John A. Kiggen, III, of Naples, FL and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France passed away at Avow Hospice in Naples, FL on Friday, March 8, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Jack was born in New York on July 16, 1930, the elder son of John A. Kiggen, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth (Dunbar) Kiggen. He grew up [...]
Al Key I think graduated in the class of 1949 or '50, I'm not sure which. He was a classmate of mine in school. A great hockey player, a great athlete really. Loved the Kroks, and I'm not sure how he died, but he was a good friend. -From George Lodge at the 60th Anniversary [...]
Thomas A. Kahrl, 74, lost his battle with prostate cancer early Wednesday, March 25, 2009. He died peacefully at his home with his wife Randie by his side. Tom was born Oct. 4, 1934, in Boston, the son of George M. and Faith J. Kahrl. He attended schools in Elmira, N.Y., and The Hotchkiss School [...]
A National Book Award-winning historian and beloved professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Mississippi, Win Jordan died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, at his home in Oxford, Mississippi on Feb. 23, 2007. He was 75. The Kroks were enough of an influence on Win’s early career that he [...]
Seton Ijams died July 17, 1993. The son of John Horton and Margaret (Porter) Ijams, he was born October 9, 1922, in Lawrence, New York. He prepared at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts, before entering Harvard, where he received an AB. in 1948 as of our Class. In 1948, Ijams began working for National Distillers [...]
Clark and I worked together very closely our senior year, he as Manager, I as director, and we both sang simultaneously in the Glee Club. We also tried to form a semi-professional quartet the summer we graduated, and rehearsed for a solid week in Clark’s house in PA. (His parents were saints to put us [...]
DUBLIN - Peter Meldrim Hewitt, formerly of Dublin, a retired banker with the heart of a jazz musician, and a beloved member of every community he joined, died in Peterborough, on Feb. 15, 2014. Mr. Hewitt was easily recognized anywhere he went, and warmly greeted everywhere. His tall and lean (not to say spindly) figure [...]
Fred reached out to me back around 2000 when we were digitizing all the albums. He wanted to say excited he was about hearing his album again and to share with me his love for the Four Freshman – he had sent along a CD of theirs. That began a wonderful friendship between an older [...]
EDWIN PARKER HAYDEN, JR., died April 12, 1992, at Princeton, New Jersey. He was born the son of Edwin Parker and Ruth (Chivvis) Hayden on January 7, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts. He prepared at St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, before coming to Harvard from which he received an A.B. in 1950 and an LL.B. in [...]
Lt. Colonel JAMES PATRICK HARKINS WWII and Korean conflict veteran passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in McLean, VA at the age of 93, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Harkins was born in Davenport, Iowa on December 17, 1921 to the late James Patrick Aloysius Harkins and Marian Christine Harrison Harkins. He [...]
