Homer died Oct. 28, 2013, in Manchester, Vt., after a lengthy illness.
He grew up in Great Bend, Kan., the son of Homer B. Russell ’39. He attended Choate, where he played football and hockey, and was the graphic artist for the literary magazine. At Princeton, he majored in architecture and was active in the Campus Fund Drive. He joined Cap and Gown and played bass guitar in Ivory Jim Hunter ’62’s campus band. He married Nancy Hostler his senior year. They had two children, but later divorced.
Homer did graduate work at Harvard, earning a master’s degree in architecture in 1967. He practiced architecture on his own and with the Boston Redevelopment Authority — interrupting his career only to resuscitate and run the Cliff Dwellers Inn on the Caribbean island of Nevis for several years in the late ’70s — before retiring in 2002.
He was an expert on the development and restoration of port cities, including Gdansk, Hong Kong, Hanoi, and Kobe, Japan. He was twice recognized (1995 and 1999) with the Boston Society of Architects Urban Design Award for his work in Boston and overseas.
He is survived by his sister, Susan; brothers Phil and Rod; and his children, Sarah and Sean, to whom the class extends sincere condolences.