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Alden B. Ashforth *71

Alden Ashforth, professor emeritus of music at UCLA and a prolific composer, died of heart failure Jan. 29, 2016, at the age of 82. In…

Harry J. Lipkin *50

Harry “Zvi” Lipkin, professor of physics emeritus at the Weizmann Institute and a leading Israeli theoretical physicist, died Sept. 15, 2015, at the age of…

William R. Busing *49

William Busing, a retired senior research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), died April 14, 2016. He was 92. He graduated from Swarthmore…

C. Ernest Dawn *48

Ernest Dawn, professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois-Urbana, died Jan. 5, 2016, after a short illness at age 97. Dawn earned a…

Shea Gardner ’91

Shea died Feb. 21, 2016, in Oakland, Calif., of metastatic lung cancer. She came to us from Bellingham, Wash., participated in club sailing and gymnastics…

Elizabeth A. Coulter ’84

Liz died Sept. 30, 2014, in Cambridge, Mass., of cancer. Liz grew up in Washington, D.C., where she graduated from the National Cathedral School. She…

William Clack ’81

Bill died Aug. 10, 2016, at his home, in Stow, Mass. The cause was heart disease. Bill was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended Shady…

Travis Emery ’78

We lost Travis when his giant heart stopped May 29, 2016. Travis was raised in Baltimore and graduated from Gilman School. At Princeton, he was…

Berrylin June Ferguson ’77

BJ passed away July 23, 2016, at her home in Fox Chapel, Pa., surrounded by the love and warmth of her family. She grew up…

Robert Stanley Pieringer ’70

Stan died June 10, 2016, following cancer treatment and a massive stroke at the University of Washington Medical Center, with his family at his side…

Philip L. Johnson ’70

Phil died July 4, 2016, at his home in Wellesley, Mass., of pancreatic cancer. He was a truly generous classmate and friend. He came to…

Robert L. Heimerman ’70

Bob died May 22, 2016, of recurring heart problems. He was one of our 14 Northwoods classmates from Wisconsin; at St. Mary’s in Menasha, he…

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