Former Mount Vernon and Trevecca Nazarene University dean of students and faculty member John J. Donoho passed away October 22. John and his wife, Lora Donoho, served respectively as dean of students and director of Athletics at MVNU from 1975 to their joint retirement in 1990.

John was born March 6, 1925, in Centralia, Illinois, to John Anderson and Clara (Branson) Donoho. John served in the U.S. Army during World War II and worked for the Illinois Central Railway from 1948 to 1961. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Social Studies from Oakland City Indiana College and went on to earn his master’s degree in education from Southern Illinois University. He also earned an Advanced Certificate of Education from the University of Illinois.

Before his work at MVNU, John also served as dean of students for Trevecca Nazarene University and director of counseling for Olivet Nazarene University.

John and Lora arrived at MVNU in 1975, when he became dean of students and professor of psychology until his retirement in 1990. John received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1990 from MVNU. The Donoho Recreation Center on the MVNU campus is named in their honor.

John is survived by his wife, Lora (Hiatt), whom he married June 20, 1959. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Orville and Kenneth Donoho, and his parents.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made in memory of John to Kindred at Home.

Funeral services were held Monday with Scott Sharpes and David Leeder officiating. Entombment with military honors provided by the Knox County, Ohio, Joint Veterans Council followed at Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens.

--Mount Vernon Nazarene University