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ANDREW DOUGHERTY WOLFE '44mcl, A.M. '47, died December 2 in Pittsford, N.H., died November 11. He was a retired analyst on the corporate staff at Raytheon, in Lexington, Mass. He was a past chairman of the Andover and Bedford town Republican committees and of the New Hampshire Railroad Revitalization Association. He leaves his wife, Glenda (Gray), a daughter, Caroline Davis, three sons, David McRoberts, John Hanson, and Mark, and two brothers, Eliott and Tarrant '50.
ROBERT DREW HARRISON '45cl, M.B.A. '48cl, died October 28, 1999, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was former president and chief executive officer of John Wanamaker Stores, in Philadelphia. He saw action in the South Pacific during World War II as a naval officer aboard the destroyer escort Douglas A. Monroe. An arts patron and avid sportsman, he was a recipient of the Police Athletic Club's Man of the Year award. He leaves his second wife, Suzanne (Bien), and four daughters, Nancy Barnes, Evelyn Doolittle, Roberta Leviness, and Adrienne; his first wife, Evelyn (Colonna), died in 1982.
HOWARD BICKNELL HODGSON '45 died October 15, 1999, in New Brunswick, Canada. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in World War II, serving aboard the Lexington and the Yorktown, and as an aide to Admiral Chester Nimitz. Later he entered the New York City, died December 5, 1998.
JOHN STANLEY MCCORMICK JR. '46, M.B.A. '48, died May 17, 1999, in London. He served in the navy on a PT boat in the South Pacific during World War II. Later he worked as Far East manager for Procter & Gamble, residing in Italy, France, and Switzerland. He also formed his own advertising company in London. In retirement he traveled extensively, became an avid birder, and served as chairman of the Dunwich Museum. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (Wilde), a daughter, Lisa Love, two sons, Stephen and Michael, three stepchildren, Simon, Catherine, and Nicola Wilde, three sisters, Jane McCormick, Ann McCormick, and Ellen Fobert, and a brother, Thomas.
CLARENCE PAGE TOWNSLEY III '46, AMP '66, of Wilmette, Ill., died in June 1999.
RHODA WHITRIDGE BOYD '47, of San Francisco, died February 14, 1999.
MARVIN FINELL '47mcl, LL.B. '50cl, of West Hollywood, Cal., died October 18, 1998. He was former executive vice president of National General Corp., a conglomerate holding company in Los Angeles. He served for many years as chairman of the executive committee of Great American Insurance Co. and its affiliates.
GERALD MARTIN JOHNSON '47 died November 24 in Newton, Mass. He was a regional manager for Towle Manufacturing Co., where he had worked for 36 years. A talented athlete who won all-scholastic honors in three sports in high school and played varsity baseball and basketball at Harvard, he later devoted much of his spare time to youth athletics in Wellesley as commissioner of the town's Little League and a coach of Catholic Youth Organization basketball. He was a navy veteran who served aboard the USS Darby, a destroyer escort, during World War II. He leaves his wife, Helen (Bracken) '45, two daughters, Patricia DeMallie and Mary Elizabeth Van Dyck, and three sons, Gerald, Thomas '78, and Robert.
NORMA JEANNE MICHAELS '47, of Honolulu, died August 20, 1998.
MONROE SCHUYLER SINGER '47cl died in November in New York law firm of Berlack, Israels & Liberman and served for more than 30 years as assistant secretary and vice president of Interpublic Group of Companies. A lifelong Michigan State University.
GERALD YOUNG GENN '48 died May 14, 1999, in Crete. He worked for the Austrian government for 10 years after retiring from General Motors International, where he was managing director of Nordic operations, based in Copenhagen.
MURRAY BURTON LEVIN '48cl died December 8 in Boston. A retired professor of political science and a prolific author on contemporary politics, he taught at Boston University for 30 years, as well as at Stonehill College and Harvard's Extension School, and appeared many times on television as a political analyst for CBS, NBC, and PBS. His many books include The Alienated Voter, The Compleat Politician, Political Hysteria in America, and Talk Radio and the American Dream; at his death he was at work on another titled "Political Consultants in the Age of Illusion." After retiring from full-time teaching he taught urban politics to high-risk adolescents for Action for Boston Community Development. He leaves his wife, Helen Jacobson, a daughter, Jessica Goldstein, and three sons, Joshua, Jacob Goldstein, and Seth Goldstein.
PASQUALE ANTHONY PENTA '48cl died December 2 in Boston. He was a surgeon on the medical staff at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital for 35 years and an air force veteran of the Korean War. He leaves his wife, Louise (Poisson), two daughters, Patricia Duffy and Adrienne, three sons, John, Douglas, and Paul, and a brother, Edward.
KATHERINE BRADLEY SEE '48, of Franconia, Massachusetts Air National Guard. He leaves his wife, Adeline (Liban), two daughters, Kathleen O'Neil and Wanda, three sons, Michael, William, and John, three sisters, Esther, Kathleen, and Margaret Servis, and three brothers, Paul '49, James '44, and John '49.
PAUL IRWIN SPARER '49mcl died November 19 in Washington, D.C., died April 17, 1999.
JOHN RUSSELL LANE '50 died November 18 in Newton, Mass. He was former commissioner of the New York City. He was a former general partner in the Wall Street firm of Ingalls & Snyder and former vice president of investor affairs at Cities Service Co. He was a past president of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and a past director of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind, which awarded him with a proclamation for his 20 years of service in 1986. He leaves his wife, Joan (Conroy), a daughter, Anne, a son, James, a sister, Marie Sabin, and a brother, John '47, LL.B. '54.
RICHARD BRENDAN WALSH '50, of Vero Beach, Fla., died July 30, 1998. He worked as a stockbroker in Vero Beach.
PHILIP DEXTER '51, J.D. '54, died October 31, 1999, in St. Louis. He was a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board for many years and, in retirement, an active volunteer at the St. Louis Zoo. He leaves his wife, Susan (Wolcott) '52, five daughters, Elizabeth Brodsky, Susan Zakszewski, Susan Opdycke, Deborah Bailey, and Margot Lamme, a son, William, and two sisters, Constance White and Mary Ann Streeter '54.
THOMAS ADAMS MUNNS JR. '51, of Miami, died April 16, 1999. He was retired legal representative and general sales director of chemical products for maintenance at NCH Colombia, in Bogotá, where he worked for 19 years. His survivors include his wife, Gunlaug (Ekholm).
JOHN HENRY LARSON '52, of Melrose, Mass., died November 4. He was a retired professor at Tufts University. He leaves no immediate survivors.
FRANCIS JAMES LEAHY JR. '52cl died October 26, 1999, in Osterville, Mass. A criminal justice specialist for 40 years, he was retired executive assistant with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, in Manassas, Va., a private, nonprofit corporation devoted to developing a body of standards and a voluntary accreditation process for state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. He leaves his wife, M. Louise (Horgan) '52, a daughter, Jean, two sons, Francis and Christopher, a sister, Ann Sheehan, and a brother, Paul.
CONSTANCE L. PECK '52cl, of Manhattan, died December 10, 1998. She was a nun.
GEORGE LEWIS BATCHELDER III '53 died October 22, 1999, in Beverly, Mass. He taught biology in Arizona, and N.Y. He was an attorney with his own practice in N.Y., died December 3. He was a venture capitalist who invested in South Korea, oil, gas, publishing, and film production. A Harvard benefactor and fellow of its Center for International Affairs, he was also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director of many organizations. He served on the National Advance Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility of the U.S. Department of Education. His passions were education, international affairs, and Bernese Mountain dogs. He leaves his wife, Barbara (Shattuck), a daughter, Alexandra '87, and a son, Charles.
KENT WALTER FREDERICKSON '54mcl, Ph.D. '64, died October 1, 1999, in Northampton, Mass. He was an English professor and chairman of the department of humanities at Greenfield Community College from 1963 to 1970, when his illness, multiple sclerosis, forced him to retire. He leaves two brothers, Chester and Ralph.
GEORGE JACKSON HILL III '54cl, of Dedham, Mass., died October 22, 1999. He was cofounder and former chairman of the Boston firm of Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos and a pioneer in New England advertising. His "Real life, real answers" campaign for John Hancock Financial Services in the late 1980s earned a Grand Prix award at the Cannes Festival and was regarded as a breakthrough by the industry. He devoted much of his spare time to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He leaves his wife, Virginia (Drew), three sons, David, John, and Peter, and two sisters, Stacie Barta and Elizabeth Pitney.
EDWARD CHARLES DONAHUE '55, of Norwell, Mass., died October 26, 1999. He worked for many years as a senior import specialist for the U.S. Customs Service in Boston. He leaves his wife, Mildred (Cuff), and a sister, Marie Regan.
