In Memoriam
Dr. Susan Arisman, who died Jan. 5, 2021, was dean of the College of Education from 1995 to 2006. A leader with broad experience in higher education and public schools, she did much in her tenure to move the College forward, including elevating the disciplines of Physical Education and Recreation, establishing the Master of Arts in Teaching programs and leading the College to accreditation under revised NCATE performance-based standards. FSU was among the first 36 schools nationwide to achieve this. Following her retirement from FSU, she served as interim dean of the Coppin State University School of Education. She earned her doctorate in English from the University of Chicago. She is survived by her children, John E. Arisman, Peter M. Arisman and Jolyn M. Arisman.
Dr. Christine Grontkowski, who died Feb. 15, 2021, was provost from 1997 to 2002. She co-wrote many academic articles; however, her strength lay in teaching, her management of students and faculty, university programs and budgets and in nurturing women, people of color and immigrants to achieve high academic standards. She was a supporter of initiatives and programs that served the underserved. She always taught at least one class in philosophy. Following her retirement, she became involved with the Foundation for Naturopathic Medicine and helped translate 19th-century German texts into English for a textbook. She earned her doctorate in theology and philosophy from Fordham University. She is survived by her husband, Thomas J. Grontkowski, and her daughter, Laura Grontkowski James. Her memorial service will be livestreamed at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at this link.
Dr. Paul P. Hunt, who died on Nov. 24, 2020, was a professor in the Department of Chemistry for 32 years, retiring in 1998. Before his academic career, he worked in industry developing solid-fuel propellants for missiles. As a professor, he was most proud of the accomplishments of his students, many of whom went on to advanced degrees in chemistry, medicine and dentistry. He also coached youth and recreation league basketball, volunteered with 4-H and was a leader and teacher at Zion Methodist Church. He established the Dr. Paul P. Hunt Chemistry Achievement Award through the Frostburg State University Foundation. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Helen, and his sons Dr. Daniel P. Hunt ’77 and Dr. Larry S. Hunt.
Ruth Wallinger, who died on Sept. 26, 2020, was a long-time member of the Communication Studies faculty, teaching at FSU for 35 years and retiring in 2008. She was instrumental in establishing the interdisciplinary Leadership Studies Minor and served as the program's first coordinator. She was an active member of the FSU community, and in the local community, she was an election judge, a member of the board of directors for Friends of the LaVale Library, and a lector, choir member and Church Council officer for Christ Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband and retired faculty member, Dr. Michael Wallinger, and their children, Jonathan Wallinger and Kirsten Wallinger-Vijil. The Ruth A. Wallinger Leadership Studies Scholarship through the FSU Foundation was established in her honor.
Dr. Steven P. Wilkinson, who died Dec. 18, 2020, was dean of the College of Business for 14 years and a professor of business and finance in the Department of Marketing and Finance for another 12. During his last few years with the University, he worked as a business consultant for the Small Business Development Center. He retired in 2012. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Vietnam War. He earned his doctorate from Southern Illinois University. He is survived by his wife, Stefani Schmitt Wilkinson ’97, and children, Daniel Wilkinson and Heather Wilkinson.
Alumni
- 1940+
Velma M. Richmond Pfahler ’43
Died April 9, 2020Mary K. Jett ’48
Died Feb. 16, 2020
- 1950+
Joseph E. Maley ’50
Died Sept. 28, 2020Roy E. Pepper ’51
Died Sept. 15, 2020Dolores I. Bean Chabot ’53
Died Oct. 29, 2020Mary V. Wiebrecht Alderton ’54
Died June 20, 2020Jim R. Lemmert ’54/M’60
Died Oct. 10, 2020Emery A. Turner ’56
Died July 28, 2020Sandra D. DiPilato Shapiro ’57
Died July 25, 2020G. Ed Dawson ’58/M’65 *
Died Sept. 30, 2020Marvin T. Llewellyn ’58
Died Sept. 7, 2020Dorothea Wilson Rowe ’58
Died Aug. 23, 2020Thomas E. Van Pelt ’58
Died Nov. 20, 2020
- 1960+
Robert D. Hawkins ’60
Died Sept. 29, 2020Frances J. Bollinger Nolan ’60
Died Aug. 9, 2020Alton B. Hoopengardner ’61/M’72
Died July 25, 2020Ronald J. Young ’61
Died Oct. 29, 2019Ruth A. MacCumbee Henry ’62
Died May 12, 2020J. Charlie Adcock ’63
Died April 10, 2020Carol S. Hooper Jones ’63
Died May 21, 2020Darlene V. Bittner Lavin ’63
Died Dec. 8, 2020Connie M. Jamison ’64
Died Sept. 27, 2020Richard T. “Bob” Stevenson, Sr. ’64/M’69 *
Died June 8, 2020Carole R. Allee ’65
Died April 21, 2020Judith A. Koenig Almony ’65
Died Oct. 23, 2020Susanne J. Shoup Cosner ’65
Died July 28, 2020Richard E. Pope ’65
Died July 23, 2020Raymond T. Elliott M’66
Died July 2, 2020Dale D. Benshoof ’67
Died June 7, 2020Paula Earnest Johnson ’67
Died Aug. 29, 2020Janet H. Messick ’67
Died July 17, 2020Rev. Charles W. Beamer ’68
Died Jan. 15, 2020John F. Bardi ’69
Died Sept. 24, 2020Sandra K. Zirkle Lease ’69
Died Nov. 6, 2020Nancy Cohill Manuel M’69
Died July 9, 2020
- 1970+
William M. Pastis ’71
Died Aug. 21, 2020Robert L. Sheetz ’71
Died July 17, 2020R. LeRoy Creswell ’72
Died Oct. 27, 2020Mary J. Welch Monte ’73
Died Aug. 9, 2020Norma F. McCarty Czernicki M’74
Died Sept. 12, 2020Mary A. Glass ’74
Died April 19, 2020Margaret “Meg” Wright Schultz ’74
Died July 21, 2020Neil W. Davis ’75
Died Jan. 29, 2020Charles E. Drake, Sr. M’75
Died Nov. 25, 2020Douglas C. Fox ’75
Died June 5, 2020James G. Horner ’75
Died July 24, 2020Charles E. Shirko ’75
Died Oct. 20, 2020Paula L. Johnson Swayne M’75
Died Dec. 13, 2020Paul P. Altman, Jr. ’78
Died June 5, 2020Yvonne J. Belt ’78 *
Died March 24, 2018Robert Sicheri, Jr. ’78
Died Dec. 30, 2020Jay A. Stevens M’78
Died Nov. 8, 2020Sonja F. Alligood Tuning ’78
Died Aug. 10, 2020Susan Arns Adams ’79
Died July 9, 2020
- 1980+
John A. Latimer III M’81
Died Oct. 29, 2020William K. Walker ’81
Died Nov. 14, 2020John J. Poetzel, Jr. ’85
Died June 7, 2020David A. Bertaux ’86
Died Sept. 2, 2020Elisa M. Gropper-Linowes ’86
Died Aug. 22, 2020Scott W. Lamont ’87
Died Sept. 6, 2020Danny S. Shaffer ’87 *
Died Aug. 17, 2020Hila E. Ritchie Uhl ’89
Died Dec. 4, 2020
- 1990+
Frederick T. Ensor, Jr. ’91
Died July 16, 2020Karen Bashang Hite ’92
Died May 16, 2020Jason C. Banks ’94/M’95
Died June 2, 2020Samuel L. Wakefield, Jr. ’96
Died Oct. 29, 2020Deborah E. Shanholtzer Jackson ’97/M’01
Died Nov. 14, 2020
- 2000+
Jonathan E. Jones ’99/M’02
Died Dec. 18, 2020Kathryn S. Maust Beals ’02
Died Nov. 18, 2020William F. Elliott M’03
Died Dec. 21, 2020David M. Allen M’05
Died Aug. 11, 2020James M. Hahn M’06
Died May 30, 2020Kelli M. Morgan Wills ’07
Died Nov. 13, 2020Rhett D. Myers ’08
Died July 25, 2020
- 2010+
Scott T. Eastment ’11
Died June 27, 2020Theodore J. Bulley ’16
Died July 13, 2020Amanda L. Monahan ’17
Died Sept. 1, 2020
- Friends of the University
Promise C. Aguoru
Died Sept. 29, 2020Charles L. Amos
Died Nov. 11, 2020Gregory P. Andorfer *
Died Oct. 29, 2020Roselyn Dumm Colella
Died Oct. 15, 2020John L. Dunkle, Jr.
Died Dec. 8, 2020Ronald T. Emerick *
Died June 21, 2020Walt J. Farozic
Died Oct. 25, 2020Naomi “Jean” Faulkner
Died Dec. 16, 2020Brian K. Green, Jr.
Died June 16, 2020John L. Groer
Died Oct. 22, 2020Drew J. L. Halsey
Died June 19, 2020Bernice P. Bovey Harding
Died May 30, 2020Leslie E. Hitchins *
Died Oct. 17, 2020Karen L. Bean Jocius
Died Oct. 28, 2020Paul R. Klein
Died July 28, 2020Joseph W. Kyle *
Died May 30, 2020Lillian E. Winters Leptic *
Died May 16, 2020Francis R. Lesneski
Died July 6, 2020Linda S. Lewis *
Died Oct. 21, 2020Harvey E. Martini, Jr.
Died June 20, 2020Pollyanna Ward McVicker
Died July 27, 2020Herbert L. Phelps
Died April 6, 2020Lorraine A. Adams Richards *
Died Nov. 21, 2020Robert J. Rigger
Died April 21, 2020A. Max Salomon
Died Oct. 2, 2020Harold A. Saxton
Died May 18, 2020Glenda J. Schroder
Died June 17, 2020Linda S. Cameron Snyder *
Died Jan. 4, 2021Marilou H. Mattingly Sowers
Died Nov. 19, 2020Dr. Wayne C. Spiggle, Jr.
Died July 31, 2020Alice V. Stevanus *
Died Sept. 24, 2020Donald A. Stillwagon
Died June 13, 2020Thayer Talcott, Jr.
Died Sept. 15, 2020David E. Taylor
Died Aug. 28, 2020Matilda J. Hutzel Walker
Died Sept. 1, 2020Kathleen R. Mullaney Watkins *
Died Nov. 15, 2020V. Andrew Wolodkin *
Died Sept. 17, 2020Morgan B. Wootten
Died Jan. 21, 2020Agnes Bell Yount *
Died Sept. 7, 2020
* Former faculty or staff member