Farewells

1940s

Ruth Kugele Baker ’40, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12, 2020. Dorothy Johnson Heffner ’42, Louisville, Ohio, July 26, 2020. Margot Graney Mudd ’43, Plantation, Fla., April 3, 2020. Mary Lou Wheeler Omeis ’44, LaGrange Park, Ill., Sept. 2, 2020. Jeanne Grigsby Bookwalter ’45, Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 8, 2018. Loraine Tragesser Schultz ’45, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2020. Lois Nielsen Carmichael ’47, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 7, 2020. Edgar A. DeMar ’47, Florence, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2020. Anne Wilson Dietzel ’47, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10, 2020. Richard E. Eichhorn ’47, Kettering, Ohio, Feb. 18, 2020.

Patricia “Polly” Malcom Fels

’47, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 23, 2020. Ruth Lutz Lockyer ’47, Frankfort, Ky., March 5, 2020. Peggy Rogers Rogers ’47, Easton, Md., Jan. 28, 2020. Robert E. Sanders ’47, Waterbury, Vt., July 16, 2020. J. Howard DuBois ’48, Oxford, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2020. Dwight L. Watkins ’48, Worthington, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2020. Raymond G. Bruckman ’49, Venice, Fla., April 12, 2020. Nan Kramer Friedman ’49, Cape Coral, Fla., July 7, 2020. Harold E. Gorss ’49, East Moline, Ill., Dec. 8, 2019. Paul E. Morrow ’49 MEd ’53, Lebanon, Ohio, Oct. 17, 2020. Mary Holmes Sheridan ’49, St. Petersburg, Fla., June 10, 2020.

1950s

Charles E. Bancroft ’50, Carmel, Calif., Feb. 4, 2020. Van L. Burns ’50, Brookshire, Texas, Feb. 15, 2020. Margaret Woodard Stevens ’50, Fort Wayne, Ind., July 28, 2019. Charles B. Coley ’51, Traverse City, Mich., April 13, 2020. Eleanor Jo Cox Fulton ’51, Springboro, Ohio, July 31, 2020. Margaret Brown Graham ’51, Defiance, Ohio, March 15, 2020. Nancy Myers Peterson ’51, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Oct. 1, 2020. Richard L. Petticrew ’51, Chandler, Ariz., July 28, 2020. Donna Dazey Switzer ’51, Monroe, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2020. Ralph T. “Tom” Vandegrift ’51, Tampa, Fla., July 19, 2019. Clyde N. Bowden ’52, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2020. Ann Ferneau Brown ’52, Blanchester, Ohio, July 13, 2020. Eleanor Priest Daugherty ’52, Sun City West, Ariz., June 4, 2020. Paul H. Goble ’52, Lakeland, Fla., May 21, 2020.

Shirley Peffley Longenecker

Schindler ’52, Dayton, Ohio, May 27, 2020. James A. Stebick ’52, Fallbrook, Calif., March 22, 2020. Jerry T. Walker ’52, Summerville, S.C., May 22, 2020. John R. Dennison ’53, Darien, Ill., Feb. 9, 2020. David B. Harrod ’53, Billings, Mont., March 29, 2020. Janet Long Haseley ’53, Rensselaerville, N.Y., May 26, 2020. Patricia Bowden Huebner ’53, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 16, 2020.

Joan “Jony” Corwin McQuiddy

’53, St. Helena, Calif., Oct. 26, 2019. Jack L. Williams ’53, Fairfield Glade, Tenn., May 13, 2020. James Williamson Jr. ’53, Humble, Texas, Dec. 11, 2019. Nancy Sohngen Cottrell ’54, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2020. Reba Myers Deiss ’54, Fort Mill, S.C., Aug. 1, 2020. John P. Gerard ’54, Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 19, 2019. Jane I. Hoel ’54, Fort Collins, Colo., April 23, 2020. Janet E. Wilkins ’54, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., April 27, 2020. John G. Koelling ’55, Canandaigua, N.Y., July 20, 2020. C. Robert Miller ’55, Aiken, S.C., Feb. 4, 2020. Barbara Patrick Reardon ’55, Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 8, 2020. Donald Barnette ’56, Oakland, Calif., Sept. 4, 2020. Albert J. Habinak ’56, Stillwater, Okla., April 21, 2020. Jo Anne Wones Harker ’56, Westerville, Ohio, May 31, 2020. Richard E. Lease ’56, Columbus, Ohio, July 19, 2020. Louise Moir Leopold ’56, Santa Fe, N.M., June 3, 2020. Bert V. Robins III ’56, Naperville, Ill., July 13, 2020. Frederick J. Tillman ’56, Bonita Springs, Fla., June 10, 2020. James E. Deam ’57, Sidney, Ohio, June 14, 2020.

Geraldine “Gerry” Klein

Helfrich ’57, Bay Village, Ohio, May 29, 2020. Robert S. Nellis ’57, Northbrook, Ill., May 19, 2020. Robert K. Rand ’57, Northbrook, Ill., May 28, 2019. Terry B. Stanton ’57, Lake Leelanau, Mich., April 17, 2020. Edward W. Swanson ’57, Green Lake, Wis., March 28, 2020. John E. Warman ’57, La Grange Park, Ill., Jan. 30, 2020. Anita Brumbaugh Wendel ’57, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2020. Sam A. Baiocco ’58, Colleyville, Texas, May 12, 2020. Alan R. Sex ’58, Evanston, Ill., June 6, 2020. Stewart E. Williams ’58, Germantown, Tenn., July 20, 2020. Mack J. Yoho ’58, San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 14, 2020. Carol Schermer Hammill ’59, Huntersville, N.C., Oct. 22, 2019. Nick Mourouzis ’59, Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 16, 2020. Max Phillip Warner ’59, Marietta, Ga., April 7, 2020.

1960s

Robert G. Bennett ’60, Conyers, Ga., July 21, 2019. Ralph V. Burney ’60, Fairfield, Ohio, March 12, 2020. Theresa Jackson Embry ’60, Richfield, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2020. Robert W. Hayden ’60, Boca Grande, Fla., March 20, 2020.

Lynne Hunt Reynolds ’61 MEd

’66, Mason, Ohio, April 1, 2020. Joel H. Walker ’61, Troy, Ohio, July 22, 2020. David W. Byers ’63, Plano, Texas, Nov. 2, 2018. Edward R. Gantner ’63, North Port, Fla., Aug. 18, 2019. Ernest W. Hetrick ’63, Marion, Ohio, July 4, 2020.

Mary Lokey Howard ’63 MEd

’69, Camden, Ohio, Feb. 14, 2020. Karen Lou Miller Mullen ’63, Venice, Fla., June 6, 2020. Rosemary Carano Kluth ’64, Wheeling, W.Va., Nov. 22, 2019. Geoffrey J. Porter ’64, Naples, Fla., Jan. 22, 2020. Barbara Houston Schaeffer ’64, Leawood, Kan., Feb. 23, 2020. Julie Katzan Conner ’65, Cary, N.C., Feb. 18, 2020. Murray K. Lenson ’65, Beachwood, Ohio, June 26, 2020. Marilyn Kauff Griffith ’66, Sarasota, Fla., July 5, 2020.

R. Harrison Van Pelt Jr. ’66, Batavia, Ohio, March 29, 2020. David C. Miller ’67, West Chester, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2020. Edward H. Savitz ’67, Delray Beach, Fla., April 9, 2020. John J. Russell III ’68, Phoenix, Ariz., July 5, 2020. Erica Price Lesesne ’69, Charleston, S.C., March 4, 2020. Johnny C. “Butch” Pieratt ’69, Middletown, Ohio, Feb. 1, 2020.

1970s Robert J. Medlock MAT ’70

MEd ’71 PhD ’84, Oxford Ohio, Aug. 2, 2020. Terrence A. Croft ’71, The Villages, Fla., July 9, 2020. David M. McCoy ’71, Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 15, 2019. Gregg A. Spieth ’71, Tampa, Fla., Aug. 15, 2018. Helena Rich Curtis ’72, Middletown, Ohio, Dec. 4, 2019. Peter H. Fornof ’72, Edwardsville, Ill., Sept. 7, 2019. Eva Louise “Weesie” Polley ’72, Franklin, Ohio, July 6, 2020. John K. Blassingame ’73, Stowe, Ohio, Feb. 16, 2020. Diane Sellers Heras ’73, Wesley Chapel, Fla., Dec. 11, 2019.

Raymond J. Kovach Jr. ’73 MA

’77, McHenry, Ill., June 28, 2020. Robert W. Grote ’74, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 2019. Joan Mogil Reasoner ’75, New Albany, Ohio, July 29, 2019. Randolph L. Burton ’76, Dallas, Texas, March 30, 2020. Paul V. Pyle ’76, Export, Pa., Dec. 13, 2018. Denise Perko Smith ’77 MA ’91, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 19, 2019. Michael S. Davis ’79, Oxford, Ohio, April 11, 2020. Brian J. McCarthy ’79, Toledo, Ohio, March 13, 2020.

1980s

Sharon L. “Sherrie” Gross ’80, Wexford, Pa., July 24, 2019. Laura Bush Rowe ’81, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 23, 2020. Amy Deegan Roslovic ’84, Columbus, Ohio, May 21, 2020. Tracy L. Young ’85, Prescott, Ariz., April 27, 2020.

1990s

Luis F. Silva ’90, Fairfield, Ohio, April 26, 2020. Thomas A. Stefanopoulos ’90, Daytona Beach, Fla., May 21, 2020. Gregory E. Biglin ’92, Ashland, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2019. Robert A. La Mendola ’92, Fayetteville, Ark., June 30, 2020. Constance K. Jung ’93, Hamilton, Ohio, July 9, 2020. Heather Helmick Clifton ’95, West Chester, Ohio, July 25, 2020. Anne Byblec Unger ’95, Noblesville, Ind., June 29, 2020. Sara Gale Stovall ’97, Mentor, Ohio, July 6, 2020. Joshua A. Ballinger ’98, New Albany, Ohio, July 7, 2020. Jessica L. Jorgensen ’98, Columbus, Ohio, May 8, 2020. Ryan H. Keith ’98, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2020.

2000s

Trisha D. Alexander ’02, Franklin, Ohio, June 18, 2020. Janet L. Stewart ’02, Liberty, Ind., July 13, 2020. Stephen J. D’Amato ’06, Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2020. Paige L. Robert ’13, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 20, 2020. Jonathan A. Ward ’14, Columbus, Ohio, May 22, 2020. Conor J. Semple ’15, Rockville Centre, N.Y., July 22, 2020. Alexis M. Walton ’23, Middletown, Ohio, June 26, 2020.

FACULTY, STAFF, AND FRIENDS

George B. Arfken Jr., Clearwater, Fla., Oct. 8, 2020. Professor emeritus of physics, 1952-1983. Gisela E. Bahr, Oxford, Ohio, March 16, 2020. Professor emerita of German, 1972-1987. Larry Beer ’79, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 26, 2020. Miami’s longtime master sign specialist. Eugene Blakley, Milford Township, Ohio, June 15, 2020. Retired, housekeeping supervisor. James A. Burchyett, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2019. Professor emeritus of educational leadership, 1981-2006. Gail A. Campbell MA ’81, Richmond, Ind., April 1, 2020. Retired from IT in 2016. James D. Clark, Oxford, Ohio, March 1, 2020. Professor emeritus of English, 1967-2002. Phyllis A. Cox, Middletown, Ohio, June 5, 2020. Retired from communications.

Phyllis Dixon DeMass MEd

’59, Falls Church, Va., March 7, 2020. Teacher in McGuffey Lab School, 1959-1983; then assistant professor in teacher education. Mary L. Evans, Oxford, Ohio, July 20, 2020. Assistant vice president emerita, students affairs, 1966-1992. Phillip A. Fazzini ’88, Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2020. Professor emeritus of engineering technology, 1972-1984. Harland E. Fiehler, Frohna, Mo., Jan. 4, 2020. Professor emeritus of chemistry, 1966-1989. Perry L. Gnivecki, Oxford, Ohio, March 3, 2020. Lecturer emeritus in anthropology, retiring in 2019. June G. Goggin, Oxford, Ohio, July 31, 2020. See page 3 for more. Robert H. Hickey, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 26, 2020. Administrator emeritus, university publications editor, 1970-1990. Robert Hitchens ’74, Columbus, Ohio, July 7, 2020. Former Miami assistant football coach after stint in the pros. Carl R. Jantzen, Oxford, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2020. Professor emeritus of sociology, gerontology, and anthropology, 1969-1984. H. Ralph Jones, Oxford, Ohio, April 22, 2020. Professor emeritus of marketing, 1968-1992. Otto H. “Henry” Jung ’55, Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 19, 2020. Administrator emeritus of divisional support, 1985-1998.

Joseph L. Marcum MBA ’65

Hon. ’80, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 2, 2020. Miami board of trustees, 1988-1997.

Evalou Stauffer Middaugh MS

’78, Dublin, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2020. Retired after 31 years as Miami’s administrative dietitian. Richard L. Nault, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 21, 2020. Vice president emeritus for student affairs, 1983-2008. Katrina M. Potter, Eaton, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2020. Currently worked in Miami’s English department. Paul J. Schiller ’64 MA ’69, Oxford, Ohio, April 21, 2020. Senior instructor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, 1969-1992. Melvin G. Shidler ’84, Oxford, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2020. Construction project manager, 1978-2007. Joan McNelly Teckman ’50, Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2020. Professor of nursing, 1969-1980. Becky Robinson Thompson, Connersville, Ind., July 25, 2020. Current communications and program support specialist for Scrips Gerontology Center. Dennis L. Witman, Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 24, 2020. Assistant professor of business law in finance department, 1977-1999.