Note: An * before a name means the alumnus was a faculty or staff member, too. So they also are listed under Faculty/Staff below, with links to obituaries and other remembrances when available. To submit a name for the In Memory listing, please click on the Share Your News button on the Class Notes page and fill out the form.
1940s
Lowell “Newt” Baker, BBA ’49, December 15, 2020
Sarah Brainerd, BA ’49, August 17, 2020
1950s
Charles Beckwith, attended 1945–50, November 30, 2020.
Donal Beard, BS ’52, February 27, 2020
Mary Ann Juh, BS ’52, September 20, 2020
Saima Macek, BS ’52, February 2, 2020
Kenneth Whipkey, BA ’53, MA ’58, January 18, 2020
Helen Kirk, BS ’54, MEd ’57, November 9, 2020
Marilyn Rundle, BS ’54, August 23, 2020
Barbara Winograd, BS ’54, April 10, 2020
*Fay R. Biles, MA ’56, October 28, 2020
MaryLou Good, BS ’56, August 8, 2020
Ada Wirbel, BS ’56, September 12, 2020
Louis J. Mikula, BS ’58, MEd ’58, November 13, 2020
F. Bernard Smith, BS ’58, August 3, 2019
1960s
Carol Beal, BS ’62, MEd ’65, June 17, 2020
Larry E. Carpenter, BS ’62, MEd ’64, April 14, 2020
Richard Carter, BS ’62, July 18, 2020
Michael Sipes, BS ’62, MA ’62, March 18, 2020
*Rudolph “Rudy” S. Bachna, BS ’63, MEd ’67, February 20, 2021
Irvin Donick, DPM ’63, August 11, 2020
Edmund B. Thomas Jr., MA ’64, December 6, 2020
Thomas R. O’Donnell, BA ’65, BS ’70, MA ’73, November 12, 2020
Robert B. Sivert, BS ’65, January 25, 2021
Richard Worthing, BS ’65, July 1, 2020
Michael Jozsa, BBA ’67, January 1, 2020
Lowell “Buzz” Starner, BS ’67, November 28, 2020
Robert Mencini, BA ’68, August 24, 2020
Phillip C. Radcliffe, BBA ’68, May 9, 2019
1970s
Janet (Deitrick) Achberger, BS ’72, December 8, 2020
Alan Canfora, BA ’72, MLS ’80, December 20, 2020
Thomas Shilling, BS ’72, October 27, 2020
Thomas R. Castelluzzi, BBA ’73, September 16, 2007
*E. Timothy Moore, BFA ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, February 1, 2021
Gilbert Janke, BArc ’75, December 7, 2019
Ilze Gagliardo, BS ’76, March 22, 2020
Carol (Javitch) Press, MEd ’76, December 29, 2020
Judith Sieck, BSN ’76, February 2, 2020
Dennis C. Eberhart, BS ’77, September 4, 2020
George A. Gatta Jr., BArc ’77, July 12, 2020
Thelma Osgood, MLS ’77, March 5, 2019
James E. “Jim” Davis, AAS ’78, BS ’82, March 7, 2020
1980s
James T. Hutton, BA ’80, July 23, 2020
Christine Junia, BSN ’82, August 18, 2020
Lawrence Meaney, AAB ’83, July 8, 2020
*Kimberly Cole Winebrenner, BA ’85, MA ’88, PhD ’91, December 3, 2020
Mark Fachada, DPM ’86, October 17, 2020
Cynthea Brea (Weiland) Sanders, BA ’89, MA ’04, August 4, 2020
1990s
Steven Urchek, BSE ’91, January 20, 2021
Geoffrey Stevanus, BSE ’96, September 22, 2020
2000s
*Zelma “Zee” Edgell, LSM ’05, December 20, 2020
*Robert “Bobby” Makar, BS ’09, MA ’11, November 11, 2020
2010s
MJ Eckhouse, BS ’18, October 21, 2020
Jonathan F. Morrish, BBA ’18, September 12, 2020
Hannah Schnorrenberg, AA ’18, July 23, 2020
Michael John Gallagher II, BA ’19, December 10, 2020
Abby Achauer, MA ’20, January 25, 2021
Faculty/Staff
Richard G. Bentley, PhD, January 26, 2021
He was Emeritus Professor of Technology and Journalism (1956–1981). While at Kent State, Bentley developed a graphic arts program with the School of Journalism. He was president of the International Graphic Arts Education Association in 1970, a member of the Faculty Senate, and at retirement he was awarded the Clinton Van Deusen Award for lifetime achievement.
Fay R. Biles, MA ’56, PhD, October 28, 2020
She served as head coach of the field hockey and lacrosse teams (1956-1972), received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1970, served as vice president of Public Affairs and Development (1972–1978) and retired in 1985.
Edward W. Crosby, BA ‘57, MA ’59, PhD ’65, February 10, 2021
He was Emeritus Professor of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature (1969-1994). Crosby became a professor at Kent State in 1969 and helped create the Institute for African-American Affairs, which later became the Department of Pan-African Studies. He is also credited with working with Black United Students and the Center for Human Relations to coordinate the first Black History Month on Kent State’s campus in February 1970, before the month was widely recognized nationwide as an annual observance. After his retirement in 1994, he remained an advocate in the Black Education field.
Rudolph “Rudy” S. Bachna, BS ’63, MEd ’67, February 20, 2021
He co-founded the Kent State men’s and women’s gymnastics program in 1959 (with his wife, Janet, and brother, Joe) and served as head coach for both teams until 1978. Bachna continued to lead the women’s gymnastics program until retiring (1963–1991). He also relaunched the men’s soccer program in 1963, and he served as head coach for the men’s soccer team from 1963–1972. He and his wife were inducted into the Varsity “K” Hall of Fame in 1993.
E. Timothy Moore, BFA ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, February 1, 2021
He was Associate Dean Emeritus for Advising and Undergraduate Student Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences (1998–2010) and also Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pan African Studies (1974–2010). The first Black faculty member at Kent State to receive the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993, Moore also was selected for Who’s Who Among American Teachers for 1996 and 1998, and he was presented with Kent State’s Diversity Trailblazer Award in 2015.
Kimberly Cole Winebrenner, BA ’85, MA ’88, PhD ’91, December 3, 2020
She was a professor in the Department of English (1998–2020) and served as faculty adviser for Luna Negra for many years.
Zelma “Zee” Edgell, LSM ’05, PhD, December 20, 2020
She was Emeritus Professor in the Department of English (1992–2009). A native of Belize, she wrote four novels and five short stories set in Belize. She also founded The Reporter newspaper in 1967, served as director of the Women’s Bureau in the 1980s, and later was a lecturer at what is now the University of Belize. In 2007, She received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for her services to literature and the community.
Robert “Bobby” G. Makar, BS ’09, MA ’11, November 11, 2020
He was an adjunct professor in the Digital Media Production program (2011–2020) and helped produce the program’s feature films Unlucky (2016) and Fly By Night (2018)