Nine members of the George H. Cook Campus community who passed away were honored at the 2012 Rutgers Rising remembrance event on May 12. Individuals honored this year at the 10th Rutgers Rising were:
Prof. John Bezpa (Poultry Science)
Prof. Eileen G. Brennan (Plant Pathology)
Dr. Joan G. Ehrenfeld (Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources)
Hannah Kelly, Graduate Student
Prof. Ida Leone (Plant Pathology)
Dr. Richard H. Merritt (Plant Biology and Pathology)
Dr. George E. B. Morren Jr. (Human Ecology)
Prof. Frederick A. Perkins (Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics)
Russell W. Smith, Publications Coordinator
Family members and friends shared memories of their loved ones at the breakfast event and then adjourned to the Rutgers Rising patio outside the campus center to affix nameplates on a permanent memorial.