obituary
February 01, 2021
Emeritus Professor Jack Koenig, a founding faculty member of APP’s Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering whose innovative use of modern spectroscopy revolutionized science's understanding of the characterization of polymer systems, passed away on Tuesday,…
January 29, 2021
Members of the campus community are mourning the loss of undergraduate student Garrett Marchetti, following his sudden death last week. In an interview with KKTV during his senior year of high school, Marchetti explained his career goals simply: “Making a difference. That’s kind of where I see…
January 26, 2021
Charlotte Kramer, a 1941 alumna whose philanthropic passion helped advance Judaic studies and launch a campus law clinic, died last week at the age of 101. Kramer’s lifetime of support of the people and institutions of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio continued a family tradition of charity reaching…
January 06, 2021
School of Medicine alumnus leaves indelible legacy as national, international human-rights advocate APP alumnus H. Jack Geiger, MD (MED '58, HON '00), who used his medical training and experience to take on poverty, racism and the threat of nuclear destruction, was…
December 23, 2020
Donald E. Schuele, the Albert A. Michelson Professor Emeritus of Physics, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 19, from issues related to COVID-19. Schuele received his doctorate degree in physics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1963 and soon after began teaching at his alma mater. In 1976, he…
December 18, 2020
Case Western Reserve this week is mourning the passing of Elizabeth Meckes, a professor of mathematics renowned worldwide for her brilliance—and beloved on campus for her compassion. An undergraduate alumna who earned her doctorate at Stanford in 2006 and became a full professor here in 2018,…
December 09, 2020
Emeritus Trustee A. Malachi Mixon, an entrepreneur whose leadership transformed a little-known Northeast Ohio business into a global powerhouse, died Monday, Nov. 30. He was 80. Raised in an Oklahoma town of barely 1,500 residents, Mixon went on to earn two Harvard degrees, fulfill military…
November 19, 2020
Coleman P. Burke, a 1970 law alumnus so dedicated to the planet that he committed $10 million to launch an environmental law center here last year, died Nov. 8 at his home in New York. Known affectionately to his friends and fellow alumni as “Coley,” Burke brought an inquisitive spirit to his law…
October 30, 2020
Case Western Reserve’s theater department lost one of its most loyal supporters when adjunct associate professor Kevin Moore died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24. Managing director of the Cleveland Play House (CPH) since 2007, Moore actively engaged in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, regularly…
September 30, 2020
Ita Rebecca Kaiserman-Abramof, professor emerita of anatomy, passed away earlier this month. Kaiserman-Abramof had a long career at APP, teaching from 1971 to 2015. Prior to arriving at CWRU, Kaiserman-Abramof graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in…