JEFFREY WEINSTEIN, M.D., a neuro–anesthesiologist at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J., died Sept. 30, 2009. He was 52. He attended Wesleyan for three years before being accepted into a B.A.–M.D. program at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received both degrees. Survivors include his wife, Karen Blum Weinstein, his father, two daughters, and his brother and sister.
PAUL S. RUDERMAN, an attorney, died Aug. 2, 2012. He was 54. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, he was an attorney and partner with the Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander law firm in Phoenix, Ariz. He practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, corporation and business law, and health care law. He was the son of Sidney Ruderman ’42, who died in 1998. Among those who survive are his wife, Dianne Ruderman, two children, including Michael Ruderman ’11, and his mother.
THOMAS K. LONGSTRETH, 52, the former U.S. undersecretary of defense for readiness and training, died April 28, 2009. After receiving a master’s degree in defense analysis and security policy studies at George Washington University, he worked successively for the U.S. Senate, the Federation of American Scientists, and the Defense Department, where he first worked on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later directed task forces for the secretary of defense on Iraq, Bosnia, and Somalia. He had also been associated with Teledyne Brown Engineering, the Rand Corporation, and the Center for Naval Analyses. In 1988 he received a MacArthur Foundation grant and in 1990 a Council of Foreign Relations fellowship. Survivors include his companion, Crystal Denunzio, his companion’s daughter, his mother and stepfather, a brother, and two sisters.
HARRY S. GOLD, executive director of business and legal affairs for Disney Theatrical Productions, died Oct. 10, 2008. He was 50. After receiving his law degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law, he was a management associate at Niko Associates/Marvin A. Krauss Associates. He joined Disney in 1997 just as the company was solidifying its place on Broadway with The Lion King. He handled the business and legal affairs of that show, as well as The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins. His parents survive.
WENDY S. GLABMAN, a pianist, died May 29, 2004, after a 27-year struggle with brain cancer. After attending Wesleyan, she studied at the University of Chicago and at Wake Forest University. She also studied piano with Nadia Boulanger. She is survived by her parents, a sister, two brothers, and two nieces.
MILES D. EHRLICH, an editor, writer, and environmentalist, died July 15, 2008, at age 50. Survivors include his mother, eight brothers and sisters, seven nieces and nephews, and a close friend, Susan Johnson.
