Obituaries : Alumni

Jerome P. Solomon ’54

Jerome P. Solomon ’54 died August 30, 2013, in Winchester, Mass. He was born in Boston on April 25, 1932, and prepared for college at Salem (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity and went on to earn a master’s of business administration from Boston University in 1956. He was a certified public accountant and managing partner at Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co. (later Pannell Kerr Forster) for more than fifty years. Continue reading →

Henry E. Hanson ’51

Henry E. Hanson ’51 died August 28, 2013, in Brockton, Mass. He was born in Providence, R.I., on February 18, 1926, and prepared for college at South Hadley High School. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and a World War II Navy veteran.

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Edwin E. “Dunk” Leason Jr. ’48

Edwin E. “Dunk” Leason Jr. ’48 died August 27, 2013, at his home in Great Barrington, Mass. He was born on January 9, 1924, in Boston, and prepared for Bowdoin at Hyde Park (Mass.) High School, Northeastern University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Continue reading →

Frank L. Emerson ’46

Frank L. Emerson ’46 died August 26, 2013, at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was born in Island Falls on April 12, 1923, son of the late Roswell D. Emerson ’20, and prepared for college at Island Falls High School and Hebron Academy. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, he had his education interrupted by World War II. Continue reading →

William U. Small ’48

William U. Small ’48 died August 18, 2013, in Topsham. He was born on February 14, 1927, in Caribou and graduated from Caribou High School. He studied for one semester at the University of Maine–Orono and one semester at Bowdoin, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He left to join the Army after World War II and served to private first class. Continue reading →

Hugh M. Stephenson ’49

Hugh M. Stephenson ’49 died August 16, 2013, in Oakwood, Ohio. He was born on July 5, 1927, in New York City, and prepared for college at Forest Hills (N.Y.) High School and St. Paul’s School. He attended Bowdoin from 1945 to 1946, a member of Zeta Psi fraternity, before being drafted into the Army after World War II. Continue reading →

Bradlee M. Backman ’48

Bradlee M. Backman ’48 died August 15, 2013, at his home in Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Marblehead on November 27, 1926, and prepared for college at Lynn (Mass.) English High School. He was a member of Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

George L. Whitney ’48

George L. Whitney ’48 died August 9, 2013, in Portland. He was born in Portland on July 25, 1917, and prepared for Bowdoin at Deering High School, Portland Junior College, and Guilmant Organ School, where he graduated second in his class. He was drafted into the Army during World War II and served five years as a classifying and assigning personnel specialist. Continue reading →

Thomas W. “Will” Joy ’54

Thomas W. “Will” Joy ’54 died August 5, 2013, at his home in Orleans, Mass. He was born in Winchester, Mass., on December 11, 1932, son of the late John H. Joy of the Class of 1912, and prepared for college at Winchester High School. He spent his teen summers as a St. Croix Voyageur, later becoming a Junior Maine Guide. Continue reading →

Robert W. Wray ’52

Robert W. Wray ’52 died August 5, 2013, in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was born in Bangor, on March 2, 1928, and graduated from Bangor High School. He was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and a veteran of the Army. Continue reading →

Harold N. Burnham Jr. ’48

Harold N. Burnham Jr. ’48 died July 31, 2013, at his home in Raymond. He was born in Portland on March 21, 1927, son of the late Harold N. Burnham Sr. of the Class of 1911, and graduated from Deering High School. He graduated cum laude from Bowdoin and taught at Scattergood Friends School in Iowa. Continue reading →

Dr. Robert B. Hunter ’47

Dr. Robert B. Hunter ’47 died July 31, 2013, at his home in Villa Park, Ill. He was born on December 13, 1926, in Washington, D.C., and prepared for college at St. Albans School, where he sang for the associated Washington Cathedral Boys Choir and graduated cum laude. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and sang in the Bowdoin Chapel Choir and Glee Club. Continue reading →

Robert M. Livingston ’44

Robert M. Livingston ’44 died July 21, 2013, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was born on December 31, 1919, in New York City, and prepared for college at John Burroughs School, Kirkwood High School, and the Taft School. A member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, he left Bowdoin in 1942 to join the Navy, where he served to aviation machinists mate first class. Continue reading →

Glenn H. Matthews ’59

Glenn H. Matthews ’59 died July 17, 2013, in Wilmot, N.H., of Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on June 28, l937, in Quincy, Mass., and prepared for college at Braintree (Mass.) High School. He was a member of Chi Psi fraternity and a graduate of ROTC. Upon graduation, he served to second lieutenant in the Army. Continue reading →

Joseph P. Frary ’61

Joseph P. Frary ’61 died July 11, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manila, Philippines. He died of liver cancer, after surviving a brain tumor, melanoma, and colon cancer. He was born in Farmington on August 26, 1939, and graduated from Farmington High School, which he attended wearing a jacket and tie every day. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, president of Phi Delta Psi, a James Bowdoin Scholar, and dean’s list student. Continue reading →

Leander A. Guite Jr. ’53

Leander A. Guite Jr. ’53 died July 7, 2013, in East Boothbay. He was born in Waterville on August 16, 1931, and prepared for college at St. John’s Preparatory School. After Bowdoin, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, he graduated from Tufts University Medical School in 1957. He served to captain in the Army Medical Corps in Korea with the 11th EVAC and at Valley Forge Army Hospital. Continue reading →

Abimbola O. Ogunsola ’67

Abimbola O. Ogunsola ’67 died June 29, 2013, at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was born on June 22, 1944, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. After completing his secondary education at Government College in Ibadan and Igbobi College in Lagos, he was accepted to the African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU) and was granted a full scholarship to Bowdoin. Continue reading →

David G. Lavender ’55

David G. Lavender ’55 died February 16, 2013, in Green Valley, Ariz. He was born on June 27, 1934, in Denver and prepared for college at The Thacher School in Ojai, Calif. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After two years in the Army, where he served to sergeant, he worked at a variety of jobs before beginning a career in college administration, as assistant director of development at Harvey Mudd College from 1960 to 1963, director of development at Carleton College from 1963 to 1970, and vice president for development at Colgate University from 1970 to 1973. Continue reading →

John C. Schmeidel ’78

John C. Schmeidel ’78 died June 25, 2013, in Taipei, Taiwan, of liver failure. He was born on February 6, 1957, in Phoenix, Ariz., and prepared for college at Dulaney Senior High School. A dean’s list student who achieved high honors in every class his junior year, he graduated from Bowdoin magna cum laude, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a James Bowdoin Scholar. Continue reading →

A. Chandler Schmalz ’45

A. Chandler Schmalz ’45 died June 23, 2013, in Conyers, Ga. He was born in Dedham, Mass., on June 30, 1924, and graduated from Dedham High School. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute while in the Navy and Boston University Medical School for one year after Bowdoin, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Continue reading →

Roy E. Weymouth Jr. ’61

Roy E. Weymouth Jr. ’61, former Bowdoin physician and medical director, died June 19, 2013, at his home on Bailey Island. He was born on September 8, 1939, in Fitchburg, Mass., and graduated from Fitchburg High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He went on to graduate from the Tufts University School of Medicine in 1965. Continue reading →

Robert C. Miller ’47

Robert C. Miller ’47, a scholar, teacher, and administrator at The Thacher School in Ojai for twenty-five years, died June 17, 2013, in Ojai, Calif. He was born in Boston on February 28, 1926, and graduated from Melrose (Mass.) High School. A member of Chi Psi fraternity, he graduated cum laude from Bowdoin in 1946—a year early—with honors in English, a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Continue reading →

Leonidas B. Southerland III ’55

Leonidas B. Southerland III ’55 died June 14, 2013, in Marietta, Ga. He was born in Miami on October 6, 1932, and prepared for Bowdoin at College de Petionville in Petionville, Haiti, and Christ School in Arden, N.C. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Everett P. “Peter” Strong Jr. ’58

Everett P. “Peter” Strong Jr. ’58 died June 10, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. He was born on November 11, 1936, in Hartford, Conn., and prepared for college at the Loomis School (now Loomis-Chaffee). He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and served to specialist third class in the Army. Continue reading →

Gerald M. Lewis ’54

Gerald M. Lewis ’54, the “lawyer with the golden voice,” died June 1, 2013, in Boston, of heart disease. He was born in Boston on June 23, 1928, and prepared for Bowdoin at Deering High School, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Portland Junior College, from which he transferred with an associate’s degree. Continue reading →

Ronald E. Tripp ’59

Ronald E. Tripp ’59 died May 28, 2013, in Limington. He was born in Portland on June 22, 1937, and graduated as salutatorian of South Portland High School’s class of 1955. He played football and threw javelin at high school and at Bowdoin, where he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. After Bowdoin, he joined Tripp Oil Company, a family business begun by his parents in 1933, and remained active in the business until its sale in 1983. Continue reading →

Daniel H. Silver ’53

Daniel H. Silver ’53 died May 28, 2013, at his home in Somerville, Mass. He was born in Melrose, Mass., on April 25, 1931, and prepared for college at Philips Academy Andover and Browne and Nichols Preparatory School. He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Carl J. Cooper ’49

Carl J. Cooper ’49 died May 28, 2013, in Sedona, Ariz. He was born in Marlboro, Mass., on June 14, 1927, and prepared for college at Portland High School. He was a member of Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity. He earned a master’s of education at Boston University in 1954 and a doctorate at the University of Massachusetts in 1962. Continue reading →

Brent A. Corson ’68

Brent A. Corson ’68 died May 24, 2013, at his home in Skowhegan. He was born on February 14, 1946, and graduated from Skowhegan High School. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. A talented pianist and member of the Glee Club and Chapel Choir, he was the winner of the Sue Winchell Burnett Prize in Music, awarded to the senior who “has made the most significant contribution to music while a student at Bowdoin.” Continue reading →

Richard Condike ’45

Richard Condike ’45 died May 22, 2013, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. He was born in Brockton on June 24, 1923, and prepared for college at Brighton (Mass.) High School and Brookline (Mass.) High School. A member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, he graduated from Bowdoin cum laude in 1946 but remained a member of the class of 1945. Continue reading →

William J. Georgitis ’42

William J. Georgitis ’42 died May 19, 2013, at Seal Rock Nursing Facility in Saco. He was born in Hartford, Conn., on January 3, 1921, and graduated from Bristol (Conn.) High School. A member of Zeta Psi fraternity, he graduated cum laude from Bowdoin, a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Continue reading →

G. Frederick Lombard ’57

G. Frederick Lombard ’57 died May 10, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. He was born in Caribou on August 4, 1936, and prepared for college at Caribou High School. He attended Bowdoin from 1953 to 1954, a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity, before entering the U.S. Naval Academy, where he majored in engineering and graduated in 1958. Continue reading →

Edward B. Hayes ’78

Edward B. Hayes ’78 died of a heart attack May 9, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico, grew up in Mexico, Iraq, Switzerland, Colombia, and the United States, and prepared for college at Phillips Academy Andover. At Bowdoin, where he was a dean’s list student and a James Bowdoin Scholar, he helped start the Saltwater College, a series of events designed to heighten the awareness of the ocean, encourage use of the sea in a various disciplines, and to stimulate interest in the marine environment. Continue reading →