In Memoriam of
ALUMNI
Elizabeth Galvin Mather ’44, Oct. 13, 2020
Esther McNeil Griffin ’48, Dec. 5, 2020
Betty Daniel Mitscher ’48, Dec. 5, 2020
Donna Kraiger Kopp’ 49, Jan. 21, 2021
Hunter Fraser ’50, Sept. 20, 2020
Shirley Coggen Wyker ’50, Aug.29, 2020
Loris Corteville Mosher ’51, Jan. 24, 2021
Mary Lynn Coleman Biondolillo’ 52, Jan. 13, 2021
Ann-Mari Nordgren ’53, July 14, 2018
Gertrude Fronczak Porembski ’53, March 4, 2020
Ella VanLoan Woodruff ’53, Sept. 24, 2020
Shirley Henry Filiatreau ’54, Jan. 22, 2021
Ronald Hilton ’54, Feb. 1, 2021
Esther Schreiber Cohen ’55, Dec. 23, 2020
Barbara Campbell Anderson ’57, June 27, 2017
Shirley Mamoone Besanceney ’58, Oct. 25, 2020
Sam Demuzio’ 60, Dec. 5, 2020
Robert Wilcox ’61, Nov. 22, 2018
Susan Frost Anderson ’62, Sept. 22, 2020
Richard Hofmann ’63, Nov. 7, 2020
Alyce Jacobs Wilcox ’63, Dec. 29, 2020
Avis Naze Wilmot ’64, Sept. 12, 2020
Alvin Johnston ’65, Oct. 26, 2020
Joan Steele ’66, July 28, 2020
Carolyn Bartlow ’67, Dec. 12, 2020
Bonnie Bixby Anderson ’68, Nov. 23, 2020
Francis Barrett ’68, Jan. 8, 2021
Eileen Mumby-Hosford Berges ’68, Oct. 29, 2020
Vincent Marinera ’68, Jan. 23, 2021
Genevieve Clarke ’69, Sept. 22, 2020
Bob MacDonald ’69, Nov. 23, 2020
Jeanette Shady ’69, Oct. 27, 2020
Margaret McCormack Fogg ’70, Dec. 20, 2020
Janice Kudcey ’70, Nov. 25, 2020
Salvatore Marchese ’70, Dec. 28, 2020
Gerald Yazback ’70, Dec. 16, 2020
Edward Holley ’71, Aug.12, 2020
Joseph Klopchin ’71, Nov.17, 2020
William Hubbard ’72, Feb. 6, 2020
Beverly Miller ’72, Nov. 30, 2020
Robert Westacott ’72, Nov. 17, 2020
Gregory Fitts ’73, Oct. 14, 2020
Edgar Wedge ’73, Dec. 4, 2020
Joyce Thayer Hellenschmidt ’74, Feb. 12, 2021
Doug Robinson ’74, Nov. 14, 2020
Mary Van Ry Brooks ’76, Nov. 11, 2020
Ann Maria Plocinski Zevotek ’78, Dec. 28, 2020
Peter Berry ’79, October 18, 2020
Lynn Mitzler Dewhurst ’80, Jan. 28, 2021
John Robert ’85, Nov. 13, 2020
David Coughlin ’87, Feb. 11, 2021
Karen Shaffer Schneider ’90, July 28, 2020
Rori Neamon Kuhns ’91, Nov. 16, 2020
Susan Iles McCarty ’91, Oct. 27, 2020
Robert Kane ’92, Oct. 1, 2020
Katherine Kelly Compton ’96, Nov. 7, 2020
FACULTY
Joanna Kirk, lecturer emerita of sociology, who served from 1997 to 2020, died Jan. 12, 2021. She taught in both the sociology and political science departments.
Scott J. Ray, associate professor emeritus of theatre and dance, who served from 1965 to 1998, died Oct. 11, 2020. He also served as director and choreographer of the Geneseo Dance Ensemble during his tenure, and after retirement established The Scott J. Ray Memorial Scholarships in the Arts Endowment.
Carey Vasey, professor emeritus of biology, who taught at Geneseo from 1964 to 1991, died Sept. 22, 2020. In 1977, she discovered and identified a new species of insect: Xylomya terminalis Vasey.
Irina (Ren) Vasiliev, professor emerita of geography, who served from 1993 to 2018, died Nov. 7, 2020. She was honored with a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999.
