Milestones
a chiropractor. He founded Holistic NYC, a private natural health care clinic in Manhattan. He belonged to Zeta Beta Tau.
Richard E. Israel ’67L, of Annapo-
lis, Maryland, died July 20. He briefly practiced law in Lexington and Alexandria. He worked for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress and for the Maryland Department of Legislative Reference as counsel to the Senate Committee on Constitutional and Public Law. In 1978, he became an assistant attorney general in Annapolis. He was active in numerous civic organizations.
David S. Cumming ’70, of Sara-
sota, Florida, died May 8. He began his career in the hotel industry at the Plaza Hotel Food & Beverage. He worked as personal assistant to Barry Manilow, opened the first East Coast casino resorts and worked at Foxwoods Casino. He later became a personal banker. He belonged to Sigma Chi.
who practiced in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; Ogden, Utah; and Bennington, Vermont, until his retirement in 2002. He was father to Matthew K. Hemm ’07 and brother to Andrew M. Hemm ’76.
Other Deaths Heline Cortez Harrison
, who retired in 1993 after 17 years as a library assistant, died on June 2.
Christine Bowen Wills, who re-
tired in 1982 after 37 years as a library assistant, died on June 15.
Henry Hutton Black, who worked as an electrician at W&L for 26 years before retiring in 1992 as electrical
shop foreman, died June 19. His wife, Carolyn W. Black, is also a W&L retiree.
Helen S. “Dixie” Covey, who
retired after 20 years as the house director for Lambda Chi fraternity, died July 22. Her son is J. Dow Covey ’95L.
Maria Julie Bernwardine Zoe von Kielmansegg Colvin died
Sept. 4. She had worked as a secretary in the foreign language departments and was the widow of Professor Milton Colvin, who taught political science at W&L for 30 years.
Kathleen Little Painter, who retired in 1986 after 24 years as a switchboard operator, died on Oct. 13.
J. Neal Rassman ’71, of Wilm-
ington, North Carolina, died June 7. He became a landscape architecture professor at Texas Tech University and a professor of landscape architecture at Kansas State University, where he received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 1985. In Charleston, South Carolina, he taught landscape architecture as an adjunct professor and lectured at the College of Charleston. He was uncle to Tyler Bates Novak ’00 and brother-in-law to Edward E. Bates Jr. ’67. He belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Walter S. Blake ’72, of Winston
Salem, North Carolina, died Aug. 10. He worked on various real estate and construction ventures spanning the East Coast to Texas. He belonged to Zeta Beta Tau.
Peter P. Homans ’72, of Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, died Sept. 8, 2014. He spent over 30 years as a Boston-based securities adviser to individual and institutional clients. He was a gifted musician and accomplished composer.
Dr. R. Mark Hemm ’73, of Flag-
staff, Arizona, died May 29. He was a primary care internist and geriatrician 46
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