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DANIEL HAYDEN LEVAN JR. '50, of De Leon Springs, Fla., died June 29, 1998. A director of several companies in which his family had an interest, including Lowell Gas Co., Cape Cod Gas Co. Inc., Gas Rentals Inc., and Lowell Appliances, he also served as co-owner and director of Overseas Properties Ltd., a Pennsylvania State Department of Education. A man who had always dreamed of being an architect, he designed and built his own home over a period of 25 years. He leaves his wife, E. Lena (Kreider), a daughter, Pamela, two sons, Lee and Timothy, a sister, Helen Davis, and a brother, Harold.
PHILIP JAMES ROOSEVELT '50 died November 27 in Oyster Bay, New York City. He was a naval veteran who served with the Seabees during World War II. He leaves his wife, Dorothy (Wright), a daughter, Karen, three sons, Thomas, Mark, and David, his mother, Gladys, and a brother, Stanley.
ROBERT HELLER DIX '51mcl, Ph.D. '62, of Houston, died October 3. He was Fox professor of political science emeritus at Rice, where he taught for 26 years, and a former associate at Harvard's Center for International Affairs. An expert on Latin America, his Colombia: The Political Dimensions of Change is considered a classic in the field. He leaves his wife, Mary (Seaton), and a brother, Willard.
RALPH EDWIN PERRY JR. '51, M.D. '56, of Joshua Tree, Cal., died March 14, 1997.
FRANCIS PAUL SCULLY JR. '51 died November 9 in Stonington, Me. A vice president of Previews Inc., a real-estate marketing firm, he was also involved in the family business, Scully Signal Co. A champion sailor, he competed regularly during race week in Marblehead, Mass., and won national titles in the 110 and Shield classes; he was a member of the crew that won a bronze medal in the 5.5-meter class in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He leaves his wife, Anne (Harmon), a daughter, Tara Rockefeller, and two sons, Francis and John.
HAROLD IRVING AMES '52, M.C.P. '57, died November 26 in Enfield, Connecticut for 25 years, he retired to N.H.) Volunteer Fire Department. He leaves his wife, Carol (Holt), a daughter, Susan Koriakin, and two sons, Gregory and Russell.
CHRISTOPHER WADSWORTH BROOKS COE '52 died February 5, 1998, in Portland, Me. He was a former financial analyst at Fidelity Investments and an avid outdoorsman. He leaves a daughter, Sarah Hafensteiner, three sons, David '79, Jotham '81, and Samuel, a sister, Susie Fernberger, and a brother, Peter.
PAUL JOHN MCDONALD '52, M.A.T. '53, died November 25 in Kingston, Mass. He was retired assistant superintendent of the Marshfield public schools. Earlier he served as superintendent of schools in Easton and of the Mount Greylock regional school system, in the Berkshires. He was an army veteran of the Korean War. He leaves a daughter, Alison Baxter, and a son, Eric.
ARNOLD JOSEPH SMOLLER '52, of San Francisco, died June 25, 1998. A retired San Francisco ophthalmologist, he had served as chief of the Retina Service at Permanente Medical Group and volunteered with the blind and visually impaired.
JOHN CRAWFORD WEBB JR. '52cl, of Gaithersburg, Md., died May 15. A Maryland politician and self-described cultural engineer, he ran for office as a Republican in several contests, including the 1970 gubernatorial election.
STANLEY WHITTEMORE KELLEIGH '53 died November 16 in Burlington, Mass. He was the owner of Apparatus Service Co., an electrical distribution company in Woburn. He leaves his wife, Virginia (Go), four daughters, Beatrice, M.P.A. '90, Catherine, Elizabeth Olson, and Nancy Rauscher, three sons, John, Stanley, and Hugh, his mother, Beatrice, a sister, Nancy Tavener, and a brother, Bradford.
SVEN LUDVIG HOLBERG '54, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died June 26, 1998. He was an international marketing executive with the firm of Holberg & Zantzinger Inc., in West Palm Beach. He leaves his wife, Eileen (Haen), a son, Peter, and four stepchildren, Christopher, Brian, Moira,and Shelagh Foley.
HARRY RICHARD NESSON '54 died October 18 in Boston. He was a physician and health-care management executive who was instrumental in the growth of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital into a world-class institution. In 1980 he oversaw the merger of its predecessor institutions, the Peter Bent Brigham, Robert Breck Brigham, and Boston Hospital for Women, into Brigham and Women's Hospital, and went on to serve as its president for 15 years; in 1994 he presided over the creation of Partners HealthCare System Inc., a partnership between the Brigham and Mass. General Hospital, and served as its chief executive officer until stepping down in 1997. He was also a cofounder and first medical director of the Harvard Community Health Plan. He leaves his wife, Lois, a daughter, Sara '87, a son, Edward '83, S.M. '90, and two sisters, Marilyn Mann and Lois Cohen.
PAUL JOSEPH BIVONA JR. '55, of Point Lookout, N.Y. He produced several off-Broadway plays before beginning his career in television as a stage manager at CBS, where he worked on The Ed Sullivan Show, Captain Kangaroo, and other programs. He directed the premiere season of Sesame Street in 1969 as well as several soap operas, including Secret Storm, One Life to Live, and Search for Tomorrow. He leaves two daughters, Wendy and Hope, a son, Tony, his parents, Ruth and John, and his former wife, Sarah (Canfield) '55.
PRESCOTT FREDERICK HILL '56, of Lenox, Mass., died February 28, 1998. He was a vice president of Berkshire Life Insurance Co., in Pittsfield, where he was involved mainly in real-estate investments.
FRANCIS PATRICK KIRK JR. '56, of Weston, Mass., died November 30. He leaves a son, Patrick, two sisters, Claire and Ursula, and a brother, John '51, J.D. '53.
HENRY KITE '56, of Jericho, Vt., died June 8, 1988. He was former executive director of the Josephine B. Baird Children's Center Inc., a residential treatment facility in Burlington.
JANE CONNELL LAMONT-MAY '56 died October 14 in Brookline, Mass. She worked as a commercial insurance underwriter and officer manager for the firm of Cohen-Goldenberg before moving to N.Y. A journalist and ardent wildlife conservationist, he worked as a feature writer and editor at the New York News for many years. He leaves no immediate survivors.
BRADLEY WINTHROP STARK '56cl, M.B.A. '60, of San Francisco, died July 19, 1998. He was a real-estate developer and restaurateur. He leaves no immediate survivors.
