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Margaret M. Magie
A memorial service for Margaret (nee MacGregor) Magie is planned for 2 p.m. June 9 at the Elliott Chapel at the Presbyterian Homes, 3131 Golf Road, Evanston.
Mrs. Magie, who lived in Winnetka for more than 60 years, died May 2 at Westminster Place in the Presbyterian Homes in Evanston. She was 93.
Mrs. Magie was born June 1, 1907 in New York City. She was the daughter of the Rev. Charles Peter and Mary Eleanor (nee Mercer) MacGregor.
Mrs. Magie graduated from Radcliffe College in 1928 and the next year she married William A. Magie Sr. of Winnetka in Manchester, N.H.
A civic leader, Mrs. Magie was president of the Winnetka League of Women Voters when it became the League of Women Voters of Winnetka-Northfield- Kenilworth. She also was a director of Citizens Information Service.
She also had been treasurer of the organization that worked to save Skokie School from demolition.
She also was active in in the Winnetka PTA, the Winnetka Weeders Garden Club and the Fortnightly Clubs of both Winnetka and Chicago.
She also served on the board of governors of Winnetka Community House and in 1959 was chairman of the first Winnetka Ball, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Winnetka as a village.
She served her alma mater as a trustee of Radcliffe College from 1953-1959. In addition, she was active in the Harvard and Radcliffe clubs of Chicago.
She was the first woman to serve on the board of directors of any Harvard Club and chaired a woman’s committee to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the oldest Harvard Club in 1957.
She was a member of Christ Church in Winnetka.
Mrs. Magie was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1972.
Survivors include three sons, William A. Magie Jr. of Villa Rica, Ga., Peter Magie of Southern Pines, N.C., and John Q. Magie of Chicago; and a daughter, Margaret (Peggy) Dunham of St. Paul, Minn.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Radcliffe Scholarship Fund, Radcliffe College, 10 Garden St., Cambridge MA 02138.
Carl F. Malak
Carl F. Malak, 69, of Glenview, died Saturday, May 12, in Evanston Hospital.
Mr. Malak was born Feb. 9, 1932 in Evanston. He was a 26-year employee of Evanston School District 65 and a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict; a Charter member and secretary of the Pulaski Eagles (Evanston); a former volunteer for the North Shore Swimming Association and a long-time member of the Illinois League of Municipal Employees. He loved to travel, golf and garden.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Janice, nee Naset, of Glenview; and two sons, Kevin F. and Charles J. of Glenview.
Mr. Malak was preceded in death by his brother, Anthony Jr. and sister, Marie (the late Harry) Wisniewski.
Visitation and funeral services were held May 15 and 16 at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, Skokie. Interment was private at All Saints Mausoleum, Des Plaines. Memorial donations may be made to Chicago Myeloma Foundation, 1314 Maple, Downers Grove IL 60615.
Dr. Ernest McEwen
A memorial service for Dr. Ernest George McEwen, a lifelong resident of Evanston, is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 19in the Elliott Chapel of Presbyterian Homes, 3131 Simp-son St.
Dr. McEwen died April 27at the Presbyterian Homesin Evanston. He was 92.
Born May 6, 1908, he graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1924. He received a bachelor of science degree in 1928 from Northwestern University, and a master’s degree in physiology in 1932 and a medical degree in 1933 from Northwestern University Medical School. He served his internship and residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
During World War II, from 1942-46, he was a member of the 12th General Hospital, with the rank of major. He was chief of section, general medicine, and served overseas in North Africa and Italy.
After the war, he returned to Evanston and, with Dr. Leonard Jourdonais, founded the Medical Group of Evanston, one of the first group medical practices.
Dr. McEwen was a specialist in internal medicine (cardiologist), senior physician practicing at Evanston Hospital and associate professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School. He retired from both in 1970.
He served as officer of the Chicago Society of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medi Central Service for the Chronically Ill and on the research committee of the Heart Association.
He was a member of the honorary fraternities Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha.
He was involved with a variety of charities and educational institutions, especially Northwestern.
He enjoyed the family’s primitive summer camp in Canada, which he attended almost annually from the age of 1 until 85 - fishing and boating, building and basking in the wilderness. After his retirement, he and his wife collected and read rare books and traveled worldwide.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gretchen (nee Baarsch).
Survivors include daughter Mary McEwen (Henry C.) Doll, four grandchildren, two nieces and one nephew.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gretchen B. and Ernest G. McEwen Scholarship Fund, Northwestern University, 2020 Ridge Ave., Room 230, Evanston IL 60208 or the Evanston Hospital Philanthropy Department, 1603 Orrington Ave., Seventh Floor, Evanston IL 60201.
Frank Spencer
Frank A. Spencer, 87, of Evanston, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and aviation expert, died May 8 at Evanston Hospital.
Mr. Spencer earned his pilot’s license while studying for his undergraduate degree in economics at Northwestern University. He received his degree in 1936 and then earned a doctorate in economics and air transportation from Princeton University in 1941.
He was in the Air Transport Command in World War II, flying personnel and supplies from the United States to Europe and North Africa.
Mr. Spencer was well-known and respected in the aviation industry. He was an airline pilot for more than 30 years, first with Trans World Airlines and then with American Airlines, ending his flying career as a 747 captain. He also served as a labor negotiator for the Air Line Pilots Association and wrote extensively on airline labor, regulatory reform, and aviation economics and operations.
After retiring from American Airlines in 1973, he joined Northwestern to teach and pursue research interests, and received a faculty appointment in the department of policy and environment at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He served on the Kellogg faculty until 1978, where he taught courses in collective bargaining and transportation policy and management. He then received an appointment to the university’s Transportation Center.
Mr. Spencer was instrumental in the establishment of the William A. Patterson Endowed Chair in Transportation, which he began with a personal contribution of $100,000. He made other gifts to Northwestern, particularly to the Transportation Center and Transportation Library.
He was a member of the American Economic Association, Transportation Research Board and past president of the Air Transportation Research International Forum.
He was awarded the Alumni Service Award from the Northwestern Alumni Association in 1997 in recognition of his service to the university. He was a member of the John Evans Club, the university’s major donor recognition group, since 1976.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gerry.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine, and sister Mildred Snyder of Prescott, Ariz.
A memorial service was held May 16 at Covenant United Methodist Church in Evanston.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Frank A. Spencer Book Fund, c/o Northwestern University Transportation Library, 1935 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60208.
Richard Storinger
Richard Storinger, 61, of Chicago died on May 6.
Mr. Storinger was dean and professor of humanities emeritus at Oakton Community College.
He is survived by his father, Bert; a brother, Bill (Alice); and nephews, Steven and Don.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial was private.
Contributions may be made to the Oakton Community College Educational Foundation, 1600 Golf Road, Des Plaines IL 61106, or to the Huntington Disease Society of America, 158 W. 29th St., New York NY 10001-5300.
Arrangements were handled by Evanston Funeral & Cremation, Roland Weis, director.
William Strong
William Richard Strong, a lifelong resident of Evanston, died May 6 at Evanston Hospital. He was 59.
He was born May 16, 1941, and was educated in the Evanston school system.
Mr. Strong worked in the Sanitation Department for the city of Evanston.
During his teenage years, he was a member of the Vanguards Drill Team, sponsored by the Evanston Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Vanguards, under the leadership of “Bo” Price, won the National Drill Team Championship at the VFW National Convention in Los Angeles in 1959.
He enjoyed all sports, especially dominoes.
Survivors include eight children: Gregory Waters, Kevin (Barbara) Wilson, Stephanie (Glenn) Crabtree and Robin, Anthony, Zachary, Demetrius and Tatum Strong; sister Celia (Lugene) Walker, brother James Johnson; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; five aunts; one uncle; and many other relatives.
Funeral services were held May 10 at Springfield Missionary Baptist Church in Evanston, with interment in Sunset Memorial Lawns, Northbrook.
Donald Torchiana
A memorial service is scheduled for Donald T. Torchiana of Wilton, Conn., a former longtime resident of Evanston, at 3 p.m. June 2 in the Alice Millar Chapel on the Northwestern University Evanston campus.
Mr. Torchiana, 77, died May 9 in Wilton, Conn. He was 77.
A native of Swarthmore, Pa., he was a captain and a B-17 pilot in the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II and was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1947 from DePauw University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. He earned a master’s degree in English literature in 1949 and a doctorate in English language and literature in 1953 from the University of Iowa.
A member of the Northwestern faculty from 1953 until his retirement in 1989, Mr. Torchiana was a noted scholar in Irish literature. He was the author of “W.B. Yeats and Georgian Ireland,” “Backgrounds for Jocye’s Dubliners,” and numerous articles, reviews and essays.
Mr. Torchiana’s research interests were in English, Irish and American literature, with emphases on 18th century English and Irish literature, the Irish Literary Renaissance, modern literature and the writings of Joyce, Yeats, Swift and Pope. At Northwestern, he was president of the Modern Language Club and director of the W.B. Yeats festival. During his career, he edited many of Yeats’s letters and personal papers.
He was a member of the Irish Georgian Society, American Committee for Irish Studies, International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature, Dublin Round Table, 18th Century Studies Society of America and Modern Language Association.
He was a lecturer and seminar director at the Yeats International Summer School and was a Fulbright Lecturer at University College, Galway, and Trinity College, Dublin, in Ireland.
Survivors include daughter Katherine T. Grenier of Weston, Conn.; sons Dr. David F. of Boston and William D. of New York; eight grandchildren; brother Jack of Tucson, Ariz., and his former wife, Margarida LeSueur of Nahant, Mass.
