Ben Lewis Cox , PhD ’ 91 , died

the Vestry of Trinity Church

Ken Melville , a distinguished

Megan Elizabeth Sullaway ,

September 28 , 2019 . For

and the Stony Brook Garden

professor at Scripps

Muir ’ 79 , died August 7 ,

the past 20 years he was a

Club . She is survived by her

Institution of Oceanography at

2019 , after a four-year battle

mathematics professor at The

husband , David , daughters

UC San Diego , died October

with lymphoma . She was 62 .

College of Charleston . He is

and extended family .

16 , 2019 , after a long illness .

A dedicated psychologist ,

survived by his wife , Elizabeth

He was 73 .

she was recognized as an

Jurisich , and his daughter ,

Steven E . Marschke , Warren

expert clinician , influential

Gwendolyn Cox .

’ 78 , died September 5 , 2019 .

Gregory C . Mooradian , MS

researcher and mentor

He was 73 .

’ 71 , PhD ’ 73 , died September

to younger mental health

Elvin J . Harper , professor

10 , 2019 . He was 72 . He was

professionals . She is survived

emeritus in UC San Diego ’ s

Caroline “ Carrie ”

responsible for much of the

by her husband and extended

Department of Chemistry ,

McLaughlin , Revelle ‘ 05 ,

pioneering development

family .

died July 16 , 2019 . He was 89 .

died September 2 , 2019 . She

of underwater laser

was 35 . Mclaughlin was one

communications . Mooradian

Dustin E . Tannenhaus ,

Leslie Vought Kuenne ,

of 34 people who died in the

is survived by his wife ,

Roosevelt ’ 07 , died July 20 ,

Revelle ’ 83 , died August 12 ,

Conception boat fire on Labor

Marsha , their children and

2019 , from cardiac arrest

2019 , from ovarian cancer .

Day in southern California .

extended family .

while on vacation in Europe .

She was 58 . Kuenne served

She was a senior software

He was 34 . Tannenhaus was

as president of McCarter

engineer at San Francisco-

Murray Rosenblatt , professor

a management consultant for

Theatre Center ’ s board of

based Brilliant . org . She is

emeritus in the Department

PricewaterhouseCoopers in

trustees and on the boards of

survived by her parents , sister

of Mathematics , died October

San Diego . He was a member

the Arts Council of Princeton ,

and extended family .

9 , 2019 . He was 93 .

of UC San Diego ’ s men ’ s

IN THE FINAL WEEKS of my

especially from Greek and

it not been for Dr . Wirshbo ’ s

first course in the Revelle

Roman authors .

influence and support , I might

Humanities sequence , Dr .

In my sophomore year ,

have missed out on such an

Eliot Wirshbo appeared at

I took a risk and enrolled

enriching education in both

the front of the class wearing

in Beginning Latin with

the sciences and liberal arts .

his green Army jacket , a relic

Dr . Wirshbo . I performed OK

Dr . Wirshbo was both

from his time as a medic in

in that course , but would have

a uniquely comical and

the Vietnam War . He made

stopped taking Latin had it

challenging instructor who

a pitch for studying Greek

not been for Dr . Wirshbo ’ s

cautioned you not to call him

or Latin and the benefits of

sharp humor and enter-

“ Professor ” ( his official title

reading our course ’ s texts

taining personality . His high

was “ Lecturer ”), sipped on

in their original languages rather than in translations . As an incoming chemistry major , I didn ’ t think that was a good enough reason to fulfill my foreign language require-

standards made me more disciplined in my study habits and I came to trust his advice on preparing for class : read , re-read and then read a third time . With his guidance , my

a juice box in class , enjoyed a good nap in his office and generously hosted end-ofthe-quarter parties . When it came to teaching Greek and Latin , he did not oversimplify

Eliot Wirshbo

January 24 , 1948 – July 19 , 2019

ment with Greek or Latin instead of , say , German , but a funny thing happened on my way through the Humanities

language skills improved and a spark was lit in me ; I added classical studies as a second major and extended my time

the complexities of these languages — doing so would only bring frustration in the end . His goal was that students

sequence : I discovered that I

( and tuition payments !) to

read original texts with accu-

liked discussing literary texts ,

complete both degrees . Had

racy and facility . That way , he