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Herbert Gursky *59

Herbert Gursky, who had been superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory’s space science division and chief scientist of its Hulburt Center for Space Research, died…

William Turnbull Jr. ’56 *59

William " 'Bull" Turnbull Jr. died June 26, 1997, after a long bout with cancer. Always witty, wry, self deprecating, and debonair, 'Bull, the son…

James King Folsom *59

JAMES KING FOLSOM *59, age 54, linguist, author, and distinguished professor of English died May 3, 1989, at Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colo. He…

Thor E. Wood *59

THOR E. WOOD, age 55, chief of the Performing Arts Research Ctr. of the N.Y. Public Library, died Apr. 28, 1988, at Beth Israel Hospital…

Fred G. Burke *58

Fred G. Burke, architect of sweeping change in public school financing and accountability, died March 11, 2005, in Newton, N.J., from a pulmonary embolism. He…

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