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83, a retired steel company executive, died April 10, 2012. Born in Pittsburgh, Wally came to Choate in 1944, where he played soccer, was a cheerleader, and was Chairman of the Library Committee. After graduation from Brown, he worked in the steel industry for many years, retiring as an executive of Allegheny Ludlum Steel. Wally was a Director of the Greater Pittsburgh Capital Corp. and a Vice President of the Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce. He also was one of the principal developers of the Shadyside Village shopping center in Pittsburgh, and owned a sporting equipment store there. He leaves his wife, Nancy Kirkpatrick, 239 Aspen Mountain Dr., Boswell, PA 15531; three children, John W. Kirkpatrick ’70, William H. Kirkpatrick ’73, and Nancy Kirkpatrick Yale ’76; and eight grandchildren.
C Joh n Van der Horst Jr. , 69, the retired owner of a wholesale hardware business, died September 8, 2012 in Charleston, S.C. Born in Philadelphia, John came to Choate in 1958. He lettered in squash and tennis, was in St. Andrew’s Cabinet and Gold Key, and sang in the Glee Club and the Maiyeros. After graduation from Sewanee, he moved to Baltimore and joined Wm. H. Cole and Sons, a family-owned wholesale hardware business. He rose to the position of President. Interested in genealogy, John was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He leaves a brother, Allston Vander Horst ’67, 962 Bluewater Rd., Centerville, TN 37033; and a sister. Three uncles also went to Choate: the late Allston Vander Horst ’23, Lloyd Vander Horst ’23, and Elias Vander Horst ’28.
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C Th e m i stocle s D. Anastasiadis , 81, the owner of a civil engineering firm, died July 1, 2012 in Mountain View, Calif. Born in Athens, Greece, he was at Choate only in 1948, and played tennis. After Choate, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Stanford, and in 1962 officially changed his name to Timothy D. Sandis. In 1965, he founded the civil engineering firm Sandis and Associates, now Sandis Humber Jones, with four northern California locations. Tim was a member of the Rotary Club and worked with the Community Services Agency and the Community School of Music and Art in Mountain View. He enjoyed painting, camping, and fishing. He leaves six children, seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a sister.
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nity life, died September 19, 2012 in Gloucester, Mass. Born in Washington, D.C., Cherie came to Rosemary Hall in 1947. She was on the Answer Book Board and the Kindly Club Council, was in the Dramatic Club, and was Secretary of the Athletic Association. After attending Skidmore, she worked in New York for several years, including time at The New Yorker magazine. After she married, she and her husband opened the Old Ark Inn in Vermont. Cherie was a corporator and volunteer at the Sawyer Public Library in Gloucester and sang in the choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church there. She leaves her husband, Richard Everett III, 4 Warwick Rd., Gloucester, MA 01930; four sons; seven grandchildren; and two sisters.
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Condolences to Allston Vander Horst , whose brother, John ’61 , died in June.
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Condolences to John, William ’73, and Nancy Kirkpatrick Yale ’76, whose father, Wallace Kirkpatrick ’47 , died in April.
Ph ilip Portser , 55, the owner of a commercial real estate company, died February 1, 2011 in Hopkinton, Mass. Born in New York City, Philip came to Choate in 1970, where he played intramural sports. After Choate, he attended Boston University and graduated from the University of Colorado. He was the owner of PRE, Inc., a commercial real estate firm specializing in storage and modular homes. He enjoyed world travel, skiing, sailing, and photography. He leaves his wife, Vickie Portser, 99 Thacher Shore Rd., Yarmouth Port, MA 02675; his mother; and a sister. Bren t Wilcox , 55, a radio music host, died February 20, 2012 in Girdwood, Alaska. Born in Pasadena, Calif., Brent came to Choate in 1971, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Literary Magazine, President of the Military History Club, Vice President of the Film Society, and on the Student Activities Committee. After Choate, he graduated from the film school at UCLA, then worked as an on-air host for public radio in Los Angeles. His shows concentrated on world music, progressive and alternative rock, and experimental music. He later moved to Alaska, where he was an on-air personality and jazz music director of KEUL-FM. He also worked as revenue manager at the Hotel Alyeska in Girdwood. He leaves his mother and four siblings.
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Don ald J. McCarth y Jr. , 45, a professor of mathematics, died July 29, 2012 in Peoria, Ariz. Born in New Haven, Conn., Don came to Choate Rosemary Hall in 1983. He rowed crew, and played trombone and piano, winning a prize in excellence in piano. After earning degrees from Southern Connecticut State University and the State University of New York at Binghamton, Don taught math at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Ariz. He leaves his parents, Donald and Elizabeth McCarthy, 1649 Great Hill Rd., Guilford, CT 06437; two brothers; and two sisters.
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Condolences to Irving D. Booth III , Robertson ’73 , and Donna Booth Quinlan ’76 , whose father, Denny Booth ’41 , died in July.
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Condolences to Edith Moore Blair , whose mother, Edith Dent Moore ’41 , died in September.