Obituaries

Drake, was director of institutional research at UB when he left Buffalo in 1955 to join the University of Kansas City. While in Buffalo he also served as director of tutorial instruction, a program for which UB gained international fame.

In 1962, Drake went to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J., as provost and head of academic affairs. In 1972 he retired as provost, remaining there as an adjunct professor of higher education until 1976 when he moved to Camden, Maine. He moved from Maine to Indianapolis in 1992 and then to Newport in 1996.

Drake held bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota.

He was appointed to a number of honorary positions during his career and was a member of the first board of directors of the Harry S Truman Library in Independence, Mo.

He was the author of several mathematics textbooks as well as articles in educational research journals.

Irene Hurley, secretary, office manager
A memorial service will be held April 19 at the Newman Center, 490 Frontier Rd., Amherst at 11 a.m. for Irene Hurley, secretary and office manager for the chair of the UB Psychology Department for 18 years. Mrs. Hurley, who worked at UB from 1955 until her retirement in 1973, died March 24 after a brief illness.

An active member of St. James Roman Catholic Church and Ladies Sodality, she was also a member of Light of Christ Roman Catholic Church, Clearwater, Fla. She had served as a volunteer at St. Francis Nursing Home in Williamsville.