In Memoriam

FACULTY/ADMINISTRATION

Frank J. Dowd, Jr. '48, '57 (Mas), a former University administrator, died November 2. He was 73.

A Chicago native, Dowd studied history and political science at the University. He worked in a variety of administrative jobs, including associate dean of students, from 1949 to 1961, when he left to become vice president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. When he returned to Rochester in 1968, he became dean of the University School of Liberal and Applied Studies and was later named associate provost, and then vice president, for student activities. He retired in 1980.

Ernest Livingstone '48, '49E, '52E (Mas), '62E (PhD), professor emeritus of musicology at the Eastman School, died Friday, November 14, at his home after a long illness. He was 82.

Born in Berlin in 1915, Livingstone graduated in 1932 from the College Francais in Germany. After coming to the United States in 1946, Livingstone ultimately received four degrees from Rochester--first in secondary school education and history and then, from the Eastman School, bachelor's and master's degrees in music, and a Ph.D. in musicology. While studying for his degrees, he taught at Eastman and on the River Campus.

For much of his professional life (1960 to 1980), Livingstone was a professor of humanities and chair of the fine arts department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1962, he was appointed professor of musicology at the Eastman School Summer Sessions, a position he held through 1988. He wrote numerous articles and papers, and was a frequent lecturer in musicology on both the national and international levels.

Frederick Lobkowicz, a professor of physics who helped develop key elements of the technology physicists use to investigate matter at its most fundamental level, died February 3 in Pittsburgh. A member of the University faculty since 1962, Lobkowicz was 65.

Lobkowicz is best known for his many contributions to liquid argon calorimetry, an important technology used to detect and measure the position and energy of high-energy electrons and photons. He was the first to use this technology, invented by scientists at the European high-energy accelerator laboratory CERN in Switzerland, in an experiment carried out in the United States. Lobkowicz used the technology to help design and build a series of detectors that physicists from around the world have used in a variety of studies.

A native of Prague, with a doctor of science degree in physics from the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich, he was a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the Swiss and Czech physical societies. He spent one year as a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Munich. At the University he was a former chair of the Faculty Senate Steering Committee.

Philip T. Meyers, professor emeritus of accounting at the Simon School, died January 25 in Key West, Fla., after a prolonged illness. He was 74.

Meyers joined the University in 1962 and for 24 years taught courses in accounting, finance, and business policy. He was the recipient of five Superior Teaching Awards from M.B.A. students. Upon his retirement in 1986, the school honored Meyers by establishing the Philip T. Meyers Scholarship Award, given annually to the graduating student with the highest record of academic achievement in the school's full-time M.B.A. program.

After retiring, Meyers continued to teach in the executive M.B.A. programs in Rochester and the Netherlands, receiving a special teaching award from Rotterdam alumni in 1993.

He also served on the faculties of the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas, as well as Oklahoma State University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting. A CPA, Meyers was active in several local and national professional organizations.

Richard H. Schlessinger, a professor of chemistry who worked to synthesize and adapt naturally occurring chemicals for use in treating human maladies, died December 11. He was 62.

A member of the University faculty for more than three decades, Schlessinger's research focused on re-creating natural compounds that could control a variety of human ills. These included substances to regulate cholesterol, inhibit tumors, lower blood pressure, and modify immune responses.

In recent years, his research group achieved the efficient laboratory synthesis of Virginiamycin M2, an antibiotic effective in fighting potentially lethal infections caused by bacterial strains resistant to conventional antibiotics.

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