Rensselaer Magazine, June 2002: In Memoriam

Newton P. Taylor ’24, retired vice president and chief of engineering, Alcan Laboratories Ltd.; March 4. Ellsworth T. Candee ’27, retired president, Buell Industries, and Highland Manufacturing, founder, Technicraft Manufacturing, and active in civic affairs in Watertown, Conn.; Jan. 26. James F. Hoffman Sr. ’28, retired founder of Hoffman Engineers and Surveyors, N.Y.S. Engineer of the Year in 1958, longtime president of the Class of ’28, and WWII Army veteran; Feb. 10.

John G. Hamill ’30, retired vice president, Associated Construction Co., former professional engineer for the state of Connecticut, and active in professional societies; Feb. 13. Everett F. Johnson Jr. ’33, of Franklin, Va., retired design project engineer, DuPont; Feb. 19, 2001. Frank Kozma ’33, retired chemical engineer with Westvaco for 42 years; Feb. 9. Frederick W. Kelley Jr. ’34, retired from GE, holder of 45 patents and awarded GE’s Fulcrum award to inventors, founder of Electro Conversion Analytics, and musician; Jan 4.

Valentine E. Dyer ’34, retired civil engineer, Bienstock & Lucchesi, P.C., and Westinghouse Electric Corp., longtime officer of the Class of 1934 and the 50 Year Club, Patroon of Rensselaer, and retired Army colonel, C.E., April 27. Richard L. Caldwell ’35, retired branch manager, Foxboro Co., and Navy Seabees veteran; Dec. 21, 2001. Gordon W. Kidder ’35, retired chemical engineer and specialist engineering manager, DuPont, and active in his community; March 3. Henry S. Rogers ’35, retired president, Hughes-Foulkrod Construction Co., and WWII Navy veteran; Feb. 7. James M. Tuite ’35, former president, Jim Tuite Co., of Dallas, Texas; Sept. 16, 2001.

John R. Crellin ’37, retired co-founder, Crellin Plastics (Sunoco Crellin), active in his community, and boating and flying enthusiast; Feb. 15. Wilbur J. Dooley ’37, former visual services branch chief, Food & Drug Administration; March 13. Roger R. Horton ’37, retired director, patents & licenses, ICI Americas Inc.; Jan. 9. John L. Rathbun ’38, retired vice president and treasurer, Hutchison-Rathbun Inc., a building supply company in Rochester, N.Y., and WWII Navy Seabees veteran; Jan. 1. Paul F. Hawkins ’39, retired chemical engineer, Exxon Corp.; Nov. 19, 2001.

Bernard F. Anderson ’40, retired chemist, DuPont; Feb. 20. Robert K. Hoffman ’40, M.S. ’48, former biochemist with the U.S. government; Feb. 5. George R. Holzman ’42, Ph.D. ’51, retired senior engineer, IBM, formerly with Behr-Manning and the Mellon Institute, and WWII Navy veteran; Dec. 26, 2001. Henry W. Krager ’44, retired environmental engineer, Gibbs & Hill Inc., and WWII Army veteran; Feb. 19. David Preston ’44, of North Sullivan, Maine, retired, sales, National Steel; Aug. 30, 2001.

Herbert H. Jacob ’46, retired chairman, Ajax Paving Industries; March 1. Ernest B. Hollister ’47, retired project manager, Turner Construction Co., choral singer, and WWII Army veteran; Jan. 30. Joseph H. Judd ’47, retired aerospace engineer for NASA, and WWII Navy veteran; Feb. 19. Walter M. Saladik ’47, former project engineer, National Park Service, designer of Cape Cod’s bike trail, named Citizen of the Year, 1989, in Haddonfield, N.J., and Navy veteran; Feb. 4. Norman L. Scott ’49, a designer of power plants, retired from Commonwealth Associates, and WWII Navy veteran; June 1, 2001.

Robert E. Anderson ’50, retired supervisor, Niagara Mohawk, a founder of the New York Power Pool, and WWII Navy veteran; Dec. 15, 2001. Donald P. Maslen ’50, M.M.G. ’65, retired U.S. Air Force test pilot and chief of maintenance for military advisory group, and retired math teacher, Goffstown (N.H.) Area High School; Aug. 4, 2001. Charles P. Matalas ’50, retired plant supervisor and principal mechanical engineer, Allied Signal Corp., and WWII Merchant Marine and Navy veteran; Dec. 10, 2001. Robert H. Pursel ’50, of Troy, N.Y., retired leasing officer, N.Y.S. Office of General Services; Oct. 26, 2001. Patrick J. Sullivan ’50, retired president, Rigel Specialty Papers, James River Corp., active in paper industry associations, and WWII veteran; Jan. 5. Richard A. Wiita ’51, retired principal engineer, N.Y.S. Department of Transportation; June 30, 2001. Joseph T. Boyle ’52, retired project engineer, Bechtel Power Corp.; April 5, 2001. Roy E. Byington Sr. ’52, retired electrical engineer and patent holder for Raytheon Co., and U.S. Army Signal Corps veteran; Feb. 15. John L. Clark ’52, retired valuation engineer, Bethlehem Steel Corp., and Orchard Park, N.Y., school board member; Feb. 26. Maurice W. Grady ’52, former N.Y.S. sanitary engineer; Oct. 1982.

Thomas A. Eddy ’53, retired chief engineer, bearing and brake shoe products, Abex Corp., and WWII Army Air Corps veteran; May 6, 2001. George M. Tetsuka ’54, retired member of technical staff, California Institute of Technology; Aug. 4, 2001. Robert E. Lenhart, M.S. ’55, retired metallurgical engineer with GE, and WWII Navy veteran; February 2002. Morris L. Schwisberg ’57; Jan. 29, 1998. Todd F. Walsh ’58, retired orthodontist in San Jose, Calif., later a real estate broker and bank loan officer, former Navy officer, lacrosse coach, and enthusiastic correspondent for the Class of 1958; May 1. Herbert S. Gawronski, M.S. ’59, retired division chief, Watervliet Arsenal, and Army veteran; Nov. 9, 2001.

Warren E. Mayott ’60, director of technical services at Electric Boat, a premier welding engineer, who pioneered the use of ultrasonic testing of welds; Jan. 5. John G. Leschen, M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ’71; Nov. 17, 2001. William D. MacDonald ’67, former director, contracts and procurement, Eastman Kodak Co.; Jan. 27.

Gloria Potter Gagola ’70, retired assistant professor, Texas A&M; Jan. 17. Walter Kuehn Jr., M.S. ’70, former consultant, Harding Lawson Associates, and owner, Walter Kuehn; Feb. 25. Terrie L. Batdorf, M.S. ’75, 26-year employee and vice president, Citibank NA; Dec. 27, 2001. David P. Belyung, Ph.D. ’97, member, the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Jan. 31.

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