Obituaries : Alumni

Herbert S. Sawyer ’48

 

Herbert S. Sawyer ’48 died January 2, 2014, in a car accident in Prince Frederick, Md. He was born in Fort Fairfield on August 12, 1927, son of Alfred L. Sawyer, Class of 1904, and he prepared for college at Fort Fairfield (Maine) High School, where he was valedictorian. A member of Sigma Nu fraternity, he graduated in 1951 remaining a member of the class of the 1948. Continue reading →

Herbert T. Silsby II ’48

Herbert T. Silsby II ’48, lawyer, jurist, historian, and author, died December 29, 2013, at his home in Ellsworth. He was born in Brewer, on February 8, 1925, and prepared for college at Ellsworth High School and Higgins Classical Institute. He served to private in the Army, then graduated a year early from Bowdoin in 1947, remaining a member of the class of 1948. Continue reading →

Arthur F. Williams ’50

Arthur F. Williams ’50 died December 28, 2013, Stowe, Vt., He was born on July 3, 1926, in Bath, and prepared for college at St. Georges, Choate, and Clark schools. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and went on to study political science for two years at the University of Vermont. Continue reading →

William E. Nieman Jr. ’55

William E. Nieman Jr. ’55 died December 25, 2013, in Gates Mills, Ohio. He was born on November 15, 1932, in Newark, N.J., and prepared for college at Columbia High School and Fryeburg Academy. He was captain of his tennis team and was state champion for two years. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Continue reading →

Edgar M. Cousins ’52

Edgar M. Cousins ’52 died December 22, 2013, at his home in Ft. Pierce, Fla. He was born in Old Town on October 8, 1928, son of the late Edgar F. Cousins ’12, and prepared for college at Old Town High School and Phillips Exeter Academy. He attended Princeton University for one year before transferring to Bowdoin, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Frederick H. Clarkson, Jr. ’45

Frederick H. Clarkson, Jr. ’45 died December 20, 2013, in Springfield, Mass. He was born on March 28, 1923, in New York City, and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. He was a member of Chi Psi fraternity at Bowdoin, and he studied for a year at College of the City of New York. Continue reading →

Brian H. Flynn ’57

Brian H. Flynn ’57 died December 19, 2013, in Sarasota, Fla. He was born on October 20, 1934, in Gardner, Mass., and prepared for college at Salem (Mass.) High School and Cushing Academy. He played varsity ice hockey at Bowdoin and was a dean’s list student and a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Frederick T. Smith ’44

Frederick T. Smith ’44 died December 16, 2013, in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was born on June 18, 1920, in Ticonderoga, N.Y., and prepared for college at the Loomis School and Darrow School. Continue reading →

David A. Henshaw ’64

David A. Henshaw ’64 died December 15, 2013, in Leominster, Mass. He was born on October 22, 1942, in Baltimore, Md., and prepared for Bowdoin at Hempstead (N.Y.) High School. A member of Phi Delta Psi fraternity, he went on to earn a diploma in drama from Victoria University in 1972. Continue reading →

Lawrence F. Deane ’46

Lawrence F. Deane ’46 died December 12, 2013, in Florence, Mass. He was born on October 20, 1923, in Holyoke, Mass., and prepared for college at Rosary High School and Bridgton Academy. In 1942, he entered Bowdoin—lettering in baseball, basketball and football—but left to follow his two older brothers into World War II. Continue reading →

William S. Coperthwaite Jr. ’53

William S. Coperthwaite Jr. ’53, who reconceptualized the ancient Mongolian yurt and started a movement in simple, self-sufficient living, died November 26, 2013, in a car accident in Washington, Maine. He discovered the yurt in a 1962 National Geographic and was taken with its utilitarian design. He built his first yurt—a simple, round structure with a birch-bark roof—at Buck’s Harbor in 1964 and went on to build more than 300 worldwide over the course of his life. Continue reading →

Peter G. Dunn ’54

Peter G. Dunn ’54 died November 24, 2013, at his home in Center Ossipee, N.H. He was born on July 1, 1933, in Cambridge, Mass., and prepared for Bowdoin at The Holderness School and University of New Hampshire summer session. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and served a tour of duty with the Army in Anchorage. Continue reading →

Stephen P. Carlson ’42

Stephen P. Carlson ’42 died November 23, 2013, in Davis, Calif. He was born on August 26, 1919, in Santa Monica, Calif., and graduated from Venice High School, where he was class president and a member of the school swim team. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Continue reading →

Frederick J. Maroth ’52

Frederick J. Maroth ’52, founder of the Music & Arts record label, died November 22, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. He was born on June 12, 1929, in Budapest, Hungary, prepared for college at Lutheran Secondary School, and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of nineteen. Continue reading →

James H. Sibson ’50

James H. Sibson ’50 died November 21, 2013, in Buzzards Bay, Mass. He was born on September 26, 1926, in Framingham, Mass., and prepared for college at Framingham High School. Upon graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and became a scout observer in China during World War II. After his discharge, he entered Bowdoin, where he was captain of the football team. Continue reading →

Peter C. Dalton ’67

Peter C. Dalton ’67, associate professor of philosophy at Florida State University, died November 20, 2013, at his home in Havana, Fla. He was born in Boston on January 12, 1945, and graduated from Wellesley (Mass.) High School, where he played varsity football and basketball. He attended Bowdoin from 1963 to 1964, a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Continue reading →

Richard J. McCarthy ’51

Richard J. McCarthy ’51 died November 20, 2013, in Salem, Mass. He was born in Melrose, Mass., on October 12, 1923, and prepared for college at Malden (Mass.) High School and Dean Academy. Upon graduation from high school, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was stationed for three years in Hawaii. Following his discharge as a sergeant, he did a prep year at Dean before entering Bowdoin, where he was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. Continue reading →

Roger E. Conklin ’51

Roger E. Conklin ’51 died November 17, 2013, at his home in Thomasville, Ga. He was born in High Point, N.C., on March 18, 1926, and prepared for college at Curtis High School and the Peddie School. He served in the American Field Service in Burma during World War II, then attended Bowdoin College from 1946 to 1948. Continue reading →

Paul W. Hurd II ’71

Paul W. Hurd II ’71, a longtime teacher and former head of the Hyde School in Bath, died in a car accident November 13, 2013, in Bath. He was born on December 16, 1947, in Bath and prepared for college at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Va.; Lincoln Academy, Morse High School, and Hyde School, where in 1966, he was the first student to enroll. He also scored the school’s first touchdown and went on to teach government there for more than thirty-five years. Continue reading →

James E. Gillen ’67

James E. Gillen ’67 died November 10, 2013, in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Los Angeles on December 3, 1946, and prepared for college at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. He transferred to Bowdoin after two years at UCLA and graduated in 1968. Continue reading →

Joseph S. Cronin ’43

Joseph S. Cronin ’43 died November 6, 2013, in Auburn. He was born in Lewiston, on February 8, 1922, son of the late Eugene J. Cronin of the Class of 1916, and graduated from Lewiston High School. A member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he went on to graduate from Harvard Business School. Continue reading →

Henry S. Maxfield ’45

Henry S. Maxfield ’45 died November 3, 2013, in Wolfeboro, N.H. He was born in Boston on June 4, 1923, and prepared for college at the Browne & Nichols School. He served to first lieutenant the Army Air Corps during World War II, serving as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator operating out of England. Continue reading →

Donald M. Zuckert ’56

Donald M. Zuckert ’56 H’06, former chairman of the Board of Trustees and one of Madison Avenue’s original “Mad Men,” died of a heart attack on October 13, 2013. Continue reading →