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Alumni In Memoriam

We honor the lives and legacies of our fellow Hawks who have passed away. Though they are no longer with us, their Hawk Spirit lives on in the memories we cherish, the lives they touched, and the lasting impact they made on the University of Hartford community. To share the passing of an alum, please complete this form and select "In Memoriam" under Class Note Type. This list is updated every quarter and archived at the end of each year.

1950-59

Dorothy Schwobel A'52 (HCW) of Columbus, NC, December 3, 2025

Gary Olson A'51, '53, P'88 (Hillyer Founding College) of Cheshire, CT, April 7, 2026

Nancy Snow Compton A'55 (HCW) of Bloomfield, CT, April 10, 2026

Betty Domijan Fournier A'57 (Barney) of South Windsor, CT, March 3, 2026

Joseph Smith '57, M'61 (A&S) of Wethersfield, CT, February 14, 2026

Gail Brotherton Meyers A'58 (HCW) of Windsor, CT, January 17, 2026

Henry Sardilli '58 (Barney) of Newington, CT, January 6, 2026

Raymond Wisneski C'58 (Ward College of Technology) of Higganum, CT, March 15, 2026

Richard Brown '59 (CETA) of Newington, CT, March 11, 2026

Louis Mazzotta Jr. '59 (A&S) of Bloomfield, CT, March 26, 2026

1960-69

Guido Abramo '60 (Hillyer) of Portland, CT, April 19, 2026

James Pinto '60, M'69 (ENHP) of Plantsville, CT, February 21, 2026

Nona G. Nawalaniec Szupper A'60 (Barney) of Northampton, PA, January 9, 2026

Sarkis Chalaby C'61, C'62 (Ward College of Technology) of Boothbay Harbor, ME, February 10, 2026

Peter Forte '61 (Barney) of Avon, CT, March 6, 2026

Anthony Newman '61, P'88 (A&S) of West Hartford, CT, February 19, 2026

Lawrence Cogswell Jr. M'62 (ENHP) of Glastonbury, CT, April 4, 2026

Waclaw Zurawski '62 (A&S) of Newington, CT, May 6, 2026

Bruce Baker '63 (Barney) of Simsbury, CT, November 9, 2025

John Bogazis '63, M'75 (ENHP) of Bristol, CT, March 3, 2026

Betty W. King Cornish M'63, M'80 (HAS) of Bloomfield, CT, February 27, 2026

F. Robert Fritz M'63 (ENHP) of Cheshire, CT, March 4, 2026

Lois Griswold M'63 (ENHP) of South Glastonbury, CT, December 17, 2025

Milton Hathaway '63 (Barney) of Bolton, CT, January 19, 2026

Ronald Lesieur '63 (Barney) of Burlington, CT, March 6, 2026

Edward Drotar '64 (CETA) of Naples, FL, December 25, 2025

Mervyn Strauss '64 (CETA) of West Hartford, CT, March 9, 2026

Robert Stroh '64, M'72 (ENHP) of South Windsor, CT, April 11, 2026

John Connelly '65 (A&S) of Salem, MA, January 10, 2026

Edward Leckfor '65 (Barney) of Tolland, CT, February 5, 2026

Gary Lehrman '65, M'82 (A&S) of Branford, CT, January 5, 2026

Edward Murtha '65 (A&S) of Newington, CT, January 18, 2026

Robert Augur '66 (CETA) of Simsbury, CT, April 6, 2026

Edward Bloch '66 (Barney) of Moodus, CT, December 31, 2025

John Capen '66 (A&S) of Stone Ridge, NY, October 17, 2025

Carol M. Joseph Cohen '66 (ENHP) of Wilmington, DE, January 7, 2026

George Murtha M'66, C'79 (ENHP) of Collinsville, CT, December 24, 2025

James Reed Sr. M'66 (ENHP) of Marlborough, CT, January 12, 2026

Aldo Vernesoni A'62, '66 (Barney) of Avon, CT, March 23, 2026

Peter Ashe '67 (HAS) of Albuquerque, NM, November 26, 2025

Marie Roy Daigle '67 (ENHP) of Ellington, CT, January 2, 2026

Margaret Kearns Kelly '67 (Hartt) of Northfield, MN, March 3, 2026

Nancy C. Urbanik King '67 (ENHP) of Cromwell, CT, March 4, 2026

Nadene Ellsworth Lake '67 (ENHP) of Broad Brook, CT, April 20, 2026

Robert Pettigrew Jr. '67 (Barney) of Wellesley Hills, MA, December 28, 2026

Peter Salmoiraghi '67 (CETA) of Colchester, CT, March 8, 2026

Marie Duda Gordon A'68 (Barney) of Glastonbury, CT, February 27, 2026

Vincent DiBerardino M'68 (ENHP) of Torrington, CT, May 19, 2026

John Raymond C'68 (Ward College of Technology) of Granby, CT, December 27, 2025

John Albert '69 (A&S) of Charlotte, NC, January 29, 2026

Richard Choura '69 (CETA) of Farragut, TN, April 13, 2026

John Dennis '69 (CETA) of Enfield, CT, January 23, 2026

Earl Derusha M'69 (ENHP) of East Longmeadow, MA, February 26, 2026

Steven Eisenberg '69 (ENHP) of Long Beach Township, NJ, January 12, 2026

John Little M'69 (ENHP) of Lima, NY, April 20, 2026

1970-79

George Apel A'63, '70 (CETA) of East Hartford, CT, March 23, 2026

Jessie Gwisdala M'70 (ENHP) of Westerly, RI, November 29, 2025

Joan Haffey '70 (Hartt) of Danielson, CT, December 7, 2025

Linda Knezevich Howey '70 (ENHP) of Eastford, CT, April 11, 2026

Priscilla Lyman M'70 (ENHP) of Townshend, VT, March 28, 2026

Robert Doucet '71 (A&S) of Worcester, MA, March 13, 2026

Kevin Feeney '71, M'77 (Barney) of Glastonbury, CT, March 16, 2026

William Reyburn '71 (A&S) of Meadows Dan, VA, December 5, 2025

James Sherman '71 (A&S) of Machiasport, ME, December 6, 2025

Kalliopi A. Danikas Brander '72 (A&S) of Vernon, CT, December 2, 2025

Sumner Dommerich '72 (Barney) of Riverside, CT, April 5, 2026

James Gebryel M'72 (Barney) of Westfield, MA, April 10, 2026

Walter Kope Sr. '72 (A&S) of Suffield, CT, February 23, 2026

Adrian Leahy Jr. M'72 (Barney) of Milford, CT, January 7, 2026

Carlo Magno '72, M'76 (A&S) of Rocky Hill, CT, December 14, 2025

Irving Robbins M'72, C'74 (ENHP) of Cabot, VT, February 11, 2026

Barbara Streitfeld M'72 (A&S) of West Hartford, CT, January 12, 2026

Emily S. Hauser Bass '73 (Hartt) of Syracuse, NY, December 15, 2025

Irving Eurto '73 (Barney) of Lenoir, NC, February 18, 2026

Kimbrough Mathews '73 (HAS) of Miami, FL, December 25, 2025

Alan Sidney '73 (Barney) of Weare, NH, November 26, 2025

Michael Matiash '74, M'81 (Barney) of Southington, CT, April 10, 2026

Jashbhai Pate M'74 (Barney) of Wilson, NC, December 28, 2025

Phyllis Plifka M'74 (HAS) of Glastonbury, CT, April 5, 2026

John Scheib '74, M'80, M'84 (Barney) of West Hartford, CT, March 5, 2026

Anne R. Simons A'74 (HCW) of Melbourne, FL, December 13, 2025

Kathryn Cuskelly Flynn A'75 (HCW) of Olney, MD, January 20, 2026

Sharon Triano Kott M'75 (ENHP) of Guilford, CT, December 12, 2025

Elizabeth Levin '75 (Hartt) of Indianapolis, IN, March 10, 2025

Malcolm Mitchell M'75 (Barney) of Glastonbury, CT, January 3, 2026

Shirley Williams '75 (ENHP) of Bloomfield, CT, December 28, 2025

Anne Brown M'76 (ENHP) of Windsor, CT, March 9, 2026

Stephen Campbell '76 (HAS) of South Dennis, MA, December 7, 2025

Richard Chabak '76 (Barney) of Middletown, CT, January 21, 2026

Carol A. Bourgault Cuervo '76 (A&S) of West Granby, CT, April 24, 2026

Peter Furness A'74, '76 (Barney) of Delray Beach, FL, November 26, 2025

Donna Fisher A'77 (Hillyer) of Longmeadow, MA, January 13, 2026

John Mogielnicki M'77 (Barney) of Charlestown, RI, February 9, 2026

Douglas Cox '78 (Barney) of Broomfield, CO, March 7, 2026

Peter Reinke M'78 (Barney) of Vernon, CT, April 15, 2026

Alvin Rosenbaum M'78 (Barney) of Southbury, CT, December 16, 2025

William Holling '79 (CETA) of Granby, CT, November 4, 2025

Shirley Minnier '79, P'92 (A&S) of Avon, CT, February 5, 2026

Donna Mongillo '79 (A&S) of Southington, CT, April 18, 2026

Robert Strough M'79 (Barney) of Mirror Lake, NH, March 30, 2026

1980-89

Seth Isenberg '80 (Barney) of Weatherly, PA, May 24, 2026

Masood Karimian A'80 (Ward College of Technology) of New Britain, CT, February 18, 2026

Linda Ecker Alberts M'81 (Barney) of Exeter, NH, May 7, 2026

C. Kevin Synnott M'81 (Barney) of Hampton, CT, January 1, 2026

Jeannette Hubbard '82 (A&S) of Vernon, CT, January 12, 2026

James Mothersbaugh Jr. M'83 (Hartt) of Casper, WY, December 6, 2025

Bradford Trefrey '83 (A&S) of Bristol, RI, May 20, 2026

Paula Anderson '85 (A&S) of West Hartford, CT, March 23, 2026

Rose Mary O'Connell M'85 (ENHP) of Granby, CT, March 10, 2026

Joseph Ziobrowski M'85 (Barney) of Charlotte, NC, December 24, 2025

Hilda Grossman A'84, '86 (A&S) of Wildwood, FL, April 26, 2026

Kathleen M. Guinan Lyman '87 (HAS) of Clinton, CT, November 27, 2025

Dhiaa Shubber '87 (CETA) of Weston, CT, September 6, 2025

Bohdan Pokora M'88 (Barney) of Glastonbury, CT, January 28, 2026

James Battle M'89 (HAS) of Bloomfield, CT, May 13, 2026

Robert Manwarren M'89 (Barney) of Columbia, CT, April 16, 2026

Judi Potoff '89 (ENHP) of Fairfield, CT, February 23, 2026

1990-99

Irma Carter M'90 (Barney) of Vernon, CT, January 13, 2026

Richard Granata Jr. '90 (Hartt) of Windsor, CT, May 3, 2026

Dr. Jacqueline Harris-Taback M'90 (Barney) of Newtown, CT, November 28, 2025

Victoria Kniering '91, P'99, P'02 (HAS) of Cheshire, CT, March 2, 2026

Dennis Bro '93 (CETA) of Vernon Rockville, CT, November 25, 2025

Alan Cady M'96 (Barney) of Willimantic, CT, November 29, 2025

John Kiefer D'96 (A&S) of Hermitage, PA, April 1, 2026

Stephen Parker '96 (A&S) of Salem, MA, December 3, 2025

Manuel Salinas '96 (Ward College of Technology) of South Windsor, CT, February 8, 2026

Eileen O'Keefe-Hammond M'98 (ENHP) of Southbridge, MA, December 18, 2025

Timur Ruban '99, M'09 (A&S) of Farmington, CT, December 1, 2025

2000-09

Patrick Kelley M'03 (Barney) of Bristol, CT, February 1, 2026

Dr. Ann Marie C. Pats Murray M'03, D'08 (A&S) of Worcester, MA, January 7, 2026

Andrea Accetta '04 (ENHP) of Monroe, NY, November 29, 2025

Joann Preece '06, M'09 (ENHP) of Meriden, CT, December 31, 2025

2010-2019

Dawn Fuller-Ball '11 (University Studies) of Atwater, CA, December 26, 2025

John Krawshuk M'12 (Barney) of West Hartford, CT, May 5, 2026

Daniel Moynihan M'15 (HAS) of Jamaica Plain, MA, December 21, 2025

Frank Gentile Jr. A'17 (University Studies) of Springfield, MA, January 15, 2026

2020-present

Marianne Wainwright '22 (HAS) of Rocky Hill, CT, January 20, 2026

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