Barbara McElmeal St. Martin ’48, of Exeter, N.H., formerly of Framingham, Mass.; Nov. 7. After being employed by the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington, D.C., she became a teacher in the Framingham school district. She later worked as a travel agent and bookkeeper in Natick, Mass. and was a longstanding member of St. Matthias Choir, as well as a member of the League of Women Voters, Framingham Town Meeting, and the Red Hat Society of The Meadows. She is survived by two daughters, three sons, two daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law; and eight grandchildren.
Eileen Cummings Heaton ’47, of Providence; Nov. 10. She was a secretary at Brown and a substitute teacher at St. Pius V School and a volunteer at Fatima Hospital, both in Providence, and a member of the Garden Club. She is survived by a daughter, two sons, and three grandchildren.
Charlotte Meyersohn Lebowitz ’46, of Boston; Dec. 8. She worked as a licensed social worker at the Framingham Youth Guidance Center and the Brandon School, and eventually became a school social worker with the Natick (Mass.) public schools. She was active in community activities and supported many arts programs. She enjoyed swimming, playing tennis, and traveling. She is survived by a daughter; five grandchildren, including Dov Lebowitz-Nowak ’04; two brothers; and nieces and nephews.
Miriam Steinhardt Lyons-Kragen ’46, of Millburn, N.J.; Nov. 1, after a brief illness. She was the former director of the Milton School in Millburn. She is survived by two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
John C. Burgess ’45, of Lanikai, Hawaii, formerly of Palo Alto, Calif.; May 14. After serving in the U.S. Navy and earning a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 1955, he worked at SRI International and United Technologies in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1966 he moved to Hawaii, where he was a full professor and chairman of the mechanical engineering department at the Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa campus. He was president of the college faculty senate from 1969 to 1971 and retired in 1995. He was an active member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and received the ASA’s Distinguished Service Citation in 1966 and a Medal of Special Merit from the Acoustical Society of Japan. He enjoyed flying gliders in California, backpacking in Hawaii and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and nature photography. He is survived by his wife, Frances; a daughter; two sons; and two grandchildren.
Samuel B. Formal ’45, of Silver Spring, Md.; Nov. 19. He was chief of the Department of Applied Immunology at the Walter Reed Institute of Research retiring in 1993. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the Society of American Bacteriologists. He is survived by his wife, Rosamond; three sons and their spouses; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Frank Merlino ’45, of Warwick, R.I.; Nov. 18. A retired cardiologist, he practiced for more than 35 years at Rhode Island Hospital, where he was president of the medical staff from 1972 to 1973. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was a member of the American Medical Assoc., the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Physicians. He enjoyed reading, solving crossword puzzles, watching the Boston Red Sox, and spending time with family. He is survived by six sons, including Matthew ’78, Paul ’86, and John ’83 MD; six daughters-in-law; 12 grandchildren; a sister; and a sister-in-law.
William O. Harbach ’44, of Fairfield, Conn.; Dec. 18, after a brief illness. He was a television producer, director, author, and the winner of four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He spent one year at Brown before enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard. After his military service, he was hired by MGM as a stock player and appeared in Good News, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Song of the Thin Man, and Killer McCoy. He lost his job in 1947 when MGM eliminated stock players to cut costs. He then moved to New York City, where he managed the nightclub act Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers. After landing an entry-level job as an editor at NBC’s New York studio, he was soon editing, directing, and producing such shows as Blind Date. Three years later he produced a local New York program called the Knickerbocker Beer Show, starring Steve Allen; it later became The Steve Allen Show and earned Harbach a 1958 Peabody Award. He produced The Tonight Show, which went nationwide and live from New York City in June 1953. Jimmy Fallon made him an honorary guest on his first show in 2014. Harbach partnered with Nick Vanoff to produce the variety show The Hollywood Palace from 1964 to 1970, as well as multiple specials. In 1966 he cast Raquel Welch as the “Billboard Girl” on The Hollywood Palace, and in 1973 won his first Emmy for The Julie Andrews Hour. Harbach produced and directed numerous TV shows and specials that starred such well-known celebrities as Bing Crosby, Milton Berle, Glenn Miller, Carol Burnett, Bob Hope, and John Wayne. He won a second Emmy for his work on Gypsy in My Soul, a 1976 special featuring Shirley MacLaine and Lucille Ball. He enjoyed playing croquet and was inducted into the U.S. Croquet Hall of Fame in 1983. An avid sailor, he was a member of several yacht clubs and enjoyed competing in yacht races and sailing with Walter Cronkite on annual summer trips. He is survived by two daughters; two stepdaughters, including Victoria Vought ’91; and six grandchildren.
Elizabeth Clay Mein Taylor ’44, of Chevy Chase, Md.; Oct. 4. She served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, and in 1946 she married John Gordon Mein, a U.S. Foreign Service officer who later was U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala and assassinated in 1968. They lived in Italy, Norway, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, and Guatemala. After John’s assassination, she returned to Maryland to raise their children. She was active in her local church and enjoyed singing in the choir. She served as president of the Women’s Missionary Society and started a group dedicated to working with patients from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. She enjoyed traveling with Global Volunteers and Church World Service up to the age of 89. She also enjoyed exercising with water aerobics, growing bonsai trees, and collecting praying hands from all over the world. She is survived by a daughter; two sons, including Eric ’79; two daughters-in-law; a son-in-law; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Nancy Hess Spencer ’43, of Providence; Oct. 22. She worked as a writer for the Providence Journal Bulletin and later moved to advertising. She was listed in Marquis’s Who’s Who in American Women. She returned to school and obtained an additional bachelor in fine arts from Rhode Island College and became a printmaker. She joined a group of 18 Rhode Island women who exhibited their work as Nineteen on Paper. She volunteered with the International House in Providence, where she taught ESL classes and studied French. She was a lifetime member of the Providence Art Club and enjoyed traveling. She is survived by two daughters and nieces and nephews.
June Moss Handler ’43, of Hackensack, N.J.; Nov. 6, of pancreatic cancer. She was professor emeritus of early childhood education at Kean Univ. in New Jersey. After receiving a master of arts in early childhood education from Bank Street College and a doctorate in education from Columbia, she taught at Newark State College, now Kean University. Committed to the civil rights movement, she worked with a coalition of low-income parents facing limited access to child care to develop an innovative infant/toddler program in Newark called Babyland. Along with her graduate students, she founded the Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators and helped develop and implement New Jersey’s regulations for infant care centers, which became national models. She led the state’s Head Start efforts; her dissertation was used by Head Start to develop its first national training program. She also worked with the State Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) and was the author of Infants and Toddlers as Members, Makers and Interpreters and numerous related articles, including “An Attempt to Change Kindergarten Children’s Attitude of Prejudice Towards the Negro.” During the 1970s she was a member of the New Jersey consultation on Ethnicity and worked toward obtaining New Jersey Department of Higher Education recognition of the importance of ethnicity. She was honored in 2006 with the Thea Bry Award given by the YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health. After retiring from Kean, she founded a group of Bergen County Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women who met, talked, and studied together for almost a decade. She enjoyed writing poetry and traveling. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and her sister, Beverly Moss Spatt ’45.
Jeanne Elizabeth Hansen Kugler ’76 MAT, of New Bedford, Mass.; Aug. 16. She taught English at Bristol Community College. She also worked as a freelancer for the university presses of both Harvard and Yale, as well as some New York publishing houses. In retirement she enjoyed painting, gardening, and walking on the beach and in the woods. She is survived by four children, including a daughter, Anne Kugler ’90; a son, Richard ’99 PhD; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
Penny S. Pickett ’71 AM, ’73 PhD, of Washington, D.C.; Sept. 11, after a long illness. She worked for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). She was hired in 1980 as a journeyman editor helping the GAO communicate its findings to Congress and the public. She previously was part of the research team at the Folger Institute of Renaissance and 18th Century Studies in Washington, D.C. She also worked as a proofreader for U.S. News &World Report and for a time taught English literature at Georgetown.
Iris Weidenfeld Falck Donnelly ’71 MAT, of Narragansett, R.I.; Sept. 12. She spent most of her career with the Providence school system as a bilingual kindergarten teacher and many years as a bilingual special education resource teacher. She also taught high school French and Spanish in Smithfield (R.I.) and Johnston (R.I.). In retirement, she volunteered at Sophia Academy, a school for young women from underserved communities in Rhode Island, and with adult literacy programs. She was a talented photographer. She is survived by her husband, Charles; two children; and a grandchild.
Olga K. Ingelse ’68 MAT, of Rockville, Md.; Aug. 31. She was a professor of Spanish at the Community College of Rhode Island until her retirement. She is survived by two nieces and four nephews.
Hubert E. Harber Jr. ’68 MAT, of Southampton, Pa., formerly of West Chester, Pa.; Sept. 25. He was a professor of astronomy at West Chester Univ. He published several articles in Sky & Telescope and Science News in the 1970s and was the author of an astronomy and stargazing guide for the Boy Scouts of America. He was a member of the Bucks County Radio Control Club, where he flew, displayed, and discussed hand-built model planes. He also enjoyed building model trains and sailing ships. He is survived by his wife, Diane; two sons; three stepsons; and three granddaughters.
Robert G. Sherer Jr. ’67 AM, of Little Rock, Ark.; Aug. 22. He taught part-time at North Carolina State and Tulane and had professorships at Stetson Univ. (Fla.), Alcorn State Univ. (Miss.), and Wiley College, (Tex.). Active in the civil rights movement, he participated in the March on Washington, where he heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have a Dream” speech. After moving to Little Rock, he served on the boards of the Arkansas Museum, the Univ. of Arkansas History Institute, and the Arkansas United Methodist Conference History board. He also taught at the Unity Sunday School and helped the Reconciling Ministries Network. He is survived by his wife, Carol; a daughter; a son; two grandsons; a niece; and a nephew.
Mary D. Provost ’67 MAT, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Blackstone, Mass.; Aug. 27. She taught at Blackstone High School and then North Smithfield High School (R.I.), where she was honored for 28 years of service to the North Smithfield school system. She was selected for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics. She volunteered as a religious educator and a Eucharistic minister at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Blackstone and was an active member of the Blackstone School Committee. She is survived by her husband, Edward; seven children and their spouses; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and seven siblings.
Caroline King Barnard Hall ’66 AM, ’73 PhD (see ’60).
William P. Ziemer ’61 PhD, of Waupaca, Wisc., formerly of Bloomington, Ind.; Aug. 5, of Parkinson’s. He served in the U.S. Army before joining the Indiana Univ. mathematics faculty. He retired in 2003. He lectured internationally and published four mathematics textbooks. For many years he was managing editor of the IU mathematics journal. He served a term as associate dean of the graduate school and in 1996 received Indiana Univ.’s Distinguished Faculty Award. He enjoyed singing with the Bloomington Chamber Singers and as the bass voice of the local barbershop quartet, the Bloomingtones. He sailed competitively, racing in local and regional Thistle class regattas, and enjoyed playing tennis and squash. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne; two daughters; a son; and six grandchildren.
Rebecca Hughes Malm ’60 AM, of Ashland, Ore.; Aug. 13, of a brain bleed. She taught dance, performed, and choreographed with a local semiprofessional company. Later she became a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Movement Education and maintained a successful practice for 25 years. She was an activist for civil rights and was involved in Unitarian Universalist congregations. She enjoyed the arts, painting, sculpting, photography, and travel. She is survived by a daughter, a son-in-law, and a granddaughter.
Gordon J. Eaton ’59 PhD, of Dresher, Pa.; Sept. 7. He was a professor of science at Barrington College (R.I.), the Univ. of Lagos in Nigeria, and Delaware Valley Univ. He also held a research position at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he received five Battle Stars. He is survived by his wife, Trudy; three children and their spouses; a daughter-in-law; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Joan Wilcox Cass ’52 ScM, of Enfield, Conn., formerly of Weathersfield, Vt.; Sept. 15. She was a member of the Enfield Congregational Church for more than 50 years and volunteered with many organizations. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, and reading. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a son-in-law, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a sister.
Arthur A. Ebenfield ’50 AM, Falmouth, Mass.; Oct. 7. He worked for the CIA as an analyst in Washington, D.C., for 25 years and consulted with a variety of defense firms from his home in Falmouth after retiring from the CIA. He volunteered and assisted in the chaplain’s office at Falmouth Hospital for 16 years. He enjoyed reading and playing golf. He is survived by five children, three stepchildren, five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and a sister.
Simon Ostrach ’49 ScM, ’50 PhD, of Pepper Pike, Ohio; Oct. 2. He was a distinguished professor emeritus of engineering at Case Western Reserve Univ. and retired director of NASA’s National Center for Space Exploration Research. A pioneer in microgravity research, he designed experiments that flew aboard the Space Shuttle in 1992 and 1995. He authored more than 150 articles and papers in scientific and engineering journals. He was instrumental in establishing new engineering schools at Rowan Univ., Florida A&M, and Florida State Univ. He was listed in many publications, including Who’s Who in Aviation History and American Men of Science. As a lecturer, he was the recipient of numerous awards and was a member of several educational societies, including the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. He also served as a consultant to many national companies and was an NCAA licensed wrestling official. He enjoyed skippering a sailboat out of Edgewater Yacht Club and driving Corvettes. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; four children, including his son, Stefan ’69; five grandchildren, including Lillian Ostrach Toborek ’07, ’08 ScM, and Sarah Ostrach ’10; and one great-grandchild.
Henry J. Halko ’49 AM, ’57 PhD, of Charlton, Mass.; Sept. 24. He was a history professor at Simmons College for 37 years. He retired in 1990. He enjoyed gardening, spending time with family, and solving the New York Times crossword puzzles. He is survived by a brother and several nieces and nephews.
Samuel S. Blackman ’98, of Portland, Ore.; Aug. 27, of cardiac arrest. He was cofounder and CEO of Elemental Technologies, a pioneer in video web-streaming technology. After graduating from Brown and earning a master’s degree from UC Berkeley, he worked as an engineer for Pixelworks. He left Pixelworks in 2006 to start Elemental. He led the company from a start-up to one of Portland’s major employers before selling it to Amazon in 2015, staying on as CEO. He was a runner and ultimate disc player. He enjoyed spending time with his family and giving back to Portland. He is survived by his wife, Adriane; two sons; and his mother.
Gwendolyn Coen Basinger ’87, of Las Vegas; Aug. 5, of ovarian cancer. She was senior vice president and director of business development at DDB Needham in Chicago and an account executive at Leo Burnett (Chicago) for eight years before becoming president of the Basinger Group, an executive search company. She is survived by her husband, David, and two sons.
Gregory Maney ’89, of Hempstead, N.Y.; Sept. 2, of brain cancer. He was a sociology professor at Hofstra Univ. and codirector of the university’s Center for Civic Engagement. He was instrumental in establishing the university’s Irish studies program, did conflict-resolution work in Ireland and Israel, and helped found the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition. He is survived by his wife, Mary; a son, his parents; and a brother.
James M. Scott ’83, of Baltimore; Sept. 20, of liver cancer. He was a noted costume designer whose work was featured on stage and in operas. He began designing his first costumes as a student for Brown productions and, after graduating, went on to earn an MFA in theater from NYU. His professional career as a costume designer began with the Cubiculo Theatre in New York City in 1986 with the production of The Yellow Wallpaper. He did costume design work for several theaters in New York. In 1989 and 1990 his work was featured in Vineyard Theater productions, the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Philadelphia Drama Guild. In addition to theater work, he enjoyed designing for the Wolf Trap Opera Co., the Minnesota Opera, and Juilliard Opera Center Productions at Lincoln Center. He designed costumes for the American Ballet Theatre and for The Barber of Seville, directed by Placido Domingo. He was an amateur figure skater and designed costumes for ice skater Tomas Verner of the Czech Republic for his 2007 World Championship and the 2014 Olympic games. He was an avid world traveler and enjoyed classic Hollywood films and solving crossword puzzles. He is survived by his father and a sister.
Andrew M. Tager ’81, of Boston; Aug. 11, of pancreatic cancer. A physician, he served in several positions, including associate physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Fibrosis Research Center. In 2012 he received the Marvin I. Schwarz Research Award in Pulmonary Fibrosis and in 2017 the Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments from the American Thoracic Society. He enjoyed literature, philosophy, public policy, and sports. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and a son.
Carmen Scism Slaughter ’81, of Albany, N.Y.; Sept. 20. After graduation, she joined the U.S. Army. She later worked for the State of New York in various departments, most recently as a senior administrative analyst for the Dept. of Finance in Albany. She enjoyed reading, traveling, and photography. She is survived by her husband, Michael; a son; her mother; three siblings; and nieces and nephews.
Jonathan Resnick ’80, of Chappaqua, N.Y.; Sept. 28, due to complications from the onset of septic shock. He worked as an assignments editor and a political editor at WBZ-TV in Boston prior to helping start CNBC as their first news editor. He later joined his father’s business, Barbizon Lighting, which he built into a large lighting and rigging supply company. At Brown he was a member of the soccer team and Delta Phi Omega. He remained active with Brown as a class officer, reunion officer, and supporter of the Brown Sports Foundation. At the time of his death he was helping coordinate a soccer reunion commemorating the 1970s soccer teams that achieved great success. He enjoyed coaching boys and girls soccer in Chappaqua for two decades and was a congregant of Temple Beth El. He is survived by his wife, Sue; three children; three sisters, including Maxanne Resnick ’81; and several nieces and nephews.
Frank H. Buntin II ’79, of Charlemont, Mass.; Aug. 30. He retired in 2015 after 33 years with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. During his tenure he received many accolades, including the director’s Supervisor of the Year Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commissioner’s Council. At Brown, he was a member of the 1976 championship football team. He enjoyed spending time with his family and doing landscaping work. He is survived by his wife, Cathleen; a daughter; a son; his father; a sister; two brothers; and nieces and nephews.
Mark R. Harris ’78, of Shrewsbury, Mass.; Oct. 13. He worked as a senior financial analyst at Honeywell in Newton, Mass., and director of financial planning at Bull HN Information Systems in Waltham, Mass., before joining Fidelity Management Trust in Boston, where he was director of marketing. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; three children; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his mother; a sister; a brother; and two nephews.
Mark D. Silva ’75, of Alexandria, Va.; Aug. 1; of brain cancer. A political reporter, he began his career at small newspapers in Michigan and North Carolina before joining the Miami Herald in 1979. He reported on the 2000 presidential election recount for the Miami Herald and was a political correspondent for the Orlando Sentinel. After the Sentinel, he joined the Chicago Tribune’s Washington bureau, covering the George W. Bush administration. Later, at Bloomberg News in Washington, he shifted from reporting to management and headed a group of people covering government. Most recently he was an assistant managing editor for U.S. News & World Report, where he oversaw its “Best States” platform, ranking the 50 states on how they serve their residents. He wrote the 2008 book McCain: The Essential Guide to the Republican Nominee. He contributed to pioneering blogs, including The Swamp for the Tribune and Political Capital for Bloomberg News. He enjoyed craft beers, nature photography, and playing blues on his guitar. He is survived by his wife, Nina; a daughter; a son; and a grandson.
Darrell M. Zink ’70, of Hopkins, Minn.; Nov. 10, 2016.
Roderick H. Leong ’70, of San Francisco; Sept. 15, 2016.
Stephen P. Greene ’70, of South Kent, Conn.; Aug. 19, of cancer. He worked in real estate, nonprofit administration, and law firm administration before teaching ethics and public speaking at the Marvelwood School in South Kent from 2004 to 2013. He enjoyed poetry, art museums, traveling, playing golf, and marathon walks. He is survived by his wife, Judith, and three children.
Neil Bromberg ’67, of St. Louis, Mo.; Sept. 25, of complications due to Parkinson’s. He was a math professor at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1975 to 1980 and then worked at GE Healthcare until his retirement in 2003. In retirement, he tutored in the Milwaukee city schools. He is survived by his wife, Susan Kahn Bromberg ’68; a daughter; a son, Kenneth Bromberg ’93; a son-in-law; a granddaughter; and his mother.
James A. Murdock ’66, of Ames, Iowa; Aug. 22, of pancreatic cancer. He was a professor of mathematics at Iowa State Univ. from 1976 to 2010. From 1970 to 1976 he taught at City College in New York City. He authored two advanced mathematical books, coauthored a third, and wrote 50 research papers, encyclopedia articles, and book reviews. He enjoyed bird watching, hiking, folk dancing, and philosophy. He is survived by his wife, Catherine; two sons; two stepchildren; and a brother.
Frank L. Walker Jr. ’65, of Missoula, Mont.; Aug. 19. He was an emergency room physician. During the Vietnam War he served with the Public Health Service as a doctor for the Navajo Nation in Chinle, Ariz. He sought additional training in emergency medicine in Santa Cruz, Calif., and was thereafter recruited by Community Medical Center to open their emergency room in Missoula. He is survived by his wife, Jeanine; seven children; and four grandchildren.
Tom Draper ’64, of Milford, Del.; Sept. 7, from injuries sustained in a biking accident. After graduating, he returned to Delaware and purchased a radio station, which became WTHD. Five years later he signed on WAFL-FM, which brought country music to the area. As the owner and president of Draper Communications, he expanded the company with the purchase of TV stations: WBOC-TV, a CBS affiliate in Salisbury, Md.; KOAM-TV, which covers Pittsburg, Kans., and Joplin, Mo.; and KGBT-TV in the Brownsville, Tex., area. In 2015, he launched WBOC-FM radio and at the time of his death was about to launch Delmarva’s newest television station, Telemundo Delmarva. A multisport athlete at Brown, he was captain of the 1964 lacrosse team, All-American and All-Ivy in lacrosse, and was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame. He remained active, biking each day, and enjoyed hunting, hiking, and skiing. He is survived by his partner, Francesca Curtin; two daughters, including Mariah Draper Calagione ’93; two sons; a daughter-in-law; two sons-in-law; nine grandchildren; and two sisters.
Burt W. Howell ’64, of Homosassa, Fla.; Aug. 26. He was president and treasurer of Design for Industry, which created exhibits for trade shows, Fisher Price, and other companies. He later was a custom woodworker and designer for Thinking Outside the Square, which designed visitor information areas and museum exhibitions. In retirement, he was an avid golfer and took part in the National Suncoast Junior Golf Assoc. He is survived by his wife, Connie; a daughter; a son; and two brothers.
Joseph E. Green ’64, of Woodstock, Conn.; Aug. 11. He was employed by Arthur Young, Price Waterhouse, and several other firms in New York City and Boston before opening his own office in Weston, Mass., in 1995. A ham radio enthusiast, he belonged to the American Radio Relay League , the First Class CW Operator’s Club, and the CW Operator’s Club. He enjoyed cruises to the Caribbean and traveled twice on the Queen Mary 2. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer; a daughter, Barbara Green ’88; a son; a daughter-in-law; two grandchildren; a sister; an aunt; and two nieces.
Donald W. Mischke ’63, of Raymond, N.H.; Sept. 18. He was a retired manager of Midas Muffler shops in Seabrook, N.H.; Rochester, N.Y.; and Newburyport, Mass., and was former head of Penacook Energy in Penacook, N.H. He is survived by three children.
John H. Barry ’63, of Beaufort, S.C.; Aug. 17. He worked for AT&T in various positions and locations until becoming a human resources executive. He enjoyed model trains and is survived by a daughter, a son, five grandchildren, and a brother.
Lolt D. Proegler ’62, of Brooklyn, Mich.; Sept. 20, of brain cancer. He had a career in computer science doing statistical analysis at Landis Tool Co. in Waynesboro, Pa. He served in the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1977 and retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in 1983 with the rank of major. From 1974 to 1977 he was a programmer and systems analyst at the Army’s Operational Test and Evaluation Agency in Falls Church, Va. In 1977, he left active duty and worked for Vector Research Inc., where he was named vice president in 1991 and from which he retired as CFO in 2001. He continued to work as an independent computer consultant. He enjoyed solving puzzles and playing bridge. He is survived by his wife, Gwennie; daughter Heidi Proegler Chay ’86 and husband Dan Chay ’92; a son; a daughter-in-law; five grandchildren, including Maya Chay ’13; four brothers and their wives; a sister; and 14 nieces and nephews.
Robert D. Klarsch ’62, of Lewisburg, Pa.; Aug. 30. He taught and coached at Winchendon School and at Cushing Academy, both in Massachusetts. He became dean of students at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa., in 1972 and in 1983 was headmaster at Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Wash., from which he retired. He served as president of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools, was on the board of the National Association of Independent Schools, and was active in community service programs. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; a daughter; a stepson; a granddaughter; a sister; a brother; a niece; and two nephews.
James H. Higgins III ’62, of Washington, D.C.; July 7. He was a faculty member at Governor Drummer Academy prior to working in corporate communications and marketing. He was an avid boater and traveler due to his passion for wooden boats. As a member of the Antique and Classic Boat Society he served as president from 1984 to 1985 and again in 1991 and was the recipient of the society’s highest honor, the Founders’ Award. He lectured both nationally and internationally and wrote articles about classic boats. He organized tours for boating enthusiasts and in 1987 led a trip to England’s Lake District. He was a founder of the annual Clamato Regatta (renamed the Lake Placid Regatta), a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a board member for several organizations. He is survived by a sister, a brother, three nieces, and a nephew.
Francis H. Monahan ’61, of Wyckoff, N.J.; Aug. 25. He began his career as a stockbroker at GA Saxton and later was senior vice president for EF Hutton and Prudential Securities. He was a 22-year member of the Wyckoff Van Pool carpooling service and recipient of a Lifetime Van Achievement Award. He was an accomplished athlete, having played football, basketball, baseball, and golf at Brown. After college he played competitive squash for 25 years and won several tournaments as a member of the Downtown Athletic Club. He also enjoyed coaching his sons’ sports teams. He is survived by his wife, Lois; three sons; two daughters-in-law; five grandchildren; and a sister.
Lauren E. Andrews ’61, of Glocester, R.I.; Aug. 19. He taught English and math in the Providence school system but left teaching for banking. He retired as senior vice president and senior loan officer at Citizens National Bank. He was treasurer of the Town of Glocester, president and treasurer of the Glocester Heritage Society, treasurer of the Glocester Lions Club, treasurer of the Danielson Rotary, and a member of the Danielson Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Joan; a son; a daughter-in-law; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Edwin W. Hansen ’60, of North Andover, Mass.; Aug. 19. He served in the U.S. Navy before beginning a career at IBM. He later was the director of research at the Boston Co. and then founder and managing director of Harbor Capital Management in Boston. He was a trustee of Stevens Memorial Library in North Andover and enjoyed athletics, traveling with family, and playing golf and bridge. He is survived by his wife, Betsy; two daughters; his mother; and a brother.
Caroline King Barnard Hall ’60, ’66 AM, ’73 PhD, of Moon Township, Pa.; July 13. She was associate professor emerita of English and Women’s Studies at Penn State. She also taught at Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., the Univ. of New Orleans, Tulane Univ., Louisiana State Univ., Loyola of New Orleans, and Xavier Univ. of New Orleans. She was awarded senior Fulbright lectureships at the Univ. of Klagenfurt (Austria), the Univ. of Copenhagen, the Free Univ. of West Berlin, and the Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia). She was an accomplished cellist and enjoyed field hockey, tennis, golf, and skiing. She is survived by her husband, John Hall; a brother; and nieces and nephews.
Bruce C. Barton ’60, of Littleton, Colo.; Aug. 20, of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Deborah; a daughter; two stepchildren; and three grandchildren.
William B. Thompson ’59, of Philadelphia; June 27, of cancer. He joined Philadelphia’s Coordinating Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Programs in 1973 and retired in 2004 as deputy director. In 1964 he joined the Peace Corps as a member of the public health group, serving in Malawi for three years. He went on to lead volunteers in Somalia as assistant director for three years, returning to the United States in 1973. While in Africa he hiked Mount Kilimanjaro twice. In retirement he joined the Friends of the Wissahickon as a volunteer building projects in Wissahickon Valley. He was a lifelong weightlifter and coached novice weightlifting. He is survived by his wife, Louise; a daughter; a son; three grandchildren; and a sister.
Ronald E. Oberg ’58, of Glastonbury, Conn.; Sept. 8, of cancer. He was an information systems administrator for the State of Connecticut until he retired in 1998. He was a longtime member of the Glastonbury Yacht Club and is survived by his wife, Mary; three children and their spouses; three grandchildren; a sister; and a brother.
Fremont J. Camerino ’58, of Niles, Ohio; Sept. 29.
William L. Haslam ’57, of Quincy, Mass.; Aug. 13, after a brief illness. He served in the National Guard before beginning a career in publishing. He retired in 1993 as general manager of Prime National Publishing Corp. in Weston, Mass. He was an avid New England sports fan and former president of the Baseball Card Collectors Association of America. He enjoyed traveling and is survived by his wife, Verna; a daughter; a son; two stepdaughters; three grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; and two nephews.
Alan E. Fishkin ’57, of Oklahoma City; Oct. 5. He is survived by a brother and nieces.
Raymond E. Dunleavy ’57, of Ocala, Fla.; Sept. 27, of cardiac arrest. He had a career in investment banking and pension investment with banks in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Florida. He retired from SunTrust Bank in 1996. He enjoyed raising and showing Sealyham Terriers and was a member of the American Kennel Club. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Burgatti Dunleavy ’58; a brother, Thomas ’60; two sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; and several nieces and nephews.
Frederick F. Trost ’56, of Victor, N.Y.; June 18. He was a retired senior sales representative for Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corp. in East Hanover, N.J. He is survived by his wife, Joan; four children, and nine grandchildren.
Albert O. Saart ’55, of Cranston, R.I.; Aug. 22. After serving in the U.S. Navy and working in the corporate world, he owned and operated Island Lock and Key on Aquidneck Island (R.I.) until he retired in 2007. He was an avid reader and enjoyed the history of World War II and watching Animal Planet. He leaves his partner, Marion Moreid; two daughters; a son; a daughter-in-law; and two sons-in-law.
Margaret Harper Peterson ’55, of Wolfeboro, N.H.; Sept. 25. She was a longtime active member of the Melvin Village Community Church, where she participated in the bell choir. She is survived by two daughters, a son, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Dolores LaPorte Nazareth ’55, of Cumberland, R.I.; Sept. 30, of cancer. She was a homemaker recognized by the Rhode Island Association for Retarded Citizens for her advocacy for the developmentally disabled. She was active in alumni affairs and enjoyed genealogy. She is survived by her husband, George; four children, including Annette Nazareth ’78 of 3060 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016; eight grandchildren, including Stephanie Minor ’07 and Roger Ferguson III ’13; and one great-grandson.
Stewart H. Moir ’55, of Palm Desert, Calif.; June 13. He is survived by his wife, Ruth.
Thomas S. Cottrell ’55, of Cutchogue, N.Y.; Sept. 17, of a stroke. After serving in the U.S. Navy and earning his MD, he became senior associate dean of New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., in 1968. In 1979 he joined the faculty of Stony Brook Univ. as a founding member of the School of Medicine, where he was known as Doctor Tom. He had a 21-year tenure as executive associate dean and associate professor of pathology before retiring in 2000 as professor emeritus. He is survived by his wife, Jane Chichester Cottrell ’57; daughters Anne Cottrell Patin ’87 and Sarah Jane Lazar ’90; a son; two grandsons; and a brother, Stephen ’57.
Robert B. Conner ’55, of Newport, R.I.; Sept. 8. He worked at Raytheon in various positions for 40 years and retired in 2000 as an international marketing executive. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and active in numerous local and national sailing organizations. He was a certified International Sailing Federation judge, president of the Narragansett Bay Yachting Assoc., treasurer of the US Sailing Assoc., chairman of the Rhode Island Olympic Sailing Trials, and a director of the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Regatta. He was a member of the New York Yacht Club Race Committee during the 1970s America’s Cup years and later served as chairman of the New York Yacht Club Race Committee and chairman of the New York Yacht Club Jury. He enjoyed listening to classical music and opera. He is survived by his wife, Ann, and several nieces and nephews.
Catharine Bancroft Sloan ’54, of East Haddam, Conn., formerly of Old Greenwich, Conn.; Aug. 16. She worked as a dental assistant for many years and was an active member of the Junior League of Greenwich and the Old Greenwich Garden Club. She enjoyed music, traveling, and spending time with her family. She is survived by her husband, David; a daughter and her husband; son David ’88 and his wife; and two granddaughters.
Robert R. Johnson ’54, of Louisville, Ky.; Aug. 18. He was a research chemist at Brown & Williamson Tobacco in Louisville until his retirement in 1991. He held several patents and was a member of the American Chemical Society. He enjoyed traveling with friends and family. He is survived by his companion, Shirley Howard; a daughter; and five granddaughters.
Milton G. Franklin ’54, of Plainville, Mass.; June 8. He was retired from Texas Instruments in Attleboro, Mass.
Letty Lebeck Edes ’54, of Miramar Beach, Fla., formerly of Dallas; Oct. 14, 2016. She was a stockbroker with Reynolds & Co. in Los Angeles and later worked as an executive secretary at Verado Energy in Dallas before retiring to Florida.
Elizabeth Howe Verrill ’53, of Amherst, Mass.; June 15, of a perforated colon. She taught elementary school in Cambridge, Mass., from 1953 to 1957; was a language disability tutor and language therapist at several schools in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine from 1961 to 1976; was cofounder and codirector of the Willow Hill School in Sudbury, Mass., from 1970 to 1976; and was founder and director of the Listening and Learning Center of Amherst from 1988 to 2012. She was also a certified massage therapist and member of the American Massage Therapy Assoc. She enjoyed choral singing, gardening, and reading. She is survived by daughter Rebecca Verrill Smith ’80 of 36 Brooks St., Medford, MA 02155; two grandchildren; two brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
Harold S. Prescott Jr. ’53, of El Dorado, Calif.; Apr. 23. He worked at Prescott Engineering and later with Tahoe Paradise after the purchase of his family’s business. In 1973 he reopened Prescott Engineering. He was a founding member of the Western Sierra National Bank in 1983. He retired from the engineering business in the 1990s and from the board of Western Sierra Bank in 2006. He was a Shriner and member of Hiram Lodge in El Dorado. He is survived by three sons, nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Curtis F. Kruger ’53, of Pompano Beach, Fla., and East Boothbay, Me.; Dec. 9, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; three daughters, including Kristin Kight ’83; son Kurt ’77; seven grandchildren; and a sister.
William D. Healey ’53, of Attleboro, Mass., formerly of Plainville, Va.; Sept. 9. He worked in Paraguay and Argentina as a director for the U.S. Agency for International Development and as an administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration; he also worked as an administrative officer for the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. He was a communicant of the former Sacred Heart Church in Fall River, Mass., and an avid Boston Red Sox and Celtics fan. He is survived by two sons and their wives, two granddaughters, and several nieces and nephews.
Paul M. Dubeau ’53, of Baltimore; Aug. 13, of congestive heart failure. He began a career in banking working as a teller for Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan, later Baltimore Federal Financial, and eventually rose to vice president of the bank before retiring in 1985. He enjoyed thoroughbred racing and collecting Canadian stamps. He is survived by three sons.
Suzanne Griffiths Bower ’53, of Southern Pines, N.C.; Oct. 14, from complications of Alzheimer’s. Over the course of 30 years she and her family moved several times and she was involved in numerous organizations and community affairs. She recruited for Brown in Virginia, Georgia, New Jersey, and Ohio. She was involved with the Moore County Arts Council and the Village Chapel in Pinehurst, N.C.; was a docent at the Cincinnati Art Museum; and was active in the Episcopal Church her entire life. She enjoyed playing bridge and tennis. She is survived by her husband, Glenn N. Bower ’52; daughters Pamela Bower-Basso ’77, Elizabeth Hudgins ’79, Emily Bower ’83, and Priscilla Bower Smyth ’87; two sons-in-law, including Joseph Basso ’77; seven grandchildren, including Elizabeth Basso ’18; and four great-grandchildren.
Nancy Goerger Smith ’52, of Seattle; May 20. She was a homemaker who enjoyed being a military wife, reading, gardening, collecting antiques, and traveling. She is survived by her husband, John ’52; two daughters and their husbands; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Lawrence R. Ross ’52, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of New York City; June 28. He was a cardiologist in Manhattan for 40 years. He was an avid tennis player, an accomplished musician, and a world traveler. He is survived by his wife, Sonja Rath; a daughter; two sons; two stepdaughters; and several grandchildren.
Robert B. Milner ’52, of Conneautville, Pa., formerly of Winchester, Va.; Sept. 1. He was a sales representative of J.V. Arthur Inc. in Winchester before being self-employed. An accomplished musician, he played several instruments, directed church choirs, and sang in the Mendelssohn Choir in Pittsburgh. He was a master gardener and a member of the American Hemerocallis Society. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; five children; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and a sister.
Robert S. MacConnell ’52, of Marshfield, Mass.; Oct. 11. He taught at Marshfield High School from 1961 to 1995 and became athletic director and a driver education instructor. At Brown he was captain of the 1952 baseball team and inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a 48-year member of Marshfield Country Club. He is survived by his companion, Barbara Bailey; a daughter; two daughters-in-law; a son-in-law; two grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
E. Howland Bowen ’52, of Little Compton, R.I.; Aug. 12. He practiced law in Providence for more than 50 years and was Little Compton’s probate judge. He served on many Little Compton boards and was a trustee of St. Catherine of Siena parish. He was also a Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He is survived by daughter Margaret Manning ’96; three sons; three daughters-in-law; a son-in-law; and 12 grandchildren.
Stephen M. Bailey ’52, of Jaffrey, N.H., formerly of Clinton, Conn.; Sept. 21. He is survived by his twin sister, nieces, and nephews.
Albert G. Watkins ’51, of Clayton, Mo.; Aug. 3, from a stroke. He spent his career as an advertising salesman and manager in the magazine business with such publications as Better Homes & Gardens, Life, Time, Collier’s, and the Condé Nast group. He is survived by his wife, Nancy McIver Watkins ’51; a daughter; four sons, including Thomas ’80 and James ’78; and six grandchildren.
Thurman Pava ’51, of Huntington, Mass.; Sept. 27. He owned and operated four Gas Mart gas stations before establishing Rosa’s Candies, where he marketed Rosa’s Fudge. He is survived by four stepdaughters, a brother, a sister-in-law, and a nephew.
Carolyn Holt Homestead ’51, of Allentown, Pa.; Sept. 18, from pneumonia. She worked as a registered medical technologist at Rhode Island Hospital and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Allentown, where she was co-owner of Roto-Rooter Sewer & Drain Service in Lehigh Valley. She retired in 1993. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and needlepoint. She is survived by her husband, John; three children; and a granddaughter.
Kenneth E. Curewitz ’51, of Cameron Park, Calif., formerly of Framingham, Mass.; Sept. 5, of Alzheimer’s. He worked in computer design and application for Honeywell and Raytheon before becoming founder and president of the former Devonshire Computer Corp. in 1969. He earned a U.S. Patent while working at Honeywell. He enjoyed music, singing, and playing handball, in which he won many city and regional championships. He also enjoyed bowling—he achieved a perfect score of 300 in 1967—and playing golf, hitting a hole in one in the 1990s. He is survived by three sons, including Kenneth ’85, ’93 ScM; three daughters-in-law; and five grandchildren.
Donald W. Jillson ’50, of Bowie, Md., formerly of Hackensack, N.J.; Sept. 23. He was a Bergen County (N. J.) probation officer for 35 years and served for more than 50 years at First Baptist Church as a deacon, usher, Sunday School superintendent, and teacher before moving to Maryland. He enjoyed camping and sailing with family in the Adirondacks as well as traveling to Germany each year with his wife before her passing. He is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a sister.
Paula Fineman Gorobzov ’50, of Windsor, Conn.; Sept. 1. She was a homemaker who also worked for 20 years in retail sales at Lord & Taylor in West Hartford. She was an avid reader and enjoyed needlepoint, playing bridge, and traveling. She is survived by her husband, Seymour; a daughter and her husband; a son and his fiancée; and three grandchildren.
Margaret Flores Fallon ’50, of Wakefield, R.I., formerly of Norwalk, Conn.; Sept. 20. After raising a family, she taught English as a Second Language in Norwalk. She retired to Rhode Island and became an active volunteer at South County Hospital and an usher at Trinity Repertory Theater in Providence. She enjoyed traveling to Europe, playing bridge, and rooting for the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots.
Edward Dewitt III ’50, of North Falmouth, Mass., formerly of Englewood, N.J.; Sept. 8. He was a partner at Dunn & DeWitt in Falmouth before retiring. He was admitted to the practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1969. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was awarded many medals. He was past secretary of the Falmouth Finance Committee, trustee of the Wareham Savings Bank, and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Assoc., the Falmouth Village Improvement Society, the Falmouth Rotary Club, and the Free masons. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and is survived by two sons, two daughters-in-law, and a sister.
Gerald W. Brady ’50, of Bloomfield, Conn.; Oct. 10. After graduating, he joined the Connecticut Air National Guard and left the Guard after eight reserve years. He earned a law degree from UConn, passed the bar in 1964, and opened the law office of Brady, Willard & Alexander in East Hartford, becoming, after 2005, a solo practitioner until his retirement in 2014. He served as an assistant corporation counsel for the town of East Hartford and later as chairman of the West Hartford Town Planning and Zoning Commission. He was an active member of the East Hartford Rotary Chapter for more than 40 years and was also active in St. Timothy’s Church. He was a member of the Connecticut and American Bar associations. He enjoyed sailing and fishing. He is survived by his wife, Jane; four children, including Catherine Brady Fernandez ’76 and Gerald Jr. ’84; and six grandchildren, including Tyler Fernandez ’11
Virginia Dolbeare Anderson ’50, of Loveland, Colo., formerly of Nederland, Colo., and Delaware, Ohio; Nov. 16, 2016, from complications of dementia. She taught English as a Second Language at Ohio Wesleyan Univ. and later to elementary school children in the Dublin, Ohio, public school system. She served as an elected member of the Democratic Committee of Delaware County and retired in 1993, when she moved to Nederland. She remained involved in politics all her life. With the onset of dementia, she moved to Seven Lakes Memory Care home in Loveland. She was a member of the International Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and the League of Women Voters. She enjoyed spending time in the Colorado mountains. She is survived by six children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a brother.
William A. McKibben ’49, of Hingham, Mass.; Sept. 16. He was a commercial pilot for Eastern Airlines until his retirement in 1984. He was a World War II navy veteran and member of Delta Upsilon. In addition to flying, he enjoyed genealogy and investing. He is survived by four daughters, three sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren.
William Kloner ’49, of Manhattan; Oct. 12. He was ordained in 1954 and for more than 50 years was Rabbi at Temple Beth Emeth of Flatbush, Brooklyn. He served 32 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve, attaining the rank of captain and was appointed rear admiral in the New York Naval Militia. His ministerial capacities spread across a range of institutions, including the Navy League of the United States, the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., and the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York. He was the head chaplain administering to rescue workers at Ground Zero. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, including Ken ’93; five grandchildren; and two sisters.
Marjorie Hartmann Lieneck ’48, of Northampton, Mass.; Oct. 10. She taught English at Concordia Prep School of Concordia College and at Hastings High School, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., where she was both teacher and department chair for 22 years. She served on several committees and councils. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Elaine Lipson Kroll ’48, of Providence; Sept. 18. She was a homemaker and lifetime member of Hadassah, which awarded her its Presidential Award. She was a member of the National Council of Jewish Women and the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Assoc. and was on the board of trustees of the Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El. She is survived by two daughters and their spouses, two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and a brother.
Cecilia Anderson Banks ’48, of Simsbury, Conn., formerly of Huntington, N.Y.; Aug. 8. After raising a family, she earned a nursing degree and had a 20-year career at Huntington Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, two sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren.
Nancy Joy Eaton Zang ’47, of Nashville; Jan. 9, 2017. She was a retired realtor. She is survived by a son.
Philip Wilson ’47, of Portsmouth, R.I.; Sept. 22. At Brown he earned the Foster Prize in French and was a Francis Wayland scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After Brown he entered the Portsmouth Priory, now the Portsmouth Abbey. In 1951 he took his vows to become a monk, continued his theological studies in Oxford, England, and was ordained a priest in 1953. His first mass was said at St. John’s Church in Warren, R.I. He lived a life of service to both the monastery and the school.
Drusilla Johnson Spraitzar ’47, of Newark, N.J.; June 2. She was a homemaker and enjoyed baking, poetry, and solving the New York Times crossword puzzles. She is survived by a daughter, a son, five grandchildren, and four great-grandsons.
Peter A. Neidecker ’47, of Buena Vista, Colo.; Aug. 28, after struggling with heart issues and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. He later worked as a consultant in New York City then as a plant manager and director of Dominion Chain Co. in Toronto, Canada. In 1959, he founded National Wire in Denver. He served as president of the United Way of Niagara County, Canada, was on the board of trustees of the Kent Denver School, and was a member of the Rotary Club in Englewood, Colo. Delta Kappa Epsilon. He enjoyed sailing, skiing, fly-fishing, and playing tennis. He is survived by his wife, Dody; three children; eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Allan J. Rosenberg ’46, of Canton, Mass.; Sept. 5. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he worked for General Electric for 40 years. He retired in 1987 as vice president of the aerospace division in King of Prussia, Pa. He was a founding member and past president of Temple Emanu-El of Marblehead, Mass., and a member of the American Society of Metals, the American Welding Society, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. He is survived by daughter Nancy Rosenberg ’76; sons Lawrence ’72, John ’74, and Arthur ’82; two daughters-in-law; nine grandchildren, including Emily Shapiro ’09 and Daniel Rosenberg ’09, ’10 ScM; four grandchildren-in-law, including Maggie Mustard Shapiro ’07 and Meghan Patrolia Rosenberg ’10; and four great-grandchildren.
George L. Heitman ’46, of Wyckoff, N.J.; Sept. 26. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. After returning from service he started Ceramics International in Mahwah, N.J., and manufactured ceramic-to-metal parts for the electronics industry. He enjoyed classic cars, boats, buying and fixing older homes to sell, and attending his grandchildren’s sporting events. He is survived by his two sons, their wives, and five grandchildren.
Douglas V. Crook ’46, of Kingston, N.H.; Sept. 24. He was a retired physician and chief of the medical staff at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Mass., where he chaired numerous committees and was appointed district medical examiner. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine; a daughter and her husband; a son; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Elizabeth Starkey Charette ’46, of Albuquerque; Aug. 3. Prior to settling in Albuquerque, where she was an ESL instructor at Albuquerque Tech Vocational Institute, she traveled and lived around the world with her husband, a U.S. diplomat. She lived in Korea, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Guyana while teaching, writing, and earning two master’s degrees. She also earned a doctorate in educational linguistics from the Univ. of New Mexico. She published numerous scholarly papers, received a fellowship to Hunter College, and was a columnist for newspapers in Seoul, Korea; and Washington, D.C. She served as the director of both the American Nicaraguan evening school and Georgetown American University in Guyana and taught English at Kyunggi Girls High School in Seoul. She was an active member of her local church. She is survived by five children.
Howard B. Marble Jr. ’45, of Arden, N.C., formerly of Augusta, Ga.; Sept. 1. After obtaining his dental degree from Tufts Univ., he became an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and served 23 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1969 as a captain. He continued his career in Augusta, where he became head of the VA Medical Center dental department and was a professor at the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry. He retired in 1988. He was a member of the Massachusetts Dental Society and the American Dental Assoc. He enjoyed fishing, skiing, and playing golf. He is survived by five children, 12 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
Robert E. Jacobson ’45, of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Oct. 27, 2016, of heart failure. He was a senior scientist at Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles from 1955 to 1985 and a docent at the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry from 1985 to 2000. He enjoyed traveling the world. He is survived by daughter Edith Jacobson ’80 and son John R. Jacobson ’73.
Mary Duncan Jacobson ’45, of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Sept. 3, of heart failure. She was a homemaker who enjoyed participating in many Pembroke activities and clubs. She is survived by daughter Edith Jacobson ’80 and son John R. Jacobson ’73.
Joyce Chadbourne Eschenfelder ’45, of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Syracuse, N.Y., and Watch Hill, R.I.; Aug. 19. She worked as a chemist in Uniroyal’s Naugatuck, Conn., laboratories before marrying and moving to Syracuse. She graduated from Syracuse Univ. with a master’s in library science and was an elementary school librarian in the Liverpool (N.Y.) school district until retiring to Watch Hill. She volunteered as a librarian at Watch Hill Memorial Library and relocated to Raleigh in 2009. She is survived by four children and their spouses, eight grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Robert E. Nelson ’44, of Hadley, N.Y., formerly of Ashburnham, Mass.; Aug. 19. While serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he trained to be a physician at Maryland Medical School. After the war he taught biology and coached football, baseball, and hockey at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham. He worked as a medical manager at Sanborn Co. in Waltham, Mass., where he was instrumental in the development/implementation of new medical tools. An accomplished trumpet player , he had played in both Cushing Academy and Brown orchestras. He enjoyed camping and all sports, especially golf and tennis. He is survived by his wife, Dora; two sons; a daughter-in-law; four grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters.
Jeanne Smith Swoboda Millman ’44, of Torrance, Calif.; Sept. 27. She taught first grade in the Hawthorne school system for more than 30 years. She enjoyed traveling. She is survived by a daughter, two sons, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a brother.
Robert W. Walker ’43, of Peterborough, N.H., formerly of Cranford, N.J.; Aug. 10, after a brief illness. During World War II he participated in the government synthetic rubber program at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. In 1946 he joined the pharmaceutical laboratories of Merck & Co. in Rahway, N.J., as a research chemist. He retired in 1984 as a senior research fellow in drug metabolism. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society, a past president of the Echo Lake Naturalists Club in Westfield, N.J., and he participated in many nature-oriented organizations. He enjoyed birding, gardening, hiking, traveling, photography, and classical music. He is survived by his wife, Molly; three children and their spouses; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Mary Easton Swift Spence ’43, of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Sept. 30. She was a homemaker and volunteer at Bryn Mawr Hospital. Phi Beta Kappa. She enjoyed traveling and is survived by four children, including sons E. Clinton ’67 and Peter ’69 and their spouses; two stepsons; five grandchildren; one step-grandson; two great-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.
Betty Bernstein Lubar Levin ’43, of Santa Rosa, Calif., formerly of White Plains, N.Y.; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Aug. 19. She worked for 12 years as an adult guidance counselor in a Manpower Development Training Program, co-ran a catering business, and studied handwriting analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She moved to Mexico, where she lived for 16 years, and in 1991 moved to Albuquerque. In 2006, due to macular degeneration, she moved to Santa Rosa to be close to her daughter. She enjoyed literature, music, cooking, and traveling. She is survived by three daughters, including Judith Lubar Roth ’67.
Alexander M. Watson ’42, of Bloomfield, Conn.; Aug. 2. He worked at Pratt & Whitney until he retired in 1977 as assistant manager of marketing operations. He was an active member of Immanuel Congregational Church of Hartford for more than 35 years, serving as moderator, senior deacon, and choir member. He was on the board of directors for CONCORA, the Hartford-based professional chorale. He was secretary for the Society of Automotive Engineers, Southern New England division, and a member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and Kappa Sigma. He is survived by three children, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Ann Plankenhorn Collins ’42, of Hingham, Mass.; Oct. 2. After graduation she entered the WAVES during World War II. She was vice president of Plankenhorn Braidworks & Penn Garment Co. in Pennsylvania during the 1940s and co-owned and managed a travel agency during the 1990s. In addition to raising a family, she was director of the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and a director of the Family Counseling and Child Guidance Center, where she served on several committees. She was named Hingham Citizen of the Year in 2010. She was a member of various clubs and enjoyed playing golf, bowling, and sailing. She is survived by five children, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Joseph B. Bidwell ’42, of Tucson, Ariz.; July 3. He began a 39-year career with General Motors as a summer intern in 1941 and became a full-time employee in their research laboratories. From 1944 to 1946 he served at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and then rejoined the GM Research Laboratories as head of the mechanical development department. He retired in 1981 as executive director of GM Research Laboratories. He held 17 patents and was a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and a member of Sigma Xi. He enjoyed winemaking, gardening, shooting, photography, flying, and traveling. He is survived by three children, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Robert W. Kenyon ’36, of Providence; Sept. 4. He was president of Kenyon Management Services in Providence and chairman of the board of trustees of the Howard Foundation. He was president of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce from 1966 to 1967, chairman of the Downtown Council, treasurer for the Providence Parking Assoc., and a trustee of Kent County Hospital. He was a member of the Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, the Hope Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, the former Turk’s Head Club, and Phi Sigma Kappa. He is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law.
H. Gerard Everall ’36, of Prescott, Ariz., formerly of McLean, Va.; Aug. 18. He had a 34-year career with Sears, Roebuck & Co. After retiring, he was elected to the Arizona State House of Representatives. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a treasurer of the Central Yavapai District Hospital Board, where he helped with the expansion and modernization of the community hospital. Phi Kappa Psi. He enjoyed swimming and competed into his 70s, winning World Masters championship titles. He is survived by a daughter and his son, Stephen ’69.
