Note: An * before a name means the alumnus was a faculty or staff member, too. So they are also listed under Faculty/Staff with their dates of service at Kent State.
1930s
Florence Quinette, BA ’38, MA ’41, July 5, 2022
1940s
Robert Henderson, BS ’48, January 3, 2023
1950s
Betty Graber, BS ’50, June 14, 2021
Florence Louise Woodward, BS ’50, January 18, 2023
June Brown, BS ’51, June 19, 2022
John Kapioltas, BBA ’51, March 6, 2022
Gordon Seaholts, BA ’51, October 4, 2022
Winifred Smith Steele, MEd ’51, October 27, 2022
William Weaver, BS ’51, July 8, 2022
Paul Zalog, BS ’51, December 1, 2022
Ronald Bacon, BA ’52, December 21, 2021
Lucille Blakey, BS ’52, December 22, 2022
Koon Ching, BBA ’52, September 14, 2022
*Frederick Marquis Worrell, BA ’52, July 10, 2022
Thomas Nero, BA ’53, July 12, 2022
Harris Brown, BBA ’55, MBA ’65, December 28, 2021
T. G. “Vic” Harisis, BBA ’57, November 21, 2022
John Caddey, BBA ’58, February 2, 2023
1960s
Adolphus “Al” Messenger, BBA ’60, August 29, 2022
Richard Smith, BBA ’60, April 1, 2021
William Sterbik, BA ’60, February 8, 2022
William Gray, BS ’61, PhD ’84, February 9, 2021
Robert Miller, MEd ’61, October 28, 2022
Clarence Mixon, BS ’61, November 26, 2021
Richard Korecko, BA ’63, March 5, 2023
Wilson Graham, BFA ’66, MEd ’68, April 22, 2021
Michael Berlin, DPM ’67, November 25, 2021
Susan Hart, BA ’67, September 3, 2021
Nancy Herr, BS ’67, MA ’69, September 26, 2022
Reloy Garcia, MA ’68, PhD ’68, March 14, 2023
Peggy (Unroe) Jirousek, BBA ’68, January 25, 2022
Jerome T. Mitchell, BBA ’68, October 12, 2021
Sandra Busler, MEd ’69, November 18, 2021
Nancy Rue, MLS ’69, February 4, 2023
1970s
Joyce Cooper, BS ’70, May 19, 2022
William Hahl, BBA ’70, June 3, 2022
Richard Brietstein, DPM ’71, March 29, 2022
Clarence Tussel, BBA ’71, December 10, 2022
*Bruce Barrett, BS ’72, MEd ’78, PhD ’90, July 10, 2022
Richard A. Blair, BBA ’72, January 4, 2023
Joseph E. Gains, BS ’72, May 17, 2022
Ronald “Mosch” Moschella, BS ’72, January 4, 2023
John Robert “Rob” Andrews, BA ’73, October 9, 2022
Dyan Carlson, BS ’73, October 9, 2022
Albert Pomplas, MA ’73, February 17, 2022
Keith Allen Raymond, BS ’74, October 19, 2022
Allen Tolchinsky, BS ’74, December 12, 2022
Janice M. Bensley, BS ’75, September 1, 2022
Ronald Dubinsky, BS ’75, June 23, 2022
Chibuzor Nnate Nwoke, BBA ’75, April 11, 2022
Donald Zinz, BS ’75, MA ’75, November 15, 2022
Irene Carlson, AA ’77, August 10, 2022
Louis Cassimatis, PhD ’78, June 5, 2022
Michael Heaton, BA ’78, September 18, 2022
David Rausch, PhD ’78, January 4, 2023
N. Scott Ballard, BA ’79, September 13, 2022
Mark Collier, PhD ’79, February 8, 2022
1980s
*Joseph Cowperthwaite, BBA ’80, MA ’85, July 22, 2022
Paul Harding Taylor, BA ’80, January 8, 2023
Vicki Delaquila, BBA ’81, November 14, 2022
Catherine E. “Kate” Carter, BA ’84, December 3, 2020
Donarita (Priddle) Vocca, MLS ’84, July 1, 2022
Richard Brenneman, MBA ’87, April 28, 2022
Michael Lee, BBA ’87, February 7, 2022
Molly Callahan, BS ’88, September 29, 2022
Elaine Lumley, BS ’89, February 13, 2023
1990s
Kimberly Bayless, MEd ’90, January 14, 2022
Michael Greenly, BSN ’92, March 27, 2021
Jeffrey Infante, BS ’92, December 4, 2022
Betty Hurst, MLS ’93, January 2, 2023
Brian Dusho, BBA ’94, December 15, 2022
Susan Bacon, BA ’96, September 14, 2022
Carolyn Dean, AAS ’98, July 10, 2021
Evelyn Lichtenburg, MLIS ’98, November 26, 2021
2000s
Denise Zito-Harper, BSE ’01, August 18, 2022
Brian DeLuca, MA ’02, MLIS ’04, February 22, 2023
Mandy Jenkins, BS ’02, MA ’04, February 26, 2023
*Amanda Burke, BS ’04, MA ’07, MA ’13, PhD ’15, December 13, 2022
2010s
Timothy Mikes, AA ’15, BSPH ’17, January 28, 2023
2020s
Megan Richards, AA '20, September 4, 2022
Joseph “Joe” Chirozzi, BIS ’21, December 6, 2022
Cory Moore, AA ’21, October 31, 2022
Faculty/Staff
William “Bill” Howland Kenney, III, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History (1966–1995), July 26, 2020
He taught American studies and history. An avid jazz clarinetist and pioneering researcher in jazz studies, he wrote several books on the cultural history of jazz.
“I remember Dr. Kenney as an authority on American colonial history. An excellent and thought-provoking lecturer, he exposed students to some of the latest knowledge in the field and we were expected to do work as demanding as more selective academic institutions.” —Thomas M. Grace, BA ’72
*Frederick Marquis Worrell, BA ’52, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Kent State University at Stark (1966–1994; 1995–2009; 2012–2013), July 10, 2022
He held a variety of administrative and teaching positions after serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an executive director for the YMCA, associate executive director and planning director for the United Way, director of community schools and director of the Midwest Writers Conference.
He received a Fulbright Award to teach sociology and social work at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham, England, for the 1982-83 academic year in its division of social sciences. He resumed his teaching mainly on the Stark Campus of Kent State University between 1966 and 2012. In 2019, he wrote his book, A Religious Journey: The Sun of God.
Robert “Pete” William Flexer, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Special Education (1979–2010), October 18, 2022
As a scholar and researcher in the 1970s, he championed the cause of supported employment and was among the leading voices for people with severe disabilities.
After coming to Kent State University in 1979, he began obtaining federal funding for personnel development that focused on transition coordinator competencies and was instrumental in launching Ohio’s statewide Transition-to-Work (TTW) endorsement for secondary special education.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Drs. Pete and Carol Flexer Endowed Scholarship at Kent State University.
Ronald P. Brown, PhD, assistant dean and assistant professor of Pan-African studies at Kent State Ashtabula (1984–1998), March 26, 2022
He served as assistant dean of Academic Affairs, director of Multicultural Affairs and assistant professor of Pan-African studies at Kent State University at Ashtabula for 14 years.
*Bruce Robert Barrett, BS ’72, MEd ’78, PhD ’90, senior research officer, (1986–2007) July 10, 2022
*Joseph “Joe” Cowperthwaite, BBA ’80, MA ’85, inaugural managing director at Porthouse Theatre and Kent State University Theatre (1990–1991), July 22, 2022
Robert D. Hisrich, PhD, Bridgestone Chair of International Marketing and director of the Global Management Center (2015–2023), February 1, 2023
He was a world-renowned expert and author on entrepreneurship. In December 2021, Hisrich was named one of the top 2% of researchers worldwide in a study published by Stanford University scholars.
In honor of his gift to Crawford Hall, the Robert D. Hisrich Faculty and Staff Lounge will be named for him in the new building.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Dr. Robert D. Hisrich Memorial Scholarship or by mail to KSU Foundation, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH, 44242. Please indicate Foundation Fund # 10062F on a check when making a gift.
*Amanda Burke, BS ’04, MA ’07, MA ’13, PhD ’15, associate professor in the School of Health Sciences (2021–2022), December 13, 2022
Prior to being promoted to associate professor in 2021, she was an assistant professor (2015–2021) and an adjunct faculty member (2010-2015). In addition to touching the lives of students in her classrooms, she published academic research on intimate partner violence and substance abuse.
She was a problem gambling prevention specialist at Townhall II and worked at Horizon House Residential Treatment for Women. She also was president of the board of directors for United MSD Foundation, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency, as her son, Jett, has this terminal illness.