UMass Boston

We honor and remember Beacons who have passed away.

Dr. Robert Corrigan, the fourth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, passed away at the age of 89. He served from 1979 to 1988 and during his tenure added several defining campus buildings and institutes, and oversaw the landmark merger between UMass Boston and Boston State College. He was an early proponent of strong partnerships between urban public universities and their host cities, launching the Urban Scholars Program with Boston Public Schools. Following his chancellorship at UMass Boston, Dr. Corrigan went on to serve as president of San Francisco State University for 24 years, diversifying that institution and reimagining the modern urban university. He leaves behind his wife, Joyce Mobley Corrigan, and their four children.

ROBERT C. ENGLISH

Robert passed away peacefully, surrounded by his beloved wife of 59 years, Crystal (Brokvist) English ’64, G’69, G’92, and his three cherished children. A graduate of English High School in Boston, Robert completed both his BS and MS in Education at Boston State College, where he met Crystal. After a five-year courtship, they married in 1965, and in 1971 moved to Marshfield, MA. Robert greatly enjoyed his professional career working with children, first as a teacher in Dedham and then as a school psychologist for 36 years in the Boston school system. Robert also had a penchant for collecting old cars, license plates, and porcelain signage. Above all else, Robert loved his family, and will be forever missed by his wife, children, and grandchildren.

KATHARINE A. MULLIN MAGUIRE

Katharine Maguire of Weymouth passed away at age 93, surrounded by her family. Katharine was born, raised, and educated in Quincy, and at North Quincy High School she met the love of her life, Robert. They married in 1950 and settled in Weymouth, where they raised their five children. Katharine attended the Radcliffe Women’s College and went back to school in her 60s and earned a bachelor’s in gerontology at UMass Boston. Her many accomplishments include being a teacher’s aide, a lobbyist for the Elder Caucus at the Massachusetts State House, and in her 70s volunteering at an orphanage in Haiti. Her greatest accomplishment in life was her family. She is predeceased by her beloved husband, Robert Arthur Maguire, and survived by her loving children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

ALUMNI

• Charlene McBride Barranco ’64, G’88
• Kathleen A. Bartlett ’72, G’77
• Winifred F. Belmont ’91
• Daniel R. Burke ’66
• John L. Bynoe ’78
• Lawrence J. Callahan G’61
• Carol Ann MacDonald Campbell ’62
• Michael J. Cataldo ’76
• Maureen A. Crawford G’93
• Ann L. Crimmings ’69
• Diane Bedugnis Cronin ’70
• Deborah D’Agresta ’76
• Phillip O. Davis ’93
• Kaydion L. Dawson ’09
• Joseph C. DeCastro ’71
• Antoinette E. DeVellis ’68
• Lorraine M. DiBenedetto ’82
• Patricia DiMaggio ’24
• Robert C. English ’62, G’65
• Dennis P. Farrell ’77
• Mary P. Farrell ’88
• Catherine C. Farren ’69
• Elaine M. Fitzgerald ’69
• Edward L. Forster ’96
• Anne Cogger Foster G’82
• Kimberly Ford Foster ’84
• Helen H. Freniere ’88
• Linda R. Gambell CER’00
• Andre H. Gibeau ’94
• Frederick W. Hanson Jr. ’78
• Michael A. Hecht ’73, G’82
• Paul J. Hogan G’90
• Lixuan Huang G’93
• Paula Catinella Johnson ’76
• Victoria Rotman Kahn ’48
• Victoria Berestecky Karnakis ’68
• Hilary K. Keenan CER’11
• John J. Kelley ’88
• Kathleen Lyons Kelley ’57
• Laurence R. Kessler ’74
• James F. Killackey ’78
• Frances L. King-Hayes ’80
• Paul T. Kyte Jr. ’65
• Michael W. Leonard ’77
• Cathy A. Levin CER’05
• Gary L. Lundquist ’88
• Louise J. Lydon ’89
• Francis J. Lyons ’19
• Kathleen Sheehan Macione ’69
• Katharine A. Maguire CER’92, CER’94, ’00
• Katherine A. Marshall ’77
• Mary I. McCall ’77
• Lynne Moretti ’97, G’02
• Carol Wilson Moss ’64
• William J. Nagle Jr. ’68
• Brian J. Nault ’11
• Angela Neal G’96
• Grant E. Newman ’16
• Ellen Nollman ’72
• Christopher W. O’Brien ’66
• Marian Kremer O’Keefe ’58
• Robert B. Olsen ’71
• Philip J. O’Neil ’81
• Shoshana C. Pakciarz ’73
• Ronald Parsons ’87
• Louis P. Perullo ’64
• Joan A. Peterson CER’93, CER’94, ’96
• Wayne L. Petrovek ’68
• John A. Polito ’88
• William D. Poule ’02
• Peter K. Robdau ’80
• Robert F. Ross ’78
• Mary Brodie Sawicky ’65
• Gordon R. Sherburne Jr. ’68
• Annmarie Howard Silva ’62
• Barbara Rodenstein Skolnick ’69
• George E. Slyva ’78
• Joan Reinstein Snow ’57
• Constance Spinos ’74
• Stephen P. Sugrue ’73, G’75
• Sheila M. Sullivan-Jardim G’98
• Kathryn R. Sweeney G’87
• Mary J. Walsh ’72
• Kristopher S. Wason ’21
• Christopher M. Whitman ’74
• Maryellen Williams ’82
• Christine A. Wilson ’11
• Margaret Gibbons Zaleskas ’59
• Kathleen Bishop Zangla ’88, G’00

FACULTY AND STAFF

• Chancellor Robert A. Corrigan
• Professor David E. Flesche
• Professor Katherine E. Gibson
• Christopher M. Rivard
• Joseph S. Slavet
• Professor Raymond G. Torto
• Professor Daniel Wakefield

FRIENDS

• Eli Bontrager
• Gay T. Carbonneau
• Jack M. Connors Jr. H’15
• Sheila P. Delage
• William J. Driscoll Jr.
• Robert S. Kennedy
• Richard P. Ketchen
• Heidi Knowlton
• Larry Lucchino H’11
• May Takayanagi