Alumni Necrology

Enos Staples Benedict '32, who practiced law in his native Brockport, NY, for four decades, was born to Homer B., also an attorney, and Augusta FitzSimons Benedict, on April 5, 1910. Enos Benedict, also known as "Benny" and "Enie," entered Hamilton in 1928 from Brockport High School, following its principal's recommendation that he was "a fine young man in every particular." He joined Delta Kappa Epsilon, played intramural baseball, and managed the football team in his senior year. He also sang for four years in the Choir.

Following his graduation in 1932, Enos Benedict returned to Brockport to become a clerk in his father's law office. He obtained admission to the bar by "reading" the law, and joined his father in practice, forming the firm of Benedict & Benedict. He also ­succeeded his father as police justice of the Town of Sweden, in which Brockport is located. After his father's death in 1947, he engaged in solo practice.

Married to Doris Otto on July 9, 1938, in Rochester, NY, Enos Benedict continued to serve for many years as police justice. He found relaxation during summers at the family's cottage on Lake Ontario. By the 1970s, he had retired from his law practice and moved to Delray Beach, FL, where, as an ardent golfer, he proudly achieved his fourth hole-in-one in 1990. He was still golfing three times a week, weather permitting, into his 10th decade.

Enos S. Benedict, an ever-faithful alumnus, died in Delray Beach on October 5, 2005, at the age of 95. Predeceased by his wife in 2000, he is survived by a son, Thomas H. Benedict '67, and a daughter, Martha Hunt.

Sidney Simon Glazer, Salutatorian '32, a retired U.S. ­Government information specialist, was born on August 16, 1911, to Samuel Glazer, a hardware merchant, and the former Gertrude Salzman, in New York City. "Sid" Glazer grew up in Brooklyn, where he was graduated in 1928 from Alexander Hamilton High School. He came to the College that year, joined the local fraternity Decagon, and played intramural baseball and basketball. He also impressively demonstrated his linguistic talents, capturing the Hawley Prizes in both Latin and Greek, the Soper Latin Scholarship, and the Curran Prize in Greek. He also studied Hebrew with Professor Joseph Ibbotson. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received his A.B. degree in 1932 with honors in the two classical languages as well as French.

Switching to Oriental languages (The Hamiltonian alleged that he considered the European languages "too easy"), he pursued graduate studies at Yale University. With the aid of fellowships both in Oriental and advanced Semitic Studies, and specializing in Arabic, he obtained his Ph.D. from Yale in 1937. Married to ­Rosalind Lieberman in New York City on June 18, 1939, he remained a fellow at Yale until 1940.

In 1942, shortly after Pearl Harbor, Sidney Glazer went to work for U.S. Army Intelligence in Washington, DC. He was employed in the Signal Corps throughout World War II, assigned to the deciphering of Japanese codes. At the war's end in 1945, he joined the newly established Near East Section of the Library of Congress and became its acting chief. Throughout the preceding years, he had continued to pursue ­linguistic scholarship and had a number of articles published, as well as two books of translations. He also took pleasure in the birth of a daughter and son, Devera E. and Stephen G. Glazer.

In 1948, in anticipation of the outbreak of Arab-Israeli hostilities in the Middle East, the U.S. Department of State decided to begin Voice of America broadcasts to that area. Sidney Glazer was invited to come temporarily to New York City, where the broadcasts were to emanate, to help select personnel and plan the program. Stimulated by excitement over the new project, he decided to leave the Library of Congress when offered a permanent position as a broadcast director. It was the beginning of a long association with the Voice of America and other government information agencies, which concluded with his retirement in 1974. He subsequently did consulting work on Middle Eastern languages and politics.

A longtime resident of Bethesda, MD, Sidney Glazer died on September 1, 2002, at age 90, according to verification recently obtained. The College has no information on survivors.

Harry William Porter '32, former president of the State ­University of New York College at Fredonia and provost of the State University, was born on September 30, 1910, in Sonyea, NY, south of Rochester. A son of Harry R., a banker, and Jessie Murphy Porter, he grew up in nearby Mt. Morris and was graduated from Mt. Morris High School as class valedictorian. He entered Hamilton in 1928, joined Theta Delta Chi, and lent his voice to the Choir. Elected to DT, he left the Hill with his A.B. degree in 1932.

Harry Porter began his long and distinguished career in education teaching history at Waterloo (NY) High School. In 1941, after three years in a similar post at Ithaca High School, he joined the faculty of what was then the State Teachers College at Oswego. Called to active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1944, he remained in uniform for two years through the end of World War II, never got to sea, and was released with the rank of lieutenant.

In 1946, Harry Porter resumed his teaching career as an assistant professor at the State Teachers College at Brockport. That same year he acquired his Ph.D. in history from Cornell University (he had already earned an M.S. degree in education from Cornell in 1939) and was promoted to associate professor. In 1948, he left for the West Coast when appointed as an associate professor of education at Stanford University, only to return to New York State in 1953, when named president of the then State University College of Education at Fredonia.

Harry Porter's eight-year tenure as president was marked by creativity and innovation that transformed the college into a liberal arts institution. New programs and more challenging courses were introduced, and greater selectivity for admission was put into effect. Placing emphasis on liberal studies, Harry Porter oversaw the formation of a Division of Humanities, and the ­previously restricted curriculum designed primarily for teacher training was liberalized. By the end of his presidency, enrollment had nearly doubled, and in 1960, Fredonia was authorized by the State University to grant the A.B. degree.

In 1961, Harry Porter left for Albany to fill the newly created position of provost of the State University. He retained that high-ranking position for 12 years, while also serving on various state and regional education committees, councils, and commissions. He retired in 1973 to become executive secretary of the Middle States Association's Commission on Higher Education, in Newark, NJ.

Harry W. Porter retired in 1975, and he and his wife, the former Florence M. Partington, whom he had married on June 28, 1935, in Rochester, moved to Chapel Hill, NC. He was residing in Chapel Hill at the time of his death, on January 17, 2001, at the age of 90. In addition to his wife, it is believed that he was survived by their two sons, Harry W., Jr., and Randall C. Porter.

William Alexander Woodcock '32, a retired business executive and former trustee of the College, was born on July 3, 1911, to John R., a Presbyterian minister, and Mabel Thompson Woodcock, in State College, PA. His mother was a graduate of Pennsylvania State College (now University), the only woman in its Class of 1899. Bill Woodcock grew up in Syracuse, NY, where he was graduated in 1928 from Nottingham High School. He entered Hamilton that fall, joined Psi Upsilon, and went out for intramural hockey, which he played for four years. In his senior year he was manager of the varsity hockey team, and also found time to serve on the Honor Court and as managing editor of the freshman handbook. He compiled an excellent academic record, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received honors in chemistry upon his graduation in 1932.

Bill Woodcock began the first phase of his working life as an educator, teaching science at the newly founded Millbrook School for Boys in Dutchess County, NY. Although he enjoyed teaching, a desire "to find out firsthand what business was like" prompted him in 1936 to leave the classroom and embark on a 27-year career with Union Carbide Chemical Co. in New York City. With his wife, the former Marian W. Johnson, whom he had wed on April 24, 1937, in Syracuse, he took up residence in Huntington on Long Island.

Employed by Union Carbide in sales, Bill Woodcock was promoted to director of product marketing, and in 1959 he was appointed vice president and general sales manager of Union Carbide's international division. Although the new position involved extensive travel, he found the work stimulating as well as challenging. However, by 1963, ever seeking new challenges, he decided to assist a small start-up company in which he and his wife had a financial interest.

A manufacturer of instruments and precision parts for the space program, the Kinemotive Corp. in Farmingdale on Long Island "was loaded with engineering brains but short on selling experience." As president and chief executive officer, Bill Woodcock filled that gap, helping to build up and expand the company. When Kinemotive was sold in 1968, he turned to another venture. He formed his own company, Woodcock International, Inc., a consulting firm focusing on industrial plant locations on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bill Woodcock, who continued active in the consulting field until his 80s, enjoyed sailing in and around Long Island Sound. He was also a regular golfer at the Huntington Country Club and, despite failing eyesight, played a good game into his 90s, earning the nickname "Tiger Woodcock." In addition, he was a highly accomplished woodworker whose finely crafted furniture once gained for him an extensive writeup in Fortune magazine.

A faithful and generous supporter of Hamilton, Bill Woodcock served as an alumni trustee from 1962 to 1968. He was also president of his class and organized its 50th Reunion. Through the years he continued a close relationship with the Millbrook School as a trustee. His other community activities included service on the boards of Huntington Hospital, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, and the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington.

In 1966, a year after the death of his wife Marian, Bill Woodcock was wed to Lenore Caldwell Ware, known as "Fluff." The couple resided in Huntington until 1996, when they moved to Towson, MD. William A Woodcock died at his home in Towson on September 12, 2005, at the age of 94. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons from his first marriage, John A. and William J. Woodcock; a stepdaughter, Merrill Carrington; and three grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

James Taylor Heyl '33, a physician and former medical director at Phillips Exeter Academy, was born on February 21, 1912, in Chicago, IL. The third of four sons of Ernst O. Heyl, Class of 1899, a business executive and onetime alumni trustee, and the former Charlotte E. Taylor, he was a nephew of James H. and Stephen L. Taylor, both 1888, and Louis Heyl '04. Jim Heyl prepared for college at the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and came up the Hill in 1929 from Clinton. He joined the Heyl family's fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, and soon became "omnipresent on the campus, tall, vibrant, and joyous," as remembered by his classmate and friend, Henry H. Work.

Both an athlete and leader in student government, Jim Heyl ­lettered in football and hockey, and served on the Honor Court, Executive Council, and Upperclassman Council, in addition to being class president. Elected to all four class honorary societies, Quadrangle, DT, Was Los, and ­Pentagon, he also excelled academically, won the Truax Greek Scholarship, and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors in biology in 1933.

Jim Heyl went on to Harvard Medical School, where he obtained his M.D. degree in 1937. After an internship in internal medicine at Massachusetts ­General Hospital, he pursued his interest in clinical investigation through instructorships in the department of pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1941, following a year as a volunteer at an American-established hospital in England during the "Battle of Britain," he was back at Harvard as a research fellow at the Medical School.

In 1943, Dr. Heyl went on active duty with the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Medical Corps. Besides working in mobile hospitals in the South Pacific during World War II, he saw sea duty aboard the hospital ship U.S.S. Pinkney. Released by the Navy as a lieutenant after the war's end in 1946, he returned to Harvard Medical School for a year as an instructor in bacteriology.

On September 7, 1946, Jim Heyl was married to Nancy Spencer in Houston, TX. The following year, the couple settled in Exeter, NH, where Dr. Heyl had been invited to join a new experiment in group practice. To support his family in the meantime, he accepted an appointment as school doctor and medical director at Phillips Exeter Academy. He would remain in that post for 28 years. In addition to providing medical care for students and running the Academy's Lamont Infirmary, he took the lead in introducing psychology and psychiatry as an integral part of the health care program at the boarding school, having recognized that problems of adolescence, especially during the "druggy" '60s, called for that approach.

In 1975, realizing that he was "underfinanced" at the age of 63, Jim Heyl left Phillips Exeter and shifted to full-time practice as an internist with the Exeter Clinic. In 1987, after several years of solo practice, he retired at the age of 75, and in 1994, he and Nancy moved from their farm in Newfields, NH, to a retirement community in Exeter.

Fond of the land and nature throughout his life, Jim Heyl took particular pleasure in camping and fishing with his children, as well as canoeing, sailing, and skiing with family and friends. He was especially fond of the Damari­scotta River region of Maine, where he and Nancy had as summer home. In retirement, he enjoyed participating in literary groups and listening to choral music, an affection he had developed as a member of the Choir at Hamilton.

James T. Heyl died on October 16, 2005, at his home in Exeter at age 93, with his wife of 59 years at his side. He is also survived by three sons, Peter S., John T. '76, and Timothy A. Heyl, and a daughter, Hilary A. Heyl. He was predeceased by his brothers Henry L. '28, in 1975, and Hamilton "Tony" Heyl '39, in 1998.

John MacKay Cairns, Jr. '35, a retired embryologist and cancer researcher, was born on December 3, 1912, to John M., a civil engineer, and Ida May Parsons Cairns, in Scranton, PA. John Cairns grew up in Scranton, where he attended Central High School, and entered Hamilton in 1931. He focused on his studies, earned the Renwick Scholarship in Biology, and was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors in biology and mathematics in 1935.

With the assistance of Professor Walter Hess, John Cairns was admitted to graduate study in biology at the University of Rochester. After receiving his M.S. degree in 1937, he went on to Washington University in St. Louis, where he acquired his Ph.D. in embryology in 1941. After a year as an instructor at the University, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Engineers. His tours of duty during World War II encompassed North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, and included participation in the Allied landings at Anzio.

Released as a captain after the war's end, John Cairns returned to academic life in 1946 as an instructor at the University of Texas. Promoted to assistant professor of biology and embryology in 1948, he moved on in 1952 to the University of Oklahoma Medical School as an assistant professor of histology and embryology. In 1956, he left academe for a year to work as an engineer on an inertial guidance system for Bell Aircraft Corp., in Buffalo, NY. Thereafter, Dr. Cairns returned to basic biological research at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo. He continued in the field of cancer research at the Institute's Springville Laboratory until his retirement as associate cancer research scientist in 1980.

While residing on a farm in Springville, southwest of Buffalo, John Cairns took to the rural life, operating a tractor and chain saw on his 20 acres, tapping maple trees, and growing vegetables and fruit. With his wife, the former M. Dorothy Maines, whom he had wed in June 1948, in Hartford, CT, he saw their four children grow up on the farm. On vacation, he and Dorothy enjoyed snorkeling in the warm waters of the Caribbean.

In 1998, the Cairnses moved to Wyomissing, PA, west of Reading, to be near their daughter Lucy and her family. He was residing in Reading when he died on August 5, 2005, at the age of 92. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Andrew M. and James A. Cairns; two daughters, Lucy J. Wiley and Sarah J. Cairns; and numerous grandchildren.

Byron Arthur Johnson, Jr. '36, a former president of the Alumni Association and long a prominent attorney and community leader in his native Rochester, NY, was born on June 17, 1915. A son of Byron A., also an attorney, and Marjorie Gardner Johnson, he came to College Hill in 1932 from Brighton High School in Rochester and joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. He played soccer and earned ­letters in fencing.

Following his graduation in 1936, Byron Johnson entered the Yale School of Law, where he acquired his LL.B. degree in 1939. On the side, he also took courses at Harvard University's School of Business Administration. In 1940, he joined his father in the practice of law in Rochester, forming the firm of Johnson & Johnson. On June 7, 1941, he and Cynthia M. Hogle were married in suburban Pittsford. A month later, and five months before Pearl Harbor, Byron Johnson went on active duty with the U.S. Navy, a tour that was to last for more than four years through the end of World War II. While in uniform he was assigned as Navy counsel to the Army-Navy Munitions Board in Washington, DC, in addition to sea duty on both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Released from the Navy as a lieutenant commander at the end of 1945, Byron Johnson returned to his hometown and resumed his law practice, initially as a partner in the firm of Moser, Johnson & Reif. He also became engaged in community affairs as president of the Rochester City Club and the Chamber of Commerce. President of the Otetiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America as well, he was a longtime trustee and secretary of the Rochester Institute of Technology and member of its executive committee. In addition, he was founding president of the First National Bank of Rochester and a trustee of Monroe County Savings Bank.

In 1957, Byron Johnson, who had long served as a legal ­counsel to E.W. Edwards & Son, the Rochester department store, took over its general management. Appointed vice president and a director of the company, he managed it for four years, overseeing its considerable business growth and expansion into the suburbs. Throughout his career he devoted time and energy to "seven-day-a-week" efforts aimed at enhancing Rochester's economic prosperity. Thanks to his efforts within the business and financial fields, as well as his contributions as a member of RIT's board, of which he was particularly proud, he served his native city well.

Byron Johnson, who had also served his alma mater as president of the Alumni Association (1961-62), continued to ­practice law well into his ninth decade, most recently as senior partner in the firm of Johnson, Mullan & Brundage. During ­winters he generally "hid from the snow" in the Bahamas or other places south, while his ­summers were spent on an island in the St. Lawrence.

Byron A. Johnson died on July 3, 2005, at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife, the former Jane Hartwell, whom he, as a divorcé, had married in 1973. Also surviving are a daughter and son by his first marriage, Cynthia Goulard and Winthrop D. Johnson; a stepson, Todd Hummel; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as two brothers. He was predeceased by his elder son, Byron A. Johnson III, in 1984.

Hiram John Evans '37, a biologist who concluded his career as a college administrator, was born on May 13, 1916, in Granville, NY, bordering on Vermont. His parents were David J., a banker who died when "Hi" was 15 years old, and Hazel Manchester Evans. With recommendation from the principal of Granville High School that "Hiram Evans will make a very desirable college student," he was admitted to Hamilton in 1933. He went out for fencing, served on the staff of Hamilton Life, and became president of the Biology Club. A recipient of the Holbrook and Renwick prizes in biology, he was graduated with honors in that field in 1937.

After leaving the Hill, Hi Evans pursued graduate study in biology at Williams College, where he earned an A.M. degree in 1939. He next enrolled in the Ph.D. program at Harvard University, which awarded him his doctorate in biology in 1942. That year, with World War II raging and "Uncle Sam hot on my trail," he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps as a second lieutenant and was assigned to its ­aviation physiology program. ­Sta­tioned in the Pacific, ranging from New Guinea and the Philippines to Okinawa and Japan, he remained in uniform until 1946, when he was discharged as a major.

Thanks in part to the impact of the G.I. Bill, colleges were then in need to expand their faculties, and Hi Evans quickly found employ­ment, first at Swarthmore College and subsequently, in 1947, as an assistant professor of zoology at Syracuse University. Promoted to associate professor, he remained at Syracuse as vice chairman of the zoology department until 1964. In 1965, after a not particularly happy year at New College in Sarasota, FL, he welcomed the opportunity to return to the snow belt as professor of biology and dean of Curry College in Milton, MA. In 1973, he took on the added responsibility of vice president for research and planning. Dr. Evans, who specialized in embryology and served from 1950 to 1965 as secretary to the board of trustees of Biological Abstracts, retired from Curry in 1979.

That year, Hi Evans and his wife, the former Jean M. Buckland, who were married on August 7, 1944, in Schenectady, NY, took up full-time residence in Pawlet, VT, near Granville. There they renovated the home of Hi's maternal grandparents, where they had for years spent their summers, and made it their retirement home. Hi Evans became involved in the life of the small town, serving as justice of the peace, election inspector, and Democratic town committeeman. He also became active in the Pawlet Historical Society.

A self-confessed "poor athlete," who obtained his exercise "by walking to the post office and general store, taking care of the lawn, and shoveling snow," Hi Evans found pleasure in reading as well as travel, especially to visit his children and grandchildren. In addition, he enjoyed collecting clocks, and for many years had dozens of them chiming simultaneously in his home. Proud of his Welsh heritage (at age 80 he undertook the study of the Welsh language), he was also quite familiar with the lore of the locality and loved to share his stories of Pawlet and Granville. Gregarious and good-humored, and gifted with a large repertoire of songs, he provided delightful companionship to family and friends.

Hiram J. Evans, a faithful alumnus, died at his home in Pawlet on December 19, 2005, of kidney failure, in his 90th year. In addition to his wife of 61 years, he is survived by three daughters, Susan McDougall and Rebecca A. and Anne B. Evans, and eight grandchildren.

John William Polley '37, a retired state official and authority on the funding of public education, was born on December 22, 1914, to George Polley, a milk dealer, and the former Mary L. Laing, in Andes, NY. He grew up in that Catskill community, where he was graduated in 1933 as valedictorian of a class of seven from Hilton Memorial High School. John Polley, known as "Poll," and a self-described "country lad," entered the College that year, joined Theta Delta Chi, and became manager of the hockey team. He also distinguished himself academically, majoring in history and French. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received honors in history upon his graduation in 1937.

The following year, John ­Polley joined the faculty of Roxbury (NY) Central School as an English instructor. In 1943, he left to go on active duty with the U.S. Navy. Commissioned as an ensign, he served in the Pacific theater and was released from the Navy as a lieutenant (j.g.) at the end of World War II in 1945. After his return to Roxbury Central, he was appointed acting principal and, subsequently, supervising principal.

In 1948, John Polley enrolled at Columbia University's Teachers College to pursue graduate studies. He acquired his Ed.D. in 1951 and was appointed that year to the faculty of the Teachers College. Besides teaching, he did considerable educational research, and from 1961 to 1963 he headed the team in Kabul that, under Agency for International Development contract, helped further teacher education in Afghanistan. He retained delightful memories of that two-year experience "working with the Afghans, a proud and independent people."

John Polley taught public school finance and demonstrated his expertise in that field as the author or coauthor of numerous articles in education journals, as well as handbooks, pamphlets, and a textbook. He left Teachers ­College as a full professor in 1965 to accept the post of director of the Division of Educational Finance in the New York State Education Department. Promoted to assistant commissioner for educational finance and management services in 1969, he became associate com­missioner for planning, research, and education in 1973. He retired in 1977 as deputy ­commissioner for elementary and secondary education.

In 1980, John Polley and his wife, the former Jean Cole, whom he had wed on July 10, 1940, in Kenyon, MN, moved from the Albany suburb of Delmar to ­Whispering Pines, NC. There, he enjoyed gardening and golf. A few years ago, the Polleys again moved, to a retirement community in Southern Pines, NC, where they continued, in John's words, "to stagger around a golf course and sit at a bridge table."

John W. Polley, a devoted alumnus, died in Southern Pines on July 26, 2005, at the age of 90. In addition to his wife of 65 years, he is survived by a daughter, Linda Polley Miller, and two grandchildren.

Vincent de Lalla, Jr. '38, a cardiologist who practiced internal medicine in his native Utica, NY, for more than a half-century, was born on June 2, 1918. The younger son of Vincent and Antonetta ­Perillo de Lalla, he grew up in what was then the Italian section of East Utica, where his father owned and operated a pharmacy on Bleecker Street. Young Vincent spent much time around the pharmacy, which inspired him at an early age to contemplate a career in medicine. He came up College Hill from Utica Free Academy in 1934 and diligently undertook premedical studies, leaving additional time only for varsity fencing and occasionally playing the piano as a self-taught musician.

After receiving his B.S. degree in 1938, Vincent de Lalla went to New York City and enrolled at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. During his senior year in medical school he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In 1943, ­having interned at Syracuse ­University Medical Center and obtained his M.D. degree, he went on active duty with the Army. Assigned as a battalion ­surgeon to the 43rd Infantry ­Division in the Pacific theater, he was stationed with combat units in the World War II campaigns for New Guinea and the Philippines. On October 6, 1945, while back in the States, he was wed to Mary Jane McCormick in Syracuse, NY.

Discharged from the Army as a captain in 1946, Dr. de Lalla received postgraduate training in cardiology and internal medicine at the University of Rochester, where he served his residency at Strong Memorial Hospital. He returned to his hometown of Utica in 1950 and there established his practice. He also began a long association with St. Elizabeth's Hospital, serving as its chief of medicine as well as teaching in its School of Nursing and family practice residency program. Admired and respected for his administrative skills, he also served as president of St. Elizabeth's medical staff and director of its coronary care and intensive care units. Among his enduring contributions were his wise mentoring of generations of physicians and nurses, and his under­takings to improve and advance cardiac care in the Utica area.

However, Dr. de Lalla's foremost priority was always his patients. His dedication to their welfare was on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week. In what spare time he had, he enjoyed playing the piano and such outdoor activities as golf, tennis, and camping. Card-playing was also one of his pleasures, and especially gin rummy.

Vincent de Lalla, Jr., a former president of the Oneida County Medical Society and founding member of the Mohawk Valley Society of Internal Medicine, retired in 2002, at the age of 84. He died on December 5, 2005, leaving his wife of 61 years. Also surviving are three daughters, Barbara Ann de Lalla-Hoffman K'76, and Antoinette E. and ­Kathleen S. de Lalla; two sons, James E. and David R. de Lalla; and two grandsons. He was ­predeceased by his brother, Emanuel de Lalla '26, in 1989.

Arthur Alanson Batts, Jr. '39, a retired real estate agent and ­former advertising and public relations manager, was born on December 23, 1917, in Niagara Falls, NY. His parents were Arthur A., a corporation executive, and Mabel Bradley Batts. Recommended by its principal as "a splendid candidate," Art Batts was admitted to Hamilton from Niagara Falls High School in 1935. He joined ELS, participated actively in debate, and assisted in the management of student publications. Elected a member of the journalism honorary Pi Delta Epsilon, he left the Hill with his B.S. degree in 1939.

Art Batts went on to the ­Harvard Business School, where he earned an M.B.A. in 1941. However, he no sooner went to work for the Carborundum Co. in his hometown when World War II intervened. He served for four years in the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corps, and his final assignment as a first lieutenant at the war's end was, as he wryly recalled later, "guarding the Army base in South Boston from Nazi attack."

Married on June 3, 1943, to Jane Benson in Niagara Falls, Art Batts returned to Carborundum as the steel manufacturer's ­director of commercial research. In 1954, he and his family moved to ­Schenectady, NY, where Art became director of market research for the American Locomotive Co. (later, Alco Products, Inc.). He soon took on the additional title of director of advertising, and in 1958 he was promoted to director of advertising, public relations, and market research.

In 1967, Art Batts, having fallen victim to a corporate take­over, decided on a move to the picturesque village of Chatham on Cape Cod, where he took a flyer on a new line of work. While his wife Jane operated a craft shop, "The Belfry," there, Art went into real estate. Beginning as a representative of Harold J. Moye & Associates, he subsequently engaged in sales and development with Sea-Lake Corp. of Sandwich, and most recently was associated with Rochette Reality in Chatham. He retired in 2000, at the age of 82.

Active in the community, Art Batts served as executive secretary of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and was on the board of administration of the Old Sea Pines School for Girls in Brewster. Above all, he was drawn to local amateur theater and became an avid thespian with the Chatham Drama Guild, best known for his leading role in Harvey. Known as well for his quick wit and gentle humor, he also enjoyed golf and sailing, but arts and crafts, particularly photography and scrim­shaw, took on increasing importance toward the end of his life.

Arthur A. Batts, Jr. died on October 18, 2005, in Chatham. In addition to his wife of 62 years, he is survived by two daughters, Carol McCandless and Amy ­Gregory, and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, James, who lost his life in a drowning accident at the age of 16.

Francis Cleveland Beakes '40, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and the youngest of three brothers to attend Hamilton, was born on January 12, 1917, in Newburgh, NY. His parents were (Charles) Henry C. Beakes, owner and operator of a wholesale milk business in New York City, and the former Louise Cleveland. "Fran" Beakes grew up in Hackensack, NJ, and entered Hamilton in 1936, after graduating from Hackensack High School and a year of preparation at Stanton Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson. He joined his brothers' fraternity, Chi Psi, and was elected as its president as a sophomore, which was without precedent. Described by The Hamiltonian as "a debonair diplomat who carries with him an air of undefeated and undaunted dignity," he served as president of the Chi Psi lodge for three years, also unprecedented. In addition, he was president of the Interfraternity Council in his senior year, a member of the Winter Carnival executive committee, and active in the Outing and Ski Clubs.

After receiving his B.S. degree in 1940, Fran Beakes bided his time, awaiting the inevitable "Greetings" from his local draft board. It arrived in late 1942. Already ­married (on January 10, 1942, to Eleanor L. Eagle, sister of his classmate, Henry Eagle, Jr., in New York City) and a father, he went on active duty as an Army private but was soon commissioned as an officer. Posted to Britain and France with the Army's Medical Administrative Corps, he remained in uniform through the end of World War II and was released in 1946 as a first lieutenant.

In 1952, after six years of ­corporate employment, including work for the Continental Paper Co. of New Jersey, Fran Beakes was recalled by the Army during the Korean conflict. He soon decided to stay on and make a career out of military service. Through the next 22 years until his retirement, he was posted to a variety of places, including Japan, Okinawa, and Hawaii, as well as Stateside. Commissioned as a captain in the Regular Army in 1958, he served for four years with the procurement branch of the Surgeon General's Office in Washington, DC, and was later chief of the personnel division of the Surgeon's Office, First Army. He also acquired a number of awards, including the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster.

Col. Beakes' last assignment took him to Madigan Army Center at Fort Lewis, WA. He and Eleanor promptly fell in love with the Northwest, and when he retired following a heart attack in 1974, they took up residence in Olympia, WA. There, when not playing rounds of golf almost daily (his hobbies were said to be "golf and more golf") Fran Beakes enjoyed the view of Mt. Rainer from his 15 acres.

Francis C. Beakes, ever constant in his loyalty to Hamilton, died in Olympia on November 20, 2005. Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by two sons, Francis C., Jr. and David C. Beakes, and seven grandchildren and six great-grand­children. Predeceasing him were his brothers, Charles Henry C. Beakes '35, in 1957, and Ordine C. Beakes '36, in 1999.

Robert Lawrence Lewis '40, a Cleveland, OH, lawyer, community activist, and leader in education, was born on September 25, 1919, in New York City. When he was 5 years old, his parents, Isador and Sadie Holzinger Lewis, put Bob and his older brother Stanley on the Eastern vaudeville circuit to tour as "The Sunshine Happiness Boys." The "kid act" on the bill, which was shared with such legends as Fanny Brice and the Marx Brothers, they continued to trod the boards until a truant officer apprehended "Little Bobby Lewis," and saw to it that he began, at the age of 11, his formal education as a first grader. He soon caught up with his peers, was graduated from Baldwin High School on Long Island, and entered Hamilton in 1936, just short of his 17th birthday. On the Hill he played the bass drum in the College Band, ran track, and thought up the idea for the Squires Club, which he helped organize, and became its first president in 1939.

On November 24, 1940, not long after his graduation, Bob Lewis was married to Frieda R. Friedman, in Cleveland. Within two years, he was a U.S. Army enlistee during World War II. As a staff sergeant with an ordnance company, he served in the Mediterranean theater and participated in the invasion of Italy, including the Salerno and Anzio campaigns. Awarded a field commission as a lieutenant, he received the Legion of Merit as well as the Purple Heart.

Released from the Army in 1946, Bob Lewis settled in his wife's hometown of Cleveland, where he enrolled in law school at Western Reserve University. After acquiring his LL.B. degree 1948, he joined the firm of Ulmer & Berne. He would remain with the firm throughout his professional career, and was its managing partner when he retired after 47 years in 1995. For a decade beginning in 1949, he also taught night courses in contract and corporation law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and served for a time as its director of graduate studies.

In the early 1960s, Bob Lewis made a signal contribution to the advancement of education in the Cleveland area by playing a major role in the planning and launching of Cuyahoga Community College. Appointed as the first president of its board in 1962, he acted on his passionate belief in the right of every person to have educational opportunities. He remained committed to the success of the college, which had its beginning in an abandoned schoolhouse in downtown Cleveland in 1963, and sat on its board for 18 years. He also inspired its honors program and, as scholar-in-residence, taught mythology and ethics at the college in later years. Today, "Tri-C" is not only Ohio's oldest but also its largest community college, with 55,000 students on three campuses and many off-campus sites.

Bob Lewis, a past president of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities, also served as an adjunct professor and director of the trusteeship initiative at Case Western Reserve's Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, which named him "Professor of the Year." Having gained recognition as an authority on the effective management of nonprofit organizations, including educational institutions, he did national consulting in the field and was the author of a book on the subject, published in 2001.

Bob Lewis readily mobilized an abundance of energy on behalf of community causes in which he believed, and his volunteer activities included the presidency of PACE, a citizens organization ­dedicated to the goal of innovation in Cuyahoga County's primary and secondary schools. His interest in community theater and the arts was reflected in his activities as president of the Fairmont Center for Creative and Performing Arts, as a founding trustee of the Cleve­land Area Arts Council, and as a member of the board of such organizations as the Playhouse Square Foundation and the Cleveland Opera Co.

Bob Lewis, short in stature, wry of wit, and ever willing to get involved, would on occasion join the cast of a community musical, play bass in a jazz combo, or even relive his boyhood by singing (badly, he admitted) at a vaudeville revival. In retirement, he continued his consulting, teaching, and lecturing as well as his scholarly pursuit of the Greek classics. He enjoyed traveling and was especially drawn to the ancient archaeological sites in Greece.

Robert L. Lewis, a resident of Cleveland Heights, died on August 3, 2005. Predeceased by his first wife in 1962, he is survived by his second wife, the former Joanne Waxman, whom he had wed in 1963. Also surviving are three sons by his first marriage, Brian S. '70, Paul E., and David N. Lewis; two daughters by his second, Pavia and Clea Lewis; and nine grandchildren.

Wesley Donald Sprague '40, who devoted most of his working life to serving the needs and advancing the welfare of the visually impaired, was born on February 9, 1919, in Verona, NY. A son of George C., a carpenter and builder, and Mary Elizabeth Wells Sprague, he came to Hamilton in 1936 from Rome, NY, as a graduate of Rome Free Academy. Following his brother, Gilbert G. Sprague '37, "Wes" Sprague joined Alpha Delta Phi. He played hockey and excelled in soccer, serving as captain of the varsity team for two years. He was also a charter member, secretary, and treasurer of the Student Council in his senior year. Elected to Pentagon and hailed by The Hamiltonian for his "industry, conservatism, and level-headedness," he left the Hill with his A.B. degree in 1940.

Wes Sprague enjoyed teaching science for a year at Gorham (NY) Central School before a letter of "Greetings" from his local draft board prompted his entry into the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Married to Betty L. Hoffman on May 2, 1942, in Stanley, NY, he remained in ­uniform throughout World War II, serving for almost five years until his discharge in 1946 as a captain.

While pursuing graduate studies in hospital administration at Columbia University's School of Public Health, Wes Sprague entered the health and human services field as an administrative intern at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. Named assistant director of the hospital in 1948, the year he acquired his M.S. degree from Columbia, he retained that post until 1952, when he was appointed administrator of Brockton Hospital. Five years later, he became associate executive director of New England ­Deaconess Hospital in Boston.

In 1963, Wes Sprague left the Boston area after 16 years to take on new challenges as executive director of the New York Association for the Blind (the Lighthouse) in New York City. An agency for the blind and visually impaired, it would be the sphere and center of his commitment for 21 years. During those years he set high standards in providing more and better service, and the Lighthouse gained national recognition as a model for a compre­hensive rehabilitation agency serving the blind. By the conclusion of his tenure, it was the largest and most innovative as well as most prestigious agency of its kind in the country.

Wes Sprague also became extensively involved in national and even international agencies dedicated to improving the lives and independence of those with impaired eyesight. He was a longtime member of the board of the Helen Keller International Foundation, the National Industries for the Blind, and the American Association of Workers for the Blind. A charter member of the board of the Commission on Standards for Accreditation (of agencies and schools for the blind), he served on its National Accreditation Council and chaired the Council's commission on standards. In 1997, in recognition of his many and exemplary contributions, he received the R.B. Irvin Award from the National Industries for the Blind.

Although Wes Sprague retired from the Lighthouse in 1984, he continued active as a consultant, often on a volunteer basis. For a decade beginning in 1990, he traveled widely on behalf of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, monitoring and ­evaluating its multimillion dollar grants to the Perkins School for the Blind, which provides funds for services benefiting people not only in the U.S. but throughout the world. Residing in retirement on Cape Cod, he also volunteered his time to local human services efforts and chaired the administrative board of his church, United Methodist, in Osterville. Leisure time he devoted to gardening and "less strenuous sports" such as fishing, golf, and bowling.

Long ill, Wesley D. Sprague died at his home in Marstons Mills on Cape Cod on November 23, 2005. He is survived by his wife, the former Loretta M. Blass, whom he had wed in 1978. Also surviving are two sons and a daughter from his first marriage, Gary W. and Dale W. Sprague, and Carolyn J. Kracke, as well as five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, Gilbert, in 1951.

Frederick Peterson Jessup '41, a retired Foreign Service ­officer and staff member of the National Security Council, who later became a specialist in oral history, was born on July 15, 1920, in New York City. The son of Theodore C. '14 and Frederika Peterson Jessup, and a nephew of H. Herbert '13, John B. '15, and Philip C. Jessup '18, he was a direct descendant of John Jessup, the Puritan founder of Stamford, CT, and Southampton, NY. Frederick, known to friends as Peter, prepared for college at the Ridgefield School in Connecticut, where his father had been headmaster, and came to Hamilton in 1937. He joined the family's fraternity, Sigma Phi, lettered in tennis, and wrote a column for the humor magazine Royal Gaboon. A member of the Intramural Council, he was elected to Quadrangle and DT.

After securing his B.S. degree in 1941, Peter Jessup went to New York City and his first job as a copy boy at the New York Daily News. Within a year, however, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was on active duty with the U.S. Navy. Commissioned as an ensign in the Naval Air Corps, he served for over four years through the end of World War II as an air combat intelligence officer. His assignments encompassed the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific theaters, and he attained the rank of lieutenant commander.

Peter Jessup returned to civilian life in 1946. Finding little interest in his kind of naval experience on the part of prospective employers, he worked as a film and theater publicist and magazine editor before taking on an assignment for the psychological warfare branch of the U.S. Army, editing the magazine Neue Auslese as part of the reeducation program in postwar Germany. While in ­Germany, he met Muriel "China" Franceschina, a photo ­editor for Look magazine. They were married in Minneapolis, MN, on July 30, 1949.

That year, Peter Jessup joined the Central Intelligence Agency, which was then expanding as the Cold War intensified. Attached to the Foreign Service as an information officer, he served for five years in Germany as a staff officer with the U.S. High Commission. He subsequently served as a political officer at the U.S. Consulate in Geneva, Switzerland, and was twice posted as chief of station to the U.S. Embassy in Israel. During the Johnson administration he served for six years, beginning in 1963, on the staff of the National Security Council.

After his retirement in 1978, Peter Jessup embarked upon an ambitious project in a new field: that of oral history. For scholarly purposes, he taped memoirs via interviews with prominent public figures, and later transcribed them for various universities, including Columbia and Boston, as well as the Association of Diplomatic Studies. Among those interviewed was his uncle Philip, ambassador-at-large, World Court judge, and a leading authority on international law. The result of Peter Jessup's efforts was 40 book-length memoirs, rich material for future scholars.

Peter Jessup remained an enthusiastic tennis player throughout his life. The winner of numerous amateur tournaments, he was also a local tournament organizer. He was a passionate theater devotee as well, and served on the board of the Studio Theatre in Washington. With boundless interest in a vast range of subjects, he assembled an extensive library and rare book collection encompassing everything from the theater to the Middle East and the Spanish Civil War. In addition, he was a 10-year volunteer reader for Metropolitan Washington Ear, a news service for the blind.

Above all, Peter Jessup was a family man who took great pleasure in the family's annual summer and Christmas gatherings in the Adirondacks. Gifted with a great sense of humor and "a marvelous inventor of nonsense names," he impressed friends and family alike with his questing mind and his reaching out to encourage other people's interests and enthusiasms.

Frederick Peterson Jessup died on September 25, 2005, at his home in Chevy Chase, MD, of cancer. In addition to his wife of 56 years, he is survived by three daughters, Alexandra Altman K'74, Francesca Jessup, and Kristin Moore; a son, Theodore C. Jessup '82; and five grandchildren and a sister.

A(braham) David Millner '41, a retired transportation attorney and consultant, was born on July 2, 1920, in Chicago, IL. The son of Isaac A. and Hermina Gross Millner, he moved with his family to Staten Island, NY, at the age of 5 when his father became rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Port Richmond. Dave Millner grew up on Staten Island, was graduated from Port Richmond High School, and came to College Hill in 1937. A member of the Squires Club, he engaged in a variety of extracurricular activities when not busily employed in Commons. Active in the Musical Arts Society and involved with Hamilton Life as well as The Hamiltonian, he also made a name for himself in sports, lettering in football, fencing, and track. Elected to the journalism honorary Pi Delta Epsilon, he received his B.S. degree with honors in history in 1941.

After leaving the Hill, Dave Millner went on to the University of Cincinnati, where he acquired an M.A. in political science, belatedly conferred in 1948. Called into ­military service in 1942 as a private in the U.S. Army, he was commissioned as an officer and remained in uniform through the end of World War II. On June 4, 1944, Lt. Millner and Elaine E. Stone were married in Port Richmond. Released from active duty in 1946, after service with an ordnance battalion in Europe and participation in the Battle of the Bulge, Dave Millner enrolled in Columbia University's law school. He was awarded his LL.B. degree in 1948.

In addition to Reserve duty with the Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps (in which he would attain the rank of major), Dave Millner began his practice of law in New York City. In 1957, after five years as attorney and field supervisor for the Interstate Commerce Commission's Bureau of Motor Carriers in Newark, NJ, he formed a law partnership with Edward F. Bowes. Located in Newark and Roseland, NJ, and representing trucking companies and bus lines before the ICC and state agencies, Bowes & Millner specialized in transportation law. It became a leading firm in its field of specialty and one of the country's top "boutique" firms.

Engaged primarily in the financial aspects of the transportation industry, including mergers, consolidations, and acquisitions, Dave Millner enjoyed the work until federal deregulation of the industry altered the field. The partnership, then Bowes, ­Millner & Rodgers, was dissolved in 1981, and he joined a general-practice firm, Friedman Siegelbaum, in Roseland, as of counsel. He continued to represent a segment of the motor carrier industry through the 1990s. Known for his professional integrity, he found relaxation in travel, gardening, and reading.

A. David Millner died on November 7, 2005, while hospitalized in Cooperstown, NY. He is survived by a son, S. Robert ­Millner '70, and a daughter, ­Elizabeth A. Cantelmo, from his first marriage, which ended in divorce in 1968. (He was later wed, in 1978, to Suzanne Kleiner.) Also surviving are three grandchildren and a sister.

David Benson Moore '41, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and a highly regarded medical educator, was born on April 25, 1919, in Hulberton, NY, west of Rochester. A son of Clark W., a ­groceryman and quarry operator, and Jennie Benson Moore, he grew up in Hulberton and was graduated from nearby Holley High School. After a year of preparation at Phillips Exeter Academy, David Moore entered Hamilton in 1937. He followed his brother, Clark W. Moore '38, and joined his fraternity, Psi Upsilon. While pursuing premedical studies, he found time to manage the fencing team in his senior year and serve on the Interfraternity Council and the Winter Carnival Committee. He "made good use of a good brain," in the words of The Hamiltonian, to earn his B.S. degree with honors in biology in 1941.

David Moore went on to the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he obtained his M.D. in 1944. After a year's internship at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, he served a residency at Sloane Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. In 1946, he was called to active duty for two years with the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. Released as a lieutenant (j.g.), Dr. Moore returned to Sloane and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology. He would remain associated with Columbia's ­medical school and medical ­center for the rest of his professional career. Appointed assistant attending physician in 1952, he was promoted to assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology in 1960 and associate in 1970.

As a physician, clinical researcher, and teacher, Dr. Moore considered himself "to be among the most fortunate because I have loved nearly every minute of my professional life." For his dedication, he earned the respect and devotion of his patients as well as his students and colleagues. A ­fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American College of Surgeons, he was also a past president of the New York Obstetrical Society, the oldest such organization in the United States. In addition, he served as president of the Society of Practitioners of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and as a trustee of Presbyterian Hospital.

David B. Moore, long a resident of Tenafly, NJ, continued to teach and practice pelvic surgery into his 70s, although he had ceased delivering babies by that time. Residing for the past three years in a retirement community in Bryn Mawr, PA, he died there on November 22, 2005. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, the former Barbara White, whom he had wed on June 5, 1943, in Ballston Spa, NY. Also surviving are a son, Eric D. Moore; two daughters, Melissa Look and Amanda Maxwell; and six grandchildren. Dr. Moore's brother, Clark, predeceased him in 1996.

Alton Henry Hollenbeck '42, a retired laboratory supervisor, was born on May 19, 1920, in Bainbridge, NY, northeast of Binghamton. A son of Sebert B., a banker, and Rena Lyon Hollenbeck, he entered the College in 1938 from Bainbridge Central High School. "Al" Hollenbeck became a member of the Squires Club and played for four years in the College Band. Encouraged by Professor Harvey Cameron, he also became a "photo fiend" who, according to The Hamiltonian, was always looking "to find a new and original angle for his camera." He left the Hill with his B.S. degree in 1942.

Drafted into the U.S. Army shortly thereafter, Al Hollenbeck, who had focused on biology at Hamilton, was assigned to a Medical Corps laboratory at Fort Sam Houston, TX, where he spent the remainder of World War II. He returned to Bainbridge following his discharge as a staff sergeant in 1946 and worked there for four years as a florist.

In 1950, his former Army commanding officer invited Al Hollenbeck to join him at the ­University of Minnesota's School of Public Health in Minneapolis. It marked the beginning of 37 years of fruitful employment in a rewarding career doing scientific research and working in areas of public health with graduate students from around the world. As a further bonus, his photographic skills were of considerable use on the job.

When his five sons were growing up, Al Hollenbeck became highly involved with the Boy Scouts of America on the local troop level. He served as a scoutmaster for 24 years and was recognized for his contributions with the Scouts' Lamb Award. He was also an active member of ­Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley, the Minneapolis suburb in which he resided.

Alton H. Hollenbeck was still a resident of Golden Valley at the time of death on September 16, 2005. He is survived by his wife, the former Edyth J. Reichard, whom he had married in Bainbridge on June 3, 1943. Also ­surviving are a daughter, Karen Ackman; five sons, Kenneth J., Edwin E., Stephen L., Michael S., and Andrew A. Hollenbeck; and 19 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a sister. He was predeceased by his brother, S. Earl Hollenbeck '32, in 1971.

Stephen Andrew Hulme '42, a retired physician, was born on May 16, 1920, to Stephen Hulme, an accountant, and the former Mary G. Cross, in Chicago, IL. Steve Hulme grew up in White Plains, NY, and was graduated from White Plains High School. He enrolled at Hamilton in 1938, joined Delta Upsilon, and went out for basketball and soccer. He left College Hill with his diploma in 1942.

Thereafter, Steve Hulme entered the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, where he acquired his M.D. degree in 1945. A year later, following an internship at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT, he went on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps. He was stationed at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bedford, MA. Released from the Navy in 1948, he returned to Pittsburgh to complete his residency in internal medicine. On September 30, 1950, he and Kathleen Paul were married in Hartford.

Dr. Hulme established his private practice in Hartford, which he maintained for 16 years. He subsequently became director of the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital and concluded his career as a part-time physician with Northeast Utilities and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Newington, CT.

Long retired, Stephen A. Hulme died on January 13, 2006, in Hartford. Predeceased by his wife, he is survived by a son, ­Jeffrey Hulme.

Philip Sheridan '42, a former business owner, was born on June 8, 1920, to Patrick Joseph Sheridan, a lawyer, and the former Helen Saunders, in Dayton, OH. Phil Sheridan grew up in Dayton, where he was graduated from Oakwood High School, and came to Hamilton in 1938. Although he went out for football and basketball, his primary and most enthusiastic athletic focus was on golf. For four years he was a stalwart of the varsity golf team and its captain in his senior year. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and elected to Quadrangle, he left the Hill with his B.S. degree in 1942.

Phil Sheridan thereafter reported for duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. Commissioned as an officer, he served in the Pacific theater for two years and returned to the States in 1945, shortly before World War II ended. On December 1, 1945, soon after his discharge from the Marines as a captain, he and Patricia J. Coleman were married in Dayton.

Back in Dayton after the war, Phil Sheridan, also known as "Bud," went to work as a salesman for the Univis Lens Co. In 1948, he went into business for himself by establishing the Sheridan Safety Supply Co., a distributor of industrial safety equipment. A founding member of the Safety Equipment Distributors Association, he owned and operated his company for 40 years until its sale in 1989.

Throughout his life, Phil Sheridan remained addicted to golf. A past champion of the Moraine Country Club, he is remembered for his "competitive spirit, sense of humor, and ability to needle his opponents."

Philip Sheridan, a lifelong resident of the Dayton area, died in his native city on December 22, 2005, of cancer. In addition to his wife of 60 years, he is survived by two sons, Charles C. and Philip J. Sheridan, and three grandchildren.

Kenneth Stillman Mackay '43, a retired trucking company executive, was born on November 25, 1921, in Hartford, CT. The eldest son of Kenneth T. '15, a florist, and Marion Whipple Mackay, he enrolled at Hamilton in 1939, ­following his graduation from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford. Ken Mackay, also known as "Mac," joined his father's fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, and became its house steward as well as proud proprietor of a portable bar in his room. He went out for soccer and track, served as news editor of Hamilton Life, and was a member of the Musical Arts Society's executive board. He left the Hill with his B.S. degree in 1943.

In 1944, Ken Mackay began his career in the transportation industry in the employ of H.T. Smith Express Co. He was vice president of the company when he left it in 1960 to become terminal manager for Yale Transport Corp. in Hartford. Subsequently, he was for many years traffic coordinator and later vice president of traffic for Schuster Express, Inc., headquartered in Colchester, CT.

A longtime resident of ­Farmington, CT, Ken Mackay moved to Stamford, NY, in the mid-1980s, following his retirement. A former president of Hamilton's Connecticut Valley Alumni Association and deacon of the Unitarian-Universalist Church in West Hartford, he was also a dedicated golfer who could often be found on the greens of the Stamford Golf Club.

Kenneth S. Mackay, most recently a resident of Beaufort, SC, died there on November 12, 2005. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Jean L. Boynton, sister of the late William H. '46 and John W. Boynton '51, whom he had wed on June 12, 1943, in West Orange, NJ. Surviving are two sons, Richard T. and Douglas S. Mackay '73; three daughters, Barbara Bates, Lynn Johnson, and Kimberly Mackay-Pearson; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jane Howe, and two brothers, F. Herbert '50 and Robertson Mackay '50.

Richard W. Couper '44
(1922-2006)

A life trustee of the College and devoted Hamiltonian, Richard W. Couper died on January 25, 2006. A memorial tribute to his life of high achievement and innumerable contributions to his alma mater will be published in the next issue of the Alumni Review.

John Joseph Connerton '44, who for 50 years practiced law in Binghamton, NY, was born in that city on August 3, 1921. He was the elder son of John J. and Marguerite ­Silber Connerton. His father died when he was 4 years old, and his mother reared him and his brother while working as a clerk in a local welfare office to make ends meet. With his heart and mind set on a career in the law, John Connerton, also known as Jack, came to Hamilton from Johnson City, NY, in 1940 as a graduate of Johnson City High School. He joined Lambda Chi Alpha and the ­New­man Club, and went out for baseball and soccer. In early 1943, in the midst of World War II, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and served in its enlisted ranks for three years, including 18 months in the Pacific theater.

Released as a sergeant after the war's end, Jack Connerton returned to College Hill in 1946 to finish his course of study. After obtaining his A.B. degree in 1947, he went on to Cornell University Law School and acquired his LL.B. in 1950. That year he established his practice in Binghamton in association with the firm of Rosefsky, D'Esti & Greenblott. In 1952, he was appointed second deputy corporation counsel for the City of Binghamton. Promoted two years later to first deputy, he served in that post for 10 years. Subsequently associated with the firm of Hackett, Harbachuk, Thomas, Crawford & Connerton, he continued to practice law until his retirement in 2000.

Afflicted with cancer, John J. Connerton confronted his mortality with the conviction that he had enjoyed "a good and full life with a wonderful family and many close friends." He died at his home in Binghamton on November 25, 2005. Surviving is his wife, the ­former Jean M. Carros, whom he had wed in Binghamton on April 23, 1955. Also surviving are a daughter, Rita Connerton; a son, John J. Connerton III; and four grand­children and his brother, William.

James Anthony Fischette '44, who practiced law in Jacksonville, FL, for more than 50 years, was born in Binghamton, NY, on June 9, 1922. The son of Anthony Fischette, also an attorney, and the former Agnes Major, Jim ­Fischette came to College Hill in 1940 from Binghamton Central High School and joined Lambda Chi Alpha. He completed his freshman year before leaving the College. In 1943, after an additional semester at Hamilton, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He received specialized training in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and served in the Army's Ordnance Corps through the end of World War II.

Released as a technical ­sergeant in 1946, Jim Fischette returned to the University of Florida and entered its College of Law. Upon receiving his LL.B. degree in 1949, he moved to Jacksonville and became an estate planner for the National Benefit Life Insurance Co. Two years later, he began the private practice of law, and in 1959, he formed a partnership, Fischette & Owen, specializing in commercial litigation and bankruptcy. A former chairman of the Commercial Law League of America, he served as president of the law firm of ­Fischette, Parrish, Owen & Hill before his retirement.

Active in the community, Jim Fischette was a co-founder and former chairman of the board of the Kingsley Bank of Orange Park. He was also an enthusiastic fisherman, but yachting was his major diversion. In addition to co-founding the Jacksonville Commodores League and serving as its flag commodore, he co-founded and was commodore of the St. Johns River Yacht Club.

James A. Fischette was still residing in Jacksonville when he died on November 1, 2005. ­Several times married, he is survived by his wife, Frances Calhoun. Also surviving are two daughters, Susan Wallsteadt and Mary Blackstock, born to his first wife, the former Virginia E. Sledge, whom he had wed in 1949, and several stepchildren as well as eight grandchildren.

John Stephen Connolly '48, a retired construction and home building sales broker, was born on July 3, 1922, to Patrick J. and Catherine Farrell Connolly, in Gloversville, NY. "Jack" Connolly grew up in that then glovemaking center where his father was employed in the industry as a "leatherman," and prepared for college at the Pennington School in New Jersey. In 1942, after a year at Hartwick College, he entered the U.S. Navy. He served in the South Pacific and received officer training in the Navy's V-12 program at Yale University.

In 1945, the last year of World War II, Jack Connolly was released from active duty. He enrolled at Hamilton from Gloversville that summer and became a member of Sigma Phi. He rushed through the College in three years, including summer sessions, while finding time for varsity basketball and football, and to captain the baseball team and play golf on the side. A member of the Honor Court and the Student Council, and elected to DT, he was graduated in 1948. On February 26 of the following year, he and Doris May Patten were married in Gloversville.

Jack Connolly's career-long involvement in sales began with Lehigh Portland Cement Co. In 1951, he and Doris moved to Louis­ville, KY, where Jack worked in ­promotional sales for several construction companies. He ­sub­se­quently established his own brokerage business in Louisville, which he operated until his ­retirement.

In 1992, with their children located on the West Coast, Jack and Doris Connolly moved to Corvallis, OR, where they found the Willamette Valley an ideal locale for enjoying their retirement. They explored and fished the lakes, rivers, and streams of Oregon and Washington, and played a lot of golf. They also made many friends.

Jack Connolly, a gifted conversationalist and storyteller whose zest for life was contagious, had an ever-engaging smile as well as a ready wit. Highly principled, he also possessed a keen sense of fair play, which family and friends alike came to admire and appreciate.

John S. Connolly died on December 19, 2005, at his home in Corvallis. In addition to his wife of 56 years, he is survived by two daughters, Jan Marie Manns and Kathleen P. Ellis; a son, Patrick J. Connolly; and five grandchildren.

Frank Sanford Nichols '49, a retired sports writer, was born on September 13, 1923, to Sanford Nichols, a trucker, and the former Margaret Brack, a secretary, in Albany, NY. Frank Nichols was graduated in 1940 from Van Rensselaer High School in Rensselaer, NY, and entered the U.S. Navy the following year. He served as a radioman aboard the aircraft ­carriers U.S.S. Enterprise and Essex in the Pacific theater. Released from the Navy in the fall of 1945, following World War II's end, he came to Hamilton in the spring of 1946 and remained on the Hill for two years.

Long interested in a career in journalism, Frank Nichols worked for a series of newspapers from the East to the West Coast, beginning as a sports writer with the Troy, NY, Record. In 1961, he settled permanently in San Diego, CA, where he joined the San Diego Union. Besides covering local sports events, he wrote features and became a turf writer and handicapper at Caliente and Southern California tracks. Remembered for his unusual and ever active sense of humor, and his distinctive staccato writing style, he retired in 1988.

Frank S. Nichols, a resident of Chula Vista, died in nearby San Diego on December 19, 2005. His marriage in 1950 to Ruth Kirkpatrick having ended in divorce, he is survived by a son and daughter, Joseph and Joyce Nichols, and four granddaughters.

Thomas Bernard Bradley, Jr. '50, a retired physician, chief of medicine, and medical researcher, was born on December 2, 1928, in DuBois, PA. The elder son of Thomas B., an insurance adjuster, and Mary Angela Behen Bradley, a nurse, he came to College Hill in 1946 as a graduate of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. Intent upon a future career in medicine, Tom Bradley pursued premedical studies and became, in the words of The Hamiltonian, "enmeshed in the devious course of almost every lab on the Hill." While excelling academically, he found time to play in the band and participate in the activities of the Newman and Outing clubs. Awarded the Holbrook Prize in Biology, he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors in biology and chemistry in 1950.

Tom Bradley went on to the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he earned his M.D. degree in 1954. He interned and served his residency in internal medicine at Presby­terian Hospital in New York City until 1956, when he went on active duty with the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He served for two years, including a posting to the Army's hospital on Okinawa, and was released with the rank of captain.

After completing his residency at Presbyterian and a year's fellowship in hematology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Bradley practiced internal medicine for two years in Plainfield, NJ. In 1962, he joined the faculty of Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry, where he became an assistant professor, and from 1964 to 1969, he was associated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

Dr. Bradley thereafter moved to the West Coast to become chief of hematology at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital. He served concurrently as associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Promoted to full professor in 1975, he was also named associate chief of staff for research and ambulatory care at the Veterans Hospital. In 1988, he left San Francisco when appointed professor of medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. There he also served as chief of staff at the South Texas VA Medical Center (1988-94) and chief of medical service at the Kerrville VA Medical Center (1995-98).

Over the years, Dr. Bradley pursued biomedical research in molecular genetics, focusing on the structure, function, and genetic variants of human hemoglobin. Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, he also took great professional pride in serving as secretary of the American Society of Hematology. While in San Francisco, he was among the first physicians in the country to treat patients who were afflicted with the then not-yet-identified Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

A man of charm and wit, and with vast and varied interests who had learned to "cherish the grandeur of the English language" at Hamilton, Tom Bradley customarily read the weekly New Yorker from cover to cover. He obtained his private pilot's license at age 67 and took up woodworking at age 73. He also built his own harpsichord, on which he loved to play Baroque music, and enjoyed ­gardening (tomatoes and hot chilies were his specialty) and constructing fences and rock walls for his hill country home.

Thomas B. Bradley, who had retired from medicine in 1998, died at his home in Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, on November 26, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Susan G. Reese, and three sons and a daughter, Thomas B. III, Mark W., Stephen P., and Mary F. Bradley, born of his first marriage to Patricia Ann Macaulay, on July 2, 1955, in Hackensack, NJ. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, a sister, Patricia Wendler, and a brother, Edward B. Bradley '56; and nephews and nieces, including Kathleen Bradley Sullivan '84.

Donald Edward Hilfinger '50, a former construction contractor and teacher, grew up in Syracuse, NY, where he was born on March 27, 1923. A son of Martin F., a business executive, and Rose Newcomb Hilfinger, and one of three brothers to attend Hamilton, he was graduated in 1941 from Nottingham High School in ­Syracuse. The following year, ­during World War II, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. As a gunner, Cpl. Hilfinger served aboard the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Tuscaloosa when it took part in the Allied invasions of Normandy and Southern France in 1944. When the vessel was transferred to the Pacific theater in 1945, he was on hand for the landings on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Released from military service at the war's end, Don Hilfinger entered Hamilton in the spring of 1946. After joining Psi Upsilon, he led its house team to intra­mural titles in swimming and hockey, and he was also for two seasons a tackle on the varsity football squad. On July 12, 1947, he ceased to be a bachelor when he and Suzanne "Sue" Fish were wed in Syracuse.

Following his graduation in 1950, Don Hilfinger returned to Syracuse, where he established his own business as an independent contractor. He later served for several years as a teacher for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). Fond of the outdoors, and especially hunting, he was a member of Ducks Unlimited as well as the National Rifle Association.

Donald E. Hilfinger, long retired, died on October 29, 2005, in Syracuse. Predeceased by his wife in 1996, he is survived by a son, Peter W. Hilfinger; a daughter, Melinda Portmess; two granddaughters; and his brothers, ­Martin F., Jr. '39 and Robert N. ­Hilfinger '50. Other relatives include his nephew, Martin F. III '66, and great-nephew, Martin F. IV '95.

George Davry Maynard '50, an export sales manager, grew up in Troy, NY, where he was born on November 10, 1928, to Morton K., an engineer and corporation executive, and Corlista Davry Maynard. He came to the College in 1946 from Lansingburgh High School in Troy and joined Delta Upsilon as well as the staff of campus radio station WHC. Known around the DU house for his "face-splitting grin," he also contributed his time to The Spectator.

Following his graduation in 1950, George Maynard obtained employment with the General Cable Corp. in New York City. However, with the outbreak of the Korean conflict that summer, he was soon wearing a U.S. Army uniform. Commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Engineers, he served for three years, attained the rank of lieutenant, and returned to civilian life in 1953.

In 1957, after four years in the foreign department of the First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co., George Maynard became an assistant export manager with the Frank H. Fleer Corp. in Phila­del­phia. In 1960, he left Fleer when appointed export sales manager for the Merrow Machine Co., manufacturers of stitching machines for the textile industry, located in Hartford, CT. On September 7, 1965, in Hartford, he was married to Lucia Sierra. A ­resident of Avon and later West Granby, CT, he remained with Merrow as export sales manager for more than 25 years.

George D. Maynard was residing in Wyoming when he died on March 20, 2005, as recently verified by the College. It has no information on survivors.

Nelson Collingwood Hyde, Jr. '53, a former editor of this magazine who went on to a long career with the Richmond News Leader and Times-Dispatch, was born on December 11, 1931, in Pinehurst, NC. His parents were Nelson C., a newspaper reporter and editor, and Martha Pleasants Hyde. Young "Tim" Hyde prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy and entered Hamilton in 1949 from Alexandria, VA. He joined Sigma Phi, played on the squash team, and foreshadowed his future career in journalism as news and associate editor of The Spectator. Elected to Was Los and DT as well as serving as president of the journalism honorary Pi Delta Epsilon, he was also chosen in his senior year as president of the Sig house and a member of Nous Onze.

Upon leaving the Hill with his diploma in 1953, Tim Hyde went on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He served for two years as a public information ­officer and attained the rank of first lieutenant. On January 22, 1955, while still in uniform, he was married to Kath­arine E. "Karen" Looker in Alexandria. That year he returned to Hamilton as public relations director and editor of the Alumni Review. After four years in that post, he resigned to pursue newspaper journalism as a reporter for the Richmond News Leader. Promoted to makeup ­editor in 1962, he later served as assistant and associate city editor as well as city editor before being named assistant managing editor in 1975. When the News Leader merged with the Times-Dispatch in 1992, he was appointed deputy managing editor.

At the end of that year, Tim Hyde retired from the Times Dispatch, and he and Karen moved from Richmond after 33 years to their Blue Ridge Mountain weekend and vacation home in Vesuvius, Amherst County, VA. There, as "a real newspaperman again," he became a staff writer for the weekly Amherst New Era-Progress and Nelson County Times. He also served as an editorial consultant for the quarterly history journal Virginia and did some book editing. He retired for a second time in 1996.

Active in the community, especially in Scouting when his sons were young, Tim Hyde was a former president of the Lewis Ginter Community Center in Richmond. In retirement he served as an election official of Amherst County, secretary of the Friends of the Historic Amherst Train Station, and president of the Amherst County Public Library. In 2004, he was recognized for his community service by being named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Amherst Rotary Club. A tennis devotee and avid whitewater canoeist who almost achieved his goal of paddling on every one of Virginia's many rivers, he was also a keen student of geography, and he and Karen traveled extensively during his retirement years.

Nelson C. Hyde, Jr., who is remembered by his colleagues in journalism as "a fine old-school reporter, writer and editor, and one with special consideration and empathy for his news staff," died at his Amherst County home on September 3, 2005, of cancer. In addition to his wife of 50 years, he is survived by three sons, Nelson C. III, Dana C., and Thomas B. Hyde.

Donald Willard Tappan '53, a professor of French who retired after 26 years of teaching at the University of New Orleans, was born on February 24, 1932, in Syracuse, NY. A son of Edgar W., an insurance and real estate agent, and Frances Roush Tappan, he was graduated first in his class from Baldwinsville (NY) Academy in 1949. Don Tappan entered Hamilton that year from Baldwinsville and became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha (later Gryphon). Majoring in French and English, he received honors in French upon his graduation in 1953. He left the Hill having formed friendships that would last a lifetime.

Encouraged and assisted by Professor Marcel Moraud, Don Tappan spent a year in France as a Fulbright scholar before going on to an M.A. degree in French from Rice Institute (now University) in Houston, TX, in 1956. He came back to Hamilton that year as an instructor in French, but left two years later to resume graduate studies at Yale University. In 1961, he returned to Rice as an instructor and, after obtaining his Ph.D. in Romance Languages from Yale in 1964, was promoted to assistant professor. He remained on the Rice faculty until 1970, when he left Houston to join the department of foreign languages at Northern Illinois University.

After a not particularly happy year there, Don Tappan seized the opportunity to move on to Louisiana State University (now the University of New Orleans) as professor of French and chairman of the department of foreign languages. A specialist in medieval French as well as 17th century French literature, he would chair the department until 1977 and continue to teach at the University until his retirement in 1997. Throughout those years he sought to follow the admirable example set by Hamilton's Professor Frank Hamlin in his teaching.

Don Tappan, recalled by friends such as Hamilton classmate Roger D. Brink as a bon vivant with a quick wit and marvelous sense of the absurd, is also remembered for his quiet, gentlemanly demeanor. He loved to travel, which he did extensively, most often to France and England. But he also grew to greatly love New Orleans, despite its climate, and he beautifully restored an old house there, doing most of the work himself. He later took up residence in a retirement community overlooking the Mississippi River.

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans last August, Don Tappan happened to be hospi­talized in the city because of a recurrence of cancer. He was evacuated to a hospital in Lafayette, LA, where he died on October 5, 2005, before friends and relatives could reach him. Never married, he is survived by a sister, Molly Tappan, and a brother, John Tappan. Sometime this year a group of Don's friends plan to celebrate his life with a dinner at Galatoire's, his favorite New Orleans restaurant.

Jacob Mayer Lehman '54, a physician and orthopedic surgeon, was born on August 16, 1933, in Brooklyn, NY. The son of Harry Lehman, a civil engineer, and the former Bertha Posner, a school teacher, "Jack" Lehman grew up in Brooklyn, where he was graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1951, the year he came to Hamilton. With a talent for science and a strong desire to become a physician, he pursued premedical studies, majoring in chemistry. A member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, he devoted his leisure time to debate and the Chess Club. He completed his studies in three years and left the Hill with his diploma in 1954, having lost neither his Brooklyn accent nor his desire to take the Hippocratic oath, according to The Hamiltonian.

Jack Lehman returned to Brooklyn and enrolled at what was then known as the Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York. He acquired his M.D. degree in 1959, and on September 4 of the following year, he and Madalyn ­Gordon, a registered nurse, were married in Brooklyn. Dr. Lehman established both his residence and his practice in Patchogue on Long Island. Except for 1964-66, when he was on active duty as a captain with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he continued to practice there until recent years.

Jacob M. Lehman was residing in Boca Raton, FL, when he died on October 15, 2005. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, ­Douglas G. and Keith S. Lehman; a daughter, Jill A. Lehman; and two grand­children.

James Russell Moodey '54, D.D. (Hon.) '86, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, was born on December 9, 1932, in Brooklyn, NY. The younger son of the Rev. John R. Moodey, an Episcopal minister, and the former Matil Cochran, he grew up on Long Island and entered Hamilton from Hewlett in 1950 as a graduate of Woodmere High School. In his essay, "Why I Want to Go to College," which accompanied his application, he announced his determination "to make the Episcopal ministry my life's work." Easy-going and with a ready sense of humor, Jim Moodey became a popular member of the campus community. He joined Sigma Phi, played varsity hockey as a goalie, and served as sports editor of The Spectator. Years later he would reflect that, "Losing all those hockey games was a good preparation for life."

Following his graduation in 1954, Jim Moodey enrolled at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, MA, where he earned his B.D. Degree in 1957. Ordained as a deacon that year, and as a priest in 1958, he began his parish ministry as assistant rector of Christ Church in Cincinnati, OH. There he met Penelope W. Hall, and on April 18, 1959, in that city, they were wed. The couple moved on to Delaware in 1960 when Jim Moodey was appointed vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in New Castle. Five years later, he again had an opportunity to take up an urban ministry when called to Scranton, PA, as rector of St. Luke's. In 1976, after 11 years in Scranton, where he participated in ecumenical attempts to improve housing and education, he was called to Philadelphia as rector of St. Paul's in Chestnut Hill.

Profoundly influenced by a summer spent amidst great poverty in rural Haiti as a seminarian, and by the Civil Rights struggles of the 1960s (he participated in the March on Washington in 1963), Jim Moodey was known for his commitment to social and racial justice. Active in various capacities within the councils of the national church, he greatly impressed his peers, who selected him as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Ohio in 1983. A year later, he was invested as bishop of the diocese, which encompasses the 48 northern counties of the state. During his tenure he focused his abundance of energy on pastoral care and reaching out with warmth and compassion to the community. Among his achievements was the formation of the Episcopal Community Services Foundation, which provides funds to assist the poor and needy.

With gracious good humor, ready approachability, and genuine concern for people, Bishop Moodey gained great affection as well as respect in the diocese. Beyond the diocese, he was saluted for his spiritual leadership with an honorary doctorate of divinity from his alma mater at Commencement in 1986. In addition, he received an honorary doctorate from Kenyon College, on whose board of trustees he sat for a decade. A voracious reader who loved words, and was careful and sparing in his use of them, he also retained his youthful enthusiasm for sports, and never stopped rooting for his favorite baseball team, the Cleveland Indians.

James Moodey retired in 1993, after a decade as bishop and more than 36 years in the ministry. The home base for him and his family became Maine, where they had a summer cottage on a lake, and where Jim especially enjoyed the outdoors and "the sights, sounds and smells of nature." There he also served for 18 months as a visiting bishop in the Maine diocese.

The Right Rev. James R. Moodey, a resident of Damari­scotta, ME, since 2000, spent the last 14 years of his life keenly aware of his own mortality. Finding that, "my greatest learning has flowed from living day to day with cancer since 1991," he was committed to "living with, rather than struggling against" the disease. Enjoying life and the opportunities it afforded until the end, he died at his home, of metastatic kidney cancer, on September 5, 2005. In addition to his wife of 46 years, he is survived by two daughters, Meredith Poole '83 and Virginia (Tia) Hamilton; a son, J. Tucker Moodey; and nine grandchildren.

Anthony Cornell Rose '54, long engaged in real estate investment in California, was born Anthony A. Rose, Jr., on August 10, 1932, in Utica, NY. The son of Anthony A., a real estate and insurance broker, and Louise Cornell Rose, he came up the Hill from St. Francis de Sales High School in Utica in 1950. Known for his cheerful good nature as well as his robust appetite, "Tony" Rose navigated successfully through four years at Hamilton with the help of a '36 Ford and an assist from Dean Winton Tolles, whose guidance Tony later credited with having helped him tremendously throughout his life. A member of ELS and an occasional laborer in Professor John Mattingly's stable at 50 cents per hour, he left the Hill with his diploma in 1954, bound for Albany Law School.

After acquiring his LL.B. degree in 1957 and six months on active duty with the U.S. Air Force, Tony Rose briefly engaged in civil litigation in Manhattan. In 1959, he returned to his native Utica, where he established a private practice, specializing in criminal defense law. Married on May 7, 1966, to Sharon (Sherry) Davies in the College Chapel, he continued to practice in Utica until 1970, when he moved to Santa Barbara, CA. There he turned from the law to commercial real estate as president of Anthony Rose Real Estate Investments, Inc. While in Santa Barbara, he served on the mayor's committee for economic development and as vice president of the Santa Barbara Arts Society. He was also president of the board of the Montessori Center School and active in the Unitarian Society.

After he and his wife were divorced in 1999, Tony Rose moved to San Diego, CA, where he continued to be engaged in real estate investment and leasing. His leisure time was devoted to travel, especially to, Italy, and to baseball as an ardent fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was also a jazz aficionado, particularly of be-bop (his license plate read BBOP4ME). A faithful alumnus, he assisted the College with its fund-raising efforts, chaired the 40th Reunion of his class, and served for a time as class correspondent for this magazine.

Anthony C. Rose died on July 9, 2005, in San Diego, of lung cancer. He is survived by two sons, Andrew C. and Nicholas C. Rose, and a sister, Elaine Cerny.

Elected to DT, Was Los, and Pentagon, John Ibach richly earned the prestigious James Soper Merrill Prize upon his graduation in 1955. He went on to the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, where he obtained his M.D. degree in 1959. An internship and residency in general surgery at Philadelphia General Hospital followed. In 1964, Dr. Ibach established his private practice in Ridley Park, PA. However, he had to leave it three years later when he was drafted into the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Vietnam War. He performed surgery in a field hospital in Vietnam that was frequently under enemy attack, and under horrendous conditions, helped save the lives of numerous Vietnamese civilians who were brought to the hospital. He also once assisted in the successful separation of Siamese twin babies.

Released from the Army after two years with the rank of major in 1969, John Ibach obtained a two-year fellowship in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida Medical Center in Gainesville. He settled permanently in the Sunshine State and, in 1971, established his practice in Jacksonville. There he joined the staff of Baptist Medical Center and became its chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. He also served as clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Florida.

Respected and admired by his patients for his kindness, geniality, and warm compassion, John Ibach also gained the respect of his professional peers, who elected him president of the Florida Thoracic Society and the Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, as well as of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. He chaired regional advisory boards of the Florida Lung Association and American Heart Association, and was director of the Duval County Medical International Health Volunteers. In addition, he made medical mission trips to Haiti, Jamaica, and Ghana to extend his professional help.

John Ibach applied his surgical hands with equal skill to the keyboard of a piano, and for him music was not merely an avocation but more of a second life. A very visible presence in Jackson­ville music circles, he was a director of the Delius Association, the St. John's River Band, and the Riverside Fine Arts Association, as well as president of Body & Soul. His personal passion was for jazz, and he occasionally played with jazz bands and recorded several CDs. Anyone who has attended a Hamilton reunion in recent decades will recall John Ibach as the highly talented pianist with the Alumni All-Stars Jazz Band.

John Ibach, who acquired the title of "Dr. Jazz" around Jacksonville, also earned a reputation as a "Renaissance man" because of his varied interests and talents. He was generous in sharing his time and means with the community, to the benefit of worthy causes and Jackson­ville's cultural life. There he also served as an elder of the Riverside Presbyterian Church and a trustee of its day school. To Hamilton, he was an unfailingly faithful and supportive alumnus who remained ever close to the College. He cared deeply about its welfare, and most particularly the fortunes of its basketball team. His bearded presence, as well as his warmth and grace, will be missed but long remembered on the Hill.

John R. Ibach, who retired in 2000, was diagnosed three years ago with a rare form of dementia. He died peacefully in Jacksonville as the disease progressed, on September 11, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Scott Ibach, to whom he was wed in 1986; his stepdaughter, Eve Edwards Fairchild; and two daughters and three sons, born of his first marriage, to Catherine Henlin in 1959: Karen Bowden and Kristen Owen, and Michael B., John R., and David H. Ibach. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and his brother, Rodger Ibach '58.

George Tsoo-Ying Young '56, who managed to eke out a living in a variety of ways in ­Manhattan, was born on July 2, 1935, to Yihsen Young, a research chemist who died when George was a boy, and Sze Zoh Yao, a librarian and secretary, in Orange, NJ. He grew up in Manhattan and was graduated from the prestigious Stuyve­sant High School in 1952, the year he entered Hamilton. Of Chinese descent and one of the few Asian-Americans to be enrolled at the College in that era, George Young progressed through four years on the Hill in his quietly studious way. History, politics, and languages were his abiding interests, and he earned honors in history upon his graduation in 1956.

Soon thereafter, George Young entered the U.S. Army to serve his two-year hitch, which included a posting to Iceland. He subsequently returned to New York City and acquired an M.A. degree in social studies from Columbia University's Teachers College in 1959. Having no success in obtaining a teaching position, he instead took odd jobs, such as cashier at the B. Altman store on 5th Avenue, French tutoring, and free-lance indexing. Utilizing his linguistic skills, he was for a time a cataloger for French and European Publications, also in Manhattan. He continued to take adult education courses, especially in languages, and maintained an acute interest in Asian affairs, including efforts to provide aid to refugees and others in need. A faithful alumnus, he also contributed to Hamilton's fund drives, usually in $5 and $10 amounts, as his resources permitted.

George T. Young died on July 29, 2002, as only recently verified by the College. He was unmarried, and the College has no information on survivors.

Richard Orlando Horning, Jr. '57, a former radio and tele­vision broadcaster, restaurant proprietor, and notably engaging personality, was born on May 16, 1935, in Pittsburgh, PA. The son of Richard O. and Marguerite ­McCahill Horning, both corporate executives, he grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wexford and prepared for college at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, where he was "a live wire in student activities." Known as "R.O." or "Landy," he arrived at Hamilton in 1953 and joined Delta Upsilon. Besides trouping with the Charlatans for four years and serving on the Interfraternity Council and Chapel Board, he took part in efforts to reorganize WHC, the campus radio station. On June 18, 1957, shortly after he received his A.B. degree majoring in economics, he was married to Anne S. Curtis in Clinton.

After brief employment with a transportation company in Pittsburgh, Landy Horning entered the broadcasting field. He served a stint at WQED-TV in Pittsburgh, where he was an announcer for the soon-to-be nationally popular Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. In 1960, following further stints at small radio and television stations in upstate New York, he ventured across the Canadian border and took a job selling advertising for a station in Cornwall, Ontario. There he soon became an announcer. After two years, he moved on as an announcer to radio station CHML in Hamilton, Ontario. Starting with a night show, he moved up to the coveted "afternoon drive slot," and also announced for TV station CHCH, encompassing news and weather as well as talk shows and interviews with celebrities. He even hosted game shows syndicated throughout Canada, and by the late 1970s he had become a familiar figure in Canadian living rooms.

In the meantime, Landy Horning, an avid skier, had purchased a home in Ellicottville, NY, a popular ski resort town in the state's Southern Tier. An aspiring gourmet cook, he opened the Crystal Palace Restaurant there in 1980. While playing genial host at the restaurant, he maintained an office back in Hamilton as a communications consultant. Seeking to assist corporate executives in public speaking, he called his business "Speakeasy."

Landy Horning's passion for golf eventually took him in retirement to Skidaway Island off the Georgia coast and finally to ­Leesburg, FL. Wherever he resided, he impressed those who encountered him with his colorful and vibrant personality. To friends he was known for his penchant for telling a good joke, and at the end of his life he was busily compiling thousands of them in the hope of one day producing a joke book.

Briefly ill, Richard O. Horning, Jr. died in Leesburg on September 25, 2005. He is survived by three daughters, Katherine C. Vyse and Kimberly A. and Andrea L. Horning, as well as two sisters.

James Joseph Citranglo '58, an editor, was born on June 28, 1936, to Gabriel J., a printer, and Dorothy Schepflin Citranglo, in New York City. "Jamie" Citranglo was graduated in 1954 from Woodhull Preparatory School in Hollis, NY, and enrolled at the College from Queens Village that fall. He joined Delta Phi, sang for four years in the Choir, and was active in the French and Canterbury clubs. He left the Hill with his diploma in 1958.

In 1965, after service in the U.S. Army, Jamie Citranglo acquired an M.A. degree from New York University. He entered the book publishing field and became an editor for the McGraw Hill Co. When last heard from, he was a senior editor for Amsco School Publishing in New York City.

The College has obtained verification of James J. Citranglo's death on February 7, 2005. According to the College's records, he was unmarried, and it has no information on survivors.

Donald Stanley Cohen '58, who practiced obstetrics and gynecology on Long Island for many years, was born on January 14, 1937, in New York City. His ­parents were Martin M., the owner of a small clothing store, and Edna Michaalson Cohen, a bookkeeper who was left a widow when her son was still a boy. Don Cohen grew up in Port Jervis, NY, where he was graduated in 1954 from Port Jervis High School. He entered Hamilton that year, determined to prepare for a future career in medicine. Affiliated with the Squires Club and majoring in the sciences, he focused on his studies and earned honors in biology upon his graduation in 1958.

Don Cohen went on to Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and received his M.D. degree in 1962. In 1967, after an internship at Mt. Sinai Hospital and a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel Hospital, both in New York City, he entered the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps. He served for two years as a captain, and for a time he was stationed not far from the College, at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome.

In 1969, Dr. Cohen established his private medical practice in Rockville Centre, NY. A dedicated and caring physician who spent much quality time with his patients, he put in long hours and worked hard in building up a successful practice. Devoted at the same time to his family, he took great pride and joy in his children. His spare moments were given over to his interest in sports, especially the Mets, as well as bridge, traveling, movies, and reading.

Donald S. Cohen, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, retired in 1996. He died in Oceanside, NY, where he was then residing, on September 3, 2003. He is survived by his wife, the former Judith S. Blum, whom he had married on October 16, 1965, in New York City. Also surviving are two sons, Martin A. '90 and Joseph B. Cohen; a daughter, Karen R. Cohen; and eight grandchildren.

Lyon Hughes Fisher '62, a real estate broker with many ­family connections to Hamilton, was born on February 7, 1940, in Utica, NY. The younger son of Clarence Ingals Fisher '32, who, as a U.S. Army captain, died while on active duty during World War II, and Marion Hughes Fisher (later Todd), he was a great-great-grandson of Samuel Ware Fisher, president of the College from 1858 to 1866. He was a grandson of Clarence Lyon Fisher, Class of 1900, a property manager and banker prominent in the village of Lyons Falls, NY, and a nephew of James R. Hughes, Jr. '31, a Utica banker and community leader.

Lyon Fisher prepared for ­college at Vermont Academy and followed his brother, David I. Fisher '59, to Hamilton in 1958. He went out for varsity track, specializing in the pole vault, and served as president of his fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, in his senior year. Majoring in political science, he was graduated in 1962.

After leaving the Hill, Lyon Fisher settled permanently in New York City, where he was initially employed as a market analyst by Esso International. With a degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, he subsequently became a real estate broker and developer. As an adjunct instructor, he taught courses in real estate licensing, financing, and evaluation at Baruch College of the City University of New York. He was also a consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency and participated around the country on EPA panels addressing the problem of reclaiming toxic-waste sites for development.

Long ill, Lyon H. Fisher died in New York City on November 7, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Keogh, and his brother, David, as well as two nieces.

George Doane Freeman IV '64, a retired senior computer programmer, was born on September 2, 1942, in Hartford, CT. A son of George D. III, a securities analyst, and Betsy Ann Avery Freeman, he grew up in Suffern, NY, and came to Hamilton in 1960 from Suffern High School. With thoughts of a future career as an engineer, George Freeman majored in physics. Although diagnosed in his freshman year with having myasthenia gravis, he managed, aided by medication, to pursue a normal life. He completed his course of study on schedule and was graduated in 1964.

George Freeman immediately headed to the West Coast, where he enrolled at the California State College at Los Angeles. After acquiring an M.S. degree in physics in 1966, he remained in California and took up residence in Fullerton. He was employed as an electrical engineer by the Auronetics Division of North American Rockwell in Anaheim. By the 1980s, he had moved to Orange, CA, and was a senior programmer and analyst for Rockwell International.

George D. Freeman IV was still residing in Orange at the time of his death on October 5, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Linnea, and a stepdaughter and stepson, Farah and Farrell Farahbod. Also surviving are a sister and two brothers.

John Emmett Goyert, Jr. '64, a former advertising and marketing executive, was born on April 14, 1942, in Cincinnati, OH. The son of John E., a banker, and Dorothy Mather Goyert, he grew up in Cincinnati, where he was graduated from Walnut Hills High School, and entered the College in 1960. John Goyert joined Alpha Delta Phi, participated in Charlatans productions, playing Caliban in The Tempest, and sang in the Choir. He also lettered in swimming and was a member of Hamilton's first undefeated swimming team, that of 1961-62.

Following his graduation as a psychology major in 1964, John Goyert went on to Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, where he earned his M.B.A. in marketing in 1966. That year he began his career as an account executive with the Young & Rubicam advertising agency in Manhattan and worked on its Frito-Lay account. Four years later, he moved to a rival agency, Ogilvy & Mather. Promoted to account supervisor, he became a vice president of the agency in 1974. In 1980, he was transferred to its Argentine office in Buenos Aires as director of international accounts. He remained in Latin America as managing director of Ogilvy & Mather's Brazilian subsidiary in Sao Paulo (1982-85) and as managing director and later president of its subsidiary in Mexico City (1985-88). During those years he gained fluency in Portuguese and Spanish. In 1989, following a year in Chicago as a senior vice president and group director in charge of the Sears account, Ogilvy & Mather's most important, he left the agency after 19 years.

John Goyert thereafter entered the marketing field as vice president of Citibank's national marketing division in Chicago. By 1991, he was executive vice president for marketing and sales of Citibank's subsidiary, Diners Club International. After serving as vice president of marketing for Western Union Financial Services International in Paramus, NJ, he concluded his career in marketing in the late 1990s with Bank One in Columbus, OH.

John Goyert, who had enjoyed singing since his high school days and whose interest in acting was kindled at Hamilton, seized every opportunity to be involved in both, no matter where he was located. In New York City he became a regular cast member as well as president of the Blue Hill Troupe, a theater group that performed Gilbert and Sullivan operettas as charity benefits. When in Latin America, he was active in community theater and church choirs, and while in Chicago, he was a member of an a cappella group, and in Columbus, a barber­shop quartet.

In 1999, John Goyert retired to Martha's Vineyard, where he and his wife, the former Alice Franklin, whom he had wed on June 20, 1970, in Darien, CT, had long summered. In retirement he pursued his passion for golf, delighted in entertaining friends with stories and songs, and became an enthusiastic member of the Vineyard Playhouse and Island Community Chorus. Winters he spent in Boca Raton, FL, where he was associated with the Royal Palm Players.

John E. Goyert, Jr. died on December 4, 2005, at his home on Martha's Vineyard, of cancer. In addition to his wife and his mother, he is survived by a son, John E. Goyert III; two daughters, Wendy M. and Holly F. Goyert; and a grandson and a sister.

Michael McChesney Coyle '69, a physician and medical director, was born on November 1, 1947, the son of Robert M. '43, and Sophie Jean Coyle, both physicians, in San Francisco, CA. Mike Coyle grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, prepared for college at Western Reserve Academy in Ohio, and enrolled at Hamilton in 1965. He joined Theta Delta Chi and majored in chemistry, hoping to follow his parents into the medical profession. He did volunteer work at Marcy State Hospital and impressed Dean Winton Tolles as "a fine young man."

Failing to gain entry to medical school following his graduation in 1969, Mike Coyle entered the Peace Corps after briefly working as a fishing guide in Canada. He was assigned to Suva, Fiji, where he taught chemistry and coached the soccer team at Marist High School. When his term of enlistment ended in 1972, he stopped off in Hawaii to teach high school chemistry in Havi before returning to his hometown. He enrolled in the master's program in public health at the University of Pittsburgh and obtained his M.P.H. degree in 1975. Still determined to become a physician, he had in the meantime reapplied to medical schools and was accepted by Pittsburgh's. Awarded his M.D. in 1977, he stayed on at the University of Pittsburgh Health Center to serve his internship and residency in internal medicine.

In 1980, Mike Coyle was awarded a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Georgetown University. Two years later, specializing in pulmonary and critical-care medicine, Dr. Coyle established his private practice in Lewiston, ME. He remained a partner in the Central Maine Medical Center until 1989, when he and his wife Janice and their two sons moved to Albuquerque, NM. There, Mike Coyle joined the pulmonary intensive care group at Lovelace Medical Clinic. He later became its medical director as well as vice president of medical affairs for Lovelace Health Systems.

In 2000, the family again moved, to Phoenix, AZ, where Dr. Coyle served as chief medical officer of St. Joseph's Medical Center and subsequently senior vice president and regional medical director for Catholic Healthcare West. In 2004, after a year as chief medical director of Schaller Anderson Healthcare in Phoenix, he became chief medical officer for Abrazo Health Care, also in Phoenix.

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