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Passings
Passings in Review Death notices published in this issue were received and processed prior to Aug. 1, 2010. Full obituaries are limited to alumni who have died within three years of the publication of this issue.
Fred Jester ’25 died May 23, 2010, in Dallas. Mr. Jester owned and operated the Jester Insurance Agency for almost 50 years. He attended Cornell University and graduated from Lehigh University. Surviving are two sons, two daughters, a sister, seven grandchildren, and 10 greatgrandchildren. John L. Cooper N’30 died March 24, 2008, in Westwood, Mass. Mr. Cooper had a 35-year career at Massachusetts Financial Services, retiring as chairman in 1978. A Yale University graduate, he was a World War II veteran. Survivors included his wife, Marie; two sons, a daughter, sister, and nine grandchildren.
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Greenfield, Ind., philanthropist George M. Waddell W’30, NB’32, ’34 (Band) died Jan. 18, 2010, in Mount Dora, Fla. The president of the family business, Waddell Company, he also served on the Greenfield Area Medical Center and Historical Society boards, according to his published obituary. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as district chairman and was a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. Mr. Waddell was also very active with the Rollins College alumni, where he graduated in 1938, and subsequently served on its Board of Trustees. He is survived by
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his brother, Dean Waddell ’39 of Mount Dora, and nephews Castner Waddell N’60 of Mount Dora and Dean Waddell N’66 of Farmers Branch, Texas. Ira H. Lohman Jr. N’31 died March 13, 2010, in Cupertino, Calif. An Eagle Scout, Mr. Lohman graduated summa cum laude from MIT with a degree in electrical engineering, and later obtained a master’s degree from Washington University. During World War II he worked for the Department of the Navy before being called to active duty in the Army in 1942, serving as a major with the 234th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion in India. In 1951, Mr. Lohman joined IBM in Endicott, N.Y., where he worked in product engineering for the B-52 guidance system. He was promoted to director of IBM’s Development Lab in San Jose, Calif., which developed hard disk drive technology, and retired in 1979. In retirement, he founded Lohman Photography with his wife, Louise, and they traveled the world taking photographs that he printed and sold at art shows. In addition to his wife, Mr. Lohman is survived by three daughters and a son, Guy N’66 of San Jose; a brother, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Charles W. Cole Jr. ’33 (Co. A) died July 18, 2010, in South Bend, Ind. Mr. Cole was graduated from Purdue University with a degree in civil engineering in 1939, and returned to South Bend to join his father in the firm Chas. W. Cole & Son, Engineers & Architects, retiring in 1973. During World War II he served in Indiana and Alaska with the U.S. Navy’s Eighth Construction Battalion. Throughout his life he traveled extensively. Students at Indiana University-South Bend and Purdue University have been beneficiaries of scholarships established by Mr. Cole and his father. He is survived by two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren. William E. Buxton ’36 (Troop) died Jan. 31, 2010, in Tacoma, Wash. Mr. Buxton graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1940. He graduated from the Army Air Corps flying school as a second lieutenant in 1941. He was a fighter pilot, flying the P-51D Mustang, and attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the squadron commander in the 2nd Air Commando Group in the China-BurmaIndia Theater. Lt. Col. Buxton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Purple Hearts. After the war, he served in the Reserves for five years. Mr. Buxton