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ROBERT ALBERT ROMERO JR. '57, of Newton, Mass., died September 18. He was an attorney who maintained his own practice on Milk Street in Boston for nearly 40 years. He had a passion for outdoor pursuits. He leaves his wife, June (Chadwick), a daughter, Elizabeth Bolen, three sons, Robert, Scott, and Christopher, and three brothers, James, Dennis, and Gene.
COLGATE SALSBURY '57 died June 17, 1999, in Baltimore. Remembered at Harvard for his portrayal of Hamlet at Sanders Theatre, he was a stage actor who went on to appear in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions, most recently in the role of Daniel Berrigan in The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. He also did television work, including appearances on daytime serials, narration of documentaries, and voice-overs for commercials. He was a founding member of the Baltimore Center Stage Company and chairman of the English and drama departments at Miss Hall's School for Girls. He leaves his wife, Rhea (Feikin), two daughters, Abigail Salsbury and Sherrod Bailey, two stepchildren, Daniel Feikin, M.D. '93, and Jennifer Feikin, J.D. '92, a brother, Baker, and a sister, Sherrod.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE CASEY '58mcl, M.B.A. '63mcl, died September 21 in Springfield, Mass. He was owner and chief executive officer of Atlantic Valve Corp., in Westfield, for 18 years. Earlier he served as a vice president of First National Bank of Chicago and president of Mark Controls Corp. He was chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Association, founding president of the National Valve Rebuilders Association, and a director of the International Association of Laryngectomees. He leaves his wife, Katherine (Milias) HRP '62, M.B.A. '63, two daughters, Elizabeth Potamianos '87, M.B.A. '93, and Katherine, and two sons, Mark, M.B.A. '98, and Michael.
HUGH COLLINS LAUGHLIN '60 died August 5 in Indianapolis, he was elected several times as clergy deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. He was a founder of Hospice of Bloomington. He also taught in the School of Music at Illinois at Chicago from 1975 until last year, he was internationally known for his contributions in the field of analytic functions of several complex variables. Before joining the UIC faculty he was a member of the mathematics department at the University of N.H. She was long-range planning director of the New Hampshire Division of Mental Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For some years she also operated her own company, Social Planning Services Inc., in Watertown, Mass. An activist for environmental protection, she was the recipient of awards from the New York City. She was a professor in the School of Communications and Library Science at Rutgers University. A specialist in international relations among libraries, and especially with institutions in the former Soviet Union, she was the author of several books and award-winning articles in the field; at her death she was editing a book on international librarianship, Constructing the Heritage of Cultures. She leaves her husband, J.W. Smit, a daughter, Marijke, a son, Guy, two stepchildren, Tijn and Michiel, and a sister, Antonia Girard.
JOHN HENRY NOYES '69 died October 5 in Dartmouth, Mass. He was an allergist and immunologist in North Dartmouth for more than 20 years. He was a member of Allergy Associates of Dartmouth, a clinical instructor at Brown University School of Medicine, and an assistant medical examiner for Rhode Island. He leaves his wife, Anne (Terreault), two daughters, Heather and Kylie, a son, Bret, and a brother, Robert.
FANNIE ESTELLE DAVIS '75, of Flushing, New York City Department of Corrections, Health Management Division. She leaves her mother, Fannie.
PAUL WILLIAM GREEN '86mcl died July 30 in Houston after a brief illness. He was vice president for investments with American General Investment Management, in Houston. A Crimson editor and Navy ROTC midshipman while at Harvard, he served for five years on active duty as a nuclear power officer before entering the M.B.A. program at the University of Connecticut, including Christ Episcopal in Pomfret, and taught moral theology and Christian ethics at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary for 22 years. He contributed to numerous books and magazines, including the N.Y., died December 10, 1998. He was an influential musicologist and co-founder of the Sonneck Society, a scholarly association devoted to research in American music.
JAN PETER VAN DER ZIEL, Ph.D. '64, died September 9 in Plano, Texas in Dallas. He was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and served as president of its Dallas chapter. He leaves his wife, Madeline (Lange), a daughter, Nancy, a son, Peter, and two sisters, Cornelia '68 and Joanna Beachy.
EDGAR GROSSMAN, A.B.E. '66, of Newton, Mass., died September 15. A business executive, World War II veteran, and philanthropist, he was treasurer of his family's firm, MassEnvelopePlus, of Somerville, where he had worked for 63 years. After receiving his master's in counseling psychology from Boston College in 1969, he worked as a part-time counselor and staff psychologist at Harvard and at Boston College. He was the founding president of the Harvard Extension Alumni Association and, with his wife, Shirley (Dane), co-founder and benefactor of the Grossman Library and Senior Common Room at the Harvard Extension School. He was also a former member of the Board of Overseers Visiting Committee at Harvard and a trustee and past president of the Boston chapter of the National Braille Press. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mary Ellen and Amy, a son, Steven, M.B.A. '69, a sister, Sara Sidel, and a brother, Jerome '38.
PETER ROBERTSON WEITZ, A.M. '67, AMP '86, died September 7 in Tennessee, his alma mater. His many published works include two major biographies, Thomas More and Martin Luther, which challenged prevailing orthodoxies by presenting their subjects not as saints but as men of their time, and four historical novels about N.H. He was retired from the financial department of New York City, where he was employed for many years. He enjoyed working with his hands in the garden and the workshop and was an able linguist who enjoyed traveling the world. He leaves his second wife, Elizabeth (Abbott).
CARL ADAM WAGNER '23 died January 7, 1997, in Jacksonville, Fla. A retired account supervisor with the Cleveland advertising agency Ashby & Associates, he was also a longtime member of the South Euclid (New York City. He also served as commissioner of the Manhattan Council of Boy Scouts of America and taught fencing at the New York City Boys Club. After retiring to Dorset, he served on the board of selectmen and as a trustee of the town library. He leaves his wife, Kathleen (Kieffer), a daughter, Anne Wichelns, and a son, Stephen.
