Updated March 18, 2024

  • David M. Mark
    10/3/22
    David M. Mark, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and an internationally recognized leader in the field of GIScience, died Sept. 24 after a brief illness. He was 74.
  • Debabrata Talukdar
    9/27/22
    Debabrata “Debu” Talukdar, professor of marketing in the School of Management, died Sept. 23. He was 59.
  • Thomas B. Burrows, former executive director of the Center for the Arts
    9/23/22
    Thomas B. Burrows, who spent two decades leading the Center for the Arts and molding the performance venue into an important piece of Western New York’s arts and cultural scene, died Sept. 18 in Lewiston. He was 88.
  • Claes E.G. Lundgren
    6/27/22
    Claes E.G. Lundgren, longtime UB faculty member and SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physiology, died June 12. He was 91.
  • J. Ronald Gentile
    6/15/22
    J. Ronald Gentile, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, died April 20.
  • Memorial service planned for Isabel Marcus
    5/3/22
    The School of Law and the Gender Institute will celebrate the life and legacy of longtime faculty member Isabel Marcus at a service on campus on May 11.
  • Isabel Marcus
    1/11/22
    Isabel Marcus, a School of Law faculty member for more than 35 years and an internationally recognized champion for human rights, died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles after a period of declining health. She was 83.
  • Frederic J. Fleron Jr.
    11/12/21
    Frederic J. Fleron Jr., professor emeritus of political science and an internationally renowned specialist in comparative politics focusing on the Soviet Union/Russia, died on June 2. He was 83.
  • Jorge J. E. Gracia
    7/27/21
    Longtime UB faculty member Jorge J. E. Gracia died July 13 surrounded by his family. He was 78.
  • Yow-Wu Bill Wu
    4/20/21
    Yow-Wu Bill Wu, longtime School of Nursing faculty member, died on March 30 surrounded by loved ones.
  • Amy J. Vilz
    3/8/21
    Amy J. Vilz was determined to live life to the fullest after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis.
  • Peter Ekeh
    12/9/20
    Peter P. Ekeh, former chair and retired professor in the Department of African American Studies — now the Department of Transnational Studies — died Nov. 17. He was 83.
  • Rossman F. Giese
    8/17/20
    Rossman F. Giese Jr., professor emeritus in the Department of Geology, died Aug. 1 at home after a long illness. He was 84.
  • Susan Bennett
    6/8/20
    Susan Bennett, a longtime UB faculty member and pioneer in rehabilitation practices for people with multiple sclerosis, died June 4 after a battle with cancer. She was 64.
  • John C.G. Boot
    6/1/20
    John C.G. Boot, professor emeritus and past chair of the Department of Management Science and Systems in the School of Management, died May 15 in Buffalo. He was 83.
  • Linda Lohr
    5/27/20
    Linda A. Lohr, longtime University Libraries staff member and curator of the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library, died April 24.
  • Murray Levine
    5/7/20
    Murray Levine, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Psychology and a longtime UB faculty member who in the 1960s helped launch the emerging field of community psychology, died May 4. He was 92.
  • Peter F. Regan III
    4/9/20
    Peter F. Regan III, a noted educator and psychiatrist who served as UB’s acting president during the period of campus unrest in the 1970s, died suddenly on April 5. He was 95.
  • Piyare Lal Jain
    11/1/19
    Piyare Lal Jain, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics, died Oct. 28. He was 97.
  • Charles Garton
    9/19/19
    Charles Garton, a longtime faculty member in the Department of Classics, died July 5 in Ann Arbor, Mich., after a long illness. He was 92.