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FRANCIS NEEDHAM MILLETT '25 died January 18 in Waterbury, Conn. He was a partner in the Boston firm of Anderson & Millett before becoming a trust officer and secretary of Marine-Midland Bank, in N.Y., where he was named Man of the Year in 1987. He leaves a daughter, Joan Coon, a son, Francis '54, and a sister, Rebecca Sibley; his wife, Deborah (Wood), and another son, Winthrop, predeceased him.
ALBERT PAUL JEROME DESSAUER '26, of Waban, Mass., died last December. He was a retired psychologist and had served on the executive committee of the Harvard Club of N.Y. Immediately after graduating from Radcliffe she became a theater critic for the Boston Herald, a post she held for more than 40 years. A collection of her erudite reviews was published as a book, Passing Through to Broadway. She leaves two stepsons, John '52 and David '49; her husband, David, predeceased her.
ELIZABETH SACHS JONES '27 died February 10 in Westwood, Mass. The former director of community relations at New York-based manufacturer and marketer of precision scales, analytical balances, microscopes, and metal-hardness testers. Earlier he spent 22 years with General Radio.
ROLLIN HOSMER NORRIS '29scl, S.M. '31, died January 16 in Schenectady, Massachusetts Asphalt Paving Association. He leaves his wife, Alice (Rich), and a daughter, Claire Cisternelli.
WALDO HOWLAND '30 died February 26 in Fort Myers, Fla. He was cofounder and co-owner, with his brother, Llewellyn '35, of the Concordia Co., which sells and repairs racing and cruising yachts and is acclaimed for its Columbia Yawls and Beetle Cats. A trustee emeritus of the Mystic Seaport Museum, he was influential in preserving some of the nation's treasured wooden vessels. He also wrote A Life in Boats: The Years before the War and A Life in Boats: The Concordia Years; a third volume awaits publication. Besides his brother, he leaves a daughter, Katherine Means, and four sons, Charles '65, Waldo, Kinnaird '66, and Thomas.
HERBERT ELLSWORTH STOKINGER '30 died February 11 in Cincinnati. An internationally known toxicologist, he had been director of the Cincinnati Toxicology Program of the U.S. Public Health Service's Division of Occupational Health (now the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). He was instrumental in the development of threshold limit values, or TLVs, for exposure to chemicals in the workplace. He was a past chairman of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and of the toxicology committee for U.S. Public Health Service drinking-water standards, and a 20-year member of the editorial board of Archives of Environmental Health. He leaves his wife, Helen (Ackerman), a daughter, Janet, and a sister, Elva Warford.
JAMES FORD CLAPP JR. '31cl, M.Arch. '35, died January 22 in Scottsdale, Ariz. A retired principal with Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott and former president of the Boston Architectural Center, he specialized in designing academic libraries, including Harvard's Lamont Library and Dartmouth's Fairchild Center. Among his lasting innovations was the open stack. He was also an authority on ancient coins and a past president of the Boston Numismatic Society. He leaves two daughters, Susan Colannino and Deborah Clapp-Redfern, and a son, James '57.
ALBERT MAURICE FREIBERG '31, J.D. '34, M.B.A. '39cl, D.C.S. '41, died February 2 in Amberley Village, South Carolina Historical Society, in Charleston. He was the former chairman of the board of trustees of the Cate School, in Santa Barbara, where he had taught history and served as assistant headmaster in the 1930s. He leaves a son, Richard, two stepdaughters, Alice Fisher and Priscilla Upton, and two stepsons, August Belmont '61, M.B.A. '63 and John Belmont '61; his wife, Elizabeth (Saltonstall), predeceased him.
DANIEL BLISS DORMAN '32cl, M.D. '36, of Lenox, Mass., died February 4. The dean of obstetricians and gynecologists in the Berkshire Hills, he was the former longtime chief of staff at Pittsfield General Hospital; when it merged with St. Luke's Hospital to become Berkshire Medical Center, he became the new institution's first chief of staff. An adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and a clinical instructor in postgraduate medicine at Albany Medical College, he was also a past president of the Berkshire Medical Society. He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Merrill), a daughter, Priscilla Hall, four sons, John, M.D. '67, Timothy, Alan, and Christopher, a sister, Belle Rugh, and two brothers, Gerald '25 and John '36, A.M. '42.
WALTER FRANK JR. '32, of Sun City West, Ariz., died December 11, 1997. He was a retired executive with American Investment Co., a commercial finance firm in Chicago. His survivors include his wife, Elaine (Kahn).
JOHN FRANCIS JOYCE '32, M.A.T. '52, of Fitchburg, Mass., died May 9, 1997. He was retired assistant principal of Leominster High School, where he taught English, German, and dramatics.
JAMES PETER SHOVLIN JR. '32, of Menlo Park, Cal., died March 9, 1996. He was a founding partner in the San Francisco civil-defense firm Shovlin and Babin, and later operated his own law practice for many years.
EDMUND DEFOREST CURTIS JR. '33, of Wilmington, Del., died April 20, 1993. He was a retired probation and parole officer for the State of Delaware. In retirement he worked part time as an alcoholism counselor. He enjoyed collecting stamps.
