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In Memoriam

Deaths reported to the UMass Amherst Alumni Association from September 1 to December 31, 2017. To send a submission, CONTACT US.

Julius Lester

Julius Lester, 78, a professor emeritus of Judaic and Near Eastern studies and a nationally renowned author, civil rights activist, musician, and photographer, died January 18. He came to UMass as a faculty member in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies in 1971. From 1982–1988, he held a joint appointment in Afro-American studies and Judaic studies. Lester won numerous awards on campus, including a Distinguished Teaching Award and the Chancellor’s Medal.

 


 

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1940s

Ronald M. Boone ’40S, 2/15/2014, Auburn, ME

Barbara (Farnsworth) Sheldon ’40, 8/28/2017, West Springfield

Frances (Field) Hemond ’41, 11/27/2017, Montague

William R. Brookman ’42S, 11/3/2017, Williamstown

Anne (Chase) Dobson ’42, 11/8/2016, Westwood

Frances (Gasson) Ballentine ’43, 11/9/2017, Summerville, SC

Elizabeth H. Cooper ’43, 2/14/2015, West Hartford, CT

Catherine (Capen) Petersen ’44, 2016, Edison, NJ

Mary (Martin) Chappuis ’45, 12/8/2017, Randolph

Nellie E. (Garrett) Doty ’47S, 10/10/2015, West Springfield

Pauline (Marcus) Gordon ’47, 12/17/2013, West Newton

Herbert H. Gross ’47, 9/9/2015, Westwood

Marcus O. Landon ’47, 8/28/2017, Medina, WA

Barbara L. (Wolfe) Allen ’48, 3/16/2014, Swampscott

Raymond C. De Young ’48, 5/1/2015, Plymouth

Esther (Shub) Goldberg ’48, 5/27/2017, Encino, CA

Martin S. McManus ’48S, 7/17/2015, Leicester

Richard C. Roberson ’48, 3/13/2017, La Jolla, CA

Arthur E. Budd ’49, 1/28/2015, Falls Church, VA

James C. Geneva ’49S, 7/27/2017, Safety Harbor, FL

Robert A. Homans ’49S, 11/3/2017, Coventry, CT

William M. Potter ’49, 9/25/2015, Orange Park, FL

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

Elizabeth (Wileikis) Zaorski ’49, 5/18/2017, Charlottesville, VA

1950s

John T. Allen ’50S, 8/18/2014, Sturbridge

William A. Bross ’50, 1/14/2017, Holmen, WI

Joseph D. Emerson ’50, 9/26/2017, Newton

Edwin R. Golus ’50, 11/9/2017, Lakewood, NY

Margot F. Hakes ’50, 8/28/2017, West Yarmouth

Richard T. Jackson ’50, 10/30/2017, Moulton­borough, NH

Edward S. Kanozak ’50, 10/2/2017, Saco, ME

Robert H. Kelly ’50, 12/25/2014, Reading

Herman E. Langevin ’50S, 8/14/2017, Palmer

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

Henry W. Leander ’50, 5/8/2017, Austin, TX

Francis R. Leblanc ’50, 12/3/2017, Redwood City, CA

William E. McTigue ’50, 11/29/2017, Clinton, MD

Walter R. Morin ’50, 11/10/2017, Las Vegas, NV

Thaddeus J. Okolo ’50, 10/13/2017, Rockville, CT

Frederick G. Pierce ’50, 9/26/2017, Waterboro, ME

Armand R. Tanguay ’50, 8/30/2015, Naples, FL

George E. Whiton ’50S, 8/19/2017, Walpole, NH

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

Alfred M. Boski ’51, 9/14/2017, Northampton

Jack I. Brody ’51, 5/1/2017, Northbrook, IL

Herbert E. Bushee ’51, 11/12/2017, Orange

Richard A. Shaw ’51, 12/1/2017, Mashpee

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

Robert B. Eckberg ’52, 8/26/2017, Hillsboro, NH

Barbara B. Goldberg ’52, 7/2/2016, Brookline

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

Robert H. Kroeck ’52, 4/22/2017, New Ipswich, NH

Clifton H. Mudge ’52, 11/25/2017, Central, SC

Richard G. Pettingell ’52, 9/12/2017, Concord

Charles F. Tebo ’52S, 9/18/2017, Centerville

Phyllis (Cohen) Winer ’52, 11/16/2017, Longmeadow

Richard H. Beddow ’53, 1/1/2017, Accokeek, MD

Robert J. Driscoll ’53, 10/17/2017, North Andover

Christopher J. Makrides ’53, 9/24/2017, Portland, ME

Frank J. Martines ’53S, 10/16/2017, Bedford

John N. St. Pierre ’53, 11/21/2017, North Palm Beach, FL

Harris M. Tanner ’53, ’57G, 8/31/2017, Chicopee

Anthony G. Chambers ’54, 12/9/2017, Bloomfield, CT

Donald J. Cheater ’54, 1/31/2017, Naples, FL

Robert H. Davis ’54S, 9/14/2017, Amherst

John K. Delahunt ’54, 8/31/2017, Weymouth

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

John Baron ’55, 5/22/2015, Sarasota, FL

Edward H. Cohen ’55, 9/8/2017, Auburn

John P. Dusza ’55, 9/22/2017, Nanuet, NY

Elinor (Freedman) Greenfeld ’55, ’71G, 10/5/2017, Albany, NY

Thomas S. Lambert ’55, 2017, Dallas, TX

Charles M. Lasky ’55, 11/11/2017, Newport, RI

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

Paul R. Natale ’55, 9/24/2017, Hilton Head Island, SC

William D. Powrie ’55PhD, 5/30/2013, North Vancouver, BC

Robert R. Doty ’56S, 11/7/2017, West Springfield

Martin A. Joy ’56S, 12/11/2017, Ware

Leon E. Meier ’56S, 11/6/2017, Adams

Joel H. Miller ’56, 8/20/2017, Glenwood Springs, CO

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

John P. Ahladas ’57, 9/21/2017, North Granby, CT

Leo J. Berard ’57, 9/21/2017, Yarmouth Port

Laura L. Doxey ’57G, 11/15/2017, Naples, FL

William L. Fibkins ’57, 11/10/2017, Peconic, NY

Eleanor M. Finn ’57G, 11/18/2017, Windham, NH

Robert L. Fregeau ’57, 12/18/2017, South Windsor, CT

Richard M. Kennedy ’57, ’59G, 11/21/2017, New Britain, CT

Roland C. Lowe ’57, 9/30/2017, Palo Alto, CA

Vincent K. Quinn ’57, 11/10/2017, Natick

Hathaway E. White ’57, 10/6/2017, Charles Town, WV

Philip C. Boardman ’58S, 11/6/2017, Sheffield

Rolfe B. Chase ’58, 11/11/2016, Prescott, AZ

Harry J. Gittes ’58, 9/2/2017, Los Angeles, CA

Thomas W. Hackett ’58, 11/24/2017, Wareham

Peter D. Hancock ’58S, 1/12/2014, Somers, CT

Susan (Hearty) Kierstead ’58S, 10/14/2017, Haverhill

John S. Needs ’58, 11/26/2017, Bridgewater

David G. Nowers ’58S, 12/9/2017, Athol

Richard G. Parsons ’58, 10/22/2017, Northfield

Charles F. Avery ’59, 11/9/2017, Xenia, OH

Kenneth A. Boyd ’59, 11/1/2017, La Plata, MD

William C. Foster ’59S, 5/27/2016, Westminster

Arthur S. Koykka ’59, 1/20/2015, Lunenburg

Malcolm J. McFarlin ’59, 10/5/2017, Lebanon, NH

Jack R. Pearl ’59, 11/13/2017, Boxford

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

Edward A. Stewart ’59, 9/26/2017, N. Grafton

1960s

Cameron C. Bangs ’60, 9/10/2015, Portland, OR

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

Helene (Clayman) London ’60, 6/12/2017, Delray Beach, FL

Elizabeth (Krauss) Midgley ’60, 11/26/2017, Germantown, MD

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

Judith (Davey) Sternburg ’60, 2017, Silver Spring, MD

Edward H. Thiebe ’60G, 10/19/2017, Leverett

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

Thomas L. Huston ’61S, 10/26/2017, North Reading

Charles E. Koski ’61, 10/9/2017, Leominster

Evelyn (Cole) Lester ’61, 1/25/2017, Melbourne, FL

Francis E. Nestor ’61, 5/12/2015, Melrose

Richard B. Orpin ’61, 7/22/2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Daniel F. Pierre ’61, 9/23/2014, Naples, FL

Earl A. Smith ’61G, 7/1/2017, Sun City Center, FL

Rosalyn E. Stoker ’61, 10/18/2013, Boston

Michael F. Young ’61, 10/30/2017, Blackstone

Jean P. Barrette ’62, 8/26/2017, Pittsfield

Cynthia Dole Redeker ’62, 12/8/2017, Shelburne Falls

Nancy (Sheldon) Donovan ’62, 9/30/2017, West Palm Beach, FL

Judith (Stolworthy) King ’62, 10/4/2017, Newton

John M. Sheehy ’62, 8/16/2017, Silver Spring, MD

Charles E. Abramson ’63G, 9/17/2017, Amherst

Henry N. Allain ’63, 12/22/2015, Hawthorne, CA

David M. Lipton ’63, 9/10/2016, Brookline

William Murray Underwood ’63G, 6/15/2013, Houston, TX

Robert R. Vokes ’63G, 11/27/2017, Ocala, FL

Richard A. Baird ’64, 9/27/2016, West Palm Beach, FL

John F. Cagnina ’64G, 5/13/2017, Mystic, CT

Norman R. Greenfield ’64, 4/16/2014, Norwell

Alice Margerie (Smith) Graham ’65, ’71G, 10/25/2017, Pensacola, FL

Albert C. Gray ’65, 12/10/2017, North Falmouth

Melvin Richard Lakutis ’65, 3/22/2017, Webster

Richard F. Murphy ’65, 1/29/2017, Salem, NH

Carl B. Olson ’65, 12/31/2017, Chatham

Richard C. Tilton ’65PhD, 11/28/2017, Farmington, CT

Johannes H. Wagner ’65, ’69G, 9/17/2017, West Wareham

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

Carlton D. Crosier ’66G, 12/17/2017, West Springfield

John M. Cushing ’66, 10/2/2017, Amherst

Paul M. Frydrych ’66G, 3/3/2017, Ipswich

Joseph B. Grimaldi ’66, 3/10/2016, Cape Neddick, ME

Ronald G. Helie ’66, 3/31/2017, Ballston Lake, NY

Mary E. Howland ’66S, 3/8/2014, Marshfield, WI

James S. Jorritsma ’66, 9/8/2017, Whitinsville

Duncan G. Laidlaw ’66, 10/30/2017, Manville, RI

Martha “Rocquie” (Strum) O’Rourke ’66, 9/24/2017, Surprise, AZ

Dennis P. Leger ’66S, 12/7/2017, Jacksonville, FL

Arthur F. McEvoy ’66G, 12/15/2017, Portland, ME

Michael E. O’Connell ’66, 11/1/2017, Westfield

Carol (Hennigar) Reid-Grandfield ’66, 9/15/2017, Felton, DE

Eric W. Bodendorf ’67, 11/20/2017, Raymond, NH

Ronald M. Keane ’67, 9/5/2017, Lexington

Elizabeth A. (Price) Morancy ’67, 9/5/2017, Methuen

David S. Packard ’67, 7/1/2015, Baldwinsville, NY

Milton J. Pepin ’67S, 12/26/2017, Worcester

Dana L. Vrooman ’67, ’69G, 11/11/2017, Venice, FL

Katherine (Stefanik) Ashe ’68, 9/14/2015, Wellesley Hills

Richard M. Bloom ’68, 6/5/2017, Chestnut Hill

Carolyn J. (Cheney) Dickinson ’68, 10/31/2017, San Francisco, CA

David H. Goldberg ’68, 9/15/2017, Thornton, CO

Andrew L. Gregory ’68S, 1/5/2014, Port Saint Lucie, FL

Jerome La Montagne ’68, 12/26/2014, Patchogue, NY

Francis Murphy ’68, 6/14/2017, Deerfield

Natalie E. (Stys) Teixeira ’68, 7/17/2013, East Taunton

John P. Walker ’68, 9/17/2017

Ann D. Yourga ’68, Amherst

Lawrence R. Cunningham ’69, 9/30/2017, Camden, ME

Frederick J. Dorey ’69PhD, 8/14/2017, Los Angeles, CA

Paula R. Dubin ’69, 9/13/2017, Amherst

Henry P. Lombardelli ’69, 12/7/2017, South Portland, ME

Betty H. Moody ’69, 11/20/2017, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Marianne R. Pedulla ’69, ’85G, 12/23/2017, Agawam

Arlene R. Poretsky ’69, 4/30/2017, Rockledge, FL

David T. Wei ’69PhD, 4/15/2017, Malibu, CA

1970s

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

Paul A. Delpapa ’70, 12/8/2017, Berkley

Suzanne H. Grugan ’70, 10/10/2017, Framingham

Patricia J. (Sullivan) Harrison ’70, ’71G, 11/5/2014, Burlington

William B. Smith ’70, 10/30/2017, North Chelmsford

Charles E. Williams ’70, 11/30/2013, Brighton

David M. Chernock ’71, 11/28/2016, Apollo Beach, FL

Frederick A. Emerson ’70G, ’71PhD, 8/22/2017, Saco, ME 

Anne Jew ’71, 8/30/2017, Waltham

Donald F. Robinson ’71G, 12/27/2015, Quincy

Charles Assad ’72, 9/8/2017, Cape Coral, FL

Redmond A. Bansfield ’72, 11/13/2017, Centerville

Thomas E. Collins ’72, 12/26/2016, Miami Beach, FL

Walter E. Cronin ’72, 9/10/2017, West Newton

Gail H. (Robinson) Dexter ’72, 9/26/2017, Centerville

Edward H. Ganley ’72, ’84G, 3/4/2017, Hood River, OR

Carol E. Jillson ’72G, 9/14/2017, East Sandwich

John E. Ledden ’72G, 11/9/2017, Wilmington, DE

Hugh G. Loebner ’72Phd, 12/4/2016, New York, NY 

Warren C. Mason ’72, 7/9/2016, Stow

Dennis A. Merkwan ’72G, 9/24/2017, Watertown, SD

James E. Reynolds ’72, 9/24/2017, Mount Desert, ME

Marilyn A. (Carchia) Stivaletta ’72, 2/5/2014, Lexington

John L. Stone ’72, 8/30/2017, Paxton

Paul E. Theroux ’72, 9/1/2017, West Hartford, CT

Gordon C. Thurlow ’69S, ’72, 10/17/2017, Hubbardston

Sandra (Mientka) Yundt ’72, 12/9/2017, Spartanburg, SC

Gary B. Abramson ’73, 9/19/2017, Yarmouth Port

Gerard P. Baruch ’71G, ’73EdD, 2/28/2016, Oxon Hill, MD

James T. Diener ’73, 9/27/2015, Pinellas Park, FL

David A. Green ’73, 7/13/2017, Sharon

Leslie Hyde ’73G, 12/25/2017, Branford, CT

David J. Kelley ’73, 10/27/2017, Reading

Terry M. Naylor ’73, ’75G, 11/7/2017, Fort Worth, TX

Ronald G. Perras ’73, 12/28/2017, New Port Richey, FL

Douglas S. Ross ’73, ’74G, 11/13/2017, Pawleys Island, SC

Paul Slater ’73, ’76G, 1/1/2017, Easthampton

Robert C. Sullivan ’73, 10/18/2016, Oak Bluffs

Ellen M. (Andren) Wetmore ’73S, 2/8/2017, Arvada, CO

M. P. Wright ’73EdD, 9/10/2017, Clarksburg

Richard P. Barry ’74, 8/28/2017, Walpole

William S. Carrie ’74, 10/8/2017, Springfield

Leon M. Cote ’74, 8/8/2016, Canton, OH

Jeannette Davis-Harris ’72G, ’74EdD, 8/29/2017, Easthampton

Thomas M. Currie ’74, 1/9/2017, San Diego, CA

David J. Green ’74, ’77G, ’79PhD, 9/15/2017, Fitzwilliam, NH

Jayne A. Leigh ’74, ’78G, ’91EdD, 12/29/2014, Derby, CT

Janice B. Liva ’74, 11/25/2017, Weston

Thomas L. Morin ’74, 9/11/2017, Fairfield, VT

Douglas J. Peterson ’74, 10/15/2017, Northwood, NH

Leland S. Towne ’74, 4/2/2017, South Easton

Frederick Braun ’75, 11/6/2017, Dighton

Marvin G. Brown ’75, 11/19/2017, Sunderland

John W. Cardano ’75, 12/15/2017, Springfield

Kevin Conners ’75, 9/20/2017, Wakefield

Margaret M. Gipps ’75, 12/26/2017, Walnut Creek, CA

Jill V. Josselyn ’75, 8/27/2017, Portland, OR

David T. Kaplan ’75G, 9/27/2017, Kensington, MD

Bruce C. MacKenzie ’75PhD, 11/6/2016, Jacksonville, FL

Paul M. Oates ’75, 10/14/2017, Wareham

Nikki (Grim) Palin ’75, 11/20/2017, Charlotte, NC

Joanne R. Sniegowski ’75, 9/20/2017, Chicopee

Craig E. Beck ’76, 9/11/2017, Hampden

Robert A. Beyer ’76, 1/27/2015, North Port, FL

John I. Briggs ’76, 2/13/2015, Traverse City, MI

Harold L. Carroll ’76G, 4/14/2016, Bermuda Dunes, CA

Michael P. Joyce ’76, 5/22/2014, Milton

Ronald A. Junker ’76, 3/17/2015, Reading

Andrew W. Lawson ’76S, 11/6/2017, Weymouth

Robert K. Mitchell ’76, 10/21/2017, Pembroke

Barry F. Smith ’76, 8/17/2017, Cincinnati, OH

John Stone ’76, 3/29/2017, Bethesda, MD

Lawrence D. Clough ’77, 6/5/2017, Waltham

Linda J. (Campbell) Collins ’77, 12/28/2017, Quincy

Jeffrey P. Di Nicola ’77, 11/1/2017, Huntersville, NC

Sandra (Laczynski) Eaton ’77, 12/21/2017, South Deerfield

George L. Jansson ’77, 6/27/2017, Plymouth

Dorothy A. McIntire ’77G, 10/10/2017, Worcester

Edwin McMullen ’77PhD, 10/30/2017, Paxton

Thomas A. Roberts ’77G, 11/24/2017, Albany, CA

Napoleon N. Sanchez ’77PhD, 12/19/2017, Westfield

David R. Strader ’77, 10/1/2017, Glens Falls, NY

Joseph H. Twichell ’77G, 11/22/2017, Pawcatuck, CT

John H. Wolf ’77, 11/20/2017, Briarcliff Manor, NY

Barbara P. (Laporte) Fairbanks ’78, 10/12/2017, Oxford, MS

Gustave R. Gaschnig ’78G, 10/15/2017, Uxbridge

Colleen A. (Kiney) Murphy ’78, 11/14/2014, Brentwood, TN

James D. Roberts ’78S, 10/25/2017, Plainville

Alan N. Berman ’79, 12/14/2017, Arlington

Cynthia A. (Rich) Fontaine ’79, 9/22/2017, Dennis

Daniel J. Maghery ’79, 11/21/2017, Irwin, PA

Peter L. Provost ’79, 11/12/2016, Gilbert, SC

Paul J. Vasconcellos ’79, ’81G, 12/18/2017, Amherst

Janice (Crock) Wollinger ’79, 3/28/2017, Lynnfield

1980s

Debra (Gershaw) Devito ’80, 12/9/2013, Lynnfield

Janet C. O’Rourke ’80G, 9/18/2017, Pelham

Kathleen M. (Carmody) Sinico ’80, 4/9/2014, Pittsfield

Jefrey A. Bump ’81, 8/28/2017, Beaufort, SC

Michael V. Moriarty ’81G, 3/27/2016, Woonsocket, RI

Daniel P. Marsh ’82, 9/24/2017, Fitchburg

Bruce E. Newton ’82G, 8/26/2016, Center Barnstead, NH

Virginia M. Silcocks ’82, 1/15/2016, Sanbornville, NH

Susan R. Hermann ’83G, 11/10/2017, Douglas

Cornelia G. O’Hare ’83G, 10/11/2017, Holyoke

Suellen J. Smith ’83, 9/17/2017, Lancaster

Michael A. Zackman ’83G, 5/2/2017, Boston

Deborah R. (Schaefer) Alden ’84, 8/27/2017, Framingham

Gail H. (Flint) Pelletier ’84, 12/30/2017, Braintree

Douglas N. Wall ’84, 11/25/2017, Tampa, FL

John M. Coulter ’85, ’86G, ’94PhD, 10/21/2017, Lee

Phyllis Diamond ’85PhD, 12/28/2017, Sun City, AZ

Laurie Farrick ’85, 9/6/2017, The Villages, FL

Linda M. Mackall ’85, 8/23/2017, Randolph

Michael R. Melbourne ’85, 9/4/2013, Lee

Charlotte E. Saunders ’85, 6/17/2016, Dorchester Center

Leroy Woods ’78G, ’85PhD, 1/22/2014, Washington, DC

Sean M. Casey ’86, 11/28/2017, Saint Albans, VT

Neil F. Rosa ’86G, 12/4/2017, Wall Township, NJ

Michael A. Sbrega ’86, 10/8/2017, Grantham, NH

Mark S. Fishel ’87, 10/26/2017, New York, NY

Shawn G. Mahaney ’87, 11/12/2017, Billerica

Susan L. Merrill ’87G, 10/1/2017, Stockbridge

Bari K. Njiiri ’87, 10/4/2017, Springfield

Gina J. Armida ’88, 12/5/2017, Monson

Julianne (Yusi) Benfield ’88, 9/14/2017, Brewster, NY

Suzanne R. (Green) Bettinger ’88, 10/18/2014, Coral Springs, FL

Matthew S. Cushing ’88, 8/28/2017, Sagamore

Peter J. Sullivan ’88, 9/18/2017, Minnetonka, MN

Michael K. Shinnick ’89, 6/3/2014, Cheektowaga, NY

1990s

Lesli A. (Brooks) Athanasoulis ’90, 10/4/2017, Boulder, CO

George W. Groves ’90, 6/2/2017, Bryn Mawr, PA

Sonya Jain ’90G, 12/17/2017, Vienna, VA

Susan (Chapman) Brooks ’91, ’97G, 2/11/2017, Newtown, CT 

Joan M. (Walsh) Donovan ’91, 11/24/2017, New York, NY

Joseph M. Morse ’91, 9/28/2017, Winona, MN

John M. Cahill Jr. ’92, 8/23/2017, Franklin, TN

Thomas P. Gerrior ’92, 12/6/2017, Boston

Denise G. Nolan ’93G, 11/6/2017, Fitzwilliam, NH

Sambit Bastia ’94, 12/5/2017, Hingham

Gregory M. Maney ’94G, 9/2/2017, Hempstead, NY

Jack T. Ton ’94, 3/14/2017, North Reading

Joan E. Vigneron ’94G, 11/30/2017, Great Barrington

Vandelyn T. Wright ’94, 10/1/2017, Bronx, NY

James T. Patulak ’95G, 9/9/2017, Orlando, FL

Debra A. Bartlett ’96, 12/2/2017, Springfield

Nathan T. Bridges ’97PhD, 4/26/2017, Columbia, MD

Kevin J. Forster ’97, 4/12/2017, San Diego, CA

Zoe Rosenthal ’97, ’08G, 11/29/2017, Amherst

Caroline A. Sargent ’97, 12/10/2017, Princeton

Sheldon V. Smith ’97G, 10/2/2016, Cape Elizabeth, ME

Stephen G. Soderland ’95G, ’97PhD, 12/13/2017, Bainbridge Island, WA

Robert J. Blozie ’98G, 10/14/2017, West Brookfield

Sarah A. Kemble ’99G, 12/13/2017, Chester, VT

Pius N. Tamanji ’99PhD, 11/30/2014, Northampton

2000s

Joseph W. Sevigny ’00, 3/7/2016, North Chelmsford

Janice L. Haynes ’05PhD, 10/11/2017, Chadron, NE

Daniel G. Bress ’07, 10/3/2017, Amherst

2010s

Christopher J. Loughran ’10, 11/16/2017, Framingham

Stephanie (Saint Paul) Guillaume ’11, 10/31/2017, Brockton

Kavita Hooja ’11, 11/17/2016, Stamford, CT

Lauren E. Tela ’11, 12/17/2017, Montague

Scott K. Newman ’12, 5/8/2015, Fort Lee, NJ

Michael A. Pernick ’12, 12/31/2017, Marstons Mills

Mark M. Infanger ’13, 8/30/2017, Billerica

 

Faculty

Lynne R. Baker, 12/24/2017, Amherst

James A. Donovan, 11/4/2017, Eastham

Donald E. Gjertson, 9/2/2017, Hadley

Morton G. Harmatz, 8/22/2017, Amherst

Anthony R. Harris, 12/4/2017, Chesterfield

Robert L. Laurence, 12/28/2017, Waynesboro, VA

Julius Lester ’78, 1/18/2018, Amherst

Jerome M. Mileur, 9/5/2017, Hadley

Eileen O’Neill, 12/1/2017, Northampton

Howard A. Peelle ’71EdD, 12/15/2017, Amherst

Howard D. Stidham, 11/13/2017, Belchertown

Elizabeth S. Stuart, 6/29/2017, Turners Falls

Jack Tager, 10/14/2017, Amherst

John R. VanSteenberg, 8/25/2017, Leverett

Martin S. Wilder, 10/6/2017, Sarasota, FL

Po-zen Wong, 10/16/2017, Amherst