In Memoriam

The alumni board is keen to reach out to a deceased brother’s family and express our condolences for their loss and our loss of a brother. If you have any information on a brother who has passed away, please contact us at [email protected].

Honor a Deceased Brother with a Memorial Gift to Educational Foundation

Honor a deceased brother through a tax-deductible $5,500 gift to Mu Chapter Educational Foundation in his memory. Most of the memorial plaques have been funded by groups of alumni. Please visit the Educational Foundation’s website to learn more about making a memorial gift.

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2024

Martin J. Neenan ’72 – February 8, 2024 (obit)
Jarvis Leng ’54 – February 22, 2024 (obit)
Venceslaus James Vanicek Jr. ’55 – April 27, 2024 (obit)
Mario M. Tama Jr. ’63 – June 14, 2024 (obit)
Kwan-Tai Mao ’63 – March 25, 2025 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2023

Richard E. Fish ’72 – March 11, 2023 (obit)
Bruce L. Hull ’63 – May 5, 2023 (obit)
Harry Laurance Fuller ’60 – May 15, 2023 (obit)
Fred A. Knaysi ’73 – June 13, 2023 (obit)
John H. Hax Jr. ’60 – August 7, 2023 (obit)
MacDonald J. Holmes ’61 – August 30, 2023 (obit)
Lawrence D. McGuinn ’67 – November 20, 2023 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2022

Briton K. Smith ’61 – January 7, 2022
Robert W Stevens Jr. ’59 – January 4, 2022 (obit)
Frederick W. Krieger III ’57 – January 16, 2022 (obit)
Fred O. Jensen ’54 – January 29, 2022 (obit)
Daniel G. Cadiz ’51 – July 20, 2022 (obit)
Theodore A. Marciniak ’55 – July 26, 2022 (obit)
Roger B. Poeppel ’63 – August 18, 2022 (obit)
Richard J. Boerner ’60 – September 2, 2022 (obit)
Donald R. Cowles ’60 – September 12, 2022 (obit)
Horace I. Bush ’52 – November 5, 2022 (obit)
Curtis S. Fullmer III ’67 – November 24, 2022 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2021

John L. Riley ’55 – January 30, 2021 (obit)
David A. Dewey ’54 – February 4, 2021 (obit)
Willard N. Belden Jr. ’58 – February 19, 2021 (obit)
Kenneth P. Piester ’51 – April 6, 2021 (obit)
William S. Birkhead ’63 – July 7, 2021 (obit)
John E. Andresen ’63 – October 9, 2021 (obit)
Kevin M. Gleason ’78 – November 1, 2021 (obit)
Frans M. Djorup Jr. ’52 – November 25, 2021 (obit)
Henry Dunnenberger ’77

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2020

Albert M. Beck ’52 – January 16, 2020
Warren R. Leach ’53 – March 3, 2020
Robert A. Nafis ’49 – August 12, 2020
John M. Kreuttner ’57 – October 2020 (obit)
Herbert W. Mishler ’51 – November 24, 2020 (obit)
Charles W. Taylor ’51 – December 3, 2020 (obit)
Grant L. Gregory ’58 – December 4, 2020 (obit)
Robert G. Bert Harrop ’61 – December 25, 2020 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2019

Peter H. Crosby ’69 – January 1, 2019
Clifford Wengert ’53 – February 8, 2019 (obit)
David C. Kay ’50 – February 26, 2019 (obit)
Charles W. Ahrend ’51 – June 24, 2019
John C. Shearer ’52 – September 14, 2019
Paul S. Jenkins ’60 – November 1, 2019
Thomas D. Foster ’60 – December 24, 2019 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2018

Leo J. Chamberlain ’52 – January 28, 2018
YongSoo Ha ’76 – February 18, 2018 (obit)
Anthony A. D’Amato Jr. ’58 – March 24, 2018 (obit)
Christopher J. Molinaro ’94 – June 18, 2018 (obit)
Harold C. Mallery ’52 – July 9, 2018 (obit)
Mark J. Hausknecht ’75 – July 20, 2018 (obit)
James H. Keene III ’57 – October 17, 2018 (obit)
Peter B. Taylor ’55 – December 10, 2018 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2017

Howard P. King, Jr. ’47 – January 20, 2017 (obit)
John M Richards ’40 – February 16, 2017 (obit)
Robert R. Carroll ’75 – March 11, 2017
Richard E. Knoblock ’55 – April 10, 2017 (obit)
John L. Hitzel ’59 – April 17, 2017 (obit)
Richard H Cooper ’54 – June 4, 2017 (obit)
David M. Heimbach ’60 – August 7, 2017 (obit)
Richard W. Kubiak ’68 – November 26, 2017 (obit)
Paul V. Woolley III ’61 – November 28, 2017 (obit)

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2016

Daniel Gerson ’88 – February 6, 2016
Corles M. Perkins ’42 – March 21, 2016
John D. Masters ’45 – April 3, 2016
Raymond L. Campbell Jr. ’61 – April 25, 2016
Kevan M. Green ’64 – July 12, 2016
Richard H. Lloyd ’69 – July 15, 2016
Arthur M. Jaggard ’51 – July 17, 2016
Stephen E. Taylor ’68 – December 12, 2016

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2015

M. Dudley Smith Jr. ’48 – January 4, 2015
Harlan R. Wengert ’48 – January 10, 2015
Lorenz K. Muller ’47 – March 26, 2015
William A. Swartzman ’77 – May 23, 2015
Richard W. Avazian ’59 – July 14, 2015
Alfred J. Patane ’55 – October 12, 2015
Manfred W. Hoffman ’60

Mu Chapter Brothers who passed away in 2014

Edward J. Finnerty ’82 – January 27, 2014
Louis J. Conti ’41 – February 14, 2014
Frank R. Vadney ’56 – April 18, 2014
Frank C. Sorochinsky ’54 – June 18, 2014
Lee M. Werner ’45 – June 19, 2014
David P. Dirksen ’53 – August 1, 2014
Howard M. Rathbun ’55 – October 23, 2014
Michael T. Leigh ’52 – November 26, 2014