Stephanie Phillips, professor emerita of law and a pioneer in the field of critical race theory, died Aug. 15 at her home in suburban Rochester. She was 72.
Michael W. Kibby, professor emeritus in the Graduate School of Education and an internationally recognized authority on reading education, died May 16 at his Williamsville home. He was 81.
Chandra R. Murphy, assistant to the dean of the Graduate School of Education, died April 16. She was 54. A UB staff member for 28 years, she profoundly impacted the institution and leaves an indelible mark on her colleagues.
A service will be held April 13 for James Edward Ponzo II, assistant professor in the Department of Africana and American Studies who died April 4. He was 46.
Lawrence “Larry” Southwick Jr., associate professor emeritus and University Research Scholar in the School of Management’s Finance Department, passed away March 15 in Venice, Florida. He was 85.
Tyrone Williams, professor and David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters in the Department of English, died March 11 shortly after a cancer diagnosis. He was 70.
E. Brooke Lerner, professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, died Oct. 4 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 52.
Kathryn A. Sawner, whose 33-year career at UB included serving as an assistant to two of its presidents, died Aug. 17, in Sisters Hospital following a lengthy illness. She was 81.
A service celebrating the life of longtime UB staff member Steven L. Shaw will take place at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Student Union Theatre, North Campus. A reception will follow in the Student Union Social Hall.
Kristina Young, a retired clinical faculty member in the School of Public Health and Health Professions who was instrumental in helping the school develop its master’s degree program in public health, died May 6 in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital after a brief illness. She was 72.
Jay Leavitt, a computer scientist who helped to lead UB into the computer age during the 1980s, died Feb. 25 in Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir, N.C. He was 85.
Every institution of higher learning develops a character, a uniqueness that reflects the place, the time and most of all the people who’ve shaped it. Few have done more to mold the ethos of UB School of Law than Professor Kenneth F. Joyce.