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Those We Have Lost

In Memoriam

  • Susan R. Burdick, MSLIS ’73
  • Susan Hoskins Peterson, Creative Arts Therapy (1998–2000)
  • Nubar L. Shahbazian, BArch ’60
  • Charles A. Quinn, BA Social Science ’70
  • Patricia Caputo, Communications Design (1986–1990)
  • Debora K. Reiser, BArch ’48 (read the Architect’s Newspaper obituary)
  • Marguerite D. Valenti, BFA Merchandising and Fashion Management ’52
  • Ron Emmerling, BID ’58
  • C. Robert Helms, BID ’62
  • Christopher Laux, BArch ’70
  • Jeanne Marie Raciborski, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’48
  • Beth A. Portuesi, BFA Communications Design ’83
  • Richard E. Swarts, BME ’50 
  • Alan D. Jacobus, BArch ’59 
  • Marie L. McCormack, BS Home Economics ’49
  • Charles V. Walt, Foundation Art (1962)
  • David Broad, Certificate, Illustration ’50 
  • Paul Nocella, BEE ’72
  • Matthew D. Sylvester, BFA Painting ’92
  • Anne Cowin Fahey, BFA Communications Design ’87
  • John Ryan, Mechanical Technology Design (1956–1959)
  • Robert Lacava, Evening Art School, Illustration (1952–1953)
  • Emilie Adams, BS Food Science and Management ’54
  • George Brome, MS Computer and Decision Science ’78, longtime coach of men’s and women’s tennis
  • Myron Goldfinger, former faculty member in the School of Architecture (read the New York Times obituary)
  • David Walczyk, former assistant professor in the School of Information
  • Mary Ann Dionne, BFA Fashion Design ’59
  • Veronica E. Johnson, MLS ’63
  • Elizabeth Thompson, MFA Fine Arts ’77
  • Eleanor C. Dreskin, Certificate, Illustration ’46
  • Kathleen Farrell Hefty, MS History of Art ’13
  • Edward Lamkay, BArch ’59
  • Joseph L. Aversano Jr., BFA Merchandising and Fashion Management ’73
  • Malcolm Lanphear, BFA Advertising Design and Visual Communications ’70
  • George Brody, BCE ’58
  • Lorie Hansen-Boveroux, MS City and Regional Planning ’01
  • Dorothea Gerjovich DeVoe, BFA Art Education ’48
  • Edward K. McCabe, Certificate, Electrical Tech Power ’57
  • Elizabeth L. Beadle, MLS ’60
  • Evelyn A. Nilsen, BS Nutrition and Dietetics ’77
  • Mary Wallis Gutmann, BID ’56
  • Albert Lorenz, BArch ’65, former longtime faculty member in the School of Architecture, Distinguished Teacher 1989–1990
  • Thomas Kochie, BFA Fine Arts ’70
  • Meroojan Mellian, AAS Building and Construction ’61
  • Virginia P. Dawe, MSLIS ’86
  • Robert A. Freese Sr., BFA Communications Design (Graphic Arts and Illustration) ’64
  • William L. Border, Certificate, Illustration ’53
  • Heidi S. Holliger, MSLIS ’81
  • Vashti Davidson-Clarke, MSLIS ’90
  • Paula Burksy, MSLIS ’86
  • Donald J. Schwarz, BID ’52
  • Dimitri Hazzikostas, former assistant professor of History of Art and Design and faculty member of Pratt in Venice
  • Henry Halpern, MLS ’59
  • Elizabeth Drago, BFA Photography ’05 
  • Alfred Heiler, BME ’60 
  • C. Fred Grimsey Jr., BME ’59 
  • Phyllis Feld, attended, Interior Design
  • Stephan Green, BArch ’80
  • Doris B. Nelsen, Certificate, Advertising Design ’53 
  • Mark M. Mendlovsky, BArch ’93 
  • Beverly Morotwitz Warmath, BFA Fashion Design ’61
  • Herbert G. Anderson, BEE ’58
  • Woody Rainey, former faculty member of Interior Design
  • Joseph George Shannon, attended, Advertising Art
  • Thomas William Mulvey, attended, Architecture 
  • Howard I. Chechik, BCE ’52 
  • Margery Scott Daniels, BFA Fashion Merchandising ’70 
  • Glenn A. Roopchand, AOS Illustration ’79  
  • Gregory F. Brazaitis, BME ’71 
  • Robert Eugene Berner, attended, Industrial Design
  • Cheryl Lynne Sims, attended, Fashion Design
  • Paul W. Bruner, MFA Art Education ’68 
  • Edward Koren, MFA Art Education ’64 
  • Sandra B. Schwartz, MFA Fine Arts ’69
  • Beck L. Krajcir, BFA Communications Design (Advertising/Art Direction) ’97 
  • August Lebkuecher, BEE ’56 
  • Ruth M. Fowler, Certificate, Advertising Design ’53
  • Judith Draper Martin, Certificate, Illustration ’52; BFA Illustration ’53
  • Daniel Steppe, BCE ’63
  • Margaret A. Santacroce, Certificate, Retailing ’52
  • Norman L. Wax, BArch ’57 
  • Inger Erickson, BFA Art Education ’93 
  • Robert D. Zera, BID ’74 
  • Nancy J. Bodine, BS Art Education ’65
  • Ernest A. Vigdor, Certificate, Advertising Design ’49 
  • Rita Edwards, Certificate, Costume Design ’47
  • Hanford Yang, former professor in the School of Architecture
  • Suzanne Kawa Evans, attended, Graphic Design and Fine Arts 

  • Mary J. Ellis, BS Home Economics ’49

  • Arlene Adams Schuyler, attended, Foundation Art

  • Anthony Potulicki, Associate of Mechanical Technology Design ’63 

  • Margot Bernheim Karp, MLS ’69

  • Florence J. Smith, Certificate, Dietetics ’39 

  • Richard G. Gervase, MEE ’73

  • Pamela Kramer Gibbs, attended, Advertising Design

  • Edward Rach, attended, Advertising 

  • Lillian A. Stevens, BFA Merchandising and Fashion Management ’73

  • Edward L. La Mura, BArch ’60 

  • Yvonne Parkes, Certificate, Interior Design ’52

  • Jack P. Falco, attended, Graduate Architecture

  • Paul Deesen, BID ’54

  • Joseph “Skip” Piatti, BFA Communications Design ’72

  • Gregg S. Sonnenfeld, BArch ’85

  • Charles L. Vickers, attended, Art School

  • S. Jeanne Daley, attended, Home Economics
  • Walter P. Allspach Jr., attended, Architecture

  • James Lesko, MFA Fine Arts ’96

  • Jory W. Berkley, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’03 

  • Wilma Gawthrop, Certificate, Interior Design ’41

  • Donald I. Walley, Certificate ’52, BFA Advertising Design ’53

  • William Germer Jr., BArch ’60

  • Alex V. Krakovitz, BE (Architectural) ’73
  • Victoria Vebell, adjunct assistant professor in the Associate Degree Department of the School of Art
  • Lucian Krukowski, MS Art Teacher Education ’58, former faculty member of the Art School and chair of Foundation (read the obituary in Washington University in St. Louis’s The Record )
  • Jeanne D. McKiernan, Certificate, Food Management ’49
  • Ronald Wolsky, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’89 

  • James L. Sawyer, BArch ’73 

  • Doris A. Sery, BFA Illustration ’53

  • Henry Gribbon, Certificate, Electric Technology ’54 

  • Christopher Clay, BArch ’89

  • Leon F. Tirsch, attended, Fashion Design 

  • Barton H. Leit, BFA Advertising Design ’60

  • Herbert Vollman, BArch ’67 

  • Alisa Wiles, AOS Graphic Design ’84 

  • Richard W. Simpson, BFA Advertising Design ’58

  • Philip Pearlstein, former faculty member of the Art School (read the New York Times obituary)
  • Lee Lorenz, BFA Illustration ’54 

  • Kenneth Kim, MFA Computer Graphics ’00

  • Marti Ann Berkowitz, BID ’77

  • Kristine Battersby, attended, Interior Design 

  • Bertram Kalisher, attended 

  • Michael H. Ankuda, BArch ’79

  • Carl Harbart, BFA Interior Design ’57

  • Frank E. Peteroy, BID ’61

  • Harvey Jacoby, BArch ’60

  • George Lois, attended, Advertising Design

  • Maryalice Cassidy, MSLIS ’01

  • Alfredo Garibay, MArch ’10

  • Frank R. Kuhn, BME ’50

  • Stephen A. Lamb, BS Building Science ’67, former faculty member of Construction Management and Facilities Management

  • Anton Egner, BArch ’52

  • Joan Ginsberg, BFA Advertising Design and Visual Communications ’73

  • Norman Weiss, MS Chemistry ’67  

  • Carole Milda Kennedy Wiedmann, BFA Fashion Design ’58 

  • Leonard Soned, BFA Advertising ’66 

  • Joan Query, Certificate, Costume Design ’49

  • David Sivakoff, BFA Interior Design ’57 

  • David G. Shea, BS Food Science and Management ’71

  • Alexandra Zayac Bilyard, Certificate, Advertising Design ’46

  • Roy B. Davis Jr., MS Fine Arts ’67

  • Nils E. Luderowski, BFA Interior Design ’71

  • Mari Schaus Kaestle, attended, Foundation Art
  • John Joseph Cavalieri, attended, Advertising Design
  • Evelyn S. Yee, BFA Graphic Arts 67; MPS Art Therapy and Creativity Development ’80
  • Walter B. Melvin, BArch ’65 

  • Gordon Lewis Neale, MPS Art Therapy and Creativity Development ’82 

  • Janice Barney Evans, MFA Fine Arts ’81 

  • Jo Ann Stolley, MLS ’61

  • Darron G. “DG” Wilson, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’94

  • Richard H. Hilsinger, BCE ’51 

  • Jack Minkoff, retired longtime professor of Social Science and former chair of Social Science, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and provost
  • Constance Riva Wain Schwartz, attended, Illustration 

  • Frances Prudence Fitzgibbon Aarts, MLS ’72 

  • Anita R. Rosen, Certificate, Illustration ’46

  • Elizabeth M. Morris, attended, Costume Design

  • Julianna Lembeck, Certificate, Costume Design ’47 

  • William J. Miloscia, BCE ’62

  • Robert Mock, BArch ’50 

  • Joseph Ruffo, BFA Graphic Arts and Illustration ’63

  • David B. Casey, BFA Advertising Design ’66 

  • Donald J. Bussolini, BArch ’75
  • Lenore “Lee” Sanders, attended, Home Economics
  • James Polshek, Doctor of Fine Arts (Hon.) ’95
  • Judith Geisler Watts, attended, Graduate Library Science
  • Robert Anthony Farinella, attended, School of Engineering and Science
  • Michele A. Martin, MSLIS ’05
  • Martha A. Cesery Taylor, BFA Art Education ’72; BArch ’78
  • Marguerite A. Houseworth, MFA Fine Arts ’89
  • Federico Ruiz, BFA Art Education ’79
  • Paul Deinzer, BFA Art Education ’56
  • Robert McKim, Certificate, Industrial Design ’51; BID ’58
  • Steven Samet, attended, Graphic Design
  • Doris Latham, MLS ’68
  • Gerard Gorman, BIE ’73
  • Jeffrey Martin Kustal, BEE ’62
  • Maurice Foley, BFA Art and Design Education ’54; MID ’62
  • David Blumenthal, MID ’98
  • Lois Schine, BME ’47
  • May “Toady” Dembowski, BFA Advertising Design ’56
  • Steven Zapton, MFA Fine Arts ’73
  • Clionike Bradley, Certificate, Industrial Design ’52; BID ’53
  • Barbara “Babs” Harris, retired longtime Administrative Secretary of HEOP and Undergraduate Architecture and supporter of the Black Alumni of Pratt
  • Leanne Margaret Harris Jaworski, MLS ’69
  • Jeffrey Martin Kustal, BEE ’62
  • Harriet Shapiro Shane, attended, Advertising Design
  • Mary Stella De Silva, MSLIS ’98
  • Virginia Lee “Sally” Hardesty Moss, certificate, Advertising Design ’46
  • Arnold Skolnick, BFA Advertising Design ’58
  • Edward W. Forman, BME ’53
  • Bernice “Tooty” (Mayer) Ulanoff, certificate, Advertising Design ’46
  • Rudolph “Rudy” Schindwolf, BEE ’51
  • Edith Hope (Jackson) Talbert, attended, Illustration