56 IN MEMORIAM
’59 C James H. Franklin III, 76, an investment banker and teacher, died April 6, 2018 of cancer. Born in Baltimore, Jim came to Choate in 1957; he lettered in basketball and lacrosse and was a cheerleader and in the Rod and Gun Club. He graduated from the University of Virginia, where he was an All-American lacrosse player, and served with the Navy in Vietnam as a Captain of a Swift Boat. Jim started his investment career in Baltimore with Alex Brown & Sons, and later worked in London, England. Moving to Seattle, he became an eighth grade history teacher, assistant basketball coach, and Athletic Director at Bush School, played for the Seattle Men’s Lacrosse Club, and was on the board of the Washington State Lacrosse Association. In recent years, he lived in Mystic, Conn., where he enjoyed kayaking. He leaves his wife, Kathleen Franklin, P.O. Box 206, Old Mystic, CT 06372; four children; three stepchildren; 11 grandchildren; and a sister. Alfred Edison Jackson Jr., 76, a retired land developer, died April 2, 2018. Born in Memphis, Tenn., Eddie came to Choate in 1959. He lettered in football and track, setting a School record in the javelin, and won a School poetry prize. One of his Choate teachers sent his poetry to a professor at Oxford, where it was highly praised. After graduating from Georgetown, he helped run the successful campaign of Ted Stevens to be a Senator from the new state of Alaska. Eddie then lived in the Washington, D.C., area, heading up land sales development in the planned city of Reston, Va. In his later years he enjoyed sports and riding his motorcycle. He leaves his wife, Susan Jackson, 6698 Northwest 25th Court, Boca Raton, FL 33496; two children; a grandson; and two brothers, Charles B. Jackson ’60 and John G. Jackson ’69. Another brother, the late George T. Jackson ’71, also attended Choate. ’68 C
In the Spring 2018 Bulletin, Rene Carrillo Jr. was inadvertently listed as Choate ’67, he was a member of Choate ’68.
’68 RH Cathleen Asch Goss, 67, a retired technology executive, died of cancer July 31, 2017. Born in New York City, Cathy came to Rosemary Hall in 1965; she was a Marshal, co-head of the Art Club, and in the Math Club. After earning degrees from Bryn Mawr and Penn’s Wharton School, she worked for AT&T before moving to Indianapolis and co-founding the computer graphics firm TrueVision. She then joined Ameritech as head of its Electronic Commerce division, and later pursued entrepreneurial ventures. Cathy enjoyed travel, archaeology, collecting glass, and making beaded jewelry. She leaves her husband, Jan C. Goss, 361 So. Bateman Circle, Barrington Hills, IL 60010; a son; two stepdaughters; seven stepgrandchildren; a sister, Amanda Asch Halle ’74; and a brother.
’06 Benjamin J. Neighbor, 31, an executive of a data analytics firm, died June 3, 2018 while on a business trip to India. Born in Dallas, Ben was at Choate Rosemary Hall for one year; before that, he was captain of the varsity football team and earned all-state academic honors at J. J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas. At Choate, he lettered in football and baseball. He then graduated from Cornell, where he was also an outstanding athlete. He had recently accepted a management position at the San Francisco office of Mu Sigma, a firm specializing in big data analytics and decision sciences. He was training in Mu Sigma’s India office when he died. Besides sports, Ben enjoyed hunting and all sorts of outdoor activities. He leaves his wife, Beth Neighbor, 2660 No. Haskell Ave., Apt. 1160, Dallas, TX 75204; his parents; two siblings; and a grandmother. Trustees, Faculty, Staff Margot Mayer Burwood ’62, a Choate Rosemary Hall Trustee in the 1970s, died March 30, 2018 in Harwinton, Conn., of cancer. She was 74. Born in Rockland, Maine, Margot came to Rosemary Hall in 1958. She played hockey and basketball, was captain of the track team, and won a School
science prize. She then earned a degree in zoology from Smith, and pursued graduate studies at Columbia. Starting in 1970, for many years she was an occupational therapist in Newington and Torrington, Conn., specializing in disabled children. She was a School Trustee from 1976 to 1979. Margot was an accomplished equestrian and dog trainer. She was widowed twice, and leaves seven stepchildren; two sisters, including Sandra Zinman ’56, 23 Hillcrest Ave., Ardsley, NY 10502 and Carlie Mayer Feldman ’65; two brothers; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Veronica Z. “Vera” Charron, an accounts receivable bookkeeper at School for 13 years, died March 25, 2018. She was 93. Vera was born in New Haven. During World War II, she assembled rifles for Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in New Haven. She was then an executive secretary for many years before coming to Choate Rosemary Hall in 1974. She retired in 1987, and lived with her family in Hamden, Conn. During summers, Vera and her late husband, Tom, vacationed on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Oquossoc, Maine. She leaves a son; four grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Roger Coulombe, who taught history at Rosemary Hall for three years, died February 22, 2018 in Amherst, Mass. He was 80. Born in Northampton, Mass., Roger graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., and earned a master’s degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago. He then joined the Peace Corps, teaching English in Thailand. When he returned, he taught briefly at Northampton (Mass.) High School, his alma mater, then joined the faculty at Rosemary Hall in 1965. When he left in 1968, Headmistress Alice McBee wrote that “he has been a thoroughly popular and most successful teacher, inspiring his students to do their best work through the use of creative methods.” Roger then spent years in senior administrative positions at several independent schools, including Charlotte (N.C.) Country Day School; Lake Forest Academy in Illinois; and the
Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, Calif. From 1995 to 2004 he was Headmaster of the Steward School in Richmond, Va., retiring to South Hadley, Mass. He leaves his wife, Cathy Coulombe, and two sons, including Jason Coulombe, P.O. Box 2006, Kent, CT 06757.
Raymond J. Gervais, a security officer at Choate Rosemary Hall for 13 years, died May 12, 2018 in Wallingford. Born in Meriden, Raymond served in the Army during World War II and worked for International Silver Co. for many years. He came to Choate as a security officer in 1978, retiring in 1991. He leaves four sons, including Allen Gervais, 15 Wayne Rd., Wallingford, CT 06492, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Peggy Lee Henderson, who was in the Athletics Department at Rosemary Hall for three years, died March 30, 2018. She was 79. Peggy was on the faculty of Rosemary Hall from 1961 to 1964, and was the head of the Athletics Department in 1963-64. When she left, Headmistress Alice McBee wrote, “Miss Henderson was very popular with the students, and they worked hard for her.” She enjoyed art, and created many southern face jugs, which she sold at festivals in Knoxville, Tenn. She leaves her partner, Linda Smith, 12612 Lovelace Rd., Knoxville, Tenn. 37932; and two sisters. Ronald W. Hill, who was head of the Science Department at Choate Rosemary Hall for seven years, died May 3, 2018 in Tilton, N.H. He was 85. Born in North Conway, N.H., Ron graduated from Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine, earned a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire, then spent three years in the Air Force as a jet fighter pilot. He then earned a master’s degree from Central Connecticut State University and completed coursework for a Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. In 1974, he returned to Fryeburg, where he was Headmaster until 1979. He was at Choate Rosemary Hall from 1982 to 1996, first teaching chemistry and physics and, after one year, chairing the Science Department until 1990. When