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Chairman, President, and Publisher of the Home News Publishing Co. of New Brunswick, N.J. Bill belonged to several news associations, including Copley News, the Associated Press, and the Ad Council; he was also involved with the local humane society. He leaves his wife, Nancy McCandless, 8686 Cliffridge Ave., La Jolla, CA 92037; two children; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two stepchildren; and two half-siblings. His father, the late Hugh N. Boyd ’30, also attended Choate. Robert Peter Brown, 86, a retired insurance and banking executive, died March 21, 2018. Born in Louisville, Ky., Rob came to Choate in 1948; he rowed crew and was in the Automobile Club and the Southern Club. He then went to Princeton, but left to join the Marines during the Korean War. After the war, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. Rob started as an agent in the family firm, Atlas Insurance, in Sarasota, Fla., and 10 years later owned the company. In the 1980s he was a co-founder of West Coast Bank in Florida. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, skeet shooting, field-training dogs, and playing tennis. He leaves his wife, Mary Brown, 1101 Verna Rd., Sarasota, FL 34240; four children; six grandchildren; and a sister. Charles A. Krause III, 85, the retired President of a milling company, died June 1, 2018 of cancer. Born in Milwaukee, Charlie came to Choate in 1948. He lettered in football and track, was on the boards of the Brief and the Literary Magazine, was in the Glee Club and the Cum Laude Society. His true talent, however, lay in public speaking; he was Captain of the Debate Council and won School prizes in debate, public speaking, and English. That talent continued to inspire him, and in 2001, on the occasion of his 50th reunion, he established a fund at Choate Rosemary Hall “to encourage and train young people to speak in public with clarity of thought, confidence, and enthusiasm and to use this talent throughout their lives.” He also helped revive the School’s public speaking program. In addition to supporting the student PrattDeclamation Contest, the Krause Fund also provides a Fellowship giving an
academic department the opportunity to bring to campus an excellent public speaker who has made a distinguished contribution in his or her field. Krause Fellows at Choate have included former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers; forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee; oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard; deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie; environmental activist Bill McKibben, and this year, moral philosopher Dr. Peter Singer. A graduate of Yale, Charlie ran the Krause Milling Co. in Milwaukee. He later was CEO of a Milwaukee-based strategic planning and business consulting service. Active in the community, he was a past President of the Milwaukee Symphony and worked with the Milwaukee Urban Soccer Collaborative and Kids from Wisconsin. He leaves his wife, Roslyn Krause, 12491 Royal Ln., Mequon, WI 53092; four children; 10 grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; and two sisters. Two stepbrothers, the late Willis G. Sullivan Jr. ’48 and the late Robert C. Sullivan ’49, also attended Choate, as did a nephew, Robert C. Sullivan Jr. ’75.
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Clifford G. “Bud” Allen Jr., 84, a retired life insurance executive, died June 26, 2018. Born in Akron, Ohio, Bud came to Choate in 1947. He was Captain of the Campus Cops, Vice President of the Glee Club, and in the Altar Guild, the History Club, the Press Club, the Mineral Club, and the Stamp Club. After graduating from Dartmouth, he spent four years with Procter & Gamble and six years with General Tire before joining the Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. (now Cigna) in Philadelphia. In retirement, he and his wife, Judy, started a business that provided independent secondary schools with student health insurance plans. Bud was active in several national and local insurance associations and a member of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. He leaves two children, including Clifford B. Allen, 1 Bowline Bay Ct., Hilton Head Island, SC 29926; and six grandchildren. Cleveland D. McCarty, 85, a retired dentist, died July 3, 2018 in Louisville, Ky. Born in Denver, Cleve came to Choate in 1950; he lettered in football, was in the Chess Club and the
Camera Club, and was President of the Western Club. He then earned degrees from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He was a Captain in the Air Force for four years, then practiced dentistry in Boulder until he retired in 2007. Cleve was an avid outdoorsman. In 1959, on a bet, he became the first person to climb all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in 54 days. He also compiled the first-ever guide to climbing the mountains around Boulder. He was a national director of the American Alpine Club and a former president of the Colorado Dental Association. He also enjoyed magic, and would put dental patients at ease by performing sleight-of-hand tricks. He leaves five children; 11 grandchildren; and a step-grandchild. Peter J. Sellon, 83, a retired executive of insurance, real estate and financial serves companies, died April 2, 2018 in Rye, N.Y. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., Peter came to Choate in 1950. He was in the Cum Laude Society, the Glee Club, and the Maiyeros, but his specialty was athletics: He lettered in baseball, hockey, and football, and won the Harvard Football Trophy and a
School prize for Excellence in All Sports. His classmates voted him Most Versatile, and he was among those named Most Popular, Most Athletic, and Most Influential. After graduating from Princeton, he served in the Navy, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant. He founded Sellon Associates, a reinsurance intermediary, and was a founding member of Municipal Issuers Service Corp. Active in philanthropy, Peter was an advisor to the Theosophical Society of America and several other organizations. He enjoyed golf and world travel. He leaves his wife, Carol Sellon, 949 Forest Ave., Rye, NY 10580; three children, including Christopher Sellon ’77 and Mark Sellon ’87; eight grandchildren; a great-grandson; and two brothers, Michael Sellon ’56 and Jeffrey Sellon ’57. His father, the late John Sellon ’28, also attended Choate.
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Arnold Van Hoven Bernhard, 83, a financial analyst, died March 7, 2018. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., Van came to Choate in 1948; he was in the Choral Club, the Glee Club, and the Art Club, and was Vice President of the Model Railroad Club. After graduating from Colby College, he
On the occasion of his 50th reunion, Charles Krause III established a fund at Choate Rosemary Hall “to encourage and train young people to speak in public with clarity of thought, confidence, and enthusiasm and to use this talent throughout their lives.”
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