Donald Keith Yost ’34

Don Yost, a retired Marine Corps brigadier general who in WWII became a fighter ace by downing seven Japanese Zeros in two days of dogfights over Guadalcanal, died Aug. 7, 1998, of respiratory problems and complications from Parkinson's disease. Since his military retirement in 1962, he had lived in central Florida, where, according to the Orlando Sentinel, he was active in retired military organizations, published two small newspapers, and was an early backer of the Orlando Science Center.

In the 1970s Don and his wife, the former Lee Waters (Queens College '39), published La Femme, based in Winter Park. They sold the paper, but later published a monthly newspaper, The Mirror, before selling it several years ago.

In the early 1980s Don served two terms as president of the Orlando Science Center, which last year opened a new $48-million facility. Although ill, Don attended the ceremony. "It really meant a lot to him," Lee said.

To Lee, Don's wife of 42 years, we offer our sincere sympathies. A brother, John '30, died in 1965.

The Class of 1934