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Daniel Adamian H83 (d2019) – K83

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, [...]

Daniel Adamian H83 (d2019) – K832022-12-13T19:47:45+00:00

Gerald Lauderdale H50 (d2019) – K49, K50

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 [...]

Gerald Lauderdale H50 (d2019) – K49, K502022-12-14T20:16:06+00:00

Fitzhugh Brown H54 (d2018) – K52, K53, K54

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 [...]

Fitzhugh Brown H54 (d2018) – K52, K53, K542022-12-13T19:57:20+00:00

Robert Sedgwick Chapman H66 (d2017) – K65, K66

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 [...]

Robert Sedgwick Chapman H66 (d2017) – K65, K662022-12-13T20:02:40+00:00

Thomas Wood Zinsser H50 (d1995) – K48, K49, K50, K51

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 [...]

Thomas Wood Zinsser H50 (d1995) – K48, K49, K50, K512017-08-09T17:37:38+00:00

Edward Elijah White Jr. H50 (d1987) – K48, K49, K50

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 [...]

Edward Elijah White Jr. H50 (d1987) – K48, K49, K502017-08-09T17:37:42+00:00

Eric Westby H90 (d2020) – K88, K89, K90

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 [...]

Eric Westby H90 (d2020) – K88, K89, K902020-07-14T19:33:30+00:00

Doug Warren H72 (d2002) – K71, K72

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, [...]

Doug Warren H72 (d2002) – K71, K722017-08-09T17:37:46+00:00

Alan M. Wachman H80 (d2012) – K79

Alan M. Wachman age 53, (LHS 76), passed away peacefully on June 21, 2012. He died surrounded by loved ones, who supported him throughout an heroic year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Beloved by family and cherished by friends and colleagues, Alan was highly creative both as scholar and artist, passionately devoted to his wife and [...]

Alan M. Wachman H80 (d2012) – K792017-08-09T17:37:50+00:00

H. Malcolm Ticknor H57 (d2021) – K55, K56, K57

TICKNOR, H. Malcolm Age 85, a retired architect and resident of Concord, MA, died peacefully on December 26, 2021. He was the husband for 32 years of Susan G. Ticknor. Malcolm was born in New York City on March 1, 1936, to his late parents, Benjamin and Barbara (Farmer) Ticknor. He was a member of [...]

H. Malcolm Ticknor H57 (d2021) – K55, K56, K572022-01-10T20:47:00+00:00
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