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MICHAEL ALAN DORWART '69cl, M.P.M. '83, of Sudbury, Mass., died March 8. He was a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and chair of the psychiatric department at Cambridge Hospital. He also taught a course on mental-health management in affiliation with the Center for Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. He leaves his wife, Nancy Langman-Dorwart, a daughter, Kirsten, a son, Stefan, his parents, Katherine and Walter, and a brother, Donald.
HERBERT WALLACE NICKENS '69 died March 22 in Kensington, Md. He was a psychiatrist who had served as vice president for minority and community programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges since 1988. Previously he was an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of New York, Hamburg, San Francisco, Seattle, and Munich. She was also an artist whose sculptures were exhibited in England. She leaves a daughter, Nina Lourie, her mother, Flora Lewis, a sister, Kerry '69, and a brother, Lindsey.
CLIFFORD DOUGLAS TIMOTHY STEWART III '74cl died May 4 in Boston of an apparent heart attack. He was a vice president of Walsh Brothers Inc., a general contracting firm in Cambridge. Among the many construction projects he oversaw were Ellison Tower and the Blake Building at Mass. General Hospital. He leaves his wife, Catherine (Cummings), his mother, Mary, four sisters, Mary Cancian, Kathleen, Susan Goubeaux, and Carol Freeman, and a brother, James.
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT STRICKLAND '92cl died April 2 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He worked as a database programmer at Health Decisions Inc., in Chapel Hill, and was also active in community theater and frequently performed with his band in local clubs. He leaves his mother and stepfather, Joan and Eugene Tripp, his father and stepmother, Charles and Faye, a sister, Tabatha, a brother, Charles, both grandmothers, Rachel Windham and Susan, and two stepsisters, Tonya Maness and Nichole Smith.
DANIEL JEREMY STEINBERG, Ph.D. '62, died March 17, 1998, in Livermore, Cal. He was a retired research physicist at the University of Oklahoma City. He was a senior partner, director, and president of the Oklahoma Association for Healthcare Ethics. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma City University College of Law. He was also the visionary behind the James L. Hall Center for Mind, Body & Spirit, affiliated with the Baptist Medical Center in New Yorker Sketches, Cantena III, Kumdori Tansaeng, The Unicorn and the Lady, Two Intonations, Sleepwalker's Ballad, and Berceuse for Violin and Piano, which has its premiere at the Library of Congress in February. His work has never been recorded or published. He leaves a son, Matthew, his mother, B.D. Sur, and two half-brothers, John and Laurence Kim.
JOSEPH JOHN SEPKOSKI JR., Ph.D. '77, died May 1 in Chicago. A professor and paleontologist at the University of Chicago, he played a key role in changing his field from a science centered on the description of fossil species to one focused more on quantitative studies. He was known for his countless hours in the library, which he referred to as his "field site," searching paleontological literature for information for his database. He also helped develop new statistical methods to deal with the huge amount of data yielded by his research. His most important finding was the discovery of three apparently distinct faunas, each dominating hundreds of millions of years in the fossil record, patterns never before discerned or documented. He was former coeditor of the journal Paleobiology and past president of the Paleontological Society, which honored him with its Charles Schuchert Award. He leaves his second wife, Christine Janis, Ph.D. '79, a son, David, his father, Joseph, two sisters, Carol Sepkoski and Diane Karl, and his former wife, Maureen Meter.
JOHN CALHOUN BAKER, M.B.A. '23, former professor of business administration and associate dean of the University, died June 9 in Hightstown, N.J. He left Harvard in 1945 to become president of New York law firm of Beer, Richards, Haller & O'Neil and was of counsel at Kelley, Drye Warren for many years. He volunteered for several organizations, including Brooklyn Legal Services Corp., where he was director; he was also a past president of Handicapped Children's Home Service and a trustee and officer of the Easter Seal Society of Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association and the Boston Bar Association. During World War II he served in the Army Air Forces. He leaves a son, Carl '55, M.B.A. '57; his wife, Dora (Paisner), predeceased him.
ROBERT WINTHROP '26, LL.D. '83, died September 25 in Brookville, New York investment banking and brokerage firm of Wood, Struthers & Winthrop. He was a past president of the North American Wildlife Foundation and a former commissioner of Long Island State Parks. A John Harvard fellow, he was an active alumnus and benefactor whose service included establishment of a professorship at the Medical School and a key scholarship fund for undergraduates, and several large gifts to the Harvard crew program. He was a naval veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, Floreine (Nelson), two daughters, Theodora Hooton '51 and Cornelia Bonnie, and two stepdaughters, Susan Mojonnier and Charlene Townsend; a daughter, Elizabeth, predeceased him.
JAMES RAPHAEL CHERRY '27, LL.B. '30, of Chappaqua, New York firm of Hays, St. John, Abramson & Heilbron, where he worked for more than 40 years. At his death he was of counsel at the firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day. An active alumnus and benefactor, he was a former member of the visiting committee to the art museums. He leaves a daughter, Raphaelle, a son, James '59, a sister, Rosalind, and his longtime companion, Dorothy Arnof.
ROBERT REHR IMPINK '28cl, M.D. '32, died May 23, 1999, in Reading, Pa. He was retired director of the surgical department and president of the medical staff at St. Joseph Hospital, where he worked for 40 years. In World War II he served in the Army Medical Corps as a surgical chief and hospital commander in the Pacific, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the first president of the Reading Surgical Society, a former governor of the American College of Surgeons, and a cofounder and past president of the American Cancer Society of Berks County. He leaves his second wife, Margaret (Johnson), three daughters, Mary, Deborah, and Anne, and a son, Edward '62; his first wife, Mary (Dives), died in 1981.
HARRY WILLIAM BURRUSS '29, of Gaithersburg, Md., died July 26. A retired microbiologist, he spent many years as a section chief in the Division of Biologics Standards at the National Institutes of Health. Earlier he did research and control work on yellow fever in Nigeria and Brazil; after returning to the U.S. he joined the Public Health Service, assisting with production of yellow fever vaccine. During World War II he oversaw the production unit for the vaccine, which was supplied to American troops. He leaves his wife, Virginia, and two sons, Charles and Thomas.
HENRY IVES COBB '29mcl died October 11 in Hightstown, N.J. He was retired senior partner in the firm of DeCoppet and Doremus. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (Bliss), two daughters, Sheila Ewing and Victoria Mackintosh, and a son, John '66, and five stepchildren, John and Zaidee Parkinson and Patricia, Beth, and Rick Davenport; two wives, Patricia (Davenport) and Evelyn (Whitehouse), predeceased him.
HENRY HALL NEWELL '29 died October 10 in Westwood, Mass. He worked as an investment broker for 65 years before retiring last year from the firm of Legg, Mason, Wood & Walker. He was also former vice president of Mosely, Hallgarten & Estabrook and a general partner in Estabrook & Co. He served as treasurer of United South End Settlements for more than six decades and as president of Elizabeth Carlton House, a nonprofit home for the elderly. Among his leisure pursuits were curling and salmon fishing. He leaves his wife, Paula (Patch), a daughter, Paula Doty, and a son, James '65; two other sons, Henry and Piatt '60, predeceased him.
RICHARD WARREN '29, M.D. '34cl, died September 23 in Dedham, Mass. He was retired chief surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Roxbury, a staff member at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and a professor of surgery at Harvard. A past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, he was the author of Procedures in Vascular Surgery and editor of the textbook Surgery. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II. In retirement he volunteered at the Arnold Arboretum, specializing in the identification of conifers. He was also a skilled yachtsman. He leaves his wife, Kathleen (Kinmonth), two daughters, Janet Rogers and Constance Mery, two sons, Richard and John '69, a sister, Mary Murphy '35, and a brother, Howland '32, LL.B. '35.
MIRIAM PODNETSKY GOLDBERG '30 died August 24 in Hartford. She leaves a sister, Hannah Wise, and a brother, Samuel Podnetsky; her husband, Henry, predeceased her.
JOHN GREENOUGH LEWIS '30 died September 18 in Nicasio, Cal. A retired naval aviator, he served in the Pacific throughout World War II and in the Persian Gulf in the early 1950s. At his retirement in 1959, after 29 years of service, he was on the staff of the Twelfth Naval District. He was a past president of the Marin chapters of the American Red Cross and the Retired Officers Association and a former member of the Marin County Airports Commission. He leaves his wife, Natalie, a daughter, Natalie, and three sons, John, Edison, and Stephen.
REUBEN RUSSMAN '30 died August 14 in Newton, Mass. He was a retired physician who practiced general medicine for more than 60 years, making house calls and attending to everything from delivering babies to removing appendixes. He was former president of the medical staff at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford and of the Middlesex South district of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He leaves his wife, Ethel (Cohen), a daughter, Dorothy Bless, and two sons, Barry '59 and Robert '66.
CHARLES ADOLPHUS SMITH '30 died April 24, 1999, in Bangor, Pa. He had a long career in the slate business; as secretary-treasurer and general manager of North Bangor Slate Co., he was the largest producer of roofing slate in the U.S. He was a director and vice president of the former First National Bank in Bangor; a 10-year member of the school board; chairman of the Community Chest drive; and a founder of Clar-o-view Television Co. He served in the navy as a gunnery officer during World War II. He leaves his wife, Gertrude (Jordan), two daughters, Barbara Miller and Sandra Schulte, and a sister, Anna DeSanto.
