IN MEMORIAM
Augustus Bladgen Kinsolving ’56
John Brooke Spotswood II ’65
At EHS, Mr. Kinsolving was a member of the soccer and track teams; assistant coach for cake football; literary editor of The Chronicle; a Monitor; and a member of the glee club, drama club, Whispers, Missionary Society, and Fairfax Literary Society. He received the William Page Dame Medal for Reading at Sight, the Joseph Bryan Medal, and the Charles Fellows Page Poetry Prize. After Episcopal, Mr. Kinsolving attended Yale University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and graduated from Harvard Law School. He was an attorney who spent the majority of his career with the American Smelting and Refining Company. Mr. Kinsolving is survived by his former wife, Monique; two children; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by several EHS relatives, including his brother, Arthur Lee Kinsolving ’56; his father, Rev. Arthur Lee Kinsolving Class of 1917; his uncle, Herbert L. Kinsolving Class of 1924; and his grandfather, Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving Class of 1881.
At EHS, Mr. Spotswood was on the boards of Whispers and The Chronicle and a member of the Missionary Society, Wilmer Literary Society, and the Fairfax Literary Society. He was also a competitive athlete who played for the junior and JV football teams, junior and JV soccer teams, and junior and varsity track teams. After Episcopal, Mr. Spotswood received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Virginia. He then attended the University of Richmond for law school and practiced law in Virginia for more than 40 years. Mr. Spotswood was preceded in death by his cousin Alexander Spotswood ’60. He is survived by his wife, Lu; two daughters; and extended family, including cousin William Cannon Spotswood ’70.
of New York, N.Y., died March 27, 2017.
Robert William Lawson III ’59
of Charleston, W.V., on January 20, 2016. At EHS, Mr. Lawson was a member of the chapel committee, Missionary Society, science club, Blackford Literary Society, and drama club, and he wrote for The Chronicle. He was also on the varsity football, varsity baseball, and track teams. After Episcopal, Mr. Lawson attended Washington & Lee University for two years before transferring to West Virginia University, from which he graduated with a degree in economics. After graduating, Mr. Lawson worked for the Securities Department of National Savings & Trust in Washington, D.C., before returning to school to obtain his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. After clerking for a year, he became a partner at the law firm DiTrapano, Mitchell, Lawson & Field before transitioning to a solo practice. He was also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Lawson was preceded in death by his father, Robert W. Lawson, Jr., who was a coach, teacher, and member of the Board of Trustees at EHS; son Robert W. Lawson, IV; uncle E. Fontaine Broun, Jr. Class of 1926; and brother-in-law Angus Murdoch McBryde, Jr. ’55. Mr. Lawson is survived by his wife, Priscilla; son John Plumb Lawson ’90; daughter Polly and her husband and children; brothers Fontaine Broun Lawson ’60 and Lewis Peyton Lawson and their spouses, children, and grandchildren; and nephew William Luther Hand III ’73. 86
of Charlottesville, Va., died January 30, 2018.
William John Matheson ’68
of Gloucester, Va., died April 2, 2017. Mr. Matheson attended EHS from 1964 to 1965. While there, he was part of dramatics; the Wilmer Literary Society; and the JV football, junior soccer, and tennis teams. After Episcopal, Mr. Matheson went to Blue Ridge School and Virginia Wesleyan College. At the University of Virginia, he received his Master’s of Landscape Architecture in 1979 and opened a private practice of landscape planning and architecture in Virginia and Florida. Mr. Matheson was preceded in death by his father, Malcolm Matheson, Jr. ’32. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; daughter; and siblings Malcolm Matheson III ’55, Charles Tompkins Matheson ’59, Emma Roe and Alexander Moir Roe ’53, Torrey Cooke, and Lida Stifel.
Prashant P. Reddy ’85
of Richmond, Va., died August 9, 2015. At EHS, Mr. Reddy played on the basketball team. He is most recently remembered as a longtime member of the Richmond Astronomical Society, for which he served several terms on the Board of Directors. Mr. Reddy was active in the club’s events, occasionally hosting guests in his backyard for stargazing.