LEONARD ULLIAN, the founder of The Law Office of Ullian & Associates, Inc., died Jan. 11, 2010, at age 77. A member of Chi Psi, he served in the U.S. Navy. He received his MBA degree from Columbia University and his law degree from Suffolk Law School. Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Jacobson Ullian; three children, including Thomas Ullian ’85; seven grandchildren; and a large extended family.
SCOTT SHEPHERD, a businessman and principal of Scott Shepherd Associates, died Nov. 16, 2011. He was 79. A member of Psi Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Army. His career with AT&T took him from a salesman to a lobbyist. A community volunteer, he was particularly active with the Salvation Army in support of post-9/11 and military efforts. He was also a runner and a historical researcher. Among those who survive are his wife, Ruth Gesin Shepherd, two children, and a granddaughter.
EDMUND H. SONNENBLICK, MD, 74, a cardiologist whose research formed the basis for the modern treatment of heart failure, died Sept. 22, 2007. He received his degree with high honors and with high distinction in chemistry, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. After receiving his medical degree at Harvard University, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, he trained at Columbia University’s Presbyterian Hospital, continued his research at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., and at Harvard University, and joined the Albert Einstein College of Medicine faculty in the Bronx, N.Y., where he was a distinguished university professor of medicine. His findings about the structure and function of heart muscle cells and how the heart muscle contracts and relaxes contributed to the development by others of a new class of lifesaving drugs, called ACE inhibitors. He and other researchers also adapted beta blockers for use in heart failure, and he was credited as the first to use an electron microscope to image heart muscle under scientifically controlled conditions. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology in 1985, and this year the American Heart Association named him the recipient of one of its highest prizes, the Research Achievement Award. His daughter, Annie Sonnenblick ’80, for whom the Annie Sonnenblick Lecture/Distinguished Writer Series and the Annie Sonnenblick Writing Prize is named, predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Linda Bland Sonnenblick; two daughters, including Charlotte Van Doren ’84; and five grandchildren, including Caroline Offit ’10.
RALPH E. SHORT, 77, who retired as chaplain at Wentworth Military Academy, died Oct. 6, 2009. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and received master’s degrees from Andover Newton Theological School and from James Madison University. A U.S. Army veteran who served as a chaplain in Vietnam, he taught for 25 years at schools in Virginia and Missouri. He is survived by his wife, June Fagg Short, his son, and a brother.
HOWARD L. SCHIFF, an attorney, died Feb. 14, 2007. He was 73. After receiving his law degree from Cornell University, he founded his own firm in East Hartford, Conn., in 1958. Survivors include his wife, Carol Bleich Schiff, four children, and six grandchildren.
JONATHAN L. ROSNER, a trial attorney, died Jan. 12, 2008. He was 75. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his law degree from New York University. In addition to a private practice of law, he was an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law. He served as chief counsel and deputy commissioner of the New York State Commission on Criminal Justice and the Use of Force, and he was the general counsel of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1977 Energy Failure in New York City. Among those who survive are his wife, Lydia Sokol Rosner; three children, including Marianne Klimchuk ’83; four grandchildren; and a brother, Seth Rosner ’52.
WILLIAM R. QUATTROCCHI JR., the retired president of Q Petroleum, died Dec. 7, 2005, at age 75. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and received his bachelor’s degree from Babson Institute. He is survived by his wife, Portia Brown Quattrocchi, a daughter, and a grandchild.
LEON S. OLSON, 70, a retired human resources executive, died June 29, 2003. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and served in the U.S. Marines. Survivors include his wife, Joan, three children, and two grandchildren.
HAROLD W. JUHRE, a New York State budget official for 35 years, died Feb. 27, 2009. He was 76. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received a master’s degree in public administration and served in the U.S. Army. He was a fellow of the American Society for Public Administration and retired as deputy chief budget examiner for New York State. He is survived by two children, two grandchildren, and his brother.
ROBERT A. GEIGER, 73, who retired as manager of environmental affairs for Public Service Electric and Gas of New Jersey, died Mar. 9, 2006. A member of Delta Sigma, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in economics. He received a master’s degree from Columbia and served in the U.S. Army. Among those who survive are his wife, Eileen Flanagan Geiger, three children, five grandchildren, and a brother.
