On Thursday, January 26, 2012, David C. Skinner, Sr. died at the age of eighty-two in Indio, California. For much of his career, he was both educator and entrepreneur, investigating the deepest structures of language and then converting those findings into systems of language acquisition. His thinking incorporated a wide range of sources, from the [...]
SCHWARZ-H. Marshall H. Marshall Schwarz, retired chairman and chief executive of the US Trust Corporation, died peacefully on November 19th in his home in Lakeville, CT. He was 85. Mr. Schwarz began his career at Morgan Stanley as an investment banker but transitioned to the US Trust Company in 1967. Mr. Schwarz rose rapidly [...]
Henry Simmons Romaine, 74, died Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 in Sullivan's Island, SC. Born in New York City, son of the late Theodore C. Romaine and Cornelia S. Romaine. After graduation from Harvard University in 1954, he served for four years as a naval aviator. He then joined The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New [...]
RIMMER, Charles Percy, Jr., Passed away peacefully at age 90, on May 30, 2017 in Exeter, NH. Born July 11, 1926 in Liverpool, England he was the son of Charles P. Rimmer and Dorothy Davis Rimmer. The family moved to Hamilton, MA in 1939 whereupon Charlie entered Groton School, graduating in 1944. After one semester [...]
Hugh T. Putnam, Jr., 68, of Milton, died on September 30, 2009 after a lengthy illness. Born in Boston, Hugh graduated from the Groton School in 1959 and from Harvard University in 1963. He then enrolled in the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University and he worked for twenty-nine years for the [...]
Bill Prescott was my college roommate and close friend. A native of New York City, he sang baritone in the Kroks in 1947 and 1948 – maybe also ’49 and ’50. After college he joined the U.S. Navy and saw the Mediterranean from the deck of a cruiser. In 1948 he and I sailed an open [...]
FRANCIS DESALES PITTS JR. ’54, of Penacook, N.H., died December 24, 2003. For some three decades he owned and operated Concord Mica Corp., in Penacook, an importer of mica for the electronic and other industries. He is survived by three sons, Francis, A.B.E. ’87, Jason, and Todd, and two sisters, Abigail Slattery and Ellen Corless.
I remember Walter from college days as a fine singer and a great fellow. Of course, the Kroks in those days wasn’t what it became, but I’m quite sure that he was proud to have been among those who were there at the beginning. -George Lodge ’50 – K47, K48 "Valley News" Publisher [...]
THEODORE BREMER PARKMAN '49, of Exeter, N.H., died August 15. He was born June 18, 1927 in Cambridge, MA and prepared at Brooks School. At Harvard, he sang in the Glee Club and the Krokodiloes. He studied Romance Languages and Literature. He was retired president of Iroquois Salt Products Ltd., a subsidiary of International Salt [...]
GEORGE SLOAN OLDBERG died March 12, 1966, at Chicago, Illinois, where he was born August 12, 1936, the son of Eric and Hilda (Edwards) Oldberg. He prepared at Chicago Latin School and Milton Academy before coming to Harvard where he received an A.B. in 1959, as of our Class. He served as a lieutenant (j.g.) [...]
