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John B. Frey, BE62M, of Mahwah, N.J., Sept. 13, 2014
Robert S. Grant, EG62, of Pasadena, Md., Aug. 19, 1931
Eleanor Fleming Roberts, EHD62M, AS68PhD, of West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 27, 2014
John J. Woodward Jr., ANR62, of Lincoln, Calif., Nov. 1, 2014
Michael M. Harris, ANR63, BE66M, of Seaford, Del., Dec. 18, 2014
Roger H. Schnee, EHD63M, of Newark, Del., Dec. 20, 2014
Marilyn Hay Villanueva, BE63, of Richmond, Va., Sept. 30, 2014
Marita Willard Watts, EHD63M, of Bel Air, Md., Nov. 1, 2014
Richard S. Evers, HS64, of Tucson, Ariz., June 6, 2014
Marjorie Norbeck Pedrotti, AS64, EHD86M, of Newark, Del., Aug. 29, 2014
Ralph A. MacDonald, EHD65M, of Colora, Md., Oct. 26, 2014
Isabelle Pring Seibert, AS65M, of Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 13, 2014
Stuart C. Green, HS66, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., May 16, 2013
Richard A. Stoudt, EG66, 70M, of Reading, Pa., Oct. 23, 2014
James E. VanEpp, BE66M, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 26, 2014
Stanton A. Warren, BE66M, of Lewiston, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2014
Carol Van Wyck White, HS66, of Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 5, 2014
A. Joe Benjamin, BE67, of West Chester, Pa., Sept. 19, 2014
Virginia Kitson Markowski, EHD67, AS70M, of Bonita Springs, Fla., Nov. 13, 2014
Charles P. McVaugh Jr., AS68, 70M, of Landenberg, Pa., Nov. 29, 2014
John W. Ottinger, BE68, of Frederick, Md., Dec. 10, 2014
Judith Attwill Wickersham, EHD68, 73M, of Norristown, Pa., Dec. 28, 2014
K. Roland Bergner, ANR69M, of Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18, 2014
Barbara Houchin Bowman, AS69, EHD75M, of Meridian, Idaho, Sept. 26, 2014
Paul J. George, BE69, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 15, 2014
Eleanor Nathan Isaacs, AS69M, EG87M, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Nov. 28, 2014
Merle A. Roemer Jr., AS69, of Lewes, Del., Nov. 23, 2014
David L. Atwell, AS70, of Rockland, Maine, Oct. 26, 2014
Donald R. Commiskey, EG70, of Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 28, 2014
Charles J. Hicks, BE70M, of Oxford, Pa., Nov. 30, 2014
George R. Lynam Jr., ANR70, of Middletown, Del., Oct. 18, 2014
Sharon E. Smith, EHD70, of Cape Coral, Fla., Dec. 16, 2014
Clara Archer Cooke, EHD71, of Lincoln, Maine, Dec. 5, 2014
Cathleen Twardowski Earl, EHD71, 76M, of Ocean View, Del., Jan. 1, 2015
Patricia Bunn Mooney, EHD71, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 21, 2014
Cheryl Harrison-Kelly, EHD72, of Cedar Key, Fla., Dec. 31, 2013
Frank M. Timinsky Jr., BE72, of San Diego, Calif., Sept. 24, 2011
William R. Abbott, EG73, of Pemberton, N.J., Dec. 2, 2014
Rubyann Cornelius Durante, AS74, of Martinez, Ga., Dec. 24, 2014
Thomas R. Kardash, AS74M, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 17, 2014
Bruce W. Speakman, AS74, of Newark, Del., Dec. 13, 2014
Florence Senger Christensen, AS75, of Naples, Fla., Oct. 10, 2014
Lawrence J. Fischer, AS75M, of Columbia, Md., Sept. 20, 2014
Laurence I. Levinson, AS75, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 21, 2014
Peter A. Swanson, AS75, of Herndon, Va., June 24, 2014
Dean M. Allen, AS76, of Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 2014
David H. Lemmon, HS76, of Lewes, Del., Sept. 22, 2014
Ralph C. Shivone Jr., EOE76, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 29, 2014
Steven L. Bush, AS77, of Rogue River, Ore., Dec. 20, 2014
Richard A. Colbert, ANR78, BE86M, of Newark, Del., Nov. 29, 2014
Florence Weimheimer deNagy, EHD78M, of Federalsburg, Md., Nov. 24, 2014
Lawrence W. Newton, BE78, of Palm Springs, Calif., Oct. 26, 2014
Richard M. Robb Jr., EHD78M, of Alcoa, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2014
Elizabeth S. Bobb, AS79, of Suffolk, Va., Oct. 20, 2014
Ralph S. LaBarge, EG79, of Gambrills, Md., Aug. 20, 2014
Jeffrey C. Taylor, HS79, 83M, of Newark, Del., Nov. 17, 2014
Eugene F. Ochar, EOE80, of Wilmington, Del., Nov. 22, 2014
Mark A. Niemkiewicz, EG81, of Coopersburg, Pa., June 26, 2012
Michael F. Squillante, BE81, of Allenhurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 2014
Lisa Shannon Hylton, HS83, of Rockville, Md., Nov. 27, 2014
Charles R. Rochester Jr., EG84, of Somerville, Mass., Sept. 25, 2014
Jennifer Rittenhouse Reed, AS85, of Elkton, Md., Oct. 8, 2014
Ronald A. Wallace Jr., ANR85, of Marco Island, Fla., Oct. 13, 2014
Michael J. Solon, BE86, of West Chester, Pa., Sept. 7, 2014
Kimberly A. Macheski, AS87, of Doylestown, Pa., Feb. 10, 1965
Jane E. Sugarman, AS87M, of Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 10, 2014
Gary A. Feder, AS88, of Apex, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014
John M. Nawrocki, ANR88, of Wilmington, Del., Jan. 12, 2015
Antonia Ferrara Bevis, AS89, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 27, 2014
Shirl Grabenstein Sotak, AS89, of Avondale, Pa., Dec. 5, 2014
William M. Castoran, BE90, of Alexandria, Va., Sept. 3, 2014
Christine Terpenning Foster, AS92, of Hockessin, Del., Nov. 28, 2014
Laura Horst Seltzer, AS02, of Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7, 2014
Dane E. Barse, EHD04EdD, of Vineland, N.J., Sept. 30, 2014
Samantha Watson Monaghan, BE06, of Phoenixville, Pa., Dec. 16, 2014
Thomas J. Bogush, BE08, of Bear, Del., Sept. 1, 2014
Danielle A. Johnson, AS14, of Aberdeen, Md., Nov. 17, 2014 z
In January 1940, when William Plummer, AS42, was a University sophomore, his father sent him a letter addressing his “D” average. “Whether you measure up to your opportunities depends entirely upon you, but it is self-evident that unless you can do a better job than what this report shows you are doing, you are not going to be able to continue in college,” the senior Plummer wrote.
Jeni Rice, ANR78, first read her grandfather’s letter after her father passed away in June 2014. She and her sisters laughed at the idea that their dad, who most will remember as a respected family doctor in West Chester, Pa., was not always a strong student.
Rice credits her father’s poor performance in his early UD career to a lack of passion for his economics major. “Once he knew what he wanted to do— and I think that’s true for anybody—things changed,” she said.
UD was a place Plummer called home, and nearly 30 years later, Rice did the same, enrolling here in 1974. “He was very proud that at least one of his children went to the University of Delaware,” said Rice. After graduating from UD, Dr. Plummer, a lifelong Quaker, served in the Civilian Public Service before pursuing medicine.
At his memorial service, patients spoke about a physician who would have made house calls if needed and forgo a bill, depending on their financial circumstances. “The way he valued other people was always there,” Rice said. “That carried through in his practice, in his family life and with his friends.” z
— Rachel Nass, AS14
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