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CWRU mourns passing of alumnus, longtime faculty member and administrator Arthur P. Leary
43 years of distinguished service covered multiple areas, from the physics classroom to athletics to planning and management A love of science—especially physics—drew young Arthur P. Leary from suburban Philadelphia to ӰƵ in 1941. Soon after, the university itself captured his pass...
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CWRU mourns passing of Kulas Music Library Director Stephen H. Toombs
During many lunch hours, the gentle sounds of the lute would emanate from the first-floor Haydn Hall office of Stephen H. Toombs, who often used that time to practice the instrument he so loved. “Those quiet sounds seemed as much a part of the building as the bricks on the wall,” said David Rothenb...
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University mourns passing of Gregory Graham—alumnus, faculty member, and doctoral student
Gregory “Greg” Graham was so admired by his distance-learning students that, invariably, when he was introduced the first time they gathered on campus, they’d erupt in applause. Graham’s dedication to teaching was so great, colleagues, at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing said, that he eve...
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Triple alumnus, retired administrator Kenneth L. Kutina passes away
From the Agnar Pytte Science Center to the iconic Peter B. Lewis Building and dozens of projects in between, the longtime planning leader played a pivotal role in shaping the physical face of the university—even if he regularly eschewed credit for his efforts. “I’d like to be remembered for being a...
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CWRU to host memorial service for David Morgenthaler July 11
ӰƵ will host a memorial service for David Morgenthaler at 4 p.m. Monday, July 11, in the Amasa Stone Chapel. Morgenthaler, a longtime Cleveland resident, was a visionary venture capitalist who supported university initiatives in management, medicine and international engagement. H...
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Remembering undergraduate student Diego Barrera Bayona
Visiting hours will be held this evening for Diego Barrera Bayona, an undergraduate with an extraordinary ability to bring a smile to anyone one he met. Diego died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 20 years old. Diego was a biology major determined to be a doctor, who repeatedly earned high hono...
Senior biomedical engineer Henry Wu passes away
Senior biomedical engineering major Henry Wu died unexpectedly this weekend. He was 22. Wu, from the Woodhaven neighborhood of Queens, New York, arrived at ӰƵ in 2012 after graduating from Stuyvesant High School, an elite specialized secondary school in New York City. While at Stu...
Professor Emeritus of Humanities & Art History Harvey Buchanan dies; tribute to be held at April 22 lecture
The year after Harvey Buchanan retired from ӰƵ in 1988, the university and Cleveland Museum of Art began holding an annual lecture in his name, to recognize the indelible impact he had on the arts in the area. This year, the lecture will have a layer of sorrow, as Buchanan, profes...
CWRU mourns loss of Pat Kilpatrick, alumna and university’s first female VP
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, for Patricia Baldwin Kilpatrick, a beloved member of the ӰƵ community for more than 50 years and the university’s first female vice president. Pat, as she was known, died peacefully Thursday, March 3, with her daughter Kate by her s...
School of Medicine Emeritus Professor Jerome Kowal passes away; memorial services to be held Feb. 27
Jerome Kowal, the Amasa B. Ford Professor Emeritus of Geriatric Medicine, passed away Dec. 23. He was 84. After completing his residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, Kowal, a native of New York City, came to Cleveland in 1970 as an associate professor of medicine and pharmacology. From there, he went o...