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Lillian E. Cowan, JD ’27, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.21. 10
Evelyn G. Schafer, EdB ’31, of Rome, N.Y. 07.04.09
Esther G. Willoughby, BA ’32, of Camarillo, Calif. 10.10.09
Joseph M. Vallone, BS ’34, of Calierce, N.Y. 08.10.09
Marion E. Werner, EdB ’35, of Celoron, N.Y. 01.01.09
Dorothy W. Espersen, BS ’39, of Clarence, N.Y. 08.21.09
L. Irving Epstein, DDS ’40, of Lauderhill, Fla. 01.07.10
Albert C. Rekate, MD ’40, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.06.10
Marceline S. Snyder, CERT ’40, of Hilton, N.Y. 11.30.09
Elsie K. Surage, LLB ’40, of East Amherst, N.Y. 07.06.09
Donald M. Hubbard, BS ’41, of Chambersburg, Pa. 02.25.09
Tillie G. Astor-Goldman, BA ’42, of Rochester, N.Y. 01.17.09
Paul L. Cipes, DDS ’42, of Somers, N.Y. 11.08.09
Hyman Lippman, BA ’42, of Pompano Beach, Fla. 08.05.09
Ivan L. Bunnell, MD ’43 & MA ’42, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.20.10
Gordon L. Guernsey, BA ’43, of Lexington, Mass. 08.09.09
John C. Ninfo, MD ’43, of Rochester, N.Y. 12.31.09
Hyman H. Obstein, BS ’43, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.02.10
Dean C. Stathacos, BA ’43, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.30.09
Burton R. Stein, MD ’43, of Georgetown, Ohio 08.27.09
Fadra T. Valauri, BA ’43, of Seattle, Wash. 03.20.10
Henry E. Bembenista, DDS ’44, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.15.09
Joseph P. Concannon, MD ’44, of Gainesville, Fla. 09.29.09
Marie E. Modelski, BA ’44, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.27.10
Margaret M. Hartman, JD ’45, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.04.10
Arthur J. Tindall, DDS ’45, of Syracuse, N.Y. 04.19.10
Darwin C. Farber, BA ’46, of Stow, Ohio 10.11.09
Edward A. Fial, MD ’46, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 02.14.10
Carl J. Impellitier, MD ’46 & BA ’43, of Las Cruces, N.M. 09.09.09
Joseph V. Marra, DDS ’46, of Lewiston, N.Y. 10.12.09
Gordon A. Jenner, DDS ’47, of Bradenton, Fla. 12.24.09
Clyde Litton, MD ’47 & DDS ’44, of Washington, D.C. 01.26.09
George H. Mix, MD ’47 & BA ’43, of Melbourne, Fla. 03.16.09
Paul J. Diviak, LLB ’48, of West Seneca, N.Y. 03.12.09
Miriam M. Gitin, MSW ’48 & CERT ’47, of Monterey, Calif. 10.06.09
J. Grant Hauber, BS ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.29.09
John J. Hoefner, BS ’48, of West Seneca, N.Y. 03.12.09
Edward C. McElban, BS ’48, of Olean, N.Y. 03.01.10
Patricia M. Patterson, BA ’48, of Snyder, N.Y. 02.06.10
Rosalia M. Perotto, CERT ’48, of Williamsville, N.Y. 12.09.09
Daniel Scurci, BS ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.30.09
Alfred J. Shapiro, MD ’48, of Jupiter, Fla. 12.11.09
Robert H. Silverberg, BS ’48, of Williamsville, N.Y. 11.16.09
J. Bradley Aust, MD ’49, of San Antonio, Texas 03.17.10
Clifford Barraclough, BA ’49, of Honolulu, Hawaii 05.15.09
Robert O. Berzon, BS ’49, of Boca Raton, Fla. 03.09.09
James W. Colt, BS ’49, of Leesburg, Fla. 03.21.10
Sherwood M. Deutch, BA ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.08.09
Richard D. Eldredge, BA ’49, of Portland, Ore. 09.15.09
Stanley Foster, BA ’49, of Chula Vista, Calif. 09.04.09
Juanita R. Melford, BA ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.23.09
Bernard I. Obletz, JD ’49 & BS ’39, of Williamsville, N.Y. 04.01.10
William W. Pinkel, BS ’49, of Vero Beach, Fla. 12.19.09
Albert J. Rydzynski, BS ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.28.09
Catherine C. Van Dyke, MSW ’49 & CERT ’47, of Hamburg, N.Y. 12.13.09
Louis J. Buchheit, BS ’50, of Vero Beach, Fla. 06.10.09
Bryant M. Dates, BS ’50, of East Syracuse, N.Y. 07.17.09
Richard F. Gallivan, BA ’50, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.02.10
Albert Gerritz, BS ’50, of Pittsford, N.Y. 07.16.09
G. William Gunner, BS ’50, of East Aurora, N.Y. 08.26.09
Robert L. Haskell, BS ’50, of Sun City Center, Fla. 03.20.10
Bryan J. Mosher, EdM ’50 & EdB ’48, of Prairie Village, Kan. 08.11.09
Stephen Rosputni, BA ’50, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 03.23.10
Donald B. Thomas, MD ’50, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.15.09
Leonard I. Wolffe, BS ’50, of Orange, Calif. 11.03.09
Harry B. Board, BA ’51, of Daytona Beach, Fla. 11.26.09
Arnold E. DiLaura, DDS ’51, of Sarasota, Fla. 02.22.10
Jack O. Gaylord, LLB ’51, of Collins, N.Y. 03.01.10
Joanne D. Giangreco, BA ’51, of Fort Myers, Fla. 02.22.10
Charles P. Jamieson, BA ’51, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.03.10
Raymond M. New, BS ’51, of Marietta, Ga. 03.02.10
Daniel A. Phillips, MD ’51, of Santa Rosa, Calif. 03.26.10
Israel J. Zitrin, DDS ’51, of Boca Raton, Fla. 04.04.10
Lawrence J. Comfort, MD ’52 & DDS ’49, of Los Altos, Calif. 11.12.09
Thad F. Conway, BS ’52, of West Seneca, N.Y. 04.04.10
Kenneth L. Cooper, JD ’52, of Getzville, N.Y. 01.21.10
Matthew B. Cyran, EdM ’52 & BA ’50, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 11.10.09
Theodore D. Duke, BS ’52, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.27.09
Charles A. Gallagher, BS ’52, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 09.06.09
Shirley M. Gorenflo, BA ’52, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.11.10
Daniel A. Herrmann, BS ’52, of Syracuse, N.Y. 01.19.10
John J. Joyce, DDS ’52, of Hamburg, N.Y. 10.25.09
Harry Krawitz, BS ’52, of Williamsville, N.Y. 12.19.09
Robert L. O’Brien, BS ’52, of Torrance, Calif. 11.10.09
Donald H. Sprecker, MD ’52, of Leeds, Mass. 12.23.09
Grace G. Verel, BS ’52, of Clearwater, Fla. 09.25.09
John M. DiBiase, MSW ’53, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.28.10
Paul F. Gannon, BA ’53, of Lackawanna, N.Y. 02.16.10
Theodore S. Kasler, JD ’53, of East Aurora, N.Y. 12.06.09
Joseph A. Marion, JD ’53, of Arlington, Va. 03.31.10
William T. Quigley, JD ’53 of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.21.09
Robert S. Sobocinski, MD ’53, of Houston, Texas 08.04.09
John D. Voltmann, MD ’53, of Jamestown, N.Y. 11.29.09
James H. Babcock, BS ’54, of Apex, N.C. 02.26.10
Katherine A. Bacon, EdM ’54, of Dansville, N.Y. 02.13.10
Harvie A. Bull, DDS ’54, of Ormond Beach, Fla. 12.29.09
John V. Hardiman, MSW ’54, of Farmington, Conn. 04.28.09
Richard T. Masson, BS ’54, of Chula Vista, Calif. 08.25.09
Harry T. Oliver, MD ’54 & BA ’49, of Saint Petersburg, Fla. 09.06.09
Eugene E. Schmitter, EdB ’54, of Lake View, N.Y. 03.14.10
Richard G. Spolzino, DDS ’54, of Somers, N.Y. 12.20.09
Charles W. Stein, EdD ’54, MA ’41 & BA ’40, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.22.10
Margaret B. Haas, MSW ’55 & BA ’52, of Snyder, N.Y. 03.08.10
Irving B. Joffe, MD ’55, PhD ’49 & MA ’48, of Concord, N.C. 12.15.09
Cornelius G. Jurns, BS ’55, of Lancaster, N.Y. 03.07.10
Donald M. Nash, BS ’55, of Westfield, N.Y. 03.06.10
Robert D. Weigel, MS ’55 & BS ’49, of Normal, Ill. 03.07.10
Nathalie L. Hughes, BA ’56, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 02.24.10
Raymond M. Kaminski, MSW ’56 & BA ’49, of Herndon, Va. 10.25.09
Leon I. Schulgasser, JD ’56 & BA ’55, of Brooklyn, N.Y. 08.25.09
Leonard T. Serfustini, EdD ’56, EdM ’51 & EdB ’49, of Saint Petersburg, Fla. 12.02.09
Michael J. Greenberg, BS ’57, of Rochester, N.Y. 12.07.09
Howard B. Phillips, MBA ’57 & BS ’50, of Kenmore, N.Y. 04.02.09
Albertus K. Secor, BFA ’57, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.24.10
Erwin L. Cutler, BS ’58, of Coconut Creek, Fla. 03.05.09
Quintin W. Decker, PhD ’58, MA ’56 & BA ’53, of Saint Albans, W.Va. 09.02.09
Sebastian P. Graffeo, BA ’58, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 01.16.10
Charles J. Haefner, BS ’58, of Hamburg, N.Y. 09.19.09
Edwin R. Ilardo, JD ’58, of Hamburg, N.Y. 03.24.10
Leo A. Kane, MD ’58 & BS ’54, of Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla. 08.02.09
Charles C. Krawczyk, BS ’58, of Indialantic, Fla. 03.15.10
Joyce M. Merges, BA ’58, of Oxford, Pa. 11.25.09
Samuel Shatkin, MD ’58 & DDS ’54, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.25.10
Lawrence H. Zimmer, MS ’58, of East Brunswick, N.J. 01.17.10
Edwin V. Adamczak, BS ’59, of Macungie, Pa. 12.13.09
David J. Birmingham, AS ’59, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 08.09.09
Charles L. Lumsden, BS ’59, of Williamsville, N.Y. 10.03.09
Theodore E. Moore, EdM ’59 & EdB ’51, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 02.26.10
John S. Kubiak, BS ’60, of West Seneca, N.Y. 10.27.09
Robert J. O’Hara, DDS ’60, of Venice, Fla. 03.22.10
Leocadia M. Ozimek, EdB ’60 & BS ’56, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 09.13.09
Norma E. Klayman, EdD ’61, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.02.10
Glover W. Barnes, PhD ’62 & MS ’56, of Seattle, Wash. 12.20.09
Roger T. Millard, DDS ’62, of Charlottesville, Va. 03.02.10
Adolph K. Schmidt, DDS ’62 & BA ’58, of Williamsville, N.Y. 04.27.10
Bessie A. Karasemos, BS ’63, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.20.09
Penelope A. Miller, BA ’63, of Virginia Beach, Va. 03.04.10
Zack R. Bowen, PhD ’64, of Miami, Fla. 04.08.10
Dorothy R. Brundage, BS ’64, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.05.09
Thomas E. Burford, EdM ’64 & BA ’57, of Youngstown, N.Y. 07.04.09
Michael A. Burns, BA ’64, of Jamestown, N.Y. 03.21.10
Charles C. Ritter, MS ’64 & BA ’61, of East Amherst, N.Y. 03.30.10
Diane W. Sina, EdM ’64 & EdB ’56, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.10.10
John W. Tomlinson, EdM ’64, of Potomac, Md. 09.10.09
Anna O. Allen, EdB ’65, of Romulus, N.Y. 03.18.10
Brian F. Cuffe, BA ’65, of Durham, N.C. 09.07.09
Joseph F. Fiato, DDS ’65, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 12.28.09
Charles R. Gaurino, BA ’65, of Saint Augustine, Fla. 05.10.09
Samuel A. Marino, JD ’65, BS ’61 & CERT ’59, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 02.22.10
Herbert M. Polk, EdM ’65, of Williamsville, N.Y. 12.16.09
Doreen M. Ross, EdM ’65, of Barnstable, Mass. 01.15.09
Dennis A. Walsh, MSW ’65, of Rochester, N.Y. 09.27.09
Gary S. Weintraub, BA ’65, of Scottsdale, Ariz. 11.13.09
Donald T. Yoshida, BS ’65, of Buffalo, N.Y. 10.08.09
Arleen Harper-Repp, BA ’66, of Buffalo. N.Y. 12.14.09
Sandra Z. Honig, EdB ’66, of Amherst, N.Y. 02.06.10
Juanita J. Look, MSW ’66, of Smithfield, Va. 02.13.09
Victor E. Neu, BS ’66, of North Collins, N.Y. 02.13.10
Frank D. Zingrone, PhD ’66, of Toronto, Ont. 12.13.09
Richard D. Bob, BS ’67, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.04.09
Rex A. Brown, BS ’67, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 12.25.09
James D. Hammond, BS ’67, of Depew, N.Y. 05.25.09
Cynthia W. Kraft, EdM ’67, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.27.10
Saul N. Kunitz, MD ’67, of Corralitos, Calif. 09.12.09
Eugene F. Sanford, BA ’67, of Lakeview, N.Y. 03.15.10
Leighton S. Dopp, EdM ’68, of Kenmore, N.Y. 04.05.10
Alfonso E. Estefan, DDS ’68, of Longwood, Fla. 11.28.09
Edward J. Firestone, EdM ’68, of Getzville, N.Y. 01.13.10
Jane D. Lynch, BS ’68, of East Aurora, N.Y. 03.12.10
Judith V. Witherell, BA ’68, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.31.09
Paulino E. Boudet, DDS ’69, of Miami, Fla. 02.04.10
George J. Donsky, MBA ’69, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 04.22.10
Patrick J. Ferguson, EdD ’69, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.12.10
Robert K. Hasler, EdD ’69, of Bedford, Texas 02.01.10
Carolyn H. Scott, BA ’69, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 02.15.10
Karl E. Avenarius, BS ’70, of Ballston Spa, N.Y. 09.25.09
Norman M. Cole, EdD ’70, CERT ’58, EdM ’50 & BA ’50, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 03.11.10
James E. Costello, BS ’70, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.26.10
Ronald E. Liss, BS ’70, of Depew, N.Y. 01.23.10
Harold J. Risler, MBA ’70, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.08.10
Edward S. Augustine, MS ’71, of Pittston, Pa. 03.12.09
Charles J. Coleman, PhD ’71 & MBA ’67, of Haddonfield, N.J. 01.21.10
Ann L. Egan, PhD ’71 & BA ’67, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.12.10
William R. Fulton, EdM ’71 & BA ’62, of Johnsonburg, Pa. 09.21.09
Peter S. Gilfillan, JD ’71, of East Amherst, N.Y. 12.20.09
Irving Klein, BFA ’71, of Bronx, N.Y. 01.11.10
Emily B. Martina, EdB ’71, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.05.10
Dorris C. Powers, BS ’71, of Watertown, N.Y. 11.16.09
William F. Russell, BS ’71 & EdB ’71, of Hamburg, N.Y. 12.20.09
Louis H. Schwartz, BS ’71 & BA ’70, of Plano, Texas 06.16.09
Joseph K. Sprague, MS ’72, of Amherst, N.Y. 12.14.09
Bruce A. Tropp, BS ’72, of Williamsville, N.Y. 08.14.09
James C. Bonsall, CERT ’73, of Rainbow City, Ala. 04.23.10
Marjorie R. Dybka, BS ’73, of Cherry Creek, N.Y. 09.22.09
Norma C. Frech, BS ’73, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 03.04.10
Judith H. McFadden, BS ’73, of Depew, N.Y. 03.01.10
Ernest S. Okonski, PhD ’73, MS ’71 & BA ’48, of Depew, N.Y. 01.02.10
Robert A. Rohrer, BA ’73, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.18.10
Albert A. Suppa, BA ’73, of Hollywood, Fla. 10.07.09
Robert W. Borton, BS ’74, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.25.1010
Charlotte R. Fraser, MLS ’74, of Rochester, N.Y. 05.12.09
Gaye E. Godell, EdM ’74, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.16.10
William T. Klementowski, BS ’74 Williamsville, N.Y. 01.28.10
Charles F. Stavins, BS ’74, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 01.20.09
Anna E. Williams, BA ’74, of Grand Island, N.Y. 04.07.10
Raymond F. Balcerzak, MBA ’75, of Roscommon, Mich. 02.10.10
Lyman C. Hardy, MA ’75, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 09.19.09
Walter W. Kopryanski, CERT ’76, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.20.10
John J. Lee, BS ’76, of West Palm Beach, Fla. 11.27.09
Janet P. Rae, BS ’76, of North Tonawanda, N. Y. 03.24.10
James E. Simon, EdD ’76, EdM ’68 & EdB ’50, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.15.10
Steven B. Telzak, JD ’76 & BS ’73, of New Rochelle, N.Y. 03.24.10
Alice D. Connell, MS ’77, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.05.10
Mohammad N. Ansari, BS ’78, of Depew, N.Y. 12.23.09
Magaly Ehmann, EdM ’78, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.10.09
Claudette J. Pelletier, BA ’78, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.01.09
James J. Ross, PhD ’78, of Bainbridge, Ga. 02.08.10
Kurt A. Willkens, BA ’78, of Locke, N.Y. 12.24.09
Kathleen H. Fisher, MBA ’79, of Fayetteville, N.Y. 09.26.09
John E. Smith, BA ’79, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.06.10
Marshall R. King, PhD ’80 & MA ’77, of Chicago, Ill. 06.10.09
Ernest P. Oliverio, MBA ’80 & BA ’65, of Grand Island, N.Y. 04.08.09
Scott A. Auerfeld, MBA ’81 & BS ’80, of Hewlett, N.Y. 12.22.09
Barry J. Biggane, BA ’81, of Tampa, Fla. 03.27.10
Robert A. Jakubowski, MD ’81 & BA ’75, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 01.02.10
Robert L. Stephens, MFA ’81, of McDaniels, Ky. 05.01.09
Michael P. Ulinski, BA ’81, of Ormond Beach, Fla. 08.07.09
Barbara B. Jarvis, EdM ’82, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 09.13.09
Barry W. Jengyel, BS ’82, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 03.13.10
Burt W. Erickson Nelson, MA ’82, of Hamburg, N.Y. 10.03.09
Mary A. Bouchard, BA ’83, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.27.10
Sylvia M. English, MS ’84 & BS ’80, of Greenville, N.C. 02.03.10
Jacquelin Felix, MFA ’84 & BFA ’81, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.19.09
Mark A. Pearce, MA ’84 & BA ’79, of Akron, N.Y. 03.05.10
Margaret M. Hens, MS ’85, of Orangeburg, N.Y. 11.25.09
Christopher D. Birosh, BA ’86, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.25.09
Sarah P. Smith, BFA ’86, of Brookline, N.H. 01.08.09
Karen A. Valvo, EdM ’86, of Lockport, N.Y. 02.26.09
John L. Martin, JD ’87, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.22.09
Herminio Ortiz, BA ’87, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.28.09
Paul A. Wojtaszek, MS ’87 & BA ’85, of Sloan, N.Y. 02.26.10
Marion E. Francavilla, MS ’88, of Tonawanda, N. Y. 04.06.10
Mary K. Hauk, BA ’89, of Amherst, N.Y. 01.20.10
Guy W. Amsden, PharmD ’91, of Cooperstown, N.Y. 03.22.10
Christopher A. Richbart, BA ’91, of Lockport, N.Y. 02.14.10
Marietta Segal, EdD ’91, EdM ’68 & BA ’65, of Morgan Hill, Calif. 07.19.09
Gabrielle G. Bouliane, MUP ’92 & BA ’91, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.29.10
Christopher Klucsarits BS ’92, of Sunnyside, N.Y. 04.02.10
Jean L. Schroeder BS ’92, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.10.09
Soonita Bratton, BS ’93, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.20.10
Mary C. Tremblay, PhD ’93, of Dundas, Ont. 10.13.09
Richard Sanford, PhD ’94, of San Francisco, Calif. 03.06.10
Lester J. Szabo, EdD ’94, EdM ’50 & BA ’49, of Williamsville, N.Y. 12.03.09
Thomas J. Caffrey, MS ’95 & BS ’92, of Sackets Harbor, N.Y. 12.19.09
Janice J. Faleski, MSW ’96, of Lancaster, N.Y. 03.07.10
Susan L. Myers, BS ’98, of Springville, N.Y. 03.15.10
Patricia J. Gilsinan, MS ’00, of Medina, N.Y. 11.29.09
Laurel R. Cossitt, BA ’02, of East Amherst, N.Y. 09.07.09
Vito J. Labarbara, MA ’02, of Buffalo, N.Y. 08.11.09
Robert H. Zawada, PhD ’04, of West Seneca, N.Y. 09.18.09
Faaiza K. Ansari, BS ’06, of Depew, N.Y. 12.23.09
Christina Portale, BA ’06, of Lewiston, N.Y. 12.22.09
Andrew E. McLaughlin, JD ’07 & BS ’04, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.21.10
Aaron M. Moe, BA ’09, of Valdosta, Ga. 02.19.10
1/17/2013 An article in USA Today on Eastman Kodak?s bankruptcy filing, which has caused huge cuts to pay, benefits and insurance coverage for retirees and employees, quotes Martha Salzman, assistant professor of accounting and law in the UB School of Management.
1/17/2013 Steven Dubovsky, chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was interviewed live on NPR?s ?Here & Now,? which airs on 170 NPR affiliates nationwide, about President Barack Obama?s $500 million plan to reduce gun violence.
1/15/2013 A front-page story in the Buffalo News reports on a new study soon to be underway at UB and two other upstate medical centers to test a procedure that infuses stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis to repair damage to their central nervous systems. The article quotes Bianca Guttman-Weinstock, co-principal investigator on the study. ?Expectations have to be kept under control,? she said. ?You?re not going to implant stem cells in people and suddenly see them running around.?