Leroy Patterson Heely ’51  died on October 5, 2010, in Brunswick, Maine.

(The following was provided by the Portland Press Herald October 9, 2010:)

BRUNSWICK — Leroy Patterson Heely, 82, passed away on Oct. 5, 2010. He was born on Aug. 15, 1928, in Plainfield, N.J., and was the son of Laurence and Pauline Heely. Mr. Heely attended schools in Plainfield and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1947, and from Bowdoin College in 1951, where he was a member of Zeta Psi. He married Nancy Parsons Topping on March 20, 1954, in Plainfield. Mrs. Heely died on July 14, 2003. Mr. Heely was with Alcan Aluminum Corporation for twenty-five years prior to retiring in After his marriage, Mr. Heely lived in Tenafly, N.J., Hudson, Ohio, Summit, N.J., and then retired to Maine with his wife. An avid jazz fan and amateur cornetist since his early teens, he played with various jazz groups during his life, and as a member of Maine Jazz Alliance was a jazz disc jockey on Bowdoin College radio station WBOR. He was active in Bowdoin alumni affairs and served as co-class agent and class secretary. He was a volunteer at Maine Maritime Museum. He is survived by a daughter, Jane T. Heely of Concord, N.H., a son, Douglas A. Heely and his wife, Gretchen; two granddaughters, Lydia and Grace; a brother, Laurence S. Heely of Greenwich, Conn.; and two nieces.