Faculty and Staff Jean E. Kennard professor emerita of English Mar. 26, 2016, Franconia, N.H. Edward E. Eldridge, Jr. MD staff physician and adjunct professor June 21, 2016, Alton, N.H.
John Q. Adams, Ret. ’43 May 21, 2016, Waynesboro, Va.
Vernon H. Hall III ’49 July 5, 2016, Bozeman, Mont.
R. Normand Alie ’43 June 21, 2016, Dover, N.H.
Maurice J. Ross ’49 July 25, 2016, Dover, N.H.
Virginia M. Gardner ’43 Aug. 3, 2016, Winchester, Mass.
Howard M. Smith ’49 Sept. 11, 2016, Windsor, Vt.
Charles A. Simmons ’43 May 28, 2016, Laconia, N.H. Grace Chandler Hannigan ’44 Sept. 13, 2016, Kittery Point, Maine
1930s
1950s David E. Davis ’50 Sept. 13, 2016, Cary, N.C.
William R. Myllymaki ’38 Sept. 14, 2016, Fayetteville, N.Y.
A. Barbara O’Neil McKay ’44 June 23, 2016, Dedham, Mass.
Harold Fellbaum, Jr. ’50 Aug. 20, 2016, Williamsburg, Va.
Leslie H. Goodnow ’39 Sept. 8, 2016, Concord, N.H.
Edith Braverman Novak ’45 June 19, 2016, Manchester, N.H.
Allen A. Furbush ’50 Sept. 5, 2016, North Haven, Conn.
John W. Sheldon, Ret. ’39 May 28, 2016, Naples, Fla.
Ruth Davis Ray ’45 June 5, 2016, Waldoboro, Maine
William E. Hanson ’50 June 30, 2016
Martha Garland Wroblewski ’39 July 17, 2016, Vero Beach, Fla.
George E. Janetos ’47 Aug. 26, 2016, Rollinsford, N.H.
Ann Kucharshi Jackson ’50 May 30, 2016, Gales Ferry, Conn.
Irene Tierney Riley ’47 June 20, 2016, West Hartford, Conn.
Donald E. Meader ’50 Sept. 7, 2016, San Diego, Calif.
1940s
Joan Cooper Burkholder ’48 July 11, 2016, Madbury, N.H.
Dan F. Sweet ’40 June 8, 2016, Newfields, N.H. Harvey E. Bascom ’41 May 26, 2016, Acworth, N.H. George Eckman ’41 June 28, 2016, Manchester, N.H. Virginia Linscott Harrer ’41 Nov. 27, 2015, Utica, N.Y.
Clifford A. Hudson ’48 July 15, 2016, Hershey, Penn.
Laurence S. Ring ’50 June 24, 2016, North Haverhill, N.H.
Sark Pashigian ’48 May 28, 2016, Bradford, Mass.
Selma Wilson Singer ’50, ’71G May 29, 2016, Kingston, N.H.
Sydney L. Aliber ’49 June 3, 2016, Needham, Mass.
Theresa Castonguay Brannen ’51, ’74G June 26, 2016, Berlin, N.H.
S. Edson Blanchard III ’49 Feb. 19, 2016, Kingsport, Tenn.
Roger S. Leighton, Sr. ’41 Aug. 19, 2016, Strafford, N.H.
Jean Smith Butler-McGee ’49, ’58G Sept. 11, 2016, Glendora, Calif.
Samuel I. Gelt ’42 April 17, 2016, Millbrae, Calif. Margaret Sanborn Ryon ’42 Mar. 6, 2016, Victor, N.Y.
Marion Davenport Page ’50 June 4, 2016, Memphis, Tenn.
Roger L. Fortier ’49 Aug. 22, 2016, Dover, N.H.
Dorothy Breynaert Briegel ’51 Aug. 5, 2016, Richmond, Va. Edward A. Cheney ’51 Aug. 11, 2016, Warsaw, Va. Arthur R. DiMambro ’51 July 7, 2016, Durham, N.H.
also coincided with the implementation of Proposition 2 ½, a tax proposal that led to drastic reduction in school budgets, the closing of 278 schools and the loss of 20,000 school jobs. When he left the post in 1985, the majority of those losses had been reversed. After that, Jack returned to UNH, where he served as a professor of education and then as a trustee and associate vice president of the alumni association. “UNH was always an important part of his life,” recalls daughter Paula. Helen Lawson died in 1981, and Lawson married Sally Ward in 1983. He and Sally divided their time between Amesbury, Mass., and Venice, Fla., until his death on March 30, following a precipitous decline in his health. He was 92. A private person, it was only in Lawson’s later years, after he wrote a memoir, that his family learned details about his childhood and wartime service. In it, he noted modestly that while trying out for the Navy baseball team he had faced a pitcher named Bob Feller, who later became a Hall of Fame fastball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians. During batting practice, Lawson hit a home run off Feller with his very first swing. “That was our dad, always very humble. He never once mentioned that unique achievement to any of us until late in life,” son Jay says. Son John notes that it was a feat none of his fellow recruits would duplicate. “No other player hit the ball.” ² — Bryan Marquard reprinted with permission of The Boston Globe
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John H. Herrin ’51 Aug. 9, 2016, West Palm Beach, Fla. Sally Lambert Quirk ’51 Aug. 16, 2016, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Edgar D. Stubbs, Jr. ’51 May 6, 2016, Boynton Beach, Fla. Douglas Whitcomb ’51 Aug. 23, 2016, Fremont, Calif. Joseph T. Gray ’52 June 24, 2016, Rochester, N.H. James M. Jones ’52 July 25, 2016, Tilton, N.H. Samuel J. Matson III ’52 June 19, 2016, Wolfeboro, N.H. Francis A. Collins ’53 July 31, 2016, Nashua, N.H. Robert N. Cyr ’53 Aug. 17, 2016, Saco, Maine Barbara L. Hood ’53 Sept. 5, 2016, Saco, Maine Sally Hoadley Low ’53, ’62G July 9, 2016, Epping, N.H. Arthur P. Sousa ’53 June 4, 2016, Saint Paul, Minn. Kenneth C. Spinney ’53 Aug. 29, 2016, Bethany Beach, Dela. Shirley Price Bowes ’54 Sept. 26, 2016, Marlborough, N.H. Frank L. Cherms, Jr. ’54G July 25, 2016, Chico, Calif. George Clark, Jr. ’54 July 21, 2016, Dover, N.H. Roger C. Laber ’54 Aug. 18, 2016, Soldotna, Alaska
Robert O. Swanson ’54 Aug. 23, 2016, Exeter, N.H.
John B. Cowan, Jr. ’59 May 30, 2016, Humarock, Mass.
Ann Worcester Walsh ’54 Aug. 25, 2016, Dublin, N.H.
Marilyn A. Maley ’59 Aug. 19, 2016, Wakefield, R.I.
Charless Tofft Filip ’55 July 14, 2016, North Conway, N.H.
Linda Blanchard Pratt ’59 Sept. 6, 2016, Lower Paxton Township, Penn.
Charles A. Lamprey ’55 Aug. 24, 2016, North Hampton, N.H.
Denise Chaplin Skillings ’59 June 22, 2016, Portland, Maine
Wilfred F. Mathewson ’55 May 15, 2016, Bonsall, Calif.
Jefferson A. Small ’59 July 6, 2016, Barrington, R.I.
Michael E. Norberg ’55 July 30, 2016, Concord, N.H.
Patricia St. Clair Stanton ’59 Sept. 16, 2016, Kittery, Maine
Carolyn Brown Goss ’56 May 30, 2016, Brandon, Vt.
Laura Peterson Thorne ’59G July 21, 2016, Strafford, N.H.
Claude R. Jean ’56 May 31, 2016, Nashua, N.H. Abraham Aronson ’57 July 8, 2016, Ormond Beach, Fla. Thomas E. Barker ’57 Aug. 18, 2016, Exeter, N.H. Irene LaPlante Hoffmann ’57 June 11, 2016, Indianapolis, Ind. Winfield S. Leighton ’57 June 11, 2016, Dover, N.H. Caleb Marshall ’57 Aug. 21, 2016, Oak Harbor, WA Edgar A. Pease ’57 July 28, 2016, York, Maine Richard J. Warchol ’57 Dec. 5, 2015, Wakefield, Mass. Gerald A. Degrandpre ’58 July 14, 2016, Jaffrey, N.H. Robert J. Desmond ’58 Sept. 1, 2016, Acton, Mass. Stephen L. Congdon ’59G June 22, 2016, Lenox, Mass.
1960s George N. Foster ’60 Sept. 13, 2016, Hacks Neck, Va. Aurelie Desmarais Jacques ’60, ’83JD June 5, 2016, Claremont, N.H. Bruce L. Miller ’60 June 9, 2016, Dickinson, N.D. Robert L. Simpson ’60G Aug. 15, 2016, Brentwood, N.H. Bradford B. Beers ’61 Sept. 3, 2016, Fairfield Harbor, N.C. William C. Bradley II ’62 Feb. 20, 2016, East Providence, R.I. Nancy J. Fernald ’62 Aug. 1, 2016, Laconia, N.H. Robert R. Krikorian ’62G Aug. 3, 2016, Dahlonega, Ga. Daniel A. Price ’62 Aug. 21, 2016, Keene, N.H.
Elizabeth Horvarth Stewart ’88 She found the perfect life balance in her roles as wife, mother, teacher and occupational therapist.
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lthough she had once considered becoming a physician, Beth Stewart opted for a career as an occupational therapist. She felt that OT was a more flexible profession that would allow her to help others without sacrificing time with her family. After receiving her undergraduate degree from UNH, Stewart began her career in Connecticut. Her compassionate nature became apparent as she helped one of her first patients recover from serious burn injuries. Throughout the patient’s many surgeries “Beth worked with him to overcome his physical limitations,” says her husband, Steve Stewart ‘88. With her help, her patient relearned how to care for himself and was able to return to work. When he learned to drive again, Stewart helped him find a car adapted to his needs. Her patient went on to marry and have a child. “He kept in touch with her for years, keeping her updated with each new success,” says Steve. It was the first of many times she would make a genuine connection with a patient and form an immediate bond built on mutual respect and trust. Stewart returned to New Hampshire in 1994 to earn a master’s degree in health management from New England College, and, after some 20 years as a practicing clinician, in 2006 she accepted a position as a clinical assistant professor of occupational therapy at UNH, returning to her alma mater to teach. She quickly became popular with her colleagues and