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 [...]

Ed White was a perfect first tenor. There would be occasionally a quaver in his voice at the higher notes, but he sang Summertime beautifully, and then worked for the Public Library in New York for a long time. -From Frank Cabot at the 60th Anniversary Memorial Service Edward Elijah White Jr., a [...]

Eric Mauldin Westby, 51 of Boston, passed away on July 7, 2020. Born in Warner Robins, GA on April 2, 1969, he was a California native. He earned his B.A. from Harvard University and M.B.A. from Boston University Questrom School of Business. He was employed by Boston University and was a former accomplished professional [...]

I'm going to talk about Doug Warren. Douglass, we called him. Doug had two SS on the end of Douglass, and he and I both hailed from Tennessee, although I was from the mountains and he was from the Mississippi. We did a lot together at Harvard. He tutored me in math as I recall, [...]