Frederick Wiseman H’04 died on February 16, 2026, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Obituaries : Honorary
Robert H. Edwards H’01
Robert H. Edwards H’01 died on November 30, 2025, in Newcastle, Maine.
President of the College, 1990-2001; Emeritus 2001
Donald R. Kurtz ’52, H’05
Donald R. Kurtz ’52, H’05 died on October 20, 2025, in Stamford, Connecticut. Continue reading
Ann E. St. Onge Staff
Ann E. St. Onge Staff died on September 28, 2025, in Scarborough, Maine.
Nurse, Dudley Coe Infirmary, 25 years; Honorary member, Bowdoin Alumni Association
Agnes Gund H’12
Agnes Gund H’12 died on September 19, 2025, in New York, New York.
Wilhelm Haas ’53, H ’88
Wilhelm Haas ’53, H ’88 died on October 18, 2024, in Bonn, Germany.
Katherine Porter H’92
Katherine Porter H’92 died on April 22, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. Continue reading
Joseph E. Brennan H’85
Joseph E. Brennan H’85 died on April 6, 2024, in Portland, Maine. Continue reading
Sister Lucy Anne Poulin H’76
Sister Lucy Anne Poulin H’76 died on October 14, 2023, in East Orland, Maine. Continue reading
Tina Howe H’88
Tina Howe H’88 died on August 28, 2023, in New York, New York.
John W. Stevens H’72
John W. Stevens H’72 died on July 22, 2023, in Calais, Maine. Continue reading
William R. Cotter H’87
William R. Cotter H’87 died on March 9, 2023, in Concord, Massachusetts. Continue reading
C. Lee Herter H’13
C. Lee Herter H’13 died on September 20, 2022, in Manchester, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Soon Cho ’60, H’94
Soon Cho ’60, H’94 died on June 23, 2022, in Seoul, Korea. Continue reading
Roger Angell H’06
Roger Angell H’06 died on May 20, 2022, in New York, New York. Continue reading
Madeleine K. Albright H’13
Madeleine K. Albright H’13 died on March 23, 2022, in Washington, DC. Continue reading
Horst Albach ’59, H’99
Horst Albach ’59, H’99 died on December 25, 2021, in Bad Godesberg, Germany. Continue reading
Peter S. Buck ’52, H’08
Peter S. Buck ’52, H’08 died on November 18, 2021, in Danbury, Connecticut Continue reading
David E. Swensen H’15
David E. Swensen H’15 died on May 5, 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut. Continue reading
Bernard Lown H’88
Bernard Lown H’88 died on February 16, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Ved P. Mehta H’95
Ved P. Mehta H’95 died on January 9, 2021 in New York, New York. Continue reading
Raymond S. Troubh ’50, H’03
Raymond S. Troubh ’50, H’03 died on August 24, 2020, in New York. Continue reading
Molly Neptune Parker H’15
Molly Neptune Parker H’15 died on June 12, 2020 in Calais, Maine. Continue reading
Eavan Boland H’04
Eavan Boland H’04 died on April 27, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland. Continue reading
David C. Driskell H’89
David C. Driskell H’89 died on April 1, 2020 in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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Henry M. Cobb H’85
Henry M. Cobb H’85 died on March 2, 2020 in New York, New York. Continue reading
Kenneth Paigen H’02
Kenneth Paigen H’02 died on February 15, 2020, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Continue reading
Robert H. Binswanger H’90
Robert H. Binswanger H’90 died on March 16, 2019, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Continue reading
Rosalyne S. Bernstein H’97, P’77
Rosalyne S. Bernstein H’97, P’77, trustee emerita, died on December 30, 2018, in Portland, Maine.
Merton G. Henry ’50, H’84
Merton G. Henry ’50, H’84 died on April 6, 2018, in Portland, Maine.
Henry A. Millon H’11
Henry A. Millon H’11 died on April 2, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Paul P. Brountas ’54, H’97
Paul P. Brountas ’54, H’97 died on December 26, 2017, in Weston, Massachusetts.
David Rockefeller H’58
David Rockefeller H’58 died on March 20, 2017, in Pocantico Hills, New York.
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Lois Dickson Rice H’84
Lois Dickson Rice H’84 died on January 4, 2017, in Washington, DC.
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Jewel P. Cobb H’83
Jewel P. Cobb H’83 died on January 1, 2017, in Maplewood, New Jersey.
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Carolyn Walch Slayman H’85
Carolyn Walch Slayman, Bowdoin Trustee emerita, died on December 27, 2016, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Edward Albee H’09
Edward Albee H’09 died on September 16, 2016, in Montauk, New York.
Frederick G. P. Thorne ’57, H’05
Frederick G.P. Thorne ’57, H’05 died on August 13, 2016, in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Friedrich A. von Huene ’53, H’84
Friedrich A. von Huene ’53, H’84 died on May 8, 2016, in Bath, Maine. Continue reading
Edward J. McCluskey ’51, H’02
Edward J. McCluskey ’51, H’02 died on February 13, 2016, in Palo Alto, California. Continue reading
Robert B. Elliott H’91
Robert B. Elliott H’91 died on February 2, 2016, in Harpswell, Maine. Continue reading
Leon A. Gorman ’56, H’83
Leon A. Gorman ’56, H’83, died on September 3, 2015, in Yarmouth, Maine. Continue reading
John P. Bibber H’81
John P. Bibber H’81 died on March 16, 2015, in Brunswick. Continue reading
Joan M. Gell H’67
Joan M. Gell H’67 died on February 2, 2015, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Edward W. Brooke H’69
Edward W. Brooke H’69 died on January 3, 2015, in Coral Gables, Florida. Continue reading
Vincent L. McKusick H’79
The Honorable Vincent L. McKusick H’79, former Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, died December 3, 2014, in Falmouth. He was born on October 21, 1921, on a small dairy farm in Parkman, Maine, and graduated from Guilford High School. Continue reading
Maya Angelou H’87
Maya Angelou H’87 died on May 28, 2014. Bowdoin awarded her an honorary doctor of letters degree in 1987.
John F. Magee ’47, H’96
John F. Magee ’47, H’96, Bowdoin Trustee emeritus, died on May 5, 2014, at his home in Concord, Massachusetts. Continue reading
John H. Rich Jr. ’39, H’74
John H. Rich Jr. ’39, H’74, veteran NBC News war correspondent, died on April 9, 2014, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, five weeks after the death of Doris Lee, his wife of sixty years. Continue reading
Lacey B. Smith ’44, H’77
Lacey B. Smith ’44 ,H’77 died on September 8, 2013 in Greensboro, Vermont. Continue reading