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HENRY GERARD VAN DER EB '42 died December 8 in Naples, Fla. The retired chairman and chief executive officer of Container Corp. of America, in Chicago, where he worked for 34 years, he also had numerous charitable affiliations, including the YWCA of Chicago, the Chicago Zoological Society, and the Chicago Crusade of Mercy. He was a great friend and benefactor to Harvard, serving as an Overseer, president and director of the Harvard Alumni Association, and chairman of the Harvard College Fund; his dedication was honored with a Harvard Medal and the Richard T. Flood Award, for outstanding performance by an alumnus serving the Harvard College Fund. He had also been a director of Harvard Magazine. A navy veteran, he spent two years with the Amphibious Force in the South Pacific during World War II. He leaves his wife, Janet (Land), a daughter, Susan Greene, and two sons, Peter '83, M.L.A. '86, and Henry.
WILLIAM MCNEAR RAND JR. '43 died January 6 in Raymond, Me. A former executive with Dewey & Almy Chemical Co., for whom he handled assignments all over the world, he later owned a management consultancy. An avid yachtsman, he sailed to Labrador in 1939 with Admiral Donald MacMillan and went on to serve as navigator in many ocean races. He was a 50-year member of the Drifters Ski Club and a coach of girls' and boys' ski racing. A major fundraiser for Harvard, he devised the slogan "Harvard Pays Me to Give." In Raymond he raised blueberries and Christmas trees and was active in woodlot management and land preservation. He leaves his wife, Priscilla (Whitehouse), a daughter, Louisa Moore, three sons, David '79, John, and Matthew, two sisters, Emily Herman and Lucy Everts, and two brothers, John '49 and Peter '51, M.D. '55.
ALLEN DWIGHT SAPP JR. '43mcl, A.M. '49, died January 4 in Cincinnati. He was emeritus professor of music and composition at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Earlier he was a music professor and department chairman at the University of Buffalo, where he also served as director of cultural affairs. While at Buffalo he was active in the cultural life of the community, serving as the longtime director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, a director and vice president of the Studio Arena Theater, a trustee and vice president of the Buffalo Ballet, director of the New York Philharmonic. He leaves two sons, Anthony and Christopher Dawson, and a sister, Nancy O'Reilly.
CLIFFORD HUGH BOYLE '45 died December 12 in Naples, Fla. He was a retired physician who maintained a family practice in Westwood, Mass., for many years. He was also an accomplished trombonist and yachtsman. A navy veteran, he commanded a minesweeper flotilla in the North Atlantic during World War II. He leaves his wife, Polly (Norton), a son, Clifford, a daughter, Marybeth Stewart, and a sister, Evelyn Finnegan.
NICHOLAS ERNEST CAPECI '45 died January 6 in Key Largo, Fla. He was a physician who spent his career in the pharmaceutical business, retiring as vice president of medical research at Schering Corp., in Bloomfield, N.J. He leaves his wife, Mary Anne, two daughters, Anne Fabricant and Victoria Douglas, three sons, Ernest, Nicholas, and John '84, and a sister, Joan Marra '49.
WHITNEY TOWER '45 died February 11 in Saratoga Springs, Massachusetts for nearly 40 years, in private practice from 1955 to 1986 and then on the staff of Baystate Medical Center, in Springfield. He was a past president of the Colo., died May 12, 1998. He was a retired pediatrician. His survivors include his wife, Henrietta (Jilek).
RONALD DAVID CREEDON '48 died December 16 in Waltham, Mass. He was a Waltham attorney and a decorated veteran of the Coast Guard who served in the Pacific theater during World War II. He leaves his wife, Rita (Lepine), two daughters, Donna Creedon and Michelle Morello, a son, Mark, a sister, Lois Jenness, and a brother, Roy '67.
SAMUEL INTRATER '48 died December 30 in Bethesda, Md. A decorated World War II veteran, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for his service as first lieutenant and lead navigator on 30 bombing missions over Europe with the Army Air Forces. Later he worked for more than 40 years as a trial lawyer and partner in the California, and a consultant on public policy in the energy field. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the Western Interstate Energy Board in 1983 and also served as chairman of the N.Y. He retired in 1975 from the practice of international law to manage real estate designed and built by his late father, the architect Lee Perry. He also devoted much time to organizations reflecting his lifelong interest in the oceans and the environment. He sat on the boards of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, the Organization for Tropical Studies, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, ACCION, the Nature Conservancy, and Planned Parenthood. He was active in the civic affairs of Rye, his longtime home. He leaves his wife, Isobel (Bragman) '49, two daughters, Lisa Hellerstein '77, M.P.P. '81, and Amy Perry Basseches '86, a son, Roy, and a sister, Ellen Berkeley.
AFONS MELLO TAVARES JR. '49, of Randolph, N.J., died December 18, 1997. He was a management consultant for Naremco Services, in New York City, died January 30. She was a poet, novelist, and teacher. She leaves a daughter, Anne, and a son, David; her husband, James '51, died in 1989.
JOHN CYRIL HANSEN '50 died December 11 in Fairfax, Va. He retired in 1990 as a communications engineer with the National Technology Information Agency. Earlier he worked for MITRE Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. He leaves a daughter, Brenda, three sons, John '81, M.B.A. '85, Timothy '85, and Jeffrey, and a brother, Clyde '47.
CHARLES THOMPSON HESSE '50 died November 9 in Worcester, Mass. He deferred attending college to join the navy, serving in the medical corps for the duration of World War II. Later he worked as director of development at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, and as vice president of public affairs at Old Sturbridge Village. After moving to Bar Harbor, Me., in 1984, he became a fundraiser at the College of the Atlantic and was instrumental in the institution's efforts to rebound from a disastrous fire the previous year; he also assisted the Mount Desert Island YMCA in raising $3.5 million for a new facility. He enjoyed performing in local musical theater productions and was a gifted gardener. He leaves a daughter, Kim, and a son, Stephen.
RICHARD BENT COAN '53 died January 8 in Weymouth, Mass. He was assessor for the town of Hingham and earlier served as assessor in Duxbury, Hull, and Swampscott. He leaves a daughter, Gail, two sons, Richard and Scott, two sisters, Mary O'Brien and Cornelia Herlihy, a brother, John '50, M.B.A. '53, and a dear friend, Gina Bjornholm; his wife, Cecilia (Kaszuba), predeceased him.
SVEN LUDVIG HOLBERG '54, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died June 26, 1998. He was an international marketing executive with Holberg & Zantzinger Inc., in West Palm Beach. He leaves his wife, Eileen (Haen), a son, Peter, and four stepchildren, Christopher, Brian, Moira, and Shelagh Foley.
