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DAVID BREWER '32 died June 20 in Essex, Conn., where he had resided for 35 years. He was retired from a sales career with Colt Industries, in Hartford. He leaves a son, Robert; he was predeceased by his companion, Dorothy Hyde.

ROBERT BARNETT CLEMENT '32 died July 5 in Blacksburg, Va. He was retired manager of the Boston office of Owens-N.Y., died July 4. He was retired senior vice president of B.V.D. Corp., where he held a number of executive positions over a long career, including advertising director and president of McCrory International, then a subsidiary of B.V.D. For his work with Hopi officials in establishing a B.V.D. factory on their reservation, he was named an honorary tribal chief. A community leader in Rye for many years, he was former chairman of the human rights commission, a member of the board of education, and a trustee of the Rye Free Reading Room; in 1985 he was presented with a key to the city in tribute to his years of service. He leaves his wife, Natalie (Strauss), a daughter, Naomi, two sons, Richard and Stephen, and a brother, Irving.

GERTRUDE MARION MCGILL '32cl, HRP '43, died April 20 in Marblehead, Mass. She leaves no immediate survivors.

MARGARET SOMMERS PROKOSCH '32 died June 28 in Cambridge. She practiced psychiatry for nearly 50 years in Florida he served as a consultant to the Veterans Administration Clinic in Riviera Beach. He was an army veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, Eileen (Shapiro), two daughters, Barbara and Carol, a son, Richard, and a sister, Ruth Sweig.

ESTHER WINSLOW '32 died July 6 in Dennis, Mass. She ran the family insurance business in Newton for many years and later assisted with the family's guest house on Cape Cod, Jolly Haven, in Orleans. She volunteered at Newton-Wellesley Hospital for three decades and also was active in the Newton Historical Society. She leaves no immediate survivors.

RICHARD BORDEN '33 died July 12 in Santa Barbara, Cal. He was a conservationist and wildlife photographer whose production company, Borden Productions Inc., contributed footage to many motion pictures and television documentaries, notably several for the Disney Studios. During the 1960s he served as president of the N.Y., a manufacturer of flour, feed, grain, and chemical processing machinery.

GRIDLEY BARROWS '34, M.Arch '55, of Lewiston, Me., died March 13. An architect and design consultant with a particular interest in historic preservation, he was former senior partner and chief designer at Alonzo J. Harriman Associates, in Auburn, and former New England director of the American Institute of Architects. He wrote a booklet, Historic Lewiston: Its Architectural Heritage, for the Lewiston Historical Commission. He was a past president of the Lewiston-Auburn Figure Skating Club.

ROBERT JOSEPH BECKERMAN '34, of Beverly Hills, Cal., died April 23. He was retired vice president of American Industrial Leasing Co.

MILES KENNETH DAVIS '34 died October 11, 1998, in Lakewood, Connecticut and the Audubon Council of New York. After retiring to Orleans in 1980 he and his wife founded Orleans Bed and Breakfasts Associates, which they sold in 1995. He served as a naval officer on destroyers in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. He leaves his wife, Mary (Faherty Kennedy), two daughters, Phyllis Conway, Ed.M. '63, and Judith Proctor, a son, Harlen, and a stepson, Michael Kennedy.

CLARISSA NYE CHUBB '35, of Lafayette, Cal., has died.

DAVID JUSTIN HOLDEN '35, of Santa Fe, died November 30, 1996. He was a retired professor of music at Mount Holyoke, where he taught for 33 years, and a composer. His many works include Toccata, Passacaglia, Rhapsody on N.H., since the late 1960s. A nationally ranked men's doubles tennis player, he ran the Greater Lawrence and Essex County tennis tournaments for more than 40 years. In 1963 the New England Lawn Tennis Association awarded him its Chase Memorial Bowl, and in 1994 he received a special recognition award honoring his lifelong dedication to the sport in New England. He leaves his wife, Mabel (Arlit), a daughter, Tiffany, three sons, Shawn, W. Bradford '80, and Timothy, two sisters, Mary Stewart and Caroline Stevens, and two brothers, Thomas and George '45.

PAUL KARL SCHNEIDER '35 died June 7 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was a physician who pursued a career in publishing at Macmillan and W. B. Saunders, including 23 years as medical editor at McGraw-Hill. He was founding editor of the Journal of Nursing Education. A naval veteran of World War II, he participated in the Allied invasion at Normandy and later served as skipper of LST 307 during the occupation of Japan. He leaves his wife, Helen (Rogge), a daughter, Cynthia, two sons, Stephen and Douglas, and a sister, Edie.

SAMUEL RODGER CALLAWAY '36 died July 24 in Danbury, Conn. He was retired executive vice president and chief trust officer at Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. in New York City, where he worked for 40 years, and a naval veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Harding), two daughters, Joan Pratt and Dorothy Munson, and a son, Samuel.

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