1950s<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\u201950, BS Ag \u201951\u2014Gerald D. Frank <\/strong>of Hatfield, MA, 2020; secretary and treasurer, Electrical Instrument Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201950\u2014Marilen Tarleton <\/strong>Plumer <\/strong>of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Damariscotta, ME, December 8, 2017; realtor. Kappa Alpha Theta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA\u2014William H. Crosson <\/strong>of Marlborough, MA, February 2, 2021; consulting actuary; director, Executive Pension Group; actuary, Equitable Life Insurance Co.; instructor, US Naval Academy; veteran. Cayuga Lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA, PhD \u201958\u2014Mary Osborn <\/strong>Gallwey <\/strong>of Seattle, WA, August 6, 2020; department chair of home economics and university ombudsman, Washington State U.; researched early childhood education in migrant populations; developed Cooperative Extension programs to address poverty. Alpha Xi Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA\u2014Jane Haskins<\/strong> Marcham of Ithaca, NY, February 26, 2021; journalist; editor, Ithaca Journal<\/em>; co-ran the Glastonbury Citizen<\/em> alongside her husband, John \u201950; worked at Women\u2019s Wear Daily<\/em>; winner of a 1990 NYS Associated Press award; VP, Class of 1951; longtime member of the Ithaca Planning & Development Board; volunteer, History Center in Tompkins County; enjoyed travel, family history, gardening, music, art, and cooking; active in civic, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA\u2014Thomas E. Merrill <\/strong>of Farmington, NH, December 16, 2020; technical adviser, Kraft Foods; chemist, Sheffield Chemical Co.; Rotarian; enjoyed fishing, camping in the Adirondacks, building canoes, and singing; active in community and religious affairs. Cayuga Lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951, BCE \u201952\u2014James J. O\u2019Brien <\/strong>of Riverton, NJ, December 31, 2020; engineer; construction management consultant; founder and CEO, O\u2019Brien-Kreitzberg & Assocs.; president, MCD Systems; founding partner and executive VP, Meridian Engineering; member, Nat\u2019l Academy of Engineering; author of numerous textbooks on construction management; veteran; active in professional, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 MBA\u2014George M. Roudebush III<\/strong> of Bainbridge Island, WA, and Chardon, OH, March 4, 2021; founder, Guardian Fence and Brown Fence companies; also worked for Kaiser Aluminum; competitive athlete; masters track and field champion; veteran; awarded the Purple Heart; named a Knight of the French Legion of Honor for his service in WWII; enjoyed playing the bagpipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA\u2014Betty Goldsmith <\/strong>Stacey <\/strong>of Washington, DC, April 1, 2021; docent, Washington Nat\u2019l Cathedral; enjoyed genealogy; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BS Nurs\u2014Phyllis Miller <\/strong>Stern <\/strong>of Yardley, PA, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951 BA\u2014Guy T. Warfield III<\/strong> of Towson, MD, February 22, 2021; former president, Aetna Fdn.; veteran; active in alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201951, BEP \u201952\u2014Martin S. Zucker <\/strong>of Miami, FL, December 14, 2020; researcher, Brookhaven Nat\u2019l Laboratory; taught physics at Queens College, Stony Brook U., and Suffolk County Community College; also worked at the Int\u2019l Atomic Energy Agency; invented methods of detecting and tracking nuclear materials; enjoyed gardening, photography, diving, and sailing; active in religious affairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201952, BME \u201953, MS \u201959\u2014Arthur W. Gardiner <\/strong>of Algood, TN, February 12, 2021; associate professor of mechanical engineering, Tennessee Tech; also worked at Hughes Aircraft; veteran; avid steam engine designer and builder; enjoyed thermodynamics, teaching, and good conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201952 BA\u2014Richard B. Reichart <\/strong>of Princeton, NJ, October 6, 2020; president, Precision Research Instruments for Sales Management; program administrator, IBM; active in alumni affairs. Watermargin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201952-54 SP Ag\u2014David E. Shephard <\/strong>of Morrisville, NY, formerly of Cazenovia, NY, December 16, 2020; town clerk, Town of Fenner; partner, Shephard Brothers farm; Sunday school teacher; enjoyed gardening, travel, camping, and sailing; active in religious affairs. Alpha Gamma Rho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201953 LLB\u2014John R. Edds <\/strong>of Palm City, FL, December 27, 2020; senior finance executive, Citibank; treasurer, Travelers; veteran; also worked at Primerica and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; veteran; enjoyed reading, travel, and the arts.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201953 BS, MST \u201971\u2014Robert A. Howell <\/strong>of Avon Park, FL, December 29, 2020; science teacher, Hammondsport Central School District; also taught agriculture at Andes Central High School; junior varsity basketball coach; enjoyed travel, golf, card games, and Bingo; active in community, professional, and religious affairs. Pi Kappa Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201953 BS ILR\u2014William R. Landmesser <\/strong>of Kennett Square, PA, December 16, 2020; employee relations manager; worked at ICI Americas Inc., TIMET, and Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp.; veteran; member, Lions Club; enjoyed reading, oil painting, and summers in the Adirondacks; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201953, BME \u201954\u2014Gordon B. Lankton <\/strong>of Worcester, MA, March 7, 2021; owner and CEO, Nypro Inc.; general manager of plastics division, Stanley Tools; plastics technologist, DuPont; author; veteran; collector of fine art, war posters, and model cars; founded the Museum of Russian Icons; active in community and professional affairs. Beta Theta Pi. Wife, Janet Kilby Lankton \u201953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 MS HE\u2014Michael I. Chiang <\/strong>of Alpine, NJ, July 25, 2018; businessman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 BS Nurs\u2014Jane Connell <\/strong>Cleary <\/strong>of New York City, August 19, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 DVM, PhD\u2014Robert W. Dellers <\/strong>of Blacksburg, VA, March 1, 2021; veterinarian; worked at Cornell U., Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; enjoyed gardening, lighthouses, and cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 BA, MBA \u201958, JD \u201959\u2014David A. Dewey <\/strong>of Greenwich, CT, February 4, 2021; investment manager; VP, Dillon, Read & Co.; senior marketing executive, Alliance Capital Management, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Trust Co. of the West, and Federal Street Partners; lawyer; veteran; enjoyed travel, gardening, and collecting model trains and toy soldiers. Sigma Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 MS\u2014Janet Bell <\/strong>Barhydt <\/strong>Garber, <\/strong>July 17, 2018; professor of biology and pre-nursing, Harbor College; also taught at UCLA; conservationist; former commissioner, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project; enjoyed music, dancing, sailing, art, and travel; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954-55 GR\u2014Otto A. Heck <\/strong>of Raritan Township, NJ, February 4, 2021; biologist; professor of biology, Trenton State College; program director for nature study courses, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; studied corn snakes and great horned owls; also taught high school science and biology; veteran; active with the Environmental Protection Agency of New Jersey; conservationist; enjoyed nature, reading, playing cards, and hiking; active in community and professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 BA\u2014Brenda L. Lopez <\/strong>of Overland Park, KS, February 4, 2021; retired advertising manager; worked for W.T. Grant and Kmart; homemaker; avid reader and football fan; active in alumni affairs. Delta Delta Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954-55 GR\u2014Katharine Whitehorn <\/strong>Lyall <\/strong>of London, UK, January 8, 2021; journalist; columnist for the Observer<\/em>; also wrote for Saga Magazine<\/em>, the Guardian<\/em>, and Picture Post<\/em>; author; adviser, Inst. for Global Ethics; rector, St. Andrews U.; received the Women Who Make a Difference award from the Int\u2019l Women\u2019s Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 BA\u2014Jordon L. Pecile <\/strong>of Mystic, CT, January 14, 2021; writer; professor of writing, US Coast Guard Academy; associate professor at Trinity College and Mount Holyoke College; also taught at the U. of Iowa, Princeton U., and the US Naval Academy; Fulbright lecturer and scholar; veteran; enjoyed reading, fine dining, and travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954-55 GR\u2014Ivan Stern <\/strong>of Baltimore, MD, December 29, 2020; real estate developer and investor; instructor, U. of Maryland; consultant for NASA; founder, Avir Corp.; worked for the US Air Force in the early years of the space program; also served in the Israeli military; member of the American Technion Society national board of directors; enjoyed art, architecture, classical music, tennis, and skiing; active in community and religious affairs. Wife, Gala Silbernweit Stern, MA \u201956.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954\u2014Elinor Keiser <\/strong>Uhrig <\/strong>of Chesterfield, VA, February 10, 2021; homemaker; substitute teacher; Girl Scout leader; active in community and religious affairs. Pi Beta Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201954 BS HE\u2014Jeannette Picciano <\/strong>Wood <\/strong>of Woodway, WA, January 9, 2021; Washington state senator; legislator, Washington House of Representatives; mayor of Woodway, WA; Rotarian; member, Edmonds Chamber of Commerce and Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees; advocate for women\u2019s rights; seamstress; active in civic, community, religious, and alumni affairs. Kappa Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955, BA \u201956\u2014Edward M. Cameron III<\/strong> of Hollywood, FL, August 3, 2020. Delta Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BA\u2014Richard F. Grossman <\/strong>of Bethlehem, PA, February 1, 2021; consultant in the polymer and synthetic rubber industry; technical director, Halstab; also worked for Anaconda Wire and Cable, Polymer Services Inc., Polysar, and the Hammond Group; testified as an expert polymer witness in the 2000 Florida election hanging chads case; patentholder; veteran; enjoyed reading, travel, and the arts; active in professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BA, LLB \u201957\u2014Paul T. Kalinich <\/strong>of Glen Ellyn, IL, March 19, 2021; attorney for the Village of Glen Ellyn; corporate counsel; youth sports coach; Sunday school teacher; enjoyed golf, bridge, reading, skiing, cycling, and travel; active in community and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955\u2014Barbara Lawrence <\/strong>Kimsey <\/strong>of Eckert, CO, January 21, 2021; homemaker; performed in a clown troupe; enjoyed reading, needlepoint, Bingo, and league bowling; active in community affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BS ILR\u2014Mordecai J. Kolko <\/strong>of Pittsford, NY, February 7, 2021; executive director, RMA Kolko; veteran; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BA\u2014Erik W. Landberg <\/strong>of Reston, VA, February 23, 2021; VP, Merrill Lynch; veteran; trustee, Nature Conservancy; past president, Cornell Club of Washington, DC; active in community and alumni affairs. Tau Kappa Epsilon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BS HE\u2014Virginia Wallace <\/strong>Panzer <\/strong>of Summit, NJ, February 6, 2021; worked in real estate development; real estate agent; class correspondent, Class of 1955; University Council life member; 2011 recipient of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award; treasurer, League of Women Voters of New Jersey; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201955 BS HE\u2014Nancy Ruh <\/strong>Stevens <\/strong>of San Francisco, CA, May 2020. Pi Beta Phi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 BA\u2014Joseph L. Bograd <\/strong>of Pompton Lakes, NJ, February 17, 2021; CEO and owner, Bograd\u2019s Fine Furniture; enjoyed good food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 MS\u2014Peter H. Burleigh <\/strong>of Pittsburgh, PA, formerly of Ann Arbor, MI, January 9, 2021; chemist; worked for Diamond General Development Corp., General Electric, Mobay, Ford Motor Co., and Velsicol Chemical Co.; author; patentholder; studied Native American culture, art, and history; conservationist; enjoyed skiing, golf, hockey, travel, and the Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 BA\u2014Michael J. Fellner <\/strong>of Bedminster, NJ, November 8, 2020; dermatologist; clinical professor of dermatology, New York Medical College and Mount Sinai Medical Center; author; enjoyed performing standup comedy, painting, writing music, and his dogs; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 MILR\u2014Peter P. Fornal <\/strong>of East Greenwich, RI, January 1, 2021; human resources consultant; VP of personnel, Motorola; also worked for American Cyanamid, CIBA-Geigy, Hasbro, Bradford Soap, and Log on America; taught at Cornell U., Bryant U., the U. of Rhode Island, and New Haven U.; active in professional and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956, BME \u201957\u2014Robert A. Hutchins <\/strong>of Enfield, CT, formerly of Longmeadow, MA, February 14, 2021; career mechanical engineer, draftsman, and administrator, Hutchins Tool & Engineering; served as president of the Cornell Club of Western Massachusetts; accomplished golfer; also enjoyed cross country skiing, swimming, platform tennis, travel, and singing; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Wife, Susan Howe Hutchins \u201957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956\u2014Barbara Tepperman <\/strong>Kelly <\/strong>of Carrboro, NC, February 5, 2021; freelance editor; created custom publications for environmental and engineering corporations; adjunct professor in English writing and literature, UMass; enjoyed nature, music, literature, baseball, and kindness; active in religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956\u2014Kathryn Huxtable <\/strong>Lewis <\/strong>of Tyrone, PA, December 7, 2020; pediatrician, Tyrone Hospital; taught ambulatory pediatrics at the U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; pediatric clinic director, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital; also taught at Case Western Reserve U.; member, Kiwanis; Sunday school teacher and youth leader; active in community and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 BA\u2014Robert A. Melter <\/strong>of Southampton, NY, April 11, 2021; professor and chair of mathematics, Long Island U.; Fulbright professor at the U. of Niamey in Niger and the Nat\u2019l U. of the Ivory Coast; worked for the Nat\u2019l Research Council in Bucharest, Romania; author; volunteer, American Mathematics Society; enjoyed crossword puzzles, the arts, and learning languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 LLB\u2014Alan Parsons <\/strong>of Elmira, NY, February 3, 2021; attorney; veteran; competitive sailor; enjoyed square dancing, stamp collecting, and gardening; active in community and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201956 BA\u2014Barbara Lang <\/strong>Stern <\/strong>of Pound Ridge, NY, and New York City, January 11, 2021; author; Vogue<\/em> columnist; VP, the Rowland Co.; also worked for the Theatre Guild; competitive equestrian; active in professional and alumni affairs. Phi Beta Kappa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201957-58 SP Ag\u2014Grahame T. Arnott <\/strong>of Grimsby, ON, January 12, 2021; worked in architecture; professor; watercolor painter; enjoyed art, musicals, photography, travel, flying, and storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201957 DVM\u2014Anthony Palminteri <\/strong>of Franklin Lakes, NJ, November 10, 2020; veterinarian; founder, Oradell Animal Hospital; taught personal defense classes at the Bergen County Police Academy; enjoyed martial arts, boating, fishing, and music; active in professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 PhD\u2014Richard R. Addiss Jr.<\/strong> of Bedford, MA, April 3, 2019; physicist; worked for Solar Power Corp., Itek Corp., and RCA; served on the IEEE Subcommittee on Photovoltaic Energy Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958-59 SP Ag\u2014Francis V. Aubertine <\/strong>of Winter Haven, FL, formerly of Clayton, NY, January 11, 2021; dairy farmer; school bus driver; veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958, LLB \u201963\u2014Frederick Beck Jr.<\/strong> of Hilton Head Island, SC, formerly of Ithaca, NY, March 17, 2021; attorney; special counsel to the commissioner, NYS Workers Compensation Board; assistant district attorney, Tompkins County; also worked for the NYS Electric & Gas Corp.; veteran; avid golfer; active in civic, community, professional, and alumni affairs. Phi Kappa Psi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 LLB\u2014Bruce O. Becker <\/strong>of Boynton Beach, FL, December 23, 2020; business executive; attorney; enjoyed golf; active in civic, community, and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 BA\u2014Peter I. Bermas <\/strong>of Sleepy Hollow, NY, formerly of Great Neck, NY, November 23, 2020; attorney; active in religious and alumni affairs. Phi Sigma Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 BA, MD \u201962\u2014Robert W. Brennan <\/strong>of Cornwall, PA, March 17, 2020; neurologist; professor of neurology, Penn State U.; active in alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 MD\u2014Arnold G. <\/strong>\u201cGill\u201d Diethelm <\/strong>of Mountain Brook, AL, January 28, 2021; surgeon; cattle rancher; professor and chair, Dept. of Surgery, Medical College of Alabama; performed the first kidney transplant in the State of Alabama in 1968; also studied transplant immunology under Nobel Laureate Sir Peter Medawar; author; enjoyed football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 MA\u2014Marianne Brish <\/strong>Evett <\/strong>of Arlington, MA, February 4, 2021; theater critic; professor of English, Cleveland Inst. of Art; journalist at Vogue<\/em>, president of the American Theater Critics Assn.; philanthropist; avid supporter of the performing arts; advocate for social and environmental justice; enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, dancing, travel, and theater; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 MRP\u2014Laurence C. Gerckens <\/strong>of Hilliard, OH, January 9, 2021; professor emeritus and director of the School of Architecture, Ohio State U.; also taught architecture at Montana State U. and Arizona State U.; advocate for social justice; enjoyed camping, travel, and animals; active in professional affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 BS Ag\u2014Steven C. Gibson <\/strong>of Boyds, MD, January 20, 2021; transit consultant; senior program analyst, Litton Computer Services; computer programmer\/systems analyst, NYS Dept. of Transportation; teacher; veteran; Boy Scout leader; enjoyed reading, music festivals, and travel; active in community, professional, and religious affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 BS HE\u2014Miriam Smith <\/strong>Hardy <\/strong>of Middlebury, VT, formerly of Ithaca, NY, March 18, 2021; program coordinator, Tompkins County Senior Citizens Council (now Lifelong); caseworker; teacher; president, Ithaca Lions Club; helped found the first community food pantry in Trumansburg; enjoyed theater and opera; active in community, religious, and alumni affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201958 BS Ag\u2014William E. Reid <\/strong>of Rock City Falls, NY, January 22, 2021; plant manager, Stewarts; veteran; fire commissioner and life member of the Rock City Falls Volunteer Fire Dept.; Mason; enjoyed camping, hunting, gardening, and travel; active in community affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n