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Those We Have Lost

In Memoriam

  • Alisa Zamir, MS Package Design ’71, professor emerita of Graduate Communications Design

  • Terry Smith, Campus Safety Officer (1990–2025)

  • George Smaragdis, MFA Digital Arts ’09 

  • William “Bill” L. Porter, MID ’60 (read the New York Times obituary)

  • Charles N. Hickok, MFA Fine Arts ’74

  • Ronald Marini, BFA Fashion ’70, former visiting associate professor of Fashion Design

  • Philip Catania, BFA Graphic Arts ’68

  • Barry Seidman, Advertising Design and Visual Communication (1961–1968)

  • Madelaine “Maddy” Gold, MFA Fine Arts ’80

  • Robert Leslie Webster, Architecture (1963–1968)

  • Robert Jacobson, Chemical Engineering (1949–1953)

  • Jackie (Cohen) Heyman, Costume Design (1948–1949)

  • Charles Lewis Hill III, Graphic Arts (1962–1965)

  • Barbara Neski, former faculty member in the School of Architecture 

  • Norman Greenblatt, Certificate, Interior Design ’49

  • Norma R. (McNitt) Treichler, Certificate, Dietetics ’47

  • Keith Mervis, BFA Interior Design ’65

  • Thomas Keough, BFA Communications Design ’80

  • Elizabeth A. Dolman, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’57

  • Lorraine (Wark) Diamond, BS Home Economics ’54

  • Stephen Grabow, Master of Architecture ’66

  • Stanley Smokler, MFA Fine Arts ’75

  • David Edward Byrd, former faculty member in the School of Art and Design

  • Michael Piazza, BID ’74

  • Jose I. Fortoul, MS Computer Science ’75

  • Gerald Luss, Certificate, Interior Design ’48 (read the New York Times obituary)

  • President Emeritus Thomas F. Schutte (read the obituary)
  • Paul McDonough, adjunct associate professor emeritus of photography (read the New York Times obituary)
  • Erich Kuersten, academic advisor and former assistant to the chair of Humanities and Media Studies
  • Morton Künstler, Certificate, Illustration ’50; 2002 Alumni Achievement Award recipient (read the New York Times obituary)

  • Robert P. Kalish, Master of Architecture ’74

  • Tracy McGrath Neitze, Fine Arts (1969–1971)

  • Elizabeth A. Robbins, MS Interior Design ’87

  • Pauline (Liszewski) Syslo, BFA Home Economics ’56

  • Antonio Lima, BFA Art Education ’66

  • Ronald Donato Travisano, BFA Advertising Design ’60

  • Jules Feiffer, Illustration (1947–1948, read the Washington Post obituary) 

  • Louis Nelson, BID ’58; MID ’64, chair emeritus of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Scholarship Fund (read the remembrance post)

  • Alan Casden, BEE ’63

  • George Gagliardi, BCE ’52

  • Joseph Edward Leitgeb, BCE ’55

  • Norma Gatje Smith, Certificate, Textile Design ’53

  • Gordon Bryan Heath, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’60

  • Patricia Ann Willen, BFA Advertising Design ’56

  • Edith Laken, BS Home Economics ’50

  • John S. Obarowski, BArch ’68

  • Robert D. Ascione, BArch ’65

  • Peter John Goldhammer, BArch ’65

  • Jean Anne Noe, BFA Interior Design ’57

  • Cynthia Szekeres Prozzo, Certificate, Illustration ’54

  • Thomas Lewick, Science and Technology (1958–1960)

  • Charles Schouw, BEE ’62 

  • Enid Mastrianni, BFA Photography ’86

  • William Kissiloff, Certificate, Industrial Design ’49

  • Earl E. Hoyt Jr., BID ’60, former faculty member in the School of Art and Design

  • Ian Kessen, BFA Fine Arts ’75

  • Sylvia E. Baclanic, Certificate, Dietetics ’42

  • Catherine Wagner, BID ’65

  • Anthony Z. Thorne, BME ’44 

  • Anna Marie Magagna, former Fashion Department faculty member

  • Frances A. McDonald Johansson, Certificate, Advertising Design ’52

  • Kenneth W. Geiser, BME ’52

  • William W Steidel, Certificate, Illustration ’51

  • Cynthia “Cyndy” Szekeres Prozzo, Certificate, Illustration ’54

  • Carol Wenz, BFA Fashion ’68

  • Rosemary Littman, Certificate, Advertising Design ’56

  • Wallace Littman, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’58

  • Jack L. Rothschild, Certificate, Advertising Design ’52

  • John G. Lawler, BFA Advertising Design ’63; MFA Fine Arts ’68

  • Theodore L. Strauss, BArch ’55

  • Naomi J. Johnson, retired longtime staff member of Pratt Center for Community Development 

  • Thomas J. Doyle III, BFA Illustration ’55

  • Johnny F. Monrose, BArch ’99; MS Real Estate Practice ’20

  • Delores Miscavage Parry, Certificate, Costume Design ’48

  • Carrie Zeigler, Film (1973–1974)

  • Kathleen Richards Babcock, Certificate, Textile Design ’78; AOS Textile Design ’78

  • Michael Stephen Hvasta, Architecture (1979–1980)

  • Helene “Honey” Nelson, Advertising Design (1950–1951)

  • Robert Holtz, Certificate, Leather and Tanning Technology ’49

  • Ruth Friedson, BS Home Economics ’44

  • Jerome Tauber, BS Mathematics ’66

  • Chris Riley, MS Urban Placemaking & Management ’17

  • Roy A. Messina, Advertising Design (1956–1959) 

  • Winifred Giddens, Certificate, Costume Construction ’42

  • Vincent James DePalo, BEE ’49

  • David Reau Johnson, Graphic Design (1978–1981)

  • Abby Robinson, MFA Fine Arts ’74

  • Mark F. Carlos, BEEE ’75

  • Carmela Lembo Hedger, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’60

  • Saverio Quaranta, AAS Building Construction ’78; BPS Construction Management ’80

  • Arthur J. Henriksen, BCE ’44

  • Lawrence Bocksel, BME ’48

  • Catherine Kalweit Fine, MLS ’69

  • Susanne H. Holloran, MPS Art Therapy and Creativity Development ’00

  • Jon Arthur Kolstad, Architecture (1974–1977)

  • Luciano Altieri, Product Design (1969–1971)

  • Peter J. Wendrychowicz, MLS ’73

  • Frantz R. Price, BECE ’72

  • Alan Van Bergen, BFA Advertising Design ’53

  • Yechiam Gal, former adjunct professor CCE of Foundation

  • Catherine Kalweit Fine, MLS ’69

  • Susanne H. Holloran, MPS Art Therapy and Creativity Development ’00

  • Jon Arthur Kolstad, Architecture (1974–1977)

  • Luciano Altieri, Product Design (1969–1971)

  • Peter J. Wendrychowicz, MLS ’73

  • Frantz R. Price, BECE ’72

  • Alan Van Bergen, BFA Advertising Design ’53

  • Warren Frederick Ilchman, 10th president of Pratt Institute (1990–1993)

  • Bruce Degen, MFA Fine Arts ’75 (read the New York Times obituary)

  • Robert C. Morgan, longtime adjunct professor of fine arts

  • I. M. Ecks, retired longtime assistant to the provost 

  • Lloyd Ziff, BFA Graphic Arts ’67, Trustee 1999–2002 (read the New York Times obituary)

  • Anne (Planck) DeSantis, Certificate, Illustration ’51

  • Carol J. (Lundberg) Norwood, Certificate, Costume Design ’55

  • John Haytman, SCPS (1967–1970)

  • Karen Buzzell Frey, BS Chemistry ’63

  • Walter W. Frey, BEE ’56

  • Alfred Bentley, BS Construction Management ’72

  • Richard Wayne Forster, BFA Graphic Arts ’68

  • Sue (Huebener) Goffredi, BS Art Teacher Education ’56

  • James A. Holt Jr., BArch ’61; Master of Architecture ’62

  • Edward Miller, BEE ’58

  • Vincent John Glinski, BEE ’64

  • John Stuart Pope, BFA Fine Arts ’72

  • James A. Vaught Jr., BS Computer Science ’75

  • Patricia Fonville Wright, BFA Fashion ’73

  • Thomas Morrison, BEE ’65

  • Charles Bardes, Architecture (1959–1964)

  • Arlene Skarani, Advertising Design (1960–1962)

  • Fritz McLymont, Graduate Planning (1984–1985)

  • Marilyn J. Gayle, MSLIS ’05

  • Michelle M. French, BFA Fine Arts ’82

  • Timothy P. Dale, BArch ’78

  • John J. Fromer, BFA Fashion ’75

  • Eugene C. Orientale, BArch ’56

  • Seymour Nussenbaum, BA Illustration ’48

  • Levana Bienstock, BFA Fashion Design ’08

  • Sandra A. Brannon, MS Communications Design ’84

  • John D. Moser, BS Construction Management ’74

  • Mary Bell Hosie Kolischak, Certificate, Dietetics ’46

  • Jung Lee Sanders, MS Interior Design ’81 (read the ArtAsiaPacific obituary)

  • Robert Vuolo, BFA Advertising Design ’58

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