Obituaries

These are the most recent alumni obituaries. To report a death, please contact alumni records at (603) 646-2253. To view obituaries by class year, select from the drop-down menu:

March-April 2020

John A Benjamin ’60

John A Benjamin ’60 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, died on November 3, 2019, at the University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.

March-April 2020

John D. Turner ’60

John D. Turner ’60 of Lincoln, Nebraska, died from cancer on October 26, 2019, at home with his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Angie, at his side.

March-April 2020

Michael L. Bisceglia ’63

Michael L. Bisceglia ’63 died November 2, 2019, at his home in Rye, New York, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

March-April 2020

John S. Dickey Jr. ’63

John S. Dickey Jr. ’63, scientist, author, and poet, died at his home in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, of cancer on October 8, 2019.

March-April 2020

Albert E. Mayer ’63

Albert E. Mayer ’63 of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, passed away in Springfield, Massachusetts, on October 6, 2019, in the presence of his family.

March-April 2020

James E. Puklin ’63

James E. Puklin ’63, M.D., died on May 22, 2019, in Washington, D.C., of complications from Alzheimer’s.

March-April 2020

Walter F. Zwick ’63

Walter F. Zwick ’63 died at home in London on July 19, 2019, from congestive heart failure.

March-April 2020

David Muchnick ’66

David Muchnick ’66 passed away September 17, 2019, after a long and successful career as a lawyer and environmental activist.

March-April 2020

Ronald Joseph Safko ’66

Ronald Joseph Safko ’66 died peacefully at home in Columbia, South Carolina, on September 18, 2019.

March-April 2020

Bruce Sheridan Scolton ’71

Bruce Sheridan Scolton ’71,a distinguished attorney, an excellent athlete, and devoted family man, passed away on April 24, 2019, in Panama, New York, due to an undiagnosed genetic