Class Notes: In Memoriam

Robert Boeckman Jr., professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, died in September. The inaugural holder of the Marshall D. Gates Professorship, Boeckman chaired the department from 2003 to 2013. He joined Rochester’s faculty in 1980 and established one of the largest research groups in the chemistry department. He retired in 2019.

Kenneth DeHaven, a former chair of the orthopaedics and a pioneer in sports medicine, died in June. In 1975, DeHaven joined Rochester’s Medical Center, where he founded URMC’s program in athletic medicine, and he took a leading role in developing the use of arthroscopy to repair injuries, particularly in the knees of athletes. He later served as senior associate dean for clinical affairs and director of URMC’s Faculty Practice Group. He retired in 2013.

H. Lawrence (Larry) Helfer, a professor emeritus of astronomy died in April. After joining the faculty in 1958, Helfer carried out fundamental, groundbreaking studies during the 1950s and 1960s. His scientific interests extended from highly theoretical work to observational investigations, research that bridged broad scales, from planetary to cosmological. He retired as an active faculty member in 1999, becoming a professor emeritus and a senior faculty associate.

Charles Merriam III, a former professor and chair of electrical engineering, died in August 2020. Merriam joined the University in 1971 to chair what is now the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. After serving as chair, he was on the faculty until he retired in 2001.

Malcolm Savedoff, a professor emeritus of astronomy, died in April. Credited as the first astronomer to be appointed to what is now the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Savedoff held a joint appointment at the Institute of Optics. He conducted fundamental research in astrophysics. He also helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of the University’s C. E. Kenneth Mees Observatory, located south of Rochester. He retired in 1991.

Barbara Barnard Smith ’43E (MM), July 2021

Jean Gunn Simmons ’44N, May 2021

Doris E. Reed ’46E, April 2021

Donald E. Diehl ’47, July 2021

Jane Roberts Pastel ’47, June 2021

August Miale ’49, ’55M (MD), May 2021

Shirley Kelly Griggs ’49, ’50N, June 2021

Jeanne Scott Hoose ’49N, June 2021

Maybelle Dilorenzo Sehm ’49N, June 2021

Robert A. Wykes ’49E, ’49E (MA), June 2021

Robert H. Brandow ’50, July 2021

Joan Osborn Brown ’50, May 2021

Nancy Wyrough Hartman ’50E, August 2021

Donald E. Kirchhoff ’50W (Mas), July 2021

Carol Morse VanHoesen ’50E, August 2021

Jacqueline Sherman Eber ’51, ’60W (MA), July 2021

Robert M. Greendyke ’51, ’55M (MD), June 2021

James A. Manning ’51M (Res), July 2021

Audrey Brown McIntosh ’51N, April 2021

Nancy Selinger Summers ’51E (MA), August 2021

Warren van Bronkhorst ’51E (MM), ’59E (DMA), July 2021

Robert J. Zullo ’51M (Res), August 2021

Charleen Helmbrecht Gutmann ’52E, June 2021

Jeanne C. Hadfield ’52N (Diploma), July 2021

Jack Richard Holter ’52, June 2021

Rose Ann Cowell Nichols ’52E, August 2021

Marilyn Guillet Ott ’52M (MS), June 2021

Edward M. Sioma ’52, June 2021

Clarendon E. Van Norman ’52E, April 2021

Louise Nyberg Burr ’53E, June 2021

Elinor Wilson Fisk ’53, June 2021

Leon Hurwitz ’53M (PhD), July 2021

Darrell L. Johnston ’53E (MM), May 2021

Gretel Y. Shanley ’53E, ’55E (MM), March 2020

Glenn E. Watkins ’53E (PhD), June 2021

Donald A. Yap ’53E, ’54E (MM), April 2021

Barry C. Dutcher ’54, ’58 (MS), June 2021

Rodney R. Ingham ’54, August 2021

Helen Foley Knapp ’54, June 2021

Laura Hickman Pullen ’54N, July 2021

Phyllis Shaughnessy ’54N (Dpl), June 2021

Donald J. Brady ’55, June 2021

Frank B. Magill ’55M (Res), May 2021

Donald C. Schek ’55M (MD), July 2021

Lou Stanley Young ’55, June 2021

John J. Bundschuh ’56, July 2021

Richard C. Cook ’56, July 2021

James F. Crum ’56, June 2021

Cynthia Grissom Letarte ’56, ’57N, June 2021

Patricia Devine Muirhead ’56N, June 2021

Patricia Bartlett Albanese ’57E, August 2021

Robert W. Greeley ’57, October 2020

Charles D. Whittier ’57, June 2021

John R. Doud ’58M (MD), May 2021

Richard C. Hapeman ’58, August 2021

Norman L. Pollock ’58, July 2021

Frank Sidorfsky ’58E (MM), ’74E (DMA), March 2020

Douglas G. Williams ’58M (MD), ’66M (Res), August 2021

Jerome A. Bovenzi ’59, ’69W (MA), June 2021

K. Grace Harrop ’59E (MM), July 2021

Jon M. Hassell ’59E, ’60E (MM), June 2021

Donald R. Huene ’59M (MD), ’67M (Res), July 2021

Paul L. Ruben ’59, ’60 (MS), July 2021

Jane Willis Schultz ’59N (Dpl), ’59N, August 2021

Nancy Keeler Wilson ’59, May 2021

Reginald J. Andlaw ’60D (Pdc), ’61D (MS), March 2021

Richard B. Balsley ’60, August 2021

Suzanne Evans Neckers ’60, June 2021

David M. Richey ’60E, June 2021

Margaret Griffith Ward ’60, August 2021

Ruth M. Blekkenk ’61, June 2021

Edward R. Kimmel ’61, ’63 (MS), January 2021

Carol Balch Morrison ’61, November 2019

Donald E. Alhart ’62, July 2021

Ambrose A. Hochrein ’62, ’64 (MS), July 2021

Kenneth C. Landall ’62, August 2021

Thomas E. Lynch ’62, ’69S (MBA), August 2021

Barbara Sracnek Smillie ’62E, July 2021

Diane Wehner Toulson ’62E, June 2021

Frederick Dischinger ’63M (Res), June 2021

Patricia A. Rusk ’63E, July 2021

Robert S. Babcock ’64, July 2021

Kenneth A. Borgus ’64, June 2021

Stuart G. Carter ’64, June 2021

Nancy Gorham Farina ’64, August 2021

Daniel J. O ’Donovan ’64M (PhD), May 2021

Walter A. Orlowski ’64M (Flw), ’69M (PhD), July 2021

Judith Gorton Parkinson ’64E (MM), May 2021

Elizabeth A. Veale ’64, June 2021

Hiroko Holtfreter ’65 (PhD), March 2021

John P. Spare ’65, August 2021

David D. Strimple ’65, June 2021

Catherine Bavolack Amato ’66N, August 2021

Robert A. Bell ’66, June 2021

Barry W. Frieder ’66, July 2021

Lowell E. Glick ’66, March 2020

John E. Myhill ’66, September 2020

Robert A. Schoenberg ’66, August 2021

Carol M. Dansky ’67, August 2021

Jack M. Goronkin ’67, July 2021

Susan Knight Keenan ’67, ’86W (Mas)

John C. Shank ’67, June 2021

Connie Clay Rochelle-Woodley ’68E (MM), July 2021

Albert C. Crofton ’69S (MBA), June 2021

Robert J. Donough ’69, July 2021

James E. Kennedy ’69D (MS), ’69D (Pdc), July 2021

J. Sanford Schwartz ’70, June 2021

Patricia Cober Ashbrook ’71W (MA), May 2021

Richard L. Higley ’71, July 2020

Gary W. Lamphere ’71M (MD), June 2021

Patricia Pragacz Looney ’71, ’78W (Mas), June 2021

Kenichi Yamaga ’71M (Flw), December 2020

Valerie Garabedian Kalwas ’72E, August 2021

Terry F. Cashmore ’73M (MD), June 2021

Kathleen Root Chandler ’73, May 2021

Daniel E. Zlotowitz ’73, November 2020

Mary Sherwood Aldoretta ’74, June 2021

Donald J. Edge ’74 (PhD), June 2021

Joseph J. Wender ’74, April 2021

Eleanor Nicolai McQuillen ’75M (Res), May 2021

Robert Werner ’75M (Res), November 2020

Marilyn A. Belli ’76N, ’83N (MS), July 2021

Michael D. Falkoff ’76M (Res), July 2021

Richard J. Kievit ’76S (MBA), August 2021

Andrew C. John ’77M (MD), July 2021

James M. Burke ’78M (MD), June 2021

William A. Duncan ’80, May 2021

Ronald I. Groth ’80, ’82 (MS), August 2021

James R. Burton ’82S (MBA), July 2021

Mary Stritzel-Townsley ’82S (MBA), July 2021

Cecily Kramer Bodnar ’83W (MS), February 2021

Nelson J. Christiansen ’83, July 2021

William K. Fancher ’83S (MBA), June 2021

Bennett C. Davis ’84W (MS), June 2021

Ann Lavery Richards ’85W (MS), June 2021

Lonnie R. Slapar ’88D, May 2021

Thomas McGinty ’89, August 2021

Maria Dario Nizza ’90, May 2021

Mary Katharine Norton ’90, July 2021

Andrew F. Rowell ’91, June 2021

Richard C. Brown ’94D, June 2021

Rubina Usman Saigol ’95W (PhD), August 2021

Kyle L. Welch ’99N, August 2021

Deborah S. Trout ’01, ’02 (MA), June 2021

Jill Stauffer Maney ’02 (PhD), July 2021

Kenneth K. Conte ’04S (MBA), February 2021

Charles Bistrong ’20, June 2021

Vatsal Agarwal ’21, July 2021