical engineer; owner, Elmendorf Inc.; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Acacia. ’50–53 GR—Francoise Girardot Gebhart of Ithaca, NY, November 21, 2024; professor of French, Ithaca College; avid reader; lifelong learner; enjoyed international travel and discussing literature and ideas; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’50 BA, MD ’53—Robert S. Grayson of Dedham, MA, formerly of Tenafly, NJ, August 13, 2024; psychiatrist; veteran; author; recipient, New York Psychoanalytic Society’s Brill Lecture Award; enjoyed international travel, tennis, and music; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’50 BME—Herbert F. Lund of Coconut Creek, FL, January 9, 2013; handbook editor, McGraw Hill/Key West Recycling Seminar; also worked at Standard & Poor’s; active in alumni affairs. ’50 BS Hotel—David C. Weatherby of Atlanta, GA, January 21, 2024; insurance broker; active in alumni affairs. ’52, BEE ’53—Donald R. Collins of Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 21, 2021; founder and president, Tele-Cline Inc.; inventor, Editec system; responsible for technical operations of the first Telstar telecast; vice president of engineering, Videotape Productions of New York; designed the first educational television station in New York City; developed the videotape production facility for Ampex; veteran; enjoyed travel and sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha. ’52 BS HE—Helen Stewart Friderici of Niskayuna, NY, October 11, 2024; office manager; artist; avid reader; enjoyed music and choral singing; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’52 BME—Charles D. Graham of Haverford, PA, March 18, 2024; professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, University of Pennsylvania; Fulbright Scholar, University of Birmingham (UK); research metallurgist, General Electric Research and Development Center; Guggenheim Fellow; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. Surving spouse: Alison Bliss Graham ’52. ’52, BS CALS ’51, DVM ’55—Howard A. Hochman of Stonington, CT, April 9, 2021; veterinarian, Beardsley Zoo; owner, Brookside Veterinary Hospital and the Bird and Exotic Clinic; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’53 BA—William D. Burrows of Saginaw, MI, formerly of Frederick, MD, June 17, 2023; taught at George Washington University; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’53, BEE ’54—David L. Greer of Lewes, DE, September 20, 2024; electrical engineer, General Electric; veteran; patent holder; guardian ad litem; advocate for a plant-based diet; enjoyed sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’53 BA—Alan B. Harris of Naples, FL, September 17, 2024; chairman, Delta Cooling Towers; director, Bankers Trust Co.; owner/president, Alan B. Harris & Co.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. ’53, BME ’54—Harry T. Hutton of Long Beach, CA, March 24, 2024; owner, Marketdyne Tanaka LLC; president, Cleveland Machine Controls; active in professional affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’53, BME ’58—Arthur Shull of Ithaca, NY, November 23, 2023; president, Lansing Instrument Corp.; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’54 DVM—Donald H. Fritz of Peterborough, NH, August 12, 2022; veterinarian, Tenney, Fritz, and Combs Animal Hospital; veterinarian for the Budweiser Clydesdales; Mason; enjoyed travel, snowmobiling, hunting, and fishing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. ’54 BA—Warren H. Heilbronner of Rochester, NY, March 19, 2024; attorney; veteran; member, Committee on Holocaust Awareness and Information; enjoyed travel, golf, tennis, bowling, and softball; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’54 DVM—Garth A. Murray of Buffalo, NY, and Bath, NY, October 19, 2020; veterinarian; veteran; manager, Steuben County Fair; Mason; member, Loyal Order of Moose; avid collector of antiques and classic cars; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. ’55 DVM—James P. Childress of McCandless, PA, September 6, 2022; veterinarian; owner, Wexford Veterinary Hospital; enjoyed biking, sailing, and visiting Lake George; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Pi. Surviving spouse: Barbara Williamson Childress ’53. ’55, BA ’54—Janet Bezark Freed of Highland Park, IL, October 17, 2024; social worker; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’55 BA—Mary Helen Martin Goldsmith of Hamden, CT, October 2, 2024; professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and master of Silliman College at Yale University; authority on the plant growth hormone auxin; helped create Yale’s major in environmental studies; director, Marsh Botanical Gardens; avid botanist, gardener, and birdwatcher; active in professional and alumni affairs. Chi Omega. Surviving spouse: Timothy H. Goldsmith ’54. ’55 BA—Gerald Gordon of Palm Springs, CA, November 3, 2021; movie producer; theater director whose production of “The Fantasticks” holds the record for the longest running musical in Los Angeles theater history; acting teacher; actor; author; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’55 MS—C. Lewis Ricketson of Lawrencetown, NS, October 15, 2024; research scientist, Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario; also worked at Agriculture Canada; expert in strawberry breeding; avid gardener; enjoyed woodworking, fishing, and curling; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’55 JD—Jay N. Rosenthal of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, formerly of Amherst, NY, September 25, 2020; attorney; active in alumni affairs. ’56 JD—James E. Hirsch of Stowe, VT, October 14, 2024; attorney; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed skiing, birding, and golf; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi. ’56 BFA—Emily Malti Wadsworth of West Lafayette, IN, August 22, 2024; assistant director, Women in Engineering Program, Purdue University; director, Child Development Center, Oregon State University; author; recipient, Presidential Award for Engineering Mentoring Programs, YWCA’s Salute to Women Award, and the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. Surviving spouse: Henry A. Wadsworth Jr. ’56, PhD ’62. ’57 LLB—Ross B. Burke Jr. of Austin, TX, March 13, 2024; attorney; co-founder, Security National Bank & Trust; enjoyed golf and bird hunting; active in professional affairs. ’57 MS—Grietje Van Randen Croll of Olinda, Victoria, Australia, August 25, 2024; research assistant; active in community affairs. ’57 BS CALS—Robert G. Cyprus of Springfield, TN, formerly of El Paso, TX, February 19, 2024; insurance agent, Prudential Insurance Co.; veteran; enjoyed horseback riding; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Beta Theta Pi. Surviving spouse: Jo Anne Eastburn Cyprus ’57. ’57 MBA—David B. Kassing of Falls Church, VA, July 21, 2019; director, System Sciences Department, RAND Corp.; president, Center for Naval Analysis; research director, President’s Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force; enjoyed golf and collecting poetry; active in professional affairs. ’57 MBA—Nick Oancea of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Bloomfield Village, MI, July 1, 2021; supervisor of sales and production, Ford Motor Co.; veteran; enjoyed golf; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57 BA—Hallock F. Swift of Dayton, OH, September 29, 2024; founder and chief scientist, Physics Applications Inc.; physicist at NRL, UDRI, and IAP Research; enjoyed travel; active in professional affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’58 BA—Jessie Ann MacLeod Cashen of Lenox, MA, formerly of Scarsdale, NY, November 2, 2024; database manager, Mamiya America Corp.; real estate agent; nursery school director; ESL tutor; enjoyed travel, reading, and history; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. ’58 MS, PhD ’61—Joseph T. Crymes of Ithaca, NY, July 3, 2024; professor, Ohio State University and the University of Maryland School of Social Work; high school vocational agriculture teacher; veteran; enjoyed travel; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’58 BA—Ralph G. Groskoph of Hancock, NY, September 27, 2024; Episcopal priest; chaplain, Family Foundation School; portfolio manager and bond trader on Wall Street; veteran; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’59 BS CALS—Hans A. Krauss of Spokane, WA, November 23, 2024; worked at the Soil Conservation Service, USDA; veteran; enjoyed photography, clock repair, 3D photography, birdwatching, and mountain climbing; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’59 BA—Victor E. Samuelson of Hilton Head Island, SC, November 25, 2024; president, Island Business Advisors; president, Chagrin Valley enterprises; manager for Latin America, the Middle East, and petroleum finished product pricing in the U.S., Exxon Corp.; enjoyed golf; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. 1960s ’60 JD—Mahlon T. Clements of Morristown, NY, September 23, 2024; attorney; president, Clements Agricultural Research Institute Inc.; owner of a computer business, an air taxi business, and an electrical co-generation plant; interviewed by Mike Wallace on “60 Minutes”; mentor; enjoyed flying and sailing; active in community and professional affairs. ’60 BA—Richard W. Nelson of Summit, NJ, August 22, 2024; worked in corporate finance and real estate at Ford Motor Co., Union Camp, International Paper, and Prudential; helped found Summit Helping Its People; veteran; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’60 BS CALS—Joseph D. Peck of Saratoga Springs, NY, November 24, 2024; dairy farmer; storyteller; author; recipient, CALS Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award; enjoyed international travel, county fairs, and garage sales; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Patricia Dunn Peck ’62. ’60, BME ’61—Raymond S. Perry Jr. of Plymouth, MA, October 31, 2024; expert in information systems; professor, University of Michigan Graduate School of Business; vice president of IT, Burroughs/Unisys; CIO, Avon Cosmetics; CIO, Pitney Bowes; also worked at Xerox and Hamilton Standard; helped create the first at-work, on-site daycare center at Avon; Scout leader; enjoyed sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’60, BA ’61—John A. Rodgers III of Charlotte, NC, November 18, 2024; attorney; Rotarian; enjoyed travel, cars, dogs, reading, learning, and music; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon. ’61 DVM—Harold W. Fell Jr. of Leander, TX, January 30, 2024; veterinarian; reserve sheriff’s deputy, Dallas County, TX; investigator, Dallas County D.A.’s office and for the Texas HHSC Inspector General; veteran; coach; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Alpha Psi. ’61 BS Nurs—Martha Welch Myer of Boyce, VA, April 14, 2024; geriatric care nurse; owner, Care Connections; case worker, Clarke County Social Services; also worked at Winchester Memorial Hospital; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’61 JD—Jules J. Ringer of Dallas, TX, January 16, 2018; attorney; nationally ranked squash player; enjoyed travel and the arts; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’61 BArch—Phyllis Mark Turner of New York City, June 21, 2024; architect; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau. ’62 BS CALS—John J. Bauer of Ocean Grove, NJ, March 31, 2024; worked for Merck & Co.; coach; avid gardener; enjoyed baseball, the outdoors, and marathon running; active in community and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. ’63 BS CALS—Robert H. Dodd of New York City, January 1, 1987; international agricultural advisor and consultant; county agricultural agent; veteran; author; recipient, USAID’s Meritorious Honor Award for outstanding contributions to the Accelerated Rice Production Program, and the U.S. Medal of Civilian Service; active in community and professional affairs. ’63—Eric A. Jaffe of Rye, NY, formerly of Scarsdale, NY, November 24, 2024; chairman, Department of Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center; professor of medicine, Cornell University Medical College; researched endothelial cells that line the insides of blood vessels; enjoyed hunting, skiing, Porsches, and playing basketball and tennis; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Delta Phi. ’64—Peter T. Colket of Fernandina Beach, FL, September 20, 2024; manager, Telephone Workers Credit Union; active in alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’64 BS CALS—Norman B. Evans of Chittenango, NY, March 24, 2007; Baptist minister; missionary/chaplain, Race Track Chaplaincy of America; tree farmer; owner, Pinnacle Farm; active in religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. ’64 BA—Richard S. Rivitz of Moreland Hills, OH, November 9, 2024; attorney; partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP; recipient, Irving Stone Award; enjoyed international travel and tennis; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’64 BS CALS—David G. Smith of Silver Spring, MD, November 18, 2024; ichthyologist; museum specialist in the Fish Division, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; also worked at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Marine Biomedical Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; author; enjoyed international travel, photography, and gardening; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’64 BME, MBA ’65—Marvin N. Strauss of Oyster Bay, NY, November 22, 2024; president, the Strauss Agency Inc., the family insurance business; active in alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Sheila Zouderer Strauss ’64. ’65 JD—Robert E. Copeland of Venice, FL, December 28, 2023; attorney. ’65 MA, PhD ’70—Kenneth A. Mozersky of Nepean, ON, December 15, 2022; specialist in transportation regulation, Canadian federal government; taught at Carleton University; enjoyed travel, trains, classical music, jazz, and baseball; active in community and professional affairs. ’66 MBA—Eric H. Wilson of Oneonta, NY, November 7, 2024; director of computer services, SUNY Oneonta; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed choral singing and playing piano, guitar, trumpet, and tuba; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’67 BA—Anne Golomb Hoffman of New York City, November 4, 2024; professor emerita of English and modern Hebrew literature, Fordham University; translator; artist; co-founder, Fordham’s Jewish Texts Reading Group; helped establish the annual Nostra Aetate Dialogue to foster Jewish-Catholic dialogue and acceptance; mentor; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’68 MAT—Ann Nixon Gazourian of Boca Raton, FL, September 28, 2023; research analyst, Sirs Inc. Surving spouse: Martin G. Gazourian, PhD ’72. ’68 MS, PhD ’70—Andrew Kaldor of Boulder, CO, formerly of Warren, NJ, April 28, 2023; distinguished scientific advisor, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering; physical chemist, National Bureau of Standards; R&D expert in laser isotope separation, Buckyballs, nanotechnology, bioremediation technology for oil spills, catalysis to produce ultra low-sulfur diesel, and technology for hydrogen purification; author; enjoyed travel, fine dining, and good conversation; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’68 MAT—Janet Riggs Waterman of Jupiter, FL, August 21, 2024; administrator; active in alumni affairs. ’69 MS, PhD ’74—John A. Dalessandro of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, November 13, 2024; mechanical engineer; senior engineering specialist, General Atomics; also worked for Archimedes Technologies and General Dynamics; active in professional affairs. 1970s ’70 BS ORIE, MPA ’71—Kenneth F. Milne of Norfolk, MA, November 4, 2024; project manager, Gempower LLC; also worked at Chemical Bank and Digital Equipment Corp.; avid marathoner and cyclist; enjoyed opera and reading; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’72 BA—Bruce M. Taylor of Philadelphia, PA, July 21, 2024; senior statistician, National Center for Education Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Government Accountability Office; enjoyed music and the arts; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’72 BS CALS, DVM ’75—Leigh T. Wilcox of Jefferson, NY, July 16, 2021; veterinarian; professor of veterinary science, SUNY Delhi; president, Mater Dei College; dean of veterinary sciences and acting vice president, SUNY Canton; enjoyed the outdoors and fishing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. ’73 PhD—Gerald V. Bruno of Madison, MS, November 14, 2024; professor and chair of chemistry, Tougaloo College; cancer researcher; enjoyed travel, playing piano, ballroom dancing, and scuba diving; active in professional affairs. ’74 LLM—Virada Somswasdi of Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 29, 2020; head, Women’s Studies Center, and professor of law, Chiang Mai University; attorney; feminist; Thai association president, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development; president, Foundation for Women, Law, and Rural Development; author; recipient, Woman of Courage Award by the U.S. Department of State; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’75—Randy A. Garrad of Red Creek, NY, August 12, 2021; enjoyed international travel. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ’75 BA, MRP ’79—Steven E. Hall of Ovid, NY, March 3, 2024; founder, the Western Door, a rural planning practice; tactical advisor, Roanoke, VA, County Planning Department; criminal justice liaison, Eagleville Hospital and Treatment Center; planner and grants coordinator, Tompkins County Office for the Aging; also worked as a special project manager in Guam; avid reader; enjoyed woodworking, playing timpani, choral singing, classic movies, word games, and nature; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’75 BS CALS—Sharon Lubinsky-Mink of Haifa, Israel, August 1, 2024; biology researcher, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology; active in alumni affairs. Delta Phi Epsilon. ’76 JD—Paul B. Phinney III of Hammond, NY, formerly of Blauvelt, NY, September 30, 2023; attorney; judge; veteran; enjoyed reading, fishing, and military history; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’76, BA ’77—Alastair G. Ramsay of Bellevue, WA, February 13, 2022; worked in the information technology field; high school French tutor; Boy Scout merit badge counselor; enjoyed travel, World War II history, airplanes, current events, playing guitar, and taking daily walks; active in community affairs. Sigma Chi. ’76 BS HE—Mary Ann Steele Van Duyn of Frederick, MD, March 7, 2023; program director, National Cancer Institute Center for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities; clinical and research dietitian at John Hopkins Hospital and Medlantic; author; enjoyed travel, art galleries, dogs, dark chocolate, and coffee-flavored yogurt; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Donald N. Van Duyn ’76. 1980s ’80—Robert H. Whitaker of Glenshaw, PA, January 29, 2021; electrical engineer; owner, Sensor-Switch; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’81 MRP—Dolores Alano Endriga of Quezon City, Philippines, November 11, 2024; professor of environmental planning and dean, University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning; author; consultant; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’82 GR—Robert B. Hance of West Palm Beach, FL, May 2, 2009; sales executive in the broadcasting industry; veteran; enjoyed golf; active in professional affairs. ’82 BS CALS—Sarah E. Mott of Arlington, VA, September 12, 2024; artist; author; software programmer; advocate for women’s sports; enjoyed hockey and tennis; active in community affairs. ’83 BCE—Judith L. Cross of Anacortes, WA, formerly of Bellingham, WA, September 30, 2022; director of facilities and real property services, director of risk management and emergency response, and director of water operations, Seattle Public Utilities; executive director of emergency management, Seattle Police Department Emergency Preparedness Bureau; member, Elks; volunteer with Girl Scouts, Lydia Place, Solid Ground, and Food Lifeline; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’88 BS CALS—Kirsten J. Dorney of Bethlehem Township, NJ, August 31, 2024; veterinarian, Summit Dog & Cat Hospital; enjoyed NASCAR, country music, Disney, and photography; active in community and professional affairs. Editor’s note: Please submit notification of alumni deaths—including an obituary, if possible—to the University at cubio-deceased@cornell.edu. Once the University records an alumni death in its database, the relevant information is forwarded to Cornellians for inclusion in a future In Memoriam section; deaths are generally listed three to four months after the University receives notice. If you have questions, please contact Alexandra Bond ’12 at abb83@cornell.edu. Top: Photo by Ryan Young / Cornell University. Published March 1, 2025