September 1,1994: Vol26n1: J. Richard Sentman, 68, institute co-director

Memorial services were held July 18 at First Presbyterian Church,
Clarence, for J. Richard Sentman, co-director of the Institute for New
Teachers of Regents Physics in the Graduate School of Education's
Department of Learning and Instruction. Sentman, 68, died July 15 in
his home in the Town of Tonawanda.
	A graduate of Hampton Sydney College in Virginia and the
University of Virginia, Sentman received his doctorate in physics from
UB in 1989, continuing at the university as a guest lecturer and head
of the physics institute. 
	He spent 37 years as a physics teacher at Clarence High
School, retiring in 1985. Sentman spent two years in Nairobi, Kenya,
in 1967 where he instructed student teachers. He also lectured at the
Buffalo Museum of Science.
	He was named Distinguished Science Teacher by Sigma Xi Calspan
Club in 1981 and by the American Chemical Society in 1980. In 1991 he
received the Distinguished Service Key from Phi Delta Kappa and in
June, was recognized by the Science Teachers Association of the
Niagara Frontier for his many years of service. He was a member of the
Niagara Frontier Science Supervisors Association and the American
Association of Physics Teachers.
	Survivors include his wife, Ruby; a daughter, Debra Sorenson
of New Brunswick, N.J.; two sons, John of Wheatfield and Charles of
Town of Tonawanda; his father, Harold, of Winter Park, Fla.; and five
grandsons.