John Harvard's Journal for the Class of 1958

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The class note begin with Harvard Magazine listings since the 50th Anniversary report. The Harvard Magazine issue is identified by the first letters of the month issue (e.g. J/F = January February) and ob = obituary section of the Journal. Where we have received multiple notices for a classmate, we usually provide only the most recent.

Secretary John H Finley III

Creative Development Co.

77 Franklin St.

Boston, MA 02110

and welcome

Secretary Elisabeth R. Hatfield

1 Potter Pond

Lexington, MA 02421

betsyhatfield@rcn.com

Classmate reports

Obituaries

Secretary: John H Finley III, Creative Development Co., 77 Franklin St., Boston, MA 02110.

Lawrence K Altman, M D, received the Rhodes Medal for "distinguished achievement in medicine" from the American Philosophical Association, which was cofounded by Benjamine Franklin Altman. Altman has been medical correspondent for the New York Times since 1969. J|A '09

In late February Nick Beilenson became the 2008 USSRA Hardball Squash 70+ National Champion, winning three matches at the national tournament at the Merion Cricket Club outside Philadelphia. M|J '08

Wilfrid Young Blacklow and her husband, Bob '55, M.D. '59, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on December 7, 2008. "After Bob's retirement, we moved from Ohio back to the Boston area to be nearer family. I am active in volunteer activities and he continues some teaching at HMS. J|F '10

Bob Brooks has published a new collection of poetry, A Story Anyone Could Stick To (Finishing Line), which includes poems he wrote during the past several years having to do with photography. His poems have appeared in The Beloit Poetry Journal, Mudfish, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Prairie Schooner and Rattle. Bob and his wife, Hester (Moore) Books '59, Ed.D '95, live in Concord Mass., and Stockton Springs, Me. (The collection is available at Amazon.com and from www.finishinglinepress.com.) J|F '09

Elliott C Brown is "72 and still working full time! I guess/hope I'll still be working at 90, looking at my IRA/401(k)s disappearing." J|A '09

HarperCollins has published a new edition of Adam Clymer's Edward M. Kennedy, A Biography, bringing the 1999 book up to date with Kennedy's role during the Bush Administration, the 2000, 2004, and 2008 campaigns, and his illness. S|O '09

Mary Costanza, M.D., writes: "Although now at last retired from clinical practice (twice), I am still at the university of Massachusetts Medical School part time doing NIH-fjunded research in cancer control—focused on women who are overdue for their annual or biennial mammograms, it involves a randomized controlled study of 26,000 women in a closed HMO setting. The purpose is to evaluate several methods of outreach (reminder letters or telephone calls, or telephone counseling and motivtional interviewing) in terems of completed mammograms and cost per mammogram. Approximately 25 million American women aged 50-64 have not had a mammogram in two years, despite years of public-health urging." M|A '10

Ingrid Guenther Daemmrich writes, "We have a new family member: Ji Lan Daemmrich, adopted from China by our son Arthur and his wife, Saiping. Ji lan is a delightful and challenging two year old." J|F '10

John Felstiner, Ph.D. '65, has been presenting his new book, Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems, at bookstores and high schools. It was also featured on NPR's Morning Edition (www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId-102795472). He'll be at: the University of Portland, Ore., on October 5-6; the Kestrel Land Trust in Amherst, Mass., on October 17; the Lenox Library on October 18; and Poets House in Manhattan on October 20, followed by two evening seminars, and possibly at a Cambridge Forum climate change conference on November 14. S|O '09

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Pittsfield (Mass.) Tree Watch, which Astrid Hagenguth chairs, has been invited to be a partner in the Harvard Forest's 2.5-million-acre Wetlands and Woodlands Plan. The city has also been awarded an Honorable Mention by the national Bicycle Friendly Community program, and Hagenguth wrote Pittsfield's master bike plan and is that task force's founder/chair. Pittsfield and Northamlpton (which also received an Honorable Mention) now lead Massachusetts as the first communities to be recognized at any level. "Now—on to bronze status and fully actualizing the plan!" she writes. "The Elm Street Project which I launched will includ a half-mile of tree-planting, a summer Sunday car-free Bike & Hike event, and creation of a business improvement district. N|D '09

Radcliffe Secretary Elisabeth Hatfield (1 Potter Pond, Lexington, Mass. 02421; betsyhatfield@rcn.com) writes: "With the Radcliffe Quarterly becoming Radcliffe Magazine and planning to publish class notes only in an online version that is accessible to the general public, our class seemed better served by printing our notes in Harvard Magazine, with its password-protected online notes section." J|F '10

C Stephen Heard Jr writes, "Susan and I are enjoying South Carolina, especially with classmates John Winthrop and John Davis close by. We enjoyed Harvard's victory over the Eli, but we were lucky—they outplayed us." M|A '10

Katherine Mather Littell writes that she is "enjoying family history. The art museums, operas, and ballets of Tulsa are a great delight. Tulsa's Town hall enlightens us on current events!" J|F '10

Judith Johnson was honored at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs national writers conference held in New York City on February 2. Fellow authors and students discussed her work, including nine books of fiction and poetry, after which she read from her work. John is professor emerita of English and women's studiesn and former chair of bothe departments at the University of Albany, SUNY, where she taught from 1980 to 2007. She is editor-in-chief of 13th Moon press, which publishes poetry, fiction and two literary journals, 13th Moon: A Feminist Literary Magazine and The Little Magazine, a journal bridging experimental and traditional forms. M|J '08

In 2008, Rosalind Axelrod Kochman's daughter, Debbie '87, added a new grandson, Julian Sebastian Whitney, to their family. M|A '10

James H. Manahan, J.D. '61, of Manahan, Bluth & Kohlmeyer Law Office, Chartered, has been selected by his peers for the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of family law. He has been listed for more than 10 years. Through mid December, he taught law at the University of the Andes in Santiago, Chile, and also English. He has traveled extensively in Central and South America, teaching trial skills at many law schools. J|F '08

Lawrence Marwill writes, "I have almost retired—ophthamology practice one day per week and grandparenting when necessary. Hobbies include dancing, sailing, and travel, at home in Albany and Lake George, N.Y." M|A '10

Bill McGill, Ph.D '61, received the 2009 Society of American Baseball Research/McFarland Award for his research article on George Sisler. "That's a long way from my dissertation subject: Prince Kaunitz."

The seventh edition of Dinah L Moché's Astronomy, A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley) has been completely revised and updated, with more than 100 new photographs and lin ks to the best astronomy resources online. Moché is professor of physics and astronomy at CUNY and an award-winning author and lecturer whose books, designed for the general reader, have sold more than 10 million copies in seven languages. M|A '10

We are sorry to report the death of Cornelia Montgomery's partner, Dave Engman, on November 2, 2008, after five years of dealing with Lou Gehrig's disease. J|F '10

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Linda Segal Plaut and her husband of 50 years, Frank Plaut, J.D. '59, did a 19-day trek to Gokyo Peak (17,9898) in the Everest region of Nepal. M|A '10

Marjorie Harvey Purvis is still enjoying and learning from her work as a mediator after 20 years. M|A '10

Heidi Wallenstein Shirley still works full time as a judicial officer in the los Angeles Juvenile Court. "I love the work but there's too little time for anything else." Her youngest children, Katie and Peter, were both married in 2008. She has seven grandchildren. M|A '10

Roger W Smith, L.D. '61, received the Republic of Armenia's highest civilian honor, the Mosves Khorenatsi Medal, for his contribuitons to international recognition of the Armenian genocide. The award is named for a fifth-century priest who was the author of the first history of Armenia. Smith is a professor emeritus in the government department of the College of William and Mary. N|D '08

Sol Solomon, (M.D. '62 Rochester), now has three grandchildren; Ava (7) and Lily Grace (1) Norman, the children of Joani (Solomon) Norman and Lula-Belle Solomon-Rohr, the child of daughter Becca (Solomon) Rohr. "I'm proud of them all. Lily Grace was seriously ill right after birth, but is now doing much better." M|J '09 Sol Solomon was elected to the faculty hnor society (AOA) this past year at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. In February, he will receive the Founder's Medal of the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation for his contributions to medical research (diabetes) and his role in initiating young physicians into research, in part through a 30-year, NIH-funded medical-student research-training grant. S|O '09

Thomas Sowell is the author of The Housing Boom and Bust (Basic Books), a plain-English explanation of how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics" of that boom and bust. Sowell is a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution. N|D '09

Roger W. Smith, L '61, reports that he gave a talk on "The Concept of Genocide: Origin, Meaning, Related Concepts, Denial" at a May10 conference in the Old Parliament (1821) in Athens. The theme of the conference was "One Genocide, Three Perspectives: Armenian, Assyrian, Greek." On September 4, he is scheduled to lecture on "Professional ethics and the Denial of the Armenian Genocide" at the Armenian Genocide and International Law conference at Haigazian University, Beiruth. Smith is professor emeritus of government at the College of William and Mary. S|O '09

William Allin Storrer, Ph.D. '68, spent six weeks in September and October at the University of Texas, Austin. He presented three seminars on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, introducing a new viewpoint on the origins of the architect's development into an American icon. He also led a five-week Design Studio, in which principles of organic architecture as Wright practiced it at his two Taliesins were reconsidered. J|F '08

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Storrer was featured in an article by Pulitzer prize-winning architectural critic Blair Kamin in the Sunday July 6 issue of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE Arts and Entertainment section. The article, “The mysterious 29,” was about Storrer and his colleagues finding 29 previously unknown works by Frank Lloyd Wright. The article was picked up by the Boston Globe in its July 16 and 20 editions. “Preservation” magazine presented an article on the findings after a phone interview with Storrer in its September-October issue. Before releasing the first of several finds, Storrer spent 8 years researching works in six midWestern states and California, documenting details of Wrightian style and how the differed with others practicing Prairie architecture. N|D '08

Duane Wadsworth "concluded my 46-year career in the active semiconductor industry earlier this year. No more public or nonprofit boards. I spend my fun time volunteering at the Computer History Musuem, chairing a committee at the Palo Alto Club, and writing a class-notes column for the Stanford Business School Magazine. Recently, I've resurrected my seven-year radio broadcasting career (in the 1950s-'60s) by doing voice-over narrations. Four projects completed so far. The latest, 391 San Antonio, is a 15-minute documentary about the beginnings of Silicon Valley. You can see it at my website, www.duanewadsworth.com. It's been submitted to three film festivals in the 'short documentary' category. I had nothing to do with th content and am just a hired voice. Soon I'll have a voice coach and may re-activate my AFTRA membership. All this is in keeping with the advice from John Gardner and Ernie Arbuckle on 're-potting' one's career. Lorna and I recently celebrated our fortieth wedding anniversary and we're spending two to three months a year at our place in Wyoming, but the San Francisco Bay area is still 'home.'" S|O '09

Nancy L. Walsh reports that at Commencement and class reunions this year Radcliffe alumnae from 14 classes from 1924 through 199 wore cherry ribbons "to show their love and loyalto to Radcliffe College. This was an old tradition begun by [Dean Bernice Brown] Cronkite. Cherry red is Radcliffe's color, and there is even a song about the ribbon. Marion Coppleman Epstein '24 wore the first cherry ribbon last year and appeared in Harvard Magazine. J|A '08

New Radcliffe class treasurer Judy Games Wilson writes, "This Winter I agreed to step into the large footssteps left by Sue Williamson, who is greatly missed. I am glad to have the opportunity to connect to our class and the College." J|F '10

Griffith J. Winthrop reports, "Last October, I retired as supervising attor4ney for the department of children and families in Seminole County, Fla, after six years. On March 11, I was appointed general magistrate for the Dependency Court in Seminole County, involving abused and neglected children. J|A '09

Late one night in early June, west of Boston, a drunken driver slammed into the rental car driven by John Winthrop, shoving Winthrop's vehicle into the car ahead of him. Fortunately Winthrop and his wife survived relatively unscathed, as did the family in the other car. Reflecting of the frightening event afterwards, Winthrop writes, "At least three lessons should be remembered: 1. Always wear a seat belt. 2. Our lives are both fragile and unpredictable. 3. We must try to make good use of the time remaining to us. While scribbling [details of the incident] after the event, I am motivated to consider the lessons learned to better understand that each day is a gift. S|O '09

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REPORTED AS DECEASED since the 55th Reunion Anniversary Report;

Marcia Heintzelman Connolly M.A.T. '59 of Wayland, Mass., died March 15. She was retired associate director of admissions at Harvard College. A longtime summer resident of the Chautauqua Institution, in upstate New York, she was a trustee of the institution from 1990 to 1998, chaired its annual giving fund from 2001 to 2005, and was a tireless supporter of the Chautauqua Opera. She was an ardent golfer. She leaves her husband, John '58, M.B.A. '60, a daughter, Melissa Orlov '81, a son, John '84, and two sisters. J|A '08

David Arthur Daniels died February 11 in Garden City, N.Y. He spent 33 years as a pension actuary in New York City before starting his own consulting practice speculating in pension benefits in 1991. He retired in 2006. Active in his community, he was chairman of the local Boy Scout troop and a board member of the Harvard Club of Long Island. His interests included mathematics, astronomy, travel. World War II history, classical music, gold, and Harvard football. He leave his wife, Marjorie (Maitan), three daughters, Elizabeth Graseck, Susan McEwen, and Amy Thompson '91, a son, Bradley, and a brother, Robert '64. J|A '08

George Aloysius Dines died August 25 in Washington, D.C. He was a supervisory computer systems analyst for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, Md. He leaves his wife, Pauline (Glover), three daughters, Karen, Judy, and Stephanie, and a son, Kevin. J|F '09

Malcolm Bennett Elias died October 12 in Milford, Mass. Retired from a career in the retail industry, he started out as a buyer for ARlan's Discount Department Stores and later owned The Fabric Shoppe in Waltham. He leaves a daughter, Stephanny, and two sons, Stephen and Steward; his wife, Judith (Garber), predeceased him. M|A '10

John Richard Elliott Jr died April 5, 2005, in Cherry Hill, N.J. He taught English at UC, Santa Barbara and Syracuse University, retiring in 2002. A lover of most things British, he spent several years in England and wrote a number of books on early medieval drama and the Inns of Court. He was also a livelong opera buff. He leaves two sons, Richard and Mark. M|A '09

Joseph Grew English died August 13 in Peterborough, N.H. He retired in 1986 after a long career as an administrator of the national Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C. Managing the day-to-day operations of the museum, he was centrally involved in the planning and construction of the celebrated East Building, designed by I.M. Pei. In retirement he pursued his lifelong interest in private investing. He leaves his wife, Penelope (Petrell), and two sons, Robert and Josept. J|F '10

Patience Couch Evans died October 16 in Houston. After graduation she was employed for some years as a medical research assistant in the genetics laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. Later she became a professor of American history at Houston Community College; she taught until the day of her death and was enrolled in a master of liberal arts program at Rice. A sixth-generation Texan, she was an art lover who patronized many local artists and galleries. She leaves her husband, J. Thomas, two daughters, Margaret Rael and Elizabeth, and a son, Thomas. M|A '09

John White Hallowell Jr of Newmarket, N.H., died November 16. A former equity actor in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Portsmouth, N.H., he was the fou8nder of the Liberty Stage Company, on New Hampshire's seacoast. He was a passionate conservationist and an active and outspoken member of the Clamshell Alliance, whch unsuccessfully opposed construction of the Seabrook Nuclear Power pLant in the 1970s. He leaves four children, Rhys, Corin, Mimi, and Asher, and two sisters, Bay and Julie. M|A '10

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Gregory Christopher McDonald died Septermber 7 in Pulaski, Tenn. After graduation he skippered yachts in Europe, Africa, and North and South America, totalling 30,000 miles at sea. Later he worked for the Boston Globe for seven years as a reporter, critic-at-large, and arts editor before quitting to devote himself fulltime to writing novels. He was the author of 26 books, including a comic mystery centering on I. M. Fletcher, a California reporter with a crime-solving bent; four of his novels became Hollywood movies, including Fletch, which won the Edgar allen Poe Award for a first mystery novel, and The Brave, which was nemed the Trophées 813 Best Foreign Novel for 1997, (The movies starred Chevy Chase and Jo&Mac250;nny Depp respectively.) In 1986 he purchased a 200-acre antebellum cattle farm in rural Giles County, Tenn., where he lived for the rest of his days. He cofounded an organization, Giles County United, to oppose the racist activities of the local Ku Klux Klan. He leaves his wife, Cheryle (Higgins), two sons, Christopher and Douglas, three stepsons, and a sister. M|A '09

Theodore Roosevelt McElroy died March 25 in Homelake, Colo. A career officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, he served two tours in Vietnam and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He then returned to school—Boalt Hall at Berkeley—to study law and enjoyed a second career as a prosecuting attorney in Colorado for many years. He leaves his wife, Carol (Saab), a daughter, Cynthia, a son, Sean, and a brother, Howard '55. S|O '09

John Golden McGarrahan, LL.B. '63cl, died July 19 in Berkeley, Calif. He srved as an assistant to the mayor in the first administration of John V. Lindsay in New York City, advising on housing issues. later he founded his own law firm, McGarrahan & Heard, specializing in construction and development of such large projects as the World Financial Center in Manhattan. A lifelong student of city government and affordable housing, in retirement he volunteered actively with Habitat for Humanity on Cape Cod. He leaves h is wife, Margaret (Gatheral), and three daughters, Sabina Gasper, Ellen Cieply, and Sally Bradshaw. J|F '10

James Mitchell O"Brien died December 25, 2006, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He enlisted in the navy after graduation and served on the aircraft carrier Coral Sea, later retiring from the naval reserve with the rank of lieutenant commander. In 1965 he joined the Saratoga Springs law firm of Snyder & Grey. After the firm closed its doors, he continued in solo legal practice until his death. He loved to play golf, bridge, Scrabble, and checkers, and was always goof for a dollar bet on any sporting event. He leaves a sister, Maureen. N|D '09

Loarn Beaty Pemberton died March 8 in Prairie Village, Kan. He was a professor emeritus of surgery at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where he taught for 25 years and also served as a docent, assistant dean of curriculum, chief of surgery, and surgical program director. He also was chief of surgery at Truman Medical Center, president of its medican and dental staff, and a member of its board. From 1970 to 1974 he served as chief of surgery at the Necical Center of Columbus, Gal, where he established a respiratory caare center for textile workers suffering from occupational pulmonary disease. He was author of two books, Workbook of Surgical Anatomy and Treatment of Water, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders in the Surgical Patient. A lover of the arts, he was a faithful patron of the Kansas City Symphony Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Repertory Theatre; in addition, he was a longtime summer resident and supporter of the Chautauqua Institution, in Upstate New York. He leaves his wife, Delores (Knepper), a daughter, Michelle Dilmore, a son, Mark, and a brother, Lee. S|0 '09

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Gavin Robert Wakefield Scott died November 6 in Georgeville, Quebec. He traveled the world as a foreign correspondent for Time magazine for nearly 40 years, reporting from London, Madrid, Beirut, Saigon, Nairobi, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro on such major stories as the Viet Nam war, the Arab-Israeli conflict, military coups in Argentina and Chile, and the last days of the Franco regime in Spain. In 1986 he received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America from the Columbia School of Journalism. He retired in 1996. He leaves his thrid wife, Nancy (Dove), two daughters, Jennifer and Abigail, a stepson, Jesse Drury, a sister, Mary Poapst, and a brother, John; a daughter, Lisle, pre-deceased him. M|J '09

William Raoul Reagle Transue died December 17 in Auburn, Ala. he was a retired professor of mathematics at Auburn University. He was a talented linguist, able sailor, ardent gardener, and passionate opera buff who reveled in physical work; he built, plumbed, and wired his summer house in maine and another time dismantled a 40-foot water tower single-handedly. In retirement he enjoyed tutoring students of all ages. He leaves his second wife, Virginia (Bobbitt), a daughter, Mimi, and two sons, Thomas and Joe; his eldest son, John, died in 1985. M|J '09

Wesley Woodrow Wadman died June 4 in Tucson. He enjoyed a long career in investment banking, first in Minneapolis with IDS and then in London with the firm that later became American Express. He and his wife shared a passion for opera and attended festivals throughout the world. He was past president of the Harvard Club of Minneapolis and past chairman of the American Friends of the English National OPera. He leaves his wife, Karen (Fischer), two sons, Christopher '85 and Jonathan, a sister, Betty Porter, and a brother, Wallace. N|D '09

Susan Williamson of Newton Centre, Mass., died July 26. She was professor emerita of mathematics at Regis College, where she taught from 1965 until her retirement in 2002. A devoted alumna with a keen intereest in women's hier education, she wrote a number of articles on the subject and served on the steering commitee of the Clommittee for the Equality of Women at Harvard. She was also the longtime treasurer of her Radcliffe class. Last June she was the recipient o f the Distinguished Service Award of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She was an accomplished landscape artist who took inspiration from the Lower Cape salt ponds that she dearly loved. She leaves a brother, Richard. J|F '09

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