In Memoriam

October 2025

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

’46 BS HE—Virginia Dondero Pfundstein of Snellville, GA, May 23, 2025; hospital dietitian; teacher; home economist; enjoyed travel, the outdoors, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and adult education classes; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

’47, BS CALS ’49—Henrietta Pantel Hillman of Santa Rosa, CA, April 8, 2025; enjoyed travel, fly fishing, and collecting antiques; active in community and alumni affairs.

’47 BS ILR—Lois Citrin Waldman of Croton-on-Hudson, NY, May 9, 2025; attorney; director, Committee for Law and Social Action, American Jewish Congress; also worked at the National Labor Relations Board, Harlem Legal Aid, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and the legal publisher Matthew Bender; educated the Jewish community regarding the prevalence of the BRCA gene among Ashkenazi women; enjoyed art, music, and gardening; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.

’48—Marian Lang Blanchard of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Hamilton, NY, February 10, 2025; associate director, Office of Communications, and managing editor, the Colgate Scene, Colgate University; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Chi Omega.

1950s

’50 BS HE—Clara Melvin Thomas of Baldwinsville, NY, June 10, 2025; dairy farmer; owner, Nimble Thimble Sewing Shop; co-owner, Cold Springs Crafts; founding member, Colonial Days Festival; 4-H leader; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.

’51, BME ’52—Donald S. Griffin of Pleasant Hills, PA, June 3, 2025; expert in structural mechanics in the nuclear power field; worked at Westinghouse; enjoyed international travel, cross-country skiing, bicycling, and sailing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

’51 JD—Helaine Blutman Knickerbocker of Brooklyn, NY, July 18, 2025; attorney; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’52—Gertrude Krueger Winsberg of Boynton Beach, FL, June 15, 2025; co-owner, Green Cay Farms; co-founded a women’s health clinic in Pompano Beach, FL; advocate for women’s rights, farmworker justice, and environmental conservation; avid tennis player; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Theodore W. Winsberg ’52, MS ’53.

’53, BME ’54—Charles O. Berlinghof of Newport, RI, June 3, 2025; executive in the construction industry; vice president, Gilbane Building Co.; helped build hospitals, medical centers, pharmaceutical facilities, university campuses, airports, and train stations; manager, Vincent J. Smith and Salter Co.; assisted in the restoration of the historic Newport Performing Arts Center; veteran; enjoyed skiing, golf, and tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon.

’53 BS HE—Enid Spangenberger Miles of Chevy Chase, MD, May 7, 2025; painter; enjoyed gardening; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.

’53 JD—Robert D. Taisey of Quechee, VT, April 16, 2025; attorney; worked at Holland & Knight and Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf; accomplished tennis player; talented pianist; enjoyed the performing and visual arts; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’53, B Chem E ’55—Robert H. Williams of Easton, MD, June 18, 2024; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Tau Omega. Surviving spouse: Helen Tackbary Williams ’54.

’54, BS CALS ’55, PhD ’61—Frank G. Dennis of East Lansing, MI, June 2, 2025; professor emeritus of horticulture, Michigan State University; author; editor, Hortscience; amateur genealogist; helped former prisoners find work and housing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho. Surviving spouse: Katharine Merrell Dennis ’54, MS ’59.

’54 BA, MD ’58—Michael H. Stone of New York City, December 6, 2023; psychiatrist, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; sought to understand the motivations for evil criminal acts; television host of “Most Evil”; author; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’55—Warren P. Bird of Raleigh, NC, July 13, 2004; director, Duke University Medical Center Library; associate professor of medical literature, Duke University School of Medicine; taught at the graduate library school, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; radiological physicist, Columbia University; author; planned, designed, and oversaw the construction of the Seeley G. Mudd Building for the Duke Medical Center Library; avid collector; enjoyed classical music and reading; active in community and professional affairs.

’55 MFA—Carolyn Powers Bishop of Martinsburg, WV, January 13, 2025; owner, Finale Farm Kennels; artist; active in religious affairs.

’55 BA—Leslie F. Blodgett of Peoria, AZ, June 18, 2024; owner, CMIT Solutions; owner, Computer Moms; vice president, Alliance Development Corp.; president, CMstat Corp.; consultant, Firebird Capital Inc.; active in professional affairs. Kappa Sigma.

’55, BA ’56—Laine Ginn Katz of Washington, DC, April 29, 2015; consultant on Japan; worked at Mainichi Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspapers; educator; student of Asian literature, art, and culture; docent at the Freer-Sackler Galleries and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; enjoyed international travel, art, skiing, and tennis; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’56—Barbara Decker Berger of Madison, WI, August 3, 2024; ran a Junior Great Books program in the Park Forest public schools; lifelong learner; enjoyed international travel, reading, choral singing, playing piano, and diving; active in community affairs.

’57, BEP ’58—Rowena Ofelt Chester of Clinton, TN, December 2, 2022; worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; consultant; author; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’57—Carole Garfield Reeder of Syracuse, NY, formerly of Jamesville, NY, April 26, 2025; special education teacher; volunteer guardian ad litem; enjoyed bingo, mahjong, and reading; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.

’58 BS ILR—Carl R. Krause of Pittsford, NY, June 5, 2025; attorney; partner at Harris, Beach & Wilcox; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed travel, fishing, tennis, and paddleball; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’58, BS CALS ’59—Lynn J. Pilaroscia of Rochester, NY, July 28, 2024; president and owner, family insurance business; veteran; enjoyed skiing and playing Irish fiddle; active in professional affairs.

’59, BArch ’64—Peter Brellochs of Ithaca, NY, July 2, 2025; architect; partner, Thomas Associates; veteran; served on the Dryden Zoning Board of Appeals; Rotarian; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Jacqueline Klune Brellochs ’61.

’59 BA—Ene M. Inno of Oneida, NY, March 25, 2025; director of personnel, Griffiss Air Force Base; also worked at the Pentagon; veteran; active in professional affairs.

’59—Hans S. Kalinka of Chilton, WI, July 9, 2016; veterinarian, Calumet Veterinary Service; enjoyed fishing, racing snowmobiles, restoring Model A Fords, attending brat fries, and arguing politics; active in civic, community, and professional affairs.

’59—David J. McConnell of Warwick, NY, April 11, 2025; clinical professor emeritus of medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; oversaw the Adult Allergy Clinic at Columbia Presbyterian; postdoctoral fellow, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine; veteran; researcher; author; enjoyed travel, choral singing, hiking, cross-country skiing, canoeing, and birdwatching; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

1960s

’60 MD—Alvin F. Poussaint of Chestnut Hill, MA, February 24, 2025; professor emeritus of psychiatry, associate dean for student affairs, and founding director of the Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs, Harvard Medical School; associate professor of psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; authority on race relations; participated in the historic 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery;author; television script consultant for nationally broadcast programs; mentor; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’62, BEE ’63—William R. Graham of Manhattan Beach, CA, February 2, 2025; middle school teacher; newspaper columnist; enjoyed puzzles; active in professional and alumni affairs.

’62—Richard G. Traum of New York City, January 23, 2024; in 1976, became the first amputee to complete the NYC Marathon on a prosthetic leg; president, United States Wheelchair Sports Fund; founder, Achilles International; author; active in community and professional affairs. Alpha Epsilon Pi.

’63 BS HE—Karen Kraengel Evenden of Ojai, CA, June 12, 2024; owner, New Oak Press, New Oak Ranch, a kitchenware store, and a popular cooking school; adventurer; entrepreneur; philanthropist; co-founder, Ojai Women’s Fund; author; enjoyed international travel and cooking; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta. Surviving spouse: William A. Evenden ’62.

’63 BS Hotel—Marvin L. McConnell of Kirkland, WA, February 12, 2025; owner, the Vault art gallery; owner, Alaskan Heritage; also worked at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service; veteran; enjoyed travel, woodworking, fishing, and hunting; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha.

’64 BS CALS—John E. Franzreb III of Staten Island, NY, May 21, 2021; horse show producer; owner, Clove Lake Stables; actor; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Kappa.

’64—David W. Gates of Somerset, NJ, June 30, 2022; worked at Public Service Electric & Gas; enjoyed antiques and reading; active in community and professional affairs.

’64—Satyendra S. Huja of Charlottesville, VA, February 14, 2025; mayor and director of strategic planning and community development, City of Charlottesville; director of planning and chief planner, City of Portsmouth, VA; lecturer in the School of Architecture, Planning Division, University of Virginia; author; advocate for construction of the Charlottesville Downtown Pedestrian Mall, Historic Court Square revitalization, University Corner revitalization, and Starr Hill neighborhood revitalization, and for housing for the elderly, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty; enjoyed travel, nature, art, and international affairs; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’64 BA—George E. Johnson of Chevy Chase, MD, March 30, 2023; attorney; partner at Dickstein Shapiro; worked at several federal agencies; research director, Institute for Research and Policy, Synagogue Council of America; senior editor, Moment Magazine; veteran; author; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.

’64 BS CALS, MS Ed ’65—Judith Schwartz Kramer of Ithaca, NY, April 28, 2024; teacher; active in alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Henry S. Kramer ’63, JD ’66.

’64 BS CALS—Douglas R. MacBeth of Reading, PA, April 7, 2025; assistant superintendent, Hamburg Area School District; state supervisor of science and environmental education, Delaware Department of Public Instruction; science curriculum coordinator, Lewisburg Area School District; instructor in biology, Gwynedd-Mercy College; instructor in anatomy and physiology, Penn State University; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.

’65 BS CALS, MBA ’66—Judith Fowler Quagliaroli of Needham, MA, June 1, 2025; executive director, Management Development Programs, Simmons University School of Management; vice president and consultant at IBM; mentor; volunteer EMT; avid reader; lifelong learner; enjoyed travel and sports; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’65 BA—David A. Snyder of Manassas, VA, May 1, 2025; worked in the railroad industry; consultant; expert witness; part-time policeman, Vermont State Police; veteran; author; volunteer fireman; avid railfan; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Delta Tau Delta.

’66 BS Nurs—Joyce I. Creamer of Kensington, MD, October 13, 2020; administrator; nurse.

’66 BS EE, MS ’68, MD ’72—William W. Frayer of Pound Ridge, NY, February 8, 2025; professor of clinical pediatrics in neonatology and director of clinical information systems, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell; enjoyed international travel, playing the piano and organ, building and playing harpsichords, collecting stamps, woodworking, quilting, needlepoint, stained glass, calligraphy, repairing and selling fountain pens, and classical music; active in professional and alumni affairs. Pi Kappa Alpha.

’66 BS ORIE—Louis J. Schwartz of Lido Beach, NY, May 8, 2024; president, S&H Management Group Ltd.; active in alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi.

’68 BA—Rochelle Green Neiburger of Stilwell, KS, January 22, 2025; research scientist in immunology and allergy, Children’s Mercy Hospital; office manager, Allergy & Asthma Care PA; author; enjoyed gardening and baking; active in professional and alumni affairs.

1970s

’71, BA ’72—Marvant M. Duhon of Bloomington, IN, May 31, 2023; homecare nurse; veteran; active in civic and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Susan Tausch Duhon ’74, BA ’75.

’71 BS Hotel—Francis W. Masterson of Sharon Springs, NY, November 30, 2022; director of dietetics and assistant coach for track and cross country, SUNY Cobleskill; veteran; master carpenter; author; enjoyed travel, power walking, running marathons, and Civil War and military history; active in community and professional affairs.

’71 BA—Kris A. Perry of Bradenton, FL, January 25, 2025; high school social studies teacher and coach; owner and president, Tolene Farms; assistant director of Workforce Development, Business, and Training at Terra Community College; president, Sandusky County Health Department; avid golfer; enjoyed international travel, bridge, the arts, and collecting orchids; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. Tau Delta Phi.

’72 BS ILR—David Moriah of Ithaca, NY, June 4, 2025; founder, Cornell Outdoor Education; worked at Voyageur Outward Bound School; journalist; baseball fan; enjoyed collecting memorabilia; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Deborah Linker Moriah ’74.

’73 MS, PhD ’79—Sandra Ginsburg Stein of Ithaca, NY, July 4, 2025; assistant dean of students, Cornell University; co-president, Parent-Teacher Association for East Hill School; enjoyed international travel; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs.

’74 BArch—Richard J. Leonori of Scranton, PA, and Montrose, PA, July 22, 2024; architect; partner, Hemmler + Camayd Architects; director, School of Architecture and Building Trades, International Correspondence Schools; design consultant, Penn Furniture; taught architectural history at Marywood University; historic preservationist; enjoyed playing piano and organ; active in civic, community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’75 BS CALS, MPS ’78—Eugenia M. Barnaba of Ithaca, NY, May 3, 2025; worked at the Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences; expert on the use of remote sensing tools and maps to manage land use; Foreign Service officer; owner, the Rafters Club; also worked at Greek Peak Mountain Resort, Cortland County Community Center, and ANSCO; author; mentor; Hospicare volunteer; enjoyed international travel, African culture and music, gardening, and singing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs.

’75 JD—Elijah Huling Jr. of Baldwinsville, NY, April 28, 2025; trial attorney; justice, Baldwinsville Village Court; founder, Huling Law Office and Dadow & Huling; visiting professor, Syracuse University College of Law; veteran; Scout leader; Rotarian; member, Optimist Club; active in civic, community, professional, and religious affairs.

’77 JD—Anne Solomon Clavel of Ithaca, NY, May 31, 2025; attorney; Ithaca city prosecutor; hearing examiner, State of New York; city planner; guardian ad litem for elders; enjoyed international travel, reading, and collecting rocks; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Pierre Clavel, PhD ’66.

’78 BA—Nicholas S. Nerode of Ithaca, NY, formerly of Chicago, IL, June 9, 2025; writer; poet; also worked at a hospital; student of languages; enjoyed international travel; active in religious affairs.

1980s

’82 BS Hotel—Lawrence P. Carrozzella of Wallingford, CT, August 19, 2021; independent real estate entrepreneur; founder, Cazman Investment Co.; also worked at McDonald’s Corp., real estate division; youth sports coach; enjoyed golf; active in professional and alumni affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

’82 BS CALS—Mark A. Mesmer of Glen Mills, PA, May 21, 2025; software consultant; youth coach; enjoyed sports; active in community and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Epsilon. Surviving spouse: Roselle Dagostino Mesmer ’82.

’83 BS CALS—Michael D. Dudzik of Alexandria, VA, March 30, 2025; freelance graphic designer; senior graphic designer, National Academies Press; stage and film actor; enjoyed hiking, photography, birdwatching, fishing, tasting wine and mead, and jazz; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta Rho.

’84 BS CALS—Gail Willaims Hoefler of Anchorage, AK, April 20, 2025; executive director, Alaska Botanical Garden; supervisor, Bough Haus Inc.; also worked at Alaska Mill & Feed; Scout leader; avid cook; enjoyed gardening, the arts, and cross-country skiing; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Surviving spouse: Brian G. Hoefler ’82.

’87 BS ILR—Keith P. Chutjian of New York City, October 27, 2019; chairman, H3 Enterprises Inc.; co-founder, Lava Trading Inc.; active in alumni affairs.

1990s

’91 BA—Gregory “Landis” L. Smithers of San Francisco, CA, formerly of Chicago, IL, July 28, 2021; creative director at Old Navy, Playboy, Pepsi, Grindr, Standard Hotels, and BHLDN (Anthropologie); commercial director, Supply & Demand; partner at Leo Burnett, Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, Foote, Cone and Belding, and Ogilvy; mentor; enjoyed travel and photography; active in professional affairs.

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Published October 1, 2025