obituary

Grace Brody, an emerita associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences who established an endowed professorship in 2007, passed away March 13 at the age of 98. Brody joined the faculty of the Mandel School in the late 1960s and retired in 1986. She was…

Tanya I. Edwards, a faculty member who pioneered education in complementary and alternative medicine at Case Western Reserve and the broader community, died last week after a battle with breast cancer. She was just a day shy of her 54th birthday. Edwards earned her master’s degree in medical…

Distinguished University Professor Richard W. Hanson, a world-renowned scientist deeply revered by his students and colleagues, died Friday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 78. Dubbed by one scientific publication as the “maestro of metabolism,” he achieved remarkable…

Joseph Pyles (SAS '52), a longtime faculty member of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, passed away at the age of 94. Well-known in Northeast Ohio as a social worker at the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Families, the Catholic Counseling Center of…

Services will be held on campus this Saturday in memory of longtime biomedical engineering professor Roger Marchant, who died last week at the age of 62. Marchant, who earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at Case Western Reserve, spent his entire professional career at the university. In…

Gretchen Garnett, alumna and assistant professor emerita of music, died Dec. 15, just one day before her 100th birthday. Garnett was a longtime faculty member in and supporter of the Department of Music. As an undergraduate at Western Reserve University, Garnett was a soprano soloist. She sang the…

Morrell “Bo” Heald, a professor for 35 years at Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University, died at age 91 on Jan. 3 in Mitchellville, Md. Heald served as the Samuel C. and Virginia B. Knight Professor of Humanities at CWRU from 1982 until his retirement in 1988. Heald was…

Robert Eiben (ADL '44, MED '46), professor emeritus of pediatric neurology and local pioneer in the treatment of polio, died Saturday as a result of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 91. Eiben worked at MetroHealth following his residency until accepting a fellowship in neurology…

Zili Zhang, a member of the faculty at the School of Medicine, died late Thursday night surrounded by his friends and family. He is survived by his wife, Hong, and sons, Gary and Zak. An associate professor of pediatrics, Zhang specialized in pediatric gastroenterology—specifically, how to treat…

Peter B. Lewis, the visionary businessman and philanthropist whose name graces the home of the Weatherhead School of Management, died Saturday in Florida. The 80-year-old Northeast Ohio native is survived by his wife, Janet Rosel; daughter, Ivy; sons Adam and Jonathan; brother and sister-in-law…