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RAYMOND A. FITZGERALD '46 died August 25 in New York advertising agency, for whom he produced more than 100 television commercials; among his projects were the first "Big Apple" campaign in the 1970s and the "Do You Know Me?" commercials for American Express. An army veteran of World War II, he moved to New York City. He served as a naval officer in the Pacific theater during World War II. Later he became an author, editor, and photographer for several yachting publications and director of public relations for Rolex Watches in the U.S. An accomplished sailor of tall-masted ships, he was responsible for the creation and organization of the first Operation Sail, a parade of tall ships past the Statue of Liberty during the American Bicentennial celebration in 1976. He leaves two sisters, Constance Reiter and Joyce Voss.
JOHN DEXTER YOUNG '47cl died September 17 on St. Simon's Island, Ga. A veteran of World War II, he was vice president of the investment firm of Lee Higginson Co. and founder and president of Concordia Marine, a boat broker and supplier of marine equipment. He was an acclaimed builder of model boats whose work is included in the collections of Mystic Seaport. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth (Stettinius), three daughters, Esther, Amelia Rodriguez, and Jane Grillo, three sons, G. Stewart, John, and Robert, two stepdaughters, Carol Cudahy and Anita Whitney, and a stepson, George Whitney.
ROBERT OGDEN DU BOIS JR. '48, of Mabou, Nova Scotia, died January 14. He was a farmer on Cape Breton Island. He leaves his wife, Erika (von Stülpnagel), a daughter, Anne, four sons, Peter, Robert, Eric, and Alexander, and a brother, Philip '53.
ALEXANDER DOIG STEWART '48cl, M.B.A. '61, of Longmeadow, Mass., died August 12. He was fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York and Washington, D.C. He was an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits included the scripts for Saturday Night Fever and Serpico. His other films include The Fan, Mandingo, which won the British Film Institute Award for Best Script, Joe, and Stayin' Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever. His last play, Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not, won the Beverly Hills Play Writing Contest in 1995. He was associated for many years with the New Dramatists' Guild, in N.Y. A psychiatrist, as commissioner of mental health in Ithaca he was instrumental in establishing the first inpatient mental-health unit at Cayuga Medical Center. He was also clinical director of two state psychiatric centers, provided psychiatric services to Cornell University and Ithaca College, and for 17 years served as medical director of Family and Children's Service of Ithaca. An active alumnus, he chaired the alumni interviewing committee in the Ithaca area. He leaves his second wife, Robin (Gusow), and two sons, Nathan and Eliot; his first wife, Helma (Klett), and a daughter, Elizabeth '81, predeceased him.
ALAN HEIMERT '49mcl, Ph.D. '60, died November 1 while on a visit to Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. At Harvard he played as an offensive and defensive lineman on the football team. He leaves his wife, Anita (Rothschild), a daughter, Amy Klion, three sons, Robert '73, Andrew '76, and Walter '77, and a sister, Ann, A.M. '61.
PALMER DIXON '50 died September 3 in Wilton, Conn. A Korean War veteran, he was a former partner in the Wall Street firm of Loeb, Rhoades & Co.and a former vice president of Moseley, Hallgarten & Estabrook. At his retirement he was head of programming at Standard & Poor's. He was a keen court tennis player and a longtime, active member of the Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis. He also served as executive director of the California, he also served as executive director of USC's Marriage and Family Counseling Training Program and director of its Human Relations Center. A pioneering family therapist, he was past president of the National Council on Family Relations, which honored him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1989. His many books include Understanding Families; Marriage and the Family, a widely used college text; and Couples: How to Confront Problems and Maintain Loving Relationships. In addition, he was the editor of A Decade of Research and Action on the Family and coeditor of The Individual, Sex, and Society. He leaves his wife, Kathleen (State), four daughters, Beverly Farb, Wendi Magennis, Katherine Quinn, and Jenifer Wales, four sons, Benjamin, Carlfred, Frank, and Victor, and two sisters, Elizabeth Barker and Allene Travis.
DANIEL PATRICK MULKEEN '53 died September 22 in Paris. He retired in 1992 after 30 years as a manager of industrial relations for Raytheon Co. and moved to Paris, where he settled on the Left Bank and devoted himself to pursuing his interests in European history, art, music, and literature. His survivors include a daughter, Maria, and a son, Charles.
DONALD WYMAN BRICE '54, of Dothan, Ala., died October 3. An air force veteran and physician, he practiced otolaryngology in Dothan for 28 years before retiring in 1996. He leaves his wife, Catherine (Sexton), three sons, Donald, Charles, and Richard, seven stepsons, Martin, David, Thomas, Joseph, James, Stephen, and Michael Hollenbeck, a brother, Lawrence, and his former wife, June Strickland; his eldest son, Paul, died in 1990.
DARYL RALPH HAWKINS '54cl died April 27 in Orinda, Cal. He was a San Francisco attorney and expert skier who helped run the ski patrol at Squaw Valley for 34 years. A gifted athlete, he particularly enjoyed heliskiing and would have surpassed the million-vertical-feet mark this year had his illness not intervened. He leaves his wife, Joyce, and two sons, Jeff and Jon, M.B.A. '98.
RICHARD JOHNSON KIRK '54, M.B.A. '58, of Lexington, Mass., died August 8. He was retired vice president and executive director of Hayden Recreation Centre, a privately endowed, nonprofit foundation offering programs and activities for the youth of Lexington. Earlier he worked for 21 years as a contracts manager in the electronics division at Raytheon Co. He was an avid skier all his life. He leaves no immediate survivors; his wife, Jeanne (Silver), died in 1994.
LEO MANDRAKOS '54 died August 24 in New York investment firm Mandrakos Capital Management. He leaves his wife, Judith (Lavery), a daughter, Lisa, and a son, Mark.
WILLIAM LATIMER GRAY JR. '55, M.B.A. '60, died October 5 in Boston. After 30 years with BankBoston, where he was senior vice president, he retired in 1989 to pursue his passion for deepwater sailing. He competed several times in the Marion-to-Bermuda and Newport-to-Bermuda races and cruised the Caribbean and the coasts of Europe and Ohio Control Share Acquisition Act and in the late 1980s served as president of Stakeholders of America, a coalition of major American companies that sought to reform the laws governing corporate takeovers. He leaves his wife, Mary (Witherell) '60, two daughters, Julia Kramer and Elizabeth Paige, a son, Stephen, M.B.A. '92, and two stepchildren, Anne Kete and John Hoffman.
