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  • Eleanor L. Huston, former executive secretary to the Secretary of the College, died March 3, 2006, at Saratoga Hospital.
  • Robert Jarvis, former director of physical plant at Skidmore, died Oct. 23, 2010, of complications from cancer.
  • Sonja Karsen, literary scholar and professor emerita of Spanish, died Jan. 12, 2013, in Rockleigh, N.J. She was 93.
  • Richard Kelleher, a Skidmore maintenance worker from Glens Falls, N.Y., died October 28, 2004. He was 61.
  • Charles Henry Keyes, died in January 1925, at his son's home in New York City. He was 66.
  • Fenton Keyes, a college administrator, died November 26, 1999, in Philadelphia. He was 84.
  • Allen Kifer, a scholar of U.S. race relations and longtime faculty member in the Department of History, died October 30, 2013. He was 85.
  • D. Susan Knight, former Skidmore polo coach, died January 7, 2013, in Ballston Spa, N.Y. She was 53.
  • Theophile Krawiec, a longtime psychology professor, died February 9, 1995, in Bethlehem, Pa. He was 81.
  • Tadahisa Kuroda, professor emeritus of history and longtime faculty leader, died Aug. 16, 2010.
  • Ruth C. Lakeway, professor emerita of music, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at home, following a brief illness.
  • Mary E. LaMora, a long-time employee of Dining Services, died Oct. 14, 2021.
  • Lloyd C. LaMora Jr., who served Skidmore as a custodian from 1980 until his retirement in 2005, died Oct. 19, 2022. He was 80.
  • Mary Elizabeth Finch Larsen, who served as secretary to founder Lucy Skidmore Scribner and three Skidmore presidents, died February 27, 1987, in Saratoga Springs. She was 89.
  • Teresa “Terry” Fitzgerald LaVoy, who served Skidmore’s Dining Services team for more than a decade, died March 13, 2023. She was 85.
  • Juan-Carlos Lertora, who joined Skidmore as a professor of Spanish in 1980, died March 2, 2006, from heart damage caused by a virus. He was 60.
  • Sayra Benson Nikoloff Lester, associate professor emerita of education, died in Glenville, N.Y., on December 31, 1999.
  • Nancy Wiedenman Lester ’58, former director of administrative services for development and alumni affairs, died December 24, 2017.
  • Erwin Levine, professor emeritus of government, died January 12, 2002. He was 75.
  • Robert Burton Levo, a longtime campus facilities worker, died May 23, 2011, in Saratoga Springs. He was 74.