Western New England University mourns the loss of the following alumni and members of the University community who have recently passed away. Please note that this information is updated by our records team. If you are aware of any errors or omissions, please call (413) 796-2240 or email alumwne@wne.edu.

ALVIN H. SELIGMAN ’54/G’61/H’01 (Engineering and Business/MBA/BACC), East Longmeadow, MA; June 8, 2021

STANLEY J. STRZEMPEK ’58/G’60 (Business Administration/MBA), Laurel, MD; June 14, 2021

JOSEPH E. LA LIBERTE ’59/G’61 (Management/MBA), Minneapolis, MN; April 29, 2021

PAUL J. COOL ’60 (Business Administration), Feeding Hills, MA; October 3, 2021

JAMES J. IANELLO ’60 (Management), Springfield, MA; June 16, 2021

EDWARD J. KOSS ’60 (Engineering and Business), Wayland, MA; January 25, 2021

JOHN A. MORYTKO, JR. ’60 (Business Administration), West Springfield, MA; January 20, 2021

WALTER F. MARKETT, JR. ’61/G’63 (Mechanical Engineering/MBA), Wilbraham, MA; September 26, 2021

CHARLES J. SIMONICH ’61/G’76 (Mechanical Engineering/MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; October 18, 2021

PATRICK R. CAINE L’62 (JD), Springfield, MA; May 1, 2021

THOMAS J. CARABINE ’62 (Management), Agawam, MA; January 5, 2021

WILLIAM F. FITZPATRICK ’62/G’65 (Business Administration/MBA), Summerville, SC; October 27, 2020

DOUGLAS K. LEISHMAN ’62 (Industrial Engineering), Glen Ellyn, IL; May 30, 2021

RICHARD C. ROYCE ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Ludlow, MA; February 14, 2021

KURT ZIMMERLI G’62 (MBA), Spartanburg, SC; May 30, 2021

EDMUND J. MEKAL ’63 (Mechanical Engineering), West Springfield, MA; June 11, 2021

JOHN R. STAMANT ’63 (Mechanical Engineering), Greensboro, NC; May 29, 2021

JAMES F. SHEA ’64/G’73 (Business Administration/MBA), Westfield, MA; February 28, 2021

VINCENT P. BEKSHA G’65 (MBA), West Hartford, CT; August 23, 2021

GERALD E. COWEE ’65 (Engineering and Management), Savannah, GA; September 21, 2021

JAMES E. DOWD L’65 (JD), South Yarmouth, MA; February 24, 2021

DONALD R. GAYLORD G’65 (MBA), Valatie, NY; June 18, 2021

ROBERT A. FIMBEL ’67 (Business Administration), Belchertown, MA; August 24, 2021

JOHN V. MEREGIAN G’67 (MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; January 4, 2021

RICHARD J. BINNEY ’68 (Engineering and Management), East Longmeadow, MA; August 19, 2021

WILLIAM E. EAGER ’69 (Industrial Engineering), Summerfield, FL; August 27, 2021

DONALD G. FIORAVANTI ’69 (Management), Grantham, NH; May 25, 2021

ROBERT J. BARTNIK G’70 (MBA), Tiverton, RI; August 18, 2021

JOSEPH M. CANGRO G’70 (MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; February 2, 2021

JOHN E. HESEN, JR. G’70 (MBA), Cobalt, CT; January 11, 2021

GEORGE J. KRAWCZYK ’70 (Management), Wallingford, CT; July 5, 2021

DONALD A. LEPOW L’70 (JD), Longmeadow, MA; May 2, 2021

RICHARD H. RENAUD ’70 (English), Spencer, MA; January 7, 2021

JAMES F. BURKE G’71 (MBA), Holden, MA; January 12, 2021

EDWARD S. FASZEWSKI G’71 (MBA), Holden, MA; March 26, 2021

GUY K. CHESTER G’72 (MBA), Sun City West, AZ; June 25, 2021

FREDERICK COHEN G’72 (MBA), Tariffville, CT; February 3, 2021

EDWIN M. CUSHING ’72/G’77 (Industrial Engineering/MBA), Agawam, MA; January 27, 2021

WALTER F. DZIALO G’72 (MBA), Montgomery, AL; January 3, 2021

ROBERT M. GRETZ ’72 (Electrical Engineering), Pittsfield, MA; August 5, 2021

ALFRED J. HANLEY ’72 (Marketing), Westfield, MA; May 30, 2021

PETER C. ROBILLARD ’72/G’76 (Marketing/MBA), West Springfield, MA; October 28, 2021

DAVID R. TURGEON ’72 (Government), East Falmouth, MA; September 7, 2021

CLAUDIO CARDAROPOLI ’73 (Sociology), Longmeadow, MA; February 19, 2021

MARC R. FISCHMAN ’73 (Marketing), Verona, NJ; July 12, 2021

JOHN W. GIBLO, JR. ’73 (General Business), Cambridge, NY; January 20, 2021

PETER R. RONAN G’73 (MBA), North Adams, MA; October 20, 2021

CARL J. JACKOBEK ’74 (Mechanical Engineering), Agawam, MA; January 31, 2021

JEANETTE K. PAUL ’74 (English), East Granby, CT; February 26, 2021

HAROLD I. RESNIC L’74 (JD), Longmeadow, MA; August 25, 2021

JEFFREY B. BROOKS ’75 (Mechanical Engineering), Sullivan, NH; November 19, 2020

STEPHEN A. GOLDTHWAITE ’75 (Management), Ellington, CT; April 4, 2021

JOEL B. WEINSTEIN G’75 (MBA), Hudson, MA; June 27, 2021

REMO P. DI TOMASSO G’76 (MBA), Pittsfield, MA; August 5, 2021

RONALD F. RAPACKI ’76 (General Business), Ellington, CT; May 2, 2021

JOHN L. CAMPION L’77 (JD), Houston, TX; May 31, 2021

PETER G. CERRETA ’77/G’83 (Management/MBA), Haydenville, MA; March 26, 2021

RICHARD M. GOUN L’77 (JD), West Windsor, NJ; March 21, 2021

KEVIN W. HARRAGHY ’77 (Finance), Westfield, MA; February 9, 2021

EDWARD F. JASZEK ’77 (General Business), Chicopee, MA; April 7, 2021

DENISE E. MALONE ’77 (Biology), Agawam, MA; January 4, 2021

MICHAEL A. SERAFINO* ’77 (General Business), Feeding Hills, MA; October 28, 2021

DONALD W. BLAKESLEY L’78 (JD), Agawam, MA; July 30, 2021

PAUL M. LANGLOIS G’78 (MBA), Deerfield, NH; March 2, 2020

MICKY ALLEN L’79 (JD), North Las Vegas, NV; January 7, 2021

ARMAND S. BERTHIAUME, JR. ’79 (Business Administration), Agawam, MA; January 20, 2021

ROBERT G. BRINSON G’79 (MBA), Thurmont, MD; September 14, 2021

THOMAS J. PICKNALLY ’79 (Management), East Longmeadow, MA; January 30, 2021

RAYMOND A. YVON ’79 (Law Enforcement), West Springfield, MA; August 7, 2021

RONALD D. BINDER G’80 ( ), Feeding Hills, MA; May 30, 2021

DAVID A. BROWN G’80 (MBA), Narragansett, RI; September 30, 2021

ROBERT R. CUVELLIER ’80 (Economics), East Longmeadow, MA; April 27, 2021

ALBERT LATTELL ’80 (Business Administration), Enfield, CT; October 24, 2021

TIMOTHY M. MALONE ’80 (Management), Agawam, MA; June 25, 2021

WAYNE J. MAREK G’80 (MBA), Agawam, MA; May 17, 2021

STEPHEN R. CONBOY ’81 (Law Enforcement), Longmeadow, MA; September 13, 2021

RAYMOND R. LEMOINE ’81 (Business Administration), Amherst, MA; April 26, 2021

DEAN D. BELLAS ’82 (Finance), Alexandria, VA; June 23, 2021

PAUL E. PERACHI L’82 (JD), Pittsfield, MA; September 9, 2021

WILLIAM D. SPROUT ’83 (Mechanical Engineering), Ellington, CT; May 3, 2021

THOMAS CROGAN ’84 (Business Administration), Goldthwaite, TX; October 21, 2021

RONALD F. KENNEDY L’84 (JD), Delmar, NY; August 27, 2021

THERESA J. KOLOSKI ’84 (Government), Easthampton, MA; September 3, 2021

MARK R. OLLARI ’84 (Management), Enfield, CT; July 24, 2021

SUZANNE G. ROSE ’84 (Human Resource Management), Manchester Center, VT; April 11, 2021

JOHN R. BELLENOIT G’85 (MBA), Chicopee, MA; February 11, 2021

JAMES A. COOLEY ’85 (General Business), Ellington, CT; April 4, 2021

DANIEL J. SITEK ’85 (Engineering and Management), Feeding Hills, MA; May 6, 2021

KARL OLIVEIRA ’86 (Mathematics), Palmer, MA; April 26, 2021

ROBERT V. DILISIO L’87 (JD), South Hadley, MA; September 8, 2021

MARGARET L. KRETSCHMAR G’87 (MBA), Feeding Hills, MA; July 13, 2021

GARY E. LITWIN G’87 (Business Administration), Ludlow, MA; April 23, 2021

GREGORY A. POPOVICH G’87 (MBA), East Longmeadow, MA; April 29, 2021

JAMES W. BARRETT ’88 (Business Administration), Wilbraham, MA; July 23, 2021

SCOTT H. GRALINSKI ’89 (General Business), Halifax, MA; January 28, 2021

TODD B. GOODRICH ’90 (Business Administration), Enfield, CT; February 4, 2021

ROBERT L. HERMAN L’90 (JD), Kinsman, OH; January 20, 2021

STUART CASE L’91 (JD), Mystic, CT; January 27, 2021

JOSEPH W. HEBERT ’91 (Mechanical Engineering), Lancaster, MA; November 6, 2021

WILLIAM H. PAPPAS ’91 (Electrical Engineering), West Springfield, MA; August 12, 2021

SAMUEL SHULMAN L’91 (JD), Rutland, MA; February 28, 2021

ANNE M. TOWER G’92 (MBA), Longmeadow, MA; March 30, 2021

RALPH W. YOUNG G’93 (MBA), Dalton, MA; September 18, 2021

ALICJA RZEPKA ALLEN ’94/G’96 (Management/MBA), Chicopee, MA; May 25, 2021

JANE CATHERINE KINNEY-KNOTEK L’94 (JD), Middle Haddam, CT; July 11, 2021

MICHAEL P. WILSON ’95/G’96 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Uxbridge, MA; July 19, 2021

DIANA L. ABRUZZESE ’96/G’97 (Management/MBA), Manchester, NH; August 15, 2021

CHARLES J. MCKINNON, SR. G’96 (Criminal Justice), Brant Rock, MA; February 22, 2021

GREGORY LAURIA G’97 (MBA), East Haddam, CT; May 21, 2021

STEPHEN R. FAUCHER ’99/G’00 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Shrewsbury, MA; January 6, 2021

PATRICK M. AMBROSE G’00 (Criminal Justice Administration), Danvers, MA; January 16, 2021

CHARISSE E. BRITTLE G’00 (Criminal Justice Administration), Canton, MA; February 28, 2021

JILL A. RAE G’00 (Finance Management), Westfield, MA; May 9, 2021

WILLIAM F. EVANS ’02 (Criminal Justice), Burke, VA; April 2, 2021

CAROL A. LAWSON ’07 (Management Studies), Chicopee, MA; April 2, 2021

MICHAEL E. MONTAGUE L’08 (JD), Albany, NY; February 18, 2021

HEATHER R. THOMAS G’08 (MBA), Wilbraham, MA; June 21, 2021

RICHARD J. PADYKULA L’09 (JD), Suffield, CT; January 17, 2021

BREANA G. GIORDANO ’14 (Communication), Ludlow, MA; October 2, 2021

NICHOLAS R. BOILEAU ’15 (Psychology), Belchertown, MA; June 19, 2021

JOHN J. ANZALOTTI (Professor Emeritus, History), Springfield, MA; July 20, 2021

PETER P. BALL (Distinguished Professor, Chemistry), West Springfield, MA; January 19, 2021

DOROTHY BUZZELLE (Retired Staff), East Longmeadow, MA; August 25, 2021

GERALD E. GAJNOS (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry), Hudson, NH; June 4, 2021

DUKE GILYARD (Retired Staff), Springfield, MA; August 17, 2021

RABBI JEROME S. GURLAND (Retired Staff), Longmeadow, MA; May 20, 2021

PATRICIA S. MCMONAGLE (Retired Staff), New London, NH; July 19, 2021

ROBERT SCHREIBER (Retired Staff), Chicopee, MA; February 22, 2021

FAYTHE A. STOVER (Retired Staff), Springfield, MA; October 21, 2021

* Former Trustee