The Department of Chemistry fondly remembers those alumni who have passed away since 2017.
(Please note: this list may be incomplete.)
Ronald Tracy Adams (MS, ’66), August 14, 2017
Nancy (Armstrong) Aldrich (MS, '49), May 13, 2018
Gary Bruce Allen (BS, '72; MS, '73), June 1, 2022
John David "Dave" Angerer, Sr. (MS, '65; PhD, '68, Applequist) Oct. 13, 2022
Charles Robbins Arnold (AB/BA, '61), February 12, 2021
George Craig Atkinson (BS, '82), August 21, 2021
Harry Babad (MS, '61; PhD, '61, Applequist), December 21, 2021
Audrey Jean Babcock (MS, '03), September 11, 2021
George W. Bailey (PhD, ’55, G. Clark) Jan. 18, 2023
Gerald “Jerry” Bakker (PhD, ’59) Nov. 7, 2022
Joan Koval Baldwin (BS, '72), November 16, 2021
John Joseph Beer (MS, '52), October 2, 2021
Harry Ray Beilfuss (PhD, '52, Snyder), February 14, 2017
Richard Charles Benson (PhD, '72, Flygare) April 5, 2023
Helen Mary (Strawbridge) Bernardez (MS, '46), May 16, 2021
Stephen Paul Birkeland (BS, '53), April 24, 2022
Walter Rober Bliss (MS, '52), January 26, 2022
Dale C. Blomstrom (PhD, '53, Adams), August 3, 2017
Herbert John Bluhm (BS, '58), January 9, 2021
Elizabeth Sonneman Blythe (BS, '60), November 11, 2019
Duane Thomas Bogner (BS, '69), May 11, 2021
Irma Jane (Rau) Bolam (BS, ’51), January 12, 2018
James Alan Bonham (PhD, '66, Beak), July 30, 2020
Kenneth Wayne Boyer (MS, '71; PhD, '74, Laitinen), June 20, 2020
Warren W. Brandt (PhD, ’49, Smith), July 4, 2017
Alan Richard Branfman (MS, '70; PhD, '73, Rinehart), February 5, 2019
Donald Eugene Brasure (PhD, ’53, Fuson), July 23, 2023
Almut Frerichs Breazeale (BS, '60) September 16, 2022
James Henry Brewster (PhD, '48, Snyder), October 4, 2020
Irwin Brink (PhD, ’57, Wall), June 23, 2017
William Giering Britton (MS, '47), March 30, 2019
Richard J.C. Brown (PhD, ’62, Gutowsky) Dec. 29, 2022
Robert E. Burge Jr. (BS, ’48), September 30, 2017
Lila Pearl Burgess (BS, ’47), March 10, 2018
Robert Gideon Carlson (BS, '59), November 26, 2020
Marguerite Hope Chafee (BS, '66), January 4, 2022
William E. Chambers (MS, ’57, PhD, 60, Malmstadt), August 19, 2023
Stephen Norman Chesler (MS, '69; PhD, '71, Juvet), November 10, 2019
Wilmon Blackmar Chipman, Jr. (PhD, '60, Marvel), April 18, 2020
Larry William Clark (PhD, ’70, Nishida), July 25, 2017
Milton Laverne Cofield (MS, '77; PhD, '79, Belford), April 30, 2022
Addison Gilbert Cook (PhD, ’59, Leonard) July 8, 2022
Minor Jesser (Jud) Coon (PhD, '46, Rose), September 5, 2018
Wilmer "Will" Ray Cornman, Jr. (PhD, '54, Yankwich), April 20, 2019
Charles E. Coverdale (PhD, ’65, Rinehart)
Harry Norman Cripps (PhD, ’51, Marvel), December 7, 2017
Stanley Ross Crouch (PhD, '67, Malmstadt), March 9, 2022
Aldo Joseph Crovetti (MS, '52; PhD, '55, Taylor), October 27, 2020
John William Crump (PhD, ’57, Curtin) Feb. 9, 2023
LouAnn Cruz (PhD, '96, Sweedler), May 4, 2019
Glenn Wherry Cullen (MS, ’54; PhD, ’56, Moeller), January 23, 2017
William Toole (Bill) Curless (BS, '49), November 2, 2018
George John Cvejanovich (BS, '48), June 29, 2019
Danica "Dana" Dabich (PhD, '60, Vestling), June 20, 2020
Linda (Larson) Damos (BS, '70), June 23, 2020
Rachel (Kopel) Dare (MS, '49), October 11, 2018
Beverly Bruce Daszkiewicz (BS, '64), September 22, 2019
Randal Lee Decker (BS, '78), September 22, 2019
William Goman "Bill" DePierri Jr. (PhD, '57, Marvel), March 15, 2020
John Edward Devries (PhD, '1944, Smith), July 1, 2019
Bodie Douglas (PhD, ’49, Bailar Jr), March 24, 2018
Richard James Douthart (PhD, '68, Bloomfield), February 5, 2019
Palmer Dyal (PhD, '59, Hummel), August 7, 2018
Norman Williston Earle (BS, '49; MS, '50), February 20, 2020
Clarke Wesley Earley (PhD, '87, Klemperer), January 9, 2022
Alan Ford Ellis (PhD, '63, Rinehart), March 19, 2021
Darrell Paul Eyman (PhD, ’64, Drago) October 2022
John Figueras (MS, '50; PhD, '52, Leonard), July 4, 2019
Farley Fisher (PhD, '65, Applequist), March 20, 2022
Mary Grace Flannery (MS, '81), October 3, 2020
Mildred Margaret (Findlay) Fogel (PhD, '70, Hastings), February 13, 2021
Robert (Bob) Lancaster Folger (BS, '48), September 19, 2020
Verlin W. Foltz (BS, '53), May 30, 2018
Carlton Dan Foote (PhD, '63 [Chemical Engineering], Wold, ), October 10, 2021
Wayne L. Franzen (BS, ’66) March 17, 2023
Edward Joe Friihauf (MS, '60; PhD, '61, Bailar), July 13, 2020
Jacob "Jack" Fuchs (MS, '47; PhD, '50, Clark), January 3, 2021
Valentine D. Galasyn (MS, '57; PhD, '58, Moeller) December 2, 2022
Ralph A. Gardner-Chavis (BS, ’43), March 27, 2018
Jan (Fox) Geldermann (MS, '46), August 21, 2018
Samuel Gelfand (PhD, '53, Leonard), March 8, 2022
Hugh Harper Gibbs (PhD, '56, Adams), April 24, 2020
Richard E. Glick (BS, '51), June 1, 2018
Nicholas John (Nick) Goetzinger (BS, ’55), November 6, 2017
Roland Joseph Grishaber (AM/MA, '52), October 18, 2018
Gerold M. Grodsky (BS, ’47; MS, ’48) December 29, 2022
William Henry Gumprecht (BS, '53), May 3, 2019
Arlen James Hagen (BS, '56), May 2, 2021
Henry Kingston Hall Jr. (Phd, '49, Frank), October, 25, 2018
Geoff Todd Halvorsen (BS, '04), February 12, 2020
Robert Nelson Hammer (PhD, '54, Audrieth), September 14, 2020
Kenneth William Hanck (MS, '66; PhD, '69, Laitinen), November 28, 2019
Walter William Hanneman (BS, '49), December 12, 2020
Robert Junior Harder (PhD, '56, Curtin), November 22, 2019
Patrick Thomas Hardesty (PhD, '80, Faulkner), September 10, 2019
Harold Hart (BS, '41), November 17, 2019
George Edgar Hartwell Jr. (MS, '64; PhD, '66, Brown), November 4, 2020
Gordon E. Hartzell (PhD, '58, Marvel), April 20, 2019
Allan Stuart Hay (PhD, ’55, Leonard), August 14, 2017
Joanne E. (Lindgren) Heal (BS, '50), December 1, 2020
Yngve Gustav Hendrickson (PhD, ’55, Curtin), October 26, 2017
Richard Leslie Hinman (PhD, '52, Snyder), February 10, 2021
Barbara Jean “Bobby” (Cross) Hoeck (BS, ’53) – February 28, 2023
Milton Louis Hoefle Jr. (BS, '43), November 23, 2020
Gregory A. Hoffman (PhD, '83), October 29, 2023
Linus Henry Horcher (BS, '57), February 9, 2000
Linus Henry Horcher, II (BS, '79), April 2, 2022
Jean Cecelia Hoverson (BS, '52), January 5, 2019
James Edward Huheey (MS, '59; PhD, '61, Moeller), February 4, 2020
George Everett Inglett (BS, '49), September 7, 2020
Lawrence E. Jagmin (BS, '73), October 20, 2020
Paul Raymond Jones (PhD, '56, Fuson), January 3, 2019
Catherine Williams Kallal (MS, '46), November 4, 2018
Dr. Charles Kasper (BS, '58), September 5, 2023
Blossom S. (Zeidman) Katz (BS, '44; MS, '46), December 24, 2020
Chester Eugene Kean (BS, '48), July 26, 2020
Ellen Ann Keiter (PhD, '86, Brown), December 10, 2019
David B. Kellom (postdoctoral fellow, 1952-53), June 21, 2017
Robert Hollis Kerr (MS, '69), December 16, 2019
Edward Henry Kidera (BS, '51), June 20, 2019
William (Bill) Harvey Klein (MS, '70 [Chemistry]; PhD, '73 [Biochemistry], Clark), March 9, 2021
Jerome Bernard Klose (BS, '47), September 1, 2020
James Herbert Klug (PhD, '70, Applequist), November 18, 2019
Rudolph Ward Kluiber (BS, '50), December 2, 2020
Soter G. Kokalis (MS, ’60; PhD, ’62) — April 12, 2023
Roger Elliott Koontz (BS, '62), January 12, 2021
Peter Kovacic (PhD, '46, Snyder), March 11, 2022
Charles Ronald Kutal (MS, '68; PhD, '70, Bailar Jr.), August 29, 2019
Richard Allen Larson (PhD, 68) Nov. 3, 2022
William Joseph Lennarz (PhD, '59, Snyder), October 27, 2021
William Harris Libby (PhD, '49, Fuson), March 9, 2021
Rex Devon Lindsay (BS, '47), April 18, 2019
Ronald Charles Link (AB/BA, ’61) April 9, 2023
Valerie Jean (Hall) Lawler (BS '64), March 10, 2021
Thomas A. Linn, Jr. (MS, '57), November 30, 2018
Jerome Jordan Looker (MS, '60; PhD, '61, Fuson), June 29, 2017
John Clark Lorenz (PhD, '51, Snyder), May 23, 2020
C.D. Magnuson (BS, ’51) March 24, 2023
Donald William "Rocky" Margolis (BS, '59), September 5, 2023
Robert H. Marshall (PhD, '54) September 23, 2022
William H. Marshall (AB/BA, '50; BS, '51), January 6, 2021
Michael M. Martin (PhD, '58, Marvel), April 18, 2022
Elliot Nelson Marvell (PhD, '48, Fuson), January 18, 2015
Virgil Edison Matthews (BS, '51), May 1, 2021
Alvin Michael Maurice (MS, '79; PhD, '82, Belford), June 25, 2021
Wanda (Quick) McPhee (BS, ’40), July 22, 2017
Edward Paul Merica (PhD, '56, Snyder), April 25, 2021
Carl Edward Mills (BS, ’69) April 4, 2023
Steven William Moje (PhD, '74, Beak), November 2, 2019
Harold Wesley Moore (MS, '61; PhD, '63, Snyder), September 27, 2019
Brian Wesley Moores (MS, ‘65; PhD, ’68, Belford) March 6, 2023
Robert Joseph Morris (PhD, ’90, Girolami) November 28, 2016
Robert Julian Morris, Jr. (BS, '54), December 4, 2020
Duane Francis Morrow (PhD, ’57, Leonard), November 18, 2017
Benjamin "Ben" Mosier (PhD, '57, Laitinen), April 10, 2020
Arthur Zenker Moss (PhD, ’73) – March 7, 2023
Ross John Muench (MS, '88), October 20, 2020
Franklin E. Mumford (PhD, '51, Fuson), December 17, 2018
George Edward Munn (PhD, '48, Fuson), December 10, 2019
Marilyn Kay Nellis (AM/MA, '59), July 21, 2021
Nils Keith Nelson (MS, ’47; PhD, ’50, Adams), July 13, 2017
Robert J. Niedzielski (MS, '60; PhD, '63, Drago), November 8, 2021
Clark Edward Niss (BS, '56), February 28, 2019
Brian Russ O'Connor (PhD, '64, Curtin), November 5, 2020
Susan Anne Odom (Postdoc, 2008-11), April 18, 2021
Mark Otho Oster (PhD, 65, Hager), July 31, 2019
Harry Lyle Pardue (PhD, '61, Malmstadt), May 30, 2020
George William Parshall (PhD, '54, Fuson), July 28, 2019
Charles Robert Payet (MS, '68; PhD, '70, Beak), August 1, 2020
Douglas William Peacock (PhD, '66, Secrest), September 7, 2020
Alberta S. Perkins (BS, '57), November 27, 2019
Lorraine Mary Pettigrew (MSTC, '58), September 14, 2019
Steve John Pistro (MS, ’78), June 13, 2017
Thomas Edward Pohlen (MS, '69), December 8, 2021
James C. Pritchard (BS, '54), December 8, 2018
Albert Louis Promislow (PhD, ’55, Yankwich) — April 22, 2023
Jacob Henry Propp (PhD, '68, Laitinen), October 26, 2020
Michael Rettig (PhD, '67, Drago), October 17, 2018
James M. Ririe (BS, ’65) March 16, 2023
Shirley Rittenhouse (BS, '50), May 17, 2019
Edward McCreery Roberts (BS, '50), December 7, 2019
John R. Rogers (PhD, '60, Marvel), October 15, 2018
Robert John Rolih (BS, '50), December 20, 2018
Gregory Russell (MS, '86) October 6, 2022
Lawrence J. Sacks (PhD, '64, Drago) December 18, 2022
Robert Francis Scarr (PhD, '60, Laitinen), December 9, 2021
Helen Marie (Schwarz) Schaefer (MS, ’57; PhD, ’78; Yankwich) September 1, 2022
Wolfgang Manfred Schubert (BS, ’41), November 19, 2017
John William Sellers (BS, '42), March 13, 2019
Yoder Fulmer Shealy (PhD, '49, Fuson), July 3, 2019
Richard H. Shiley (MS, ’58) — April 11, 2023
Gradus Lawrence Shoemaker (MS, '47; PhD, '49, Leonard), December 24, 2018
Edward A. Smith (BS, '66), October 26, 2021
Ward Whitlock Smith (BS, '71), July 2020
Charlotte Hine (Musker) Sobeck (MS, '58), July 8, 2020
Jean Kann Sonder (MS, '53), February 26, 2022
George P. Speranza (MS, '49; PhD, '51, Fuson), August 22, 2021
Carolyn "Connie" Jean Springborn, July 22, 2020
Robert C. Springborn (BS, '51), January 21, 2018
Harlow Baker Staley (BS, 48), December, 2019
Leon Harry Steinberg (BS, ’50), January 4, 2018
Edwin Charles Steiner (MS, '51; PhD, '54, Curtin), March 21, 2021
Roland Russell Stephens (MS, '52), April 14, 2021
Doris Stoermer (BS, '90), June 28, 2020
Richard Alan Strehlow (MS, '53; PhD, '57, Swann Jr.), February 5, 2019
Ruth (Bowman) Swenson (MS, ’47), March 5, 2018
Rolf Szybilski (BS, '50), October 16, 2018
Melvin Tecotzky (MS, '48; PhD, '53, Moeller), July 7, 2018
Walter Eugene Thatcher (MS, '51; PhD, '55, G. Clark), Dec. 18, 2022
James Edward Thean (MS, '66), January 24, 2022
Larry Clark Thompson (MS, '59; PhD, '60, Moeller), September 15, 2020
Carl Lee Tipton (PhD, '61, Carter), February 25, 2022
Eugene (Gene) Norman Venegoni (BS, '50) September 3, 2022
Jacklyn (Someroski) Vittimberga (MS, '57), July 23, 2021
Clifford Marshall Vogt, Jr. (BS, '50), December 25, 2020
Kenneth Donald Walter (BS, '51), August 14, 2018
Timothy Donald Weatherill (PhD, '85, Rauchfuss), March 17, 2022
Barbara H. Weil (MS, '51; PhD, '53, Marvel), August 16, 2018
Leroy Whitaker (PhD, '55, Adams), June 14, 2021
Robert Winslow White (PhD, ‘59, Corey), July 16, 2023
Kenneth Wayne Whitten (PhD, '65, Drago), April 8, 2020
Kenneth Charles Williams (PhD, '66, Brown) February 16, 2019
Nola Mae (Goeke) Woessner (BS, ’84) Feb. 17, 2023
Joseph Wolinsky (BS, '52), July 2, 2021
Sanford Tyler Young (BS, '58), April 13, 2020
Robert Kuan-Jen Yu (PhD, '67, Carter), May 18, 2022
Samuel Zeman, Jr. (BS, '49), May 5, 2021
Peggy L. Zumwalt (BS, ’80, Chemistry), May 26, 2023