Herb Steeper, 83, of Easthampton, a former assistant professor of government, died July 1. Born Aug. 22, 1932, in Seattle, Wash., he graduated from Stanford University in 1954 and served in the Army in Germany from 1955-57. He earned a master’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at...

Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, associate professor and head of the health policy and management program in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, has been appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker to the Special Commission to Examine the Feasibility of Establishing a Pain Management Access Program. One...

Thérèse Pasquale Maguire, 67, of Amherst, a retired administrator in residential academic programs, died July 7. Raised in Jamaica Plain, she graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and earned a doctorate in comparative literature at UMass Amherst. She joined the UMass...

Boris Pavlushkin, 63, of Turners Falls, an electrician with building maintenance, died July 7. Born in Uzbekistan on March 6, 1953, he joined the university in 2004 and was currently a controls and refrigeration systems specialist. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Valentina (Babitskaya)...