In Memoriam March 2026 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 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 ’47, BS HE ’46—Lois Datthyn Sardina of Silver Springs, NY, August 10, 2025; secretary and bookkeeper, Wyoming County Mental Health; medical assistant; director of a local girls’ 4-H program; home economics teacher; election inspector; avid gardener; enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, sewing, home decorating, music, art, and old movies; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. ’47 BA—Joanne Yunker Schrauth of Brookeville, MD, formerly of Hamburg, NY, October 6, 2025; homemaker; enjoyed travel, tennis, golf, softball, and playing cards; active in alumni affairs. Chi Omega. ’48 BS Nurs—Beatrice Watson O’Connell of Minneapolis, MN, October 20, 2025; registered nurse; enjoyed gardening, knitting sweaters, quilting, reading, and bridge. Pi Beta Phi. ’48 B Chem E—William E. Stanley Jr. of Indianapolis, IN, October 15, 2025; chemical engineer; supervisor, Amoco; also worked at Standard Oil of Indiana; enjoyed international travel, rock collecting, running, skiing, and hiking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Sigma. Surviving spouse: Mary Olsen Stanley ’49. 1950s ’51 MS, PhD ’59—Richard D. Aplin of Exeter, NH, September 17, 2025; professor of agricultural resources, Cornell University; researched the complex sales environment of supermarkets; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’51, B Chem E ’52—Richard J. Montgomery of Darien, CT, August 17, 2025; chemical engineer, Mobil Oil; veteran; enjoyed international travel, golf, curling, and scuba diving; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’53, BEE ’54—Timothy B. Blancke of Concord, MA, May 16, 2025; product development engineer, medical products division, Hewlett-Packard; also worked at Rotek and Curtiss-Wright; veteran; volunteer teacher, GED math and computer skills, Concord Prison Outreach; enjoyed international travel, dogs, water sports, and music; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’53 BS HE—Constance Davis DuCanto of Tiskilwa, IL, formerly of Evanston, IL, August 25, 2025; docent, Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago; lifelong learner; enjoyed history and the arts; active in community and alumni affairs. ’53 BS HE—Margaret Livingston Smoots of Glen Mills, PA, October 13, 2025; enjoyed international travel and choral singing; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Gamma. Surviving spouse: John P. Smoots Jr. ’52, BME ’53. ’53 BS HE—Nancy Gowan Stahura of Reading, VT, August 28, 2025; president and co-owner, Millbrook Antiques; social worker; second-grade schoolteacher; guidance counselor; enjoyed international travel; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. ’53 BS CALS—John A. Tarr of Waterloo, NY, September 12, 2025; worked at Tarr Dairy, the family farm and milk processing plant; installed milk paper packaging machines in Russian Siberia; veteran; enjoyed sailing, choral singing, and gardening; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. Surviving spouse: Jessica Roberts Tarr ’55. ’54 BA, MD ’58—Clyde F. Barker of Haverford, PA, October 2, 2025; professor and chair, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital; transplant and vascular surgeon; researched transplantation biology and diabetes; president, American Philosophical Society; author; mentor; competitive tennis player; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’54 PhD—Robert G. Eggert of St. Joseph, MO, September 5, 2025; research animal nutritionist, American Cyanamid; enjoyed travel, reading, photography, and geneaology; active in professional affairs. ’54 BS HE—Barbara Reed Meffert-Huth of Colonie, NY, October 25, 2025; agent and television presenter, Cornell Cooperative Extension; expert seamstress, quilter, and crafter; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’54, BFA ’55—Wiliam S. Potter Jr. of Anchorage, AK, formerly of Jupiter, FL, August 29, 2025; owner, SeaCraft; also worked at Aero Commander and Dansk; veteran; enjoyed international travel; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’54 BS ILR—Gardiner W. Powell of Rogers, AR, August 31, 2025; president and owner, Powell & Associates Inc.; veteran; chimesmaster; enjoyed woodworking; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BA—George B. DuBois Jr. of Frederick, MD, October 11, 2025; attorney, National Labor Relations Board; worked at Les Editions Tropicales, a music publishing company that adapted American songs for France; law professor, University of Virginia; taught high school social studies and Spanish; veteran; author; helped raise money to create a national park in Belize; enjoyed international travel, art, animals, and nature; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha. ’55 LLB—Townsend Foster of Oro Valley, AZ, formerly of Troy, OH, August 6, 2025; attorney; veteran; youth ice hockey and soccer coach; enjoyed international travel, golf, and skiing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’55 BA—Robert I. Landau of Eatonton, GA, October 7, 2025; senior vice president, Deutsche Bank Americas; president, Bankers Trustee Co. in London and in Luxembourg; head, corporate trust division, NationsBank; founder, Landau Associates; adjunct professor of management at Pace University Graduate Business School, the American Institute of Banking, and the Cannon Financial Institute of Banking; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu. ’55 BA—Janet Scanlan Lawrence of Lexington, MA, October 22, 2025; attorney; teacher; supporter of animal rights; appeared and won on “Jeopardy!”; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, bridge, cooking, and wine collecting; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’55 BA, MBA ’57—Richard L. Stratton of Chappaqua, NY, and Lakeville, CT, August 31, 2025; accountant, IBM; also worked at Westchester County Health Department; lifelong learner; active in professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. Surviving spouse: Betty Oshman Stratton ’56. ’57 BFA—Carol Anderson Brown of Albuquerque, NM, September 12, 2025; artist in pen, pencil, charcoal, and paint; exhibited her work in galleries across New York, Arizona, and New Mexico, and internationally; grant recipient, National Endowment for the Arts; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’57—Eleni Starche Dudley of Albion, NY, October 13, 2025; farmer; gifted seamstress, quilter, and knitter; active in community and religious affairs. Surviving spouse: Hugh G. Dudley ’58, BS ’59. ’57 BS CALS—Todd Kennedy of Greenwich, CT, August 9, 2025; president, Kennedy Nursery Inc.; veteran; Rotarian; volunteer firefighter; enjoyed sailing; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Seal & Serpent. ’57 BS HE—Margaret Hoffman Murnighan of Beaconsfield, QC, October 15, 2025; copywriter, Avon Canada; copyeditor, Buffalo Evening News; home and social advice columnist; active in community and professional affairs. Delta Delta Delta. ’57 BS HE—Adelaide Russell Vant of Pompton Plains, NJ, October 3, 2025; music teacher; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta. Surviving spouse: Edgar H. Vant Jr. ’57, BME ’58. ’58, BME ’60—Frederick J. Ehrlich of York, PA, September 14, 2025; engineering manager, York International; development engineering manager, Worthington Corp.; veteran; photographer; avid tennis player; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha. Surviving spouse: Ruth Rubright Ehrlich ’60. ’58 BA—Katharine Davis Fishman of Brooklyn, NY, October 5, 2025; author; freelance journalist at the Atlantic, New York Magazine, and other publications; travel writer, Mademoiselle magazine; also worked at Vogue; president, American Society of Journalists and Authors; active in professional and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Phi. ’58 MS—Ronald D. Harkess of Perth, Scotland, UK, August 24, 2025; agricultural scientist; assistant principal, Scottish Agricultural College; researched the better use of grass by improved grazing management and efficient silage making; philatelist and authority on Scottish postal history; amateur radio enthusiast; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’58 BA—David V. Kerr of Potomac, MD, September 10, 2025; director of program operations, Bureau of Student Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Education; also worked at the Central Intelligence Agency; enjoyed art and gardening; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Zeta Psi. ’58 BA—Sylvan Schefler of New York City, September 8, 2025; director, Burnham Securities Inc.; lifelong New York Giants and New York Rangers fan; member of the “Super Bowl Five,” a small group of devotees who attended every Super Bowl; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi. Surviving spouse: Joan Kanstoren Schefler ’59. ’58 MS—Wayne C. Sparling of Landenberg, PA, October 9, 2025; project engineer, DuPont; veteran; enjoyed tennis, golf, woodworking, birdwatching, and choral singing; active in community and religious affairs. ’58, BME ’59, MS ’60—Howard M. Taylor III of Pittsford, NY, formerly of Jamesville, VA, September 5, 2025; professor of mathematics, University of Delaware; also taught in the Department of Operations Research, Cornell University; advocate on behalf of women pursuing advanced degrees in mathematics; author; enjoyed fishing, hunting, and swing dancing. Delta Upsilon. Surviving spouse: Shirley Jermain Taylor, MPA ’68. ’59, B Chem E ’61—Earle E. Day of Waynesboro, VA, formerly of Leyden, MA, August 29, 2025; chemical engineer; founder, Poly-Hi Corp. and Dorchester Industries Inc.; also worked at Monsanto, Hercules Inc., the Menasha Corp., and Head USA; helped design Head’s first rigid plastic ski boot; orchardist; enjoyed fishing, gardening, and watching classic movies; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’59 BA—Lee H. Ferguson of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, August 31, 2025; banker, Wells Fargo Bank; enjoyed golf and watching baseball; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’59 DVM—J. Raymond Long of Rochester, NY, June 4, 2025; veterinarian and owner, Dog & Cat Surgery and Wellness Clinic; lifelong learner; enjoyed what he termed “hillbilly” music; active in professional and alumni affairs. Theta Chi. ’59—Edward J. Martin of New York City, October 9, 2025; attorney; enjoyed international travel, reading, playing basketball and tennis, and watching sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’59 BA—Clayton D. Root III of Chicago, IL, October 25, 2025; worked in real estate investment and analysis; banker, Mortgage Funding Group; enjoyed travel, reading, Chicago Cubs games, theater, music, and the arts; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’59 BA—Alan N. Schechter of Bethesda, MD, October 15, 2025; medical researcher and historian, National Institutes of Health; chief, Molecular Medicine Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; studied the fundamental processes of protein folding with Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen; helped develop a therapy for sickle cell anemia; editor; avid art collector; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1960s ’60 LLB—Walter S. Westfall of Victor, NY, August 20, 2025; attorney; veteran; enjoyed hiking, visiting botanical gardens, studying the stars, gardening, reading, and classical music; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’61 MD—Joel L. Colker of Lenox, MA, August 21, 2025; gastroenterologist, Central Berkshire Gastroenterology Group; lifelong learner; enjoyed music and reading; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’61 BS HE—Gail Bliss Putnam of Remsen, NY, October 7, 2025; crafts and camp store director, Oswegatchie FFA camp; educator, Erie Canal Village and Sturbridge Village; adjunct professor, Fashion Institute of Technology; home economics teacher; curator, Remsen-Steuben Historical Society; 4-H club leader; enjoyed sewing, baking, and gardening; active in community and religious affairs. Surviving spouse: Dwight C. Putnam ’59. ’62 DVM/PhD—Robert W. Norrdin of Fort Collins, CO, August 15, 2025; veterinarian; professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University; enjoyed travel, handball, dancing, singing, canoeing, skiing, and bicycling; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. ’63 BA—Stuart S. Cohn of Reading, PA, September 15, 2025; optometrist; member, Jaycees; enjoyed jazz, classical music, fly fishing, flying single-engine planes, and following Philadelphia sports; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’63 MD—Joel E. Sherlock of Northport, NY, September 14, 2025; nephrologist, South Shore Renal Physicians; instrumental in establishing the organ donor ID on New York State driver’s licenses; enjoyed sailing, choral singing, and playing guitar; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 MA, PhD ’66—Irving T. Stone of Hanover, NH, October 6, 2025; professor emeritus of anthropology, SUNY Potsdam; professor of anthropology and research associate, Center for Appalachian Studies and Development, West Virginia University; research associate, rural studies, Cornell Program in Social Psychiatry; also taught at Knox College; author; enjoyed choral singing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Sarah Fearnside Stone ’63. ’64, B Chem E ’65, ME ’66—Leon B. Anziano of Gulfport, FL, formerly of Bethel, CT, October 20, 2025; president and CEO, Chlor-Alkali Division, Arch Chemicals Inc.; president, Olin Corp.; visiting professor, University of New Haven College of Business; also taught corporate strategy at Sacred Heart University; avid golfer; Boston Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins fan; enjoyed watching college football; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Delta Tau Delta. ’64 BA—Sandy L. Vogelgesang of Bethesda, MD, September 5, 2025; senior Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal; principal deputy assistant administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; deputy assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; chief economic officer, U.S. Embassy in Ottawa; director, Office of Regional Political-Economic Affairs in the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; director, Open Forum Panel; author; member, President’s Council for Cornell Women; enjoyed international travel; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’65 MS—Molly Totz Johnson of Concord, MA, October 23, 2025; manager, food service, the Winsor School; also worked at MIT’s nutrition department; enjoyed international travel and running marathons; active in community and professional affairs. ’65 BS CALS—Carol Sacks Sekura of Key Largo, FL, October 20, 2025; biopharmaceutical consultant; regulator and research scientist, Bureau of Biologics, Food and Drug Administration; professor of biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis; also worked at the National Institutes of Health; enjoyed international travel, boating, hiking, canoeing, and the arts; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Ronald D. Sekura, PhD ’77. ’66, BS CALS ’68—Samuel E. Gaskins of Northport, AL, October 18, 2025; professor and director of family medicine, University Medical Center, University of Alabama; recipient, Educator of Distinction Award; enjoyed racquetball, motorcycles, and music; active in professional and alumni affairs. Theta Xi. ’66 MS—Hugh G. Gauch of Ithaca, NY, October 2, 2025; senior research specialist, Cornell University; expert in statistical methodology in plant ecology, agriculture, and plant breeding; author; mentor; enjoyed running, reading, organ concerts, ham radio, and the beauty of the natural world; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’66 BS MSE—Arthur H. Purcell of Los Angeles, CA, August 20, 2025; president and CEO, Resource Policy Institute; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’66 BS CALS, MBA ’73—Neil Teague Jr. of Auburn, NY, October 24, 2025; worked at GE Aerospace and Xerox Corp.; adjunct professor of business, St. John Fisher University; consultant; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, golf, motor sports, and NASCAR; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. ’66 BS HE—Paula K. Wiest of New York City, September 16, 2025; telecommunications manager, City College of New York; enjoyed international travel, skiing, swimming, horseback riding, opera, theater, ballet, and museums; active in community and alumni affairs. ’67 MME—James N. Cope of Cary, NC, formerly of Rochester, NY, August 17, 2025; worked at Eastman Kodak; managed a manufacturing operation in Russia; veteran; avid nature photographer; enjoyed skiing and the outdoors; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’67 PhD—Franklin E. Huffman of Chevy Chase, MD, August 11, 2025; Foreign Service officer, U.S. Information Agency; professor of linguistics and Southeast Asian studies, Cornell University; professor of Southeast Asian languages and linguistics, Yale University; French interpreter for International Voluntary Services in Laos; author; wrote the first comprehensive English-Khmer dictionary; taught English to Hispanic immigrants; enjoyed international travel, bridge, tennis, choral singing, and playing piano; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Surviving spouse: Sanda Iliescu Huffman, PhD ’74. ’68 B Chem E, ME ’69—Don J. Grove of Franklinton, NC, August 27, 2025; chemical engineer; founder, Entropy, an air quality testing business; instructor, Environmental Protection Agency; veteran, U.S. Public Health Service; farmer; volunteer, Safe Space domestic violence shelter; volunteer fireman; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon. ’69 MA, PhD ’75—Steven B. Caldwell of Santa Barbara, CA, formerly of Ithaca, NY, June 9, 2025; professor of sociology, Cornell University; developed demographic microsimulation models adopted by the Social Security Administration; also worked at the Urban Institute; advocate for income equality; enjoyed international travel, hardboiled detective writers, fishing, hiking, and camping; active in community and professional affairs. 1970s ’70 BS HE—Barbara Kay Rappaport of Pittsford, NY, October 26, 2025; substitute teacher, Pittsford and Brighton central schools; enjoyed international travel; active in alumni affairs. ’71 MD—Sam S. Miller of San Antonio, TX, September 5, 2025; endocrinologist; chief of staff, Methodist Hospital; lifelong learner; avid painter; enjoyed classical music, jazz, plants, software development, and coding; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’74 BS CALS—J. Kevin Murphy of East Northport, NY, August 23, 2025; landscape designer; vice president, Kean Landscapes; enjoyed golf and the ocean; active in professional affairs. ’75 BCE—Michael J. Fitzgerald of Auburn, NY, October 15, 2025; cartographer, U.S. Department of Defense; avid sports fan; enjoyed international travel, classic rock, movies, reading, PBS, theater, concerts, and fantasy football; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Chi Rho. ’76, BA ’77, JD ’81—Laura W. Boynton of North Stonington, CT, July 9, 2025; attorney, Boynton Yeich & Phillips; active in alumni affairs. ’76 BS HE—Gregory Clark of Mine Hill, NJ, October 25, 2025; worked in psychology and business; corporate recruiter; veteran; enjoyed marathon running, bicycling, concerts, sports, and Broadway shows; active in community affairs. ’76 BS CALS—William F. Hanavan of Cleveland Heights, OH, formerly of Kalamazoo, MI, September 4, 2025; internal medicine physician; also worked at the microbiology lab at New York Hospital; environmentalist; helped found Heights Tree People, a nonprofit that plants free front-yard shade trees; enjoyed travel and bicycling; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Patricia Relf Hanavan ’76. ’76 BS CALS—Lee L. Thibodeau of Cumberland Foreside, ME, October 23, 2025; neurosurgeon, Southern Maine Neurological Associates; founder, Maine Spine Surgery; inventor, Stryker Spine AVS Navigator PEEK Spacer, an intervertebral body fusion device, and the Tuff Cuff; founded a surgical epilepsy program; co-founder, Maine-Lee Technology Group; author; competitive equestrian; enjoyed skiing, fishing, hunting, and karate; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’77, BS MSE ’78—David P. Doyle of Alexandria, NH, formerly of Laconia, NH, October 19, 2025; owner, Sun Valley Cottages; field engineer, Schlumberger Offshore Services; enjoyed travel, sailing, motorcycling, race cars, swimming, deep-sea fishing, and playing Pictionary and dominoes; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’79, BArch ’80—Charles K. Nutter of Newburyport, MA, September 15, 2025; architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Graham Gund Associates, the Stubbins Associates, and Woodman Associates Architects; enjoyed music, fixing appliances, and watching juvenile comedies; active in professional and alumni affairs. 1980s ’80 BS CALS—Nicholas L. Marton of Cherry Hill, NJ, September 17, 2025; senior director, New Jersey Transit. Seal & Serpent. Surviving spouse: Jane Bossard Marton ’80. ’80 MRP—Edwin D. Wells of Rockford, IL, October 2, 2025; owner of a construction business; founder, People Who Care, a group that promoted equality and education for Black and Hispanic students; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’81 MD—Anthony J. Cannon of Marlton, NJ, formerly of Mount Laurel, NJ, September 14, 2025; clinical endocrinologist, Cooper Care Alliance and Brachfeld Medical Associates; professor of internal medicine, Cooper Medical School, Rowan University; author; Fellow, American College of Endocrinology; recipient, American Diabetes Association Chair’s Citation Award; audiophile; enjoyed travel, golf, gardening, reading, and cars; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’81 JD—Carl F. Yeich of North Stonington, CT, May 4, 2025; attorney; active in alumni affairs. ’83 MFA—Jean Boehlke Easton Anaporte of Delmar, NY, formerly of Charleston, WV, August 17, 2025; professor of English, West Virginia State College; also taught poetry and writing in prisons and mental health facilities; poet; feminist; advocate for human rights; enjoyed swimming, hiking, dancing, jazz, classical music, and the Maine coastline; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’84 MA—Jeffrey L. Johnson of Oak Ridge, TN, August 2, 2025; director, NSF Graduate Fellowships, Oak Ridge Associated Universities; avid reader; enjoyed finding and refinishing antiques, hiking, and classical music; active in professional affairs. ’86 BS ILR—Eileen Eghigian Zeebuyth of Napoleon, OH, October 22, 2025; human resources professional, Campbell’s Soup and other companies; animal rescuer; enjoyed travel, photography, poker, and music; active in community and professional affairs. ’87, BArch ’89—Gerville R. Larsen of Christiansted, VI, October 29, 2025; architect; historic preservationist; principal and owner, Taller Larjas, a family-run design firm; director of permits, St. Croix District, Department of Planning and Natural Resources; staff architect, Virgin Islands Department of Public Works; principal, Chiang & Larsen PC; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’89 BS MSE—David M. Greenstein of Bainbridge Island, WA, formerly of Portland, OR, August 14, 2025; director, global operations, Amazon; director of operations, new product introduction, Intel; enjoyed travel, tennis, and singing; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Kara Owsley Greenstein ’93. 1990s ’93 BA—D. Chase Sheridan of Greenwich, CT, March 9, 2025; securities analyst; fund manager, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb; senior vice president, global options, Citadel Investment Group; partner, QED Capital; active in professional affairs. ’95 MS, PhD ’98—Debra L. Boutin of Clinton, NY, and Greenfield, MA, August 20, 2025; professor and chair of mathematics, Hamilton College; also worked at the Center for Communications Research in Princeton, NJ, and La Jolla, CA; veteran; author; mentor; enjoyed gardening and the arts; 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 Lindsay France / Cornell University. Published February 27, 2026