Obituary
Dr. Cathleen Lieda Bell
Lieda Bell, retired professor from the Department of German and
Russian and well known for her work with Amnesty International,
died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
Dr. R. M. Mowbray
Dr. R. M. Mowbray, professor of clinical psychology, former deputy
public orator and associate dean of Community Medicine and
assistant dean for Admissions and Student Affairs at
Memorial’s Medical School, died Dec. 26.
Dr. William O. Pruitt
Dr. Bill Pruitt passed away in early December at the age of 87. He
is well known to many due to his courageous opposition to
“atomic engineering” in Alaska, important scientific
work on boreal forest ecology, and baseline research for the
establishment of Gros Morne National Park. He received an honorary
doctorate from MUN in 2001. A number of retired faculty know him
from his tenure at Memorial in the 1960s.
