In Memory, Spring 2026
1940s
Wanda Siebels Ahrendsen (47BA) of Pittsford, New York, on Oct. 19, 2025.
Joseph S. Leo (48BA, 53JD) of San Diego, California, on Dec. 12, 2024.
Elanor Strathman (47BA, 50MD) of Rocklin, California, on Oct. 25, 2025.
Jay Holstein
Over more than five decades at the University of Iowa, religious studies emeritus professor Jay Holstein taught tens of thousands of students and became one of the institution’s most beloved educators. Born in Philadelphia and raised in New York, Holstein started at Iowa as an assistant professor in 1970 and twice served as the J.J. Mallon Chair in Judaic Studies.
The ordained rabbi’s scholarship centered on the Hebrew Bible and Jewish experience. At Iowa, Holstein was known for his legendary lectures, which captured students’ attention through cultural references and humor. Word of Holstein’s dynamic and irreverent teaching style spread across campus fast and even passed through the generations. He regularly filled Macbride Auditorium, at times teaching more than 1,200 students annually. It is estimated that Holstein taught over 60,000 undergraduate students throughout his career.
Holstein’s unconventional contributions to the hearts and minds of UI students did not go unnoticed. Holstein received the President and Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the Medallion for Distinguished Service. The university honored Holstein with a golden lecture in 2020, marking 50 years of teaching. Even after retiring in 2022, Holstein transitioned to teaching courses online.
At 87, he was teaching his popular Quest for Human Destiny course asynchronously this past fall before his death in Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 14. Ellen Davig Holstein (98MA), his friend and former wife, completed teaching the course in his memory. The many students taught by Holstein will never forget his legacy of inquiry, storytelling, and wit.
In honor of Holstein, donors may give to the Professor Jay Holstein Scholarship Legacy Fund , which has been established to provide support for student scholarships, faculty, and courses in the UI Department of Religious Studies.
1950s
Richard Beightol (55BA) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Oct. 8, 2025.
William Bernau (57JD) of Washington, Iowa, on Oct. 30, 2025.
Carolyn Boerner (59BSP) of Iowa City on Oct. 20, 2025.
Tom Burrows (59BA, 64JD) of Merritt Island, Florida, on Nov. 26, 2025.
Thomas Colglazier (54BSC) of Cary, North Carolina, on Oct. 29, 2025.
Richard P. Covert (59MS, 64PhD) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 6, 2025.
Raymond R. Flores (57BA) of Sunnyvale, California, on Aug. 8, 2025.
Arthur Fudge Jr. (54BA, 57MA) of Center Point, Iowa, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Evelyn Dilts Gore (58BSN) of Chandler, Arizona, on Sept. 14, 2025.
M. Jack Heins (50BSC) of Cedar Rapids on Sept. 22, 2025.
Virginia Hirst (59BA) of Iowa City on Nov. 2, 2025.
Larry Honeywell (57BSC) of Pittsboro, North Carolina, on Oct. 27, 2025.
Joan O’Hara Hornby (57BA, 59MA) of Libertyville, Illinois, on Nov. 23, 2025.
Leon Lammers (59BSE, 68MS) of Fairmont, Minnesota, on Dec. 4, 2025.
Alan Leff (59BSEE, 63JD) of Coralville on Dec. 25, 2025.
Daniel Longnecker (54BA, 56MD, 61R, 62MS) of Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Sept. 18, 2025.
Jerry Luiken (59BSC) of Grundy Center, Iowa, on Dec. 11, 2025.
Evelyn Mintzer (57BA) of West Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 15, 2025.
Richard E. Morningstar (59BSME) of Cedar Rapids on Nov. 5, 2025.
Joe Nutting (57BA, 59JD) of Las Vegas on Nov. 23, 2025.
James E. Reed (57MD, 82BS) of Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Sept. 13, 2025.
James Leland Rice Jr. (52BA, 63MA) of Indianapolis on Sept. 23, 2025.
Norman Rinderknecht (58MD, 65R) of West Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 15, 2025.
Carol Crawford Ryan (58BA) of Langley, Washington, on Oct. 10, 2025.
Irwin G. Sarason (53MA) of Seattle on Nov. 6, 2025.
Robert A. Stein Sr. (56BSC, 68MA, 86MA) of Iowa City on Dec. 11, 2025.
Patricia A. Ricketts Tallman (51BA) of Cedar Rapids on Nov. 12, 2025.
Arnold Tammes (51BA, 56MD, 63R) of Rockford, Illinois, on Sept. 22, 2025.
James A. Vickery (53BA) of Des Moines on Dec. 6, 2025.
Kenneth Yerington (58BSC) of West Liberty, Iowa, on Dec. 2, 2025.
James V. Young (58BA, 60JD, 64PhD) of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, on Dec. 20, 2025.
1960s
Joseph Arpad (65MA) of Wadsworth, Ohio, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Edward Conway (61BA) of Danbury, Wisconsin, on Oct. 26, 2025.
Alice Buelane Daugherty (62BSN) of Cedar Rapids on Dec. 7, 2025.
Constance Dietsch (65BA, 74MA) of Hills, Iowa, on Sept. 16, 2025.
Charles “Chick” Dykeman (60BA) of Beaufort, South Carolina, on Oct. 7, 2025.
Arthur Echternacht (61BA) of Seymour, Tennessee, on Dec. 4, 2025.
Larry L. Eilers (69BBA) of Freeport, Illinois, on Sept. 23, 2025.
Susan Gerdes (69BBA) of Moline, Illinois, on Nov. 29, 2025.
Joe Harding (64BA) of Boulder, Colorado, on Sept. 25, 2025.
John R. Haydon Jr. (60BA, 63MD, 70R) of Scottsdale, Arizona, on Nov. 13, 2025.
Jim Hopkins Jr. (60BSP) of Le Mars, Iowa, on Sept. 29, 2025.
Gary Huxford (65BA, 73MA) of Marengo, Iowa, on Oct. 1, 2025.
Roger Kerr (63BS, 65MA) of Red Oak, Texas, on Dec. 1, 2024.
Thomas Kirlin (68MA, 74PhD) of Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2025.
Ross Madden (66MD) of Dubuque, Iowa, on Oct. 30, 2025.
Lewis McMeen (67LLB) of Amana, Iowa, on Dec. 9, 2025.
Robert E. Miller (60BA, 67JD) of Neenah, Wisconsin, on Nov. 12, 2025.
Steve Mortimore (67BBA) of Swisher, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 2025.
Duane Munson (65MA) of Cedar Rapids on Dec. 21, 2025.
Harold Pidgeon (60BBA) of Rancho Santa Fe, California, on Dec. 1, 2025.
Richard K. Riley (61BSME, 65MS) of Bellevue, Washington, on July 16, 2025.
Larry G. Ryan (63BA, 68MA) of Waterloo, Iowa, on Oct. 19, 2025.
Sue Seaberg (60BA) of Davenport, Iowa, on Sept. 18, 2025.
Lindsay Arthur Sharpe (66BSN) of Riverside, California, on Aug. 9, 2025.
Robert Sheets Jr. (67BS) of Aurora, Colorado, on Oct. 27, 2025.
William L. Sherman (63BA, 65MA) of Des Moines on Oct. 27, 2025.
Joel E. Swanson (67LLB) of Carroll, Iowa, on Nov. 11, 2025.
Darrel Thomsen (60BSME, 66MS) of Camanche, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 2025.
Arnie Twit (60BBA) of Urbandale, Iowa, on Oct. 4, 2025.
Ellen Bryant Voigt (66MFA) of St. Paul, Minnesota, on Oct. 23, 2025.
Diana McCoy Vollbeer (69BA) of Eldridge, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 2025.
James White (63BA, 68MA) of Cedar Rapids on Dec. 16, 2025.
Edward J. Whitmire (64BBA) of Kalona, Iowa, on Nov. 7, 2025.
1970s
Neil Blakeman (70MBA) of Olathe, Kansas, on Nov. 24, 2025.
Donald J. Carpenter (70BA) of Cedar Rapids on Nov. 1, 2025.
Peter Casazza (70MS, 72PhD) of Columbia, Missouri, on Oct. 26, 2025.
Keith Christiansen (79DDS) of Blair, Nebraska, on Oct. 20, 2025.
Michael Downes (71BBA) of Bettendorf, Iowa, on Sept. 28, 2025.
Patricia M. Chelesvig Hunter Dunlap (77BS) of Iowa City on Dec. 9, 2025.
Alan Frank (70PhD) of Iowa City on Oct. 3, 2025.
Dean L. Halverson (79PhD) of Eldridge, Iowa, on Oct. 18, 2025.
Robert S. Harris (74MedT) of Coralville on Nov. 15, 2025.
Ruth Heffner (79MA) of Iowa City on Nov. 24, 2025.
Nancy L. Honohan (76BA) of Iowa City on Dec. 9, 2025.
Harry P. Jones (73MS) of Leavenworth, Kansas on Nov. 13, 2025.
Katharine Janus Kahn (70MA) of Silver Spring, Maryland, on Oct. 6, 2025.
William T. Keens (74MFA) of Falls Church, Virginia, on Sept. 14, 2025.
John Kightlinger (71BA) of Plymouth, Minnesota, on Oct. 2, 2025.
Howard Lewis (72BS) of Coralville on Sept. 24, 2025.
Mark Macke (77MS) of Marshalltown, Iowa, on Dec. 11, 2025.
Bonnie O’Neill Malone (78MA) of Cedar Rapids on Sept. 23, 2025.
Foster A. Mattson (70MBA, 74JD) of Scottsdale, Arizona, on Feb. 21, 2025.
Larry E. McKibben (72JD) of Marshalltown, Iowa, on Nov. 9, 2025.
Arnold Menezes (74R) of Coralville on Oct. 30, 2025.
Mary Ann Nihart (77BSN, 81MA) of Pacifica, California, on Dec. 11, 2025.
Drexel M. Nixon (73BS, 76DDS) of Omaha, Nebraska, on May 23, 2025.
Kathryn Byers Petershagen (71MedT, 72BS) of Meadows Place, Texas, on Oct. 20, 2025.
Ronald Schope (71MD, 74R, 75F) of Dubuque, Iowa, on Oct. 15, 2025.
Robert J. Stewart (72PhD) of Yorba Linda, California, on Sept. 18, 2025.
Bruce D. Thomas (77BBA) of Algona, Iowa, on Nov. 15, 2025.
Tom R. Thompson (71BBA) of Fairfield, Iowa, on Dec. 14, 2025.
Anita Vaessen (75MA, 78MSW) of West Brooklyn, Illinois, on Nov. 24, 2025.
Stephanie Vaughn (78MFA) of Ithaca, New York, on Nov. 12, 2025.
Joanne M. Warner (76MA) of Portland, Oregon, on Dec. 7, 2025.
1980s
Gary Biderman (82BSME) of Cedar Rapids on Dec. 9, 2025.
Deborah Scheckel Cobb (82DDS, 95MS) of Iowa City on April 2, 2025.
Chris J. Ellerbroek (81MD, 85R) of Minneapolis on Nov. 8, 2025.
Susan Voss Goodenow (86BS) of Reno, Nevada, on Oct. 4, 2025.
Steven J. Maravetz (84BA) of Mount Vernon, Iowa, on Dec. 5, 2025.
Joanne E. Schoenwald (86BS) of Louisville, Colorado, on Nov. 29, 2025.
Thomas Stautzenbach (87BBA, 89MA, 89MBA) of Hendersonville, North Carolina, on Sept. 15, 2025.
Gregory Stroncek (80MS, 80R) of Spring Green, Wisconsin, on Nov. 26, 2025.
Thomas Summers (80MD, 83R, 84F) of Des Moines on Oct. 15, 2025.
Warren Tunwall (83BSME, 93MBA) of Iowa City on Sept. 25, 2025.
John W. Colloton
Through his vision and influence over four decades, John W. Colloton (57MA, 13LHD) established University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics—now known as UI Health Care Medical Center—as one of the world’s premier medical centers.
Colloton was born on Feb. 20, 1931, in Mason City, Iowa. He enrolled at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in 1953. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army. Two years later, Colloton used the GI Bill to pursue a master’s degree in hospital administration at Iowa.
He then started as an administrative assistant with University Hospitals and advanced to become the youngest person ever selected as the hospital director in 1971. During Colloton’s tenure, it’s estimated that 3 out of 5 Iowa families received care at or through UI Hospitals & Clinics.
After more than 20 years leading UI Hospitals & Clinics, Colloton stepped away from directorship in 1993 and became the UI vice president for statewide health services. Colloton served in this capacity until 2001, when he became director emeritus of UI Hospitals & Clinics.
Colloton’s leadership and legacy touched many areas of the university. He and his wife of 54 years, Mary Ann Hagglund Colloton (57BSN), who died in 2014, were generous donors to UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the UI College of Public Health, the Medical Education and Research Facility, Hancher Auditorium, and various men’s and women’s athletics programs, among others.
Colloton died Nov. 14 in Coralville. He was 94 years old.
1990s
Greg Buenger (90PhD) of Charles City, Iowa, on Dec. 5, 2025.
Brad J. Glass (97MA, 01PhD) of Delmar, New York, on Nov. 3, 2025.
Mary Beth Anastasi Goeser (90BSN) of Norwalk, Iowa, on Nov. 8, 2025.
Brian Turnquist (90DDS) of Waukee, Iowa, on Oct. 5, 2025.
Faculty & Friends
Gary “Smiley” Bloore of Maquoketa, Iowa, on Dec. 22, 2025.
Susan Kuehn Boyd of Iowa City on Dec. 9, 2025.
Norma Ensminger Brooks of West Liberty, Iowa, on March 2, 2025.
Barry Greene of Lisbon, Iowa, on Dec. 13, 2025.
Marilyn J. Howard of Iowa Falls, Iowa, on Oct. 19, 2025.
Joseph D. Howe of Sedona, Arizona, on Oct. 24, 2025.
Robert N. Staley of Iowa City on March 27, 2025.