1940s
Leslie B. Kreger ’41 of Virginia Beach, May 23, 2005.
Eva S. Pope ’46 of Capron, Va., June 21, 2005.
Augustine “Gus” Anninos ’49 of Norfolk, April 20, 2005.
John R. Sears Jr. ’49 of Norfolk, May 8, 2005.

1950s
Richard A. Gourley ’52 of Virginia Beach, June 29, 2005.
Georgia “Kate” McNemar ’52 of Washington, D.C., April 16, 2005.
Jacqueline McCarthy Ransdell ’53 of Raleigh, N.C., April 21, 2005.
Douglas L. Roberts Sr. ’56 of Portsmouth, March 26, 2005.
Arthur J. “Kayo” Barco Jr. ’57 of Virginia Beach, June 17, 2005.
Louis P. Corleto ’57 of Norfolk, June 25, 2005.
Dallas B. Speight ’58 of Virginia Beach, May 3, 2005.

1960s
John S. Garrenton Jr. ’66 of Portsmouth, May 8, 2005.
Thora Jean Pesnicak ’66 (M.A. ’84) of Virginia Beach.
Carolyn S. Pratts (M.S.Ed. ’66) of Virginia Beach, May 6, 2005.
Edwin M. Leidholdt ’68 of Virginia Beach, May 24, 2005.
John B. McGaughy Jr. ’69 of Virginia Beach, June 1, 2005.
Lillian Mae Rupert Warden ’69 of Camden, N.C., April 28, 2005.
Stuart F. White ’69 of Virginia Beach, June 12, 2005.

1970s
Frances B. Gilbert ’71 (M.U.S. ’75) of Bluffton, S.C., April 12, 2005.
Mildred Twiford Quidley ’71 of Coinjock, N.C., April 13, 2005.
James O. Heptinstall Jr. (M.E. ’72) of Smithfield, June 5, 2005.
Barbara Goldman Markman ’72 of Virginia Beach, May 12, 2005.
Charles Ernest Reynolds III ’73 of Charlottesville, Va., July 15, 2005.
Michael John Rose ’73 of Berryville, Va., May 16, 2005.
Bonnie Burbage Speece ’73 of Cincinnati, June 19, 2005.
Richard L. Odessky ’74 of Norfolk, June 18, 2005.
Gail Walters Hinton ’75 of Suffolk, May 23, 2005.
Rosa Lee Pitts Powell (M.S.Ed. ’77) of Portsmouth, July 2, 2005.

1980s
Leslie Ashenfelter (M.S.Ed. ’81) of Hershey, Pa., June 16, 2005.
Leigh F. Murphy ’82 of Norfolk, June 29, 2005.

FACULTY
Charles K. Sibley
Charles K. Sibley, 83, professor emeritus of art, died of heart failure Aug. 13, 2005.

A resident of Portsmouth, he was widely considered the region’s most important artist. He came to Old Dominion in 1955 and created the art department, which today has 30 full- and part-time instructors and more than 400 students.

Sibley served as department chair from 1955 to 1969 and in 1975 was appointed the Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Art. He retired in 1980, after which he devoted his time to his painting. He was known primarily for figurative work and abstraction.

Sibley’s paintings and other works are in the public collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Harvard University Collection and the Chrysler Museum of Art, among others.

“I can’t think of anyone who has had more of an impact on the community, in terms of visual arts,” art professor Ken Daley said in an Aug. 14 Virginian-Pilot story. Daley was hired by Sibley in 1965.

A native of Huntington, W.Va., Sibley earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Ohio State University, after which he was commissioned in the U.S. Navy and served during six campaigns in the South Pacific and Asiatic theaters.

He went on to earn a master’s in art education from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in painting from Iowa State University. He also studied at the Chicago Art Institute.

Before coming to Old Dominion, then known as the Norfolk Division, Sibley taught at Duke University and the University of Texas.

Survivors include a sister, Betty Jo Wagers, and his lifelong friend, Robert V. Vick. Memorial donations may be made to the Sibley Scholarship at Old Dominion, ODU Office of Development, 129 Koch Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529.

Allen S. Bridge
Allen S. Bridge, D.D.S., 59, lecturer of dental hygiene, died Aug. 18, 2005, in his Virginia Beach residence.

A retired self-employed dentist, he began teaching at ODU in 1997 as an adjunct professor, and in 2001 joined the faculty full time. He wrote the curriculum for the Tidewater Tech Dental Program, where he was the head of the Dental Assisting Program.

Survivors include his wife, Esther Sturman Bridge; daughters, Melissa R. Schoenfeld of Norfolk and Sara Beth Lieb of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and son, Sidney Bridge of Norfolk.