News, Notes, and Nods: In Memoriam
Remembering the alumni and members of the Babson community who have passed recently:
Robert Markus, of Westwood, Massachusetts, died on June 20. He taught graduate and undergraduate students at Babson for 11 years and was honored four times with the Undergraduate Professor of the Year Award in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003. He also was president and CEO of Ballagh & Thrall Inc., a Philadelphia international trading company, from 1985 to 1992; and group CEO of several specialty chemical firms of Venesta International Ltd., of London.
Bruce Dupree Clemmons ’46, of Pearland, Texas, May 24, 2020
Leo deSanctis ’50, of Everett, Massachusetts, May 11
Robert William McArthur ’50, of Cranford, New Jersey, May 17
Rodman Hazard Leavell ’53, of Dover, New Hampshire, June 2
Robert Herrick Trewhella ’54, of Natick, Massachusetts, May 5
John J. Mazzone ’55, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, Aug. 25
Bruce Floyd Avery ’57, P’89, of Woodstock, New Hampshire, July 31
James J. Cotter MBA’57, of Needham, Massachusetts, Sept. 22
Richard Everett Pierce Jr. ’58, of Williamstown, Massachusetts, Aug. 4
Oreste C. Carbone ’59, of Athol, Massachusetts, Aug. 6
Gordon R. Cole ’59, P’84, of Worcester, Massachusetts, Aug. 5
Edward Kittredge ’59, of New York, New York, Sept. 28
William L. Knight ’59, P’87, of Boca Raton, Florida, July 14
Joseph W. Sweeney ’60, P’86, of South Harwich, Massachusetts, May 31
Hargreaves Heap III ’61, MBA’71, of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Aug. 28
John Dunston Waddy II ’61, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, May 25
Richard Carter Hobbs Jr. ’62, of Providence, Rhode Island, July 31
Philip Bickford Rand ’62, MBA’63, of Pompano Beach, Florida, June 18
John Charles Bacon ’63, of North Fort Myers, Florida, June 23
Richard M. Millen ’63, of Natick, Massachusetts, April 30
Curtis Speed ’63, of Deerfield, Illinois, November 18
Edward H. Tate II MBA’64, of Rye, New Hampshire, June 4
Myron S. Schulman ’65, of Poughkeepsie, New York, Sept. 9
Donald J. Halpin MBA’65, of Woburn, Massachusetts, Aug. 4
Stuart Kirkpatrick Eason ’66, P’96, of Wilton, Connecticut, July 30
Donn R. Proven ’66, of Glenview, Illinois, Sept. 11, 2019
Thomas W. Suydam ’66, MBA’68, of Johnstown, New York, May 12
Retired Lt. Col. Armand Eugene Malo MBA’66, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Aug. 6
Jay Cooke III ’67, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 7
Douglas J. Coldwell ’68, of Berlin, Massachusetts, Aug. 1
Lincoln Kempton Richards MBA’68, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, June 15
Peter R. LaJoie ’69, of Melbourne Beach, Florida, May 11
James F. Powers MBA’69, P’85, of Naples, Florida, May 27
Bruce S. Sargeant ’71, of Gloversville, New York, April 28
Dana S. Swanson ’71, of Hampton, New Hampshire, June 2, 2020
Bruce Becker ’73, of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, March 8
Peter R. Kyte ’73, of Wappingers Falls, New York, Sept. 20
William George Rogers ’73, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, July 29
Glenn Edward Kantorski MBA’73, of Southborough, Massachusetts, May 30
James P. McGuire ’74, P’05 ’05, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, June 16
John E. Schroeder MBA’74, of Westwood, Massachusetts, Sept. 14
Solomon Wodajo MBA’74, of Framingham, Massachusetts, April 23
Bryan Curtis Cary ’75, of Darien, Connecticut, May 3
Guido A. Reitano ’75, of North Reading, Massachusetts, June 29
Roy A. Medeiros M’75, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, May 1
Chris John Stavaridis MBA’75, of Venice, California, July 16
Elizabeth Ann Clingan Baird ’78, of Jensen Beach, Florida, June 24
Jefferson Smith Caverly ’78, of Rutland, Vermont, Dec. 4, 2020
Retired Col. Thomas F. Finn Jr. MBA’78, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, July 12
Andrew P. Roth MBA’78, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, July 12
Francis A. Pantuosco ’79, of New Hartford, Connecticut, Sept. 20
James Austin Curtin Jr. MBA’79, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, July 29
Anthony Paul Cirignano MBA’80, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, July 6
Raymond J. Diette MBA’80, of Guilford, Connecticut, Sept. 10
Andrew G. Dick ’82, of Morristown, New Jersey, June 11
Mark Andrew Robinson ’82, of Plaistow, New Hampshire, April 28
Brian Andrew Reardon MBA’83, of Provincetown, Massachusetts, May 18
Sue Hanks Singleton MBA’83, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Aug. 10
Heather S. Downing ’84, of Reading, Massachusetts, May 21
Richard Godfrey Jacobus Jr. ’84, of Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 7
Gregory James Doran MBA’84, of Manchester, Massachusetts, May 11
Charles J. Knox MBA’84, of Brookfield, Massachusetts, May 8
Lawrence J. Conroy Jr. MBA’86, of Needham, Massachusetts, Sept. 17
Julianna H. Coutu MBA’88, of Murietta, California, Dec. 31, 2020
Ellen Solomita ’89, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Oct. 10
Shawn D. DeAmicis ’92, of Chicago, Illinois, May 26
Mary V. Kurkjian M’93, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 30
David Hugh Rennie MBA’94, of Reading, Massachusetts, May 16
Jill M. LeBlanc MBA’95, of Groton, Massachusetts, July 4
Donald G. Gleason MBA’96, of Simsbury, Connecticut, May 17
Audrey M. Nelligan MBA’96, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, May 17
William E. Wright MBA’96, of Greenville, Rhode Island, Sept. 12
Cheryl A. Purinton ’97, of Danvers, Massachusetts, June 29
Elizabeth Lucien MBA’99, of Melrose, Massachusetts, Feb. 9, 2019
Corey T. Nelson MBA’99, of Western Springs, Illinois, Dec. 20, 2019
John Thomas Magraw MBA’03, of Quincy, Massachusetts, April 30
Jonathan William Tara ’09, of New York, New York, February 10
Dylan Patrick Rogers ’14, of Upton, Massachusetts, June 2
Kerrie L. Dunn, of Framingham, Massachusetts, Aug. 11
Robert E. Johanson, of Wrentham, Massachusetts, Aug. 27
Burke C. Pullman, of Laguna Hills, California, Sept. 10
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