In Memoriam, fall 2024
Alumni
Lois Jeanette (Evans) Leininger, BS ‘44, June 1, 2024, Scottsdale, AZ
Virginia R. (Phillips) Gronholz, BBA ‘47, Aug. 14, 2024, Saginaw, MI
Roberta Mary Gotham, SC ‘49, April 3, 2024, Mattawan, MI
Henry Joseph Kulesa, BM ‘50, July 16, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
William Arthur Hickmott, BS ‘50, July 6, 2024, Moon Township, PA
Elizabeth June (Schwem) Gray, BS ‘53, Aug. 22, 2024, Grand Ledge, MI
Marilyn Elaine (Bryant) Brill, BM ‘54, June 4, 2024, Portage, MI
Edith Marian (Strebeck) Jakubs, BS ‘54, MA ‘65, Aug. 18, 2024, South Haven, MI
Mary Jovita “Mary Jo†(Clark) Fritz, BA ‘58, MA ‘62, March 1, 2024, Green Bay, WI
Richard D. Newsome, BS ‘54, May 7, 2024, Janesville, WI
Judith Margaret Murphy, BA ‘55, MA ‘69, March 31, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Martha Ann (Lott) Irwin, BS ‘55, July 17, 2024, Traverse City, MI
Ann W. (Williamson) Dunlap, BA ‘56, May 25, 2024, Bartow, FL
Virginia Mae Handy, BA ‘56, June 11, 2024, St. Joseph, MI
Donalyn Della Huyler, BA ‘56, July 19, 2024, Loveland, CO
Robert Edward Treloar, BA ‘56, MA ‘70, July 15, 2024, Amherst, MA
James Dewey Mears, BS ‘56, Aug. 18, 2024, South Haven, MI
Beverly J. Kruger, CT ‘56, July 6, 2024, Omaha, NE
Kenneth M. Irish Jr., BS ‘57, March 30, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Aaron Lee Middleton, BS ‘58, April 4, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Jane A. (Whitmore) Arnold, BA ‘59, MA ‘62, June 13, 2024, Hastings, MI
Julie Kay (Lockard) Lyons, SC ‘61, May 4, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Paul Arthur Stanton, BBA ‘62, May 4, 2024, Farmington, UT
Robert Vernon Bachman, BS ‘62, April 27, 2024, Roswell, GA
Joan Marie (Guilbault) Robinson, BS ‘62, Aug. 23, 2024, Davison, MI
Francis Gerald “Gerry†Fritz, BS ‘65, Nov. 2, 2023, Green Bay, WI
Valerie Jeanne (Diem) Kuczmanski, BS ‘65, May 31, 2024, Clarkston, MI
Gerald Wayne Writer, BS ‘67, MA ‘73, May 7, 2024, Buchanan, MI
Ramona (Oellrich) Sedivy, BS ‘74, May 5, 2024, Naperville, IL
Karen Stouppe Jedson, BA ‘75, MSLS ‘76, Jan. 21, 2024, Fort Mill, SC
Peter John Popovich, BS ‘82, March 19, 2024, Pleasant Hill, CA
Thomas A. Kubath Jr., BBA ‘87, May 19, 2024, St. Joseph, MI
Kathleen E. (Murphy) Pilukas, BFA ‘88, April 10, 2024, Mount Airy, NC
Amy Rene (Shanley) Corder, BS ‘98, MPA 04, July 11, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Emeriti
Marlene Breu, professor emerita of family and consumer sciences, Feb. 15, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Clifford Davidson, professor emeritus of English and medieval studies, June 4, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
David S. DeShon, professor emeritus of public affairs and administration, Aug. 27, 2024, Battle Creek, MI
Christian R. Hirsch, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, May 30, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Bharti Katbamna, professor emerita of speech, language and hearing sciences, March 3, 2024
George L. Lebonte, associate professor emeritus of social studies, Aug. 25, 2024
David Lyth, professor emeritus of industrial and entrepreneurial engineering and engineering management, June 3, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI
Norma M. Stafford, associate professor emerita of human performance and health education, June 12, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI