Remembrances
Celebrate and remember alumni friends and classmates who have passed away. Search for an individual's name to see a record of their major interactions with Williams, read their obituary (if provided by their next of kin), and share a memory of your time together.
The Remembrances site was launched in Spring of 2020, and includes death notifications beginning July 1, 2019. Archived obituaries are available and can be found in pre-2020 issues of Alumni News (Williams People).
Denys Slater ’54 P’86
May 30, 2020, Dallas, Texas
Katharine “Kathy” Allen ’72
May 15, 2020, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
John Schimmel ’58
October 9, 2019, Fort Worth, Texas
William “Bill” Gehron ’50
May 24, 2020, Lewes, Delaware
Louis Benton ’62
May 12, 2020, Fernandina, Florida
John Scales ’59
April 14, 2020, Alexandria, Virginia
N. “Joe” Roberts ’60
May 6, 2020, New York, New York
Charles “Charlie” Dickson ’62
May 11, 2020, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania
Paul Pearson ’66
May 3, 2020, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Thomas “Tom” Buffinton ’44
May 16, 2020, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mitchell Portnoy ’78
October 15, 2019, New York, New York
Alan Reed ’55 P’84 GP’25 ’16 ’15
May 12, 2020, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Marina Mednik-Vaksman ’05
November 11, 2019, Austin, Texas
Christopher “Chris” Myers ’87
May 9, 2020, Chicago, Illinois
Edwin “Ed” Sheffield ’44
April 25, 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
H. “Russ” Platt ’48 P’80
April 28, 2020, Glencoe, Illinois
Michael “Mike” Goff ’74
May 2, 2020, Tuckahoe, New York
Donald Becker ’57
May 1, 2020, Maidens, Virginia
John “Joe” Prendergast ’59
April 21, 2020, Palo Alto, California
George “Mr. Smith” Smith ’48
April 26, 2020