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GORDON WALLACE PHILIP '52 died January 31 in Seattle. A retired naval captain, he served in Korea and Vietnam and later practiced orthopedic surgery. He leaves his wife, M. LaVonne (Carlson), a daughter, Dee Ann White, two sons, Douglas and Donald, a sister, Jo Dratz, and a brother, Robert '45, M.P.H. '53; a third son, David, died in 1994.
JACK LAWRENSON WAGNER '52, of Alexandria, Va., died November 18, 1997. A management consultant, he was president of JLW Research Associates. Earlier he was an officer of the Federal Energy Administration, director of Corporate Communications Interpace Corp., executive vice president of Equity Research Associates, and senior vice president of Model Roland & Co. His survivors include his wife, June (Avers), two daughters, April and Elizabeth, and two sons, Wayne and Ralph.
ANDY MIKIO ICHIKI '54, of Honolulu, died October 27, 1997. He was a partner in the law firm of Carlsmith Ball Wichman Case & Ichiki.
ROBERT ALLEN SMAILS '54 died January 21 in Huntington, Colo., died December 26, 1997. He worked as a market researcher and corporate planner for Manville Corp., a Denver manufacturer and marketer of building materials, for 30 years. He leaves his wife, Marcia (Hewitt), and a brother, David.
DONALD LOUIS HOCEVAR '57, LL.B. '60, died March 9 in Farmington, Mich. He practiced law with the firm of Dickenson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip before becoming a mathematics teacher at Detroit Country Day School. He was a national championship bridge player and an active Harvard alumnus. He leaves two brothers, Richard '70, D.M.D. '74, and David.
PETER WALLACE MACKY '57 died April 10, 1997, in New Wilmington, Pa. He had chaired the department of religion and philosophy at Westminster College. He was the author of Saint. Paul's Cosmic War Myth: The Military Version of the Gospel, part of the Westminster College Library of Biblical Symbolism, of which he was editor. A member of the varsity swim team in college, he continued to swim competitively until falling ill two years ago. His survivors include his wife, Nancy (Space).
JUDITH PEARLMAN WOLFSON '57, of West Hartford, Conn., died February 16. She leaves her husband, Nicholas, J.D. '56, a daughter, Amy '82, a son, Adam '84, and a brother, Daniel Pearlman.
ARTHUR VINCENT CURLEY '59 died March 31 in Swampscott, Mass. During his tenure as director of the Boston Public Library, from 1985 to 1996, he weathered cuts in state funding and oversaw plans for the restoration of the library's McKim Building, in Copley Square. Earlier he served as deputy director of research libraries for the Massachusetts attorney general's office under Edward Brooke and in the firm of Haussermann, Davison & Shattuck before serving as Harvard's assistant general counsel from 1970 to 1986. A specialist in copyright law, he also represented Little, Brown and Co., Harvard University Press, and the Harvard Libraries. He was former director of Friends of the (Boston) Public Garden and an accomplished cook. He leaves a daughter, Katherine, and a son, Benjamin.
BARBARA BENSON CROWTHER '60 died February 26 in Palmyra, Va. She worked as business manager of her husband's law firm and also served as chairman of a community mental health board. She leaves her husband, F. Bosley, a daughter, Barbara Marziali, a son, F. Bosley, a sister, M. Ophelia Benson, and a brother, Edward Benson.
RICHARD CYRIL SLANSKY '62mcl died January 16 while visiting San Jose, Cal. Director of the theoretical division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he was a leading theoretical physicist in the area of elementary particles. He gained international recognition for his seminal work on the strong nuclear force and on application of the mathematics of group theory to unified theories of the basic laws of nature. He served as editor of the journal Physics Reports and was also an avid outdoorsman and talented musician. He leaves his wife, Helene (Harlem), two daughters, Deborah Ware and Sallie Cohen, a son, Joseph, his parents, Elvera and Cyril, and two sisters, Joanne Wasbauer and Marilyn Hughes; his first wife, Lynne (Hutton), died in 1974.
CONSTANCE DUPEE HSIA '64cl, M.Arch. '68, died March 2 in Boston. A retired architect who specialized in residential renovations and additions, she was a dedicated conservationist who frequently lobbied Congress to promote awareness of environmental issues; in 1993 she earned the Zone I Creative Leadership Award for her efforts. She was also instrumental in the establishment of Chilton House, a Cambridge provider of hospice care, and held her first solo watercolor exhibition last year. She leaves her husband, John, a daughter, Sarah, a son, Jonathan, her mother, Constance Berrien, a sister, Helen Burrage, and a brother, William Dupee.
IVAN ALEXANDROVITCH TCHEREPNIN '64cl, A.M. '69, died April 11 in Boston. A third-generation composer, he directed Harvard's Electronic Music Studio for 25 years. The mixture of acoustic and electronic instruments was a hallmark of his style, which incorporated the influences of John Cage and avant-garde pianist David Tudor. His Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award from the University of Louisville in 1996. He was an active organizer in the musical life of the Boston area. He leaves his wife, Sue-Ellen Herschman-Tcherepnin, a daughter, Sarina, three sons, Nicholas, Stefan, and Sergei, and two brothers, Peter '60 and Serge '63.
IRENE MARIE LEARY '67cl, M.B.A. '69, of North Attleboro, Mass., died February 21. A former resident of West Roxbury, she leaves two sisters, Joan Martinez, M.D. '66, and Claire Smith.
WILLIAM BURR BUCKMAN '73cl, of Hamden, Conn., died May 6, 1996. He was a neuropathologist.
EVAN JAY CUTTING '73cl, of Bellevue, Wash., died December 7, 1997. He was corporate labor counsel at Boeing and a former partner in the New York City. A folklorist and performance artist, he devoted most of his career to researching and preserving the cultural tradition of the African diaspora. He was director of Ancestral Spirits, a performance group in the African-Caribbean tradition of stilt dancers. He leaves his parents, Marilyn and Paul, and a sister, Susan.
DALE EDWARD YELTON '75mcl died February 1 in Seattle of liver failure. A cell biologist and immunologist, he was a senior scientist with Bristol Myers Squibb in Seattle, where his work centered on the research and development of cancer drugs. He was an ardent gardener who was especially admired for his dahlias. He leaves his parents, Jessie and Edward, a sister, Donna Pope, his dear friend, Jon Shane, and his devoted dog, Kasha.
ERIC MARC BREINDEL '77mcl, J.D. '82, died March 7 in New York Post and the Fox News Channel, and the former editorial-page editor of the Post. Most recently he served as the host of Fox News Watch, a weekly TV program. An influential commentator known for his conservative views, and in particular for his appreciation for the California State University, Chico, where he taught speech and drama and served as dean of the schools of arts and sciences and of education, and as executive dean of the college. In retirement, he continued to teach and act in local productions, and to mentor Chico State students until last year. He leaves his wife, Lois (Carman), a daughter, Harlene, two sons, Gordon and Martin, and a sister, Toy Gibson.
