Irma Copes Rusk ’44

Irma Copes Rusk ’44, of Waterbury, Conn., formerly of New York City; Nov. 14. She worked at Pratt & Whitney in Hartford, Conn., prior to joining IBM, where she spent most of her career, including three years in its Paris office. She retired in 1988. While at Brown, she was editor of the freshman handbook and a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. She volunteered with God’s Love We Deliver and as a mathematics tutor in the New York public schools. She is survived by a daughter, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.