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.

Charles A. Babinski ’54 (Management), Westfield, Mass.; June 12, 2025 

Peter R. Purrington ’62/G’75 (Mechanical Engineering/General Business (MBA), Clarksville, Tenn.; May 30, 2025 

Franklin W. Wickland ’62 (Mechanical Engineering), South Ashfield, Mass.; September 5, 2025 

Glenn E. Clark G’63 (MBA), Hadley, Mass.; July 17, 2025 

Wayne J. Konrad ’64 (Mechanical Engineering), Marana, Ariz.; August 18, 2025 

Peter J. Fessenden ’65 (Mechanical Engineering), East Longmeadow, Mass.; June 29, 2025 

Henry J. Kalloch ’65 (Industrial Engineering), East Longmeadow, Mass.; May 17, 2024 

Nicholas A. Riga ’65 (Management), Westfield, Mass.; October 21, 2025 

Allen T. Wright ’65 (Accounting), West Springfield, Mass.; September 12, 2025 

Richard E. Kardas ’66 (Management), Ware, Mass.; September 17, 2024 

Philip M. Dei Dolori ’67 (Management), Dayton, Ohio; July 12, 2025 

Paul E. Holland ’67 (Mechanical Engineering), Simsbury, Conn.; July 13, 2025 

John J. Juliano ’67/G’70 (Industrial Engineering/MBA), Agawam, Mass.; September 19, 2025 

John W. Dunfey G’68 (MBA), Tewksbury, Mass.; June 27, 2025 

David E. Michaud ’68/G’71 (Mechanical Engineering/MBA), Hudsonville, Mich.; February 6, 2024 

Charles G. Setian ’68 (Mechanical Engineering), Las Vegas, Nev.; July 6, 2025 

John J. Witzman ’68 (Accounting Concentration), Wilmington, Del.; May 29, 2025 

David A. Sherman ’69 (Industrial Engineering), South Windsor, Conn.; September 17, 2025 

Edward J. McGrady, Jr. ’70/G’76 (Industrial Engineering/MBA), Stonington, Conn; October 4, 2025 

Jay A. Murphy ’70 (Electrical Engineering), Sarasota, Fla.; August 20, 2025 

Albert R. Cote ’71 (Accounting), Bedford, N.H.; August 2, 2025 

Thomas E. Ingerson ’71 (Management), Palm Harbor, Fla.; April 29, 2024 

William Johnson, Sr. ’71 (Electrical Engineering), Raleigh, N.C.; May 27, 2025 

Daniel J. Sullivan L’71 (JD), Westfield, Mass.; September 28, 2025 

Philip T. Winterson G’71 (MBA), Russell, Mass.; December 8, 2024 

Gary E. Kostek ’72 (Marketing), Hartford, Conn.; August 13, 2025 

John L. Meunier ’72 (Electrical Engineering), Longmeadow, Mass.; August 6, 2025 

Lawrence I. Martensson G’73 (MBA), Castleton, N.Y.; July 4, 2024 

Victor J. Strycharz ’73 (Management), Cheshire, Conn.; September 23, 2025 

Robert A. Buck ’75 (Marketing), St. Pete Beach, Fla.; July 15, 2025 

Susan D. Darley ’75 (English), Kansas City, Mo.; October 2, 2025 

Bartholomew G. Babiak L’76 (JD), Colts Neck, N.J.; October 11, 2023 

Arthur K. LePine G’76 (MBA), Norristown, Pa.; February 8, 2023 

Barbara P. Spohn G’76 (MBA), Gettysburg, PA; July 14, 2025 

Janice G. Winn ’76 (English), Carmel, N.Y.; September 6, 2025 

Dennis C. Carboneau G’77 (MBA), Holyoke, Mass.; February 26, 2025 

Vincent J. Desrochers ’77 (Accounting), Kernersville, N.C.; September 7, 2025 

Joseph V. Gotta G’77 (MBA), Ludlow, Mass.; June 24, 2023 

Wade E. Hughes G’77 (MBA), Norman, Okla.; May 10, 2025 

Frederick W. Miller G’77 (Accounting), Sunderland, Mass.; September 11, 2025 

Edmund J. Taggart G’77 (MBA), Oak Island, N.C.; July 20, 2025 

John M. Bowen G’78 (MBA), East Longmeadow, Mass.; May 14, 2025 

Richard D. Graham ’78 (Electrical Engineering), Forest, Va.; May 6, 2025 

Anthony F. Halish ’78 (Engineering and Management), Lady Lake, Fla.; February 15, 2025 

Edward P. Rogenski G’78 (MBA), Newport, N.H.; March 28, 2024 

David J. Williams G’78 (MBA), Winchester, Mass.; October 18, 2025 

Bruce E. Desoe ’79 (Engineering and Management), Lake City, Fla.; May 4, 2025 

Michael T. Hassett L’79 (JD), Woodland Hills, Calif.; September 26, 2025 

Richard M. Sher ’79 (Marketing), Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; February 18, 2025 

Robert J. Mitchell ’79 (Government), White Post, Va.; October 5, 2025 

Ross Whistler G’80 (Systems Management), Needham, Mass.; April 15, 2025 

J. David Morrissey L’81 (JD), Farmington, Conn.; September 23, 2025 

Calvin D. Pixley ’81 (Industrial Engineering), Westfield, Mass.; October 26, 2024 

Barbara J. Gaffron ’82 (Social Work), Springfield, Mass.; August 31, 2025 

Debra A. Sherrer G’82 (MBA), Chicopee, Mass.; July 12, 2025 

Thomas J. Green ’83 (Accounting), West Springfield, Mass.; July 31, 2025 

James T. Murphy G’83 (MBA), Westfield, Mass.; October 7, 2025 

Robyn R. Davis Szewczyk L’83 (JD), South Hadley, Mass.; October 13, 2025 

Timothy J. Ashe ’85 (General Business), Plainfield, N.H.; September 29, 2025 

Manning L. Gordon ’85 (Electrical Engineering), Fowler, Colo.; April 21, 2025 

Ann Marie E. Paquette ’85 (Management), Sebring, Fla; August 19, 2023 

Dana L. Schwendenmann ’85 (Economics), North Andover, Mass.; May 15, 2025 

Frank J. Galgay, Jr. ’86 (Law Enforcement), Carver, Mass.; June 5, 2024 

Garrett R. House ’88 (Biomedical Engineering), Conyers, Ga.; April 25, 2025 

Pamala J. Favreau L’89 (JD), Vernon Rockville, Conn.; July 21, 2025 

William D. Dehler, Jr. ’90 (General Business), Fairfield, Conn.; May 21, 2025 

Patricia L. Alves G’93 (MBA), Newton, Mass.; October 8, 2025 

Frederick F. Caruso ’93 (Law Enforcement), Dedham, Mass.; April 15, 2024 

JoAnn D. Healy ’93 (Economics), Little Silver, N.J.; October 14, 2025 

Steven Michael Greenbaum L’95 (JD), Westhampton, Mass.; August 11, 2025 

Gene R. Kostek G’95 (Finance Management), Florence, Mass.; July 13, 2025 

Eileen Mary Maher L’95 (JD), Natchez, Miss.; August 31, 2025 

Christina L. Poulin G’95 (MBA), Springfield, Mass.; May 31, 2025 

Carol Elizabeth Viehmann L’95 (JD), The Villages, Fla.; August 1, 2024 

Gerard J. Thibeault ’96 (Law Enforcement), Westminster, Mass.; January 21, 2025 

Richard M. Carrio ’00 (Law Enforcement), Boxford, Mass.; October 17, 2025 

Celia Eggert L’00 (JD), Naugatuck, Conn; August 13, 2025 

Jerome K. Riley, Sr. ’00/G’01 (Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice Administration), Braintree, Mass.; February 27, 2025 

Neil Cavanagh, Jr. ’01 (Law Enforcement), Wakefield, Mass.; August 19, 2023 

Jason E. Indomenico L’03 (JD), Hartford, Conn.; August 19, 2023 

Laura L. Langord L’03 (JD), Marlborough, Mass.; May 30, 2025