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  • Tadahisa Kuroda, professor emeritus of history and longtime faculty leader, died Aug. 16, 2010.
  • Ruth C. Lakeway, professor emerita of music, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at home, following a brief illness.
  • Lloyd C. LaMora Jr., who served Skidmore as a custodian from 1980 until his retirement in 2005, died Oct. 19, 2022. He was 80.
  • Mary E. LaMora, a long-time employee of Dining Services, died Oct. 14, 2021.
  • Mary Elizabeth Finch Larsen, who served as secretary to founder Lucy Skidmore Scribner and three Skidmore presidents, died February 27, 1987, in Saratoga Springs. She was 89.
  • Name, title, died date. She was AGE.
  • Name, title, died date. She was AGE.
  • Teresa “Terry” Fitzgerald LaVoy, who served 鶹Ƶ Dining Services team for more than a decade, died March 13, 2023. She was 85.
  • Professor of Psychology Emeritus William “Bill” G. LeFurgy P’78, whose vision and mentorship strengthened the psychology program and childhood education at Skidmore, died peacefully on July 24, 2025. He was 94.
  • Juan-Carlos Lertora, who joined Skidmore as a professor of Spanish in 1980, died March 2, 2006, from heart damage caused by a virus. He was 60.
  • Sayra Benson Nikoloff Lester, associate professor emerita of education, died in Glenville, N.Y., on December 31, 1999.
  • Nancy Wiedenman Lester ’58, former director of administrative services for development and alumni affairs, died December 24, 2017.
  • Erwin Levine, professor emeritus of government, died January 12, 2002. He was 75.
  • Robert Burton Levo, a longtime campus facilities worker, died May 23, 2011, in Saratoga Springs. He was 74.
  • Victor Liguori, professor emeritus of art, died January 21, 2018, at age 86.
  • Associate Professor Emeritus Richard H. Lindemann, an accomplished but humble paleontologist described by colleagues as the backbone of 鶹Ƶ Geosciences program for four decades, passed away on Aug 5. He was 74.
  • Ernest R. "Ernie" Lloyd III, a longtime member of the housekeeping staff, died May 19, 2010, at Albany Medical Center. He was 85.
  • David E. Long, the architect of Skidmore's modern fundraising program and longtime vice president at the College, died Feb. 7, 2012, at Saratoga Hospital.
  • George Lowis, professor emeritus of sociology, died Friday, October 12, 2018. He was 88.
  • Mary Constance Lynn, a beloved professor of American studies emerita who documented 鶹Ƶ’s history in a cherished monograph, died Feb. 23, 2021. She was 77.