LEWIS H. MARKOWITZ, an attorney in York, Pa., for 40 years, died July 3, 2006. He was 72. A member of Delta Sigma, he received his degree with distinction in government and received a law degree from the University of Michigan. Survivors include his wife, Tobye Markowitz, three sons, three grandchildren, and a sister.
ROSARIO S. MANGIAFICO, 75, the retired president of Mangiafico Development Corp. of Wethersfield, Conn., died Apr. 1, 2008. He was a member of Chi Psi. Active in many professional organizations, he was a life director of the National Association of Homebuilders. Survivors include his wife, Victoria Carrozella Mangiafico, three children, five grandchildren, a brother and a sister.
JEFFREY A. MARSH, 59, who had suffered severe degenerative neurological damage in an accident during his college years, and who spent most of his adult life in nursing homes, died Aug. 1, 2010. He was an advocate for the rights and interests of nursing home patients. Predeceased by his mother, he is survived by his father, stepmother, three sisters, and two stepsisters.
JOSEPH H. MOLL, M.D., a retired orthopedist, died Jan. 22, 2006 at age 74. The son of Francis K. Moll ’24, he was a member of Sigma Nu and received a medical degree from the Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine. He served as an orthopedic surgeon in the U.S. Army for 15 years before going into private practice in Stuart, Fla. While in the Army he published articles and lectured; he also served in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star. Survivors include his wife, Donna N. Moll; four daughters; two step-sons; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Francis K. Moll Jr. ’54, M.D.; and a nephew, Francis K. Moll III ’84, M.D.
LEROY O. MOORE, who spent more than three decades smoothing the pathway for more minority students to succeed in college, died Jan. 18, 2010. He was 62. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he also received a degree from the College of William and Mary, where he was associate dean of students. In 1980 he joined the University of Tennessee in his native Memphis, and held several positions until his most recent one as assistant vice chancellor in the Center of Health Sciences, where he oversaw the Office of Health Career Programs. Survivors include his wife, his mother, three children, one grandson, his uncle, and a large extended family.
PETER B. MARTIN, 57, a psychologist who specialized in educational assessment, died Apr. 8, 2005. The son of the late Lewis B. Martin ’41, he was a member of Kappa Nu Kappa and received both master’s and doctoral degrees in counseling psychology from Boston College. He had a private practice as a licensed psychologist and was the founder of Psychological Services of Northfield (Mass.), where he focused on the assessment and support of children and adolescents with learning disabilities. More recently, he trained other professionals in educational assessment. Survivors include his wife, Molly Scherm, a daughter, two sons, and two brothers.
A social-services activist in New York City and the director of Safe Space, a non-profit child welfare agency, died Jan. 11, 2013. She was 47. A board member of the Human Services Council and of the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies in New York City, she graduated from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining Safe Space, she served as vice president for strategy, policy, and advocacy at the Community Service Society. Among those who survive are her husband, George Locker, two children from her first marriage to Bill Shapiro ’87, a stepdaughter, her father and stepmother, her mother and stepfather, and her sister.
ELLEN S. Miller, a writer and a teacher of creative writing, died Dec. 23, 2008. She was 41. An honors graduate of Wesleyan, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and earned an MFA from the New York University’s creative writing program, where she also received a fellowship for fiction. She was also awarded a residency at the MacDowell Colony, among others. Her first novel, Like Being Killed, was published in 1998; her second, Stop Drop, Roll, is unfinished, although an excerpt appeared in the anthology, Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction From the Edge (2003). She is survived by her partner, Christopher Rowell, her stepfather, Scott Hyde, her two brothers, and her god–daughter.
DAVID N. MARCHETTI, a social services worker, died Sept. 28, 2007, at age 45. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he worked at the Oak Hill School and at MARC: Community Resources. Survivors include his father; his sister, Sandra DiPietro ’95; and a niece and nephew.
CHARLES A. MORSS III, M.D., a physician, died Jan. 21, 2008. He was 50. Survivors include his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
