Classmates Decoded

Classmates Decoded

Ever wonder about those strange designations we use throughout Northwestern to identify alumni of the various schools of the University? Here's the complete list.

AF Air Force Commission

CB Chicago Business

CPS Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute)

D Dental

EB Evanston Business

G Graduate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences)

GD Graduate Dental

GJ Graduate Journalism

GL Graduate Law

GM Graduate Medicine

GMcC Graduate McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

GMu Graduate Music

GS Graduate Speech

GSESP Graduate School of Education and Social Policy, Education

H Honorary

J Medill School of Journalism

KGSM Kellogg Graduate School of Management or Graduate Business

L Law

M Medicine

McC McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Mu Music

N Nursing

Nav Naval Commission

S Speech

SESP School of Education and Social Policy, Education

Tns Transportation Center

SCS School of Continuing Studies

WCAS Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts

 

Deaths

In Memoriam

We regret that we have space to list only survivors who are Northwestern alumni. All deaths were in 2001 unless otherwise noted.

1910–19

Margaret Wilcox Richards (WCAS15), Deltona, Fla.,
Aug. 5, 1999.

Minard E. Hulse Sr. (WCAS18, L22), Waukegan, Ill., June 12. Survivors include a niece, Barbara H. Sides (WCAS47).


1920–29

Mildred Lemmer (WCAS22, G25), Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 27, 2000.

Margaret Beegle Kaiser (WCAS23), Waukegan, Ill., July 18.

Katherine Bostwick (WCAS25), Daytona Beach, Fla., February 2001.

Helen L. Carter (WCAS26), Petersburg, Ill., April 30.

Helen M. Rowen (WCAS26), Cleveland, Nov. 13, 2000.

Althea Wellington Malchow (Mu27), Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 25.

Harriet C. Nelson (WCAS27), West Lafayette, Ind., June 25.

Iva R. Taylor (WCAS27), Rocton, Ill., March 24, 1999.

Margaret Wolf Miller Danielson (WCAS28), Lake Forest, Ill., Dec. 21, 1997.

Wilma Hetzel (WCAS28), Richmond, Calif., June 4.

Ruth E. Staley (Mu28), Bismarck, N.D., March 17.

Marie Urbanek Bechtold (Mu29), Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 2, 1998.

Harry Blomstrom (CB29), Wadsworth, Ohio, July 29, 2000.

Pearl B. Hagen (WCAS29, G30), Chicago, May 27.

Josephine Hinrichsen (G29, M35), St. Petersburg, Fla., June 14.

1930–39

Jean Evers Adams (WCAS30), Fairfield, Wash., May 15.

Robert E. Hunt (WCAS30), Summit, N.J., May 9. Survivors include a son, Jon C. (WCAS73, KGSM78), and a daughter-in-law, Kristine E. (SESP74).

Richard O. Parker (EB30), Morehead City, N.C., January 1997.

Helen Harvey (WCAS31), LaVerne, Calif., January 2001.

Helen Kennedy (WCAS31), Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1999.

Anna L. McGuffin (SESP31), Sun City, Ariz., Jan. 28.

Maynard A. Patton (McC31, GMcC32), Scottsdale, Ariz., June 23.

Ruth Jones Reinhard (WCAS31), Rockford, Ill., March 20, 1996.

G. Mildred Rogers (CB31), Piedmont, Calif., June 22, 1999.

Eugene Wuerfel (S31), Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1998. Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Eggum (SESP60), and a son-in-law, Paul Eggum (M60, 64).

Edwin G. Barton (M32), Sun City Center, Fla., April 2.

Betsy Ross Bevis (WCAS32), Stuart, Fla., May 4.

Robert R. Bowman (WCAS32), North Canton, Ohio, May 19, 2000. Survivors include a niece, Nancy E. Ankrom (WCAS53).

Sylvia R. Eberhart (J32), Bethesda, Md., April 24.

Cecelia Ostash (Mu32), Pasadena, Calif., April 23, 2000.

Raymond G. Sullivan (WCAS32, Nav32), Tempe, Ariz., May 27.

Charles G. Briggle Jr. (L33), Springfield, Ill., April 25.

Larkin E. Brooks (S33), Ventura, Calif., July 1, 2000.

Grace M. Everhart (WCAS33), Fort Lauderdale, Fla., March 11.

Annie E. Krug (WCAS33, GSESP34), Madison, Wis., April 30, 1998.

Helen S. Muns (WCAS33), Odessa, Texas, April 24, 2000.

William E. Bossart (EB34), Cheshire, Conn., May 14. Survivors include his wife, Charlotte W. (S35).

Edward Cameron Hitchcock (J34), Rockville, Md., May 26.

Lorraine Hoffman (J34), York, Pa., Aug. 9, 2000.

Alfred C. Martin Jr. (WCAS34, GSESP35), Batavia, Ill., April 27.

Betty S. Oshea (WCAS34), Ventura, Calif., April 5, 1999.

Maurice L. Zee (WCAS34, M38), Tucson, June 3.

Sylvia Berg (WCAS35), Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 27, 2000.

Joachim O. Czerwonky (J35), Evanston, April 16.

Eliot E. Foltz (WCAS35, GM39), Winnetka, Ill., April 28, 2000.

Susanna Tait Gilson (WCAS35), Town & Country, Mo., Dec. 3, 2000. Survivors include sisters Jean Davidson (SESP42) and Elizabeth Seibert (EB37), and a granddaughter, Anna (WCAS91).

Emilie Jahelka (SESP35), Riverside, Ill., Dec. 13, 2000.

Hugh B. Meserve (McC35), Yucaipa, Calif., April 18.

Harry E. Metz (WCAS35), Bisbee, Ariz., May 3.

Virginia McNicholas Secor (S35), Livonia, Mich., June 28, 2000. Survivors include a brother, John R. McNicholas (WCAS37).

Frank A. Solomon Jr. (WCAS35, M40), San Rafael, Calif., March 24. Survivors include a son, Frank A. (WCAS66).

Antonin M. Sterba (McC35), Park Ridge, Ill., June 14.

Harold B. Van Gorder (WCAS35), Sarasota, Fla., Oct. 19, 2000.

Mary Louise Endicott (WCAS36), Louisville, Dec. 2, 1999.

Christine Chakeres Levathes (KGSM36), Washington, D.C., June 20.

Sara E. Meloy (WCAS36), Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 1999.

Helen Ashby (S37), Roachdale, Ind., March 24, 2000.

Nora Bergman (WCAS37), Chicago, Sept. 22, 1999.

Harry Bierma Jr. (EB37), Normal, Ill., June 3, 2000.

Robert T. Boals (M37), Salem, Ore., May 17.

David Goodman (J37), Longboat Key, Fla., April 28. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis (Mu42).

Lenore B. Jacoby (S37), Claremont, Calif., April 22.

Lawrence Noall (M37), Portland, Ore., March 26.

Dorothy Trombold (SESP37), Haddonfield, N.J., April 26.

William Jackson Turbyfill Sr. (GD37), Asheville, N.C., March 10.

Dean C. Wellman (G37), Denver, April 10.

Carl Wolfe Jr. (KGSM37), Venice, Fla., Sept. 5, 1996.

Walter Zeiter (M37), Cleveland, Dec. 22, 2000.

Jean Boyles (WCAS38), Birmingham, Mich., Feb. 1. Survivors include her sister, Virginia Laux (WCAS35).

Mary Laura Vance Johnson (S38), Princeton, N.J., Dec. 10, 2000.

Joshua Oden Jr. (WCAS38), Rivera Beach, Fla., April 14.

Joseph Bosshart (G39), Boynton Beach, Fla., June 12.

Frances Eagleston (WCAS39), Greenfield, Ind., March 2001. Survivors include her husband, Robert B. (WCAS39).

James D. Reisser (EB39), Thousand Oaks., Calif., March 21. Survivors include
his wife, Harriet C. (S41).

Sheila F. Schwartz (D39), Clovis, N.M., Jan. 4, 2000.

Jane D. Sydell (EB39), Glenview, Ill., March 26. Survivors include her husband, Robert M. (EB38).

1940–49

Albert Bechtelheimer (McC40), Macomb, Ill., June 18.

James C.F. Chapman (WCAS40, M43, GM49), Boise, Idaho, June 12. Survivors include his wife, Jean L. (WCAS43).

John C. Hanley (WCAS40, M43), Great Falls, Mont., June 2, 1999.

Evelyn E. Illion (SESP40), Chicago, March 18.

James W. Liddell Jr. (McC40, Nav40, KGSM60), Conestoga, Pa. Survivors include a brother, William F. (McC44), and sisters Mary Jane Mertz (SESP41) and C. Elizabeth Jamison (SESP49).

Marjorie R. McAdams (S40), Dallas, May 3.

Orville Nothdurft (GSESP40), Peoria, Ill., June 4.

George C. Branston (WCAS41, GJ42), Grand Rapids, Jan. 18.

E. Marvin Buehler (WCAS41, L43), Arlington Heights, Ill., Nov. 1, 2000.

Stanley T. Burkoff (WCAS41, L43), Highland Beach, Fla., May 10. Survivors include his wife, Joyce S. (WCAS49), a daughter, Sara B. Owens (S82, GJ83), and a granddaughter, Amy Burkoff Kelley (WCAS94).

Arleene K. Elwood (SESP41), Batavia, Ill., June 12.

Hugh Kenneth Jennings (WCAS41), Santa Fe, N.M., March 20.

Betty Jane Leach (WCAS41), Ellicott City, Md., September 1997. Survivors include a daughter, Hollis Sunshine (WCAS71), and a son-in-law, Eugene Sunshine (WCAS71).

Henry Marx (WCAS41), Bethesda, Md., March 14. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Lurie (WCAS40).

John K. Seybold Sr. (D41), Englewood, Fla., April 12.

Ruth H. Shober (GSESP41), Fort Worth, Texas, May 28.

Edward A. Simmons (SESP41), Chicago, Oct. 29, 1999.

Peggy Van de Weghe (SESP41), Tulsa, Dec. 17, 1999.

Jeanette T. Dandridge (GS42), Topeka, Kan., April 22.

Francis Fitzgerald (Mu42), Indianapolis, July 1.

Virginia Hodell (WCAS42, GJ46), Upland, Calif., Aug. 8. Survivors include her husband, Mel (J43, GJ47).

Harry M. Jacobs (GMu42), Augusta, Ga., June 3.

Filipp J. Kreissl (WCAS42), Bloomfield Hills, Mich., September 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Vicky Ann Sapienza (WCAS64).

Else Seitzberg Kullman (SESP42), Cicero, Ill., April 14.

Amanda V. Lethco (Mu42, GMu44), Peterborough, N.H., Feb. 20, 2000.

Leonard V. Sloma (McC42, GMcC51), Chicago, Jan. 14. Survivors include a brother, Richard S. (EB51).

Duncan F. Vanderlip (SESP42), Roswell, Ga., Feb. 22. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen T. (Mu44).

Edna Jane Walker (CB42), Simi Valley, Calif., Feb. 28.

Marshall T. Wills (S42), Washington, D.C., March 9.

Patricia G. Hufford (WCAS43), Honolulu, May 9.

Tilmon Kreiling (WCAS43), Peoria, Ill., May 26. Survivors include a brother, Ernest (WCAS47).

Anne Liggitt (S43), Rock Island, Ill., May 27, 1998.

Mack Creager (EB44), Tulsa, March 2.

Marretta P. King (G44), Nazareth, Pa., June 26.

John S. Ziemniak (WCAS44), Chicago, March 26.

Robert Bailey (GM45, 49, 50), Northfield, Minn., Feb. 10.

Wilma C. Hanks (SESP45), St. Louis, Sept. 19, 1999.

Richard Leicher (McC45), Granite Bay, Calif., Dec. 18, 2000.

Virginia C. Peterson (GJ45), Portland, Ore., March 31.

Margaret M. Slacks (WCAS45), Tucson, May 20.

Shula L. Monroe (J46), San Diego, March 31.

Margaret Stanbury (J46), Carlsbad, Calif., Dec. 21, 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Butterfield (S72).

James M. Albertson (CB47), Buffalo Grove, Ill., April 10.

Bruce A. Bairstow (WCAS47, M51), Concord, N.H., Aug. 12, 2000.

Philip L. Gorman (CB47), Salem, Ore., April 16.

Paul T. Liggitt II (S47), Rock Island, Ill., April 14.

John Floyd Moore (WCAS47), Encino, Calif., Dec. 10, 2000.

Arrand Parsons (GMu47, 53), Wheaton, Ill., June 22.

Charles D. Perry (G47), Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 21. Survivors include a brother,
J. Warren (GSESP52, 55).

Geraldine B. Reisman (G47), Bloomfield, Mich., July 28, 2000.

Robert R. Salyard (WCAS47), Haverford, Pa., Dec. 1, 2000.

Edwin H. Smith (GD47), Richmond, Va., June 19.

Emanuel M. Steindler (J47, GJ48), Elmwood Park, Ill., May 19. Survivors include his wife, Maureen Westerberg (WCAS48).

Byron C. Veris (EB47), Northbrook, Ill., May 19. Survivors include his wife,
Sally B. (WCAS45).

Joan Forsythe Cordes (WCAS48), Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 30. Survivors include a son, Scott D. (WCAS79, M83), a daughter-in-law, Leslie Cordes (WCAS84), and a brother, Armstead P. Forsythe (McC56).

Donald C. Dinkmeyer Sr. (GSESP48), Coral Springs, Fla., May 17.

Joseph A. Fisher (J48, GJ49), Alexandria, Va., April 4.

C. Bernard Jacobs (CB48), Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 10.

Donald J. McRae (WCAS48, L51), Kewanee, Ill., April 15.

Arthur A. Nolan Jr. (WCAS48), Golf, Ill., July 14. Survivors include his wife, Patricia G. (WCAS49).

Paul B. Hessert (G49), Kingsley, Pa., May 10. Survivors include his wife, Alta Mae (G50).

Henry B. Kreer (J49), Glenview, Ill., July 15. Survivors include his wife, Irene (S48).

Lyman B. Olson (SESP49), Madison, Wis., September 1998.

Richard C. Powers (WCAS49, M50), Elgin, Ill., May 10. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy (SESP47).

Carlton A. Rieck (CB49), Northfield, Ill., April 18.

Wendell Wray Wright (G49, L51), Danville, Ill., May 16.

Albert W. Ziegler (EB49), Walworth, Wis., Nov. 10, 2000.

1950–59

Angeline P. Caruso (G50), Chicago, Nov. 8, 2000.

Lloyd B. Chaisson (D50), Duxbury, Mass., Aug. 6, 2000.

John F. Hardy (WCAS50), Mount Prospect, Ill., Jan. 1, 1999. Survivors include his wife, Barbara (S49), and brothers Maurice E. (EB48), Paul (S61) and Richard (L51).

Alice Armstrong Kent (GS50), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, May 20.

Charles C. Smith (WCAS50, D54), Oak Brook, Ill., April 12, 2000.

James A. Ayers (WCAS51), Troy, Mich., Feb. 4.

Bill G. Colburn (L51, GL53), Jacksonville, Ill., March 21.

Ralph W. Eichenberger (M51), Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 20.

Cornelia M. Griffin (GMu51), New Hartford, N.Y., April 21.

Donald B. Helm (McC51), Mount Holly, Va., Nov. 22, 1996.

Irene E. Hoyt (SESP51), Madison, Wis., Oct. 15, 1998.

Ben C. Markland (GS51), Tucson, Dec. 23, 2000.

Carlyle M. Munk (D51), Salt Lake City, June 20.

Richard Everett Noyes (WCAS51), Palm City, Fla., June 16.

Bert W. Pratt (KGSM51), Davis, Calif., April 18.

Mary Lou P. Sanders (GSESP51), Palos Park, Ill., May 4.

Marcia V. Sebaly (GSESP51), Kalamazoo, Mich., April 25.

Rita Kinsley Yardley-Vannell (Mu51), Rocky River, Ohio, March 2001.

Carl E. Bagge (L52), Bradenton, Fla., April 25. Survivors include a daughter, Carol B. Alberti (WCAS76).

Donald L. Brebner (G52), Wilmington, Del., Jan. 1.

Bruce L. Cerny (GMu52), Cicero, Ill., July 2001.

Harold Stanley Corbin (McC52), Gaithersburg, Md., June 6.

Neville J. Cox (D52), Sydney, Australia, May 29.

John Greve (McC52), Rock Island, Ill., April 6.

Hubbard W. Smith (M52, GM54, 55), Greeley, Colo., Feb. 13.

Robert A. Wells (G52), Mount Prospect, Ill., April 6.

Donald H. Glaum (EB53), Grand Rapids, April 12.

William R. McLain (KGSM53), Chicago, Feb. 3, 1999.

Robert D. Rudd (G53), Littleton, Colo., April 6.

William Spensley (CB53), Chicago, December 2000.

Ursula Owen Belyea (GJ54), Etobicoke, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2000.

Grace I. Cinnamon (GSESP54), Toulon, Ill., June 18.

Loraine E. Linke (SESP54), Milwaukee, Nov. 26, 2000.

Thomas J. Price (GMu54), Cameron, Mont., May 23.

Frank P. Smith (GSESP54), Chicago, May 10.

Thomas W. Clark (S55), River Grove, Ill., April 18.

Hunter O. Cutting (M55), Orinda, Calif., April 19.

Nancy McOsker Faulhaber (SESP55), Des Peres, Mo., Dec. 12, 2000.

Paul R. Merry (KGSM55), Bayfield, Colo., April 29.

Neil A. Morton (McC55), Elgin, Ill., May 10.

Martin W. Reinemann (G55), DeKalb, Ill., March 6.

Ann Ronvik (SESP55), Evanston, June 5. Survivors include her husband, Richard W. (Mu54, SESP58, GSESP62).

May E. Werrback (SCS55), Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 1.

Elbert V. Ainger (CB56), Antioch, Ill., April 25.

Eugene M. Batza (GS56), Cleveland, Feb. 19. Survivors include a brother, Virgil M. (GS54).

Elaine J. Borchardt (EB56), Crystal Lake, Ill., February 2001.

Louis W. Kershner (EB56), Norfolk, Va., June 20.

Robert F. Morman (EB56), Scottsdale, Ariz., June 21. Survivors include his wife, Sharon L. (WCAS57).

Roy B. Schneider (L56), Lake Geneva, Wis., May 6. Survivors include a son, Robert R. (L83).

George W. Cole (SCS57), Kenner, La., April 20.

Robert G. Lucas (WCAS, Nav57), Corona Del Mar, Calif., March 9. Survivors include brothers John E. (WCAS, Nav53) and William E. (EB55).

Hazen J. Baron (D58, G68), Morristown, N.J., Aug. 2.

Kurt Steingraeber (CB58), Melbourne, Fla., Dec. 2, 1999.

Marianne Harris Yesk (WCAS58), Newport Beach, Calif., May 18. Survivors include her husband, Albert J. (WCAS55), a daughter, Holly K. (S78, GS79), and a son, Robert H. (S78).

Claude K. Chappelear (WCAS59, Nav59, L65), Dallas, April 21.

Robert C. Guynn (CB59), Mount Prospect, Ill., April 13.

Mary R. Jeske (S59), Bradenton, Fla., June 22. Survivors include her husband, Frank M. (SESP57).

Judith Ann Johnson (SESP59), Park Ridge, Ill., Oct. 4, 2000.
1960–69

Suzanne J. Champine Byron (SESP60), Asheville, N.C., Jan.8.

J. Michael Fitzsimmons (S60, L63), Glen Ellyn, Ill., July 5. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne (SESP62).

Redmond Prindiville Hogan (WCAS60), Indianapolis, May 12.

William B. Bassett (WCAS61), New York City, Jan. 30.

John W. Gault (GSESP61), Backus, Minn., May 17.

Thomas Coyne III (GJ62), Encinitas, Calif., June 23. Survivors include his wife,
Ruth (SESP60).

Claire Miller (SESP62), Evergreen, Colo., April 17.

Diane Besser (Mu63), Santa Fe, N.M., June 20.

John J. Leonard (CB63), Williamsfield, Ill., July 13.

Earl E. Erickson (CB64), Lake Wales, Fla., Jan. 11, 1998.

Myrna P. Steinkamp (G64), Fort Collins, Colo., June 23, 2000.

Beverly Dodd (SESP65), Andover, Minn., April 28.

Robert J. Lilien (CB65), Tinley Park, Ill., March 10.

Janet Fehm Owen (GS65), Wilmette, Ill., May 3.

William R. Hazard (GSESP66), Evanston, May 7.

Mary Jo Weingarten (GSESP66), Plover, Wis., June 1, 2000.

Ronald Dale (EB67), Mount Prospect, Ill., Nov. 10, 1998.

Charles L. Fenger (SCS67), Chicago, February 2001.

Joseph L. Quinn Jr. (CB67), North Aurora, Ill., March 9.

Joanna L. Vokurka (WCAS67), Port Townsend, Wash., June 22, 2000.

Peter Copek (G69, 73), Corvallis, Ore., June 2001.

Bruce R. Deaton (S69), Mokena, Ill., May 16.

Nancy R. Gelman (GS69), Wayne, N.J., June 3.

Denis J. Keohane (G69), Manchester, N.H., June 16.

1970–79

John M. Collins Jr. (WCAS70), Kenilworth, Ill., July 5.

Thomas F. Deegan (G70), Chicago, June 1.

Minerva C. Hart (SCS70), Tollhouse, Calif., Jan. 18, 1999.

John M. Scott (KGSM70), Barrington, Ill., Nov. 5, 2000.

John J. Trotta (CB70), Lombard, Ill., June 27.

Gerard Brunner (KGSM71), Winfield, Ill., Nov. 26, 2000.

Lucille H. Davis (G71), Houston, June 21.

Lois M.B. Herbolsheimer (WCAS71), Harvard, Mass., May 4. Survivors include her husband, George L. (WCAS71).

David P. Campbell (M72), Placitas, N.M., June 18.

Carol W. Scattergood (GMu72), Glencoe, Ill., July 7. Survivors include her husband, Richard (GSESP68).

David K. Hewett (KGSM73), Chicago, March 20.

Theodore J. Heppner (GMu74), Chicago, Aug 12.

Eric M. Anderson (SESP75), Rockford, Ill., Oct. 7, 1998.

Scott Lee (S75), Wheaton, Ill., May 6.

Patrick Riordan (GJ75), Tampa, June 1.

Alan Bergsma (M77), San Diego, May 3.

Edward L. Lembitz Jr. (WCAS78, L81), Glen Ellyn, Ill., May 31. Survivors include his wife, Karen R. (McC81).

1980–89

Stephanie H. Cayten (L81), Exeter, N.H., Dec. 30, 1997.

Ann Lee Dugan (WCAS81), Evanston, April 9, 2000.

Arthur H. Miller (G81), Chicago, July 13. Survivors include his daughter, Krista A. (WCAS80).

Ernest G. Peralta (WCAS81), Cambridge, Mass., May 17, 1999.

Susan McAvinn (D84), Stanhope, N.J., June 12.

Jeffrey Helfer (WCAS85), San Francisco, July 14. Survivors include his wife, Susan Ann (WCAS87).

Robert S. Walicki (SCS85), Danville, Ill., April 15.

James W. Conklin (SCS86), Chicago, Feb. 12, 2000.

Marcelle Williams (L86), Chicago, December 1997.

Randi Anthony Bondi (McC87), Park Ridge, Ill., Dec. 5, 2000.

1990–99

Jose A. Persico (KGSM90), Mexico City, May 12.

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