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  • Cheryl L. Aubin, 62, Instructor, Nursing

    Cheryl L. Aubin, 62, Instructor, Nursing

    Cheryl L. Aubin, 62, Instructor in the School of Nursing, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 26, 2018, while at home in Dayton, recovering from knee surgery. She spent her career as an ER nurse helping thousands of others during their most vulnerable times. As an educator at Wright State University, she shared her decades of…

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  • William Roger Johnson, III, Computer & Telecommunications Services

    William Roger Johnson, III, Computer & Telecommunications Services

    William Roger Johnson, III, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 26, 2018. William had served in the United States Navy and had retired from the Computer and Telecommunications Services at Wright State University. He was preceded in death by his father William Roger Johnson Jr. and son William Roger Johnson IV. He is survived by…

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  • Patsy Lou Wilson Falkner, 84, Office of the Registrar

    Patsy Lou Wilson Falkner, 84, Office of the Registrar

    Patsy Lou Wilson Falkner, 84, was born on May 4, 1933 at home, Glomawr, Perry County, Ky., to parents Richard Rickett and Troy Gibson Rickett. Her early childhood was spent in Tinsley, Ky. She came to Dayton in 1944 and received her high school diploma at Northridge H.S. in June 1950.

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  • Judy Preston, 64, senior accountant at Boonshoft School of Medicine

    Judy Preston, 64, senior accountant at Boonshoft School of Medicine

    Judy Preston, retired senior accountant, died on Dec. 16, 2017. She worked for Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine for more than 30 years. Preston was born in Paintsville, Kentucky, on Feb. 3, 1953. She graduated from Kettering Fairmont East High School in 1972. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Wright…

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  • Robert Brown Sibbison, 79, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

    Robert Brown Sibbison, 79, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

    Robert Sibbison was a well-regarded sculptor and a respected fine arts educator. He earned his B.F.A. from The University of Colorado (1961), and his M.F.A from The Cranbrook Academy of Art (1968). Sibbison taught for many years at the Pennsylvania State University and at Wright State University, where he was an assistant professor in the…

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  • William J. King, November 30, 2017

    William J. King, November 30, 2017

    William J. King, age 79, November 30, 2017 Member of founding faculty in 1964 of what became Wright State University. Taught Classics in the College of Liberal Arts. Survived by wife of 56 years, Cynthia; daughter, Anya King (Jen Davis).

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  • Ching Po Li, M.D., 97, Nov. 6, 2016, School of Medicine

    Ching Po Li, M.D., 97, Nov. 6, 2016, School of Medicine

    Ching Po Li, was born on Nov. 11, 1918, in Jinan Province, China, the son of the late Tse Wen and Lo (Ching) Li. Dr. Li was a member of the A.M.A., the Ohio Medical Association and the American College of Radiology. He was a radiologist at Wilson Memorial hospital for 24 years. He was…

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  • Patricia Kathleen White, 69, Professor of Dance

    Patricia Kathleen White, 69, Professor of Dance

    Patricia Kathleen White was born the third of three Irish-American sisters on May 17, 1947, in New York, N.Y.

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  • Norma Sue Wilcox, 78, Professor of Sociology

    Norma Sue Wilcox, 78, Professor of Sociology

    Norma Sue Campbell Wilcox, 78, passed at home in Kettering, Ohio, on Oct. 22, 2017, following an extended illness. Norma was a professor of Sociology for nearly 30 years at Wittenberg University, Wilmington College, and Wright State University. She was particularly passionate about teaching in a Wilmington College program offering undergraduate degrees at Lebanon and…

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  • Patricia Ann (Patty) Vendt, 68, Email and Collaboration Software Administrator, CATS

    Patricia Ann (Patty) Vendt, 68, Email and Collaboration Software Administrator, CATS

    Patricia Ann (Patty) Vendt, age 68, of Kettering, passed away on October 22, 2017 at Hospice of Dayton. She was born on Sep 25, 1949.

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  • Kenneth "Ken" Beers, 87, Associate Professor, Aerospace Medicine Residency Program

    Kenneth "Ken" Beers, 87, Associate Professor, Aerospace Medicine Residency Program

    Kenneth “Ken” Beers, M.D., Colonel, USAF ret., 87, died September 20, 2017, in Vandalia, Ohio. Ken was born in Treichlers, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Muhlenberg College of Allentown, PA, in 1952, received his MD from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, in 1956, and received a Master of Public Health from the University…

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  • James Merle Daily, 86, Associate Professor, Management,

    James Merle Daily, 86, Associate Professor, Management,

    James Merle Daily, 86, associate professor of management, passed away on September 18, 2017, at Tryon Estates, Columbus, North Carolina. Dr. James Merle Daily is survived by his wife Carolyn and his children Marilyn Daily-Hills of Melbourne Australia and Kenneth Daily of Dayton, Ohio. His grandchildren Phillip and James Daily, Brittany and Brandon Good and…

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Upcoming Events


  • Wright State Retirees Picnic

    Wright State University retirees and friends are invited to a picnic on Saturday, Sept. 19, 1:30–4:30 p.m., in Rotary Park, 2260 Dayton-Xenia Rd., Beavercreek, OH 45432.


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