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1923 | John Leroy Arnold C’23, Lebanon, Pa., April 7, 2000.
1924 | Florette F. Gladstein DH’24, Laguna Hills, Calif., Feb. 22, 1999.
1925 | Maurice W. Kail C’25 L’28, Miami, a retired attorney; Feb. 18, 1999.
Dr. Frank Niemtzow C’25, Longboat Key, Fla., a retired physician; Nov. 23, 2002.
1926 | John W. Barrett W’26, Pitman, N.J., Feb. 23, 1999.
Kahlman Linker W’26, Trenton, N.J., July 20, 1998.
Edith Peacock McDougald Ed’26 G’43, Philadelphia, May 8.
1927 | Sydney Abrams Ed’27, Willow Grove, Pa., June 16, 1998.
Dr. Leonard Carlitz C’27 Gr’30, Durham, N.C.; Sept. 17, 1999.
William J. Cox W’27, McKeesport, Pa., a retired vice president of Cox’s Department Stores, where he had worked for 56 years; March 26. He was president of the Daily News Publishing Co. from 1967 to 2002, and was a member and past president of the board of McKeesport Hospital, 1970-77. Devoted to the McKeesport area, he volunteered for many business, civic, and service organizations, and received an award for 25 years of service to the local YWCA.
Dr. Jeff Davis W’27, New York, a retired physician; Dec. 16, 1999.
Joseph L. Dorf WEv’27, Miami, Nov. 7, 2002.
Harriet Welsh Nelms Ed’27, Elmira, N.Y., April 27, 2000.
Mildred Thorp Soast Ed’27, Gwynedd, Pa., April 5. She was a board member of two homes for senior citizens and the Friends Hospital Ladies Auxiliary in Philadelphia.
Douglas T. Warner C’27, New York, a prominent figure in Manhattan real estate; Jan. 8, 2000
1928 | Sadie Tarkoff MaClasky Ed’28 G’33, Norristown, Pa., a retired mathematics teacher at Wagner and Leeds junior-high schools; April 8.
Bernard Polen C’28, Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 2000. His wife, Esther Brodsky Polen Ed’31, died May 11, 2002.
1929 | Jack H. Furman W’29 L’32, Cherry Hill, N.J., Oct. 12, 2002.
Claire Gelber DH’29, Mount Royal, N.J., April 12, 2000.
Reba Zaretsky Tollen Richardson Ed’29 G’34, Philadelphia, retired head of English at Overbrook High School; April 22. She taught English for more than 30 years in the Philadelphia school system. Following her retirement in the late 1960s, she helped organize and administer the Penn senior-associates program, in which retirees can audit classes: she continued to attend classes until her hearing failed shortly before her death. She had immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine with her family in 1914 because her grandfather had urged, “this child must go to a university”: her mother had sold bootleg liquor to raise money for their passage. Her son is Robert W. Tollen C’61 L’64.
Dr. Raymond A. Taylor C’29, Toms River, N.J., a retired physician; Dec. 21, 2001.
Samuel B. Victor C’29 G’31, San Mateo, Calif., Jan. 4, 2000.
1930 | Mary Burroughs Ed’30 GEd’37, Mount Laurel, N.J., Oct. 17, 1998.
Edward T. Cox W’30, Meriden, Conn., Nov. 21, 1998. At Penn he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
George F. Henschel W’30, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., May.
George B. Milnor W’30, Evanston, Ill., the retired vice president of Northern Trust Co., in Chicago; April 5. He began his career as a manager for Continental Grain Co., a steamship subsidiary. During the Second World War he served with the War Shipping Administration, managing Pacific Ocean charters. He then joined Northern Trust until his retirement. He served on the board of the Chicago YWCA and was chair of the Hadley School for the Blind.
Miriam Leach Rushe DH’30, West Homestead, Pa., March 21, 2002.
David Schagrin W’30, New York, Dec. 18. 1999.
Dr. Herbert Schimmel C’30 Gr’36, Nashua, N.H., March 29.
Carrie Bodine Smith Ed’30, West Dennis, Mass., Nov. 9, 2002.
Mildred Yale Warden DH’30, Las Cruces, N.M., June 2, 1998.
Isabel Gregory Wheeler DH’30, Stratford, Conn., a retired dental hygienist; May 2.
1931 | Paul J. Allen WEv’31, Ridgefield, Conn., June 7, 1998.
Owen C. Baty Ar’31, Springfield, Mo., April 4, 2000.
May Johnston Black DH’31, Harpswell, Maine, Oct. 26, 2000.
William D. Bruce EE’31, Lakewood, N.J., the retired executive vice president of Ford, Bacon & Davis Engineers, Inc.; April 6. He began his career with Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, where he worked until 1942, when he joined Ford, Bacon & Davis, retiring in 1973. He was a licensed professional engineer in 10 states. He also did volunteer work with the American Arbitration Association and the International Executive Service.
Albert J. Craig C’31, Blue Bell, Pa., July 18, 2002.
Dr. Herbert F. Harms Jr. V’31, Bradenton, Fla., a retired veterinarian; May 27, 2001.
Jayne Rauzi Logudic DH’31, Glenside, Pa., Nov. 9, 2002.
Esther Brodsky Polen Ed’31, Philadelphia, an attorney; May 11. Her husband, Bernard Polen C’28, died Dec. 17, 2000.
Margaret J. Saylor Ed’31, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 2001.
John A. Stucker Jr. C’31, Marmora, N.J., April 11, 1999.
1932 | Theodore J. Carney W’32, Utica, N.Y., Aug. 29, 1999.
E. Kathryn Clark Ed’32 G’33 GrEd’67, Newtown Square, Pa., a retired vice-principal of Frankford High School in Philadelphia, who had served there from 1955 until her retirement in 1977; May 1. She began her career in 1933 as a mathematics teacher at the Philadelphia High School for Girls, later becoming head of mathematics there. She attended every Girls High reunion from 1933 until 2001.
Harold Halperin W’32, Santa Barbara, Calif., the retired owner of a real estate school; April 9. He began his career by operating a chicken ranch and chicken markets in Santa Monica. He changed career paths by becoming an instructor in real estate for Gribin and Von Dial Realty in the Los Angeles area. After moving to Santa Barbara in 1964, he taught real estate for several firms until opening the Lumbleau Real Estate School, where he taught classes in real estate sales and broker licensing until his retirement in 1992.
Harry Lubern C’32, Carteret, N.J., a retired principal of Minue High School in Carteret; April 9. He began his career as an attorney; following service in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, he became a teacher of law at Carteret High School. He then served as principal of Minue High School for 17 years, until his retirement.
Alexander C. Pintzuk W’32, Miami, May 15, 1999.
Harold R. Prowell L’32, Mechanicsburg, Pa., a retired attorney; March 25. President of the Dauphin County Bar Association Foundation for 50 years, he was also a former chair of the zoning board of Steelton, and had served as solicitor for Steelton-Highspire High School.
William M. Seaman W’32, Scottsdale, Pa., the retired co-owner and operator of the family’s business, Seaman Wholesale Candy and Tobacco Co.; April 15. He entered into business with his brother; following his brother’s death in 1978, he and his son became partners until his semi-retirement in 1994. He had also been the sole owner and operator of Seaman Vending of Scottsdale until the late 1980s. He served on the board of H.C. Frick Hospital from 1967 to 1982, and as treasurer for Westmoreland-Fayette Sewage Authority from 1965 to 1995. In 1997 he was inducted into the Half-Century Club of the Pennsylvania Distributing Association for 50 years of service to the industry. During the Second World War he had served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Asia and the Philippines.
Mary L. Schmehl WEF’32, Reading, Pa., April 10, 2001.
Dr. Eleanor R. Stein M’32 GM’36, Gwynedd, Pa., a retired physician; May 9, 2001.
1933 | Theodore V. Adamcyzk W’33, Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 9, 2000.
Dr. Isadore L. Dordick C’33 G’37, Schenectady, N.Y., March 30.
Walter J. Ellis W’33, Alameda, Calif. July 1, 2000.
Edward H. Ewall WEv’33, Hallandale, Fla., Sept. 20, 2002.
Robert G. Horine W’33, Columbia, S.C., a retired attorney for the South Carolina Employment Security Commission; March.
Isadore E. Krasno L’33, Pottsville, Pa., a retired partner of the law firm of Krasno, Krasno & Quinn; Feb. 10, 2003. He was also a former worker’s compensation judge. During the Second World War he had served in the U.S. Navy.
Rose Badian Lepoff Ed’33, Philadelphia, May 26.
Ruth Snyder Masavage B’33, Perrysburg, Ohio, April 16.
Margery S. Middleton PSW’33, Southbury, Conn., Jan. 26, 2002.
Leonard Schimmel CCT’33, Philadelphia, March 21, 1999.
Robert C. Thomas WEF’33, Elizabethtown, Pa., April 20, 1998.
Samuel M. Tollen W’33 L’36, Media, Pa., a retired attorney; Feb. 2, 2000.
Eugene K. Twining L’33, Allentown, Pa., a retired attorney; May 14, 1998.
Max A. Winson G’33, Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 2003.
1934 | J. Conrad Bickett WG’34, Havertown, Pa., May 25.
Sherwood T. Bryan W’34, Whiting, N.J., May 1, 2001.
Dorothy S. Eastburn PSW’34, Wilmington, Del., Aug. 1, 1999.
Harry C. Kahn II W’34, Gwynedd, Pa., May 4.
Florence Bregen Laub Ed’34, Sarasota Fla., March 26. Her son is David H. Laub G’88.
Flora Fender Lisi Ed’34 G’36, Philadelphia, March 31.
Dr. E. Byron Master C’34 D’36, Bedford, Mass., a retired oral surgeon; Jan. 17, 2003.
Dr. Raymond M. Ogawa GM’34, Petoskey, Mich., a retired physician; Feb. 1, 1999.
Dr. George E. Outwater V’34, Bozrah, Conn., a retired veterinarian; Jan. 21, 2002.
Dr. John R. Siegler C’34 D’37, Doylestown, Pa., a retired dentist; March 29. In 1936 he entered the dental practice of his father, which he then maintained for 49 years, retiring in 1985. He served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War.
Philip S. VanHook C’34 L’38, Holiday, Fla., July 14, 1998.
1935 | Dr. Morton S. Basner W’35, Narberth, Pa., Jan. 26, 2001.
Benjamin S. Bennett WEV’35, Elkins Park, Pa., a retired tax consultant; May 12. He began his career as head of the regional audit-training division of the IRS, instructing agents who worked in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. In 1955 he became deputy secretary for administration in the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare. He was appointed consultant to the governor and secretary of revenue on tax matters in 1956, a position he held until 1959. In 1958 he founded Bennett and Co., an accounting firm in Philadelphia, which merged with Deloitte Touche and Co. in 1978, when he retired. Following his retirement, he was a tax consultant for Roselon Industries Inc. in Philadelphia. He had served in the U.S. Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during the Second World War.
Dr. Morris Crane C’35, Cherry Hill, N.J., a retired physician; Nov. 2, 2002.
Jane Beakley Down GEd’35, Sept. 13, 2000.
Evelyn V. Eppley Ed’35 GEd’36, Mallorca, Spain, Dec. 25, 1998.
Dr. Albert C. Frosig C’35 D’37, Canandaigua, N.Y., a retired dentist; Aug. 27, 2002.
William R. Garr W’35, Mays Landing, N.J., March 30. He retired from a lifelong career in the family-owned Vienna Restaurant in Atlantic City.
Judith Greenblatt Ed’35, New York, May 13.
Dr. S. Jerome Greenfield C’35, Milburn, N.J., an ophthalmologist in New Jersey for more than 50 years; March 6. He maintained a private practice in Newark, Maplewood, and Milburn before retiring in the late 1980s. During the Second World War he had served as a doctor with the U.S. Army Air Force in the U.K. and Iceland.
Paul A. Henry WEF’35, Scranton, Pa., June 23, 2000.
Samuel H. Kaplan L’35, Smyrna, Tenn., a retired attorney; Dec. 31, 2000.
Howard M. Lum W’35, Chambersburg, Pa., March 1.
Saul R. Myers W’35, New Hartford, N.Y.; Aug. 1, 2001.
Frances R. Parsons Ed’35, Orlando, Fla., May 8, 2001.
Elizabeth M. Rosenthal DH’35, Naples, Fla., Dec. 6, 2002.
Charlotte Glass Schweig FA’35, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 3, 2002.
Alice Sutman Smith Ed’35, Dunedin, Fla., a retired school psychologist; April 26. She taught special education for three years in Hershey, Pa., and Haddonfield, N.J., before becoming certified as a school psychologist. She was a charter member and former treasurer of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Clearwater, Fla. At Penn she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.
1936 | Dr. Franklin G. DuBuy V’36, Crawfordville, Fla., a retired veterinarian who was a pioneer in the field of veterinary pharmaceuticals; April 10. He had taught bacteriology at Penn. During his long career he maintained private veterinary practices in Kentucky and Florida. He also had worked for the Florida Department of Agriculture. In retirement, he remained active as an expert horse trainer and leather craftsman.
Dr. Walter O. Goehring M’36, Verona, Pa., a surgeon at hospitals in the Pittsburgh area for more than 50 years; Dec. 28, 2002. He had an extensive surgical practice in the East End, at the old Columbia and old Passavant hospitals. He remained active as a surgeon until his early seventies, and for several years after that maintained office hours for follow-up with patients. His daughter-in-law recalled that, “He was always later for Thanksgiving dinner because he was doing surgery.” At various times Dr. Goehring served as president of the medical staffs at Columbia and Passavant.
Julia Reisman Kissileff Ed ’36, Rydal, Pa., April 3. She was the widow of Dr. Alfred Kissileff V’33.
Donald D. MacKinnon W’36, Doylestown, Pa., Dec. 19, 2002.
William C. McIntosh W’36, North Stonington, Conn., a retired salesman and manager for IBM Corp.; March 25. He began his career with IBM in Washington in 1941. He served with the U.S. Naval Reserve during the Second World War, and scheduled the Navy’s ship-building effort for the Bureau of Ships. He returned to IBM in 1945, working in a variety of locations including overseas. Following retirement in 1971 he built a home on a property in North Stonington which his father had developed into a park and nature sanctuary; he and his wife maintained it and made it available to visitors. At Penn he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Julius W. Sheppard WEv’36, Scotch Plains, N.J., May 6.
Jerome B. Weinberg W’36, Hackensack, N.J., March 22, 2002.
1937 | Anthony Della Rezza Ed’37 GEd’38, East Norriton, Pa., a retired high-school language teacher for Lower Merion district; Feb. 11, 2003. He taught English, French, Spanish, and Italian at various times in his career, using materials gathered from his many travels abroad to enhance the educational experience of his students. His interest in “all things Penn, from academics to sports,” included his frequent wearing of red and blue clothing, according to his wife. He had served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War.
Thomas J. Egenrieder WEF’37, Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 13, 1999.
Dr. Lloyd R. Forcey C’37, Jersey Shore, Pa., Sept. 15, 1998.
Michael J. Hrinko WEF’37, Nanticoke, Pa., July 11, 2002.
Virginia Wolf Jones CW’37, Hilton Head Island, S.C., April 3.
Dr. Mary Jane Peaks Polk CW’37 D’39, Eugene, Ore., a retired orthodontist who was one of the first women to graduate from dental school; Jan. 14, 2002. She had a private orthodontic practice in Garden City, N.Y., from 1960 until retirement in 1990. The New York Dental Society made her a Life Member in 1981. Also a songwriter, Dr. Polk had one of her pieces recorded by the Chordettes in 1954.
Robert H. Robertson Jr. W’37, Salisbury, Md., Jan. 29, 2000.
William L. Van Alen Ar’37, North Palm Beach, Fla., co-founder of Carroll Grisdale & Van Alen, a Philadelphia architectural firm; April 24. Founded in 1946, the firm designed the Wilson Hall at the Moore College of Art & Design, and portions of Philadelphia International Airport. He remained a partner for 25 years. Elected to the board of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1949, he went on to serve as hospital president and chair during his 54-year tenure. He was president of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial, and served on various other boards, including the Philadelphia Cultural Affairs Council. In 1982 he was appointed to serve on the National Council of the National Endowment of the Arts. He was the founding president of the U.S. Court Tennis Association and a two-time doubles champion in court tennis. During the Second World War he worked in Washington and Italy for the Office of Strategic Services. His son is William L. Van Alen Jr. C’57 and his grandson is James L. Van Alen Jr. C’89; granddaughter Alexandra Van Alen Walling CGS’82 is married to Dr. Thomas G. Frazier M’68 GM’75.
Robert C. Wenrich Sr. WEG’37, Wyomissing, Pa., the founder and president of Wenrich Associates Insurance for 50 years; May 6. He was former president of the Reading-Berks Insurance Agents, the Reading chapter of the Charter Property Underwriters, and the Northern Mutual Insurance Co. of Ephrata. He continued to work for Wenrich Associates until his death.
1938 | C. Calvin Adams Ed’38 GEd’39, Palm Harbor, Fla., Dec. 29, 2001.
Martin Becker Ed’38, Fair Haven, N.J., March 23, 2001.
John A. Clement Jr. W’38, Hollidaysburg, Pa., a retired attorney; Jan. 28, 2002.
Fred K. Darragh Jr W’38, Little Rock, Ark., March 20.
Dr. Charles A. Grim D’38, Wyomissing, Pa., a retired dentist who maintained a practice practiced in Reading for 50 years; April 14. He was past-president of the Dental Association of Berks County and a past vice-president of the Fourth District Dental Society. He was instrumental in introducing fluoridation to Reading during the 1960s. And he was a trustee of the Mountain Springs Association.
Anabel D. Maxwell PSW’38, Catonsville, Md., Sept. 11, 1998.
John B. Price C’38, Port Charlotte, Fla., Feb. 5, 2003. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Treasury.
Doris Bishop Kannapel Shortlidge Ed’38 GEd’39, Haverford, Pa., May 15.
John C. Stein W’38, Orwigsburg, Pa., Jul 23, 2000.
Rev. Wendell B. Tamburro C’38, Eugene, Ore., a retired Episcopal priest who served parishes in Long Island and Highland Falls, N.Y., and Yantic, Conn.; March 24. Ordained in 1942, he taught for several years at the Malcolm Gordon School in Garrison, N.Y. He also served as chaplain at the Uncas-on-Thames Rehabilitation Hospital in Norwich, Conn. He was chaplain-general for the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1987 and 1988.
Ruth Harding Thomson PSW’38, Doylestown, Pa., Jan. 17, 1999.
Mary Ellen Ballard Timm Ed’38 GEd’40, Hockessin, Del., June 23, 2001.
Roberta E. Townsend PSW’38, Kennett Square, Pa., Aug. 24, 1999.
1939 | M. Eleanor Adsit GEd’39, Meadville, Pa., Dec. 15, 1999.
Kalman Asch ChE’39, Flushing, N.Y., May 29, 1998.
Dr. Percy Paul Davis D’39, Portland, Ore., a retired oral surgeon who had served as dental director of the Oregon Board of Health and the Multnomah County health department; April 25.
Dr. Ralph C. Fish V’39, Saint Petersburg, Fla., a retired veterinarian; March 7, 2002.
Louise Stringer Gibson DH’39, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a retired dental hygienist; April 7. With a passion for theater and musical comedy, she maintained a strong friendship with Gene Kelly and his family.
Dr. Jerome M. Glassman C’39 G’42, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., a retired pharmacologist and director of clinical research; April 21. He worked as a senior scientist in pharmacology for the FDA in Washington, 1943-45. From 1951 to 1962 he headed pharmacology at Wyeth Labs in Philadelphia; he was director of biological research at USV-Revlon in Yonkers, N.Y., 1962-69; director of clinical research and pharmacology at Wampole Labs, Stamford, Conn., 1969-75, and director of clinical investigation for Carter-Wallace, Cranbury, N.J., 1975-1988. He was also a lecturer at the Women’s Medical College (now Drexel University Medical School) and an associate professor at the old Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia and at New York Medical College. Dr. Glassman was the author and co-author of numerous scientific papers and abstracts on such subjects as the toxicology of DDT, penicillin, and other antibiotics, and anti-diabetic agents. He also held patents for chemotherapeutic agents. In 1969 he was recognized by Esquire magazine as one of the nation’s most important doctors in pharmacology. His professional awards include a citation from the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development. His children are Lorna R. Glassman C’81 and Dr. Martin J. Glassman D’83.
F. Lyle Holmes C’39, East Kane, Pa., June 13, 2001.
Frieda L. Hurlbrink GEd’39, Lansdowne, Pa., May 1, 2000.
William G. Maloney W’39, New Canaan, Conn., a Wall Street investment banker; May 5. He began his career at Hemphill-Noyes, where he went on to become managing director and head of corporate finance; he held that position through various mergers of that company, finally serving in a senior role with Shearson Lehman Hutton. He served on a number of corporate, educational, and hospital boards. He was a past chair of the finance committee for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport. He helped found St. Camillus Health Center in Stamford, where he also served on the board.
James H. Stettler WEF’39, Carlisle, Pa., a retired sales representative for Textile Chemical; April 26. As a major in the U.S. Air Force, he was recalled to active duty and served for two years during the Korean War.
Helen Uhler Thomas DH’39, Middlesex, N.J., Sept. 17, 1999.
Charles Robertson Ward WEv’49, Palm Beach, Fla., the manager of the Philadelphia office of Xerox Corp. for more than 30 years, until his retirement; May 21. He also spent five years as president of Xerox Bahamas Ltd. And he was the former operator of the Jupiter Ocean and Racquet Club.
Dr. Edwin T. Williams ChE’39, Houghton, Mich., the retired head of chemistry and chemical engineering at Michigan Tech; March 23. He taught at Carnegie Tech and Penn State before joining the faculty at Michigan Tech, where he became department head in 1960. In 1983 he was inducted into Michigan’s Chemical Engineering Hall of Fame. His friend and classmate, Theodore S. Matter ChE’39, called him “one of the outstanding graduates of Penn in 1939 … His many achievements, his humor, and loyalty make him a worthy son of Penn.”
Paul H. Williams C’39, Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Feb. 22, 2003.
1940 | Dr. Clyde I. Boyer Jr. V’40, Tucson, Ariz., a retired veterinarian who had been head of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Cornell University; April 12. He served as a colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Second World War.
Harold E. Bush WG’40, Marion, N.Y., the retired president of the First National Bank of Marion; May 4. He was past president of the Marion Rotary Club and past commodore of the Sodus Bay Yacht Club. And he had served in the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War.
Maxwell D. Coe W’40, Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 4, 2003.
Capt. Edward G. Cunney CE’40, Falls Church, Va., Jan. 11, 2003.
Gladys Bowie Duckett Ed’40, Philadelphia, March 1, 2002.
Richard R. Gladish GEd’40, Bryn Athyn, Pa., March 1.
Jeanne Black Glascock Ed’40 GEd’41, Jackson Heights, N.Y., Nov. 23, 2001.
Dr. William W.L. Glenn GM’40, Peterborough, N.H., chief of cardiovascular surgery at Yale University from 1948 until his retirement in 1975; March 10. During the Second World War he had served as a field surgeon in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In 1954 he developed the technique which became known as the Glenn shunt, used to bypass malformed right chambers of the heart, to treat “blue babies,” infants whose heart defects decrease the flow of blood through their lungs. In the early 1950s he co-invented an artificial heart, using pieces from a child’s Erector set; this device is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Dr. Glenn introduced improvements to pacemakers and wrote a standard text, Glenn’s Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, now in its sixth printing. He was president of the American Heart Association from 1979 to 1981.
David Hafler C’40, Philadelphia, May 25.
Kenneth H. McClure W’40, Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 13, 2002.
Richard E. McDevitt W’40 L’43, Malvern, Pa., a retired longtime partner of the Philadelphia law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads who helped establish the Pennsylvania Judicial Inquiry and Review Board; April 11. After helping to establish the board, which drafted rules governing judges’ conduct and issued advisory opinions to judges on issues from courtroom behavior to off-the-bench politicking, he served as its executive director for 16 years, retiring in 1986. In 1985 he was placed under state police protection after threats he received following the board’s recommended removal of a judge who had handled a controversial libel suit. An avid equestrian since childhood, he was president of the American Horse Show Association for more than 20 years and the Devon Horse Show from 1965 to 1991. In 1978, as head of these organizations, he approved a rule requiring that show horses be tested for reserpine, a powerful tranquilizer, then thought to be exclusive to horse racing. After 23 owners received citations for using the drug, his life was threatened and his barn set on fire. “He never backed down,” according to his son, Wade, because he wanted a safer environment for horses. A former president of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, he served on the appeals jury for equestrian events at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Anna M. McDonald CW’40, Pearl River, N.Y., a travel agent for Rockland Travel Bureau in Nanuet, N.Y., until her retirement in 1992; May 7. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels.
George H. McGovern Jr. W’40, Havertown, Pa., Oct. 9, 2002.
Dr. Harry R. Newman GM’40, Hamden, Conn., a retired physician; March 19, 2002.
Bertrand J. Oliver WEF’40, Tempe, Ariz., Aug. 14, 2002.
Dr. Robert H. Pilgram M’40, Frederick, Md., a retired surgeon who had maintained a general surgery there from 1950 until his retirement in 1981; April 10. In 1941 he entered the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a first lieutenant, serving at Camp Tyson in Paris, Tenn., then as medical officer of four prisoner-of-war camps in South Carolina. And he served on the staff of the 142nd General Hospital (University of Maryland) in India. At Penn he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Stephen V.C. Schuyler W’40, Bethesda, Md., Jan. 22, 2000.
Dr. Frank W. Sherwood C’40 D’43, New Canaan, Conn., a retired dentist; May 8, 2002.
Inez McGlone Spies DH’40, Boonton, N.J., April 29, 2001.
Dr. Robert S. Taylor Gr’40, Newtown Square, Pa., March 18.
John D. Wechsler W’40, Pascagoula, Miss., Oct. 18, 2000.
David Wexler WEv’40, Philadelphia, Aug. 15, 1999.
Raymond S. Yoder WEv’40, Jenkintown, Pa., Feb. 19, 2003.
1941 | Samuel H. Ballam Jr. WEv’41 CCC’50, Bryn Mawr, Pa., honorary trustee of the University, and retired president and CEO of Fidelcor, Inc., and Fidelity Bank; Nov. 13. In the Second World War he served in the U.S. Air Force Quartermaster Corps; commissioned a second lieutenant in 1943, he was discharged in 1946 as a captain. After the war he returned to Penn for his bachelor’s. During the Korean War he served as a captain in the Air Research and Development Command. Samuel Ballam joined the old Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company (now Fidelity Bank) as a messenger in 1936, and then occupied various positions in its investment division from 1938 to 1954. Elected assistant to the president in 1955, he held successively important positions until he was elected president in 1971 and became CEO in 1975. He occupied similar positions in Fidelcor, Inc., until he retired in 1978. A trustee of the University for 32 years (retiring in February 2001), he had served on the executive, budget and finance, audit, and long-range planning committees, and he was a member of the University’s investment board. A trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center for 23 years, he was chair of its board for 15 years; and he led its development committee as chair emeritus. Long-concerned with improving the lot of those in need, he also served as chair of the overseers of the School of Social Work. Samuel Ballam committed himself to Penn even further as president of what was then called the General Alumni Society and is now Penn Alumni. In 1967 he received the Wharton Evening School Distinguished Award of Merit and a year later, Penn Alumni’s highest accolade, the Alumni Award of Merit. His daughter, Barbara Ballam Stephens CW’68, is married to Dr. Richard B. Stephens C’68 G’68.
Esther R. Baral PSW’41, Pikesville, Md., Aug. 27, 2002.
Dr. Mary Redner Eichman CW’41 M’45, Merion, Pa., a retired physician; April 24.
C. Bradford Fraley PSW’41, Media, Pa., Aug. 24, 1999.
Dr. Henry F. J. Gowaty GM’41, Gadsden, Ala., a retired physician; April 4, 1998.
B. Mildred Grater GEd’41, Harleysville, Pa., Feb. 2, 1999.
Saul Greenstein EE’41, Sonoma, Calif., the founder of Inland Molasses Co., a shipping and distribution business on the Mississippi River; April 9. In search of new challenges, he sold the firm in 1973 and moved to San Francisco, where he developed several manufacturing facilities.
Solomon Lasof G’41, Lancaster, Pa., a retired physicist and engineer for the former RCA Corp.; March 18. He had also worked for the former ISC/Ferranti Inc.
Ivor H. MacFarlane W’41, Moorestown, N.J., Sept. 5, 2001.
Doris Fanslau Pfeil CW’41, San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 25, 1999.
Joseph A. Romig L’41, Houghton, Mich., a retired attorney; Nov. 23, 2001.
Gertrude Wurster Schoen DH’41, Brookfield, Conn., a retired dental hygienist; March 5. She worked with her husband, Dr. George J. Schoen Jr. C’40, in his dental practice in Danbury for many years.
Catherine R. Sheehy GEd’41, Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1999.
1942 | Edward W. Beetem W’42, St. Simons Island, Ga., March 12. At 6’ 8” in height, he held the national shot-put record in 1941 and 1942. At Penn he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the Varsity Club.
Zola Ressel Bowers GEd’42, Lancaster, Pa., a teacher and principal for the Lancaster school district for 40 years; May 2. She began her career as a teacher in 1934 and later became an elementary-school principal, serving until her retirement in 1974.
Jane Cassedy OT’42, San Francisco, Jan. 14, 2003.
Norma Gilbert Farr CW’42, Stuart, Fla., May 4. She donated property to the Somerset County Park Commission in New Jersey, which is now part of the Sourland Mountain Preserve. She was also a trustee of the Linus R. Gilbert Charitable Foundation.
Richard W. Spivak W’42, Nantucket, Mass., a retired attorney; July 15, 2002.
Dr. John W. Trenton M’42, Somerset, Pa., a retired physician; May 12, 1999.
Robert J. Weir WEv’42, Bryn Mawr, Pa., May 12.
Stephen N. Yanoshak WEF’42, Exeter, Pa., a co-owner of his family’s business, Hanover Beauty Supply Co., for more than 40 years; March 20. His public appointments, spanning over 30 years, include commissioner of Hanover from 1953 to 1965; Luzerne County controller, 1966-72; commissioner of Luzerne County, 1973-84. And he was chair of the local branch of the Republican Party.
1943 | Dr. Harry J. Aroyan ChE’43, Mill Valley, Calif., Nov. 15, 1998.
Dr. Victor E. Caruso D’43, Yarmouth Port, Mass., a retired dentist; July 17. He maintained a private dental practice in Wyckoff, N.J., and served on the staff of Hackensack and Valley hospitals. He had been a major in the U.S. Army 62nd Field Hospital in Europe during the Second World War.
Dr. Carlos Guzman Acosta C’43 GM’50, San Juan, P.R., a retired physician; March 2002.
Dr. Theodore S. Hauschka Gr’43, Bremen, Maine, Nov. 17, 1999.
John G. Hoffstot Jr. W’43, Boca Raton, Fla., May 24, 2002.
Marilyn Steinfield Lesser CW’43, Austin, Tex., a retired reference librarian at Adelphi University; March 27. She also served as a programs director and president of the Garden City, N.Y., chapter of the American Association of University Women. Her son is Wayne Lesser C’70.
Edward W. McCaskey C’43, Des Plaines, Ill., former board chair of the Chicago Bears; April 8. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star and the Combat Infantry Badge. In 1943 he married Virginia Halas, daughter of George Halas, the founder of the Chicago Bears football team. He became vice president and treasurer of the Bears in 1967, a position he held for 17 years. In 1983 he became chair, until his retirement in 1984, when he turned the team over to his son. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, in the early 1960s McCaskey further integrated the Bears when he asked players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo to room together, making it one of the first NFL teams to so do.
Dr. Virginia Graham Mears M’43, Lancaster, Pa., March 9.
Britton H. Miller WEv’43, North Andover, Mass., a retired certified public accountant; April 27. He spent his career at Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery, now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and retired in 1984. An avid golfer since childhood, he was a past president of the St. Davids Golf Club in Wayne, Pa., where he won the club championship in 1952 and held the course record of 65 for many years. He participated in the prestigious Crump Cup at the Pine Valley Golf Club for 20 years, and played in the international Seniors Tournament in Gleneagles, Scotland.
Dr. C. Arnold Moorehead V’43, Bedford, Pa., a retired veterinarian; March 27.
Dr. Benjamin B. Rubin D’43, Monmouth Beach, N.J., a retired orthodontist who had maintained a practice for 38 years; April 1. He was secretary-treasurer of the dental society of Monmouth-Ocean County for more than 40 years. His son is Dr. Charles M. Rubin C’75 GM’82.
George D. Thomas ME’43, Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 26, 2002.
Robert K. Wallach W’43, New York, March 23, 1999.
1944 | Dr. Robert E. Allen M’44, Shawnee Mission, Kan., a retired surgeon who had served as chair of surgery and president of the medical staff at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City; April 3. He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War and was attached to the Marines during the Korean War. As an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Dr. Allen had played basketball for his father, legendary coach “Phog” Allen, and was selected twice to the All Big 6 Conference team and to the 1940 NCAA All Tournament team.
Marjory Moore Brooks Ed’44, Tequesta, Fla., a retired teacher; April 18.
Helen Dolores Novak Chatfield CW’44, Riverside, Calif., April 4.
Thomas E. Moon W’44, Crystal, Minn., Sept. 19, 2001.
Gary Steven GME’44, Lynnwood, Wash., June 21, 2001.
1945 | Richard Newell W’45, Cherry Hill, N.J., April 8, 2002.
Walter F. Raab W’45, the retired chair and chief executive office of AMP, Inc.; Camp Hill, Pa., April 3. His career at AMP spanned more than 42 years, during which he held other executive positions, including chief financial officer and vice-chair; he was elected chair and CEO in 1982, and held these positions until his retirement in 1990; he remained a director until 1995. During his tenure there, sales and earnings more than doubled. He served on the boards of numerous financial institutions and the YMCA. His gift to the Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, on whose board he served, provided the Walter F. Raab Atrium to their recently opened heart center.
Joseph G. Scott C’45, Hebron, Md., Dec. 19, 2002.
1946 | Gloria J. Haas DH’46, Sarasota, Fla., May 15, 2002.
Kenneth V. Horner G’46, Pine Beach, March 14.
Sol R. Kobb WG’46, Houston, Tex., a retired certified public accountant and partner in BDO Seidman May 14.
Charles G. Nicholson WEv’46, Hatboro, Pa., a former Pennsylvania state representative and township commissioner of Upper Moreland County; April 13. He began his career with the wholesale carpet firm of Glanz, Behm and Herring, Inc., founded by his grandfather in the 1890s. He and his brother were co-owners, and he served as company president. In the early 1960s, he was elected to the board of commissioners in Upper Moreland county; in 1964, he was elected to the state House of Representatives, serving three terms. During his tenure there, he was active on issues concerning student transportation, infrastructure, and roads. A member of various committees, he served as vice-chair of the committee on law and order. In 1970 he ended his career in the House, citing increasing business responsibilities as his reason for not seeking reelection. He remained politically active locally, however, holding a number of offices. After selling the family business in 1976, he became a certified financial planner with FinPlan Group in Wayne, Pa., retiring in 1996.
Dr. Ralph Rhind GM’46, Hermosa Beach, Calif., a retired obstetrician-gynecologist who had maintained a private practice in Manhattan Beach and Torrance; Feb. 18, 2003. He became chief of staff at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in 1963.
Jack E. Sanft C’46, Havertown, Pa., owner and president of Harvard the Tie Guys, a necktie distributorship; Dec. 16, 2002. At Penn he was a Mungerman, a varsity letter holder, and a member of the varsity football squad in 1944. In his later years he enjoyed taking George Munger Ed’33 to lunch, according to his family, who still have his old leather football helmet. His friend Bernie Lemonick W’51 noted, “Jack Sanft was a kind and considerate man. If by chance you admired his necktie, he would immediately remove it and hand it to you. ‘I have more where this one came from,’ he would say with a smile.” Jack was proud of his company’s products.”
Gloria E. Seitz GEd’46, Vineland, N.J., a retired teacher; Dec. 14, 2002. She began her career as an assistant professor at Rider College, Lawrenceville, N.J., where she taught for 10 years, and went on to teach at Princeton High School for the next 25 years. She served as president of the Princeton Business and Professional Women’s Club, Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and the association of New Jersey Cooperative Office Education Coordinators.
Margaret Filgate Smith CW’46, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., May 16. She was co-producer, with her husband, of the New Canaan Summer Theater in Connecticut from 1971 to 1983. She also won a number of prizes for her sculpture in shows in Stamford, Darien, and New Canaan.
Everett J. Steinberg W’46, a retired textile-industry executive, March 8. His son is Jeremy Steinberg W’78.
Dr. Margaret Bailey Tinkcom Gr’46, Swarthmore, Pa., historian of the Philadelphia Historical Commission from 1956 to 1974; Nov. 30, 2002. She began her career as editor for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Va. Among her publications are the book Historic Germantown (written with her husband, Harry M. Tinkcom) and a chapter in Philadelphia: A 300-Year History.
1947 | Charles Warren Apgar Jr. W’47, Lansdale, Pa., March 18. He had been a disc jockey for WRDV Radio (89.3 FM).
Donald J. Blue W’47, Greenbrae, Calif., March 29, 2001.
Dr. Winfred O. Bryson Jr. Gr’47, Baltimore, retired professor and chair of economics at Morgan State University department and founder of a bank that served African American community; March 18. Professor of economics from 1937 to 1984, he served as chair from 1947 to 1969 and 1971-72. In the 1940s he began fighting financial inequities in the life-insurance industry, discovering that large companies would not write the same kinds of policies in African American neighborhoods as they did in white ones. His privately printed dissertation, “Negro Life Insurance Companies,” addressed this nationwide issue and led to his appearing as a witness before a federal investigative body, which removed those barriers. A decade later Dr. Bryson took on the issue of the reluctance of mainstream banks to serve black depositors and loan applicants, and in 1957 established the Advance Federal Savings and Loan Association, now Advance Bank, in a Baltimore rowhouse. It also served black churches, loaning them money when others would not. “Almost on any corner where a black church exists, Advance Federal has been a significant part of its life,” said a retired Baltimore pastor. “He lent money to them. While others thought they were a real problem, he saw them as an opportunity.” Dr. Bryson, who spent most of his life in education and serving the financial needs of the African American community, served on the boards of the Afro-American Newspaper Co., the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., and the Maryland Savings and Loan Service Corp.
Dr. Jay H. Davidson GM’47, Haverford, Pa., a retired specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology; March 27. For many years he was director of medical education and the intern program at St. Luke’s and Children’s Medical Center in Philadelphia; he served as medical director there in the early 1990s, when it became Girard Medical Center. He and he was a member of Penn’s faculty, and had served on the staffs of the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Episcopal and Graduate hospitals. He was also a former chief of internal medicine at Haverford Hospital and medical director of the Uptown Home for the Aged in Philadelphia in the 1960s. Dr. Davidson maintained a practice in Philadelphia for 49 years, where he was a specialist in gastrointestinal endoscopy when the diagnostic test was more technically difficult. After retiring in 1999, he reviewed medical disability appeals for the Social Security Administration until 2002.
Dr. Joseph J. Eckert GM’47, Akron, Ohio, a retired physician; June 11, 2002.
Dr. Robert A. Nelson V’47, Oakdale, Calif., a retired veterinarian; May 4.
Nisso Sion WG’47, Istanbul, Jan. 28, 2002.
Ann M. Smith G’47, Atlantic City, Jan. 20, 2001.
Marguerite Mary Gallichio Tobia CW’47, Penn Valley, Pa., May 12.
Dr. Earl G. Wolf GM’47, Gainesville, Fla., a retired physician; April 9, 2001.
1948 | Leon Adelman W’48, Jenkintown, Pa., June 18, 2000.
Isabel Sanberg Carlin Ed’48, Altadena, Calif., a retired teacher; March 25. In the early 1950s she taught foreign languages in Los Angeles high schools. After raising a family, she earned credentials in early childhood education, and began a second career as a pre-school teacher. Following her retirement in 1990, she continued to work as a substitute teacher.
William T. Davis WEv’48, Newtown Square, Pa., March 11, 2002.
Donald G. Eckard C’48, Morton, Pa., Sept. 22, 2000.
Dr. Elmo E. Erhard GM’48, Boca Raton, Fla., retired chief of surgery and former chief of staff of Clearfield Hospital in Pennsylvania; April 22. After graduation, he served as assistant chief of surgery at the U.S. Veterans Association Hospital in Pittsburgh before being appointed to Clearfield. He was a past-president of the Medical Society of Clearfield County, and in 1972 served as president of the Surgical Society of Pittsburgh. Following his retirement to Florida in 1977, he became active with the local Shriners, examining crippled and burned children and doing fundraising.
Margery Baird Hobbs CW’48, Chestnut Hill, Mass., March.
William S. Kapp W’48, Boca Raton, Fla., a retired partner in the Albert Kapp Furniture Co. in New York state; Feb. 13, 2003. He did volunteer work for the Sloan Kettering Institute, American Red Cross, local Florida hospitals, and the sheriff’s office of Palm Beach County.
Doris Nett Mannion DH’48, Roswell, N.M., Feb. 17, 2003.
Francis E. Marshall L’48, Bryn Mawr, Pa., retired senior partner of the law firm he founded, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin; May 24.
Cletus O. Martin C’48, Plainfield, N.J., vice-president of sales at the Georgia Kaolin Co. for 26 years, before retiring in 1988; March 21. An aviator for the U.S. Navy during the Second World War, he was a captain with the Naval Reserves and the VF931 Fighter Squadron until 1974.
Philip A. McMunigal Jr. L’48, Media, Pa., a retired attorney; Dec. 12, 1998.
Leo Poulos EE’48, Tucson, Ariz., a retired electrical engineer; April 2. In retirement, he followed his passion for jazz music by playing in a senior band there.
Joseph T. Purcell WEv’48, Philadelphia, a retired insurance executive; Feb. 17, 2003. He was employed for 40 years by the Home Life Insurance Co. of America. After it was taken over by People’s Life Insurance Co. of Washington, D.C., he became an associate actuary, and subsequently retired as a vice president of People’s Life in 1984. In 1976 he received Penn’s Alumni Award of Merit. During the Second World War he served as a volunteer with the U.S. Coast Guard on the Philadelphia waterfront.
Dr. Barbara M. Sachs GM’48, Wynnewood, Pa., a retired physician and surgeon who practiced in Philadelphia and later Narberth; May 20. She opened her practice as a general physician in Philadelphia in 1945, moving to Narberth during the 1960s. She and her associate, the late Dr. Sylvia A. Mazer Ed’33, were considered pioneers in caring for female patients almost 60 years ago. During the last 15 years of her career, Dr. Sachs was a surgeon at Misericordia Hospital, now Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia.
Alan H. Servin L’48, Naples, Fla., Aug. 22, 2002.
E. Eugene Shelley L’48, York, Pa., an attorney at Fluhrer, Medill, Shelley & Kauffman for more than 50 years; March 28. He was also a 50-year member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the York County Bar, for which he had served as president and secretary. He was a member of the board of Ursinus College, which awarded him an honorary degree in 1987, and a past secretary and trustee emeritus of the Historical Society of York. He had been a director of the Mental Health Center of York County. During the Second World War he served with the Headquarters 24th U.S. Army Corps, earning the rank of master sergeant; he participated in the invasion of Leyte and Okinawa, and was awarded a Bronze Star in the Leyte campaign. He also served occupation duty in Korea.
Katherine B. Stewart PSW’48, Piedmont, Calif., June 20, 2001.
1949 | Lillian Alperdt Ed’49, Boca Raton, Fla., Sept. 2, 2002.
Terry M. Brookins G’49, Houston, Tex., May 11, 1998.
Logan M. Bullitt III C’49, Ambler, Pa., Feb. 2, 2003.
Francis J. Cooney C’49, Havertown, Pa., a retired building-materials salesman and former football coach; May 1. At Penn he played football and was captain of the baseball team that, according to his wife, once faced a Yale squad featuring first baseman George H. W. Bush, later the U.S. President. During the 1950s he worked as an assistant football coach at Roman Catholic, West Catholic, and Monsignor Bonner high schools. He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He retired as a salesman in the late 1970s. He had served in the U.S. Army in Italy and North Africa during the Second World War.
Jane McKnight Diamond DH’49, Hatfield, Pa., Jan. 17, 2001.
Dr. Charles H. Dow GM’49, Arlington, Tex., a retired physician; July 19, 2002.
Fred Ford W’49, Saint Cloud, Fla., June 29, 2000.
Genevieve Dunleavy Gallagher Ed’49, East Norriton, Pa., April 19.
Dr. Jane Hinton V’49, Upper Marlboro, Md., a retired veterinarian; April 9.
Roger L. Miller C’49, Wyomissing, Pa., Feb. 4, 2003.
Dr. James E. Nixon M’49 GM’55, Philadelphia, the retired chief of orthopedic surgery at Graduate Hospital, who from 1960 to 1986, also served as team physician for the Philadelphia Eagles and as orthopedic consultant for the Pennsylvania Ballet; May 5. He was an orthopedic surgeon at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas for the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1960. He then became chief of orthopedic surgery at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1976. During part of this time he also worked on the staff at Children’s and Graduate hospitals before becoming chief of orthopedic surgery at Graduate Hospital, a position he held from 1969 to 1992, when he retired. Until his retirement he was also the physician for several Philadelphia-area college football teams. “Dr. Nixon was always 10 years ahead of other surgeons,” according to Dr. John R. Gregg GM’77, an orthopedic surgeon at Children’s Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Nixon’s former partner. “He was the first real sports-medicine specialist in the country.” The author of numerous scientific papers, he was a prolific medical lecturer who continued to speak and consult following his retirement.
Dr. Salvatore A. Pepe GM’49, Ocean City, N.J., a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and specialist in otorhinolaryngology; April 7. He began his career in 1940 as a lieutenant and medical-company commander in the New Jersey National Guard at Fort Dix. During the Second World War he served as a captain with the 41st Division of the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War, where he was a captain in the U.S. Air Force. After returning to private practice as an ear, nose, and throat specialist, he remained on reserve status and was assigned to McQuire Air Force Base. He was promoted to colonel and served at the U.S. Air Force Hospital in Dover, Del. He remained in private practice and on the staff of both Trenton General and St. Francis hospitals for over 40 years. Retiring in 1978, he moved to Santa Monica, Calif., where he volunteered 5,000 hours at the Veterans Hospital there.
Edward C. Quin III C’49, Oreland, Pa., May 24.
George Washington Sinner W’49, Milford, Del., a certified public accountant and agent with the IRS in Philadelphia and Camden, N.J., for 30 years, until his retirement in 1985; April 3. He was a direct descendant of Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. As a major in the U.S. Army Air Corps during the Second World War, he served as a navigator on B-17s based in England, and was shot down twice over Europe.
Robert D. Slockett C’49, Philadelphia, a retired senior research chemist for the DuPont Co., April 22. He began his career at there in 1952, and received six patents for various polyester inventions until his retirement in 1981. He then became technical director of SGA Chemical Industries, 1982-84, and taught physics for Delaware Technical and Community College. He served on the education board of Brunswick County from 1988 to 1992, founded the Brunswick County Educational Foundation in 1990, and served as its executive director. During the Second World War he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, five days after Pearl Harbor, and served as a tail-gunner on a B-17 bomber over Germany. He received an Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service during 17 combat missions and two mercy missions (dropping food to the Dutch). He also served on the Aleutian Islands and was later a pilot in the U.S. Naval Air Force, 1949-50.
Charles H. Strickland W’49, Andalusia, Ala., an insurance and finance executive at various firms until his retirement in 2001; May 4. He was a 47-year member of the local Lions Club, which he served as president and chair, leading to his recognition as Lion of the Year in 1999. During the Second World War he served as a staff sergeant under General George Patton in the 417th Infantry regiment of the U.S. Army 3rd Corps; his military experience included combat at the Battle of the Bulge, in Bastogne, and in Belgium.
Bruce H. Throckmorton W’49, Rancho Mirage, Calif., an employee of Cannon Mills, Inc., for 30 years; April 12. In 1981, following his retirement, he opened a wholesale nursery, raising cactus and drought-tolerant trees and shrubs. During the Second World War he was a pilot in the U.S. Navy Air Corps, and was awarded the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the South Pacific. His wife is Marilyn J. MacElwee Throckmorton CW’50.
Roberta Vivian Walton GEd’49, Media, Pa., a retired high-school music teacher and piano accompanist, who once played at the White House; May 6. She taught at Yeadon High School from 1934 to 1958 and at Drexel Hill Junior High School, from 1958 to 1971, and produced many student musicals at both schools. She was also an accompanist for Clyde R. Dengler, a well-known choral director and former Pennsylvania state senator; in 1983, she played piano for Dengler’s Sunshine Singers, a senior-citizen choir, when they sang Christmas carols at the White House. She also accompanied various other musical groups that Dengler directed, including the University Glee Club and the Choral Arts Society. And she had served on a state committee to develop music courses in schools. As a child, she and her father, a cellist, had performed together on radio programs; in 1950 she was a featured piano player on Meet Your Neighbors, a local television program.
Edward S. Wodicka ChE’49, Stanardsville, Va., Dec. 24, 2002.
1950 | Albert Burstein EE’50, Scottsdale, Ariz., a retired electronics engineer who developed advanced computer-design elements at RCA and Sperry Univac; Dec. 28, 2002. His wife is Ethel Beard Burstein OT’53 GEd’57; his sister and her husband are Renee Burstein Jasper CW’50 and Herbert N. Jasper C’50.
Dr. Silas C. Daugherty C’50 M’54, Aurora, Ohio, Aug. 20, 2001.
Dr. Roscoe D. Doss GM’50, Green Valley, Ariz., a retired physician; Jan. 11, 2000.
Walter L. Fisler CCC’50, Brigantine, N.J., a retired acoustical ceiling engineer; May 18.
Michal L. Kane G’50, Pottstown, Pa., March 9.
Michael J. Keefe C’50, Brantford, Ontario, 2003.
Joseph Kiebala Jr. G’50, Boston, Feb. 26, 2002.
Dr. Anastasius H. Kyriakides GM’50, Akron, Ohio, a retired surgeon who served as coroner for Summit County for 30 years; March 28. He practiced general surgery at Akron’s City, St. Thomas, and Children’s hospitals. And he served three terms as president of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church there.
Dallas K. Moran ME’50, Fairmont, W.V., May 5. He owned M & K Carpet Crafters and later managed the flooring department at Hartley’s Department Store.
John W. Parker GEd’50, Fullerton, Calif., the retired manager of the Arcadia Medical Clinic; Feb. 16, 2003. He began his career as a teacher of mathematics at the Westtown Friends School in Pennsylvania, before moving to California in 1951. A member of the Arcadia Rotary Club for over 40 years, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow for his support of Rotary International. From 1939 to 1951 he and his wife operated summer camps for children in Maine, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
F. Weldon Pope W’50, Little River, S.C., the former owner of the Mount Vernon Employment Service in Baltimore; April 8. He was a member and former vice president of the National Employment Agent Association.
1951 | Charles F. Bradbury CCC’51, San Antonio, Tex., May 12, 2002.
Sumner E. Brumbaugh C’51, Hollidaysburg, Pa., April 13, 2002.
Brian B. Bucklee C’51, Mitchellville, Md., an employee of the National Security Agency for 31 years; March 22. At St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Laurel, he served as treasurer and head of the 1997 building campaign. He represented the Washington diocese on the board of Collington Episcopal Life Care Community, and was business manager for the Episcopal Women’s Caucus, which included managing an international community at the 1988 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops. He was an insulin-dependent diabetic for more than 60 years, having been diagnosed with the disease at age 13.
Patricia A. Curran G’51, Houston, Tex., Aug. 20, 1999.
Norman Finkler G’51, Kensington, Md., Feb. 27, 2003.
Dr. William T. Ford GM’51, Key Largo, Fla., a retired physician; May 18, 1998.
Robert F. Heckman W’51, Honey Brook, Pa., April 20.
Eugene R. Kersting W’51, Clarksburg, W.V., a retired insurance executive with Northwestern Mutual Life; May 1. During his career, which began in 1952, he qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table of the National Association of Life Underwriters for more than 25 years.
Edna M. Lohmeyer Nu’51, Marion Station, Md., Jan. 30, 2003.
Dr. Kenneth B. Moser D’51, Winston-Salem, N.C., a retired dentist; April 29. He had also served in the U.S. Army.
John Perry WEv’51, Springfield, Pa., a retired customer-relations manager at the former Wilkering Manufacturing Co.; April 4. During the Second World War he earned the rank of staff sergeant by serving with the 339th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps as a payroll administrator in England. He returned to Wilkerson Manufacturing Co., a firm that produced piston rings for automobile engines, where he worked as a purchasing agent and customer service manager until his retirement in 1974.
Leo C. Shanosky W’51, Somerset, N.J., an actuarian, he was a former vice president of the Munich Reinsurance Co.; Aug. 11, 2001. At Penn he was captain of the freshman football team during the 1947 season and played on the varsity team for the next three years. According to his friend, Paul J. Zalesak C’52, he was a staunch Mungerman who attended almost all reunions until he was unable because of ill-health.
Mary E. Smith Nu’51 GEd’58, York, Pa., Dec. 30, 2001.
Betty Jane K. Sokoloff Nu’51, Silver Spring, Md., Jan. 19, 2003.
Jonathan L. Weir WEF’51, Edwardsville, Pa., a retired banker and manager; April 27. He was a banker at the former United Penn Bank for 30 years, retiring as senior vice-president in 1986. He then became manager of the audit department at Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co. He served on the local board of the Bank Administration Institute.
Dr. James P. Westmoreland M’51, Pittsboro, N.C., a retired physician; Jan. 4, 2002.