James Pierce Stearns, 78, of Kent, CT, died of cancer March 2, 2010. He was born to James and Esther Stearns on January 15, 1932 in Boston. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Byard Stearns; two daughters, Sarah Stearns Fey of Greenwich, and Katherine Stearns Symonds (Kate) of New York City; two sisters, Elizabeth [...]
Andrew John Snyder, 65, beloved son of the late Marjorie and Charles Snyder, cherished cousin of Melanie Hogue, Lydia Howes and Timothy Osborne, adored best friend of Victoria Steinberg, and dear friend of so many people in so many places, left this earth on Saturday, November 13. Born in Boston, and brought up in Cambridge, [...]
I am Sherrod Emerson Skinner III, so I am related to Sherrod Emerson Skinner II. I am his nephew and I'm not quite sure where this is going to go and I hope I can get through it. First, I wanted to send greetings and love from my dad who was also a Krok. He [...]
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.
