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Edward Shanbrom, MD ’51, a pioneering hematologist who invented a widely used process for removing viruses from blood plasma and helped develop a breakthrough treatment for hemophilia, died 02.20.12 in Tustin, Calif. He was also a clinical instructor at UCLA and UC Irvine.
Carman F. Ball, LLB ’38, of Sarasota, Fla. 03.26.2012
William J. Dress, BA ’39, of Ithaca, N.Y. 12.15.2011
Albert G. Rowe, MD ’46, of East Amherst, N.Y. 12.10.2011
Sidney M. Jacobson, DDS ’47, of Portland, Maine 03.09.2012
Eugene F. Konczakowski, JD ’47 & BA ’43, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.17.2012
James F. Phillips, MD ’47, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.26.2012
Donald W. Spratt, MD ’47, of Bel Air, Md. 12.30.2011
Richard H. Lazerson, BS ’48, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.12.2012
Arthur B. Wall, BS ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.02.2012
May F. Woods, DDS ’48, of Jamesville, N.Y. 02.07.2012
Edward H. Abrams, MD ’49 & BS ’45, of Irvine, Calif. 03.18.2012
Victor F. Corcoran, JD ’49, of Rochester, N.Y. 01.14.2012
Ralph E. Pettit, BS ’49, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.05.2012
Joseph C. Vispi, JD ’49, of Amherst, N.Y. 12.02.2011
John G. Adrian, BA ’50, of Olean, N.Y. 12.30.2011
Samuel Gluckstein, BA ’50, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.01.2012
Alan A. Senior, BA ’50, of Sugar Land, Texas 02.26.2012
Charles H. Wallin, BS ’50, of East Amherst, N.Y. 02.22.2012
William G. Baumler, BS ’51, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.05.2012
Howard T. Larson, BS ’51, of Bemus Point, N.Y. 02.06.2012
Robert G. Schopp, BS ’51, of Greenwood, S.C. 02.17.2012
Arthur W. Underhill, BS ’51, of Dallas, Texas 01.2.2012
Bernard J. Wier, BS ’51, of San Diego, Calif. 01.27.2012
Raymond V. Wylegala, JD ’51, of Hamburg, N.Y. 02.01.2012
Thomas P. Bagen, LLB ’52, of Hamburg, N.Y. 02.13.2012
G. Donald Bissell, DDS ’52, of Batesville, Ark. 02.01.2012
Leslie Molnar, EdB ’52, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.09.2012
Martin B. Weinberg, BS ’52, of West Palm Beach, Fla. 12.09.2011
Donald E. Cadwallader, BS ’53, of Davidson, N.C. 01.11.2012
Sam Cohen, BS ’53, of Rochester, N.Y. 01.10.2012
Allen M. Fisher, DDS ’53, of Brookfield, Wis. 01.11.2012
Ronald F. Garvey, MD ’53, of Denton, Texas 03.15.2012
Louis C. Cloutier, MD ’54, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.05.2012
Max M. Kozminski, BA ’54, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.29.2011
Irving M. Shuman, LLB ’54, of Longboat Key, Fla. 04.11.2012
Nils P. Ankerud, MA ’55 & BA ’53, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 12.31.2011
Ronald D. Knos, BS ’55, of Prescott Valley, Ariz. 02.18.2012
Donald F. McKenna, JD ’55, of Hamburg, N.Y. 12.03.2011
David L. Palmerton, MD ’55, of Lancaster, N.Y. 01.10.2012
Edward G. Schnake, MD ’56, of Dickinson, Texas 01.11.2012
Donald C. Stratz, BS ’56, of Weston, Conn. 03.17.2012
Robert F. Buike, BS ’57, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.13.2012
Anthony J. Camesano, MBA ’58, of Amherst, N.Y. 01.17.2012
Daniel M. Rexinger, AAS ’58, of Midlothian, Va. 12.21.2011
Constantine J. Cretekos, MD ’59, of Bluffton, S.C. 01.24.2012
Joseph B. Doctor, BA ’59, of Fairborn, Ohio 12.23.2011
Harold O. Wolf, BA ’60, of San Mateo, Calif. 12.11.2011
Peter E. Klaasesz, JD ’61 & BA ’60, of Lancaster, N.Y. 04.09.2012
Louis J. Slovinsky, BA ’61, of Katonah, N.Y. 02.15.2012
Ruth S. Lojacono, BS ’62, of Irving, N.Y. 01.15.2012
Nathaniel H. Finch, MSW ’63, of Henrietta, N.Y. 12.03.2011
Robert M. Hobaica, DDS ’63 & BS ’57, of Utica, N.Y. 01.11.2012
James L. Montgomery, EdM ’64 & BS ’50, of Lighthouse Point, Fla. 03.15.2012
Robert H. Hale, EdM ’66, AAS ’59 & BS ’59, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.27.2012
Richard G. Judelsohn, MD ’67, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.15.2012
Peter C. Luke, BS ’67, of Muskegon, Mich. 03.19.2012
Theodore Lerner, PhD ’68, of Pittsford, N.Y. 04.15.2012
Donald A. Wilson, PhD ’70 & MA ’68, of Clarion, Pa. 02.10.2012
Meredith W. Kellogg, MA ’71 & EdM ’69, of Rochester N.Y. 03.30.2012
Francis J. Meyer, MS ’71 & BS ’69, of Getzville, N.Y. 02.13.2012
David M. Brossard, BS ’73, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.15.2012
Dennis A. Kahn, BA ’73, of East Amherst, N.Y. 02.06.2012
Jay R. Martin, MS ’75, of Grand Island, N.Y. 12.04.2011
Irene M. Sutt, EdM ’75 & BS ’56, of Nanticoke, Pa. 02.02.2012
Mary Ellen Brady, BA ’76, of Bel Air, Md. 12.17.2011
Herbert R. Harmsen, BA ’76, of Buffalo, N.Y. 12.28.2011
Charles H. Barney, BS ’77, of East Amherst, N.Y. 02.17.2012
Thomas R. Curtin, BS ’79, of Buffalo, N.Y. 01.10.2012
Susan B. Fischer, MS ’80, of Oceanside, Calif. 02.12.2012
Richard W. Ohlson, JD ’80 & BA ’75, of Wellsville, N.Y. 12.15.2011
Larry L. Lincoln, BS ’81, of Ormond Beach, Fla. 12.09.2011
Neil E. Garvey, JD ’83 & BA ’81, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.22.2012
David R. Milliken, JD ’83 & BA ’82, of Webster, N.Y. 01.28.2012
Cynthia M. Badame, BA ’92, of Boston, Mass. 02.22.2012
Margaret K. Hey, JD ’92, of Islamorada, Fla. 03.12.2012
Leigh R. Nevinger, PhD ’92, of Orchard Park, N.Y.
Marcus B. Bensman, BS ’95, of Roswell, Ga. 03.08.2012
Samuel Garten, MS ’01, of Raleigh, N.C. 12.11.2011
Terry D. Loretto, JD ’01, of Hamburg, N.Y. 12.26.2011
Janice D. Slaton, JD ’01, of Dunkirk, N.Y. 12.10.2011
Peter G. Klem, PhD ’02 & MA ’93, of Spring Creek, Nev. 03.25.2012
Tammy R. Rockwood, BA ’03, of Boston, N.Y. 02.07.2012
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.?