In Memoriam
Alma College mourns the loss of the alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students who have passed away. This page honors the lives of the college community members who have recently passed. Although they no longer grace us with their presence, we hold them in our hearts and minds as we cherish the memories of the times spent together.
Years
1930s
1930s
1930s
1940s
1940s
1950s
1950s
1950s
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David R. Winston ’52
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Ernest William “Bill” Bauer ’53
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Elizabeth Keith Fowler ’53
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Shirley Adair Hale ’53
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Barbara Shaw Lowell Hobbs ’53
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Marcia Risser Bolo ’54
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Marion McDonough Isaacson ’54
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Robert H. Kelley ’54
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Allene Stolt Long ’54
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Roger Vance ’54
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Helen Joynt Stevens ’55
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Dennis E. Stolz ’55
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Jean Hicks Blow ’56
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Judith Blandford Parrott ’56
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Richard W. Wallace ’56
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Janice Pappin Williams ’56
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Janet Zeilinger Wolf ’56
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Joan Horn Wylie ’56
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Paula Bare Acton ’57
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Joseph D. Halcomb ’57
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John R. Scott ’57
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Lotus Witham Young ’57
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LaDeana Munsell Avantaggio ’58
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Bernard A. Brisbois ’58
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Darwin L. Johnson ’58
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Patricia Wilson Arrick ’59
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Sharon Beardsley Cobb ’59
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Caroline Schaub Greenlees ’59
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William G. “Bill” Klenk ’59
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Roberta Noud-Snyder ’59
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Ronald C. Wilson, Sr. ’59
1960s
1960s
1960s
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Mary McCall Howrey ’60
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James W. Lawrie ’60
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Ronald McMenamin ’60
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Eugene W. Mueller ’60
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Sally Smith Osborne ’60
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Allen B. Stevens ’60
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Judith Mikulas Cook ’61
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Harold Ellsworth ’61
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Michael R. Reed ’61
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James A. White ’61
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Roger N. Arbury, Jr. ’62
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Philip J. Barrons ’62
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William E. Dennis, Jr. ’62
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William B. Dillon ’62
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Carol Steward Noid ’62
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Elizabeth Pasquina Nucc-O’Shea ’62
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Sandra Hall Rule ’62
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Neal Weaver ’62
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George A. Beaumont ’63
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James K. Burnham ’63
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Terrance L. Felton ’63
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Willa Knapp Kersten ’63
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John R. McIntyre ’63
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Dirk D. Waltz ’63
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Alexander A. Amstutz, Jr. ’64
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John C. Fellows ’64
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Laura Huyssen Kracke ’64
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Dwight E. Lowell ’64
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Donald Hugh Smith ’64
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Robert E. Snow, Jr. ’64
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Gloria McIntyre Zucker ’64
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Lionel Burton Garrison, Jr. ’65
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Corwin C. Hale ’65
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Rosemary Ballagh Hill ’65
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Roger B. Kapp ’65
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Robert S. Kish ’65
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Mary Mitchell Korowin ’65
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Linda Lieber McLaughlin ’65
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Janis Johnston Papineau ’65
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Janis Cash Raber ’65
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Cristin Niemetta Donovan ’66
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Barbara Sobel ’66
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David F. Blanden ’67
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Thomas D. Everson ’67
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Shirley Thomas Hightower ’67
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Janis Welty Burlingame ’68
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Paul J. Dixon ’68
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Lawrence D. Rublee ’68
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Marilyn Taylor Zavorski ’68
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Ronald E. Loesel ’69
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Cathy Anne Lozen ’69
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David Bonning Marr ’69
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Karel Smith Wetzel ’69
1970s
1970s
1970s
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Mark Engle, Sr. ’70
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Margaret Miller Freund ’70
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Stanley M. Hunter ’70
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Caro Spendlove Mabbitt ’70
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Olugbenga Soga Oredein ’70
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Leo F. Sensabaugh ’70
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Linda Evans Deemie ’71
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Paul S. Jancha ’71
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Judith Savage Martinelli ’71
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Stephen G. Strickland ’71
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William R. Juhnke ’72
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Rebecca Seyferth Llewellyn ’72
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Joseph H. Black ’73
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Richard P. Elsesser ’73
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Lauri Holt Schwab ’73
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David E. Gillison ’74
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Stephen J. Munsell ’74
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Ernest L. Yoder ’74
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Linda Orr Corich ’75
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Greg F. Cutshaw ’75
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Lynn D. MacDonald ’75
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Martha Pixley Mishler ’75
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Craig D. Wilson ’75
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Kenneth J. Dupuis ’76
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Debra Mapes ’76
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Thomas P. Means ’76
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Robert Price ’76
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William A. Romsek ’76
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Lonney J. Evon ’76
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Karen Hasler ’78
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Timothy J. Jank ’78
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Sonja Schultz-Fryer ’79
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Debra Cook Ogle Maloney ’79
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James M. Spring ’79
1980s
1980s
1980s
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Ben Long, Jr. ’80
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James R. Steere ’80
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Peter John von Oeyen ’80
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Patricia Clark Gruber ’84
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Patrick Hesch ’85
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Brian R. Campbell ’86
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Lawrence B. Lindemer, III ’87
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Suzanne Wolf Coffland ’88
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Debra Mott-Humphrey ’88
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Jeffrey S. Williams ’88
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Bernadine Skowronski Besebes ’89
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Stephen Hoffman ’89
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Lisa M. Paulus ’89
1990s
1990s
1990s
2000s
2000s
2000s
2010s
2010s
2010s
2020s
2020s
2020s
Former Faculty and Staff
Former Faculty and Staff
Former Faculty and Staff
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Thomas H. Batchelder (40+ yrs, asst prof of psychology)
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Randolph C. Beaumont (prof of chemistry)
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Shirley Ann Belisle (retired cook of many years)
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Philip S. Chovanec (retired electrical supervisor 1983-2006)
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Burnet V. Davis (professor political science 1977-2001)
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John H. Gibson (professor of physics 1968-2007)
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Barbara Gladding (bookkeeper 1957-1973, athletics dept 1973-1999)
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Charles A. Gray (25+ yrs, former coach and athletic director; parent of Cheryl Gray Davis ’81 and David Gray ’83)
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Charles B. House, Jr. (professor and lecturer)
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Dorene D. Lewis (33 yrs, secretary to dean of students, parent to Cheryl Chapman ’79 and the late Ronald Chapman ’87)
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Robert D. Marble (director of admissions, director of financial aid)
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Ronald Massanari (spouse of Rhoda, prof of philosophy, chair of religious studies 1975-2005)
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Sarah McCarthy Neumann (asst prof of biology 2015-2021)
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Melvin A. Nyman (33+ years, prof of math and computer science, spouse of Arlene, parent of Michelle ’90, and Todd ’98 and his wife Jill ’98)
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Jesse L. Perry (Chaplain 90’s-2000s)
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Mark E. Roberts (mechanical shop supervisor, spouse of Brenda Roberts ’98, parent of Tracey Fuller ’01 and Katey Thompson ’02)
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Richard A. Roeper (emeritus professor of biology & dept. chair 1972-2000; spouse of Karen)
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Charlotte Schmidtke (news media editor 1977-2000)
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Douglas J. Scripps (symphony orchestra director 1985-2002; parent of Daniel Scripps ’98)
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Jean S. Simutis (asst prof mathematics, 1978-1989)
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Debra Smith (faculty secretary, circa 1985)
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Joseph Walser (36 years, professor of religion 1964-2000)
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Michael J. Yavenditti (38 years, professor and history dept. chair)
Friends of the College
Friends of the College
Friends of the College
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Thomas K. Andison (trustee emeritus)
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John Buchanan (former trustee)
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Patricia Mowry Daily
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Wayne J. Desjarlais (spouse of Nancy, parent of Melissa ’00 and Justin ’04)
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Renee Didocha (parent of Steven Didocha ’97, Kristina Ahn ’98 and late Eric Didocha ’00)
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John F. Ecken (parent of Mary Kay Ecken Schuetter ’95 and Mary Lou Ecken Kidd ’95)
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Edward D. Forsyth (parent of Kristofer Forsyth ’98)
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Michael D. Groves (spouse of Nancy, parent of Matt Groves ’97)
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Judith “Ann” Vallender Hall
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Berniece L. Harper (spouse of Kenneth J. Harper ’59)
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James Huntoon
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Margaret Hutchinson (spouse of Dr. James Hutchinson)
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Roderick Kallgren (parent of Theodore Kallgren ’84)
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Michael R. Lamrock (parent of Megan Lamrock ’15)
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Terri Lamrock (parent of Megan Lamrock’15)
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Michael R. Linn (spouse of Ginny, parent to Rhonda Linn ’06)
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Larry Lippert, Sr. (spouse of Dorothy, parent to Larry Jr.)
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Barbara L. Marble (spouse of Robert Marble)
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Shari McCallister
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Edward L. “Pete” McDonald (parent of Kay McDonald ’07)
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Susan Hutchins McIntyre (parent of Amy McIntyre ’89)
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J. Wade McKeown (spouse of Barbara Foster ’75)
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Louise J. Newman
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Mary Nordin (parent of Kathryn Wood ’00 and son-in-law Eric Wood ’99)
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Timothy J. Powers (parent of Erika Powers Appelt ’91 and her spouse Jeffrey Appelt ’91, grandparent of Hannah Powers ’19)
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Robert A. Rasinske (spouse of Nancy Rasinske ’80)
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Jane Rhoades (spouse of Dale Rhoades)
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Josephine Ann Rinehart (parent of the late Charles Rinehart ’85)
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Leon Schmelzer (spouse of June Schmelzer ’52)
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Delphine M. Sefcik
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Duane Sherman (parent of D. Michael Sherman ’74)
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James F. Shetlar (spouse of Janet Shetlar ’70)
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John W. Shroyer
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Gale L. Soules (grandparent of Jared Groeneveld ’15)
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Glen D. Thompson (spouse of Jennifer Varney Thompson ’83)
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Phoebe Vance (spouse of late Roger Vance ’54)
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Virginia R. Weenink (parent of Jeff Weenink ’77, grandparent to Justyne ’18 and Jaime ’23)
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Annerose White
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Quintele Ray Woods
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Robert Yin (spouse of Chia-Wei Wang ’69)
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Robert V. Zatelli (parent of students Emily and Alexander Zatelli)