Wayne Tesmer, NDSU alumnus and former longtime financial aid director, has died.

Tesmer, 86, died June 16 at Kettering Memorial Hospital in Kettering, Ohio. A memorial service will be scheduled in Fargo at a future date.

Tesmer was an Air Force veteran who graduated from NDSU in 1964. Shortly after, he became NDSU’s first director of Student Financial Aid – a position he held for 32 years.

Tesmer and his wife, Marian, recently moved to Centerville, Ohio.

Memorials are requested to the Wayne and Marian Tesmer Scholarship Fund at the NDSU Foundation and Alumni Association, PO Box 5144, Fargo, ND 58105-5144. Please indicate your donation is "In Memory of Wayne Tesmer."