IN MEMORIAM The section was updated September 29, 2021. Please note that deaths are reported as we receive notice of them. Therefore, alumni dates of death are not always reported chronologically.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Murray is survived by his children, Brooks Goodyear, Lawrence Murray, and Jenny Gormley and his granddaughter, Julie Gormley ’15. Mr. Murray was predeceased in 2005 by his son, Dean Murray.
1942 — Frank Trowbridge “Toby” Murray July 23, 2021 1946 — Ronald Peck Boardman, Jr. July 9, 2021 1947 — Leonard Jacob, Jr. July 21, 2021 1948 — Albert G. “Albie” Stewart May 2, 2021 1950 — Isaac H. “Quartie” Clothier IV Aug. 16, 2021 1950 — Hooker Talcott, Jr. July 22, 2021 1951 — Randolph Harrison Aug. 27, 2021 1952 — Alexander “Sandy” Watts May 28, 2021 1952 — Frederick Chaplin “John” Witsell, Jr. July 15, 2021 1953 — Benjamin Smart Warren III July 16, 2021 1953 — John C. Weaver, Jr. June 10, 2021 1956 — Frederick Edward Guest II July 8, 2021 1957 — Norris Vaux Claytor Aug. 8, 2021 1957 — Gordon D. Seward May 5, 2021 1959 — Henry S. H. Davisson June 24, 2021 1967 — J. Devereux E. McClean Aug. 5, 2021 FORMER FACULTY Richard Lloyd Aiken July 26, 2021 Joseph B. Valente, Sr. Aug. 27, 2021 FORMER STAFF Robert Norris Corson June 23, 2021
1942 Frank Trowbridge “Toby” Murray a devoted family man and decorated World War II veteran, died peacefully on July 23, 2021, in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was 97 years old and is remembered by friends and family for his infectious personality and love of the outdoors. Mr. Murray was born in Albany, New York, on Jan. 24, 1924, to Mary T. and Lawrence N. Murray of the Form of 1917. After spending the early part of his childhood in Pittsburgh, Mr. Murray enrolled at St. Paul’s School as a Third Former in the fall of 1938. At SPS, he sang in the Choir, was a member of the Missionary Society, worked as a proctor, and competed in boxing, crew, football, and hockey. After high school, Mr. Murray enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he was a buck private assigned to field artillery as a jeep driver, radio operator, and forward observer. He earned Battle Stars at the Bulge, Alsace-Lorraine, and Aschaffenburg. After the German surrender, he was stationed in Switzerland, before completing college at Yale in 1948. Four years later, he earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Murray’s business career began at Eaton Manufacturing in Cleveland. Eaton sent him to MIT Sloan (1958) and into management at plants in Battle Creek and Dearborn, Michigan, and Cleveland. After 20 years at Eaton, he joined Ostendorf Morris as a broker of industrial properties. In 1953, Mr. Murray married Suzanne McWilliams. Together, the couple raised four children. In retirement, they moved from Cleveland to Tucson, Arizona, and eventually to Exeter in 2012. Throughout his life, Mr. Murray enjoyed many outdoor pursuits, including fly-fishing, hunting, skiing, golf, tennis, squash, gardening, sailing, bicycling, and hiking.
1943 Charles Simonton McCain, Jr. a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, known for his humor, love, devotion, and support of family and friends, died on Jan. 29 , 2021, at his home in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had lived since 1952. He was 97. Mr. McCain was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Oct. 20, 1923, to C. S. and Frances W. McCain. As a young boy, he moved to New York City with his family. In the fall of 1939, Mr. McCain enrolled at St. Paul’s School, where he sang with the Choir, was a member of the Library Association, and competed with Delphian and Shattuck. He left SPS early to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, serving for more than two years during World War II. He was awarded his diploma decades later. Following his active duty, Mr. McCain enrolled at Yale, earning his B.A. in economics in 1947. He remained in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was called back in January 1951 to serve in the Korean War, retiring honorably as a first lieutenant. He began his career in the oil and gas business working for Texaco, where he learned the business from the ground up. After his service in the Korean War, Mr. McCain worked for the H.L. Hunt family in the Placid Oil division, at which time he moved to Shreveport. He married his first wife, Cornelia Davis, in 1949. The couple had three children. After some years, he and two fellow employees left Placid Oil and formed Winwell Petroleum Co. Their many successes included aiding in the discovery of the Fairway Field in the 1960s,
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