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SIGMUND WERNER '36, M.B.A. '39, died January 3 in Framingham, Mass. A former comptroller and financial consultant, he served for 32 years in the Army and Army Reserves, retiring in 1974 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1996 he was awarded a medal by the Russian government for his role in the shipment of supplies from Iran to the Soviet Union during World War II. He leaves his wife, Anne (Marcus), and two daughters, Sara Murphy and Louise Henick; a son, Matthew, died last year.
EDWARD HOWARD BENNETT JR. '37 died February 9 in Marblehead, Mass. He was a lawyer in the Boston firm of Alger, Dean and Sullivan (later Sullivan and Worcester) who served for 15 years as a justice of the California State University, Long Beach. His survivors include a sister, Betty, and a brother, Henry; his wife, Monica (Jurczyk), died in 1978.
CHARLES RUSSELL ALLEN '38 died December 12 in Belfast, Me. A three-letter man at Harvard, he captained the football team that won the Little Three series title from Princeton and Yale. Later he was sales and advertising manager for New England Box Co. until his retirement. He was active in civic affairs in Greenfield, Mass., for many years and later in Belfast, where he founded the Belfast Curling Club. He was also a passionate environmentalist and an avid genealogist. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (Hatch), a daughter, Judith Smith, and a son, G. William.
DANIEL DALTON KINLEY '38, M.B.A. '47cl, of Greenwich, Conn., died May 31, 1996. He had been president of Great Bay Investments, in Amherst, Ohio. He retired in 1982 as director of data processing operations at American Greetings Corp., in Cleveland. He leaves his wife, Mary (Skinner), a daughter, Barbara Fretthold, two sons, Stephen and Thomas, and a twin brother, Richard '39.
ALICE CATHERINE GALLATIN '39, of San Francisco, died July 1, 1996.
CATHERINE CROMMETT GORDON '39, of Fort Myers, Fla., died December 20. She was a retired executive secretary who worked for Emery Russell and Goodrich, Emery Wool Co., Service Master Industries, and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. She was a former director of the Evangelistic Association of New England, the Union Rescue Mission, the Boston Industrial Home, and the N.Y. He worked for four years as an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service before joining his father's business, which he expanded into one of the largest of its kind; one major project involved preparation of a plan to defend the Michigan Lung Association. His survivors include his wife, Virginia (Hardgrove).
DOUGLAS MERCER '40cl, LL.B. '43, died February 1 in Boston. He was senior partner in the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray. A corporate-law specialist, he built the firm's mutual-fund practice into one of the largest in the country. He was a former Weston selectman and former chairman of the town's planning board. He also chaired the Harvard College Fund for two years and served as chief marshall of his class at its 25th and 50th reunions. He leaves his wife, Pauline Tobey, four sons, C. Douglas '66, M.B.A. '72, George '70, Walter '73, and Samuel, a sister, Elizabeth Nason '35, and a brother, George '36.
ROBERT FORBES PERKINS '40 died January 5 in Beverly, Mass. He was a retired investment manager and partner in J.M. Forbes Co. and a former vice president of State Street Bank and Trust Co., where he worked for more than 30 years. A World War II navy veteran who enjoyed sailing all his life, he also chaired the board of directors of the American Museum of China Trade, in Milton. He leaves his wife, Florence (Cushing), three daughters, Evelyn, Isabel, and Florence, and two sons, Robert '71 and Thomas.
HARRY WEBB SOUTHWICK '40cl, M.D. '43, of St. Germain, Wis., died January 7. He was Keith professor of surgery emeritus and former chairman of the department of general surgery at Rush Medical College, in Chicago, and senior attending surgeon and chairman of the department of general surgery at Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital. After retiring in 1984 he became director of the Howard Young Medical Center, in Woodruff, Wis., serving for five years as chairman. He was a prolific author on medical subjects, contributing to many journals and textbooks. He leaves two daughters, Sandra Reiter and Gay Adams, two sons, H. Webb and Charles, and a brother, Christopher '45, M.D. '48; his wife, Lorraine (Hinsdale), predeceased him.
WILLIAM JOHN CARR '41 died December 18 in Randolph, Mass. A longtime Boston attorney, he served as Randolph town counsel for 35 years and was town moderator from 1956 to 1961. He was also a musician who enjoyed performing with several local groups, including South Shore Men of Harmony, and played the guitar at shelters for the homeless and at nursing homes. He leaves his wife, Marie (Morrissey), four daughters, Deborah Journalist, Nancy Noonan, Jackie, and Jeanne Quealy, a son, Geoffrey, two sisters, Mary Simeone and Ann Donahue, and five brothers, Francis '41, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, and Philip.
ALAN FRANK CLIFFORD '41, of Newton, N.C., died December 1, 1995. He was a retired chemistry professor and former department chairman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Virginia State University at Blacksburg.
CHESTER BOND McLAUGHLIN '41, J.D. '48, of Palm Beach, died November 13, 1996. He was retired assistant general counsel of IBM Corp. in Armonk, Indianapolis. An New York before joining the faculty of CUNY's Baruch School of Business and Public Administration. He also taught at Nichols College, in Dudley, Mass. At his retirement he was an economist with the Bureau of International Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, in Washington, D.C. He leaves his wife, Christa (Nipper), two daughters, Vesna and Mira Millison, and two sons, Alexander and Michael.
