CLASSNOTES OBITUARIES Edward C. Steele ’41 Edward C. Steele, Hobe Sound FL, died on December 22, 2016. He was born in Buffalo, NY, on August 17, 1922. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1947. Between 1943 and 1946, he served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. He served in both European and Pacific Theaters. His working career was spent primarily as CEO of the Red Wing Company and its subsidiaries. During his sixteen-year tenure as CEO the company had an unbroken annual record of increasing sales and net profits. Red Wing was a leading private label supplier to the grocery chain store industry. Products included: jams, jellies, ketchup, mayonnaise and salad dressings, peanut butter and other specialties. In 1977, he sold the Red Wing Company to RHM Ltd, a major London-based food processor. Past offices and directorships include President and Director of the following: The Red Wing Company, The American Preserve Company, The General Preserve Company, National Preservers Association, Brooks Memorial Hospital and The New York State Canners and Freezers Association. Additionally, he served as a director of the M&T Trust Company of New York, R. Markey and Sons Inc., and Hanover Brands. His past and recent club memberships include The Jupiter Island Club, Seminole Golf Club, Ekwanok Country Club, Everglades Club, The Brook, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, National Golf Links of America, Southampton Club, The Honors Course, as well as past President of the United States Seniors Golf Association, past Commodore of the Hobe Sound Yacht Club and past President of The Lost Tree Club. In the early 1980s, Ed lent his financial support to the construction of Robert Markey Steele ’72 Hall in honor of his son, Robert, who died in June 1973 of injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. The building opened in January 1984 and contained administrative offices, the dining room, and the David C. Copley ’70 Library. In 2008, Ed made a major gift toward the expansion and renovation of Steele Hall. Since it opened, the building has been the nucleus of school life. Ed was known to many as a man of character, honesty, humor, and generosity. He was modest and kind in both public and private matters. Joan M. Steele, his wife of sixty-six years, and their four children: Edward L. Steele, Anne L. Steele, Susan S. Jennings and Michael C. Steele ’75 survive him. Nine grandchildren, Jenna S. Scanlan, Brooke S. Ricketts, Miles P. Skinner, John B. Hayes III, Andrew S. Hayes, Caitlin C. Hayes, Charlotte M. Steele, Lily C. Steele and Frances J. Steele and three great-grandchildren also survive him. Their son Robert M. Steele ’72 pre-deceased him. Charles R.C. Steers Jr. ’44 Charles R.C. Steers Jr. ’44 of Rye, NY, died on June 22, 2016. Charlie was born in New York City and grew up in Byram, CT. He was a member of the Class of 1950 at Yale University. Charlie proudly served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific from 1944-1946 and in Europe during the Korean War from 1950-1951. After thirty years of service as a vice president at Russell, Burdsall & Ward, he retired in 1978. He finished his career at Travel Anywhere in the commercial travel industry. Charlie has an extensive history in public service having served as trustee, treasurer, and chairman of the executive committee at United Hospital in Port Chester, NY. In addition, he served for many years as vice chairman of the Westchester Classic golf tournament. He was a long time member and former president of the Apawamis Club, the American Yacht Club, the Onteora Club, and the United States Seniors Golf Association.
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Charlie’s wife Peggy, sons Robert ’71 and William ’75, grandchildren William “Macy” ’04, George “Walker” ’09, and John Philip “JP” ’11, cousin Jose M. Ferrer III ’57 survive him. Two cousins, Jose M. Ferrer ’30 and Melchor G. Ferrer ’35, predeceased him. W. Gresham O’Malley III ’50 William Gresham O’Malley III, of Villanova, a Philadelphia businessman and volunteer civic leader, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Known as “Gresh,” he was born in Philadelphia, the fourth of eight children. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1954. While there, he pledged Zeta Psi fraternity and served two terms as its president. His career began at Philadelphia businesses such as L.D. Caulk Co., Cities Service Oil Co., and Provident National Bank. In 1967, he joined Montgomery Scott & Co., and two years later became a partner. In 1971, the firm merged with Janney, Battles & E.W. Clark Inc. to form Janney, Montgomery Scott Inc. Gresh served as senior vice-president and secretary of the merged company and on its executive committee until retiring in 1999. He was a member of the American Stock Exchange and of the stock exchanges in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. A “pillar” of the Philadelphia business community, Gresh “led organizations in the city with his business acumen, wisdom, integrity and long-term judgment,” his family said in a tribute. He sat on the board of directors of the National Securities Clearing Corp. in New York; the Transportation Mutual Insurance Co. in Boston, and the Quaker City Insurance Co. in Philadelphia. He also served as a trustee of Magee Rehabilitation Hospital and Episcopal Hospital. From 1971 until just before his death, he was trustee to the Ardrossan Estate in Villanova. Mr. O’Malley donated funds to many charities and educational institutions, including St. Malachy School and St. Martin de Porres School, both in Philadelphia. He read widely and was familiar with poetry, art, drama, and history. Near the end of his life, he recited Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Evangeline from his hospital bed, and listened intently while others read to him once he could no longer speak. A devout Catholic, he had been active for forty years in St. Katharine of Siena Church in Wayne. “His faith permeated who he was and his priorities. [In business] he had to make decisions that were not very popular, but he stuck to his guns because it was the right thing to do,” his sister said. Gresh married Joan Tyler Montgomery Wheeler in 1964. The couple had three children. Besides his wife and sister, children Inez B., William Gresham IV, and Andrew W.; four grandchildren; a brother; and another sister survive him. His brother Shaun F. O’Malley ‘52, a former Canterbury trustee, predeceased him. Anton J. Asman ’52 Anton “Tony” Asman of Marlborough, formerly of New Haven, CT, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. After graduating from Canterbury, Tony went on to Georgetown University, where he played soccer. He later graduated from Providence College, where he was an accomplished pitcher for its baseball team. Tony owned and operated The Executive restaurant in Old Saybrook, CT, for several years. He was also a bartender for many years at The Wharf in Madison, CT, and at the New Haven Lawn Club. He was a member of Immaculate Conception parish in Marlborough. Tony was an easy going, fun loving, loyal friend, and an avid sportsman. He was known around town a “Coach Gramps” as he was an assistant coach with his son for Marlborough Girls’ Softball. He was also a spring training coaching assistant for the