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1942
Neysa Cristol Adams CW’42, Bala Cynwyd, PA, a former high school teacher, investment advisor, and trustee at several foundations; June 26, at 104. As a student at Penn, she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority and the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As an alumna, she was a longtime volunteer for her class, established several awards and programs with her husband, the late Arlin Adams L’47 Hon’98, and received the Alumni Award of Merit in 1994.
1948
Dorothy Rose Gerbarg Barzin Ed’48, Kingston, NY, a former leader at many local nonprofit organizations, including the League of Women Voters and Planned Parenthood; July 30, at 100. One daughter is Darcy Gerbarg CW’70.
Gerald J. “Jerry” Spiewak W’48, West Palm Beach, FL, former owner of a manufacturer of uniforms, outerwear, and high-visibility apparel for public safety agencies; Nov. 29, 2024. He served in the US Navy. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Mu Sigma fraternity and the swimming team. One child is Alan E. Spiewak C’71.
1950
Andre G. Beaumont WG’50, Millsboro, DE, a retired president of the Council on Career Development for Minorities, a nonprofit dedicated to the career advancement of minority college students and graduates; Dec. 16, 2023. He served in the US Army during World War II.
Philip R. Murray W’50, Camp Hill, PA, March 31. He retired from the US Department of Defense. At Penn, he was a member of the choral society and the swimming team.
Beverly Sher Polin Ed’50, Willow Street, PA, a retired kindergarten teacher; April 15. At Penn, she was a member of the choral society.
1951
Mercer B. Barrows C’51, Lake Wales, FL, a retired executive at a travel company; May 27. He served in the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, a unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Phi fraternity (St. Elmo’s Club), Friars Senior Society, and the sprint football and lacrosse teams. His wife is Joy Price Barrows CW’63.
Barbara Schwartz Berkowitz Ed’51, Merion Station, PA, March 25.
Dr. C. John “Jack” Bryer V’51, West Chester, PA, a retired large animal veterinarian; July 5, at 100. He served in the US Army Air Corps during World War II. Two children are Jeffrey B. Bryer C’73 and Suzanne Bryer Levy Nu’78 GNu’81 GrN’86.
Clifford C. R. Hood C’51, Philadelphia, founder of a public relations and advertising firm; March 30. He served in the US Navy and the US Naval Reserve. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, the Glee Club, the choral society, The Daily Pennsylvanian, and ROTC.
Hugh Jefferies Ed’51, Prairie Village, KS, retired owner of an HVAC manufacturers’ representative company; March 29. He served in the US Navy. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the basketball and baseball teams, and Sphinx Senior Society.
Gloria Woolever Kundrat HUP’51 Nu’61, Berwick, PA, a retired nurse for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health and the Berwick School District; April 12. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Deborah Harber Rose Nu’51, Weston, MA, a former nurse; March 1. One son is David Richard Rose C’77.
1952
Dr. Irwin R. Fisch C’52, Walnut Creek, CA, a physician specializing in hematology and oncology; April 16. He served in the US Navy. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.
Philip B. Fisher Jr. L’52, New York, a retired attorney; April 16.
Rev. Chase S. Hunt C’52, East Lansing, MI, a Presbyterian minister; Dec. 1. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. At Penn, he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, the Glee Club, and the sprint football team. His wife is Suzanne Mahn Hunt Ed’54.
Janice “Jan” Auritt Oser CW’52, Rhinebeck, NY, a retired bank supervision officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; March 9. At Penn, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and editor in chief of the women’s newspaper.
Robert M. Silverberg W’52, Roslyn, NY, retired founder of a packaging company; April 23. He served in the US Air Force. At Penn, he was a member of The Daily Pennsylvanian and ROTC.
1953
Rosalyn Yaskin Abrams CW’53 G’54, Edison, NJ, a former cytotechnologist; April 17. One son is Joseph C. Y. Abrams C’78 W’78.
Dr. Sydney E. Pulver M’53 GM’57, Philadelphia, a former professor of psychology and psychiatry at Penn; March 23. He served in the US Army during World War II. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. His daughter is Susan Pulver Mardinly GEE’81.
1954
Martin Abrahams W’54, Sarasota, FL, a retired accountant; Feb. 19. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
George J. Besi W’54, Athens, Greece, May 16. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and Penn Players. His daughter is Anna-Maria Besi C’91.
Lloyd R. Currier C’54, Hackensack, NJ, president and CEO of a hospital; May 9. He served in the US Navy.
Samuel Humes IV WG’54, Williamstown, MA, retired founder of the Council of Governments, which coordinated local government actions in the Washington metropolitan area; April 11. He also taught at Queens University, Nova Southeastern University, Rider College, Boston University, and other institutions.
Lawrence C. “Larry” Levey C’54, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, a retired executive at a glass and packaging manufacturer; April 10. He served in the US Army. At Penn, he was a member of Kappa Nu fraternity and the sprint football and wrestling teams.
John W. “Jack” Sarappo ChE’54, East Windsor, NJ, a retired chemical engineer; April 17.
Dr. Robert G. Somers C’54, Lafayette Hill, PA, a retired surgical oncologist; March 24. He served in the US Air Force. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.
Richard A. Speer W’54, Beachwood, OH, former president of a company that manufactured environmental products such as those that clean up oil spills; May 3. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. His daughters are Susan Speer Zenn C’83 (Dr. Michael R. Zenn C’84) and Ellen Speer Davis W’85, and one grandchild is Robert D. Davis W’13.
Evelyn Sclufer Spiegel Gr’54, Hanover, NH, professor emeritus of biology at Dartmouth College; Feb. 29, 2024.
1955
Anthony J. Desiderio Jr. W’55, Monmouth Beach, NJ, retired owner of an Oldsmobile dealership; May 1. He served in the US Army.
Ann Marie Stefanowicz Finch CW’55, Wilmington, DE, April 15. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Ronald L. Fradkin W’55, Baltimore, former president of his family’s business, the Al Fradkin Company, and cofounder of a consumer credit counseling service; April 20. Later in his career, he was a commercial real estate broker and utility consultant. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. At Penn, he was a member of Kappa Nu fraternity, The Daily Pennsylvanian, and the equestrian club. Two children are Michael J. Fradkin W’79 and Richard E. Fradkin W’85.
Stanley J. Maziarz W’55, Delray Beach, FL, retired senior consultant for a construction firm; April 29. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Dr. Earl C. Pebley V’55, Belleville, PA, a retired veterinarian; April 12. He served in the US Air Force Veterinary Corps.
1956
Muriel Tennis Asbornsen G’56, Albany, NY, a retired architect; April 15.
David E. Connor Jr. Ar’56, Wake Forest, NC, April 16. He served in the US Army.
John B. Frantz G’56 Gr’61, State College, PA, professor emeritus of history at Penn State University; May 2. His daughter is Kyle J. Frantz C’92.
Kay Selner Price PT’56, Thousand Island Park, NY, a physical therapist and caregiver; April 14. She was also a volunteer EMT and ambulance driver. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, the choral society, the swimming team, and the Pennguinnettes synchronized swimming team. Her sister is Sally T. Selner CW’59.
1957
Gail Sullivan Karpinski Cornell CW’57, Foster City, CA, a former math and science teacher, and later a project manager for a civil engineering firm that constructed landfills; April 9.
Sandra Baker Fritz HUP’57, Benton, PA, a longtime school nurse and co-owner with her husband of a retreat center; May 5.
Esther Taylor Glaser CW’57, Scranton, PA, a retired schoolteacher; April 17. She also taught classes on dyeing, weaving, and spinning wool.
Connie Glass Kay Ed’57, Rydal, PA, an art and antiques appraiser, and a co-owner of a costume jewelry business; May 9. At Penn, she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority and WXPN. One daughter is Sally Kay Hochhauser C’82 (Scott J. Hochhauser C’82), one grandchild is Mae A. Hochhauser W’14; and her sister is Caryl Glass Levin CW’63 (Michael A. Levin W’63 L’66).
Vesta “Tiki” Osler Mershon CW’57, Blue Bell, PA, Jan. 5, 2025.
Kenneth R. Olofson W’57, Winter Springs, FL, a retired mortgage loan officer; March 22. He served in the US Navy. One son is Richard H. Olofson W’87.
James J. Pelts W’57, Glencoe, IL, March 8, 2023. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.
Richard M. Sharp C’57, Camarillo, CA, a mathematics professor at California State University; Oct. 1. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and WXPN.
M. Melvin Shralow ME’57, Haverford, PA, a retired lawyer; April 2. At Penn, he was a member of the sprint football and rowing teams, and he was a Franklin Scholar. His daughter is Donna Shralow Nadel C’82, and two grandchildren are Sean M. Nadel C’13 and Alison R. Nadel C’15.
Dr. Herschel J. Sklaroff C’57 M’61, New York, a retired physician and professor of internal medicine and cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital; April 1. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. His sister is Rachel S. Strauber CW’59 (Donald I. Strauber C’57).
Elizabeth Forsythe Ziegenfus DH’57, Newtown Square, PA, a dental hygienist, realtor, and floral designer; March 25. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. One grandchild is Elizabeth F. Gully C’16.
1958
Dr. Thomas A. Courtenay M’58, Shelbyville, KY, a retired pediatrician and philanthropist; March 28. He served in the US military during the Korean War.
David B. Dyche Jr. WG’58, Osprey, FL, a former banker; Sept. 27.
Lynne Hyman Kupperman Ed’58, Aventura, FL, a former elementary school teacher; April 5. At Penn, she was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority. Her daughters are Wendy S. Kupperman-Ruden DH’82 and Carolyn A. Kupperman C’84, and her grandson is Jacob B. Ruden C’15.
R. Wallace Lord WG’58, Glenwood Springs, CO, a ski instructor and operator of a ski company’s electronic timing systems; April 18. He also taught computer classes at a community college. He served in the US Navy.
Albert G. Mikalauskas EE’58 GEE’68, Wallingford, PA, retired vice president of commercial operations at PECO; April 22. He served in the US Navy. At Penn, he was a member of the baseball team.
Walter H. Offermann W’58, Lititz, PA, retired executive of an insulation company; April 5. He served in the US Air Force Reserve. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, the rowing team, and ROTC. His wife is Shirley Vandegrift Offermann PT’58.
Joan Goldstein Pilchik Ed’58, Melbourne Beach, FL, former counsel for the New York City Board of Education; Feb. 15. At Penn, she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority and WXPN. One daughter is Lory S. Pilchik C’89.
Dr. William M. Rambo M’58, Mount Pleasant, SC, a retired professor of general surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina; April 11.
Jack B. Tobin C’58, Aventura, FL, a retired real estate manager; April 3. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity and Penn Players. His wife is Amy Ehrlich Tobin DH’62.
1959
Dr. Fredric B. Bauer C’59, Northlake, IL, a retired pediatrician; May 3. He served in the US Army Reserve and the US National Guard.
Constance A. Eastburn CW’59, Doyles-town, PA, a former teacher and an assistant to the registrar of the Harvard Business School; March 29. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Thomas G. Foster WG’59, Largo, FL, April 4. He worked at companies such as Procter & Gamble and Ford Motor Company, and he owned several small businesses. He served in the US Army during the Korean War.
Robert N. Garrison Ar’59, Moorestown, NJ, a retired architect; April 2. He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
Robert P. Goldstein W’59, Atlanta, March 23. He worked in the commercial printing industry. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, Friars Senior Society, and the tennis team.
Dr. George W. Heisey V’59, Lebanon, PA, a retired veterinarian; April 4.
Kenneth A. Jacoppi W’59, Setauket, NY, a lawyer specializing in wills, estate law, and real estate law; April 12. He served in the US Navy. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. His children include Lynne Jacoppi Stotz W’83 and John J. Jacoppi C’89 (Necole Thurber Jacoppi C’88).
Dr. William L. Mullan Jr. V’59, Clinton Township, MI, a retired veterinarian; April 5. He served in the US Navy Reserve.
George R. Stephan W’59, Lancaster, PA, former assistant credit manager at Carpenter Technology; May 2. He served in the US Navy.
1960
William C. Napper WG’60, St. Augustine, FL, a retired executive at Methode Electronics and co-owner of a travel agency with his wife; April 19.
Dr. Louis J. Petrie C’60, Moorestown, NJ, a retired anesthesiologist and pain management physician; March 23. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and the football and rowing teams.
Perry Rothaus W’60, Philadelphia, retired president of a flooring company; April 21. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and the golf team. One son is Michael S. Rothaus W’82.
Lillian “Lee” Schabhuttl Shields Nu’60, Garden City, NY, a retired professor at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo; March 25.
1961
Arthur S. Diamond W’61, Fredericksburg, VA, a retired logistics general manager for the US Army; February 11.
Paul “Chico” Euwer Jr. WG’61, Laughlintown, PA, president of a family foundation; March 23.
Barney C. Guttman W’61, Delray Beach, FL, a retired investment banker; June 14. He served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity and The Daily Pennsylvanian. One child is Lissa B. Guttman C’94.
Edward H. Kaplan W’61, Washington, DC, a real estate developer, retired chair of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, and former president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington; March 27. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.
Dr. Martin J. Kimmel D’61, Roslyn, NY, April 10.
Dr. John D. Lewis M’61 GM’65, Shelburne, VT, a retired obstetrician-gynecologist and residency training director at the University of Vermont; Feb. 10. He served in the US Army.
John F. Newsom III WG’61, Richmond, VA, a retired bank executive; March 24. He served in the US Navy.
Richard E. Tustian GCP’61 GAr’62 GFA’62, Gaithersburg, MD, former planning director for Montgomery County, Maryland, and a professor of city planning at several colleges; April 1. He was also an adjunct professor of city and regional planning at Penn. As a student at Penn, he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. His wife is Jeanne Borie Tustian CW’62.
1962
Leon Goldstein W’62, San Francisco, CA, a former menswear salesman; Feb. 1. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity.
Louis P. Silverman L’62, State College, PA, a lawyer; April 1. He served in the US military.
Margaret S. Williams CW’62 GEd’85, Newtown Square, PA, a retired remediation specialist for Delaware County, Pennsylvania; April 24. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, Penn Singers, and the choral society.
1963
Jonathan B. Baker L’63, Vancouver, BC, Canada, an attorney; June 18, 2025.
Dr. Sidney Breibart GM’63, Atlanta, a pediatric endocrinologist; July 9, 2025. He served in the US Army.
Stuart M. Levine L’63, Weston, CT, a lawyer and president of a trucking delivery company; April 13.
Col. Robert M. Novogratz WG’63, Alexandria, VA, a colonel in the US Army; April 11. He served during the Vietnam War.
Louise Twining O’Malley CW’63 CGS’93, Berwyn, PA, Dec. 20. Earlier in her career, she worked in a veterinary lab at Penn.
1964
Dr. James W. Ebert V’64, Sierra Vista, AZ, a retired research veterinarian at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Oct. 9, 2024. He worked on a team that was responsible for developing the hepatitis B vaccine for humans. His wife is Dr. Deborah Derdzinski Ebert V’66.
Louis C. “Buddy” Hano III W’64, York, PA, a retired life insurance agent; July 2, 2024. His sister is Nancy S. Hano W’68 GrEd’75.
Louise Lynn Jones GEd’64, Media, PA, a retired reading specialist and teacher of social studies and language arts; April 25.
Christopher D. Olmstead C’64, Atlanta, a retired attorney; July 8. He was an avid collector of political buttons and Penn memorabilia, and his “Pinup Boy” montage of Penn buttons was featured in the “Window” section of the Sep|Oct 2016 issue of the Gazette. He served in the US Army Transportation Corps. At Penn, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, the wrestling team, and ROTC. His brother is Dr. Edwin J. Olmstead C’69 M’73.
David C. Patten L’64, West Chester, PA, a retired attorney and former longtime solicitor for Pennsbury Township, PA; March 26.
Denis A. Russ W’64, Miami Beach, FL, former president of the Miami Beach Community Development Corporation; April 12.
1965
David M. Chamberlain W’65, San Francisco, CA, retired CEO of several corporations, including Shaklee, Stride Rite, and Genesco; April 28. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Daniel M. Jacobson W’65, Brookline, MA, a retired bank executive; Jan. 29. At Penn, he was a member of Tau Delta Phi fraternity.
John C. Miller WEv’65, Southaven, MS, July 16. He worked for FedEx.
Dr. Jon L. Rauch D’65, North Miami, FL, a retired endodontist; May 1. He was also a longtime councilman for Bay Harbor Islands, FL. He served in the US military.
Paul F. Roth GEE’65, Pittsburgh, April 30.
Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz GEd’65, Bozeman, MT, a former teacher, writer, art historian, and master quilter; May 10. One son is Alex C. Sienkiewicz C’97.
Dr. J. Robert Smith M’65, Tucson, AZ, a retired hematologist; March 3. He served in the US Air Force in the Vietnam War.
1966
Dr. John J. Cappello D’66, Weston, CT, a retired dentist; April 2. He served in the US Army Reserve.
Dr. Jay P. Goldsmith D’66, New York, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon; June 18. His wife is Marjorie T. Goldsmith GEd’66, and his son is David J. Goldsmith C’93 G’93. One grandchild is Molly L. Goldsmith C’28.
1967
Roger J. Burns W’67 WG’70, Chapel Hill, NC, a retired business management consultant; April 8. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Michael A. Cantelmo ME’67, Warren, OH, a retired engineer at a steel company; May 6. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Dr. W. Taylor Johnson GM’67, Wilmington, NC, a retired dermatologist; Feb. 25, 2025. He served in the US Navy.
William J. Manikas C’67, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, a retired attorney; Dec. 8.
Hewitt B. McCloskey Jr. GLA’67, Fort Myers, FL, a retired landscape architect; April 1.
Thomas W. Merrick Gr’67, Saint Petersburg, FL, a retired senior advisor on population and reproductive health at the World Bank; March 18.
Joel H. Roache III Gr’67, Salisbury, MD, a longtime faculty member at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; April 28.
Katharine McDowell Watson CW’67, Warrington, PA, a representative of Pennsylvania’s 144th Legislative District; April 22.
1968
Lt. Col. Nancy A. Asquith Nu’68, Dover, TN, a retired pediatric nurse and professor of nursing at several colleges; May 3. She served in the US Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War.
Hon. Dennis P. Blake C’68, Haddonfield, NJ, an administrative law judge for New Jersey; April 1. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the football team.
Frank M. Boka ChE’68, Chagrin Falls, OH, a chemical engineer; April 16. At Penn, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, and the track and cross country teams.
Joseph E. Gerber Jr. W’68, Springfield, VA, a former FBI agent; April 20. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Donald K. Joseph L’68, Elkins Park, PA, a former lawyer and law professor; April 17. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. His daughter is Rachel M. Joseph C’02.
Charles K. Orner WEv’68, Bechtelsville, PA, a retired security manager for Bell Telephone and a longtime school bus driver; Oct. 23. He served in the US Navy.
Dr. William J. Solomon V’68, New Freedom, PA, a retired veterinarian; May 5.
Michael J. Torpey Jr. W’68, Cape May, NJ, March 30. He worked at IBM. He served in the US Army National Guard. At Penn, he was a member of Penn Band. His wife is Martha Torpey HUP’68.
1969
Muriel Cohen Efron CGS’69, Zichron Yaakov, Israel, a retired law librarian who worked at libraries around the world; May 25, at 100. One son is Neil C. Efron C’83.
Patrick J. Finnegan C’69, Southampton, PA, a retired engineer at the US Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA; April 7.
Arthur F. “Bud” Hirsch W’69, Bryn Mawr, PA, former vice president for operational services at Penn who later became a commercial real estate executive; April 16. As a student at Penn, he was a member of ROTC and the Sphinx Senior Society, and he was the 1969 student recipient of Penn’s Alumni Award of Merit. He served in the US Navy. One son is David Hirsch W’06.
Jeffrey W. Kobrick L’69, Oakland, CA, an attorney; June 22.
Kevin M. Magane C’69, Truro, MA, a home builder; March 21. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Zandra Lee Price CW’69, Decatur, GA, a former librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia; April 1.
Gregory D. Roberts WG’69, Aiken, SC, a life insurance executive; April 28.
John M. Robinson L’69, Kensington, MD, a former attorney for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; April 4.
Dr. William N. Ryan M’69, Yardley, PA, a retired physician and former clinical associate of medicine at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine; March 31. His daughter is Rachael B. Ryan C’01.
Hon. David A. Scott WG’69, Atlanta, a US representative for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District; April 22. At Penn, he was a member of the Onyx Senior Society.
Dr. Morton L. Silverman C’69, Warminster, PA, a retired rehabilitation physician; Jan. 7.
1970
Jacob M. Buurma Jr. WG’70, Lynden, WA, a retired corporate accountant and financial planner; April 5.
Beatrice Goldman Milgrim CGS’70, Vero Beach, FL, March 31. She worked in donor relations for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Her stepdaughter is Ellen L. Milgrim GEd’73 GrEd’82.
Mary C. Miller GNu’70, Brookline, PA, a retired professor of nursing at Duquesne University; May 6. She served in the US Navy and the US Navy Reserve.
David B. Sklansky W’70, Las Vegas, a professional poker player known as “The Mathematician” and author of books on poker, blackjack, and general gambling theory; March 23.
Thomas E. Williams WG’70, Marblehead, MA, retired president and CEO of a plastic film supply company; April 20. At Penn, he was a Joseph Wharton Fellow.
Kathleen McKenna Winter FA’70, Monroeville, PA, an accomplished painter, specializing in portraits, still life, and landscapes; June 9. Two children are Sherl Joseph Winter III CGS’83 GFA’86 and Genienne Winter Navarro GEd’89.
1972
Joan Carville Chardon GEd’72, Philadelphia, a retired supervisor at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; March 13.
Manville G. Duncanson Jr. Gr’72, Oklahoma City, OK, professor emeritus of dental materials at the University of Oklahoma; May 2. He served in the US Army Dental Corps.
Paul S. Marshall WG’72, Wallingford, PA, a retired professor of finance at Widener University; March 4.
Dr. Lawrence K. Spitz M’72 WG’76 GM’73 GM’75, Philadelphia, former medical director of the Health Evaluation Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, founder of the Penn Executive Diagnostic Center, and an adjunct professor in the Perelman School of Medicine; Dec. 6. Later in his career, he founded Pattern Analysis, which uncovered insurance fraud for clients nationwide, and he also became an acclaimed ceramics artist. His wife is Carol S. Klein WG’76.
Laurel J. Welt CW’72, Fredericksburg, VA, a former paralegal; Nov. 8, 2023. As an alumna, she was a volunteer for her class.
1973
Ricard L. “Ric” Hammitt WG’73, Ambler, PA, a real estate developer; July 7, 2025. His brother is Keith R. Pagnotto-Hammitt Gr’07.
Howard S. Levine W’73, Voorhees, NJ, a retired accountant and former vice president of internal audit for Bally’s Casino and Hotels nationwide; Jan. 21. At Penn, he was a member of Sphinx Senior Society and coeditor of the yearbook. His wife is Susan Levit Levine CW’74 GEd’74.
1974
Dr. William B. Kemp GD’74, Chesterfield, VA, an endodontist and professor of dentistry at the Virginia Commonwealth University; April 17. He also helped pioneer the field of animal dentistry, working on tigers, elephants, rattlesnakes, monkeys, and other animals. He served in the US Navy.
1975
Dr. George R. Albin III C’75 GEd’75, St. Louis, a retired dentist; Feb. 23. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and the Glee Club. His wife is Patricia Blaszczak Albin OT’76.
Kent S. Bernard L’75, Westport, CT, retired vice president and assistant general counsel at Pfizer; March 20. He was also an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University.
Leslie Booth Faust GEd’75, Annapolis, MD, a teacher of Spanish and English as a Second Language; Oct. 16.
Gordon R. Keehn G’75, Raleigh, NC, a software engineer at IBM; March 1.
Joseph J. Radvansky Jr. GEd’75, Lansdale, PA, a mathematics teacher at La Salle College High School; March 29.
1976
Brian T. Higgins C’76, Wayne, NJ, a retired lawyer; April 16. At Penn, he was a member of The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Joyce Hackett Sanyour C’76, West Chester, PA, an attorney specializing in intellectual property and patent law; April 27. At Penn, she was a member of the field hockey and track teams. Her sister is Judith Hackett Doll C’76.
Dr. Donald A. Schon GM’76 GM’78, Phoenix, AZ, a nephrologist; May 2.
Doran J. Twer ASC’76, Jenkintown, PA, a management consultant; March 26.
1978
Dr. Robley D. Bates III GM’78, Richmond, VA, a retired urologist and surgeon; April 6.
Andrew S. Brenner C’78 W’78 WG’79, Amawalk, NY, a Wall Street executive and accountant; March 3. As a student at Penn, he was a member of the cheerleading team and Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. As an alumnus, he was a volunteer for his Class and the Basketball Sports Board.
Gail Altsher Jasne W’78, White Plains, NY, an accountant and healthcare consultant; March 23.
Cipora Katz SW’78, Huntingdon Valley, PA, former director of psychiatry at Allegheny University Hospital; March 31.
Karen “Linda” McCarthy C’78, Wakefield, MA, Feb. 26.
William F. Simms III L’78, Philadelphia, a lawyer specializing in personal injury and real estate law; July 23, 2025.
1979
Michael T. Di Camillo CE’79 GCE’85, Abington, PA, a retired senior program manager at SEPTA; March 27. He later became an engineering consultant. His children include John A. Di Camillo C’06 and Adela M. Di Camillo Nu’08.
Robert B. Goebel W’79, Scarsdale, NY, a real estate lawyer; March 15. At Penn, he was a member of the tennis team.
Morris “Morry” Goldstein WG’79, Las Vegas, founder of Nevada Slots and Supply; March 8. Earlier in his career, he served as deputy mayor of Mount Laurel Township, NJ.
John A. Luke Jr. WG’79, Richmond, VA, chairman and CEO of Westvaco Corporation, a paper and packaging company; March 14. He served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War.
Daniel S. Rosenbaum C’79, New York, a magazine, newspaper, and book editor, and a playwright and rare books dealer; Dec. 5. He worked for media outlets such as Tennis magazine, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and The New York Times. At Penn, he was a member of UTV and a sports editor at The Daily Pennsylvanian, where he broke the story that the University was ending its varsity men’s ice hockey program. His brother is Eli M. Rosenbaum W’76 WG’77 [“Profiles,” Nov|Dec 2022].
Margaret P. “Peggy” Wallace GNu’79, West Roxbury, a retired nurse; MA, April 26. She served in the US Air Force Reserve as a flight nurse during the Vietnam War.
1980
Melanie Brown Oates WG’80, Newtown Square, PA, a professor at the University of the Sciences and Chatham University; March 1.
Kerry S. Schuman W’80, Philadelphia, an attorney; May 7. His wife is Jill Evantash Schuman C’81.
Dr. Harvey A. Snyder GM’80 GM’81, Philadelphia, a cardiologist who pioneered the use of heart catheterizations; April 8. One daughter is Juliette G. Snyder C’14.
1981
Linda Garland Ahern GEE’81, Osterville, MA, a senior computer analyst at Smith College; March 1. Her husband is John F. “Jack” Ahern GLA’80.
Evelyn L. Bundick WEv’81, Philadelphia, a former VA medical center radiology administrator, African American Genealogy Group cofounder, and retired US Labor Department investigator; Feb. 22. Her husband is James H. Bundick II WEv’80.
Richard A. Kinder WG’81, Pittsburgh, a professor of business at Washington and Jefferson College; March 7. He served in the US Army.
Sr. Margaret M. McKenna Gr’81, Philadelphia, a member of the Medical Mission Sisters; April 22. She led nonviolent direct-action groups and established a program for those recovering from addiction, among other initiatives.
Miriam Ray Twiname GNu’81, Newtown, PA, a retired school nurse; March 8.
1982
Steven C. Feinstein W’82, West Chester, PA, an attorney; March 21.
Jose O. F. Noronha WG’82, Scotch Plains, NJ, a retired telecommunications engineer and real estate property manager; April 28.
Joel S. Weiner WG’82, New Hope, PA, a former executive at Tower Group; June 5, 2025. His daughter is Julia M. Weiner C’02.
1983
William M. “Bill” Andersen WG’83, Phoenixville, PA, a farmer and real estate executive; Oct. 31. His wife is Elizabeth Dibble Andersen WG’85.
Edward W. Chin WG’83, Glen Allen, VA, a senior credit and risk officer at a bank; Sept. 9, 2025.
T. Kevin Massey WG’83, Scarsdale, NY, a retired sales manager at IBM who later became an administrator of a Christian Science care facility; March 23.
1984
Douglas S. Arnold WG’84, Avon, CT, an executive who managed physician groups in Illinois, Connecticut, and other locations; March 8. At Penn, he was a member of the Wharton Follies.
Karen M. Cox WG’84, Oak Park, IL, a retired manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield; Sept. 20, 2025.
Dr. Randall A. Frey V’84, Millersville, PA, a retired veterinarian; March 28.
George M. May W’84, Philadelphia, a retired CEO for a charter school; Dec. 21. At Penn, he was a member of the basketball team.
Charles H. Shuman GEE’84, Philadelphia, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Drexel, Temple, Penn State, and Widener Universities; March 30. At Penn, he was a member of Mask & Wig. His brother is Dr. Stephen K. Shuman C’77.
1986
Stephen P. Duprey Gr’86, Whitehouse Station, NJ, a cancer and pharmaceutical researcher; Feb. 16. His wife is Margaret P. C. Duprey GNu’82.
Dr. Peter C. Rakestraw V’86, Tubac, AZ, a retired equine surgeon; March 26.
1987
Daniel J. Mackell Jr. WG’87, Greenwich, CT, a financial executive; March 3.
Ursula Lisbeth Muehllehner WEv’87, Wayne, PA, retired vice president of finance for UGM Medical Systems; April 1.
Devon “Dee” Carlin Pierce GLA’87, Charlotte, VT, a landscape architect; Feb. 3.
Kaye Hood Pollock Gr’87, Willow Street, PA, a former high school principal; April 16.
1988
Maribel “Pidge” Waldo Molyneaux Gr’88, Swarthmore, PA, a retired English professor at La Salle University; March 5.
Akio Onishi WG’88, Ota-Ku, Japan, Aug. 16, 2025.
1990
Steven T. Lampe W’90 WG’98, Blue Bell, PA, an investment manager; March 13.
1991
Thambidurai Muthukumaraswamy (“T. Kumar”) GL’91, Washington, DC, a human rights activist and former director for international advocacy at Amnesty International; Jan. 19. His advocacy work was inspired by his years spent in Sri Lankan prisons for his work as a Tamil resistance leader.
Michael W. Nivasch C’91, Lakewood Ranch, FL, a hedge fund trader; Feb. 14. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and the football team, where he was part of the 1988 Ivy League championship squad.
Stewart A. Schoder III G’91, Glencoe, IL, retired chief financial officer of Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School in Chicago; April 4.
1994
Larry J. Hochendoner G’94, Dauphin, PA, former Dauphin County commissioner and executive director of the Philadelphia AIDS Consortium (later known as World Healthcare Infrastructures), a nonprofit that helped set up HIV/AIDS clinics in seven countries; March 23.
Charles A. Kromer G’94, Collingswood, NJ, a retired transportation planner for SEPTA; Jan. 18.
1995
Jonathan D. Morris C’95, Roslyn, NY, a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions; May 2024. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. His father is Richard J. Morris W’66.
David C. Rode W’95, Allison Park, PA, a professor of social and decision sciences and a former management consultant; March 11.
Michael F. Voorhees G’95, Lambertville, NJ, a retired hospital administrator; April 18.
1996
Thomas J. Rollando G’96, Vero Beach, FL, a portfolio manager; April 7.
Michael T. Upshur C’96, Fuquay Varina, NC, a retired project manager in the financial services industry; April 11.
1997
Frederick J. Gesiorski G’97, Malvern, PA, April 8. He worked in finance at LyondellBasell chemical company.
Kevin O’Malley C’97 WG’04, Santa Barbara, CA, former part-owner of the San Diego Padres and an owner and operator of minor league baseball teams in California; June 30. He was also the founder of the investment firm Carmelina Capital Partners. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, Friars Senior Society, and the baseball team. He comes from an iconic baseball family; his father is Peter O’Malley W’59 and his grandfather was the late Walter O’Malley C’26, the two of them combining to own and operate the Los Angeles Dodgers for a half century.
Sean R. Seagreaves C’97, Coatesville, PA, a compliance consultant for Allstate Insurance and a youth wrestling coach; Feb. 19. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the wrestling team.
John J. Sweeney GEd’97, Media, PA, a retired elementary school teacher; April 9.
1998
Rochelle “Shellie” Levy Sherman GGS’98 CGS’02, Pittsburgh, a former Penn administrative assistant, as well as a weaver, painter, printmaker, photographer, collagist, and mixed-media artist; Aug. 29, 2025. She served in the Graduate School of Fine Arts Office of the Registrar from 1985 to 1989, then moved to the program in architecture from 1989 to 1993, and finally was an administrative/academic coordinator in the fine arts department from 1993 to 1999.
1999
Patricia R. Adams CGS’99, Flourtown, PA, a retired Penn administrator whose career spanned multiple departments and who most recently served as director of human resources for Penn Nursing; June 12. She joined Penn’s staff in 1985. Her career included positions in the Wharton School, Information Systems and Computing (ISC), and ultimately the School of Nursing. In 1995, she served on the Task Force to Restructure Computing Services Across Penn, which brought Penn into the internet age. At Penn Nursing, she led several initiatives, including the Staff Awards Program, Professional Development Week, and the annual performance review process, among many others. She retired from Penn in 2022.
Rachel A. Beberman C’99, Richmond, TX, March 30. She worked at a mental health facility.
William J. Cohen GCP’99 GFA’02 Gr’03, Wilmington, DE, a professor of ecological planning and environmental design at Temple University; May 1.
2000
Rebekah Goldstein Giannakos GNu’00, Silver Spring, MD, director of occupational health at the University of Maryland, College Park; March 23.
2001
Srinivas S. Nandury WG’01, Summit, NJ, cofounder and CEO of Summit Insights Group; March 30.
2004
Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss Gr’04, Bala Cynwyd, PA, a former provost of Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion; March 3. She made history as the first woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement.
2007
Ibraheem Basir C’07 WG’12, Brooklyn, NY, founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins, a manufacturer of ready-to-eat rice and beans inspired by traditional Creole, Caribbean, and Latin American recipes; March 4.
2015
Thomas S. Caldwell Jr. Gr’15, Carrboro, NC, a software developer and data analyst in the department of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina; March 21.
Faculty & Staff
Patricia R. Adams. See Class of 1999.
Gloria Woolever Kundrat. See Class of 1951.
Victor H. Mair, a professor of Chinese language and literature in the department of East Asian languages and civilizations in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences; June 28. He came to Penn in 1979 and taught courses on Buddhist popular literature and on the vernacular tradition of Chinese fiction and the performing arts. In 1990, he led a faculty push to rename Penn’s department of Oriental studies to the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies. He researched, lectured, and published peer-reviewed articles on the influence of Sanskrit meter on Chinese poetry, the tangled relation between oral Chinese and its script [“Gazetteer,” Mar|Apr 2014], and the multifaceted history of tea [“Steeped in Tea,” Jan|Feb 2010]. During the 1990s, he organized an interdisciplinary research project, partly funded by Penn’s University Research Council, on the Bronze Age and Iron Age mummies of Eastern Central Asia. His efforts resulted in three television documentaries, a major international conference, numerous articles, and a book (as well as a Gazette feature in our Jan|Feb 2011 issue, “When West Went East”). He held visiting professorships at the University of Hong Kong, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University, and Duke University. His son is Thomas K. Mair C’94.
Louise Twining O’Malley. See Class of 1963.
Patrick Papadopulos. See Class of 2009.
Dr. Sydney E. Pulver. See Class of 1953.
Dr. William N. Ryan. See Class of 1969.
Rochelle “Shellie” Levy Sherman. See Class of 1998.
Dr. Lawrence K. Spitz. See Class of 1972.
Richard E. Tustian. See Class of 1961.
Daniel R. Vining Jr., Haddonfield, NJ, professor emeritus of regional science at Penn; April 19. He was on the faculty at Penn from 1974 to 2006. Despite a devastating stroke in his early 40s, he kept researching, writing, and working with students until he retired. He served in the Marine Corps Reserve during the Vietnam War, and as a volunteer English teacher at a high school in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. Two children are Dr. Ella Rutledge Vining M’01 and Dr. Daniel K. Vining M’03 GM’07 (Susannah H. Vining L’06).
Eric S. Weinberg, Philadelphia, professor emeritus of biology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences; March 24. In 1979, he joined Penn’s faculty as an associate professor of biology, becoming a full professor in 1996. At Penn, he was among the first to clone, sequence, and characterize histone genes, helping to define how genome organization and transcriptional regulation unfold during early development. These studies, which involved work with sea urchins, established him as a leader in the emerging field of molecular developmental biology. Later, he pivoted his research and became an early adopter of the zebrafish as a model for vertebrate development, contributing to foundational work on embryonic patterning, axis formation, and gene regulation. During his time at Penn, he also taught in the College of Liberal & Professional Studies and in the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine. He retired in 2019. His daughter is Tanya Weinberg Yahana C’94.
