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brother, uncle, and friend.” He was survived by his parents, Lou and John Ratté; his former wife, Junko; his three siblings, Christopher Ratté, Catherine Ratté ’80, and Felicity B. Ratté ’81; and his four children, Alexander, Stephanie, Fred, and Emily.
1981 Richard A. Wilde, on May 24, 2019, at his family’s home in East Boothbay, Maine. A four-year student from West Hartford, Conn., Dick was a writer and sports editor for The Log and served as vice president of the Founders Society. He earned letters in both football and lacrosse and played hockey. Dick earned a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, and a master’s degree in international law from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden in the Netherlands. After leading business development at a Boston-area tech startup, Dick practiced immigration law and helped settle refugees in New Hampshire. He later joined ABC News in New York, where he was director of news practices and then director of development and partnerships. While there, Dick continued to help immigrants seek asylum in the United States. In 2013, Dick served as senior vice president of business development at Pixel Corps, another tech start-up. While there, he produced livestream events with President Barack Obama in the White House and with Pope Francis in the Vatican. According to the family’s obituary, Dick’s proudest and most important professional work was serving veterans, their families, and their caregivers as a board member of the Bob Woodruff Foundation from 2012 until
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the time of his death. In 1996, Dick met Steven D. Smith, and the two were married in Brookline, Mass., in 2004. They shared a joyful life and home in Salt Point, N.Y. Dick enjoyed good food and wine; his dogs, Loki and Blitz; travel; shooting sporting clays with friends in New York’s Hudson Valley; and the thrill of seeing the Boston Red Sox win the World Series four times in his lifetime. Preceded in death by his father, Wilson Wilde ’45, and his brother Stephen Wilde ’73, Dick was survived by his husband, Steven; his siblings Elisabeth L. Wilde and David W. Wilde ’76; and eight nieces and nephews, including Tucker Wilde ’07, Eben Wilde ’12, and Ryan Wilde ’14.
1987 Lena M. Chen, on July 21, 2019, unexpectedly of catastrophic illness. A four-year student from Windsor, Conn., Lena was president of the Asian Club, was inducted into the Cum Laude Society, and was on the cross country team. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and worked as a reporter for The Hartford Courant and then as a management consultant. Lena missed interacting with hospital patients as she had done during her studies, so she decided to pursue a medical degree at University of Pennsylvania. A commitment to establishing the highest quality standards of patient care motivated Lena’s notable career as physician, scientist, educator, and advisor to federal health policy leaders. After completing her medical residency at UPenn and working at Johns Hopkins University, where she became director of the Hospitalist Program, Lena returned to Harvard to earn a master’s degree
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in health policy and management. She joined Michigan Medicine at University of Michigan in 2009, where she became known for her kindness and compassion in her care of hospital patients and in her mentoring of younger physicians and medical students. On the University of Michigan faculty, Lena was a clinical lecturer and became a member of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, which is dedicated to bringing together health services researchers and public policy experts to collaborate on ways to improve healthcare delivery and public health. Because of her expertise in medicine and public policy, Lena was invited to work in Washington, D.C., as an advisor to the deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2015. At the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Lena’s work focused on understanding how changes in federal laws and programs affected the lives of individual patients. She became a national leader in health services research that informed health policy. With her ability to communicate with researchers from across diverse disciplines, including doctors, economists, scientists, and policy-makers, Lena played a key role in leading significant studies and launching important projects in her public service work. She was part of a team that in 2016 received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Meritorious Services. Lena returned to University of Michigan in 2018 and was named to the tenured position of associate professor of internal medicine. She continued in a consulting role at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Lena was a member of the health ser-
vices research professional society AcademyHealth, the Society of General Internal Medicine, and the Society of Hospital Medicine. She authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles and spoke on her research at a range of conferences. According to the family obituary, Lena was happiest when she worked in Washington, D.C., because she “was able to combine her deep interests in both patient care and federal policy in the form of public service.” A beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, Lena was survived by her parents, Jong and Mei Chen; her sister, Pauline Chen Halsey ’82, who is a Loomis Chaffee Trustee, and brother-in-law, Woody Halsey; her brother, Michael Chen ’92, and sister-in-law, Grace Lee; her cousin Oliver Chen ’96; and her nieces and nephews, including Elinor, Meredith, and Lucas Chen and Loomis Chaffee seniors Isabelle Halsey and Natalie Halsey. A memorial service and celebration of Lena’s life was held at First Church of Windsor in Windsor, Conn., on July 21, 2019. The family requests that donations in Lena’s name may be made to: The Loomis Chaffee School for the Lena M. Chen, M.D. Faculty Prize for Mentoring.
1995 Andrew Norton Gray, on October 5, 2019, at his home in Wilmington, N.C., after a battle with cancer. A four-year student from Windsor, Conn., Andrew was active in wrestling, soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee, and he attended a semester school educational program at The Mountain School in Vershire, Vt., during his junior year. Andrew’s parents, Tom and Sylvia Gray, were on the Loomis Chaffee faculty, and throughout
