obituary

Thomas J. Knab never looked for plaudits; instead, they found him: A Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, and the chief information officer in the College of Arts and Sciences, he earned an international reputation for his ear for music and his mind for technology. Courtesy of Quire…

43 years of distinguished service covered multiple areas, from the physics classroom to athletics to planning and management A love of science—especially physics—drew young Arthur P. Leary from suburban Philadelphia to Case Western Reserve in 1941. Soon after, the university itself captured his…

During many lunch hours, the gentle sounds of the lute would emanate from the first-floor Haydn Hall office of Stephen H. Toombs, who often used that time to practice the instrument he so loved. “Those quiet sounds seemed as much a part of the building as the bricks on the wall,” said David…

Gregory “Greg” Graham was so admired by his distance-learning students that, invariably, when he was introduced the first time they gathered on campus, they’d erupt in applause. Graham’s dedication to teaching was so great, colleagues, at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing said, that he…

From the Agnar Pytte Science Center to the iconic Peter B. Lewis Building and dozens of projects in between, the longtime planning leader played a pivotal role in shaping the physical face of the university—even if he regularly eschewed credit for his efforts. “I’d like to be remembered for being…

Case Western Reserve will host a memorial service for David Morgenthaler at 4 p.m. Monday, July 11, in the Amasa Stone Chapel. Morgenthaler, a longtime Cleveland resident, was a visionary venture capitalist who supported university initiatives in management, medicine and international engagement.…

Visiting hours will be held this evening for Diego Barrera Bayona, an undergraduate with an extraordinary ability to bring a smile to anyone one he met. Diego died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 20 years old. Diego was a biology major determined to be a doctor, who repeatedly earned high…

Senior biomedical engineering major Henry Wu died unexpectedly this weekend. He was 22. Wu, from the Woodhaven neighborhood of Queens, New York, arrived at Case Western Reserve in 2012 after graduating from Stuyvesant High School, an elite specialized secondary school in New York City. While at…

The year after Harvey Buchanan retired from Case Western Reserve in 1988, the university and Cleveland Museum of Art began holding an annual lecture in his name, to recognize the indelible impact he had on the arts in the area. This year, the lecture will have a layer of sorrow, as Buchanan,…

Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, for Patricia Baldwin Kilpatrick, a beloved member of the Case Western Reserve community for more than 50 years and the university’s first female vice president. Pat, as she was known, died peacefully Thursday, March 3, with her daughter Kate by her…