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in memoriam • David W. Gould died peacefully in his sleep July 10, 2016. A graduate of Hamilton College and American University, he taught history and philosophy at Durham Academy for 31 years, retiring in 2012. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Lyn Gould; daughters Keira Gould ’00 and Emma Gould ’02; five sisters; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and hundreds of students, now citizens of the world, whom he loved pushing off the fence. These were a few of his favorite things…THIMK(ing), Sam McGee, vegemite (?), Swack, dormopower, Redfern Island, GRUNTS, sand tennis, rugby, golf (any sport!), poker, playing games (which he always won because he always changed the rules!), pranks, beer, scavenger hunts, telling stories, The Land Down Under, traveling, the rolling puck, knee socks, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, the Thunderbox, questioning authority, the Dukies, Rotary, 4410, his mates, Kema. And above all…TEACHING. • Jenny Lillian Semans Koortbojian ’72 died July 20, 2016, in Duke University Hospital. She had only very recently been diagnosed with cancer, and passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. She was a passionate, lifelong student and began her formal post-secondary studies at Duke as a teenager, pursuing an avid interest in art history. She was fluent in Italian, French and Old Latin. She continued her studies abroad and completed a graduate degree at Duke in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program in 2006. She worked for The Paris Review during the time George Plimpton was editor-inchief. She was a talented writer in her own right, and compiled a manuscript of sonnets. She pursued her love of and interest in art as a collagist, creating beautiful works of art. Like her mother, the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Jenny had a real sense of community, and tried to leave the world a better place. She is survived by her six siblings: Mary Duke Trent Jones ’58, Sarah Trent Harris ’59, Rebecca Trent Kirkland ’60, Barbara Trent Kimbrell ’62, James Duke Biddle
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Trent Semans ’76 and Beth Semans Hubbard ’80; 19 nieces and nephews; and 33 great-nieces and greatnephews. • Angus Murdoch McBryde, Jr. ’54 of Columbia, South Carolina, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 4, 2016. He was a 1997 recipient of Durham Academy’s Distinguished Alumni Award. A graduate of Davidson College and Duke Medical School, he served in the United States Navy as a medical officer during the Vietnam War. He had a long and distinguished medical career and was the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus of Duke Medical School. He served as chair of the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery for the University of South Alabama at Mobile and the University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was team doctor for the Gamecocks in Columbia, medical director for the USC athletic department and team doctor for Alabama, Auburn and Troy. He was team physician for the World Games in Yugoslavia in 1987 and for the U.S. National Team for both the Seoul and Atlanta summer Olympics. He was currently serving as chairman of the Senior Physician Section of the AMA. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Kay McBryde; his sister, Read M. Spence ’59; his brother, Neill G. McBryde ’62; his sons, Angus M. McBryde III and JP McBryde; his daughters, Holly McBryde Mason and Mary McBryde; 10 grandchildren; and the children and grandchildren of Kay McBryde, whom he embraced. • Steven Bennett Wing ’70 died from cancer on Nov. 9, 2016, at his home in rural Chatham County. He was a man of many talents and was admired by and an inspiration to all who knew him in one or more of his roles as a friend, musician, mentor, academic and community activist. He was an associate professor of epidemiology at UNC's School of Public Health, where he had been a member of the faculty since 1985. He was recognized locally, nationally and internationally, first for his early work in occupational health and later for his work in continued on the next page
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