ELIZABETH (LIZ) MARINER, 52, an executive who had been associated with several large corporations and was also an active handweaver, died May 21, 2007. She was in the College of Letters and later received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently she worked for the Upjohn Company and for the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (Mich.). An Olin Associate, she provided for Wesleyan in her will. Her husband, David Magerlein, and her brother survive, as do many friends. (For more information, see the Boston Globe on 5/24/2007.)

 

The Rev. PAUL N. L. MUNSON JR., 75, a retired Congregational minister, died June 29, 2010, after a 50-year battle with multiple sclerosis. He received his degree with high honors and with distinction in English. A member of Sigma Nu, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received his divinity degree in 1959 from Harvard Divinity School. Forced to retire early from his parish ministry, he became active with the Nature Conservancy and the Hartford Audubon Society. He and his family traveled through many of the 50 states, about which he wrote songs that were published as a songbook titled Herons at Sunset. His wife, Carol Kroymann, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his son and three grandchildren.

Music program director and associate professor at Drexel University, died July 2, 2012. He was 60. A specialist in African American composers, he received his PhD from the University of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Drexel, he was music department chair and director of bands at Southern Connecticut State University, and an invited guest conductor at Yale University, the Hartt School, and the University of Michigan. His parents, Sonya Kleider and Robert I. Moss survive, as do his sisters and two nephews.

JOHN H. MANDIK, a statistician for the Delaware Department of Public Health, died of a brain tumor Jan. 5, 2005 at age 52. He received master’s degrees from the University of Delaware and from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He had also directed statistical analysis for a division of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and he owned and operated the Internet Design and Management Company. Among those who survive are several cousins, his fiancee, and many friends.

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.