MIT 1966 Memorial Page

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Last updated October 22, 2009

William John "Bill" Steffy, 64, died peacefully at home in Royal Oak, Michigan on October 14th, 2009, after a three month struggle with lung cancer. He will be dearly missed by his wife Ann and two sons, Daniel.and Peter. He is also survived by three loving sisters. He was born in Minnesota, and went to Wayne State University after graduating with our MIT class. He worked for 25 years as a chemist at Producto Chemicals in Livonia, Michigan. His intelligence and humor were appreciated by many. Bill was a member of Emerson U.U. Church in Troy, Flowering Tree Lodge and Jaguar Clan. He was an active Democrat and promoted peace and justice in his community. Memorial contributions can be made to WRCJ, War Resisters League, or Gleaners Food Bank. This blog has been created to share memories of Bill.

Frederick N. Webb 64, of Harvard Road, Littleton, MA, died unexpectedly on July 12, 2009. He was born in Charlotte, NC on July 22, 1944, son of Ellen (Cuthbert) Webb of Joliet, Illinois and the late Kermit M. Webb. He grew up in Hampden, MA and was a graduate of Minnechaug High School. Fred then received his SB in Math from MIT in 1966 and later his Masters in Computer Science from Boston University. He worked as a computer scientist all his life including an internship at NASA for a few summers where he was developing telemetry to aid in the moon missions. He worked for Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge helping to invent tools for the Internet and most recently spent ten years at Total View Technology.

Fred had made his home in Littleton for the past 24 years. He was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader for many years including Scoutmaster of Troop 1. He had a deep love for music and was a member of the New Bostonian BarberShop Chorus. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational Church in Bedford where he was a Deacon and also served on many church boards.

Edward C. Sullivan of Pismo Beach, CA, died from metastatic melanoma in February 2009. He was a professor and associate dean in the College of Engineering at Cal Poly where he had taught and done research for 20 years. Before that he had spent 18 years as a research engineer and lecturer at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley. His career also included teaching at universities in China and Venezuela. In addition to his MIT degrees, he had a doctorate in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley and an MBA from John F. Kennedy University. He leaves his wife, Donna, whom he met while they were both students in Boston and two daughters.

In memory of Dr. Ed Sullivan as a beloved teacher and colleague, and in recognition of his many contributions to the department and to his field, Cal Poly Civil & Environmental Engineering has established the Ed Sullivan Memorial Scholarship Endowment. The exclusive purpose of the endowment is to provide a scholarship to benefit junior and senior students enrolled in the College of Engineering, who are pursuing their BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with an interest in Transportation Engineering.

Donald A. Hess, and his wife, Victoria, died November 13, 2008, when their small plane crashed in Tallahassee, Florida.

In 1975 Don founded Amherst Systems with partner Chuck Dowdell. Their technology company, whose work included design and computer programming for high speed-data acquisition systems, grew to more than 300 employees and $40 million in annual sales. The company was sold in 1999 to Comptek Research. In 2002, Don developed Amherst Tech Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm evaluating investments in Western New York and Southern Ontario. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the Board of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo, New York. He was a thoughtful leader whose technical background helped him easily connect with the organization’s scientists. "Both he and Vicky were Buffalo aficionados and supported the community in many, many ways. They will be greatly missed," said Chrisopher Greene, the institute’s foundation chairman.

Survivors include two daughters, Lura Bechtel and Johanna.

Dr. Vasilios "Bill" Moustakakis, 64, died on August 26, 2008. He was a senior staff engineer for ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas. After earning a civil engineering degree at MIT, he received his Masters in Applied Mechanics from the University of Connecticut and his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Penn State. His first job was for the Connecticut Department of Highways and Transportation. He then had a long and successful engineering career with ExxonMobil. His wife, Joyce (Chryssos) Moustakakis of Houston, two sons, Michael and Emmanuel, a daughter, Anne Guess, and three grandchildren, survive him. His son wrote "Dad will always be fondly remembered for teaching us the value of hard work and the power of a dream. He was a man that believed that the American Dream was a living thing and he realized his own with great dedication and hard work. We are grateful for his many sacrifices and for giving us his shoulders to stand on."
Richard L. Sylvan, M.D., 64, died of cardiac arrest on April 6, 2008, in his home in Dacula, GA. After he received his degree in Theoretical Math from MIT and his Masters in Microbiology and Virology from New York Medical College, he went on to study Medicine at the University of Louvain in Belgium and completed his M.D. at SUNY Buffalo. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at John Hopkins University Service at Baltimore City Hospital and his fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Richard was uniquely gifted: brilliant, full of humor and delight, and with insatiable curiosity. He was a truly great medical oncologist who tended to his patients with an unusual grace and energy. In his retirement and despite his failing health, he pursued his lifelong passion for space exploration by doing research with the Mars Society. He is survived by his two children, Elisabeth Sylvan Rutman and Jeremy Sylvan, and a granddaughter.
Wai-Tak "Peter" Lee, 64, died on March 26, 2008 in Fountain Valley, California. His wife, Joyce C. Lee, survives him.
Edward M. (Monty) Graham, age 62, died on September 12, 2007. Monty died at home in Georgetown after a five year battle with cancer. He was a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was also an economic journalist with published articles in a variety of financial periodicals. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Park; son, Ian Graham; daughter, Lydia Graham and sister, Marcia Schneider.
Thomas H. Brylawski, 63, a mathematics professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died of esophageal cancer July 18, 2007 at the Duke Hospice inpatient facility in Hillsborough, N.C. Dr. Brylawski, a native Washingtonian, had taught at UNC-CH since 1970. He was known as a lively and passionate conversationalist whose love of mathematics and art led him to lecture twice at the National Gallery of Art. He was also a conceptual artist. An early work, "The Flag of Liechtenstein," depicted the flag of the tiny principality in Benday dots, the trademark of artist Roy Lichtenstein. He also created a rug that depicted a solution to the squared-square problem. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1962, where he won the first and grand prizes in the District's science fair in 1959. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a master's degree in math from Dartmouth College in 1968. In 1970, he received a doctorate in math from Dartmouth. Dr. Brylawski taught hundreds of students during his career at UNC-CH but tried his best to schedule class times late in the day. A former student, posting a remembrance of him on a UNC-CH memorial site, said that when Dr. Brylawski began teaching, he was assigned an 8 a.m. class. Rather than get up early for it, he stayed up all night. So when the next semester brought a class time set an hour later, he said: "Oh, please don't give me a 9 a.m. class. I can't stay up that late!" He published at least 44 professional articles. He lectured on his field of combinatorics, a branch of pure mathematics that deals with combinations and permutations. While Dr. Brylawski spent a year as director of the Bologna Cooperative Studies Program in Italy, he lectured to the class taught by Italian semiotician and philosopher Umberto Eco. He fell in love with Italy, teaching himself the language and visiting each of the country's provinces. He also collected every rock-and-roll song in the Top 40 between 1958 and1966 and recorded and catalogued thousands of movies on videotape and DVD. Friends said they thought he was the only recognized authority in both the art of Jasper Johns and the Andy Griffith TV show. His marriage to Joan Mills ended in divorce. Survivors include his wife, Bruna Brylawski of Durham, N.C.; two sons from his first marriage, David Brylawski of New York and Michael Brylawski of Snowmass, Colo.; his parents, Henry H. and Molly S. Brylawski of Washington; a sister, Kathleen B. Miller of Bethesda; a brother, Samuel Brylawski of Washington; and a grandson.
Forrest S. "Woody" Stoddard, formerly of Amherst, passed away after a heroic battle with cancer on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007, at age 62. The son of Edward and Esther (Shaffer) Stoddard, he was born Nov. 4, 1944, at Eglin Air Base in Florida, where his father was stationed. The family moved frequently until 1961, when they settled in Amherst. Woody graduated from Amherst Regional High School in 1962 before going to MIT, where he received his B.S. (1966) and M.S. (1968) in aeronautics and astronautics. Woody then joined the Air Force, where he worked on designing helicopters and vertical takeoff aircraft at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. Woody left the service in 1972 to return to Amherst, where he began applying his talents to the then emerging field of wind energy. His dream was to help create and promote wind power - a new, nonpolluting, renewable source of energy. Working with Prof. Bill Heronemus and a group of younger graduate students, Woody helped build the UMass Wind Furnace on the Northeast side of campus. He received his Ph.D. in Civil/Ocean Engineering in 1979. Woody spent the rest of his 34-year career pursuing his dream by writing grants to fund research, battling resistant public utilities, and lobbying state and federal agencies to promote interest in alternative energy. He was regarded as an expert in his field of structural dynamics, aerodynamics, design, and development of wind turbines. He wrote over 50 technical reports on the subject, and in 1987, co-authored the highly regarded textbook Wind Turbine Engineering Design. He was awarded an Academic Achievement Award in 1988 and, recently, a Lifetime Achievement Award, both from the American Wind Energy Association. Woody leaves two sons; Joshua and Nathan, both of Boston.
Quentin Klein died September 5, 2006 of a pulmonary embolism. At MIT, Quent was a brilliant math student. He worked for many years as a programmer at Lincoln Labs.
Joseph A. Sansone, age 61, of Lincoln and formerly of Bristol, RI, died Thursday, July, 27, 2006. After earning his BS in Chemistry at MIT, he received an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He was a Principal Engineer for the Raytheon Corporation in Portsmouth, RI for 33 years, retiring in 2002. He was an Eagle Scout. He is survived by his mother, Phyllis Sansone, a brother Peter F. Sansone, M.D. of Lehigh, FL, a sister, Matilda Sansone, of Lincoln and his fiancee, Lissa D. Dreyer, of Cranston.

Michael A. Redisch of McLean, VA, died May 14, 2006 at George Washington University of colon cancer.

He was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated MIT in economics. He did graduate work in economics at Northwestern University, with a professor, medical economist Mark V. Pauly, to write a paper entitled "The Not-for-Profit Hospital as a Physicians' Cooperative," which appeared in the American Economic Review. The paper was among the first economic attempts to describe the behavior of nonprofit firms. Michael also taught economics at the University of Iowa before settling in Washington, D.C. in 1972, working as a health policy analyst at the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare and then as a researcher at what is now the Government Accountability Office.

He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Jean Basilio Redisch, two sons, Jason and Steven, his Mother, June Redisch of Boca Raton, FL., a sister and a brother.

Ira Gordon Davidoff, Course VI, 59, of Berkeley, CA, died suddenly on January 20, 2006. Born to Max and Belva Davidoff and raised in Queens, he was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and of Harvard Medical School. He was chairman and medical director of Bay Valley Medical Group in Hayward, CA, where he had practiced medicine since 1974. Among his numerous passions were mountain climbing, skiing, gardening and exploring the great outdoors. He will be missed by his wife, Shelley Horwitz, his children, Eliot, Max and Isabel, and by many colleagues, family and friends.

Donations may be made in his honor to the Golden Gate Audubon Society, 2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite G, Berkeley, CA 94702, or to the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St, Berkeley, CA, 94709.

John F. Neyhard, XVI '66, died unexpectedly October 12, 2005, while visiting friends and family in Albuquerque, NM. He had melanoma.

John was born in Louisville, KY, and would have celebrated his 61st birthday on October 13. He grew up primarily in upstate New York, but lived in Washington DC during his high school years and graduated from Coolidge in 1962. During his time in Cambridge, he had been active in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, and remained close to his Little Brother, Gabor Korthy, of Portland Maine. In 1975, John moved back to the Washington DC area, settling in Reston, where he lived with Mary, his wife of 34 years.

John was recruited by IBM while still a student at MIT, and worked with a small group in Cambridge responsible for celestial navigation programs for the Apollo flights and, later, for the early Shuttle flights. He went to work full-time with this group when he graduated. In 1975, IBM closed the Cambridge office, transferring some of the staff to Hourston to work directly with NASA and some to the large Federal Systems Division facility in Manassas, VA. John went to Manassas, and, for the remainder of his career with IBM, worked under US Navy contracts, primarily in sonar systems. The Federal Systems Division was sold to Loral in the early 90's and, two years later, the contracts he worked under were sold to Lockheed Martin. In 2002 John was laid off, along with a large number of Manassas facility employees. He did some consulting work for Lockheed subcontractors for several months and then accepted a classified position in signal processing with Northrop Grumman's Infor! mation Technology/TASC group in 2003 where he remained until his death.

John was an avid car, boat, and plane model builder, and in recent years had been constructing and learning to fly radio-controlled airplanes. He was a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. He was also a member of the Alfa Romeo owners' club; bits and pieces of his red 1960 Spyder remain in the family garage.

He was an excellent cabinet maker and crafted many fine pieces of furniture for family and friends.

In addition to his wife, Mary, he is survived by his sister, Nancy, of Cambridge, MA, Mary's sisters and brothers, Maureen Lanseur and her husband, Boualem Lanseur of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Margaret Oxford and her husband, Alan Oxford of Lafayette, California; James Harrigan and his wife Stefanie Jacob of Pleasant Hill, California; and 13 nieces and nephews.

Charles Eugene Fallen, 60, of Ennis, Texas died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at the Baylor - Medical Center in Dallas after an extended battle with liver and kidney disease. He was born July 22, 1944 in Portland, Maine, the son of Charles Raymond and Frances Gillies Fallen. He graduated from Ennis High In 1962 as class Salutatorian and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966 with a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics. He studied both subjects for an additional year at Georgia Tech before gaining a position at LTV Aerospace in Dallas. During the Vietnam War, Charles served in the United States Army, supporting the Army's new weapons testing program at Fort Rocker Alabama during his tour of duty. In 1973 he graduated from SMU Law School, moved to Plano and opened a law office in Richardson. He practiced law for many years before closing the office and retiring several years ago. In fall 2004, Charles moved back to Ennis, where his family and friends cared for him until his death.
Jaime J Gonzalez-Duke of San Salvador, El Salvador, died Jan 14, 2005.

After graduating in chemical engineering, Jaime moved to California and worked in oil refineries, water treatment plants, and as a consultant for Ben Holt Co. in Pasadena. In April 1989 he married Claudia Lima, who was working in New York at the United Nations. He and Claudia had known each other during their childhood in El Salvador. Their meeting again in the United States and subsequent marriage was a "true miracle".

After his father's death in 1996, Jaime, Claudia, and their two sons reluctantly moved back to El Salvador to handle some family affairs. They kept their home in California, intending to return. Unfortunately, the issues that had taken Jaime back to El Salvador took a long time to resolve. One sunny afternoon, after greeting his workers and making plans to meet his family after his son's swimming lessons, he was brutally taken away and murdered.

His wife and two sons, Jose Luis and Rafael Antonio, sorely miss him. Claudia writes, "He was an honest and noble human being. A humble and sweet person with a unique joy for life. He loved to jog and participated in several marathons but mostly jogged to enjoy nature. His legacy will be continued by his sons."


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Logan L. Donnell died on December 20, 2004 in Boulder, Colorado. No other details are available.
Farris Sam Jabara (we all knew him as Sam), 60, of Phoenix, formerly of Birdsboro, died of natural causes October 20, 2004 in Chandler (Ariz.) Regional Hospital, following a brief illness. He was the husband of Donna (Erickson) Jabara. Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., he was a son of the late Sam F. and Amelia D. Jabara. Jabara was employed for 30 years by AT&T, Reading Works, Muhlenberg Township, retiring in 2000. He was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, with a bachelor's degree in engineering and received his master's degree from Lehigh University, Bethlehem. He served on the Birdsboro Borough Council for several years. Jabara was a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Birdsboro, where he was a vestryman and treasurer for many years. He was a volunteer at a church food bank in Phoenix. Jabara is also survived by two daughters, Lisa Jabara, Chandler, and Leslie Jabara, Mesa, Ariz.
Paul Stein, M.D., aged 60 passed away at his home in Palo Alto, California in September, 2004. Paul is survived by his loving wife, Elyse and his beloved children Michael, Jordana and Jonathan. He was the beloved brother and brother-in-law of Martha and Arthur Gunzberg of New York, and Eddy and Sandy Stein of Vancouver. The beloved uncle of Dylan, Aaron, Reuben and Jordan.
James Henry Batchelder 4TH originally of Pompano Beach, FL, died on December 13, 2003. He had been a senior programmer for the Trapeze Software Group in Burlington, MA.
Ronald Ward died Nov. 2, 2003, in Houston following a 3-month battle with cancer. He worked as a geophysicist in the oil industry for over 20 years, working in Tulsa, Dallas, New Orleans, and Houston for Amoco, BP, LL&E, Burlington, and most recently Geophysical Development Corporation. From 1974 to 1982 he served as Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor of Geosciences as well as Director of the Center for Energy and Lithospheric Studies for the University of Texas at Dallas. Ron was a longtime and very active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and daughters, Jennifer and Natalie.
Roger Roseman died August 26, 2002. He had been living in Israel.  He leaves a daughter, Cheryl Erez.
Rich Palmer passed away on January 1, 2002 after a brave five year fight against multiple myeloma. Rich is survived by his wife, Kei, and sons Todd and Kevin. Rich was originally from Great Neck, New York. After graduating in Course VIII, Rich went on to Princeton University, where he was awarded a Ph. D. in Physics. He worked for many years for Sandia Corporation in Albuquerque, NM and Livermore Laboratories in Livermore, CA.

Prior to his illness, Rich continued to be active in sports, including skiing and tennis. He was a great friend and a great guy, whose sense of humor, kindness and caring personality will be sorely missed by all those who knew him.

James Nelson Jackson, died on August 7, 2001 at age 62 after a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was the husband of Katherine C. (Connell) Jackson and the son of Dorris L. Jackson of New Orleans and the late Marion F. Jackson. James was active in St. Rita's Church in Marion, Massachusetts, where he lived for more than 25 years. He leaves behind his wife, his mother, and four children: James, Jr., Kevin, Michael, and Ann.

He received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy at St. Bonaventure University first, and then came to MIT for a bachelor of science degree in physics in 1966. He subsequently obtained a masters and doctorate from MIT as well. For many years he owned and operated J. N. Jackson & Associates in Marion, a software consulting firm, before joining PNPC of Marlboro.

He was a technology enthusiast and enjoyed a range of hobbies including digital photography, astronomy, cycling and sailing. He was also an accomplished musician. He was active in supporting the American Cancer Society, the Dana-Farber Cancer institute on Boston, and he was a regular participant in the Jimmy Fund Marathon Walk. Donations in his memory to the Jimmy Fund would be appreciated.

Neal Jean Brower, died on July 21, 2000 in Oakville, Ontario at the age of 55. He was the husband and soulmate of Bernadette Donnelly Brower and cherished stepfather to David Patrick. Neal was a graduate of MIT in Electrical Engineering. He entered with the class of 1966, although his graduation was delayed a year due to illness.

Neal was retired from Nortel Communications, and had been a recent lecturer at Conestoge College and a frustrated student of the Arts. Neal's gentle spirit will be sorely missed by all of those who were fortunate enough to know him.

Saul T. Mooallem, died on June 16, 2000 from metastatic prostate cancer. He is survived by his wife, Susan Mooallem, who contributed the following:
He lived well and bravely with the disease for almost six years. During that time he continued to work as a Senior Systems Manager at MetLife, served on our Temple Board as chair of the Social Action Committee, and was an interviewer of prospective MIT students for the Alumni Association. Saul was extremely proud of his years at MIT, and truly believed that the education he received in "thinking and problem-solving" was of utmost value to him during his very successful and rewarding life. Saul is survived by our daughter, Rebecca Goldblat (who married the son of Melvin Goldblat, another alumnus) and by our son Jonathan. It was a blessing to both of us that Saul lived to see his daughter married and his son graduate Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College.
Peter J. Klemperer, beloved husband of Judith, father of Jerusha and Ethan, son of the late Helen and George Klemperer, brother of Fred Klemperer, passed away on March 21, 2000. He devoted most of his professional life to managing health care for the underprivileged of New York, serving for many years as a Vice President of the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation. Peter was also a prominent antiquarian book dealer and collector, widely recognized as an authority on New York City history. His intellect, wit, and ethic of selfless commitment to his family, his community, and his many colleagues and friends will be long remembered.
Karl S. Kunz, died in the year 2000. He was head of the department of electrical engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
Wade G. Swoboda, died in January, 2000. After graduation, Wade worked in the Photo Optics Lab at Litton Industries in the Silicon Valley. After leaving Litton, he went to live on his yacht, a 32-foot yawl rigged wooden sailboat. In 1970, Wade and his wife, Connie, left San Diego to go cruising down to Mexico and ended up in the Cook Islands, via Panama, South America, and assorted exotic tropical islands. The boat fell victim to the toredo worm, so the Cook Islands became home. Among other things, Wade pioneered the only FM radio station in the islands, skippered several island trading vessels, delivered two boats from Europe, and established a recording studio for local musicians. He lived a full and busy life before succumbing to cancer. He was buried at sea off Rarotonga on January 7, 2000. His wife, Connie Columbus Swoboda, survives him.
Ray Petit passed away the morning of June 13, 1999 at the age of 55 at his home in Oak Harbor, Washington. His death was caused by a stroke which was the result of a brain tumor. he is survived by his wife Joyce, twin brother Roy, older brother Todd, and sister Polly.

Ray was a long-time advocate and experimenter in advanced digital logic techniques. Doing business as Petit Logic Systems, Ray designed and developed equipment from Coherent CW, Frequency Synthesizers, Morse-to-teletype Converters, and most recently, CLOVER modem technology. Ray teamed with HAL Communications Corp. in 1990 and his CLOVER technology is now used throughout the world in commercial, government and amateur communications systems. According to his wife, Ray valued his MIT education highly and as part-time Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Computer Sciences at nearby Whidby Naval Base, Ray sought to impart to his students and to uphold in his own life, MIT's high standards of "Excellence, Ethics, and Fun".

Herbert M. Zolot passed away on April 23, 1999.
Stephen Charles Persek passed away on March 9, 1999, at his home in Mineola, New York. He died of lung cancer and a heart attack and was survived by his mother, Zora, and his brother, Richard. He never married.

He spent the last 20 years of his career as a professor of business at St. John's University in Jamaica New York where he taught Business Statistics to undergraduates. He also worked on consulting projects for the university as part of a successful team of engineers and mathematicians. He published many research papers in theoretical mathematics and was much respected in the math community. His brother would like us to know that MIT held a special place in his heart and he greatly appreciated the opportunity to attend MIT.

Fabio Roberto Gonzalez died in 1998.  He leaves a son, Nicholas Gonzalez.
Roberto Sada-Salinas died on September 12, 1998 while hospitalized for a heart attack. At the time of his death he was president of Fovinsa SA in Mexico.   His son wrote:
 When he passed away he was close to his family and in peace.  His obituary read "I lived my life  to the fullest and loved all that I could be".
He leaves a son Roberto Sada Kane, a daughter Allina Sada Kane, and his ex-wife, Alline Kane Quiros with whom he had remained close.
Joseph W. Sullivan, Jr., died of cancer on August 15, 1998 in Avon, Colorado.
Lewis Burke Jackson Jr. last of Mount Kisco, New York, died in 1998. No other information is available.
Richard F. Bera, of Littleton, MA, died in 1998. No other information is available.
Parker E. Marean died unexpectedly on November 23 in Wiscasset. Maine at age 57. He was a partner in the naval architecture firm of Woodin and Marean of Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset, Maine and had worked with John W. Gilbert Associates, naval architects, of Boston, Massachusetts. Although he had graduated from the University of Maine in Mechanical Engineering in 1962, he then went to MIT and received a B.S. in Ocean Engineering in 1966. Much of Peter's professional career dealt with passenger sailing vessels such as Maine's windjammer fleet, the design of sail training vessels such as the brigantine CORWITH CRAMER, and the restoration of historic craft such as the brig USS NIAGARA. He worked closely with the Coast Guard on the development of regulations for passenger sailing vessel stability. Woodlin and Marean also designed fishing vessels. He leaves his wife, Clary (Holmkvist), his father, Parker E. Marean II, a sister, Elizabeth, and two brothers, Karl and Paul.
Dr. John Lehr of Newton, associate director of clinical engineering at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, died July 8, 1997 of cancer. He was 52. Dr. Lehr was born in East Orange, N.J. He received his bachelors degree from MIT in 1966 and his doctorate from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1972. He was a published physiologist, bioengineer, and teacher. He had faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Boston Unversity. He was well-known for his expertise in pulmonary physiology and instrumentation. John was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hiking and cycling. He leaves his wife, Samantha, and two sons, Joshua and Johnathon.
Michael Robert Merritt, October 15, 1996
William J. Kosinar, managing director of Furman Seiz Inc, a New York investment banking firm, died December 31, 1995 in Massachusetts General Hospital of colon cancer. He was 51. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Bill moved to this area to attend MIT, graduating in 1966 with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. He received a master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1968. Bill worked for Gintel & Co, Seidlitz & Co, and New England Life of Boston before becoming a founding partner of Swergold & Chafitz in 1983. In 1989, his firm merged with Furman Selz Inc. and Bill was named managing director, specializing in the health care industry. Bill had homes in both NYC and Cambridge. A sports enthusiast, he had played football at Evanston HS, hockey and lacrosse at MIT, and rugby at Harvard. He loved playing golf and skiing and played hockey until his final illness. Bill was a chartered financial analyst and member fo the NY Society of Securities Analysts. He belonged to the Harvard Club of New York, was treasurer of the class of 1966, and a member of our class reunion committee. He was active in Democratic politics. He left his wife, Patricia Kosinar of Cambridge, and his father, William Charles Kosinar of Evanston.
Carl T. Reichwein died Sept. 28, 1995, in Colorado Springs, CO. He was born Oct. 23, 1944, in Philadelphia to Frank and Margaret Mary (Fahy) Reichwein. He graduated from LaSalle College Preparatory School in Pennsylvania and received three master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Carl worked as an engineer for Science Applications International Corp. He was married May 11, 1991, in Colorado Springs to Mary Rita (Lucero) Reichwein, who lives in Colorado Springs. He also is survived by a son, Ernst F. of Denver, a daughter, Lorelei A. of Englewood, and two grandchildren. He was a Colorado Springs resident for many years and was a member of the Sons of Norway.
Paul T. Bailey died at his home in London, England, on 23 May, 1994. He was 54. A native of Sydney, Australia, he served two years in the Australian army and took his undergraduate physics degree from the University of New England in Armidale. Finding no place in Australia where he could go on to do graduate work in solid-state physics, he came to MIT and took his ScD in physics. He worked for Monsanto Corporation in St Louis, MO, where he patented several magnetic-bubble memory applications. After attending Harvard University's PMD (Program for Management Development), he moved into the field of venture capitalism. In 1982, he and his family emigrated to the UK, where he worked in London for Monsanto's Advent Venture Partners. Two years later, he and colleague Dick Onians set up an independent VC firm, BBHQ, funding such innovative projects as Bloomsbury Publishing and new medical-imaging technologies. He continued to work at BBHQ until his death. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Barbara Godchaux of New Orleans, LA, and two children, Elizabeth and Douglas.
Edward C. Wert died 22 April, 1994. He graduated course VI-A, and lived in Downington PA.
John W. Harris died 16 April, 1994. He graduated in electrical engineering, and worked for the N.S.A. in Maryland.
Janet Ellen Romanowych Dingler. a resident of Palo Alto, California, for 18 years, died July 19, 1993. A native of Norwich, Connecticut, she earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from MIT. She was a Process Economics Consultant at SRI International. She served as a coach and commissioner with the American Youth Soccer Association, headed the advancement program for Boy Scout Troop 76, and was a team mom for Palo Alto Babe Ruth baseball; she also loved to backpack and cook. She was survived by her husband of 27 years, John Dingler of Palo Alto; two sons, 13 and 16 years old; her sister; and several nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society for breast cancer research or to the Boy Scouts of America.
Wayne P. Stevens died in Fairfield, CT May 22, 1993. Wayne graduated in Electrical Engineering, and had been with IBM for his whole career, most recently as a software architect. He also wrote a series of software books and gave classes and seminars for IBM.
Kenneth B. Moore died 2 February, 1993. He graduated in mathematics, and was Application Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
James E. Brown III of Los Angeles California died in June, 1992 after a long and valiant battle with brain cancer. Jim received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1970, and taught for several years at Georgia Tech before pursuing a career with Atlantic Richfield Corporation. Jim was involved in early efforts at Atlantic-Richfield in the use of EE Models to locate oil. He was assigned to Dallas, TX, then Greenwich, CT, and was a resident of Los Angeles, CA when taken ill. He is survived by his loving wife Cathy Brown of St. Augustine, FL, and two daughters, Emily (MIT class of 1996) and Kate.
Paul M. Ledoux, Jr. died 18 January, 1990. He studied electrical engineering, and lived in Arlington, MA.
Tomas F. vanTienhoven died 21 December, 1988 on Pan Am flight 103. He graduated in Civil Engineering, and was Vice President and Director of Tech Services for Sheraton Management Corporation in London, England.
Peter D. Wolfe died 10 December, 1985. He graduated in Electrical Engineering, and lived in San Francisco.
Robert D. Large died 10 December, 1985. He graduated in Metallurgy, and was engineering manager for Arco Metals in Arlington Heights, IL.
Ralph W. McKenney, Jr. died 18 January, 1985. He graduated in Physics.
Michael R. Wolf died 11 November 1983. Originally in the class of 1963, he returned in 1966 and graduated in Physics. From 1964 to 1970 he was with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and worked at their optical satellite tracking stations in the USA, Japan, and Greece. After receiving an MS from Queens University of Belfast, Mike joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where he was a member of the Viking Lander Imaging Team, responsible for camera calibration and image processing of photos of the Martian surface. He was survived by his wife Joyce (MIT 1963) and daughters Katherine and Anne.
Karen S. Henry Shields died 5 May, 1982. She graduated in humanities (XXI-B) and lived in Old Lyme, CT. She was married to Thomas A. Shields.
Alfred C. Stone died 8 September, 1979. He graduated in chemistry and lived in Milton, MA.
Walter L. Bass died 12 June, 1979. He graduated in electrical engineering, and was Divinity Counselor for Truth Beauty & Goodness Production Co., San Francisco.
John M. Mazola died 13 April, 1977. He graduated in electrical engineering, and was a Department Manager at Unisys in Mission Viejo, CA.
Andrew Worek died January 18, 1976 in Harris County, Texas.
Ronald B. Perlman died in an automobile crash on 14 December, 1971. He studied civil engineering at M.I.T.. He was very committed to math and science education for high school students. He worked at Murray Road School in Newton, Massachusetts, and encouraged students there to take personal responsibility, and to use problem solving skills and inquiry rather than simply memorizing material.
John S. Shaberman died on 2 April, 1971.
Craig B. Schiele died on 24 October, 1970. He died flying a mission in Laos while serving his country as a CH-3E Special Operations helicopter pilot. In the words of his friend Jerrald Kibby,
I was his roommate in Southeast Asia until my tour ended and I got to leave. That was about the 12th of October 1970. I found out a few weeks later that Craig was killed on a mission on the 24th of October. I flew with Craig extensively. He was as sharp as they came and intimately aware of every nuance of helicopter operations. Craig spent his tour in the war saving lives of both U.S Army Special Forces troops and Laotian troops. Prior to that assignment, he flew C-141 Starlifters from McCord AFB, Washington on cargo and passenger operations worldwide, but primarily to and from the Southeast Asia operational area. We were room mates because we got along so well. Craig was one of the nicest and smartest people you will ever meet.
Srinivas Sundara Rajan died in July 1970 at MIT after finishing his MBA at Sloan.
Harper B. Keeler (Ph.D. '66) (Major, USAF) died on 30 January, 1969. He was the second son of an Air Force family and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1957. He was trained as a KC-135 pilot and served many years on air refueling crews prior to entering the Ph.D. program at MIT. Upon completion of the program in 1966, he served as a member of the faculty of the Political Science Department of the U.S. Air Force Academy and then was assigned as an RF-4 pilot in southeast Asia. He was an intelligent and light-hearted man who enjoyed the company of his three children (Susan, Harper, Jr., and Michael), had an exceptional gift for athletics and music, and has been greatly missed since his death on January 30, 1969. His widow, Gail L. K. Cashen (gcashen@taconic.net), would be pleased to hear from any who remember him.
Douglas D. Wilson died on 27 October, 1968.
Subhast-Chandra H. Kotecha died in September, 1968.
Harold C. Barnes died on 29 May, 1967.
Gerald C. Wolpin died on 13 February, 1967.
Lawrence F. Surasky died on 29 June, 1966.
Kenneth Kushner died on 17 October, 1965.
Douglas Fillebrown died in 1964, in a fraternity house fire at the University of New Hampshire, before graduating from MIT.

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Class of 1966