In Memoriam

ALUMNI
1930s
Jerome B. “Jerry” Griffin Jr. ’39 of Norfolk, July 20, 2005.

1940s
Dalton E. McCoy ’43 of Norfolk, Nov. 12, 2005.
Robert G. Adkisson ’47 of Norfolk, Nov. 10, 2005.
John H. Brownley ’47 of Alexandria, Va., and Norfolk, May 8, 2005.
Dorothy Goodman Mandl ’49 of Billings, Mont., Aug. 2, 2005.
James E. “Ed” Rich ’49 of Chesapeake, Aug. 23, 2005.
Robert P. Wadsworth ’49 of Portsmouth, Aug. 7, 2005.

1950s
John F. Ward ’55 of Virginia Beach, July 26, 2005.

1960s
Robert E. Laird ’61 of Norfolk and Franklin, Va., Aug. 17, 2005.
Timothy J. Davis ’64 of Chesapeake, Aug. 15, 2005.

1970s
Walter C. “Doc” Turner Jr. ’72 of Virginia Beach, July 25, 2005.
Deborah Hughes Rhodes ’73 (M.S.Ed. ’82) of Chesapeake, Sept. 17, 2005.
George L. Getrige ’74 of Chesapeake, Oct. 30, 2005.

Horace B. Morton ’75 of Norfolk, Oct. 11, 2005.
Alfonza L. Artis ’76 of Suffolk, Sept. 17, 2005.
Lily Weaver Banks ’77 of Chesapeake, Aug. 13, 2005.

1980s
Sandra M. Ellis ’82 of Virginia Beach, July 15, 2005.
Ruth Brown Peoples (M.S.Ed. ’88) of Norfolk, Oct. 7, 2005.
Alfred Bernard III (M.A. ’89) of Norfolk, Nov. 11, 2005.

1990s
James A. Prescott ’90 of Virginia Beach, Sept. 15, 2005.
Nancy Ellen Jackson Gass (M.S.Ed. ’92) of Norfolk, Sept. 3, 2005.
Arlene G. Magtibay ’93 of Virginia Beach, Oct. 30, 2005.
Dennis G. Dayrit ’94 of Virginia Beach, July 16, 2005.
Daniel P. Champion ’96 of Youngstown, Ohio, Aug. 12, 2005.

FACULTY
Pauline K. “Polly” Wise
Pauline K. “Polly” Wise, associate professor emerita of educational curriculum and instruction, died together with her husband when their Norfolk home was destroyed by fire the morning of Oct. 25, 2005.

Wise was 89 and her husband, Dr. Harry S. Wise, former director of the Norfolk Health Department, was 91. Harry Wise had taught at Old Dominion in the 1970s as an adjunct professor of biological sciences.

Polly Wise joined the ODU faculty in 1963, but had a break in service before the end of the decade. She was rehired in 1970 and taught reading and early childhood education until 1982. She served for several years as graduate program director of reading and helped develop the education school’s reading clinic and master’s program in reading.

Survivors include her daughter, Martha W. McCaffrey of Slidell, La.; her son, Michael T. Wise of Norfolk; and a sister, Shirley Wennerholt of Peoria, Ill.

James R.K. Heinen
James R.K. Heinen, 65, of Norfolk, a retired associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, died Nov. 22, 2005.

A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Heinen joined the Old Dominion faculty in 1974 and taught for 26 years at the university. He won the Darden College of Education’s Sara and Rufus Tonelson Award in 1983.

He is survived by his companion, Patricia J. Melise of Norfolk.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Joy Fund, c/o The Virginian-Pilot, 150 W. Brambleton Ave., Norfolk VA 23510.