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Paul Frederick died February 16, 2009 at age 97 in Vero Beach, FL. Frederick, formerly of Lawrence, NY, was a retired Senior Vice President at Chemical Bank and Captain USNR. His son, Paul Jr., and daughters, Clara Baur and Madeleine Geoghegan, survive him. He was proud of Poly and spoke fondly of the institution often throughout the years.
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graduated from Harvard School of Business Administration in 1940 and from the college in 1938 cum laude. He also graduated from Poly as a member of the Cum Laude Society, and was captain of the rifle team. He spent two years in field artillery. Cox worked for thirty years, twenty-four of which he spent managing quality cartons for pharmaceuticals. After doing factory work he advanced to the presidency of two companies before retiring at sixty-five. Then, he became interested in square dancing. He danced abroad in England, Hawaii, and Canada. This was a great exercise into his 70s and 80s. His favorite Poly faculty member was Dr. Hiram Austin Tuttle, who taught Latin.
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Edwin Millard Latson (“Jim”), P’78 passed away on
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Plotz reports, “A few weeks ago our grandson Ben Plotz ’07, visited us on Martha’s Vineyard along with three of his ex-Poly classmates, all four of whom were on the squash team. Ben is now a sophomore at the University of Chicago. During their stay with us we invited David and Kristin Harman for the cocktail hour and they came with their houseguests and it was a great family reunion. Ben feels particularly attached to Poly since his father and grandfather are both Poly graduates.”
1939 From February 1943 to October 1946, Martin W. Haber was a U.S. Air Force pilot. He was a social case worker from 1947-1948. From 1949 to 1997 he worked at Jefferson Credit Corp., moving his way up from office boy to president. Haber is currently a bonsai grower and enjoys being the chair of the religious affairs committee at Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Emet. Haber has three children: Lynn, a social worker; Steven, a professor at N.J.C. State U; and
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Jeff, a hospice counselor. Fond memories of Poly were spending study halls watching ships going and coming through the Narrows. A favorite Poly teacher was Mr. Van Vleck, the history teacher, who used to catch students smoking in the subway. Once caught, they never smoked illegally again. David L. Joseph has lived in
Florida for 25 years, and has kept active by volunteering at a local hospital. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps Weather Service in North Africa. After the war, he worked for the textile manufacturing company Schiffli Embroidery in New Jersey. He credits Poly with preparing him and getting him admitted to Brown University. Joseph lost his wife, Miriam, 10 years ago and has three children, and two grandchildren, all of whom live far from Florida. Robert A. Moore graduated from Cornell and worked for 10 years with Mobil Oil in the reasearch department. His 1954 patent started Aquatrols, a company producing soil surfactants used to improve the efficency of using water to grow green plants. Moore’s three children run the company now, which sells in foreign countries as well as in all
of North America. They have been in business for almost 55 years. He is interested in golf, gardening, reading, and helping to raise money for the local hospital. His favorite Poly tradition: sports.
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Ralph A. Clauson, a 1940 graduate of Poly, died on September 1, 2008.
1943
Poly alumnus Ross Socolof, a famous ichthyologist, passionate naturalist and explorer, and author of Confessions of a Tropical Fish Addict, passed away on October 20, 2009.
1944
Darwin J. Blaine is active in
church activities and in civic service for the homeless. He remembers Dr. Scoboria, the track coach, paying for the mile relay runners to have a sports massage after they qualified for the events final in a race at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Scibly was a saint among a godly number of other faculty saints. His favorite Poly tradition was Saturday School. Bragging opportunity: Pete McKinley