Class Notes

In Memoriam

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In Memoriam for Faculty and Staff:

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1940s

Irwin D. Arbesman, DDS ’40, of Getzville, N.Y. 05.24.2017

Louis Lazar, BA ’40, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.28.2017

Edward C. Reinfranck, BA ’41, of Evanston, Ill. 06.21.2017

Ira J. Melzer, JD ’46, BS ’42, of Williamsville, N.Y. 06.14.2017

Norma C. Bixler, BA ’43, of Erie, Pa. 04.27.2017

Gertrude M. Cyran, BS ’45, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.10.2017

Rita W. Good, BA ’45, of Sun City Center, Fla. 06.06.2017

Milton O. Clark, DDS ’47, of Seattle, Wash. 06.30.2017

Raymond F. Wardynski, BS ’47, of Sarasota, Fla. 05.27.2017

Harold G. Freund, BA ’48, of Winchester, Mass. 05.2017

Lawrence H. Sunshine, BS ’48, of Boca Raton, Fla. 07.07.2017

1950s

James H. Castle, BS ’50, of Lockport, N.Y. 02.02.2016

Lois A. Heffelfinger, BA ’50, of Greenville, N.Y. 06.13.2017

Mary S. Nicolaisen, BA ’50, of Overland Park, Kan. 05.13.2017

Jane C. Pyne, BA ’50, of Williamsville, N.Y. 05.11.2017

Elton H. Tonsing, BS ’50, of Ballwin, Mo. 07.13.2017

Alvin H. Davis, MA ’51, BA ’49, of Corvallis, Ore. 05.30.2017

Mildred I. Karnath, BA ’51, of Getzville, N.Y. 05.09.2017

Florence S. McMahon, BS ’51, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.15.2017

Constantine J. Rigas, BA ’51, of Wellsville, N.Y. 05.19.2017

Donna M. Conens, EdB ’52, of Kalamazoo, Mich. 05.22.2017

Andrew Diakun, JD ’52, of Williamsville, N.Y. 06.11.2017

Audrey B. Gundlach, MSW ’52, of Windsor, Vt. 06.01.2017

Edward J. Richmeyer, BS ’52, of Katy, Texas 07.14.2017

Iris W. Rivo, EdB ’52, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.08.2017

Francesco Stramaglia, BS ’52, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 04.25.2017

Albert S. Evans, MA ’53, BA ’49, of Middlefield, Ohio 06.06.2017

David H. Guenther, BS ’53, of West Seneca, N.Y. 05.20.2017

Lewis G. Fauth, BS ’54, of Fayetteville, N.Y. 06.07.2017

F. Benjamin Hart, MSW ’54, Cert. ‘51, of Buffalo, N.Y. BA ‘50, 06.19.2017

Louis R. Sementilli, BS ’54, of Palmyra, N.Y. 05.06.2017

Rita M. Antolena, EdB ’55, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.02.2017

Martha O. Aycock, BS ’56, of Norwood, N.C. 05.07.2017

John A. DeCesare, AAS ’56, of Guilford, Conn. 04.23.2017

William H. Gorman, JD ’56, of Kenmore, N.Y. 07.11.2017

Russell C. Lo Presti, ’56, ’56, of Williamsville, N.Y. 04.25.2017

Sophia H. Gormish, BS ’57, of Northern Cambria, Pa. 03.21.2017

Samuel S. Bozzella, EdM ’58, EDB ‘48, of Delmar, N.Y. 03.11.2017

Robert E. Goembel, BS ’58, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 02.18.2017

Louis H. Grossman, LLB ’59, of Rochester, N.Y. 12.16.2016

Walter F. Kuppinger, BA ’59, of Amherst, N.Y. 05.31.2017

Ronald W. Malin, JD ’59, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.01.2017

1960s

Diane H. Alward, BS ’60, of Columbus, Ohio 05.11.2017

Walter K. Jenkins, MBA ’60, of Naperville, Ill. 05.12.2017

Jacob Y. Terner, MD ’61, of Beverly Hills, Calif. 06.18.2017

Alfred L. Rybarczyk, BS ’62, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 06.05.2017

Gerard C. Kress, PhD ’63, of Dallas, Texas 04.26.2017

Edwin J. Ohneth, BS ’63, of Bradenton, Fla. 03.15.2017

Samuel Saia, EdM ’64, BA ’58, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.06.2017

David Alt, BS ’65, BS ’65, of Daytona Beach, Fla. 01.02.2016

Robert P. Jagord, Cert ’66, of Marilla, N.Y. 05.07.2017

Vera J. Levakoff, EdM ’66, BA ’65, of Boston, N.Y. 05.14.2016

Edmund W. Miller, MS ’66, BS ’57, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 11.28.2016

Charles T. Washburn, DDS ’66, of Geneseo, N.Y. 05.18.2017

John W. Huebsch, BS ’67, of Cazenovia, N.Y. 05.14.2017

Bernard L. Gaus, BS ’68, of Sierra Madre, Calif. 05.08.2017

Richard F. McKeever, MBA ’68, BS ’61, of Cincinnati, Ohio 05.04.2017

Elias S. Rosenblatt, MD ’68, of Jacksonville, Fla. 01.12.2017

Don Trainer, BS ’68, of Clarence, N.Y. 05.31.2017

Carole M. Crowell, BS ’69, of Havre, Mont. 02.10.2017

Sophie W. Dobosiewicz, BA ’69, of Depew, N.Y. 04.27.2017

Francis J. Petro, MBA ’69, of Syracuse, N.Y. 05.29.2017

1970s

Melvin J. Hoffman, PhD ’70, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.17.2017

Stanley J. Slovinsky, BA ’70, of Jermyn, Pa. 05.04.2017

James F. Brook, JD ’71, of Phoenix, Ariz. 05.16.2017

Carlos E. Caban, PhD ’71, of Rockville, Md. 05.01.2017

Michael L. Cervi, BA ’71, of Clarence, N.Y. 05.01.2016

Judith B. Fisher, EdM ’71, of Perry, Ohio 04.25.2016

Arthur L. Hufnagel, EdM ’71, of East Amherst, N.Y. 05.20.2017

Nicholas L. LoCicero, JD ’71, of Lancaster, N.Y. 07.01.2017

Robert J. Wagner, MSW ’71, of St. Augustine, Fla. 05.15.2017

Gary A. Bush, BS ’72, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 04.29.2017

Frederick M. Butler, BS ’72, of Franklin, Ind. 06.19.2017

Deborah B. Cohen, BA ’72, of Snyder, N.Y. 07.06.2017

James L. Jarvis, BS ’72, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.28.2017

Edward A. Struzik, BA ’72, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 04.02.2017

John F. Troglauer, BA ’72, of Evansville, Ind. 06.28.2017

Gerard J. Johnson, BA ’73, of Buffalo, N.Y. 06.19.2017

Dale F. Schmidt, MS ’73, of Chester, N.J. 06.25.2017

Daniel J. Zajac, BS ’73, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 06.28.2017

Lucy G. Butterbaugh, EdM ’74, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.26.2017

Ross J. Christopher, BA ’74, of Williamsville, N.Y. 00.00.2016

Joan P. Daniels, BA ’74, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 01.30.2017

Eloise G. Hackworth, EdM ’74, of Buffalo, N.Y. 07.07.2017

Duffy Magesis, BA ’74, of Brooklyn, N.Y. 00.00.2017

Stanley A. Tirrell, MSW ’75, of Hendersonville, N.C. 07.06.2017

Joan F. Drexelius, PhD ’78, of Houston, Texas 06.08.2016

Michael R. Lavin, MLS ’78, MBA ‘78, BS ‘77, of Snyder, N.Y. 06.24.2017

Joan A. Calkin, BA ’79, of Amherst, N.Y. 05.22.2017

Orest P. Ciolko, BS ’79, of Williamsville, N.Y. 05.20.2017

Brad A. Grey, BA ’79, of Los Angeles, Calif. 05.14.2017

Daniel L. Sweeney, DDS ’79, of Savannah, Ga. 01.30.2016

1980s

Betty B. Inzinna, MS ’80, BS ’62, of Amherst, N.Y. 06.10.2017

Salvatore Buccellato, MBA ’81, BS ’79, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.23.2017

Carolyn L. Cianciosa, MS ’82, of West Seneca, N.Y. 06.25.2017

Janet A. Savrin, JD ’82, BA ’79, of Summit, N.J. 08.16.2016

Maribel R. Singson, MBA ’82, PhD ’75, of Henderson, NV 04.19.2017

Kenneth P. Carosa, BA ’83, of Pittsford, N.Y. 06.18.2017

Sarah L. Cohen, MSW ’83, BA ’81, of Buffalo, N.Y. 06.12.2017

Michael B. Guss, BA ’83, of Miami Beach, Fla. 06.13.2017

Deborah W. Kavanagh, BS ’83, of Columbia, Md. 02.23.2017

Molly M. Masset, MA ’83, of Cincinnati, Ohio 07.12.2017

Benjamin M. Lipford, MBA ’84, MS ’70, BA ’56, of Williamsville, N.Y. 07.08.2017

Barbara K. Merrill, MLS ’85, of Tucson, Ariz. 06.27.2017

Derek B. Szabo, BA ’85, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.15.2017

James E. Ellsworth, BS ’87, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 05.06.2017

Joseph J. Curtis, BS ’89, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 05.05.2017

Willie L. McCullough, BA ’89, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 05.16.2017

1990s

Margaret M. Bluff, MS ’90, BS ’78, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 07.09.2017

Stanley C. Powalowski, BA ’91, of Depew, N.Y. 05.27.2017

Michelle M. Stefaniak, BA ’91, of Cheektowaga, N.Y. 06.19.2017

Farai W. Hayes, BA ’92, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.26.2017

Barbara E. Holohan, JD ’94, MBA ’94, of Gaithersburg, Md. 06.19.2017

Patricia C. Campbell, JD ’95, BA ’92, of Syracuse, N.Y. 05.15.2017

Nicole J. Gibson, BA ’95, BA ’95, of Jamaica, N.Y. 05.27.2017

Sharon L. Jimerson, MSW ’95, of Gowanda, N.Y. 05.21.2017

David Moilliet, PhD ’95, of Ottawa, Ontario 05.13.2017

Gregory T. Miller, JD ’97, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 04.28.2017

Dominic A. Pangallo, BS ’98, of Webster, N.Y. 05.23.2017

Cathleen M. Lista, MA ’99, BA ’97, of Lancaster, N.Y. 08.13.2016

2000s

Jieyuan Song, PhD ’01, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.14.2017

Brandi L. Wilson, BA ’02, of Liverpool, N.Y. 06.06.2016

Patrick K. Lamb, MSW ’03, of Buffalo, N.Y. 05.26.2017

Dawn M. Krol, EdM ’08, of Clarence, N.Y. 05.28.2017

2010s

Nathan W. Guterry, BS ’14, of Lexington Park, Md. 02.19.2017

Kelly M. Wilson, PharmD ’15, of Liverpool, N.Y. 07.16.2017