Main was social work professor emeritus

Marjorie Main, professor emeritus at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, died February 16 at Judson Retirement Community in Cleveland Heights. She was 86.

Main, who retired in 1980, taught at CWRU for 19 years and served two years as assistant dean and as chairwoman of the curriculum committee.

Before joining the CWRU faculty in 1962, Main was coordinator of the United Youth Program of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. She received the annual Social Work Award for leadership given by the local chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Before coming to Cleveland, Main taught at the University of Illinois in Urbana, served as associate director of Gads Hill Social Settlement in Chicago and as executive secretary of the Chicago Federation of Settlements & Neighborhood Centers.

She graduated from Smith College, received a master's in arts degree from Northwestern University and a master's degree in social science administration from the former Western Reserve University's School of Applied Social Science. Main received her doctorate in social service administration from the University of Chicago.

Bowen worked in neuropathology, prion center

Sandra Bowen, dedicated executive secretary and manager in neuropathology and prion center, died February 22 at the age of 38.

Bowen worked tirelessly, effectively and loyally for the last 12 years of her life at the Case Western Reserve University's (CWRU) Division of Neuropathology and the National Prion Disease Surveillance Center, initially as secretary and then as executive secretary and manager.

She was very bright and resourceful and designed and managed many of the center's administrative tasks. More importantly, she was the soul of the center, the one everyone went to for advice, the one who got things done and kept everything together.

All members of the division and the center are deeply indebted to Sandy for her high professionalism, dedication and integrity. She leaves a big void and will be missed by her colleagues.

They write: "But none of us who have had the privilege of working closely with her will ever forget the immense courage and moral strength she put forth in facing the daily challenges of her disease and the cheerfulness that she kept throughout. She has set a shining example that will stay with us for the rest of our lives."