In Memoriam


Classmates whose deaths we have learned of  in 2005, 2006 & 2007



FREEMAN ORCUTT MICHKILS, in Shoreline, WA on January 8, 2005

THEODORE STRAIT WILLIAMS, in Flemington, NJ on January 12

HENRY CALDWELL TOLL, in Albuquerque, NM, on January 23,

HENRY THOMPSON REATH, in Philadelphia, PA, on January 31.

CHARLES DUNCAN FERRIS, in Florham Park, NJ, on January 30

ROY PATTON HOWELL, JR. in Dallas, TX on May 16

JOHN STUART MORROW, in Sewickley, PA, on May 17.

EDWARD RALPH KIMMEL, in Wilmington, DE on July 1.

HENRY GRANT THEIS, in Los Angeles, CA on July 7.

JOSEPH ELMER WEISHEIT, in Ruxton, MD on July 7.

ARTHUR ERNEST MITTNACHT, JR., in Pinehurst, NC on July 14.

REUEL KIMBALL HARTSHORNE, in Point Pleasant, NJ on July 27.

SLOAN YOUNG BASHINSKY, in Birmingham, Al on August 3

CLARENCE ERNEST STANLEY BELLOWS, JR. in Midland, TX on August 15

HENRY GOUVERNEUR KEELER, JR., in Vero Beach, FL on September 23
BERNARD PATRICK GRIFFIN, in Cheverly, VA on September 29

WILLIAM EDWARD THOMPSON, in New York City on October 9

JOHN A. DAVIS BANKS, in Vero Beach, FL on November 29

STEPHEN CROUSE HART, in Deland, FL on February 25, 2006

CARLOS IGNACIO ARCAYA, in Caracas, Venezuela on May 21, 2002

JOHN PETER STAMAN, JR.,  in Philadelphia, PA on April 10, 2006

ETTORE HOWARD GRASSI, in Chestertown, MD on April 24, 2006

ROBERT LOUIS GENSLER,  in Petaluma, CA on June 12, 2003

JOHN GRANT TRITSCH, in St. Augustine, FL on April 29, 2006

HECTOR WALLACE GRISWOLD, in Naples, FL on June 4

VANCE WILEY TORBERT, JR.  in Dallas, TX. on May 6.

EDGAR DUTCHER ROMIG in Washington, DC on June 13

DANIEL IRVING LARKIN in Amherst, NY on June 16

SHELBY REES LEE, JR. in Memphis, TN on December 30, 2005

WALTER HEWITT, in Lansdale, PA on September 20, 2006

ELLIS LAURIMORE PHILLIPS, JR. in Medford, MA on September26

GORDON BENT, in Lake Forest, IL on September 19

STUART HAMILTON, in Glastonbury, CT on September 19

WALTER HEWITT, in Lansdale, PA on September 20

JOHN  RYCKMAN WALBRIDGE, in West Islip, NY on October 21

WILLIAM BANNARD RANKEN, in Wilmington, DE on January 8, 2007

CHARLES BLAKEY BLACKMAR, in Belleair, FL on January 20

HENRY CLAY FRICK,  in Alpine, NJ on February 9

EDWARD UNDERHILL MURPHY, in Evansville, IN on April 12

ROBERT MASON THOMAS, in  Phoenix, MD on May 15

HERBERT VAN SANT BREWER,  in Brewster, MA,  on March 3

RALPH EDWIN CHURCH, JR., in Vero Beach, FL, on June 5

ALLEN  HOWARD LEMMON,  JR in Hilton Head, FL,  on June 22

RICHARD HARTSHORNE, in Sacramento, CA, on June 13

THOMAS ELY TAPLIN, in Denver, CO, on June 3

What follows is a tribute to Tom from Princeton's Office of Gift Planning:
    "He was a very thoughtful Tiger. Son of the owner and president of the coal-hauling Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad, brother of Frank E. Taplin, Jr. '37 - whose gifts to the University include Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall - and father of Frank W. Taplin '82, Tom inherited a love of railroads from his father and shared a deep affection for Princeton with his brother and son.
    "He set up a charitable remainder trust at Princeton in 1984 with $400,000. During his lifetime, Taplin received quarterly payments of 5% pf the trust's value each year, which grew substantially over more than two decades. When the trust terminated this year, it was valued at more than $2.5 million - almost six times its original value."
RICHARD ELLSWORTH KEENEY, in Gardner, MA on January 6, 2006

ALFRED JOHNSON COYLE, in Tequesta, FL on June 17, 2007

THOMAS ROBERT FIDDLER, in Ponte Vedra, FL on June 27

GEOFFREY MONTGOMERY TALBOT JONES, in NYC on July 20

STEPHEN ROGERS STEINHAUSER, in Bradenton, FL on Aug. 11

Butterflies? He had 35,000!

                      

   Steve at work tending to his remarkable
   collection at the Allyn Museum in Sarasota

Datelined August 17, Bradentown, Florida, the The Saratoga Herald-Tribune ran a wonderful obit on our classmate which the paper has given us permission to reprint. The piece was written by Paul Zaloudek. In order to read the whole thing, because of copyright restrictions, it's necessary to click on the paper's website at http://
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070817/NEWS/708170581/-1/xml
(Whew! This computer age!
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While living abroad for nearly 20 years helping foreign countries expand their mining capabilities, geologist Steve Steinhauser made sure he packed his butterfly net.

His childhood hobby of collecting butterflies grew into one of the largest personal collections worldwide with close to 35,000 specimens, including more than 40 previously undocumented species and subspecies from Southeast Asia, Central America and South America.

Steinhauser later sold his collection to Sarasota's Allyn Museum of Entomology, now part of the University of Florida's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, the second-largest butterfly collection in the world with more than 8 million specimens.

Steinhauser, 86, moved from Weston, Conn., to Southwest Florida in retirement 30 years ago to advance scientific research at the museum. He died Aug. 11 of complications from heart disease.

As an economic geologist with the United Nations, Steinhauser spent five years in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, beginning in 1959 to help advance mining production, particularly copper.

"He had a mining pick in one hand and a butterfly net in the other," recalled his stepson, Larry Lloyd of Houston. "Some of the places he went to were remote and he'd ride an elephant to get there."

Steinhauser's family often accompanied him on his far-flung assignments that included Chile, Argentina, El Salvador and Colombia. He often spent several years in each country.

Some of the butterflies he collected were rare, including one species unrepresented in the world's largest butterfly collection at London's Natural History Museum until it received a specimen from Steinhauser's collection, said Jacqueline Miller, associate director of UF's McGuire Center and the Allyn curator of lepidoptera.

Steinhauser's interests in butterflies included scientific research as a volunteer and later as a part-time staff member at the Allyn Museum before its collection was transferred to Gainesville in 2004. He wrote or co-authored more than 20 scientific papers on various butterfly species.

He also was a skilled woodcarver and craftsman who built his own butterfly display cases, and was known for his sense of humor.

"He had a unique ability to remember every joke he was told," his stepson said.

Added Steinhauser's wife, Josie: "On one hand he was a very happy-go-lucky guy, but he was also very meticulous" in his scientific pursuits.

(For the rest of the story click on the link indicated above.)

ALLEN CARYL BIGELOW, in Charlotte, NC, on August 27.

JOHN SWINTON KING,  in Ann Arbor, MI, on August 30.

GHERARDO JOSEPH GHERARDI, in  Hearne, TX, on September 6.

S.  STONEY SIMONS. in Gwynedd, PA. on October 1.

ANDREW WELSH IMBRIE, in Berkeley, CA on December 5.

JOHN SUMMERFIELD GREEN 111, in Snow Hill, MD, on November 11

CHARLES SIMS FARR, in New Yok City, on Decembe 11






          

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