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 Frederick H. Gloeckner, Jr. M.D. ‘52 of Hundred Mile House, British Columbia, died on Friday, July 6, 2012 of multiple myeloma at the age of 82. A native of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and the son of Frederick H. Gloeckner, Sr. and Dr. Mary Louise Carpenter Gloeckner, Fred was a graduate of Germantown Friends School, where he was distinguished for his athletic accomplishments`the former Mary McArdle. In 1972 he published "A Civilian Doctor in Vietnam", a memoir of his two month tour of volunteer medical service in the heart of the war zone which he performed under a collaborative sponsorship of the American Medical Association and the Department of State. Upon his return to Philadelphia he spoke at his sister's church, Summit ` Through the years he took tremendous enjoyment in tending his ranch properties while riding his beloved horse O.J., but his passions were golf and his devotion to writing in the cause of peace, much of which commitment was a tribute to the influence of his Quaker upbringing and his years at Germantown Friends School. He is survived by his loving and devoted widow, Mary, four children: Robert, Cherie, Laurie, and Mark, 2 step children, Mavis and Patrick McArdle, five grandchildren Darby and Justin Bell, Alex Hemminger, and Liam and Brendan Graff, 11 Gloeckner and Shaifer nieces and nephews, his sister Kathy Shaifer and her husband, Carl Shaffer, Princeton Class of 1953. He was predeceased by his brother, David W. Gloeckner. Having converted to Catholicism, a service of celebration of his life was held at a Memorial Mass on Saturday, July 14 at St. Jude's Catholic Church 100 Mile House, British Columbia.
 Bob Jiranek has learned that John Schmid '52 died
in St. Petersburg, FL, on July 29. His widow Barbara was the source of
the information. John suffered from Alzheimer's. He earned his LLB at
the Univesity of Pennsylvania in 1956 and practiced law in the
Washington area for many years with the firm Glendening & Schmid and
then as a partner with Schiff, Hardin & Waite before he and Barbara
moved to Florida. In our 1992 yearbook he said in retirement he "truly
appreciate[d] the freedom to do those things that I enjoy doing rather
than the 'dictates' of clients." His goal then was "to look forward,
not back, and be useful in some form of Christian endeavor."
Dr. Kappes was a graduate of Episcopal High School, Princeton University (where he was captain of the 150 pound Crew) and the Medical College of Virginia. He was first licensed to practice medicine on June 16, 1956, and served his internship in Durham, North Carolina, residency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and as a Captain and Chief of Pediatric Service in the Unites States Air Force at Chennault Air Force Base in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He moved with his family to Waynesboro in 1961 to begin his pediatric practice which he continued until 1999. During that time, he was also the Pediatric Consultant to Dejarnette (now Commonwealth Center) from 1975 to his retirement on June 7, 2012. He had a passion for working with handicapped and special needs children, adolescents and young adults. This led him to help found the Waynesboro Sheltered Workshop which expanded into now Vector Industries to give meaningful employment to young adults with disabilities. He also was instrumental in helping found Greenstone Residence in Waynesboro serving special needs adults where he served as its first president. In addition to working with children in his pediatric practice, he considered his serving as Scoutmaster of Rotary Club sponsored Troop 7 from 1962 until 1976 as one of his most rewarding experiences. He also served the community he loved as president of the Jackson Wilson Elementary School PTA, Waynesboro School Board Member from 1980 until 1985 serving as president in 1984 and 1985, and on several advisory committees through the years including Special Needs. He was voted Waynesboro Jaycees Young Man of the Year during his early years in Waynesboro and also a past member of the Waynesboro Rotary Club. He had numerous roles with his church family at St. John's Episcopal Church including serving on the Vestry, as Acolyte Master, Senior Lay Reader, member of the Brotherhood of St. John's, and faithful worshipper in the front left pews. Throughout his life, he could be seen on the golf course, the ski slopes, enjoying the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the hills of Virginia or the waters of the Cowpasture River. He served his family and the community he loved for many years and in capacities too numerous to mention. He was truly one of a kind and will be missed by all who knew him, but leaves fond memories for us to enjoy. A memorials service was held at St. John's Episcopal Church, 473 South Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, on July 7, 2012. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in memory of Dr. Bill Kappes to St. John's Memorial Fund, Vector Industries, or to the charity of your choice .
Saturnino Lieven Salas, only grandson of the late Lieven Gevaert, Flemish industrialist, died on June 2, 2012, at home at the age of 81, surrounded by his family. He was predeceased by his father Saturnino Salas of Argentina, his mother Maria Cornelia Gevaert of Belgium, and by his beloved wife of 40 years, Judith Eckart Salas. He is survived by his four children Charles Gevaert Salas, Peter Eckart Salas, Elizabeth Corwin Dudley, and William Albert Salas, by eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and by his sister Laura Salas Flores and his brothers Hector Salas and Carlos Maria Salas. Saturnino Lieven Salas was born on August 9, 1930, in Buenos Aires.During the first ten years of his life, he lived with his family in several European and South American countries, each time attending school in a different language.At the age of ten, he entered IndianMountainSchool in Lakeville, Connecticut, and quickly excelled, being awarded the School's highest prize in three consecutive years. He also achieved extraordinary academic success at The Hotchkiss School from which he graduated in 1948.
Next he attended PrincetonUniversity but withdrew to enter the United States Air Force, where he served for four years.On leaving the Air Force, he turned to the study of mathematics, earning a Ph D in Mathematics from YaleUniversity in 1959.Having taught at YaleUniversity, WesleyanUniversity and the University of Connecticut, he retired from academia to devote himself to the writing of mathematics textbooks. His most notable publication (with Einar Hille and later other co-authors) is Calculus : One and Several Variables.His mathematical writing is renowned for its clarity, integrity, and elegance; and his calculus book, now in its tenth edition, has been translated into several languages and used by well over a million students.
In 1960 Saturnino Salas moved with his family to a home in Haddam, Connecticut, which has served as a family center ever since.His was a full life and a rewarding career, including years in which he served on the Board of Directors of the Gevaert Photoproducten N.V. in Belgium.Articulate in the extreme, he possessed a powerful intelligence, élan vital, and a strong desire to live life on his own terms. Impatient with the ordinary, he often cited the poetic phrase from Wordsworth "Getting and spending we lay waste our powers" as a goad to those he cared about, encouraging them to pursue with passion that which mattered to them most. He was a man who loved deeply and was, in turn, deeply loved.
A celebration of his life will be held on July 29, at 11am, at his home, 182 Walkley Hill rd, Haddam, CT.  Tom Schmidt '52 died June 18, 2012. His daughter Dru has sent us his obituary (click here) with a more recent photo of him than the one from the 1952 Nassau Herald at right.Dru commented that "we can't seem to keep up with the many, many communities that Dad was engaged in. I don't know that this obit does him justice - sure does not mention his great sense of humor and love of a good prank! We are working on celebrating a great life and not grieving his loss - but not doing very well at that yet! Dru added that there will be a small service in York, PA, at some date to be announced, where his ashes will be placed.
Martin "Boom Boom"
March, loving father and grandfather, died on March 23, 2012. He was
born on June 24th, 1930, and passed away at the age of 81 of natural
causes. He is survived by Sheila Tropp of Miller Beach, Indiana; three
sons, Scott, Alan and Brook; and Granddaughters Alexa, Natasha, and
Maryann.
Marty was a resident of Miller Beach, IN. Hewas born on
June 24, 1930 in East Chicago, IN to Paul and Pearl March (Marcovich)
and brother to Arthur. Marty attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter,
New Hampshire, prior to graduating from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1952. After graduating from Princeton he proudly served his country during the Korean War as a Special Operations Officer in the US Army.
Marty was born in the Northwest Indiana area. During his youth he was
lucky to live in several different parts of the country, but ended up
back in the Chicagoland area. Marty loved the game of football and
played throughout his high school and college years. Legend has it, as
Middle Linebacker, the damage he caused on the football field earned him
the name "Boom Boom".
Tom Rhodes '52 died March 25, 2012. His obituary, from the TC Palm (Treasure Coast, Vero Beach, FL), follows:
Thomas T. Rhodes passed away on Sunday March 25, 2012 at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 4, 1930 in Pittsburg, Pa. to Robert P. and Janet (Trimble) Rhodes and moved to Vero Beach in 1954. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Gerre' (Tripp) Rhodes; whom he married Dec. 28, 1963, and his brother Robert P. Rhodes (Sally) of Estill Springs, Tenn. He had 2 children, son Thomas T. Rhodes II (Sophie Shaw) Vero Beach and daughter Susannah (Rhodes) Scarlatos (Vincent Scarlatos) of Winter Park, FL. He had 4 grandchildren: Colin and Madelaine Rhodes of Vero Beach, and Kaitlin and Alexander Scarlatos of Winter Park.
Tom was an active member of the CommunityChurch since 1955, serving as
Deacon, Sunday School teacher, Usher, Moderator from 1985-1988, and
Chairman of the Search Committee that helped bring CommunityChurch
ministers Bob and Casey Baggott to CommunityChurch in 2003. He was on
the original steering committee in 1964 that started Riverside Theatre,
originally called The Theatre Guild. He built sets, acted in several
plays, and was President of the Theatre Guild Board in 1966. He
continued to serve on the Trust Board of the Guild and subsequently on
the Board of Directors at Riverside Theatre until 1997. As a member of
the Class of 1952 at Princeton, he was active in the local Princeton
Club, serving as Treasurer for over 10 years. Tom loved golf, sailing,
and was an avid reader. He was a caring soul and touched so many in his
lifetime with his friendship, love, support, and generosity.
After receiving his Master's Degree in Agriculture from the University of Florida,
he moved to Vero Beach and, along with Randy Sexton, started Driftwood
Fruit Company in 1954, and just celebrated their 57th year in business
this year. He also owned Sunshine Laundries, a local chain of
laundromats on the TreasureCoast, for the past 35 years. Tom wished in
lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to The Community Church
of Vero Beach (Tom Rhodes Memorial Fund) 1901 23rd Street, Vero Beach,
FL 32960 or VNA Hospice House, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
John Emery '52 died March 18, 2012. Following is his obituary, from the Asbury Park Press:
 John R. Emery, 81, of Red Bank, passed away
Monday, March 19, 2012. John was a resident of Rumson for 45 years
before he and his wife, Barbara Jean moved to Red Bank three years ago.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Red Bank at Tower
Hill. John will be remembered as a great husband, father and grandfather
who was deeply committed to his family, friends and community. He spent
his career in the publishing business, and was actively involved in
numerous professional and civic organizations throughout his years. He
was a devoted lifelong supporter of his Alma Mater, Princeton
University. John is predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Barbara Jean Emery, who passed away last summer. He is survived by three sons, John R. Jr. and wife Deborah of New Hope, Pa., Robert and wife Dana of San Francisco, Calif., and Richard and wife Suzanne of Castle Rock, Colo., one daughter Karen and husband Steve Lynch of Norwell, Mass., and eight grandchildren, Mac, Bryce, Rob, Matt, Will, Jack, Libby and Allie. There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 29 at the First Presbyterian Church of Red Bank at Tower Hill, 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. Interment of the cremated remains will follow at Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in his memory to a charity of your choice.  Donald B. Shedden '52 died
February 5, 2012. His daughter, Cindy Shedden-Lamberti , informed us
of his death. She told us "Don loved Princeton and often reminisced
about his college years." Don served in the Korean War, worked in
banking in Sayre, PA, owned several businesses in Binghamton in the
1960s, and in the 1970s had restaurants in Elmira and Wysox, PA. His
obituary notes that before retiring he owned and operated several businesses in the Southern Tier of New York State. He is survived by his wife Joanne and son Bruce, as well as daughter Cindy and four grandchildren.
Bill's
first wife, Doris Murray, and his second wife, Martha Kelly, both
predeceased him. Two sons survive. The family is not planning on a
memorial service.
Company Statement Company Chief Executive Officer Trevor P. Bond stated, "Bill Carey was more than our founder and Chairman -- he was the cultural leader of our company. All of us at W. P. Carey & Co. are mourning his loss. At the same time, we know that the best way for us to honor Bill is to continue to deliver outstanding results to our investors. It is up to us, as members of the team he put into place, to continue his life's work and to ensure that the standards of excellence he established at W. P. Carey & Co. remain intact." Mr. Bond continued, "Bill was unwavering in his devotion to our shareholders, and he was especially proud that we have been able to provide increasing income to them, while providing our tenant companies with the capital that allowed them to grow their business and prosper. He felt deep gratitude toward our employees for enabling the firm to deliver such consistently outstanding results in good times and bad." Bill Carey was a pioneer in the field of corporate finance for nearly 60 years. Under his leadership, W. P. Carey Co. LLC provided hundreds of companies the capital they required to thrive and prosper. He was largely responsible for development of the sale-leaseback investment strategy for commercial real estate, and his firm remains a global leader in the industry. In 1988, Mr. Carey established the W. P. Carey Foundation, which supports educational opportunities for young people through significant endowments presented to Arizona State University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, as well as contributions to many other fine educational institutions. His brother, Francis J. Carey, said, "Bill was not only an insightful businessman but a wonderful brother and a good citizen. He always felt grateful that he was raised in a family committed to public service -- and he worked passionately to uphold that tradition." Mr. Carey was a direct descendent of President James K. Polk. Bloomberg obituary William Polk Carey, who made a fortune in real-estate finance and donated tens of millions of dollars to improve U.S. business schools, has died. He was 81. He died yesterday at Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida his firm, W.P. Carey & Co., said in a statement. The cause was complications following a heart attack, according to Cheryl Perry, a spokeswoman for the company. A resident of New York City, he was in Florida for the holidays. The firm founded by Carey in 1973 provides sale-leaseback and other forms of real-estate financing and manages a global investment portfolio of about $11.8 billion, according to its website. Based in New York, it owns almost 1,000 commercial and industrial properties in North America, Europe and Asia, totaling about 120 million square feet, including part of the New York Times Building in Manhattan. "Bill was unwavering in his devotion to our shareholders, and he was especially proud that we have been able to provide increasing income to them, while providing our tenant companies with the capital that allowed them to grow their business and prosper," Chief Executive Officer Trevor P. Bond said in the statement. In 1988, Carey established the W.P. Carey (WPC)Foundation as the vehicle for his philanthropy. Its major gifts include $50 million in 2002 to Arizona State University, which renamed its business school the W.P. Carey School of Business; $50 million in 2006 to Johns Hopkins University to create the Carey School of Business; and, last April, $30 million to the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, which he hoped would lead to a joint law-business degree offered by Maryland and Johns Hopkins. Descendent of President Carey, a descendent of U.S. President James K. Polk, never married and said he wanted to give away most of his fortune. "I don't believe in having my family be rich," he told the New York Times in April. "They don't need a lot of fancy cars to drive around. My goal is to make the foundation a billion, and then after it's a billion, I might be old enough to think about passing on." The foundation reported about $25 million in assets at the end of 2010. Its trustees said yesterday that Carey had made the foundation the primary beneficiary of his shares in W.P. Carey. Carey was born on May 11, 1930, in Baltimore, where his grandmother, Anne Galbraith Carey, had founded the Gilman, the nation's first country day school, in 1897. As a student at Princeton University, he earned money selling secondhand refrigerators to classmates, according to a company biography. (Carey told the Times that he "cut too many classes, too many chapels" at Princeton and "resigned before someone could ask me to leave.") He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1953 from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. Auto Business After serving two years in the U.S. Air Force, he joined his stepfather's auto dealership in New Jersey, where he learned about lease financing. At 28, he became owner of International Leasing Corp. in Plainfield, New Jersey, a leading dealer of Peugeots and other foreign cars. After International Leasing was merged in 1964 into Hubbard, Westervelt Mottelay Inc. -- which would be bought in 1968 by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. -- Carey led the executive committee. He was head of real estate and equipment financing at Loeb, Rhodes & Co. and director of corporate finance at DuPont, Glore Forgan Inc. In
1973, he formed W.P. Carey with his brother, Francis J. Carey, and
brother-in-law, Raymond S. Clark. His brother survives him, as do
numerous nieces and nephews, according to his firm. |
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