Joan Gay Kent '45's Discovering Sands Point: Its History, Its People, Its Places was published last December. The 240-page illustrated book covers the evolution of the town from Indian hunting grounds to a prosperous farm community through the great estate era to the affluent family-center residential community of today. Kent, a former resident of Sands Point and past chairman of its historic preservation commission, is historian for the town of North Hempstead and president of the Cow Neck Historical Society.

Deaths: John K. Chase '40, June 25, 2000, in Bothell, Wash., at 83   ;   Sheila Jellison Tennant '40, January 18, 2001, in Boston, Mass., at 82   ;   Benjamin Hains '41, January 8, 2001, in Naples, Fla., at 82   ;   Hiram P. Macintosh '41, October 4, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 86   ;   E. Gilman Taylor '42, December 16, 2000, in Duxbury, Mass., at 81   ;   Frederick P. Blake '47, September 18, 2000, in Chapel Hill, N.C.   ;   Lillian Hinckley Worcester '47, December 26, 2000, in Ellsworth, Maine, at 74   ;   Justine Jackson Doherty '49, November 30, 2000, in North Andover, Mass., at 72   ;   Ethan E. Newton '49, December 24, 2000, in Burlington, Vt., at 73.