Mira Louise Dolley '19
Mira Louise Dolley '19, a French teacher, died December 8, 1994, in Portland, Maine, at 97. She was born in Raymond, Maine, and attended Deering High School. She received a master's degree from Middlebury College and took additional courses at the Sorbonne, Harvard and the University of Southern California. After teaching for two years at Maine Central Institute, she moved to Deering High School, where her enthusiasm for young people and strong belief in the importance of the education of girls led to a 47-year career as a French teacher and dean of girls. In 1956 she was cited as an outstanding teacher of modern languages by the Modern Language Association. She served the College as president of the Alumnae Council, as president of the Southwestern Maine Alumnae Association and as a member of the Alumni Council. In 1937 she was elected a trustee of the College and in 1959 received a Colby Brick. She is survived by two nephews and a niece.

Phyllis Sturdivant Sweetser '19
Phyllis Sturdivant Sweetser '19, a homemaker and librarian, died January 16 in Portland, Maine, at 96. She was born in West Roxbury, Mass., and graduated from Greely High School. At Colby she was president of Student Government and a member of Chi Omega sorority. With her husband she planted and ran commercial orchards and also was a librarian at Greely Institute and at Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland Center, Maine. She served on many community organizations and served the College as class agent, class correspondent and member of the Alumni Council, for which she received a Colby Brick in 1972 . She is survived by a son, a daughter, Elizabeth Sweetser Baxter '41, a sister, eight grandchildren, including Ledyard S. Baxter '67 and David S. Baxter '70, and 19 great-grandchildren.

Ruth Austin Blakeslee '23
Ruth Austin Blakeslee '23, a teacher and school principal, died February 5 in Sanford, Maine, at 93. She was born in Springfield, Mass., and attended local schools. She also attended Columbia University and Springfield College. She had a long career as a teacher and principal in the Springfield public school system before retiring in 1963. Two nieces survive her.

Thelma Ryder Bush '23
Thelma Ryder Bush '23, a teacher and homemaker, died October 29, 1994, in Springfield, Vt., at 92. She was born in Leeds, Maine, and attended Maine schools. A Latin major and member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the College, she taught Latin at Springfield High School before her marriage in 1928. She was an active member of several Springfield organizations. She is survived by a son and granddaughter.

Louise M. Tilley '23
Louise M. Tilley '23, a teacher, died December 3, 1994, in Woodman, N.J., at 94. She was born in Garfield Plantation, Maine. After teaching English at Presque Isle (Maine) High School, she moved to West Long Branch, N.J., where she continued teaching until her retirement in 1960. She served the College as a class agent.

Margaret Turner Howe '24
Margaret Turner Howe '24 died September 26, 1994, in Auburn, Maine, at 91. Born in Palermo, Maine, she attended Hebron Academy. At Colby she joined Phi Mu. Upon completing her Colby degree, she married Malcolm S. Howe in Stonington, Maine, and together they raised four children.

Doris Hardy Haweeli '25
Doris Hardy Haweeli '25, a teacher and dean, died April 8 in North Conway, N.H., at 92. She was born in North Vassalboro, Maine, the daughter of Theodore E. Hardy, Class of 1895. At Colby she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. After graduate work in education at Harvard University, she taught Latin and French at Coburn Classical Institute, her alma mater, for 27 years and in the 1960s was dean of women at Worcester Junior College. She was active in Colby clubs, served on the Alumni Council and the Board of Trustees and was an alumni interviewer. In 1991 she received a Colby Brick. She is survived by her nieces, Elizabeth Hardy George '57 and Ellen B. Haweeli '69, two nephews, including John D. Hardy '63, and many grandnieces and grandnephews.

Fredrick C. Wright '27
Fredrick C. Wright '27 died January 21 in Doylestown, Pa., at 88. A native of Leverett, Mass., he was the national sales manager for Dictaphone Corp. in Bridgeport, Conn., for five years before becoming regional sales manager of Telautograph Corp. in Los Angeles. He retired in 1973 after 20 years with the company. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, a son and daughter and six grandchildren.

Helen Hight Brown '28
Helen Hight Brown '28, a retired teacher, died September 14, 1994, in Skowhegan, Maine, at 87. She was a native of Dexter, Maine, and graduated from Skowhegan High School. At Colby she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. For 35 years she taught English and Latin at the Skowhegan Junior High School. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, William S. Brown, one son, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Pauline Sinclair Stinchfield '28
Pauline Sinclair Stinchfield '28 died January 23 at 89. She was the wife of Roger A. Stinchfield '26. Survivors include her son, Carleton P. Stinchfield '49, and a granddaughter.

Murray B. Miller '29
Murray B. Miller '29, an oral surgeon, died December 27, 1994, in Lake Worth, Fla., at 87. He attended Tufts University Dental School after leaving Colby and went on to a practice in dental surgery in White Plains, N.Y. He also served as a major in the Army during World War II on the maxillo-facial plastic surgery team. He is survived by his wife and a son, Richard O. Miller '61.

Philip S. Bither '30
Philip S. Bither '30, Colby professor of German, died May 10 in Waterville, Maine, at 85. He was born in Linneus, Maine, and graduated from Ricker Classical Institute. He taught for a year at Mount Hermon in Northfield, Mass., and also studied at the University of Giessen in Germany before joining the Colby faculty. He received his master's in modern languages from Harvard University in 1939. He served as executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa for many years and was involved with the summer language school at Colby for 20 years. In 1970 he was awarded a Colby Brick. He retired in 1974. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Colby professor emerita Marjorie Bither, two sons, two brothers, including Hartley A. Bither '41, three sisters, two grandchildren and nieces and nephews, including Paul Bither '76.

Wayne E. Roberts '31
Wayne E. Roberts '31, a teacher and coach, died April 18 in South Portland, Maine, at 86. Born in North Berwick, Maine, he attended local schools and lettered in baseball, football and track in high school and at Colby. A successful minor league pitcher for several years, he was elected to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. For 35 years he held positions in the South Portland school system as high school English and science teacher and coach, as principal and as director of elementary curriculum. He earned a master's of education from Boston University in 1952 and served 11 years as superintendent of schools before he retired in 1966. Predeceased by his wife, Alice Linscott Roberts '31, he is survived by two sons, David Roberts '55 and John M. Roberts '60, a brother, five grandchildren, including Susan Roberts Dangel '86 and Linda Roberts Pagnano '88, and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

John H.J. Wisnoski '31
John H.J. Wisnoski '31, a retired civil servant, died October 27, 1994, in Ware, Mass., at 86. He was born in Ware and educated at Ware High School. At Colby he earned his degree in French. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with an armored division in the Rome-Arno, North Apennines and Po Valley campaigns and in Darmstadt, Germany, for which he received the American and European-Middle Eastern Theater ribbons. Until his retirement in 1967 he was a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Agnes, a daughter, four brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren.

Ruth Andrews Yeomans '32
Ruth Andrews Yeomans '32 died October 19, 1994, in Lincoln, Maine, at 84. She was born in Drew Plantation, Maine. After graduating from Higgins Classical Institute, she attended both Colby and the University of Maine. She was for many years a member of the Drew Plantation school committee and also served as the town treasurer. For most of her life she worked the farm on which she was born. She is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Theophile S. Krawiec '35
Theophile S. Krawiec '35, educator and author, died February 9 in Bethlehem, Pa., at 81. A native of Central Falls, R.I., he received his M.S. in psychology from Brown University in 1937 and his Ph.D. from New York University in 1945. He taught psychology at Oregon State College and then at Skidmore College, where he was department chair from 1947 to 1970. A Fulbright Lecturer at Ibrahim University in Cairo, Egypt, in 1953-54, he also taught at Lehigh University and Meredith College after retiring from Skidmore. His several publications included Beginning Psychology, The Psychologists and Systems and Theories of Psychology (co-author). In 1971 the American Psychological Foundation awarded him its Distinguished Teaching Award for inspiring generations of college students. He was a generous supporter of College scholarship funds and served on the Alumni Council. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Stephanie, two sons, a brother, a sister and four grandchildren.

Helen Curtis Lothrop '36
Helen Curtis Lothrop '36, a homemaker, died December 6, 1993, in Winthrop, Maine, at 78. Raised in Portland, Maine, she attended Deering High School and, after Colby, Northeastern Business College. She worked as a clerk at Maine General Hospital, Maine Casket Co. and The Employer's Group before becoming a homemaker and mother of two daughters.

Paul K. Palmer '37
Paul K. Palmer '37 died January 19 in Dunedin, Fla., at 79. He was born in Nobleboro, Maine. After Colby, where he was a member of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, he worked for five years for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. as a salesman, then was employed by New England Telephone Company. He was general manager of Massachusetts Traffic when he retired in 1976. He served both Colby and his fraternity as co-chair of the building committee. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Walden Palmer '40, two daughters, three sons, including P. Kendall Palmer Jr. '64, his brother, Linwood E. Palmer Jr. '42, and 15 grandchildren.

Henry V. Wilcox '37
Henry V. Wilcox '37, a teacher, died January 16 in Big Pine, Calif., at 81. He was born in Belfast, Maine, where he graduated from Crosby High School. He received his master's of education from the University of Maine and taught in Maine high schools for 11 years before moving to New Hampshire in 1948. He taught at Bethlehem High School for eight years, then moved to California, where he taught math and sciences for 22 years at Big Pine High School before his retirement in 1978. He is survived by his wife, Adelane, two daughters, two grandsons and four great-grandchildren.

Whitney Wright '37
Whitney Wright '37, a retired Navy captain, died December 22, 1994, in Damariscotta, Maine, at 79. Born in Boston, Mass., he attended Hyde Park High School in Hyde Park, Mass. At Colby, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and president of the fraternity in his senior year, he excelled in football, track and hockey. He joined the Navy in 1938. At the outset of 32 years of service, he was a fighter pilot in World War II and flew numerou combat missions in the South Pacific, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals with three stars and a Purple Heart. He was captain of the U.S.S. Intrepid. In 1964 he commanded the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Midway and in 1969 received the National Order of Vietnam for his service with a U.S. task force. He was a faculty member of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., before retiring in 1970 to Boothbay Harbor, Maine. In the 1970s he served Colby as a member of the Alumni Council. His first wife, Louise Weeks Wright '38, died in 1983. He is survived by his wife, A. Carol, a daughter, three stepdaughters, a sister and 11 grandchildren.

Earl L. Wade '39
Earl L. Wade '39, a dentist, died November 29, 1994, in Calais, Maine, at 77. Born in Peniac, N.B., he attended the University of Missouri after graduation from Colby and did his residency in oral surgery at Kansas City General Hospital. He returned to Maine to practice in Bath and served as president of the Maine Dental Society. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Hamlin Wade '32, and two daughters, including Teri-Lee Wade '68.

Frederick W. Howard '44
Frederick W. Howard '44, a public relations executive, died December 30, 1994, in Greenwich, Conn., at 74. A member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Colby, he interrupted his education to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. For his service on Okinawa he was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. He returned to Colby, graduating in 1946. In 1949 he received an advanced degree from Columbia University, then was employed as an executive in public relations in four major corporations in New York City. He retired in 1985. He is survived by a niece.

John R. Pomeroy '44
John R. Pomeroy '44, a salesman, died February 13 in Brockton, Mass., at 74. Born in West Bridgewater, Mass., he attended Pawling Preparatory School. He was captain of the Colby baseball team and later played on a semi-professional team in Massachusetts and in the Detroit Tigers organization. He was employed by Northeast Clark Lift Corporation in Rhode Island, where he was national salesman of the year on numerous occasions and sales manager at the time he retired. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, two sons, two daughters, a brother and nine grandchildren.

Avard J. Holt '49
Avard J. Holt '49, a banker and real estate agent, died December 19, 1994, in Skowhegan, Maine, at 66. Born in Canaan, Maine, he graduated from Portland High School. He was employed for 28 years by the Lincoln Industrial Bank in Skowhegan. Later he worked as a real estate agent for the William Philbrick Insurance Company and as a broker for the Somerset Realty Company, both in Skowhegan. Survivors include his wife, Ellen, three sons, two daughters, his father and stepmother and eight grandchildren.

Thomas W. Samuelsen '49
Thomas W. Samuelsen '49, a retired psychiatrist and Lutheran pastor, died in December 1994 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 67. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he graduated from Poly Prep in Brooklyn. At Colby he obtained his degree in German, was the German Club secretary and president and was active in the Glee Club, the Outing Club and Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. He also held an M.A. from Columbia University, a B.D. from the Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, Pa., and an M.D. from the University of Munich, Germany. He completed his medical internship at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, and was a resident at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. He practiced psychiatry at Maine Medical Center, York County Counseling Services, Augusta Mental Health Institute and the Maine Youth Center before retiring in 1992. His wife, Anita, two daughters and a grandson survive him.

Ralph H. Field '50
Ralph H. Field '50 died February 25 in Fairfield, Maine, at 72. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine, he was a graduate of Kents Hill School and served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. He was employed by Keyes Fibre Co. in Fairfield for 37 years before retiring as senior vice president of manufacturing services. He was active in community affairs. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Hill Field '48, a son, Ralph F. Field '74, a daughter and two grandchildren.

Francis R. Kiernan '53
Frances R. Kiernan '53, an executive in the industrial gas business, died January 30 in Manlius, N.Y., at 64. A football player and member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Colby, he entered the Marines after graduation and served for two years, leaving active service as a first lieutenant. After receiving his M.B.A. from Columbia University, he worked in the industrial gas business for 30 years. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ellen, two sons, two daughters and five grandchildren.

Joan Chipman Phillips '57
Joan Chipman Phillips '57 died November 25, 1994, in Savannah, Ga., at 59. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended Beaufort High School. At Colby she majored in biology and was a member of the Camera Club and the Outing Club. She worked as a medical technician at locations in Texas, Virginia and North Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Richard, three daughters, two brothers and two grandchildren.

James N. Valhouli '64
James N. Valhouli '64, a teacher, died February 3 in Exeter, N.H., at 53. Born in Greece, he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1951 and grew up in Haverhill, Mass., where he attended high school. He earned his Colby B.A. in English and his master's and doctorate in English at the University of Wisconsin. He was an English professor at Bradford College for 11 years, then worked briefly as personnel coordinator of Davco before returning to the classroom in 1983 as an instructor in English at Phillips Academy in Exeter. An avid athlete who ran marathons, played and coached soccer and climbed Mt. McKinley, he drowned after falling through the ice while skating on the Exeter River. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, two sons, his mother and three brothers.