In Memoriam
‘A Loss that Reverberates’
The plane was full of people trying to make the world better. It's a loss that reverberates and affects a lot of people.
—Ralph Nader
"She dropped everything to help people. It's a tremendous loss not just for her and her family, but all the people she would have saved over the next 50 years," explained her great uncle, political activist Ralph Nader. “She was the kind of leader that we hoped to get from our young generation in our world.”
In the wake of her death, some of Stumo’s family members have testified on Capitol Hill, written articles, and worked hard to get the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane grounded until it can be made safe. Nadia Milleron, Stumo’s mother, continues the fight: “More work must be done to ensure others won't face the same grief and loss that my family now copes with each day.”
Stumo’s family members have created the Samya Rose Stumo Memorial Initiative for Universal Quality Healthcare, which aims to find talented young leaders to extend Samya’s vision and mission for low- and middle-income countries, and areas to affect change focusing on human-centered health care. Young alumnae of UMass Amherst are encouraged to apply.
Honoring a Professor's Love of the Lab
Chronicling Life's Changing Rhythms
Capturing the Boston Most Never Saw
Below we recognize the alumni and faculty whose deaths were reported to the UMass Amherst Alumni Association between October 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020. Please submit address changes and nominations for remembrances to: updates@umass.edu.
1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Faculty
1940s
Rosa K. (Kohls) Conlon '40, 09/08/2019 Orangeburg, NY
Myron D. Hager '40, 01/17/2020 Falmouth, ME
Robert F. Halloran '41, 07/14/2013 Acton, MA
George A. McSwain '42, 00/00/2019 Prineville, OR
Harold E. Mosher '42, 10/03/2019 Amherst, MA
Mary E. (Judge) Wall '42, 05/14/2007 Harwich, MA
Aileen P. (Perkins) Cressy '44, 10/21/2019 Sandwich, MA
MaryAnn B. (Mroczkowski) Williams '46, 10/15/2019 New Bedford, MA
Richard W. Bemis '47, 10/12/2019 Spencer, MA
Wesley H. Osborne '48, 11/15/2019 Norwell, MA
David Pimentel '48, 12/12/2019 North Canton, OH
Nancy L. (Bowman) Blomquist '49, 11/19/2019 Worcester, MA
James E. Cassidy '49, 08/20/2019 Louisville, KY
Gordon P. DeWolf '49, 12/17/2019 West Brookfield, MA
Julia M. (Moore) Ladd '49, 12/09/2019 West Springfield, MA
Melvin Lavin '49, 12/01/2019 Monroe Township, NJ
Joseph R. Leal '49, 11/01/2019 Palmer, MA
George E. Wright '49, 11/30/2019 Amherst, MA
1950s
Arthur L. Di Venuti '50, 10/02/2019 Boxford, MA
Robert M. Gardner '50, 05/23/2013 Huntington Beach, CA
John Gilboard '50, 09/24/2019 North Andover, MA
Howard G. Gold '50, 08/00/2019 Shelton, CT
William V. Luti '50, 12/01/2019 Concord, NH
John E. Reddick '50, 11/19/2019 Norwood, MA
John P. Rogers '50, 09/14/2019 Columbia, MD
Carol H. (Heady) Sours '50, 12/25/2019 Clinton, NY
James P. Toomey '50, 09/28/2019 Danvers, MA
George A. Wilder '50, 11/15/2019 Poughkeepsie, NY
Chester S. Bak '51, 11/24/2019 Wallingford, CT
Louise F. (Feldman) Radack '51, 11/07/2019 Swampscott, MA
Nancy A. (Streeter) Ward '51, 12/31/2019 Wrentham, MA
Ann H. (Hall) Bissonette '52, 12/08/2019 Saratoga Springs, NY
Howard J. Clark '52, 01/14/2019 Scituate, MA
Donald W. Clifford '52, 10/06/2019 Salisbury, NC
Herbert H. Sievers '52, 10/21/2019 Louisville, KY
Harry Smith '52, 12/16/2019 Nashua, NH
Jeanne (Hebert) Armata '53, 11/28/2019 Wellesley Hills, MA
John J. Carty '53, 11/30/2019 Springfield, MA
Walter E. Farin '53, 01/10/2020 New Bedford, MA
Bettie-Ann Francis '53, 10/30/2019 New Bedford, MA
Ellen (Manninen) Goeben '53, 10/21/2019 Niantic, CT
Ernest A. Johnson '53, 10/19/2019 Hillsboro, OR
Howard M. Mason '53, 07/21/2018 Quincy, MA
Kenneth A. Moser '53, 10/06/2019 Topsfield, MA
Robert W. Southworth '53, 09/23/2019 West Newton, MA
Richard N. Bowen '54, 10/27/2019
Thomas F. Cullinane '54, 12/22/2019
Robert H. Deans '54, 12/05/2019 New Albany, OH
Francis V. Donovan '54, 10/13/2019 Meriden, CT
Lynwood H. Eaton '54, 01/01/2015 Worcester, MA
Robert P. McMahon '54, 09/23/2019 Springfield, MA
Owen R. O'Neill '54, 11/23/2019 Springfield, MA
Ronald H. Resnick '54, 10/14/2019 Denver, CO
Cecelia M. (O'Donnell) Campbell '55, 11/21/2019 Temple, TX
Gerald Cohen '55, 12/07/2019 Boston, MA
William J. Dean '55, 01/09/2020 Holyoke, MA
Terence M. Farrell '55, 09/29/2019
Sheila R. (Ryan) Flynn '55, 01/02/2020 Hampden, MA
Dorothy M. (Mckenna) Kehoe '55, 01/07/2020 Cody, WY
Morton Landy '55, 05/01/2017 Boston, MA
Robert H. Platenik '55, 01/25/2020 Fayetteville, NY
Richard J. Volungis '55, 12/04/2019 Morris, IL
Stanley M. Bemben '56, 10/05/2019 New Britain, CT
Carlton M. Briggs '56, 10/03/2019 Foxboro, MA
Virginia L. (Richards) Chuma '56, 01/03/2020 Chelmsford, MA
Ann C. (Cunningham) Fogg '56, 11/07/2019
David C. Peterson '56, 10/31/2019 Athol, MA
Frederick L. Pratt '56, 12/30/2019 South Sutton, NH
Ruth S. (Stern) Winter '56, 08/19/2009 Alpharetta, GA
J. A. Charlebois '57, 08/14/2019 Hyde Park, NY
Judith M. (Mackenzie) Clark '57, 10/27/2019 Scituate, MA
Mona Harrington '57, 10/19/2019 Cambridge, MA
Charles R. Kittle '57, 10/26/2019 Dalton, MA
Robert A. Lariviere '57, 09/21/2019 Scotch Plains, NJ
Paul M. Rosenberg '57, 11/06/2019 Towson, MD
Harold R. Swift '57, 09/26/2019 Whately, MA
Richard F. Walter '57, 12/25/2019 New Vernon, NJ
Charles P. Carlson '58, 11/27/2019 Shrewsbury, MA
Domenica A. (Chiota) Farrell '58, 11/05/2019 Universal City, TX
Thomas F. Flynn '58, 09/22/2019 Franklin, MA
Marcia A. (Andress) Jester '58, 10/05/2019 Longmeadow, MA
John G. Moore '58, 01/11/2020 Skaneateles, NY
Edward W. Bogins '59, 01/02/2020 Cairo, NY
John R. Campos '59, 12/01/2019 Bedford, MA
Wilfred L. Dennis '59, 12/31/2019 Otter River, MA
Barry H. Friedman '59, 10/01/2019 Peabody, MA
August R. Helberg '59, 11/06/2019 Somers, CT
Robert G. Peck '59, 10/11/2019 Lenox, MA
Sylvia (Finos) Vacca '59, 11/14/2019 Melrose, MA
1960s
David A. Bassett '60, 01/12/2020 Harwich Port, MA
Robert W. Grundy '60, 07/11/2019 Santa Monica, CA
David A. Jones '60, 10/14/2019 North Weymouth, MA
Antonio J. Piergiovanni '60, 12/11/2019 Chester, MA
William P. Tredo '60, 12/05/2019 Norton, MA
Robert E. Babeau '61, 11/24/2019 Fitchburg, MA
Joaquim Baptista '61, 12/28/2019 New Bedford, MA
A. M. Chretien '61, 12/01/2019 Powell, OH
Arthur F. Freeland '61, 12/29/2019 Manomet, MA
Richard C. Gleed '61, 12/19/2019 Rockton, IL
Elizabeth I. (Karl) Knowles '61, 01/10/2020 Spicewood, TX
Gitta (Cohen) Millos '61, 07/06/2018 Newton Center, MA
Richard A. Sumner '61, 01/02/2020 Charlemont, MA
Richard D. Waskiewicz '61, 12/04/2019 Amherst, MA
Edward I. Werenski '61, 10/23/2019 South Hadley, MA
Robert E. Edgren '62, 11/28/2019 Plymouth, MA
Stanley A. Forys '62, 11/29/2019 Chicopee, MA
Joseph Garcia '62, 01/01/2020 Hancock, NH
Ivan M. Heath '62, 12/27/2019 Taunton, MA
Christian E. Kaufman '62, 11/27/2019 Panama City, FL
George W. McKenna '62, 11/15/2019 Tarpon Springs, FL
Charles T. Donovan '63, 08/07/2019 Reading, MA
Bruce B. Freedman '63, 11/14/2008 San Mateo, CA
Reino Kock '63, 09/18/2019 Duxbury, MA
Stephen I. Lipman '63, 09/27/2019 Newport, RI
Chester A. Suhoski '63, 09/27/2006 Gardner, MA
John B. Allen '64, 09/24/2019 Tyrone, NY
Blase P. Gambino '64, 10/06/2019 Hyde Park, MA
Mary (Salmon) Hennessey '64, 01/09/2020 Needham, MA
Charles W. Rock '64, 10/12/2019 Baldwinsville, NY
Edward A. Schmidt '64, 10/29/2019 Medfield, MA
Albert E. Pratt '65, 10/11/2019 Leicester, VT
Norma (Kells) Waseleski '65, 11/16/2019 Melbourne, FL
Gary E. Bombardier '66, 12/18/2019 Alexandria, VA
Daniel Krause '66, 11/13/2019 Amherst, MA
Alan D. Lebowitz '66, 09/21/2019 Potomac, MD
George S. Puritch '66, 10/09/2019
Robert H. Purrington '66, 10/24/2019 Sudbury, MA
Milton C. Scott '66, 12/18/2019 Petersham, MA
Roy D. Simmons '66, 09/23/2019 Lebanon, TN
Donald A. Walder '66, 12/26/2019 Corte Madera, CA
Richard B. Close '67, 11/30/2019 Glen Mills, PA
Kathleen J. (Holt) Koines '67, 09/01/2019 Ballston Spa, NY
Henry T. Murray '67, 10/20/2019 Somerville, MA
Karl O. Polson '67, 09/02/2018 Pulaski, VA
Paul C. Serabian '67, 11/12/2019 Haverhill, MA
Jay G. Shapiro '67, 10/03/2019 Port Saint Lucie, FL
Nancy (Perkins) Sullivan '67, 11/09/2019 Gloucester, MA
Francis L. Welcome '67, 01/09/2020 Ithaca, NY
George T. Farley '68, 11/16/2019
Anthony J. Marino '68, 10/14/2019 Longmeadow, MA
Lawrence E. McGee '68, 12/06/2019 Palmer, AK
Gerald M. Poshkus '68, 11/28/2019 Hemlock, NY
Peter K. Raymore '68, 09/25/2019 Niceville, FL
Michael J. Donovan '69, 10/31/2007 Saugus, MA
Fred J. Dowaliby '69, 10/19/2019 Pittsford, NY
Jonathan G. Dubiel '69, 11/28/2019 Deming, WA
Sandra L. (Lassiter) Freeland '69, 03/09/2019 Gaithersburg, MD
George F. Kinnally '69, 01/19/2020 Mashpee, MA
1970s
Eric N. Christensen '70, 11/17/2019 Wrentham, MA
Richard K. Clifford '70, 12/06/2019 Chatham, MA
Lenore M. Fogel '70, 12/05/2019 Brookline, MA
Harold C. Lyon '70, 11/09/2019
Donna (Mocca) Mancuso '70, 10/16/2019 Yarmouth Port, MA
William M. Murray '70, 10/09/2019
William M. Adamczyk '71, 11/25/2019 Cumming, GA
Langston C. Bannister '71, 11/22/2019 Toledo, OH
Gayety E. Brown '71, 11/30/2019 Marriottsville, MD
Katherine M. Elias '71, 11/03/2019 North Andover, MA
James M. Garvin '71, 11/05/2019 Weymouth, MA
Leslie J. Smith '71, 02/16/2012 Moultonborough, NH
Mary B. Trott '71, 08/19/2019 Altamonte Springs, FL
Constance A. Turner '71, 01/05/2020 Carlisle, MA
William L. White '71, 12/24/2019 Raynham, MA
Betty A. Borkowski '72, 11/18/2019 Gardner, MA
Susan (Kajander) Condon '72, 01/15/2020 Kennebunkport, ME
Ronald R. DeCoigne '72, 10/07/2019 Adams, MA
F. D. Larsen '72, 03/12/2017 Birmingham, AL
Dana B. Lee '72, 11/18/2019 Venice, FL
Joseph C. O'Donnell '72, 10/11/2019 Seabrook, NH
Stephen C. Rathmill '72, 01/03/2018 Philadelphia, PA
Robert Z. Allaire '73, 11/04/2019 New Britain, CT
Thomas W. Bean '73, 11/24/2019 Alexandria, VA
Mary E. (Murray) Bunker '73, 10/19/2019 Stoughton, MA
James J. Capellman '73, 11/09/2019 Bellingham, WA
David R. Carlson '73, 11/17/2019 Amherst, MA
David B. Mower '73, 01/16/2020
Paul R. Murphy '73, 11/07/2019 Basking Ridge, NJ
Harold M. Streeter '73, 01/20/2020 Sudbury, MA
Carolyn A. Allan '74, 10/00/2019 Barre, MA
Joan C. Bresnahan '74, 01/03/2018 Springfield, MA
John J. Cahill '74, 10/22/2019
Edward C. Carlsson '74, 10/03/2019 Yaphank, NY
Dorothy L. Frumson '74, 10/16/2019 Albany, CA
Stephen C. Limone '74, 08/20/2019 Melrose, MA
Richard A. MacGovern '74, 11/28/2019 Springfield, MA
Arthur H. Martel '74, 11/15/2019
Monica Y. (Young) McKenney '74, 12/23/2019 Cohasset, MA
James J. Sullivan '74, 09/30/2019 Boston, MA
Catherine B. Cannan '75, 01/18/2020 Somerville, MA
John R. Ducharme '75, 09/25/2019 Northborough, MA
Raymond J. Fabi '75, 01/26/2020 South Windsor, CT
George G. Ferguson '75, 12/03/2019 Franklin, MA
Kathryn E. Mulcahy '75, 10/19/2019 Amesbury, MA
Mary A. Prunier '75, 10/16/2019 Worcester, MA
Barbara O. Rose '75, 01/01/2020 Gardner, MA
Nabih K. Sabbagh '75, 01/13/2020 Windsor, CT
Eva F. Shaw '75, 11/06/2019 Aurora, CO
Susan H. (Vooris) Smith '75, 03/00/2019 Cold Brook, NY
Robert D. White '75, 11/10/2019 Athol, MA
Lois A. Wood '75, 01/06/2019 Princeton Junction, NJ
Claire J. Anderson '76, 02/10/2016 Norfolk, VA
Rolf H. Clark '76, 09/15/2015 Alexandria, VA
Robert W. Fowler '76, 10/27/2019 Lake Placid, FL
Elizabeth A. (Greaney) Murphy '76, 12/12/2019 South Hadley, MA
Gary A. Simpkins '76, 08/27/2009 Las Vegas, NV
Joseph K. Tuit '76, 10/15/2019 Phoenix, AZ
Thomas J. Austin '77, 05/08/2017
Marjorie O. (O'Neil) Dwyer '77, 11/05/2019 Rutland, MA
Sarah B. Gott '77, 11/16/2019 Greenfield, MA
Pete J. McLaughlin '77, 01/13/2020 Plymouth, MA
Douglas L. Rainville '77, 10/08/2019 Needham, MA
Jack Rosenblum '77, 01/13/2020 Deerfield, MA
Mona H. Sprecker '77, 11/27/2019 Guilford, CT
Gretchen Swett '77, 10/27/2019 Jacksonville, FL
Richard S. Topham '77, 01/17/2020 Marshfield, MA
Richard W. Venne '77, 10/05/2019 Florence, MA
Mark W. Burns '78, 11/14/2019 Rochester, NH
Ruth B. Clark '78, 11/16/2019 Lawrence, MA
Lynn M. Corey '78, 01/06/2020 West Brookfield, MA
Min-Chi Huang '78, 09/00/2019 Laguna Woods, CA
James W. Phillips '78, 11/18/2019 Westfield, MA
Lehan Power '78, 10/30/2019 Brewster, MA
Alfred S. Goldin '79, 08/31/2019 Miami, FL
Mark G. Pilla '79, 08/24/2014 Saint Petersburg, FL
Steven J. Polansky '79, 10/19/2019 Milford, CT
1980s
Alfred J. Dipaolo '80, 12/31/2019 Beverly, MA
Elizabeth A. Evans '80, 10/11/2019 Melbourne, FL
Barton L. Heefner '80, 10/25/2019 Scituate, MA
Lynn C. (Connors) Henry '80, 01/07/2020 Easthampton, MA
Theodore H. Himlan '80, 11/14/2019 Westfield, NJ
Philip C. Homes '80, 07/28/2019 Piney Flats, TN
Paul D. Johnson '80, 01/19/2020 Greenfield, MA
Mark S. Pedersen '80, 09/16/2018 Ithaca, NY
William L. Phinney '80, 11/04/2019 East Sandwich, MA
James W. Tarantino '80, 03/21/2018 Danville, CA
Anne C. Brosky '81, 01/18/2020 Greenfield, MA
James N. Fawcett '81, 10/28/2019 Melbourne Beach, FL
John P. Kristek '81, 11/30/2019 Bow, NH
Eric B. Mair '81, 12/03/2019 Fairchance, PA
Stanley P. Milewski '81, 12/07/2019 Hatfield, MA
Paul C. Trombly '81, 12/09/2019 Freeport, ME
Michelle A. Varney '82, 12/03/2016 Tyngsboro, MA
Laurie A. Weston '82, 09/18/2019 Wrentham, MA
Jacqueline A. Budrow '83, 12/03/2019 Lowell, MA
Brian J. Duke '83, 10/23/2019 Templeton, MA
Daniel N. Leavell '83, 06/18/2017 Granville, OH
Michael T. Ryan '83, 10/10/2019 Florence, MA
Jane A. Worthing '83, 10/26/2019 Ormond Beach, FL
Mamye A. Kratt '84, 10/06/2019 Medford, MA
Art F. Parks '84, 09/18/2019 Chester, NJ
George M. Schmiedeshoff '85, 07/16/2019 Pasadena, CA
Steven A. Bozkurtian '86, 04/02/2019 Belmont, MA
Lon M. DeLeon '86, 12/12/2019 Bethany, CT
Christopher P. Geiger '86, 09/13/2019 Boston, MA
Frank M. Libman '87, 01/03/2020 Westminster, MD
Mary E. (Hart) Parker '87, 07/00/2019 Manchester, NH
Amy M. Ruda '87, 08/09/2018 Westport, CT
James C. Barlow '88, 09/23/2019 Jupiter, FL
Joan M. Cottman '88, 05/01/2016 Las Vegas, NV
Stephen D. Deackoff '88, 10/23/2019 Tewksbury, MA
Helena B. Demagall '88, 09/30/2019 Lanesborough, MA
Robert B. Lovett '88, 09/23/2019 Duxbury, MA
Karen E. Demo '89, 11/30/2019 Greenfield, MA
1990s
Andrea L. Devries '90, 12/01/2019 Rochester, MA
Camilla S. Humphreys '92, 12/17/2019 Florence, MA
Fashon F. (Ford) Rudolph '92, 10/08/2019 FPO, AE
Theodore J. Suchecki '92, 11/21/2019 Gloucester, MA
John F. Boyle '93, 10/06/2019 Deland, FL
Deirdre Scott '93, 11/18/2019 Northampton, MA
Ian D. Sklar '97, 11/11/2019 Mahwah, NJ
Harvey F. Lepine '99, 01/08/2020 Lowell, MA
Rojauna K. Pace '99, 09/26/2019 Los Angeles, CA
2000s
Laurina D. Gibbs '00, 01/29/2018 Hanover, PA
Linda F. Renkowicz '00, 01/01/2020 Westfield, MA
James P. Grinnell '01, 05/19/2018 Kittery, ME
Robert H. Kinkead '04, 12/15/2019 Pawleys Island, SC
2010s
Jackson R. Greene '16, 09/29/2019 Herndon, VA
George Jamieson '17, 11/21/2019 Georgetown, ME
Ellis S. Gilbert '18, 09/24/2019 Hull, MA
Hema Ramachandran '18, 12/09/2019 Marlborough, MA
faculty
Dr. Stanley M. Bemben '56, 10/05/2019
Professor Robert Christensen, 01/10/2020 Bradenton, FL
Professor Lewis E. Franks, 12/01/2019 Leverett, MA
Professor Robert M. Graham, 01/02/2020
Professor R. Bruce Hoadley, 10/00/2019 Eastham, MA
Dr. Camilla S. Humphreys '92, 12/17/2019
Professor Ernest A. Johnson '53, 10/19/2019
Professor Richard D. Konicek, 11/10/2019
Professor Harold E. Mosher '42, 10/03/2019
Professor Philip C. Nasca, 12/06/2019 Rensselaer, NY
Dr. Jesse S. Ortiz, 12/31/2019 Washington, DC
Professor Douglas W. Vickers, 10/03/2019 Hadley, MA
George E. Wright '49, 11/30/2019 Amherst, MA