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Lucille E. Waugh '63
Sept. 19, 2019, in Medford, Mass., at 78. She started graduate work at Yale right after Colby and earned a master’s in English in 1964. She became a high school English teacher in Ohio, worked as an editor for Xerox’s educational publications, and was a self-employed musician, playing the violin and viola with community orchestras and chamber groups. She volunteered as a trip leader with the Sierra Club and gave her time to educational groups. Lucille was predeceased by her father, Robert M. Waugh ’27, and her twin sister, Lillian Waugh ’63, and is survived by her sister Lorene Waugh Harris ’60 and extended family.
John F. Harrington '66
Oct. 14, 2019, in Grasonville, Md., at 75. Jack received a J.D. from Boston University and then practiced energy law for 45 years in Washington, D.C., earning accolades as partner at Fulbright & Jaworski. He was a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations as well as the Federal Energy Bar Association and the American Bar Association. A lover of the outdoors, he was a devoted father who savored the simple things. Survivors include his five children, including J. Colin Harrington ’96, eight grandchildren, his former wife, and three brothers.
David P. Fischer '67
June 7, 2019, in Wiscasset, Maine, at 75. A beloved English teacher at Wiscasset High School for 35 years, “Fisch” mentored students in the classroom and on the field, where he coached the girls’ and boys’ soccer teams as well as track and field. He loved jazz and Motown and, as a passionate reader, influenced the personal libraries of his family. An accomplished gardener, he cultivated a legacy garden of rhododendron, conifers, and Japanese maples, while in his greenhouse he successfully raised a unique hybrid alpine cyclamen that was included in the National Arboretum. He also loved cats. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia, four children, two stepchildren, 16 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a sister.
Richard W. Upton '69
March 25, 2019, in Litchfield, Conn., at 71. Dick enjoyed a long career in international banking with Bankers Trust and with Harris Bank, traveling frequently to Europe and Australia on business. Stateside, he returned often to New Hampshire’s mountains, where he first experienced camping and hiking as a teenager. In addition to the outdoors, he enjoyed classical music and wine. He also belonged to a genealogical and historical group, the Walter Palmer Society. He was curious about other people’s lives and had a great memory, earning him the title of “unofficial historian” bestowed by classmates about whom he remembered so much. Dick leaves four siblings and extended family.
Richard G. Hinman '70
May 22, 2019, in Kingston, Mass., at 71. A passionate reader of literature and a music buff, he was involved with retail and wholesale books his working career. His wife, Emily, and four siblings survive him.
Leslie Cheryl Anderson Scherer '70
Sept. 8, 2019, in Wethersfield, Conn., at 71. It was at Colby that she decided to become a librarian, a decision that resulted in a 38-year career as director at the Wallingford Public Library after earning her M.L.S. from Rosary College. Her successes at the library included spearheading a move to its current location, overseeing a renovation and expansion, and leading the transition to the digital age, which dovetailed with her becoming founding director of “Libraries Online (LION),” a digital interlibrary loan program in Connecticut. In 2001 she was awarded the Deane C. Avery Award from the New London Day for defending free speech. At her retirement party in 2013, classmate and coworker Mary Heffernon ’71 remarked that Scherer “directed with her incredible mind as well as her amazing heart.” Survivors include her husband of almost 50 years, Ed Scherer ’67, two children, including Elizabeth Scherer Richmond ’05 and her husband, Eric Richmond ’06, three grandchildren, and a brother.
Jane Cerutti Tait '70
March 25, 2019, in Ocala, Fla., at 70. After a few years at Colby, she studied in Paris then graduated from the University of Vermont in 1971. She worked in Vermont until she retired and started spending half her time in Florida. Gardening, traveling, reading, and being a grandmother were among her treasured activities. She leaves her husband, James, two daughters, four grandchildren, and three siblings.
Edward P. Wells II '70
Aug. 13, 2019, in Southwest Harbor, Maine, at 72. After Colby he spent three years with the Peace Corps in West Africa on a well-digging team. Later, in his 60s, he volunteered again for the Peace Corps, and more recently he volunteered for Doctors Without Borders in Africa. He also earned two master’s degrees in the ’70s, and eventually worked for Bass Harbor (Maine) Marine and as a surveyor. Ted was a violinist who played in many venues, including the Acadia Community Theatre, College of the Atlantic, and the Winter Harbor Music Festival. His unexpected death leaves his daughter, Erica Leighton, two grandsons, and a sister.
Alan A. Ackley '71
May 20, 2019, in Groton, Conn., at 70. A dedicated community and family man, he owned Ackley’s Package Store, in his family for more than 80 years, while also serving on the board of Groton’s Poquonnock Bridge Fire District for two decades. His deepest pleasures were warm-weather getaways with his wife and skiing and sailing with his brother. He also enjoyed solving Sunday crossword puzzles, discussing politics, and sharing wine with friends. Survivors include his wife, Lisa, two sons, and a sister.
Amy Sosland Brown '71
Sept. 18, 2019, in West Sussex, England, at 70. She continued her education after raising her son, first by graduating from Smith College in 1990 then from MIT with both a master’s in city planning and a doctorate in urban and regional planning. She taught for a period in the early 2000s at Ball State University before moving to England toward the end of that decade. Amy loved the arts and history, and she frequently attended performances at Glyndebourne, an English venue for opera. Survivors include her mother, her son, two granddaughters, and two siblings.
Kathleen O’Donnell DiNisco '71
July 1, 2019, in Newbury, Mass., at 70. She worked for a startup trading company with a focus on the oil and gas industry, a job that took her to the Soviet Union and to China in the ’80s and ’90s. With her knowledge and experience, she started her own company, Market Access International, a marketing business, which she ran until 2017. She appreciated the arts and theater, enjoyed sightseeing, and loved to read. In 1981 she established the William J. O’Donnell Scholarship Fund at Colby in memory of her father. She leaves her husband, Steven, and her daughter.
