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  • Mary Oliver Bradley, a member of the Dining Services staff for 42 years, died Sunday, September 27, 2009, in Saratoga Springs.
  • John Bradley, a longtime member of the Custodial Operations staff, died Feb. 11, 2015. He was 75.
  • Una Bray, associate professor of mathematics emerita, died April 30, 2019. She was 72.
  • Leon E. Briggs Sr., retired member of the College's Custodial Operations staff, died March 11, 2012, at Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs.
  • Harriet Maxwell Brown, a member of the Skidmore faculty for 32 years, died at the age of 94 in Exeter, N.H., during the early winter of 1991.
  • William Brynteson, professor emeritus of history, died June 13, 2004, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
  • Lisa Maureen Burke, assistant director of sponsored research, died following a valiant fight with cancer on Sept. 24, 2023. She was 43.
  • John "Ted" Butler, Skidmore’s former director of financial planning and budgeting, died May 8, 2020, in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 91.
  • Mary J. Byrne, former cashier in financial services, passed away February 6, 2011, at Saratoga Hospital. She was 96.
  • Lee Canfield, a longtime administrative staffer, died July, 15 2004.
  • Irene Carn, longtime professor of nursing, died April 24, 1994, in Sarasota, Fla.
  • Earl Chandler, head mechanic in the grounds and transportation department, died November 18, 2004.
  • Betty Chandler, a retiree from Skidmore’s housekeeping staff, died October 15, 2017, after a long illness. She was 85.
  • Patricia A. (DeWitt) Choukeir, who as coordinator of credit-bearing internships and project funds always demonstrated unwavering dedication to Skidmore students, died following a long and arduous battle with cancer March 31, 2022. She was 57.
  • Roberta Chramoff, longtime executive secretary to the dean of student affairs, died Sunday, September 5, 2010, at her home in Ballston Spa.
  • Ralph A. Ciancio, professor emeritus of English, whose excellence in teaching has been memorialized in the Skidmore teaching award that bears his name, died Wednesday, January 16, 2019. He was 89.
  • Bernadine Clark, who served the Sociology Department for two decades, died Monday, March 11, 2019. She was 91.
  • Stella Clark, former member of the business affairs staff, died June 23, 2004, in Northumberland, N.Y.
  • Irene Jean Esposito Clute, a longtime member of the Dining Services staff, passed away January 9, 2010, at Saratoga Hospital. She was 69.
  • Grace R. Cockroft, a four-decade professor of history, died in Saratoga Springs in 1962.