Horst Albach ’59, H’99 died on December 25, 2021, in Bad Godesberg, Germany. Continue reading
Obituaries : Class of Honorary
Edward Albee H’09
Edward Albee H’09 died on September 16, 2016, in Montauk, New York.
Madeleine K. Albright H’13
Madeleine K. Albright H’13 died on March 23, 2022, in Washington, DC. Continue reading
Roger Angell H’06
Roger Angell H’06 died on May 20, 2022, in New York, New York. 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.
Rosalyne S. Bernstein H’97, P’77
Rosalyne S. Bernstein H’97, P’77, trustee emerita, died on December 30, 2018, in Portland, Maine.
John P. Bibber H’81
John P. Bibber H’81 died on March 16, 2015, in Brunswick. Continue reading
Robert H. Binswanger H’90
Robert H. Binswanger H’90 died on March 16, 2019, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Continue reading
Eavan Boland H’04
Eavan Boland H’04 died on April 27, 2020 in Dublin, Ireland. Continue reading
Edward W. Brooke H’69
Edward W. Brooke H’69 died on January 3, 2015, in Coral Gables, Florida. Continue reading
Paul P. Brountas ’54, H’97
Paul P. Brountas ’54, H’97 died on December 26, 2017, in Weston, Massachusetts.
Peter S. Buck ’52, H’08
Peter S. Buck ’52, H’08 died on November 18, 2021, in Danbury, Connecticut Continue reading
Sarah Caldwell H’75
Sarah Caldwell H’75 died on March 23, 2006, in Portland, Maine.
Soon Cho ’60, H’94
Soon Cho ’60, H’94 died on June 23, 2022, in Seoul, Korea. Continue reading
Henry M. Cobb H’85
Henry M. Cobb H’85 died on March 2, 2020 in New York, New York. Continue reading
Jewel P. Cobb H’83
Jewel P. Cobb H’83 died on January 1, 2017, in Maplewood, New Jersey.
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William R. Cotter H’87
William R. Cotter H’87 died on March 9, 2023, in Concord, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Robert M. Cross ’45, H’89
Robert M. Cross ’45, H’89, Secretary of the College Emeritus, whose prolific correspondence defined graciousness for generations of Bowdoin alumni, died on July 15, 2012, in Brunswick, Maine.
David Watson Daly Dickson ’41, H’74
David Watson Daly Dickson ’41, H’74 died on December 10, 2003, in Palm Coast, Florida.
Lois Dickson Rice H’84
Lois Dickson Rice H’84 died on January 4, 2017, in Washington, DC.
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Fred Raymond Dingley H’68
Fred Raymond Dingley H’68, who received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from the College in 1968, died on April 9, 2004, in Lincoln, Maine.
David C. Driskell H’89
David C. Driskell H’89 died on April 1, 2020 in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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Robert B. Elliott H’91
Robert B. Elliott H’91 died on February 2, 2016, in Harpswell, Maine. Continue reading
Joan M. Gell H’67
Joan M. Gell H’67 died on February 2, 2015, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Leon A. Gorman ’56, H’83
Leon A. Gorman ’56, H’83, died on September 3, 2015, in Yarmouth, Maine. Continue reading
Harriet Putnam Henry H’84
Harriet Putnam Henry H’84, died on September 11, 2004, in Scarborough, Maine.
Merton G. Henry ’50, H’84
Merton G. Henry ’50, H’84 died on April 6, 2018, in Portland, Maine.
C. Lee Herter H’13
C. Lee Herter H’13 died on September 20, 2022, in Manchester, Massachusetts. Continue reading
Tina Howe H’88
Tina Howe H’88 died on August 28, 2023, in New York, New York.
F. Washington Jarvis III H’98
F. Washington Jarvis III H’98 died on October 7, 2018, in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Bernard Lown H’88
Bernard Lown H’88 died on February 16, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Continue reading
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
Edward J. McCluskey ’51, H’02
Edward J. McCluskey ’51, H’02 died on February 13, 2016, in Palo Alto, California. 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
Ved P. Mehta H’95
Ved P. Mehta H’95 died on January 9, 2021 in New York, New York. Continue reading
Henry A. Millon H’11
Henry A. Millon H’11 died on April 2, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Kenneth Paigen H’02
Kenneth Paigen H’02 died on February 15, 2020, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Continue reading
Grace Paley H’03
Grace Paley H’03 died on August 22, 2007, at her home in Thetford, Vermont.
Molly Neptune Parker H’15
Molly Neptune Parker H’15 died on June 12, 2020 in Calais, Maine. Continue reading
Everett Parker Pope ’41, H’46, H’89
Everett Parker Pope ’41, H’46, H’89, Maine’s last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient, died on July 16, 2009, in Bath on his 90th birthday.
Katherine Porter H’92
Katherine Porter H’92 died on April 22, 2024, in Mesa, Arizona. Continue reading
Mary Josephine Kozak Priestly
Mary Josephine Kozak Priestly, an honorary member of Bowdoin’s Alumni Association, died on November 22, 2005, in Lewiston, Maine.
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
Matilda White Riley H’72
Matilda White Riley H’72, died on Sunday, November 14, 2004, in Brunswick, Maine.
David Rockefeller H’58
David Rockefeller H’58 died on March 20, 2017, in Pocantico Hills, New York.
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Joseph Sewall ’43, H’83
Joseph Sewall ’43, H’83, four term Maine Senate president and recipient of an honorary degree from Bowdoin, died on November 23, 2011, in Bangor, Maine. Continue reading
Aaron J. Shatkin ’56, H’79
Aaron J. Shatkin ’56, H’79 died on June 4, 2012, at his home in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Continue reading
Paul Simon H’01
Paul Simon H’01, who received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the College in May of 2001, died on December 9, 2003, in Springfield, Illinois.
Carolyn Walch Slayman H’85
Carolyn Walch Slayman, Bowdoin Trustee emerita, died on December 27, 2016, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Lacey B. Smith ’44, H’77
Lacey B. Smith ’44 ,H’77 died on September 8, 2013 in Greensboro, Vermont. Continue reading
Frank Stanton H’62
Frank Stanton H’62, who received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the College on June 16, 1962, died on December 24, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts.
John W. Stevens H’72
John W. Stevens H’72 died on July 22, 2023, in Calais, Maine. Continue reading
David E. Swensen H’15
David E. Swensen H’15 died on May 5, 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut. Continue reading
Raymond S. Troubh ’50, H’03
Raymond S. Troubh ’50, H’03 died on August 24, 2020, in New York. Continue reading
Doris Charrier Vladimiroff H’94
Doris Charrier Vladimiroff H’94 died on August 1, 2003, in South Harpswell, Maine.
Friedrich A. von Huene ’53, H’84
Friedrich A. von Huene ’53, H’84 died on May 8, 2016, in Bath, Maine. Continue reading
Richard A. Wiley ’49, H’94
Richard A. Wiley ’49, H’94, who distinguished himself in the military, law, business, academia, and as a Bowdoin overseer and trustee for nearly 30 years, died on June 12, 2009, in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Hawkins Wilson H’89
Elizabeth Hawkins Wilson H’89, who received an honorary master of arts degree from Bowdoin in 1989, died on March 25, 2004, in Brunswick, Maine.
Robley Wilson ’52, H’87
Robley Wilson ’52, H’87 died on August 7, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.