Stuart Milford Terrass, son of Milford Edwin and Jane Bullock Terrass, born
October 10, 1932, in Highland Park, Michigan, died October 11, 2017, at
Concordia at Sumner.
A graduate of the University of Akron with a BA in philosophy, a BS in mathematics and an MA in history; he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a cheerleader. An ROTC graduate, he served as an Air Force officer in Okinawa and later served for two years in the Ohio Air National Guard as a training officer.
After completing his active service in 1957, he began his career as a collegiate administrator at the University of Akron. He held many positions at this institution including administrative faculty in the Student Services Office, Assistant to the Registrar, Registrar, and Director of Institutional Research. His fifty-year career also included positions at The College of Wooster, North Carolina A & T State University, Lake Erie College and Mount Union College.
Stuart served as an Ohio and a national NCES trainer; also as an active member and presenter in AACRAO, OACRAO and co-founder of OAIR. In 2003, he was particularly proud of being honored for his work as a registrar by OACRAO with the Garland Parker Award "for outstanding, distinguished service to the profession at both state and national levels."
Stuart was predeceased by his parents; his second wife, Mary Douglass and a step-daughter, Lucia Formanek. He is survived by "the love of his life" and third wife, Mary Anthony Weaver; his first wife, Shirley K. Terrass; his sons, Richard (Dora) and Stephen (Urvashi); his daughter, Susan Durr (Jeffrey); his step-children, Lisa Mullens (Richard); Hart Perry; Laura Pliskin (Dave); Ellen Perkins (Gary); Adele "Dini" Karam (David); Matthew Weaver (Elizabeth) and his grandchildren, Charlotte Terrass; Lauren Emery (Matt); Andrew Durr; Ishan Terrass; Perry Formanek; Samuel Epstein; Garrick Zornes; Dayne Weaver; Maxwell Weaver; Mary Hannah Weaver; Kylee Zornes.
Stuart loved the outdoors and outdoor activities, especially biking, hiking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and gardening. He was a talented photographer, an avid reader, and lifelong bridge player. But most of all, Stuart loved animals and thought of them more as friends than pets. He often said, "I've never met an animal I didn't like." During retirement, he trained for and became an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. He was a volunteer at the Akron Zoo and at the Metro Parks Nature Realm, where he presented programs to school children about appreciation and respect for nature and its creatures.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, in the chapel of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1361 W. Market St. with the Rev. Mark Pruitt officiating. A reception will be held immediately following the service at St. Paul's. Private inurnment at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs. To share a memory, send a Condolence or Light a Candle, visit the Tribute Wall
at www.billowfuneralhomes.com (Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel).
Published in Akron Beacon Journal from Oct. 13 to
Oct. 15, 2017
