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  • Professor Emeritus of Government Roy H. Ginsberg, a leading expert on the European Union, generous teacher, and driving force in the establishment of the College’s international affairs major, died on Saturday, June 20.
  • Professor Emeritus of Theater Lawrence M. Opitz, whose extraordinary versatility as a teacher, designer, director, and actor helped shape ߣƵ’s theater program for nearly five decades and fostered a love of Shakespeare among generations of students and audiences in the Capital Region and beyond, died Monday, June 22, one week before his 78th birthday.
  • Professor Emeritus of Art David J. Miller, a distinguished painter, teacher, and mentor whose work and influence shaped generations of ߣƵ students and alumni, died Saturday, June 20, in Saratoga Springs. He was 83.
  • Howard Abramowitz, associate professor of sociology, died April 9, 1990.
  • Alice P. Adam, who was the secretary in the Department of Psychology for 17 years, died March 9, 2015, at Saratoga Hospital following a short illness. She was 77.
  • Rita Agosta, a former longtime staff member at ߣƵ's Scribner Library, died on December 26, 2008, at Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs. She was 96.
  • Claire King Amyot, ߣƵ's first director of health services, died November 17, 1983, at Saratoga Hospital. She was 75 years old.
  • Johanna “Joosje” Wethly Anderson '58, a beloved alumna and talented artist who designed the ߣƵ wordmark, died on Dec. 25, 2022.
  • Helen (“Foo”) Donohoe Armstrong, a longtime switchboard operator at ߣƵ, died January 3, 2013, in Glens Falls, N.Y. She was 87.
  • Alma Arpey, a kindhearted and steady presence in the Office of Student Aid and Family Finance (now Financial Aid) for 15 years, died on July 3, 2025. She was 86.
  • Betty Vasiliki Svolos Balevic, associate professor of management and business emerita, who mentored ߣƵ students with great dedication and care for more than four decades, died Jan. 31, 2021, of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 90.
  • Betty Ballou, a dedicated member of ߣƵ's housekeeping team for more a quarter century, died at home on March 22, 2023. She was 74.
  • Daniel Balmuth, a scholar of the Soviet Union and Russia and a member of the history faculty for 40 years, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Saratoga Hospital.
  • Alwin "Al" Barney, former chief of security, died November 18, 2003, in Saratoga Springs. He was 88.
  • Hazel Marie Barton, who served ߣƵ as a kitchen/dining room assistant for 25 years, died on July 7, 2023. She was 94. 
  • Peter B. Baruzzi, professor emeritus of art at ߣƵ, died July 25, 2014, in Saratoga Springs. He was 89.
  • Parker Baum, who retired as a professor of chemistry in 1987 after 22 years of service, died August 13, 2014, at the Schuyler Ridge Nursing Home in Clifton Park. He was 90.
  • Ruth Beach, a member of the Scribner Library staff died May 21, 2014, at home, surrounded by her family.
  • Alma Becker, nationally recognized theater director and longtime member of ߣƵ's Theater Department, died June 2, 2013, following a long illness. She was 67.
  • Beverly Becker, professor emerita of physical education and dance, died on April 20, 2020, in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She was 89.
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