IN MEMORIAM: Burnett Southworth, 89; Ph.D. Had Career As Chemist, Consultant COOPERSTOWN – Burnett C. Southworth, 89, a Ph.D. who pursued a career in analytical chemistry, of Cooperstown died Friday, July 27, 2018. He graduated from East Springfield High School in 1946 and later from Union College. He attained a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After 40 years in corporate work, he developed his own consulting business, which he ran until his retirement around…
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IN MEMORIAM Ruth Aileen Roland, 95; Ph.D., Professor, Author SCHENEVUS – Schenevus native Ruth Aileen Roland, who worked her way through college to a Ph.D., became a political science professor and published two books on world affairs, died Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. She was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Schenevus, the daughter of Mayo Roland and Alice Green Roland. Ruth was an academic and an intellectual. In 1939, she left her family home in Schenevus, the weekend she graduated from…