IN MEMORY Harvard Medical School. Arceci had recently moved to Arizona, where he was professor of pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, director of the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, and co-director of the Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Viewed by colleagues as an international authority on pediatric oncology, he authored Cancer Genomics: From Bench to Personalized Medicine and served as editor-in-chief of the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer. He also created A Lion in the House, a documentary on childhood cancers. Before moving to Arizona, Arceci held appointments at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio. Arceci is survived by his wife, Jeanie, and sons John and Andrew. 1972 STEPHEN HOLLIS CURTIN, 65, of Waterbury, Connecticut, died on June 6, 2015. Curtin graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English. He went on to earn an M.L.S. from Simmons College before beginning his career with the State of Connecticut as a hospital librarian, first at Fairfield Hills Hospital and later at Connecticut Valley Hospital. After retiring, Curtin worked as a paraprofessional at Westside Middle School and John F. Kennedy High School, both in Waterbury. He also was a tutor for his church’s children’s tutoring program. Curtin is survived by his wife, Catherine Hart-Curtin, and his son, Spencer. 1975 EDWARD W. DUNHAM, 61, of New Haven, Connecticut, died on May 1, 2015. Dunham graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in history. He went on to earn his law degree from New York University School of Law, where he was a note and comment editor of the NYU Law Review. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans. In 1979, he joined the law firm of Wiggin and Dana in New Haven and became a partner there in 1985. He was active in the firm’s management, including serving as chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. He also was named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Widely recognized as a national figure in the field of franchise law, his clients included Subway, Direct Buy, and Maaco. Chambers USA 2013 ranked him as one of the 10 leading franchise lawyers in the country, as well as one of Connecticut’s top commercial litigators. Dunham is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; children Hayden, John, and Eliza; stepson Nicholas Logan; and brother Carroll Dunham. 1982 ALLISON C. HOWE-MCNEIL, 53, of Norman, Oklahoma, died on April 5, 2014. Howe-McNeil graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a B.A. in psychology. She sang with the Chapel Singers, was a member and co-chair of the Chapel Committee, and was a member of the Psychology Club and Psi Chi, the national honor society of psychology. HoweMcNeil went on to earn a master’s degree and then a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University 76
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of Connecticut, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She spent her career as a private-practice psychologist in Oklahoma before being hired by the Lawton Outpatient VA Clinic and the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center. Howe-McNeil is survived by her husband, Thomas McNeil; daughter Anna McNeil; and brother Mark Howe (Melissa). 1984 MICHAEL HAVARD, 52, of New Canaan, Connecticut, died on February 24, 2015. Havard earned a B.A. in economics from Trinity, where he played tennis and served as a resident assistant. He also spent a semester in London through INSTEP. He spent the first part of his career at the Bank of Boston before enrolling at Georgetown University, where in 1989 he received an M.B.A. with high honors. Havard spent the later part of his career as an executive at Kraft Foods and at two charitable organizations founded by philanthropist and actor Paul Newman – Newman’s Own and SeriousFun. Most recently he had been an executive at a private equity firm. Havard held service-related board or advisory roles at New Covenant House Soup Kitchen, Volunteermatch. com, and the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He coached youth sports teams in New Canaan and ran four New York City Marathons with a team he created to raise money to send children with life-threatening illnesses to Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camps. He also welcomed the opportunity to mentor Trinity students and alumni and provided his marketing expertise to the College’s communications efforts. Havard is survived by his wife, Judy ’84; sons Jack, Henry, and Sam; mother Marilyn; and brothers Chris and Ed. 1985 LAWRENCE N. PASSARELLI, D.D.S., 52, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, died on May 29, 2015. Passarelli earned a B.S. in engineering. He went on to graduate from the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore. Passarelli practiced dentistry with his father and then his wife after his father’s retirement. He was a member of the American Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry and was an adjunct professor at Columbia University for 25 years. Passarelli is survived by his wife, Kelly; sons Bradley and Michael; and sister Lisa Faircloth (Andrew). 2007 VICTORIA H. O’DAY, 30, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, died on December 23, 2014. O’Day graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy before coming to Trinity, where she earned a B.A. in history and participated in women’s crew. O’Day went on to earn a paralegal certificate in 2012 from Suffolk University, where she was a member of Lambda Epsilon Chi, the national paralegal honor society. She worked as an immigration assistant at the law firm of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton. MASTER’S M.A. 1960 ROBERT A. JOHNSON of Wethersfield, Connecticut, died on March 16, 2015. Johnson received a B.A. from Saint Anselm
College and then earned an M.A. in English from Trinity. He spent his career in education, including time as a teacher at Brackett and West middle schools in Hartford, principal at New Park Avenue, and administrator for the Connecticut School for Boys and the Long Lane School for Girls. He retired from the State Board of Education in 1986. Johnson is survived by his stepsons, Raymond White and Larry White; daughter-in-law Donna Pearl; and one grandson. He was predeceased by his wife, Elaine, and stepson Thomas White. M.S. 1964 EDOUARD L. PARADIS, 86, of Manchester, Connecticut, died on February 16, 2015. Paradis served in the U.S. Army and attended the University of Connecticut before coming to Trinity, where he earned an M.S. in physics. He went on to work as a senior research scientist at United Technologies and eventually retired as a nuclear physicist at UTC Pratt & Whitney. Paradis is survived by his sister, Delores Landry, her husband, William, and their daughter, Susan. He was predeceased by his wife, Trish, and siblings Gerard Paradis and Lucille Rocheleau. M.S. 1966 ARTHUR E. YACUBIAN, 84, of Quincy, Massachusetts, died on May 10, 2015. Yacubian graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Eastern Nazarene College before earning his master’s degree in mathematics from Trinity. He worked for Underwater Sound Lab in Connecticut and then Natick Labs for more than 30 years, retiring in the 1980s. Yacubian is survived by his brother, Allan Yacubian. M.A. 1973 ELIZABETH O. SHARP, of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, died on March 21, 2015. Sharp graduated from the University of Hartford in 1969 with a B.S. She later came to Trinity, where she earned an M.A. in economics. Sharp spent 30 years of her career at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury; she began as a professor in the Business Department, was instrumental in developing the college’s co-op program, and eventually retired as director of arts and humanities. She was a longtime member of the Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association as an emergency medical technician and as its secretary. She and her husband, Arthur G. Sharp M’72, wrote a book together, The Business-Education Partnership. Sharp is survived by her husband of more than 48 years, Arthur; two children and their spouses, Thomas and Robin Sharp and Kristine and Jack Barnett; and five grandchildren. M.A. 1974 DONALD E. DANSER, 69, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, died on June 15, 2015. Danser received a B.A. from Montclair State College before earning an M.A. in Latin from Trinity. He returned to his high school alma mater, Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly, to teach English and to begin his crosscountry and track coaching career. He retired in 1997 to take a position at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association as project manager and was promoted in 2001 to assistant director. Danser is survived by his mother, Susann