Warren "Red" Kilmer '56, a 2013 SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame inductee, passed away on August 21 at age 93.
A former baseball standout at Cortland in the early to mid 1950s, Kilmer was inducted into the Cortland Baseball Legends Club in 2021. The Schenectady, N.Y., native served in the U.S. Army Special Services Unit from 1956-58, then taught from 1958-70 in the Schoharie and Schenectady school districts. From 1970-90, he worked as an associate in the New York State Education Department's Bureau of Health and Drug Education, and from 1990-98 he consulted for the U.S. Department of Education and the Ayco Company, L.P.
A professional banjo player known as "The Banjo Man," Kilmer performed at numerous Cortland Baseball alumni reunions, and even in his 80s he participated in the Red Dragons' annual alumni baseball games.
Kilmer's C-Club Bio (at time of his induction)
Kilmer's official obituary page