In Memoriam, Fall 2024
Between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024, we learned of the passing of these alumni. (Dates of death, where known, are listed with the names.)
Jesse Abrams ’07 9/28/2019
Richard Ackerman ’74 8/2/2023
Gary Baker ’68 1/8/1995
Gary Baker ’69
Alice Bartelt ’81 8/29/2023
Bruce Beal ’75 6/28/2023
Robert Becker ’83 2/24/2024
Brian Burton ’90 3/9/2022
Jason Cappello ’84 9/9/2016
John Edwardsen ’74 10/10/2023
Robert Ehmann ’75 4/23/2023
Elizabeth Fithian-Barrett ’81 May 9, 2024
Janet Freiling ’87 June 20, 2015
Matthew Harris ’79
Thomas Hebert ’73 August 24, 2023
Victor Hefferin ’59 May 2, 2019
John Henderson ’76 10/28/2021
James Henry ’84 9/13/2018
Gary Hill ’82 12/3/2023
Timothy Hutchinson ’80 1/26/2023
David Jahn ’82 4/28/2014
Bernard Jolles ’61 12/17/2023
Wayne Killion ’07 4/2/2024
Geni Krogstad ’94 5/29/2019
Rita Lage ’93
James Lane ’83 2/8/2024
Samuel Ledridge ’76 11/1/2016
Douglas Lee ’88 5/24/2024
John Lydick ’74 8/26/2023
Rita Lyles Lucas ’83 1/25/2016
James Marvin ’72 4/6/2023
Robert Mitchelson ’71 7/30/2020
Patrick Mosey ’76 10/16/2023
Grant Murrell ’90 12/28/2021
Robert Noggle ’80
Richard Paul ’56 4/7/2024
Margaret Rabin ’80 7/28/2022
Terry Rahmsdorff ’73 10/27/2023
Michael Salisbury ’83
Betty Shadoan ’81 7/21/2019
Robert Shannon ’85 7/20/2022
Michael Stebbins ’75 3/11/2023
Deborah Swartz ’16 6/4/2020
Robert Swift ’62
Fritz Toran ’74 7/20/2023
John Tujo ’64 3/24/2024
Gerald Vanhoomissen ’58 9/6/2022
Stewart Whipple ’51 11/28/2023
Robert Wollheim ’83
Bradley Woodworth ’85 1/13/2023
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