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Joseph Patrick Oconnor ’49

WHEN JOE O'CONNOR died Aug. 23, 1991, following emergency bypass surgery, the Class lost one of its most buoyant spirits. How he remained that way…

Seward Groves Byam. Jr. ’49

SEWARD "TAD" BYAM, a financial executive, died June 3, 1991. Tad was born in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 9, 1928, and prepared for college at Tower…

William Vroom Adams ’49

BILL "ACE" ADAMS passed away Jan. 23, 1991, of advanced arterial disease. Bill was born in N.Y.C. Nov. 8, 1927, and grew up in Ridgewood…

Donald Maclaren Simmons Jr. ’49

DON DIED May 7, 1991, in Tucson, of complications from emphysema. He was born Aug. 13, 1922, in Sewickley, Penn., and prepared for college at…

Roy Taylor Ellegard ’49

FOLLOWING A VALIANT 18month battle against inoperable colon cancer, Roy died Mar. 12, 1991. Roy was born in Hartford, Conn., may 26, 1927, and graduated…

Robert Gumalia Gallagher ’49

BOB DIED Mar. 12, 1991, at Flagler Memorial Hospital, Bunnell, Fla., of complications from emphysema. He was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Albany, N.Y., and…

William Raymond Hilliard ’49

BILL HILLIARD passed away in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington, Ky., July 1, 1990, of pancreatic cancer that had been diagnosed only four weeks earlier. Bill…

James Hartman Blessing ’49

JIM DIED of cardiopulmonary arrest, brought on by postpolio syndrome Dec. 17, 1990, at his home in Washington, D.C. Born June 13, 1928 in Philadelphia…

Francis Xavier Houghton ’49

WE LOST Francis Houghton, "X" to many of us, to a sudden heart attack suffered at his Manhattan home Oct. 3, 1990. Francis was born…

John Joseph Kunkowski ’49

JOHN SUFFERED a sudden heart attack white driving near his home in Cockeysville, Md. and passed away Sept. 24, 1990, at the Greater Baltimore Medical…

William Richmond Tracy Jr. ’49

WE ARE GREATLY SADDENED at the loss of Rich Tracy to pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed Feb. 15 and led to his passing, June 3…

Harry Clair Fleming Jr. ’49

OUR CLASS LOST a vital member and one of its most decorated military officers with the sudden passing of Bud Fleming June 13, 1990, while…

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