In Memoriam: Michigan Ross Alumni
Each year, Michigan Ross commemorates the lives and legacies of alumni who have recently passed away. Their vision, leadership, and generosity have enriched their communities and shaped industries worldwide. While their absence leaves a tangible void, their achievements and the memories they created continue to inspire all those who follow in their footsteps.
Please join us in paying tribute to the following alumni who passed away in 2025 (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
David P Abramson, BBA 1979
Earl B Abramson, BBA 1955
Howard J Algeo, MBA 1988
Frederick J Allen, BBA 1958
Thomas E Allen, BSE 1970 / MSE 1972 / MBA 1982
Charles J Andrews, BBA 1960
Melvin F Annis, MBA 1965
Joseph A Aponte, AB 1957 / MHA 1962
Peter A Appeddu, BBA 1954 / MBA 1960
James H Baird, MBA 1975
William I Barkan, BBA 1951
Cornelius A Barnett, BSE 1958 / MBA 1959
Joseph S Baylis, BBA 1960
GP Beamer, MBA 1975
Edward V Becker, BSE 1959 / MBA 1964
Raymond C Bernreuter, MD 1963 / MBA 1987
Richard A Bettis, MBA 1976 / PhD 1979
Karim S Bitar, MBA 1992
Stephen J Bloom, BBA 1958
James M Bobel, BBA 1964 / MBA 1966
Peter B Bogle, MBA 1960
L Gordon Booth, MBA 1972
Harold J Boutin, BSE 1951 / MBA 1952
Christopher L Brandly, MBA 1995
William Brown, MBA 1955
Frederick M Brubaker, BSPharm 1962 / MBA 1964
Thomas J Buckley, MBA 1970
James G Buick, MBA 1960
Peter W Bundschuh, MBA 1980
Robert F Burke, BBA 1951
Theresa A Burns-Walter, MBA 2004
Donald C Campion, BS 1970 / MBA 1976
David R Carpenter, BBA 1961 / MS 1962
George C Caruso, BBA 1971
Robert I Case, BBA 1965
William B Chapel, BBA 1956
Michael J Cherrin, BBA 1962
Donald S Chisholm, BBA 1955 / MBA 1956
Donald R Choquette, BBA 1952 / MBA 1956
Alison Clarke, BBA 1955
James P Conley, BBA 1965
Cynthia L Cooke, BBA 1960 / MBA 1961
Berkley T Cooke, TeachCert 1960 / MBA 1961
Richard J Cowles, MBA 1964
John P Coyne, MBA 1980
B William Curry, BS 1949 / MBA 1951
Jay M Van Daalen, BBA 1952
Jeffrey J Daly, MBA 2010
James A Damm, BSE 1961 / MBA 1962 / TeachCert 1963
Hugh W Deane, BBA 1958 / MBA 1959
David J DeBoer, AB 1960 / MBA 1963
Arthur X Deegan, PhD 1967
Allen B Dickerson, BSE 1961 / MBA 1962
Jon H Diebold, BBA 1964 / MBA 1965
J Kenneth Dixner, MBA 1967
John J Dood, BBA 1961 / MBA 1964 / JD 1964
James A Downes, BBA 1949 / MBA 1950
Thomas A Downey, MBA 1984
Brian E Doyle, MBA 1994
Joyce H Dupras, BBA 1958
Jon L Edwards, BSE 1963 / MBA 1964
Jasper W Efird, MBA 1958
Michael S Ellis, MBA 1986
Gerald P Esmer, MBA 1981 / MSE 1989 BSE
Robert M Estes, BBA 1967
Peter D Faber, BBA 1961 / MBA 1962
Dennis M Feld, BBA 1961
Martin G Feldkamp, BSE 1973 / MBA 1977
Clark S Fenton, MBA 1998
Ronald E Ferguson, MAS 1965
John J Fick, BBA 1962 / MBA 1966
Robert C Finkbeiner, BBA 1959 / MBA 1960
John F Finn, BBA 1950
Dean A Fisher, BBA 2009
William M Fox, BBA 1948 / MBA 1948
Stephen H Frankel, AB 1964 / MAS 1965
William C Fried, BBA 1960 / JD 1963 / MBA 1964
Donald R Fried, MBA 1964
Francelle G Fulton, MBA 1980
Evan S Garfinkel, BBA 2018
William G Garvey, MBA 1981
Paul E Geck, BSE 1967 / MSE 1970 / MSE 1977 / MBA 1985
Beat M Geissler, MBA 1995
Clinton H Gerhold, BBA 1963 / MBA 1965
Bert A Getz, BBA 1959
Barbara J Giles, BBA 1974
David M Gingrich, MBA 1981
Richard L Giroux, BBA 1968
Ashley P Gomes, BBA 2005
James B Greene, PhD 1975
Gaille D Grissom, BBA 1957 / TeachCert 1957
David H Grupe, BSE 1957 / MBA 1961
John S Guenther, BBA 1964
Thomas A Gunderson, MBA 1984
Peter W Haab, BBA 1958 / MBA 1959
Richard G Haas, BSF 1953 / MBA 1963
Robert W Haessler, BSE 1962 / MSE 1963 / MBA 1964 / PhD 1968
Albert T Hahn, BBA 1973
Buel V Hall, BBA 1984
Oliver W Hamilton, MBA 1962
Richard H Harbeck, MBA 1958
Kenneth J Harding, BBA 1970 / MBA 1972
Jeffrey A Harmet, MBA 1984
Carol J Harold, BBA 1959
Richard T Haynes, BBA 1969
Robert H Healy, MBA 1960
Michael G Heroy, AB 1971 / MBA 1973
Joseph T Hertgen, BBA 2020
Wesley J Huibregtse, BSE 1963 / MBA 1965
Marcus C Hunter, MBA 1995
David J Immonen, MBA 1962
Arnold D Kaluzny, MHA 1962 / PhD 1967
Neal K Kanda, MBA 1972
Shashi Kapoor, MBA 1978
Donald G Karcher, BBA 1952
John E Keilly, MBA 1976
Charles A Kleinschmidt, BBA 1961
E Alrick Klemett, MBA 1973
Robert I Kohn, BBA 1970 / TeachCert 1970
Theodore E Krauss, BBA 1957 / MBA 1958
Duane A Kujawa, PhD 1970
Pradeep P Kumar, MBA 1998
Kenneth J Kuna, MBA 1977
Ibrahim S Kurtulus, MBA 1972
John M Laansma, BBA 1955
John E Lambert, MBA 1974
George B Lauinger, BBA 1975
Diana C Leslie, MBA 1977
Gideon Levenbach, MBA 1967
John T Levinson, BBA 1973 / MBA 1975
Paul A Levy, BSE 1964 / MBA 1965
Frederick L Leydorf, BBA 1953
Rostislav Leykind, BBA 2004
Peter Lim, MBA 1982
Stephen A Linker, BBA 1964
Harry M Lister, MBA 1986
Stephen F Loebs, MHA 1962 / AM 1971 (Rackham) / PhD 1974 School of Public Health (Rackham)
Claus H Madsen, MBA 1963
Charlie E E Mahone, MBA 1978 / PhD 1981
Lawrence R Marantette, MBA 1978
Terry K Margolis, MBA 2001
David F Marshall, MBA 1972
William K Martin, BBA 1957
Thomas W Mast, BBA 1965 / MBA 1966
Charles H Matthews, BBA 1962 / MBA 1963
MR Matuza, MBA 1967
Thomas L Mazanec, BBA 1958 / MBA 1958
John R McCall, BSE 1961 / MBA 1967
Ralph W McCormick, MBA 1959 / BSE 1959
Harry C McCreary, BBA 1950
Dale R Mcginley, BSE 1959 / MBA 1962 / BSE 1962
Edward J McGraw, BBA 1947
Donald B Medalie, BBA 1957 / JD 1960
Kapil Melkote, MBA 2020
William C Melvin, MBA 1963 / BSE 1963
Earl J Meyers, ABEd / MBA 1967 / TeachCert 1968
Barbara B Miller, BBA 1952
Philip D Miller, MBA 1966
Loren A Mintz, MBA 1959
L Joe Moravy, MBA 1974
Gordon S Myers, BBA 1967
Walter W Naumer, BBA 1957 / JD 1962
Evelyn R Neuhaus, MPH 1972 / MBA 1984
Douglas L Norland, BBA 1967 / MBA 1968
Evelyn K North, BBA 1947
Samuel E Oberman, MBA 1958
William E Oette, MBA 1964
Julius A Otten, BBA 1962 / MBA 1963
Greg F Paczkowski, MBA 2020
Elizabeth H Pariano, AM 1997 / TeachCert 1997 / MBA 2015
David J Parks, BBA 1965 / MBA 1967
Craig W Patterson, MBA 1970
James A Patterson, MBA 1985
Philip J Paul, MBA 1978
Lindsay A Peeler, MBA 2014
Charles S Peltz, AB 1963 / MBA 1964
David B Peugh, MBA 1978
D David Pippel, BSE 1961 / MBA 1962
Thomas S Postek, BBA 1966 / MBA 1967
Ted A Poulton, BBA 1967 / MBA 1968
Drew M Pullen, BS 1996 / MBA 2002
Agnes P Reading, MBA 1987
Joseph G Redhage, MBA 1972
Timothy A Reiman, BBA 1955
Donald F Rembiesa, BBA 1958
Kurt E Retzler, BBA 1955 / MBA 1956
Gary G Rifenberg, MBA 1967
William T Robie, MBA 1950
Joann L Rogers, MAcc 1987 / BBA 1987
Terrie H Rogers, MS 1973 / MBA 1982
Richard A Rose, BBA 1963 / MBA 1964
John L Roser, MBA 1961
Mark C Roszell, M Entrep 2014
Robert C Roth, BBA 1951
Herbert S Ruben, BBA 1951 / JD 1954
James R Rubenson, BBA 1959 / MBA 1961
Steven R Salmi, BBA 1976
Nancy E Schmedlen, BBA 1984
Hewitt A Schoonover, BBA 1947
William S Seiden, BBA 1954
Richard L Selvala, BSE 1959 / MBA 1966
Dale R Seubert, MBA 1961
Morris G Shanker, MBA 1952 / JD 1952
Robert L Shapiro, MBA 1981
David B Sheldon, BSE 1964 / MBA 1966
Clifford G Sheldon, MBA 1965
Douglas L Short, AB 1977 / MBA 1979
Faye B Silverstein, BBA 1963
John D Simcox, BBA 1960
Roy H Sjoberg, BSE 1961 / MBA 1968
Harold W Slawsby, BBA 1959
Peter E Vant Slot, BBA 1958 / MBA 1963
Berta Sonntag, BBA 1948
Harold K Sperlich, BSE 1951 / MBA 1961
Frank S Spies, BBA 1961 / JD 1964
Loknath Sriparavastu, MBA 2005
Robin A Stanley, BBA 1983
Adrian Vander Starre, MBA 1960
Rex B Steele, BBA 1960
Helen I Steven, MBA 1980
Marie H Storey, BBA 1950
Albert E Stratz, BBA 1956 / MBA 1958
Jack D Stroebel, MBA 1960
David H Susalla, BBA 1975
Richard E Swager, BBA 1962 / MAS 1963
Earl G Swain, BBA 1950 / MBA 1952 / JD 1967
Richard G Swaney, BBA 1969 / JD 1971
Daniel A Swantko, BBA 1958
Anthony A Swider, BBA 2012
Robert E Tapert, MBA 1963
Matthew G Tarantino, MBA 2012
James Thomas, BBA 1950
John W Thompson, BBA 1966 / MBA 1967
Neil M Uphaus, BBA 1967 / MBA 1968
Edward J Valentine, MBA 1959
Douglas E VanScoy, BBA 1963 / MBA 1964
David F Vernon, MBA 1977
David A Voight, BBA 1964 / MBA 1965
Richard R Vosburg, MBA 1972
James B Wager, AB 1960 / MBA 1962
Edward H Wahl, BSE 1963 / MBA 1965
Martheen C Wanty, BBA 1951
Robin Warner, BBA 1966
Denis D Warsinske, BS 1996 / MBA 2000
Harry Q Wasson, MBA 1948 / BBA 1948
Barbara L Webb, MAcc 1994 / BBA 1994
Carolyn J Weigle, BSA 1981 / MBA 1993
Robert D Weldon, BBA 1966 / MBA 1967
Daniel C Wells, MBA 1965
KP Wilden, MBA 1970
Charisse Wilkins, MBA 2019 / MPP 2019
Jeffrey S Williams, MBA 1992
Brian J Windecker, BSEIO 1982 / MBA 1988
Lester J Witter, MBA 1997
Victoria A Wozny, BS 1998 / MBA 2004
Charles Ydoate, MBA 1986
Marion W Zembal, MBA 1959
For those who wish to honor a loved one or a fellow Wolverine, please visit the Tribute & Memorials Gifts webpage.
Again, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to these individuals for everything they did to help build a better world through their business endeavors and everyday lives.
