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DAVID MCCORD '21, A.M. '22, L.H.D. '56, died April 13 in Jamaica Plain, Mass. He was Harvard's unofficial poet laureate and former director of the Harvard Fund Council, a post he held for 38 years. He also served as editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin (predecessor publication of Harvard Magazine) from 1940 to 1946, and at his death was the senior member of this magazine's board of incorporators. Winner in 1977 of the first national award for excellence in poetry for children, from the National Council of Teachers of English, he was the author or editor of more than 50 books, including On Occasion, About Boston, What Cheer (later reprinted as The Pocket Book of Humorous Verse), and his acclaimed children's collection One at a Time. In retirement he lived at the Harvard Club of Boston and traveled to dozens of schools as a poetic ambassador, reading his poems to children and listening to them read theirs. He was a raconteur, a nature lover, a talented watercolorist, and an enthusiastic fly fisherman. He leaves his dear friend of 70 years, Harriet Parker.
HARRY DAVID DROOKER '22, formerly of Nahant, Mass., died February 25. He was a retired real-estate salesman and former longtime vice president of New England Dry Goods Co. His survivors include two daughters, Jane and Bernardine, and a son, Michael.
FRANK MORGAN EMERY '23, of Greenland, New Hampshire for many years. He leaves four daughters, Dorothy Hazzard, Mary Louise Hodgdon, Priscilla Wykes, and Ruth Warren, and two sons, Frank and David; his wife, Dorothy (Frizzell), predeceased him.
FRANCES JENNINGS '23, of Holden, Mass., died January 7. She taught for many years at the Chapin School, in N.Y., died March 11. He was retired attorney-of-record for Aetna Life and Casualty Cos. in the New York area, for 50 years. In 1979 he moved to New York firm of Kilham Beder & Chu, Architects & Planners, and the author of two books, The Architect at Mid-Century and Raymond Hood, Architect. He was also an avid traveler with a particular interest in wild sheep; his adventures in tracking the animals took him from the Northwest Territories to Corsica and inspired articles in several magazines. His survivors include a daughter, Amy.
WILLIAM BELA PECSOK '25 died June 12, 1996, in Los Gatos, Cal. He was a retired Cleveland attorney with a longstanding interest in public affairs. His survivors include a daughter, Pauline Baldridge, and a son, Thomas '60.
DAVID ALLEN PIGUET '26, S.B. '27, died December 7, 1996, in San Mateo, Cal. A former chemist, he was a longtime employee of DuPont, retiring as regional division manager in the pigments department in San Francisco. He leaves four daughters, Shirley Johnston, Elaine Butterfield, Mary Bennett, and Sally Olsen; his wife, Helen (Agnew), predeceased him.
HYMAN GABRIEL SAXE '26, of Brighton, Mass., died February 28. He was retired president and principal owner of Tanide Sales Co., of Watertown, engaged in the manufacture and sales of specialty and technical papers. He leaves two daughters, Joyce Weinbaum and Jane Palermo, a son, Barry '57, and a brother, Myer; his wife, Dora (Feldman), and another daughter, Penny Rosen, predeceased him.
ALEXANDER LEMCKE LEICH '27, of Evansville, Ind., died February 15. He was retired vice president and treasurer of the family business, Charles Leich & Co., a wholesale drug company, where he worked for 46 years. A devotee of the history and architectural heritage of Evansville, he was a founding member of the Reitz Home Preservation Society and a member of the Vanderburgh County Historical Society, the Preservation Alliance of Evansville, the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Michigan State University. He also served for four years on the East Lansing board of education. In 1994 he received the Yueh-Gin Gung and Charles Y. Hu Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Mathematical Association of America. He leaves his wife, Emily (Boyce), a daughter, Barbara Eger, and three sons, Paul, Roger, and Lawrence '71, M.D. '75.
ALBERT ABRAHAM FRANK '29 died March 31 in Malden, Mass. He was a retired pediatrician and lifelong resident of Malden. He was a former member of the medical staffs of Boston City, Malden, and Children's hospitals and a lecturer at Harvard and Tufts medical schools. He also served on the Governor's Council for Mental Health and Retardation. He leaves a daughter, Hannah Adams, and a son, Robert '66; his wife, Bernice (Horvitz), A.B.E. '70, predeceased him.
RUTH LONDON LEWIS '29 died April 6 in Waltham, Mass. She was a former board member of the New York law firms, and at his retirement in 1994 was of counsel at Karp & Sommers. As a top enforcement official with the fledgling Securities and Exchange Commission during the 1930s and early 1940s, he handled a series of fraud cases that helped define its investigative and regulatory powers. He leaves his wife, Lillian (Jaffin), and two daughters, Nina Danielson and Carla Horton.
SIMEON LEONARD GUTERMAN '30cl, Ph.D. '44, died in March in Florida. He also served as a clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Miami. In 1982 he received the Pfizer Award from the American Diabetes Association, recognizing him as the country's outstanding diabetician. He leaves two daughters, Carol Trail and Mary Kay Allen, a sister, Carrie Todd, two brothers, James and Frank, and his longtime companion, Marianne Scoca; another daughter, Judy, predeceased him.
ALEXANDER BATES HORSFALL '30, M.B.A. '39, died December 22 in Palatka, Fla. He was a retired professor who taught at the University of Florida, Gainesville, at Worcester Junior College, in Worcester, Mass., at St. Johns River Community College, in Palatka, and at Armstrong State College, in Savannah, Ga. He was also formerly a columnist for the Palatka Daily News. He leaves his wife, Bonnie (Patterson).
