Jerome H. St. Clair ’49 died April 11, 2014, in Damariscotta. He was born on January 31, 1928, in Newark, N.J., son of Frank A. St. Clair ’21, and graduated from Millburn (N.J.) High School. Continue reading →

Dr. Peter J. Fennel ’49 died April 9, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was born on November 28, 1928, in Alexandria, La., and prepared for college at South Portland High School. Continue reading →

John E. Hooke ’37 died on April 7, 2014, in Mystic, Connecticut, at the age of ninety-nine. Continue reading →

Thomas A. Cooper ’44 died in April 2014 in Houston, Texas. If any additional information becomes available to us, we will post it here.

Ronald W. Sawyer ’45 died on March 30, 2014, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Bruce G. MacDermid ’69 died March 28, 2014, in Guilford, Connecticut. Continue reading →

Michael R. McAvoy ’70 died March 28, 2014, in Wellesley Hills, Mass. He was born on June 19, 1948, in Brunswick, son of Robert E. McAvoy ’50, and graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill. Continue reading →

William S. Burnham ’52 died March 27, 2014, in Sarasota, Fla., during open heart surgery. He was born in Portland on March 21, 1930, son of the late Harold N. Burnham of the Bowdoin Class of 1911, and he graduated from Deering High School. Continue reading →

Bernard A. LeBeau ’48 died at his home March 18, 2014, in Amherst, Mass. He was born in Adams, Mass., on April 10, 1925, and graduated from the former Adams High School. Continue reading →

Peter T. C. Bramhall ’56 died on March 13, 2014, in Falmouth, Maine. Continue reading →

Everett W. Gray ’48 died on his eighty-seventh birthday, March 12, 2014, in Ormond Beach, Fla. He was born on March 12, 1927, in Presque Isle, and graduated from Presque Isle High School, where he was class president. Continue reading →

Robert S. Vernick ’60 died March 12, 2014, in Swampscott, Mass. He was born in Lynn, Mass., on September 7, 1938, and graduated from Lynn English High School. A member of Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity, he went on to earn a master’s in business administration from Boston University in 1962. Continue reading →

Douglas R. Teece ’54 died on March 11, 2014, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Continue reading →

David R. Wood ’55 died March 9, 2014, in Livingston, Mont. He was born on January 18, 1933, in Chicago, and prepared for college at Hinsdale (Ill.) High School and Millburn (N.J.) High School. He attended Bowdoin from 1951 to 1953, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

William J. Zigmund G’73 died March 8, 2014, in Green Bay, Wis., following a four-year battle with cancer. He was born in Manitowoc, Wis., on Jul 21, 1942, and graduated from Manitowoc High School in 1960. He earned a bachelor of arts in mathematics, then a master of arts in education in 1965, both from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; and a master of science from Bowdoin. Continue reading →

The Reverend Lewis C. Johnson ’69 died March 7, 2014, in New York, New York. Continue reading →

Wendell P. Koch ’56 died on October 16, 2014, in Melbourne, Florida. We’re preparing his full Bowdoin obituary, which will appear here in the near future.

Edward R. Murphy Jr. ’49 died on March 2, 2014, in Miami, Florida.  Continue reading →

Fred J. Dambrie Sr. ’40 died on February 27, 2014, at his home in Portland, Maine. Continue reading →

Clayton D. Bennett ’59 died February 27, 2014, at his home in Dexter. He was born on April 24, 1937, in Dexter, and he graduated from Dexter High School. He was a member of the Meddiebempsters and president of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Donald F. Mortland ’50 died February 27, 2014, in Searsport. He was born on January 20, 1927, in Searsport, and graduated as valedictorian of Searsport High School.

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Thomas C. Shortell ’49 died February 24, 2014, in Washington, D.C. He was born in Boston on November 13, 1925, and prepared for college at LaSalle Military Academy and Berkeley Preparatory School. He served to corporal in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was a member Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Continue reading →

Pamela Richards Cohan ’80 died in August 2013, in Burlington, Vt. She was born on June 3, 1958, in Metheun, Mass., and prepared for college at Abbott Academy and Phillips Academy. Continue reading →

Warren H. Weatherill ’53 died February 18, 2014, in Seattle, Wash. He was born on May 14, 1931, in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of Philip F. Weatherill, Class of 1916, and graduated from University High School. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Continue reading →

Leo J. Maheu ’77 died February 17, 2014, at his home in North Andover, Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Carl Frank Barron ’38, business innovator and philanthropist, died on February 16, 2014, in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the age of ninety-seven.

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Charles R. Forker ’51, professor of English emeritus at Indiana University, died on February 15, 2014, in Bloomington, Indiana. Continue reading →

Alan D. Bernstein ’59 died February 16, 2014, in New York City. He was born on January 31, 1938, in New York City, and graduated from the New Lincoln School. Continue reading →

Livingston Wright Jr. ’52 died February 8, 2014, in Wellfleet, Mass. He was born on April 9, 1930, in Boston, and prepared for college at Marshfield (Mass.) High School and Boston English High School. Continue reading →

Robert E. Michaud ’46 died February 7, 2014, in Bedford, Mass. He was born in Salem, Mass., on June 6, 1925, and prepared for college at Brunswick High School and Deering High School, where he was an honors student and captain of the track team. Continue reading →

Edgar A. Beem Jr. ’49 died February 6, 2014, at Brentwood Center for Health & Rehabilitation in Yarmouth. He was born on February 10, 1924, in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Deering High School in 1942 and Maine Maritime Academy in 1944. He served aboard U.S. Merchant Marine Liberty ships in the Mediterranean and Atlantic during World War II then enrolled at Bowdoin, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Continue reading →

Bruce W. Barrett ’50 died February 5, 2014, in Wellesley, Mass. He was born on July 30, 1924, in Topsham, graduated from Brunswick High School in 1942, and joined the Navy. He served as a Sonarman Harbor Defense Third Class in the Pacific. Continue reading →

Judson R. Merrill ’46 died February 1, 2014, in Cape Coral, Fla. He was born in Gardner, Mass., on July 4, 1925, and prepared for college at Deering High School in Portland. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he attended Bowdoin from 1943 to 1944, then joined the Navy. Continue reading →

Charles G. Hatch ’35 died on January 29, 2014, in North Andover, Massachusetts, at the age of 100. Continue reading →

Herbert A. Miller ’57 died January 26, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. He was born in Boston on September 6, 1934, and prepared for college at Brookline (Mass.) High School and Huntington School. Continue reading →

George A. Parsons Jr. ’49 died in January 2014, in Greenville, S.C. He was born in Portland on May 29, 1923, and graduated from Deering High School. Continue reading →

Donald C. Seamans ’51 died January 22, 2014, at his home in Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Swampscott, Mass., on June 19, 1927. Continue reading →

Richard W. Blanchard Sr. ’50 died January 21, 2014, at his home in Winthrop. He was born on October 1, 1926, in Wollaston, Mass., and graduated from Arlington (Mass.) High School, where he played football and hockey and was captain of the baseball team. He then enlisted in the Army Air Forces and, after his discharge, enrolled at Bowdoin, where he played on the varsity ice hockey and baseball teams. Continue reading →

Joseph D. Vacchiano ’51 died January 16, 2014, at his home in Westbrook, of pancreatic cancer. He was born on August 12, 1929, in Yarmouth, and graduated from South Portland High School. He attended Bowdoin from 1947 to 1950, a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. Continue reading →

William I. Barton ’41 died January 15, 2014, at his home in Concord, Mass. He was born in Amherst, Mass., on May 9, 1919, and prepared for college at Amherst High School and Monson Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was the first Bowdoin student to be drafted during World War II. Continue reading →

Col. David E. Farnham ’52 died January 14, 2014, in Reston, Va. He was born in Augusta on January 11, 1928, the son of Edward Farnham ’27, and prepared for Bowdoin at Deering High School and Portland Junior College. A member of Chi Psi fraternity, he went on to receive a master’s degree in philosophy from Boston University in 1958. Continue reading →

James M. Fleming ’62 died on January 9, 2014, in Frankfort, Michigan. Continue reading →

Lawrence R. Sawyer ’75 died January 9, 2014, in South Casco. He was born on March 11, 1953, at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, and prepared for Bowdoin at Gorham (Maine) High School—where he was class president all four years and an Eagle Scout—the University of Maine-Portland/Gorham and Boston University, before transferring to and graduating cum laude from Bowdoin in 1976. Continue reading →

Lawrence R. Sawyer ’75 died on January 9, 2014, in South Casco, Maine. Continue reading →

Sheldon E. Carbee ’45 died January 6, 2014, at the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Jaffrey, N.H. He was born in Boston on June 13, 1922, and prepared for college at Melrose (Mass.) High School and Governor Dummer Academy. Bowdoin granted him a Certificate of Honor in 1945; he graduated in 1946, remaining a member of the class of 1945. Continue reading →

Orville Z. Tyler III ’56 died on January 6, 2014, in Mt. Pleasant, Alabama. Continue reading →

Bradford W. Drake III ’45 died January 5, 2014, in Ocala, Fla. He was born on May 20, 1922, in Stoughton, Mass., and prepared for college at Stoughton High School and Mt. Herman Prep School. He served to lieutenant as a bomber pilot in the Army Air Forces in France and Liberia during the height of World War II and was promoted to captain in the Air Force Reserves, where he served from 1950 to 1960. Continue reading →

Robert G. Page ’41 died January 4, 2014, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was born on December 4, 1919, in Fort Kent, and prepared for college at Stearns High School and Hebron Academy. A member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Bowdoin, he attended Tufts Medical School from 1941 to 1942. Continue reading →

Thomas J. Seaton, Jr. ’45 died January 2, 2014, in Moosup, Conn. He was born on August 5, 1922, on Fishers Island, N.Y., and prepared for college at Plainfield High School and Suffield Academy. He attended Bowdoin from 1941 to 1942, a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Continue reading →