Roosevelt University extends its deepest sympathy to the loved ones of recently deceased alumni and friends. To share a memory or let us know about a recently deceased Roosevelt University graduate, please email us.

Arnold Duncan (BSc Marketing, ’50) passed away on October 20, 2021.

Charlotte Griminger (BA Sociology, ’50) passed away on June 11, 2021.

Joseph G. Kaltwasser (BS Industrial Engineering, ’50) passed away on June 20, 2021.

Irene Lieberman (BA Education, ’50) passed away on April 15, 2021.

Joel Salk (BSc ’51) passed away on July 16, 2021.

David Kost (BA Economics, ’52) passed away in May 2021.

Timuel Black (BA Sociology, ’52) passed away October 13, 2021 at age 102. He was an educator, historian, civil rights activist and author. Black received his bachelor’s from Roosevelt and began a career as a high school teacher in Gary, Indiana.

After seeing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on TV, Timuel Black worked with members of Hyde Park’s First Unitarian Church to bring Dr. King to Chicago and organize the Chicago contingent of the March on Washington. Black also helped elect Harold Washington to his historic role as Chicago mayor.

“Roosevelt was the first university that publicly made it clear they wanted an integrated college,” Black said. “A reason to go to Roosevelt was because it was so openly inclusive, but the faculty were of such a superior quality that they were the reason to stay.”

Charles Earl Memusi Johnson (BA Education, ’54) passed away on March 18, 2021.

Richard Feldman (MA Philosophy, ’55) passed away on May 16, 2021.

Millicent Pine (BA Education, ’55) passed away on March 19, 2021.

Sheldon Vidibor (BSc Accounting, ’55) passed away on July 4, 2021.

Paul G. Bruce (BA Education, ’55) passed away on February 13, 2021.

Martin Lee Bass (BSc Marketing, ’57) passed away on May 10, 2021.

Harold David Woodman (BA History, ’57) passed away on August 14, 2021.

Beatrice Berlin (BA Education, ’58) passed away on October 17, 2021.

Melvin Goldstein (BSc Marketing, ’58) passed away on September 27, 2021.

Phyllis Weinstine (Non-Degree Sociology, ’58) passed away on August 7, 2021.

Mike Agassi (BS Mathematics, ’59) passed away on September 24, 2021. The father of tennis star Andre Agassi, Mike loved training and coaching his four children.

Jerry Flodin (BA Sociology, ’59) passed away on August 19, 2021.

Virgil Kolb (MA Education, ’59) passed away November 19, 2020.

Asa Newman (BSBA Accounting, ’59) passed away on May 19, 2021 at age 102.

Barbara Schulman (BA Education ’59, BA Education ’63) passed away on April 13, 2021.

Roy Rettig (BA Sociology, ’60) passed away on May 30, 2021.

Walter J. Bracich (MA Education, ’61) passed away on April 22, 2021.

Raymond Epifano (BA History, ’62) passed away on May 3, 2021.

James Jesk Jr. (BSBA Management, ’62) passed away on November 10, 2021.

S.J. Garfield (BA Psychology ’62, MA ’65) passed away on July 1, 2021.

Francis Paul Avellone (MBA ’65) passed away on May 28, 2021

Michael Dizzonne (BA Psychology, ’65) passed away on May 22, 2021.

Richard McManus (MBA ’65) passed away in September 2021.

Rosagitta Podrovsky (BM Music and MM Music, ’65) passed away on June 8, 2021.

Vera Veleria Scott Wabbington (MA Education, ’65) passed away on June 21, 2021.

A. Dale Lilyfors (BA Education, ’60) passed away on March 9, 2021.

John James Gapsis Jr. (BS Biochemistry, ’67) passed away on July 17, 2021.

Lillian Gilruth (BA Art Education, ’67) passed away on August 30, 2021.

Lawrence Kikulsky (BSBA Accounting ’67, MS Accounting ’70) passed away on February 18, 2021.

Matthew W. Connor (MA Education, ’69) passed away on November 17, 2021.

Corean Bakke (BM Music ’68, MM Music ’74) passed away in July 2021.

Bernard Bringe (MBA ’68) passed away on April 10, 2021.

Donald D. Anderson (BS Accounting, ’69) passed away on August 1, 2021.

Marion E. Atkins (BSBA Management, ’69) passed away on September 19, 2021.

Betty Roizman (BA Political Science, ’69) passed away on March 20, 2021.

Don S. Adams (MA Education, ’71) passed away on August 28, 2021.

Michael Gordon (BSBA Marketing, ’71) passed away on June 8, 2021.

Doris Kinsey (BSBA Science Teacher Education, ’71) passed away on April 7, 2021.

Lee LaFond (MBA ’71) passed away on November 9, 2021.

Marti Morrow-Vojacek (BA English ’71, MA English ’77) passed away on June 20, 2021.

Harold Slovick (BA Psychology, ’71) passed away on March 20, 2021.

Chester Trybus (MPA ’72) passed away on March 29, 2021.

Kerry Coyle (Lawyers Assistant Certificate, ’73) passed away on September 8, 2021.

Benjamin Garrett Sr. (BGS Business Institutions, ’73) passed away on April 19, 2021.

Frank Esposito (MA Education, ’74) passed away in July 2021.

Jean Kasper (MA Education, ’75) passed away on July 3, 2021.

George Swinderman (BGS Business Institutions, ’75) passed away on September 13, 2011.

Robert Ingraham (MA Psychology, ’71) passed away on February 22, 2021.

Scott Culpepper (BSBA Marketing, ’78) passed away on May 12, 2021.

Phillip Muellner (BS Biology, ’78) passed away on July 25, 2021.

Michael Widrlechner (BSBA Marketing ’78, Paralegal Certificate ’05) passed away on September 2, 2021.

Paul Weldon (MBA ’83) passed away on May 24, 2021.

Ivana Nikolic (MA Spanish, ’84) passed away on March 22, 2021.

Nancy Harmon (MA Education, ’85) passed away on August 19, 2021.

Maxine Knighten (MA Educational Administration & Supervision, ’86) passed away on February 16, 2021.

Ruth Bauman Wlodarczyk (MA Gerontology, ’86) passed away on August 5, 2021.

James Himpler (BA Mathematics, ’89) passed away on August 23, 2021.

Harry Mark Petrakis (Honorary Degree) passed away on February 2, 2021.

Diana M. Wells (BSBA Accounting, ’91) passed away on September 18, 2021.

Susan Hayes Kelly (MA French, ’92) passed away on October 7, 2021.

George E. Nequist (BGS Health Care Administration, ’91) passed away on August 24, 2021.

Jennifer Ann Lindsey (Lawyers Assistant Certificate, ’96) passed away on June 11, 2021.

Marion E. Green (’03)

Katey Stuckslager (BPS Organizational Leadership ’08) passed away on July 30, 2021.

Timothy Hauschildt (BLS ’09) passed away on June 27, 2021.

Chanda Swanson (BFA Music, ’09) passed away on August 1, 2021.

Jean Campbell (BA English, ’11) passed away on November 8, 2021.

William (Jay) Kirby passed away June 30, 2021. Kirby retired as a senior vice president after 42 years at FMC Corporation. He served for more than 30 years as a trustee and loyal supporter of Roosevelt University.

Raymond Shepherd, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away June 13, 2021. Dr. Shepherd taught in the Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science from 1976 to 2008, and he was essential in developing the actuarial science program.  Shepherd continued to conduct math research while he taught and after his retirement.