Obituaries

Brown received his dental degree from Emory University in 1940 and attended Ohio State University for the study of prosthodontics. He served in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps for 23 years, reaching the rank of captain. He came to Buffalo in 1963 to teach at the dental school after his retirement from the Navy.

Until his retirement from UB in 1985, Brown served as chairman of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and as director of restorative dentistry at UB. A life member of the American Dental Association, he was a member of the Eighth District Dental Society, Omicron Kappa Epsilon, the Academy of Denture Prosthetics, the Academy of Crown and Bridge Prosthodontics and the American College of Prosthodontics. He was past president of the Carl O. Boucher Conference and past president and secretary of the American Board of Prosthodontics.

Louis F. Ciola Sr., surgeon, anesthesiologist
Services were held July 17 in Christ the King Catholic Church, Snyder, for Louis F. Ciola Sr., 77, a surgeon and anesthesiologist who had served as an instructor in anatomy at the UB medical school. Ciola died July 13 in Buffalo General Hospital after a brief illness.

Ciola graduated in three years from the UB medical school in 1943, then served in the U.S. Army.

He became a general surgeon on the staffs of Buffalo General, Sheehan Memorial and Sisters hospitals in 1944. During that time he served as an anatomy instructor at UB.

He reenlisted in the Army, serving as a captain in the 66th Tank Battalion from 1946-48.

After 10 years as a surgeon, Ciola became an anesthesiologist, bringing modern methods to Batavia, where he was chief of anesthesia at Genesee Memorial and St. Jerome's hospitals, in addition to serving on the hospitals' quality control and executive committees.

He was a fellow of several professional medical societies, including the American College of Surgeons and American College of Anesthesiologists. He also was a member of the Genesee County Medical Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New York State Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Medical Association.

Robert L. Ganyard, 72, emeritus history professor
Robert L. Ganyard, 72, emeritus associate professor of history at UB, died Aug. 2 in Sacramento, Calif., after a short illness. Ganyard, who served as director of the Interdisciplinary Degree Program of the Faculty of Social Sciences, retired from UB in 1991. After his retirement, he relocated to Mission, Texas.

After serving in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, he graduated in 1948 from the University of Buffalo and received his master's degree in 1950. He received his Ph.D. in 1963 from Duke University, specializing in American Colonial history.

Ganyard taught at the University of Houston until he returned to UB in 1964. He took particular delight in becoming a colleague of professors he had known and respected from his undergraduate days, including John T. Horton and Selig Adler.

In 1983, he completed his seven-year direction of the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program and returned full time to the History Department, where from 1987 to 1990, he served as its director of graduate studies.

He is best known for his book, "The Emergence of North Carolina's Revolutionary State Government," published in 1978, in addition to numerous articles and book reviews. Ganyard was a longtime member of the American Historical Society and of the Southern Historical Association.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the Milton Plesur Scholarship Fund of the University at Buffalo, and may be sent directly to the Department of History, Park Hall. Plesur was Ganyard's colleague and the fund is used to support graduate students and undergraduates majoring in history.

Patricia A. LoBello, 61, UB maintenance employee
Patricia A. LoBello, 61, an employee of the UB maintenance department since 1984, died Aug. 15 in Kenmore Mercy Hospital after a long illness.

In addition to her job at UB she worked from 1980-95 as a sales clerk for Sears, Roebuck & Co. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Aug. 17 in Infant of Prague Catholic Church, Cheektowaga.