Spring 2025

News, Notes, and Nods: In Memoriam

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Remembering the alumni and members of the Babson community who have passed recently:

Irving Ross Stewart ’52, of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 

Dr. Frederick Trask Pease ’53, of Cornelius, North Carolina, Jan. 31 

Dr. Leandre W. Giguere ’55, of Warren, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 

Stewart L. Stokes Jr. ’56, of Topsham, Maine, Oct. 26 

Richard Paul Beck ’57, MBA’60, of Bozeman, Montana, Nov. 24 

William Timothy “Tim” Cashman II ’57, of Wilmington, Delaware, Feb. 20 

Robert R. Severson ’57, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Jan. 28, 2024  

Neil A. Abrahamson ’58, of Naples, Florida, Nov. 28 

Henry Nathaniel Arnold Jr. ’58, of Lady Lake, Florida, Dec. 20 

Charles D. Bonanno ’59, of Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 8 

Joseph Boyer Candler Jr. ’60, of Vero Beach, Florida, Dec. 16 

Richard Charles Como ’60, of Bedford, New Hampshire, Feb. 21 

Dr. William Nicholas Hunter (Avtges) ’60, of Bethesda, Maryland, Jan. 11 

David Charles Seidman ’60, of Wilmette, Illinois, Aug. 8 

James Edward Hamblet MBA’60, of North Andover, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 

Alan F. Hughes ’61, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Nov. 23 

William Stone Turner ’61, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, Jan. 19 

Paul Joseph Garrity MBA’63, of Hingham, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 

John A. Pliakas ’64, of North Andover, Massachusetts, Oct. 15 

William Ring Oakes MBA’64, of Middletown, Connecticut, Jan. 12 

Theodore Francis Patrick Villa MBA’64, of Winchester, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 

David Arnold Galloway ’65, of Richmond, Texas, Oct. 10 

Lee Douglas Thomson ’65, of Austin, Texas, Sept. 19 

Stephen A. Bleyer ’67, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Feb. 23 

Rudolf R. “Rudi” Giger ’67, of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, July 1 

Kevin Franklin Michael Kavanagh ’67, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 

Theodore (Ted) Peter Theodores MBA’67, of Charlton, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 

Stephan (Steve) Adamic ’68, P’92, of Eastman, New Hampshire, Nov. 7 

Christopher Edward Egan Jr. ’69, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Jan. 20 

Russell Swartz MBA’69, of Scottsdale, Arizona, June 2024 

Richard Paul O’Brien MBA’70, of Stow, Massachusetts, Nov. 6  

Thomas Hugh Bradford ’72, Feb. 25 

Arthur “Gordon” Bishop Jr. ’73, of Bedford, Massachusetts, Jan. 21 

John Phillip Brunelli MBA’73, of Franklin, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 

Henry M. Chapman III MBA’73, of Natick, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 

Ronald L. Roberts ’72, MBA’73, of Bedford, New Hampshire, Jan. 18 

Thomas R. Stickel MBA’73, of San Marcos, California, Jan. 17 

Alfred S. Puccetti MBA’74, of North Smithfield, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 

Michael B. Ekman MBA’75, of Wilton Manors, Florida, Dec. 2 

Brian J. Glynn ’76, of Hingham, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 

George Nicholas Sarikas MBA’76, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, Feb. 1 

John “Jack” Patrick Kenney MBA’77, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 

Stephen Richard Anderson ’78, of Cobalt, Connecticut, Jan. 28 

Mark D. Barrett ’79, of Auburn, Maine, Nov. 6 

Robert N. Christensen Jr. MBA’79, of Holliston, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 

Malcolm J. Dougherty MBA’79, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 

Alan Jay Warner MBA’79, of Lynn, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 

Lisa Maria (Fiorentini) Miragliotta MBA’80, of Methuen, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 

Noah “No” Timmins Totten MBA’80, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Jan. 8, 2020 

David W. Caldwell ’82, of The Villages, Florida, Dec. 17 

Laura A. Weatherhead MBA’83, of New York City, New York, Dec. 20 

Cynthia Lee Rawson, MBA’84, of Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 24 

Julia “Julie” M. Rose MBA’84, of Salem, Massachusetts, Dec. 23 

Jeffrey Lawes Gwilliam MBA’89, of Washington, D.C., Jan. 1 

Michele Simeone Abrecht MBA’90, of Weston, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 

Dennis Robert Murphy MBA’91, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, Feb. 9 

Michael James Grady MBA’95, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 

David Elliot Philbrick MBA’96, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 

Robert F. Merriam MBA’00, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 

Brenda E. Lyle Lord MBA’09, of Westborough, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 

César Colón ’13, of Dallas, Texas, Feb. 3


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