Following is a list of alumni and former faculty and staff members whose deaths have been reported in the last year. Their obituaries appear in the Milestones/In Memoriam section of the ‘Shire, the alumni section of the school’s Web site (berkshireschool.org). To send obituaries or remembrances of classmates, please email bulletin@berkshireschool.org. PHILIP C. WHITE ’31
WORTHINGTON COCKEY FLOWERS ’48
TODD STAFFORD '79
Chemist, Ford-appointee, sailor
Purchasing agent, gardener
Motorcyclist, Alpine skier
DAVIES GRATWICK ’32
SAMUEL S. STEVENS ’48
SCOTT KURTIS ’89
Family founded cancer institute
Syracuse grad who worked for Xerox
Avid guitar player who loved the road
EDGAR JEAN MARSTON JR. ’35
RANDOLPH ROGERS ’50
RAFE VINCENT KOZAKA ’93
WW II vet
Longtime 3M employee, member of famous 1948 football team
Logger whose love for nature began at Berkshire
ROBERT THURLOW VANDERBILT ’36
Owned bookshop in New York City
LEONARD “SHEP” PEMBROKE ’51
Lockheed Martin programmer
Former Faculty and Staff
ROBERT GORDON LESHER ’51
Zoltan “Zip” Zantay Former “King of the Cha Cha” taught music here from 1995-97
HERBERT HENRY FERRIS ’39
World War II vet and avid sailor
Publisher, ex-fighter pilot ANTHONY G. RUD ’39
Newspaperman who landed at Normandy
PETER PINKHAM ‘52
Had “wicked” sense of humor DONALD A. DEMPSEY ’41
Paper industry executive
A LINCOLN HOFFMAN III ’61
IN MEMORIAM
Banker and resort owner HARRY PETERSEN ‘43
Partner in Salomon Brothers
Harry C. Sheehy Jr. Taught English, Latin
ABBOTT CARSON COMBES IV ’64
Emmons Waldo Putnam Former Berkshire teacher, coach, and director of admissions
Natty copy editor for N.Y.Times Magazine NOBLE MACFARLANE '45
WW II vet, prominent pediatrician
EHRICK K. CARRAGAN ’66
Ruth K. Beers Former secretary at Berkshire
Designed homes on Vineyard and in VT A. CLIFFORD “TIP” DORSEL ’46
Air Force veteran, graphic designer
ANNE GOODWILLIE UNDERWOOD ‘74
Mary Sharpe Wetherill Longtime staff member, mother of alumnus
(see below) 78
SANFORD R. SISTARE ’46
Educator, PR man, girls’ hockey coach
CARLIN K. BILKEY ’77
Frederick Forbes Clark, Purple Heart winner
Loved the ocean WILLIAM FRIPP II ’46
Boston Globe reporter, oversaw cowboys
CHRISTOPHER K.P. AINSPAC ’78
Einar Aas Colorful skiing personality
Chef and motorcyclist
Annie Goodwillie Underwood ’74 1955-2009
“In those days with 300-plus boys and about 20 girls, it wasn’t easy to make friends with tall, willowy, blond female classmates.” – JOE FUSCO ’73 “I even thought her name was cool: Annie Goodwillie, the perfect hippie name.”– KENT CHAMBERLAIN ’75. “An amazing soccer player— it was like watching a pro, she was that good.” – JAMIE BARTHOLOMAY NIEMIE ’73.
For more remembrances of Annie Goodwillie Underwood from those who shared the seventies with her at Berkshire, visit the ‘Shire, the Web site of Berkshire’s alumni, via berkshireschool.org.
BERKSHIRE SCHOOL • FALL 2009