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Deaths

We regret that we have space to list only survivors who are Northwestern alumni. All deaths were in 2006 unless otherwise noted.

1920–29

Lucile Lortscher Sheiman (WCAS26), Berkeley, Calif., Nov. 9, 2003

Elizabeth Fletcher Howell Feltman (WCAS28), Scottsdale, Ariz., June 12; survivors include a son, Richard E. Howell Jr. (WCAS49), and a daughter-in-law, Betty Fox Howell (WCAS47)

Ruth McNamara Felton (WCAS29), Berkeley, Ill., July 2006

Everett A. Wilkinson (FSM29), Overland Park, Kan., March 30, 2005

1930–39

Helen Hansmann Leister (WCAS31), Evanston, April 8

Rose Dobberpuhl Hill (WCAS33), Germantown, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2005

Barbara Bordwell Buddemeier (WCAS34), Champaign, Ill., June 8; survivors include a sister, Jean Bordwell Burtness (WCAS44), and a niece, Janet Albright Lehman (WCAS71)

Karl J. Palmberg (WCAS34, FSM38), Spring Valley, Calif., April 11; survivors include a son, Paul F. Palmberg (FSM65, 69, 70)

James B. Wilkie (McC34), West Hartford, Conn., April 25

Jane Martin Finlayson (WCAS35), Bonifay, Fla., July 17; survivors include a son, John R. Martinson (KSM59)

Dorothy Darby Lippincott (WCAS35), Colorado Springs, Jan. 13; survivors include a son, David H. Lippincott (EB59), and a daughter, Cynthia Lippincott (WCAS63)

Mary Brammer Harper (WCAS36), Des Moines, May 22

Orba F. Traylor (L36), Huntsville, Ala., May 28

Edward P. Barry Jr. (EB37), Vetulonia, Italy, June 16, 2005; survivors include a sister, Nancy Barry Bender (WCAS35)

Margaret Sweet Brissman (SESP37), Rock Island, Ill., July 20

May Carter Duncan (GSESP37), Salem, Va., Nov. 8, 2005

Frank D. Bernard (D38, FSM43, GFSM44), Sturgeon Bay, Wis., April 8

Ben Boxerman (L38), St. Louis, April 4

Alice Burry Hoffman (WCAS38), Fort Wayne, May 27; survivors include a daughter, Alice Lissa Hoffman Petersen (WCAS66)

Robert D. Innes (J38), Fountain Valley, Calif., March 29

John H. O’Neil (WCAS38, L40), Los Alamos, N.M., May 28

Louis F. Sandock (WCAS38), Tucson, April 9; survivors include his wife, Phyllis Silvertrust Sandock (WCAS39), a grandson, David S. Sandock (WCAS85), and a granddaughter-in-law, Joyce Mandel Sandock (McC87)

George M. Wilson (GSESP38), Arlington, Va., July 3

Norman Greenberg (WCAS39), Van Nuys, Calif., March 7; survivors include his wife, Eunice Yordan Greenberg (Mu39)

Ida McCoy Griffith (WCAS39), Richardson, Texas, May 20

Edmona Henderson Mackley (C39), Phoenix, Dec. 31, 2005; survivors include her brother James Henderson (WCAS43, L48)

Frank J. Magee (EB39), Evanston, May 4; survivors include a sister-in-law, Genevieve Bannerman Wayman (Mu37), and a nephew, M. Graeme Bannerman Jr. (WCAS67)

Emory S. Naylor Jr. (EB39, Nav39, L46), Stuart, Fla., May 17; survivors include his wife, Margaret Elliott Naylor (SESP41), and a granddaughter, Marcy L. Naylor (WCAS03)

John C. O’Leary (WCAS39), Des Moines, April 17

Fanchon Gelbard Rosen (Mu39), Oak Park, Ill., June 4

1940–49

Helena Goudvis Hale (C40), Santa Barbara, Calif., May 28; survivors include a daughter, Sherrill Hale Reiff (WCAS72)

James E. McDaniel (WCAS40), Ventura, Calif., March 8, 2005

Robert C. Price (WCAS40), Melbourne, Fla., May 23, 2005

Doris Biser Watson (WCAS40), Tijeras, N.M., Nov. 16, 2005

Chesna Cohen Weisberg (SCS40), Pacifica, Calif., June 13, 2004

Wendall W. Adams (FSM41), Alliance, Neb., April 7; survivors include his son, Wendall W. Adams Jr. (WCAS72)

Robert B. Applehans (WCAS41), Tulsa, March 3; survivors include his wife, Frances Williamson Applehans (WCAS41)

Cyril Bachorik Jr. (SESP41, GSESP46), Battle Creek, Mich., April 18; survivors include his wife, Helen Pike Bachorik (GSESP47)

Beverly Burg Gelman (G41), Chicago, May 28

Jane Dillbahner Kaufmann (WCAS41), Exeter, N.H., July 17

Virginia Freeberg Matson (SESP41), Suffolk, Va., June 13

Herbert R. Silvers (WCAS41), Johnson City, Tenn., April 18

Oliver H. Beahrs (FSM42), Rochester, Minn., Jan. 7

Shirley H. Brereton (WCAS42), Belvidere, Ill., April 27; survivors include a sister, Beverly Hallgren (WCAS46)

George R. Dutton Jr. (EB42, KSM52), Hinsdale, Ill., July 21; survivors include a daughter, Sarah Dutton Monks (KSM86)

David M. Gooder (L42), Chicago, July 22; survivors include a daughter, Wendy Gooder Sarno (C65), and a granddaughter, Brooke Sarno Royse (WCAS84)

William B. Banta (EB43), Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., April 5; survivors include his wife, Jeanne Montague Banta (WCAS43), a son, William M. Banta (WCAS67, L70), and a grandson, Drue Banta (WCAS09)

Thomas G. Donahue (WCAS43, Nav43), Fort Belvoir, Va., April 21

Edwin M. Monsell Jr. (McC43), Rochester Hills, Mich., June 2003; survivors include his wife, Marguerite Reilender Monsell (C44), a daughter, Mary Monsell Mertz (J74) and a son, E.M. Monsell (GFSM83)

Howard L. Saylor Jr. (FSM43), Rapid City, S.D., April 10

James E. Smith (D43), of Livingston, Mont., July 1, 2003

Donald L. Temple Sr. (WCAS43), Jupiter, Fla., May 21

Suzanne Vandenbroeck (WCAS43), Eagle River, Wis., December 2004

Lorraine Meyers Behnke (Mu44), Northfield, Ill., Nov. 30, 2005; survivors include a sister, Marjorie Meyers Rotermund (Mu54, GMu55)

Mary Jean Topp Hauch (FSM44), Pomona, Calif., May 19; survivors include her husband, Edward W. Hauch (FSM44, 45), and a son, Thomas W. Hauch (FSM72)

Elizabeth J. Pemberton (SESP44), Long Beach, Calif., May 28

William A. Schumacher (EB44), Oxford, Mich., April 14

Russell G. Attridge Jr. (McC45, Nav45), Sunapee, N.H., Jan. 16; survivors include his wife, Patricia Oetjen Attridge (WCAS46)

Elizabeth Cooper Blum (J45), Atlantic Beach, Fla., July 5; survivors include a daughter, Theresa A. Blum (C74)

James M. Brooks (FSM45, GFSM50), Elgin, Ill., Aug. 19

Harriette Ginsberg Freeman (WCAS45), Davenport, Iowa, April 5; survivors include a sister, Elaine Ginsberg Glickman (WCAS43), and a grandson, Eric Bowers (WCAS91)

Jack R. Halvorsen (McC45, L50), Lake Barrington, Ill., June 7

Jane Hadden Hillias (SESP45), Lenexa, Kan., Nov. 21, 2004

James Haddon Peck Jr. (FSM45), San Diego, April 1; survivors include his wife, Jane Dafoe Peck (WCAS46), and a daughter, Martha Peck Shumaker (C69)

Earl P. Whitson (McC45), Seattle, May 2006

Paul Ables (WCAS46), Honolulu, May 2005

Nancy Williams Cloninger (WCAS46), Little Rock, April 17; survivors include a sister, Priscilla Williams Magee (WCAS45)

Homer L. Cox (SESP46, GSESP55), St. Louis, May 12

Patricia Kreimer DeRoy (WCAS46), Pittsburgh, May 8; survivors include a daughter, Diane DeRoy Michelson (WCAS75)

John E. Devito Jr. (WCAS46), Martinez, Calif., May 6

Barbara Davis Enberg (GC46), LaVerne, Calif., Dec. 12, 2005

C. Richard Fifield (WCAS46), Pasadena, Texas, Nov. 13, 2005

Emma Lila Fundaburk (G46), Luverne, Ala., June 3

James B. Hurd (FSM46, GFSM49, 50, 51), Lake Barrington, Ill., June 9

Aileen Adami Sherman (WCAS46), Peoria, Ill., May 3

Jacqueline Frank Stolkin (C46), Indianapolis, May 25

Theodore A. Austin (CB47), Port Charlotte, Fla., April 18

William J. Ballard (GMu47), Ashland, Ore., Aug. 2

Wilfred J. Berg (GMu47), Sheboygan Falls, Wis., May 8

Robert C. Lindberg (EB47), Randolph, N.J., September 2005

Maralee Irwin Lindley (WCAS47), Springfield, Ill., June 7

Jack L. Salkin (SESP47), Skokie, Ill., Jan. 16

Martha Wells Shelp (Mu47), Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 8

Harley J. Stucky (G47, 49), North Newton, Kan., Nov. 11, 2005

James H. Winter (GMu47), Fresno, Calif., June 12

Herman L. Berthold Jr. (CB48), West Chicago, Ill., June 22

Russell J. Cook (C48),  Stamford, Conn., June 22

Herbert L. Crouch (GC48), Milton, Wis., July 18

Leonard R. Fergin (McC48), Pensacola, Fla., April 10

William A. Hill (G48), Naperville, Ill., June 6

Barbara B. Kent (G48), Chester, Pa., June 2

Doris Swanson Kord (EB48), Belmont, Calif., April 9

Sheilah Brenner Lang (WCAS48), Elk Grove Village, Ill., April 19

Kenneth E. Reichert (CB48), Arroyo Grande, Calif., May 27, 2005

Joseph E. Siegel (J48), Los Angeles, Sept. 15, 2005

John V. Tellaisha (GMu48), Tucson, Aug. 1

Robert E. Brach Jr. (McC49), Desert Hot Springs, Calif., May 9

Donald W. Dooley (McC49), Wilmette, Ill., May 28

Angela Killam Guthrie (D49), Springfield, Ill., Nov. 4, 2004

Gene G. Himelstein (C49, L51), Los Angeles, Feb. 11; survivors include a brother, Mandel E. Himelstein (WCAS54, L59)

Norma Jean Stearns Hoener (SESP49, GSESP68), Yardley, Pa., Oct. 5, 2005; survivors include a cousin, David W. Hafemeister (McC57)

Vincent A. Jordan (L49), Springfield, Va., April 20

Herbert Lustigson (CB49), San Diego, May 5

Jean E. McMillen (WCAS49), Pascagoula, Miss., Feb. 4

David Messro (CB49), Boca Raton, Fla., June 13; survivors include his wife, Eva Brauchle Messro (WCAS54)

Thomas P. Price Jr. (FSM49, 50), Gallipolis, Ohio, May 20

Leonard Schechter (WCAS49), Longboat Key, Fla., March 20

Ben T. Schiek (CB49), Macomb, Ill., Jan. 27, 2005

Marilyn Loeppert Thurau (C49), Oakland, Calif., May 23; survivors include a brother, H. Verne Loeppert (McC44), and a sister-in-law, Frances Schnitzer Loeppert (Mu41, GMu45)

Charles J. Vojta Jr. (CB49), Mount Prospect, Ill., July 2

1950–59

John L. Carleton (FSM50), Santa Barbara, Calif., April 29

Carlos W. Crabb (WCAS50), Seattle, Sept. 29, 2004

Jean Tankersley Hall (WCAS50), Jackson, Tenn., July 26, 2005

Andrew T. Kopan (G50), River Forest, Ill., July 1

Charles F. Mikuta (CB50), Palatine, Ill., May 22

James Parsegian (WCAS50), Chicago, Aug. 10; survivors include his sisters, Arline Parsegian Hartman (WCAS58) and Jane Parsegian Hovsepian (WCAS53)

William Ross (WCAS50, GSESP56), Lisle, Ill., June 10

Wallace A. Swanson (Mu50), Iron Mountain, Mich., March 16, 2005

Richard R. Tiemersma (G50, 62), Grand Rapids, July 4

William C. Tippens (WCAS50), Chicago, July 10; survivors include a brother-in-law, Horace W. Jordan Sr. (L40), a nephew, Horace W. Jordan Jr. (L88), and a stepmother-in-law, Frances Elizabeth Lambright Wilkinson (WCAS38)

Bruce R. Bodell (WCAS51, FSM55, GFSM60), Tarzana, Calif., April 16

Kenneth B. Cox (McC51), Crestview, Fla., July 21

Rogerta Dickinson Julien-Slauf (C51), Glen Ellyn, Ill., May 20; survivors include a brother, Roger Dickinson (EB54, KSM59)

Clyde W. Kurtz (FSM51), Greer, Ariz., April 19; survivors include his wife, Margaret Wilson Kurtz (C51), a daughter, Lisa Kurtz Keylon (C87), and a brother, Harold Kurtz (D47)

James A. Loder (D51), Georgetown, Texas, Dec. 1, 2005

James F. Oates III (WCAS51), Richmond, Va., April 19, 2005

Louis Rothschild Jr. (J51, GJ52), Washington, D.C., June 25

Donald F. Scalzo (KSM51), Wilmette, Ill., June 19

John M. Clark (EB52), Naples, Fla., May 4

William R. Graves (GJ52), El Dorado, Kan., July 17

Agnes M. Haaga (GC52), Seattle, May 9

Claude H. Koons (FSM52), Des Moines, June 27

George Ogilvie (WCAS52, L57), Las Vegas, June 16

Frank H. Wittow (WCAS52), Santa Barbara, Calif., April 10

John L. Wright (J52), Newport News, Va., May 1

Stuart C. Dew Jr. (EB53), West Palm Beach, Fla., June 29

Paul J. Ellis (EB53), Aurora, Ill., March 11

Robert K. Heady (J53), North Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 4

Helen Turner Johnson (GSESP53), Northfield, Ill., May 26

George G. Lindesmith (FSM53, GFSM55, 60, 61), Arcadia, Calif., Jan. 7

Arthur H. Norton (FSM53, 56), Pomona, Calif., June 27

Larry E. Attebery (C54), Henderson, Nev., May 5

Ann Englander (WCAS54, G56, 66), Chicago, July 7

Carroll S. Feagins (WCAS54), Greensboro, N.C., March 18

Albert L. Moeng Jr. (CB54), Westminster, Colo., June 25

Dan E. Nestor (CB54), Homosassa, Fla., Feb. 2

Endrik Noges (McC54, GMcC56, 59), Kenmore, Wash., June 6

Carlos E. Burnett (KSM55), Leola, Pa., Oct. 17, 2004

Bernice Wojnowski Hunter (SESP55), Sayre, Pa., March 28; survivors include a daughter, Barbara C. Hunter (WCAS64, G75, L81)

David A. Jones (G55), Houston, May 8

Charles K. Vilim Jr. (WCAS55, G63), Park Ridge, Ill., July 10

Mary Catherine Walker (G55), San Antonio, May 5

Laverne Decker (SCS56), Calumet City, Ill., May 26

Veryl D. Johnson (WCAS56), Lakeway, Texas, April 24; survivors include his wife, Janet Howard Johnson (C57)

Frederick Dean Lawson (EB56), May 29, Plymouth, Minn.

Benjamin K.C. Shim (G56), Erie, Pa., Nov. 11, 2005

Nicholas A. Poulos (WCAS57), Burr Ridge, Ill., May 23

John D. Stillwell (C57), Dallas, November 2005

Kenneth D. Watson (WCAS57), Old Fort, Ohio, June 15

Louis Beres (C58), Chicago, Aug. 31; survivors include a brother, George H. Beres (J55)

John J. Bajtos (SESP59), Youngstown, Ohio, June 2006

Ruth Ann Finch (GSESP59), Waupaca, Wis., April 26

Kenneth E. Houtz (McC59), Port Charlotte, Fla., June 14; survivors include a brother, Norman E. Houtz (McC58), and a niece, Vivian R. Hessel (WCAS86)

Nancy Schoening Stader (N59), Downers Grove, Ill., June 24

1960–69

Vernon A. Reisenleiter Jr. (McC60), St. Louis, June 30

Dennis P. Kyros (EB61), Oak Brook, Ill., May 24

Kurt A. Henschen (C62), West Lafayette, Ind., April 26

Arthur Neyhus (GC62), Chicago, July 2006

Ando Teder (EB62), Mission Viejo, Calif., May 24; survivors include his wife, Bonnie Little Teder (WCAS62)

Stanley P. Blair (D63, GD67), Hartford, March 15; survivors include a son, Grant W. Blair (WCAS94)

Michael F. Elliott (McC63), Centerville, Ohio, April 14

Genevieve H. Duffin (CB64), Chicago, Sept. 22, 2005

Carol Price Luttrell (SESP64), Burlington, Conn., May 22

H. Raymund Barcus (D65), Winter Park, Fla., June 2006

Terrell C. Moritz (FSM65), Tucson, June 23

Joseph W. Segura (FSM65), Rochester, Minn., May 23

Reuben J. Snow (G65, 66), Provo, Utah, June 6

Daniel W. Weil (L65), Chicago, May 30

Barbara Croker Bean (J66), Chicago, April 3; survivors include her father, William J. Croker (J39), and her mother, Mary Moulton Croker (J38)

Stephen R. Oda (J66, GJ67), Honolulu, April 18

Harriet Kandel Rohde (J66, GJ67), Scottsdale, Ariz., January 2006

Cheryl Martindill Rennix (J67), Longmont, Colo., March 27

Francis X. Vogel (G67), Glenview, Ill., July 17

Rene Savich (C69), Alameda, N.M., April 12

1970–79

Elayne L. Donenberg (Mu70), Chicago, June 13

Gerald A. Weihs (L70), Vergennes, Vt., July 1

Lillian Jordan Dailey (WCAS71), Shaker Heights, Ohio, Jan. 25

Ronald A. Kober (CB71, SCS75, 79), Scottsdale, Ariz., April 25

Walter A. Roman (CB71), Brookfield, Ill., June 23

Donald E. Wichlin (CB71), Libertyville, Ill., April 30

Jay K. Clotfelter (GJ74), Park Ridge, Ill., October 2005

Bruce I. Terman (McC74), Tenafly, N.J., May 6

Winston W. Tom (WCAS74), Mesa, Ariz., May 10, 2004

Andrew Yurksaitis (KSM74), Aurora, Ill., Sept. 6, 2005

Kathleen O’Connell McCarthy (WCAS75, KSM79), Barrington, Ill., March 29, 2005; survivors include a son, Brian M. McCarthy (WCAS06)

Michael E. Goldman (GFSM76, 79, 80), Northbrook, Ill., June 3

Carl E. Grad Jr. (GMcC76), Raleigh, N.C., July 21

Helen Higman-Leidemann (WCAS76), Kailua, Hawaii, April 28; survivors include her husband, Michael F. Leidemann (J75)

Kathleen E. Roberts (KSM78), Stanford, Calif., April 14

Hugh C. Turner Jr. (GMu79), Richmond, Va., April 4

1980–89

Thomas P. Kisala (McC80), Brighton, Mass., June 1; survivors include his wife, Jeri Snyder Kisala (WCAS80)

Valerie J. Warshauer (WCAS80), Flat Rock, N.C., Nov. 8, 2005

Kent W. Nowels (FSM81, 83, GFSM87), April 20; survivors include his wife, Susan Johnson Nowels (FSM84, GFSM87)

Paul T. Wilkinson (KSM82), Glencoe, Ill., March 30

Judith Leve Prager (KSM83), Highland Park, Ill., May 31

Tammy Berge Bialosky (L85), Bloomfield, Hills, Mich., July 13; survivors include her husband, David L. Bialosky (L85)

Joseph M. Browne (FSM87), San Francisco, July 8

1990–99

Lori L. Loucks (L91), Shelburne, Vt., April 21, 2005

Darren M. Stach (WCAS92), Ferndale, Wash., Feb. 4

Lloyd G. Richards (H95), New York City, June 29

2000–06

Adam R. Roux (SESP01), San Diego, July 15

School Codes

AF: Air Force Commission

C: Communication (formerly Speech)

CB: Chicago Business

CPS: Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute)

D: Dental

EB: Evanston Business

FSM: Feinberg School of Medicine

G: Graduate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences or School of Continuing Studies)

GC: Graduate Communication (formerly Graduate Speech)

GD: Graduate Dental

GFSM: Graduate Feinberg School of Medicine

GJ: Graduate Journalism

GL: Graduate Law

GMcC: Graduate McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

GMu: Graduate Music

GSESP: Graduate School of Education and Social Policy, Education

H: Honorary

J: Medill School of Journalism

KSM: Kellogg School of Management or Graduate Business

L: Law

McC: Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Mu: Music

N: Nursing

Nav: Naval Commission

PT: Physical Therapy

SCS: School of Continuing Studies (formerly University College, Continuing Education, Evening Divisions)

SESP: School of Education and Social Policy, Education

Tns: Transportation Center

WCAS: Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts