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OBITUARIES
Benjamin E. Greenberg ’29  Benjamin E. Greenberg, retired radiologist, Evanston, Ill., on May 20, 2007. Born in New York City on August 22, 1907, Greenberg earned his M.D. in 1932 from New York State University Medical School, Downstate, in Brooklyn. After a period of private practice, he joined the military in 1942 and served in the medical corps until 1946, reaching the rank of major. Having completed a course of self-study in radiology during his military service, Greenberg became a board-certified radiologist in 1947 when he entered VA service in Memphis. He was the chief, radiology service, VAH Memphis, from 1947–74, and in 1965 was appointed professor of radiology at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Following his retirement, Greenberg and his wife moved to Forsyth, Mo. His retirement was short-lived, as he agreed to work part-time for a local radiologist, a practice he enjoyed until he officially retired in 1995 and moved to Evanston, Ill., to be near his daughter, Barbara Lyons. He was predeceased in 1970 by a son, Arthur, and in 1992 by his wife of more than 50 years, Molly. Greenberg is survived by his daughter; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
John K. Lattimer, P&S professor emeritus of urology and former chairman of urology, Englewood, N.J., on May 10, 2007. Lattimer was born in Mount Clemens, Mich., on October 14, 1914, and his family moved to New York when he was 2. He was a track star at Columbia, winning eight metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union hurdling championships. Lattimer earned two degrees from P&S, an M.D. in 1938 and a Med.Sc.D. in 1943, and was a professor in and chairman of the P&S urology department for 25 years. During WWII, Lattimer treated casualties as an Army doctor during the Normandy invasion. He helped establish pediatric urology as a discipline, developing a cure for renal tuberculosis, writing 375 scientific papers and representing the United States at the World Health Organization. Lattimer also was a ballistics expert and collector of historical relics who treated top-ranking Nazis during the Nuremberg war crimes trials and was the first nongovernmental medical specialist allowed to examine the evidence in President Kennedy’s assassination. His home was a virtual military museum until his collection went into storage last year; in his collection was a blood-stained collar that President Lincoln wore to Ford’s Theater the night he was shot. Lattimer wrote a somewhat controversial book, Hitler’s Fatal Sickness and Other Secrets of the Nazi Leaders: Why Hitler “Threw Victory Away” (1999), which records his professional impressions of the men and their conditions. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Jamie Hill; daughter, Evan; sons, Jon and D. Gary; and one grandson.
Thomas J. Rucker Jr. , retired commercial pilot, real estate agent, Fairfax, Va., on January 24, 2007. Rucker, a St. Louis native, was a high school science teacher before WWII. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943 while with the Army Air Forces for helping establish air routes across Africa and the Middle East, transporting key personnel and material over unmapped terrain, where landing fields and navigational aids were practically nonexistent. Later in the war, he trained flight crews at domestic air bases, readying them for the African and European theaters. During his 32-year career as a commercial pilot, Rucker flew for the old Pennsylvania Central Airlines, Capital Airlines and then United Airlines until his 1977 retirement. After his military service and airline career, Rucker became a real estate agent with Barcroft Properties in Falls Church, Va., and volunteered with Travelers Aid at Dulles International Airport for more than 10 years. He enjoyed ballroom dancing and was a member of the Washington Cotillion. Rucker’s wife of 46 years, June Stones Rucker, died in 1991. Survivors include his daughters, Suzanne Horstman, Karen Vincent and Janice DeHaven; six grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
Burton C. Rush ’38 Burton C. Rush, retired graphics and design studio owner, Gaithersburg, Md., on March 22, 2007. Born on May 17, 1917, Rush grew up in Brooklyn. He graduated from Erasmus Hall H.S. in 1935 and from Teachers College in 1939. In 1944, Rush co-founded Graphics Institute and in 1955 he started Visual Services, both graphics and design studios. Visual Services provided the artwork, layout, charts and photo research for several major high school social studies texts in the 1950s and 1960s. Rush married Betsy Pifer in 1945, and in 1955 they moved to Briarcliff, N.Y., where they raised four children. The family moved to Ossining, N.Y., in 1990. In retirement, the Rushes traveled to more than 30 countries on five continents. Rush’s passion for photography and history led him to develop more than 50 “Magic Carpet” travel slide shows, which he presented at senior citizen centers throughout Westchester. His other passion was tennis, and he won a number of local tournaments. Rush and his wife moved to Gaithersburg in 2004. He is survived by her; sons, Peter, Timothy and Barney; daughter, Lucy; and six grandchildren.
Robert C. Toussaint, retired actuary, Bernardsville, N.J., on August 19, 2006. Toussaint was born and raised in Jersey City. He joined the Army in 1941 and was a first lieutenant in the South Pacific and Germany. Toussaint earned a master’s in statistics from GSAS in 1950. A former actuary in New York City, he enjoyed boating at his summer home on Long Beach Island and was an accomplished harmonica player. Tousaint and his late wife, Evelyn, were active members of the First Presbyterian Church in Bernardsville. He is survived by his children, Joan Olsen and her husband, George, Lynne Ingraham and her husband, Paul, Gail Guerke and her husband, Larry, and Robert Jr. and his wife, Claudia; nine grandchildren; two great-grandsons; sister, Adele W. Rolly; niece; nephew; and cousin. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 800-342-2383, ext. 8130.
Martin D. Meyerson, university president emeritus and retired city planning specialist, Philadelphia, on June 2, 2007. Born in New York City, Meyerson worked briefly at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and began teaching at the University of Chicago in 1948. He earned a master’s in city planning from Harvard in 1949. In 1952, Meyerson became an associate professor of city and regional planning at Penn, then taught at Harvard starting in 1957 and was acting dean of its Graduate School of Design in 1963. He also was the first director of the MIT-Harvard Joint Center for Urban Studies. Meyerson was acting chancellor at UC Berkeley in 1965 and often was credited with helping to defuse the tension between students and administration in the second half of the 1964–65 academic year. He left Berkeley in 1966 to become president at what is now the University at Buffalo, leaving in 1969. Meyerson was University of Pennsylvania’s president from 1970-81. After retiring from Penn, he served on boards and in advisory positions. Meyerson was principal author of five books, notably Politics, Planning and the Public Interest. He received a John Jay Award in 1982. Meyerson is survived by his wife of 61 years, Margy; sons, Adam and Matthew; and seven grandchildren. A daughter, Laura, predeceased him.
H. George Greim, retired naval commander and retired v.p., Madison, Conn., on March 27, 2006. Greim served in WWII in the Lighter Than Air Corps. He earned an M.S. from the Business School in 1950 and was a retired v.p. of manufacturing of Newton in New Haven. Greim was an elected councilman to the town of Fanwood, N.J., and had been the New Jersey state chairman of AAU Swimming. In Madison, he was on the Planning and Zoning Commission, was a past president of the Republican Town Committee, a board member of the Madison Foundation and an officer of the Madison Property Owners’ Association. Greim is survived by his wife, Marion Tolles Greim; daughters, Joanne Fox, and Margaret Hannigan and her husband, Thomas; son, Jeffrey, and his wife, Lorie Dixson; four grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Margaret DeVore. Memorial contributions may be made to the Madison Foundation c/o Richard Benson, 20 Milo Dr., Madison, CT 06443. Stephen F. Krantz, producer and writer, Bel Air, Calif., on January 4, 2007. Krantz was born in Brooklyn on May 20, 1923, attended Manual Training H.S. and served in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific during WWII as a second lieutenant. He was a producer and writer for WNEW radio in New York before moving to NBC as program director. Krantz’s production company produced the first televised bingo game in the 1950s, with Monty Hall as host. Krantz’s film Fritz the Cat (1972) was the first independent animated film to earn gross revenues of more than $100 million. After Fritz came Heavy Traffic; The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat; and Cooley High, which inspired the sitcom What’s Happening? Krantz wrote comedy for Milton Berle, worked on the Tonight Show with Steve Allen, shepherded creative development for Columbia Pictures Television and wrote two novels, including the best-seller Laurel Canyon (1979). Through his company, he bought rights to the Marvel Super Heroes and made cartoons of them. In 1953, Krantz met Judith Tarcher, and they were married less than a year later. She is well-known as Judith Krantz, best-selling author of steamy novels, some of which her husband made into mini-series. She survives him, as do their sons, Tony and Nicholas; two grandchildren; and a sister, Sunny Onish.
John P. Loth, artist, Freeport, Maine, on January 1, 2007. Loth was born on August 12, 1922, in Brooklyn. He left the College to enlist in the Navy during WWII and participated in several major actions while deployed in the Pacific, including Iwo Jima and Saipan. Following the war, Loth enrolled in the Art Students League in New York and pursued a career in graphic arts. In 1959, he married Anne Louise Dorsey of Portland, Maine, and several years later they moved to a cottage on the shore of the Harrasseeket River in Freeport. Their home and its surroundings inspired much of Loth’s art; he created paintings and illustrations in a variety of media and won many awards and titles. He was president of the Freeport Art Club for many years and an amateur horticulturalist. Loth took courses at what was to become the University of Southern Maine and graduated magna cum laude in 1995 with a history degree. Surviving are his wife; sister, Mary; wife’s brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Lorna Dorsey; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Health and Nursing Services, the Coastal Humane Society or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Albert L.E. Gastmann, professor of political science emeritus, Hartford, Conn., on February 1, 2007. Gastmann was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on October 28, 1919, and spent his childhood living where his father, a Dutch ambassador, was posted, including Indonesia, Iran, Canada, Germany and the United States. He served in the Netherlands Armed Services during WWII and then at the Netherlands Embassy in Chungking, China. Gastmann taught in Lima and earned an M.A. in international relations in 1953 from GSAS. He started his teaching career at Trinity College as an instructor of modern languages; he was fluent in Dutch, German, French, Spanish and English. Gastmann earned his Ph.D. from GSAS in 1964 and became a full professor of political science at Trinity in 1975, a position he held until his 1990 retirement. He spent four years teaching in Curacao in the 1970s and a number of semesters teaching at Trinity’s Rome campus. Gastmann is the author or co-author of many articles and books. He is survived by relatives in Paris. Memorial contributions may be made to Trustees of Trinity College, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106, for the benefit of The Gastmann Fund for the Rome Campus. Frederick L. Klinger, retired geologist, Bethesda, Md., on May 26, 2007. Klinger was born in Chicago and grew up in Los Angeles. He served in the Navy during WWII aboard the destroyer escort Brooks and was awarded the Bronze Star in 1944 for helping his shipmates during an attack. Klinger earned a master’s in 1952 and a doctorate in 1960, both in geology, from the University of Wisconsin. During the 1950s, he worked with U.S. Steel in Minnesota. Klinger joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1961 and spent three years on assignment in Pakistan. Upon his return to Washington, D.C., he transferred to the Bureau of Mines, where he stayed for the rest of his career. He was an authority on iron ore mining and contributed to many publications about the mining industry. Klinger was a technical adviser to international geological gatherings and participated in Smithsonian Institution expeditions to ancient metallurgical sites in the Middle East. He was honored by the American Iron Ore Association and received a meritorious service medal from the Interior Department in 1986, the year he retired. Klinger taught geology courses at Maryland and also taught ESL. He was predeceased by his wife, Gloria, in 1999, after 49 years of marriage, and a daughter, Marilyn, in 1988. Survivors include sons Kenneth and Roger.
John S. (Sheldon) Youtcheff, naval reserve commander and retired engineer, Arlington, Va., on February 15, 2007. Youtcheff was born in Newark, N.J., on April 16, 1925, and grew up in Cincinnati. Following high school, he got his wings through USAAC flight school training in Omaha and served in WWII as a B-24 pilot/navigator in central Europe for the U.S. Army Air Force. Youtcheff later entered the Naval Reserves, serving for more than 40 years and attaining the rank of commander. At the College, he majored in math and physics and later worked on a project in navigation science coordinated with Annapolis and did graduate studies for a Ph.D. in physics of aerospace navigation, coordinated with UCLA. Youtcheff did systems engineering work with GE’s space division and during the 1970s transitioned to management for systems effectiveness, reliability and maintainability, followed by program management for systems transitions with USPS Headquarters until his 2000 retirement. He developed several patents and contributed to professional journals. Youtcheff was a Blue and Gold Officer and interviewed candidates for admission to the Naval Academy. He is survived by his brother, Mark; children, Karen Lewis and her husband, Ted, Jack and his wife, Heloise, Mark Allen and his wife, Yuen, Heidi Shepard and her husband, Harvey, and Lisa Carlson and her husband, Steve; seven grandchildren; and former wife, Elsie Youtcheff Rayl. Memorial contributions may be sent to the JSY Memorial Scholarship Fund at Spruce Hill Christian School, 4115 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Stanley Garrett, attorney, New York City, on May 29, 2007. Garrett earned a degree from the Law School in 1954. He is survived by his wife, Sonja; son, Michael, and his wife, Cavarly; daughter, Jennifer ’91, and her husband, Per; and three grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America.
Edward P. McSweeney ’52 Edward P. McSweeney, retired Spanish teacher and historian, Midlothian, Va., on April 9, 2007. McSweeney was born on March 31, 1929, and brought up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He attended Brooklyn Prep, graduating a year early. McSweeney joined the Army in 1946 and served for two years. At the College, he majored in business and Spanish and was a member of Sigma Chi and the Glee Club. In 1953, McSweeney married Loelia (Leigh) Vercesi, whom he met at a Delta Zeta sorority party for Sigma Chi when she was at NYU. They lived in Bronxville, N.Y., where they raised three children. McSweeney at first owned an insurance company, then taught Spanish and history from 1965–95 at White Plains Senior H.S. After retiring and moving to Midlothian, he taught Spanish at community colleges, law enforcement agencies and senior citizens centers. He also was an avid sailor. In addition to his wife, McSweeney is survived by his daughters, Kinnet Ehring and Deidre McSweeney Tyson; son, David; three grandchildren; brother, William; and seven nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, John. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 75 David’s Dr., Hauppauge, NY 11788.
Michael V. Tepedino, retired physician, Manhasset, N.Y., on May 26, 2007. Tepedino, an ob/gyn, began practicing in 1958 and had a private practice. From 1994–2004, he also worked with the New York State Department of Health, from which he retired after closing his practice. Tepedino is survived by his wife, Marylee; son, Michael E. ’85; daughter, Ellen; and four grandchildren.
John J. Hughes, telephone company employee, Long Branch, N.J., on April 24, 2007. Hughes was born on July 18, 1932. After graduating from St. Ignatius Grade School in Manhattan, he graduated from the Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn., in 1950. There, he played tackle on the football team and third base on the baseball team. At the College, Hughes rose to prominent positions in the Blue Key Society, the Delta Psi fraternity and the Senior Society of Sachems. He became a steward and then chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York. After graduation and teaching electronics in the Army at Fort Monmouth, Hughes joined the New York Telephone Co., where he worked in sales, lobbying and installation. He bought a 27-foot sport fishing boat, The Friendly Son, and caught blue fish. Hughes was a devout Catholic who during at least the last 19 years was a daily communicant. Among others, he is survived by a brother and many nieces and nephews.
Frederick W. Kramer ’54 Frederick W. Kramer, retired nuclear engineer, Pittsburgh, on May 12, 2007. Born in Germany in 1933, Kramer’s family immigrated to the United States in 1936, settling in the Bronx, where he attended Bronx H.S. of Science. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from SEAS in 1955. In 1956, Kramer moved to Pittsburgh to conduct pioneering work in nuclear fuel processing and earned a master’s in business management from the University of Pittsburgh in 1960. In a 40-year career at Westinghouse that included extensive international travel and numerous awards for technical contributions, he became engineering manager of its Nuclear Fuel Division. Under Kramer’s leadership, NFD received the first Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, the country’s highest for excellence in business performance. Kramer’s interests included classical music, travel, gardening and Jewish studies. He was a lifelong contributor to Columbia and for several decades conducted student interviews for the College in Pittsburgh. Kramer is survived by his wife of 50 years, Madeline; children, Valerie, Martin and Richard ’87; and seven grandchildren. In 2003, his son endowed a four-year scholarship at Columbia in honor of his 70th birthday.
Sherwood V. Cohen, retired ophthalmologist, Elkins Park, Pa., on May 9, 2007. A Hudson, N.Y., native, Cohen received his M.D. from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse in 1961. Following his internship at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, he did his residency in ophthalmology at Penn’s Graduate Hospital. Drafted during the Vietnam War, Cohen served as chief of ophthalmology at Kimbrough Army Hospital and was consultant to First Army Headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. Following his tour of duty, he returned to Philadelphia, where he practiced ophthalmology for 35 years. Cohen is survived by his wife, Judith; sons, Stephen and David ’91; and two grandsons. Lee W. Plein, art college executive, Southbury, Conn., on December 27, 2006. Plein was born in Pittsburgh and was a graduate of the Landon School for Boys. After receiving a degree in art history from the College, he served in the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander aboard a cruiser, the USS Galveston, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Plein began his career as director of the Jacksonville ( Fla.) Art Museum and then went to the Silvermine College of Art in 1967. Pursuing his interest in photography, he established a retail photographic supply store, The Camera Gallery, in Greenwich in 1968. During the 1980s, he was sales manager of The Fine Tool Co. of Danbury. Plein is survived by his wife of 37 years, Sue Laeri Plein; daughter, Kellee Plein Simmons; sons, Lee and Kevin; stepsons, James and Todd Alden; stepdaughter, Julie Alden Dee; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Landon School, 6101 Wilson Ln., Bethesda, MD 20817. Online condolences may be posted at www.munsonloveterefuneralhome.com.
Earl L. McFarland Jr., professor of economics emeritus, Gaborone, Botswana, on July 9, 2006. Born on June 23, 1935, in Vineland, N.J., McFarland was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the College and won awards for outstanding work in the humanities and for attaining the highest grade point average among varsity athletes. On a Fulbright Scholarship, he taught English in Quito, Ecuador, in 1958–59. McFarland served in El Salvador as a liaison between university students and the U.S. Embassy and taught economics for a year at the Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City. He served in the Army and then earned an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from GSAS, both in economics, in 1973 and 1974, respectively. McFarland taught at Williams College from 1968–2001. He applied his knowledge of development economics overseas, particularly in Botswana, where he led the Ministry of Finance and Development’s units on macroeconomic planning and employment policy. McFarland was an avid tennis player, runner and marksman and was distinguished by the crew cut hairstyle he maintained throughout his life. He is survived by his wife, Ditsapelo; and former wife, Sarah.
Douglas E. Ferguson ’62 Douglas E. Ferguson, retired investment manager, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., on April 11, 2007. Ferguson was a Sleepy Hollow resident for almost 40 years and spent as much time as possible at his beloved summer home on Lake George. He was a member of Tarrytown Rotary, Sleepy Hollow Chamber of Commerce, Bolton Landing Chamber of Commerce, Westchester ARC, Warren-Washington ARC and Estate Planning Council of Westchester. He also served as an officer and on the boards of local organizations throughout many years. Ferguson will be remembered for his dedication to his family, sense of humor, commitment to the community and being an all-around good person who touched a lot of people with his concern for others. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia (Kords), whom he married on January 29, 1966; daughter, Elisabeth Anne; sons, Keith Edward and his wife, Amy, and Jonathan Andrew and his wife, Kimberly; and two grandsons. Jonathan succeeded his father in the family business, Ferguson Investment Consultants, moving the office to NYC. Daniel L. Schweitzer, physician, Scarsdale, N.Y., on March 14, 2007. Schweitzer grew up in Manhattan and Scarsdale and graduated with honors from the Bronx H.S. of Science. He earned a degree in mathematics from the College. After receiving his M.D. from New York Medical College, Schweitzer completed his internal medicine residency at the Brookdale Hospital Center, Brooklyn, and went on to do a residency in cardiology at Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx. Afterward, he was inducted into the Army as a cardiologist and served as a major in Okinawa at Camp Kue Hospital. After his tour of duty, Schweitzer returned to New York, completed a surgery residency at Montefiore Hospital and opened his private practice on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. He was passionate about his work and loved math, music, opera, chess, racquetball and ballroom dancing. Schweitzer is survived by his daughter, Dina Schweitzer Leitch, and son-in-law, William; son, David, and his companion, Daisy Luna; two granddaughters; partner, Susan Rowley, and her daughters, Elizabeth and Christina Rowley; brother, Richard, and sister-in-law, Nancy; a niece and a nephew; and former wife, Carole Wiley Henry. His brother, Leonard, predeceased him. Memorial contributions may be made to Jansen Hospice, 69 Main St., Tuckahoe, NY 10707.
Allan L. Eller, retired professor and university administrator, Greene, N.Y., on December 9, 2006. Eller earned a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English from the University of Toledo in 1967 and a Ph.D. from Binghamton University in 1978. He taught at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, from 1967–1971. From 1984–86, Eller was associate dean of the college at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla.; he was an administrator and adjunct faculty member in English at Binghamton University from 1978–84, and from 1986 until his retirement in 2001. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Nancy; parents, Louis and Irene; sister and brother-in-law, Ethel and William Masica; brother, Steve; son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Virginia; daughter and son-in-law, Dierdre and Guy Smith; and a granddaughter. Expressions of remembrance may be made to Craig Hospital, 3425 S. Clarkson St., Englewood, CO 80113 or Zion Episcopal Church, 10 N. Chenango St., Greene, NY 13778.
Morris A. Lebovitz, physician, Germantown, Tenn., on June 29, 2007. Lebovitz graduated from Christian Brothers H.S. and the University of Tennessee Medical School; he was an ob/gyn in Memphis for 30 years. Lebovitz was a member of the Tennessee Medical Association, the Memphis Ob/Gyn Society and the Memphis & Shelby County Medical Society, was chief resident at Baptist Memorial Hospital during his last year of residency and was past president of the Racquet Club of Memphis. In addition to being a tennis player, he was a triathlete and a marathon runner. Lebovitz is survived by his wife, Kerrye; daughters, Sarah Grace, Krista, Lynn Ghertner and Jan Brackett; three grandchildren; sister, Susan Feinberg; and brother, Phil ’62. Memorial contributions may be made to Flying Colors at the Mid South Cancer Center, Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville or WKNO public radio in Memphis.
Christian S. Ward, writer, New York City, on November 22, 2006. A native of Boise, Ward was an NYC resident since attending the College. He earned an M.A. and an M.Phil. from GSAS, both in English and comparative literature, in 1975 and 1977, respectively. Ward is survived by his wife, Francine Russo; children by Virginia Marcellino Ward, his late wife, Justin, Lindsey and Brennan; and stepchildren, Sara Russo Dogan and Joanna Russo.
Scott K. Ferraiolo ’73 Scott K. Ferraiolo, screenwriter, Marin County, Calif., on May 12, 2007. Born in Oak Park, Ill., on May 14, 1951, Ferraiolo attended Maine West H.S. in Des Plaines. He earned a B.A. in English literature and an M.F.A. in screenwriting from the UCLA Film School. Ferraiolo began a successful career as an advertising copywriter and creative director in Chicago in the late 1970s, which culminated in winning the CLIO award for a classic television commercial in which an animated nose runs, sniffles and jumps into a soft tissue box, eliciting contented moans. During this period, he also studied acting and improvisational comedy, creating and performing with a comedy group, Standard Deviation. Ferraiolo changed careers, becoming a screenwriter, and in 1997 received the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. His script, The Palace of Versailles, was sold to DreamWorks but never was put into production. Ferraiolo, a member of the Screenwriters Guild, wrote 14 original screenplays and three novels, and was hired to rewrite four movie scripts. He also wrote five theatrical plays, which included eight staged readings. Ferraiolo is survived by his sisters, Robin Lenna and Bobbe; brother, Jon; stepmother, Karen; half-sister, Andrea Steffens; and half-brother, Frank.
Stefan R. Bodnarenko, professor, Florence, Mass., on February 12, 2007. Born in Elizabeth, N.J., Bodnarenko completed his doctoral studies at CUNY in 1989. He lived in New York City and Davis, Calif., before moving to Massachusetts in the ’90s. Bodnarenko was an associate professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., having joined the psychology department as a biophysicist/neuroscientist in 1994. He taught courses in neuron-anatomy and biopsychology, conducted research involving the complexity and precision of the connections that are made among the brain’s billions of neurons and was the author of numerous articles and papers on this topic. Bodnarenko is survived by his parents, Paul and Ewdokia; sister, Maria Borkowsky, and her husband, Taras; nieces and nephews; aunt, Helen Kurywczak; and fiancée, Kim Urban.
Alexander W. Langston, research scientist, San Diego, on June 16, 2007. Born in Brooklyn and educated in Piedmont schools, Langston earned a Ph.D. in cellular and developmental biology from Harvard. He was a research scientist at NYU, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco. Langston is survived by his parents, William ’55 and Adair; brother, Christopher; sister, Anne; three nephews; and a niece.
Maile Pendleton Myers (née Leslie M. Pendleton), poet and volunteer, Missoula, Mont., on April 15, 2007. Myers was born in St. Louis on September 18, 1966, and moved to Pass Christian, Miss., in 1971, and then to Taylor Lake Village, Texas, in 1976. At Clear Lake H.S., she was a member of the honor society, the advanced choir and the diving team. Myers was an All-American high school diver, a nationally ranked tower diver, a member for five consecutive years of the Texas Age Group Division championship team and Texas High School Class 5A state champion. At the College, Myers was a record-setting member of the diving team. Through most of college, she worked full time. After graduating with a degree in English and comparative literature, Myers held several jobs, including office administrator of the Columbia astrophysics laboratory and veterinary assistant. In 1991, she moved to Austin, Texas, and worked at the IRS. In Austin, she was a member of several writers groups, but never sought publication of her poetry. In December 1995, she married Eric Duane Myers and they moved to Missoula in 1996. The couple divorced after nearly 10 years of marriage. In Missoula, Myers volunteered with the YWCA and later was an employee. She is survived by her parents, Thomas Jr. and Ellen; sister, Hibi Anne Pendleton Witherspoon; brothers, Thomas III, Tobias and Ian; a niece; four nephews; and a grandnephew. A brother, Nicholas, predeceased her in 1975. Memorial contributions may be made to the YWCA of Missoula. Lisa Palladino
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