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ANNE BLAKE SMITH '40cl, A.M. '51, died May 29 in Westwood, Mass. A precollegiate year she spent studying at the Casa delle Arte in Florence sparked a lifelong involvement in the fine arts. During the 1940s she worked at several museums, including the National Gallery in New York City area. She leaves no immediate survivors.
ELIZABETH PINGRY '41 died May 1 in Ayer, Mass. Her survivors include a sister, Eunice Matheson.
THEODORE ELTING SHARP '41 died April 5 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A sailor since boyhood, he was a retired lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who first came to St. Thomas in 1943 to serve as supply officer for the naval base and Marine Corps air station there. Thereafter he was reassigned to the mainland and to Oahu, Hawaii, in the course of a 20-year naval career. After retiring to Toluca Lake, Cal., he became admissions officer at Massachusetts medals of heroism. Later he practiced general surgery in Augusta for many years and also served as a physician consultant to hospitals in the United States and abroad. He leaves his wife, Claire (Mahony), two daughters, Debbi Jones and Donna Mastroianni, a son, F. Christopher, and a sister, Nancy.
STANLEY ARNOLD FREEDMAN '43, J.D. '49cl, died April 22 in Dayton, New York City and Dayton, most recently as a partner in the Dayton office of Thompson Hine & Flory. A benefactor of Harvard and a book fund for Judaica in the Harvard College Library, he was also a board member of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the AIDS Foundation of Miami Valley, and the Dayton chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He leaves his wife, Martha (Thomas) '43, three daughters, Ann '68, Lucy '70, M.A.T. '71, and Edith '77, a son, David '74, his mother, Ruth, a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Albert '46, A.M. '46.
CLARKE ALDEN RODMAN '43 died March 15 in Providence. He was retired senior research scientist for Fram Corp., where he spent his entire career. The holder of eight patents on filter media construction and chemistry, in 1977 he received the Bendix Award for outstanding technical achievement. He also chaired and organized environmental symposia sponsored by the American Society of Textile Chemists and Colorists in New York City. His survivors include his wife, Violet (Talmadge).
DAVID SHELLEY NICHOLL '45 died December 8, 1995, in Worcester, England. He was a writer who lived in England for many years. After a stint on the advertising staff of the Sunday Times, he became editor of Rotary Magazine, the publication of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. His works include some 40 television plays, two film scripts, a stage play, and two books, Advertising: Its Purpose, Principles and Practice and The Golden Wheel, a history of the Rotary movement.
SHELDON SAUL WALDSTEIN '45, of Highland Park, Ill., died April 28. An endocrinologist, he was a professor of medicine at Northwestern University for 46 years. He was also president of the National Center for Advanced Medical Education, in Chicago, and former chief of medicine at Cook County Hospital. His survivors include his wife, Jacqueline (Denbo).
NORMAN PALMER CHANDLER '46 died May 1 in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1975 he became active as a volunteer in fundraising for several organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America and the American Red Cross. For 10 years he served as coordinator of the annual auction at Channel 11, New York City, died in November 1996. He was a former advertising executive and portrait sculptor.
MAURICE PHILLIP ARTH '47mcl, M.B.A. '49mcl, died March 11 in Stanford, Cal. A retired educational administrator, he was former vice president for finance and administration at Barnard College and former executive vice president of the statewide system of the University of Alaska. His survivors include a daughter, Emily Feinberg; his wife, Frances (Gaghan), died in 1980.
LIONEL EUGENE BELANGER '47, of Tampa, died in May 1985. After completing a law degree at Georgetown University, he served for 24 years as a special agent with the FBI. Later he worked in the security division of American Security and Trust Co., in Washington, D.C.
