In the Kroks of the mid-‘50s, we shared the same part, most often second tenor. I remember Philip as a warm, kind friend whose dry humor kept our spirits high. He was a highly respected gentleman, with all those qualities of honesty and caring which the term “gentleman” carried in the 1950s. His solos [...]
Leeds Barroll July 20, 1928 - April 22, 2022 Rockville, Maryland - Former University of South Carolina Professor J. Leeds Barroll passed away on April 22, 2022 in Rockville, Maryland. Professor Barroll was a world renowned Shakespearean scholar. He founded the "Journal of Shakespeare Studies," which he edited and which contained essays and studies [...]
William Todd Parsons, 95, passed away peacefully on February 21 at his home in Stockport, NY with his wife and daughter at his side.Todd was born in Boston to George Ayer and Elizabeth Hoar Parsons. He grew up in Concord MA and attended local schools, graduating from Middlesex School in 1944. After graduation he was [...]
Brian Douglas Bumby, AB ‘91, K ‘89-’91, Music Director ’91, died December 18, 2021 in New York City of complications from ALS. Brian is survived by his partner, Michael J. Valente, parents Nancy and Douglas, sister Lauren, nephew Jacob, and niece Grace. Brian was born in Brooklyn and moved with his family to White [...]
Richard Despard Estes Peterborough NH — Richard Despard Estes, 93, of Peterborough, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2021 at his home in Peterborough, NH, surrounded by his family. He was born in New York, NY on December 26, 1927, the son of Zenas Newton Estes and Margaret (Despard) Estes. Richard attended Pomfret School [...]
Daniel G. Adamian, 58, died October 21, 2019, with his loving companion Carrie Ellen by his side, in Dallas, Texas. He had been valiantly fighting a nine-year battle with FTD (frontotemporal dementia) and was under the care of the Monticello West assisted living facility in nearby Highland Park, TX. Daniel was born April 7, [...]
Gerald "Cub" LauderdaleNovember 27, 1928 - February 12, 2019Concord, Massachusetts | Age 90Gerald Lauderdale, known to many as Cub, died Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Rivercrest Long-Term Care Facility in Concord at age 90. He was born on November 27, 1928 to Vance and Katharine Browne Lauderdale and grew up in Short Hills, N.J. He [...]
Fitz was a very warm, welcoming, encouraging director to the new members. He was patient with our learning, and he assigned solos fairly and generously, no easy task; in those years, no one stood out in front to sing a solo while the rest of the Kroks simulated percussion. Solos were brief phrases, often [...]
Robert Sedgwick Chapman 1944 - 2017 Robert Sedgwick Chapman, MD, MPH, formerly of Chapel Hill, N.C. and a resident of Bangkok since 2004, passed away on June 10, 2017 after a long illness bravely borne. Dr. Chapman was an epidemiologist with the EPA for 30 years, then taught epidemiology, public health, and biostatistics at the [...]
Thomas Wood Zinsser died at Southwest Harbor, Maine, on July 21, 1995. Born on October 13, 1927, in New York, New York, he was the son of John Sharman '15 and Isabella (Wadsworth) Zinsser. He prepared at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and served in the U.S. armed forces before coming to Harvard, where [...]
