Baha Mahdi ’76 died on January 18, 2008.

He was born Roger N. Brown on October 24, 1954, in Cincinnati, and changed his name after graduating from Bowdoin. He prepared for college at More Hall Prep School in Pomfret, Conn., and spent the fall of 1974 studying in Vienna. He was active in Masque and Gown and was a member of Chi Psi fraternity.