IN MEMORIAM
These listings include notices shared with the university from Oct. 1, 2019, through Jan. 15, 2020.
1940s
Edwin Carroll Kilgore, Newport News, Va., 8/23/2019
Bascom “B.J.” Joseph Rowlett Jr., Potomac, Md., 12/26/2019
James Hampson Digges, Kihei, Hawaii, 12/28/2019
Steve Themis Catafygiotu, Raleigh, N.C., 11/18/2019
Harry W. Philpott, Winston Salem, N.C., 12/2/2019
Samuel Tom McNeny Sr., Midlothian, Va., 12/8/2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Robert Scott Boling, Blacksburg, Va., 12/10/2019
Gary Whit Newell, Fuquay Varina, N.C., 1/1/2020.
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
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
Gary M. Diehl, Sterling, Va., 11/14/2019
Bruce Loren Johnson, Suffolk, Va., 9/24/2019
Mark Edwin Roudabush, Chester, Va., 12/29/2019
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
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
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
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
Bradford Layton House, Chesapeake, Va., 12/25/2019
Charles Stanley Thomason, Bluefield, Va., 12/31/2019
Rosemary Borck Goodwin, Huddleston, Va., 7/22/2019
Walker Edwin Linkous, Christiansburg, Va., 12/18/2019
Paul Dennis Cross, Chesapeake, Va., 10/13/2019
Rebecca Hale Bondurant, Radford, Va., 10/17/2019
Rodney Dean Massie, Yorktown, Va., 9/1/2019
John David Pendleton, Leesburg, Va., 11/16/2019
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
Steven Vincent Burke, Monroe, Conn., 12/6/2019
Joseph Michael Coppola, White Plains, N.Y., 1/13/2019
Allen Herndon, Redmond, Wash., 10/23/2019
Robert C. Matthews, Fairfax, Va., 12/15/2019
James Edward Minor, Warsaw, Va., 8/16/2019
Elizabeth Leonard Leonard-Ryan, Yorktown, Va., 12/29/2019
Jennifer Ray Pascua Maher, Midlothian, Va., 10/23/2019
Barbara J. Aud, Midlothian, Va., 9/25/2019
Martha T. Campbell, Lynchburg, Va., 8/31/2019
Cecelia Ferguson Taylor, Greensboro, N.C., 12/14/2019
1990s
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
Gerald Wendell Lucas, Fredericksburg, Va., 11/24/2019
Suzan W. Mauney, Blacksburg, Va., 10/7/2019
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
Jeffrey Scott Bartel, Pittsburgh, Pa., 12/3/2019
Joe Allen Hairston, Reisterstown, Md., 12/28/2019
Horst Rudolf Mellenberg, Stafford, Va., 10/24/2019
Steven Edward Modesto, Las Vegas, Nev., 11/11/2019
Stephen S. Inguanti Jr., Ashburn, Va., 11/8/2019
Erik D. Johnson, Salem, Va., 11/15/2019
Brady Neal Ware, Wilmington, N.C., 10/18/2019
William Larry Goodman Jr., Douglasville, Ga., 10/15/2019
Earle H. Clubb, Troutville, Va., 8/6/2019
Christopher M. Trimper, Berlin, Md., 10/24/2019
2000s
Megan Kesler Gregores, Blacksburg, Va., 10/9/2019
Michael Rhodes Johnston, Baton Rouge, La., 10/27/2019
Edward Matthew Fiss, Charlotte, N.C., 9/22/2019
Megan Nichole McGuire, Waynesboro, Va., 11/13/2019
Colt Malone, Victoria, Va., 10/3/2019
Harris Goodall Squires, Fairfax, Va., 11/12/2019
2010s
Peter Allan Kraines, Cameron, N.C., 10/8/2019
Sheamus John O'Connor, Lawrence Township, N.J., 8/26/19
Jeffrey Angelo Scialabba, Suffolk, Va., 9/26/2019
Samuel Ryan Phipps, Blacksburg, Va., 11/30/2019
Jason Alec Hilsen, Charlottesville, Va., 12/11/2018.
Timothy Dean Collins, Blacksburg, Va., 10/27/2019
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.