The University recently learned of the passing of these Cornellians<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1940s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1950s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1960s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1970s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 1980s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1990s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2010s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u201940\u2014Robert L. Svoboda <\/strong>of Farmington Hills, MI, August 29, 2022; architect, businessman, business owner, and career church builder; founder, Donnadale Freedom Foundation, which provides tuition grants to support Catholic student education; avid golfer and accomplished artist; enjoyed international travel and Pinochle; active in religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201942 BA\u2014Beatrice Greenberg Brooks <\/strong>of Manhasset, NY, September 6, 2022; pediatrician; co-founding member, Temple Judea of Manhasset; active in community and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201943 BA\u2014Gerald J. Aronson <\/strong>of Los Angeles, CA, March 19, 2022; psychiatrist; clinical instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine; consultant psychiatrist, the RAND Corp. Social Science Division; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Mu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201943 BS HE\u2014Jean Hammersmith Wright <\/strong>of Shelburne, VT, September 2, 2022; school counselor, teacher, and homemaker; community volunteer; enjoyed international travel and the outdoors; active in cultural, humanitarian, political, and alumni affairs. Kappa Alpha Theta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201944, BA \u201945\u2014Maurice P. Bellis <\/strong>of North Andover, MA, September 8, 2022; business executive and consultant in the chemical and petrochemical industries, American Cyanamid, Jefferson Chemical, Texaco, and CMAI; veteran; enjoyed international travel and writing his memoir; active in alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201944 BME\u2014Vincent P. DeMarco <\/strong>of Venice, FL, August 30, 2022; HVAC consultant to construction management firms Torcon Inc. and Lehrer McGovern Bovis Inc.; founder, Air Comfort Engineering Co., Bloomfield, NJ, HVAC installers in churches, offices, schools, and hospitals; mechanical engineer, Carrier Corp. and Trane Co.; veteran; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201946, BME \u201948\u2014Norman Dawson Jr. <\/strong>of Asheville, NC, August 28, 2022; president, Resistance Corp., South Bend, IN, a wire and metal parts fabrication company; also held other metal fabrication industry positions in Wisconsin, Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee; veteran; football official for the Big 10 and the Eastern Conference; champion tennis player; active in civic, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Psi Upsilon. Wife, Marilyn King Dawson \u201948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201946, BA \u201945\u2014Hilda Spodheim Debacker <\/strong>of Charleston, SC, August 29, 2022; professor emerita of neuroanatomy, Medical University of South Carolina; philanthropist; active in community and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201946 BA, MS \u201948\u2014Elizabeth A. Otten <\/strong>of Chula Vista, CA, July 29, 2022; teacher; volunteer, San Diego Opera; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201947 BS HE\u2014Carolyn Shaver Eisenmenger <\/strong>of Wayland, MA, formerly of Natick, MA, September 21, 2022; travel agent, Cerel Agency; homemaker; information specialist, Oregon State University and University of Maryland, College Park; advocate for civic involvement and good government; avid reader; enjoyed international travel, writing, gardening, birdwatching, cooking, sewing, knitting, and painting; active in community and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201947 BS Ag\u2014Gustav F. Papanek <\/strong>of Lexington, MA, September 20, 2022; professor emeritus and chair of economics, Boston University; researched income distribution, employment, and poverty in developing countries; expert on the economies of Pakistan and Indonesia; president, Boston Institute for Development Economics; veteran; author and lecturer; enjoyed international travel, skiing, whitewater kayaking, and hiking; active in civic and professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201948 BS HE\u2014Millicent B. Lawrence <\/strong>of Greenwich, NY, August 27, 2022; homemaker; operated Doc\u2019s Ski Haus in Warrensburg, NY; worked in NYC for B. Altman & Co. and Celanese Corp.; member on several educational and corporate boards; environmentalist and preservationist; enjoyed organic gardening, raising bees, and exploring national parks in the family motorhome; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201948 BA\u2014JoAnne Norton Mayer <\/strong>of Marblehead, MA, September 12, 2022; homemaker; championship sailor; administrator on several town committees, task forces, and initiatives; active in civic, historical, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201948, BA \u201947, MBA \u201949\u2014Michael D. Stashower <\/strong>of Westport, CT, September 21, 2022; corporate finance professional; veteran; volunteer, International Executive Service Corps; clarinetist, Westport Community Band; enjoyed sailing and tennis; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201949\u2014John W. Hornbecker <\/strong>of Denver, CO, August 31, 2022; mechanical engineer; founder, Fluid Engineering; also worked for Denver Fire Clay Co.; veteran; championship tennis player; active in religious affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201949 BEE\u2014Theodore H. Yaffe <\/strong>of Rockville, MD, January 28, 2019; active in alumni affairs. Tau Beta Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201950 BS HE\u2014Patricia M. Coolican <\/strong>of Corvallis, WA, September 3, 2022; award-winning home economist; associate dean for extension, Oregon State University College of Home Economics; home economics division leader, West Virginia Extension Service; first cooperative extension television specialist, Cornell University College of Home Economics; also worked as a home economics program leader at the Onondaga, Chautauqua, and Oswego County Cooperative Extension offices; co-developer of the \u201cLetters to the Mothers of Young Children\u201d program; avid genealogist; active in community, professional, and alumni affairs. Alpha Xi Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201950 BEE\u2014Charles G. Gorss Jr. <\/strong>of Harvard, MA, August 30, 2022; electrical engineer, GenRad, Concord, MA; veteran; Scout leader; member, Lions Club, Town Personnel Board, and Conservation Commission; enjoyed international travel, skiing, hiking, and photography; active in religious and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201951 PhD\u2014John C. Cairns <\/strong>of Toronto, ON, July 28, 2022; professor emeritus of modern French history, University of Toronto; RCAF veteran; author, editor, and scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201951, BEP \u201952\u2014Frank D. Drake <\/strong>of Aptos, CA, September 2, 2022; pioneering radio astronomer; senior scientist and board chair, SETI Institute; professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics and dean of natural sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz; professor of astronomy, Cornell University; also served as associate director of Cornell\u2019s Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, director of the Arecibo Observatory, and director of the National Astronomy and Ionospheric Center; head of telescope operations, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV; devised the \u201cDrake Equation\u201d to estimate the number of communicative extraterrestrial civilizations that might be detectable in our galaxy; also contributed to the discovery of the radiation belts of Jupiter, the early understanding of pulsars, and the transmission of interstellar messages; veteran; prize-winning advocate for public outreach and education in astronomy; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Beta Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201952\u201354 GR\u2014Richard M. Bender <\/strong>of Bethesda, MD, August 26, 2018; division chief, Foreign Broadcast Information Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201952 BME\u2014Irwin S. Broida <\/strong>of Wayne, NJ, formerly of Ridgewood, NJ, September 25, 2022; worked for Trane Co. and Ingersoll Rand; veteran; adult ESL tutor, Literacy Volunteers of America; enjoyed travel to all seven continents; active in professional and alumni affairs. Tau Epsilon Phi. Wife, Arline Braverman Broida \u201952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201952\u201354 SP Ag\u2014Mildred Hauser Koschara <\/strong>of Sloansville, NY, August 14, 2022; veterinary assistant, Pine Plains (NY) Veterinary Hospital; raised and trained Irish wolfhounds and terriers; licensed judge for ACA dog shows; dog rescuer and lover of animals. Kappa Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201952 JD\u2014William B. MacKenzie <\/strong>of Weslaco, TX, formerly of Canajoharie, NY, June 23, 2022; partner, Brower and MacKenzie; village and Montgomery County (NY) attorney; also served as attorney for numerous local businesses and municipal corporations; veteran; Scout leader and Red Cross volunteer; enjoyed motor home travel, skiing, camping, golf, and bridge; active in charitable, cultural, community, professional, and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201952 BA\u2014Patricia Lovejoy Stoddard <\/strong>of New Canaan, CT, September 10, 2022; speechwriter, communications manager, and assistant to the chairman, Champion International Corp. (now International Paper); academic dean and middle school teacher of English, history, and anthropology, New Canaan Country School; editorial researcher, Time Inc.; enjoyed international travel, painting, sculpting, gardening, reading, writing, and the great outdoors; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201953, B Chem E \u201954\u2014Richard M. Eccles <\/strong>of East Orleans, MA, July 9, 2022; chemical engineering consultant and expert in processing heavy fuels; owner, Princeton Process Engineers; also worked at Exxon and Hydrocarbon Research Inc.; active in alumni affairs. Tau Beta Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201953 LLB\u2014Leo J. Fallon <\/strong>of Williamsville, NY, September 17, 2022; judge, State Appellate Court and State Supreme Court; village justice and town supervisor, Hamburg, NY; partner and of counsel, Offermann, Cassano, Greco & Slisz; assistant U.S. attorney; veteran; Rotarian; enjoyed acting in the theater; active in civic, community, and professional affairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201953 JD\u2014Barry McMahon <\/strong>of Ringwood, NJ, December 21, 2007; priest and friar, Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of Saint Mary; studied law, philosophy, and theology; business manager, provincial auditor, and member of the provincial staff for legal and fiscal matters; associate pastor, St. John the Baptist Church, NYC; veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201953 BA\u2014Jack Peretz <\/strong>of Beachwood, OH, September 19, 2022; ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, Cataract Eye Center; also took classes in electrical engineering, computer coding, and accounting; championship tennis player; enjoyed bridge, keeping up with current events, playing the stock market, and reading Civil War history; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201954 BArch\u2014Roland E. Coate Jr. <\/strong>of Santa Monica, CA, formerly of Venice, CA, September 13, 2022; painter; architect of forward-thinking, sustainable designs; taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture; veteran; enjoyed tennis, walking on the oceanfront, jazz, playing the harmonica, French literature, and studying psychology and mysticism. Kappa Sigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201954 BA\u2014Stanley B. Garrell <\/strong>of New York City, formerly of Fairfield, CT, April 6, 2022; attorney; veteran; community volunteer; active in civic, humanitarian, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Watermargin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201954 BS Hotel\u2014Constance Devine James <\/strong>of Canton, TX, April 3, 2021; active in alumni affairs. Pi Beta Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955, BME \u201956\u2014Peter G. Bailey <\/strong>of Hamilton, OH, September 7, 2022; metallurgical engineer, General Electric Aviation, specializing in advanced shot peening; also taught advanced metallurgy classes; car enthusiast and restorer, autocross racer, and member of the Sports Car Club of America. Theta Chi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955\u2014Peter C. Behrendt <\/strong>of Two Rivers, WI, December 8, 2016; veteran; enjoyed antique car shows, sports, and RVing. Kappa Delta Rho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955 BA\u2014Gordon G. Globus <\/strong>of Laguna Beach, CA, September 3, 2022; psychiatrist in private practice; professor of psychiatry and philosophy, University of California, Irvine; award-winning dream expert and head of a sleep laboratory in the late 1960s at UCI; author; active in professional affairs. Watermargin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955 BS Ag\u2014William Hogan <\/strong>of Bellingham, WA, March 18, 2021; active in alumni affairs. Alpha Zeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955 BEP, MS \u201958\u2014Howard S. London <\/strong>of Ithaca, NY, formerly of New Providence, NJ, September 23, 2022; aerospace engineer, website designer, and tax counselor; worked at Bell Labs in New Jersey; also worked at Bellcom for the Office of Manned Space Flight at NASA on feasibility studies for manned missions to Mars and for a reusable launch vehicle (the Space Shuttle); conservationist; avid reader; enjoyed travel, hiking, cross-country skiing, vegetable gardening, live music, and Finger Lakes wineries; active in community, environmental, and humanitarian affairs. Zeta Beta Tau. Wife, Harriet Johnson London, LLB \u201967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955 BS Ag, MS \u201959\u2014William J. Schmidt Jr. <\/strong>of Bartlesville, OK, September 13, 2022; VP of inland marine operations, Bunge Corp., a multinational grain exporter; manager of inland marine operations, Central Soya Co.; veteran; Scout leader; avid golfer; enjoyed international travel, fishing, backpacking, gardening, making soups, the St. Louis Cardinals, and live theater, music, and ballet; active in community, environmental, humanitarian, religious, and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201955 MS\u2014Joan Foreman Spangler <\/strong>of Melbourne, FL, February 26, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201956 BS Ag\u2014Janice Tiger Van Etten <\/strong>of Altamont, NY, August 31, 2022; helped run the family farm in Knox, NY, selling eggs, beef, and vegetables, cutting Christmas trees, and making wreaths; substitute teacher, Berne-Knox-Westerlo school system; also worked at the NYS Research and Testing Laboratories; 4-H leader and member, Kiwanis; raised champion Flemish rabbits; community volunteer; enjoyed choral singing; active in religious and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 BS Ag\u2014Bruce M. Babcock <\/strong>of Naples, FL, and Sapphire, NC, August 23, 2021; realtor, John R. Wood Properties, Naples; president and CEO, Babcock Poultry Farm, Ithaca, NY; also started his own hatchery in Lititz, PA; championship golfer and avid sports fan; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 BS HE\u2014Carolyn Fillius Ginnings <\/strong>of Columbus, IN, formerly of McLean, VA, September 8, 2022; homemaker; secretarial professional; avid tennis player; enjoyed boating and entertaining; active in community, educational, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 BS Ag\u2014Schuyler V. Holloway <\/strong>of Amsterdam, NY, September 1, 2022; co-owner, Holloway Brothers Farm, the family crop and livestock farm; councilman, Town of Florida; avid reader; enjoyed travel and watching football. Lambda Chi Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 BA, LLB \u201960\u2014Eleanor Meaker Kraft <\/strong>of San Luis Obispo, CA, August 3, 2022; attorney in general practice; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957\u2014Kenneth J. Kuntz <\/strong>of Dayton, OH, August 31, 2022; associate professor of psychology, University of Dayton; also served as a teaching consultant and director of faculty development; executive committee member, Eastway Mental Health Association and Dayton Area Psychological Association; advocate for historic preservation; active in charitable and cultural affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 BS HE\u2014Ruth Brickman Kushner <\/strong>of Pembroke Pines, FL, September 15, 2022; active in alumni affairs. Sigma Delta Tau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 JD\u2014Pano Z. Patsalos <\/strong>of Newburgh, NY, September 17, 2022; Orange County Court judge; town justice, Newburgh, NY; prosecutor, Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office; assistant corporation counsel, City of Newburgh; attorney in private practice in the civil and criminal arenas; veteran; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 PhD\u2014Charles A. Triplehorn <\/strong>of Columbus, OH, August 25, 2022; general naturalist, professor, and curator of insects, Department of Entomology, Ohio State University; also held the position of economic entomologist on the Ohio State team of USAID in Sao Paulo, Brazil; supervisor of field crop research, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster; first naturalist, Columbus Metropolitan Parks and first curator of reptiles, Columbus Zoo; author of numerous scientific papers and three textbook editions; Scout leader; active in professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201957 MEd\u2014Nancy Schoonmaker Zwerling <\/strong>of Park Ridge, NJ, September 10, 2022; English teacher, Cavallini Middle School, Upper Saddle River, NJ; award-winning watercolorist; enjoyed international painting trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958 BA\u2014Peter B. Bloom <\/strong>of Media, PA, September 10, 2022; award-winning clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania; psychiatrist, Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital and in private practice in Bryn Mawr; veteran, U.S. Navy Medical Corps, where he organized the Sandia (NM) Base hospital outpatient clinic that served 10,000 patients each month; academic writer and member of the editorial board of several clinical journals; enjoyed international travel, music, camping, canoeing, sailing, and golf; active in community, professional, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958\u2014Stephen F. Briggs <\/strong>of Aiken, SC, September 9, 2022; co-founder and VP, America\u2019s Trade & Supply, an international trading company in Miami, FL; co-owner and partner, Old Naples Pub and the Village Pub; worked in the family business, Outboard Marine Corp., makers of Evinrude and Johnson motors; enjoyed international and RV travel, mountain climbing, raising dogs and horses, and visiting hospitals, nursing homes, and special needs classes with his therapy dog. Kappa Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958 MS, PhD \u201962\u2014David W. Evans <\/strong>of Bloomington, IN, formerly of Prosser, WA, August 12, 2022; professor of agronomy, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, Washington State University; expert on forage crops; master gardener who donated tons of fresh produce to the Prosser Food Bank; enjoyed hiking, running, building rock walls, and tropical fish; active in community affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958 BS Ag\u2014Evelyn Huntley Fassett <\/strong>of East Springfield, NY, August 29, 2022; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958\u201359 SP Ag\u2014Robert A. Kester <\/strong>of Mayville, NY, September 5, 2022; CEO, Farm Credit of Western New York, Batavia; veteran; member, Moose International; enjoyed international travel, golf, snowmobiling, and boating; active in civic, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201958, BEE \u201959\u2014John Male <\/strong>of Lunenburg, MA, September 16, 2022; owner\/operator, Service Electrical and Industrial Supply, Fitchburg; also worked at the James River Paper and Oxford companies; veteran; advocate for the environmental preservation of the local Hickory Hills Lake; enjoyed international travel, jigsaw puzzles, and reading novels; active in civic and religious affairs. Delta Chi. Wife, Judith Eyles Male \u201960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n1940s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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