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Pitt Sawyer Willand ’39

PITT DIED June 14, 1992, in Tucson, where he and his wife, Anne, had settled in 1988 at the end of a long career that…

Richard Ralston Hough ’39

TWO LIVES FILLED with accomplishment and service ended tragically on July 9, 1992, when Dick and his wife died in the crash of their personal…

John Cobbs Lewis Laslie ’39

WIDELY KNOWN BANKER and financial consultant, John died June 13, 1992, at his home in Cocoa, Fla., following a long and valiant struggle against cancer…

Robert Dudley Thum ’39

A FAMILY MAN of many talents and wideranging interests, Bob died of heart failure Mar. 10, 1992, while visiting his son Robert '67 in Berkeley…

Samuel Taylor Bodine ’39

SAM DIED Dec. 22, 1991, at Waverly Heights, Gladwynne, Penn. Throughout a long final illness, he was, as always, a good sport, clinging to a…

Burnett Gordon Britcher ’39

GORDON DIED June 23, 1991, at his home in Syracuse. At the time of his death he was still active as treasurer of Syracuse Pottery…

John Caleb Cushing ’39

JOHN DIED Nov. 6, 1991, at his home in Hinsdale, 111. He had retired from U.S. Steel (USX) in 1975, after 38 years in various…

John Phelps Chamberlain ’39

AFTER A LONG BOUT with Parkinson's disease, Jack died Nov. 29, 1991, in a nursing home in Florida. In his distinguished undergraduate career Jack won…

Willhun Frederick Hofmann Jr. ’39

BILL DIED at his home in Belmont, Mass., on Oct. 4, 1991. Courageous and uncomplaining through a long illness, he at least had the satisfaction…

Harold Hawley Seymour ’39

HICKEY DIED Dec. 3, 1991, at his home in Montour Falls, N.Y. He had retired in 1977, but with no idea of leaving a countryside…

John Alan Wilson ’39

JACK DIED on Hilton Head Island, S.C., Dec. 2, 1991. He had moved to Sea Pines Plantation in 1981 and a year later retired as…

John Campbell Hurdman ’39

JACK DIED in his sleep at his home in Delray Beach, Fla., Aug. 15, 1991. He had had a serious operation in January but as…

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