In Memoriam 

Western New England University mourns the loss of the following members of our 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.

Donald F. Withee ’53 (Management), Brookline, NH; June 6, 2021

Frank A. Mastalerz ’58 (Management), Apopka, FL; October 27, 2021

John J. Pavlovich G’60 (MBA), West Springfield, MA; December 11, 2021

Casimir J. Krol ’61 (Accounting), Springfield, MA; May 29, 2022

Rene F. Belanger ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Holyoke, MA; November 24, 2021

Hans Van der Leeden ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), Amherst, MA; December 15, 2021

Paul S. Hamilakis ’63 (Mechanical Engineering), Melbourne, FL; March 18, 2021

William E. LaCroix ’63 (Accounting), Chicopee, MA; November 26, 2021

Robert W. Moriarty ’63 (Management), Holyoke, MA; May 2, 2022

Richard A. Phaneuf ’63 (Mechanical Engineering), Hatfield, MA; May 9, 2022

Kent B. Goodchild ’64 (Engineering and Management), Springfield, MA; January 4, 2022

George T. Molleur ’64 (Engineering and Management), Bow, NH; December 10, 2021

Jerald C. Stoeber G’64 (MBA), Wilbraham, MA; May 7, 2022

Gordon D. Sullivan ’64 (Mechanical Engineering), Zephyrhills, FL; February 8, 2022

Robert J. Wespiser ’64 (Mechanical Engineering), Naples, ME; May 13, 2022

Edwin C. Daniels G’65 (MBA), West Springfield, MA; January 15, 2022

Stanley J. Bandoski ’66 (Industrial Engineering), East Longmeadow, MA; October 8, 2021

Lawrence E. Giard ’66 (Engineering and Management), Winchester, NH; April 20, 2022

William E. Gibbs G’66 (MBA), Chicopee, MA; November 15, 2021

Robert T. Kelley L’66 (JD), North Andover, MA; February 19, 2021

David H. Rand ’66 (Management), Springfield, VA; September 25, 2021

Ronald A. Renaud ’66 (Accounting), Shelburne, VT; December 1, 2021

Allan E. Bessette ’67 (Accounting), South Daytona, FL; December 11, 2020 

Edmund S. Salva, Jr. ’67 (Management), Georgetown, TX; April 1, 2022

George F. Allen G’68 (MBA), Wilbraham, MA; March 23, 2022

James A. Rogers ’68 (Accounting), Westfield, MA; January 1, 2022

Robert N. Brazas G’69 (MBA), Monson, MA; February 18, 2022

Leonard P. Gineitis ’69 (Management), Chadds Ford, PA; March 2, 2021

Thomas H. Heinig ’69/G’72 (Management/MBA), Shelburne Falls, MA; June 13, 2022

Kent C. Hutchinson G’69 (MBA), Springfield, MA; December 5, 2021

Ross S. Karlson G’69 (MBA), Wilbraham, MA; May 7, 2022

Harmon L. Kirkpatrick G’69 (MBA), Pearland, TX; January 21, 2021

Henry J. Laguillon ’69 (Electrical Engineering), Front Royal, VA; January 14, 2022

Barry L. Queen L’69 (JD), Sarasota, FL; February 13, 2021

James H. Andrews G’70 (MBA), San Diego, CA; September 22, 2020

Joel T. Hyland ’70 (History), Port Orange, FL; April 12, 2022

Kathleen M. Queen ’70 (History), Cheshire, CT; February 19, 2022

Glenn G. Uyemuki G’70 (MBA), Amherst, MA; February 5, 2022

Raymond N. Boudreau ’71 (Electrical Engineering), Pittsfield, MA; November 6, 2021

Barry A. Herr G’71 (MBA), Reno, NV; September 12, 2021

Brian E. Kenney ’71 (Accounting), Manlius, NY; March 20, 2022

Robert R. O'Donnell G’71 (MBA), Essex Junction, VT; December 27, 2021

Tracy D. Osgood ’71/G’75 (Engineering and Management/MBA), Delray Beach, FL; November 13, 2021

Robert M. Tappan G’71 (MBA), Lander, WY; February 14, 2022

Henry R. Clemens G’72 (MBA), Oxford, FL; May 21, 2022

Daniel J. D'Arcy ’72 (Industrial Engineering), Belchertown, MA; May 4, 2022

Ronald L. Gaudette ’72/G’83 (Marketing), Agawam, MA; December 26, 2021

Joseph P. Minardi L’72 (JD), Enfield, CT; November 16, 2021

John P. Moriarty L’72 (JD), Wilbraham, MA; May 16, 2022

John M. Wojtkowski ’72 (Mechanical Engineering), Mooresville, NC; March 22, 2022

George E. Shippey G’73 (MBA), Somers, CT; December 12, 2021

Edward J. Writz ’73 (Management), Littleton, CO; December 24, 2021

Alfred J. Cote ’74 (Engineering and Management), Pittsfield, MA; February 11, 2022

David F. Smith '74 (Accounting), Costa Mesa, CA; January 22, 2022

Thomas K. Trant ’74 (Accounting), Westfield, MA; November 26, 2021

William J. Wagner ’74 (Business Administration) Longmeadow, MA; December 25, 2021

Charles S. Beebe ’75 (Mechanical Engineering), Mystic, CT; April 14, 2022

Peter M. Burns L’75 (JD), East Longmeadow, MA; January 9, 2022

Richard E. Neumann G’75 (MBA), Bass River, MA; April 23, 2022

Christopher Olsen ’75 (General Business), Westfield, MA; November 2, 2021

Daniel J. Racicot, Jr. ’75 (General Business), Jasper, IN; December 12, 2021

James C. Ward, Jr. ’75 (Psychology), Springfield, MA; May 22, 2022

Peter C. Povanda L’76 (JD), Scranton, PA; November 22, 2021

Edward V. Sabella L’76 (JD), East Longmeadow, MA; November 28, 2021

John W. Welch L’76 (JD), Wilbraham, MA; April 29, 2022

Scott E. Cunningham G’77 (MBA), North Granby, CT; May 30, 2022

Wallace D. Gillespie G’77 (MBA), Kaysville, UT; May 20, 2022

Henry S. Kozak ’77 (Management), Chicopee, MA; February 11, 2022

William C. Kroll L’77 (JD), Pooler, GA; August 5, 2020 

Roger A. Morin G’77 (Accounting), Deland, FL; December 24, 2021

Raymond J. Noble G’77 (MBA), East Hartford, CT; February 26, 2022 

Herbert L. Vieira ’77 (Mechanical Engineering), Wilbraham, MA; March 9, 2022

Stanley R. Zielonka ’77 (Law Enforcement), Rowe, MA; March 20, 2022

John H. Fitz-Gibbon L’78 (JD), Hatfield, MA; April 7, 2022

Skal V. Guidi ’78 (Accounting), Holyoke, MA; June 8, 2022

Robert J. Lynch G’78 (MBA), Charlottesville, VA; January 26, 2022

Robert W. Romansky, Jr. ’78 (Accounting), Feeding Hills, MA; April 7, 2022

Raymond A. Shamlian ’78 (Management), Boynton Beach, FL; November 17, 2021

Edward E. Babyak, Jr. G’79 (MBA), Bristol, RI; December 1, 2021

Daniel R. Einum L’79 (JD), Madison, WI; April 6, 2022

David W. Conver L’80 (JD), Blue Bell, PA; May 8, 2022

LaVerne A. Larson ’80 (Management), Cromwell, CT; January 31, 2021

William T. Meissner ’80 (Electrical Engineering), Agawam, MA; November 24, 2021

Michael J. Brisbois G’81 (MBA), Chicopee, MA; March 7, 2022

Charles L. Kenny, Jr. ’81 (Accounting), Cumberland Center, ME; February 13, 2022

Frank V. Novelli ’82 (Accounting), Ludlow, MA; May 31, 2022

James A. Taylor ’82/G’85 (Government/MBA), Belchertown, MA; November 22, 2021

Kevin A. Dubinsky ’83 (Environmental Engineering), Rome, NY; January 21, 2022

Nina T. McDermott ’83 (History), Pittsfield, MA; February 25, 2022

Dennis P. Testoni ’83 (General Business), Windsor Locks, CT; December 30, 2021

Edward J. Demeuse G’84 (Public Administration), Chelmsford, MA; January 1, 2021

Gulam A. Kagzi G’84 (MBA), Columbia, MD; November 12, 2021

George C. Waldschmidt G’84 (MBA), Oldsmar, FL; May 3, 2021

Melinda Wilkins L’84 (JD), Danbury, CT; November 17, 2021

William R. Kinloch L’85 (JD), Cheshire, CT; November 16, 2021

Mario C. Zocchi G’85 (Health Care Administration), West Townsend, MA; November 5, 2021

Diane E. DeGeiso L’87 (JD), Northampton, MA; January 28, 2022

Paula J. Guczek ’87 (Accounting), Springfield, MA; January 8, 2022

Dave MacPhail ’87 (Mechanical Engineering), Southwick, MA; June 2022

Arlene Putnam ’87 (Accounting), Enfield, CT; December 17, 2021

Michael O. Rogers G’87 (MBA), West Chesterfield, NH; November 26, 2021

Ralph M. Hood ’90 (Accounting), East Longmeadow, MA; March 18, 2022

John J. Keane ’90 (Law Enforcement), Norwood, MA; February 7, 2022

Kyle G. Boyle ’92/G’95 (Finance/MBA), Palm Beach Gardens, FL; January 20, 2022

Kevin B. Drummond ’92/G’01 (Marketing/MBA), Southwick, MA; May 15, 2022

John M. McNamara ’92/G’02 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Plymouth, MA; December 5, 2021

Robert F. Sheets ’92 (General Business), East Longmeadow, MA; May 2, 2022

Anne M. Tower G’92 (MBA), Longmeadow, MA; March 30, 2021

Luis R. Vera, Jr. L’92 (JD), San Antonio, TX; November 21, 2021

Gina Marie Letellier L’93 (JD), Agawam, MA; May 9, 2022

Michael G. Moffett L’93 (JD), Schenectady, NY; December 24, 2021

Christopher Morrison L’93 (JD), Thomaston, CT; March 12, 2022

Stephen J. Crane G’94 (MBA), Westfield, MA; December 5, 2021

John J. Lak ’95 (Chemistry), Venice, FL; May 11, 2022

John J. Camerota ’97/L’00 (Law & Conflict Resolution/JD), Clermont, FL; November 15, 2021

Pierino Cascini G’97 (MBA), Durham, CT; May 6, 2022

Adam Sedzikowski ’97 (Electrical Engineering), Ludlow, MA; February 15, 2022

Kevin J. Claffey L’98 (JD), West Springfield, MA; June 19, 2022

John S. Cary, III ’99 (Electrical Engineering), Schenectady, NY; December 11, 2021

Paul D. Sullivan ’99 (Law Enforcement), Plympton, MA; April 23, 2022

Bryan K. Clauson L’00 (JD), Westfield, MA; February 20, 2022

Richard J. Gillespie G’00 (Criminal Justice Administration), Wrentham, MA; June 7, 2022

Julia E. Wayner ’02 (Computer Science), Glastonbury, CT; March 15, 2022

Richard T. Vigeant G’03 (MBA), Worcester, MA; April 29, 2022

Ikechukwu E. Erike ’06 (Sport Management), Uniondale, NY; June 10, 2022

Joseph P. Zeppieri L’06 (JD), Groton, CT; December 5, 2021

Colleen Shaughnessy ’07/L’13 (Communication/JD), Windsor, CT; March 15, 2022

Pamela L. Belden ’10/G’19 (Accounting), Chicopee, MA; February 16, 2022

Philip W. Bouchard (Retired Employee), Highland Park, IL; December 27, 2021

George W. Caulton (Retired Employee), Wilbraham, MA; March 24, 2022

Diane Donovan (Employee), Springfield, MA; March 4, 2022

John F. Ferraro (Former Trustee), Southwick, MA; January 11, 2022

Marilyn E. Foy (Retired Employee), Indian Orchard, MA; March 29, 2022

Arthur R. Gaudio (Retired Employee), Keene, NH; March 22, 2022

Sally A. Lussier (Retired Employee), Springfield, MA; January 13, 2022

Isabel K. McNeil (Retired Employee), Longmeadow, MA; November 24, 2021