We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of our alumni and community members who have recently passed away. Their contributions to our community will always be cherished and remembered fondly.
To notify us of the passing of a Union community member please email us [email protected] or call 212-280-1453.
Below, you will find a list of our departed alumni, organized by graduating class.
Please note: Alumni who have earned multiple degrees from Union Theological Seminary are listed under the decade of their last earned degree.
1930's
Frances Robinson Chandler ʼ33
Clement William Welsh ʼ37
Louise Johnson Fellows ʼ38
Mary Ann Mathewson Gray ʼ38 *
Ruth Harlow Bernman ʼ39
Herbert R. Houghton ʼ39 *
1940's
Henry H. Mitchell ʼ44
Barbara Gerstenberg Prasse ʼ44
Hugh S. Barbour ʼ45
John C. Soltman ʼ45
Verna C. Volz ʼ45
Mary Crutchfield Macnab ʼ46
Edgar G. Prasse ʼ46
Kathryn “Kay” Rice Dreher ʼ47
Doris Veazie Ludder ʼ47
Sheldon L. Rahn ʼ47
Glenn W. Bragstad ʼ48
John Paul Frelick ʼ48
Ralph Wesley Reynolds ʼ48
Josephine Van Winkle Foster ʼ49
Janet Ruth Reed Miller ʼ49
James L. Rhinesmith ʼ49
1950's
Raymond Whitney Barnes, Jr. ʼ50
Dorothy R. Callahan ʼ50
Donald L. Mathews ʼ50
Patricia H. Snook `50
David F. Swartz `50
Richard Hugo Gatchel ʼ51
Audrey Faith Adams Havsky ʼ51
Roland T. Kamm ʼ51
Roy Carlyle Lewis ʼ51
Jean Trautmann Ranck ʼ51
Virginia H. Davidson Richards ʼ51
William R. Siktberg ʼ51
William H. Simpson ʼ51
John R. Ferris ʼ52
Gurney O. Gutekunst, Jr. ʼ52
Helen S. Mathers ’52
Hazel M. Hufton Porter ʼ52
Dr. Charles S. Sangree ’52
The Rev. Dr. James A. Scherer ’52
Charles L. Tarter ʼ49, ʼ52
Richard E. Hamilton ʼ52, ʼ53
Richard L. Manzelmann ʼ53
David H. McAlpin, Jr. ʼ53
Rev. James W. Muir ’53
The Rev. Frederic A. Pease ’53
Seth P. Staples ʼ53
Grace Adolphsen Brame ʼ54
Ray Branton ʼ54
Beverly C. Davison ’54
Mary Goode Geer DiRaddo ʼ54
Howard Spaulding Fuller ʼ54
Eloise Hatch Nielsen ʼ54
Harold L. Ogden ʼ54
Anne Marie Morrow Richard ʼ54
Arthur Andrew Rouner, Jr. ʼ54
Mary Holly Webb Vennema ʼ54
Harriet Ilse Ziegenhals ʼ54
Walter E. Ziegenhals ʼ54
Rev. Dr. Lawrence V. W. Black ’55
Alan E. Brokaw ʼ55
Ruth. D. Cowen ’55
Joseph R. Hookey ʼ55
Clyde H. McDaniel, Jr. ʼ55
Prentiss Allen Myrick ʼ55
William N. Robinson ʼ55
Allen J. Sever ʼ55
John L. Wallace ʼ55
Stewart A. Waller ʼ55
James Byron Wilson, Jr. ʼ55
Martin Caldwell, Jr. ʼ56
David Denison Cockcroft ʼ56
Rev. Harold Duerksen ’56
William S. Eaton ʼ56
Helen McCartney Gettemyʼ56
Dr. Donald A. Smith ’56
Edward Allen White ʼ56
Alfred E. Williams `56
Vernon Wolcott ʼ56
William H. Armstrong ʼ57
Dr. Francis G. Fike ’57
John R. Gump ʼ57
Rev. Shirley M. Hubert ’57
Dr. Jay G. Williams ’57
Frederick Buechner ʼ58
John F. Bullough ʼ58
Bruce M. Hector ʼ58
James Charles Janes ʼ58
Hope E. Mehaffey ʼ58
Anne Allbright Smith ʼ58
Constance C. Bell ’59
Donald C. Clokey ʼ59
Charles Edward Keller, Jr. ʼ59
James B. McGregorʼ59
Suzanne B. Brousso Peterson ʼ59
John M. Pratt ’59
Robert C. Shaw `59
Miriam Stewart Willey ʼ59
1960's
James P. Breeden ʼ60
Dr. Eugene S. Butler ’60
Sarah J. Shipp Cox ʼ60
Fr. Thekkineth J. Joshua ’60
Martin Kessler ʼ60
Jessie C. MacLeod ʼ60
Graeme A. Nicholson ʼ60
Virginia Haskins Page ʼ60
Alan Reynolds ʼ59, ʼ60
Jerry H. Rose ʼ60
Rev. Dr. F. Peter Sabey ’60
David C. Van Sickle ʼ60
Rev. Philip N. Yang ’60
Dr. David L. Ellison ’61
Laurel Seikel McDermott ʼ61
Conrad S. Putzig ʼ61
John W. Roberts, Jr. ’61
Charles S. Anderson ʼ62
Dr. Allision R. Ensor ’62
Professor Michael A. Knibb ’62
Jane S. Stembridge ʼ62
Dudne M. Breeze ʼ63
Paul E. Danielson, Jr. ʼ63
Carol George Hallenbeck ʼ63
Margee Adams Iddings ʼ63
Richard Arvid Johnson ʼ63
Rev. Malcolm J. McVeigh ’63
John W. Rosenberger ʼ63
Richard A. Selleck ʼ63
Nancy W. Warren ’63
Colin G. Brown ʼ64
William H. Brown, Jr. ʼ64
Robert Ross King ʼ64
Rev. Thomas R. Laws ’64
Albert Rabil, Jr. ʼ64, ʼ60
Harry F. Shaefer III ʼ64
Rev. Michael J. Sheen ’64
Barbara E. Sracnek Smillie ʼ64
R. Beal Thomas, Jr. ’64
Elizabeth Ann Clark ʼ62, ʼ65
Nancy Hadsell Dickson ʼ65
Marianna Hane Carpenter ʼ65
Rev. Michael J. Paine ’65
David Charles Walker ʼ65
George M. Wilson ʼ51, ʼ65
Bruce B. Bueschel ʼ66
Gerald P. Dyck ʼ66
Dr. Wallace E. March ’66
Rev. Derrick M. Norman ’66
Russell S. Schultz ’66
Allen A. Tinker ʼ66
Shoji Tsutomu ʼ66
Doris Scott Crawford ʼ67
Rev. Brice C. Harris ’67
Paul Jaquith ʼ67
Rev. Dr. Norman J. Kansfield ’67
Rev. Kermit M. Krueger ’67
The Rev. Robert T. Johnson ’68
Rev. David B. McIlhiney ’68
Mr. Kenneth M. Ross ’68
Rev. Dr. James A. Scherer ’52 ’68
John B. Weaver ʼ68
Horace N. Barker, Jr. ’69
George Lewis Frear, Jr. ʼ57, ʼ69
Jennifer J. Frost 68, ʼ69
Phillip H. Hansen III ʼ69
David S. Hornbeck, Jr. ʼ69
Nell Gilmore Stanley ʼ69
Robert L. Stivers `69
1970's
Samuel T. Ola Akande ʼ70
Darold H. Beekmann ʼ70
Jay Leslie Croft ʼ70
Ronald MacLennan ʼ70
Rev. Dr. Stephen M. Price ’70
Rev. Leonard C. Wiebe ’70
Rev. Robert E. Jones ’71
Lee Elwood Snook ʼ67, ʼ71
Leonard G. Berkey ʼ72
John Carl Bowers ʼ72
Dr. Robert F. Brown ’72
Richard A. Fenske ’72
Robert S. Nakata ʼ72
William L. Rhines, Jr. ʼ71, ʼ72
Gam Seng Shae ʼ72
Richard D. Been ʼ73
Alfred George Brauch ʼ73
Katharyn L. Waldron ’73
The Rev. Chester C. Copeland ’74
Dorcas J. Lohr ʼ74.
Christopher Wilke ʼ74
Bede E. Classick, OSB ʼ75
Paul G. Crowley, S.J. ʼ75
Mary (Thomas Daniel) Donahey, BVM ʼ75
Juanita Bass Wright ʼ75
David E. Butler ʼ77
Hugh G. Nevin, Jr. ʼ59, ʼ77
Constance C. Colesʼ70, ʼ78
William Louis Wipfler ʼ65, ʼ78
Judith L. Tustison Kovacs ʼ69, ʼ79
1980's
James Henry Evans, Jr. ʼ80
Ms. Mary L. Serovy ’80
William Hall Harter ʼ82
Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon ʼ83
The Rev. Dr. Mary N. Hawkes ’83
Rev. Joseph C. Humper ’83
The Rev. Christina J. Del Piero ’84
William J. Taylor III ʼ84
Evelyn M. White ʼ84
Rev. Dr. James L. Brewer-Calvert ’85
The Rev. Bruce K. Cornwell ’85
Sarah J. Ryan ʼ85
Rev. Susan A. Blain ’86
Geoffrey Thomas Homan ʼ87
Rev. Dr. Darla D. Turlington ’87
Janet W. Blackburn ’88
Dr. Blake T. Franklin, Esq. ’88
Stephen B. Wilke ʼ89
1990's
Augustine Chingwala Musopole ʼ86, ʼ91
Marie Frances Noonan Sabin ʼ91
Emily Henriques Carson ʼ92
Rev. Dr. David D. Daniels III ’92
Frank Rothier Ditmars, Jr. ʼ93
Robert James Watkins, Jr. ʼ94
Lessie M. Cofield-Smith ʼ96
Frederick Anthony Drobin ʼ96
The Rev. Dr. Gay L. Byron ’99 ’92
Mxolisi Victor Mavi ʼ99
2000's
Staff, Faculty, Trustees, and Friends
Martha Darling Bell
Josephine N. Berger
Richard H. Bierly
John Atwater Bradley
Mitchell Brock
Sara W. Davidson
Charles C. Dickinson III
Jane Pate Eastham
Jeanette Lois Botsford Firth
George L. Follansbee
Nancy Jean George
Constantine Gertmenian
Peter Gibbs
Sheila C. Gordon
McLean M. Grant
Ann Benson Hall
Eugene W. Hamilton, Jr.
Betty T. Hendrickson
Carol Marie Herb
Theresa M. Johnson
Joe R. Jones
Peter H. Kaskell
Robert P. Keller
Charles G. Kiskaddon, Jr.
Dean D. Knudsen
Joanne M. Laufer
Mr. Norman Lear
Margot C. Lindsay
Mary Sloan Dickey Lindsay
Glenn D. Loomis
Lillian Lovelace
Robert L. Lundberg
Margaret C. McClellan
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Dale McNulty
Takako Martha Morita
Albert P. Neilson
Christopher Niebuhr
William Haven North
Samuel P. Peabody
Jaroslav Pelikan
Anne Perkins
Avery D. Post
Helmut Reihlen
Pablo Richard
Marie Rietmann
Rose Miles Robinson Roberts
Joseph O. Romness
Alford E. Setness
Luc Severe
Peggy L. Shriver
Herbert Skeete
Yolanda Smith
John Shelby Spong
Jack Arthur Stone
Richard A. Symes
Catharine Van Vlack
Jane B. Volckhausen
Patrick C. West
Saul Wider, M.D.
Albert Wilson
William E. Winson
Marilyn J. Workman
Charles Yrigoyen