Carlton L. Apollonio ’53 died on January 24, 2021, in Salem, Oregon. Continue reading
Obituaries : Class of 1953
Robert Knute Gustav Arwezon, Jr. ’53
Robert Knute Gustav Arwezon, Jr. ’53 died on February 22, 2005, in Anchorage, Alaska.
Walter E. Bartlett ’53
Walter E. Bartlett ’53 died on February 26, 2023, in Naples, Florida. Continue reading
Harris I. Baseman ’53
Harris I. Baseman ’53 died on April 26, 2023, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Raymond M. Biggs ’53
Raymond M. Biggs ’53 died on September 14, 2009, in Covina, California.
Herbert A. Black II ’53
Herbert A. Black II ’53 died on July 16, 2017, in Natick, Massachusetts.
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Creswell G. Blakeney ’53
Creswell G. Blakeney ’53 died on February 20, 2008, in Ossining, New York. Continue reading
Lawrence Myles Boyle ’53
Lawrence Myles Boyle ’53 died on April 5, 2005, in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida.
Elward M. Bresett, Jr. ’53
Elward M. Bresett, Jr. ’53 died on March 11, 2021 in Paris, France. Continue reading
Joel H. Brown ’53
Joel H. Brown ’53 died on December 12, 2016, in Westbrook, Maine. Continue reading
Oliver S. Brown ’53
Oliver S. Brown ’53 died April 5, 2013, at the Togus VA Hospice and Palliative Care Unit in Augusta of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Boston on April 10, 1931, and prepared for college at St. George’s School. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. While at Bowdoin, he was a student of Prof. Robert Peter Tristram Coffin and was so taken with his poetry that he collected it and committed many of Coffin’s poems to memory. Continue reading
Douglas A. Chalmers ’53
Douglas A. Chalmers ’53 died on April 4, 2022, in Bristol, Rhode Island. Continue reading
Robert J. Chamberlin ’53
Robert J. Chamberlin ’53 died on June 12, 2018, in Avon, Connecticut.
Richard L. Church Jr. ’53
Richard L. Church Jr. ’53, emeritus professor of business at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, died May 30, 2014, at his home in Southwest Harbor. Continue reading
Stuart F. Cooper ’53
Stuart F. Cooper ’53 died June 5, 2014, in Morristown, N.J. He was born in Newark, N.J., on October 4, 1931, and graduated from Newark Academy. 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
Earle B. Crocker Jr. ’53
Earle B. Crocker Jr. ’53 died on December 18, 2017, in Hinsdale, Massachusetts.
Farnham W. Damon ’53
Farnham W. Damon ’53 died on April 9, 2011, in Belfast, Maine.
Charles F. Davis ’53
Charles F. Davis ’53 died on April 8, 2015, in Ellsworth, Maine. Continue reading
John L. Davis ’53
John L. Davis ’53 died on October 5, 2021, in Martinsburg, West Virginia Continue reading
John G. Day ’53
John G. Day ’53 died on December 14, 2015, in Ossippee, New Hampshire. Continue reading
Francis M. Dibiase ’53
Francis M. Dibiase ’53 died on February 14, 2023, in Portland, Maine. Continue reading
Abraham E. Dorfman ’53
Abraham E. Dorfman ’53 died on May 22, 2015, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Robert Edward Dorr ’53
Robert Edward Dorr ’53 died on August 8, 2006, in Socorro, New Mexico.
Paul F. Dudley, Jr. ’53
Paul F. Dudley, Jr. ’53 died on May 31, 2020 in Milford, New Hampshire. Continue reading
Robert Dunlap ’53
Robert Dunlap ’53 died on February 14, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
George R. Dunn ’53
George R. Dunn ’53 died on March 8, 2009, in Auburn, Maine.
Guy T. Emery ’53
Guy T. Emery ’53 died on September 14, 2023, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Continue reading
Frank J. Farrington ’53
Frank J. Farrington ’53, overseer emeritus, died on January 18, 2018, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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James H. Freeman ’53
James H. Freeman ’53 died on August 7, 2018, in Redding, California.
Albert E. Fuller ’53
Albert E. Fuller ’53 died on December 5, 2004, in Holden, Massachusetts.
Richard E. Getchell ’53
Richard E. Getchell ’53 died on July 26, 2024, in Scarborough, Maine. Continue reading
Peter D. Gettinger ’53
Peter D. Gettinger ’53 died on June 25, 2021, in Harwich, Massachusetts Continue reading
E. Ward Gilman ’53
E. Ward Gilman ’53 died on June 15, 2022, in Westfield, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Allan M. Golden ’53
Allan M. Golden ’53 died on September 8, 2013, in Middleborough, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Richard C. Goodman ’53
Richard C. Goodman ’53 died on September 1, 2018, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Benjamin Morrill Greely, Jr. ’53
Benjamin Morrill Greely, Jr. ’53 died on October 16, 2003, in Norwood, Massachusetts.
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
Alan R. Gullicksen ’53
Alan R. Gullicksen ’53 died on May 29, 2021, in Falmouth, Massachusetts Continue reading
James Arthur Harrocks ’53
James Arthur Harrocks ’53 died on July 29, 2003, in Burlington, Vermont.
John Alfred Henry ’53
John Alfred Henry ’53 died on May 3, 2006, in Portland, Maine.
Charles L. Hildreth, Jr. ’53
Charles L. Hildreth, Jr. ’53 died on January 25, 2020, in Falmouth, Maine. Continue reading
Russell M. Hird ’53
Russell M. Hird ’53 died on February 10, 2022 Rochester, Minnesota Continue reading
Geoffrey P. Houghton ’53
Geoffrey P. Houghton ’53 died on October 14, 2016, in Port Charlotte, Florida. Continue reading
John A. Gledhill Jr. ’53
John A. Gledhill Jr. ’53 died on August 30, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida. Continue reading
William Treby Johnson Jr. ’53
William Treby Johnson Jr. ’53 died on December 13, 2009, in Augusta, Maine.
David S. Keene ’53
David Shankland Keene ’53 died on November 26, 2008, in Crystal River, Florida.
Anthony Kennedy III ’53
Anthony Kennedy III ’53 died on July 31, 2018, in Muncy, Pennsylvania.
Paul B. Kenyon, Jr. ’53
Paul B. Kenyon, Jr. ’53 died on September 24, 2008, in North Conway, New Hampshire.
James Gaylen Kimball ’53
James Gaylen Kimball ’53 died on April 3, 2004, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Jørgen K. Knudsen ’53
Jørgen K. Knudsen ’53 died on July 28, 2015, in Aalborg, Denmark. Continue reading
Dionyssios S. Kotsonis ’53
Dionyssios S. Kotsonis ’53 died on May 9, 2020 in New York, New York. Continue reading
Burt Kwouk ’53
Burt Kwouk ’53 died on May 24, 2016, in London, England. Continue reading
Ronald R. Lagueux ’53
Ronald R. Lagueux ’53 died on May 3, 2023, in Rumford, Rhode Island. Continue reading
Donald E. Landry ’53
Donald E. Landry ’53 died on September 20, 2008, in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Philip W. Leighton ’53
Philip Ward Leighton ’53 died on May 19, 2007, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
Ralph Jacob Levi ’53
Ralph Jacob Levi ’53 died on January 5, 2008, in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Paul C. Lewis ’53
Paul C. Lewis ’53 died on October 7, 2009, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Robert S. Linnell ’53
Robert S. Linnell ’53 died on February 8, 2022, in Selah, Washington Continue reading
Thomas Flint Lyndon ’53
Thomas Flint Lyndon ’53 died on October 24, 2006, following complications from surgery.
Edward P. Lyons ’53
Edward P. Lyons ’53 died on March 16, 2017, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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John Spence MacDermid ’53
John Spence MacDermid ’53 died on January 5, 2006, in Fort Myers, Florida.
Richard S. MacDonald ’53
Richard S. MacDonald ’53 died on January 21, 2016, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Continue reading
Harold N. Mack ’53, P’83
Harold N. Mack ’53, P’83 died on January 5, 2021 in Peabody, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Dr. George J. Marcopoulos ’53
Dr. George J. Marcopoulos ’53 died on January 7, 2012, in Lexington, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Bruce Courtney McGorrill ’53
Bruce Courtney McGorrill ’53 died on March 28, 2006, in Portland, Maine.
John P. McGovern ’53
John P. McGovern ’53 died August 25, 2014, in Waltham, Mass. He was born in Waltham on May 16, 1931, and graduated from Waltham Senior High School, where he was class president and captain of the hockey team. Continue reading
George C. Moore ’53
George C. Moore ’53 died on October 19, 2011, in New York, New York after a bicycle accident on Madison Avenue. Continue reading
Johnes K. Moore ’53
Johnes K. Moore ’53 died on March 13, 2016, in Beverly, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Peter Mundy ’53
Peter Mundy ’53 died on March 18, 2024, in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Continue reading
Peter Mundy ’53
Peter Mundy ’53 died on March 18, 2019, in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Continue reading
John H. Needham Jr. ’53
John H. Needham Jr. ’53 died on June 1, 2016, in Portland, Maine. Continue reading
James Edmonson Nevin, Jr. ’53
James Edmonson Nevin, Jr. ’53 died on October 30, 2005, in Danville, Virginia.
Frank G. Oswald Jr. ’53
Frank G. Oswald Jr. ’53 died on December 26, 2011, in Port Washington, New York. Continue reading
Peter R. Perkins ’53
Peter R. Perkins ’53 died January 5, 2015, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Raymond S. Petterson ’53
Raymond S. Petterson ’53 died on April 22, 2020 in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. Continue reading
Henry F. Picking ’53
Henry F. Picking ’53 died February 22, 2013, at his home in Brunswick. He was born in Portland on February 28, 1931, and prepared for Bowdoin at Eaglebrook School, Noble and Greenough School, and Portland Junior College. Continue reading
Daniel O. Reich ’53
Daniel O. Reich ’53 died on February 14, 2018, in Brooklyn, New York.
Paul Revere Jr. ’53
Paul Revere Jr. ’53 died on October 15, 2019, in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Eldridge G. Rines ’53
Eldridge G. Rines ’53 died on April 20, 2018, in Epsom, New Hampshire.
C. Emerson Roberts Jr. ’53
C. Emerson Roberts Jr. ’53 died on March 8, 2017, in Oak Harbor, Washington.
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Louis E. Roberts ’53
Louis E. Roberts ’53 died on September 19, 2018, in Milton, Massachusetts.
Joseph R. Robinson ’53
Joseph R. Robinson ’53 died on June 5, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Florida, after a long illness.
Peter L. Runton ’53
Peter L. Runton ’53 died on August 22, 2023, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Alden H. Sawyer, Jr. ’53
Alden H. Sawyer, Jr. ’53 died on February 11, 2023, in Falmouth, Maine. Continue reading
Charles W. Schoeneman ’53
Charles W. Schoeneman ’53 died on October 24, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Continue reading
John Gilmour Sherman ’53
John Gilmour Sherman ’53 died on May 24, 2006, in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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
Henry R. Sleeper ’53
Henry R. Sleeper ’53 died on August 17, 2019, in Rockland, Maine.
Ogden Ernest Small ’53
Ogden Ernest Small ’53 died on March 26, 2005, in Caribou, Maine.
W. Rodman Snelling ’53
Rodman Snelling ’53 died on August 13, 2018, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Charles O. Swanson II ’53
Charles O. Swanson II ’53 died on September 21, 2016, in Littleton, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Clive H. Tillotson ’53
Clive H. Tillotson ’53 died on October 10, 2023, in Harpswell, Maine.
Francis L. Valente Jr ’53
Francis L. Valente Jr ’53 died on March 23, 2019, in Grantham, New Hampshire. 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
Bruce Wald ’53
Bruce Wald ’53 died on February 14, 2021, in Arlington, Virginia Continue reading
Warren H. Weatherill ’53
Warren H. Weatherill ’53 died February 18, 2014, in Seattle, Wash. He was born on May 14, 1931, in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of Philip F. Weatherill, Class of 1916, and graduated from University High School. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Continue reading
Mickey F. Weiner ’53
Mickey F. Weiner ’53 died on August 21, 2023, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John N. Wisner, Jr. ’53
John N. Wisner, Jr. ’53 died on September 16, 2019 in Norwalk, Connecticut. Continue reading
Dayton Clark Wolfe ’53
Dayton Clark (Corby) Wolfe ’53 died on November 26, 2021, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Continue reading