See Obituaries in UBNow for a listing of UB faculty and staff members who have passed away.
Evelyn B. Thompson Aye EdB ’42, of Newtown, Pa. 08.18.2015
Harold F. Webster MA ’44, BA ’41, of Niskayuna, N.Y. 01.19.2017
Mary B. Cassata BA ’45, of Lockport, N.Y. 03.27.2017
Bruce A. Blumenthal BS ’47, of Safety Harbor, Fla. 04.13.2016
John F. Canale LLB ’47, of East Amherst, N.Y. 04.12.2017
Vera S. McLaughlin BS ’48, of Cazenovia, N.Y. 08.29.2015
Jane S. Pixley BS ’48, of Charlotte, N.C. 02.12.2017
Jane B. Rideout BA ’48, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 03.31.2017
John T. Curtin JD ’49, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.14.2017
Francis X. Francis BA ’49, of Eggertsville, N.Y. 01.30.2017
Sydney R. Friedson BS ’49, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 02.26.2017
Robert W. Howe BS ’49, of Danville, Ky. 11.15.2016
Edwin A. Mirand MA ’49, BA ’47, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.01.2017
Harold C. Steinwachs BS ’49, of Celebration, Fla. 02.25.2017
Myra A. Beneke BA ’50, of San Diego, Calif. 02.24.2017
James A. Brown BS ’50, of Grand Island, N.Y. 04.04.2017
Helen T. Cardenuto BA ’50, of Clermont, Fla. 08.05.2016
William E. Fishback BA ’50, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.30.2017
Wells E. Knibloe JD ’50, BA ’47, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.11.2017
Pasquale J. Luppino BS ’50, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.19.2017
James S. Anderson DDS ’51, of Ilion, N.Y. 04.05.2017
Richard N. Blewett JD ’51, of Depew, N.Y. 03.12.2017
Benjamin E. Kaufman PMCert ’51, of Flint, Mich. 01.28.2017
William R. Pfalzer JD ’51, of Enola, Pa. 02.07.2017
Arnold B. Schmit BS ’51, of Clarence Center, N.Y. 03.24.2017
Robert A. Baumler MD ’52, of Redding, Conn. 03.07.2017
Leonard D. Gold BS ’52, of Rochester, N.Y. 11.21.2016
Ronald D. Lemon MA ’52, BA ’51, of Golden, Colo. 08.25.2016
Jerome C. Rosenthal JD ’52, BA ’49, of Sarasota, Fla. 02.18.2017
James F. Zeller MD ’52, of Dover, Ohio 03.02.2017
Dennis N. Burns BA ’53, of Remsen, N.Y. 03.02.2017
Raymond J. Dzimian MA ’53, BA ’50, of Williamsville, N.Y. 12.15.2016
Russell C. Gugino DDS ’53, of Rochester, N.Y. 03.28.2017
Harley D. Lindquist MD ’53, of Cincinnati, Ohio 02.04.2017
M. Donald Pritchard BS ’53, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 04.03.2017
Richard F. Sullivan DDS ’53, of Syracuse, N.Y. 01.23.2017
Robert J. Swart DDS ’53, BA ’49, of Naples, Fla. 03.22.2017
Richard C. Wallace BA’ 53, of Bakersfield, Calif. 10.16.2015
Jerome D. Adner JD ’54, BS ’53, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 02.05.2017
Herbert H. Benson MD ’54, of Brea, Calif. 03.13.2017
Leo T. Crowley DDS ’54, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.14.2017
Edward A. Dunlap MD ’54, BA '47, of Fort Myers, Fla. 03.09.2017
Richard J. Mahaney MSW ’54, Cert ’51, of Alden, N.Y. 01.08.2017
Charles H. Marino MD ’54, of Fairport, N.Y. 04.08.2017
Joseph J. Bevilacqua MSW ’55, of Little Compton, R.I. 02.18.2017
Seth A. Groden BA ’55, of Allegany, N.Y. 03.05.2017
Richard W. Knapp BS ’55, of Port Charlotte, Fla. 07.28.2016
Raymond G. Fryer MA ’56, of Sudbury, Mass. 02.23.2017
Norma A. Labuzzetta BS ’56, of Elma, N.Y. 03.15.2017
Robert P. Martin JD ’56, of Derby, N.Y. 03.27.2016
Katrina S. Wobschall BA ’56, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.29.2017
Gerald L. Baskey LLB ’57, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 02.02.2017
Angelo T. LaCognata BA ’57, of Scarborough, Maine 04.17.2017
James A. Luksch BS ’57, of Chandler, Ariz. 09.28.2016
Richard J. Nowicki BA ’57, of Elma, N.Y. 03.01.2017
Mary A. Serabjit-Singh BA ’57, of Lancaster, N.Y. 08.12.2016
Mary R. Bennett EdM ’58, Cert ’57, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.20.2017
Richard A. Boccio JD ’58, BS ’57, of Getzville, N.Y. 04.08.2017
Arthur D. Ehrenreich JD ’58, of Phoenix, Ariz. 02.23.2017
Jack L. Getman JD ’58, BA ’55, of Clearwater, Fla. 10.20.2016
Ronald H. Ginsberg BS ’58, of Getzville, N.Y. 02.13.2017
Tom W. Hallifax BS ’58, of Middleport, N.Y. 05.24.2016
Gordon R. Kauderer DDS ’58, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.18.2017
Barbara L. Wagner BFA ’58, of Getzville, N.Y. 02.17.2017
Doris A. Brackett BS ’59, of Batavia, N.Y. 03.30.2017
Paul G. Carroll CERT ’59, of Hamburg, N.Y. 02.03.2017
Charles W. Euler BA ’59, of Springfield, Va. 01.18.2017
Gordon Gannon JD ’59, of Hamburg, N.Y. 03.07.2017
Richard A. Grimm BS ’59, LLB ’58, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 02.13.2017
Nadine A. Littlefield MS ’59, of Trumbull, Conn. 04.04.2017
Earl Peters PhD ’59, MA ’50, of Ithaca, N.Y. 02.13.2017
James D. Ritzenthaler DDS ’59, of Sarasota, Fla. 01.27.2017
Robert L. Malatesta MD ’60, of Washington, N.J. 02.05.2017
Robert F. Rosenthal BA ’60, of Piedmont, S.C. 02.08.2017
Frederick C. Brice BS ’61, of Brandon, Fla. 08.06.2015
Bedford F. Foster BS ’61, of Dallas, Texas 03.06.2017
Conrad J. Kubiniec DDS ’61, of St. Augustine, Fla. 03.18.2017
Maurice L. Van Sice BS ’61, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 03.10.2017
Michael W. Gawkins DDS ’62, of Henrico, Va. 04.08.2017
Gerald F. Ivancie BA ’62, of Kenmore, N.Y. 03.19.2017
Thomas J. Barone BA ’63, of Mooresville, N.C. 02.21.2017
Herman Birch PhD ’64, of Costa Mesa, Calif. 02.04.2016
James O. Horton BA ’64, of Reston, Va. 02.20.2017
Michael W. Hyer BS ’64, of Blacksburg, Va. 02.15.2017
Raymond S. Klein EdD ’64, of Mechanicsburg, Pa. 02.08.2017
Charles A. Scaffidi BS ’64, of North Reddington Beach, Fla. 03.13.2017
Jerome I. Solkoff JD ’64, of Delray Beach, Fla. 11.18.2016
John F. Walsh BS ’64, of East Aurora, N.Y. 11.19.2015
Mary J. Hallifax BS ’65, of Gasport, N.Y. 07.25.2016
William H. Loos BA ’65, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.24.2017
Terence J. McDade MS ’65, of Snyder, N.Y. 01.31.2017
Edgar L. Peard EdM ’65, BA ’56, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.05.2017
Roberta S. Pritchard BA ’65, of South Glens Falls, N.Y. 01.29.2017
David J. Lips BS ’66, of The Woodlands, Texas 02.04.2017
Laura F. Martin EdM ’66, of Buffalo, N.Y. 09.26.2016
Dennis A. Beagle BA ’67, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.24.2017
George A. Jackrel BA ’67, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 02.01.2017
James Papadakis BS ’67, of Norfolk, Va. 03.26.2017
Trevor I. Robinson MD ’67, BA ’62, of Willowdale, Ontario 12.01.2016
Gabriel T. Russo MSW ’67, of Henrietta, N.Y. 04.14.2017
Annette M. Cravens MSW ’68, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.05.2017
David C. Forness BS ’68, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.11.2017
Allan Freedman EdD ’68, EdM ’61, BA ’48, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.22.2017
Thomas S. Hallett EdM ’68, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.19.2017
Timothy S. Sievenpiper MD ’68, BA ’63, of East Aurora, N.Y. 11.17.2016
Christopher J. Burke BA ’69, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.09.2016
Daniel H. Flanders DDS ’69, of Rexford, N.Y. 04.07.2017
Marian Hartman-McAlpine BA ’69, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 03.22.2017
Richard T. Krueger MBA ’69, of Asheville, N.C. 02.06.2017
Francis V. Pahl BFA ’69, of Lockport, N.Y. 02.26.2017
Richard L. Rosenthal MBA ’69, of Getzville, N.Y. 03.27.2017
Eugene E. Seidleck EdM ’69, of Hamburg, N.Y. 02.06.2017
Donna F. Swift MLS ’69, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.24.2017
Barry F. Wood MS ’69, PMCert ’68, DDS ’66, of Arlington Heights, Ill. 03.14.2017
David A. Bosworth BA ’70, of Albany, N.Y. 04.18.2017
John N. Collins MBA ’70, of Gilbert, Ariz. 09.30.2016
Roderick D. Gere BA ’70, of Boise, Idaho 02.22.2017
Louis M. LaClair MBA ’70, of Grand Island, N.Y. 04.03.2017
Thomas D. Morgan EdD ’70, of Leesburg, Fla. 03.16.2017
David H. Thayer BS ’70, of Auburn, N.Y. 11.12.2016
Frances L. Van Steenburgh EdB ’70, of Dayton, Ohio 02.22.2017
Allan S. Wirtzer MD ’70, of Tarzana, Calif. 11.06.2016
Candace W. Crowell BS ’71, of Corry, Pa. 10.09.2016
John B. Ferguson JD ’71, of Chatham, N.J. 03.14.2017
Joseph F. Fisher BS ’71, of Perris, Calif. 02.15.2017
Betty R. Murphy EdM ’71, BA ’49, of Byron, N.Y. 05.26.2016
Richard K. Patterson MS ’71, of Richmond, Vt. 02.03.2017
John M. Blawat BA ’72, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.02.2017
Alberta O. Brown EdM ’72, of Clarence Center, N.Y. 02.20.2017
Joseph B. Iraci EdD ’72, of Athens, N.Y. 02.02.2017
Robert W. McCoy BA ’72, of Youngstown, N.Y. 12.24.2016
Linda A. McSwain EdM ’72, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.09.2017
Jerrold I. Meyers JD ’72, BA ’70, of Tucson, Ariz. 09.09.2016
Norah M. Woodrow BS ’72, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.09.2017
Dennis P. Zaffram BA ’72, of South Wales, N.Y. 10.18.2016
Bruce L. Godfryd BA ’73, of Buffalo, N.Y. 04.13.2016
Karen J. Joelson BA ’73, of Sands Point, N.Y. 10.01.2015
Shirley L. Kloner MSW ’73, BA ’71, of Chevy Chase, Md. 02.22.2017
Robert C. Novak MS ’73, MBA ’72, of East Amherst, N.Y. 12.28.2016
Renzo C. Nylander DDS ’73, of Williamsville, N.Y. 01.29.2017
Barry S. Rubin BA ’73, of Delray Beach, Fla. 01.23.2017
Eugene J. Donner BS ’74, of Chandler, Ariz. 01.05.2017
Edward R. Fliss BA ’74, of St. Louis, Mo. 09.24.2016
Mary A. Friedman BA ’74, of West Seneca, N.Y. 03.11.2017
Frank Garland BA ’74, of Buffalo, N.Y. 02.28.2017
Anna J. Kraus MS ’74, of Brookville, Pa. 04.20.2017
Lawrence S. Pavese BFA ’74, of Utica, N.Y. 01.27.2017
Marilyn J. Piurek BA ’74, of Old Saybrook, Conn. 03.27.2017
Kathie A. Swan EdB ’74, of Hamburg, N.Y. 04.04.2017
Karen A. Talty BA ’74, of Alexandria, Va. 01.31.2017
Joseph Apone BA ’75, of Auburn, N.Y. 03.04.2017
Susan E. Clark BA ’75, EdM ’72, of Granger, Ind. 01.15.2017
Nancy M. Germany EdM ’75, BA ’75, of Cedar Hill, Texas 08.23.2015
David K. Klotzbach BA ’75, of Plymouth, Mass. 02.11.2017
Mary B. Minchella BS ’75, of Rochester, N.Y. 05.18.2016
Joseph A. Schneider MD ’75, of Tarzana, Calif. 03.01.2017
Raymond A. Chamberlain AA ’76, of Orchard Park, N.Y. 04.12.2017
William A. Neilson JD ’76, of Lancaster, N.Y. 04.07.2017
Paul B. Saeli BA ’76, of West Seneca, N.Y. 02.19.2017
Mark J. Czarnecki BS ’77, of Clarence, N.Y. 02.26.2017
Paul H. Dosik DDS ’77, of El Cajon, Calif. 12.08.2016
Don W. Monacelli JD ’77, BS ’74, of Fairport, N.Y. 01.28.2017
Robert J. Shillington BA ’77, of Winter Garden, Fla. 04.29.2016
Bruce A. Altenburger BS ’78, of Landenberg, Pa. 01.23.2017
Rosemary Lannon BA ’78, of Amherst, N.Y. 04.12.2017
Robert F. Mindel BS ’78, of Ithaca, N.Y. 03.27.2017
Karen L. Nemeth BA ’78, of Buffalo, N.Y. 10.10.2016
Lois J. O'Dell EdM ’78, BS ’71, of Springville, N.Y. 01.23.2017
Robert W. Topaz BA ’78, of Teaneck, N.J. 03.30.2017
Theresa L. Garrison MS ’79, BA ’76, of West Orange, N.J. 02.20.2017
William M. Wind MBA ’79, of Clarence Center, N.Y. 02.07.2017
Kathleen M. Driscoll-Weinle JD ’80, of Cincinnati, Ohio 03.05.2017
Michael J. Eadie MBA ’80, of Lancaster, N.Y. 04.11.2017
Robert E. Game BS ’80, of Baton Rouge, LA 12.20.2016
Mary J. Fahey JD ’81, of Syracuse, N.Y. 04.15.2017
Gary J. Parks BA ’81, of Elma, N.Y. 11.28.2015
Terry F. Lang BS ’82, BS ’70, of Springville, N.Y. 08.06.2015
Rita A. Michalski JD ’82, of Milwaukee, WI 02.13.2017
Gertrud Diakun PhD ’83, MA ’79, BA ’77, of Williamsville, N.Y. 02.12.2017
Louise M. Szimonisz JD ’83, of Williamsville, N.Y. 03.10.2017
Estelle M. Crino EdD ’84, of Silver Creek, N.Y. 01.27.2017
WillieMay Johnson MS ’84, BS ’76, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.12.2017
Lois M. Westfall BS ’85, of Staten Island, N.Y. 04.22.2017
Pamela A. Brown BS ’86, of Snyder, N.Y. 01.19.2017
Charles M. Ehmann BS ’86, of Pembroke Pines, Fla. 08.13.2016
William C. Floyd MS ’86, of Linthicum, Md. 02.09.2017
Terry M. Richman JD ’86, of Wilmington, N.C. 01.27.2017
Charlotte C. Acer EdD ’87, EdM ’80, of Greenwich, Conn. 01.31.2017
Mary Walsh Fazzalaro BS ’87, AAS ’85, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 03.24.2017
Robert J. Wilson BS ’88, of Williamsburg, Va. 10.20.2015
Susan M. Gibson MA ’89, BA ’87, of Normal, Ill. 03.24.2017
Tina D. Prensky MLS ’89, of Middletown, Md. 01.31.2017
Alois S. Tylenda BA ’90, of East Amherst, N.Y. 02.02.2017
Lucia G. Warde BA ’90, of Buffalo, N.Y. 03.11.2017
Thomas Kuropatwinski AAS ’91, of Alden, N.Y. 03.08.2017
Michael D. Buchin MBA ’92, of Dallas, Texas 03.29.2017
Linda A. Carosella MS ’92, of Lewiston, N.Y. 11.25.2016
Jennie L. Battaglia MSW ’93, of Bradenton, Fla. 08.19.2015
Lori A. Zehler BS ’95, of Amherst, N.Y. 02.05.2017
Patrick J. Berry BS ’97, of Holland, N.Y. 03.29.2017
Donald J. Howe MBA ’97, of Hamburg, N.Y. 02.03.2017
Paula J. Reger MSW ’97, of Grand Island, N.Y. 03.26.2017
Elisa B. Hughey MFA ’99, of Ellicottville, N.Y. 06.15.2016
Robert W. Weir BA ’01, of Lockport, N.Y. 02.26.2017
Michael J. Sassian MBA ’04, BS ’02, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 03.25.2017
Sandra A. Bednarz BA ’06, of Gasport, N.Y. 04.03.2017
Carla N. Kasandrinos BA ’06, of North Tonawanda, N.Y. 11.08.2015
Thomas J. Diehl BA ’07, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 04.10.2017
Shari L. Romesburg BS ’07, of Buffalo, N.Y. 11.25.2016
Ronald E. Batt PhD ’09, MA ’02, MD ’58, of Amherst, N.Y. 04.25.2017
Anna C. Booth BS ’09, of Tonawanda, N.Y. 01.30.2017
Cole E. Bryant BA ’10, of Scotia, N.Y. 02.28.2017