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Howard Eisenberg
Howard Eisenberg (WCAS68), 55, Milwaukee, June 4. Both before and after joining Marquette University Law School as dean and professor in 1995, Mr. Eisenberg was a key figure in Wisconsin legal circles. In March Mr. Eisenberg was appointed chair of a special commission to advise the archdiocese of Milwaukee on issues regarding sexual abuse by priests. In Illinois, where Mr. Eisenberg practiced and taught law as well, he received the governor’s Outstanding Achievement Award in 1989 for fighting elder abuse. He was also awarded the first Walter J. Cummings Award in 1992, and again in 2002, as the distinguished court-appointed attorney in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court. Mr. Eisenberg is survived by his wife, Phyllis; daughter, Leah; and two sons, Nathan and Adam. |
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Ira Kipnis
Ira Kipnis (Mu41, GMu42), 81, Chicago, May 5. An expert on the U.S. socialist movement and the works of George Bernard Shaw, Mr. Kipnis studied music at Northwestern and originally hoped to become a concert pianist. Instead he earned a law degree and became a prominent real estate attorney in Chicago. On the University of Chicago’s faculty for many years, Mr. Kipnis taught political science, U.S. history and constitutional law. In the 1950s Mr. Kipnis was called to testify before a Communist-hunting U.S. Senate committee, but he invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to name names. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anita, and is survived by three sons, David Kipnis (WCAS88), Jeffrey and Ronald Wolfson; a brother, Gilbert (WCAS45); three granddaughters; and a grandson. |
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Helen Reed Kolbe
Helen Reed Kolbe (WCAS30), 93, Tempe, Ariz., May 30. Ms. Kolbe and her husband, Walter (EB28), left their comfortable life on the North Shore in the 1940s to live on an Arizona ranch, where they carved out a colorful life for themselves and their family. Committed to the ranch, called the Rail X, Ms. Kolbe would wake up before dawn to do her chores. In the mid-1960s the Kolbes sold the ranch and moved to Tucson, where Ms. Kolbe founded a volunteer group at the county hospital, and then to Tempe. Preceded in death by her husband and her son John (J, Nav 61), Ms. Kolbe is survived by sons Walter and Jim (WCAS, Nav65), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann (WCAS59); a foster daughter, Ginny Rousseau; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. |
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Kenneth Lohf
Kenneth A. Lohf (WCAS49), 77, New York City, May 9. At Columbia University’s library for 40 years, Mr. Lohf more than doubled the collection of rare books and manuscripts during his tenure as rare-book director, a position he held from 1967 to 1993. Under his management the collection of manuscripts and documents increased from 3 million to 26 million. One useful strategy he employed was to persuade Columbia graduates such as Bennett Cerf, founder of Random House, to donate exclusive materials. Born in Milwaukee, Mr. Lohf originally attended Amherst College but left to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces in India during World War II. After the war he studied English at Northwestern. Mr. Lohf is survived by his companion, Paul Palmer. |
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William O’Shea
William O’Shea (GJ70), 60, Lakeville, Conn., April 15. Although he held a variety of positions in journalism, Mr. O’Shea was first a Roman Catholic priest, ordained in 1967. Three years later he left the priesthood to study at Northwesten and then joined ABC-TV. From there Mr. O’Shea moved on to the Associated Press in New York City, where he worked on the general desk through the early 1970s as an editor, supervising the national news report. In 1976 he joined the New York Times News Service, rising to become general manager. Reuters was his next professional stop before joining a software company in the late 1990s. Mr. O’Shea is survived by his wife, Rosemary; sons James, William and Francis; his mother, Mary; and brothers Edward and Thomas. |
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Bessie Rhodes
Bessie Rhodes (GSESP72), 66, April 15, Skokie, Ill. Ms. Rhodes spent much of her life enhancing the school experience for the children of Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Named an assistant professor of education at Northwestern in 1970, she became District 65’s director of curriculum and instruction four years later. After retiring from the district in 1997, Ms. Rhodes coordinated Project EXCITE, a collaboration between the Northwestern Center for Talent Development, District 65 and Evanston Township High School to assist high-achieving minority students. Ms. Rhodes is survived by her husband, Frank Santos; a son, Robert; a sister, Cornelia Goss; a brother, William Lasley; a daughter-in-law, Joan Rhodes; and three grandchildren. RETURN TO DEATHS |
