In Memoriam

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IN MEMORIAM

Montague Hackett, Jr. '47, a devoted husband, and proud and loving father and grandfather, passed away on January 2, 2022, at the age of 89.

He was a graduate of Allen-Stevenson, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. He practiced law for approximately eight years as associate and partner in the law firm of Kirlin, Campbell & Keating. Subsequently he served as Executive Vice President and Director of Bridger Petroleum, Ltd., a Calgary based oil and gas exploration company. He later served as co-chairman of International Gold Resources Corp. from 1993 until sale of the company in 1996 to Ashanti Goldfields Corp. He previously had served as chairman of American Gold Resources from 1988-1993. He also served from 1989-1994 as President and Director of Wood River Capital Corp., a small business investment corporation (venture capital) as well as chairman of Garnet Resources Corporation and a Director of First International Oil Corp. He later became co-chairman of Victory Ventures, an investment firm, and a Director of International Energy Services.

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Dr. C. Redington Barrett,

Jr. '48 died peacefully in Needham, Massachusetts, surrounded by his family, at the age of 89.

Rud grew up at the family’s homes in Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Greenwich, CT, attending The Allen-Stevenson School and later Deerfield Academy where he played on the tennis team, as well as goalie on the soccer team. He graduated from Yale University in 1955 and went on to study medicine at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.

He met Elizabeth Emmet Biddle at a dance in New York City and the couple married in 1958, first living in Manhattan’s Washington Heights as Rud completed his medical training. Following a two-year stint in Berlin, Germany where he served as an army doctor, Rud and Liz lived for forty years in Englewood, New Jersey, where they raised three children, Connie, Red and Morris.

Rud spent his entire career at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, retiring in 2005 after serving as Acting Head of Pulmonology. He was also Director of the hospital’s critical care units. Rud pioneered fiber optic bronchoscopy procedures at St. Luke’s. He was devoted to medical research throughout his career, directing AIDS and breathing studies. He enjoyed teaching medical students and was known to be calm and empathetic with the families of his patients.

In addition to his scientific and medical pursuits, Rud had a deep love and knowledge of classical music. He took up the cello as a young adult, studying with a member of the New York Philharmonic and playing in a Manhattan community orchestra. He also played the piano and sang with Liz in the Oratorio Society of New York, performing Handel’s Messiah numerous times in Carnegie Hall, and touring with the group in Europe.

Rud was an avid outdoorsman and athlete, leading his young family up Mt. Katahdin in Maine, sailing off the coast of Cape Cod, and skiing in the Green Mountains. He taught his children squash and was a lifelong tennis player.

An electronics enthusiast, he was just as likely to build and assemble hi fi equipment and computers than to buy the latest models. He constructed amplifiers, speakers and computer hard drives throughout his life, maintaining a well-equipped work room and helping to instill a love of carpentry in his sons. Rud was known by family, friends and colleagues alike for his bright intellect, sense of humor and gentle nature. He wasn’t one to force an opinion or outcome, preferring to steer by consensus.

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