obituary

Wall Street trailblazer and Case Western Reserve honorary alumna Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, known as the "first woman of finance," died Aug. 24 from complications due to cancer. She was 84. Born in Cleveland in 1928, Siebert began her college career at Flora Stone Mather College for Women, now part…

Joseph F. Fagan III, the Leffingwell Professor of Psychology and a leading researcher on infant intelligence, died Aug. 10. He was 71. Fagan joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in 1968, after earning his bachelor’s degree in English and psychology in 1963 from University of…

Edward (“Ted”) A. Mearns Jr., professor emeritus of law, died July 3. Mearns served on Case Western Reserve University School of Law faculty from 1974 to 1988 and was a professor emeritus of law since his retirement. He also served as vice dean of the School of Medicine and as acting provost…

F. Joseph Callahan, the legendary Cleveland-area business leader and philanthropist for whom the university’s distinguished lecture is named, died of natural causes Friday in Chagrin Falls. He was 89 years old. Born in his family home in Lima, Ohio, in 1923, Callahan went on to excel in high…

There will be a memorial service in honor of Asim Erdilek, emeritus professor of economics, on Tuesday, May 7, at 4 p.m. at the Amasa Stone Chapel. Erdilek, who joined the faculty in 1971 as assistant professor of economics and later became a full professor before retiring as professor emeritus in…

Annie Banks, who worked for 35 years at Case Western Reserve University, passed away recently. Her most recent position, from which she retired in 2005, was in the human resources department. A viewing will take place all day March 22 with family hours 5 to 7 p.m. at Thomas G. Smith Funeral Home,…

Susan Lewis, executive director of development and external relations at the College of Arts and Sciences, passed away Friday, March 15. She was 49. Lewis began this role in 2008, working to strengthen programs in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social, physical and biological sciences…