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University remembers alumnus, generous supporter Bob Aiken
Bob and his wife, Brenda, committed $20 million in 2017 to support biomedical engineering Alumnus Robert “Bob” Aiken, who last year committed $20 million with his wife, Brenda, to support the university’s biomedical engineering efforts, died Monday at his home just west of Philadelphia. He was 88. ...
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CWRU community mourns loss of MD/PhD student Gavin Hanson
Gavin Hanson, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), was known for his intelligence and quick wit, whether with a joke or a hypothesis. In fact, those who worked with him consider him among the most intelligent people they’ve ever known. But for all his smarts, he was still gi...
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Alumnus, university supporter Alvin Siegal passes away
Alvin Siegal, a ӰƵ alumnus and generous university supporter, died Tuesday at his home in Pepper Pike. He was 95. A Cleveland native and graduate of the city’s John Adams High School, Siegal served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his return, he attended what was then kn...
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Weatherhead School’s Bill Mahnic, known for his personalized teaching and passion for finance, passes away
Weatherhead School of Management Professor Bill Mahnic (MGT ’90) was known across ӰƵ—whether for his approachable nature in undergraduate finance classes, his friendly greetings to colleagues in the halls of the Peter B. Lewis Building, or the solid advice he gave faculty and staff...
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Weatherhead School graduate student Xueting Du passes away
Xueting Du, a student in the Weatherhead School of Management’s Master of Science in Management – Finance program, died earlier this month following a medical emergency. She was 23. “Xueting will be remembered for her dedication and hard work in the MSM Finance program but most importantly, she wil...
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Longtime athletics equipment manager Hugh Marshall passes away
Courtesy of CWRU Athletics ӰƵ equipment manager Hugh Marshall, who touched the lives of thousands of members of the community during his over-30 years of service to the campus, passed away Thursday, June 14, at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. “Hugh inspired g...
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Remembering Professor Joseph Prahl
Memorial service Thursday at Amasa Stone Chapel for longtime faculty member, researcher and former NASA shuttle payload specialist Joseph Prahl, a longtime ӰƵ faculty member—and a payload specialist for the 1992 Columbia space shuttle flight—will be remembered Thursday in a memoria...
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ӰƵ mourns the loss of Doug Mooney
ӰƵ and the Department of Physical Education and Athletics were saddened to learn of the passing of Doug Mooney, former legendary tennis coach for the university. Mooney served Case Institute of Technology and ӰƵ for all but one year of his entire profe...
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Emerita trustee, friend of the university Dorothy Humel Hovorka passes away
Dorothy Humel Hovorka’s impact on ӰƵ is indelible: She served as a trustee, a fundraiser, a donor, and the organizer of a centennial celebration of one of the university’s greatest discoveries. Last month, Humel Hovorka (HON ’09) passed away at the age of 96 after a lif...
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Remembering Robert Park: Junior dies in automobile accident
A junior accounting major known for his infectious enthusiasm died early Tuesday morning in an automobile accident on the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. Family, friends and fraternity brothers are mourning Robert Park, 20, who was known for his enthusiastic, outgoing nature—as well as the care he sho...