The Department of Chemistry fondly remembers those alumni who have passed away since 2017.
(Please note: this list may be incomplete.)

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Ronald Tracy Adams (MS, ’66), August 14, 2017

Nancy (Armstrong) Aldrich (MS, '49), May 13, 2018

Gary Bruce Allen (BS, '72; MS, '73), June 1, 2022

John David "Dave" Angerer, Sr. (MS, '65; PhD, '68, Applequist) Oct. 13, 2022 

Charles Robbins Arnold (AB/BA, '61), February 12, 2021

George Craig Atkinson (BS, '82), August 21, 2021

Harry Babad (MS, '61; PhD, '61, Applequist), December 21, 2021

Audrey Jean Babcock (MS, '03), September 11, 2021

George W. Bailey (PhD, ’55, G. Clark) Jan. 18, 2023

Gerald “Jerry” Bakker (PhD, ’59) Nov. 7, 2022 

Joan Koval Baldwin (BS, '72), November 16, 2021

John Joseph Beer (MS, '52), October 2, 2021

Harry Ray Beilfuss (PhD, '52, Snyder), February 14, 2017

Richard Charles Benson (PhD, '72, Flygare) April 5, 2023

Wesley G. Bentrude, (PhD, ’61, J.C. Martin), October 4, 2022

Helen Mary (Strawbridge) Bernardez (MS, '46), May 16, 2021

Stephen Paul Birkeland (BS, '53), April 24, 2022

Walter Rober Bliss (MS, '52), January 26, 2022

Dale C. Blomstrom (PhD, '53, Adams), August 3, 2017

Herbert John Bluhm (BS, '58), January 9, 2021

Elizabeth Sonneman Blythe (BS, '60), November 11, 2019

Duane Thomas Bogner (BS, '69), May 11, 2021

Irma Jane (Rau) Bolam (BS, ’51), January 12, 2018

James Alan Bonham (PhD, '66, Beak), July 30, 2020

Kenneth Wayne Boyer (MS, '71; PhD, '74, Laitinen), June 20, 2020

Warren W. Brandt (PhD, ’49, Smith), July 4, 2017

Alan Richard Branfman (MS, '70; PhD, '73, Rinehart), February 5, 2019

Donald Eugene Brasure (PhD, ’53, Fuson), July 23, 2023

Almut Frerichs Breazeale (BS, '60) September 16, 2022

James Henry Brewster (PhD, '48, Snyder), October 4, 2020

Irwin Brink (PhD, ’57, Wall), June 23, 2017

William Giering Britton (MS, '47), March 30, 2019

Richard J.C. Brown (PhD, ’62, Gutowsky) Dec. 29, 2022

Robert E. Burge Jr. (BS, ’48), September 30, 2017

Lila Pearl Burgess (BS, ’47), March 10, 2018

Richard L. Byvik (BS, '70), May 19, 2022

Robert Gideon Carlson (BS, '59), November 26, 2020

Linda G. Carter (PhD, ’80, Beak), May 24, 2023

Donald J. Casey (PhD, ’59, Marvel), April 18, 2024

Marguerite Hope Chafee (BS, '66), January 4, 2022

William E. Chambers (MS, ’57, PhD, 60, Malmstadt), August 19, 2023

Stephen Norman Chesler (MS, '69; PhD, '71, Juvet), November 10, 2019

Wilmon Blackmar Chipman, Jr. (PhD, '60, Marvel), April 18, 2020

Larry William Clark (PhD, ’70, Nishida), July 25, 2017

Milton Laverne Cofield (MS, '77; PhD, '79, Belford), April 30, 2022

Addison Gilbert Cook (PhD, ’59, Leonard) July 8, 2022

Katherine S. Cook (MA, ’68) September 10, 2024

Minor Jesser (Jud) Coon (PhD, '46, Rose), September 5, 2018

Wilmer "Will" Ray Cornman, Jr. (PhD, '54, Yankwich), April 20, 2019

Charles E. Coverdale (PhD, ’65, Rinehart)

Harry Norman Cripps (PhD, ’51, Marvel), December 7, 2017

Stanley Ross Crouch (PhD, '67, Malmstadt), March 9, 2022

Aldo Joseph Crovetti (MS, '52; PhD, '55, Taylor), October 27, 2020

John William Crump (PhD, ’57, Curtin) Feb. 9, 2023

LouAnn Cruz (PhD, '96, Sweedler), May 4, 2019

Glenn Wherry Cullen (MS, ’54; PhD, ’56, Moeller), January 23, 2017

William Toole (Bill) Curless (BS, '49), November 2, 2018

George John Cvejanovich (BS, '48), June 29, 2019

Danica "Dana" Dabich (PhD, '60, Vestling), June 20, 2020

Linda (Larson) Damos (BS, '70), June 23, 2020

Rachel (Kopel) Dare (MS, '49), October 11, 2018

Beverly Bruce Daszkiewicz (BS, '64), September 22, 2019

Randal Lee Decker (BS, '78), September 22, 2019

William Goman "Bill" DePierri Jr. (PhD, '57, Marvel), March 15, 2020

John Edward Devries (PhD, '1944, Smith), July 1, 2019

Bodie Douglas (PhD, ’49, Bailar Jr), March 24, 2018

Richard James Douthart (PhD, '68, Bloomfield), February 5, 2019

Palmer Dyal (PhD, '59, Hummel), August 7, 2018

Norman Williston Earle (BS, '49; MS, '50), February 20, 2020

Clarke Wesley Earley (PhD, '87, Klemperer), January 9, 2022

Alan Ford Ellis (PhD, '63, Rinehart), March 19, 2021

Darrell Paul Eyman (PhD, ’64, Drago) October 2022

John Figueras (MS, '50; PhD, '52, Leonard), July 4, 2019

Farley Fisher (PhD, '65, Applequist), March 20, 2022

Mary Grace Flannery (MS, '81), October 3, 2020

Mildred Margaret (Findlay) Fogel (PhD, '70, Hastings), February 13, 2021

Robert (Bob) Lancaster Folger (BS, '48), September 19, 2020

Verlin W. Foltz (BS, '53), May 30, 2018

Carlton Dan Foote (PhD, '63 [Chemical Engineering], Wold, ), October 10, 2021

Wayne L. Franzen (BS, ’66) March 17, 2023

Edward Joe Friihauf (MS, '60; PhD, '61, Bailar), July 13, 2020

Jacob "Jack" Fuchs (MS, '47; PhD, '50, Clark), January 3, 2021

Valentine D. Galasyn (MS, '57; PhD, '58, Moeller) December 2, 2022

Ralph A. Gardner-Chavis (BS, ’43), March 27, 2018

Jan (Fox) Geldermann (MS, '46), August 21, 2018

Samuel Gelfand (PhD, '53, Leonard), March 8, 2022

Hugh Harper Gibbs (PhD, '56, Adams), April 24, 2020

Richard E. Glick (BS, '51), June 1, 2018

Nicholas John (Nick) Goetzinger (BS, ’55), November 6, 2017

Donald John Graves (BS, ’55) – June 21, 2024

Roland Joseph Grishaber (AM/MA, '52), October 18, 2018

Gerold M. Grodsky (BS, ’47; MS, ’48) December 29, 2022

William Henry Gumprecht (BS, '53), May 3, 2019

Arlen James Hagen (BS, '56), May 2, 2021

Henry Kingston Hall Jr. (Phd, '49, Frank), October, 25, 2018

Geoff Todd Halvorsen (BS, '04), February 12, 2020

Robert Nelson Hammer (PhD, '54, Audrieth), September 14, 2020

Kenneth William Hanck (MS, '66; PhD, '69, Laitinen), November 28, 2019

Walter William Hanneman (BS, '49), December 12, 2020

Robert Junior Harder (PhD, '56, Curtin), November 22, 2019

Patrick Thomas Hardesty (PhD, '80, Faulkner), September 10, 2019

Harold Hart (BS, '41), November 17, 2019

George Edgar Hartwell Jr. (MS, '64; PhD, '66, Brown), November 4, 2020

Gordon E. Hartzell (PhD, '58, Marvel), April 20, 2019

Allan Stuart Hay (PhD, ’55, Leonard), August 14, 2017

Joanne E. (Lindgren) Heal (BS, '50), December 1, 2020

Daniel F. Heiman (PhD, ’80) – June 29, 2024

Yngve Gustav Hendrickson (PhD, ’55, Curtin), October 26, 2017

Richard Leslie Hinman (PhD, '52, Snyder), February 10, 2021

Barbara Jean “Bobby” (Cross) Hoeck (BS, ’53) – February 28, 2023

Milton Louis Hoefle Jr. (BS, '43), November 23, 2020

Gregory A. Hoffman (PhD, '83), October 29, 2023

Linus Henry Horcher (BS, '57), February 9, 2000

Linus Henry Horcher, II (BS, '79), April 2, 2022

Jean Cecelia Hoverson (BS, '52), January 5, 2019

James Edward Huheey (MS, '59; PhD, '61, Moeller), February 4, 2020

George Everett Inglett (BS, '49), September 7, 2020

Lawrence E. Jagmin (BS, '73), October 20, 2020

Priscilla Massey Jones (BS, ’99) – July 1, 2024

Paul Raymond Jones (PhD, '56, Fuson), January 3, 2019

Catherine Williams Kallal (MS, '46), November 4, 2018

Dr. Charles Kasper (BS, '58), September 5, 2023

Blossom S. (Zeidman) Katz (BS, '44; MS, '46), December 24, 2020

Chester Eugene Kean (BS, '48), July 26, 2020

Ellen Ann Keiter (PhD, '86, Brown), December 10, 2019

David B. Kellom (postdoctoral fellow, 1952-53), June 21, 2017

Robert Hollis Kerr (MS, '69), December 16, 2019

Edward Henry Kidera (BS, '51), June 20, 2019

William (Bill) Harvey Klein (MS, '70 [Chemistry]; PhD, '73 [Biochemistry], Clark), March 9, 2021

Jerome Bernard Klose (BS, '47), September 1, 2020

James Herbert Klug (PhD, '70, Applequist), November 18, 2019

Rudolph Ward Kluiber (BS, '50), December 2, 2020

Soter G. Kokalis (MS, ’60; PhD, ’62) — April 12, 2023

Roger Elliott Koontz (BS, '62), January 12, 2021

Peter Kovacic (PhD, '46, Snyder), March 11, 2022

Charles Ronald Kutal (MS, '68; PhD, '70, Bailar Jr.), August 29, 2019

Richard Allen Larson (PhD, 68) Nov. 3, 2022 

William Joseph Lennarz (PhD, '59, Snyder), October 27, 2021

William Harris Libby (PhD, '49, Fuson), March 9, 2021

Rex Devon Lindsay (BS, '47), April 18, 2019

Ronald Charles Link (AB/BA, ’61) April 9, 2023

Valerie Jean (Hall) Lawler (BS '64), March 10, 2021

Thomas A. Linn, Jr. (MS, '57), November 30, 2018

Jerome Jordan Looker (MS, '60; PhD, '61, Fuson), June 29, 2017

John Clark Lorenz (PhD, '51, Snyder), May 23, 2020

C.D. Magnuson (BS, ’51) March 24, 2023

Donald William "Rocky" Margolis (BS, '59), September 5, 2023

Robert H. Marshall (PhD, '54) September 23, 2022

William H. Marshall (AB/BA, '50; BS, '51), January 6, 2021

Michael M. Martin (PhD, '58, Marvel), April 18, 2022

Elliot Nelson Marvell (PhD, '48, Fuson), January 18, 2015

Virgil Edison Matthews (BS, '51), May 1, 2021

Alvin Michael Maurice (MS, '79; PhD, '82, Belford), June 25, 2021

Wanda (Quick) McPhee (BS, ’40), July 22, 2017

Edward Paul Merica (PhD, '56, Snyder), April 25, 2021

Carl Edward Mills (BS, ’69) April 4, 2023

Steven William Moje (PhD, '74, Beak), November 2, 2019

Harold Wesley Moore (MS, '61; PhD, '63, Snyder), September 27, 2019

Brian Wesley Moores (MS, ‘65; PhD, ’68, Belford) March 6, 2023

Robert Joseph Morris (PhD, ’90, Girolami) November 28, 2016

Robert Julian Morris, Jr. (BS, '54), December 4, 2020

Duane Francis Morrow (PhD, ’57, Leonard), November 18, 2017

Benjamin "Ben" Mosier (PhD, '57, Laitinen), April 10, 2020

Arthur Zenker Moss (PhD, ’73) – March 7, 2023

Ross John Muench (MS, '88), October 20, 2020

Franklin E. Mumford (PhD, '51, Fuson), December 17, 2018

George Edward Munn (PhD, '48, Fuson), December 10, 2019

Marilyn Kay Nellis (AM/MA, '59), July 21, 2021

Nils Keith Nelson (MS, ’47; PhD, ’50, Adams), July 13, 2017

Robert J. Niedzielski (MS, '60; PhD, '63, Drago), November 8, 2021

Clark Edward Niss (BS, '56), February 28, 2019

Brian Russ O'Connor (PhD, '64, Curtin), November 5, 2020

Susan Anne Odom (Postdoc, 2008-11), April 18, 2021

Mark Otho Oster (PhD, 65, Hager), July 31, 2019

Harry Lyle Pardue (PhD, '61, Malmstadt), May 30, 2020 

George William Parshall (PhD, '54, Fuson), July 28, 2019

Charles Robert Payet (MS, '68; PhD, '70, Beak), August 1, 2020

Douglas William Peacock (PhD, '66, Secrest), September 7, 2020

Alberta S. Perkins (BS, '57), November 27, 2019

Lorraine Mary Pettigrew (MSTC, '58), September 14, 2019

Steve John Pistro (MS, ’78), June 13, 2017

Thomas Edward Pohlen (MS, '69), December 8, 2021

James C. Pritchard (BS, '54), December 8, 2018

Albert Louis Promislow (PhD, ’55, Yankwich) — April 22, 2023

Jacob Henry Propp (PhD, '68, Laitinen), October 26, 2020

Michael Rettig (PhD, '67, Drago), October 17, 2018

James M. Ririe (BS, ’65) March 16, 2023

Shirley Rittenhouse (BS, '50), May 17, 2019

Edward McCreery Roberts (BS, '50), December 7, 2019

John R. Rogers (PhD, '60, Marvel), October 15, 2018

Robert John Rolih (BS, '50), December 20, 2018

Gregory Russell (MS, '86) October 6, 2022

Lawrence J. Sacks (PhD, '64, Drago) December 18, 2022

Robert Francis Scarr (PhD, '60, Laitinen), December 9, 2021

Helen Marie (Schwarz) Schaefer (MS, ’57; PhD, ’78; Yankwich) September 1, 2022

Wolfgang Manfred Schubert (BS, ’41), November 19, 2017

George Keene Schweitzer (MA, ’46; PhD, ’48, Moeller) September 20, 2024

Roger Searle (PhD, ’63, D. Applequist), October 13, 2023

John William Sellers (BS, '42), March 13, 2019

Yoder Fulmer Shealy (PhD, '49, Fuson), July 3, 2019

Richard H. Shiley (MS, ’58) April 11, 2023

Edward D. Slifer (PhD, ’55, Carter), July 21, 2023

Gradus Lawrence Shoemaker (MS, '47; PhD, '49, Leonard), December 24, 2018

Edward A. Smith (BS, '66), October 26, 2021

Ward Whitlock Smith (BS, '71), July 2020

Charlotte Hine (Musker) Sobeck (MS, '58), July 8, 2020

Jean Kann Sonder (MS, '53), February 26, 2022

George P. Speranza (MS, '49; PhD, '51, Fuson), August 22, 2021

Carolyn "Connie" Jean Springborn, July 22, 2020

Robert C. Springborn (BS, '51), January 21, 2018

Harlow Baker Staley (BS, 48), December, 2019

Frank D. Steidl (BS, ’50) – June 24, 2024

Leon Harry Steinberg (BS, ’50), January 4, 2018

Edwin Charles Steiner (MS, '51; PhD, '54, Curtin), March 21, 2021

Roland Russell Stephens (MS, '52), April 14, 2021

Doris Stoermer (BS, '90), June 28, 2020

Richard Alan Strehlow (MS, '53; PhD, '57, Swann Jr.), February 5, 2019

Stanley J. Strycker (PhD, ’56, Fuson) January 29, 2024

Ruth (Bowman) Swenson (MS, ’47), March 5, 2018

Rolf Szybilski (BS, '50), October 16, 2018

Melvin Tecotzky (MS, '48; PhD, '53, Moeller), July 7, 2018

Walter Eugene Thatcher (MS, '51; PhD, '55, G. Clark), Dec. 18, 2022

James Edward Thean (MS, '66), January 24, 2022

Paul D. Thomas (PhD, ’54, Leonard) – March 7, 2024

Larry Clark Thompson (MS, '59; PhD, '60, Moeller), September 15, 2020

Carl Lee Tipton (PhD, '61, Carter), February 25, 2022

Donald Arthur Vassallo (MS, ’56; PhD, ’58; Malmstadt) September 8, 2024

Eugene (Gene) Norman Venegoni (BS, '50) September 3, 2022

Jacklyn (Someroski) Vittimberga (MS, '57), July 23, 2021

Clifford Marshall Vogt, Jr. (BS, '50), December 25, 2020

Kenneth Donald Walter (BS, '51), August 14, 2018

Timothy Donald Weatherill (PhD, '85, Rauchfuss), March 17, 2022

Barbara H. Weil (MS, '51; PhD, '53, Marvel), August 16, 2018

Leroy Whitaker (PhD, '55, Adams), June 14, 2021

Robert Winslow White (PhD, ‘59, Corey), July 16, 2023

Kenneth Wayne Whitten (PhD, '65, Drago), April 8, 2020

Donald “Don” E. Wilkinson III (BS, ’90) – May 22, 2024

Kenneth Charles Williams (PhD, '66, Brown) February 16, 2019

Nola Mae (Goeke) Woessner (BS, ’84) Feb. 17, 2023

Joseph Wolinsky (BS, '52), July 2, 2021

Sanford Tyler Young (BS, '58), April 13, 2020

Robert Kuan-Jen Yu (PhD, '67, Carter), May 18, 2022

Samuel Zeman, Jr. (BS, '49), May 5, 2021

Peggy L. Zumwalt (BS, ’80, Chemistry), May 26, 2023