ALUMNI
Phyllis Harrington Olmstead ’38, Jan. 24, 2020
Margaret Block Ball ’45, Jan. 26, 2020
JoAnn Springstead Seyfert ’49, Dec. 30, 2019
Robert W. Yull ’49, April 10, 2020
John “Jack” Samter ’50, March 30, 2020
Rosemary Allen Pisaro ’51, May 19, 2019
Margaret Bellanca Vangalio ’51, April 28, 2020
Barbara Long Dick ’52, Jan. 11, 2020
Michela Marino DiDuro ’52, Aug. 31, 2019
Mary Nash Orbaker ’53, Aug. 22, 2019
Patricia Keenan Steele ’53, Jan. 19, 2020
Geraldine Powers Deane ’56, April 19, 2020
Maryanne Fornino Blaine ’62, March 16, 2020
Donna Gunderman ’62, Jan. 24, 2019
Rev. Eunice Mereand Tabor ’63, March 25, 2020
Howard Haff ’64, Jan. 10, 2020
Samuel Leroy Cole ’66, Jan. 16, 2020
Daniel “Doc” A. Chiara, Jr. ’67, Feb. 1, 2020
Robert E. Doucette ’67, Feb. 8, 2020
Paula Farbot Keyes ’67, Dec. 21, 2019
Betty Rae Morse Nittiskie ’68, March 3, 2020
Laurel J. Faucett ’69, April 10, 2020
Richard J. Austin ’70, Feb. 17, 2020
Edward Mace ’73, March 25, 2020
Karen Kolasinski Lubniewski ’75, Feb. 5, 2020
Deborah Boeckmann Hardinbrook ’76, March 1, 2020
Darcy Romeo Kubissa ’78, Feb. 23, 2020
Maureen A. O’Connell ’79, April 10, 2020
Susanne M. Murray ’80, April 24, 2020
Diane Hinkley Riese ’81, March 15, 2020
Alison Jean Petro ’84, Jan. 6, 2020
Helene Ann Erickson ’88, March 5, 2020
Mark William Boardman ’89, April 2, 2020
Karen Smith Tumulty ’90, Feb. 22, 2020
Joshua Conrad Colsman ’01, Feb. 22, 2020
Vincent Coons ’17, March 28, 2020
FACULTY
Lawrence L. Bonacquisti, a student teaching supervisor and adjunct lecturer in the Ella Cline Shear School of Education from 1997 to 2016, died on Jan. 9, 2020.
Dolores A. Donnelly, retired dean of College Union and student activities, died on April 6, 2020. She served Geneseo from 1966 to 1991 and oversaw the construction and opening of the MacVittie College Union in 1970.
Edward G. Janosik, retired professor of political science and World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient, died on March 7, 2020. While at Geneseo from 1967 through 1985, he founded the political science department and served as its chair for nearly two decades.
Dale Metz ’70, professor emeritus of communicative disorders and sciences, who taught from 1991 to 2011, died on March 25, 2020.
Wendell Rhodes, professor of anthropology emeritus, died on Jan. 13, 2020. He served from 1959 to 1989 and was chair of the Department of Anthropology. In 1981, he received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and established the Dr. Wendell and Barbara Rhodes Research Award to support undergraduate research and field study in the combined areas of natural and social sciences.
