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W. Clarke Hudson H60 (d1962) – K59, K60

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 [...]

W. Clarke Hudson H60 (d1962) – K59, K602017-08-09T17:39:41+00:00

Peter Meldrim Hewitt H50 (d2014) – K49, K50

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 [...]

Peter Meldrim Hewitt H50 (d2014) – K49, K502017-08-09T17:39:43+00:00

Fred Heller H54 (d2018) – K52, K53, K54

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 [...]

Fred Heller H54 (d2018) – K52, K53, K542018-03-06T21:50:15+00:00

Edwin P. Hayden H50 (d1992) – K49, K50

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 [...]

Edwin P. Hayden H50 (d1992) – K49, K502017-08-09T17:39:45+00:00

James P. Harkins H49 (d2015) – K49

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 [...]

James P. Harkins H49 (d2015) – K492017-08-09T17:39:47+00:00

Chisholm Halle H55 (d1982) – K53, K54, K55

Chisholm Halle, third-generation member of the Cleveland department store family, died Monday at 48 after being stricken at his store, Chisholm Halle, Inc. Mr. Halle succeeded his father Walter M., as Halle Bros. Co. president in 1966 and held the post when the company merged with Marshall Field Co. of Chicago in 1971. He resigned [...]

Chisholm Halle H55 (d1982) – K53, K54, K552017-08-09T17:39:49+00:00

Fred Gwynne H51 (d1993) – K48, K49, K51

Fred Gwynne ’51 (1926-1993) At 6’5″, the towering, charismatic Frederick Hubbard Gwynne was best known for his roles as Officer Francis Muldoon in the TV sitcom “Car 54, Where Are You?” (1961–63), and the bolt-necked, soft-hearted Herman Munster in “The Munsters” (1964–66). He was equally skilled in the graphic arts, writing and illustrating children’s books, [...]

Fred Gwynne H51 (d1993) – K48, K49, K512017-08-09T17:39:51+00:00

William B. Gray H64 (d1994) – K63, K64

Bill Gray was the class of '64. He was first bass and because we were all in this age of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, many of us became lawyers! A group of us here. Bill was one of these, and went on to a very distinguished career. I remember he went to Penn [...]

William B. Gray H64 (d1994) – K63, K642017-08-09T17:39:53+00:00

David Goodwin H52 (d2021) – K50, K51, K52

David Coburn Goodwin October 3, 1930 to March 4, 2021 Per anniversary reports of the class of 1952: After graduation from Duke Law School and service in the Army with C.I.C., he began practicing law in Miami in December of 1957.  He was a partner in Brigham, Wright, Goodwin & Dence, and then moved [...]

David Goodwin H52 (d2021) – K50, K51, K522022-01-18T14:49:50+00:00

Jonathan Finn-Gamiño H12 (d2022) – K10

It is with a heavy heart that I write to share the terrible news that Jonathan Finn-Gamiño, Harvard '12 and Kroks of '10, passed away last week. Finn, as he was affectionately known, was at the same time one of the most outlandish and caring people many of us have met. Everyone that knew him [...]

Jonathan Finn-Gamiño H12 (d2022) – K102022-02-10T21:32:09+00:00
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