Alumni deaths

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  • Burt August, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • William F. Scandling, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • Jacksel M. Broughton, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Herbert M. Englehardt (d. 2020)

  • Ann Trimby Englehardt (d. 2020)

    Nancy Pieper Kurtz (d. 2023)

  • William Pulsifer (d. 2021)

  • Kay Heinrich Clark

    Virginia (Neel) Skuse (d. 2023)

  • Ross F. Anderson (d. 2021)

    Elinor C Hallman (née Cleary)

  • Donald Brush (d. 2021)

    Barbara Rice Pulsifer (d. 2020)

    Theodore L. Trost (d. 1987)

  • John A. Murphy (d. 2021)

    David M. Trost (d. 2002)

  • Shirley Scott Miller (d. 2022)

    Mary Louise (Haines) Riter (d. 2021)

  • Henry “Pete” French, BSAA co-president

    Hank Greenwald, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Ross Pattison (d. 2021)

  • Sanford (Sandy) Gradinger (d. 2017), BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Scott W. Miller

    Nancy Jean Moore (England) (d. 2024)

    Joan Miller Balunis (d. 2017)

    Jack Ruda

  • David A. Clunies (d. 2017)

    Pete Heinrich, BSAA co-president, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • Caroline (Caren) Breese Hall, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Bill Gerling (d. 2013), BSAA board member

    Gary Monrad (d. 2023)

    Alan Shestack, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • Linda Gold Ruda (d. 2022)

    Dick Howk (d. 2022)

    Renee Levy Liebschutz (d. 2024)

    Lewis Neisner

    Jonathan Trost (d. 2020)

  • Russell Anderson

    Hank Appelbaum, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Robert Bauer

    Bruce Bedford (d. 2021)

    Timothy K. Burgess (d. 2024)

    Sandra Bryant Dugan

    Kay Jean Chaplin Scardino

    Bonnie Comfort Jessup

    Gordon Cone

    Susan DeHond Hadley

    Marilyn DiVincenzo Marini

    Anna Gay Edgell.

    George Esch

    David Fink

    Babette Gillette

    Don Goldman

    Henry Harrison

    Karen Hartfelder Tait

    Gordon (Gus)  Hemmett

    Greg Hoffman

    Kirsten Huehn

    Tom Hyder

    Cindy Hunt Stowell

    John Ingle

    Robert Jackman

    Susan Jensen

    Jack Keeney

    Martin Klass

    Bob Lane

    Linda Lees

    Howard Lewis

    Terry McCutcheon

    Natalie Miller Levy

    Judy Miller Maltby

    Judy Nadritch Martin

    Bob Morgan

    Barbara Noble

    Elizabeth Oviatt Rasmussen

    Richard Parello

    Steve Phinney

    William W. (Bill) Pinch, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame

    Adrienne St. John

    Bob Savage

    Joanne Schneider Gallard

    Herb Schreib

    Richard Smith

    Steve Spellman

    Hjordis Sperlin

    Betty Squier Remillard

    Jerry Starpoli

    Roger Stolte

    Diane Stratton Dennison

    Peter Waasdorp

    John R. Williams

    Jerry Williamson

    William Wright

    Sandra Wycoff Infantino

    Peter Yackel

  • Jean Philip Chaintreuil (d. 2023)

    Diane S. Katz (d. 2021)

    Linda Wilkerson Ferris (d. 2022)

  • Richard Ambush

    Richard Carr

    George Criticos (d. 2020)

    Fred Eidlin, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame

    J. Allan Hovey, Jr., BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Larry Josephson

    Dodie Kahn

    Martin Kantor

    Nancy Miller

    Nancy J. Ratliff (d. 2016)

  • Sanford R. Abbey (d. 2023)

    Dorothy Martin Heisler (d. 2021)

    Karen Noble Hanson, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • Stephen W. Haines (d. 2012)

  • Joseph M. Allan III (d. 2019)

    Loren Ansley (d. 1992)

    Betty Becker Banker 

    James P. Brennan

    Robert Briggs (d. 1997)

    Stephen A. Brownstein (d. 2016)

    Michael J. Cain (d. 2014)

    Daniel Clark (d. 2010)

    Stuart (Bo) Cox (d. 2008)

    Jette Davidsson Whitely (d. 2020)

    Roberta T. Davis Kroll (d. 1985)

    Linda J. Delaney Dickson (d. 2012)
Renee L. Epner Steinberg (d. 1998)

    William Bill F. Fanning (d. 2019)

    Anthony Tony Fien (d. 2001)

    Alana A. Fitzpatrick Gullen (d. 2011)

    Candace E. Getman Petroski (d. 2015)

    Sandra J. Herman Kennedy (d. 2021)

    Lucinda J. (Cindy) Kahler Sayler (d. 2013)

    John H. Kalbfus

    Justin Knauf Jr. (d. 2017)

    Margaret J. (Maggie) Kurtzner (d. 1998)

    Marjorie F. (Marnie) Liebschultz (d. 2004)

    Bruce J. Lipsky (d. 2014)

    Jane H. Lovenheim Glazer (d. 2014)

    Gail L. Lunger Zuch (d. 2008)

    Terence J. (Terry) Matthews (d. 2005)

    William H. Maxion (d. 1998)

    David C. Meng (d. 2006)

    Carol A. Mink McKinney (d. 2007)

    Marsha Nadritch Vigneri (d. 1996)

    Michael A. Neuhaus (d. 1977)

    George B. Owen II (d. 2010)

    Cynthia A. (Cindy) Parks (d. 2008)

    Mark N. Rosenbloom (d. 2005)

    William D. Rowland (d. 2008)

    Joel M. Salzman

    Barbara Schneider Linkhorst (d. 2009)

    Karen A. Sergeant Meyer (d. 2016)

    Steven R. Shencup (d. 2014)

    Judith Sorem Holdredge  (d. 1999)

    Janice Stack Newhouse (d. 2007)

    Jane W. Steinhausen Semich (d. 2011)

    Reed W. Taylor (d. 1996)

    Patricia A. Toohey Tomaselli (d. 2015)

    Ann H. Wadsworth Frisina (d. 2000)

    John Walter (d. 1999)

    Marian G. Zornow Berliner (d. 2014)

  • Lauren Diane Margolis Fleisher (d. 2021)

    Murray Kantor

    Michael R. Lewis (d. 2023)

  • David Geiser

    Steven Marx, BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • Ann O’Brien

    Chuck Patti

  • John Borek (d. 2021)

    Judy Ferraro (d. 2022)

    Alec Hazlett (d. 2023)

    Susan Kantor Coughtry

    Michael J. Monaco (d. 2023)

    Pamela Mungo Kniskern (d. 2016)

  • Myron (Flint) Beal, MD (d. 2021), BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Wayne E. Budd (d. 2023)

    Tom O’Brien (didn’t graduate)

    Carol Lee Porter (d. 2020)

    Howard Samuel (d. 2023)

    Richard Sarachan (d. 2021)

  • Ellen Belmont (d. 2007)

    Christopher Dieck (d. 2024)

    Charles Falkoff (d. 2021) 

    Paul J. Francati (d. 2021)

    Robert Steven (Robby) Kowal, DDS (d. 2023)

    Debbie Krieger (d. 2023)

    Vincent James “Jimmy” Monaco (d. 2023)

    Barry Sullivan (d. 2023)

    William Toohey Jr. (d. 2020)

  • Peter Clark

    Gordon Harris ?

    Henry (Winnie) Olmer (d. 2018)

    Andrew Smith (d. 2021)

    Joanne Smith Mackay (d. 2023)

    Deborah Wild (d. 2022)

    Michael Zitrin    

    Neal Budd (d. 2023)

  • Lorraine Amenda Morton (d. 2024)

    Barbara Banquer (d. 2016)

    Pamela K. Bauman)   

    Pamela J. Beck   

    Tim Bell

    Diane Brinker

    Larry Brontman (d. 2023)

    Dale Browning (d. 2015)

    Richard P. (Rick) Byers   

    Ruth Cahn (d. 2012)

    Michael Ceravolo (d. 2016)

    David Chikovsky (d. 2017)

    William Cline (d. 2009)

    Roger Cobb

    Jeff Corletta (d. 2021)

    John Crough

    Margo Dailey Parent   

    Lee DeGraff

    Cynthia Dorsett   

    Earl Goldberg (d. 2013)

    Johnny Goldbert (d. 2023)

    Jeff Hanf (d. 2011)

    Douglas Johnstone

    Bjorna Lawson Rennie (d. 2013) 

    Sherry Kurz (d. 1986)                       

    Gavin Kent (d. 2023)

    Sherry Kurz (d. 1986)                       

    Tom F. Petrino   

    Bruce M. Pollock (d. 2023)

    Claudia Rosett Wilson (d. 2023)

    Carol Seeger (d. 2020)

    John Sergeant (d. 2010)

    Suzanne Shapiro (d. 2014)

    John Skoglund 

    Brooke Stebbins (d. 2013)

    Bertram Tritremmel (exchange student)

    Fred Tuttle (d. 2019)

    Debbie Van Dussen Vogt (d. 2019)     

    Pat Warnick Cowden (d. 2023)  

    Trip Hargrave (d. 2023)

  • Sheilah Mungo Bissell (d. 2016)

    Greg Geckeler           

    Patricia Hart                                   

    Terry Lippman                                   

    Marcia Marcy McGowen

    Keith Quillen (d. 2022)

  • Teddi Jacobs (d. 2021)

  • Michael Gollin (d. 2017), BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

    Alan Lefor (d. 2023), BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member

  • John C. Brzustowicz (d. 2021)

    James Daniels (d. 2021)

    Steven Gordon (d. 2023)

  • David Kramer (d. 2023; obituary)

  • Sanford Martin Goldstein (d. 2023)

  • Joanne Serling Fisher (d. 2024)

  • Nicholas (Nick) Tsilibes (d. 2022)

    John Werner (d. 2021)

  • David Kolko (d. 2022)

  • Kyle Lynne Welch (d. 2021)

  • Judy Schaff  

  • Edmund Dunne Cannon (d. 2022) 

  • Raphael Nguti (d. 2023)   

  • Jonathan Angelone  

    David Beato (d. 2017)

  • Ian Richard Schaefer (d. 2022)

  • Owen Lang Thomas (d. 2017)  


Good news:
Awards, events, publications and more

(Download the BSAA’s 13th Corner newsletter for more good news about alumni, including BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame honorees.)

• Congrats to David Sarachan, BHS’72, who has been inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He played for Cornell, then coached Cornell; went on to Buffalo Indoor, DC United, Chicago Fire, and LA Galaxy (with David Beckham and Landon Donovan) as assistant coach; the North Carolina Football Club; then the U.S. National Olympic Team, becoming head coach. From there, he coached the Puerto Rican national team and now the Israel Maccabi soccer team. He’s been a soccer player or coach for more than 50 years.

• Jared Engel (BHS’99) got his start in the music world at Brighton in fourth grade, playing the bass. Fast-forward 25 years and his proud dad reports that Jared is recognized as one of the top bassists, performing in the bluegrass and American “roots” music scene. He recently performed in NYC with Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka and others. 

• Nancy Gong (BHS’74) was featured in the current issue of Life in the Finger Lakes magazine in a short article about the 45th anniversary of her glass art business. She designed and created the beautiful glass "window" that the BSAA presented to the BHS Media Center. and is a member of the BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame.

• Gail Marlene Schwartz (BHS’84) has written Falling Through the Night, a Jewish, queer, romantic coming-of-age novel that explores building healthy relationships after toxic ones, mental health, suicide and addiction. It is inspired by the author’s own journey with anxiety and healing from childhood trauma. The book will be released on February 25, 2024, and “captures many of the growing pains of young, queer folks as they struggle to find their footing and independence in adulthood,” according to a publicist. 

• Edward Lewis, MD (BHS’71) is a candidate for district chair of NY District II of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

• Margaret (Maggie Heyneman; BHS’70) Kearney has received a 2023 Dean’s Medal award from the University of Rochester School of Nursing. She joined the school in 2005, served as PhD program director and dean of graduate studies, and is professor emerita.

• Kathy Palokoff (BHS’71) co-collected the 52 essays in a new book, Great Dames: Women Sharing Their Power, and asked classmate Ruth Thaler-Carter to proofread the essays and contribute one of her own.

• President Joe Biden has named Pauline Yu (BHS’66 and a member of the BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame) to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

• Oren Kessler (BHS 2000) is the author of a new book, Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict (Rowan & Littlefield Publishing, Inc.). He gave a presentation about the book at the Pittsford Plaza Barnes & Noble on April 30, 2023. Leah Goldman of the Jewish Federation is donating a signed copy to the BHS Media Center/Library.

• Nancy R. Adams (BHS’63) was featured in the “Remarkable Rochestarians” column in the Democratic and Chronicle. She was the first U.S. Army nurse to be promoted to the rank of major general. She studied at Nazareth College for two years and then graduated from Cornell University with a degree in nursing. She entered active duty with the Army Nurse Corps in 1968, served as a general duty nurse in Korea and then at a variety of medical centers. She studied at the Army War College, was a nurse consultant with the Office of the Surgeon General, and became the 19th chief of the Army Nurse Corps in 1999. She served the statutory four-year term and went on to other command posts before retiring from active duty in 2002.

• Linda Eppstein McKenzie, BHS’71, was named the 2022 Woman of the Year Award at the Installation Banquet of the Women’s Club of Pittsford for her contributions to its Philanthropy and Volunteer Spirit.  

• Randy K. (Lempert) Morgenstern, BHS’70, has joined the board of directors of the Writers and Books literary center. The Rochester native spent her higher-level academic and early employment years outside New York State, returning to Rochester in the early 1980s. She contributed to the success of the Jewish Community Center and Israel Bonds; created the Jewish Book Festival; began the Jewish Singles Network; and directed the Women’s Philanthropy Division of the Jewish Federation for 14 years, overseeing over $2 million in philanthropic funds and celebrating more than 100 Lions of Judah. She currently manages human resources for Radio Social in Rochester, which she co-owns with her husband Dan Morgenstern, BHS’70. They previously owned Clover Lanes Bowling Alley, the site of many BHS reunion events over the years.

• Peter Lovenheim, BHS’71 and BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame member, published an article in the Rochester Beacon online newspaper about a decision by a Brighton grade school to ban “Jingle Bells” because of its origins in minstrel shows.

• Ted Castle, BHS’70, has been featured in a college alumni article for his role in the success of Tom & Jerry’s ice cream