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Richard A. Reed '54, Jan. 27, 1997, in Dartmouth, Mass., at 65. After serving in the Navy from 1952 to 1956 and the Naval Reserve until 1960, he was a pharmacist in Dartmouth and New Bedford, Mass. Survivors include his wife, Joan, a daughter, a son, a brother and grandchildren.
Rebecca E. Bachman '61, Feb. 4, 1997, in New York, N.Y., at 57. She was vice president of Fitch Investors Service, Inc. in New York. Survivors include her sister, Ann Bachman Ryan.
Shelley D. Vincent III '62, Feb. 7, 1997, in Mendon, Mass., at 56. He was an estate planning attorney at Tyler & Reynolds in Boston for 28 years before his retirement in 1993. He also was president of the Milford National Bank and Trust Co. He leaves his mother, a son, a daughter and a sister.
James R.F. Quirk '65, Feb. 23, 1997, in Alexandria, La., at 50. A professor of computer science at Louisiana State University-Alexandria, he was rated by the National Chess Federation and played postal chess with opponents from around the world. Survivors include his daughter, Marie Quirk, and a sister.
Martha L. Bennett '69, Jan. 21, 1997, in Yorba Linda, Calif., at 49. A flight nurse on the first Life Flight helicopter rescue program in the nation, she was a director of the American Association of Air Medical Services and the National Flight Nurse Association. She is survived by her mother, a brother and three sisters.
Joseph G. Pittman '76, Feb. 25, 1997, in Fremont, Calif., at 42. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and was a biology major at Colby. He died after a lengthy and courageous battle with schizophrenia. He is survived by his mother, his father and stepmother, two brothers and three sisters.
Steven W. Savchick '78, March 1, 1997, in Boston, Mass., at 41. An employment specialist and health care recruiter, he was director of recruitment at Olympus Healthcare Group in Westboro, Mass. He died from complications after a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. He leaves his partner, Fred T. Fuge Jr., his mother, a brother and sister, nephews and nieces.
Dorothy Fosdick, L.H.D. '54, Feb. 5, 1997, in Washington, D.C., at 83. She was a foreign policy expert who helped fashion the United Nations, the Marshall Plan and NATO in the 1940s. For the next three decades she was foreign policy advisor to Senator Henry M. Jackson. Survivors include her sister, her niece, Patricia Downs Berger '62, and a nephew.
Nathaniel L. Sills '29, October 30, 2000, in New York, N.Y., at 93. He was chairman of the board of Standard Motors Products, Inc., a company he served for more than 57 years. He also served his community with distinction and was a strong supporter of Colby capital campaigns as well as a donor of laboratories and a game room in Cotter Union. He is survived by three sons, including Arthur S. Sills '65, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Margaret Hale Shaw '30, November 3, 2000, in Presque Isle, Maine, at 90. A summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate, she taught English at Caribou High School and later was a substitute teacher in the public schools of Portland, Maine, Springfield, Mass., and Bellows Falls, Vt. Predeceased by her husband, Bernard C. Shaw '30, she is survived by her cousins, Charles Hatch and Gwen Harmon.
