In Memoriam

Alumni by graduation year and faculty

Joanne Eldred ’91, ’94 | Karakian “Kutty” Bedrosian ’54 | Robin Farr | Robert Levey ’60 | Frederick C. Tillis

Always ready with tea and a listening ear

Joanne Eldred ’91, ’94 used her fierce love of her two children to turn her life around. She joined Alcoholics Anonymous to become sober, clearing an obstacle to her goals. She earned an associate degree in arboriculture and park management from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture and a bachelor’s degree in environmental conservation, which enabled her work at state and national parks. She also helped people in the trenches of addiction and violence as a drug and alcohol and domestic abuse counselor. Her résumé included work as a landscaper and a caterer, and she loved volunteering at local music venues. Legions of friends mourned her death in April from COVID-19 complications.

Eldred, 63, is just one of many from the UMass community to die prematurely from the coronavirus. And like others during the pandemic, she died in the intensive care unit, isolated from visitors. She listened to her favorite Jackson Browne songs from an iPod her children had provided in hopes that the music would help with her recovery.

She once told a friend, “My kids are my highest priority, and I’m going to do things right by them,” according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Her obituary notes, “Her door was always open, a place at her table was cleared and she made tea. There she would sit and listen and you felt better.”

 

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The Man Who Made Life Taste Better

Remember what it was like to shop for produce in the ’70s? Maybe it’s better you don’t remember. Tomatoes, especially, were barely edible except for a few summer months. In stark contrast, the current varieties of tomatoes are sure to please all year round. And that is thanks in part to Karakian “Kutty” Bedrosian ’54, food scientist and inventor, who died in July but made sure to preserve his legacy.

After starting his academic career in food science at UMass Amherst, Bedrosian went to work in the food research and development departments at Whirlpool Corporation, Lever Brothers Co., and DCA Food Industries, before landing at Natural Pak Produce Inc., where he first patented his produce preservation system. He hypothesized that tomatoes in particular were being harvested too early and never really had a chance to ripen. Bedrosian proposed picking produce when ripe and shipping it in absorbent packaging that held oxygen levels low to delay decay.

A Legacy of Cheer—and Grit

On April 9 UMass cheerleading lost a beloved member of its team when Head Coach Robin Farr died at age 60. Her passion for the sport was felt by every cheerleader she coached and she made it a point to reach out to those in the community who wanted to learn from her. She hosted and taught cheerleading workshops, and was always front and center supporting her team.

Farr joined UMass Athletics in 2008, bringing with her nine years of experience that included coaching the varsity cheerleading team at Hoosac Valley High School in Cheshire, Mass.

Jessica Coughlin ’09, a member of the cheer team under Farr, recalls “Robin was not only a cheerleading coach, but also a friend, confidant, and an extra mother figure in our lives while living at UMass. Robin taught me more than I can explain, not just as a cheerleader, but as a person, and for that I am forever grateful.”

“She was always honest with you about your performance and pushed you to be the best you could be,” says former cheerleader and Assistant Coach Kelli Murphy ’13. “She would fight for us to receive recognition, funding, and support. I feel that she really created a turning point to allow us athletes to be treated as such.”

 

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‘He said what he saw’

Robert Levey ’60, a trailblazing reporter on racial inequities for The Boston Globe, died in June at the age of 81. According to the Globe, “Upon retiring in 1992, Mr. Levey noted that during a 30-year Globe career he had been ‘an education reporter, a magazine editor, a lifestyle reporter, a national roving reporter, and a restaurant critic.’”

Levey witnessed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech up close and went on to report about Boston’s Black leaders, undeterred by the racist notes he occasionally found in his mailbox. He went on to receive a prestigious fellowship from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard.

A vital force for art and culture

Frederick C. Tillis, professor emeritus in the Department of Music and Dance, died in May at the age of 90. Tillis was also director emeritus of the UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center, as well as a composer, performer, poet, and one of the major influences on cultural life at UMass Amherst for over 40 years.

The New York Times remembers him as a composer known for “creating and performing versatile works that spanned American jazz and European traditions.” The Times continues:

Professor Tillis wrote more than 100 compositions, as well as 15 books of poetry and a textbook, Jazz Theory and Improvisation (1977). His work included compositions for piano, voice, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensembles. A frequent source of inspiration was African American spirituals. …

He taught at colleges in Texas, Louisiana, and Kentucky before being recruited to teach full time at Massachusetts in 1970. Appointed director of the school’s Fine Arts Center in 1978, he helped jump-start several university arts initiatives, including what became the Jazz & African American Music Studies and the annual Jazz in July summer intensive programs.

After retiring in 1997, he continued writing poetry, composing and playing music professionally until a few years before his death.

Professor Tillis pushed for cultural diversity in the music world throughout his academic career. “I don’t believe in the ivory-tower philosophy of art,” he said in 1997. “If you don’t get with the people, what are you doing to preserve the vitality of art and culture?”

Hear Tillis’s Spiritual Fantasy No. 5 performed by UMass faculty Laura Klock (on horn) and Nadine Shank (on piano).

 

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Below we recognize the alumni and faculty whose deaths were reported to the UMass Amherst Alumni Association between February 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020. Please submit address changes and nominations for remembrances to: updates@umass.edu.

 

1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Faculty

1930s

Charles Hurwitz ’34, 01/13/2020, Houston, TX

1940s

Percy E. Brown ’40, 01/01/2018, Brockton, MA

Arthur L. Wannlund ’41, 12/10/2018, Monkton, MD

Wallace F. Powers ’41, 05/26/2020, Mount Laurel, NJ

Allan C. Johnson ’42, 06/09/2020, Berlin, MA

Frederick A. Filios ’42, 08/07/2020, Amherst, MA

Celeste D. (Dubord) Devaney ’43, 06/20/2020, Portsmouth, RI

Charles H. Tryon ’43, 07/10/2020, South Glastonbury, CT

Earle R. Steeves ’43, 08/10/2018, Washingtonville, NY

Mary F. (Callahan) Fitzpatrick ’43, 05/23/2020, Amherst, MA

Mary F. (Ferris) Bangs ’43, 09/07/2020, Bath, ME

Horace C. Burrington ’44, 06/26/2020, Salem, MA

Barbara B. (Bigelow) Lipscomb ’45, 09/02/2020, Ruston, LA

Barbara R. (Walker) Besse ’45, 01/25/2020, Earlysville, VA

Ruth M. Hicks ’45, 07/17/2019, Micanopy, FL

Thelma F. (Cohen) Kanter ’45, 04/03/2020, Palm Beach, FL

Anne P. Merrill ’46, 01/13/2018, Concord, NH

Claire H. (Healy) Underwood ’46, 02/11/2020, Wilton, ME

Harold Walba ’46, La Mesa, CA

Lois B. (Beurman) Torf ’46, 09/11/2020, Christiansted, VI

Hazel B. (Burick) Cunninghis ’47, 06/11/2019, Escondido, CA

Justin Winthrop ’47, 05/21/2020, Dedham, MA

Lurline M. (Maugeri) Pavlovich ’47, 02/20/2020, Pittsburgh, PA

Erwin S. Bilsky ’48, 01/22/2020, Longmeadow, MA

Fay A. (Dickson) Flood ’48, 06/29/2019, Cape Eliz, ME

Jean S. (Semon) Raymond ’48, 03/25/2020, West Chatham, MA

Jeanne (Rheaume) Helgeson ’48, 06/26/2020, Portland, OR

Richard D. Tryon ’48, 08/21/2020, Monterey, MA

Roger B. Scott ’48, 03/10/2020, Newbury, VT

Barbara T. (Purcell) Anzuoni ’49, 04/07/2020, Plymouth, MA

Charles A. Kendall ’49, Randolph, NJ

Chester P. Wender ’49, 08/25/2020

Florence C. (Chapman) Littauer ’49, 07/11/2020, Wildwood, MO

Francis K. Sheehan ’49, 05/06/2020, Florence, MA

John J. Bak ’49, 09/09/2020, Amherst, MA

Leonard F. Gardner ’49, Palmyra, VA

Rueith (Mckenney) McGrath ’49, 08/08/2020, Braintree, MA

1950s

Alan C. Ornsteen ’50, 11/24/2018, Wayland, MA

Alfred Sidel ’50, 05/01/2020, Chelmsford, MA

Allan L. Pitcher ’50, 03/24/2019, Washington, DC

Dominick J. Swistro ’50, 03/08/2020, Swansea, MA

Edmund J. Struzziero ’50, 07/14/2020, South Yarmouth, MA

Edward Naroian ’50, 05/16/2020, Whitinsville, MA

Eugene A. Taylor ’50, 12/19/2019

Eugene F. Congdon ’50, 07/09/2019, Tampa, FL

George S. Anzuoni ’50, 05/05/2020, Plymouth, MA

Jeannette M. (Tonner) Loughman ’50, 04/02/2020, Framingham, MA

Joan M. (McLaughlin) Roy ’50, 09/02/2020, Westford, MA

John G. Barry ’50, 05/19/2020, South Hadley, MA

John G. Ellis ’50, 07/01/2020, Old Saybrook, CT

Leonard J. VanVorse ’50, 05/28/2020, Pomfret Center, CT

Mildred W. (Warner) Byrne ’50, 04/06/2020, Gloucester, MA

Richard E. Gaylord ’50, 07/19/2018, Bedford, MA

Richard M. Cunningham ’50, 09/13/2020, Hubbardston, MA

Robert G. Freeman ’50, 08/09/2019, New York, NY

Russell G. Perkins ’50, 02/13/2020, Scottsdale, AZ

Stanley E. Charm ’50, 08/29/2020, Orleans, MA

William S. Bradley ’50, 07/13/2020, Vineyard Haven, MA

Arthur W. Barstow ’51, 04/17/2020, Southwick, MA

Burton R. Wolinski ’51, 03/01/2020

Charles M. Goller ’51, 02/23/2020, South Berwick, ME

Frank P. Wright ’51, 07/04/2020, Franklin, MA

John D. O'Leary ’51, 02/20/2020, The Villages, FL

Lee J. Larson ’51, 05/02/2020, West Townsend, MA

Peter A. D'Arrigo ’51, 09/07/2020, Belmont, MA

Raymond R. Gagnon ’51, 05/11/2020, Geneva, NY

Russell M. Davenport ’51, 04/07/2020, Shelburne Falls, MA

Arnold B. Porges ’52, 05/16/2020, Narberth, PA

David W. Allen ’52, 02/22/2020

Frank S. Sottile ’52, 05/11/2020, Granby, CT

Helen W. (Woloshyn) Seher ’52, 02/15/2020, Southampton, MA

John C. O'Brien ’52, 02/18/2020, Pittsfield, MA

Joseph A. Kmiec ’52, 07/30/2020, Haverhill, MA

Laura Stoskin ’52, 08/29/2020

Randall G. Blackmer ’52, 06/29/2020, Wilmington, DE

Russell C. Eldridge ’52, 04/30/2020, Newfields, NH

Selwyn A. Broitman ’52, 04/24/2020, East Falmouth, MA

Shirley H. (Hathaway) McGrath ’52, 04/14/2020, Westford, MA

Thomas Danko ’52, 05/27/2020, Concord, NH

Virginia S. (Sullivan) Finn ’52, 05/02/2020, South Lee, MA

William O. Jahn ’52, 05/09/2020, Kingwood, TX

Alfred P. Morano ’53, 01/23/2020, Ayer, MA

Ann M. (Merrigan) Ayers ’53, 09/14/2020, Wolfeboro, NH

Ardeth M. (Miller) Dreshfield ’53, 07/28/2020, Chelsea, MA

Arthur D. Groves ’53, 02/10/2020, Schwenksville, PA

Arthur G. Dodge ’53, 06/28/2020, Fryeburg, ME

Carl E. Cousineau ’53, 08/01/2020, West Springfield, MA

Edward F. Wong ’53, 02/04/2020

Henry L. Hall ’53, 06/16/2020, Grantham, NH

Horace A. Del Grosso ’53, 05/28/2020, Scituate, MA

Jean M. (Pilling) MacInnis ’53, 04/28/2019, Carriere, MS

John A. Collis ’53, 08/19/2020

Lester M. Wyman ’53, 08/19/2020, Hanson, MA

Marjorie (Kaufman) Pryves ’53, 04/02/2020, Old Bethpage, NY

Morton A. Geller ’53, 03/23/2020, Chestnut Hill, MA

Myles S. Richmond ’53, 01/25/2020, Marshfield, WI

Neil F. Mara ’53, 08/20/2020, Bloomfield, CT

Raymond R. Watroba ’53, 03/21/2020, Windsor Locks, CT

Sam P. Baffo ’53, 02/24/2020, Navarre, FL

Sumner Waitz ’53, 04/19/2020, Jacksonville, FL

Barbara A. Mullins ’54, 08/28/2020, Turners Falls, MA

Francis J. Daly ’54, 05/04/2020, Springfield, VA

Frederick J. Dzialo ’54, 03/24/2020, Hatfield, MA

John Dent ’54, 02/13/2020, Kingston, NY

John J. Pasteris ’54, 09/17/2020, Pittsburgh, PA

Joseph W. Gurney ’54, 05/23/2020, Monroe Township, NJ

Joyce P. (Peck) Riffenburg ’54, 08/16/2020, West Yarmouth, MA

Joyce S. (Sargent) Jones ’54, 05/19/2020

Karakian Bedrosian ’54, 07/01/2020, Boca Raton, FL

Louise P. (Pride) Andrews ’54, 05/11/2020, Henderson, NV

Mary (Crudden) Byrne ’54, 08/07/2020, Norwood, MA

Randall B. Haydon ’54, 01/21/2020, Nokomis, FL

Reed T. Mellor ’54, 10/30/2019, Lodi, CA

Ward L. Akers ’54, 02/24/2020, Springfield, IL

Warren J. Birch ’54, 02/14/2020, Emmaus, PA

Wayne W. Marcotte ’54, 08/26/2020

Arthur E. Dudevoir ’55, 04/23/2020, The Villages, FL

Audrey A. (Austin) Macdonald ’55, 04/27/2020, Duxbury, MA

Brenda (Bowman) Rodenhizer ’55, 04/16/2020, West Falmouth, MA

Chester A. Giza ’55, 06/10/2020, Wheeling, WV

Clifford A. Currier ’55, 05/22/2020, Richmond, KY

David G. Damon ’55, 05/10/2020, Norton, MA

Donald A. Homer ’55, 02/05/2020, Tarrytown, NY

Edward F. Demski ’55, 02/01/2019, Swampscott, MA

Edward L. Uhlman ’55, 02/07/2020, Westborough, MA

Frederick L. Shaw ’55, 01/25/2020

James D. Smith ’55, 08/10/2018, Savannah, GA

John G. Bestgen ’55, 01/21/2020, Dennis Port, MA

Mary Ann (Dolan) Bradstreet ’55, 05/20/2020, East Longmeadow, MA

Richard E. Scarafoni ’55, 06/08/2020, Port Saint Lucie, FL

Richard W. Chase ’55, 12/21/2019, Holt, MI

Richard W. Fessenden ’55, 02/11/2020, Notre Dame, IN

William C. Koch, Jr, USAF (Ret.) ’55, 08/08/2020, Raleigh, NC

Claire B. (Barry) Hickton ’56, 05/26/2020, Middletown, CT

David O. Rogers ’56, 07/31/2020, Cedar Bluff, AL

Harry T. Johnson ’56, 04/20/2020, Medway, MA

Herbert D. Brody ’56, 08/01/2020, Chestnut Hill, MA

Joan B. (Bayon) Pinsky ’56, 08/04/2020, Southborough, MA

Michael A. Foy ’56, 02/24/2020, Leicester, MA

Richard H. Tyler ’56, 04/17/2020, Greenwich, CT

Russell E. Kidd ’56, 02/14/2020, Amherst, MA

William F. Brady ’56, 05/22/2020, Franklin, MA

William G. Kerr ’56, 05/01/2020

William G. Phippen ’56, 03/13/2020, Concord, NH

Anne M. (Heanue) Berard ’57, 02/19/2020, Yarmouth Port, MA

Benjamin B. Barker ’57, 06/08/2020, Middletown, RI

Carol K. (Konopka) Enman ’57, 04/16/2020, Wilton, CT

Donald McCormick ’57, 05/13/2020, West Boylston, MA

James M. Brown ’57, 09/09/2020, Venice, FL

Jean A. (Breyer) Wentworth ’57, 02/18/2020, Ithaca, NY

Joanne C. (Wolk) Brown ’57, 05/10/2020, Salem, MA

John F. Welch, Jr. ’57, 03/01/2020, New York, NY

Margaret J. (Stewart) Blackburn ’57, 06/03/2020, Harwich Port, MA

Paul G. Marks ’57, 04/20/2020, Derwood, MD

Richard W. Dorgan ’57, 02/16/2020, Dover, MA

Charles C. Leonard ’58, 02/29/2020, West Bridgewater, MA

Eleanor L. (Zajac) Namnoum ’58, 06/26/2020, Newington, CT

Gilbert Rishton ’58, 08/06/2020, Wakefield, RI

John J. McAteer ’58, 03/28/2020, Portland, OR

Robert C. Hatch ’58, 04/09/2020, South Windsor, CT

Sanford A. Slade ’58, 03/10/2020, South Hadley, MA

Thomas S. Chapman ’58, 04/11/2020, Duxbury, MA

William M. Russell ’58, 08/14/2020, Shrewsbury, MA

William P. Kelleher ’58, 01/27/2020, Wilbraham, MA

Bernard J. Doherty ’59, 04/11/2020, Boston, MA

Edmund J. Adamczyk ’59, 08/17/2020, Adams, MA

Henry J. Dec ’59, 09/13/2020, Fairfax, VA

John C. Hill ’59, 05/02/2020

Jonas H. Chaves ’59, 04/18/2020, Swampscott, MA

Lawrence M. Kane ’59, 04/20/2020, Indianapolis, IN

Peter A. Laverty ’59, 05/14/2020, Raynham, MA

Robert E. O'Connell ’59, 09/15/2020, Exeter, NH

Stanley C. Merrill ’59, 06/07/2020, Venice, FL

1960s

Barbara (Sargent) Stevens ’60, Malvern, PA

Conrad R. Vanasse ’60, 06/07/2018, Indian Head, MD

Emma (Jennings) Spalding ’60, 04/26/2020, North Attleboro, MA

G. G. Bowman ’60, 02/09/2020, Northampton, MA

Gerard J. Gravel ’60, 10/08/2019, Oceanside, CA

Gordon S. Steadman ’60, 03/06/2020, Saint Marys, GA

Harold M. Lane ’60, 08/22/2020, Shrewsbury, MA

Jacqueline (Bailey) Smith-Miller ’60, 06/29/2020, Duxbury, MA

James L. Cooley ’60, 04/28/2020, Silver Spring, MD

James R. Pease ’60, 08/15/2020, Bend, OR

John S. Bordenuk ’60, 04/10/2020, Wilbraham, MA

Joyce T. (Tinney) Orton ’60, 2020, Quincy, MA

Peter B. Shaw ’60, 01/21/2020, South Hamilton, MA

Ralph D. Simoneau ’60, 08/08/2020, Vero Beach, FL

Richard D. Stevens ’60, Malvern, PA

Robert F. Clowes ’60, 07/12/2020, Mystic, CT

Robert L. Connell ’60, 06/04/2020, Holderness, NH

Robert L. Levey ’60, 06/23/2020, Brookline, MA

Sherman M. Henry ’60, 04/12/2020, Wolcott, CT

Carolyn M. (Miller) Sullivan ’61, 02/21/2020, Jefferson, MA

Dennis E. Sullivan ’61, 06/06/2020, Ware, MA

Glenn A. Stratton ’61, 02/05/2020, N Ft Myers, FL

John C. Corr ’61, 02/08/2020, Glenwood, MD

John J. Vietas ’61, 01/11/2019, North Dartmouth, MA

John M. Lovejoy ’61, 04/11/2020, Wilbraham, MA

Lawrence H. Rayner ’61, 02/20/2019, Melbourne, FL

Lawrence M. O'Toole ’61, 05/16/2020, Menlo Park, CA

Richard L. Carroll ’61, 06/16/2020, Baileyville, ME

Richard McKenzie ’61, 07/04/2020, Hanover, MA

Warren E. Redonnet ’61, 03/03/2020, Sebastian, FL

William A. Boyle ’61, 07/17/2020, Atlanta, GA

Chester Pelc ’62, 06/25/2020, Hudson, FL

Daniel E. Dunwoodie ’62, 08/28/2020, Fairhaven, MA

Daniel J. Fitzgerald ’62, 09/06/2020, Quakertown, PA

Edward C. Robinson ’62, 02/11/2020, Peabody, MA

John H. Lakus ’62, 07/21/2020, Peterborough, NH

Lee J. Guittar ’62, 03/27/2020, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Peter A. O'Sullivan ’62, 07/17/2020, Groton, MA

Raymond F. Russell ’62, 08/21/2020, Hadley, MA

Raymond Kalita ’62, 04/22/2020, Springfield, MA

Robert H. Rowley ’62, 08/19/2020, South Harwich, MA

William H. Richards ’62, 06/20/2020, Eugene, OR

Albert T. Estes ’63, 05/26/2020, Swansea, MA

Charles G. Boraski ’63, 02/13/2020, Lenox, MA

Chauncey R. Phipps ’63, 06/02/2020, Spencer, MA

Daniel P. Young ’63, 08/31/2020, Colchester, CT

David A. Perry ’63, 04/25/2020, Troy, NY

David C. Stimson ’63, 07/31/2020, East Hartford, CT

Gerald J. DeFilippo ’63, 04/22/2020, Hingham, MA

Jack H. Devletian ’63, 08/15/2020, Portland, OR

Jay Marlin ’63, 05/01/2020, South Dartmouth, MA

Nelson A. McLean ’63, 07/29/2020, Portsmouth, NH

Anne-Marie (Thompson) Kenerson ’64, 03/25/2020, Shutesbury, MA

Charles W. Amorim ’64, 06/24/2020, New Hyde Park, NY

James J. Chanen ’64, 07/19/2020, Pittsfield, MA

Joanne (Miller) Pearson ’64, 05/15/2020, Blacksburg, VA

John F. McMorrow ’64, 11/16/2019, Englewood, FL

Melvyn J. Ryterband ’64, 09/07/2020, Mahwah, NJ

Michael F. Chambers ’64, 04/14/2020, Jacksonville, NC

Neville J. Doherty ’64, 08/24/2020, Harwinton, CT

Norma B. (Blair) Quimby ’64, 07/10/2020, Williamstown, MA

Peter J. Cannone ’64, 06/27/2020, East Longmeadow, MA

Robert H. Temkin ’64, 05/01/2020, Weston, MA

Robert L. Clinton ’64, 02/29/2020, South Hadley, MA

Victor S. Ziemba ’64, 04/08/2020, Adams, MA

Alan L. Mosher ’65, 08/16/2020, Westborough, MA

Daniel J. Sullivan ’65, 07/18/2020, Proctorsville, VT

Janet R. (Healey) Regan ’65, 05/01/2020, Steamboat Springs, CO

Joanne M. (Mathey) Smith ’65, 09/17/2020, Palm Coast, FL

John T. Murphy ’65, 06/09/2020, Mashpee, MA

Karen Taylor ’65, 09/06/2020, Princeton, NJ

Kenneth W. Washburn ’65, 06/30/2020, Athens, GA

Linda M. (Lemieux) Bouley ’65, 07/22/2020, Springfield, MA

Michael W. Smilnak ’65, 09/01/2020, Dunedin, FL

Richard J. Repeta ’65, 02/04/2020, East Hartford, CT

William P. Perry ’65, 06/26/2020, Northampton, MA

Bernardo J. Cabral ’66, 07/23/2020, New Bedford, MA

Daniel Mannheim ’66, 07/24/2020, Casselberry, FL

David D. Kelley ’66, 07/20/2020, Madison, CT

Frank J. Wilson ’66, 04/05/2020

Gerald F. Scanlon ’66, 03/11/2020, Cary, NC

James J. Borden ’66, 05/07/2020

Joan S. (Schwefel) Richardson ’66, 07/19/2020, Greenfield, MA

Joseph J. Steiner ’66, 04/02/2020, Saxtons River, VT

Margaret N. (Noble) Palmer ’66, 04/28/2020, Holliston, MA

Margaret O. (O'Rourke) Keane ’66, 03/10/2020, Portsmouth, NH

Mary A. (Carme) Pradl ’66, 03/31/2020, Brooklyn, NY

Nicholas W. Howes ’66, 02/23/2020, Swift River, MA

Alan S. Grigsby ’67, 07/26/2020, Claremont, NH

Albert Dahl ’67, 04/15/2020, Fairhaven, MA

David A. April ’67, 09/07/2020, Portland, ME

Donald H. Enselek ’67, 07/10/2020, Forney, TX

Donald H. Picard ’67, 06/04/2020, Crivitz, WI

James D. Salter ’67, 07/16/2020, Erie, PA

Jerilyn T. (Doyle) Kreps ’67, 05/21/2020, Oviedo, FL

Noel J. Gorman ’67, 03/11/2020, Thousand Oaks, CA

Theodore A. Monette ’67, 03/30/2020, Washington, DC

Thomas J. Raftery ’67, 06/03/2020, North Chatham, MA

Francis X. Jackman ’68, 04/11/2020, Quincy, MA

Gita B. (Berstein) Fonarov ’68, 08/09/2020, Brighton, MA

Gordon R. Bienvenue ’68, 02/06/2020, Athens, GA

James C. Dacey ’68, 08/11/2020, Worcester, MA

John E. Carey ’68, 02/27/2020, Voorheesville, NY

Lorraine (Carter) Carter ’68, 08/28/2020, Wareham, MA

Myra L. (Retchin) Perkins ’68, 07/23/2020, Agawam, MA

Nye A. Clinton ’68, 06/06/2020, Brewster, MA

Patricia M. (Moran) Foston ’68, 09/06/2020, Stamford, CT

Roberta A. Chapman ’68, 01/25/2020, Epping, NH

William L. Armstrong ’68, 03/27/2020

Gerald O. Rousseau ’69, 03/05/2020, Andover, MA

Harry R. Blanding ’69, 10/18/2018, Bolton, MA

Horst R. Wittmann ’69, 07/13/2018, Milton, MA

Kenneth D. Heavner ’69, 06/15/2020

Lewis F. Fried ’69, 09/08/2018, Charlotte, NC

Lorraine D. (Gomes) Gately ’69, 05/02/2020, Spencer, MA

Lynne A. (Belmont) Pinsoneault ’69, 06/01/2020, South Ashburnham, MA

Marsha M. (Richey) Zebrowski ’69, 06/11/2020, South Wellfleet, MA

Michael J. Duhamel ’69, 07/28/2020, Ludlow, VT

Richard E. Piazza ’69, 02/24/2020, Bellevue, WA

Sandra P. (Parker) Roulston ’69, 04/01/2020, Pocasset, MA

Vaidyanath "Giri" Giridhar ’69, 09/20/2019, Ridgewood, NJ

Vito R. Salatino ’69, 04/06/2020, Rochester Hills, MI

William F. Cavanaugh ’69, 03/02/2020, Williston, VT

1970s

Daniel A. Greengold ’70, 08/08/2020, Gatlinburg, TN

David M. Fix ’70, 05/03/2020, Westminster, MA

David P. Sackett ’70, 07/24/2020, Amherst, MA

Donald C. Anselm ’70, 05/20/2020, Huntsville, AL

Donald H. Abbott ’70, 09/11/2018, Punta Gorda, FL

Edward E. Clark ’70, 04/18/2020, Cookeville, TN

Edward J. Banas ’70, 05/06/2020, Hardwick, MA

Edward Rockland ’70, 05/09/2020, Chandler, AZ

Ellen M. (Hemminger) Manian ’70, 01/27/2020, New York, NY

James F. Meehan ’70, 04/23/2019, Belchertown, MA

Joanne M. Gurry ’70, 01/29/2020, Wayland, MA

Joseph LeRose ’70, 08/28/2020, Pittsfield, MA

Laurent N. Jette ’70, 07/05/2020, North Attleboro, MA

Mary A. (Gorman) Glascoff ’70, 03/23/2020, Greenville, NC

Maryann L. (Meehan) Poirier ’70, 06/09/2020

Michael A. Migliore ’70, 08/23/2020, Saugus, MA

Mona J. Roberts ’70, 02/14/2020, South Hadley, MA

Peter D. Dawson ’70, 05/17/2020, Pompano Beach, FL

Robert M. Connolly ’70, 03/01/2020, Wells, ME

Samuel T. Melillo ’70, 03/28/2020, Naples, FL

Thomas J. York ’70, 04/10/2020, Norfolk, VA

Andrew A. Dietlin ’71, 05/26/2020, Carver, MA

Charles G. Kellogg ’71, 01/09/2020, West Hatfield, MA

Charles M. Wiker ’71, 08/26/2020, Chester, VA

Claire D. (Dansreau) Melville ’71, 02/23/2020, Byfield, MA

Clara I. Adams ’71, 08/05/2020, York, PA

David J. Tomassetti ’71, 08/19/2020, Glenwood Springs, CO

Dean P. Powers ’71, 06/21/2020, Westport, CT

Donald C. Seale ’71, 07/24/2020

Edward J. Buckley ’71, 08/18/2020, Nottingham, NH

Geraldine S. Gastome ’71, 06/02/2020, Huntington, MA

Henry I. Stentiford ’71, 06/19/2020, Lanesboro, MA

John C. Quinn ’71, 05/13/2020, Sun City Center, FL

Michael F. Coakley ’71, 05/12/2020, Mount Carmel, PA

Michael G. Norris ’71, 02/06/2020, Bernardston, MA

Paul E. Foster ’71, 02/19/2020, Quincy, MA

Reynold A. Cullman ’71, 01/26/2020, Bridgewater, MA

Rhody A. McCoy ’71, 04/18/2020

Richard Abraham ’71, 08/16/2020, Ware, MA

Ronald J. Ouellette ’71, 05/19/2020, Worcester, MA

Stanley Kinard ’71, 2019

Thomas F. Welton ’71, 08/31/2020, Northborough, MA

William H. Norris ’71, 05/07/2020, Natick, MA

Adrienne E. Reeves ’72, 08/08/2018, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Donald R. Buckner ’72, 06/10/2020, Silver Spring, MD

Lois E. (Fermon) Seligman ’72, 04/14/2020, Swampscott, MA

Robert G. Powers ’72, 09/06/2020, Dennis, MA

Steven J. Gould ’72, 08/08/2020, Southborough, MA

Ann M. Horgan ’73, 01/31/2020, Holyoke, MA

David K. Woodward ’73, 08/09/2020, Garner, NC

James P. McLaughlin ’73, 09/01/2020, Sutton, MA

Lenore M. Riley ’73, 01/30/2020, Beverly, MA

Linda J. Reisser ’73, 01/25/2020

Louise Bloomberg ’73, 02/19/2020, Northampton, MA

Lynne L. Culbertson ’73, 05/15/2020, Greenfield, MA

Michael F. Collins ’73, 09/29/2019, San Francisco, CA

Robert Laraia ’73, 05/08/2020, Worcester, MA

Robert R. Chicoine ’73, 06/27/2020, Chandler, AZ

Ronald H. Altman ’73, 09/06/2020, Brooklyn, MD

Steven A. Dottin ’73, 07/05/2020, Indianapolis, IN

Timothy W. Brennan ’73, 03/12/2020, Hadley, MA

Walter W. Piela ’73, 07/25/2020, Deerfield, MA

Coleen M. Curley ’74, 01/20/2020, Pittsfield, MA

Delores DeGraaf ’74, 08/28/2020, Camden, ME

Donald L. Zekan ’74, 07/15/2019, North Dartmouth, MA

Donna (Murphy) Napoleone ’74, 09/16/2020, Madison, WI

Douglas E. Plunkett ’74, 02/18/2020, Newark, OH

Felicita (Melendez) El-Ghadi ’74, 05/04/2020, Lakeville, MA

George C. Rissmann ’74, 08/01/2020, Morton Grove, IL

George R. Marshall ’74, 02/24/2020, Springfield, MA

Lee G. Peters ’74, 08/09/2020, Bolivia, NC

Lois A. Whitcomb ’74, 01/16/2020, Castle Rock, CO

Marjorie A. (Berg) Giannelli ’74, 05/08/2020, Ipswich, MA

Patricia A. Brack ’74, 01/06/2020, Martinez, CA

Paul Duga ’74, 05/14/2020, Hatfield, MA

Rebecca E. Clemmons ’74, 05/05/2020, Germantown, MD

Robert L. Beliveau ’74, 02/13/2020, Circleville, OH

Vilnis J. Berzins ’74, 05/07/2020, Three Rivers, MI

Alexander W. Mackey ’75, 04/10/2020, Philadelphia, PA

Ann F. Howes ’75, 04/12/2020, Erving, MA

Brian J. Shea ’75, 04/25/2020, Amesbury, MA

David P. Appleton ’75, 04/17/2020, Etowah, NC

Donna O. (Ovian) Courtney ’75, 07/11/2020, El Cajon, CA

Douglas D. Law ’75, 09/08/2020, Windsor, CT

Gail E. Davis ’75, 06/02/2020, Norfolk, VA

Gregory M. Dabkowski ’75, 04/28/2020, South Deerfield, MA

Harold J. Olson ’75, 07/22/2020, Auburn, MA

Herbert C. Moore ’75, 07/16/2020, Jacksonville, FL

Joan F. Bowler ’75, 05/10/2020, Florence, MA

John A. Brezinski ’75, 02/01/2019, Taunton, MA

Laurence M. Convoy ’75, 02/03/2020, Winnetka, CA

Patrick T. Malone ’75, 09/10/2020, South Bend, IN

Paul C. Jablonski ’75, 05/10/2020, San Diego, CA

Peter G. Foulkes ’75, 04/08/2020, Grafton, MA

Sherwood Thompson ’75, 04/05/2020, Richmond, KY

Stephen G. Knight ’75, 03/17/2020, Nashua, NH

Beverly J. (Lasovik) Lasovick ’76, 06/27/2020, Woburn, MA

Bronny J. Paletta ’76, 07/14/2020, Titusville, FL

Christopher R. Bunnewith ’76, 02/19/2020, Yulee, FL

Edwin L. Wallace ’76, 07/04/2020, Medford, MA

Floyd L. Bailey ’76, 05/28/2020, Indianapolis, IN

Francis X. Donnellan ’76, 04/07/2020, Saint Petersburg, FL

Gary B. Welch ’76, 08/16/2020, Lynn, MA

Gary W. Eckles ’76, 08/21/2020, Charlottesville, VA

Janet Winslow ’76, 05/22/2020, Union, ME

John C. Parry ’76, 06/02/2020, Wethersfield, CT

John G. Cummings ’76, 06/24/2020, West Roxbury, MA

Joseph E. Johnson ’76, 04/22/2020, Wilmington, DE

Joseph W. Polansky ’76, 01/31/2020, Lancaster, MA

Marie T. Sosnicki ’76, 04/21/2020, Westfield, MA

Norman R. Dube ’76, 04/30/2020, Houston, TX

Patricia A. Moore ’76, 04/21/2020, Fitzwilliam, NH

Robert A. Hill ’76, 07/06/2020, Worcester, MA

Steven B. Casper ’76, 06/27/2020, San Diego, CA

David W. Juhola ’77, 07/14/2020, Danvers, MA

Gregory Goodman ’77, 07/04/2020, Chanhassen, MN

Gregory J. Scanlon ’77, 01/28/2020, Northampton, MA

Gregory L. Tucker ’77, 09/01/2020, East Weymouth, MA

Joan W. (Wright) Lindeman ’77, 08/16/2020, Westborough, MA

John C. Renaud ’77, 05/05/2020, Florence, MA

John P. Long ’77, 05/08/2020, Mount Dora, FL

Kenneth Dominick ’77, 05/07/2020, West Brookfield, MA

Marian J. Cuikay ’77, 06/07/2020, Marlborough, MA

Michael J. Curran ’77, 06/14/2020, Ketchikan, AK

Pamela (Cotton) Monaghan ’77, 02/23/2018, North Conway, NH

Peter F. Byron ’77, 07/13/2020, Clinton, NJ

Richard P. Dec ’77, 03/29/2020, Hadley, MA

Robert S. Donnelly ’77, 04/23/2020, Quincy, PA

Terese M. McAlister ’77, 04/14/2020, Woonsocket, RI

Thomas J. Lonergan ’77, 08/22/2020, South Dennis, MA

Adele M. Tanner ’78, 05/05/2020, Amherst, MA

Barbara A. Harnden ’78, 06/25/2020, Milton, MA

Charles A. Houghton ’78, 04/24/2020, Holden, MA

Francis E. Bailey ’78, 01/29/2020, Sunderland, MA

George W. Fehr ’78, 05/04/2020, Canton, CT

Karen J. Warren ’78, 2020, Minneapolis, MN

Lawrence C. Stribley ’78, 02/25/2020, Greenfield, MA

Lawrence W. Davis ’78, 07/11/2020, Plano, TX

Martha E. (Ciuk) Stewart ’78, 11/09/2019, Holyoke, MA

Peter W. Hibbard ’78, 05/08/2020, Dedham, MA

William Curtis ’78, 01/15/2020, Racine, WI

Anne T. Tobin-Ashe ’79, 07/30/2020, Greenwich, CT

Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern ’79, 2020, Greenfield, MA

James T. Wendel ’79, 04/02/2020, Lynnfield, MA

John D. Magoon ’79, 05/12/2020, S. Hadley, MA

Jon K. Crocker ’79, 01/08/2018, Hadley, MA

Julie A. Trudeau ’79, 2019, San Carlos, CA

Margaret E. Howland ’79, 03/09/2020, Heath, MA

Michael V. Mesarch ’79, 08/06/2020, Waldport, OR

Regina M. McEvoy ’79, 05/10/2020, Romeoville, IL

Ronald G. Corriveau ’79, 06/16/2020, Newport, RI

1980s

Barbara E. Burke ’80, 07/17/2020, Lagrange, ME

Bryan D. Taylor ’80, 08/13/2018, Amherst, MA

Carol S. Donelan ’80, 07/05/2020, West Stockbridge, MA

Christopher B. Hamblet ’80, 06/11/2020, Keene, NH

Claire L. Kaczmarcyk ’80, 06/30/2020, Easthampton, MA

Jeffrey A. Dodge ’80, 03/12/2020, Homestead, FL

Karl F. Nauman ’80, 02/14/2020, Sturbridge, MA

Ludwig H. Schwechheimer ’80, 07/29/2020, Wakefield, RI

Mary A. Beaudet ’80, 05/23/2020, Greenfield, MA

Thomas N. Dzaugis ’80, 03/03/2020, Worcester, MA

Alwin E. Schmidt ’81, 02/26/2020, Hadley, MA

Jonathan J. Harrison ’81, 04/12/2020, Barre, MA

Michael H. Gruberski ’81, 08/20/2020, Sandwich, MA

Robert D. Kirk ’81, 03/01/2020, Dewey, AZ

Sally A. Lapoint ’81, 02/19/2020, Morrilton, AR

Sharon A. Cirone ’81, 05/08/2020, Cambridge, MA

Janice C. Pratillo ’82, 04/24/2020, Oakdale, MA

Malcolm McConnachie ’82, 06/17/2020, Verona, NJ

Matthew P. Grigas ’82, 02/23/2020, Millbury, MA

Susan M. (Clark) Konieczny ’82, 09/09/2020, Winsted, CT

Christopher H. Lent ’83, 04/16/2020, Lewes, DE

Donald E. Gillis ’83, 02/04/2020, Keene, NH

Gary R. Dingman ’83, 06/28/2020, North Reading, MA

Gloria C. Russell ’83, 01/30/2020, Falmouth, MA

Sheryl L. Brault ’83, 05/17/2020, Green Valley, AZ

Simon Henshaw ’83, 06/09/2020, Dpo, AE

Susan Maddern ’83, 03/03/2020, Whitingham, VT

James M. Wynn ’84, 04/28/2020, Westfield, MA

Jane M. (Silveira) Kraver ’84, 03/28/2020, West Reeding Ct., CT

John O. Beyer ’84, 05/30/2020, Midland, MI

Martha J. Barrett ’84, 05/20/2020, Belchertown, MA

Mary C. Barney ’84, 05/22/2020, Thousand Oaks, CA

Scott D. Moskowitz ’84, 05/20/2020, Bronx, NY

Shaun M. Ellis ’84, 09/06/2020, Sandwich, MA

Victor J. Zumbruski ’84, 05/28/2020, Sunderland, MA

James M. Bowers ’85, 04/19/2020, West Newbury, MA

Jane Sleeper ’85, 08/04/2020, Boston, MA

John M. Tremblay ’86, 10/17/2018, Boylston, MA

Kathleen L. (Putney) Towers ’86, 03/21/2020, Acushnet, MA

Marybeth Bauer ’86, 03/24/2020, North Chelmsford, MA

Meredith S. Kay ’86, 09/20/2020, Marlton, NJ

Michael G. Minutoli ’86, 04/23/2020, Vienna, VA

Susan (Roukis) Clayton ’86, 05/16/2020, Silver Springs, MD

Thomas Carey ’86, 07/02/2020, Charlotte, NC

Alexander M. MacMillan ’87, 04/29/2020, Somerville, MA

Josephine M. Ryan ’87, 07/13/2020, Northampton, MA

Nina C. Trumper ’87, 07/09/2020, Topsham, ME

Patrick W. Venneri ’87, 04/28/2020, Wilbraham, MA

Phillip R. Durgin ’87, 03/20/2020, Wenham, MA

Phyllis M. Pajonk ’87, 08/11/2020, Duluth, MN

Steven E. Coughlan ’87, 02/12/2020, North Attleboro, MA

James J. Lukes ’88, 04/26/2020, Worcester, MA

Margaret J. (Jones) Oglesby ’88, 08/28/2020, East Longmeadow, MA

Randy J. Cernik ’88, 08/01/2020, Kihei, HI

Susan K. Marx ’88, 05/23/2020, Amherst, MA

Dinah Dietrich ’89, 06/01/2020, Schenectady, NY

Douglas R. Cosby ’89, 07/12/2020, Apalachin, NY

George R. Gaudette ’89, 04/16/2020, Ware, MA

James M. Burniske ’89, 03/07/2020, Seal Beach, CA

Jonathon M. Grove ’89, 04/05/2020, Portland, OR

Juliet C. Holmes-Smith ’89, 08/14/2020, Portland, ME

Peter L. Eisen ’89, 04/04/2020, Elmwood Park, NJ

Thomas J. Lee ’89, 2020, Winthrop, MA

1990s

Allen L. Bradley ’90, 07/05/2020, Roswell, GA

Cheryl L. (Parker) Pease ’90, 09/05/2020, West Brookfield, MA

Jeanne P. Brownlow ’90, 05/12/2020, Sarasota, FL

Scott A. Cunningham ’90, 06/16/2020, Gloucester, MA

Sean A. Daly ’90, 03/22/2020, Hull, MA

Aimee M. (Budreau) Boudrow ’91, 02/03/2020, Winthrop, MA

Anne E. Mullin ’91, 07/04/2020, Bonita Springs, FL

Jonathan B. Holmes ’91, 05/24/2020, Lakeville, MA

Kristen M. Hall ’91, 08/13/2020, Natick, MA

Susan P. Barnard ’91, 08/02/2020, Springfield, MA

Ursula Shea ’91, 06/26/2020, Worcester, MA

Vivian G. Wakefield ’91, 06/27/2020, Conway, MA

Christopher A. Lacki ’92, 03/23/2020, Baldwinville, MA

Mary L. Molanphy ’92, 06/03/2020, Brooklyn, NY

Richard F. Radford ’92, 05/19/2019, The Villages, FL

Alane G. (Paul) Paul-Castro ’93, 03/16/2020, San Leandro, CA

Frederick J. Gould ’93, 04/21/2020, Norwell, MA

Stephen P. Bochnak ’93, 08/15/2020, Sherborn, MA

Tom E. Fawcett ’93, 06/04/2020, San Jose, CA

William A. Fay ’93, 01/22/2020, Springfield, MA

Gregory J. Kline ’94, 08/09/2020, Huntington, NY

Jeremy P. Levinson ’94, 03/29/2020, Milwaukee, WI

Joanne E. (Macneal) Eldred ’94, 2020, Holyoke, MA

Susan F. Assmann ’95, 05/30/2020, Waltham, MA

Kri Inglese ’96, 03/09/2020, Leverett, MA

Peter P. Kelley ’96, 04/19/2020, Marshfield, MA

Peter R. Hake ’96, 04/15/2020, Middle Island, NY

Deborah A. Kelman ’97, 02/29/2020, Melrose, MA

Jason L. Swihart ’98, 07/10/2020, Ashburnham, MA

Alex J. Orban ’99, 03/21/2020, Southport, CT

Lucia Ponginebbi ’99, 08/15/2020, The Colony, TX

Ruth Adusei ’99, 02/20/2020, Worcester, MA

Sean P. Dougherty ’99, 08/23/2020, Rye, NY

2000s

John A. Scarborough ’00, 06/21/2020, Plymouth, NH

Robert W. Blossom ’00, 03/09/2020, Conway, MA

Jill P. Barrett ’01, 07/22/2020, Hartford, CT

Steven N. Giordano ’01, 05/25/2020, Dallas, TX

Corey D. Mitchell ’02, 06/19/2020, Williamstown, NJ

Jason M. Juliano ’02, 06/17/2020, Lynn, MA

Jennifer K. Munro ’02, 07/04/2020, Milford, MA

Kevin D. Finnegan ’02, 03/03/2020, Wakefield, MA

Marianne Bigelow ’02, 05/13/2020, East Longmeadow, MA

Jeremy H. Riley ’04, 07/31/2020, Quincy, MA

Michael J. Mezzetti ’04, 03/26/2020, Weymouth, MA

Gary B. Hosley ’05, 05/08/2020, Hatfield, MA

Jeffrey W. Morton ’05, 02/11/2020, Pepperell, MA

Juan F. Yepez ’05, 03/04/2020, McKinney, TX

Katelyn M. Biedron ’05, 04/23/2020, Dracut, MA

Jay J. Piskor ’06, 05/15/2020, Easthampton, MA

Emma L. Carr ’07, 10/21/2018, Plantation, FL

Teresa R. (Zygma) Hunt ’07, 08/22/2020, East Hartford, CT

Matthew V. Rudzinski ’08, 07/11/2020, Cherry Valley, MA

Jennifer A. Lamby ’09, 06/05/2020, Worcester, MA

Katherine R. Fiorentino ’09, 03/07/2020, Orlando, FL

2010s

Jason S. Stasinos ’10, 07/13/2020, Easthampton, MA

Tom D. Bishop ’11, 06/21/2020, Cambridge, MA

Christopher A. Fogg ’12, 09/12/2020, Farmingdale, ME

Michael J. Costa ’12, 02/03/2020, Winchester, MA

Anthony R. Bohan ’13, 05/12/2020, Somerville, MA

Gary E. Power ’13, 01/19/2020, Lancaster, MA

Sandra M. Pelletier ’13, 02/25/2020, East Falmouth, MA

Timothy D. Ballan ’14, 04/09/2020, Springfield, MA

Joan M. Peters ’18, 03/23/2020, Greenfield, MA

Reagan Katulege ’18, 12/05/2019, Haverhill, MA

Brian C. Silverman ’19, 08/20/2020, Seattle, WA

Olaniran Ogundipe ’19, 06/03/2020, Mattapan, MA

Faculty

Ruth Birnbaum, 03/06/2020

Professor William A. Dent, 03/18/2020, Northfield, OH

Dr. Frederick J. Dzialo ’54, 03/24/2020

Dean Glen Gordon, 06/12/2020

Professor K. E. Haney, 07/28/2020, Jamaica Plain, MA

Professor Sandy Hill, 07/24/2020, Miami, FL

Professor Robert R. Holmes, 02/25/2020, San Diego, CA

Professor James E. Humphreys, 2020, Northampton, MA

Professor David B. Kittredge, 03/13/2020

Daniel M. Melley, 08/15/2020, Amherst, MA

Professor Gerald A. Peterson, 04/21/2020

Professor Howard A. Peters, 04/17/2020, Homosassa, FL

Professor Francis Pichanick, 01/15/2020, Shutesbury, MA

Dr. Josephine M. Ryan ’87, 07/13/2020

Dr. Frederick C. Tillis, 05/04/2020

Professor Christopher Woodcock, 05/02/2020

Huan Yang, 2019, Amherst, MA