1960s

Jonathan Plaine Rose ’60

Jonathan Plaine Rose ’60, a retired mortgage banker, was born on May 25, 1938, in Newark, N.J. He was the son of Edward J. Rose, owner and operator of a demolition contracting company, and the former Ruth Plaine. Jon Rose, also known as Jonny, was graduated in 1956 from Columbia High School in Maplewood and came to the College from South Orange, N.J., that fall. He joined Delta Kappa Epsilon and played tennis and lacrosse as well as varsity basketball. He also served on the staff of campus radio station WHCL.

After his graduation in 1960, having majored in history, Jonny Rose returned to the Garden State, where he entered the banking field with Fidelity Union Trust Co. of Newark. He also served for six years in the New Jersey National Guard. By 1970 he had become president of Park Avenue Leasing Corp., a company in New York City specializing in leasing medical equipment to physicians, dentists and hospitals. He later became a mortgage banker and, following his move to Phoenix, was there associated with Sierra Pacific Mortgage Co. He retired at the age of 65.

Jonathan P. Rose, who remained close to his classmates, especially Pete Hill and Bert Lies, through the years, was still residing in Phoenix when he died on April 19, 2014. He had been ill with kidney problems for several years and was most recently on dialysis. Typical of him, he continued to be cheerful and positive until the end. The College has no information regarding survivors.

 

Samuel Corse Townsend ’60

Samuel Corse Townsend ’60, a veteran international consultant, was born on Dec. 6, 1938, to Samuel Townsend II and the former Dorothy H. Corse, in Buffalo, N.Y. He matriculated at Hamilton in 1956 from Skaneateles, N.Y., as a graduate of Skaneateles Central School. Preceding him to the Hill was his brother, Roger G. Townsend ’55. Sam Townsend joined Delta Upsilon and became its social chairman. He managed the varsity football team for three years, and Associate Dean Sidney Wertimer considered him “the best football manager that we have ever had.” He was also among the first advisors to freshmen in the then new Dunham dormitory in 1958-60. Described by The Hamiltonian as having a “heart-warming smile” and “always bright disposition,” he majored in government and left the Hill with his diploma in 1960.

After graduation, Sam Townsend briefly worked for an electric supply company in Syracuse, followed by an internship at the Washington, D.C., bureau of the New York Herald Tribune. In 1964, after teaching fifth grade for three years at the Landon School outside of Washington, he enrolled in the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, where he acquired his M.A. degree two years later.

In 1968, after a year as dean of students at the American School in Switzerland, Sam Townsend joined the staff of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc., in Philadelphia and served as president and executive director of that international program from 1971 to 1977. He subsequently became head of the Houston office of the Center for International Business (1978-79) and co-founder and president of Propetrol North America, headquartered in Houston and involved with providing technology and investment for gas and oil development in Argentina (1980-81).

Sam Townsend was subsequently a consultant to petroleum service and other companies with foreign interests, including Atlantic Richfield. While in Houston, he also found time to serve as president of the bilingual American-French college preparatory school, the Awty Inter­national School (1984-86). Thereafter he moved with his family to Cape Elizabeth in Maine, where he continued his consulting work, especially in assisting renewable energy companies. He served on the board of directors of the World Affairs Council of Maine and as executive director of the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine.

Throughout his life, Sam Townsend’s extensive world travels and gregariously engaging personality contributed to his effectiveness as a consultant on energy and the environment. Having grown up on Skaneateles Lake, he readily took to water sports in times of leisure and enjoyed swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayaking and water skiing. Where water was not readily at hand, he liked to play tennis or golf.

Samuel C. Townsend died on Feb. 15, 2014, in Portland, Maine, after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He is survived by his wife, the former Rosemary Leitner, whom he met on the tennis courts in Philadelphia and married on Oct. 23, 1971. Also surviving are two sons, David H. ’97 and Andrew L. Townsend; four grandchildren; and his brother Roger as well as another brother, William.

 

Charles Marvin Finn ’61

Charles Marvin Finn ’61, a lawyer and retired insurance company executive, was born on May 4, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The son of William A., a hospital administrator, and Virginia ­Marvin Finn, he moved with his family to Bellport, on the south shore of Long Island, just after World War II. He grew up in that idyllic village, and years later, in a book, Bellport: A Reminiscence (1994), he would chronicle his fond memories of those days of his youth. They included sailing on Bellport Bay, cooking and camping with the Boy Scouts, playing trombone with the Bellport High School band and working as a sports reporter for The Patchogue Advance.

Charles Finn, who preferred to be called Chic, came to ­College Hill in 1957, following his graduation from Bellport High School as valedictorian of his class. He joined Delta Upsilon and later served as its house manager. Known for his weakness for puns, he also joined the staffs of radio station WHCL and The Spectator, and became the newspaper’s sports editor. A member of the Press Board for four years, he was named to the journalism honor society Pi Delta Epsilon. Elected to the Student Senate as a senior, he was graduated in 1961, having majored in history.

The way paved by an enthusiastic recommendation from Dean Winton Tolles, Chic Finn entered Duke University Law School, where he earned his LL.B. degree in 1964. A year later, he began his long career with Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. (later CIGNA Corp.) at its San Jose, Calif., branch office. Promoted to assistant manager of design and research in 1968, he became consultant at its Bay Area Regional Design Center, based in San Francisco, in 1973, and director of its Western Design Center in Cupertino, Calif., in 1975.

In 1981, Chic Finn returned to the East when he was appointed to head financial planning, sales and marketing for Connecticut General at its home base in Hartford, Conn. He was vice president of CIGNA Individual Financial Services Co., coordinating CIGNA’s financial planning, when he retired in 1988. He then moved to Atlanta to become president of the International Association for Financial Planning, a professional association.

After leaving that post, Chic Finn stayed on in Atlanta, where he taught financial planning at Oglethorpe University. Fond of gardening since his youth, when he spent summers as a landscaping helper at Brookhaven Laboratory, he became an expert gardener, specializing in roses, and he dedicated many hours to nurturing the roses at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. At home, he lovingly tended to his own ­garden, and it was said that “the best way to strike up a ­conversation with him was to ask anything about plants.” He also enjoyed talking about sailing, and he collected ship models that were on display throughout his home. In addition, he loved to read history, especially about the Civil War and World War II, as well as write, and he was a stickler for the mot juste. An excellent cook, always creating new recipes, he left his family quite a cache of them.

In 2003, Charles M. Finn, a loyally supportive alumnus, moved back to California to be closer to his children and grandchildren. He died in Concord, Calif., on April 8 2014. He is survived by a son and daughter, David M. Finn and Julia Holian, born of his first marriage, in 1962, to Joan Marsh. Also surviving are four grandchildren and a sister.

 

Michael David Markowitz ’61

Michael David Markowitz ’61, who practiced internal medicine and cardiology for many years in his native New Jersey, was born in Newark on Sept. 13, 1940. A son of Henry Markowitz, a pharmacist, and the former Doree Herman, he came to Hamilton from Hillside (N.J.) High School in 1958, already determined upon a future career in medicine. As a freshman, he served on the Judiciary Committee as well as the staff of radio station WHC, and went out for debate and later squash. However, his premedical studies soon consumed his time, much of which was spent in the biology lab. A member of ­Gryphon and described in The Hamiltonian as “the tall, angular and broad shouldered Witz,” he accelerated his studies and completed them in three years. He was graduated, having majored in biology, in 1961.

With the enthusiastic recommendation of Dean Winton Tolles and Hamilton’s premedical committee, Michael Markowitz entered the New Jersey College of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. degree in 1965. After his internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark (1965-68), he continued his training for a further year as a fellow in cardiology at New York Medical College.

In 1969, Dr. Markowitz went on active duty with the U.S. Army Medical Corps and became chief of cardiology at Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, N.J. Discharged from military service with the rank of major in 1971, he established his private practice in Irvington and later in West Orange. A member of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Chest Physicians, he retired in 2000.

Dr. Markowitz, who had served as an assistant professor at the University of Medicine of New Jersey, found relaxation in fishing. He and his wife, the former Dorothy Ann Redlus, whom he had wed in Milburn, N.J,. on June 7, 1962, when he was a medical student, especially enjoyed testing their skills as anglers at New Jersey’s Lake Hopatcong. In addition, introduced to squash at Hamilton, he had avidly played that sport as well as racquetball in his younger years.

Michael D. Markowitz, a ­devoted alumnus who took great pride in seeing all three of his children become Hamilton graduates, had been a resident of Hopatcong for the past 14 years. He died on Feb. 20, 2014, while hospitalized in Livingston, N.J. In addition to his wife of 51 years, he is survived by two sons, ­Lawrence A. ’86 and Steven D. Markowitz ’89; a daughter, ­Carolyn Markowitz Resnick ’87; and a sister and a brother.

 

Richard Gates Ehrlich ’62

Richard Gates Ehrlich ’62, a stamp dealer who became a highly successful restaurateur, grew up in White Plains, N.Y., where he was born on June 10, 1940. The son of Jacob W., a physician and surgeon, and Mary Gates Ehrlich, he hoped to follow his father into medicine and worked as a hospital orderly during summers while attending White Plains High School. Following his graduation in 1958, Dick Ehrlich entered Hamilton, joined Delta Upsilon and majored in history.

His graduation delayed because of illness, Dick Ehrlich was awarded his A.B. degree in 1963. Having failed to gain admission to medical school, he drew upon his boyhood hobby of stamp collecting to become a professional philatelist. As a stamp dealer based in New York City and later on Long Island, he traveled widely, buying and selling stamp collections. After leaving the business in 1978, he continued to travel until 1980, when he purchased the Clam Bar at Napeague, near Amagansett on Long Island, and, learning by doing, developed it into what would be hailed as “an iconic Hamptons establishment.”

In 1994, Dick Ehrlich also bought the Seafood Barge in Southold on Long Island’s North Fork. The waterfront restaurant soon gained recognition as one of the best seafood establishments on the island and was the first to receive a three-star rating from The New York Times. In 1996, Dick was joined in the restaurant’s management by Betsy Flinn, who became its general manager and later his wife. They owned and operated the Seafood Barge until its closing in 2009. During that time, Dick’s vision was credited with having “put North Fork dining on the map.”

Richard G. Ehrlich was residing in Southold, near the beach and ocean that he loved, when he died at his home on June 7, 2014. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter and son, Jennifer and Jacob Ehrlich; a stepdaughter and stepson, Kelly and Brian Flinn; and a sister.

 

John Francis Conroy, Jr. ’63

John Francis Conroy, Jr. ’63, an attorney-at-law and former federal prosecutor, grew up in the Bronx, N.Y., where he was born on July 26, 1942. The son of John F., associate superintendent of the New York City Board of Education, who died just before his son came to Hamilton, and Grace Kelleher Conroy, a school teacher, he prepared for college at Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. Following his graduation in 1959, he came to the Hill and joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. He played baseball, served on the staff of the campus radio station WHC and became a member of that convivial social band, Nous Onze. Having majored in English literature, he was graduated in 1963.

With the help of a recommendation from Associate Dean Sidney Wertimer, he gained admission to the Fordham ­University School of Law. After receiving his LL.B. degree in 1966, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Commissioned as an ensign, he served in the ­Mediterranean. While in Greece, he became accidentally involved in a minor revolution and was detained for a time. Despite not knowing the Greek language, he managed to negotiate his own release, utilizing skills that would serve him well in the future as a litigator.

Released from naval service as a lieutenant after three years at the end of 1969, John Conroy joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor. In 1975, he became deputy chief of the criminal section in the Civil Rights Division and litigated school desegregation cases. He played a prominent role in prosecuting those who defied the federal court’s order in the bitter 1974 battle to desegregate the Boston public schools. In addition, he prosecuted criminal cases against those accused of depriving racial minorities of their civil rights.

John Conroy left the Department of Justice in 1979 and, with a colleague from the department, established the law firm of Horn & Conroy in Washington, D.C. He later became a partner in the firm of Sachs, Greenbaum & Taylor, also in Washington. Specializing in criminal trial practice, he dealt primarily with cases ­involving white-collar crime and related civil fraud. Most recently, until his retirement a few years ago, he was a partner in the small Washington firm of Gordon & Barnett.

In 2004, John Conroy bought a house by the water in St. Michaels, on the eastern shore of Maryland, to which he later retired. An ardent sailor, he kept his 22' boat there. He was also passionate about golf and had played on links in Scotland and Ireland as well as widely in the United States.

John F. Conroy, Jr., a highly devoted and exceedingly generous supporter of his alma mater, was still residing in St. Michaels when he died on April 18, 2014. Never married, he is survived by two sisters, Grace Mulvihill and Margaret Martin, and numerous nieces and nephews, on whom he doted and who knew him affectionately as Uncle John.

 

James Stephen Finster ’63

James Stephen Finster ’63, a retired quality control auditor, was born on July 20, 1941, in Teaneck, N.J. A son of Joseph L., a business executive, and Helen C. Carroll Finster, a dietitian, he grew up in Tenafly, N.J., and was graduated in 1959 from Tenafly High School. Jim Finster entered Hamilton that fall, joined Sigma Phi and went out for hockey. He majored in biology, aspiring to a future career in medicine.

Jim Finster was awarded his A.B. degree in 1963. Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 3, he and Priscilla E. Eyerman, a registered nurse, were married. His hopes of attending medical school dashed, Jim instead found employment as a biologist at Lederle Laboratories. He would remain with Lederle, later acquired by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, in various capacities for almost four decades until his retirement as quality control auditor in 2001.

Residents of Old Tappan, N.J., for over 32 years, Jim and Priscilla Finster saw their children grow up there. After Jim’s retirement they moved to Granby, Conn., to be near their daughters and grandchildren. In retirement, Jim enjoyed gardening around his home and working on his vintage 1960 Triumph TR3 automobile. He also looked forward to family gatherings and attending events involving his grandchildren. Especially treasured were summer trips over many years to Lake George in New York State, where he spent hours sailing and teaching others to sail.

James S. Finster was still residing in Granby when he died on Oct. 3, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 51 years. Also surviving are two sons, James S., Jr. ’86 and Robert N. Finster; two daughters, Stephanie Stupienski and ­Christine Cosby; and 10 grandchildren, a great-grandson and a brother.

 

Stewart Allen Sterling ’63

Stewart Allen Sterling ’63, a nuclear scientist and engineer, grew up in Rochester, N.Y., where he was born on March 1, 1941. His parents were Lawrence ­Sterling, an advertising executive, and the former Dorothy Stewart. Interested in math and science since his youth, he was determined to obtain a liberal arts education before going on into engineering and entered Hamilton with that intention. Stew Sterling came to College Hill in 1959 following his graduation from Brighton High School in Rochester, where he had captained the swimming team. He joined Delta Upsilon and remained on the Hill for three years before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Hamilton, he was a varsity swimmer and member of the 1961-62 Continentals team, the first to be undefeated in 20 years.

After leaving MIT with his B.S. degree in 1964, Stew Sterling went out to the West Coast, where he obtained his Ph.D. in physics in 1969 from the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation, The Interaction of High Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation with Superconducting Point Contact Junctions, was later published by the University of California Press. In subsequent years he was employed as a scientist and staff engineer by various corporations, including G.A. Technologies and Ogden Environmental Sciences, both in San Diego. At Ogden, he was manager of site operations. His assignments took him abroad, at one point to West Germany, where he conducted research on nuclear fuel at the request of its government. It was said that, “With every relocation, his circle of friends grew. He never knew a stranger.”

Stew Sterling, formerly a resident of San Diego, had retired more than a decade ago to ­Anacortes, surrounded by islands north of Seattle in Washington State. There he indulged his passion for boating and all that it entailed, including fishing, crabbing and prawning as well as kayaking. Every April for many years he also headed north to Alaska for more boating and fishing.

Stewart A. Sterling, who had valiantly combated cancer for the past three-and-a-half years while never losing his zest for new experiences, died in Anacortes on April 9, 2014. He is survived by his wife, Patricia M. Sterling; two sons, Mike and Scott Sterling; and a brother. Stew Sterling was previously married, in 1965, to Karen S. Kramer.

 

James Patrick Barbour III ’64

James Patrick Barbour III ’64, a retired telecommunications manager, was born on July 17, 1942, to James P. and Eva Barker Barbour, in Englewood, N.J. He grew up in Pearl River, N.Y., bordering on New Jersey, and was graduated in 1960 from Pearl River High School as salutatorian of his class. Jim Barbour came to Hamilton that fall and joined Delta Phi, of which he became house steward and president in his senior year. He majored in English and left the College with his A.B. degree in 1964.

After his graduation, Jim Barbour entered a management trainee program at New York Telephone Co. Married on May 26, 1966, to Betsy A. Rothstein of Pearl River, he commuted to work in New York City from his home in New Jersey. He became a district manager for New York Telephone and, beginning in 1981, for American Telephone & Telegraph Co., from which he retired.

Fond of gardening, Jim Barbour was also known to family and friends as an enthusiastic do-it-yourselfer who could build or repair almost anything. He very much enjoyed travel, and his journeys over the years took him to such places as Egypt, the Baltic States and Scandinavia. Proud of his Scottish heritage, he especially enjoyed exploring Scotland and tracing his ancestral roots while there.

James P. Barbour III, ever constant in his generous support of the College, died on March 18, 2014, in his sleep at his retirement home in Venice, Fla. He is survived by his wife, Catherine C. Barbour. Also surviving are two daughters, Amanda Ozburn and Marisa de Belloy, from his first marriage and seven grandchildren.
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Alfred Jay Van Schoick ’64

Alfred Jay Van Schoick ’64, a former senior computer systems analyst for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., was born on Nov. 18, 1942, in Albany, N.Y. His parents were Alfred J. and Imogene Miller Van Schoick. He grew up in Cobleskill, N.Y., where his father managed the local office of Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., and was graduated in 1960 from Cobleskill High School. Jay Van Schoick enrolled at Hamilton that fall and joined Tau Kappa Epsilon. His interest in music led him to join John Baldwin’s Choir, in which he greatly enjoyed singing for four years, and he also sang with the Buffers. He concentrated in mathematics and earned honors in that department upon his graduation in 1964.

Jay Van Schoick pursued graduate studies in math at Lehigh University, where he acquired his M.S. degree in 1966. He went on to a Ph.D. program in the logic and methodology of science at the University of California in Berkeley and settled permanently in that state. On May 16, 1970, he and Elizabeth Kay Magretta were wed. They had two children, Kenneth D. and Katherine M. Van Schoick, fraternal twins. Jay Van Schoick was later married, in 1992, to Meredith English.

After concluding his graduate studies in 1974, Jay Van Schoick worked for a year as a diagnostic software developer for Singer Business Machines in Berkeley. In 1975, he began his long career with Pacific Gas & Electric in nearby San Francisco. Engaged in systems programming, data processing and software development, he was employed in the company’s information systems department. During those years he continued to sing with various choral groups, including the Berkeley Chorus Pro Musica, of which he became president. He also sang as bass soloist at Trinity Methodist Church in Berkeley and was a member of the Oakland Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus.

Alfred Jay Van Schoick, who later resided with his wife Meredith in Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek, Calif., had been afflicted for several years with Alzheimer’s disease. He died on Sept. 20, 2012, as recently verified by Social Security records. The College has no information regarding survivors.

 

Drew Brian Ramsey ’66

Drew Brian Ramsey ’66, an attorney-at-law and former town justice, was born on Dec. 6, 1944, in Ft. Jackson, S.C. The son of Rowland E., a hardware store manager, and Lorraine LaQuadra Ramsey, he enrolled at Hamilton in 1962 from Rhinebeck, N.Y., as a graduate of Red Hook Central School. Drew Ramsey joined Psi Upsilon and went out for baseball. As a sophomore, intending to “get in shape” for that sport, he decided to go out for indoor track, which soon displaced baseball as his athletic focus. Although he later lettered in football, track became the sport in which he truly excelled. He set Hamilton records in the 60, 100, 220 and 440, and contributed to relay team records as well. Losing only two races in his three-season collegiate career, which had included numerous State Championship meets, he became the College’s first All-American in track. He concluded that career as co-captain of the Continentals’ 1966 track team, whose runners were, in the words of Coach Gene Long, “the best all-around I’ve known.”

In addition to his athletic feats, Drew Ramsey served on the staff of The Spectator and was active in student government as a member of the Student Senate and Honor Court, and as president of Psi U in his senior year. As a junior, he was also an advisor to freshmen in Dunham dorm. Tapped for Pentagon as well as Was Los, he majored in economics and was graduated in 1966. At graduation he was awarded the James Soper Merrill Prize as best typifying the highest ideals of the College.

Drew Ramsey went on to law school at Cornell University. While there, he continued to run and was on a mile relay team that won at the Penn Relays. After receiving his J.D. degree in 1969, he joined the law firm of Woods, Oviatt, Gilman, Sturman and Clarke in Rochester, N.Y. On Jan. 22, 1972, in that city, he was wed to Mary Jane Clarey, an elementary school teacher. The couple took up permanent residence in suburban Mendon, where Drew became a member of the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. From 1984 to 1989 he served as ­Mendon town justice, and during part of that time he was also president of the Monroe County Magistrates’ Association.

Drew Ramsey was a partner in the law firm of Kamen, Berlove et al., also in Rochester, when in 1989, in his mid-40s, he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia that resulted in substantial neurological damage, from which he never fully recovered. His family and his many friends, including those he made at Hamilton, will always remember his deep commitment to them. On College Hill he will be remembered for his dedication to his alma mater and his ardent activity on its behalf as president of the Alumni Association of Rochester and in numerous other volunteer capacities.
Drew B. Ramsey’s prolonged illness ended with his death on Feb. 17, 2014. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife of 42 years. Also surviving are a son, Colin D. Ramsey ’99; a daughter, Allison Ramsey; and three grandsons and a sister.

 

Thomas James Crawford (né Czupryna), Valedictorian ’67

Thomas James Crawford (né Czupryna), Valedictorian ’67, a physician, was born on Nov. 2, 1945, in Buffalo, N.Y. The only child of Thadeus and Valentina Podosek Czupryna, he grew up in Whitesboro, outside of Utica, and was graduated in 1963 from Whitesboro Central High School. He enrolled at Hamilton that fall. He was known as T.J. Czupryna when he entered the College, but the family name was changed to Crawford before he left the Hill. The child of parents who never finished high school and the first member of his family to go to college, T.J. focused on getting an education as his primary goal. Except for serving as an engineer for the campus radio station, he pursued his studies to the virtual exclusion of everything else. It was said that he even wore a miner’s lamp on his head so that he could study while walking at night from the library to his dorm. His dedication resulted in numerous academic awards, including the Holbrook Prize in Biology, his major. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he was graduated in 1967 as first in his class and with one of the highest grade-point averages in the history of the College up to that time.

With the strong endorsement of Dean Winton Tolles and the faculty’s premedical committee, T.J. Crawford went on to Cornell University Medical College. On Dec. 19, 1970, he and Ruth H. Ralston, then a student at Cornell’s School of Nursing, were married. After acquiring his M.D. degree in 1972 and interning at New York Hospital, Dr. Crawford served his residency at Youngstown Hospital in Ohio. He later practiced emergency medicine in Binghamton, N.Y. In 1992, he moved to California, where he most recently maintained his practice in San Jose. He became a specialist in medical marijuana and assisted many patients in ameliorating the painful effects of debilitating diseases. For that he earned their heartfelt gratitude, which gave him great satisfaction.

Thomas J. Crawford died unexpectedly at his home in Santa Clara, Calif., on June 26, 2014. He is survived by two sons, James Crawford Ralston and Nathan Crawford Ralston, as well as his former wife.

 

Thomas Earl Hebert, Jr. ’67

Thomas Earl Hebert, Jr. ’67, a dentist specializing in endodontics (root canal therapy), was born on Aug. 1, 1945, in Atlantic City, N.J. A son of Thomas E., employed with the Bell Telephone System, and Jean Walsh Hebert, he attended Watertown (N.Y.) High School. After his family moved to the Utica area, he was graduated in 1963 from New Hartford High School. Tom Hebert came up the Hill to Hamilton that fall and joined Chi Psi. He majored in biology and left the College with his diploma in 1967. Shortly thereafter, on June 17, he and Joyce Ann Murphy were married in New Hartford.

Tom Hebert soon enrolled in the School of Dentistry at the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he acquired his D.D.S. degree in 1971. He subsequently served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, practicing general dentistry at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware until his discharge as a captain in 1973. He briefly practiced dentistry in Pittsburgh before entering specialty training in endodontics at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Having obtained his certification in 1977, he joined a group practice in endodontics in Albany, N.Y. Two years later, he returned to his home area to establish his practice in Utica.

Tom Hebert was devoted to his profession, to which he was keenly committed and in which he took great pride. He was both a lifelong learner and an avid teacher who contributed to furthering the education of ­fellow dentists and oral surgeons as a staff member of St. Luke’s Memorial Hospital and as a ­lecturer. Locally he, along with fellow dentist Patrick J. Cardinale ’72, gained media attention for excursions into “tigerdontics” by successfully performing root canal procedures on Siberian tigers at the Utica Zoo.

When not professionally engaged, Tom Hebert enjoyed skiing, golfing, gardening and cooking. He was also fond of listening to the Rolling Stones. Long a resident of Clinton, where he could glimpse the College Chapel from his window, he served as a member of the ­vestry of St. James Episcopal Church. In addition, he was ­generously supportive of Hamilton.

Thomas E. Hebert, Jr. was still residing in Clinton when he died on March 1, 2014. Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife of 25 years, the former Jill Bennett, daughter of Sidney B. Bennett ’28, Hamilton’s longtime secretary of admission. Also surviving are two daughters from Dr. Hebert’s previous ­marriage, Brook Sargent and Jessica Gada, as well as two grandchildren and a brother and two sisters. He was predeceased by his stepson, Christopher ­Bennett Topping, in 2007. Other family members include his uncle, ­Philip W. Bresee ‘48.