In Memoriam May 2025 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 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. 1930s ’39 BA—Shirley Feldman Poritzky of Greenfield Center, NY, formerly of Saratoga Springs, NY, October 14, 2014. 1940s ’40 BS CALS—Claire Herrick Yetter of Englewood, CO, May 21, 2018; flautist, Schenectady Symphony Orchestra; avid potter and gardener; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’43—Howard W. LaMorte of Lady Lake, FL, July 1, 2013; president, St. Ann’s Marketing Inc.; active in alumni affairs. ’43 BA—William E. Leuchtenburg of Chapel Hill, NC, January 28, 2025; prize-winning historian; expert on the U.S. presidency; scholar of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; professor emeritus of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; also taught at New York University, Smith College, Harvard University, and Columbia University; prolific author; election analyst, NBC News; collaborated with Ken Burns on documentaries including “The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “The Vietnam War,” “National Parks,” and “Country Music”; mentor; field staff for the A. Philip Randolph Institute; president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Historians; recipient, Bancroft, Francis Parkman, and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. prizes; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’44—Esther Baumgartner Polce of Geneva, NY, November 22, 2013; worked in the admissions office at Geneva Hospital; homemaker; active in religious affairs. ’45, MD ’47—John A. Clements of Tiburon, CA, September 3, 2024; biochemist and pulmonary physiologist, University of California, San Francisco; developed a synthetic lung surfactant, Exosurf Neonatal, a breathing aid for premature infants; veteran; mentor; pianist; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’46, B Chem E ’49, PhD ’54—William H. Burgess of Toronto, ON, January 5, 2025; professor emeritus of chemical engineering, University of Toronto; veteran; recipient, King Charles III’s Coronation Medal; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’46, BEE ’45—R. Fitz Randolph of Vero Beach, FL, January 29, 2025; president and owner, Bomac Inc.; also worked at Carrier Air Conditioning Co.; veteran; volunteer, Indian River Medical Center Auxiliary; enjoyed tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Sigma. ’47 BA—Renee Zirman Langsam of Dover, MA, June 15, 2022. ’48 BS CALS—Charles Brandt of Black Creek, BC, October 25, 2020; hermit priest; environmentalist; spiritual teacher; bookbinder; author; active in community and religious affairs. ’48 BA—Robert S. Green of New York City, January 1, 2024; attorney; founding partner of Green, Sharpless & Greenstein; trial attorney, Appellate Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice; veteran; founding director of Citizens for Clean Air and of Art for Refugees in Transition; trustee, William Allanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. ’48 BS HE—E. Janet Aldrich Linderman of Northampton, MA, formerly of Marcellus, NY, September 6, 2023; librarian, Onondaga Central School District; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’49 BS HE—Beverly Prime Pearson of Adamstown, MD, July 29, 2024; homemaker; dietitian; home economics teacher, Connetquot School District; enjoyed travel, golf, and skiing; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Kappa. 1950s ’50 BA—Robert B. Atwell of Verona, PA, and Vero Beach, FL, March 19, 2023; chief of general surgery and surgical residency coordinator, Pittsburgh V.A. Medical Center; medical staff president of Presbyterian University and St. Francis General hospitals; veteran; enjoyed travel, golf, bridge, quail hunting, fly fishing, and Dixieland jazz; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Phi. ’50—Henry J. Kaltenthaler of St. Louis, MO, May 17, 2018; high school biology teacher; also worked at S-F Scout Ranch; Scout leader; active in community and religious affairs. ’50 BME—William J. Kingston of Pittsford, NY, August 1, 2022; engineering director, Eastman Kodak; active in professional and alumni affairs. Triangle. ’50, BS HE/MNS ’52—Joyce Crandall Metzger of Louisville, KY, January 10, 2025; registered clinical dietitian, Jewish Hospital; professor at Indiana University Southeast and the University of Louisville; consultant, Nutrition Division, Kentucky Department of Health; enjoyed mountain hiking, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta. ’50 BS CALS—William S. Taylor of Ann Arbor, MI, April 22, 2024; research fellow, Campbell Institute for Research and Technology; senior principal scientist, Campbell’s Co.; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’50 BS CALS—James D. Tregurtha of San Diego, CA, January 25, 2025; chief engineer and physical plant director for several Southern California hospitals and at Cal State University, Long Beach; chief of staff to Commander Amphibious Group Eastern Pacific; deputy director, Ships Acquisition Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Director for Amphibious Warfare; commander, Amphibious Squadron Five; staff commander, Seventh Fleet; commanding officer, USS Durham and USS Rasher; commander, Task Group 76.5, Surface Evacuation; helped rescue 45,000 Vietnamese refugees; docent, Maritime Museum of San Diego; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta. ’51 BCE—David G. Fielder of Copley, OH, January 11, 2025; city traffic engineer; veteran; member, Kiwanis; enjoyed choral singing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’51 BA—Margaret Clark Hampson of Ithaca, NY, December 20, 2024; active in alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’51 BS Hotel—Charles J. Mund of Saddle Brook, NJ, January 4, 2025; restaurateur; president and owner, Mega Management Corp.; Burger King franchisee; veteran; founder, New Jersey Restaurant Educational Foundation; co-recipient, Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Surviving spouse: Carol Winter Mund ’52. ’51 BA, MBA ’52—Reginald W. Rice of Menlo Park, CA, November 20, 2024; financial planner; worked at Connecticut General Life Insurance and Procter & Gamble; pilot; avid backpacker; enjoyed tennis and watercolor painting; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’52 BFA—Sarah E. Gifft of Milford, PA, January 12, 2025; costume designer for New York stage productions, TV shows, and commercials; avid reader, gardener, and painter; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’52 BCE—John M. Morgan of Lexington, KY, December 2, 2023; civil engineer; partner at Wight, Morgan & Brown Consulting; veteran; Scout leader; equestrian; avid sailor; enjoyed travel, hunting, choral singing, and playing polo; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Beta Pi. Surviving spouse: Sara Williams Morgan ’53. ’53 BA—Peter S. Conover of Edgewater, FL, February 5, 2025; owner, the Woodshed Lodge; sales promotion manager and product marketing manager, Johnson & Johnson; manager, Pfizer; veteran; volunteer, Edgewater Police Department; enjoyed genealogical research; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon. ’53 PhD—Benjamin Widom of Ithaca, NY, January 24, 2025; professor and chair of chemistry, Cornell University; expert in critical phenomena; veteran; recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award and the Boltzmann Medal; enjoyed international travel; active in professional and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Joanne McCurdy Widom ’53. ’54 BS HE—Esther Corcoran Namian of Baltimore, MD, December 29, 2024; captain, U.S. Public Health Service; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’54 BA—Karen Wylie Pryor of Tehachapi, CA, formerly of Charlestown, MA, January 4, 2025; expert on animal behavior and cognition and humane animal training; marine mammal trainer, curator, and head trainer, Sea Life Park; owner, Karen Pryor Clicker Training; director of educational programs, course design, instruction, faculty hiring, training, and supervision at Sunshine Books Inc.; director of research, National Marine Fisheries Service; principal investigator, U.S. Tuna Foundation; author; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi. ’54 BA—Patricia Vogt Robida of Rochester, NY, January 3, 2025; manager of the medical records department and social worker, University of Rochester; also worked at H&R Block; enjoyed international travel and bridge; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Omicron Pi. ’55, BME ’56, PhD ’61—Richard H. Bernhard of Raleigh, NC, October 10, 2024; professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering, North Carolina State University; also taught at Cornell University; expert in engineering economics, financial engineering, cost analysis and control, decision theory, and quantitative modeling; editor; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’55–56 GR—Wolf C. Bruhn of Berlin, Germany, December 28, 2024; worked at Schering-Plough; active in alumni affairs. ’55 BS ILR—Walton E. Burdick of Mt. Kisco, NY, December 17, 2024; senior vice president of human resources, IBM; chairman and CEO, Chemical Technologies International; instrumental in founding the Cornell University Center for Advanced Human Resources Studies; served on the National Commission for Employment Policy; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’55 BS CALS—DeEtta Clark Cunningham of Hilo, HI, December 16, 2019; homemaker; active in religious affairs. ’55 MS—Rudolph J.L. Favretti of Storrs Mansfield, CT, April 1, 2023; landscape architect; active in alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Joy Putman Favretti ’57. ’55 BA—Harold E. Sweeney of Tacoma, WA, formerly of Carlisle, PA, November 7, 2024; professor of political science and public administration, Shippensburg University; professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; also taught at Jackson State University; veteran; avid reader; enjoyed gardening and choral singing; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Phi. ’55 BS Hotel—Stuart F. Tell of Harrington Park, NY, January 2, 2025; CEO, Textile Import LLC; restaurant manager; accountant; veteran; mentor; enjoyed international travel and sailing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon. ’55 BS Hotel—Frank A. Turgeon of Pickerington, OH, March 30, 2023; co-owner, Turgeon Brothers restaurants; founder, Key Communications; veteran; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Tau. ’56 BA—Alfred E. Devendorf of East Hampton, NY, December 29, 2024; attorney; lobbyist and Department of Health legal counsel, Nassau County; also served as county prosecutor and public defender; veteran; enjoyed international travel, golf, tennis, and paddle tennis; active in community, humanitarian, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’56, BME ’57—David L. Grumman of Evanston, IL, January 3, 2025; designed heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems for large commercial buildings; founder, Grumman/Butkus Associates; also worked at Perkins&Will; enjoyed playing squash; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Psi. ’56, B Chem E ’57—Edmund M. Mackert of Baytown, TX, January 12, 2025; chemical engineer, Exxon Mobil Corp.; also worked at Humble Oil and Refining; active in professional affairs. Acacia. ’56 BA—Thomas R. Merryweather of Akron, OH, August 7, 2024; partner, Merryweather Management; president, Bowery Management Inc.; mortgage banker; executive director, Old Trail School, a coeducational day school; veteran; enjoyed tennis, hiking, bicycling, and skiing; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Phi. ’56 BA—Phyllis Snyder Schowe of Loudonville, NY, October 15, 2023; history and English teacher; receptionist, Amsterdam Animal Hospital; data entry clerk; choral singer and hand bell chorister; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. ’57, BA ’59—Peter M. Blauvelt of Pittsford, NY, January 27, 2025; attorney; town justice for Sterling, NY; veteran; enjoyed hunting, fishing, and boating; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Upsilon. ’57, BS Hotel ’58—William E. Garrow of Cape Coral, FL, formerly of Somers Point, NJ, June 30, 2013; restaurant owner; veteran; active in professional affairs. Phi Kappa Psi. ’57—Sylvia Galitzer Goldstein of West Hartford, CT, July 29, 2024; pianist; educator; composer; enjoyed flowers, art, Chopin, cooking, baking, word games, and walks with friends; active in community affairs. ’57 BS CALS—Phillis Ferguson Watterworth of Mill Valley, CA, October 27, 2024; junior high school and high school substitute teacher; avid tennis player; enjoyed travel, gourmet cooking, and skiing; active in community and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’58–60 SP CALS—Albert L. Potter of Manlius, NY, January 1, 2025; worked at Chrysler Corp.; manager, Howard Johnson’s Restaurants; veteran; enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling, and golf; active in religious affairs. ’59 BS CALS—Larry Kelts of Stamford, CT, December 8, 2024; professor emeritus, Merrimack College; also taught at Shoals Marine Laboratory; environmental preservationist; toured Europe with the Cornell Ivy Five jazz band; enjoyed travel, jazz, drumming, and nature; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’59, BME ’60—H. Randall Parker of New Boston, NH, December 4, 2020; engineer, designer, and systems manager; president and CEO, Improved Plastics; also worked at Ingersoll Rand, Goodman, Newbury Industries, and HPM Corp.; conservationist and land preservationist; co-founder, Piscataquog Land Conservancy; enjoyed travel, hiking, and photography; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. Surviving spouse: Gail Carney Parker ’60. ’59 BA—Peter Yarrow of New York City, January 7, 2025; musician; member of the folk music trio Peter, Paul, and Mary; songwriter; wrote or co-wrote the hit recordings “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done,” “The Great Mandala,” and other songs; helped found Operation Respect; actor; social activist; recipient, Allard K. Lowenstein and Kate Wolf Memorial awards; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. 1960s ’60 DVM—Sanford P. Bishop of Birmingham, AL, January 4, 2025; veterinarian; professor emeritus of pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; author; avid sportsman; enjoyed international travel, camping, hiking, rafting, and woodworking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Delta Theta. ’60 MRP—David Brandon of Slingerlands, NY, September 5, 2014; partner, Chancellor Associates; Upstate director, Urban Development Corp.; director, New York State Office of Planning Coordination; county planner in Knoxville, TN, Oneida, NY, and Herkimer, NY; also worked at the United Nations; enjoyed travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’60 PhD—Roy T. Cunningham of Hilo, HI, May 11, 2017. ’60–61 GR—Arden B. Henry of Rio Rancho, NM, formerly of Santa Barbara, CA, December 20, 2024; engineer; worked at Delco Systems, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Moog Servocontrols, and North American Aviation; taught at the College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University; avid sailor; enjoyed travel and hiking; active in community and professional affairs. ’61 BS CALS—Judith Reamer Cox of San Marcos, CA, January 22, 2025; project administrator, Ord & Rodgers Homes; also worked at Merrill Lynch, Foster Wheeler Power Systems, and United Rehabilitation Inc.; avid reader; enjoyed the outdoors, mahjong, and poker; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. ’62 BS HE—Judith Leach Evans of Washington, DC, October 31, 2024; lead administrator, Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute at Johns Hopkins University; one of the first female analysts at Morgan Guaranty; lifelong learner; sports enthusiast; enjoyed travel, sailing, fine food and wine, and classical music; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi. ’63—Joanne Jordan Davenport of Brooktondale, NY, January 14, 2025; director, Office of the Councils and Conference Services, and office manager of Transportation Services, Cornell University; cat fancier; enjoyed international travel, reading, land stewardship, antiquing, music, model railroading, and collecting baskets, teddy bears, and moose items; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’63 BS CALS—J. Leeson Leonard of Reynoldsburg, OH, January 28, 2025; political reporter, Columbus Dispatch and United Press International; veteran; author; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha. ’63, BEE ’64—Gene Samburg of Arlington, VA, January 14, 2025; founder, Kastle Systems; expert on electronic security; entrepreneur; adjunct faculty, American University; also worked at Westinghouse; philanthropist; board member, Arena Stage; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta. ’64 BA—Richard A. Cooper of Poulsbo, WA, February 1, 2024; diagnostic radiologist. ’64—Stephen T. Hershberg of Davenport, IA, November 10, 1995; veteran; accomplished musician. ’64 MD—Charles R. Steinberg of New York City, December 31, 2024; internal medicine physician, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; veteran; enjoyed running and fishing; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’64—Douglas S. Treado of Roanoke, VA, May 11, 2024; project and sales manager, Challenge Industries; development manager, Chemung Valley Arts Council; art agent; worked at the International Rescue Committee; also worked at universities and nonprofit organizations; Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal; coached Senegalese athletes for the 1963 African Games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games; social justice advocate; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’65 BA—William J.H. Fabens of Cleveland Heights, OH, January 31, 2017; field service manager, OSI Soft Inc.; co-founder, Scheduling Niche; also worked at BP, Chi Corp., Sohio, and Rutgers University; adjunct professor, Case Western Reserve University; avid reader; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel, baseball, crossword puzzles, classical music, and classic rock; active in professional and alumni affairs. ’66 PhD—Norman L. Gauthier of Salem, VA, formerly of Bradenton, FL, and Granby, CT, April 1, 2023; professor of plant sciences, University of Connecticut; researcher at Ciba-Geigy and Agway; enjoyed choral singing, playing the organ, gardening, fishing, ice skating, and building and flying model airplanes; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’67 DVM—Robert C. O’Keefe of Redmond, WA, formerly of Norwich, NY, January 22, 2025; veterinarian; veterinary acupuncturist; mentor; host for international exchange students; member, Lions Club; avid hunter and fisherman; enjoyed music and cooking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Psi. Surviving spouse: Martha Foster O’Keefe ’68, MS ’70. ’68, BS Nurs ’70—Kristin L. Davis of Scarsdale, NY, February 5, 2025; registered nurse; head nurse, Labor and Delivery Department at New York Hospital; bred and showed champion Pekingese dogs; advocate for classical music education; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’68 BA—James R. Michaels of Rockville, MD, September 21, 2024; rabbi; director of pastoral care, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington; editor; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. ’68, BS ILR ’73, MBA ’75—Wade S. Morse of Farmington, NY, January 4, 2025; owner, Whittier Apple Farm; veteran; avid hunter and fisherman; Native American history enthusiast; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’68 BS CALS—Chelliah Selvarajah of Ithaca, NY, December 21, 2024; worked at Cornell University; active in alumni affairs. ’69 JD—Christopher D. Dye of Hanover, NH, November 8, 2024; attorney; farmer; active in community and professional affairs. ’69 MS, PhD ’71—Knut S. Kongelbeck of Chatsworth, CA, August 11, 2024; senior systems engineer; consultant, Brook King Systems; technical director, ATK Missile Systems; manager, Hughes Aircraft; active in professional affairs. ’69 BS HE—Victoria Y. Nelson of Champaign, IL, July 7, 2024; school psychologist. 1970s ’70 BS HE, MPS ’99—Rosemary Hartman of Denver, CO, formerly of New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2025; nutrition educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension; avid reader; enjoyed singing, sewing, and crocheting; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’70 JD—Joel M. Hartstone of Delray Beach, FL, formerly of Bloomfield, CT, February 4, 2025; attorney; CEO and managing director, Stonegate Capital Group LLC; chief investment counsel, Aetna Life & Casualty; president and CEO, Commander Premier Aircraft Corp.; entrepreneur-in-residence for the IP Factory and Cohn Birnbaum & Shea; justice of the peace; author; enjoyed sailing, flying, and attending live music shows; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’70 BS CALS—R. Timothy Hommel of Conrad, IA, January 20, 2025; farmer; pilot; active in community and professional affairs. ’71—Thomas M. Kirby of Albion, NY, June 16, 2024; farmer; owner, Idylbrook Farms; Peace Corps volunteer; enjoyed travel; active in community affairs. ’71 BS MSE, PhD ’76—Nathaniel R. Quick of Lake Mary, FL, February 4, 2025; executive director, Laser Institute of America; president and CTO, Applicote Associates LLC; patent holder; author; black belt in mixed martial arts; enjoyed travel, jazz, football, track, tennis, basketball, running, and swimming; active in community and professional affairs. ’72 BA—Diane Spanier Linker of Scarsdale, NY, October 12, 2024; attorney; assistant general counsel, Verizon; active in professional and alumni affairs. Delta Phi Epsilon. ’73 JD—Patricia A. Barald of Washington, DC, December 28, 2024; attorney; senior counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; first full-time woman faculty member at Cornell Law School; mentor; active in professional affairs. ’73 BS CALS—George A. Hiller of Croton-on-Hudson, NY, December 11, 2023; global account director, Ipsos Asi Inc.; director of marketing and sales, L’Oréal Retail Division; also worked at Information Resources Inc. and Towne-Oller and Associates; soccer fan, coach, and regional commissioner for Croton’s American Youth Soccer Organization program; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Susan Janovsky Hiller ’72, MA ’73. ’73 BFA—Charles K. Steiner of Chevy Chase, MD, January 9, 2025; artist; pioneer in museum services and programs for visitors with disabilities; executive director, Wichita Art Museum; associate director, Princeton University Art Museum; also worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; adjunct instructor, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith; author; enjoyed gardening; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. ’73 BS CALS—Carlo A. Ugolini of Wichita, KS, January 1, 2025; founder, Eternity Exploration; also owned a sporting goods store; played professional hockey for the Grand Rapids Grizzlies, Syracuse Blazers, Muskegon Mohawks, and an Italian league; also worked in radio; enjoyed hunting, golf, and football; active in professional and religious affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Surviving spouse: Betty Horstmeyer Ugolini ’74, BS HE ’75. ’74 JD—C. Michael Hathaway of Arlington, VA, December 17, 2024; attorney; specialist in international trade agreements; senior deputy general counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; taught at Georgetown Law School; coach; enjoyed watercolor painting; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’74 BA—Rachel Hecht of Ithaca, NY, November 18, 2024. ’75 BA—Joan S. Livingston of Boston, MA, January 18, 2025; executive editor, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly; freelance journalist, including for the Boston Business Journal and the New York Times; advocate for people with chronic illnesses; peace and justice activist; enjoyed music, the arts, nature, and long-distance running; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’76 MA, PhD ’78—Elizabeth Gardner Sanders of Ithaca, NY, December 2, 2024; professor emerita of government, Cornell University; also taught at Auburn University, Rice University, and the New School for Social Research; Peace Corps volunteer; author; environmentalist; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Richard F. Bensel, MA ’76, PhD ’78. ’77 PhD—Gerald S. Friedman of Fort Myers, FL, January 11, 2025; principal, TST Community School; science, mathematics, and human sexuality teacher, Lehman Alternative Community School; developed a curriculum about waste treatment for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency; author; founding member, Ithaca Reform Temple; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. ’77 JD—David P. Ray of Yarmouth, ME, January 23, 2025; attorney; mediator; legal consultant; staff counsel and assistant to U.S. Senator George Mitchell; congressional intern for Representative William Cohen during the Watergate hearings; avid reader; enjoyed golf, acting in theater productions, and playing guitar; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. 1980s ’80 BS CALS—William E. Gasperini of Boston, MA, April 11, 2023; foreign correspondent and photographer; worked at CBS News, Moscow Bureau, and the Christian Science Monitor; editor; ESL teacher; paralegal; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. ’84 JD—John C. McFarren of Cincinnati, OH, December 25, 2024; attorney; intellectual property counsel, 3M Co.; senior intellectual property attorney, Rockwell International; active in alumni affairs. ’84 BS CALS—Robert F. Myers of Chapel Hill, NC, January 20, 2025; manager. Phi Delta Theta. ’87 PhD—Steven J. Mulvaney of Hingham, MA, January 20, 2025; expert in food chemistry and cereal science; professor of food science, Cornell University; professor, University of Missouri; Little League coach; enjoyed playing basketball, skiing, golf, fly fishing, and watching horse races; active in community and professional affairs. 1990s ’90 BA—Daniel J. Colon III of Lynbrook, NY, July 16, 2024; active in alumni affairs. ’90 MPS, PhD ’95—Antonia Wallin D’Amico Demas of Trumansburg, NY, January 23, 2025; executive director, Food Studies Institute; Head Start teacher; artist; crafter; enjoyed cooking, gardening, art, and reading; active in community and professional affairs. ’91 PhD—Brian D. Leidy of Wellsboro, PA, September 22, 2024; senior research associate emeritus, Cornell University; avid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates and Penn State football; enjoyed running, hiking, and hunting; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. ’94 MBA—Michael K. Lawson of Scituate, MA, January 1, 2025; communications director, MIT Corporate Relations; vice president, Feinstein Kean Healthcare; active in professional affairs. 2000s ’01 MPS—Brad Walp of King Ferry, NY, December 28, 2024; executive director of Enrollment Management and International Academic Initiatives, Cornell University School of Hotel Administration; also worked at the American University of Paris, the American University of Rome, and SAS International Hotels; consultant for the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; restaurateur and talented cook; enjoyed reading, canoeing, playing board games, and needlepoint; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. 2010s ’11 BS ILR—Vincent P. Andrews of Baltimore, MD, January 28, 2025; attorney; associate counsel, University of Maryland Faculty Physicians Inc.; high school teacher; also worked at Teach For America; enjoyed sailing; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Phi Gamma Delta. 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 May 1, 2025