Passages
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Alice Hackney Altstatt, MA’52, MD’56: Academic Anesthesiologist
Vanderbilt Medical School Class of 1956 alumna Alice Hackney Altstatt of Finksburg, Maryland, died Jan. 10. She was 95. Read MoreAug 24, 2021
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Melvyn Semmel, EdD’63, Special Education Pioneer
Melvyn Ivan Semmel of Santa Barbara, Calif., a researcher, educator and 2007 Peabody Distinguished Alumnus, who helped shape the nation’s understanding and policies relating to students with disabilities, died Feb. 25. Read MoreApr 26, 2021
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Patricia Frist, BA’61, Philanthropist and Community Leader
Patricia Gail “Trish” Champion Frist, BA’61, of Nashville, who had a great impact as a philanthropist and business advocate, died Jan. 5. Read MoreApr 22, 2021
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Roos, emeritus physics professor and pioneer in recycling technology, has died
Charles E. Roos, a retired physics professor who built his department’s research in areas ranging from superconducting wire to recycling technology, has died. He was 93. Read MoreMar 17, 2021
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Bea Martin, MA’62, Lifelong Educator
Annie Beatrice “Bea” Martin, a retired teacher and administrator who was committed to education, outreach and social justice, died Oct. 11, 2020. She was 87. Read MoreFeb 25, 2021
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James Tuck, BA’40, LLB’47, Witness to Nashville History
James Richard Tuck of Nashville, retired associate general counsel of the National Life and Accident Insurance Co. and charter member of the Nashville Metropolitan Council, died Aug. 20, 2020. He was 102. Over his long life, he was part of some key stories in the 20th-century history of Nashville. Read MoreFeb 25, 2021
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Zibart, first woman associate dean in Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science, has died
Ruth Grace Zibart, professor of French, emerita, and the first woman to serve as associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, died in Nashville on Dec. 26. She was 101. Read MoreJan 15, 2021
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Fleming, professor of pediatrics and vice president of VUMC Continuous Professional Development, has died
Geoffrey Fleming, professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and vice president of Vanderbilt University Medical Center Continuous Professional Development, died Dec. 8. He was 50. Fleming was diagnosed with metastatic cholangiocarcinoma in August 2019. Read MoreDec 10, 2020
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Iris W. Buhl, BA’64, MA’74: Educator and Philanthropist
Iris W. Buhl, a longtime community educator, volunteer and philanthropist in Nashville, died Aug. 11, 2020. She was 77. Read MoreNov 3, 2020
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James S. “Jim” Gilliland, BA’55, LLB’57: USDA General Counsel
After decades influencing political and social change, both locally and nationally, Memphis attorney James S. Gilliland died Feb. 24. He was 86. Read MoreNov 3, 2020
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Haywood, early director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and pioneer in research on developmental disabilities, has died
H. Carl Haywood, professor of psychology, emeritus, and former Kennedy Center director, died Oct. 12 in Nashville. He was 89. Read MoreOct 30, 2020
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Tuleen, longtime Vanderbilt administrator and chemistry professor, has died
David L. Tuleen, an emeritus chemistry professor who excelled first as a teacher and later as a university administrator, has died. Read MoreSep 18, 2020
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Vaughan Jones, preeminent Vanderbilt mathematician, has died
Vaughan Jones, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians and a celebrated professor in the College of Arts and Science, has died. Read MoreSep 9, 2020
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Sara Hutchison Hampshire, BSN’71, MSN’75, Women’s Health Trailblazer
Sara Lissa Hutchison Hampshire died May 2, 2020, in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer. She was 71. Read MoreAug 4, 2020
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William F. “Bill” Malone, BE’71, Conservationist, School Executive
William F. “Bill” Malone, a public administrator who took part in one of Florida’s biggest Everglades restoration efforts, oversaw the construction and remodeling of dozens of schools, and came out of retirement to lead Palm Beach County’s schools as superintendent, died May 3, 2020, at age 77. Read MoreAug 4, 2020
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Martha Priddy Patterson, BA’71, Retirement Planning Expert for Women
Martha Nann Priddy Patterson, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who specialized in benefit and tax issues for large firms and wrote an influential book on financial planning for working women, died April 23, 2020, in Rockville, Maryland. She was 71. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, her father, Thomas “Cotton” Priddy, was a… Read MoreAug 4, 2020
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Jean Gray Litterer, MA’68, EdS’71, PhD’81: Influential Nashville Educator
Jean Gray Litterer, a longtime Nashville-area education leader who started her academic career in a one-room East Tennessee schoolhouse, died Jan. 21. She was 91. Read MoreMay 14, 2020
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Former Vanderbilt alumni trustee John Loomis has died
John R. Loomis, a former alumni trustee on the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, philanthropist and investment adviser, died March 31 from long-term health issues. The Larchmont, New York, resident was 90. Read MoreApr 9, 2020
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Alumnus and philanthropist Brownlee O. Currey Jr. has died
Brownlee O. Currey Jr., an alumnus, emeritus trustee, financial services executive and entrepreneur noted for his philanthropic leadership at Vanderbilt University and in the community, has died. He was 91. Read MoreMar 27, 2020
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Hans Stoll, Vanderbilt financial research pioneer, has died
Hans Stoll, a pioneer in the world of academic finance and the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, died March 20. He was 80. Read MoreMar 24, 2020