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Xueting Du, a student in the Weatherhead School of Management’s Master of Science in Management – Finance program, died earlier this month following a medical emergency. She was 23. “Xueting will be remembered for her dedication and hard work in the MSM Finance program but most importantly, she…

Courtesy of CWRU Athletics Case Western Reserve University equipment manager Hugh Marshall, who touched the lives of thousands of members of the community during his over-30 years of service to the campus, passed away Thursday, June 14, at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. “Hugh inspired…

Memorial service Thursday at Amasa Stone Chapel for longtime faculty member, researcher and former NASA shuttle payload specialist Joseph Prahl, a longtime Case Western Reserve faculty member—and a payload specialist for the 1992 Columbia space shuttle flight—will be remembered Thursday in a…

Case Western Reserve University and the Department of Physical Education and Athletics were saddened to learn of the passing of Doug Mooney, former legendary tennis coach for the university. Mooney served Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve for all but one year of his entire…

Dorothy Humel Hovorka’s impact on Case Western Reserve University is indelible: She served as a trustee, a fundraiser, a donor, and the organizer of a centennial celebration of one of the university’s greatest discoveries. Last month, Humel Hovorka (HON ’09) passed away at the age of 96 after a…

A junior accounting major known for his infectious enthusiasm died early Tuesday morning in an automobile accident on the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. Family, friends and fraternity brothers are mourning Robert Park, 20, who was known for his enthusiastic, outgoing nature—as well as the care he…

Jim McElhaney, the Joseph C. Hostetler Professor Emeritus of Trial Practice and Advocacy, passed away Oct. 20. In his nearly 25 years at Case Western Reserve (1978-2002), McElhaney was known as a leading educator of trial litigation. At Case Western Reserve University, McElhaney became one of the…

Students and colleagues across campus are remembering Todd (TJ) McCallum, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, for his warm, caring nature and positive spirit. After a yearlong battle with a chronic illness, McCallum passed away Dec. 5. McCallum, who joined Case Western…

Services will be held tomorrow in remembrance of Robert C. Dunbar, emeritus professor of chemistry, who died Oct. 31. He was 74. Dunbar graduated from Harvard University in 1965 with a bachelor’s in chemistry and obtained his PhD in physical chemistry from Stanford University in 1970. He began…

Services will be held this weekend for an emeritus professor and three-time alumnus who made a major impact on Case Western Reserve University and on the field of engineering. Harry W. Mergler, a member of the university’s faculty for more than 30 years, died last month at the age of 93. As a…