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James Doolittle ’39 *48

Jim died May 24, 1998, at the Veterans' Hospital in Scarborough, Maine. Even as an undergraduate majoring in modern languages, Jim had decided on a…

Curtiss Cummings ’39

Curt died Feb. 22, 1998, in Bethesda, Md., near his retirement home of many years in Rockville. Both Curt and his wife, Norma Jones, who…

Philip Holt Lowry ’39

Phil died Feb. 28, 1998, of emphysema at his home in McLean, Va. At the time he retired he had spent 31 years in military…

Ralph Borden Jackson ’39

Jack died Mar. 15, 1998, at his home in Godfrey, Ill., after a brief illness. From 1952 until his retirement in 1971 when his school…

Edward James Beattie Jr. ’39

Leading chest surgeon, lung cancer specialist, and medical educator long affiliated with Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, Ted died Feb. 27…

Charles Foster Limberg ’39

On Dec. 28, 1997, after a long bout of illness, Charlie died at the Mari de Villa Retirement Home in West St. Louis, Mo. Until…

Nelson Whitman ’39

Neil died Dec. 15, 1997, at his home in East Falmouth, Mass., after a brief illness. A lifelong research chemist, he began his career at…

Albert Edward Rising Jr. ’39

Al died at his home in Brightwaters, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1997. A consulting metallurgist and petroleum geologist, he earned his doctorate in engineering at Yale…

Kenneth Alexander Burgess ’39

Ken died Aug. 25, 1997, at Delaware Valley Medical Center near his home in Morrisville, Pa., where he lived most of his life. Having majored…

Joseph Robert Fox ’39

Bob died Aug. 7, 1997, in Dover, Del., his home ever since he set up his medical practice there in 1951. Although Bob majored in…

Albert Louis Butler Jr. ’39

Al died May 7, 1997, in Winston-Salem, where he had lived all his life--a life he devoted to making his hometown a better place. In…

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