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Lorna Wright Dale '66
Lorna Wright Dale '66, a teacher, died May 13, 1994 in Lewiston, Maine. She was 50. She was born in Farmington, Maine, and graduated from Jay High School. A Spanish major at Colby, she studied at the University of Mexico City. After graduation from the College she taught languages at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire and in Chicago, eventually becoming a substitute teacher in the Lewiston school system. She was a band musician and a pianist. Her father, Philip Wright, survives her, as do a sister, two nieces and many other relatives.
George Sheridan Dukes '66
George Sheridan Dukes '66 died July 7, 1994 in Prescott, Ariz., at 50. He was born in Hackensack, N.J., and graduated from Cranford High School in Cranford, N.J. He was married for 28 years to Joan Manegold Dukes '66, who survives him along with his mother and two sisters.
Anthony S. Giles '66
Anthony S. Giles '66 died December 15, 1994, in Marblehead, Mass., at 51. Born in Marblehead, he graduated from Marblehead High School. After graduating from the College with a major in English, he received his master's and Ph.D. from Syracuse University and became a professor of speech at the University of New Hampshire's Paul Arts Center. He is survived by two sons and a granddaughter.
Robert N. Levine '73
Robert N. Levine '73, a consultant to national literacy campaigns and a volunteer AIDS care worker, died May 28, 1994, in New York City at 42. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and educated in West Hartford schools. At Colby he majored in psychology, and after graduating he attended Hartt College of Music. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a consultant to several outstanding literacy campaigns, including the Readasaurus program and ABC Television's Project Literacy U.S. He also was a volunteer with God's Love We Deliver, a group that delivers meals to homebound persons with AIDS. He is survived by his mother, Ruth Levine, a brother, a niece and a nephew. A cousin, Paul Feldman '34, also attended the College.
Archille Henri Biron
Archille Henri Biron, emeritus professor of modern languages, died December 6, 1994 at his home in Waterville, Maine, at 84. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., he was a 1932 graduate of Clark University, earned a diploma from the Institute De Phonetique at the University of Paris in 1937 and, in 1940, earned a master's degree from Middlebury College. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army in France. He taught at the Riverdale Country School in New York City for 10 years before joining the faculty of Rutgers University, where he taught from 1946 until 1950, when he directed the Colby-Swarthmore Summer School of Languages and joined the Colby faculty as an instructor. He was named assistant professor in 1953, associate professor in 1965 and full professor in 1973 and was granted emeritus status following his retirement in 1977. A leader in developing Colby's first foreign language programs abroad, he was particularly interested in 19th-century French literature, especially the works of Balzac. He also was a supporter of the Colby library and the Colby Friends of Art. With his wife, Dorothy, he traveled extensively in Europe, North Africa and Canada, and a scholarship fund in honor of the Birons is to be established at the College for the scholarship support of Colby students wishing to study in France. Besides his wife of 55 years, he is survived by a brother and sister-in-law and a nephew.
G. Cecil Goddard '29
G. Cecil Goddard '29, long-time community leader and Colby's first alumni secretary, died January 14, 1996 in China, Maine, at age 89. He was born in Hermon, Maine, and graduated from Brooks High School. In 1929-30 he attended Harvard Law School. The following year he was appointed the first full-time alumni secretary by the College, where he remained until he purchased a general insurance agency in Waterville in 1948. He was president of the Independent Insurance Agents Association of Maine and was state national director of the Independent Insurance Agents of America Inc. He served in several Waterville city government positions and since 1942 was a member of the Waterville Rotary Club. He was president and chair of the board at Waterville Osteopathic Hospital, president of the Waterville Council of Hospitals and vice chair of the Maine Health Finance Management Commission. A trustee of the Maine Health Systems Agency, he also was a trustee of the Maine Hospital Association and received its Distinguished Service Award in 1979. He was a trustee, moderator and life deacon of the First Baptist Church of Waterville, treasurer of the Christian Civic League of Maine and on the board of the American Baptist Churches of Maine. He was a 32nd degree Mason. As president of the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts of America, he received its Silver Beaver Award for service to boyhood. When he retired in 1972, he received the Distinguished Community Service Award from the Waterville Area Chamber of Commerce. Colby, whose Mayflower Hill campus, Alumni Association, Alumni Council and 50-plus Club owe much to his wisdom and foresight, awarded him a Colby Brick in 1952 and further honored his service to the College by naming the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house Goddard-Hodgkins. Predeceased by his brother, Ralph '30, he is survived by two daughters, Jacquelyn Black and Melissa Ayer, a son, Samuel Goddard, five granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
William C. Carter '38
William C. Carter '38, a pioneer in the fields of reliable and fault-tolerant computing, died January 31, 1996 in Bath, Maine, at 79. Born in Waterville, Maine, to Mary Caswell Carter '04 and Professor of Mathematics Benjamin Carter, he graduated from Coburn Academy. At Colby he was active in numerous organizations, including football and the Glee Club, and majored in mathematics. After graduating as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College in Oxford, England. He served in the Navy during World War II as a meteorologist in the South Pacific. In 1947 he received a doctorate in math from Harvard University and was employed as an engineer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. He helped design and develop computers and programming systems for Raytheon, Datamatic and Honeywell before joining IBM, where he led initiatives in advanced systems automation for 30 years before his retirement in 1986. He was the author of scores of articles and scientific papers and held more than 20 patents. During his career he received many honors and was made a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. In 1986, he and his brother, the late Clark H. Carter '40, established the Carter Professorship in Mathematics, and in 1987 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, two sons, a daughter, a granddaughter and his cousin, Kathryn Caswell MacDonald '36.
Alice LaRocque Brown '21
Alice LaRocque Brown '21, a teacher, died August 8, 1995, in Northampton, Mass., at 96. A native of Lincoln, Vt., she taught English and history at schools in the Boston area from 1920 to 1929. She also was secretary to the head of admissions at Williston Academy in Easthampton, Mass., before becoming a teacher in the Westfield, Mass., public schools. Survivors include her son, Malcolm, and many nieces and nephews.
Helen Dresser McDonald '23
Helen Dresser McDonald '23, a teacher, died January 28, 1996 in Waterville, Maine, at 93. She was born in South Portland, Maine, and attended local schools. At the College she was active in sports and drama. She taught French, biology, commercial math and English at South Portland High School from 1924 to 1929 and later was a substitute teacher. From 1945 until her retirement in 1969 she was a full-time English teacher and theatrical coach at Deering High School in Portland. She was active with several organizations, including the DAR, Delta Delta Delta sorority, the Retired Teachers Association and the YMCA. She received a Colby Brick for her service to the College as class agent, captain of the Ford Foundation Challenge Campaign, member of the Alumni Council and president of the Alumnae Association of Southwestern Maine. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Ruth McDonald Roberts '55 and David Roberts '55, two grandchildren, Susan Roberts '86 and Linda Roberts '88, and a great-grandson.
