James E. Ward III, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, dean of the college, and former director of the Senior Center program, died on November 11, 2013, in Brunswick, Maine following a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Continue reading
Obituaries : Faculty
Janet Aitken
Janet Aitken died on June 29, 2013, in Brooklyn, Connecticut. Continue reading
Miriam W. Barndt-Webb
Miriam W. Barndt-Webb died on April 17, 2013, in Brunswick, Maine. Continue reading
Eugene C. Royster
Eugene C. Royster, Ph.D., former professor of sociology at Bowdoin, died in March 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. Continue reading
Carl N. Schmalz Jr.
Carl N. Schmalz Jr., former Bowdoin art professor and art museum director, died on February 22, 2013, in Saco, Maine. Continue reading
Thomas B. Cornell
Thomas B. Cornell, Richard E. Steele Artist-in-Residence Emeritus, died on December 7, 2012, in Brunswick, Maine, of cancer. Continue reading
Leslie C. Shaw
Leslie C. Shaw, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, died on August 29, 2012, in Portland, Maine from complications following surgery at Maine Medical Center.
Herbert R. Coursen Jr.
Herbert R. Coursen, Jr., longtime Bowdoin English professor and literary scholar, died on December 3, 2011, at his home in Brunswick, Maine.
Marion Brown ’74
Marion Brown ’74 died on October 18, 2010, in Hollywood, Florida. Continue reading
John D. Langlois
John D. Langlois died on August 19, 2010, in New York, New York. Continue reading
Clifford R. Thompson, Jr.
Clifford R. Thompson, Jr., professor of romance languages emeritus who taught Spanish at Bowdoin for 34 years, died on March 4, 2010, in Portland, Maine. Continue reading
John L. Howland ’57
John L. Howland ’57, Bowdoin’s Josiah Little Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of biology and biochemistry emeritus, died on October 18, 2009, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick following a brief illness.
Harlan Berkley Peabody Jr. ’50
Harlan Berkley Peabody Jr. ’50, a literary scholar and one-time professor of comparative literature and ancient Greek at Bowdoin, died on February 22, 2009, at home in Auburn, New Hampshire.
William Bolling Whiteside
William Bolling Whiteside, Bowdoin’s Frank Munsey Professor of History Emeritus and an honorary member of the Bowdoin College Alumni Association, died on November 25, 2007, in Yarmouth, Maine.
Philip Conway Beam
Philip Conway Beam, who joined the Bowdoin faculty in 1936 and retired in 1982 as the Henry Johnson Professor of Art and Archaeology, died on December 25, 2005, in Lewiston, Maine.
Richard Sherman Fleming
Richard Sherman Fleming, died on October 21, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine.
Paul Luther Nyhus
Paul Luther Nyhus, former dean of students, former dean of the college, and Frank Andrew Munsey Professor of History Emeritus, died on August 17, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine.
Edward Pols
Edward Pols, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Emeritus, died on August 14, 2005, in Brunswick, Maine.
Matilda White Riley H’72
Matilda White Riley H’72, died on Sunday, November 14, 2004, in Brunswick, Maine.