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1931

Dr. Eleanor Anglin Price Ed’31 G’34, DeKalb, Ill., emeritus professor of education at Northern Illinois University; Nov. 22. At Penn, she was a member of the women’s swimming team.

1933

Edmund H. Brown W’33, Centreville, Va., retired accountant for Western Electric; Dec. 5. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

1934

Arthur S. Gunzberg W’34, Evanston, Ill., retired head of his family’s men’s suits firm; Oct. 26. At Penn, he was a member of Tau Delta Phi fraternity.

1935

Sidney S. Epstein W’35, Scarborough, Maine, former owner of Epstein Properties, a commercial real-estate firm; Dec. 9. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Marines. His daughters are Elaine M. Epstein CW’68 and Carol A. Epstein CW’75.

1936

Ellice McDonald Jr. W’36, Wilmington, Del., retired industrial engineer for the DuPont Co.; June 10.

1938

Charles L. Truesdell W’38, Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 19. He had served as a corporate financial officer. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

1939

Ellen Orlowitz Levin CW’39, Wynnewood, Pa., Aug. 13, 2011. Her daughter is Roseanne Levin CW’68 GCP’72, whose son is Morris Levin WG’08 and daughter is Yael Levin SP2’13.

1940

Walter J. Diener W’40, Blue Bell, Pa., co-owner of the Diener Meat markets; Dec. 1. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. During World War II, he served with the US Army in Europe and was awarded the Bronze Star. His daughter is Janet Diener Agustin OT’75.

Leon Ehrlich C’40 L’47, Wyomissing, Pa., a retired attorney who had maintained a private practice in Reading for over 60 years; Nov. 27. He had served as general counsel for the state Department of Mines. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s fencing team. He served in the US Army during World War II. His son is William A. Ehrlich L’86 and his daughter is Nancy J. Ehrlich C’88.

Marjorie Fox Forman CW’40, Philadelphia, a retired administrative assistant to the psychiatrist Dr. Herman S. Belmont C’39 M’43 GM’47; March 24, 2013.

Mary Barb Johnson Ed’40 L’43, Lake Forest, Ill., a retired attorney; July 20.

J. Russell Lynch Jr. ME’40, Lewes, Del.,a retired sales manager for Alcoa; June 23.

Dr. Samuel E. Warshauer GM’40, Wrightsville Beach, N.C., a retired cardiologist who had maintained a practice in Wilmington for 42 years; Aug. 1. He had been chief of staff of the James Walker Memorial Hospital and the New Hanover Regional Medical Center. During World War II, he served with the US Army Medical Corps in the Pacific. His daughter is Sarah W. Freedman CW’67.

1941

Dr. N. H. Gartzman C’41, Philadelphia, retired chief school physician for Camden, N.J.; Dec. 17. He was a member of the Penn Band. He served in the US Army during World War II.

Robert D. Isinger W’41, Dunedin, Fla., retired assistant treasurer for the old RCA Corp.; Nov. 20. During World War II, he served in the US Navy.

Eleanor S. McCaw CW’41, Broomall, Pa., Dec. 28, 2012. She had worked for her family’s potted-plants business.

Sydney S. Shindell W’41, Trumbull, Conn., Aug. 8.

Dr. Willis H. Ware EE’41, Santa Monica, Calif., a retired electrical engineer with the Rand Corp. (for over 55 years) who had worked with John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study on early computer design in the late 1940s; Nov. 22. Concerned about personal privacy in the computer age, he helped write the Privacy Act of 1974.

1942

Dr. Josephine Yager King CW’42, Washingtonville, N.Y., professor of law emerita at Pace University; Oct. 24, 2012.

Dr. Robert C. Krueger ChE’42, Clinton, N.Y., retired professor of biochemistry at the University of Cincinnati medical school; Dec. 19. He was a research scientist on the Manhattan Project.

1943

Alan H. Cassman C’43 L’49, Los Angeles, a retired attorney; Dec. 19. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and the men’s baseball and sprint-football teams. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

Kathryne Eckert Reuter HUP’43, Bethlehem, Pa., a nurse at the Milton Hershey School for Boys; Nov. 7. During World War II, she served in the US Navy.

Dr. Herbert Paskow C’43 D’45, Sarasota, Fla., a retired dentist; Nov. 13. A charter member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society, he patented several sleep-apnea devices. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. His wife is Beverly Shapiro Paskow DH’44.

Robert K. Trapp W’43, Hyannis, Mass., retired senior vice president for John Hancock Life Insurance; Nov. 9. During World War II, he served in the US Army Air Corps.

1944

Robert L. Jawer W’44, Rydal, Pa., a retired television producer at KYW for almost 45 years; Dec. 20. He had taught at the Wharton and Annenberg schools. During World War II, he served in the US Army. His daughter is Rabbi Anne Jawer C’85.

Dr. Roy Korson C’44, Shelburne, Vt., emeritus professor of pathology at the University of Vermont; Aug. 24. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. His wife is Lorraine B. Korson CW’45 G’48 and his sister is Ruth Korson Gardiner FA’42.

Naomi Heath Shafer G’44, Charles Town, W.Va., a retired teacher in the Philadelphia school system; Oct. 4, 2012.

1945

Dr. Richard T. Ellison Jr. C’45, Abington, Pa., retired chief of pediatrics at Abington Memorial Hospital; Dec. 14. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and the men’s soccer and rowing teams. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

John D. Glover Jr. W’45, Winchester, Va., July 24. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Marilyn Johnson Mannion DH’45, Falls Village, Conn., a retired dental hygienist; Nov. 1.

Burroughs H. Price Jr. C’45, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., retired engineer for Lake Erie Railroad; Nov. 24. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Navy.

1946

Dr. Anne Elizabeth Scheerer Ed’46 GEd’47 Gr’53, Burnsville, Minn., retired professor of mathematics at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.; Feb. 17.

1947

Allan S. Blauner W’47, Easton, Conn., Oct. 23. A member of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity at Penn. His son is Dr. Peter D. Blauner V’81.

Lee Davis C’47, Amagansett, N.Y., a retired producer of television commercials, from 1958 to 1991; Aug. 5. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s soccer team and the Friars Senior Society. During World War II, he served in the US Navy.

Frank B. Fisher Jr. WG’47, Avon Lake, Ohio, retired regional president of the old BancOhio National Bank; Dec. 9. During World War II, he served in the US Navy. His son is Jeffrey A. Fisher WG’78.

Hon. D. Donald Jamieson W’47 L’50, Deland, Fla., former head of litigation at the former Philadelphia law firm of Mesirov, Gelman Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson who had served as president judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas; Dec. 15. During the Korean War, he served in the US Army.

Harry T. Jones Jr. WG’47, Thomasville, Ga., an executive at the W. J. Powell Company; Dec. 2. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

Leonard Luria W’47, Miami Beach, former owner of a discount-jewelry chain; Sept. 3, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of Kappa Nu fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

Sol L. Spiller WG’47, Vista, Calif., Nov. 13. He had served in the US Navy.

Herbert R. Weiman Sr. C’47 L’57, Wynnewood, Pa., a retired attorney who had maintained a family-law practice for 50 years; Nov. 4. He was instrumental in achieving a new state divorce code in 1980. He had served in the US Navy during World War II. One son is Edward E. Weiman C’87.

1948

Mary Ohs Craig DH’48, Mechanicsburg, Pa., Nov. 16.

John N. Colberg CE’48, Mechanicsburg, Pa., a retired manager for the lngersoll-Rand Company; Dec. 17. At Penn, he was a member of the Sphinx Senior Society, Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and the men’s basketball and baseball teams. During World War II, he served in the US Army. His son is John L. Colberg W’91 and his daughters are Kristin I. Colberg-Harad W’93 and Kathryn A. Rhoad C’95 GEd’96.

Charles F. Franke W’48, Washington, Nov. 16, 2012. His daughter is Ann H. Franke CW’74 G’74 L’77.

Dr. Nicholas A. Giarritta C’48, Cumberland, Md., retired chief pathologist at Sacred Heart Hospital; Nov. 28.

Lt. Col. Russell E. Morrow W’48, West Chester, Pa., a retired director of accounting and finance in the US Air Force at the Pentagon; Nov. 10. A former pilot, he served in World War II, the Berlin Airlift, and the Korean War, and was awarded the Air Medal with four oak-leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dr. William C. Yohe M’48, York, Pa., a retired physician; Dec. 18. He served in the US Army during World War II and the Korean War.

1949

Rev. John E. Bresnahan Gr’49, Villanova, Pa., Dec. 9.

Dorothy Jones Crist GEd’49, Quinter, Kan., a retired counselor; May 9. She had earlier been a teacher in Los Angeles.

Lillian I. Gardella Ed’49, Vineland, N.J., July 26.

James L. Hinderhofer WEv’49, Glen Mills, Pa., Oct. 20.

Jay L. Kaplove W’49, Tenafly, N.J., retired executive vice president of Presidential Life Insurance; Oct. 3. Two of his sons are Dr. Kenneth A. Kaplove C’74 and Jules H. Kaplove II C’78.

Eliot H. Lumbard W’49, Nashua, N.H., a retired attorney who had served as an assistant US Attorney in New York; Nov. 6. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He helped establish the School of Criminal Justice at SUNY Albany. During World War II, he served in the US Merchant Marines.

Edith Diggory Merli Ed’49, Spring Lake, N.J., a retired nurse; Nov. 16. During World War II, she served in the US Army.

H. William Mitchell ME’49, Lititz, Pa., a retired engineer; Nov. 18. His daughter is Susan Margaret Duehr C’77.

Lachlan Pitcairn C’49, Bryn Athyn, Pa., former vice president of his family’s trust; Sept. 11. He founded the Swedenborgian Bryn Athyn Cathedral and Academy of the New Church.

Warren J. Robertson W’49, Apollo Beach, Fla., retired executive vice president for Nabisco; Sept. 24. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

James S. Steele G’49, Horsham, Pa., co-founder of S&G Water Conditioning; April 12, 2013. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

William T. Walsh L’49, Devon, Pa., retired agency manager for Equitable Life; Dec. 18. During World War II, he served with the US Navy in the Pacific.

1950

Dr. Eugene G. S. Adams D’50, Lewisburg, Pa., a retired dentist; Dec. 15.

Dr. Lewis A. Barness GM’50, Tampa, Fla., founding chair of pediatrics at the University of South Florida; Nov. 18. His research focused on breast milk and infant metabolic disorders. During World War II, he served in the US Army. His wife is Dr. Enid Fischer Gilbert-Barness GM’54 and his daughter is Carol J. Barness CW’76.

Donald A. Cornforth ME’50, Deal Island, Md., a retired mechanical engineer; March 12.

William L. Elder W’50, Naples, Fla., retired president and chair of the Southern Indiana Railway; Sept. 26, 2012. During World War II, he served with the US Army in the Pacific.

Richard R. Hinterleiter W’50, Boca Raton, Fla., Dec. 5.

John D. Juzaitis WEv’50, Moorestown, N.J., retired founder of a regional warehousing and distribution company; Dec. 14. During World War II, he served in the Marines.

Dr. Robert L. Klaus C’50 M’57, Bryan, Tex., former chief of urology at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia; Oct. 25. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Penn. He served in the US Army during World War II. His wife is Louise Bernard Klaus Nu’55, his sister is Stephanie K. Newman Ed’54, and his son is Dr. Adam Klaus C’83.

Clifford F. Lewis W’50, Stuart, Fla., retired director of finance for the Martin County school board; Dec. 5, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

Marie J. Lowrey CW’50, Lebanon, N.H., Nov. 16. At Penn, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Her sister is Emilie J. Resor CW’45 and her son is Christopher H. Lowrey G’81.

Richard H. Lucas W’50, Naples, Fla., Aug. 14. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. During World War II, he had served in the US Army Air Corps.

Robert G. Nestor W’50, St. Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 17. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Maj. Gen. Arthur J. Sachsel D’50, Riverside, Calif., a periodontist who last served as assistant surgeon general for dental services in the US Air Force; Sept. 19.

Dr. William S. Wilson M’50, Falmouth, Maine, a retired cardiologist; Nov. 8.

1951

Robert W. Balentine GEd’51, Bryn Mawr, Pa., Jan. 16, 2013.

Alice Hess Brandt Crowell WG’51, Newtown Square, Pa., Nov. 13. She had worked for Philadelphia’s University City Science Center.

Dr. John E. Davis GM’51, Manchester, N.H., Jan. 17, 2013.

Dr. Thomas H. Ginley GM’51, Bryn Mawr, Pa., Oct. 8.

Walter F. Gloshinski Jr. W’51, Toms River, N.J., a retired comptroller for the US Trust Co.; Feb. 21, 2013. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. During World War II, he served in the US Army.

J. William Medford Jr. WG’51, Lexington, N.C., a retired partner at Arthur Andersen LLP; Dec. 16.

Donald D. Weisman SW’51, North Bethesda, Md., Oct. 26.

Bernard Wise GEE’51, Hudson, N.Y., a retired electronic engineer; Dec. 13.

1952

Dr. David C. Cooper D’52, Glenside, Pa., a retired dentist who had maintained a practice there for 60 years; Feb. 1.

Vivienne Krissay Cotchen CW’52, Davidsville, Pa., Nov. 16. At Penn, she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.

Ellen Jonas Feldman CW’52, Lafayette Hill, Pa., Oct. 30. Her husband is Albert J. Feldman L’53, her daughter is Emily L. Feldman Kravitz C’82 G’93, and her son is David J. Feldman C’80, whose daughter is Sarah A. Feldman C’10.

Dr. John W. Greene Jr. M’52 GM’56, Lexington, Ky., retired first professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Kentucky; Nov. 17. He had been an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn, 1956-63.

Bruce H. Hooper W’52, Villanova, Pa., Dec. 12. He worked for his family’s tug and barge business. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity and the men’s rowing team. He had been a naval aviator in the US Marines.

Marilyn Rector Jones CW’52, Minneapolis, former co-director of the Unity Nursery School; Dec. 16. She was a founding member of Grandmothers for Peace.

William W. Steinert CE’52, Cherry Hill, N.J., June 23.

1953

Dr. George Jonathon Alexander C’53 L’59, Los Altos Hills, Calif., dean emeritus and director of the Institute of International and Comparative Law at Santa Clara University; July 29. He had also taught law at the University of Chicago and Syracuse University. His wife is Katherine Violet Alexander L’59.

Morris K. Batter W’53, Orange, Conn., a retired realtor; Aug. 10.

Dr. R. Wharton Gaul M’53, Murrells Inlet, S.C., a retired orthopedic surgeon; Nov. 29.

Dr. Joseph I. Gerber D’53, Rochester, N.Y., a retired dentist; Sept. 18.

J. Isabel Goddard SW’53, Philadelphia, a retired social worker; Aug. 19.

Johns Hopkins Jr. W’53, Philadelphia, Nov. 8. At Penn, he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity and the sprint football team.

Sydelle Weiss Kovnick CW’53, East Harwich, Mass., Dec. 6.

Selma Adelman Kron Ed’53, Clearwater, Fla., Jan. 13, 2013. She had run a nursing home with her husband, Norman Kron W’43 L’50.

Renaldo Levy G’53, Hillsborough, N.J., retired senior vice president for Marine Midland Bank/HSBC; May 21, 2012.

Roger G. Welcher C’53, Coral Gables, Fla., a retired attorney; Nov. 8. During the Korean War, he served in the US Army.

William W. Watkins Jr. W’53, Arlington, Va., Dec. 2. A retired officer in the US Army who worked in purchasing and contracting at the Pentagon.

1954

Perry C. Ausbrook W’54, Chevy Chase, Md., a retired attorney; Jan. 10, 2013.

Dr. George J. Chohany GM’54, Williamsburg, Va., a retired surgeon; June 9, 2012.

Barrie A. A. Heilveil W’54, Philadelphia, Oct. 7.

Paul Hutter W’54, Boynton Beach, Fla., Oct. 14. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s rowing team.

Edward M. Silvester W’54, McLean, Va., a retired systems analyst and program manager with the US Air Force; May 1, 2012. At Penn, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

Dr. Robert Wasko C’54, Bradenton, Fla., a retired urologist; Dec. 9. At Penn, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He had served in the US Air Force.

Frank J. Weber C’54, Doylestown, Pa., head of his own medical- filters firm; Sept. 26. During the Korean War, he served as a medical corpsman in the US Army.

1955

Stanley P. Darer W’55, Stamford, Conn., Nov. 3. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity.

Robert G. Landon C’55, Sarasota, Fla., retired president of the articulated-bus division of Grumman Allied Industries; Oct. 24. He had served in the US Navy.

Dr. Robert F. Longley C’55, Salisbury, Conn., former dean of men (1961-64) and director of alumni relations at Penn, where he also taught English (1958-67); Oct. 7. He later was a senior vice president at the old Morgan Guaranty Trust. At Penn, he was a member of the Sphinx Senior Society and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and he worked on The Daily Pennsylvanian. His sister is Lucinda Longley Slate CW’59.

Arlene Diamond Odell Ed’55, Haverford, Pa., Oct. 4.

Jack L. Van Baalen L’55, Laramie, Wyo., a retired professor of law at the University of Wyoming; Oct. 27.

1956

Henry B. FitzPatrick Jr. L’56, Haverford, Pa., chief staff attorney for the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline; Dec. 16.

Dr. Leon Kussick D’56, Redmond, Wash., a retired orthodontist; Jan. 29.

Dr. Charles B. Rice D’56, Princeton, N.J., a retired dentist; Dec. 17.

1957

Dr. J. Bruce Dunlop D’57, Stroudsburg, Pa., a retired dentist who had maintained a practice there for many years, Sept. 20.

Samuel Gordon W’57, Portola Valley, Calif., a retired stockbroker with the old E. F. Hutton and its successor firms; Nov. 4. At Penn, he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, and he played on the men’s lacrosse team. His wife is Ann O’Hara Gordon Ed’57.

Dr. Charles L. Hughes D’57, Tucson, Ariz., a retired oral surgeon; Nov. 5. He had served in that capacity for 18 years.

Dr. Paul S. Kaufman D’57, Floral Park, N.Y., a retired oral surgeon; July 16. He had been chair of dentistry at Jamaica Hospital. His son is Mark S. Kaufman C’89, whose wife is Dr. Stacey G. Kaufman C’93; and his daughter is Dr Stacy Kaufman Hoffman C’81, whose husband is Steven R. Hoffman W’77.

1958

Nancy Morgan Ambler FA’58, Spartanburg, S.C., Dec. 22. She had worked in advertising.

Peter B. Frenning WG’58, East Amherst, N.Y., Sept. 28.

Dr. Lawrence Mansfield D’58, Lake Worth, Fla., a retired dentist who had maintained practices in Edison, N.J., then Tamarac, Fla.; Dec. 24. His sons are Stephen D. Mansfield WEv’83 WG’85, Gary W. Mansfield WEv’85, and Kenneth I. Mansfield WEv’88.

Dr. William G. Nelson WG’58, Naples, Fla., Dec. 5. An economist, he worked for computer-software companies. He also served on the boards of Swarthmore College and George School in Pennsylvania. His son is Thomas Lane Nelson WG’90.

1959

Richard A. Halstead ME’59, Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 24.

Rev. Bertrand E. Lanoue WG’59 G’64, Atchison, Kans., a monk at St. Benedict’s Abbey, where he had set up a development office; Nov. 16. He taught economics at St. Benedict’s College.

James B. Milliken CGS’59, Coatesville, Pa., retired supervising chemist at Mobil Research; Oct. 4.

Rev. William S. O’Brien C’59, Charlottesville, Va., former pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church; Nov. 26.

Geraldine R. Pincus Nu’59, Wynnewood, Pa., Dec. 7.

John C. Webber SW’59, Gilbertsville, Pa., retired head of the Montgomery County Foundation; Oct. 12.

1960

Donald Brown W’60, Westminster, Md., a retired accounting and payroll manager at Westinghouse; Nov. 6.

Richard D. Rivers L’60, Benton, Pa., former general counsel and vice president at Berwind Corp. and Berwind Natural Resources Corp.; Nov. 26.

Kenneth K. Zeiger GEE’60, Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 10.

1961

Adrian M. Bronk C’61, Windsor, Conn., a retired English teacher at Loomis Chaffee School; Sept. 7. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Dr. Irl N. Duling Gr’61, Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 10. He had worked in research for Sun Oil.

Anthony N. Durso WG’61, Cincinnati, former controller and vice president of Eagle Savings Bank; Sept. 24, 2012.

Dr. Spencer Foreman M’61, Delray Beach, Fla., president emeritus of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx; May 28.

Robert B. Friedman W’61, Woodbury, N.Y., July 31. He was managing partner of the Inn at Middletown and the Nathan Hale Inn in Storrs, Conn. At Penn, he was a member of Tau Delta Phi fraternity. His wife is Sandra Goldman Friedman CW’62 and his daughter is Jane E. Friedman C’88.

Dr. Lynn E. Rose Gr’61, Casa Grande, Ariz., Oct. 27.

Richard A. Zeccola EE’61, Endwell, N.Y., retired senior project engineer at IBM; Feb. 20, 2013. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

1962

Rupert K. Byers ME’62 GME’63, Albuquerque, Sept. 20, 2012. He had worked for Sandia National Laboratories.

Joseph P. Dougherty GEE’62, Haddonfield, N.J., a retired project manager for General Electric; Nov. 9. He previously had served in the US Army Signal Corps. His son is Stephen J. Dougherty W’88.

Burton H. Finkelstein L’62, Washington, Dec. 12. His daughter is Halley F. Ascher C’92 L’96.

Walter L. Hemphill EE’62 G’85, Woodstown, N.J., Aug. 30.

Melvin C. Morgenstern W’62, Coral Gables, Fla., a retired tax attorney; Dec. 20. At Penn, he was a member of Phi Sigma Delta fraternity. His brother is Stephen D. Morgan W’58.

1963

Lucy L. Brubaker OT’63, Mechanicsburg, Pa., a retired occupational therapist at Magee Rehabilitation Center; Dec. 18.

Dr. Gary D. Cody M’63, Marshfield, Wis., a retired physician who had maintained a practice in southern Illinois for 30 years; Oct. 22.

Patricia G. Dice CGS’63, Magnolia, N.J., a retired family therapist; Feb. 3.

Stuart Gold WG’63, La Jolla, Calif., former vice president at Marion Laboratories in Kansas City, Mo.; May 16.

Howard S. Greenberg C’63, West Orange, N.J., a founding partner of the law firm of Ravin Greenberg LLC; Dec. 11. His daughter is Dr. Jessica L. Greenberg C’97 D’01 GD’03.

Linda Philips HUP’63, Key Largo, Fla., Nov. 12.

Dr. Henry J. Silverman Gr’63, Sarasota, Fla., retired professor of history at Michigan State University; Nov. 27.

1964

George V. Alles WG’64, Media, Pa., a retired head of the elastomers unit at the DuPont Co.; Nov. 25.

Evelyn Gaston Allison PT’64, Poplar Bluff, Mo., a retired physical therapist; March 19, 2013. Her son is Lee E. Allison C’92.

Dr. Patrick M. Growney GM’64, Gladwyne, Pa., retired chief of hematology at Bryn Mawr Hospital for 34 years; Dec. 8. He was a former president of the medical staff there.

Dr. Cornelius V. Robbins GrEd’64, Delmar, N.Y., president emeritus of Genesee Community College; Dec. 1.

Dr. Arden P. Zipp II Gr’64, Tully, N.Y., former chair of chemistry at SUNY Cortland; Dec. 17.

1965

B. Michael Fitzsimons WG’65, Bodega Bay, Calif., a retired marketing consultant; Nov. 30.

1966

Raymond J. Fried GFA’66, O’Fallon, Mo., former director of the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Museum of Art; March 23, 2013.

Thomas E. Wood L’66, Devon, Pa., a retired corporate and securities attorney at the law firm of Drinker, Biddle & Reath; Oct. 21.

1967 

Thomas O. Allan WG’67, Ft. Worth, Tex., former owner of Collegiate Products, Inc.; Nov. 1.

John Robertson Cox GAr’67, Westtown, Pa., an architect who most recently was a principal with Blackney Hayes in Philadelphia; Nov. 28.

Stephen W. Fineman SW’67, Abington, Pa., a retired social worker; Feb. 7, 2013.

Suzanne B. Loux G’67, Bellefonte, Pa., retired research scientist at the Urban Institute in Washington; Jan. 8, 2013.

1968 

Maureen Callahan Nu’68, Harrisburg, Pa., former nurse clinician at Duke University hospital; Oct. 5. At Penn, she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

Frederic W. Clark L’68, Gladwyne, Pa., a retired attorney at the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard Spahr; Nov. 6.

William F. Gieg L’68, Deltaville, Va., a retired attorney; Nov. 27.

1969

Robert A. Benn C’69, Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 12.

Dr. James M. Mays M’69, Middleton, Wis., a retired neurologist; Sept. 9.

William F. Ryan G’69, Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 2013.

1970 

Dr. Peter D. Harrison Gr’70, Albuquerque, N.M., director of the Tikal Project West at the University of New Mexico; Dec. 15.

1971 

Robert H. Beaman WG’71, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 21, 2012.

David B. Cobey GCP’71, Cushing, Maine, owner of a design firm; Nov. 15.

James J. Gallagher GEd’71, Philadelphia, a museum teacher at the Franklin Institute for the Philadelphia school system; Nov. 16.

Dr. W. Southard Jones Jr. V’71, New Castle, Del., founder of Red Lion Veterinary Hospital, which he passed on to two of his children, Dr. Courtney Jones V’98 and Dr. Luke T. Jones V’05; June 17.

Michael C. Lawrence WG’71, Clearwater, Fla., co-owner of a liquor-store chain; Nov. 12.

C. H. Nicholas Moy WG’71, Rye, UK, retired chair of Gryphon Investment Bank; Oct. 5.

Dr. Barry N. Vogelstein C’71, Baltimore, an orthopaedic surgeon; July 2. At Penn, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. His brother is Dr. Bert Vogelstein C’70.

1972 

Frank W. Bubb L’72, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., retired vice president and general counsel for the Sports Authority retail chain; Nov. 8, 2012. Previously, he was vice president and chief financial counsel for the old Scott Paper Co. His wife is Diana Paulonis Bubb GNu’78.

Dr. James O. Finnegan GM’72, Media, Pa., a retired chief of surgery at the Crozer Chester Medical Center; Oct. 13. During the Vietnam War, he served as a combat surgeon with the US Marines, and received the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He wrote In The Company of Marines: A Surgeon Remembers Vietnam (2010).

Dr. Jerome H. Goldschmidt GM’72, Roanoke, Va., a retired ophthalmologist; Jan. 24, 2013.

Dr. Diane Wellins Moul CW’72 WG’75, Providence, R.I., a senior lecturer in English at Bentley University; Oct. 4. At Penn, she was a member of the Friars Senior Society. She specialized in the American writer Grace Sartwell Mason.

1973 

Dr. Raloy E. Brown GrEd’73, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 16. His wife is Carole Johnson Brown CW’53.

Samuel D. Garst C’73, Olympia, Wash., a retired financial adviser for Merrill Lynch; Dec. 4. He was a former aide to Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa and he had worked for his own family’s seed business. His wife is Christine Bebel Garst CW’73.

Kenneth A. Sainsbury WEv’73, Moline, Ill., Oct. 15.

Shelley Stark L’73, New Haven, Conn., a former public defender in Pittsburgh; June 24. She taught law at the University of Pittsburgh.

1974 

Dr. Pamela M. Foley M’74, Corte Madera, Calif., an ER physician; Nov. 8.

Dr. Warren S. Kriedman M’74, Florham Park, N.J., a psychiatrist; Aug. 19.

John F. Maybank WG’74, Charleston, S.C., a financial consultant; Oct. 31.

Trevor J. Probert GME’74, San Diego, Sept. 17.

1976

Eric Chris Barton GLA’76, Oakland Park, Fla., retired senior city planner for Ft. Lauderdale; Nov. 25.

Dr. Robert P. Withington Jr. Gr’76, Norwich, Vt., retired professor of economics at SUNY Plattsburgh; Dec. 3.

1978 

Walter L. Bennett WG’78, North Andover, Mass., Aug. 28, 2012.

George T. Faris IV GCP’78, Wyomissing, Pa., an attorney and city planner in Vermont; Jan. 9, 2013.

Ferdinand Louis Manlio GM’78, New Port Richey, Fla., a retired radiologist; Dec. 10.

Dr. Mia Solomon C’78 GEd’82 Gr’94, Havertown, Pa., Nov. 30. She had been an assistant professor of psychology at Rosemont College.

1980

Matthew M. Hickey GEd’80, Kennett Square, Pa., Nov. 28. He had worked for the Chester County Economic Development Council.

Susan E. Jaffee L’80, New Rochelle, N.Y., March 10, 2012.

Dr. Scott A. Mackler C’80 PT’80 Gr’86 M’86, Newark, Del., professor of medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, who specialized in addiction, coupling clinical practice with basic science research; Nov. 13. At Penn, he was a member of the men’s soccer team. He joined the faculty in 1992 and had appointments in the pharmacology and psychiatry departments as well as in the Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences. In 2000, the Scott Mackler Award for Excellence in Substance Abuse Teaching was established in his honor. His wife is Dr. Lynn Snyder-Mackler PT’80 G’84, his brother and sister are Harvey A. Mackler W’75 and Randi Mackler Windheim C’77, and his sons are Alexander N. Snyder-Mackler C’05 and Noah M. Snyder-Mackler C’07 Gr’12. In 1999, he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). “A Life Worth Living,” in the July|Aug 2009 Gazette, describes his experience living with the disease.

1981 

Grace E. Bryant SW’81, Moncure, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013.

Kevin M. Murphy WG’81, Davison, Mich., CFO for Adena Health System in Ohio; Oct. 22.

1982

Tania M. Sapko G’82, Seymour, Conn., a research assistant at the Yale Child Study Center; July 31.

1985

Dr. Christine H. Luce GrEd’85, Jenkintown, Pa., a retired reading specialist at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School; Dec. 18. Her son is Eric Fenton Luce GEd’80.

1986

Bruce D. Radin EAS’86, Short Hills, N.J., a partner in the Budd Larner law firm; Dec. 13. He had been a member of the Penn Band.

Dr. Charles F. Ruggiero V’86, Atco, N.J., a veterinarian; Nov. 25.

1989

Dr. John A. Valentine Gr’89, Deerfield Beach, Fla., professor of healthcare management at Florida Atlantic University; Nov. 26.

1991

Valerie M. Baruch L’91, Bethesda, Md., Sept. 26.

1993

Judith K. Mounts WG’93, Newport Beach, Calif., head of MAP Alternative Asset Management, which she founded in 2006; Oct. 25. She previously had been a vice president at Goldman Sachs in New York.

1998 

Rachel M. Benepe C’98, New York, a portfolio manager at First Eagle Investment Management LLC; Nov. 2. At Penn, she was a member of the softball team.

Patrick Kane GEx’98, Cherry Hill, N.J., Sept. 18.

2008

Mark A. Cavanaugh Nu’08, Rochester, Minn., Nov. 12. After graduation, he took pre-med studies at Penn.

Faculty and Staff

Dr. John W. Greene Jr. See Class of 1952.

Dr. Nicholas A. Kefalides, Philadelphia, professor emeritus of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine; Dec. 6. A pioneer in the study of the extra-cellular matrix, he was director of the Connective Tissue Research Institute at the University City Science Center. He wrote two memoirs: Echoes From the Cobblestones (2005) and Finding Aesculapius Across the Atlantic (2012). His daughter is Dr. Patricia K. Theodosopoulos C’87 M’95 and his son is Dr. Paul Kefalides C’89 M’95.

Dr. Friedrich Kübler, Philadelphia, emeritus professor of law; Oct. 22. An internationally recognized expert on corporations, banking, and mass media, he wrote or co-wrote more than 20 books and monographs, as well as over 100 articles. He had been a commissioner of the German Interstate Commission for the Regulation of Media Concentration and was also a member of the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee. He had been dean of the law school at the University of Frankfurt.

Dr. Scott A. Mackler. See Class of 1980.

Dr. Ruth Patrick Hon’84, Philadelphia, the Francis Boyer Chair of Limnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University who had served as an adjunct professor of biology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences; Sept. 23. She came to Penn in 1950 as a lecturer in botany and was appointed to the adjunct position in 1970. She was the founding chair of limnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences (now called the Patrick Center for Environmental Research) and was chair of the Academy’s board; it established the Ruth Patrick Chair in Environmental Sciences in 2005. Dr. Patrick was also a trustee of the Wistar Institute from 1975 to 2008. She wrote over 200 articles and several books. Her work in limnology (the study of freshwater rivers and lakes) was nationally recognized and was helpful in the passing of the Clean Water Act 1972. She served as advisor on water pollution to President Johnson and as advisor on acid rain to President Reagan; in 1997, she received the National Medal of Science from President Clinton. Dr. Patrick became the 12th woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and she was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She cofounded the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale, Pa., in 1966. Her step-daughter is Sally Van Dusen Johnson CW’69, whose husband is Craig N. Johnson ME’63 WG’68: their daughter is Samantha B. Johnson CGS’07.

Dr. Ben Taskar, Seattle, the Boeing Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington; Nov. 17. An expert in machine learning, he had been the Magerman Term Assistant Professor at Penn and was a founding co-director of the Penn Research in Machine Learning Center.

 

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