years,” said classmate, teammate, and lifelong friend Ben Field. “When I saw him at our 50th, we picked up right where we left off. One wonderful and dear friend!” Wally became a star pitcher at Princeton and later signed with the Colt .45s (now known as the Houston Astros). After a shoulder injury ended his pro career, Wally earned a law degree at Hastings College and joined D.A. Arlen Specter in Philadelphia to pursue public corruption cases; in Manhattan, he worked alongside a young Rudy Giuliani, prosecuting mob bosses. After returning to Philadelphia to investigate corruption among the city’s police and public officials, he went into private practice. “Wally just thought that the privilege of public service required that you serve with total and complete integrity,” said a longtime colleague. “In his mind, when people violated that public trust, you had to go after them.” Wally lived a true non sibi life. In addition to his wife, Valerie Ogden ’57, Wally is survived by son Graham Phillips, daughter Serena Sterling, and three grandchildren. —Ben Field ’57 & Gerrit Keator ’57 Judith Medwed Stahl McLean, Va.; March 4, 2015
1958 William R. Jenkins Millinocket, Maine; March 4, 2015 1959 David T. Warden Landrum, S.C.; Jan. 18, 2015 1960 Peter K. Beck Louisville, Ky.; Jan. 11, 2015 1961
Cynthia Eaton Bing New York, N.Y.; Dec. 12, 2014
Cynthia Eaton Bing, one of the most committed, dedicated, and devoted volunteers in Academy history, passed away peacefully at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after a long illness. Born in Belfast, Maine, in 1942, she came to Abbot Academy for her high school education
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and then matriculated at Connecticut College for Women (now Connecticut College). She later worked for Holland America Line in New York as head of group sales and, in 1972, married Alexander Bing III, a partner at L.F. Rothschild & Co. She balanced raising three young children with a career as a philanthropist in the fields of education and environmental protection. As a volunteer for Phillips Academy, she took on a wide variety of responsibilities over the course of 25 years. Among her many roles were those of Alumni Council member, Alumni Council president, alumni trustee, class agent, and member of the governing board of the Addison Gallery. She was elected a charter trustee in 1991 and served until 2007. She also served on the Head of School Search Committee that brought former head of school Barbara Landis Chase to Andover in 1994. “Throughout her tenure on the Board of Trustees, Cynthia proved herself to be an expert on the role of the trustee, an expertise she used to Andover’s great advantage as chair of the Committee on Trustees,” said Chase. “Cynthia loved Abbot, she loved Andover, and she blended gracefully the ethos and sensibilities of each for the benefit of the new coeducational Andover.” Mrs. Bing functioned in leadership positions on a number of other boards, including those of Connecticut College, Trevor Day School, The Parents League of New York, Prep for Prep, Early Steps, Search and Care, New York State Association of Independent Schools, New York League of Conservation Voters, and Environmental Advocates. “Cynthia brought a great positive spark to Andover’s board,” said her friend, Trustee Emerita Elizabeth Parker Powell ’56. “She also brought valuable insight from other boards she was serving on or had served on. She was valued in her New York educational circles as someone who brought people together to solve problems. Cynthia helped to raise the money for the Abbot Entrance to the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library and generously gave art and significant gifts to the Addison.” Mrs. Bing spent summers with her family in Montana, where she enjoyed the mountains and cross-country horseback riding. She is survived by her husband; daughter Cynthia K. Bing ’91, son Alexander M. Bing, and stepdaughter Virginia G. Bing; a granddaughter; and a brother, Eben Eaton. She was predeceased by daughter Abigail Bing ’93 in 2012.
1962 Thomas S. Gilbert New York, N.Y.; Jan. 4, 2015 Tone N. Grant Evanston, Ill.; Jan. 13, 2015
1965 Ann Bradshaw Barrows Stonington, Maine; June 30, 2014 After a more than four-year battle with breast cancer, Ann Bradshaw Barrows died at home surrounded by family at the age of 66. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University and went on to earn a BS degree in nursing at Columbia University. Ann worked as an RN, FNP, school nurse, and childbirth educator. But her family—and the joy of working with them on the family land—was much more important to her than her career. She was the chief gardener and sometimes a vet for the farm animals and the many rescue dogs her family took in over the decades. Her children’s educations and careers took them all over the world, and she and her husband would often travel to be with them. Music was also a large part of Ann’s life. Abbots, remember her as the tallest Sherry Sipper? Trained as a classical pianist, she performed when younger and played throughout her life. In recent years she learned to play steel drums and performed with a local steel band. She is survived by her husband of 36 years, Nathaniel; four children, Benjamin, Hannah, Abigail, and Lydia; and three grandchildren. —Nathaniel Barrows & Rebecca Reynolds Zielinski ’65 Samuel F. Coppage Jr. Norfolk, Va.; March 10, 2014 Jeffrey M. Piehler Prairie Village, Kan.; Nov. 14, 2014
1966 Mauricia Alvarez Conway, Mass.; Feb. 27, 2015 Our beloved Maury—mother, sister, friend— passed away in her Conway home. Noble-hearted, generous to a fault, larger than life, she cast her bread upon the waters and kept us all in the steady supply of her affection, her attention, her gifts, her warmth, her zany humor, and her sense of fun. For many years she worked in community health, including spearheading programs in Latino mental health in Boston, where she spent most of her professional life. She taught at Harvard Medical School and was a senior staff psychologist at Cambridge Hospital, specializing in services for immigrants and refugees. After her parents’ return to their native Dominican Republic, she moved there to provide loving, devoted care to them in their last years. Friendship and abounding compassion were always her guiding stars—she never held back when a friend needed her, and when there was someone in need they instantly found a friend in Maury. Tellingly, the subject of her doctoral dissertation was “The Constructing of Friendship in Adulthood.” But Maury needed no institution to teach her this deep-seated gift in her nature or degree to certify she was a genuine friend. We ask that those who want to preserve