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ohn Moses ’53, of Stamford, Conn., who served as an M.P. in the U.S. Army, was a longtime Union College supporter and enjoyed a successful career in management, died Dec. 8, 2012. He was 84. Following his military service, John, who earned a master’s degree from New York University, worked with New York Telephone (now Verizon), where we became director of operations and development. He was also employed by Marriott International as director of management training, development and quality. John, always dedicated to his community, was president of the CT/ Westchester chapter of the Association for Psychological Type; president of the Stamford Senior Center; and a member of the advisory board of the Southwest Connecticut Commission on Aging. He also did much for Union College.
A head agent of his class, longstanding member of the Alumni Council and Annual Fund National chair who served on numerous ReUnion committees, John was instrumental in the creation of the 1953 Room in Abbe Hall. For his devotion and hard work, he received the Alumni Gold Medal and the Distinguished Service Award. Survivors include his wife Patricia, daughter Debbie, son Jonathan and stepsons Nicholas and Paul Verbitsky.
2012. Also the owner of The Bloomin’ Lily, he was 68.
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Martin F. McDonald Jr. ’68, of Glenville, N.Y., who enlisted in the U.S. Navy and joined the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. before starting a career at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., where he worked as a contract administrator and manager for 40 years, Nov. 11, 2012. He was 81.
Mike Rone ’72, of Orono, Minn. and formerly St. Paul, who worked with his father in the family cabinet manufacturing business, Medallion Kitchens, before co-founding Northern Contours in 1992, Dec. 29, 2012. Mike, who was 63, loved to travel and visited countries including Africa, Turkey and Italy.
James “Johnny” Healy ’74, of Schenectady, N.Y., and formerly of Chelsea, Mass., a World War II veteran who was a communications expert in the Marshall Islands and was a nuclear engineer with General Electric until his retirement in 1988, Oct., 21, 2012. He was 89. Robert Peter Toal Jr. ’74, of Amsterdam, N.Y., an electrical engineer who worked with General Electric, WGY and New York State Government Services, and was a member of the Schenectady Amateur Radio Association, Nov. 12, 2012. He was 69. Dave Kodl ’76, of LaGrange, Ga., a mechanical engineer at Duracell and a member of MENSA and Westminster Presbyterian Church who loved the outdoors, Nov. 6, 2012. He was 57. David Bartosh ’77 on April 7, 2011. He was 62. Gordon E. Clickman ’78, of Colonie, N.Y., who worked for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for 35 years and operated a marina on Lake George for several years, Feb. 1, 2013. A member of the Northeast Stock Car Racing Old Timers who enjoyed auto racing, he was 64. S. Paul Anzalone ’79, of Rotterdam, N.Y., a senior civil engineer with the state Department of Transportation, Structures Division, who served with the U.S. Air Force and New York Air National Guard 109th Tactical Airlift Wing, Jan. 12, 2013. A member of the Carman Volunteer Fire Department and many other community organizations, he was 73.
1980s Timothy S. Agar ’82, of Sacramento, Calif., an avid outdoorsman and accomplished businessman and journalist who earned his master’s degree in journalism at the University of Arizona, Dec. 19, 2012. He was 52. David C. Owens ’83, on Aug. 7, 2012. He was 57. William Alan Rose ’84, of Clifton Park, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2013.
2000s Kathryn Barry Truax ’04, of Ruxton, Md., who taught fifth grade and literature to sixth- and seventh-graders at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic School in Bethesda, and was the school’s director of development, Dec. 2, 2012. Kathryn, who enjoyed sailing on the Chesapeake Bay, was 30.
Friends of Union College Norma C. Jacob, an administrative assistant at Union for 26 years who was an active member of Annie Schaffer Seniors and Scotia-Glenville Seniors, and a longtime member of Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church, Oct. 15, 2012. She was 92. William C. Dixon, of Clayton, N.Y., who served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and received numerous honors for his service, and who spent 27 years with the New York State Department of Transportation before retiring and working as an adjunct professor of engineering at Union, Jan. 24, 2013. He was 82.
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