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in memoriam
1930s Joseph A. Woolman ’35, of Philadelphia, Penn., Oct. 9, 2012. He was 99. John J. Morrison ’39, of Coatsville, Penn., who worked in sales in the metal finishing business and sang in the St. John’s Episcopal Church choir in Pleasantville, N.Y. for 25 years, and who enjoyed reading and opera, Jan. 6, 2013. He was 95.
1940s Lewis W. Hallenbeck ’40, of Slingerlands, N.Y., who served with the Naval Construction Battalion (Sea Bees) during World War II and worked with the Army Corps of Engineers before spending 32.5 years with the New York State Department of Transportation, where he was chief engineer, Dec. 4, 2012. A member of many community organizations who was very involved with Union, supporting the Hallenbeck Family Endowed Scholarship Fund, Lewis was recognized by the College in 2010 with an Outstanding Alumni Engineering Award. He was 93. Burton R. “Burt” Payne Jr. ’41, of Glendale, Calif., a metallurgical engineer who created several companies, including Pasadena Steel Treating and Payne Chemical Corporation & Heat Treating Supply, Feb. 7, 2013. A member of the International Metallurgical Congress who represented the U.S. in several foreign countries, he was 94. Harold J. Delchamps ’42, of Los Angeles, Calif., a medical doctor, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who enjoyed a career that spanned 55 years, Aug. 31, 2012. He was 92.
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DONALD S. FEIGENBAUM ’46
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onald S. Feigenbaum ’46, who with his brother, Armand ’42, founded a renowned Pittsfield-based international systems engineering firm, died March 5, 2013. He was 87. He was executive vice president and chief operating officer of General Systems Co., a firm that designs and helps implement operational systems for corporations and governments worldwide. The brothers have long been involved with Union, both as benefactors and advisors. For more than a dozen years, they hosted the Feigenbaum Forum, a gathering in which academicians discussed characteristics of a new generation of leaders and how better to integrate liberal arts and other studies. Union’s administration building, where their portraits hang in the firstfloor lobby, was dedicated in their honor in 1996. “All of us at Union College mourn the loss of Don Feigenbaum,” said President Stephen C. Ainlay. “He loved Union College and always acknowledged the profound difference it made in his life. He was a loyal ‘son of Union’ who
Edward S. Schulze ’42, of Peoria, Ariz., who flew PB4’s out of CoCo Beach, Fla. with the U.S Navy, logging many flying hours in the Bermuda Triangle before working with Sealed Power Corporation, eventually becoming group vice president, Dec. 22, 2012. He was 92.
gave back to the College in many ways. He was also a friend and I will miss him very much.” The College honored Donald’s achievements with an honorary doctorate in 1996. In 2003 he was awarded the “Outstanding Engineering Alumnus” award. Among his many other awards, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Massachusetts, and a Doctor of Science from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Donald Feigenbaum’s work and publications in the field of systems technology profoundly influenced the origin and application of systems engineering principles that have fundamentally changed modern management practices. His approach
consistently increased customer value, lowered operating costs, and improved innovations at many major companies throughout the world. Donald Feigenbaum graduated from Union in 1946 after serving in the United States Navy. He joined General Electric and was rapidly promoted to manager of the company’s jet engine business. He left in 1961 to become general manager of International Systems Company. In 1968, the brothers founded General Systems Company. Donald and Armand co-authored several books. Their 2003 The Power of Management Capital is in essence “a rule book for management and leadership innovation in the 21st century.” The book considers the basic drivers of productivity and profitability and integrates tested management concepts into a single holistic approach. In 2009 the brothers built upon their earlier books by assembling a roadmap to promote constant innovation and growth called The Power of Management Innovation.
Richard D. Conly ’43, of Haverford, Penn., a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran who served in Japan with Occupation Forces and wrote for the military newspaper there, and was a copywriter for N.W. Ayer in Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 2012. Richard, who also
worked for General Electric in public relations and sold advertising space for publications including The Saturday Evening Post and The Atlantic Monthly, was 92. Survivors include his son, Jonathan “Jock” Conly ’71, and grandson, William Deegan ’08.