Dorothy M. (Hopper) Burke, 102, of Amherst, a retired head of residence, died June 16.
Born in Highland, N.Y., she was educated in the Newburgh, N.Y., public schools and graduated from Cornell University in 1932.
She was married to James W. Burke of Waverly, N.Y., in 1932 and they were divorced in 1958.
She came to Amherst in 1935. From 1956-66, she was employed at the Amherst Journal Record, first as a stringer, then as assistant editor, and from 1964-66 as news editor.
Burke was hired by the Dean of Women's Office in 1966 as the first head of residence in Patterson House in Southwest.
John Reiff, director of Civic Engagement and Service-Learning, was honored June 6 by the Massachusetts Service Alliance, which gave him its Higher-Education Community Service Champion award during the Massachusetts Conference on Service & Volunteering in Marlborough.
Amilcar Shabazz, professor of Afro-American Studies and faculty advisor to the chancellor for diversity and excellence, has been chosen by Springfield-based UnityFirst.com to receive its Common Ground award for “leadership, excellence and role model example for generations to come.”
Paul C. L. Huner, 80, of Amherst, alumnus and former storekeeper II in the Athletic Department, died June 14 at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility of complications associated with a decade-long struggle with dementia.