In Memoriam Alumni 1930s Chester A. Bamforth ’33 of Virginia Beach, March 6, 2002. Mannie F. Camp ’33 of Virginia Beach, June 16, 2002. Sidney W. Mason ’33 of Norfolk, June 8, 2002. William F. “Froggy” Rountrey ’33 of Chesapeake, May 19, 2002. Elizabeth Wilson Downey ’35 of Virginia Beach, May 13, 2002. Charles C. Shufflebarger ’35 of Hampton, March 12, 2002. Charles E. Barco Jr. ’39 of Virginia Beach, June 27, 2002. George E. Langley ’39 of Virginia Beach, June 6, 2002. Lafayette F. “Buzz” Sawyer ’39 of Portsmouth, May 29, 2002. 1940s Roy B. Martin Jr. ’40 of Norfolk, May 20, 2002. Louis Mirman ’42 of Virginia Beach, April 14, 2002. Carroll W. Hopkins Jr. ’43 of Norfolk, May 18, 2002. Jacob Whiman ’43 of Norfolk, March 30, 2002. Doris Bell Hardin ’44 of Plymouth, Ind., March 26, 2002. William G. Barr ’46 of Norfolk, June 20, 2002. Dr. Maurice M. Miller ’46 of Virginia Beach, June 15, 2002. Peter Sachon ’46 of of Bonita Springs, Fla., formerly of Virginia Beach, May 1, 2002. Hubert P. Sykes ’47 of Norfolk, June 26, 2002. Wallace E. Weems Sr. ’47 of Raleigh, N.C., March 9, 2002. Lawrence N. Cross ’48 of Portsmouth, May 14, 2002. Shirley Owens Hurst ’48 of Windsor, March 31, 2002. Thomas A. Bond Jr. ’49 of Norfolk, April 20, 2002. 1950s Leroy M. Goodman ’50 of Virginia Beach, April 2, 2002. Asbury W. Stallworth Jr. ’51 of Melbourne, Fla., formerly of Norfolk, March 12, 2002. Woodrow “Woody” H. Franklin ’52 of Virginia Beach, April 14, 2002. Melvin S. Gottlieb ’54 of Norfolk, March 18, 2002. Robert W. Fondren ’58 of Virginia Beach, April 9, 2002. William D. Phillips ’58 of Norfolk, May 20, 2002. 1960s William W. Plunkett III ’60 of Blacksburg, April 14, 2002. Constance Simons du Pont Darden ’64 of Norfolk, Feb. 7, 2002. Robert L. Hicks Sr. ’64 of Norfolk, April 16, 2002. William W. Beane ’65 of Timonium, Md., June 25, 2002. Martha D. Beacham ’66 of Norfolk, Feb. 17, 2002. James T. Ritch Jr. ’67 (M.B.A. ’77) of Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 1, 2002. Gene W. Hirschfeld (M.S.Ed. ’68) of Virginia Beach, March 26, 2002. 1970s James A. Sherrill (M.S.Ed. ’70) of Chesapeake, May 3, 2002. Robert J. Morrison ’71 (M.A. ’73) of Virginia Beach, May 5, 2002. Henry B. Hunter Jr. ’72 of Norfolk, May 26, 2002. Helen Gage Cole ’73 of Hampton, April 23, 2002. Grace A. Lane ’79 of Clay Center, Kan., June 7, 2002. 1980s John M. Brozena ’81 of Virginia Beach, March 10, 2002. Leonard T. Smith (M.B.A. ’81) of Norfolk, April 5, 2002. Rock E. Blais ’82 of Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30, 2001. Thomas W. Englert ’85 of Chesapeake, Aug. 3, 2001. Faculty Robert B. Bray Robert B. Bray, former director of the English Language Center, died Feb. 11, 2002. A native and resident of Norfolk, he was 51. He retired in October 2000 after 16 years as director of the English Language Center. He taught in the center two years prior to becoming director. Bray also served as associate director of the Office of International Programs and as its acting executive director from August 1999 through May 2000. A past president of the Virginia affiliate of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), Bray was credited with building the faculty and staff of the English Language Center into a nationally recognized study and training program. He developed ties with a wide range of partners, including Kitakyushu University, Deutsche Telekom, the Edmund Muskie Fellowship Program and the University of Blumenau in Brazil. Survivors include his parents, Judge and Mrs. Jerry G. Bray Jr. of Virginia Beach; and three brothers, Jerry Randolph Bray of Southern Shores, N.C., Donald Lee Bray of Virginia Beach and Stephen Gary Bray of Alexandria, Va. Memorial donations may be made to the Educational Foundation, 129 Koch Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. 23529. The Office of International Programs has created an In Memoriam Web site on its home page: www.odu.edu/international; click on “Remembering Bob Bray” in the news box. To contribute photos and/or recollections for posting, contact Scott King at sking@odu.edu. Gene W. Hirschfeld Dr. Gene W. Hirschfeld, 84, an oral surgeon who founded the School of Dental Hygiene, died March 26, 2002, at his home in Virginia Beach. The family has asked that memorial donations be made to the Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene Fund at Old Dominion, in care of the Office of Development, 129 Koch Hall, Norfolk, Va. 23529. Hirschfeld joined the faculty in 1966, having served in private practice and for the Army as an oral surgeon and director of a hospital ship training school. He became the first director of the dental hygiene department and served in that capacity 14 years. Following his last year as chair (1979-80), he accepted the title of eminent professor and returned to full-time teaching. He retired in July 1982, at which time the department was named in his honor. Hirschfeld helped lead a campaign for a program for dental auxiliaries, which was implemented in 1967. As well as planning and implementing dental hygiene and dental assisting curricula, he designed the facilities and personally directed the construction of the Dental Hygiene Clinic, which was completed in 1968. He also earned his master’s from Old Dominion that year. A native of New York, Hirschfeld was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and practiced dentistry in Norfolk for 27 years before joining the Old Dominion faculty. He twice was voted an Outstanding Educator in America. Survivors include his wife, Mary; two daughters, Esther Leigh Cohen and JoAnn Cardon-Glass; and a son, Richard.