Carillon
Weddings, Births & Deaths
Weddings
Jordan Donahue ’10 and Gina (Curcuru) Donahue ’10, Oct. 11, 2014
James Nannariello ’10 and Kristen Kielbasa ’09, ’11, Oct. 11, 2014
Amber Wilmot ’13 and Brian Melo, Nov. 8, 2014
Lisa Fund ’05 and David Berg, Aug. 2, 2015
Corey Murray ’07 and Natalie Sena ’11, June 6, 2015
Chris Fink ’81 and Stacey Miller ’89, May 22, 2015
Births
Kristin Anderson ’07 and Lawrence Anderson welcomed Grace Elizabeth, May 11, 2015
Chris Sangimino ’06 and Nina (Accorsini) Sangimino ’06 welcomed Giuliana Sept. 25, 2014
Deceased Alumni
Marcia J. Brown, B.A.’40
Three-time Caldecott medalist Marcia J. Brown, who delighted generations of youngsters with her illustrations and stories, died in California April 28 at the age of 96.
Determined to become an artist, the Rochester-born Brown enrolled at the former New York State College for Teachers in 1936 to major in English and drama. She later taught high school for three years before taking a position with the New York Public Library’s Central Children’s Room.
Brown’s first book, The Little Carousel, was published in 1946. Two years later, she received Caldecott Honors from the American Library Association (ALA) for Stone Soup. Between 1950 and 1954, five more of Brown’s works (Henry Fisherman, Dick Whittington and His Cat, Skipper John’s Cook, Puss in Boots and The Steadfast Tin Soldier) earned Caldecott recognition. The ALA presented her the Caldecott Medal – its most prestigious award for excellence in children’s picture-book illustrations – three times: for Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1955); Once a Mouse (1962); and Shadow (1983).
Brown, who produced more than 30 books, presented the University at Albany a collection of art books in French, German, English, Italian, Chinese and Japanese, and funds necessary for its maintenance and interpretation. Housed in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, the Marcia Brown Collection also includes watercolors, pastels, woodcuts, puppets and other creations, as well as her personal papers.
In 1969, Brown received the University at Albany Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award. She was awarded a doctor of letters degree from the State University of New York in 1996.
Donald E. Putterman, B.A.’52, M.A.’53
Educator Donald “Don” E. Putterman passed away June 11. He was 83.
Putterman completed undergraduate and graduate studies at the New York State College for Teachers. A retired U.S. Navy commander, he was a teacher and school administrator in several New York school districts. After retiring from his career in teaching and administration, Putterman served as interim superintendent and business manager for several districts.
A strong believer in public service and an enthusiastic supporter of the arts, Putterman was a volunteer fireman in Rotterdam, N.Y., and was a volunteer with WMHT Educational Television. He sponsored and promoted the Rotary Youth Exchange, and was a Cornell Cooperative Extension volunteer and a founding board member of The Committee for Missing Children.
Putterman, a dedicated alumnus of the University at Albany, served as president of both the Alumni Association Benevolent Association and the Class of 1952, and chairman of program planning for the Capital District alumni chapter. A longtime member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, he received the Excellence in Alumni Service Award in 2000. The association honored him again in 2003, presenting Putterman the Excellence in Education Award.
He was predeceased by his wife, Joyce Shafer Putterman ’52, and sister, Ellice Rollins. Survivors include his daughters, Jennifer Putterman and Melissa Putterman Hoffman ’02; a brother, Dr. Sheldon Putterman; and two grandchildren.
Thomas A. Constantine, M.A.’71
Thomas A. Constantine, former New York State Police superintendent and onetime administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, passed away May 3 in Pinehurst, N.C. He was 76.
A native of Buffalo, Constantine earned degrees from Erie County Community College and the State University College at Buffalo. He later enrolled at the University at Albany School of Criminal Justice, receiving a master’s degree and completing the academic requirements of the doctoral program.
Constantine began his law-enforcement career as an Erie County sheriff’s deputy. He joined the New York State Police as a uniform trooper in 1962, rising through the ranks to serve as superintendent. In 1994, former President Bill Clinton appointed Constantine administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
After retiring from the DEA in 1999, Constantine joined Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy as a professor of public policy. The following year, the British government tapped him to serve as oversight commissioner for a major reform of provincial policing in Northern Ireland. In addition, he was a senior adviser to the director of Intelligence in Washington, D.C.
The University at Albany recognized Constantine in 2012 with an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Constantine’s survivors include his wife, Ruth; six children; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother.
1930s
Dorothy G. Griffin ’34, March 24, 2015
Evelyn Hoyt Fullagar ’35, June 23, 2015
Richard L. Margison ’37, March 1, 2015
Mary Harbow Renison ’37, April 8, 2015
Anne Service Sheeley ’37, May 14, 2015
E. Helen Gardner ’39, ’64, April 20, 2015
1940s
Marcia Brown ’40, April 28, 2015
Adelaide Vagnarelli Nadler ’40, March 31, 2015
Muriel Howard Bennison ’41, October 14, 2014
Lois Mannheimer ’41, May 20, 2015
Mary E. Viliano Tropia ’42, May 9, 2015
Mary Stengel Bond ’44, October 19, 2014
Catherine Huvar Henry ’44, November 3, 2014
Barbara Putnam Marr ’45, March 16, 2015
Patricia De Rouville Brown ’47, April 20, 2015
Mary L. Stolfe Paley ’47, April 18, 2015
Lois I. Hutchinson Root ’47, March 5, 2015
Anne R. Donovan ’48, April 24, 2015
Marie Fernandes Lewenstein ’49, May 22, 2015
1950s
Reba Somes Battaglia ’50, March 26, 2015
Anna M. Buno ’50, December 25, 2014
Donald C. Hoyt ’50, February 24, 2015
Regina Bollenbach Taylor ’50, May 19, 2015
Jeanette Zelanis Sweringen ’51, March 27, 2015
Francis W. Baker ’52, May 16, 2015
Emily Rose Burch ’52, April 21, 2015
Sandy Murphy Johansen ’52, November 20, 2014
Donald E. Putterman ’52, June 11, 2015
Patricia A. Butler Dornburgh ’53, January 28, 2015
Mary Cossaboon Campbell ’54, April 6, 2015
Mabel Schweizer Loughlin ’54, March 21, 2015
Donald E. Matthews ’54, November 17, 2014
Kenneth B. Schoonmaker ’54, April 16, 2015
Stephen Veselka ’54, June 9, 2015
Frank R. Denton, Jr. ’55, January 18, 2015
Charles C. Derwin ’55, March 27, 2015
William J. Horak ’55, May 4, 2015
Joyce A. Burwash Call ’57, May 4, 2015
Beverly McIntyre Haviland ’57, January 24, 2015
Paula Segal Shulak ’57, December 22, 2014
Edson B. Travis ’57, April 19, 2015
Robert Bosomworth ’58, March 13, 2015
Burton J. Rounds ’58, June 9, 2015
Lenore Mosner Shapiro ’58, September 30, 2014
Marlene Ferner Allison ’59, December 29, 2014
Barbara Thornhill Callaghan ’59,
February 13, 2015
Carol Scheu Hackett ’59, May 5, 2015
1960s
Joseph Clement, Jr. ’60, April 10, 2015
Gloria F. Deutsch, Ph.D. ’60, February 22, 2015
Carl G. Eppelmann ’60, March 15, 2010
Burton Kaliski ’60, June 16, 2015
Robert G. Lundergan ’60, September 22, 2012
Paul T. Reagan ’60, March 5, 2015
James E. Sharp ’60, August 30, 2013
Joseph Hetko, Esq. ’61, March 2, 2015
Gertrude Modell ’61, July 21, 2006
Marlene F. Schwarz Shelmandine ’62, April 7, 2015
Doris M. Almstead ’63, April 10, 2015
Celeste C. Calio ’63, March 29, 2015
Elizabeth Sloger Cleary ’63, April 5, 2015
Oliver J. Orton ’63, April 5, 2015
Muriel S. Robinson ’63, February 25, 2010
Isabella K. Sharpe ’63, February 28, 2015
Gary F. Quick ’64, June 1, 2015
Helen Meserole Oleniczak ’65, July 23, 2014
Robert V. Rench ’65, June 28, 2012
Henry A. Sterling ’65, September 29, 2012
Suzanne Swerbenski ’65, February 7, 2015
Anne Murphy White ’65, June 29, 2015
Vera Komanowski ’66, May 16, 2015
Anne Lawlor, R.S.M. ’66, June 11, 2015
Jean Decker Dunham ’68, April 19, 2015
Erick R. Grinde ’69, June 9, 2015
1970s
Gary R. Allen ’70, March 6, 2015
Diana R. Ayers Blanchard ’70, April 06, 2015
George J. Gravrogkas ’70, January 30, 2015
Donald B. Hunt, Jr. ’70, May 21, 2015
Adrienne G. Rogers, Ph.D. ’70, May 14, 2015
Fred Baruchin ’71, March 29, 2015
Suzanne J. Carr ’71, April 7, 2015
Thomas A. Constantine ’71, May 3, 2015
Julie A. Puskarenko Gardner ’71, April 24, 2015
Thomas Grealish ’71, April 13, 2015
Janice P. Kippert ’71, December 2, 2006
Irene K. Ropelewski ’71, January 4, 2015
Judith Goldseger Rubin ’71, May 3, 2014
Jaqueline F. Shane ’71, January 18, 2015
George R. Turo ’71, May 3, 2015
Patricia A. Brown ’72, April 15, 2015
Alfred T. Cullen ’72, May 17, 2015
Thomas H. Dinnel ’72, July 18, 2013
Robert W. Albright ’73, April 3, 2015
Stephen Bohen ’73, January 6, 2014
Linda A. Lombardi Doyle ’73, April 1, 2015
John T. Griffin ’73, June 15, 2014
James D. Nerone ’73, February 14, 2015
Harriett L. Redd ’73, May 14, 2015
Peter F. Stoll, Ph.D. ’73, March 13, 2015
Soumaya B. Baaklini ’74, June 10, 2015
Roslyn G. Gladstone Brown ’74, May 24, 2015
Dale R. Cobane ’74, May 8, 2009
William M. Derrick ’74, August 27, 2014
Daniel D. Dewey ’74, May 23, 2015
Thomas R. Haberbush ’74, May 29, 2015
Gerald E. Hochreiter ’74, March 5, 2015
Susan Witters Brannen ’75, February 19, 2015
Robert A. Cannon ’75, May 3, 2015
Brian F. Howard ’75, February 20, 2015
Bruce A. Newman ’75, May 19, 2014
Richard L. Olson ’75, April 9, 2015
Susan Weiss Patti ’75, April 25, 2015
Patricia A. Plastow ’75, September 21, 2013
John J. Velie ’75, June 13, 2015
Annie P. Barrow ’76, January 14, 2015
W. Daniel Morgan ’78, December 2, 2014
Elaine Stryker Spear ’78, March 12, 2011
Meta L. Reid ’79, March 22, 2015
1980s
Kenneth Bykofsky ’80, December 2, 2012
Lloyd W. Franks ’80, June 13, 2012
Lynne M. Martin Olver ’80, April 14, 2015
Eric L. Shepcaro ’80, May 4, 2013
Evan E. Fortinsky ’81, February 23, 2015
Robert P. Poleto ’81, May 15, 2015
Peter P. Engel ’82, May 4, 2015
Patti Hill Gordon ’82, May 19, 2015
Timothy T. Gunther ’82, May 5, 2015
Cheryl R. Solomon-Koenig ’82, June 26, 2013
Jane E. Stevens ’83, April 23, 2015
Charles E. Yandell ’83, May 24, 2015
Joanne M. Hatch Aguillon ’86, May 3, 2015
Ellen G. Schaeffer Brody ’86, February 3, 2015
Janet F. Anderson ’87, May 25, 2015
Steven M. Benevento ’87, September 2, 2014
Michael H. McGovern ’87, February 28, 2015
1990s
Sylvester W. Braswell ’92, March 18, 2015
Andrew J. Luebker ’93, August 18, 2014
Daniel S. Richards ’93, April 13, 2013
Marsha M. Vandusen ’93, May 23, 2015
Pamela R. Gold ’96, February 9, 2013
Deborah A. Reid D’Antoni ’97, June 22, 2015
Judith Rosenberg ’97, March 8, 2015
Roderic Bacote ’98, September 3, 2009
Luan M. Laroche ’98, July 24, 2014
2000s
John M. Lebret ’04, March 11, 2015
John T. McGowan ’06, February 23, 2015
Daniel L. Barnes ’07, March 23, 2015
2010s
Sun Jung Kim ’11, May 2, 2015
Darren Testo ’13, April 11, 2015
Deceased Faculty/Staff
Carol A. Delisle, April 27, 2015, Clerk I, Economics, 1976-2004
Peggy L. Mann, March 3, 2015, Associate Professor, Physical Education, 1963-1973
Karen A. Mitchell, June 11, 2015, Clerk I, Athletics and Recreation, 1970-2012
Oliver Nikoloff, February 19, 2015, Professor, Educational Psychology and Statistics, 1966-1994
Edeltraud H. Roach, March 25, 2015, Chartwells, 1983-2001
William D. Roth, Ph.D., March 17, 2015, Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare, 1978-2008
Edward G. Sellnow, May 15, 2015, Plant Utilities Engineer 2, 1973-2002
Robert H. Gibson, July 3, 2015, Associate Dean, Registrar’s Office, 1966-2010
Melvin Harvey, June 23, 2015, Security Services Assistant I, University Police, 1996-2015
