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Jeraldine ‘Jerry’ Trabant former UD rst lady
Jeraldine “Jerry” Merlyn Shanessy Trabant, EHD80M, 05H, the widow of UD President Emeritus E. Arthur Trabant, died May 2, 2016, at age 92.
“As an alumna of the institution and as an informal and admired ambassador for the University, Mrs. Trabant improved our campus through her advocacy and support of our students and our programs,” then-Acting President Nancy Targett said. “Her e orts, many of which were behind the scenes, helped move the University of Delaware forward from the late 1960s through the ’70s and ’80s. Her role in the local community, both professionally as a family counselor and as a volunteer for numerous organizations, continued long after she left the President’s House.”
In May 1980, she received a master of science degree from UD and began a career in marriage and family counseling at the Newark Family Counseling Center, which she enjoyed until retirement. Mrs. Trabant was active in organizations ranging from League of Women Voters, the Girl Scouts, Planned Parenthood, the Battered Women’s Center of Delaware and the New Castle County YWCA.
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Percival E. Ness Jr., ANR77, of Loudon, Tenn., Jan. 1, 2016
Gordon A. Richardson, BE77, of Elkton, Md., Jan. 6, 2016
Alan M. Stretton, AS77, of Chester, Vt., March 20, 2016
Janette D. Alford, AS79, of York, Pa., Jan. 3, 2016
James A. Humphrey, EG79, of , Jan. 28, 2016
Alma Kirch Lyng, EHD79M, of West Chester, Pa., Feb. 23, 2016
Anne Marie Gohsler, EOE80, 87M, of Aston, Pa., May 8, 2016
Louis J. Mariani, AS80, of Jessup, Pa., May 15, 2016
Frank L. Yannes, HS80, of Bear, Del., April 4, 2016
R. Francis Fountain, EG81, of Newark, Del., Aug. 31, 2015
Richard C. Albertine, AS82M, of Baton Rouge, La., March 23, 2016
J. Jay Monteith, BE82, of West Chester, Pa., April 29, 2016
Darlene K. Rust, HS82, of Bear, Del., March 11, 2016
Frederick W. Van Name III, EG83, 86M, of Newark, Del., Dec. 20, 2015
Mark A. Applegate, EG85, of San Diego, Calif., March 18, 2016
Marjorie Nowakowski Bratovich, EHD86M, of Amherst, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2016
Patricia Gallagher Fleck, HS86, of Middletown, Del., Dec. 24, 2015
Joan F. Brickman, AS87, of Oradell, N.J., Jan. 24, 2016
Gri th D. Humphrey, AS87, of Green Brook, N.J., Feb. 7, 2016
Mary Engoglia Thompson, ANR87, of Elkton, Md., April 22, 2016
Christopher M. Coyne, HS88, of Glen Mills, Pa., Jan. 18, 2016
Lucille Kovalevich Lenick, BE88, of Wilmington, Del., Feb. 18, 2016
Tracy LeBreton Simpson, ANR88, of Newark, Del., Jan. 7, 2016
John A. Obara Jr., AS91, of Lutherville Timonium, Md., Dec. 7, 2015
Emmanuel B. Durosomo, AS94PhD, of Wilmington, Del., March 1, 2016
Nicole T. Rhoads, ANR95, of Meadowbrook, Pa., March 31, 2015
Robert A. Lubrano, BE96, of Burlington, N.J., Jan. 26, 2016
Michael K. Mulstay, EHD98M, of Selbyville, Del., Oct. 19, 2015
Tina Kangas Van Dyk, ANR98PhD, of Wilmington, Del., May 14, 2016
Jonathan C. Hunt, AS00, of Wilmington, Del., Feb. 12, 2015
Matthew J. Blatz, BE06, of Milltown, N.J., Feb. 1, 2016
Kelly L. McLaughlin, AS07, of Queen Creek, Ariz., June 6, 2016
Hua S. Davis, HS08, of Wilmington, Del., March 4, 2016
Melissa M. Rogers, AS08, of Wildwood, N.J., June 1, 2015
Tanya N. Servis, AS08, EHD12M, of Middletown, Del., April 4, 2016
Michael J. Kase, EG13, of Sinking Spring, Pa., Feb. 7, 2016
Christian O. Marchena, EG15, of South Amboy, N.J., Jan. 28, 2016
Kevin Thomas Miner, EG16, of Warrington, Pa., Nov. 11, 2015
Matthew Shaun Rosin, AS18, of Merrick, N.Y., March 23, 2016 z
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