Thomas W. Herbert '52
died December 6, 2009 at his home in Houghton Lake, MI. His daughter Nancy Thornley called Dan Duffield with the news.
At Princeton, Tom majored in Sociology and was a member of Elm Club. He was Engineering Director of WPRU
Tom
worked as Treasurer of The Gage Tool and Machine Co., as an
independent CPA and as Vice President and Treasurer of the Kresge
Foundation.
Barry Loper found Tom's obituary in the Houghton Lake Resorter at
http://www.houghtonlakeresorter.com/news/2009-12-10/Obituaries/Thomas_W_Herbert.html.
Secretary Dan Duffield has noted the report from the Alumni Council that our Classmate
George Dayton III
died November 18, 2009. George had been in failing health for many
years and by his own choice had had only minimal recent contact with the
Class and the University. He contributed to the 50th Reunion Book of
Our History, however, recording his "checkered early career" at
Princeton, two premature departures, and a variety of experiences in
business. But he had "a wonderful, satisying life," he wrote, with a
"great marriage" (his second, for over 30 years), "a part in raising a
lot of children," and many grandchildren. He said he might return for
our 50th, but he didn't get there.
Bob Lovell found the following obituary in the on-line Minneapolis Star Tribune: Dayton,
George D., III age 80, died November 18, 2009 after a fall in his home
in California. Preceded in death by his parents, George and Marion
Dayton, and beloved wife, Jane. Survived by his children, Jeffrey,
Patricia (Warfield), Ralph, Grace (Contro), and their half-brother,
Anthony Strong; step-children, Sara, Dee, and John Harrison (Shannon);
grandchildren, Carolyn, Brenner, Kenna, and Kessler Dayton; Chadwick and
Julia Warfield; Abigail, Austin and Alexander Dayton; Marina and
Gabriella Contro; step- grandchildren, Taylor and Jessie Harrison;
sisters, Harriett Dayton and Margaret Ankeny (Pete); many nieces and
nephews; former wife, Patricia Strong. George was a gifted competitive
swimmer, talented guitarist and enthusiastic fan of motor vehicles of
all kinds. He enjoyed friends wherever he lived - in Minnesota, Florida,
Hawaii, Arizona, and California. A graduate of Blake School, he
attended Princeton University and Macalester College.
Geoffrey L. Tickner '52
died
November 26, 2009. His son Geoff '82 informed us and sent the
following obituary: Geof , 81, died on Thanksgiving, November
26, 2009. He was born June 9, 1928 in Buffalo, NY, the son of Reginald
W. Tickner '17 and Helen Giblin Tickner.
Geof grew up in
Maplewood and Bay Head, NJ as the middle son of three brothers, Reginald
Jr. and David Ames Tickner. He prepped at the Peddie School in
Hightstown, NJ and at Repton in England. He followed his father to
Princeton University, where he was proud to be a member of the great
class of 1952. From 1955 ? 1959, Geof served in the US Navy
Reserve.
After Princeton, he started his career in the
chemical industry. He joined The Sherwin-Williams Company. He worked for
The Sherwin-Williams Company for over 25 years in Manhattan,
Greensboro, NC and Cleveland. He rose to the senior executive position
of Group Vice President. Later Geof founded an executive recruiting firm
and amanagement consulting business.
In 1986, he retired
to Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, SC. He was an avid
golfer, a reader of history, a chef and Anglophile.
We've learned from Ed Masinter that classmate
Philip B. Hill
died
on November 18. As reported by 52Net email, a service will be held for
Phil at the Presbyterian Church in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on
Saturday, November 28, at 2 p.m.
Phil's obituary below was provided by his daughter, Liz. Philip
Bonner Hill, 78, died on November 18, 2009, shortly after being
admitted to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He died peacefully with his
wife of 53 years, Lily Ritchie Hill, at his side.
Mr. Hill was
born on May 1, 1931 in Charleston, West Virginia to Philip Henry and
Elizabeth Kerr Hill. He lived his childhood in Charleston and later
Sistersville, West Virginia. After graduating from Williston Academy,
now Williston-Northampton School, in Easthampton, Massachusetts, Mr.
Hill attended Princeton University, where he majored in Politics. He
was a member of the University Cottage Club and thoroughly enjoyed
Princeton and its proximity to New York City. Mr. Hill was in the NROTC
at Princeton and served on active duty with the United States Navy for
two years following his graduation. After the Navy, Mr. Hill
attended the College of Law of West Virginia University, where he became
a loyal member of Phi Kappa Psi. After practicing law in Charleston
for eight years, Mr. Hill moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to accept a
position on the legal staff of the Equitable Life Insurance
Company. In 1970, Mr. Hill was elected to the Iowa House of
Representatives, serving two terms. In 1974, Mr. Hill was elected to
the Iowa Senate. During Mr. Hill?s legislative career, he was a major
proponent of women?s rights and was recognized by The Des Moines
Register as the most effective legislator in 1978. In 1979, Mr. Hill
was an adjunct faculty member of the Drake University Law School.
In 1982, partly for health reasons, Mr. Hill returned to Sistersville,
West Virginia, to practice law with the firm of Snyder & Hassig.
Mr. Hill was actively involved with the West Virginia State Bar and
served as president of The West Virginia Bar Association from 1998 to
1999. In 1999, Mr. Hill "retired? and moved to Shepherdstown, West
Virginia, but continued to practice law as "of counsel? with Bowles Rice
in nearby Martinsburg, West Virginia. Mr. Hill supported
numerous charitable and alumni organizations. He served on the board of
The Des Moines Children?s Home, now Orchard Place, as well as the board
of West Virginia Hospitals-East. Mr. Hill was a dedicated Rotarian and
a Paul Harris Fellow. After moving to Shepherdstown, Mr. Hill formed a
strong allegiance to Shepherd University and supported the University
in many ways. Mr. Hill also served as an elder and taught Sunday school
for Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hill completed the
Pittsburgh marathon on his 57th birthday, six years after quintuple
bypass surgery and 17 years after his first heart attack. Mr. Hill was
an organizer of the Sistersville Striders and co-race director of the
Striders Have Heart Walk. Mr. Hill is survived by his wife, Lily
Ritchie Hill, Shepherdstown, WV; three daughters, June Fletcher-Hill
(and her husband Larry Fletcher-Hill), Baltimore, MD, Liz Hass-Hill (and
her husband Steve Hass-Hill), Chagrin Falls, OH, and Marian Hill
Bergdolt (and her husband Robert Hill Bergdolt), Raleigh, NC; seven
grandchildren, Paul, Colin, Will, Kay, Adam, Grace and Michael; and his
sister, June Hill Peck, Charlestown, WV. A celebration of Mr.
Hill?s life will be held Saturday, November 28, at 2:00 p.m. at
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Children of all ages are welcome to
attend. (A private interment will be held on a later date.) In lieu of
flowers, his family requests that donations be made to Shepherd
University Foundation, Inc. ? Moler General Scholarship Endowment or to
another charity of the donor?s choosing.
Hal Arensmeyer '52
died September 22, 2009, in Montrose, NY. John Moore and Dan Duffield sent us the information.
At
Princeton Hal majored in SPIA and belonged to Key and Seal Club. His
career was international business. Hal lived and worked overseas for
thirty years. More recently he lived for six months per year in
southwest France.
Hal leaves His wife Elliott, son John, daughter Caroline and one grandson.
Jim Evans informed us that classmate
John Harrington Smith, Jr.
died
in St. Louis, MO on August 26, 2009. His graveside services were held
on August 29 at Bellefontaine Cemetery. At Princeton, John
majored in English and was a member of Key and Seal Club. His career
was in the creative side of advertising with several major firms. John
played the oboe in New York and Germany for 30 years and played 150
stage roles in St. Louis. He leaves one son, John III, and two
granddaughters.
A curt note from a New York law firm informed us that classmate
Walter Francis Bomonti 
died on January 19, 2009. We have heard nothing else from or of Terry since he left Princeton in 1950.
Anthony H. Meyer '52
died
July 13, 2009, in Edgartown, MA, on Martha's Vineyard, his home for
many years. The cause was pneumonia following surgery for brain
cancer.
At Princeton, Tony majored in English and was a
member of Charter Club. He left in his junior year to join the Army and
returned to graduate in 1955.
Tony worked in investment
banking for Irving Trust and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He was able to
retire early to Martha's Vineyard where did pro bono work for the Boys
and Girls Club in Edgartown. He never married.
"Pete"
Peters, whose late husband Landon Peters '52 was Tony's cousin, has sent
us the link to the obituary for Tony in the Vineyard Gazette Online -
http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?22136.
Pete and Landon's son Eric wrote the obituary, which tells of his
family's generations-long association with Martha's Vineyard, his active
life there, and the personality that earned him many warm friendships.
Peyton Weary '52
died
June 26. A memorial service was held Wednesday, July 1, at
Westminister Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA.
Jim Wright has sent us the following obituary from the Charlottesville Daily Progress: Peyton
Edwin WearyPeyton Edwin Weary, 79, died suddenly of cardiac arrest on
Friday, June 26, 2009, at home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is
survived by his wife of 57 years, Janet Gregory Weary; daughters, Terry
Melton Robert of State College, Pennsylvania, Conway Weary of Asheville,
North Carolina, and Carolyn Brandt Mark of Crozet, Virginia; sister,
Leslie Weary Lillis Paul of Winona Lake, Indiana; seven grandchildren,
Kathleen and John Melton, Charlotte, Samuel and Lindsey Taylor, and
Martin and Peyton Brandt, and one great-granddaughter, Maya McDermott.He
was pre-deceased by a sister, Catherine Weary Fiutko; and an infant
son, Lewis Peyton.Doctor Weary was born in Evanston, Illinois, and was a
graduate PhillipsExeterAcademy, to which he gave credit for
establishing his life?s value, PrincetonUniversity, and the University
of Virginia School of Medicine.He served in the United States Army as a
Captain from 1956 until 1958. Doctor Weary was a Professor of
Dermatology at the University of Virginia serving from 1958 until 1999;
he was Chairman of the Department of Dermatology from 1976 until 1993,
and retired with the title of Emeritus Professor of Dermatology. He
held the Edward P. Cawley Chair in Dermatology from the University of
Virginia.Among his many accomplishments, between 1964 and 1976, he
organized and served as Chairman of the first year long Senior Medical
Student Elective Program in the United States. Between 1969 and 1994,
he conducted 35 local and regional skin cancer screening clinics which
were the first to be held in the United States and he was instrumental
in establishing the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology (AAD) sponsorship of
nationwide screening clinics that have occurred yearly since 1985 with
over one million individual seen since inception of the program. From
1972 until 1975, he served as Chairman of the Council of the National
Program for Dermatology which helped restructure the AmericanAcademy of
Dermatology, create a central office, establish a governmental liaison
function and lay the foundation for Academy activities.From 1975 until
1982, Doctor Weary chaired the American Academy of Dermatology Council
on Government Liaison and presented testimony before various
Congressional and Agency committees on more than 50 occasions. In 1978
until 1979, he served as a member of a Food and Drug Administration
Interagency Task Force and was instrumental in the creation of The
Orphan Drug Legislation of 1983. From 1982 until 1990, Doctor Weary
served as a trustee of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical
Graduates and served on the organizing committee for the International
Medical Scholarship Program. In 1984, he created the Academic Medical
Center Preceptorship Program for Congressional Health Legislative
assistant and other government agency personnel, to orient them to the
structure and function of academic medical centers. From 1985 until
1990, he assisted in the creation of the Coalition of Patient Advocates
for Skin Disease Research.Doctor Weary held many high offices in his
profession and received numerous awards for his public service. Among
other things, he served as President of the American Board of Medical
Specialties from 1990 until 1992, which during his tenure promulgated
standards for all medical specialties; President of the American
Dermatological Association from 1992 until 1993; President of the
American Academy of Dermatology from 1994 until `1995; and President of
the National Association for Physicians for the Environment from 1994
until 11997. He was awarded the American Academy Dermatology Gold Medal
in 1990, the Academy?s highest award. He also received the
Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the EPA in 1995, the Walter
Reed Distinguished Achievement Award in 2001, University of Virginia
Medical Alumni Association Community Service Award in 2001, Medical
Society of Virginia, The Emily Couric Community Advocacy Award in 2004,
and The Elizabeth Scott Leadership Award in 2005.Although Doctor Weary
was an outstanding contributor nationally and internationally during his
professional career, he was most proud of activities he engaged in
during his retirement. In particular, he helped to enroll children in
the Children?s Medical Insurance Program, helped to establish the
Community Children?s Dental Center, and volunteered as a care provide in
the Charlottesville Free Clinic. He enjoyed his involvement the
MillerCenter for Public Affairs. He spent many happy and productive
hours helping to educate the public about the impact of the environment
on health.Doctor Weary enjoyed the love and caring support of myriad
friends and, of course, his family. He was will be remembered for his
courage, especially toward the end of his life - when he never failed to
see the glass as "half full?, his soft heart for anyone in need, his
care of his family, he quirky sense of humor, and his desire to leave
the world a much better place than he found it. His passionate hope
was that medical care will continue to be practiced faithfully and
responsibly, and that those who follow will protect the earth and the
skies above it for future generations.In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that charitable donations be made the F.I.R.S.T., Foundation of
Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types, 1364 Welsh Road G2, North Wales, PA
19454; the Community Children?s DentalCenter, www.cadakids.org; the
MillerCenter for Public Affairs, or a charity of the giver?s choice.
Rudy Lehnert reports that classmate
Tom Hennon
passed
away June 27 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ. Tom's wife
Audrey called Rudy on June 28 with the news. Tom's son, Tom Jr., sent
Rudy the following obit on July 1:
THOMAS JOSEPH HENNON Formerly of Summit
Thomas
Joseph Hennon, 79, of Flemington, NJ, formerly of Summit NJ, passed
away on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at the Hunterdon Medical Center with
his family at his side.
Born in Princeton, NJ, he was
predeceased by his parents James Joseph and Constance Hall Hennon and a
brother, James R. Hennon.
Tom graduated from Princeton
High School, the Lawrenceville Preparatory School and Princeton
University. He was proud to have played on Princeton?s 1950 and 1951
undefeated football teams. Tom?s career was in the advertising/marketing
business; his last position was held at Manufacturers Hanover Trust in
New York City.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years,
Audrey, and eight children. Catherine and James W. Newman, Jr., Marcia
Hennon Coviello, Thomas Patrick and Maryann Hennon, Ellen (Missy) and
Gary Marx, James Brian Hennon, Anne Hennon Ortiz, John Christopher and
Jean Hennon, and Elizabeth (Bit) and Dan Tarantin and 13 grandchildren.
Tom is also survived by his brother, John R. Hennon of Jensen Beach,
Fla., and his sister, Mariana Lowe of Anacortes Island,
Washington.
In lieu of flowers, if so desired donations in his
memory may be made to Pathway for Exceptional Children, C/O Department
of Community Programs, 100 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901. A
Memorial Mass will be celebrated at a later date.
David R. Kass '52
died May 21, 2009. At Princeton he majored in Mathematics and was a member of Prospect Club.
Following is an obituary provided by his son Michael through Don Oberdorfer. David
R. Kass who died at his home in Shaker Heights on May 21, 2009 at the
age of 77, was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend. He
founded two actuarial consulting firms that bore his name and served on
the Actuarial Standards Board, the organization which sets national
standards for the actuarial profession.
Born in Brooklyn,
NY on November 16, 1931, he graduated from JamesMadisonHigh School in
1948. A lifelong scouting enthusiast, he attained the rank of Eagle
Scout and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow. He graduated Summa
Cum Laude from PrincetonUniversity in 1952. At Princeton, he was
elected to Sigma Xi, the National Science Honor Fraternity and was a
member of the Press Club, writing for various newspapers including the
New York Times and Herald Tribune.
From 1952 ? 1954, he
served in the army during the Korean War, including a posting at the
Pentagon. He became a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1959 and a
charter member of the AmericanAcademy of Actuaries in 1965. He and his
family moved from Matawan (now Aberdeen), NJ in March 1970 to Shaker
Heights., OH.
In September 1971, David launched his own
actuarial consulting firm, specializing in employee benefits. Over a
twelve year period, the firm grew into Kass, Germain & Company, the
largest independent actuarial firm in northern Ohio, serving clients
including American Greetings Corp., Catholic Diocese of Cleveland,
Fisher Foods, Libbey-Owens-Ford, and Noranda, Inc. The firm was acquired
by Johnson & Higgins of Ohio in 1983. In 1987, David started David
R. Kass & Company where he worked until his retirement in
2001.
In recent years, David provided expert testimony
before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He served as a member
of the AmericanAcademy of Actuaries? Pension Committee from 1990 through
2007, when he was appointed to the Actuarial Standards Board. Through
the course of his career he gave numerous speeches and lectures before
regional and national professional organizations and
conferences.
He leaves Carole, his wife of 53 years, three
children, Ruth (Bryan Lever), Michael, and Sara (Micah Zakem) and 2
grandchildren (Gavin Lever, Kira Kass Zakem). After a private service,
the family welcomes company at their home on: 5/24 4-7pm; 5/25 3-7pm;
and 5/26 & 5/27 5-8pm at 17150 South Woodland, Shaker Hts.,
OH.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers,
contributions in his name be made to PrincetonUniversity, Cleveland
Opera, or your favorite charity.
Classmate
Ludlow Sebring Fowler
died
February 27, 2009. He left Princeton before graduation. Lud owned and
operated restaurants before our 25th reunion and enjoyed sailing. We
have heard nothing from him for 30 years.
Rudy Lehnert has found the following on-line obituary: Ludlow
S. Fowler, 79, of Delmar, died Friday, February 27, 2009, at Delmar
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Delmar, Delaware. He was born July
30, 1929 in New York City, a son of the late Ludlow S. Fowler and Elsie
(Blatchford) Fowler. Mr. Fowler graduated in 1947 from St. Mark's School
in Southborough, MA, then attended Princeton University. He worked on
food preparation and club management where he held a variety of jobs
over the years in those industries. His late father, Ludlow S. Fowler,
noted trust and estates attorney in New York City, and founding partner
of the law firm of Battle Fowler, graduated in 1917 from Princeton
University and served as the best man at F. Scott Fitzgerald's wedding
and a best friend of the noted American author. He is survived by
nephews Larned B. Fowler, Kenrick G. Fowler and niece Hilary Nothrop;
three great nephews and three great nieces. A memorial service will be
held in New York at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of the
Short Funeral Home in Delmar. Online condolences may be sent to the
family by visiting
www.shortfh.com.
James Evans Simpson '52
died March 10, 2009. At Princeton he majored in History and was a member of Quadrangle Club.
His obituary in the Birmingham News follows: SIMPSON,
JAMES EVANS, born on August 7, 1930, died March 10, 2009. He is
survived by his son, James Evans Simpson, Jr. and wife Jill of
Larchmont, New York; his son, Karl Alexander Simpson of New York, New
York; and their mother, Sandra S. Simpson; two grandchildren, Forrest
and Peter Simpson; brother, Henry Simpson; his nieces and nephews; and
his beloved companion, Mary Steiner.
Jim attended
Birmingham University School, Lyman Ward Military Academy, Webb School,
and graduated from Loomis Institute (1948), Princeton University (1952),
and the University of Virginia Law School (1957). He served as a
Lieutenant in the Field Artillery in Germany for two years.
He
practiced law for over 50 years with the firm of Lange, Simpson,
Robinson and Somerville and its successors. He was a delegate to the
Democrat Convention in 1960 and was elected to the State
Committee.
He was a Trustee and Docent of the Birmingham
Museum of Art, Vice Chairman of the Alabama Department of Archives and
History, and had served in leadership positions with Independent
Presbyterian Church, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, the
Metropolitan YMCA, Eye Sight Foundation of Alabama, and Lyman Ward
Academy. He was on the Advisory Board of the U.A.B. English Department
and the College of Arts and Sciences at Samford University. He was a
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was included in the
registry of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. He was a member
of the Redstone Club, Mountain Brook Club and Alliance Francais of
Birmingham.
Jim was a life-long student of history and had
visited numerous battlefields in Europe and South Africa as well as in
the United States. He was a linguist, having achieved fluency in French,
conversational status in German, Spanish, Italian and Czech, and some
knowledge of Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese and Magyar.
A
memorial service will be held Friday, March 13, at 11 a.m. at
Independent Presbyterian Church. Honorary pallbearers are John Wrinkle,
Percy Brower, George Gowen, Lovett Baker, Ed Seagram, Honorable Peter
Leisure, Allen Rushton, Bobby Parker, Hobart McWhorter and Clare Draper.
The family requests that memorials be sent to Friends of the Alabama
Archives, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100;
Birmingham Museum of Art, 2000 Eighth Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama
35203; or Independent Presbyterian Church, 3100 Highland Avenue,
Birmingham, Alabama 35205.
Bruce Griffin Coe '52
died
on March 24, 2009 in Lambertville, NJ. At Princeton, he majored in
Economics and was a member of Elm Club. After leaving during his junior
year, to join the U.S. Army, Bruce graduated in 1956. We've
learned from Barbara Coe that Bruce's memorial service will be held on
Saturday, April 18 at 2:00 PM in the Meeting House of the Presbyterian
church of Lawrenceville located at 2688 Main Street (Route 206),
Lawrenceville, NJ. A reception in the Fellowship Center of the church
will follow.
Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to
Isles, Inc., 10 Wood Street, Trenton, NJ 08618. Isles is a community
development and environmental organization which Bruce supported for
three decades.
The following obituary appeared in the The Times of Trenton, NJ for March 28, 2009. Bruce Coe, 78, voice of NJ business, dies
Bruce
G. Coe, an official at several state agencies and the longtime leader
of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association who was credited
with boosting the organization's profile, passed away this week
following a prolonged battle ,with cancer.
Coe, 78, of
Lambertville, served as president of the association for 14 years until
his retirement in 1996. He hired top lobbyists and moved the association
from Ewing to a new home across from the Statehouse while increasing
revenues and membership, according to the NJBIA.
Coe also
served at a wide range at state agencies and commissions, helping
establish new financial systems, guiding them through crises and
spearheading reform efforts.
"He was plugged into
everything, and as you looked at his resume, at his history, you
realized he knew what was going on around the state because he had
worked on just about everything,? said Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell
Township, a good friend of Coe and his wife Barbara.
Coe
grew up in Massachusetts and Indiana and after graduating from Princeton
University spent 20 years as an investment banker at Kidder Peabody.
He rose to the executive committee and retired in 1975, according to a
biography prepared by a family friend.
He later worked under
five New Jersey governors at several entities, including the state's
Housing Finance Agency and Transit Trust Fund Authority, the NJ Water
Supply Authority, the NJ Employment Security Council and commissions on
spending and health policy.
Coe ran for Congress in the 3rd
District in l978, winning the Republican nomination but losing in the
general election. He later moved to the left, becoming an ally of Holt
and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama.
Coe's business
background and personal skills made him an unusual but effective
candidate, said Thomas O'Neill, the retired president of the Partnership
for New Jersey where Coe was a member.
"He was a brilliant
person, but he combined it with brilliant charm, and there was a real
affection he established with people," said O'Neill, who met Coe during
the Campaign. "He really liked the people he dealt with."
Coe
went on to transform the relatively obscure NJBIA "into the state's
leading voice for business in Trenton, " according to the association.
Under Coe the organization also promoted "good-government" reforms such
as higher tax rates for the wealthy and better land use planning,
according to the biography.
"The businesses of this state owe Bruce a
great debt of gratitude, for he built an organization that ensures they
are heard in the halls of state government," NJBIA president Philip
Kirschner said.
Coe served on the boards of several
corporations. nonprofits and charitable organizations. After retiring
from the NJBIA he focused on fundraising for the Trenton community
development corporation Isles where he and his wife co-chaired a $3.7
million capital campaign.
Coe's first marriage, to Nancy Norling, ended in divorce. He leaves his wife Barbara, five children and 13 grandchildren.
George E. Stevens '52
died
March 16, 2009. A service of celebration will be held Friday, April 3,
at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, CT. The following is
the obituary for George published in the New Canaan Advertiser.
George E. Stevens, longtime New Canaan resident and former headmaster of
the New Canaan Country School, died Monday, March 16, 2009, after a
brief illness. He was 78.Mr. Stevens was the son of Raymond Donald
Stevens and Annette Wells Stevens.Born on June 20, 1930, in Buffalo,
N.Y., he graduated from Nichols School cum laude. Majoring in English at
Princeton University, he was a member of the Cottage Club as well as
the Senior Council, and was single-wing quarterback on the 1951
undefeated, nationally-ranked football team. A teammate was that year?s
Heisman Trophy winner, Richard Kazmaier. Inspired by his mentor,
Professor Lawrance Thompson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of
Robert Frost, Mr. Stevens decided against joining his father and older
brother in the family business, Pierce & Stevens. Instead, he began a
career-long commitment to education.He returned to Buffalo, and for
five years, interrupted by a three-year stint in the U.S. Naval Reserve,
he taught and coached at Nichols School. At the same time, he earned
his M.A. in English from the University of Buffalo. Years later, Nichols
honored him with a Distinguished Alumnus award and membership in the
school?s Athletic Hall of Fame. During his naval duty at the 14th Naval
District Intelligence Office in Honolulu, Hawaii, he taught night
classes in English to inmates of Honolulu Prison. In 1956, on a blind
date, he met Jill Rice Walker, a descendant of three of the original
missionary families that sailed to Hawaii from New England in the early
19th century. A year later they were married in a garden wedding on the
slopes of Mt. Haleakala. They returned to Mr. Stevens? hometown, where
he resumed his teaching responsibilities at Nichols School. During these
years the Stevens? three sons ? Link, Scott and Jed ? were born.In 1963
Mr. Stevens was appointed headmaster of the New Canaan Country School, a
pre-K through ninth grade school of 420 students. During his tenure of
sixteen years, the school constructed three major buildings, initiated
an endowment fund, and mounted a recruitment program to attract minority
students. He was also extensively involved in the broader independent
school community, at various times serving as board director and officer
of several organizations: Fairchester Group of Independent Schools,
Independent Educational Services, Connecticut Association of Independent
Schools, the Country Day School Headmasters? Association, and the
Elementary Schools? Headmasters Association. In addition, for eight
years he was a board director of the National Association of Independent
Schools, serving as secretary and chairman of the Academic Committee.In
1965, with a group of teachers and parents of the Country School, Mr.
Stevens founded a program named Horizons for disadvantaged children.
Over the years it became a year-round academic, cultural and athletic
enrichment program, and is now replicated in 20 communities nationwide.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebration of Horizons, Mr.
Stevens was honored with this citation: "Your imagination conceived the
idea; your energy sparked its creation; your commitment insured its
success. On behalf of the thousands of Horizons children, whose minds
and spirits you have enriched, we thank you and we honor you.?In New
Canaan, Mr. Stevens worked closely with public school administrators on
several projects and was a director of the United Way of New Canaan and
the New Canaan Library.After his retirement from the New Canaan Country
School, Mr. Stevens joined an educational consulting firm which became
Stevens Associates.In addition to his beloved wife of 52 years, Mr.
Stevens is survived by his children: George E. "Link? Stevens of
Portland, Maine; Scott Stevens and Amy of Simsbury, Ct., Jed Stevens and
Kerry of Darien, Ct., and nine grandchildren: Nick, Abigail, Will,
Natalie, Jackson, Gretchen, Emma, Walker and Nate Stevens. Mr. Stevens
is also survived by his sister, Annette Stevens Wilton of East Aurora,
N.Y., and nieces and nephews. His brother, Raymond Donald Stevens, Jr.,
pre-deceased him.
Classmate
Chauncey Loomis
majored
in English at Princeton and was a member of Tiger Inn. His obituary
from the New York Times for March 31 is printed below. It also gives
information about his memorial service to be held on May
9.LOOMIS--Chauncey Chester Jr. of Stockbridge, MA died from cancer at
Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA on March 17, 2009. He was born
on June 1, 1930 in New York to the late Chauncey and Elizabeth
McLanahan Loomis. His older brothers John (Jock) . and Stanley Loomis
died before him.
He attended the Stockbridge Public Schools,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University (AB '52, PhD) and
Columbia University (MA). Before attending Columbia, Chauncey enlisted
in the US Army and served during the Korean conflict. After finishing
school, Chauncey briefly taught English at the University of Vermont,
then in 1963 moved to Dartmouth College. He retired from Dartmouth as
Professor of English in 1997.
In 1968, Chauncey led on
expedition investigating the mysterious death of the early American
explorer Charles Francis Hall, who was buried in northern Greenland
during on unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole. That trip
resulted in Chauncey's book, Weird and Tragic Shores, recently
republished by the Modern Library in the Expedition Series and which
became the basis tor a PBS documentary. He wrote many book reviews and
articles including his innovative consideration of arctic landscapes in
his essay "Arctic Sublime", published in the book Nature and the
Victorian Imagination.
Throughout his life, Chauncey
followed his passion for exploration, conservation, photography and fly
fishing. He filmed musk oxen off the coast of Alaska, searched for lost
Inca civilizations in Peru, and caught (and mostly released) trout and
salmon on many Continents.
He was always involved in his
various Communities and served on the boards of local and national
institutions including the Housatonic Valley Association, Phillips
Exeter Academy, the Hotchkiss School, The Norman Rockwell Museum and
Chesterwood.
Chauncey is survived by his nephew Craig
Loomis, a grand?niece Vivian Loomis, step-niece Claudine Scoville,
step-nephews Reg Gignoux, Tom Gignoux and Thayer Gignoux, and their
children Denny, Simone, Alex, Christopher and Madeleine Gignoux.
For
all his protestations, he was welcoming and generous; he taught us much
about thinking and living, about honesty and kindness.
A
memorial service for Chauncey Loomis will be held at the Norman Rockwell
Museum, Stockbridge. Massachusetts on May 9th, at 4pm. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts may be made to the Berkshire
Taconic Community Foundation at 271 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
01230. Please specify the Chauncey Loomis Fund; this is a fund
established by Chauncey to help Berkshire County, MA high school
students attend College.
Classmate
Edward F. Beatty, Jr.,
died
January 25, 2009 in Villanova, PA. Ted's memorial service will be on
Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM in the Wayne Presbyterian Church,
125 E. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087. A reception at the church
will follow.
At Princeton, Ted majored in History and
was a member of Elm Club. Afterward he graduated from Penn Law school
and pursued a career in law with several Philadelphia
firms.
Ted's Obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer for February 6, 2009 follows: Edward
F. "Ted" Beatty Jr., 78, of Villanova, a lawyer and real estate
specialist, died of heart failure Jan. 25 at home . Mr. Beatty
joined the law firm of Saul Ewing in 1964 and became a partner two
years later. From 1981 to 1984 he was the firm's managing partner, and
for 20 years he chaired its real estate department. He retired in the
late 1990s.
Mr. Beatty represented First Pennsylvania Bank
when it moved to the newly built Centre Square building in 1973. In the
early 1980s he represented the buyers of the historic Lit Bros. complex
on Market Street and represented the developers of? Gallery II and One
Reading Center. Later he was the attorney for Church Farm School when it
sold valuable land in Chester County, and he represented the Cigna
Corp. when it moved to One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place.
"He
had the remarkable gift of providing the highest level of services to
his many clients while training a generation of lawyers," said David S.
Antzis, Saul Ewing's managing partner. Mr. Beatty grew up in
Chester County and graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.
After earning a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, he taught
history for a year at the Hawken School in Cleveland before earning a
law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Saul
Ewing, Mr. Beatty was an associate with the firm of Pepper Hamilton in
Philadelphia and was counsel to the Philadelphia Industrial Development
Corp. For many years he was chairman of the Children's Seashore
House. In the 1990s he oversaw the facility's move from Atlantic City to
Philadelphia and its acquisition by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
for use as a care facility for children with developmental disabilities
and chronic illnesses. He served on the Radnor Township Zoning Hearing
Board. Mr. Beatty fly-fished in streams and rivers in
Pennsylvania and Montana. "He considered fishing to be an intellectual
challenge, a spiritual journey," his son, Ted [Princeton '83],
said. "There was a poetic quality to the way he saw life," his son
said. "Baseball and his beloved Phillies were more ballet than gritty
sweat, even through losing seasons. He loved art and music - from the
folk songs of his childhood, sung nightly to his young children, to
Strauss and Bach." Mr. Beatty had fought Parkinson's and chronic
heart disease for almost 20 years. In addition to his son, he is
survived by his wife of 50 years, Jane Nelson Beatty; daughters Cynthia
Reese [Princeton '86] and Ann Beatty-Rose; two sisters; and nine
grandchildren. A memorial service? will be held at 11 a.m.
February 7 at Wayne Presbyterian Church, 125 E. Lancaster Ave., where
Mr. Beatty sang in the choir. Memorial donations may be made to the
School in Rose Valley, 20 School Lane, Rose Valley, Pa. 19063.
We lost an outsanding member of the Class of '52 January 4, 2009, when classmate
John F. McGillicuddy
died.
The funeral took place on Thursday, January 8, at the Church of the
Resurrection in Rye. He is survived by his wife Conna, five children
and several grandchildren.
Art Christensen has sent us
the text of a "local" obituary - from his (and John's) neighborhood
newspaper, the LoHud (LowerHudsonValley) Journal News. The paper notes
that John was "one of the leading bankers of his generation," and "one
of the most respected business leaders in the U.S." He played leading
roles in resolving the funding crises of New York City and
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Chrysler, and was an advisor to
Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush, as well as rising to the top
position in Manufacturers Hanover Trust and its successor, Chemical
Bank. The paper also recounts the impressive list of civic, charitable,
educational, and religious causes that John actively supported.
For the full text of the obituary, click
here.
For the obituary in the January 7 issue of the New York Times, click
here.
Dick Kazmaier's eulogy is on the
Class News Page.
Art Christensen has reported the following on the service for John:
"Very full house at the Church of the Resurrection in Rye, NY.
Evidence of the many people's lives who were touched by John. The Most
Reverend Gerald T. Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New
York, presided. All John's children participated ending with eulogies
by 'Kaz' and John's oldest son, Sean. Reception followed at The Blind
Brook Club where John had been President for 13 years. Fittingly, one
of the main rooms of the club had been dedicated as 'The McGillicuddy
Room' in honor of John's service. Class of 52'ers in attendance were;
Joe Bolster, Art Christensen, Al Ellis, Joe Handelman, Dick Kazmaier,
Hoby Kreitler, Tom Knight, Tom Mangan, Ed Masinter, Jeff Nunes, and Mimi
Pivirotto."
We've recently learned that Karl Gustavus Roebling '52
died December 29, 2009, in Fern Park, FL. He left Princeton for health
reasons in our sophomore year, joined the Army for the Korean War and
studied architecture at The University of North Carolina.Karl worked in
real estate brokerage and sales mostly in central Florida. He also owned
and operated Dynapress, a one-man independent press publishing mostly
his own books, some of which can still be found on Amazon's list. See
also Dynapress.com. He is survived by his daughter Anne, and son Karl.
