We celebrate and honor our graduates and faculty who have passed on.

In Memoriam: Winter 2021

Arnold E. Barber ’39, retired IBM electrical engineer (Poughkeepsie, Kingston, and East Fishkill); instructor of mathematics at Dutchess Community College; U.S. Army veteran; May 31, 2020.

Herbert Maser Englehardt ’46,who served in the Navy during WWII; April 17, 2020.

Daniel W. Hall Jr. ’48, M.S. ’50, retired research scientist in the field of powder metallurgy, Ford Motor Co. in Plymouth, Michigan; WWII Navy veteran; Nov. 20, 2019.

James Praul Walton Sr. ’51, whose career involved bringing technologically advanced materials to various industries, and U.S. Navy veteran; March 25, 2020.

Robert Bounds ’52, B.C.E., former Kappa Tau president; owner of R.W. Bounds, P.E.; August 2017.

Reyman Branting ’52, B.C.E. and Kappa Tau member, certified financial planner and broker with AG Edwards; Aug. 20, 2018.

Donald E. Sharrard ’55, whose career involved designing nuclear power plants and nuclear reactors for submarines and aircraft carriers; May 4, 2020.

Giles E. Russell ’55, retired IBM engineer (Poughkeepsie 1955-1991), who led an active life of community service for Village of Cooperstown upon retirement; June 17, 2020.

Hugh C. Crall Esq. ’56, who had a decades-long career with American Hoechst and Hoechst Celanese as a patent lawyer; Sept. 21, 2020.

Richard E. Kaeyer ’57, FAIA, retired president, Kaeyer Garment & Davidson Architects, AIA fellow, and U.S. Navy veteran; Feb. 2, 2020.

Paul C. Sved ’57, retired program manager, IBM Corp., who survived WWII in a safe house in his native Hungary; April 10, 2020.

Harry Greenleaf ’57, who retired from Ford Motor Company after 37 years of service and served as a member of the Board of Trustees at Schoolcraft College for 18 years; April 28, 2020.

Harvey Peritt ’57, who enjoyed a successful career at NSWC as a plastics engineer and in retirement, relished volunteering at the physics tutoring center at University of Maryland; May 17, 2020.

Carleton Hoffner ’57, who had a longtime career in the U.S. Navy and was part of the Naval Combat Construction Force that finished the construction of the Arizona Memorial; April 21, 2020.

Ross S. Cann ’58, former vice president of finance, Xerox and Chase Bank; was originally a geologist in the oil industry; March 13, 2020.

Richard M. Chapman ’58, former president and CEO, Vermont Electric Power Company; executive VP and COO, Chittenden Bank; and IBM manager; April 29, 2020.

Thomas L. Duncan ’59, manufacturing sales rep and company owner, clarinetist, and founder of the jazz band Dr. Dubious & The Agnostics; Nov. 29, 2019.

Richard John Kuebler ’59, retired after 35-plus years at International Paper Company; U.S. Navy veteran; March 14, 2020.

Marshall Howard Kramer ’60, systems engineer at IBM, veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and avid volunteer; April 30, 2020.

David Alan Roblin ’61, who had a longtime career in moveable partition office systems; May 17, 2020.

John “Jack” McDonnell Jr., MEE ’61, telecom entrepreneur, pioneer in electronic payments, and founder of Transaction Network Services; March 1, 2020.

Robert V. Violante ’61, physician and pioneer in the field of emergency medicine; manager of emergency departments in the Bay Area; Feb. 25, 2020.

Leon Nigohosian Sr. ’61, patent attorney with North American Philips Corporation and Radio Corporation of America (RCA), who opened his own private law practice in New Jersey; March 9, 2020.

Neil B. Lang ’61, architect instrumental in the creation of Columbia, one of the country’s first planned communities; Peace Corps volunteer; June 9, 2020.

Michael B. Bennett Sr. ’63, retired after 30 years as a mechanical engineer with DuPont, in the Kevlar, Nylon, and Tyvek departments; Jan. 1, 2020.

Edward R. Kehoe ’63, retired after 45 years as an aeronautical engineer for the General Dynamics Jet Fighter Division; May 22, 2020.

Neil Charles Schoen ’63, who had a 40-year career in the aerospace industry, retiring from The Boeing Company in 2009; Aug. 28, 2020.

Edward Willhaus ’64, who had a longtime career in nuclear power engineering, including performing inspections and reviews for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Aug. 23, 2019.

J. Charles Tracy ’64, former chief engineer, GM Delco Electronics, and manager at Carrier Components and United Technologies Research Center; Nov. 26, 2019.

David W. Ribakoff ’65, aeronautical engineer and Vietnam veteran; Feb. 8, 2020.

Charles D. Mount, M.E. ’66, retired lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force, consultant, and electronic warfare support contractor; April 29, 2020.

Dennis S. Gold ’67, attorney in Naples, Fla., who appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal district courts in Florida and New York; Feb. 23, 2020.

Bruce V.A. Bonacker ’69, San Francisco architect, community activist, and historic preservation advocate; Aug. 3, 2017.

Harry W. Kenworthy ’69, consultant on lean government, Aug. 3, 2020.

Frederick Sistarenik ’70, former principal valuation engineer, NYS Public Service Commission, and talented chef; April 15, 2020.

David Berkowitz ’74, who received degrees in biomedical engineering and served many roles in the AEPi fraternity; Nov. 20, 2019.

Freddy Fields ’75, who worked for Lockheed Martin; July 25, 2020.

William R. Powell ’81, M.S. ’83, finance executive with Fortune 500 companies and startups, and educator at NYU and FIT; April 24, 2020.

William J. Hagan, M.S. ’84, Ph.D. ’85, M.S. ’86, chemistry professor, College of St. Rose, and origins of life researcher; March 25, 2020.

Deborah (Snyder) Hoeve ’86, who served as captain, USAF ’86-’92, and program manager at Care Source; avid shepherd, woodworker, and sailor; March 8, 2020.

James Oby ’89, senior optical process and quality engineer, Siemens Medical Labs; Feb. 21, 2020.

Rodolfo I. Pinal ’01, software engineer for the power plant division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation; April 1, 2020.

Jonathan Wilmot ’07, computer science major; June 20, 2020.

Henry L. Ehrlich, professor emeritus, biological sciences, expert in geomicrobiology, fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and AAAS; May 3, 2020.

Shirley Gorenstein, anthropologist and founding chair of the Department of Science and Technology Studies; Sept. 14, 2020.