Rensselaer Magazine, March 2003: In Memoriam

Clifton W. Bolieau ’25, retired head mechanical engineer, design division, Tennessee Valley Authority, and commander, Public Health Services; Oct. 25, 2002. Robert D. Stiehler ’30, retired distinguished scientist with the National Bureau of Standards, leader of U.S. delegation to ISO, and civic activist; Oct. 8, 2002. Clifford S. Ades ’31, retired head of structural engineering, Bendix Corp; Sept. 25, 2002. Chester R. Weil ’31, retired professional engineer, Niagara Mohawk, volunteer fireman, and active community member; Dec. 20, 2002. Hugh P. Scott ’33, retired senior editor, Electrical Construction and Maintenance magazine, photographer, and WWII Navy veteran; Nov. 11, 2002. Robert E. Street ’33, professor emeritus of aeronautics and astronautics, University of Washington, who was active in conservation groups; Oct. 5, 2002. Vincent L. Casey ’34, retired physician, Endicott, N.Y.; Aug. 28, 2002. George M. Dabbs ’34, retired project coordinator, E&F Construction Co., and model train enthusiast; Oct. 4, 2002.

Milton Chazen ’35, retired captain, U.S. Naval Reserve, and former president, Chazen Companies; April 16, 2002. Frank M. Platts ’36, retired from Standard Oil (now Exxon) for whom he worked many years in Aruba, active in community affairs; Nov. 8, 2002. Sebastian J. Ruggeri ’36, flamboyant defense attorney in Franklin County, Mass., active in Democratic politics with ties to the Kennedys, active in service organizations and the bar association, and WWII Army Air Corps veteran; Nov. 3, 2002. Richard H. Edwards ’37, retired principal engineer, N.Y.S. Department of Transportation; July 29, 2002. Arthur J. Hoe ’37, owner of Hoe Sportcar Co., antique car renovator specializing in Duesenbergs, historical society president, and WWII Army veteran; Sept. 19, 2002. William J. Gander ’38, retired chief, aero test engineering, Grumman Corp.; June 1, 2002. Seymour S. Seider ’38, retired president, BSC Industries; Oct. 1, 2001. R. Gordon Campbell ’39, former senior aerodynamicist, B.F. Goodrich Co., research scientist, Cleveland Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, and professor at Rensselaer and the Hartford Graduate Center; Nov. 23, 2002. Kenneth H. Taylor ’39, of Pompton Plains, N.J.; Oct. 9, 2002.

Merle B. Whitney ’40, retired meteorologist, U.S. Government, and U.S. Air Force captain; Aug. 11, 2002. Albert J. Fiumara ’41, retired from General Electric, recipient of the Space Pioneer Medal by the U.S. government for his work on the Corona satellite program; Oct. 23, 2002. William J. Powers ’41, retired chief, organic materials branch, U.S. Army, and board of education president; Oct. 9, 2002. Robert J. Alley ’42, retired vice president, individual insurance operation, Cigna Corp., and decorated WWII veteran; Dec. 12, 2002. George R. Holzman ’42, Ph.D. ’51, retired senior engineer, IBM Corp., and WWII Navy veteran; Dec. 26, 2001. Enrique A. Romagosa ’42, retired senior production engineer, Quaker Oats Chemical, Fla., and former manager, sugar cane plantation and cattle ranch in Cuba; Oct. 19, 2002. Warren A. Cornell ’43, retired manager, Bell Laboratories, and avid hiker; Sept. 26, 2002. Philip S. Hanson ’43, metallurgical engineer and businessman, patent holder, and Manhattan Project veteran; Nov. 1, 2002. Edward C. Nelson ’43, Ph.D. ’53, former engineer with Driver Harris Co., Carpenter Technology, Amax Corp., former professor, and WWII Navy veteran; July 18, 2002.

Gene D. MacDaniel ’45, retired engineer and plant designer and manager, Sealright Co. and Atlantic Refining, and pro bono advisor on land use and development issues; Feb. 18, 2002. Bruce W. Nyland ’45, retired manager, maintenance of way planning, Conrail Corp; Oct. 4, 2002. Robert E. Cordingley ’47, retired from Avco Corp.; Nov. 24, 2002. William J. Keim, M.S. ’47, retired U.S. Navy captain, pilot, and avid wildlife conservationist; Oct. 10, 2002. Robert E. Slothower ’47, former president, Turbo Dynetics Inc.; April 17, 2001. Daniel Spiegel ’47, retired senior vice president, Tishman Realty and Construction, whose projects included the TWA terminal at JFK airport, the World Trade Center, and EPCOT Center, active Rensselaer volunteer, and Navy veteran; Dec. 4, 2002. Berit A. Wilcox ’47, former chemist at Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co. and the Rockefeller Foundation, and former X-ray spectroscopist at American Cyanamid Co.; Sept. 2, 2002.

Kurt I. Igler ’48, retired engineer with GE, including work on Polaris, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, and classified programs, and WWII Army veteran; Sept. 22, 2002. Machado Mead ’48, retired business administrator, Shipman & Goodwin, former vice president and treasurer, DeBell and Richardson Plastic Research Co., and Navy veteran; Sept. 12, 2002. J. Bernard Real ’48, retired dentist, Rome, N.Y., and WWII Navy veteran; Nov. 1, 2002. Charles B. Smith ’48, retired partner in the law firm Fish & Neave; Feb. 24, 2002. Donald E. Spencer ’48, businessman, planning commissioner, and WWII Navy veteran; Aug. 13, 2002. Donald E. Heyburn ’49, retired senior vice president, Babcock & Wilcox, Army veteran and Bronze Star recipient; Oct. 4, 2002. James E. Kimble ’49, retired design engineer, Goodyear Aerospace; August 2002. Russell A. Newell ’49, retired chief engineer, RCA, financial planner and first vice president, Smith Barney, and WWII Army Air Corps veteran; Nov. 2, 2002. Harry A. Van Dyke ’49, architect in New York City and Columbia County, known for his work on historic projects and restoration; Nov. 4, 2002.

Richard M. Collins ’50, retired postmaster, Watervliet, N.Y., and WWII Army veteran; Nov. 3, 2002. William J. Kahn ’50, retired electrical engineer, Biddle Instruments, formerly with GE Aerospace Division, and WWII Army veteran; July 10, 2002. Millard G. Mayo ’50, M.M.E ’59, retired design engineer, Hamilton Standard Division of United Technologies, patent holder, and U.S. Navy aviator veteran; Dec. 21, 2002. Richard L. Neal ’50, former senior engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, and Army Air Corps veteran; Aug. 26, 2002. Edward J. Sabol ’50, retired manager, systems, General Electric Co., formerly with Curtiss-Wright Corp., and WWII Army veteran; Sept. 27, 2002. Walter J. Dempsey ’51, retired from CE-Lummus, formerly with Combustion Engineering and Foster Wheeler Engineering, building process plants, and WWII Navy veteran; Aug. 2, 2002. Theodore M. Ducharme ’51, retired manager of employee relations, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc., and Navy veteran; Dec. 11, 2002. Thomas J. Judge ’51, retired chairman of Austin Co., an engineering and construction company based in Cleveland, Ohio; Dec. 2, 2002. Ladson K. Saylor ’51, retired missionary architect in Costa Rica, and WWII Army veteran; Aug. 20, 2002. Roger P. Strang ’51, retired manager, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, village mayor, fire company president, Scoutmaster, and Army veteran; Aug. 23, 2002. David H. Warren ’51, retired seismologist, U.S. Geological Survey, former geophysicist, Standard Oil of California, and avid sailor; Oct. 13, 2002.

John M. Clarke ’52, chemical engineer for Mobil Chemical Co. and NL Industries, high school teacher, active in Presbyterian Church, and Navy veteran; Nov. 25, 2002. Charles E. Diehl ’52, retired vice president and treasurer, George Washington University, WWII Army veteran, and retired Navy commander; Aug. 20, 2002. David G. Kroehle ’52, retired vice president, Peerless Electric Co., licensed stockbroker, active community member, and Army Air Corps veteran; Dec. 23, 2002. Raymond M. Just ’52, retired vice president and general manager, Amesbury Industries; Dec. 11, 2002. Frank B. Williams ’52, retired vice president, product integrity, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft; Dec. 3, 2002. Peter J. Fillingham ’53, retired researcher, Lucent Technologies, consultant for Singer Corp., active in N.J. Computer Society, and WWII Navy veteran; fall 2002. James A. Jennings ’53, retired from Hamilton Standard/United Technologies, patent holder, pioneer in wind turbines, and Korean War veteran; Sept. 6, 2002. William A. Merrick ’53, retired regional manager, Dresser-Rand Industries, active in Marco Island, Fla., community and U.S. Power Squadron, and Navy veteran; Oct. 11, 2002. Jerry J. Preslopsky ’53, of Beverly Hills, Fla.; Oct. 7, 2001.

Frank B. Dargue ’54, retired electronic engineer, Bell Labs, active in Boy Scouts and ham radio, and WWII and Korean War Navy veteran; Sept. 6, 2002. Jon K. Edwards ’56, M.E.E. ’61, retired senior product engineer, Eastman Kodak Co., and electronics instructor, Genesee Community College; October 2002. Robert D. Moody ’57, retired senior engineer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and Navy veteran; Oct. 7, 2002. Vincent C. Vasile ’57, retired electrical engineer, IBM, active in Alpha Chi Rho; Dec. 6, 2002. Irving L. Barger, M.M.G. ’58, former vice president and general manager, Aerojet-General Corp.; March 22, 2002. Donald J. Trapp, M.S. ’59, retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, and WWII Navy veteran; Oct. 18, 2002.

Robert E. Lee ’60, retired president, United Lens Co., active community member in Brattleboro, Vt., and Air Force veteran; Dec. 13, 2002. John S. Peterson ’60, self-employed industrial engineer, former manager, Litton Industries, and Korean War Navy veteran; Sept. 23, 2002. David A. Gustas ’61, facilities planner, department of correctional services, state of New York; Dec. 15, 2002. S. Gary Livecchi ’66, M.S. ’74, vice president, Fort Monmouth operations for Titan Systems, and retired decorated Army colonel; Sept. 12, 2002. Robert D. O’Brien ’67, architect in Hartford, Conn., then with Ann Folsom Smith firm in Bradenton, Fla.; Oct. 27, 2002.

Richard C. Hughes, M.S. ’70, physics and science teacher, Bethlehem Central School District, active in Greenpeace, Habitat for Humanity, Farm Land Trust, and others; Oct. 11, 2002. Julian J. Wu, Ph.D. ’70, chief, mathematics division and associate director, U.S. Army Research Office in Research Triangle Park; Sept. 13, 2002. William H. Moore ’71, former systems engineering manager, EDS and Blue Cross-Blue Shield, and Army National Guard veteran; Oct. 23, 2002. Peter B. Del Santo ’75, medical doctor, involved in academic and clinical endovascular surgery, member U.S. Masters weightlifting team; Oct. 15, 2002. Kenneth I. Oliver ’77, software engineer for Sockeye Networks, formerly for Cisco Systems and Celox, active with Nashoba Learning Group for autistic children; Aug. 11, 2002. James N. Catalano, M.S. ’79, employed by Hamilton Sundstrand, an Eagle Scout and troop leader; Sept. 14, 2002. Pierre Thibault ’81, owner, Progressive Cleaning and Management Services, and former professional hockey player; Dec 25, 2002.

Harry F. Herbrandson, professor emeritus of chemistry at Rensselaer, 1949-1986; Nov. 12, 2002. Robert A. McDonald, clinical assistant professor in Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management and Technology; Oct. 29, 2002.

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