IN MEMORIAM
These listings include notices shared with the university from Oct. 1, 2019, through Jan. 15, 2020.
1940s
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Edwin Carroll Kilgore, Newport News, Va., 8/23/2019
Bascom “B.J.” Joseph Rowlett Jr., Potomac, Md., 12/26/2019
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James Hampson Digges, Kihei, Hawaii, 12/28/2019
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Steve Themis Catafygiotu, Raleigh, N.C., 11/18/2019
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Harry W. Philpott, Winston Salem, N.C., 12/2/2019
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Samuel Tom McNeny Sr., Midlothian, Va., 12/8/2019
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Ohmer O. Crowell, Bethlehem, Pa., 10/6/2019
Janet Keyser Goode, Beckley, W.Va., 9/2/2019
William L. Gunter, Apex, N.C., 12/9/2019
Charles “Jack” H. Havnaer Jr., Stuart, Fla., 9/23/2019
George Wall Nickel Jr., Lancaster, Pa., 10/30/2019
William B. Smith, Willow Spring, N.C., 10/8/2019
1950s
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Richard C. Beck, Fredericksburg, Va., 12/9/2019
Austin Allen Bradley Sr., Pueblo, Colo., 9/18/2019
Walton Egelanian, Easton, Md., 12/15/2019
John W. Hunton, Utica, Mich., 9/10/2019
Doris M. Oshinski, Houston, Texas, 9/30/2019
Evelyn Barker Starling, Fayetteville, Ga., 10/6/2019
H. Neal Troy, Franklin, Tenn., 9/8/2019
Robert L. Waring, Fredericksburg, Va., 10/16/2019
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George W. Austin Jr., Virginia Beach, Va., 11/10/2019
Louis S. Button Jr., Richmond, Va., 9/12/2019
William H. Jewell, Wilmington, Del., 10/19/2019
Lester L. Knight Jr., Newport News, Va., 9/3/2019
Robert M. Montgomery Jr., Newport News, Va., 11/16/2019
Morgan L. Staples, Fredericksburg, Va., 12/16/2019
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Arthur “A.L.” Lewis Dillon Jr., Salem, Va., 9/19/2019
William Thomas Green, Newport News, Va., 10/17/2019
Roger E. Hedgepeth, Bristol, Tenn., 11/12/2019
Gus E. Hnarakis, Pulaski, Va., 11/23/2019
Samuel T. Isaac, Lexington, Ky. 12/1/2019
C. Franklin Jester Jr., Franklin, Va., 9/19/2019
Robert “R.G.” Granville Leonard Jr., Front Royal, Va., 12/30/2019
Robert Leonard McClanahan Jr., Salem, Va., 12/18/2019
Robert Gene Montgomery, Lynchburg, Va., 12/4/2019
Edsel R. Rudy, Galax, Va., 12/22/2019
Aubrey “A.R.” Slayton, Minneapolis, Minn., 12/12/2019
Alfred W. Turner Jr., Ashland, Va., 7/22/1927.
B. Gordon Watkins Jr., Lynchburg, Va., 12/24/2019
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Maks Albert Etingin, New York, N.Y., 11/17/2019
John Dunn Farmer Jr., Henrico, Va., 8/30/2019
Clarence “C.F.” Franklin Golladay, Durham, N.C., 12/24/2019
Wilbert Raymond Minor, Hockessin, Del., 10/2/2019
Daniel J. Moncol, Raleigh, N.C., 9/13/2019
William C. Murray Jr., Greensboro, N.C., 9/15/2019
Maurice A. Person, Virginia Beach, Va., 8/13/2019
Chantland Wysor, Flagler Beach, Fla., 11/24/2019
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John Marshall Andrews, Alexandria, Va., 9/10/2019
Pete Calos, Hopewell, Va., 10/26/2019
Eddie T. Hall, Millbrook, N.Y., 9/6/2019
Charles Donald Herb, Fairfax, Va., 10/28/2019
David C. Meyerhoeffer, Owasso, Okla., 9/27/2019
Albert E. Motley Jr., Tampa, Fla., 10/2/2019
Stephen Hurt Williamson, Franklin, Tenn., 8/17/2019
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Frederick T. Anstey, Rustburg, Va., 10/7/2019
Robert A. Hastings, Smithville, Tenn., 12/1/2019
Ralph Gene Kester, Alamogordo, N.M., 12/28/2019
Glenwood Howard Lyons, Richmond, Va., 10/24/2019
Philip Jeckel Moore Jr., Bradenton, Fla., 11/5/2019
Francis “Doc” A. Shane, Roanoke, Va., 8/13/2019
H. Melvin Smith, Severna Park, Md., 11/23/2019
Bobby Leon Tilley, Charlottesville, Va., 9/4/2019
William E. Winfrey Jr., Bumpass, Va., 9/28/2019
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James “Jay” Howard Camp, Raleigh, N.C., 9/19/2019
Paul P. Graham, Blacksburg, Va., 12/29/2019
Kenneth Carroll Moore, Providence Forge, Va., 10/2/2019
William Berry Phillips, Sandersville, Ga., 10/22/2019
Jake Massie Stone, Franklin, Va., 12/15/2019
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Richard H. Adams, Destin, Fla., 11/11/2019
William D. Beasley, Hampton, Va., 10/27/2019
James Berkley Drinkard Jr., Appomattox, Va., 12/31/2019
Harold Dean Henry, Danville, Va., 9/12/2019
John E. Hubard, Virginia Beach, Va., 10/1/2019
Joseph David Lantz Jr., Baltimore, Md., 11/10/2002.
Halley A. Merrell Jr., Davidson, N.C., 9/2/2019
Wiley “Bill” Everett Ring III, Kingsport, Tenn., 11/25/2019
Kenneth Irvin Smith, Boykins, Va., 11/10/2019
Joseph A. Washington, Richmond, Va., 12/28/2019
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Marvin J. Burnette Jr., Slidell, La., 9/3/2019
Robert Allen Heatwole, Pittsboro, N.C., 10/5/2019
Perry Allan Newman, Newport News, Va., 9/30/2019
Frank S. Nolt, Lititz, Pa., 12/20/2019
Samuel A. York, Chesapeake, Va., 12/2/2019
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Otwa Lee Meetze, Lexington, Ky., 12/21/2019
Charles R. Howard, Kalispell, Mont., 9/30/2019
William C. Garrett, Portsmouth, Va., 8/3/2019
Henry Dewey Laster, Stockbridge, Ga., 9/7/2019
William Robert Webb, Catonsville, Md.., 9/11/2019
Ann Elizabeth Jones, Winchester, Va., 1/2/2020.
Gordon Clinton King, Jr., Charlotte, N.C., 9/25/2019
1960s
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Arthur “Jack” Jackson King Jr., Bland, Va., 9/19/2019
John “J.E.” Sheridan, Celebration, Fla., 10/15/2019
William Weaver Snidow, Richmond, Va., 10/10/2019
Timothy M. Todd, Blacksburg, Va., 12/28/2019
William Gernon Wall II, Radford, Va., 11/11/2019
David G. Wilson, Fayetteville, N.C., 11/24/2019
Ronald Lee Wynn, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., 11/20/2019
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Raymond Ward Arritt, Powhatan, Va., 9/17/2019
Douglas Duane Burnett, Danville, Va., 12/8/2019
Irving Anthony Frye, Rosedale, Va., 11/3/2019
Frank Staunton Harkins, Jr., Charlotte, N.C., 11/12/2019
James Monroe Johns Jr., Alto, Ga., 12/14/2019
Charles Newman Smith, Moneta, Va., 9/5/2019
George Dalton Spangler III, Charlotte, N.C., 10/19/2019
A. Leon Tomblin, Fincastle, Va., 12/25/2019
Clarence “C.W.” Waskey Jr., Blacksburg, Va., 11/10/2019
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William Clayton Donley, Upperco, Md., 11/16/2019
Don L. Fariss, Hiwassee, Va., 10/1/2019
Lacy Hartwell McClain, Roanoke, Va., 1/10/2020.
John Kevin Molloy, Hampton, Va., 7/31/2019
Charles Stanford Stevens, Norfolk, Va., 11/22/2019
Samuel David Wilson, Cumming, Ga., 10/26/2019
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James Schmauch Bauchspies, Annapolis, Md., 10/30/2019
Joe Steven Brodie, Thomaston, Ga., 11/23/2019
John C. Harrell Sr., Suffolk, Va., 11/26/2019
Charles Roland Moss Jr., Danville, Va., 10/10/2019
Fielding Rolston, Kingsport, Tenn., 9/29/2019
Phillip William Tillman, Smyrna, Ga., 8/20/2019
Yih Jian Wang, Lake Lynn, Pa., 10/21/2019
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Thomas Vanston O'Neill, Floyd, Va., 11/12/2019
Albert Stanley Paulson, Ballston Lake, N.Y., 9/20/2019
Joe Dison Savage Jr., Plano, Texas, 11/28/2019
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Allan Robert Kjeldsen, Roanoke, Va., 12/15/2019
Garry D. Sale, Winchester, Va., 7/30/2019
Charles Martin Silvious, Ooltewah, Tenn., 6/2/2019
Harry Harvey Wade, Martinsville, Va., 10/30/2019
Frederick Elbert White, Lynchburg, Va., 9/2/2019
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Maynard Lee Guill, Richmond, Va., 10/13/2019
Robert Roy Johnson, Chevy Chase, Md., 12/27/2019
John Robert McCloskey, Albuquerque, N.M., 12/15/2019
Jerry Thomas McFalls, Albuquerque, N.M., 10/1/2019
Stanley Phillip Rife, Vinton, Va., 11/3/2019
Norman James Williams, Portland, Ore., 11/19/2019
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James Garland Baird Jr., Christiansburg, Va., 11/12/2019
Gary William Bowen, Roanoke, Va., 10/31/2019
Dirk Frederick Kingma, La Jolla, Calif., 11/13/2019
Frederick Logan Robinson II, Williamsburg, Va., 9/16/2019
John Voorhees Roland, Virginia Beach, Va., 10/26/2019
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Jack Dyer Clark Jr., Taylors, S.C., 9/21/2019
Richard Combs Henderson, Massillon, Ohio, 9/25/2019
Julian “Joe” Hudson Williford Jr., Bowling Green, Ohio, 12/5/2019
Barry Victor Woodford, Roanoke, Va., 11/14/2019
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Emmett Loring Aleshire Jr., Gibsonville, N.C., 11/24/2019
Jerry Michael Bunn, Fredericksburg, Va., 10/11/2019
Rodney Parham Furr, Salem, Va., 8/10/2019
Jerry Wayne Jamison, Wirtz, Va., 8/16/2019
Barbara May Loveless, Roanoke, Va., 11/29/2019
Donald Rae Massie, Blacksburg, Va., 10/18/2019
Richard Wayne Piland, Warrenton, Va., 10/18/2019
1970s
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Wayne R. Roach, Severna Park, Md., 10/29/2019
Geoffrey Scott Anderson, Rockport, Texas, 10/30/2019
Carl “C.L.” L. Nunnally Jr., Murfreesboro, Tenn., 10/18/2019
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John Carl Boling, Raleigh, N.C., 8/9/19
W. Glenn Clingempeel, Florence, S.C., 12/23/2019
Lloyd H. Hicks, Mechanicsville, Va., 11/4/2019
James Conn Parker, Dawsonville, Ga., 10/5/2019
Bittle Wilson Porterfield III, Roanoke, Va., 11/29/2019
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Stephen Vincent Galloway, Diamond Bar, Calif., 11/10/2019
Collins Paty Jones Sr., Richmond, Va., 1/3/2020.
Karen Murray Yolton, Newport, Va., 11/3/2019
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Robert Scott Boling, Blacksburg, Va., 12/10/2019
Gary Whit Newell, Fuquay Varina, N.C., 1/1/2020.
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Walter Bright Jr., Richmond, Va., 9/17/2019
Thomas Howard Dehaven Jr., Phoenix, Ariz., 10/1/2019
Maynard “Mike” Levi Dunn Jr., Rochester, Pa., 11/6/2019
John Rohan Guilfoyle IV, Monett, Mo., 11/30/2019
Carol Altizer Tuning, Frankfort, Ky., 12/3/2019
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Donald H. Beck, Ocean View, Del., 10/16/2019
Wilbur Woodrow Clayton, Leesburg, Fla., 1/7/2019
Dennis “Doe” Keith Dodson, King George, Va., 11/22/2019
Patrick Joseph Murphy, Richmond, Va., 12/8/2019
Joyce Lester Presley, Vansant, Va., 11/2/2019
Robert G. Sutherland, Lebanon, Va., 12/4/2019
Daniel Henry Ward III, Holly, Mich., 12/26/2019
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Gary M. Diehl, Sterling, Va., 11/14/2019
Bruce Loren Johnson, Suffolk, Va., 9/24/2019
Mark Edwin Roudabush, Chester, Va., 12/29/2019
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Margaret A. Amos, Critz, Va., 10/4/2019
Richard Wayne Anderson, Bluefield, W.Va., 9/4/2019
Elden Leo De Porter, Lenoir City, Tenn., 11/26/2019
Claudia Frank Hertling, Roanoke, Va., 5/27/2019
James Patrick Howlin, Dry Prong, La., 12/15/2019
David William Johnson, Glen Allen, Va., 12/8/2019
Omar Garland Ross, Christiansburg, Va., 10/5/2019
Arthur Leo Woods III, Bentonville, Va., 11/29/2019
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John Edward Allen, Lynchburg, Va., 10/25/2019
Suzanne Nelson Carlson, Louisa, Va., 12/1/2019
Michael Lawrence Poe, Allison Park, Pa., 10/9/2019
William Floyd Stagg Jr., Ridgway, Colo., 9/8/2019
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Christopher Gracey, Branford, Conn., 9/4/2019
Thomas Dale Mays, Chevy Chase, Md., 10/31/2019
Thomas Edward Munns, Gambrills, Md., 11/11/2019
Claudia Irene Price, Piedmont, S.C., 9/10/2019
David Kevin Walter, Woodridge, Ill., 11/4/2019
1980s
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David Melson Bentz Sr., Virginia Beach, Va., 12/16/2019
Robert Gary Freelin, Colonial Heights, Va., 9/12/2019
Paul Joseph Gonzalez III, Herndon, Va., 12/2/2019
Lasinda Lee Greenwood, Glenview, Ill., 10/23/2019
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Bradford Layton House, Chesapeake, Va., 12/25/2019
Charles Stanley Thomason, Bluefield, Va., 12/31/2019
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Rosemary Borck Goodwin, Huddleston, Va., 7/22/2019
Walker Edwin Linkous, Christiansburg, Va., 12/18/2019
Paul Dennis Cross, Chesapeake, Va., 10/13/2019
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Rebecca Hale Bondurant, Radford, Va., 10/17/2019
Rodney Dean Massie, Yorktown, Va., 9/1/2019
John David Pendleton, Leesburg, Va., 11/16/2019
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Cherylynn “Cheri” F. Suttle Becker, Charlottesville, Va., 12/15/2019
Thomas David Haykin, Pittsburgh, Pa., 8/29/2019
Napoleon C. Johnson, Newport News, Va., 9/27/2019
James Maroney, King George, Va., 12/10/2019
Dan H. Nix, Cordova, Tenn., 8/31/2019
Ruth B. Rosenberg, Falls Church, Va., 8/29/2019
Laurie Pfister Shea, Blacksburg, Va., 10/17/2019
William “Skip” I. Wood, Alexandria, Va., 10/6/2019
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Steven Vincent Burke, Monroe, Conn., 12/6/2019
Joseph Michael Coppola, White Plains, N.Y., 1/13/2019
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Allen Herndon, Redmond, Wash., 10/23/2019
Robert C. Matthews, Fairfax, Va., 12/15/2019
James Edward Minor, Warsaw, Va., 8/16/2019
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Elizabeth Leonard Leonard-Ryan, Yorktown, Va., 12/29/2019
Jennifer Ray Pascua Maher, Midlothian, Va., 10/23/2019
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Barbara J. Aud, Midlothian, Va., 9/25/2019
Martha T. Campbell, Lynchburg, Va., 8/31/2019
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Cecelia Ferguson Taylor, Greensboro, N.C., 12/14/2019
1990s
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Allan Reese Boitnott, Salem, Va., 8/30/2019
Linda Hudgins Duncan, Fredericksburg, Va., 12/4/2019
Kent E. Glindemann, Blacksburg, Va., 11/20/2019
James Wellesley Hunderup, Galveston, Texas, 12/14/2019
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Gerald Wendell Lucas, Fredericksburg, Va., 11/24/2019
Suzan W. Mauney, Blacksburg, Va., 10/7/2019
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Carol Snyder Camper Brenner, Fincastle, Va., 10/14/2019
Bruce Anthony Lacina, Dacula, Ga., 10/1/2019
Thomas Lanier Orr II, Roanoke, Va., 9/10/2019
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Jeffrey Scott Bartel, Pittsburgh, Pa., 12/3/2019
Joe Allen Hairston, Reisterstown, Md., 12/28/2019
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Horst Rudolf Mellenberg, Stafford, Va., 10/24/2019
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Steven Edward Modesto, Las Vegas, Nev., 11/11/2019
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Stephen S. Inguanti Jr., Ashburn, Va., 11/8/2019
Erik D. Johnson, Salem, Va., 11/15/2019
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Brady Neal Ware, Wilmington, N.C., 10/18/2019
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William Larry Goodman Jr., Douglasville, Ga., 10/15/2019
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Earle H. Clubb, Troutville, Va., 8/6/2019
Christopher M. Trimper, Berlin, Md., 10/24/2019
2000s
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Megan Kesler Gregores, Blacksburg, Va., 10/9/2019
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Michael Rhodes Johnston, Baton Rouge, La., 10/27/2019
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Edward Matthew Fiss, Charlotte, N.C., 9/22/2019
Megan Nichole McGuire, Waynesboro, Va., 11/13/2019
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Colt Malone, Victoria, Va., 10/3/2019
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Harris Goodall Squires, Fairfax, Va., 11/12/2019
2010s
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Peter Allan Kraines, Cameron, N.C., 10/8/2019
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Sheamus John O'Connor, Lawrence Township, N.J., 8/26/19
Jeffrey Angelo Scialabba, Suffolk, Va., 9/26/2019
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Samuel Ryan Phipps, Blacksburg, Va., 11/30/2019
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Jason Alec Hilsen, Charlottesville, Va., 12/11/2018.
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Timothy Dean Collins, Blacksburg, Va., 10/27/2019
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Adrian Henrietta Newcomb, Blacksburg, Va., 12/26/2019
OBITUARIES
Faculty and staff
Fred Donald “Don” Bloss, a longtime professor with the Department of Geosciences and the first professor at Virginia Tech to be appointed as an Alumni Distinguished Professor, died April 22, a month shy of his 100th birthday.
Raymond Dessy, a professor emeritus of chemistry in the Virginia Tech College of Science known for his mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, died March 17.
Douglas K. Lindner, an associate professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, died Feb. 1.
Raymond “Ray” Harold Myers ’59, M.S. ’61, Ph.D. ’63, a faculty member with the Department of Statistics, died March 26.
Cheryl Anne “Mira” Peterson, executive director of the Office of the President, died July 1.
Beverly Huston Sgro M.S.’73, Ph.D.’90, former Virginia Tech dean of students, Board of Visitors member, and secretary of education of the Commonwealth of Virginia, died March 13. See the VT News story.
Thomas Carl Ward, a professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Science, died Feb. 28.