Dec. 20, 1998
 Rudolph
L. Zlody, 73, a professor of psychology at Holy Cross, died
in Holden, Mass., on Dec.
20. Born in Ambridge, Pa., Zlody graduated magna cum laude
from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He earned his Ph.D.
in psychology from Fordham University, New York City, in
1960.
A veteran of World War II, Zlody was a licensed clinical psychologist. He taught
psychology at Fordham from 1953 through 1958, and at Duquesne from 1958 through
1962. He came to Holy Cross in September of 1962 and taught in the psychology
department until his retirement in 1988. Zlody was also a consultant for Abbott
Laboratories, the Callow College Speech Clinic in Pittsburgh, and Our Lady
of Mercy School in Worcester. He served as adjunct professor at Assumption
College, Worcester State College, and Worcester City Hospital School of Nursing.
Zlody was a director of the Worcester Area Association for Retarded Citizens
and the Mercy Center for Developmental Disabilities, both located in Worcester.
An accomplished singer, he once performed with the Tamburitzans, a famed Salvic
folk-music group. He was a member of the Worcester Chorus, the Salisbury Singers,
and the Entr'Actors Guild.
He leaves his wife, Kathleen E. O'Connor; five daughters including Maura T. '78
and Elizabeth A. '85; two sons. His first wife, Maureen Begley, died in 1982.
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