Sigmund Levine | BSBA ’49 | 1925-2023 | Levine, of Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, passed on January 28. Although Levine was born in Florida, he grew up in Israel and lived in many other places around the world, including Egypt
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In Memoriam | July 2022
Charles Kerekes | BSBA ’50 | 1925-2022 | Kerekes, of Clearwater, Florida, passed on May 30. Born in Ft. Pierce, Florida, he served in the Navy during WWII as an EOD technician and later graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in
Joe Hair (BSBA ‘66, MS ‘69, Ph.D. ’71) | June 2021
Hair (BSBA ‘66, MS ‘69, Ph.D. ’71) is Distinguisher Professor of Marketing and Director of the Ph.D. in Business Administration Program at the University of Southern Alabama. He has written more than a dozen books on marketing and is the
Thomas Olmsted (BAA ’65, MBA ’71) | January 2021
Olmsted (BAA 1965, MBA 1971) retired from the accounting industry after 25 years of working at a Gainesville firm. He is an avid collector, with over 100 collections in his possession. Read more about Olmsted and his collections, from coffee
Robert Falzone (MBA ’71) | February 2018
Falzone (MBA 1971) recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He and his wife, Martha, retired in Orlando, but are moving to California to be closer to family. The Falzones are supporters of the UF Opera Workshop.
Bill Werther Jr. (BSBA ’68, MA ’69, Ph.D. ’71) | July 2016
Bill (Phi Beta Kappa, 1971) was an NDEA Title IV Fellow in Economics and Business Administration. Retired from the University of Miami this past May, Werther (BSBA 1968, MA 1969, Ph.D. 1971) had held the Friedman Chair in Executive Management and
J. Stephen Becker (MBA ’71) | April 2015
Steve (MBA 1971) and his wife, Judy, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on April 23. Steve says the couple is enjoying their retirement with frequent travel and spending time with their four grandsons. Steve retired as Controller at