A talented composer of 139 musical works, Sapp's compositions have been performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the French Radio Orchestra and many others. "He was quite prolific in the 80s. He was actually quite satisfied he was able to hear so much of his music performed in recent years," said his son, Anthony Sapp.

Sapp served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 as a cryptoanalyst, serving in England, France, Belgium and Germany. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard University, where he also taught early in his career.

He came to Buffalo in 1961 as Slee Visiting Professor of Composition, joining the UB faculty that year. He served as a professor from 1961-75 and as chairman of the Department of Music from 1961-68. He was co-director of the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts from 1964-68, headed the Division of Languages, Literature and the Arts from 1965-67 and was director of Cultural Affairs from 1966-71.

He served as chairman of the Council of College Masters from 1968-70 and was master of College B from 1968-74.

While in Buffalo, he was involved in many civic and cultural activities. Sapp gave the dedication address at opening ceremonies for both Baird and Slee halls. He was a trustee and music advisor to the chairman of the board of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy from 1961-75, a director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra from 1961-75 and a director and vice president of the Studio Arena Theatre during 1962-74. He also was a trustee and vice president of the Buffalo Ballet Company from 1969-75, executive director of the American Council for the Arts in Education (ACAE) from 1972-74 and director of the New York Foundation for the Arts from 1972-79.

Before going to Cincinnati in 1978, he served as provost of the Division of Communication and the Arts at Florida State University and executive director of the American Council of the Arts.

Sapp was the former president of the board of trustees of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and served on several boards, including that of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Memorials may be made to the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, 1406 Elm St., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45210, or to the American Classical Music Hall of Fame, 4 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202.

Jael Sabina Sobel, 63, professor of anatomy and histology

A native of Israel, she came to the U.S. in 1944 and graduated from Cornell University in 1957. She received a master's degree from Columbia University and a doctorate in zoology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1964.

She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Institute for Cancer Research in New York, where she fused a cancer and non-cancer cell.

In 1970, she returned to Israel to perform research and teach at Tel Aviv University. She returned to the U.S. in 1977, working at the University of California for two years. She came to UB in 1979 as an assistant professor, performing research in embryology. Sobel's teaching duties included medical and dental students, who voted her outstanding teacher in 1983.

Colleen E. Weingartner, 34, lead programmer/analyst

Weingartner received a bachelor of science degree from Buffalo State College. She joined UB in 1990, working first for Administrative Computing Services and later for Student Accounts. Weingartner, who was in charge of the teller system for Student Accounts, developed the direct-deposit system for students. She served on the department's Y2K planning committee and was a member of the UB Golf League. Weingartner taught religious education at St. Albert the Great Catholic Church, where she served on the bereavement committee and other community-service groups.

Rita B. Gibbons. 83, assistant placement director