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Faculty member Arnold Caplan passes away
The ϳԹ community is mourning the loss of Arnold Caplan, professor of biology at the College of Arts and Sciences and founding director of the university’s Skeletal Research Center. He was 82. A distinguished scientist, Caplan left an indelible mark on the field of rege...
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ϳԹ community remembers Associate Professor Gilbert Doho
Whether through his scholarly work or his interactions with colleagues and students, Gilbert Doho’s concern for others was evident throughout his 20 years at ϳԹ. “Gilbert Doho was formed of passion and decisiveness, yes,” said colleague Denise Caterinacci, senior instructor of It...
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Remembering alumnus James C. Wyant, generous supporter of campus athletics and innovation
James C. Wyant, a 1965 alumnus who transformed lives as an academic, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died Friday after fighting Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)—the neurodegenerative condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 80 years old. “Jim Wyant believed passionately in the power...
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ϳԹ community remembers staff member Bill Marx
Whether strategizing how to tackle building renovations, helping facilitate biomedical research or performing music at venues across Cleveland, William “Bill” Marx was often known as a jack of all trades. Now, members of the ϳԹ are remembering this multifaceted staff mem...
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Campus community members remember business management student Derian Dominguez
If you were in a room with Derian Dominguez, you’d have known it before even seeing him. The business management student, who was entering the final year of his undergraduate degree program, brought a certain liveliness to every space he entered, his friends recalled. “Whether it be a night out on...
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Staff member, alumnus Amad Awadallah passes away
The ϳԹ community is mourning the loss of staff member Amad Awadallah, who died July 22. He was 50. Awadallah got his start at the university as an undergraduate student in the fall of 1991. During that time, he worked as a work study student in the Caplan Lab, housed w...
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Faculty member Clark Distelhorst passes away
Clark Distelhorst, a long-standing faculty member of the ϳԹ School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away July 3. His wife, Lynne, shared that Distelhorst was activ...
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Staff member James Bossard passes away
The ϳԹ community is mourning the loss of groundskeeper James Bossard, who died June 2. He was 64. When Bossard began working at the university more than 30 years ago, it marked a new chapter in an extensive family legacy. Bossard’s great grandfather, Emil, was the form...
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Maltz Performing Arts Center staff member Brian Bowers passes away
In September, Brian Bowers took on a role that had long been in flux: that of the box office manager at ϳԹ’s Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center. An inherently busy position made even more challenging by a transition to a new ticketing system, the opportunity e...
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Public safety Officer Theodore Jones passes away
As a second-shift security officer in the Wolstein Research Building, Officer Theodore Jones was a friendly face to many at ϳԹ. Now, members of the campus community are remembering Jones, who died April 12 after a battle with cancer. He was 72. “Officer Jones was a valu...