Obituaries
Penn State Intercom......April 17, 2003

Miles G. Bloom, ice cream maker in College of Agricultural Sciences, from Feb. 5, 1943, until his retirement May 20, 1975; died March 14, at the age of 87.

Jesse G. Cooper, assistant professor of farm management in College of Agricultural Sciences, from July 1, 1962, until his retirement Oct. 1, 1987; died Feb. 10. He was 82.

Helen L. Geissinger, counter attendant in Housing and Food Services, from Sept. 1, 1955, until her retirement May 7, 1968; died March 10, at the age of 100.

Maxwell H. Goldberg, associate director, professor of humanities in College of the Liberal Arts, from Aug. 1, 1962, until his retirement Oct. 1, 1972; died Nov. 14. He was 95.

Beverly Jennings, residence hall worker at Penn State Mont Alto, from June 1, 1970, until her retirement June 27, 1987; died Dec. 10, at the age of 77.

Richard A. Queeney, professor of engineering science and mechanics, died Feb. 5 at the age of 62. In his 38 years with the University, he advised numerous graduate students, authored a textbook and was an internationally recognized expert on behavior of materials.

Florence A. Richardson, bookstore manager at Penn State Schuylkill, from April 1, 1968, until her retirement March 31, 1984; died Sept. 29. She was 83.

John R. Ross, assistant professor of engineering research in Applied Research Laboratory, from June 1, 1960, until his retirement April 1, 1987; died Feb. 2, at the age of 79.

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