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Deaths reported to the UMass Amherst Alumni Association from January 1 to April 30, 2081. To send a submission, CONTACT US.

David Wyman

David Wyman photo courtesy of the Wyman Institute.

David S. Wyman, distinguished professor emeritus of history, died in March at age 89. Wyman was a leading scholar of the country’s response to the Holocaust, whose book The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941–1945 was a provocative, best-selling critique of everyone from religious leaders to President Franklin Roosevelt. Published in 1984, it received the National Jewish Book Award and Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, praised Wyman for his “courageous, lucid, painful book.” Wyman joined the UMass Amherst faculty in 1966 and retired in 1991. In 1986, he was named Josiah E. DuBois Jr. Holocaust Remembrance Professor of History, a name Wyman chose to honor DuBois, a Treasury Department official who fought to rescue Jews in Europe during World War II.

 


 

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1930s

Elizabeth (Warner) Avery ’39, 1/13/2018, Newington, CT

1940s

Paul A. Kalacznik ’40S, 2/27/2018, North Wales, PA

Winifred (Day) Ewing ’43, 8/15/2017, Coventry, CT

William H. Bisbee ’44S, 3/18/2018, Chesterfield

Beatrice (Wasserman) Toll ’44, 3/3/2018, Boca Raton, FL

Marjorie (Brett) Day ’46, ’65G, 1/6/2018, Phoenix, OR

Doris C. (Martin) L’Heureux ’47, 1/14/2018, Longmeadow

Bertram Libon ’47, 2/25/2018, Falmouth

Paul J. O’Leary ’48S, 1/7/2018, Manchester, VT

Virginia (Julian) Pierce ’48, 3/5/2018, Amherst

Eugene L. Ratner ’48, 9/6/2016, Dallas, TX

Jason S. Berger ’49, 1/27/2018, Agawam

Mary (Kelly) Cowan ’49, 3/9/2018, Pittsfield

Francis G. Mentzer ’49, 3/12/2018, Bolton

Helen (Osuch) Ransbottom ’49, 4/3/2018, New Bedford

Naomi (Spreiregen) Shuman ’49, 8/16/2017, Los Angeles, CA

Shirley D. Tucker ’49, 1/2/2018, Stuart, FL

1950s

Sarkis Almoyan ’50, 1/8/2018, Deerfield Beach, FL

Peter J. Drevinsky ’50, 4/11/2018, Wayland

William J. Fitzgerald ’50, 1/26/2018, San Antonio, TX

Cornelius D. Harrington ’50, 3/5/2018, Palm City, FL

Mary (Wells) Hathaway ’50, 6/10/2016, Post Falls, ID

Mary (Armato) La Page ’50, 12/1/2017, Woburn

Harry G. Lehnert ’50, 3/29/2018, Peabody

Louis F. Maffei ’50, 4/12/2018, Reading

Stanley L. Smith ’50, ’52G, 12/22/2017, Needham

Armand R. Tanguay ’50, 8/30/2015, Ann Arbor, MI

Gordon P. Wrenn ’50, 12/28/2017, State College, PA

Orlando P. Capizzi ’51S, 4/16/2018, Acton

Leon T. Chaskes ’51, 3/21/2016, Mount Dora, FL

Barbara (Kranich) Garber ’51, 1/30/2018, Delray Beach, FL

Carolyn H. Kendrow ’51, ’54G, 1/19/2018, Greenfield

Joseph C. Mattuski ’51, 1/5/2018, Tallahassee, FL

Robert B. Meister ’51S, 1/10/2018, Maynard

Richard C. Morse ’51S, 12/1/2017, Zephyrhills, FL

Floyd G. Timson ’51S, 3/6/2018, Princeton, WV

Dorothy (Lipnick) Winer ’51, 3/8/2017, Marblehead

Kenneth W. Avery ’52, 1/14/2018, Colrain

Norma (Wylie) Breene ’52, 1/15/2018, Woodbridge, VA

Robert F. Kempf ’52, 12/11/2017, Dallas, TX

Helmi (Wiinikainen) Viliesis ’52, 3/3/2018, West Barnstable

Eliot L. Wallace ’52, 6/1/2017, Dedham

Robert W. Allen ’53, 3/3/2018, Seattle, WA

Patricia (Wyman) Belding ’53, 3/9/2018, Barre, VT

Theodore B. Covert ’53, 3/13/2018, Peterborough, NH

Frank N. Dickinson ’53, 2/1/2018, Blacksburg, VA

Helen (Viera) Gelotte ’53, 4/15/2018, Hatfield

Jean M. (Parker) Gold ’53, 5/6/2018, E. Brunswick, NJ

Harrie R. Nims ’53, 4/11/2018, Berlin, CT

Charles E. Olney ’53, 3/19/2018, Stuart, FL

Thomas J. Bebbington ’54S, 1/28/2018, Tyngsboro

John F. Condon ’54S, 2/4/2018, Milford, NH

Frances L. (Jones) Craig ’54, 1/10/2018, Kihei, HI

Louis Falconieri ’54, 4/2/2018, Austin, TX

Walter S. Gifford ’54, 4/3/2018, Lyndeborough, NH

Arthur C. Lincoln ’54, 1/21/2018, Palmer

C. B. McGrath ’54, 1/28/2018, Northampton

Jean (Murdock) Powrie ’54, 9/30/2017, N. Vancouver, BC

Ruth (Montague) Wentworth ’54, 2/7/2018, Amherst

Richard Bethel ’55S, 4/1/2018, Hopedale

Edward W. Hughes ’55, 3/6/2018, Worcester

Bernard Katz ’55S, 2/17/2018, Warwick, PA

James O. McIntosh ’55, 12/19/2017, Winchester

Ann (Fairbanks) Nicholas ’55, 2/27/2018, Worcester

Ira A. Nottonson ’55, 3/27/2018, Broomfield, CO

Roger S. Babb ’56, 1/23/2018, West Newton

John J. Dowd ’56G, 1/3/2018, Westfield

Charles R. McKeon ’56S, 1/15/2018, Eastham

Lawrence M. Nugent ’56, 3/17/2018, Duxbury

Richard G. Parker ’56, ’66G, 12/14/2017, Lee, NH

Francis S. Pychewicz ’56, 1/24/2018, Wilbraham

Richard C. Romano ’56S, 1/22/2018, Fitchburg

David L. Van Schagen ’56S, 3/24/2018, Braintree

Anthony J. Franchi ’57S, 1/29/2018, Park Ridge, IL

Nancy (Bickford) Stone ’57, 1/22/2018, Kennewick, WA

John W. Anderson ’58S, 1/21/2018, Knoxville, TN

Joyce (Jackman) Carpenter ’58, 1/23/2018, Glastonbury, CT

Margery D. (Bowman) Frye ’58, 3/23/2018, Marshfield

Gordon C. Kimball ’58S, 2/26/2018, Lunenburg

Sherman T. Pike ’58, 4/12/2018, Rome, NY

Joseph L. Sannella ’58G, 1/24/2018, Muncie, IN

Robert D. Bannon ’59, 2/23/2018, Lake Worth, FL

David H. Kravetz ’59, 10/19/2017, Delray Beach, FL

Thomas J. Picard ’59, 12/24/2016, Winter Park, FL

Ernest C. Vesperi ’59, 3/1/2018, Taunton

1960s

Ralmon J. Black ’60S, 3/6/2018, Williamsburg

Donald N. Brightman ’60, 3/11/2018, Newton Center

Richard A. Draper ’60, 2/5/2018, Southborough

Stanley E. Everett ’60, ’64G, 1/21/2018, Conover, NC

Janet R. (Sillars) Falvey ’60, 9/30/2017, South Hadley

James E. Hartwell ’60, 4/7/2018, Rocky Hill, CT

David L. Hautanen ’60, 3/11/2018, West Yarmouth

Richard F. Lipman ’60, 8/29/2017, Wentworth, NH

George E. Schofield ’60, 12/22/2017, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Austin T. Smith ’60, 2/20/2018, Chestertown, MD

John S. Temple ’60, 7/27/2016, Framingham

David R. Hopkins ’61, 12/15/2017, Saint Augustine, FL

Janice M. (Bigelow) Shepard ’61, 1/18/2018, Burlington

Charles G. Bearce ’62, 2/1/2018, Greenfield Ctr., NY

Edward T. Cuddy ’62, 4/7/2018, Hudson

Francis X. Konsevich ’62, 2/15/2018, Streetsboro, OH

Wayne M. Moreau ’62, 1/1/2018, Gouldsboro, PA

Jacqueline A. (Quinzio) Amirhor ’63, 3/5/2018, Acton

John Cox ’63, 2/7/2018, Lahaina, HI

Nancy E. (Carlyn) Hooton ’63, 2/23/2018, Southlake, TX

Richard J. Suglia ’63G, 1/16/2018, Chagrin Falls, OH

James H. Sullivan Jr. ’63S, 4/13/2018, Blandford

Bruce W. Thompson ’63, ’69G, 2/21/2018, Sunderland

Paul R. Kane ’64, 1/16/2018, Westfield

Harvey L. Kanter ’64, 1/12/2018, Erie, PA

Robert L. Savary ’64, 1/15/2018, Tolland, CT

Robert W. Bowser ’65G, 3/22/2018, Maynard

Joseph K. Handler ’65G, 1/9/2018, Pittsfield

David F. Larochelle ’65S, 3/5/2018, Boscawen, NH

Roberta (Rayfield) Norton ’65, 1/16/2018, Poquoson, VA

Basil W. Robinson ’65, ’74G, 3/23/2018, Southampton

Earl A. Waterman ’65, 4/11/2018, Melrose

Harry M. Bailey ’66, 1/12/2018, Nahant

John J. Barry ’66S, 2/16/2016, Andover

James B. Corscadden ’66G, 3/12/2018, Weston

Susan D. Schaffner ’66, 2/23/2018, Northampton

John P. Tullsen ’66, 1/31/2018, Elmhurst, IL

James F. Welsh ’66S, 4/3/2018, Dover, DE

Rita Crosby ’67, 1/22/2018, San Antonio, TX

Maurice G. Garvey ’67, 2/19/2018, Slingerlands, NY

Julia H. Krusz ’67, ’68G, 3/18/2018, Danville, IL

Donna Lee (Umana) Newcomb ’67, 1/14/2018, Swampscott

Ronald J. Allard ’68, ’70G, 2/27/2018, Hadley

Shirley J. Ames ’68, 4/5/2018, West Dennis

James H. Burrill ’68G, 1/31/2018, S. Deerfield

John P. Harcovitz ’68S, 3/10/2018, Millis

Edward L. Margola ’68, 4/5/2018, Gill

Robert J. Pratt ’68, 2/1/2018, Avon, CT

Robert W. Blanchard ’69PhD, 3/5/2018, Mansfield

Melvin Katz ’67S, ’69, 4/5/2018, Paxton

Daniel F. Murley ’69, 2/27/2018, Jenner, CA

Daphne S. Reed ’69G, 2/18/2018, Amherst

1970s

Ronald F. Antonelli ’70, 1/2/2017, Las Vegas, NV

Peter H. Dudley ’70G, 3/8/2018, Providence, RI

Thomas H. Gale ’70, 1/5/2018, Salem

Ruby P. Jenness ’70G, 2/8/2018, Morgan, VT

James F. Rennick ’70, 2/10/2018, Salem

Steven Rogers ’70, 1/12/2018, Tucson, AZ

Stephen H. Silverstein ’70, 1/3/2018, Lincolnshire, IL

Mary J. Brady ’71, 12/28/2017, Hollywood, FL

Edward F. Hayes ’71S, 5/12/2017, Taunton

Marlene (Andrade) Roderiques ’71, ’74G, ’92EdD, 1/19/2018, New Bedford

Elaine (Hashway) Woods ’71, 2/5/2018, Westborough

Cynthia J. Baird ’72G, 1/15/2018, Ware

Patricia A. (Yankowksi) Bidwell ’72, 2/28/2018, Meriden, CT

Kermit W. Kincaid ’72, 3/5/2018, Westfield

John P. Manning ’72EdD, 2/10/2018, Natick

Timothy J. Molaghan ’72, 3/21/2018, Northampton

Carol A. Morrow ’72, 1/18/2018, Gotha, FL

Richard H. Phifer ’72S, 4/3/2018, Brimfield

Susan L. Gavin ’73, 1/14/2018, Mashpee

Susan E. (Burns) Rebello ’73, 3/12/2018, Somerset

Douglas G. Robert ’73, 2/1/2018, Missoula, MT

Virginia (Rohan) Baltay ’67G, ’74PhD, 3/28/2018, Williamsburg

Michael P. Cussen ’74EdD, 1/3/2017, Thornton, CO

William A. Daenz ’74, 4/8/2018, Kingston, NH

Douglas F. Heifner ’74, 1/19/2018, Berlin

Ronald A. Mainville ’74, 3/13/2018, Topsville

Nancy F. Marino ’74PhD, 3/10/2018, E. Lansing, MI

Peter S. Schragle ’74, ’75G, 9/1/2017, Pittsford, NY

J. R. Stackelberg ’74PhD, 3/18/2018, Spokane, WA

Earlena B. Yelverton ’74, 2/3/2018, Worcester

Roland A. Audette ’75, 2/26/2018, Elkhart, IN

E. David Chambers ’75, 3/28/2018, Braintree

Philip N. Cronenwett ’75PhD, 1/20/2018, Enfield, NH

Diane H. Esser ’75, 2/26/2018, Greenfield

Donald M. Estabrook ’75G, 5/29/2016, Pittsfield

Teresa (Byrne) Everett ’75, 12/9/2017, Williamsburg

Doris R. Holden ’75, ’80G, 1/24/2018, Amherst

John P. Joly ’75, 2/21/2018, Derby, VT

Joseph L. Lerner ’75, 3/23/2018, Pittsfield

Ralph J. Rascati ’75PhD, 2/3/2018, Canton, GA

Gerald E. Veale ’75, 3/19/2018, Tucson, AZ

John A. Baccari ’76, 1/31/2016, Reading

Michael J. Greaney ’76, 2/2/2018, West Yarmouth

Alfred L. Labonte ’76, 4/2/2018, South Hadley

Michael J. O’Leary ’76, 4/8/2018, Rangeley, ME

Mary E. Slavin ’76, 2/2/2018, Hyannis

Bruce D. Watson ’76, 2/27/2018, Parker Dam, CA

Richard L. Baldini ’77, 1/17/2018, Nahant

Ruth M. Dougherty ’74S, ’77, 2/10/2018, Cream Ridge, NJ

Jean (Thompsom) Houle ’77, 4/4/2018, Easthampton

Patricia K. Lyons ’77G, 1/11/2018, South Deerfield

Kathleen E. Randall ’77, 2/25/2018, Mount Holly, NJ

John S. Kracke ’78G, 1/22/2018, Darien, CT

Thomas M. Morris ’78S, 2/18/2018, Jamaica, VT

Michael B. Pechinski ’78, 11/5/2016, Indian Head Park, IL

Leo A. Simon ’78, 1/19/2016, Stockbridge

John E. Wilson ’79EdD, 6/23/2016, Chapel Hill, NC

1980s

Jonathan P. Geer ’80, 1/22/2018, Allston

Harrison L. Gregg ’80G, 4/2/2018, Amherst

Patricia M. Hogan-Cerasuolo ’80, ’94G, 1/21/2018, E. Longmeadow

Richard J. O’Brien ’81G, 2/19/2018, Santa Maria, CA

Cheryl L. (Watkins) Snead ’81, 1/22/2018, Providence, RI

Gary B. Adams ’82, 3/5/2018, Lanesboro

Scott A. Estes ’79G, ’82PhD, 8/15/2017, Springfield, VA

John W. Staniszewski ’82, 3/13/2018, Northampton

Daniel R. Tilden ’82, 1/10/2018, Houston, TX

Dean E. Turra ’82, 1/3/2018, Clinton

William L. Barschdorf ’83, 3/19/2018, Pittsfield

Michael M. Jordan ’83, 3/2/2018, Ocracoke, NC

James H. Lee Jr. ’83, 1/3/2018, Natick

Stuart C. Press ’83, 6/16/2017, Guilford, CT

Craig A. Rose ’83, 3/31/2018, Milford, NH

Lee R. Perkins ’84, 2/3/2018, Greenfield

Brian K. Kelley ’86, 3/13/2018, South Grafton

Stephen W. Jefferson ’87EdD, 2/9/2018, Amherst

James P. Waitkus ’87, 4/3/2018, Turners Falls

George D. Bonsall ’88, 3/25/2018, Hampden

James R. Garner ’88G, 1/3/2018, Scottsdale, AZ

Paul T. McGrath ’88, 3/21/2018, Portland, ME

Steven J. Ryan ’88, 1/5/2018, Fairfax, VA

Sally T. Trombly ’88G, 3/11/2018, Lebanon, NH

Sally P. Williams ’88EdD, 3/27/2018, West Hartford, CT

1990s

John Genewicz ’90, 3/25/2018, Milford

Todd A. Rosa ’92, 2/4/2018, Washington, DC

Anne R. Tessier ’92, 3/17/2018, Florence

Donna D. Adams ’94G, 11/24/2017, Montague

Carol Stasz ’96, 3/22/2018, Southampton

Matthew Metzmaker ’97, 2/14/2018, Shrewsbury

Bethany H. Tidd ’97, 3/10/2018, Westford

Alan R. Goodell ’98, ’99G, 3/12/2018, North Adams

Ryan M. Thistle ’98, 4/2/2018, Hudson, NH

2000s

Jarrad W. Parkin ’00S, 1/27/2018, Shutesbury

Kevin M. Ramocki ’01, 1/15/2018, Wakefield

Matthew C. Maloney ’02, 1/22/2018, Easthampton

Chester Levins ’06G, 1/3/2018, Shrewsbury

2010s

Ryan A. Pollack ’12, 1/1/2018, Silver Spring, MD

Christian A. Clemens ’14, 1/13/2018, Sunderland

faculty

Jon K. Crocker ’07G, 1/8/2018, Hadley

Ronald H. Fredrickson, 12/24/2017, Osage City, KS

Marshall I. Goldman ’85H, 8/2/2017, Cambridge

Georges Grinstein, 2/23/2018, Hadley

Stephen W. Jefferson ’87EdD, 2/9/2018, Amherst

Eleanor Killam, 1/1/2018, Amherst

Herbert V. Marsh ’54, ’58G, 2/21/2018, Deerfield

George E. McGill, 3/13/2018, Amherst

Premachandran R. Menon, 1/1/2018, Amherst

Richard E. Mudgett ’69G, 4/10/2018, State College, PA

Suzanne O’Hare, 4/13/2018, Southampton

Meredith B. Raymond, 2/26/2018, Amherst

David Wyman, 3/14/2018, Amherst