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And if you’d like to share some news of your own, the submit your Class Note form located at bottom of this page makes it easy. We encourage all class notes to have a photo. Please upload one with your submission.  From dinners with alumni friends, births, weddings and impromptu gatherings… feel free to share your photo with the UC alumni community!

Class Notes by Decade

1950  1960  1970  1980  1990  2000  2010

Events

Weddings  Births and Adoptions 

In Memoriam

During the 2022-23 academic year, the Ursinus College campus community experienced the heartbreaking loss of a faculty member, two current students, and a former student. Together, we—along with so many caring members of our extended community—share in this grief and express our deepest sympathies to their family and friends for their unimaginable loss.

Faculty and Staff Our Students Board of Trustees Friends of the College Alumni - 1930 Alumni - 1940 Alumni - 1950 Alumni - 1960

Alumni - 1970 Alumni - 1980 Alumni - 1990 Alumni - 2010

1950s

1960s

1970s

  • Lee-Ann Carney ’78 is a volunteer manager at Compassion Café, a nonprofit breakfast café on Long Beach Island, N.J., founded to provide meaningful employment and job training for adolescents and adults with disabilities.

1980s

  • John ’85 and Cindy Fessick hosted an event for Ursinus alumni, parents, and friends of the college in August at the Stone Harbor Golf Club.

  • Mary (Howard) Van Brunt ’87 was inaugurated as the 39th President of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., on March 17, 2023.

  • Rick Millward ’80 reports that he will be retiring from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Pilot Bioproduction Facility (PBF) on December 31, 2023, after over 22 years of service. In February 2023, he was inducted into the Order Of Military Medical Merit, the highest honor a civilian can achieve while working in the area of military medicine.

  • Theresa Frangiosa ’82 has joined Faegre Drinker Consulting as a senior director. The firm provides public policy, regulatory and technical services to key sectors of the economy.

1990s

  • Golf Outing

    Alumni representing the Pi Omega Delta fraternity participated in a second annual charity golf outing at Linfield National to support Motley’s Mission, named for Cliff Motley ’97 to support suicide awareness and prevention.

  • Allison Puff ’91

    Allison Puff ’91 is executive vice president of academic affairs at Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Mo.

2000s

  • Sabir M. Peele

    Sabir Peele ’08, who owns a men’s style and lifestyle business, has partnered with two-time Super Bowl champion Malcolm Jenkins and his Philadelphia-based custom fashion house on a new luxury track suit capsule collection.

  • Dull Wedding

    Walter Paul Dull III ’00 and Diane Elizabeth Deslatte celebrated their nuptials on May 13, 2023, in New Orleans, La.

2010s

  • Alumni Gathering in Philly
    Ursinus alumni gathered at the Blue Cross River Rink in Philadelphia on February 18 of this year at our annual These Bears Don’t Hibernate event. View other upcoming alumni events online at ursinus.edu/alumni/alumni-events.

  • Richard Kisielowski ’10 has recently joined the United States Senate as a counsel for the Committee on the Judiciary.

Weddings

  • Dull Wedding

    Walter Paul Dull III ’00 and Diane Elizabeth Deslatte celebrated their nuptials on May 13, 2023, in New Orleans, La.

Births and Adoptions

In Memoriam: Faculty and Staff

  • Cory R. Etchberger, former professor of biology, died January 31, 2023.

  • Maria Carosella

    Former staff member Maria R. Carosella died August 11, 2023.

  • Professor Scott Deacle

    Professor Scott Deacle passed away on May 5, 2023
    Scott—the ever-organized, ice-cream loving business and economics professor—is remembered as an exceptional teacher who always created a special rapport with his students, especially those involved with the investment club, UCIMCO. His service to the college was exemplary—a confident and caring voice of clarity who saw so much potential in the college and in his colleagues and students.

In Memoriam: Our Students

  • adam walton

    Adam Walton ’25 passed away on September 25, 2022
    Adam was a North Penn High School graduate, psychology major, and Gateway Scholar at Ursinus from Lansdale, Pa. He was described by his Ursinus professors as a remarkably bright and kind person who hoped to become a psychiatrist to help others.

  • Damiano Rotolo

    Damiano Rotolo ’26 passed away on March 26, 2023
    Dam was from Aberdeen, N.J., and a graduate of Matawan Regional High School. He was a member of the men’s wrestling team and planned to major in the social sciences. Dam was known by his coaches, teammates, and friends for his loving personality and quick sense of humor.

  • max moliken

    Max Moliken passed away on December 14, 2022
    A former Ursinus student and the son of Ursinus staff members Gabe and Laura Moliken, Max loved vacationing on Chincoteague Island, Va., and Mister Whippy’s ice cream. He enjoyed nature, hanging out with friends, and listening to a wide variety of music. He was described as a big kid at heart with a magnetic personality.

In Memoriam: Board of Trustees

In Memoriam: Friends of the College

  • Barbara “Bobbi” G. Rheiner, Friend of the College, died March 11, 2023.

  • Ilse (Helfferich) Munzinger, daughter of former President Donald Helfferich, died July 6, 2023.

  • Sandi-Jo Gordon died May 2, 2023.

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1930s

  • Gene (Fillman) Hauseman ’39 died February 11, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1940s

  • Annabelle (Shober) Saylor ’49 died August 13, 2023.

  • David B. Heller ’44 died July 22, 2023.

  • Frances “Pat” V. (Wilt) Callahan ’43 died May 20, 2023.

  • Jane B. (Brackin) Donnelly ’49 died July 25, 2023.

  • Jean C. (Caton) Johnson ’47, died June 29, 2023.

  • Nancy (Landis) Wood ’43 died April 19, 2023.

  • Sally B. (Bartsch) Brouse ’49 died July 10, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1950s

  • Alan N. Tompkins ’58 died October 20, 2021.

  • Albert E. Teske ’50, H ’83, died February 26, 2023.

  • Alvin E. Tobis ’51 died June 16, 2023.

  • Arthur J. Wilkie, Jr. ’50 died February 22, 2023.

  • Doris (Fite) Baum ’52 died June 22, 2023.

  • Elizabeth (Macan) Brittain ’57 died February 28, 2023.

  • Emil F. Bretzger ’59 died December 12, 2022.

  • Irene R. (Rawcliffe) Nelson ’58 died March 6, 2023.

  • Joan E. (Compton) Jones ’53 died March 14, 2023.

  • John “Jack” E. Jones ’59 died February 19, 2023.

  • Marianne B. (Borkey) McEuen ’52 died April 9, 2023.

  • Marna Feldt ’53 died February 20, 2023.

  • Marvin Z. Rotman, M.D. ’54 died April 1, 2023.

  • Mary Justice Medicus ’51 died April 2, 2023.

  • Ralph G. Walters ’58 died January 8, 2023.

  • Richard “Dick” A. Gellman ’53 died March 29, 2023.

  • Robert H. Cauffman Sr. ’58 died July 18, 2023.

  • Rosemarie (Swallick) Rudolph ’57 died October 7, 2022.

  • Sue (Homes) Hottenstein ’56 died December 25, 2022.

  • Virginia S. “Ginny” (Stecker) Griffin ’56 died February 7, 2023.

  • Wayne E. Pearson ’50 died April 7, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1960s

  • Barbara (Peterson) Bishop ’61 died May 18, 2023.

  • Barbara A. (Hultz) White ’65 died March 3, 2023.

  • Beverly D. Schill ’63 died December 23, 2022.

  • Carolyn J. (Duff) Fritz ’66 died October 12, 2022.

  • Donald B. Watson ’60 died May 27, 2023.

  • Donald R. Green ’68 died August 9, 2023.

  • Emily (Kelley) Thomas ’62 died July 3, 2023.

  • Frances M. (Miller) Peterson ’66 died December 27, 2022.

  • Gordon A. Istenes ’68 died February 8, 2023.

  • Helmut H. Behling ’60 died March 2, 2023.

  • Jane S. (Smith) Hunt ’63 died May 1, 2023.

  • Jeanne A. (Roosen) Grimsley ’64 died March 31, 2023.

  • Judith P. (Powell) Irwin ’61 died March 27, 2023.

  • Lennard D. Greenbaum ’66 died June 12, 2023.

  • Richard D. Bacchi ’65 died July 15, 2023.

  • Rita C. (Conger) Banning ’61 died April 24, 2023.

  • Susan (Higley) Bray ’63 died June 6, 2023.

  • Valerie M. (Moritz) Smith ’65 died May 18, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1970s

  • Barry C. Meeks ’77 died February 27, 2023.

  • Edward “Ken” Kenneth Pace ’70 died May 27, 2023.

  • James E. Burkholder ’77 (Evening) died June 15, 2023.

  • Janet L. Crawford ’73 died July 17, 2023.

  • Jon C. Baggs ’72 died April 16, 2023.

  • Thomas W. Ousey ’79 died May 19, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1980s

  • David G. Wilson ’86 died March 29, 2023.

  • Madeline M. McGinley ’89 died April 12, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 1990s

  • Amy (Colistra) Malinowski ’94 died May 23, 2023.

  • Carrie A. Lumi ’94, died June 27, 2023.

  • James R. Kramer ’96 (Evening) died March 3, 2023.

  • Samantha K. Caggiano ’96 died May 28, 2023.

  • Susan J. (Goodfriend) Lynch ’90 (Evening) died February 14, 2023.

 

In Memoriam: Alumni - 2010s

  • Mary O. Lobo ’15 died August 9, 2023.

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