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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

ATSU deeply appreciates being notified when a graduate passes away. If you have such news to share, please go here to submit the information or contact Alumni Relations at alumni@atsu.edu.

We pay tribute to the following graduates who have passed away since July 1, 2020.

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1950s

Walter Clayton Anglemeyer, DO, ‘58    
October 29, 2022
Nappanee, IN  

Roger Elwood Baker, DO, ‘50    
August 30, 2022
Colfax, NC  

Gene Paul Barbour, DO, ‘59    
June 3, 2022
Orange Beach, AL  

Bernard Lew Berks, DO, ‘58    
June 4, 2021
Germantown, OH  

William Edward Borkosky, DO, ‘51    
October 14, 2020
Ormond Beach, FL  

Leonard V. Borland, DO, ‘59    
May 25, 2022
Wichita, KS  

John William Campbell, DO, ‘56    
December 29, 2020
St. Peters, MO  

John M. Conroy III, DO, ‘58    
March 28, 2022
Belding, MI  

John Leland Cowger, DO, ‘53    
November 8, 2020
Frisco, CO  

Jack Norman Davis, DO, ‘52      
July 16, 2022
Pittsboro, IN    

Harry J. DeVore, DO, ‘59      
September 25, 2020
St. Johns, MI    

Frederick C. Doctor Jr., DO, ‘50      
December 13, 2021
Denver, CO    

Arthur M. Dumke Jr., DO, ‘57      
September 12, 2024
Stowe, OH    

Donald Dunayer, DO, ‘55      
September 4, 2023
New Port Richey, FL    

Marvin Leon Enloe, DO, ‘52    
September 21, 2022
O’Fallon, MO  

Keith M. Ernst, DO, ‘54    
September 24, 2022
Cloverdale, IN  

Harold Allen Ferguson Sr., DO, ‘57    
January 2, 2021
Eaton, OH  

Maurice E. Fuchs, DO, ‘55    
October 24, 2022
Lewisport, KY  

Ralph H. Greenwasser, DO, ‘58    
October 9, 2022
Stuart, FL  

Ira Hershman, DO, ‘58    
April 1, 2024
Coral Gables, FL  

Paul Howard, DO, ‘59    
June 22, 2022
Tuscumbia, MO  

Bernard Sargent Hoyt, DO, ‘53    
July 8, 2023
Grove City, PA  

Harold H. Kates, DO, ‘58    
February 19, 2016
Newport Beach, CA  

Robert L. Kaufman, DO, ‘58    
July 19, 2020
Lewistown, PA  

Elmer L. Kelso, DO, ‘57    
January 9, 2023
Clifton, TX  

John Charles Kemplin, DO, ‘51    
August 19, 2020
Bedford, TX  

Duane J. Kerscher Sr., DO, ‘57    
October 29, 2022
Maumee, OH  

Charles Reynolds Knorr, DO, ‘55    
November 3, 2022
Boca Raton, FL  

Victor F. Krynicki Jr., DO, ‘55    
March 24, 2021
North Riverside, IL  

W. Richard Loerke, DO, ‘58    
August 12, 2020
Tulsa, OK  

Robert E. Madsen, DO, ‘56    
November 17, 2020
Kirksville, MO  

Gus J. Mazzola, DO, ‘56    
September 24, 2023
Loch Arbour, NJ  

Anthony T. Mendicino Jr., DO, ‘59    
January 6, 2023
San Antonio, TX  

Richard H. Mercer, DO, ‘55    
February 2, 2023
Kirksville, MO  

James W. Montgomery, DO, ‘55    
June 11, 2014
Indianapolis, IN  

Frank A. Parzynski, Jr., DO, ‘55    
November 3, 2022
Boca Raton, FL  

Robert L. Perry, DO, ‘54    
January 11, 2021
Redmond, WA  

John E. Rauch, DO, ‘52    
December 7, 2022
Columbus, OH  

Frederick Walter Rogers, DO, ‘58    
June 5, 2022
Bridgeton, MO  

Fred R.I. Rollins, DO, ‘58    
October 1, 2021
Montague, MI  

Jerry Wayne Scott, DO, ‘59    
September 9, 2021
Mishawaka, IN  

Richard George Stefanacci, DO, ‘57    
April 28, 2022
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ  

Leon Stein, DO, ‘54    
July 10, 2020
Pompano Beach, FL  

David W. Swayze, DO, ‘59    
April 18, 2024
Punta Gorda, FL  

Henry George Trybus, DO, ‘56    
January 11, 2021
Middlefield, OH  

Fred Walter Vossbruch, DO, ‘55    
September 24, 2021
Avon Park, FL  

William A. Wagner, DO, ‘53    
May 19, 2022
Grand Rapids, MI  

Glen Frederick Warren Jr., DO, ‘55    
February 14, 2023
Springfield, MO  

Howard Weinstock, DO, ‘55    
August 25, 2021
West Palm Beach, FL  

William W. Williams, DO, ‘55    
April 26, 2021
Englewood, FL  

Ralph Victor Wimp, DO, ‘59    
August 14, 2021
Fulton, MO  

1960s

Max E. Ayer, DO, ‘65    
February 24, 2021
Bonham, TX  

Larry Wilton Bader, DO, ‘65    
November 1, 2021
Columbia, MO  

Robert Frederick Barnes, DO, ‘63    
January 8, 2022
Alva, Florida  

David W. Bashline, DO, ‘61    
January 22, 2024
Cranesville, PA  

Benjamin R. Beall II, DO, ‘62    
June 4, 2022
Frisco, TX  

John E. Beckert, DO, ‘69    
February 4, 2023
Kahoka, MO  

David M. Beyer, DO, ‘68    
August 16, 2023
Fort Worth, TX  

Yale Blair Bickel, DO, ‘61    
February 2, 2023
Long Beach, CA  

Arthur Stephen Billings, DO, ‘60    
January 17, 2021
Saint Petersburg, FL  

Richard M. Bowman Jr., DO, ’66    
October 3, 2022
Largo, FL  

Eldon Dale Brandt, DO, ‘64    
September 18, 2024
Jacksonville, FL  

Russell M. Broadwell, DO, ‘67    
October 6, 2023
Fort Myers, FL  

Mary Lou K. Bruns, DO, ‘66    
October 7, 2021
Rolla, MO  

Donald D. Buenger, DO, ‘60    
June 24, 2023
St. Charles, MO  

Richard Charles Burns, DO, ‘60    
September 2, 2020
Blissfield, MI  

George Carothers, DO, ‘67    
August 9, 2021
Ada, MI  

James A. Coder, III, DO, ‘68    
January 1, 2023
Tulsa, OK  

Daniel P. Conte, DO, ‘63    
November 8, 2022
Garfield, NJ  

Ralph Ogden DeWitt Jr., DO, ‘69    
June 14, 2022
Waynesville, MO  

David James Duncan, DO, ‘61    
April 15, 2023
Melbourne, FL  

Richard Otto Eicher, DO, ‘67    
November 3, 2020
Seminole, FL  

Robert Edward Evans, DO, ‘64    
December 5, 2020
Erie, PA  

James Case Green, DO, ‘64    
October 12, 2020
Fountain Hills, AZ  

Terrence Earl Hawkins, DO, ‘68    
September 24, 2020
Kirksville, MO  

Frank E. Hoog, DO, ‘60    
October 18, 2020
Platte City, MO  

Peter K. Finelli, DO, ‘66    
January 25, 2023
Belmar, NJ  

Walter Flores-Duran, DO, ‘66    
January 30, 2021
Edmond, OK  

Robert Y. Fong, DO, ‘65    
October 29, 2024
Irving, TX  

James E. Gardner, DO, ‘62    
December 21, 2023
Kirksville, MO  

Clay Wayne Gilbert, DO, ‘63    
February 5, 2021
Irving, TX  

William L. Graham, DO, ‘66    
December 17, 2021
Knoxville, TN  

Robert Hackney, DO, ‘69    
August 21, 2023
St. Paul, MN  

W. Hadley Hoyt III, DO, ‘68    
February 12, 2024
Osage Beach, MO  

William Farrell Heatley, DO, ‘62    
January 16, 2021
Florence, SC  

Joseph O. Hoffman, DO, ‘68    
July 21, 2024
Brandenburg, KY  

Robb Edwin Imonen, DO, ‘67    
March 3, 2021
Honokaa, HI  

Alice Maxine King, DO, ‘63    
March 2, 2020
Lakeland, FL  

Harry Paul Kornhiser Jr., DO, ‘65    
February 2, 2023
Covington, VA  

Sigmund E. Landis, DO, ‘62    
March 21, 2023
New York, NY  

Charles R. Leidheiser, DO, ‘61    
August 4, 2024
Aiken, SC  

James A. Martin, DO, ‘62    
April 20, 2021
Prescott, AZ  

Richard C. MacDonald, DO, ‘65    
November 25, 2023
Camden, ME  

Conrad G. Maulfair Jr., DO, ‘63    
March 31, 2022
Barto, PA  

Ray Allan Murphy, DO, ‘62    
August 3, 2020
Cape Girardeau, MO  

Ruth Howell Rucci, DO, ‘63    
April 20, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, FL  

Mohammed Tabibi, DO, ‘65    
December 3, 2020
Carson City, NV  

John T. Taylor, DO, ‘69    
November 27, 2020
Amarillo, TX  

James Joseph McCormick Jr., DO, ‘65    
November 21, 2021
Boco Raton, FL  

Frederick Hamilton Northrop, DO, ‘60    
June 16, 2022
Claremore, OK  

Roger O’Bryan, DO, ‘62    
December 3, 2022
Jacksonville, FL  

Frank A. Parzynski, Jr., DO, ‘61    
June 17, 2021
Sandusky, OH  

David Perkel, DO, ‘63    
November 2, 2023
Macon, GA  

Albert Lester Pick, DO, ‘67    
October 11, 2023
Alpharetta, GA  

Gene Pudberry, DO, ‘62    
March 25, 2022
Oakland, CA  

Melvyn H. Rech, DO, ‘65    
September 26, 2020
Thomasville, GA  

Ruth Howell Rucci, DO, ‘63    
April 20, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, FL  

John Scancarella, DO, ‘68    
October 13, 2023
Bridgewater, NJ  

Arthur C. Schenck, DO, ‘64    
August 15, 2023
Erie, PA  

James R. Shelburne, DO, ‘67    
June 7, 2021
Land O Lakes, FL  

David Wesley Smith, DO, ‘62    
November 19, 2021
Lakewood Ranch, FL  

Thomas Jared Stees, DO, ‘66    
June 5, 2022
Tulsa, OK  

Wilbert Wilson Stoever, DO, ‘61    
February 9, 2022
Tulsa, OK  

Hal A. Williams, DO, ‘61    
July 10, 2020
Ithaca, MI  

Paul M. Williams, DO, ‘64    
January 2, 2023
Brookfield, MO  

Herman S. Yassall, DO, ‘63    
July 24, 2022
Brookfield, OH  

Michael Karel Willman, DO, ‘65    
December 5, 2022
Ormond Beach, FL  

Richard Charles Wiltse, DO, ‘64    
December 28, 2020
Tucson, AZ  

Rudolph Joseph Wolf, DO, ‘60    
September 9, 2020
Skiatook, OK  

Lowell Zeid, DO, ‘61    
November 17, 2022
Lakeland, FL  

Carl P. Zelinka, DO, ‘61    
February 8, 2020
Vienna, WV  

1970s

Jan Bennett, DO, ‘76    
September 26, 2020
Monroe, GA  

Shawn Lewis Berkin, DO, ‘77    
November 15, 2021
St. Louis, MO  

Ronald J. Bitza, DO, ‘74    
August 30, 2022
Peoria, AZ  

John Edward Bodell, DO, ‘71    
May 19, 2021
Eugene, OR  

Bruno Frank Borin, DO, ‘79    
April 15, 2021
Northville, MI  

David L. Bowman, DO, ‘77    
March 3, 2023
Butler, OH  

Steven Brinen, DO, ‘76    
December 23, 2021
Palm Springs, CA  

Bob R. Carnett, DO, ‘70    
March 22, 2021
Salem, MO  

Harvey Norman Clarkson, DO, ‘70    
May 13, 2021
San Antonio, TX  

Elizabeth Joan Conley, DO, ‘79    
May 13, 2022
St. Elizabeth, MO  

Glen Elwood Cooper, DO, MPH, ‘78    
July 23, 2020
Cape Girardeau, MO  

Jim D. Coy, DO, ‘73    
December 27, 2020
Columbia, MO  

Charles William Cunningham, DO, ‘71    
October 13, 2021
Salem, MO  

James E. Davis, DO, ‘70    
May 13, 2023
Longbranch, WA  

Ernest J. Davis Jr., DO, ‘76    
February 6, 2023
Harrisburg, PA  

Jesse C. Deck, DO, ‘72    
October 19, 2022
Davenport, IA  

Michael Arthur DePauw, DO, ‘78    
September 20, 2021
Fort Myers, FL  

James Blaine DeYarman, DO, ‘73    
December 24, 2022
La Jolla, CA  

William J. Dryden, DO, ‘79    
July 10, 2024
Camdenton, MO  

William F. Duerfeldt, DO, ‘75    
January 16, 2022
Asheville, NC  

Lawrence Neil Edson, DO, ‘74    
November 2, 2020
Coon Valley, WI  

J. Clark Flanary, DO, ‘75    
July 2, 2020
Cassville, MO  

Howard W. Gregg Jr., DO, ‘74    
December 18, 2020
Aberdeen, NC  

Conrad J. Golaski, DO, ‘74    
February 8, 2022
Holbrook, MA  

Karl E. Haecker, DO, ‘70    
March 5, 2022
Columbus, OH  

Richard A. Hall, DO, ‘76    
May 21, 2024
Cass City, MI  

John E. Hall, DO, ‘70    
April 27, 2022
The Villages, FL  

Jerry Michael Hancock, DO, ‘71    
April 30, 2024
Seymour, IN  

James R. Honeywell, DO, ‘71    
August 18, 2020
California, MO  

Carole C. Howard, DO, ‘76    
June 28, 2022
Broken Arrow, OK  

John R. Howard Jr., DO, ‘73    
January 26, 2021
Chesapeake, VA  

James Sargeant Jealous, DO, ‘70    
February 16, 2021
Talent, OR  

Robert Lee Jackson, DO, ‘73    
March 3, 2022
Clearwater, FL  

George W. Jenter, DO, ‘72    
October 23, 2022
Sturgis, SD  

Gary A. Lease, DO, ‘74    
August 10, 2024
York, PA  

Rodney Del Lentz, DO, ‘74    
April 28, 2022
Osage Beach, MO  

Richard M. Levesque, DO, ‘72    
January 20, 2021
Portland, ME  

Jeffrey Mannard Koerner, DO, ‘74    
August 12, 2021
Lakeland, FL  

Richard B. Markwood, DO, ‘79    
February 19, 2023
Maumee, OH  

Richard J. Misischia, DO, ‘70
September 15, 2023
Land O’Lakes, FL

Gregory Jan McWilliams, DO, ‘74    
March 3, 2021
Tulsa, OK  

Ronald F. Morley, DO, ‘72    
October 7, 2020
Jefferson City, MO  

David P. Myers, DO, ‘77    
December 31, .2023
Tucson, AZ  

Robert G. Panzer, DO, ‘70    
September 12, 2020
Ocala, FL  

Carl B. Pettigrew, DO, ‘72    
May 18, 2022
Oklahoma City, OK  

Warren J. Pevnick, DO, ‘70    
July 11, 2022
St. Clairsville, OH  

David L. Pfanenstiel, DO, ‘73    
October 31, 2022
Naples, FL  

James Pollard III, DO, ‘74    
January 30, 2022
Las Vegas, NV  

David H. Prigg, DO, ‘71    
June 9, 2023
Palm Beach Gardens, FL  

Ronald J. Proctor, DO, ‘79    
February 13, 2024
Osage Beach, MO  

Donald P. Robertson, DO, ‘75    
February 14, 2024
Medford, OR  

Matthew L. Rounseville, DO, ‘73    
October 3, 2023
Albuquerque, NM  

Martin W. Schwarze, DO, ‘73    
November 18, 2022
Chesterfield, MO  

Harvey Paul Siegel, DO, ‘70    
November 30, 2022
Mendham, NJ  

Allan J. Stein, DO, ‘76    
April 1, 2024
Lake Mary, FL  

Jeffrey S. Stern, DO, ‘79    
December 14, 2022
Macomb, MI  

Karen A. Tidmore, DO, ‘78    
March 9, 2021
Winchester, TN  

Ray H. VanWyngarden, DO, ‘77    
August 10, 2022
Des Moines, WA  

Thomas L. Warren, DO, ‘71    
November 11, 2020
Martinsville, IN  

Thomas E. Wood, DO, ‘77    
April 20, 2022
Centralia, IL  

Harry B. “Burt” Young Jr., DO, ‘72    
September 30, 2023
Kirksville, MO  

Jimmy L. Yowell, DO, ‘76    
November 23, 2023
Kirksville, MO  

David L. Zonderman, DO, ‘72    
February 14, 2024
Mount Arlington, NJ  

 

1980s

Sammy R. Banner, DO, ‘83    
April 5, 2022
Dothan, AL  

Orren Beaty III, DO, ‘88    
October 28, 2024
Asheville, NC  

Herbert E. “Gene” Childress, DO, ‘83    
January 20, 2024
Lewistown, MO  

Michael L. Christian, DO, ‘86    
November 16, 2022
Moses Lake, WA  

Steven Lee Funk, DO, ‘80    
April 25, 2021
Kirksville, MO  

James A. Griggs, DO, ‘81    
October 24, 2021
Sierra Vista, AZ  

Christopher Robert Kleinsmith, DO,
MPH, ‘80

December 10, 2020
Ogden, UT  

Donald T. Lee, DO, ‘81    
February 22, 2024
Fremont, CA  

Thomas E. Mathias, DO, ‘85    
February 18, 2022
Largo, FL  

Kevin A. Mullins, DO, ‘87    
March 14, 2022
Parrish, FL  

Jeffrey K. Pearson, DO, ‘83    
August 4, 2024
Carlsbad, CA  

Daniel A. Lewis, DO, ‘80    
August 25, 2024
Battlefield, MO  

Gregory Lynn Rakestraw, DO, ‘84    
September 15, 2023
Clearwater, FL  

Gilbert “Bert” M. Rogers, DO, ‘81    
September 16, 2024
Enid, OK  

John J. Rutledge Jr., DO, ‘84    
June 15, 2023
Lakeland, FL  

James L. Suthoff, DO, ‘85    
March 25, 2023
Springfield, MO  

Barry S. Wagner, DO, ‘81    
August 25, 2021
Chattanooga, TN  

Donald Charles Walkenhorst, DO, ‘80    
October, 28, 2020
Manchester, MO  

Dale Edward Wheeler, DO, ‘86    
February 19, 2021
Ava, MO  

1990s

Darrell Robert Cunningham, DO, ‘94    
February 19, 2021
Six Lakes, MI  

David Charles Hogarty, DO, ‘99    
December 31, 2021
Goldsboro, NC  

Joseph E. Kupets Jr., DO, ‘91    
February 17, 2022
Fruita, CO  

Thomas F. Kabisch, DO, ‘93    
May 28, 2024
Ann Arbor, MI  

Noli Mendoza, DO, ‘93    
August 15, 2023
Adrian, MI  

Richard Tomczyk Jr., DO, ‘90    
December 16, 2021
Cape Coral, FL  

John S. VonKersburg, MS, PA-C, ‘98    
April 11, 2024
Tucson, AZ  

2000s

Karen Annette Beer, MS, ‘04    
January 20, 2023
Tucson, AZ  

Joseph G. Bolin, DO, ‘00    
June 22, 2023
Plano, TX  

Susan Jeanette Burge, DO, ‘05    
October 3, 2023
North Las Vegas, NV  

James R. Carroll Jr., AuD, ‘00    
October 11, 2021
Knoxville, TN  

Robert H. Chatfield, DO,
MPH, ‘05, MHA, ‘09, MGH, ‘09
   
October 2, 2019
Swartz Creek, MI  

Ernest C. Edwards, AuD, ‘01
September 12, 2022
Burkeville, VA  

Rhea G. Gage, AuD, ‘00    
March 4, 2021
Raleigh, NC  

Ari Jason Gershman, DO, ‘04    
July 3, 2020
Danville, CA  

Eric Nelson Hagberg, AuD, ‘00    
July 2023
San Mateo, CA  

Barbara Ann Harrington, AuD, ‘07    
July 24, 2020
Phoenix, AZ  

Charles Larry Hutto, AuD, ‘01    
November 21, 2020
Severna Park, MD  

Debra A. Kelly, ‘04    
May 14, 2024
Macon, MO  

Karen Mercer, AuD, ‘07    
August 1, 2024
Montrose, CO  

Barbara S. Murphey, AuD, ‘04    
December 30, 2020
Plano, TX  

Barbara LaFond Lambright, AuD, ‘05    
September 9, 2022
Cincinnati, OH  

W. Gary Peigelbeck, AuD, ‘01    
January 26, 2020
Narragansett, RH  

Kristine L. Perkins, MPH, ‘05    
October 28, 2022
North Yarmouth, ME  

Corby D. Ropp, DO, ‘01    
July 23, 2021
Swansboro, NC  

Leslie R. Schmeltz Jr., AuD, ‘01    
July 23, 2024
Mesa, AZ  

Debra D. Severson, AuD, ‘05    
March 10, 2023
Arnolds Park, IA  

Laura Anne Tinning, DO, ‘00    
January 8, 2023
Lansing, MI  

Michael K. Thelen, AuD, ‘01    
January 15, 2021
Appleton, WI  

Harriet Ann Williams, MS, PA-C, ‘00    
December 20, 2021
Pensacola, FL  

2010s

Larry Allen Adolph, DPT, ‘10    
August 17, 2021
Findlay, OH  

Jason Bales, MS, PA-C, ‘11    
October 22, 2021
Indianapolis, IN  

Janice M. Beaton, AuD, ‘10    
July 17, 2024
New Berlin, WI  

Katherine Bergeron, DPT, ‘13    
October 8, 2021
Errol, NH  

Blanche Lyn Blackington, AuD, ‘10    
April 7, 2022
San Diego, CA  

Michael Ray Harshfield, MHEd, ‘11    
December 8, 2020
Spring, Texas  

Amanda Isham, DHSc, ‘16    
May 10, 2024
Clarkston, MI  

Seth V. Vande Kamp, DO, ‘17    
November 12, 2020
Katy, TX  

Shamshudeen Khan, MS, ‘11 & DHSc, ‘16    
June 30, 2024
Westlake, OH  

Bonni L. Kinne, DHSc, ‘15    
October 16, 2023
Grand Ledge, MI  

Whitney F. Knapp, DO, ‘17    
April 27, 2022
O’Fallon, MO  

George M. Magnus, DMD, MPH ASDOH ‘19, CGHS ‘12    
May 4, 2024
Union, NJ  

Lillie M. Pitman, DMD, ‘11    
November 21, 2023
Fredericksburg, VA  

Laura Elizabeth Smith, DO, ‘10    
June 9, 2021
Columbia, MO  

Tara L. Southwick, AuD, ‘15    
March 24, 2022
Roca, NB  

William Nelson Talley IV, DPT, ‘13    
October 23, 2021
Albuquerque, NM  

2020s

Ryan O’Hara, DMSc, ‘21
October 5, 2023
Raleigh, NC

Jeni Rogers, MHA, ‘20
December 22, 2023
San Tan Valley, AZ

Kimball D. Washburn, DMD, ‘20
January 15, 2022
Queen Creek, AZ