Barry Passett ’56
Barry Passett ’56 passed away on April 17, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Obituaries
Theodore E. Stein ’55
Theodore E. Stein ’55 passed away on March 25, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Earl J. Forman ’53
Earl J. Forman ’53 passed away on Feb. 2, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Richard F. Murray ’49
Richard F. Murray ’49 passed away on April 27, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Bruce L. Malcolm ’49
Bruce L. Malcolm ’49 passed away on Feb. 26, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Richard C. Ahlberg ’45
Richard C. Ahlberg ’45 passed away on May 2, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Adolf Grünbaum ’44
Adolf Grünbaum ’44 passed away on Nov. 15, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Benson Buffham ’41
Benson Buffham ’41 passed away on April 24, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
David S. Biberman ’37
David S. Biberman ’37 passed away on Jan. 15, 2019. A full obituary can be found here.
Graduate | 2019 | ISSUE 1
Royal Hartigan PhD’86 produced We Are One–blood drum spirit. The documentary explores the musical ties between jazz and its West African roots by following the American jazz group, blood drum spirit, to Ghana, featuring Abraham Adzenyah MA ’79, David Bindman ’85, MA ’87, and Wes Brown ’74. It won Best Documentary Feature at the Jukebox International Film Festival and Best Sound/Music Score at the Moscow Indie Film Festival.
Katie Vandrilla MALS’18 published a children’s book, Thumper’s Hospital Adventure, which follows the eponymous toy bunny on an adventure to find his best friend Katie after she is diagnosed with cancer. The real life Katie is a cancer survivor and all proceeds from the book will go to Make-A-Wish. Katie is a high school chemistry teacher and freelance journalist.
Managing Editor Cynthia Rockwell
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