Ruth’s involvements were varied: Gourmet Club, Better Health Co-op, gardening, mystery novels, professional conferences and, eventually, European travel, as she was the first Wright State professor to take students abroad for workshops. Her creativity flourished in classrooms as she understood the value and necessity of gently moving people out of their comfort zones to expand their thinking. She died May 10, 2021.
Obituaries
Apr 20, 2021
Lois E. Wamsley retired from Wright State University in 1993 and was a founding member of the Wright State University Retirees Association. She died on April 9, 2021.
Mar 22, 2021
Donna Courtney was Coordinator of Business Education and Vocational Education and director of the Workforce Education Center in the Department of Educational Leadership. She died on March 14, 2021.
Mar 6, 2021
Tommy was a loving husband, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend, and a United States Air Force veteran. Tommy is going to be greatly missed by all who knew him. He died on March 3, 2021.
Mar 4, 2021
Robert Luby spent 33 years in Piqua City Schools as a teacher, administrator and coach, including 30 years teaching at Bennett Junior High School and serving as principal at Bennett for 13 years. Following his retirement, he was employed by Wright State University as a supervisor of student teachers and an instructor for nine years. He died on Feb. 19, 2021.
Jan 26, 2021
As a faculty member at Indiana University and for 22 years at Wright State University, Jerome Clemens taught physical geography and climatology, holding an emeritus professorship upon retirement from WSU. He died on Jan. 15, 2021.
Jan 14, 2021
Rand Evans was an expert on the subject of the history of psychology and related antique scientific instrumentation. His professional life began as an assistant professor of psychology at Wright State University from 1967 to 1972. He died Jan. 8, 2021, in Livermore Falls, Maine.
Jan 9, 2021
Dr. Gruber retired from medicine and moved to 35 beautiful acres in Sylva, NC. He gained so many new friends there. He loved farming, fishing, antiquing, cooking, woodworking, beekeeping, hosting dinner parties, and dancing with his friends. He passed away Jan. 5, 2021, after complications developed from COVID-19.
Dec 31, 2020
Janice Jean Gabbert, 80, of Dayton, passed away Friday, December 25, 2020. She served as chair of the Department of Classics for almost 20 years and retired in 2004.
Dec 15, 2020
Elizabeth Harden was a pioneer, in the best sense of the word. She was the only woman to receive a Ph.D. in her graduating class at Arkansas, and she was the first female full professor in the English Department and in the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State. She has been applauded for both her teaching and administrative work at Wright State. She passed away on Dec. 11, 2020.
