Dr. Robert Alan Kolodny

Robert Alan Kolodny, 60, died Sunday, August 1 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y on September 21, 1943 to the late Jean and Louis Kolodny, Robert moved to Savannah in 1974. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Queens College in Queens, N.Y. and a Doctorate of Chemistry degree from the University of Georgia. He was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Armstrong Atlantic State University and was the presiding chairman of the Chemistry Department. In 1996, Robert won the H. Dean Propst Award. The Propst Award is given annually to an AASU faculty member who has played a prominent role in teaching, counseling, advising, and actively supporting student involvement at the university. He was a voracious reader who read an entire set of the World Book Encyclopedia while a teenager, was an enthusiastic investor in equities, and was an avid fisherman and astronomer as well. Robert is survived by son and daughter-in-law, E rik and Robyn Kaden Kolodny of Smithtown, N.Y.; daughter, Amy Kolodny of Charleston, S.C.; son, Seth Kolodny of Savannah, GA; and sister and brother -in-law, Linda and Jeremy Gilbert of Howard Beach, N.Y. Robert is also survived by his former wife, Judith Traft Kolodny of Savannah, GA. Funeral services will take place at Gutterman's Funeral Home in Westbury, N.Y., August 4, 2004, 10 a.m. Burial will be at Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, N.Y. The family will sit Shiva following the services at Erik Kolodny's residence at 30 Amherst Lane, Smithtown, N.Y 11787. In lieu of flowers, please send remembrances to The Alzheimer's Association or the World Wildlife Fund. Savannah Morning News, August 4, 2004 Please sign our Obituary Guestbook at www.savannahnow.com