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FREDERIC PEACHY, Ph.D. '48, died April 15, 1997, in Inverness, Cal. He was professor emeritus and former chairman of the department of classics at Reed College. He was also a former French amateur middleweight boxing champion and a decorated veteran of World War II who fought with the Marine Corps in Guadalcanal. His published works include Clareti Enigma: The Latin Riddles of Claret and Pound's "Cantos": A Greek Approach. He was a past president of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. He leaves his wife, Bernice, a daughter, Anna Desenberg, three sons, William, John, and Nicholas, and a brother, Peter Babalian.
MARY JANE LATSIS, M.P.A. '53, died October 27 in Plymouth, New York City, was the first first fictional sleuth to spring from the world of business and finance. The first book in the series, Banking on Death, appeared in 1961 and became an immediate hit on Wall Street; the most recent, A Shark Out of Water, was published this past October. The co-writers also produced a second series of detective books under the pen-name R.B. Dominic. Latsis leaves a longtime friend, Walter Frank '49.
DONALD NORMAN MEDEARIS JR., M.D. '53, died September 29 in Boston. He was retired chief of pediatric services at Washington, D.C. From 1979 to 1982 he was a member of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine, under Jimmy Carter. He leaves his wife, Ellen (Marble), two daughters, Ellen and Jennifer '94, two sons, Donald and John '85, and two brothers, Kenneth and Robert, M.B.A. '59.
JOHN ROWLAND ILLICK, Ph.D. '54, died May 2 in Kennett Square, Pa. He was professor emeritus of geography, geology, and environmental science at Middlebury College, where he taught for 40 years, and was active in college and community affairs. An ardent naturalist with wide-ranging interests, in retirement he led many travel groups to Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. He leaves his wife, Edith (Windels), three daughters, Virginia Jaskot, Priscilla Siano, and Martha, and a son, John.
NORMAN HILLAS MACMILLAN, A.M. '64, died in 1994 in Alfred, New York City for several years, he returned to Boston in 1988 and enrolled in a doctoral program in legal history at Harvard. He was a teaching fellow, academic adviser, and counselor at Mather House. He leaves his mother, Mildred, and a brother, Jeffrey.
PAUL DOUGHTY BARTLETT, Ph.D. '31, died October 11 in Lexington, Mass. He was professor of chemistry at Harvard from 1946 until 1974; after retiring from Harvard he became a research professor at Washington lawyer for 40 years and a founding partner in the firm of Bell and Ehrlich. He practiced law in Washington to join the general counsel's staff in the Office of Price Administration. At age 75, because legal advice he supplied over the phone from his home in Bethesda counted as the practice of law, he took and passed the Maryland bar examination. He leaves his wife, Beatrice (Solow), a daughter, Lynn Chaitovitz, a son, Richard '55, and a sister.
CHARLES BARBER DELAFIELD '27 died September 22 in Glen Cove, New York and was co-founder and former vice chairman of its Health and Hospital Planning Council. In 1972 he was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to head a commission on horseracing and off-track betting in the state. He leaves two daughters, Eleanor Everett and Harriet Smith; his wife, Helen Q. Thorndike, died in 1988.
ARCHIBALD CASON EDWARDS '28cl died March 21, in Oklahoma City resident, he spent his career in the family business, R. J. Edwards Inc., the oldest municipal bond firm in the state. A former Lampoon contributor, he wrote and published a newsletter, Pagan Century, and contributed to the literary publications of several colleges and universities. He received the State Arts Council of Oklahoma conferred on him the Sanger Legacy Award. He leaves his wife, Sarah (Stanley), four daughters, Sarah Baltzell, Elizabeth Amato, Hilary '58, and Mary, a son, Archibald '68, M.B.A. '71, and a sister, Mary Thach.
GEORGE GUY BAILEY JR. '29cl, M.D. '33, died September 11 in Sanford, Me. He was a retired orthopedic surgeon who had a private practice in Boston for 40 years. He served as a consulting surgeon at many area hospitals, and as an attending surgeon at Mount Auburn Hospital, in Cambridge, where he was chief of orthopedics from 1957 to 1971. He leaves a daughter, Joan Wood; his wife, Gretchen (Lovell), and a son, Charles, predeceased him.
CALEB CAUMAN '29 died September 21 in New York. He leaves his wife, Rebecca (Lowenstein), a daughter, Ann, a son, Richard, and a sister, Hannah Levin '34.
JOHN CODMAN FISKE '30, Ph.D. '54, died September 3 in Wenatchee, Wash. A diplomat, linguist, and educator, he served in the navy during World War II, then worked in naval intelligence in Moscow. While earning his doctorate, he was affiliated with Harvard's Russian Research Center. Later he taught French, Spanish, and Russian at New York and Philadelphia. After retiring from the Naval Reserve he spent several years as assistant director of West Chester University's computer center. He leaves his wife, Frances (Darlington), a daughter, Margaret Perla, and a son, Charles.
MATTHEW BRODY '31 died August 24 in Washington, a paean to the birds, flowers, cloud patterns, sunrises, and sunsets in that city that remains a classic among nature lovers. After moving to Geneva in 1956 to become a professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, he wrote 22 more books on international politics, nature, and philosophy, including Out of Chaos and The Cold War as History. He leaves his wife, Barbara (Mark), three daughters, Julia, Robin, and Annie, and two sons, John and Mark.
RUTH GLOVER MONSEES '33mcl died August 30 in Clearwater, Fla. A former longtime resident of Bath, New York School of Interior Design for more than 25 years. He leaves his wife, Anita (Norian), two daughters, Suzanne and Elyse, and a son, Mark.
BETTY HERMAN LAUB '35mcl, of Swampscott, Mass., died September 19. She leaves a son, Rick; her husband, Bernard, predeceased her.
MIRIAM LITTLEFIELD BROOKS '36cl died October 9 while visiting Passau, Germany. A former elementary-school teacher of learning-disabled children, she volunteered for many years in the areas of education, social justice, historic preservation, and the arts, notably with the Family Service West Agency and the Boston Legal Advocacy and Resource Center. She was a 60-year member of the Weston-Wayland Shakespeare Club. She leaves her husband, John '34, LL.B. '37, two daughters, Miriam Hall '61 and Sarah, three sons, John '64, M.D. '69, Christopher, and W. Blair, a sister, Katharine Poor '41, and a brother, John '46, M.D. '47.
RICHARD COBB '36cl, MOC '46, formerly of Alexandria, Va., died August 16. He was a retired Navy Supply Corps captain who had served in the Pacific theater. Later he spent 20 years as manager of the Navy Federal Credit Union. A past vice president of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions, he received the organization's Professional of the Year Award in 1980. He leaves his wife, Marian (Colwell), a daughter, Diana Ansley, and a son, Winthrop.
MELVIN LENNARD '36cl, J.D. '39, died June 12 in Pacific Palisades, Cal. A labor arbitrator, he was active in California Democratic politics and served as chairman of the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission. His survivors include his wife, Evelyn (Stern) '39.
