Spring/Summer 2021: In Memory

Note: An * before a name means the alumnus was a faculty or staff member, too. So they also are listed under Faculty/Staff below, with links to obituaries and other remembrances when available. To submit a name for the In Memory listing, please click on the Share Your News button on the Class Notes page and fill out the form. 

1940s

Sarah Brainerd, BA ’49, August 17, 2020


1950s

Donal Beard, BS ’52, February 27, 2020

Mary Ann Juh, BS ’52, September 20, 2020

Saima Macek, BS ’52, February 2, 2020

Kenneth Whipkey, BA ’53, MA ’58, January 18, 2020

Helen Kirk, BS ’54, MEd ’57, November 9, 2020

Marilyn Rundle, BS ’54, August 23, 2020

Barbara Winograd, BS ’54, April 10, 2020

*Fay R. Biles, MA ’56, October 28, 2020

Ada Wirbel, BS ’56, September 12, 2020

F. Bernard Smith, BS ’58, August 3, 2019


1960s

Carol Beal, BS ’62, MEd ’65, June 17, 2020

Richard Carter, BS ’62, July 18, 2020

Michael Sipes, BS ’62, MA ’62, March 18, 2020

*Rudolph “Rudy” S. Bachna, BS ’63, MEd ’67, February 20, 2021

Irvin Donick, DPM ’63, August 11, 2020

Robert B. Sivert, BS ’65, January 25, 2021

Richard Worthing, BS ’65, July 1, 2020

Michael Jozsa, BBA ’67, January 1, 2020

Phillip C. Radcliffe, BBA ’68, May 9, 2019 

 


1970s

*E. Timothy Moore, BFA ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, February 1, 2021

Gilbert Janke, BArc ’75, December 7, 2019

Ilze Gagliardo, BS ’76, March 22, 2020

Judith Sieck, BSN ’76, February 2, 2020

Thelma Osgood, MLS ’77, March 5, 2019


1980s

Christine Junia, BSN ’82, August 18, 2020

Lawrence Meaney, AAB ’83, July 8, 2020

*Kimberly Cole Winebrenner, BA ’85, MA ’88, PhD ’91, December 3, 2020


1990s

Steven Urchek, BSE ’91, January 20, 2021

Geoffrey Stevanus, BSE ’96, September 22, 2020


2000s

*Zelma “Zee” Edgell, LSM ’05, December 20, 2020   

*Robert “Bobby” Makar, BS ’09, MA ’11, November 11, 2020

2010s

Michael John Gallagher II, BA ’19, December 10, 2020


Faculty/Staff

January 26, 2021
He was Emeritus Professor of Technology and Journalism (1956–1981). While at Kent State, Bentley developed a graphic arts program with the School of Journalism. He was president of the International Graphic Arts Education Association in 1970, a member of the Faculty Senate, and at retirement he was awarded the Clinton Van Deusen Award for lifetime achievement.

October 28, 2020
She served as head coach of the field hockey and lacrosse teams (1956-1972), received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1970, served as vice president of Public Affairs and Development (1972–1978) and retired in 1985.

February 10, 2021 
He was Emeritus Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature (1969-1994). Crosby became a professor at Kent State in 1969 and helped create the Institute for African-American Affairs, which later became the Department of Pan-African Studies. He is also credited with working with Black United Students and the Center for Human Relations to coordinate the first Black History Month on Kent State’s campus in February 1970, before the month was widely recognized nationwide as an annual observance. After his retirement in 1994, he remained an advocate in the Black Education field.

February 20, 2021
He co-founded the Kent State men’s and women’s gymnastics program in 1959 (with his wife, Janet, and brother, Joe) and served as head coach for both teams until 1978. Bachna continued to lead the women’s gymnastics program until retiring (1963–1991). He also relaunched the men’s soccer program in 1963, and he served as head coach for the men’s soccer team from 1963–1972. He and his wife were inducted into the Varsity “K” Hall of Fame in 1993.

E. Timothy Moore, BFA ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, February 1, 2021
He was Associate Dean Emeritus for Advising and Undergraduate Student Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences (1998–2010) and also Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pan African Studies (1974–2010). The first Black faculty member at Kent State to receive the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993, Moore also was selected for Who’s Who Among American Teachers for 1996 and 1998, and he was presented with Kent State’s Diversity Trailblazer Award in 2015.

December 3, 2020
She was a professor in the Department of English (1998–2020) and served as faculty adviser for Luna Negra for many years.

December 20, 2020
She was Emeritus Professor in the Department of English (1992–2009). A native of Belize, she wrote four novels and five short stories set in Belize. She also founded The Reporter newspaper in 1967, served as director of the Women’s Bureau in the 1980s, and later was a lecturer at what is now the University of Belize. In 2007, She received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for her services to literature and the community.

November 11, 2020
He was an adjunct professor in the Digital Media Production program (2011–2020) and helped produce the program’s feature films Unlucky (2016) and Fly By Night (2018)

 


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