obituary
‘Giant’ of Workers’ Rights Lois Spier Gray Dies after 72 Years with ILR
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“This just became something that was ingrained in her, the equality of people. That all people should be treated with human dignity and with rights.”
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/obituary/page/5/)
“This just became something that was ingrained in her, the equality of people. That all people should be treated with human dignity and with rights.”
Iris Zhu ’21, a student in the School of Hotel Administration, died while being treated for a severe illness last weekend.
A rising senior in the College of Human Ecology, Rachel Doran ’19 died last Friday after battling against several rare and life-threatening syndromes.
“Carol carried the name Warrior in every aspect of her life,” her obituary reads. She was an “indigenous literature scholar, fighter for indigenous rights, and lover of family, community and students.”
Robert Allen Plane served as provost in the late 1960s and early 1970s, during a period of tumultuous race relations and political unrest throughout the country and on campus.
Caroline F. Spicer, who worked at Olin library for almost 40 years, died last Saturday at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca.
Dorothy Cotton helped type Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech and worked to spread awareness for the civil rights movement before joining Cornell as the director of student activities.
Prof. Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus died aged 91 on April 23 in Ithaca. He is known for co-founding the field of chemical ecology and was awarded the 2014 National Medal of Science, the highest honor in science and engineering in the country.
Philip H. Hoff J.D. ’51, a Cornell alumnus and a three-term governor of Vermont died Thursday April 26 at his home in Shelburne, Vermont. He was 93.
Colin’s reason for becoming an officer was simple: “Because I wanted to help people.”