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WELLINGTON AMES NEWCOMB '46, LL.B. '53, died January 17 in New York since 1960. He served in the army during World War II with the 508th parachute infantry regiment. He leaves his wife, Nancy (Dickson), two daughters, Amelia '80 and Alice, and a son, John.
JOHN GRAVES WATKINS JR. '46 died January 12 in San Juan Capistrano, Cal. He was a retired commercial insurance broker and decorated army veteran. He fought in the airborne invasion of Holland and the Central European campaign and received the Bronze Star for his service in the Battle of the Bulge. During the Korean conflict he served as a lieutenant with airborne divisions at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Benning, Ga. A masters swimmer, he held the record for his age group in the 50-yard freestyle. He leaves his wife, Virginia (Burks), a daughter, Lisa Lilles, two sons, John and Robert, and a brother, H. Norman '50.
HAYES BENJAMIN JACOBS '47 died December 22 in New Yorker, Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Saturday Review, and Reader's Digest. He taught writing at the New School for Social Research for 35 years and was the author of two books, Writing and Selling Non-Fiction and Writing and Selling Fiction. He also served the Arizona House of Representatives, and later he assisted with Richard M. Nixon's presidential campaign. He was sworn in as U.S. Attorney General days before the Watergate break-in and resigned in 1973 amid allegations that White House staff members were obstructing justice, even though he actually thwarted efforts by Nixon's aides to cover up their role in the scandal. (He never spoke to Nixon again.) After leaving Arizona to practice law. He leaves his wife, Margaret (Dunbar) '45, two daughters, Anne and Carolyn, and two sons, Alfred '71 and Wallace.
WILLIAM JEROME O'NEILL '47 died January 12 in Westlake, Ohio for more than 30 years and was a past president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Judges. During World War II he served with the Seabees in the Pacific. He leaves his wife, Virginia (Knecht), three sons, Daniel, Timothy '72, and Kevin, and a sister, Maureen.
WILLIAM LOPATIN ROFES '47, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died December 18. A retired program manager in records and information management at IBM, in Purchase, N.H., died January 20. He was a retired attorney in private practice and past president of the Essex and Lawrence (Mass.) bar associations. A longtime resident of Methuen, Mass., he was active on the school committee as chairman of the Client Security Board and also chaired a school-building committee that directed construction of three schools in town. He leaves his wife, Rosemary (Dobson) '47, three daughters, Anne Hodson, Christine, and Ellen Galvin, and two sons, David and Thomas.
MARTIN THEODORE ORNE '48cl, Ph.D. '58, died February 11 in Paoli, Pa. He was a psychiatrist and founder of the experimental psychology unit at the University of Washington and a pioneer in applying the concept of comprehensive care to pediatrics. Instrumental in establishing the field of child psychiatry-pediatrics liaison, he was the first physician to alert the medical community to the negative effects of television violence on children. He was coauthor of the 1985 and 1992 editions of Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care; a longtime consultant to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; and a founding member of Schmidt, and his former wife, Mary (Fallon).
JANE GRAY '51cl died January 9 in Eugene, Ore. She was a professor of biology at the University of N.H. Discovering a passion for sailing after moving to Martha's Vineyard in 1975, he launched a sailing charter business. He was a lifelong social activist who generously supported Amnesty International and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He leaves his wife, Mary (Gibbon), two daughters, Martha Clarke and Annie Margetson, and two sons, Eric and Mark.
JOHN PETER TREANOR III '54, of Cape Coral, Fla., died January 16. An air force veteran, he was retired from Gillette Co. of North America, in Boston. He leaves his wife, Ruth (Hayes), a son, Jeffrey, and three sisters, Mary Lou Tedeschi, Nancy Kennedy, and Kathleen Lewis.
EDMUND BAILEY FRYE '55, of Beverly, Mass., died February 4. He was a sales management trainer and consultant and a fan of Harvard hockey. He also worked as a hospice volunteer and served on the board of a health and home-care agency. He leaves two sons, Douglas and Shaun, and a sister, Charlotte.
ALAN TECUMSEH HOWE '55 died December 22 in Salem, Mass. An antiques dealer and real-estate broker, he had served as director of parking for the city of Salem and worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He was also a breeder of German short-haired pointers. He leaves two brothers, his twin, Arnold '55, and Theodore.
VICTOR CEPHAS HARWOOD III '56 died February 13, 1999, in Hackensack, N.J. A civil trial attorney and a founding partner in the Hackensack law firm of Harwood Lloyd, he was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and a former trustee of the New Jersey Trial Attorney Award. An avid runner, he competed in four Connecticut at Storrs. He leaves his wife, Jacqueline (Hunter), a daughter, Ruth Hope, Ed.M. '92, two sons, Jeremy and Gabriel, and two sisters, Geraldine Wilson and Diana.
MARSHALL BERLE BALTER '59, of West Falmouth, Mass., died January 6. A former resident of Stamford, Conn., he was retired director of consulting at IBM Corp., where he worked for 25 years. He leaves his wife, Judith (Haber), four children, Shauna Pokras, Stephen, Dana, and Jonathan, his parents, Benjamin and Minnie, and two sisters, Susan Bovre and Diane '68.
ROBERT CORTELYOU CORY JR. '60 died last year. He was a Los Angeles musician, writer, and poet who had performed with the Roger Wagner Chorale. He was also the founder of an a cappella group that specialized in performing Gregorian chants. He leaves a daughter, Wendy Blake, and four sisters, Ann Stevenson, Joan Mann, Phoebe, and Deborah.
DAVID REED PURSLEY '60, of Georgia Tech, in Atlanta. He leaves his wife, Julia (Shannon), and a brother, Alan.
RICHARD SCOTT HIGGINS '62 died December 18 in Needham, Mass. After Harvard he entered the navy; as a communications officer aboard the USS Lake Champlain and the USS Wasp, he helped recover astronauts in the Gemini space program. Later he became a vice president of Bank of Boston, where he conducted research on the aerospace, chemical, and computer industries. He was an ardent sports fan and a staunch supporter of the Harvard hockey team. He was also an accomplished guitarist. He leaves his wife, Lee (Osborn), a daughter, Page O'Connell, two sons, John and R. Scott, his mother, Hanna Bell, and two sisters, Ann Higgins and Hanna Barlett.
JOSEPH EUGENE CLEMENTS '63mcl died November 20 in Austin, Texas. He leaves a son, Everett Moore, and a sister, Barbara McCall.
JUANITA JUDY ANN LAMAR '63cl, M.D. '69, M.P.H. '77, of Grafton, Mass., died January 3. She was a pediatrician in the Adolescent Neurology Clinic at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. She leaves a sister, Marilyn Coldwell.
THOMAS VOHN SEDLACEK '65 died January 7 in Cleveland. A leading Philadelphia physician and medical researcher, he had chaired the department of gynecology at Graduate Hospital, the Women's Cancer Center at N.Y. A practicing attorney who specialized in construction and surety law cases, he had just been reelected to a second term as village justice for Fairport and was president-elect of the Monroe County Magistrate's Association. Earlier he spent eight years as corporate secretary and general counsel to the construction firm of John B. Pike & Son Inc. He was a former trombonist and manager with the Harvard Band. He leaves his wife, H. Tracy, a daughter, Trish, a son, Chris, his mother, Hilda Ochsner, and a sister, Adrienne Chesbro.
JOHN MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN '71 died December 14 in Cambridge. He was a real-estate developer with a strong commitment to the Boston arts community. He created Brickbottom, a pioneering complex of artist-owned lofts in a commercial district of Somerville, as well as two similar complexes in the South End of Boston, and was instrumental in changing zoning laws to enable artists to live and work in the lofts while paying a residential rather than business tax. He also initiated the restoration of Boston's historic Opera House, in partnership with Theatre Management Group Inc. of Houston, and developed Elizabeth Stone House in Jamaica Plain, a home for battered women. He leaves his mother, Margaret, three sisters, Margaret, Loretta, and Linda, and five brothers, James, Joseph, Michael, Ronald, and Daniel.
PETER BAIDA '72mcl died December 10 in New York. He was the author of a book, Poor Richard's Legacy: American Business Values from Benjamin Franklin to Donald Trump. He leaves his wife, Diane Cole '74, a son, Edward, and his parents, Irwin and Lillian.
MICHAEL MCEACHERN MCDOWELL '72mcl died December 27 in Boston. He was a horror novelist and screenwriter who taught screenwriting at Boston University and Tufts. His books include The Amulet, Cold Moon over Babylon, Toplin, and a series of gay detective novels, cowritten (under the pseudonym Nathan Aldyne) with Dennis Schuetz. His film credits include Beetlejuice, High Spirits, The Nightmare before Christmas, and Thinner. He also penned many scripts for television series, including Tales from the Darkside, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, Monsters, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. At his death he was at work on a film version of The Nutcracker. He leaves a sister, Ann, a brother, James, and his life's companion, Laurence Senelick, Ph.D. '72.
GEORGE ROBSON PATTULLO III '72 died February 3 in Washington, D.C., Togo, and New Delhi. Earlier he was chief of the Latin American and Caribbean programs for Save the Children. He leaves his wife, Marea (Hatziolos), two sons, James and Alexander, two brothers, James '75, Ed.D. '85, and William, and his stepmother, Ellan.
