Diane J. Swiss ’79 died January 30, 2011, in Newburyport, Mass. She was born on April 24, 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Newburyport High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and the winner of a gold medal in Advanced Placement biology and a bronze medal in Advanced Placement American history. She studied osteopathy at the University of New England. She is survived by her sister, Deborah J. Swiss ’74.