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Mary Jordan Alden '18, April 18, 1999, in Fairport,
N.Y., at 102. She was a teacher and homemaker and for many years an active
community volunteer. Survivors include her three daughters, Patricia Shrewsbury,
Mary Van Alstine and Alice Robinson, 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Charles S. Lewis '24, August 9, 1999, in Augusta, Maine, at 98.
For 35 years he taught science at Wentworth Institute and in the Boston
public schools. During World War II he taught navigation at Greenville
Air Base in Mississippi. He leaves his daughters, Ellen Lewis Huff '52
and Betty Graves, his son, Raymond Lewis, 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
John D. Swartz '29, October 2, 1999, in Fishkill, N.Y., at 92.
A lifelong anti-trust lawyer, he worked with the U.S. Department of Justice
and was a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General before entering
private practice as a representative of several major international corporations.
Survivors include his son, Theodore Swartz '68, his daughter, Barbara
D'Andrea, a brother and four grandchildren.
Carol Hill Craven '30, July 19, 1999, in West Roxbury, Mass.,
at 88. She was a registered nurse in Boston, Mass., at Framingham Union
Hospital and at Norwood Hospital until she retired in 1975. She is survived
by her sons, Mark and Stephen Craven, and two grandchildren.
Harold L. Grant '30, August 10, 1999, in Bangor, Maine, at 92.
He was a school teacher, then a principal at Washington Academy in East
Machias, Maine, and retired after serving as superintendent of schools
in Danforth and Caribou. During World War II he was an officer in the
Royal Canadian Air Force. He is survived by a son, Joseph Grant, a daughter,
Janice Grant, and five grandchildren.
Pauline Morin Miller '30, August 27, 1999, in Palm Harbor, Fla.,
at 91. She earned a master's degree in French and English from Columbia
University and taught in schools in Caribou, Auburn and Old Orchard, Maine.
She also was a world traveler. Survivors include her husband, Albert E.
Miller, a son and a daughter.
Henry G. Bonsall '31, July 28, 1999, in Waterville, Maine, at
90. He worked as a distributor for Kraft Foods Co., sales manager for
Canada Dry and salesman for Cott Beverage Co. After retiring, he served
the College for 10 years as a "roving ambassador" in the dining halls.
In 1959 he was awarded a Colby Gavel. Survivors include his wife of 65
years, Dorothy Bonsall.
Muriel MacDougall Lobdell '31, September 6, 1999, in Florida,
at 93. Survivors include her sons, Kenneth and David Lobdell, and a niece,
Mary Lobdell Smith '50.
Douglas B. Allan '32, July 22, 1999, in Waterville, Maine, at
89. From 1932 until 1965, with three years away for Army service in World
War II, he was employed by several paper companies, including Nashua River
Paper Co. and Haverhill Paperboard Mill. He retired in June 1980 as personnel
director of the Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital. He was predeceased
by his wife, Elizabeth Swanton Allan '33. Survivors include his daughter,
Margaret Allan Ewell '69, a grandson, a granddaughter and a niece.
Annie Tuck Russell '34, March 25, 1999, in Orlando, Fla., at
87. She was a ninth grade English teacher at Memorial Junior High School
in Orlando. Survivors include her daughter, Nancy A. Northrup, her son,
Walter Russell, and two sisters.
Kathryn Herrick McCrodden '35, July 27, 1999, in Oakland, Calif.,
at 86. After escaping from occupied France during World War II, she and
her husband taught in Turkey. Later she was a reference librarian for
the University of California--but still climbed mountains and went paragliding
in her 70s and 80s. Survivors include her son, Brian McCrodden, a sister,
Barbara Brown, and three granddaughters.
John P. Dolan '36, August 22, 1999, in Des Moines, Iowa, at 87.
He taught English and foreign languages in public and private schools
in the Midwest, including several colleges and universities. For his loyalty
and service to the College he was awarded a Colby Brick in 1997. Surviving
are a daughter, Jeanne Cox, two sons, Thomas P. Dolan and John P. Dolan
Jr., a sister, and five grandchildren.
Willard H. Dunn '36, July 15, 1999, in Augusta, Maine, at 84.
A teacher and principal at Cherryfield Academy, he served in the Air Force
during World War II. He also taught in the Army. Later he was a field
representative for Social Security in Augusta. He is survived by his daughters,
Gloria Burns and Catherine Rogers, his son, William H. Dunn Jr., two brothers,
six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Ruth Michalek McAlary '36, August 26, 1999, in Hyannis, Mass.,
at 84. She taught mathematics in Westfield, Mass., public schools for
10 years and in North Olmsted, Ohio, for two. She also was active in community
organizations. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Alan D. McAlary,
two sons, a daughter, a brother, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Hayden B. Wright '37, August 15, 1999, in Seattle, Wash., at
85. After serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, he worked
as a pharmacist. Survivors include his daughter, Janette Schueller.
Philip P. Charbonneau '39, August 28, 1999, in Northboro, Mass.,
at 85. He was a research engineer in chemistry for 20 years at Bay State
Abrasives Co. in Westboro, Mass. His wife of 59 years, Stasia, five sons,
two daughters, a brother, six grandchildren and nephews and nieces survive
him.
Helen Tracey Lykins '40, January 6, 1999, in West, Texas, at
81. After service in the Army Nurse Corps in the 1940s, she was a homemaker
who raised five children. Survivors include her sister, Louise G. Tracey
'37.
Louise Holt McGee '40, July 21, 1999, in Yarmouth, Maine, at
81. She served on the board of the Aroostook Medical Center and was active
in the Republican Party in Maine. Predeceased by her husband, Robert V.
McGee '38, she is survived by two daughters, Mary McGee and Katherine
Christie-Wilson '66, two sons, Robert McGee and Charles T. McGee '69,
her sister and four grandchildren.
Natalie Mooers Daggett '42, June 16, 1999, in Scottsdale, Ariz.,
at 78. A homemaker, she was predeceased by her father, Wilmer Mooers '14,
and by her husband, John Daggett '41. She is survived by her daughters,
Susan Daggett Dean '67 and Leigh Bowman, and her son, Peter Daggett, 23
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Charles A. Lord '42, September 27, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pa.,
at 79. After service in the Navy during World War II he served on the
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court before his appointment as senior judge
of the Commonwealth Court. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Ellice
Lord '44, two daughters and three sons, including Charles A. Lord Jr.
'70.
Albert I. Ellis '44, September 9, 1999, in Lakeland, Fla., at
77. He served in Europe in World War II, then worked for General Electric
Corp. before establishing an accounting practice in Bangor, Maine. He
is survived by his wife, Patricia Ford Ellis '43, a son, two daughters,
a brother, seven grandchildren and four nieces and nephews.
Paul N. Prince '44, July 17, 1999, in Peabody, Mass., at 77.
During a lifetime career in the lumber business, he worked with Lester
Cronin Lumber of Maine, Prince Lumber Co., Georgia Pacific, where he was
top salesman in New England in 1954, and Somerville Lumber. He is survived
by his wife, Lucille Prince, three sons and a daughter, a brother and
seven grandchildren.
Joseph T. Page '46, July 30, 1999, in Waterville, Maine, at 74.
He left the College to serve three years in the infantry during World
War II. After the war he earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and worked for
27 years at Seattle University, where he was head of the department of
health and physical education. He is survived by his wife of 52 years,
Peggy Page, his daughter, his son, two granddaughters and nieces and a
nephew.
Arthur A. Parsons '48, September 24, 1999, in Burnt Hills, N.Y.,
at 75. He served in the Navy during World War II, then worked for 36 years
as a cost accountant with the General Electric Co. He also served as a
pastor to several United Methodist Churches in the Albany, N.Y., area.
Predeceased by his brother Donald A. Parsons '42, he is survived by his
wife of 54 years, Phyllis Blanchard Parsons, a son, a daughter, his brother,
Richard A. Parsons '45, and two grandchildren.
Robert L. Cook '49, August 23, 1999, in Framingham, Mass., at
74. During World War II he received the Purple Heart as a paratrooper
in Holland. From 1951 to 1989 he owned and operated Cooks Motors in Needham,
Mass. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, June Stairs Cook, a son,
a daughter, two sisters and a brother, three stepgrandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Helen Kelleher Breen '50, July 3, 1999, in Newburyport, Mass.,
at 70. She worked in radio and was a newspaper reporter before raising
her family. Later she was vice president of a skating rink and senior
clerk at Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence, Mass. She leaves her husband of
49 years, Louis J. Breen, two daughters, three sons, a sister and several
grandchildren.
Robert J. Keyes '52, October 21, 1999, in Indian River Shores,
Fla., at 71. After receiving his M.B.A. from Boston College, he co-founded
and was a partner with Northern Data Systems (later Contel Business Systems).
He retired in 1986. Besides his wife of 46 years, Mary Keyes, he leaves
three sons, three brothers, including Raymond Keyes '52, 10 grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
Roger Huebsch '53, August 12, 1999, in New Bedford, Mass., at
67. For more than 30 years he headed Katahdin Industries and its operating
companies. He also served active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserves and retired
with the rank of commander. In 1979 both he and his wife, Susan Smith
Huebsch '54, were awarded Colby Bricks. He leaves his wife, three daughters,
Karen Huebsch O'Brien '77, Gretchen Huebsch Daly '80 and Ellen Huebsch
Anderson '82, a sister, Jacquelyn Huebsch Scandalios '56, and six grandchildren.
Ruth McDonald Brown '55, September 2, 1999, in North Falmouth,
Mass., at 65. She attended Dartmouth's Amos Tuck business school before
raising a family. She is survived by her husband, William J. Brown Jr.,
three sons, a daughter and six grandchildren.
David Dunn '56, September 12, 1999, in Lee, Mass., at 64. After
Navy service and work as a sales engineer, he established and became president
of Dunlee Engineering in 1971. He retired in 1993. Two sons, James D.
Dunn and John D. Dunn, a daughter, Susan C. Haughey, a brother and six
grandchildren survive him.
Laurence J. Hoogeveen '57, August 11, 1999, in Bowdoinham, Maine,
at 63. A self-employed carpenter, he worked previously as an insurance
and real estate broker. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, a son, a
daughter, a brother, a grandson and a stepgrandson.
David M. Copithorne '60, July 27, 1999, in Gilford, N.H., at
61. He received his J.D. degree from Columbia Law School and was an attorney
in Laconia, N.H., for 30 years before his retirement in 1994. Survivors
include his wife of 37 years, Martha Copithorne, two sons, his mother,
Mary Small Copithorne '35, two sisters, including Joan Copithorne Bowen
'65, five nephews and three nieces.
Melvin Hans Veeder '61, May 13, 1999, in Lafayette, Calif., at
60. After service in the Navy he was general manager of a design company,
K/P Graphics, in San Leandro, Calif., for 30 years. In later years he
ran several marathons. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Veeder, and
three daughters.
Gaylord P. Simonds '67, September 10, 1999, in York, Maine, at
54. After service in the Navy and work in Boston with an insurance company,
he started his own carpentry business, G.P. Simonds, in York. Survivors
include his wife, Nancy Pitman Simonds, a son, his mother, two stepdaughters,
a brother, two grandchildren, an aunt and nieces and nephews.
Peter B. Murphy '87, July 10, 1999, in Rangeley Plantation, Maine,
at 34 in a boating accident. He worked for People's Heritage Bank in Portland,
Maine, before attending Purdue University and was a financial analyst
with USF&G Insurance in Baltimore, Md. Survivors include his wife,
Jennifer Murphy, and a daughter.
G. Stefan Durand '95, June 23, 1999, in Mammoth Lakes, Calif.,
at 26. Survivors include his father and mother, Pierre Durand and Stephanie
Durand, a sister and a brother.
Paul E. Machemer, Merrill Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, died
October 24, 1999, in Camden, Maine. A member of the Chemistry Department
at Colby for 28 years, he was known to generations of students for his
inorganic chemistry course, "Machemistry," which he took particularly
seriously because medical schools made it a requirement for admission.
As dedicated to sailing as he was to chemistry--he owned a 35-foot teak
sloop , Osprey--he also taught navigation during Jan Plan. (Students who
took the course include former fishing-boat captain Linda Greenlaw '83.)
He became chair of the department in 1978.
An accomplished mountain climber, woodsman and woodworker, Machemer
was born in West Virginia and grew up in Paoli, Pa. He earned his undergraduate
degree from Princeton in 1940 and his master's and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry
at the University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to Colby in 1955 he worked
on the Manhattan Project and also taught at Villanova University for six
years.
Both Machemer and his wife retired in 1984 to Port Clyde, Maine. He
is survived by his wife, Grace Skinner Page Machemer, three children,
five stepchildren and 14 grandchildren.
David Ogilvy, July 21, 1999, at Chateau Touffou, near Bonnes,
France, at 88. A Colby trustee for six years during the 1960s, he was
an advertising executive who was called the "father of soft-sell advertising"
by the New York Times and was credited with creating the Hathaway
Shirt ads featuring the man with an eye patch. President Emeritus Robert
E.L. Strider II credited Ogilvy with winning other trustees over to approve
the architectural design of the Hillside dormitories, the first departure
from Colby's traditional neo-Georgian style. He also cited Ogilvy as a
champion of civil rights. Ogilvy was the author of Confessions of an
Advertising Man and Ogilvy on Advertising, among other books.
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