Obituaries

John R. Monsees ’75, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Jan. 27, of brain cancer. He was a CPA with Deloitte Haskins & Sells and then became a CFO of a regional home builder. He was an avid hiker and enjoyed swimming, skiing, cycling, and running. He participated in numerous marathons and triathlons. He is survived by his wife, LaDonna; a stepdaughter; a stepson; and a sister.
 

H. Carleton Clinch ’72, of Ridgewood, N.J.; Feb. 9. He was an assistant prosecutor for Bergen County in Hackensack, N.J., and then left to join his father in private law practice. He was chairman of the American Red Cross and involved in several community organizations. He is survived by his wife, Janel; two children; three grandchildren; and a sister.

Philip F. Smith ’70, of San Rafael, Calif.; Feb. 4, of complications of duodenum cancer. He was a computer programmer at Bank of America, Blue Cross, and Federal Reserve Bank before retiring. He was an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin for more than 25 years and sang in a choir. He enjoyed playing guitar and cello, as well as reading, learning German, studying astronomy, playing bridge, playing golf, traveling, gardening, hiking, and cross-country skiing. He is survived by his wife, Lori; two daughters; a son-in-law; and a grandchild.

Edward J. Glasband ’69, of Bloomfield, Conn.; Jan. 28. He was an entrepreneur with a career spanning the packaging industry, real estate development, and the promotional products industry, and was a medical manager/consultant. He also taught real estate finance at the Univ. of Hartford. He was a volunteer at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and at Gifts of Love, in Avon, Conn. He enjoyed traveling, saw all seven continents, and visited more than 70 countries. He especially enjoyed safaris.
 

David A. Hardy ’68, of Easton, Mass.; Dec. 2, of ALS. He was a former information services manager at New England Medical Center Hospitals. He enjoyed gardening and listening to all kinds of music. He is survived by his wife, Bobbi; two children; and two grandchildren.
 

William G. O’Donnell ’67, of Chicago; Dec. 30. He worked at Lind-Waldock in Chicago, where he became president and opened the London office in 1990s. He is survived by his wife, Judith; a sister; a brother; and 10 nieces and nephews.

Fruma Strauss Efreom ’66, of Warwick, R.I.; Feb. 17. She worked as a program and capital budget specialist for the Rhode Island Department of Education, was a public school teacher, and later was a grant writer for Family Service of Rhode Island. She is survived by her husband, Binyamin Efreom ’66 MAT; two daughters; and a son.

Robert V. Howland ’65, of San Antonio, Tex.; Feb. 5, after a short illness. He had a career in banking, hospital administration, and higher education administration from 1968 to 1990. From 1990 to 2006 he did tax preparation and was an IRS agent. A devoted baseball fan, he studied baseball statistics and attended games throughout the country, including spring training in Florida and Arizona. He had served in the U.S. Air Force and additionally with the Rhode Island and New York Air National Guard. He volunteered and was active in professional associations. He is survived by his wife, Kristine; two sons; two grandchildren; a brother; a sister-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

John J. Theodoros ’64, of Littleton, Mass.; Feb. 21, of complications from kidney disease.

Susan Humphreys Schappell ’63, of Holmdel, N.J.; Jan. 20. She worked at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, N.J., for many years and retired in 2001 as district manager at AT&T in Piscataway, N.J. She is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

Anne Jacobson Schutte ’62, of Chicago; Feb. 26, from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was a history professor at Lawrence Univ. (Wisc.) until joining the faculty at the Univ. of Virginia in 1992. She spent 14 years at UVA and retired in 2006. In retirement she lived in Venice, Italy, returning to the United States in 2016. A recipient of Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, she held several administrative positions during her career, including director of the Distinguished Majors program at UVA and director of the Associated College of the Midwest’s Florence Program while at Lawrence Univ. She authored more than 80 scholarly articles and five books, including Pier Paolo Vergerio: The Making of an Italian Reformer, which was honored by the Society for Italian Historical Studies with its Howard R. Marraro Prize. She was working on her sixth book at the time of her death. In 2012 she was awarded the Bodo Nischan Award for scholarship, service, and civility by the Society for Reformation Research. Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by a brother.

Michael S. Saper ’62, of Wilmette, Ill.; Feb. 23, after a long illness. He was a retired attorney, a former class president, and active in alumni affairs. He is survived by his wife, Marcia; a daughter; and a sister.

Robert L. Dillmeier ’62, of Hobe Sound, Fla., formerly of Garden City, N.Y.; Feb. 6. He began his career at Paine Webber as an investment banker. From there he cofounded Campbell and Dillmeier, a real estate investment trust consulting firm. He retired as president and CEO of Dillmeier Enterprises. He served on several boards over the years. At Brown he was president of Delta Kappa Epsilon and played lacrosse. An accomplished seaman, he was commodore of Loblolly Bay Yacht Club in Hobe Sound and enjoyed spending time on the water with his family. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; three children and their spouses; and eight grandchildren.

Christopher V. Brown ’62, of Cicero, Ind.; Jan. 12. He was a self-employed attorney for 50 years. He was president of Festival Music Society (known now as the Indianapolis Early Music Festival), a board member of Broad Shoulders Productions, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Lambda Phi. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia; three daughters; and a brother.

Julia Baltzell O’Malley ’61, of Weymouth, Mass., formerly of Bay Shore and Huntington Station, N.Y.; Feb. 11, of pneumonia. She worked as a purchaser for Litton Industries, Eaton, and other instrument manufacturers until her retirement in 2000. She enjoyed classical music, played the piano, and supported animal welfare organizations. She is survived by two sons, including Mark ’87; two granddaughters; and two sisters.

Robert B. Kirchberger ’61, of The Villages, Fla., formerly of Rockville, Conn.; Feb. 18. He cofounded Videoplay Industries, in Vernon, Conn., which he ran for 30 years. He enjoyed playing golf. He is survived by his wife, Vonda; three children, including Eric ’92; a son-in-law; five grandchildren; a sister; a brother; and seven nieces and nephews.
 

Howard M. Bromage Jr. ’61, of Enfield, Conn.; Mar. 10. He founded and ran Bromage-Wilcox Insurance Agency in Enfield for 40 years. An avid sportsman, he played varsity baseball at Brown and had a lifelong softball career in the Enfield league with the AMVETS team and in the senior leagues of Vernon and Wallingford, Conn., and Ludlow and Cape Cod, Mass. He was honored for his many athletic accomplishments and years of service to the town of Enfield by being inducted into the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. He is survived by his wife, Lois; a daughter; three sons; two daughters-in-law; six grandchildren; a brother; and six nephews.

Toyo Uyeyama Biddle ’61, of Summit, N.J; Feb. 12. She worked in the federal government to advance civil rights for disadvantaged students, minorities, and women, including four years as director of Asian American Affairs in the former Department of Health, Education & Welfare. For 20 years she worked to improve and manage the Department of Health & Human Services refugee resettlement and immigrant services, focusing on helping the Hmong population. She was instrumental in establishing One-Stop Centers to provide support services. After retiring from the federal government, she maintained an active interest in policy and politics until her death. She is survived by three daughters, including Ann Biddle ’83; two sons-in-law; five grandchildren; and a brother.

James C. Butler III ’60, of Greenbelt, Md., formerly of Syracuse, N.Y.; Feb. 9, after a brief illness. He was president of the family business, Syracuse Pottery, for many years prior to moving to Maryland. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, and boating. He is survived by a daughter, Janet Butler Berry ’91; a son; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and five grandchildren.

Richard E. Neal ’58, of Andover, Mass.; Jan. 20, of cancer. Following 40 years in education, he retired in 1998 as superintendent of the Andover Public School System. In 1989, he was named Middle Level Administrator of the Year for Massachusetts. An avid sports fan, he coached with Andover Little League and was founder of the Andover Hockey Assoc., where he also coached the Andover Bantam hockey team. In retirement, he worked for another 17 years at the TD Garden in Boston as a guest relations supervisor and was a supervisor for the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He is survived by two daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, two sons-in-law, six grandchildren, a brother, and a sister-in-law.

James W. Hanner ’58, ’62 MAT, of Amherst, Mass., formerly of Arcadia, Calif.; Feb. 8. He was a retired financial consultant. He enjoyed singing in the Valley Light Opera and the Hampshire Choral Society. He also enjoyed watching the Boston Red Sox. He is survived by his wife, Martha; a daughter; a sister-in-law; and a brother-in-law.

Joyce Williams Warren ’57, ’60 AM, of Roslyn Heights, N.Y.; Dec. 17. She was a professor of English and director of Women’s Studies at Queens College in New York. She was the author of The American Narcissus: Individualism and Women in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction; Fanny Fern: An Independent Woman; and Women, Money, and the Law: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Gender, and the Courts, as well as the children’s book A Mouse to Be Free. She served on her local library board and was active in environmental and community organizations. She is survived by her husband, Frank ’57 AM, ’62 PhD; four children, including Catherine Warren ’88, and their spouses, including Anthony R. Loumis ’99; and five grandchildren.

Carlton V. Phillips ’57, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Feb. 8. He was an officer in the Korean War and retired from the Reserves in 1984 as a colonel after service in the Aviation Systems Command. At the age of 80, he continued to give civil air patrol cadets sailplane orientation rides. He founded an aviation business and later a regional investment banking firm. He was active in his church and was a member of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Mayflower Society and chapter president of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is survived by four daughters, three sons, 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a sister.

Thaddeus S. Newell III ’57, of Rochester, N.Y.; Jan. 20. He worked more than 30 years at Lincoln Rochester Trust Co., retiring in 1990 as a senior vice president. He volunteered for the United Way of Greater Rochester and chaired the Rochester Monroe County Chapter of the American Red Cross, from which he was awarded the Clara Barton Award. He enjoyed fishing and playing golf and was a member of several golf clubs. He is survived by his wife, Sherley; three sons; six grandchildren; brother Frances D. Newell ’58; a niece; and a nephew.

Walter L. McGarry Jr. ’57, of Cranston, R.I.; Feb. 22. He had a 43-year career in human resource management positions. He enjoyed volunteer work and served on the board of Access Point of Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a brother; a sister-in-law; and nieces and nephews.
 

Marc M. McClelland ’57, of San Antonio, Tex.; Mar. 4. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he joined United Airlines as a pilot. He returned to the military and had a 33-year career before retiring in 1987 as vice commander. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Celia; three sons; a daughter-in-law; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a half-sister; and a half-brother.

Daniel H. Morrissey Jr. ’56, of Chevy Chase, Md.; Jan. 31, after a long illness. He was retired from the U.S. Office of Education and was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter; two sons; and eight grandchildren.

Edward P. Kelly ’56, of Aberdeen, Miss., formerly of Chicago; Dec. 22. After working briefly as an assistant district attorney for New York, he moved to Chicago and worked for Apollo Savings and Loan. He was promoted to president in 1962. At that time, he was the youngest member of the U.S. Savings and Loan League Legislative Committee and the Illinois Savings and Loan League Advisory Board and he was subsequently elected to membership in the Young Presidents’ Organization. He was an accomplished public speaker involved in several political campaigns and instrumental in developing the Plaza of the Americas flags on Michigan Ave. He enjoyed traveling. He is survived by his wife, Susie; three daughters; a son; and seven grandchildren.

Joseph M. Daley Jr. ’56, of Fort Worth, Tex.; Feb. 18. He was president of J.M. Daley & Associates, an equity investment firm. He had been director of investor relations at Kalan Gold Corp. He earned a master’s degree in economic development and Japanese labor relations from Sophia Univ. in Tokyo while working there for the Japanese subsidiary of an American specialty chemical company. His career included achievements in international enterprise management, investments, adult education, technology, and public service. He lectured at more than 125 technology conferences and authored numerous economic development studies. He served in the U.S. Navy and retired as a commander, U.S. Naval Reserve. He also was a director of the Japan America Society. He is survived by his wife, Grace Wessels Daley ’59; four children and their spouses; and nine grandchildren.

Bruce N. Abbott ’56, of Oxford, Me., formerly of West Springfield, Mass.; Dec. 23. In West Springfield, he began his career working at IBM, transitioned into insurance, and retired after 31 years with Travelers Insurance in Hartford, Conn., as a data analyst. He was a longtime member, Sunday school teacher, and choir member at Mittineague Congregational Church in West Springfield. After moving to Oxford, he joined Oxford Congregational Church and served as treasurer. He enjoyed playing cribbage and was an avid Boston sports fan. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter; three sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, including Douglas ’61; and two sisters-in-law.

Nancy W. Maker ’56, of Manchester Center, Vt., formerly of Wrentham, Mass.; Feb. 11. She taught kindergarten and worked as a unit coordinator in the ICU of Massachusetts General Hospital. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and enjoyed creative writing and reading. She is survived by a sister, a nephew, and many cousins.

Leslie Travis Wendel ’55, of Newtown, Pa., formerly of Brooklyn, Conn., and Providence; Jan. 1. She was a reporter for the Hartford Courant from 1971 to 1978, and through 1995 she was a freelance journalist whose articles had appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Chicago Sun Times. From 1978 to 1986 she was director of communications and donor relations at Brown. She then spent five years as managing director of Wendel Associates before returning to Brown in 1991 as coordinator of the Friends of the Library. She was editor of Special Collections at Brown University: A History and Guide and The Carberry Cookbook. In 1999 she was the recipient of Brown’s William Williams Award for distinguished contributions to the Brown University Library. She was a longtime board member of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and served two terms as president. In 1990 she spent time in Argentina weighing, measuring, and banding penguins as part of a research project of the New York Zoological Society. She was a member of the Women’s League of Washington College and a former Regent of Old Kent Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by two sons, including Andrew ’85; a grandson; and two brothers.

W. Kent Montgomery ’55, of Oakham, Mass.; Feb. 19. He was the vice president of human resources at Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and later a human resource consultant with Montgomery Associates in Oakham prior to his retirement. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; four sons; two daughters-in-law; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Gerold N. Borodach ’55, of New York City; Feb. 15. He was a retired physician and anesthesiologist. He was a member of the American Medical Assoc. and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He is survived by his wife, Ardell Kabalkin ’57; a daughter; sons Andrew ’93 and Samuel ’87; and a son-in-law, Kenneth Elmore ’85.
 

Vaino A. Ahonen ’55, of Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.; Feb. 4. He had a career in international banking. He retired in 1991 as senior vice president at Summit Bank, which later became Bank of America. He was active in the New Jersey Trade Council, where he served as vice chairman, director, and treasurer. He was also a trustee of the Bergen Philharmonic and the Community Resource Council. He is survived by nieces and nephews.

Charles D. Lake ’54, of Marion, Mass.; Feb. 16. A retired clergyman. After Brown, he went on to earn a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale and a master’s in Christian Theology and PhD in philosophical theology from the Univ. of Chicago before being ordained to the Christian ministry by the First Baptist Church of Melrose, Mass., in 1957. He served as an assistant in the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, then on the faculty of Stevens College in Columbia, Mo., followed by the position of chaplain and dean of Stevens College for 11 years. In 1976 he moved to Marion to become the executive director of the Massachusetts Commission for United Ministries in Higher Education and he later went into semiretirement as interim pastor of the South Baptist Church of New Bedford, Mass., and, finally, preaching at First Congregational Church of Marion. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne; two daughters; a son; a daughter-in-law; and four grandchildren.

Richard S. Weinstein ’54, of Los Angeles, formerly of New York City; Feb. 24, from complications of Parkinson’s. He worked for architects I.M. Pei and Edward Larrabee Barnes and spent a year at the American Academy in Rome as a winner of the Rome Prize before joining the mayoral administration in 1966 as an advisor of the new Urban Design Group within the Department of City Planning in New York City. He helped plan and oversee the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in the mid-1970s, a project that hinged on the transfer of air rights, and he spent six years working on redevelopment along 42nd Street in Manhattan and saving the South Street Seaport. In 1985 he moved to Los Angeles to become dean of the architecture and urban planning school at UCLA. From 1995 to 2008 he was a professor of architecture and urban design. He founded the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at UCLA, served on the jury for the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and was coadministrator of the architectural selection process for the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. He immersed himself in political debates over architecture and planning in Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife, Edina; two sons; and two granddaughters.

Ralph L. Meyer ’53, of Southington, Conn.; Jan. 26. He was the owner of the former Vaill & Meyer Paint Store in New Britain, Conn., and later in Berlin, Conn. He was a member of the Berlin Lions Club and former member of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce. He enjoyed playing cards and reading, especially history. He is survived by his wife, Dottie; three children and their spouses; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

John M. McIsaac Jr. ’53, of Easton, Md., formerly of Simsbury, Conn.; Jan. 21. After graduating, he received a commission in the U.S. Navy and served on active duty for six years, followed by 16 years in the naval reserve. From 1959 to 1991 he worked as an engineer and manager for United Technologies in Windsor Locks, Conn. He was an active volunteer in many community programs and enjoyed traveling the world, gardening, woodworking, photography, reading, and sailing. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; a daughter; two sons, including Scott ’86; five grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Robert B. Jones ’53, of Sandy Hook, Conn.; Jan. 23. He was an insurance underwriter and had worked at Intercontinental Life Insurance, Acacia Mutual Life, Worcester State Mutual Life Insurance Co., Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co. He was a Korean War U.S. Army veteran and enjoyed skiing, tennis, and working out at the gym. He is survived by three sons, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren.

James H.P. Hamilton ’53, of Lambertville, N.J.; Feb. 2, from complications of diabetes. In 1956, following service in the U.S. Army, he founded Design Associates, a scenic design and set-building studio, from which he produced numerous Broadway shows. He later taught theater production at NYU and Brandeis Univ. In the early 1980s he opened the Jim Hamilton & Co. architectural design studio, designing restaurants, homes, and commercial projects. In 1979 he designed a master plan for Lambertville’s commercial district and in 1988 opened his own restaurant, Hamilton’s Grill Room, with his daughter. He helped to create the Shad Fest annual event celebrating the federal Clean Water Act and on Sept. 17, 2005, the State of New Jersey and City of Lambertville declared it Jim Hamilton Day. He also enjoyed cooking and taught cooking classes in a local prison. He is survived by his wife, Judy; two daughters; a son; two stepchildren; seven grandchildren; a brother; and nieces and nephews.
 

Kenneth R. Allen ’53, of Pensacola, Fla., formerly of Minneapolis; Jan. 21. After serving in the naval aviation training program and earning his wings, he then served the country both on active and reserve duty and retired as a lieutenant colonel out of the reserve unit at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. After a brief stint working at Northwest Airlines, he changed careers and became a stockbroker at Paine Webber Jackson and Curtis in Minneapolis. He retired in 1999. He enjoyed playing golf, fishing, and photographing wildlife. He is survived by his wife, Jane; four children; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Bruce B. Chick ’50, ’53 ScM, of Rumford, R.I., and West Dennis, Mass.; Mar. 9 of cancer.While working towards his master’s degree at Brown, he worked in the metals research laboratory and was appointed assistant director of the lab in 1953. This led to a career in ultrasonic testing and the formation of two companies; Matec Inc., where he was president until it was sold in 1983, and RITEC Inc. in Warwick, R.I., where he was chairman. He wrote or cowrote numerous papers related to the specialized field of ultrasonic measurements and was coauthor of the text book Ultrasonic Methods in Solid State Physics. He held two patents for ultrasonic instruments. While at Brown as an undergrad, he was an announcer for WBRU for four years and after graduating became a faculty advisor and later served as president of the advisory board until 1983. He was a member of many organizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Society of Nondestructive Testing, The East Providence Historical Society, the East Providence Development Commission, and Sigma Xi. In 2015 he and his wife were elected copresidents of the Brown Class of 1950. Additionally, he was a senior warden at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Rumford. He is survived by his wife, Caroline Decatur Chick ’50; daughters Deborah Chick Burke ’77 and Nancy Chick Hyde ’80; and six grandchildren, including Nathan Hyde ’17 and Sara Hyde ’17.

Bennett Patrick ’50, of Queensbury, N.Y.; Jan. 1. He purchased a small wholesale tobacco company that he ran until the early 1990s, subsequently founding and running Patrick’s Food Service, which was a food and vending service in Glens Falls, N.Y., until it was sold in 1995. He was an avid skier, tennis player, bicycle rider, rower, and racquetball player. He skied until he was 84 years old. He also enjoyed traveling, especially to Europe and Israel. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and is survived by a daughter, a son, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and two brothers.

James F. Ross ’52, of Boxford, Mass.; Feb. 11. After serving in the U.S. Navy pilot program during World War II, he joined United Airlines as a pilot, then as captain, and retired after more than 32 years of service. An entrepreneur, he invested in Graves Skis but also worked from the ground up in the company. Upon retiring, he and a partner built and restored antique World War II era planes, and he was instrumental in developing and building plane hangars for Lawrence Municipal Airport in North Andover, Mass. He was a member of the North Andover Hangar Assoc. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; two daughters; two sons; a daughter-in-law; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Martin E. Felder ’52, of Carlsbad, Calif., formerly of Providence; Dec. 31. A general surgeon, he started a private practice in Providence in 1963 and was instrumental in the development of Brown’s medical school. He was chief of general surgery at Miriam Hospital and was a member of numerous medical societies, including the New England Surgical Society. He retired in 2003 with emeritus professor status. He was a Silver Life Master in duplicate bridge, collected fine wines, and enjoyed playing golf. He is survived by his wife, Velma; two sons; four grandchildren; and a sister.

Howard D. Blank ’52, of Scarsdale, N.Y.; Feb. 2. He was a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan and founder and CEO of National Industrial Services. He enjoyed watching Duke basketball games with his sons, who were all Duke alumni; playing tennis; and reading. He is survived by his wife, Felice; three sons and their spouses; and seven grandchildren.

Leonard G. Tubbs Jr. ’51, of New Orleans; Jan. 20. He had a lifelong career in the marine insurance industry working with the Mariner’s Club of the Port of New Orleans and the Home Insurance Co. in New York, and as a vice president of Ferd. Marks-Smither & Co. in New Orleans. He was a charter and founding member of the Mariners Club of the Port of New Orleans and member of the New Orleans Board of Trade and the Southern Yacht Club. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and enjoyed birding and bird photography. He is survived by four sons; three stepdaughters, including Lucinda Flowers ’77; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Edward G. Tefft ’51, of Royersford, Pa.; Jan. 30. He worked his entire 38-year career as an electrical engineer with General Electric, primarily in New York. He was an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Royersford and volunteered with several committees and organizations. He enjoyed sketching and painting. He is survived by his wife, Mary Anne; four children; seven grandchildren; a step-granddaughter; and five great-grandchildren.

Shirley Nagle Holmes ’51, of Barrington, R.I., formerly of Briarcliff Manor and Ossining, N.Y.; Jan. 19. She was a real estate agent for more than 40 years both in Westchester County, N.Y., and for Coleman Real Estate and Residential Properties of Barrington. She retired in 2012. She enjoyed traveling and playing tennis and bridge. She is survived by daughters Kristin Holmes-Linder ’76, Holly Holmes ’77, and Marnie Fuller Holmes Moody ’79; four grandchildren; and a brother.

Perry S. Herst ’51, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Feb. 6. He began his career in real estate at Arthur Rubloff & Co. before moving to Tishman Realty and Construction Co. in 1964. In 1968 he purchased Tishman Realty and Construction Co., which was later known as Tishman West Companies. It was eventually sold to an affiliate of American Express. He was involved in many philanthropic and charitable endeavors over the years, including serving on several boards. He was a recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and of the Civic Achievement Award from the American Jewish Committee. At Brown he was captain of the tennis team and a member of Zeta Psi. He was an avid outdoorsman and traveled around the world on fishing and hunting excursions. He is survived by his wife, Angela; son Perry III ’86; a stepdaughter; a stepson; six grandchildren; a sister; and nieces and nephews, including John S. Stamler Jr. ’98.

Paul F. Hood ’49, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mar. 17. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he lived and worked in various places, including jobs in the financial, pension, retirement areas with Aetna Life & Casualty, Equitable Life, Marsh & McLennan, Merrill Lynch, Watson Wyatt & Co., and Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank. He was listed in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and enjoyed reading about the Civil War, watching golf, and playing tennis. He is survived by a daughter, Tracy Hood Golden ’85; a son; a daughter-in-law; four grandchildren; and a brother, Ralph ’57.

William S. Capozzoli ’49, of Ellicott City, Md., formerly of Old Saybrook, Conn.; Jan. 26. He was a retired sales manager for Exide Battery and a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He is survived by his wife, Sally; three stepdaughters; and two nephews.

Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos ’49, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., formerly of St. Louis; Jan. 20, after a brief illness. He joined Monsanto Company in 1952 as a research chemist. In 1954 he transferred to the organic chemicals division in St. Louis and was appointed a Monsanto Fellow in 1957. He served as vice president of Monsanto and vice chairman of its Corporate Development and Growth Committee and later was president and CEO of its Europe, Africa, and Middle East division. He retired from Monsanto in 1987 and began a second career as managing director of Gateway Ventures, headquartered in St. Louis. He was the author of numerous papers on technological entrepreneurship and corporate venture capital and, over the course of his career, developed several patents related to organic and polymer chemistry. He served on the Presidential Council on Innovation, the Industrial Research Institute, the National Inventors Council, and the European Government Business Council. He enjoyed watercolor painting and writing poetry. He is survived by a son, Paul ’74; a daughter-in-law; and two grandchildren.

Domenic A. Vavala ’48, of Johnston, R.I.; Feb. 13. He was emeritus professor of health sciences and nutrition at Johnson & Wales Univ. and a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service. He held teaching and research positions at U.S. Air Force medical schools and hospitals before joining Johnson & Wales in 1973. He was the recipient of the Academic Pals in Gold by Minerva Univ. in Italy and was a fellow of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science. He was a member of the Royal Society of Health in London, the Texas Academy of Science, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Sigma. He is survived by a cousin.

Fred R. Collins ’48, of Green Valley, Ariz., formerly of Pittsburgh and Massena, N.Y.; Mar. 2. He joined Alcoa Laboratories in New Kensington, Pa., conducting research and developing an aluminum welding metal alloy used on the fuel tanks of the Saturn V rocket. In 1967 he was named manager of the electrical products division of Alcoa Labs in Massena, N.Y. In 1975 he joined the headquarters staff of Alcoa Conductor Products Co. in Pittsburgh, retiring as vice president in 1985 and moving to Green Valley. He was active in several local organizations and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of the American Welding Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Sigma Xi. He enjoyed playing piano and organ, singing in barbershop quartets, and four-wheeling in his vintage Isuzu Trooper. He is survived by five children and their spouses, 12 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
 

Ralph E. Heinzerling ’47, of Port Washington, N.Y.; Jan. 25. He was a freelance commercial artist and an accomplished sailor who won countless races; crewed on sailboat races to Hawaii, Buenos Aires, and Bermuda; and was the 1942 Snipe World Champion with his brother. He ran marathons and half marathons for more than 30 years into his early 80s. He also enjoyed playing golf, fishing, gardening, reading, and classical music. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and member of Kappa Delta Rho. He is survived by three children and their spouses, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Fred L. Corey ’47, of Woonsocket, R.I.; Feb. 16. He started a career in the construction business, working for 10 years at the Dimeo Construction Co. in Providence. In 1959 he was appointed Public Works Director for the City of Woonsocket, where he served until 1966. In 1970 he founded the Corey Construction Co., from which he retired in 1991. He additionally served as Public Safety Director for the City of Woonsocket and was president of the Municipal Public Works Assoc. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and a communicant of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church. He enjoyed playing golf. He is survived by a daughter, a son, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
 

Robert A. McIntosh ’46, of Hamden, Conn.; Jan. 31. He worked with Mohasco Industries, Amsterdam, N.Y., for 32 years. He retired in 1981. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. He is survived by cousins.
 

John B. Hill ’44, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Jan 26. He joined the department of pharmacology as one of the founding faculty members of the Univ. of North Carolina School of Medicine. In 1970 he left UNC to work for the Becton-Dickinson Research Center in Durham, N.C., from which he retired in 1979. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. In retirement he enjoyed writing, creating folk art, cooking, playing golf, and spending time with family. He is survived by three children; two sons-in-law; 12 grandchildren, including Anna Jones ’12; and five great-grandchildren.
 

Helen Lasek McCarthy ’43, of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Feb. 17. She taught for a year on an Indian reservation in Toppenish, Wash., then for two years at the Univ. of Arizona before marrying and teaching in the Tucson school system for 12 years. From 1964 to 1965 she did research in Rome, returned to the United States in 1966 and took an appointment at Santa Barbara City College, where she taught language and literature classes for more than 26 years. She retired in 1992. She enjoyed traveling, especially to England and throughout Europe. She is survived by her husband, Patrick, and a niece.

Edith M.L. Herrmann ’42, of Whitehall, Pa., formerly of Elizabeth, N.J.; Feb. 16. She was employed as the senior librarian of the catalog and reference department at the Hillside Public Library in Elizabeth for more than 30 years. She retired in 1990. She was a former deacon and choir member at Second Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth.
 

Shirley Gratenstein Biers ’40, of San Mateo, Calif., formerly of New York City; Jan. 17. She worked in the New York publicity office of British singer Gracie Fields before moving to Coral Gables, Fla., where she was a homemaker and volunteer. In 1968, after moving to California, she became a photographer and volunteered writing for Stanford Univ.’s Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition newsletter. Among her many interests were horseback riding, hiking, playing piano, traveling, and art, specifically collage and watercolors. She exhibited her work in 2005 at Focus Gallery in San Francisco. She is survived by two daughters, a son-in-law, a niece, and three nephews.
 

Thurlow B. Bearse ’37, of Centerville, Mass.; Mar. 5. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he began working at the family business, Bradford’s Hardware of Hyannis, and retired as president. He was past president of Cummaquid Golf Club, served six years on the Town of Barnstable Finance Committee, and was a board member of Bass River Savings Bank. He enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, and playing golf into his 90s. He is survived by two daughters, five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a niece.

John P. Cook ’64 AM, of Bath, Pa.; Dec. 22. He performed fieldwork in the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska’s Onion Portage and investigated the prehistory of Healy Lake in Alaska before beginning work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1968. There, in addition to a full teaching schedule, he was eventually in charge of all archaeological surveys and excavations north of Glennallen, before and during construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, and he directed salvage excavations at Amchitka Island. In the early 1970s he cofounded the Alaska Anthropological Assoc. and in the mid-to-late 1970s he pioneered the use of x-ray fluorescence and instrumental neutron activation analysis testing the possibility of determining prehistoric trade routes. In 1980 he began working at the Bureau of Land Management, where for nearly two decades he was in charge of investigation and management of cultural resources in the trans-Alaska pipeline corridor and interior Alaska lands controlled by the U.S. Army and Air Force. He was involved with several organizations, including the Alaska State Historical Commission, the Fairbanks Borough Commission for Historic Preservation, the Canadian Archaeological Assoc., and the Society for American Archeology. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, including Timothy ’96 AM; a stepson; three grandchildren; a sister; a brother; and former wife, Nancy Wolens Cook ’60, ’64 MAT.

Norma Peters Cariglia ’90 AM, of Hanover, Mass.; Dec. 5, after a long illness. She is survived by four daughters, a stepdaughter, three grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Alan F. Arcuri ’71 PhD, of Absecon, N.J.; Nov. 20. He taught political science at Stockton (N.J.) University, where he was instrumental in establishing the prelaw program and served as prelaw adviser. In addition, he was the academic coordinator of the Educational Opportunity Fund Summer Program, a guest lecturer at the State Police Training Academy and a core member of a high school-college cooperative program. He enjoyed playing squash. He is survived by his wife, Kris.

Brian Taylor ’70 PhD, of Algonac, Mich.; Jan. 5. He retired from General Motors after 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Sharon; five children; seven grandchildren; a sister; and a brother.

Wilson C. Obi ’68 ScM, of East Orange, N.J.; Aug. 16. He is survived by his wife, Chinwe; three sons; three grandchildren; a sister; and nieces and nephews.

 Erik Erginer ’66 ScM, ’69 PhD, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Oct. 31. After graduating, he returned to Istanbul to complete mandatory military service. He was discharged with the rank of lieutenant in 1972. In 1974 he returned to the United States and worked as an engineer. He held two U.S. patents for forging die design and for turbine processes. After retiring, he briefly taught high school, volunteered at the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, and in 1991 helped found the Winston-Salem chapter of Women Against War. He is survived by his children; his grandchildren; a sister-in-law; a niece; and his former wife, Linda Holgate.

Christopher L. Fuller ’06, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Warren, R.I.; Nov. 30. He was LEED certified and avid about sustainability and environmental issues. He sat on several town boards. He enjoyed designing, creating, and inventing things. He also enjoyed cooking, renovating houses, and working on motor vehicles. He is survived by his wife, Deborah; his parents; a brother; a sister-in-law; and eight nieces and nephews.

Kevin M. Rice ’97, of San Clemente, Calif., and Barcelona, Spain; Dec. 25. For more than two decades he was a top model, working with clients that included Ralph Lauren, Chaps, J. Crew, Brooks Brothers, Gap, Victorinox, and Banana Republic. He is survived by his husband, Juanma Lopez Bravo; his parents; and three sisters.

Carol Bremer Gamblin ’86, of Houston; Dec. 20, after a long illness. She worked for the Houston Human Health and Services Department before settling down and raising her family. She volunteered at local veterinary clinics and at the Houston Zoo. She is survived by her husband, Philip; two daughters; her mother; a sister; and a brother.

Eric A. Schwartz ’85, of Wayland, Mass.; Nov.15, after a brief illness. He was a hedge fund manager with Sebago Capital and a lifelong mentor, coach, and advocate for youth sports. He is survived by his wife, Janet; two daughters; a son; and a brother.

William H. Perry ’87, of Franklin, Mass., formerly of Westport, Conn.; Dec. 11, of cancer. He was the retired CEO of Standard Life Investments North America. Under his tutelage the American office was voted a top-three financial services workplace for three consecutive years by Investor Magazine. Playing Brown football, he earned two first-team All-Ivy defensive tackle titles, was named to All-American  and All-Decade teams, and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. An annual award recognizing the best defensive lineman was created and named in his honor. He helped found the Brown football mentor program and in 1991 earned the Joslin Award. He is survived by his wife, Rosalie; three sons; two sisters; a brother; a niece; and 10 nephews.

Jessica Jones McBride ’84, of Bound Brook, N.J.; July 8, of breast cancer. She began her career as an investigative analyst for Safir Rosetti and most recently was at UBS Financial Services. She lived in New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Illinois before settling in New Jersey. She enjoyed traveling and following basketball and football. She is survived by her husband, John ’84; a daughter; a son; two grandchildren; two sisters; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Jack E. Robinson III ’82, of Duxbury, Mass.; Nov. 20. At the time of his death he had a private law practice. He earlier worked in executive positions at Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines and then at MasterCard International. He founded a digital cellular company in the Caribbean that he later sold and was general counsel of Benistar. In 2000 he ran against Ted Kennedy for a seat in the U.S. Senate; in 2002 he ran for Secretary of the Commonwealth, and in 2006 for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Ninth District of Massachusetts. He is survived by his longtime companion, Maxine Novak; his mother; a sister; and several cousins.

Robert Riger ’81, of New York City; Jan 26, of complications from the flu. A publisher and author, he began his career at Book-of-the-Month Club and left to become president of the Doubleday Book Club. In 1990 he cofounded Market Partners International (MPI), a publishing consulting firm whose clients included Amazon, Jim Henson Productions, and a number of international clients. With Kermit the Frog he coauthored  One Frog Can Make a Difference: Kermit’s Guide to Life in the ’90s. Following MPI, he worked at Penguin Press and Barnes & Noble, then returned to publishing at Simon & Schuster, where he was most recently vice president and director of the Pimsleur Language Programs. At the time of his death he was working with a coauthor on Book Publishing: What Everyone Needs to Know. He was a member of the Mayflower Society and the Publishing Triangle. He enjoyed genealogy and photography. He is survived by his husband, Richard D. Piper ’76 AM; three sisters; two brothers; an aunt; two nieces; and a nephew.

Ronald J. Pires ’73, of West Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Hartford, Conn.; Aug. 14, of colon cancer. He started his career at Aetna Life and Casualty in Hartford, where he rose from programmer to systems analyst, and later was a computer systems consultant. After leaving the corporate world, he worked as a waiter, did construction work, published a website, and became a political blogger. He enjoyed the ocean and fishing. He is survived by his mother; his brother, David ’71, and a sister-in-law.

John A. Fleishman ’70, of Baltimore; Sept. 11, after a long illness. He worked as a research scientist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockland, Md., for 25 years, contributing to HIV health services. In addition to rooting for Boston sports teams, he was an ardent bird-watcher and traveled extensively to see new species and experience new places. He is survived by his wife, Joan; and many friends and family members.

Arthur S. Grossman ’68, ’71 ScM, of Everett, Wash.; Dec. 21, of complications from ALS. He was a family physician for many years in Everett. After retiring, he taught fitness classes at the Everett YMCA and other fitness clubs and volunteered at the local clinic. He was also a volunteer coach and referee for the Washington State Youth Soccer Assoc. He was a member of the Washington State Medical Assoc. and the American Academy of Family Physicians. He enjoyed swimming, running, biking, bridge, and opera. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Vanderwicken Grossman ’70, ’71 ScM; two daughters, including Emily Grossman ’97; a son; five grandchildren; a brother; and a sister-in-law.

Richard G. Whipple ’67, of Louisville, Ky.; Nov. 15. He worked in New York City at Chase Manhattan Bank and European American Bank before joining Citizens Fidelity Bank (PNC Kentucky) in 1985. In 1999, he joined Fifth Third Bank and retired in 2012. He was treasurer of the board of trustees for Summit Academy (Ky.) and served on the board of directors and executive committee for Kentucky Opera. He was a longtime supporter of the Fund for the Arts, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, and the Community Foundation of Louisville. A distance runner, he completed several New York City marathons. He is survived by his wife, Heather; a brother; and nieces and nephews.

Julie B. Lovins ’67, of Mountain View, Calif.; Jan. 26, of brain cancer. She taught Japanese phonology for eight years at Tokyo universities, then engineered software at Silicon Valley firms and consulted on computational linguistics. She is survived by a brother.

Robert H. Hammel ’67, of Canonsburg, Pa.; Jan. 1. He was the owner of the House of Robert Hammel Furniture Store in McMurray, Pa. He is survived by his wife, Mary; two children; two grandchildren; and a sister.

Donald K. Warfield ’66, of Fairfield, Conn.; Nov. 18, of pancreatic cancer. He was an actor for more than 50 years. His career encompassed 30 productions of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as movies and television series, including Law & Order SVU. He is survived by his wife, Laura; a daughter; a son; a daughter-in-law; a grandchild; and two brothers, including Jeffris Warfield ’69.

Suellen Carroll Croteau ’66, of Key West, Fla., formerly of Guilford, Conn.; Feb. 12, of cancer. She was a librarian at the Guilford Free Library and a member of the American Library Assoc., the Connecticut Library Assoc., and the Women’s National Book Assoc. before moving to Key West. She was also a member of the Junior League and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She enjoyed reading, traveling, and playing mahjong. She is survived by her husband, Michael Hayes; and two daughters.

Charles R. Warner ’63, of Minneapolis; Nov. 8. He worked at the U.S. Housing and Urban Development office in Chicago for two years before moving to the Minneapolis HUD office. Active in providing affordable housing in Minneapolis for more than four decades, he was the founder of Home Line, a statewide hotline for tenants dealing with landlord troubles that received thousands of calls over its 25 years in service. He also founded the Minnesota Housing Partnership, a nonprofit that worked for 30 years to grow and finance affordable housing statewide. In 1973 he was instrumental in organizing tenants behind the Minnesota Supreme Court decision permitting tenants to withhold rent if landlords failed to keep buildings up to code. After leaving HUD in the 1980s, he organized Minnesota’s major effort to preserve federally subsidized housing complexes. He was a U.S. Army veteran and enjoyed woodworking.

Michael J. Williams ’65, of Rockport, Mass.; Dec. 15. After earning his master’s degree from Salem State University, he taught in the Beverly and Malden (Mass.) school systems until he retired in 2012. He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Rockport and is survived by his wife, Charlene; two daughters; a son; a son-in-law; a granddaughter; a brother; a niece; and a nephew.

Alan J. Segal ’65, of Coral Gables, Fla.; Jan. 12, of cancer. He was a retired ophthalmologist. He worked in the public health service as a general medical officer in Philadelphia and on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Gallatin in the North Sea before setting up his ophthalmology practice in Coral Gables. He is survived by his wife, Carol; a daughter; a son, Zachary ’96; two grandsons; a sister; and three nephews.

Robert B. Rosen ’65, of Chicago; Jan. 4, from complications following a bone marrow transplant to treat myelofibrosis. He began his career as a real estate broker before joining Bennett & Kahnweiler Associates, where he worked for 15 years. In the early 1980s he moved to Frain Camins & Swartchild in Chicago, where he became president and was instrumental in growing the company before its sale in 1998. He was a member of the Assoc. of Industrial Real Estate Brokers and the Urban Land Institute and sat on the board of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the Sleepy Hollow Condo Board. He enjoyed biking, playing tennis and basketball, and talking politics at the lakeside community of Sleepy Hollow in South Haven, Mich. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; two daughters, including Molly Rosen ’99; a son; four grandchildren; a sister; and two brothers.
 

Bruce K. Brahe II ’65, of Arlington, Va.; July 1. He was a former CIA Case Officer, a retired FBI Special Agent, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, in which he was a tank platoon commander. He enjoyed U.S. history, especially of World War II, and big band and swing music. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; two daughters; a son; nine grandchildren; a sister; a brother; and 11 nieces and nephews.

John F. Morse III ’62, of Boston; Dec. 30. He was the founder, president, and CEO of Global Access Telecommunications and worked in the broadcast and satellite industries for 30 years before retiring. He is survived by his wife, Sonya; a daughter; and a son.

David A. Breazeale ’61, of Novato, Calif., formerly of Farmingdale, N.J.; Dec. 6, of cancer. After serving in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in the Midwest and Korea, he became a math teacher and computer programmer in Newark, N.J. In 1975 he was recruited by Bank of America and moved to California. After 22 years, he left Bank of America and formed his own consulting firm, Deerfield Systems. For the last 10 years of his career he was an IT manager with McKesson Corp. He was a deacon and a member of the men’s bible group and property committee at the Presbyterian Church of Novato. He enjoyed gardening and classical and jazz music and was a fan of the New York Giants and Knicks. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; two sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

Fred A. Windover ’60, of Boston; Dec. 4. He worked briefly in Florida before joining Sprague Electric in Lexington, Mass., in 1967 as an attorney. He was general counsel and acting vice president with Sprague through several transitions. He retired in 2009 from Allegro Microsystems in Worcester, Mass. He served the boards of the Williamstown Theater Festival, North Adams Hospital, the Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts, and the Worcester Art Museum. He was a member of the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He is survived by his wife, Joan; a daughter; two sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; eight grandchildren; a sister; a brother; a sister-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

Katherine Guthrie Bergen ’60, of Port Washington, N.Y.; Dec. 18. She worked briefly as a writer and editor in New York City and was a staff member on Nelson Rockefeller’s 1964 campaign. She was involved in Port Washington community affairs, including the Science Museum, the Community Chest, and the Landmark on Main Street. She enjoyed tennis, bridge, Scrabble, and reading. She is survived by her husband, G.S. Peter Bergen; three daughters; and four grandchildren.

Dana G. Willard ’59, of York, Me.; Jan. 5, after a brief illness. He worked for High Voltage Engineering in Boston and then for the Willard-Daggett Fish & Lobster Co. in Portland, Me. He returned to Massachusetts in 1978 and worked in the software industry until retiring from Lucent Technologies in 2001 and moving to York. In retirement, he painted and volunteered, helping with shoreline profiling and with educational programs at the Laudholm Farm in Wells, Me. He spent winters at Amelia Island, Fla. He is survived by two sons, two grandchildren, and a sister.

Lewis Roberts Jr. ’59, of Stratham, N.H.; Jan. 12. He was director of the Thompson School of Applied Sciences at UNH before he became dean of UNH Manchester. He and his wife created the nonprofit Mill Pond Center for the Performing Arts in Durham, N.H. In retirement, he enjoyed woodworking and helped found the Common Table Ministry at St. John’s Church in Portsmouth, N.H. He is survived by his wife, Judy Bell Roberts ’62; two daughters; a son; a daughter-in-law; two sons-in-law; five grandchildren; and a brother.

Hope Owen McMahon ’59, of Portland, Me.; Dec. 21. She taught art in K–12 school districts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, and Maine. She retired from the Brunswick (Me.) School Department in 2000. She is survived by a daughter, a son-in-law, two grandchildren, and two nieces.

Joan Cobb Boyce ’59, of Eugene, Ore., formerly of Flagstaff, Ariz.; Dec. 6. She was a homemaker and volunteer for the Flagstaff Summer Festival, where she regularly sang in the Flagstaff Oratorio Choir. In Eugene, she volunteered every year with the Oregon Bach Festival. She enjoyed hiking, camping, and visiting family in Rome, Me. She is survived by two sons, four grandchildren, and a brother.

Sheila McHale Bailey ’59, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dec. 22. She was a substance abuse counselor for the Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services in Chattanooga, where she also helped establish a halfway house. She was a member of the Tennessee Assoc. of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. She enjoyed swimming and entertaining. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a son-in-law, and three nieces.

Charles H. Turner ’58, of Edmonds, Wash.; Jan. 8. He had a private law practice in Chicago in the 1960s, worked in the U.S. Attorney’s office there from 1962 to 1965, and was with the regional solicitor’s office of the U.S. Department of Interior in Portland from 1965 to 1967. He was appointed U.S. Attorney for Oregon under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and was lead prosecutor in several highly publicized criminal cases. Among these were the prosecution of the American Indian Movement figures in the aftermath of AIM’s occupation of the Wounded Knee site in South Dakota; the case of a Portland State Univ. professor who plotted to bomb the National Guard armory in Portland; and the case of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and members of his commune for the bioterror attack in The Dalles, Oregon, in which Turner was targeted for assassination. He retired from the U.S. Attorney’s office in 1993. He was a Chicago Cubs fan and enjoyed history, especially Civil War history. He is survived by his wife, Sharol; a daughter; a son; three grandsons; a sister; and a brother.

Joseph A. Santangini ’58, of Providence; Sept. 21.

Edward W. Poitras ’58, of Haines City, Fla., formerly of Winter Haven, Fla.; Dec. 30. At Brown he was a member of the Glee Club and the University Chapel Choir, and worked at WBRU. After graduation and service in the U.S. Army, he worked as a radio broadcaster in Binghamton, N.Y. He later moved to Winter Haven to manage Poitras Groves citrus operations and audition for the Bach Festival Choir of Winter Park, Fla., of which he remained a member for 20 years. He was a member of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church for nearly 50 years and directed its music ministry. He also worked with Christian Prison Ministries and at the time of his death was an officer and treasurer of Faith Alive Ministries. He is survived by his wife, Kay; three daughters and their spouses; six grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law; and three nieces.

William G. Olsen Jr. ’58, of New Ulm, Tex.; Dec. 24. After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he worked at IBM as a computer programmer. Later he became a consultant in custom programming. He enjoyed building and fixing things, including his home in New Ulm. He also liked cooking and recipe sharing. He is survived by four children, six grandchildren, a sister, and several nieces and nephews.

Charles H. Kershaw III ’58, of Contoocook, N.H., formerly of Barrington, R.I.; Dec. 14. Before joining the U.S. Air Force, he practiced family medicine in Barrington for 15 years. He was a flight surgeon and commander during his 22 years of military service and retired as a colonel. He was a member of the Order of DeMolay and served as a master counselor. He enjoyed sailing, fishing, raising Appaloosa horses, and playing guitar. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; three daughters and their spouses; and eight grandchildren.

Suzanne May Garber Massy ’57, of Northampton, Mass.; Oct. 11. She was a librarian at the D’Amour Library at Western New England College in Springfield, Mass., before retiring in 2000. She was also a Town of Wilbraham library trustee for 10 years and president of the Massachusetts Library Trustees Assoc. She enjoyed traveling, hiking, and biking. She is survived by her husband, William; two sons; six grandchildren; a stepdaughter; and two step-grandchildren.

Ralph L. Leonard Jr. ’57, of Effingham, N.H.; Jan. 17. He joined his father’s real estate business, Ralph L. Leonard & Son, in Beverly, Mass., and after his father retired, operated the business as Ralph Leonard Associates until his own retirement in 2016. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, boating, and horseback riding. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; seven children, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; a sister; and a brother-in-law.

James D. Kalloger ’56, of Lynn, Mass.; Dec. 11. A U.S Army veteran of the Korean War, he joined the Lynn Police Department as patrolman for several years. He joined the Massachusetts State Police and retired as a member of its Harbor Patrol. In addition to his police work, he was a cement finisher and bricklayer for many years. He was a lifetime member of the Danvers Fish & Game Club, where he won many awards for both skeet and trap shooting, and was a member of VFW Post 1240. He played football at Brown. He is survived by his wife, Lillian; children; and grandchildren.

Bruce N. Abbott ’56, of Oxford, Me., formerly of West Springfield, Mass.; Dec. 23. In West Springfield, he began his career working at IBM, transitioned into insurance, and retired after 31 years with Travelers Insurance in Hartford, Conn., as a data analyst. He was a longtime member, Sunday school teacher, and choir member at Mittineague Congregational Church in West Springfield. After moving to Oxford, he joined Oxford Congregational Church and served as treasurer. He enjoyed playing cribbage and was an avid Boston sports fan. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter; three sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, including Douglas ’61; and two sisters-in-law.

Lorle Patzau Wolfson ’55, of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Dec. 8. A commercial interior designer, she worked as a resource coordinator with several firms in Philadelphia, which allowed her to collaborate with other designers. She eventually established her own resource consulting business, Resourcing. She was involved with the Main Line Unitarian Church in Devon, Pa.; served as a host family for many foreign students; and was a board member and volunteer for Philadelphia’s Nationality Service Center, which serves immigrants. She enjoyed cooking, knitting, and needlework. She is survived by her husband, Bertram ’52; a daughter; a son; five granddaughters; and a brother.

John Shearing ’55, of Los Angeles, formerly of Port Murray, N.J.; Dec. 3. He was a Broadway sound designer. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After Brown, he joined his father at Masque Sound & Recording in New York City. After his father’s death, he bought out his partner, and under his direction Masque became a leading Broadway sound shop whose credits include Grease, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He was instrumental in establishing Local 922 Sound Designers Union, of which he became president. He enjoyed skiing all over the world, sailing, playing golf, and cooking. He is survived by his wife, Jane; five children and their spouses, including sons Geoffrey ’94 and James ’98; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Everett A. Pearson ’55, of Warren, R.I. and Estero, Fla.; Dec. 24. Along with his cousin, Clinton Pearson ’52, he founded Pearson Yachts, a pioneer fiberglass boat building business company that was later owned by Grumman. He published The Lure of Sailing in 1965. With Frederick Tillotson ’68, he started Tillotson-Pearson Inc. (TPI) in Warren, which built wind blades for US Windpower, materials for Disney, and numerous other products. He earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Assoc. In 2002 he sold most of the business and eventually started Pearson Pilings. An avid sailor and a member of the New York Yacht Club, he competed in local-yacht-club and ocean racing. He also enjoyed playing tennis and golf. He was captain of the Brown football team and inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; two daughters; a son; a daughter-in-law; two sons-in-law; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

William J. Frazier Jr. ’55, of Darien, Conn.; Jan. 27. He worked in finance for more than 20 years in New York City and ended his career at Lummis & Co. in New Canaan, Conn. He served as a Eucharistic minister, was captain of one of the local senior men’s tennis teams, and refereed youth hockey until his retirement at age 82. He was a supporter of the Stamford Symphony and the Connecticut Grand Opera, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former Brown rowing team member, and a member of Beta Theta Pi. He enjoyed hockey, tennis, biking, and skiing. He is survived by his wife, Jane; two daughters; a son; two sons-in-law; four grandsons; and a brother.

Ernest H. Fontan Jr. ’55, of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Lyndhurst, N.J.; Sept. 20. He was a retired corporate manager and a former salesman for Shore’s Men’s Store in Kissimmee. He is survived by his wife, Avalon; three sons; a daughter-in-law; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

John W. Cobb ’55, of Newburgh, N.Y.; Dec. 31. After a stint in advertising, he spent 30 years in the restaurant business, then practiced law with Cobb & Cobb for 24 years. He was a member of the New York Bar Assoc. and Psi Upsilon. He is survived by his wife, Verna Werlock Cobb ’57; five children, including son Stephen ’86; and 15 grandchildren.

Gordon F. Udall Jr. ’54, of North Kingstown, R.I.; Jan. 6. He worked in manufacturing for many years as vice president and general manager of Graham Mfg. in East Greenwich, R.I. He was a pilot in the U.S. Navy and later volunteered at the Quonset Air Museum, the South County Museum, and the New England Wireless and Steam Museum. He is survived by his wife, Polly; two daughters; a son; a daughter-in-law; two sons-in-law; nine grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; and two sisters.

Alan M. Corney ’54, of Saratoga, Calif., formerly of Morristown, N.J.; Jan. 12.  He worked in the furniture industry. After retiring, he pursued his interest in boating and building and restoring wooden boats. He was a member of the New Jersey Furniture Assoc. and is survived by his wife, Judith Robinson Corney ’55; a daughter; a son; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Bradford W. Monahon ’53, of South Kingstown, R.I.; Feb. 8. He was employed by the R.I. Department of Environmental Management and retired as the manager of the Arcadia Management Area. A veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, he enjoyed skiing, biking, and sports car racing. He is survived by his wife, Sally; a daughter; a son; a daughter-in-law; and two grandchildren.

A. Edward Skoog ’53, of Springfield, Ill.; Jan. 9. After running his own general construction company for more than 15 years, he was an engineer at J.M. Jones Company until his retirement in 1994. He was past president of the Champaign Contractors Assoc. and active in local organizations. He enjoyed playing duplicate bridge and became a Life Master in 2004. A long-suffering Chicago Cubs fan, he attended two World Series games in 1945 and relished the team’s 2016  World Series championship. He is survived by a daughter, two sons, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and six grandchildren.

Rodolfo M. Barbone ’53, of Warwick, R.I.; Jan. 1. After working as a pharmacist, he earned a master’s degree and taught math and science at Gorton Junior High School, then retired as a guidance counselor at Winman Junior High School, both in Warwick. During the Korean War he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He enjoyed traveling, cooking, and playing tennis and bocce. He especially enjoyed watching his grandchildren play sports and teaching them chess. He is survived by four daughters, nine grandchildren, a sister, and several nieces and nephews.

Gale V. M. Wolny ’52, of Supply, N.C.; July 10, 2017. He was a retired advisory marketing representative for IBM. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of Kappa Sigma. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth.

Mary Fuller Loughran ’52, of Hurley, N.Y.; Dec. 11. She was a homemaker who was a member of the Hurley Library Assoc. and the Ulster Garden Club. She enjoyed traveling, knitting, reading, and listening to symphony music. She is survived by her husband, John; three sons; three daughters-in-law; grandchildren; and a brother.

Dorothy Batchelor DeForest ’52, of Greenville, N.Y., formerly of Catskill, N.Y.; Nov. 18. She was a homemaker actively involved in her community. She is survived by two daughters, three sons, three daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, 17 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

Richard D. Blackburn ’52, of Framingham, Mass.; Dec. 14. He worked in sales for both national and international industrial computer equipment corporations, including Computron, and was vice president of sales at Computer-Link. A U.S. Army Korean War veteran, he is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter; a son; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and nine grandchildren.

Stanley E. Salva ’51, of Durham, Conn.; Dec. 14, after a short illness. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a retired research chemist for Uniroyal and a member of the American Chemical Society. He is survived by three sons, two daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, and one step-grandchild.

Robert W. Helm ’51, of Hingham, and formerly Needham, Mass.; Dec. 12. He founded the Robert W. Helm Insurance Agency in 1955 and was cofounder of the Needham Assoc. of Independent Insurance Agents. He was a Needham Town Meeting member for 25 years and was active at Christ Episcopal Church. An avid sailor, he is survived by his wife, Bette; four sons; three daughters-in-law; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Bruce A. Hausman ’51, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of New York City; Dec. 1.

Jeannette Jones Pollard ’48, of Essex, Conn., formerly of Devon, Pa.; Feb. 8. She devoted her life to family, arts volunteering, education, historic preservation, and travel. She worked briefly in publishing and was active with the Essex Historical Society. A supporter of the Philadelphia Orchestra, she served on the boards of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Landmarks Society of Philadelphia, and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She was a Pembroke class secretary for many years and with her husband, William A. Pollard ’50, provided Brown scholarships. They contributed the lead gift in the renovation of Meehan Auditorium, whose ice rink was renamed the Pollard Family Rink at Meehan Auditorium. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters, including Judith Danforth ’77, Wendy Pollard ’81, and Edith Tower ’85; three sons-in-law, including Murray Danforth III ’77 and Caleb Tower ’85; eight grandchildren, including Merebea Danforth ’06, Benjamin Kurtz ’08, William Kurtz ’08, and Julia Metzger ’13; and four great-grandchildren.

Raymond E. Kassar ’48, of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of New York City and San Francisco; Dec. 10, of Lewy body dementia. He was president of Burlington House and served on the board of directors of Burlington Industries before joining Warner Communications in 1978, where he was appointed president and CEO and was instrumental in the rapid expansion of Atari. He was director of the board of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation and was an avid art investor and collector. In 1982, Brown dedicated the Edward W. Kassar House at 151 Thayer Street, which housed the mathematics department, in memory of his father. A member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the National Bedding Company, he enjoyed his Vizsla dogs and playing tennis. He is survived by his spouse, David Ferguson, and several nieces and nephews.

Oscar K. Swanson ’50, of North Smithfield, R.I., formerly of Glocester, R.I.; Dec. 23. He worked at the family owned Swanson-Gay Lumber Company in Cranston, R.I.; was a state purchasing agent for several years; and from 1971 to 1988 was a nursing home administrator at Scalabrini Villa and St. Elizabeth Home, both in Rhode Island. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was a past president of the Glocester Town Council and member of the Glocester School Committee. He is survived by two daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, four granddaughters, and a great-grandson.

Rodman C. Scheffer ’50, of Plymouth, N.H.; Dec. 21. He taught and coached at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Mass.) for 10 years. In 1964 he joined the Tilton (N.H.) School, where he was a teacher, coach, and academic adviser. At Brown he was an All–New England  and All-American soccer goalie and was invited to the 1948 Olympic trials. In 2015 he was inducted into the Tilton School Athletic Hall of Fame and had earlier been inducted into both the Brown and Northfield Mount Hermon Athletic Halls of Fame. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he is survived by three sons, their spouses, and two grandchildren.

Mary Keating Coogan ’47, of Boonton, N.J.; Dec. 20. She was a real estate agent with Mountain Lakes Realty in New Jersey and cofounder of The Barn Theater in Montville, N.J., sitting on its board of directors for many years. She enjoyed tennis, skiing, golf, and cheering for the New York Giants. She is survived by three daughters, a son, 10 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Norman C. Taylor ’45, of Woodbury, Conn.; Dec. 23. He worked at Chase Brass & Copper in Waterbury, Conn., and later worked in archery manufacturing, opening a branch of Stemmler Archery in Waterbury, Conn., and in 1959 a factory in Middlebury, Conn. He was president of the Archery Trade Assoc. in 1981. He served on various Woodbury town committees and was a deacon, trustee, and church school superintendent at the First Congregational Church. He  served as trustee and president of Waterbury Hospital. A U.S. Navy World War II veteran and Eagle Scout, he earned the Silver Beaver badge for his volunteer work with the Boy Scouts. He enjoyed skiing, tobogganing, ice hockey, camping, fishing, golf, and bridge. He is survived by his wife, Adele; a daughter; three sons; a daughter-in-law; six grandchildren; and a sister.

Philip R. Siener ’45, of Greene and Providence, R.I.; Dec. 24, after a long illness. He was chairman and CEO of Cooley Group Holdings in Pawtucket, R.I. He was president of Agawam Hunt Club in East Providence and served on the boards of Peoples Savings Bank, the U.S. Industrial Fabrics Institute, and the Industrial Fabrics Assoc. International. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He is survived by two daughters, a son, eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Frank H. Horton ’45, of Saco, Me., formerly of Manchester, Conn.; Jan. 7. He was a pediatrician in Manchester for 35 years. He retired in 1989 and moved to Maine, where he worked as a safety officer for Horton Smoked Seafoods in Waterboro. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Assoc. He enjoyed fly-fishing, beekeeping, gardening, and blacksmithing. He is survived by daughter Jill Horton-Lyons ’71; two sons, including Robert ’72; son-in-law James Lyons ’66; a brother; and a sister-in-law.

Germaine Dufault Arsove ’45, of Seattle; May 3, 2017. She worked at the Children’s Home Society of Washington, at Head Start, and as a therapist in private practice. She enjoyed gardening, beekeeping, sewing, rug latch hooking, and the opera. She is survived by four daughters, including Priscilla Arsove ’74, and three grandchildren.

Marie Laudati D’Avanzo ’43, of Wilmington, N.C., formerly of Cranston, R.I.; Dec. 5. A retired elementary school librarian for the Cranston school district, she was an avid golfer, tennis player, and bowler who won numerous local duckpin bowling championships. She enjoyed summers with family and friends at her beach house in Matunuck, R.I. She is survived by her husband, Donald; two daughters; a son, Donald ’73; four grandchildren; a sister, Elaine Laudati Regine ’45; nieces Phyllis Cox ’65 and Kimberleigh Cox ’90; and nephew Louis Regine ’73.

Electra Fogliano Gallagher ’41, of Burnsville, Minn., formerly of Pawtucket, R.I.; Feb. 13. She was a social worker with the R.I. Department of Social Welfare and then a secondary school teacher in Pawtucket until her retirement in 1965. Active in Brown reunions, she processed down College Hill for the final time at her 65th reunion in 2006. She volunteered with Meals on Wheels for more than 20 years and was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church in Pawtucket. She is survived by a son, a daughter-in-law, two granddaughters, and a nephew.

Barbara Johnson Ware ’36, of Saint Augustine, Fla., formerly of Rye, N.Y.; Aug. 21. She worked as an accountant for American Surety Co. and as a librarian for Rye High School (both in New York) before retiring to Florida. She was a member of the American Assoc. of University Women and enjoyed gardening. She is survived by a daughter, a son, four grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

MacGregor Robinson ’96 MAT, of Pawling, N.Y.; Sept. 4, of liver cancer. He worked as an English teacher and housemaster at the Berkshire School (Mass.), and as an admissions professional and student adviser at The Gunnery (Conn.). He also worked at Trinity-Pawling School (N.Y.); and at King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan. He is survived by two brothers, two sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.

Robert A. Johnson ’71 PhD, of Acton, Mass.; Nov. 4. He taught physics at Bucknell Univ. and later did consulting work. He was a member of the American Physical Society, the International Solar Energy Society, and the Federation of American Scientists. He was an Acton selectman and served on various town committees. He enjoyed playing bridge. He is survived by a son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson, two sisters, and his former wife, Elizabeth Comstock.

David Gullet ’70 AM, of Ashland, Ore., formerly of Oakland, Calif.; Oct. 11. He worked for the city of Oakland as a supervisor, area manager, park/recreation manager, and assistant director. He retired in 2004. He enjoyed gardening, photography, and traveling to state and national parks. He is survived by his wife, Christina, and two children.

Charles R. Jungwirth ’70 MAT, of Riverside, R.I.; Jan. 3, 2017. He was a biology teacher at Roger Williams Univ. for more than 25 years and also served as ombudsman. He is survived by his wife, Veretta; a daughter; two grandsons; two sisters; a brother; and several nieces and nephews.

John D. Harper ’69 PhD, of Calgary, Canada; Oct. 24. A geologist, he worked across the globe and made significant contributions to petroleum geoscience and hydrocarbon exploration during his 50-year career. He was a professor at Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland and director of the Geological Survey of Canada, and he worked with Alconsult International and ConocoPhillips in Texas. He volunteered with the Canadian ski patrol system for 40 years, and was involved in various other community organizations. He is survived by his wife, Cathy; two sons and their spouses; and two grandchildren.

Herbert G. Sutter ’69 PhD, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y.; Nov. 14. He taught at Union College; did research on nuclear waste in the Maryland/Washington, D.C., area; and was a consultant, but his real passion was helping people. While in Maryland, he served as a counselor and elder at Northgate Community Church and later was pastor at a church in Germantown, Md. After moving to Ohio, he was active at Canton First Friends Church, where he was an elder and taught classes, mentored young married couples, and headed up the emergency relief and food pantry ministry. He is survived by his wife, Norma; two children; four grandchildren; and five adopted grandchildren.

John H. Spang ’67 ScM, ’71 PhD, of League City, Tex.; Nov. 9. He was a geology professor at the Univ. of Calgary, and then at Texas A&M, from which he retired. He was active in the American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists, U.S. Power Squadrons, America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Assoc., and Sigma Xi. He is survived by his wife, Terry; a son; a daughter-in-law; grandchildren; a brother; and a sister-in-law.

Mark E. Connelly ’51 ScM, of Concord, Mass.; Oct. 15. He had a long career as a researcher at MIT and worked on hybrid computing, air defense, aircraft simulation, air traffic control, and mass transit. He advised numerous graduate students on their research. He was an active member of the Concord Sailfishing Group and played tennis, cribbage, and bridge. He also enjoyed reading the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and books on economics, history, and political science. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and is survived by two daughters, a son, two daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, 12 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Jay J. Gravel ’11, of Naples, Fla.; Sept. 27, after a battle with addiction. He is survived by his parents, a sister; a brother-in-law, a nephew; two grandmothers; and several extended family members.

Nathan Ballard ’98, of Washington, D.C.; Nov. 11, of cancer. A lifelong student and learner, he was working toward his master’s in teaching arts when he was diagnosed. He enjoyed literature, poetry, and science and wanted to excite children about learning. At Brown, he was a member of the varsity baseball team and received academic and athletic recognitions. He was an avid reader and relaxed by playing the guitar. He is survived by his parents, a sister, a niece, and many friends and family members.

Claudia F. Yellin ’87, of Providence; Oct. 31. She was a psychologist in private practice and at Bradley Hospital. She also held leadership positions in several professional organizations and was a member of Temple Emanu-El in Providence. She enjoyed reading, canoeing, listening to folk music, and being outdoors. She is survived by her spouse, Navah Levine; a son; her parents; a sister; a stepbrother; and two nephews.

Elizabeth J. Farnsworth ’84, of Amherst, Mass.; Oct. 27. She was a senior research ecologist and director of education at the New England Wild Flower Society in Framingham, Mass. She conducted research projects in plant ecology all over the world, taught at universities, and developed ecology education projects for children. Her work was recognized and supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. She served as a scientific consultant to government agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. National Park Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency. She published 54 scholarly papers, numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and several books. She was author of the Society’s State of the Plants report, cocreator of the Society’s Go Botany website, and wrote the “Earth Matters” column for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. She received several awards for her work, including Harvard’s Bowdoin Prize. She enjoyed building wooden boats, kayaking, playing guitar and piano, and singing in contemporary and classical chorales. She is survived by her brother, Robert L. Farnsworth ’76; a sister-in-law, Georgia N. Nigro ’76; two nephews; an aunt; and four cousins.

William M. Waggaman ’80, of Edgartown, Mass., formerly of Norwalk, Conn.; Oct. 21. He was a retired marketing manager. While at Brown, he was a member of the rowing team. He is survived by his wife, Audrey; two daughters; a son-in-law; his mother; a sister; and two brothers.

Frances S. Braine ’73, of South Orange, N.J.; Nov. 4. She worked as a project manager at the NYC Economic Development Corp. for five years, as a manager of environmental site assessments at EEA Inc. for 12 years, and as an associate and senior environmental planner at BFJ Inc. for eight years. She was also editor of MetroPlanner, the newsletter of the local chapter of the American Planning Association, for which she received the 1997 Floyd Lapp Planning Award for Editing. She published several articles and reports and was a guest lecturer at Columbia, NYU, CCNY, and Harvard. She enjoyed New York City, family vacations in the Adirondacks, and Star Trek. She is survived by her mother; brothers Bruce ’76 and Geoff ’78 and their wives; two nieces, including Kathleen Braine ’11; and a nephew.

Josef Mittleman ’72, of New York City; Nov. 29, from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. An engineering professor and real estate developer. He developed such New York City luxury high-rises as The Paladin, The Grand Sutton, and Silver Tower; was responsible for redeveloping the World Trade Center; and maintained an adjunct lecturer position in engineering at Brown. He began working as a leasing and sales broker with Cross & Brown of New York in 1972 and in 1978 was promoted to vice president and subsequently a partner with Cohen Brothers. He founded his own real estate development and management company, Empire Realty Group, in 1984. From 1993 to 1996 he and his family lived in Paris, where he was president of the Brown Club of France. After returning to the United States and earning a master’s degree in education from Harvard, he joined the Brown faculty as an adjunct lecturer in the Division of Engineering. He taught and designed business management, decision-making, real estate, and entrepreneurial courses. He received the 2003 Undergraduate Student Council Teaching Excellence Award and was appointed to the President’s Advisory Committee. In 2004 he became COO of Silverstein Properties, where he worked to improve the company’s internal structure and was responsible for redeveloping the World Trade Center. He used that project as an example of organization, politics, entrepreneurship, and business practice for his engineering classes. He left Silverstein Properties in 2006 and returned to teaching full-time at Brown and writing two books. He enjoyed collecting art and donated some pieces of his collections to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He is survived by his wife, Marsy; a daughter, Juliet Mittleman ’04; a son, Justin ’00; and a sister.  

James Melius ’70, ’72 MMS

Architect of aid for 9/11 first responders
 

“For most occupational or environmental illnesses, what treatment do we have?” Dr. James Melius ’70, ’72 MMS told the Niagara Sunday Gazette in the late 1980s. As director of the New York Department  of Health’s division of occupational health and environmental epidemiology, he was leading the cleanup of Forest Glen, a Niagara Falls neighborhood that became a Superfund site.  “Our best treatment,” Melius insisted, “is to stop exposure.” 

Melius, who died January 1 of cardiac arrest at his home in Copake Falls, N.Y.,  had a decades-long career as a strong advocate for workers’ health and safety, with an emphasis on prevention. His repeated testimony before Congress was key to the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which authorized billions of dollars for the medical care of first responders. “The failure of the government to properly inform and protect these people from these exposures added substantially to their health risks,” Melius testified in 2009.

As an international expert on workplace medicine, Melius was part of the cohort of U.S. experts sent to Bhopal, India, in 1984, to investigate the poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant, considered one of the world’s worst industrial disasters. From 1994 until his death, Melius served the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA). “Jim was a true working class warrior,” said LIUNA general president Terry O’Sullivan, in a tribute. 

James Malcolm Melius was born on June 16, 1948, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Copake Falls, New York. At Brown, he studied biology and managed the varsity hockey team. In a letter to the BAM from 1972, Melius’s last year in the six-year medical science program,  he and fellow members of the Brown Medical Student Society made a forceful argument that Brown should start a medical school, both to enhance the University and to improve health care in Rhode Island. 

The son of a farmer and a first-grade teacher, Melius showed concern for the working class even before the start of his career. “Quality medical care is a right rather than a privilege which must be made equally available to all people,” he and his classmates wrote in the BAM.

Melius received his MD from the University of Illinois School of Medicine and his doctorate of epidemiology from the University of Illinois School of Public Health.  

Starting with a residency in occupational medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Melius’s career was focused on reducing the number of workers killed, injured, or exposed to dangerous substances on the job. “He had an early sense of wanting to do good and remain connected to working class people,”his son Jeremy Melius told the New York Times in early January. “He had a strong sense of service.”

Melius improved occupational health practices in New York  long before he spelled out to Congress what hadn’t been done properly after 9/11 and what the procedure should be in future disaster response. In 1980, after an explosion and fire at the Chemical Control Corp. chemical storage site in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Melius got the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, where he’d worked previously, to come in and do medical evaluations of the firefighters. “It was one of the first times that firefighters were evaluated after a major incident,” a longtime former official of the International Association of Fire Fighters told the Times. “And that continues today.” 

Just months before his death, Melius coauthored an op-ed in the New York Daily News calling a monument for 9/11 first responders a moral imperative. “For them,” he wrote, “9/11 and its aftermath is still a daily battle.”

—Louise Sloan ’88

Richard B. Keyworth ’69, of Raleigh, N.C.; Nov. 12. He ran a family general store and did pastoral work at many of the local churches. He enjoyed reading history and spending time with his children. He is survived by his wife, Amy, and three daughters.

Donald C. Harris ’65, of Berlin, Conn.; Oct. 19, after a two-year battle with ALS. He worked for 35 years at Ingersoll Rand’s Torrington and Fafnir divisions in materials management, retiring in 2000. He traveled to all 50 states and 40 countries. He was chairman of both the Berlin wetlands and zoning commissions and a member of the Mayflower Society, the New Britain Museum of American Art, and the New Britain Industrial Museum. He is survived by his wife, Beverly; two sons and their wives; four grandchildren; a brother and his wife; and two nephews.

Phyllis Tesler Breslow ’64, of Peabody, Mass.; Nov. She worked at the Medford Public Library as head librarian in the children’s department. She enjoyed traveling. She is survived by a daughter, a sister, a brother, a sister-in-law, a brother-in-law, and five nieces and nephews.

James L. Thompson ’62, of Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Oct. 17. He was a civilian employee of the U.S. Army, working as a supervisory mechanical engineer in Warren, Michigan. He was active in his local church and enjoyed time with family. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Williams Thompson ’60; a daughter; a son; and three grandsons.

Jack D. Fisher ’61, of Bedford, Mass., formerly of Natick, Mass.; Nov. 8. He had a long and distinguished career in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired as colonel, serving in the Vietnam War and Desert Storm. For 11 years, he was commander of troops in Saudi Arabia and for more than 21 years was a consultant with Odyssey at Hanscom Air Force Base. He earned the Meritorious Service Medal and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He enjoyed family genealogy. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; two daughters; two sons; two daughters-in-law; two sons-in-law; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Stephen M. Haas ’61, of LaJolla, Calif., formerly of New York City; Nov. 30. He founded Stephen M. Haas Legal Placement Inc., an executive search firm, in New York City, which specialized in assisting law firms and corporations in recruiting attorneys.

Frederic C. Marston III ’61, of Ewing, N.J.; Oct. 27. He was a marketing communications executive in New York City with Benton & Bowles and Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agencies before moving to California to join CRM Inc. publishing company. Because of his experience with college marketing, he was recruited by Playboy magazine to direct the company’s college bureau. He later returned to advertising with Grey North and d’Arcy MacManus & Masius in Chicago, before joining Manpower Inc. in Milwaukee in 1980 as vice president of U.S. marketing and public relations. He spent the last 12 years of his career as a senior vice president with BVK in Milwaukee and then retired to New Jersey in 1997, where he worked part-time as a public relations consultant and an editor at Princeton’s weekly community newspaper, Town Topics. He enjoyed skiing, tennis, and golf and was a Life Master at tournament bridge. He is survived by a daughter, a son-in-law, two brothers, two sisters-in-law, and 11 nieces and nephews.

William D. Stamper ’61, of St. Louis, Mo.; Dec. 1, from complications of dementia. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and later was president of the W.D. Stamper Co. in St. Louis. He enjoyed flying planes, sailing, playing poker with his poker group, and bicycling. He served on several boards, including the Central Institute of the Deaf, St. Luke’s Hospital, and the St. Louis Art Museum. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; four children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren; and a brother and sister-in-law.

Peter Gemski ’58, of Asheville, N.C.; Mar. 15, 2017, of heart failure. He was chief of the Department of Molecular Pathology at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C., from which he retired in 1996. He was a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He enjoyed jazz, playing the trumpet and flugelhorn, and acting as a band leader and arranger. He is survived by his wife, Lenny; a son; a daughter; three grandchildren; a sister, Olga Gemski Robinson ’57; a brother-in-law, John Robinson ’56; and a nephew, Chase Robinson ’85.

Judith Abbott Myers ’58, of Atlanta, Ga.; Oct. 11. She was a homemaker active in her community. She enjoyed playing tennis. She is survived by her husband, Dirck; three daughters; and five grandchildren.

Earle Webster Jr. ’58, of Raleigh, N.C.; Nov. 7. He worked as a sales manager for Blasch Precision Ceramics of New York before retiring to North Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Ethel; a daughter; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Frederick J. Mernick ’57, of Wakefield, formerly of East Greenwich, R.I.; Oct. 19, after a lifelong struggle with diabetes. He was vice president of Matec Inc., for 30 years. A U.S. Air Force Korean War veteran, he was also a former clerk of the State of Rhode Island Judiciary Committee, a former member of East Greenwich Town Committee, and a former chairman of the East Greenwich Juvenile Hearing Board. He is survived by his wife, Ann; two daughters, including Lee Chartier ’77; three sons; three daughters-in-law; two sons-in-law; 12 grandchildren; and three sisters.

Robert A. Norman ’57, of Pinehurst, N.C.; Dec. 1. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 30 years, retiring in 1987 as a brigadier general and command pilot. He was variously assigned to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.; the Pentagon; and Ramstein and Sembach Air Bases in Germany. His final assignment was as deputy defense adviser to the U.S. NATO mission in Brussels, Belgium. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force, he remained with his family in Brussels, where he headed the European office of E Systems and then Raytheon Industries. In 2000, he retired from industry and moved to Pinehurst. He was active in the Military Officers Assoc. and the Republican Men’s Club, and he enjoyed flying his airplane and playing tennis and golf. He is survived by his wife, Christa; a daughter; a son-in-law; three granddaughters; and a sister and brother-in-law.

Frances Evans Justin ’56, of Clarks Summit, Pa.; Nov. 1, from Alzheimer’s. She was an organist and choir director at churches in New Brunswick, N.J., and Scranton and Ransom, Pa. She also taught piano and was an office manager for Weichert Realtors in East Brunswick, N.J. She is survived by her husband, James; a daughter; a son; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and three granddaughters.

Bruce A. Bradley ’55, of Monmouth Beach, N.J.; Nov. 9. He was a supervisor at Kiely Construction for 42 years before retiring. He also served as Monmouth Beach commissioner for 19 years, was a 54-year member of the Monmouth Beach fire department, and a longtime member of the Monmouth Beach board of education and recreation departments. He is survived by his wife, Rita; four children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister.

Claire Fredette Sennott ’55, of Amherst, Mass.; Nov. 10. She was an artist and homemaker. She is survived by three daughters, a son-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Edward Beadle ’54, of Bel Air, Md.; Oct. 28. After graduating from the Univ. of Pennsylvania Dental School, he cofounded Media Dental Associates, where he practiced until his retirement in 1999. He advocated to bring fluoride to the Media Water Company in 1965. He was a member of the Media Rotary Club since 1986, served as its high school foreign exchange program director, and hosted many foreign exchange students. He coached baseball and basketball with the Nether Providence Athletic Assoc. in Wallingford, Pa., and was an amateur ham radio operator. He was a member of St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church for more than 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane; a daughter; two sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and six grandchildren.

Susan Wing Klumpp ’54, of Weston, Mass., to which she moved after living in various cities in Virginia and California; Oct. 27, of melanoma. She was a guidance counselor at Littleton Middle School in Littleton, Mass., from 1970 to 1976 and later was a school psychologist at Paradise Canyon Elementary School in La Canada, Calif., from 1978 until her retirement in 1998. She was a member of several committees and served on many boards. She enjoyed hiking, skiing, swimming, tennis, snowshoeing, canoeing, contemporary art, poetry, reading, classical music, cooking, gardening, traveling, and genealogy. She is survived by her husband, Allan; a daughter; three sons; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild; three brothers; and 11 nieces and nephews.

Andrew M. Rasmussen ’54, of Corning, N.Y.; Oct. 3. He began working at Corning Glass Co. in 1962, servicing their melting plants at home and abroad until his retirement in 1995 as a senior project engineer. He was involved in various community programs and supported several animal shelters. He was a U.S. Army Korean War veteran and is survived by four daughters, a son, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a niece, and two nephews.

Robert E. Baldani ’53, of Loudon, Tenn., formerly of Corning, N.Y.; Nov. 1. He was vice president and operating director (technology group) at Corning Glass Works until his retirement in 1991. He was also plant manager for six years in Harrodsburg, Ky. An avid traveler, he visited all 50 states, seven continents, and more than 100 countries. He was a gourmet cook and a collector of Toby jugs. He is survived by five children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Mildred Seaquist Barish ’53, of Berkeley, Calif.; June 25. She was a retired English teacher. She is survived by a daughter.

Sarah Marshall Fell ’53, of Pine City, N.Y., formerly of Manville, R.I.; Dec. 8. She was an elementary school teacher in the Warwick and Lincoln, R.I., school districts for many years. She developed a summer camp for underprivileged children, tutored Vietnamese refugees, and contributed to many charities. She was a member of the Lime Rock Baptist Church in Lincoln, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school. She is survived by a daughter, two grandchildren, a sister-in-law, and nieces and nephews.

Philip J. Holden ’53, of Boxford, Mass.; Nov. 13, of Alzheimer’s. He was a retired electrical engineer from Stone & Webster of Boston. He enjoyed outdoor work, jogging, woodworking, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife, Alice; a daughter, Megan Holden ’98; a sister; and a brother-in-law.

Eleanor Ekblade Seaman ’53, of Williamsburg, Va., formerly of Trumbull, Conn.; Oct. 11, after a prolonged illness. She was an associate mathematics professor at Quinnipiac Univ., where she conducted research, published, and held many workshops across Connecticut on math anxiety and restoring mathematical confidence. She was also a technical writer at QuoData in Hartford and worked as the computer services liaison at Area Cooperative Educational Services in North Haven, Conn. She enjoyed working as a florist and flower arranger and was a member of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church in Colonial Williamsburg and of Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa. She was an avid bridge player and achieved the level of Bronze Life Master. She is survived by a son, a daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren.

N. Alan Zais ’53, of Fern Park, Fla., formerly of Forest Hills, N.Y.; Nov. 2. He worked as a bond trader on Wall Street for 20 years before becoming a realtor in Florida, from which he retired to pursue his passion of antiquing. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons and their wives; and three grandchildren.

Selma Cokely Lamensdorf ’52, of Greenwich, Conn.; Nov. 28. She worked as a financial portfolio consultant at Merrill Lynch before marrying and raising a family. She later went back to school to earn a master’s in psychology and in 1974 became a school psychologist for the Norwalk Board of Education. After a back injury, she began a lifelong interest in both the physical and spiritual side of yoga and became an instructor of advanced practice. She participated in several book clubs. Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by three daughters, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren.

Joseph A. McOsker Jr. ’52, of Orleans, Mass.; Oct. 28. He was a sales representative for Textron and then Wamsutta Mills. He later founded Bradford Textile Co. in Babson Park, Mass. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. While at Brown he was a member of the baseball team and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; two daughters; a son, Joseph III ’81; four stepchildren; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister.

Norman M. Steere ’52, of Vero Beach, Fla., and Verona, Pa.; Oct. 24. He was vice chairman and member of the board of directors at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh. From 1970 to 1972 he was assigned to Mellon Bank’s international banking department and seconded to the Bank of London and South America as assistant manager of its principal office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After retiring from Mellon Bank, he served as president and CEO of Citytrust in Bridgeport, Conn., for two years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served on several boards, including those of Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania, the Regional Industrial Development Corp., and Shady Side Hospital. He was also a member of numerous clubs. He is survived by his wife, Blyth Barnes Steere ’54; two daughters, including Margaret Steere ’91; a son, Jamie ’81; two grandchildren; and a sister.

John Calannino Jr. ’51, of San Antonio, Tex., formerly of Mobile, Ala.; Oct. 18. He joined the civil service in 1963 and worked at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio until his retirement in 1987. He continued to volunteer for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Assoc., doing income taxes for seniors, and was a member of St. Luke Catholic Church, where he was a founding member of the Our Lady of Angels Family Guild. He enjoyed playing golf and bridge. He is survived by his wife, Hilda; two daughters; and three grandchildren.

Marilyn Dunn Dauch ’51, of Glastonbury, Conn.; Oct. 28. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, reading, and traveling. She is survived by five children, 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a sister.

Robert S. Fields ’51, of Stamford, Conn.; Dec. 6. He established an orthodontic practice in Stamford, from which he retired in 2016. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and served on numerous boards, including those of Stamford Hospital and Temple Beth-El. He is survived by his wife, Joan; two daughters, including Andrea Oley ’77; a son; two sons-in-law; a daughter-in-law; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

E. Patrick Flynn ’51, of Carmel, N.Y., formerly of New York City; Nov. 26. He had a career in real estate and bred Black Angus cattle. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Korean War. He enjoyed sailing, playing polo, and traveling, especially spending a few months each year at his home in France. He is survived by his partner, Toni, and her son; five children; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a sister and brother.

James K. Mullaney ’51, of Milford, Mass., formerly of East Greenwich, R.I.; Oct. 18. He was a directory sales manager at New England Telephone Co. for 36 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a past Grand Knight for the Knights of Columbus and a past president of the March of Dimes in Providence, was active in the United Way, and was a board member of the AARP in Massachusetts. He was also the lead commentator for The Senior Scene on Milford Community Cable Television for many years. He is survived by three daughters; three sons, including James ’76; two daughters-in-law; a son-in-law; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Alan M. Stone ’51, of Venice, Fla., formerly of Anchorage, Ky.; Nov. 26, from complications of Parkinson’s. After serving in the U.S. Army, he worked in manufacturing management and was active in civic organizations. In retirement he was a financial planner and was active in the First Christian Church in Venice. He is survived by his wife, Bette; a daughter a stepson; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and three grandchildren.

John F. Dator ’50, of Somerset, Mass.; Dec. 6. He was the owner of J.F. Dator Real Estate in Fall River, Mass.. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was president of the Mass. Assoc. of Realtors, past president of the Fall River (Mass.) Boys & Girls Club, trustee of Truesdale Hospital, treasurer of Citizens for Citizens, and a volunteer case reviewer for the Mass. Department of Social Services. He was an Outstanding Citizen of the Year and a Massachusetts Realtor of the Year and earned the Peter B. Sabra Humanitarian Award and the Boys & Girls Club Volunteer of the Year award. He is survived by his companion, Susan Sirois; two daughters; a son; a son-in-law; four grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

James E. Driscoll Jr. ’50, of Shrewsbury, Mass.; Dec. 5, after an injury. He started JDA Management Services, where he performed studies of a company’s overall operations and worked around the country for many years. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Institute of Management Consultants. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a daughter; a son; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Wardwell C. Leonard Jr. ’50, of Ledyard, Conn.; Dec. 8. He was a quality control chemist for 45 years at Pfizer in Groton, Conn., retiring in 1996. He was a catcher for the Pfizer softball team and a tuba player in the Pfizer band. A U.S. Army Air Forces veteran, he was a member of the American Chemical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, and Ledyard Congregational Church. He enjoyed gardening, kayaking, bird-watching, camping, baking, and the opera. He is survived by his wife, Viola Lenk Leonard ’50; three daughters, including Catherine Leonard ’76 and Sarah Leonard ’85; a son; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Barbara Forbstein Arnstein ’49, of Dallas; Dec. 13. She worked for Neiman Marcus before becoming a full-time wife and mother. An accomplished pianist, she volunteered at the Jewish Community Center playing for the senior choir and at the Temple Emanu-El Judaica Gift Shop. She enjoyed playing golf and traveling. Phi Beta Kappa. She is survived by three sons, a daughter-in-law, and a sister.

Gala Connell Barker ’49, of Portland, Conn.; Dec. 3. She worked for a short time as a librarian at the Providence Athenaeum and worked in the back-office operations of Barker Trucking. She eventually earned her Class 1 driver’s license and enjoyed traveling the country by truck with her husband. She was an active member of the Portland Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and played piano. She was an avid reader and could read, write, and speak five languages. She is survived by her husband, Gordon; a daughter; two sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; and several nieces and nephews.

Harold Ludman ’49, of Seattle; Nov. 28. An internal medicine physician, he was on the clinical faculty of the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine until his retirement in 2004. He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Omega Alpha. He enjoyed gardening, traveling, reading, going to the theater, and visiting art museums around the world. He is survived by daughter Evette Ludman ’83; sons Neil ’79 and Mark ’76, ’79 MD; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a sister.

Daniel Moore Jr. ’49, of Providence; June 25. He was a cardiologist in private practice until retiring in 1998 and a staff physician at Butler Hospital and St. Elizabeth Home in Providence, where he was medical director and chief of staff from 1978 until his retirement. A clinical instructor at Brown, he served as president of the Rhode Island Medical Assoc. and the Rhode Island Society of Internal Medicine and was a member of the American Medical Assoc. and St. Sebastian Church. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Nancy McKenna Moore ’50; four daughters; a son; three sons-in-law; and 14 grandchildren.

Gloria Negri ’49

Covering History
 

On a whim, Gloria Negri ’49 would sometimes hop a plane to a place she’d never been—Bangkok or Cairo, Saigon or Singapore, or Guatemala alone on a Christmas Eve.

“My experiences have not all been pretty,” she once wrote. “On more occasions than I care to remember, I have arrived in foreign lands in the middle of the night with no hotel reservations.”

During 53 years at the Boston Globe, Negri, who died last December 10 at 91, watched countless historic moments unfold, always returning to write a well-told tale. She was at Cape Kennedy for the launch of the first moon landing and in South Africa when apartheid’s grip began to loosen. She was in Fenway Park when Ted Williams hit his last home run and in Hyannis as Rose Kennedy wept in church the day after John was assassinated.

Arriving at the Globe in 1959, when the few female reporters on the staff were relegated to soft feature assignments for what was then called the women’s pages, Negri insisted that she be sent out to cover news. Through her determination, she broke ground for generations of women who later joined the Globe.

“All the women in the newsroom owe her a debt of gratitude,” says Patricia Nealon, a friend and an editor at the Globe. “She really decided that all of the news pages would be open to her. All of us who followed, followed in her footsteps.” Janet Walsh, the Globe’s weekend editor, says, “I am grateful to Gloria as one of a very few women who waged battle every day decades ago in a very male newsroom to make their voices heard.”

Gloria Negri was born on November 23, 1926, in Providence, where her father, Philip Negri, was an Italian immigrant, a carpenter, and a mason. Her mother and namesake, the former Gloria Louise Tella, was hobbled by diabetes, though Negri would share with close friends her tender memory of dancing with her mother in the kitchen when she was a girl.

Her parents had both died by the time she entered Pembroke College. “I think she worked her way through,” says her longtime friend Loretta McCabe. “I’ve always thought of Gloria as being the exemplar of true grit, because that’s what she needed.”

Negri told friends that after a summer bicycling trip in Europe she took a slow route home because the college dorms weren’t open yet, and she would have no place to stay. “I stayed on several weeks more after the other members of my group flew home,” she wrote in 2000 about the experience, “exchanging my airline ticket with a stranger I met in Amsterdam for a trip home on a freighter. While I waited for the ship to leave, I slept in hostels and other less-than-luxurious emporiums for wanderers like myself. I had several proposals, not always of marriage.”

After graduation, she worked first at the Jewish Advocate and then at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, the New Bedford Standard-Times, and the Miami Herald, where she produced a feature story every day. (She was also required to sweep the Palm Beach bureau office every night.)

Along the way, Negri, who had no immediate survivors, remained close to a trio of college friends and, later, to the children of Globe colleagues who lived nearby, who considered her an aunt whose freezer always contained ice cream for them. 

Stephen Kurkjian, a former Globe reporter and editor, says that as Negri regaled him with anecdotes about her reporting assignments, “I realized that she had covered the history of the end of the 20th century. It was always the same Gloria—notebook out, asking questions, getting as close as she could to where history was being made, whether it was in Vietnam or across the street from the Public Garden at The Ritz.”

On the event of the launch for the first moon landing in July 1969, she wrote “In daylight, standing a mere 1,500 feet from this big white behemoth that will take man to the moon, the overwhelming emotion is awe. The overwhelming urge is to pray … at dusk, as small lights round the spacecraft made it twinkle like a castle in fairyland, and again in the blackness of night, when floodlights cast Apollo 11 in a celestial halo.”

Rubbing shoulders with the Fenway faithful on September 28, 1960, while watching the Splendid Splinter’s last game, she noted that “Theodore S. Williams, baseball’s last angry man, the pride and sometimes the bane of the Sox, refused to tip his hat to the crowd throughout the game. ‘An individual to the end!’ a fan said in admiration.”

At the LBJ Ranch in October 1964, Negri was shown around in a station wagon by “a slender woman in bright pink slacks, silk blouse, and a pink chiffon scarf around her head.” Her driver was Lady Bird Johnson, the first lady. “The skin on her nose was beginning to peel from the Texas sun and there was a spring to her step that is restrained when she is in Washington,” Negri wrote. “The land is dear to Lady Bird Johnson, just as it was to the women who came West to settle years ago. And it is on the land that she can be most herself.”

Negri could cover an earthquake that killed thousands in Italy on one day and head off on vacation for her own adventure the next.

“As a longtime traveler,” she wrote, “I have always observed a few rules: Travel alone, travel lightly—just a knapsack, if possible—and never plan ahead.”

—Bryan Marquard

A longer version of this story was published in the December 12, 2017, Boston Globe.

M. Patricia Payne Fleck ’48, of Wakefield, R.I., formerly of Madison, Conn., and Reston, Va.; Oct. 30, after a brief illness. She was a retired teacher who taught in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Virginia. She was a member of the American Association of University of Women, the Brown Club, and the Pembroke Club. She is survived by two daughters; three sons; five grandchildren; a sister, Mavis Perkins ’52; and 22 nieces and nephews, including Elizabeth Perkins ’76 and Kathleen Perkins ’80.

Marjorie Foote Knievel ’48, of Berthoud, formerly of Loveland, Colo.; Nov. 1, following a brief illness. She was a homemaker and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church in Loveland. After moving to Berthoud, she joined the First Presbyterian Church of Berthoud and volunteered at the McCarty-Fickel Home Museum. She served on the board of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District for 12 years and was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Loveland Rotary Club. She was an avid stamp collector and enjoyed playing bridge. She is survived by two sons and their wives, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a sister, and six nieces and nephews.