In Memoriam

July - September 2025

Alumni

Anna Mahoney-Baan '45
Library Science
May 2, 2022

June Blair-Metro '48
Elementary Education
August 15, 2024

Ruth Studeman-
Batzing '51
Elementary Education
September 9, 2022

Raffaelai Canavaciol '51
Elementary Education
July 18, 2020

Muriel Gahn-Horle '52
Elementary Education
October 14, 2023

Glenn Lloyd '52
Elementary Education
August 27, 2021

Beth Depew-Tuttle '53
Elementary Education
June 22, 2023

Juliana Sullivan-
O'Brien '54
Elementary Education
April 5, 2024

Maureen Smith-
Lahue '55
Library Science
July 12, 2025

Patricia Comfort-
Brotz '56
Elementary Education
May 22, 2023

John Carney '60
Decembe 21, 2022

Anne Hodgkiss '61
Elementary Education
April 28, 2021

D. Jean Dickerson '63
Library Science
August 28, 2024

Patrick Elmore '63
Elementary Education
August 4, 2025

Shirley Hall '63
Library Science
May 18, 2020

Gregory O'Connell '64
Elementary Education
August 2, 2025

Greg and Elizabeth O’Connell have given the College more than a million dollars to establish The Greg ’64 and Elizabeth O’Connell Family Endowment in support of underrepresented and underserved students.

Judith Rockefeller '64
Library Science
June 4, 2023

Patricia Parkinson-
Charlton '66
Social Sciences (General)
July 22, 2024

Dennis Ford '66
Biology
December 5, 2023

Michael Sweet '68
Elementary Education
July 9, 2024

Cheryl Daoust-Herfort '69
Mathematics
February 14, 2023

Hans-Erik Wennberg '69
Mathematics
March 19, 2024

Karyn Witmer-Gow '69
Art
July 24, 2025

Jerome Duvall '70
Economics
July 13, 2025

Gary McDermott '70
July 2, 2025

Donna Williams '70
Speech Education
November 20, 2022

Barbara Presley-
Beekman '72
April 21, 2024

Albert La Shier '72
Communications (General)
July 27, 2025

Larry Faulkner '73
Mathematics
February 13, 2024

Naomi Dell '74
September 3, 2025

Ann Keroach-Cooney '75
Elementary Education
March 13, 2022

Elizabeth McAdam-
Martin '75
Elementary Education
March 9, 2024

Lynn Blaszak-Miller '75
Elementary Education
April 1, 2023

William Youngs '76
Psychology
June 1, 2023

Mary Grace Cipollone-Gardner '77
Speech Pathology & Audiology
August 25, 2025

Max Raterman '83
Communications (General)
October 22, 2024

Patricia Hand-Seery '87
Sociology
December 28, 2022

Randy Siper '94
History
November 13, 2024

Daniel Karches '96
Political Science
September 17, 2025

Victoria Colozzi '16
Biology
October 11, 2024

Faculty, Staff, Emeriti, and Friends

Homma Farian
February 18, 2024

Mathematics

Edward Gillin
September 17, 2025

Ed joined the Geneseo community in 1988 and remained until his retirement in 2019.

David Meisel
August 25, 2025

David was a distinguished professor emeritus of physics; he joined the Geneseo community in 1970 and remained until his retirement in 2018.

Denise Sullivan
November 1, 2024

Retired in 2007 as the Registrar.

January - June 2025

Alumni

Anna Lyness-Wells '47
Elementary Education
December 8, 2024

Carl Savino '50
Elementary Education
May 1, 2025

Leona Mihuka-Borden'52
Library Science
January 4, 2025

Marjorie Ames-Walike '52
Elementary Education
January 17, 2025

Joann Lanzer-Samson '58
Elementary Education
February 12, 2025

Thomas Schirmer '58
Elementary Education
May 15, 2025

Dorothy Levin-Swingle '58
History
January 28, 2025

Thomas Moser '60
Speech Education
March 5, 2025

Jean Eastman-
Williams '60
Library Science
April 10, 2025

Carol Robsky-Billett '61
Library Science
January 12, 2025

Patricia Southcombe '61
Library Science
June 7, 2025

Dorothy Pacelli-Negri '62
Communications
April 26, 2025

Susan McCarthy-
Bassett '64
Elementary Education
June 20, 2025

Gillian Pearce-Bauman '64
Special Education
January 14, 2025

Janet Hayes-Page '64
Special Education
March 1, 2025

Willis Beardsley '65
January 26, 2025

Melanie Rozanski-Humphrey '66
Special Education
January 14, 2025

Easter Schwab-Holt '67
Elementary Education
May 31, 2025

Paul Scipione '68
English
February 16, 2025

Paul served as an adjunct professor of business at SUNY Geneseo from 2004 until his retirement in 2015.

Eleanor Smedman '68
Mathematics
June 23, 2025

Mark Jacobitz '68
Sociology
January 6, 2025

Jean Hawks '71
June 26, 2025

James McDonald '73
Psychology
January 22, 2025

Deborah Green-Wilcox '73
Speech Pathology & Audiology
April 29, 2025

William Campbell '74
Communications
January 8, 2025

Carol Fratangelo-
Kenyon '74
Secondary Education
January 29, 2025

Michael Marley '74
Political Science
May 20, 2025

Larry Manter '76
Political Science
January 9, 2025

Karen Kelley '74
English
January 28, 2025

Terrel Book '82
Speech Pathology & Audiology
March 5, 2025

Douglas Evans '83
Business Management
January 17, 2025

Annmarie Knoerl-Dromgoole '84
Speech Pathology & Audiology
April 23, 2025

Ronald Herman '86
Music
June 6, 2025

Cheryl Huff-Gindling '89
Elementary Education
June 23, 2025

Siobhan Quinn-
Papantonis '89
Business Management
January 26, 2025

Michael Cunningham '92
Management Sciences
January 17, 2025

Kevin Colwell '93
Political Science
February 8, 2025

Melody Koelbl-
Zambriski '97
Speech and Hearing Handicapped
April 13, 2025

Brian Murray '06
Business Administration
June 21, 2025

Kenneth Pink '12
Accounting
May 2, 2025

Faculty, Staff, Emeriti, and Friends

Ganie DeHart
June 30, 2025

Ganie was a distinguished teaching professor of psychology; she joined the faculty in 1988 and taught courses in child development and cross-cultural psychology.

Ruth Peck
May 13, 2025

Ruth joined the Geneseo community in 1978 and remained until her retirement in 1998, as assistant professor emerita.

Jean Smith
January 30, 2025

Jean joined the Geneseo community in 1998 and remained until her retirement in 2012 as a clerk 3.

Beth Standish
May 2, 2025

Beth joined the Geneseo community in 2005 and remained until her retirement in 2020, as the administrative assistant in the dean of students office.

December 2024