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In Memoriam: September 2024

Winston “Jack” Budrow (IAC Fac 79-17, 19) of Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on Sept. 4, 2024. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s foremost double bass teachers, Budrow taught at Interlochen Arts Camp for nearly 40 years and was a professor of double bass and co-chair of strings at Michigan State University. Budrow also enjoyed a vibrant career as a performer—holding principal bass positions with the North Carolina Symphony, American National Opera, and Santa Fe Opera—and served on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists.

Ruth Browning Noyce (IAC/NMC 42-43, UNIV 44-45, IAC St 46) of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Aug. 27, 2024.

Eleanor Briccetti (IAC/NMC 46-47, IAC Fac 79) of El Cerrito, California, passed away on April 25, 2023.

Gloria McClay (IAC St 47-48) of Traverse City, Michigan, passed away on July 29, 2024.

Phyllis Seeman (IAC St 48-49) of Rockford, Illinois, passed away on July 4, 2023.

Patricia Somers Bloxom (IAC/NMC 50-51) of Salisbury, Maryland, passed away on Aug. 16, 2024.

John Kirkpatrick (IAC/NMC 55-56) of Chandler, Arizona, passed away on Aug. 18, 2024.

Mary Smith (IAC/NMC 56-57, UNIV 61) of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Aug. 3, 2024.

James Wolfe (IAC/NMC 56-57) of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away on Oct. 30, 2023.

Richard Boyd Meyn (IAC/NMC 62, IAA 63-65) of Eugene, Oregon, passed away on Aug. 18, 2024.

Margaret Baack (IAC/NMC 67) of Sycamore, Illinois, passed away on June 13, 2023.

Gloria Gustafson (IAA Fac 67-70) of Shorewood, Wisconsin, passed away on Aug. 14, 2024.

Max Bonecutter (IAA 67-70, IAC 68) of La Porte, Indiana, passed away on Aug. 9, 2024.

James Lyman (IAA 76-78) of Sevilla, Spain, passed away on Aug. 21, 2024.

Pamela Suslak (IAA 78-80) of New York passed away on Sept. 2, 2024.

William Stokes (IAC St 80) of Midland, MIchigan, passed away on July 8, 2024.

Laura Nichols (IAC/NMC 80-81, IAA 80-82) of McCall, Idaho, passed away on July 22, 2024.

Alexandra Becklin (IAC 08-09) of Madison, Wisconsin, passed away on Aug. 17, 2024.