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WILLIAM BRENDAN COUGHLIN '75cl, M.P.A. '83, died January 22 in Brookline, Mass. He was former head of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and former senior vice president of public affairs for the Weber Group, a high-technology public-relations firm. He served as parks commissioner under Boston mayor Raymond L. Flynn and as government-relations liaison for the Pine Street Inn, a Boston homeless shelter. Last September he became president of the Boston Public Library Foundation. He was an ardent Red Sox fan. He leaves his wife, Francine Achbar, two daughters, Jessica and Amy, his mother, Mary, two sisters, Diane Weir and Eileen Howe, and two brothers, Robert and Edward.

ROBERT STEVEN ROSS '76cl died December 20 in Manhattan. He was an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a former vice president at Bankers Trust Co. in New York City after suffering a stroke. The former president and chief executive officer of Motown Records, he cofounded with his longtime partner, Doug McHenry, J.D.-M.B.A. '76, a film and television production company, Elephant Walk Entertainment, whose credits include the movie New Jack City. At his death he was working on the start-up of Urban Box Office Network, a series of websites aimed at minority Net-surfers. He was a founding member of the board of De la Salle Academy, a private school for talented children from low-income families. He leaves his wife, Yuko, a daughter, Kona Rose, his mother, Henrietta Stancil, a sister, Sharon, and a brother, Bobbie Stancil.

BROOKE ANNE ROGERS '96cl died September 27, 1999, in Venice, Cal., after being struck by a car in a crosswalk near her home. A former editor of Let's Go Texas. He enjoyed a long career as a civil and sanitary engineer. He was public health engineer for the city of Houston from 1951 to 1969 and later served as industrial hygiene and safety engineer for the N.Y. He was a retired chemical product manager at Agway, where he worked for 35 years, and a former research professor of botany at the University of Jensen and Marion Grice, and a brother, William.

GRACE FORSTER BAILEY MITCHELL, Ed.M. '62, died January 27 in Delray Beach, Fla. A writer and lecturer on early childhood education and author of a best-selling book on the subject, I Am! I Can!, she was the founder and longtime operator of Green Acres Nursery School in Waltham; her earliest charges included the children of women employed at Raytheon during World War II. Later she helped found Living & Learning Schools, a chain of 38 nursery schools throughout New England. She leaves a daughter, Nancy, two sons, F. Lee '54 and William '62, J.D. '68, and a sister, Lois Dewsnap; her second husband, Donald, died in 1981.

CARIDAD SEMANA ALFONSO, Ph.D. '65, of Santa Ana, the Philippines, died April 8, 1999. She was a retired professor of public administration at the University of the Philippines, where she spent her entire professional life. An expert in the field of public fiscal administration, she also formerly served as assistant for academic affairs and as director of graduate studies in the university's College of Public Administration. She leaves her husband, Oscar, and a son, Oscar.

ROBERT SHENTON, Ph.D. '62, retired secretary of the Governing Boards, died February 29 while vacationing in Puerto Rico. An administrator at Harvard for some 30 years, retiring in 1991, he had an encyclopedic knowledge of the history and culture of the University. He was a trustee of the Boston Baroque and recording secretary of the Oklahoma. He leaves his wife, Mary (Swain).

DONALD VINTON BENNETT '22, of South Bristol, Me., died July 19, 1994. He was a retired government lawyer. He served as village attorney for Nassau, Indianapolis, died November 12, 1993. He taught secondary school for 33 years, and at his retirement was head of the English department at Marblehead (Mass.) High School.

NORMAN HINSDILL PARSONS '22, formerly of Sarasota, Fla., died February 2, 1997. As a longtime industrial engineer for the N.H. He was a retired businessman who spent his career in sales and manufacturing. He was former director of Edward E. Tower Co., in Boston, and former president of Aid-All Sales Co., of Nashua. He also found time for a number of hobbies, including horticulture, stamp collecting, and birding. He leaves his wife, Frances (Stoddard), and three sons, William, Theodore, and Ralph.

PAUL PERCIVAL PRITZKER '23, of Wellesley, Mass., died November 9. He was retired treasurer of the family business, A. Pritzker & Sons Inc., manufacturers of heavy leather and cloth outerwear. He was also an avid fly-fisherman. He leaves his wife, Esther (Andrews), and two sons, James and M. Frederick.

LAWRENCE SOULE APSEY '24cl, J.D. '27mcl, of North Plainfield, N.J., died November 30. During his legal career he worked as attorney in the public lands and antitrust divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice and also as general counsel to the Raytheon Manufacturing Co. and Celanese Corp. He devoted his retirement years to Quaker endeavors and was particularly active in the Alternatives to Violence Project. He was the author of several books, including Transforming Power for Peace. He leaves a son, Peter.

HENRY TOMKINS CARTER '24, of Redlands, Cal., died February 2, 1997. He was a retired schoolteacher.

HERBERT SYMONDS GARDNER '24cl, of Spring Valley, Pennsylvania Medical School and a life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His survivors include his wife, Stella (Chalfin).

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