Germaine L. Cyr Bois, who worked in Bowdoin dining services for eighteen years, died on July 9, 2018, in Portland, Maine.

(The following was published in the Times Record):

Germaine L. Cyr Bois, age ninety-eight, of Brunswick died Monday July 9, 2018, surrounded by her family at Maine Medical Center, Portland.

Germaine was born February 11, 1920 in Fort Kent, a daughter of Emile and Edith Marquis Rioux. She married John Cyr in 1943, who died in 1952. In 1958 she married Bertrand Bois who passed away in 2000.

Germaine was someone who always enjoyed her family and friends. She had worked in food services at Bowdoin College and in Brunswick schools for eighteen years, where she also served on the Affirmative Action Committee at Longfellow Elementary School. She was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Church and The Daughters of Isabella.

Through her life and into retirement Germaine volunteered for several organizations including the Town of Brunswick Election Polls, People Plus, Pejepscot Historical Society, the American Cancer Society, and served ten years on the Pejepscot Terrace Tenants Committee.

Germaine’s primary focus was raising and caring for her seven children. In her leisure she enjoyed sewing, knitting, exercising, and gardening.

She was predeceased by her husbands; a very dear friend, Joseph Simard, Sr.; a brother, Paul E. Rioux; sisters, Marie Mae Cameron, Etiquette Pelletier, and Edwina Roy.

She is survived by three sons, Maurice Cyr and his wife Carol of Natick, MA, Robert Bois and his wife Carol of Framingham, MA, Michael Bois and his wife Mayme of Jefferson, MD; four daughters, Colette Cyr Gagnon of Deland, FL, Elaine Cyr and her wife Chris Chapman of Harpswell, Janice Cyr and her husband Allen Halvorsen of Brunswick, Sandra Bois Dwyer and her husband Hugh of Brunswick; thirteen grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to express their appreciation to Dionne Commons for the love and care they showed to Germaine and her family.

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Jack W. Swenson ’55 died on July 14, 2018, in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

(The following was published in The Boston Globe):

Jack W. (Wendell) eighty-five, passed away on July 14, 2018, at the Cape Cod Hospital. He was born on June 8, 1933, Walpole, MA and was the son of Carl and Naemi (Storm) Swenson. He was the husband to Deborah (Mahoney) Swenson of Chatham, MA for forty-eight years.

He is survived by his son, Christopher F. Swenson, Moultonborough, NH and daughter, Maggie Swenson, Abington, MA. Also survived by grandchildren: Laura Swenson and Robbie Swenson of Winnetka, IL and sister, Madeline Peifer of Walnut Creek, CA. He is predeceased by his brothers, Richard Swenson, Robert Swenson and Francis Swenson and his sisters, Florence Everburg and Ruth Everburg.

Jack graduated from Walpole High School in 1951, Bowdoin College, as well as MBA Amos Tuck, Dartmouth. He served as a Reserve Commissioned Officer Second Lieutenant in the United States Army.

After working at Mobil Oil Corporation, First National Bank of Boston, Old Colony Trust Company and Chase Investment Services, he opened J.W. Swenson Counsel in Weston, MA, which he ran, until his death, for over forty-five years.

Jack was a resident of Sudbury, MA for over thirty years, and served on the Finance Committee for the town, was a Trustee of Memorial Congregational Church, Chaired the Greater Boston United Way Fund, and served on the board of the Greenwood Club. He also lived in Weston, MA for four years as well as the Back Bay in Boston for twenty-four years. While living in the Back Bay, he jogged daily on the Esplanade, was a subscriber to Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet. Jack also was a summer resident and most recently was a full time resident of Chatham, MA.

While in Chatham, Jack became an active member and participant of First Congregational Church of Chatham, active tennis player at CBTC, member of Eastward Ho! Country Club and a member of the Seaside Spinners. He was the captain of his boat “Magpie”. Jack was an avid birder, biker, hiker, jogger (in five continents), and world traveler. One of his greatest passions was skiing. He went skiing every winter at Alta Utah through his eighteeth birthday. Jack was a true gentleman, a kind man, true and loyal friend, an on-going smile and a subtle sense of humor. He was proud of his Swedish heritage, his family, and his successful career.

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Albert Bachorowski ’57 died on July 15, 2018, in Middleton, Massachusetts.

(The following was published in The Salem News on July 17, 2018):

Dr. Albert L. Bachorowski, eighty-two, of Middleton, beloved husband of Patricia E. (Meaney) Bachorowski, died peacefully, Sunday, July 15, 2018, at home surrounded by his loving family. 

Born in Salem he was the son of the late Alphonse and Alice (Kowalski) Bachorowski. He was raised and educated in Salem and was a graduate of St. John’s Preparatory High School. Al continued his education receiving his undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, and his D.D.S from New York University where he also served his internship, followed by his residency at Delaware Hospital. Al and Pat lived in Danvers for over forty years. 

Dr. Bachorowski was an oral surgeon and was the proprietor of the Bachorowski Dental offices in Peabody and in Lynn. He was known for his expertise in the field of dentistry and his exemplary level of care. He treated patients with respect and put them to ease with his kind and caring manner. 

A lifelong athlete, Al was an avid golfer and skier. He was a member of the Old Newbury Golf Club. He enjoyed working out and was active throughout his life. 

A loving husband, father, and grandfather, he enjoyed spending time with his family. He was especially happy when involved in his grandchildren’s activities and was fondly known as their “Papa.” He will be deeply missed by his loving family and many friends. 

Surviving Al, in addition to his wife Pat, with whom he shared fifty-two years of marriage, are his daughters, Andrea McCowan and her husband Jeffrey of Danvers, and Sari Rochford and her husband Matthew of Magnolia; his grandchildren, Meghan and Macie McCowan of Danvers and Colby, Bryce and Dylan Rochford of Magnolia; and several nieces and nephews. He was also the father of the late Craig Bachorowski. 

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Richard M. Burston ’49 died on July 17, 2018, in Brookline, Massachusetts.

(The following appeared online at the StamfordAdvocate):

Dick Burston, ninety-three, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. Dick was born in Brookline, Mass., on October 31, 1924 to the late Anita and Mark Burston where he spent his childhood with his late brother LeRoy Burston before moving to New York City as an adult. It was in NYC where he met the love of his life Phoebe Harvey Hopkins and made her his wife on August 29, 1958. Phoebe and Dick moved to Stamford, Connecticut where they raised their five children Abby, Seth, Joshua, Mark, and Amanda. He is survived by all his children (and their spouses), his wife Phoebe and fourteen grandchildren.

Dick graduated from Boston High School at age sixteen with the goal of attending a prep school. He had always lived for sports, excelling in football, ice hockey, and baseball and he wanted an opportunity to play some more. When his dad gave him a flat out “no” Dick decided to go for it anyway without the help of his parents. It was the first time in his life that he showed this type of initiative, but certainly not the last.

So in the fall of 1941, Dick was granted a sports scholarship to Kents Hill Prep School in Maine where he played his favorite sports while attending with his lifelong best friend, the late Bill Daugherty, who was there on a sports scholarship as well. After graduating from Kents Hill at age seventeen, and as the US was on the brink of entering into WWII, Dick enrolled in the Maine Maritime Academy earning the title of Naval Reserve Officer and serving in the South Pacific aboard the USS Alhena during the war, for which he will be honored at Arlington at a future date.

After the war, Dick attended Bowdoin College where he was captain of the baseball team and graduated after only two and a half years. He was then accepted at The Harvard Business School but was diagnosed with polio during his first semester. The virus attacked one of his legs and although the doctors told him he’d never walk again, Dick made up his mind to walk spending countless hours swimming and training his foot muscles to work. Undefeated, Dick returned to Harvard in the fall of 1950 and graduated with the class of ’52. He went on to be a self-made man and founder of three of his own successful businesses in the professional beauty industry.

Dick’s recovery from polio is a metaphor for his whole life. He approached all of life’s challenges with a winning mindset, never accepting the word “can’t.” Anyone who was lucky enough to know Dick gets it. He had a way of making people feel good about themselves with his humble manner, quiet intellect, and engaging spirit. He was a wonderful man, devoted husband, generous father with both his time and his assets, and seriously loved by all who met him. He also believed strongly in giving back as a civic volunteer, including several years as Little League President and on the Board of Trustees for two of his alma maters. With his big heart and warm smile he was known to his kids’ friends as Mr. B. Even though his presence was so big, he delighted in simple pleasures like a Red Sox game on TV, a sunset off his deck in Maine, fly-fishing on the Little Sou’west Miramichi, family gatherings, and a good Scotch. 

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Michael Tremblay ’95 died on July 20, 2018, in Kennebunk, Maine.

(The following was published in The Boston Globe on July 24, 2018):

Michael Donald Tremblay of Kennebunk, ME, age forty-five, died unexpectedly July 20, 2018.

Michael was born April 7, 1973 in Attleboro, MA, a son of Ronald and Mary (Stewart) Tremblay. He graduated with a BA in biology from Bowdoin College and earned his MBA from the University of New Hampshire. Michael started his career at Spencer Press in production planning and scheduling. After earning his MBA in Finance, Michael left to work at Liberty Mutual, most recently as a project manager. On July 20, 2002, Michael married Dr. Christine Marie Haney, D.O.

Michael loved spending time with his family, especially his and Christine’s three children. He loved cooking and providing for gatherings and spending time at the beach. Michael enjoyed football and was an avid New England sports fan.

Michael is lovingly remembered by his wife, Christine; his children, John, Emma and Sarah; his parents, Ronald and Mary Tremblay from Kennebunk; his sister, Lori Anne Huff of Sanford, ME; his father and mother in law, John and Carol Haney of Needham, MA, his brothers and sisters in law, Michael and Julie Spenlinhauer of Kennebunkport and Carolyn and Jason McNeill of Needham, MA; and several nieces and nephews

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Richard Galler ’62 died on July 23, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.

(The following was published in The Boston Globe on July 24, 2018):

Richard M. Galler Of the East Fenway Community in Boston on Monday, July 23, 2018. For thirty-nine years, he was the beloved husband of Vicki H. (Kanter) Galler. Loving father of Britt Galler and her husband Jeffrey Caspary of Petaluma, CA. Adored grandfather of Poppy Galler Caspary. Dear brother of Judith Karlin and her husband Lawrence of Weston. Cherished uncle of Benjamin and Jeremy Karlin of MA, Daniel Karlin of Washington, DC, Noah and Alex Kardon of NY. Brother-in-law of Marna Kardon and her husband Ronald of NY.

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Ronald G. Dyer ’59 died on July 30, 2018, in Lenox, Massachusetts.

(The following was published in The Berkshire Eagle on August 3, 2018):

Ronald Govinda Dyer, eighty-one, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 30, 2018 in Lenox, MA. He was born May 26,1937 in Portland, Maine, to Granville and Ethel Lamb Dyer. Beautiful Casco Bay was in the Dyer’s backyard, and as a young boy, Ron learned how to sail from his father. His passion for sailing led him to skipper for the Centerboard Yacht Club Crew in South Portland and in 1954, he became the Maine Junior Sailing Champion.

Ron had a thirst for knowledge and graduated from South Portland High School in 1955 with high honors. He went on to Bowdoin College where he made the Dean’s list, lettered in sailing and was Commodore for the sailing team in his senior year. Ron received a B.S. in physics from Bowdoin in 1959.

Ron was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1960. After completing boot camp, Ron’s superiors discovered he was a physicist and placed him in the Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia. After completing his service in the Army, Ron continued to work at the Frankford Arsenal until the early 1970s.

Around this time, Ron began to practice yoga, and was drawn to its spiritual teachings. He left his job at the arsenal and joined the first Kripalu ashram in Sumneytown, PA. His understanding of yoga deepened as he traveled to India with his teacher. It was during this time that he was given the Sanskrit name of Govinda. He felt fortunate to have met Swami Kripalu, whose teachings are the foundation of the current Kripalu Center in Lenox. In 1976, Ron chose to travel the U.S. for a couple of years. He explored the National Parks and lesser known towns and cities before settling in another ashram in California. In the mid 1980s, Ron chose to return to the community where he first learned about yoga, and where he would remain for the rest of his life. He moved to the newly established Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, MA, where he worked and developed a community of lifelong, like-minded friends. The yogic lifestyle suited Ron’s gentle and loving spirit well and he was devoted to Kripalu throughout its evolution and growth.

Living in Stockbridge, Ron was also able to attend to his second love, classical music. For many years, he eagerly anticipated the summer months when he would attend every concert of the Boston Symphony that he could at Tanglewood.

While Ron’s lifestyle choice wouldn’t suit everyone, his chosen path couldn’t have suited him better. He lived simply and contentedly, pursuing the things that brought him the greatest joy, and in turn, sharing that joy with those he loved. He is survived by his brother, Dexter Dyer of Stuart, FL and his sister, Marcia Berman, of South Portland, ME; his nephew, Dave Dyer, of Stuart, FL, two nieces, Ann Corvi of Bristol, RI, and Laurie Dyer Moulton of Portland, ME, and his chosen extended family of treasured brothers and sisters at Kripalu Center. 

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William Craig ’66 died on June 27, 2018, in New York, New York.

(The following was published in the Portland Press Herald on August 5, 2018):

William Starling Craig died on June 27, 2018, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York City.
He was born October 3, 1944, in Shreveport, LA. The son of a military family, he lived in many locations in the United States and abroad, including a long period in Maine, where he retired in 2013 in Bowdoinham. Bill was educated at Lincoln and Buker schools and was graduated from Cony High School in 1962.
He majored in history at Bowdoin College and graduated from that institution in the class of 1966. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago and practiced for many years as a member of the Illinois and Nebraska bars. In 1988 he moved to Madison, WI, with his wife and son, where he studied urban planning at the University of Wisconsin.
Throughout his life, Bill retained his habit of wide reading in the fields of history and political science. His other interests included travel, gardening, Chinese cuisine, and French culture and language. He strove for perfection in all that he undertook. Intellectual pursuits aside, he maintained that the most important day of his life was the birthday of his son Nicholas.
His parents Miriam Weaver Craig and Paul Craig predeceased him. He is survived by his wife of forty-four years, Mary Emily Bussey; his son, Nicholas P. W. Craig; and his sister, Paula Craig Kudma.
Bill’s family would like to thank the staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering for the superb and empathetic care given to him and his family during his last days.

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Thomas Dwight ’54 died on July 27, 2018, in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.

(The following was published on Legacy.com):

It is with great sadness that Tom Dwight’s family announces his passing on July 27, 2018, at the age of eighty-six, due to complications from late-stage Alzheimer’s. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Tom moved to Minneapolis with his family as a child. He attended The Blake School, graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine and received his law degree from the University of Minnesota. Tom followed his father into the trust business, first at Chicago Continental Bank in Chicago, 1957-62, and then for thirty-five years with First Trust/USBank of St. Paul, retiring as Senior Vice President in 1997. He always enjoyed working with clients and was respected and loved by clients and coworkers alike. In 1954, Tom married Isabel Rife. Tim and Margo were born in Chicago, and then the family settled in Birchwood Village on the shores of White Bear Lake, where Elizabeth and Leslie were born. After he divorced, Tom married Helen in 1976, and they lived in Stillwater and then Mahtomedi. Tom served on numerous boards, including Courage Center, International Wolf Center, and Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota. At Parks & Trails, he helped purchase and set aside thousands of acres of parkland in Minnesota. An avid outdoors person and conservationist, Tom loved every hike, every ski and every stroke of his canoe paddle with family and a close group of friends. He nurtured a strong love of nature and wild places in his children and grandchildren. He had a passion for planting trees, passed down from his father, and he was a talented amateur landscape photographer. Tom had a quiet sense of humor that stayed with him even as Alzheimer’s clouded his memory. He moved into Clare Bridge/Brookdale North Oaks in 2013 and enjoyed giving poetry readings and listening to classical and jazz music. Tom was a loving father, grandfather, and husband. He will be remembered by his wife, Helen; daughters, Margo (Guido), Elizabeth (Heradio), and Leslie (Mike); and grandchildren, Cassie, Sofi, Harry, and Miles. Tom was preceded in death by parents Evangeline and Floyd, stepmother Grace, son Timothy, and son-in-law Heradio.

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Anthony Kennedy III ’53 died on July 31, 2018, in Muncy, Pennsylvania.

(The following was published in The Sun-Gazette on August 4, 2018):

Anthony Kennedy III passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Muncy.

Proud to have been born in the state of Maine on August 13, 1931, he spent many happy summers there with his New England family. He was the son of the late Lilian Tarbell Kennedy and Captain Anthony Kennedy Jr.

He is survived by wife, Carol; children, Anthony Kennedy IV, of Chadds Ford, PA, Caroline Kennedy Stone, of Baton Rouge, La. and Ailsa Kennedy Gagel, of Sugar Hill, Maine.

His brothers, Richard TilgmanPaca Kennedy and Jackson Weatherbee Tarbell Kennedy preceded him in death.

He had four grandchildren, Victoria “Tory,” Alexander, Bentley, and George. He was Uncle Tony to Elizabeth “Lisa” Kennedy Duke, Richard “Paca” Kennedy and Alexandra “Looie” Kennedy Gittenes. He is also survived by Anne Prehn to whom he was also married at one time.

He graduated from Episcopal Academy in Merion, PA “when the beautiful Upper School was still standing.” He received his bachelor’s degree in english from Bowdoin College, Class of 1953 and was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He also attended the Wharton School of Business. He worked in advertising promotion with the company now known as GlaxoSmithKline for the majority of his career and later worked with Herron Cable.

He served in the Naval Reserve his entire adult life until his retirement as a Chief Petty Officer. He worked in Special Operations and the Navy Press Corps.

He had a penchant for bow ties, bright colors and was known as a snappy dresser with an ebullient, happy personality. He was also an avid sports fan, particularly his beloved Red Sox. He played tennis, coached ice hockey, and was a Boy Scout Master for Troop 112. He went to every Philadelphia Flyers and Phillies game that he could, when he wasn’t in Brunswick, Maine for an alumni event at Bowdoin College. In years past, he enjoyed serving as an Announcer for the Scottish Games. More recently he was a proud and active member of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, the oldest agricultural society in the United States.

He was a true storyteller, but joked that he could “also listen on occasion.” He loved the outdoors and grooming the landscaping of his mother’s home in Rose Valley, Pa., where he and his family lived for many years. In Muncy, he lived in the carriage house of Muncy Farms which was owned by his dear friend Malcom Barlow. He spent many happy times on the front porch enjoying the grounds as the sun faded into dusk.

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Henry Conway ’51 died on August 1, 2018, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

(The following was published on DignityMemorial.com):

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Robley Wilson Jr. ‘52, H ’87, died on August 7, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.

When those in Sanford and Springvale village read Robley Wilson Jr.’s books, they sometimes feel they are reading about home.

Often, the short story writer, poet, and novelist would describe locations that seemed very familiar. He called the towns or the villages in his book by some other name, but often those who live here knew he was really describing this street or that neighborhood in Sanford.

Wilson, who was also a longtime editor of the North American Review, was born and raised in Sanford and went to Bowdoin College after graduating from Sanford High School in 1948. He told a reporter in 2001 that he quit college a couple of times, and worked at the Sanford Tribune, the forerunner to the Journal Tribune, during those periods, first as a proofreader and then as a reporter.

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Rodman Snelling ’53 died on August 13, 2018, in Wilmington, Deleware.

(The following was published in The News Journal from August 15 to August 19, 2018):

Rod Snelling died on Monday, August 13 of complications following heart surgery. Son of Beatrice Bamforth and Samuel William Snelling, Rod was destined to make a difference in the world through his devotion to private-independent school education. A graduate of Deerfield Academy, MA, Rod first saw private school management under the leadership of legendary Deerfield Head, Frank Boyden. Rod went on to Bowdoin College and married Anne Kurtz after they graduated. Rod joined the army and had two children, Roxanne and Glenn, and pursued his doctorate in education from the University of Virginia.

Rod started as a math teacher but quickly moved to Headmaster of Detroit Country Day School, MI, as the youngest Head in the country at the time. There, he led the school through a period of large growth before taking a year-long sabbatical. He then moved to Wilmington, DE, to lead The Tatnall School from 1968-1976. While Head, he created a seven-term schedule to make more efficient use of time, space and personnel. While the Nova only lasted a couple years, he was fifty years before his time in his vision, as this type of schedule is now being adopted by private-independent schools across the country to give students a “Twenty-First Century” education.

During his last year as Head, Rod and Anne founded Independent School Management, a consulting and research firm which is devoted to the management and function of private independent schools, located in Wilmington. Over the 43 years since its inception, thousands of administrators and schools in North America and American schools abroad have benefited from his theory, research, and analysis.

Following Anne’s death in 2011 after fifty-eight years of marriage, Rod found another true love in Marge Bonetti. Missing him greatly are his wife of six years, Marge, his daughter Roxanne (Rob) Higgins, his son Glenn Snelling (Andrea Dickerson), three grandchildren Brian (Beth) Elliott, Lauren Elliott, and Morgan Snelling (Greg Plover) and two great-grandchildren Samantha Elliott and Mia Plover.

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James W. MacAllen ’66, trustee emeritus, died on August 16, 2018, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

(President Clayton Rose sent the following letter to the Bowdoin community on August 16, 2018:)

To the Bowdoin community,

It is with great sadness that I write to tell you of the passing of Trustee Emeritus Jim MacAllen ’66, who died this morning at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jim was devoted to Bowdoin—as an outstanding athlete and campus leader in his undergraduate days, as a dedicated alumnus who gave generously of his time, talent, and resources to the College, and as a trustee whose leadership was characterized by wisdom, passion, kindness, and eloquence.  

Jim was born on February 19, 1944, in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Hingham High School, where he established a strong record in the classroom, in student government, and on the football and baseball fields. 

At Bowdoin, Jim was an economics major, sang in the Glee Club, was elected president of Zeta Psi Fraternity, played baseball for two seasons, and was on the track team in his sophomore year. But it was Jim’s performance as a wide receiver on the football team that attracted the greatest attention. By the time he graduated, Jim held records for the most career catches, most career yards, and most career and single-season touchdowns by a receiver. He still holds both touchdown records and is among the leading Bowdoin receivers in other categories. He was named to the Associated Press First Team All-New England (all divisions) and the All-Maine and United Press International New England Small College teams, and he received All-East Honorable Mention honors. The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League offered him a free-agent contract. Although he was eventually cut from the team, he was always grateful for having been given the opportunity to compete at the highest levels of the sport. In 2010 he was inducted into the Bowdoin College Athletic Hall of Honor.

Jim earned an MBA in 1968 from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Graduate Business Education. He married Patricia Steinke in June of that year and also began his career as an analyst in the securities department of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1977. Jim held senior executive positions in the investments field with the Allstate Insurance Company in Northbrook, Illinois, and with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1983 he joined Wilmington Capital Management, Inc. in Delaware before returning to the Boston area as chief investment officer for David L. Babson & Co. He served as the firm’s president until his retirement in 1999.

Jim engaged in public service wherever he lived, drawing on his leadership skills and financial experience to advance the work of boards or committees for diverse organizations, such as the Nellie Mae Foundation (director), the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company (director), the South Shore YMCA (chair), the Gettysburg College Parents Executive Committee, the Springfield Public Forum (past president), Bay State Medical Center, the Hingham Public Library, the Hingham Scholarship Fund Committee, numerous committees of the United Methodist Church of West Chester, the United Way, the Springfield Institution for Savings, and the Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale.

Bowdoin benefited in so many ways over so many years from his energy and generosity. He served as a BASIC representative and a career advisor and an associate class agent for the Class of 1966. Over the years, he filled a variety of important roles for his class reunions, including special gifts chair, planned giving chair, and reunion co-chair. He was also an Alumni Fund director, serving as chair in 1992-1993. Jim was elected to the board of overseers in 1995 and became a trustee when the College adopted a unicameral system of governance. He served on a number of committees of the trustees, including the executive, audit, student affairs, admissions and financial aid, development and college relations, and campaign steering committees. Jim provided me with remarkable advice, wisdom, and support from my first days at the College, for which I will always be grateful.

Jim co-established the Class of 1966 Memorial Scholarship Fund and supported a number of other scholarship funds that honored those who were important to his Bowdoin experience. In 2004 Jim and Pat established the James W. and Patricia A. MacAllen Scholarship Fund at Bowdoin. 

Jim was awarded the Alumni Service Award at his fiftieth reunion in 2016. That same year, the board of trustees voted emeritus status for this loyal Bowdoin son and, last fall, the board decided to name one of the upper-class residences now under construction on Park Row in Jim’s honor.

Jim is survived by his wife, Pat, his daughter, Carrie Baumgartner, his son, David MacAllen, and six grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 1, at the United Church of Christ, 460 Main Street, Norwell, MA.

Julianne and I are deeply saddened by Jim’s passing, and our hearts go out to his family and many friends at this difficult time. Our college has lost a steadfast advocate and selfless leader, and all of us who knew Jim have lost a treasured friend. We are humbled and inspired by his example, by his spirit, and by his life well lived.

Sincerely,

Clayton

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David Thurlow ’71 died on August 4, 2018, in Leicester, Massachusetts.

David L. Thurlow, 69, passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 4, 2018. He leaves his loving wife of twenty-two years, Andrea (Lemerise) Thurlow and their yellow lab, Mason.

Dave was born in Augusta, Maine, the youngest of three children born to Clinton F. and Marion W. Thurlow. He was pre-deceased by his parents, his brother Robert, and sister Barbara Burns. He is survived by his beloved nephews Robert and Howard Thurlow, Jeffery and Jason Burns, niece Julie Burns, two more generations of close nieces and nephews, and many loving cousins.

In addition to his biological family, Dave is survived by his wonderful in-laws, the Lemerise family, and his second family, the Turnbulls, who were very dear to him. Dave also leaves many special circles of friends from his Bowdoin and UMass days and Clark colleagues, all too numerous to name. He truly loved all those around him.

Dave completed his BA at Bowdoin College and his MS at UMaine-Orono. He then earned a PhD in Biochemistry from UMass-Amherst. After appointments at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Strasbourg, France and then at UMass, he accepted a permanent position at Clark University, where he rose to the rank of Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry before retiring in 2017.

During his thirty-two years at Clark, Dave demonstrated his skills as a teacher, researcher, and mentor, earning the University’s Outstanding Teacher award twice and its Outstanding Advisor award four times, the only professor ever to do so. Dave found a love in mentoring students who wanted to pursue careers in the health professions and was the director of Clark’s pre-health advising program (medical, dental, veterinary, etc.) for fifteen years.

He was as respected by his colleagues as he was by his students and served on the Executive Committee for the Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions for twelve years. Toward the end of his career at Clark, he was one of the major movers in the development of the University’s new concentration in Public Health.

All who knew Dave understood how much he loved teaching and guiding his students, and daily visits to Annie’s Clark Brunch. He treasured his time at Clark and it truly brought him fulfillment.

As much as he loved his job, he cherished his annual summer getaways to Summerhaven in Maine, where many fond memories were made with family and friends. Summerhaven will always be close to his heart.

He will be missed the most by his wife — the love of his life with whom he shared many meaningful moments and travel adventures. He especially loved walks at the park with her and their loyal four-legged companion.

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Robley Wilson ’52, H’87 died on August 7, 2018, in Orlando, Florida.

(The following was submitted by the family):

Writer Robley Wilson ’52, H’87, a novelist and poet whose works won numerous awards and who also was an editor and teacher, has died at his home in Florida. He was 88.

His wife, writer Susan Hubbard, confirmed that Wilson died on August 7 in Orlando surrounded by “family, cats, books, and music.”

Wilson was the author of three poetry collections, including Kingdoms of the Ordinary, which won the 1986 Agnes Lynch Starrett poetry prize and was published by the University of Pittsburg Press. His most recent poetry collection, Everything Paid For, was published by the University Press of Florida in 1999.

In addition to poetry, Wilson was the author of many novels and short story collections including After Paradise (Black Lawrence Press, 2017), The World Still Melting (St. Martin’s Press, 2005), and Who Will Hear Your Secrets (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012). He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction and a Nicholl fellowship in Screenwriting awarded by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Science..

Wilson taught creative writing at the University of Northern Iowa from 1963 to 1996, where he was also the editor of the literary magazine North American Review. He also taught at the University of Iowa, Beloit College, Northwestern University, University of Central Florida, and Pitzer College.

He is survived by his wife, fiction writer Susan Hubbard; two sons, Stephen and Philip; two stepdaughters, Kate and Clare; and two grandchildren, Sam and Kate.

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Charles J. Butt, coach in the department of athletics emeritus, died on September 14, 2017, in Brunswick.

(President Rose sent the following letter to the Bowdoin community on September 17, 2018:)

To the Bowdoin community,

I write with the sad news that Coach in the Department of Athletics Emeritus Charlie Butt passed away on Friday, September 14, at the age of ninety-three. Charlie coached men’s swimming at Bowdoin for thirty-nine years, women’s swimming for the first twenty-four years of the program, and served as coach of men’s soccer for twenty-three years. In his active “retirement,” Charlie was an assistant coach for the women’s squash team.  

Many in the Bowdoin community know parts of Charlie’s remarkable life story, although no summary can adequately capture the full range of his experiences and contributions to others. Charlie was born on May 19, 1925, in Shanghai, China, to Portuguese parents. He thrived on the athletic opportunities afforded by the Foreign YMCA of Shanghai, establishing a record of achievement in swimming, water polo, soccer, softball, bowling, and boxing.

He graduated from the Western District Public School in 1941 and studied at St. John’s University in Shanghai for two years, before the Japanese occupation shut down the university during World War II. He worked for the Whaly Chemical Company as a salesman and as an oiler on the Danish ship S.S. Trien Maersk before returning to Shanghai after the war. He picked up where he had left off with his athletic career; he was a member of the national soccer team and held Chinese national records in swimming for the 50-yard, 100-yard, and 100-meter freestyle. He qualified for the 1948 Olympic Games in London as a member of the basketball and swimming teams but was unable to attend when he refused to give up his Portuguese passport to a Chinese government increasingly controlled by the Communist Party. He left China in 1951 on a British cargo vessel to Hong Kong and then to Tokyo, where he obtained a visa to go to the US to attend Springfield College, where he had been admitted before the outbreak of the war.  

At Springfield, he was an All-American soccer player in 1952 and 1953, captain of the swimming team, captain of the tennis team, and a member of the national championship volleyball team in his first year playing the sport. He graduated cum laude in 1953 and later earned an MS, also at Springfield. He coached swimming at Springfield for four years, and undertook graduate study at Columbia University Teachers College in 1956 and 1957.

Charlie joined the athletic staff at Bowdoin in 1961 as varsity swimming and soccer coach, and his presence had an immediate impact. His 1962 soccer squad won a share of the first Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association soccer title, and his 1965, 1966, and 1968 teams won the title outright. When he retired as head coach of the men’s soccer program in 1984, he had set a new school record for career wins with 120, a mark that still stands today. In his first year as swimming coach (1961-1962), he guided the men’s team to its first-ever unbeaten season. That same year, the team placed second at the New England Championships, a feat Charlie’s men’s teams would repeat four times. He was the first coach for the women’s swimming program in 1976-1977; the women’s team won the New England Championship just a dozen years later. In all, Charlie accumulated a record of 132-65 in dual meets with the women’s team and 198 wins with the men’s squad. More than fifty of his swimmers earned All-American honors.

Charlie received the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy in 1981. The New England Swimming Coaches Association named Charlie coach of the year in 1988 and men’s coach of the year by the Association in 1989. In 1994 he received the Richard E. Steadman Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. He was inducted into the Maine Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame in 2010. The author of various articles on swimming and soccer, Charlie was a member of the American Association for Health, Recreation, and Physical Education and the National Soccer Coaches Association. He served as vice president of the Nassau County Soccer Coaches Association, president of the New England Intercollegiate Swimming Association, and president of the New England Intercollegiate Soccer League. He also served as aquatic and scuba diving commissioner for the State of Maine.

The Bowdoin community will always be reminded of Charlie’s legacy: in the coach’s room named in his honor in Greason Pool (a building he helped to design); in the Charles J. Butt Scholarship Fund established upon his retirement in 2000; in the Charles Butt Swimming Trophy, awarded to an outstanding swimmer in the senior class; in his Alumni Award for Faculty and Staff (2000); and in his induction into the Bowdoin College Athletic Hall of Honor (2003).

No account of Charlie’s athletic prowess and spirit would be complete without mentioning his extraordinary contributions to squash, a sport that he picked up in his forties. Charlie won twenty-two national championships within his age bracket (singles and doubles) and a world title as well. In 2011, Charlie received the US Master’s Achievement Award for his contributions to the sport. In 2017, the Bowdoin court at Portland Community Squash was dedicated in his honor.

Charlie is survived by his partner, Cynthia Osgood; a daughter, Cathleen Butt (“Catie”), and her husband, Brent Arvidson of Windham, Maine; a son, Charles J. Butt Jr. (“C2”), and his partner, Jennifer Hodges, of Seattle, Washington; and four grandchildren, Dylan, Niko, Kai, and Jasper.  A memorial service will be held at the College this fall. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to the Charles J. Butt Scholarship Fund at the College (4100 College Station, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011).

Charlie’s family and friends are in our hearts and thoughts during this time. We share with them our profound gratitude that Charlie found joy in athletic competition and in life, and that he taught so many others to discover that joy for themselves.

Sincerely,

Clayton

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Olin S. Robison, former Bowdoin provost, dean of the faculty, and senior lecturer in government from 1970-1975, died on October 22, 2018, in Baltimore, Maryland.

(The following appeared online at middlebury.edu in October 23, 2018):

Olin C. Robison, the Middlebury College president who increased access to the college with need-blind admissions, grew the international focus of the curriculum, expanded campus facilities, and strengthened Middlebury’s standing around the world, died on October 22, 2018, in Baltimore, Md., with family members by his side. He was 82 years of age.

Robison, who served from 1975 to 1990 as Middlebury’s 13th president, was already an accomplished State Department diplomat and experienced university administrator when at the age of 39 he ascended to the presidency. During his 15 years in Old Chapel, Robison propelled Middlebury to the forefront of America’s liberal arts colleges with his leadership, vision, public speaking, and fundraising.

Following the tenure of James I. Armstrong, the Middlebury president who served during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, and Watergate, the Robison era was a more stable time for colleges and the country. As president he increased the size of the faculty, directed a successful $80-million capital campaign, established the School in Russia and the summer Arabic School, built Coffrin Residence Hall, converted the College Street School into Twilight Hall, started the first-year seminar program, and broke ground for the Mahaney Arts Center.

 
Time after time he demonstrated two qualities that made him a transformational president. First, he was remarkably decisive. He refused to allow his presidency to “be a period of drift” for the College. As Robison remarked, “Academic institutions are notoriously indecisive, but I think we made decisions. . . . If [my tenure of office] has been a period of unparalleled progress and growth for the College, it’s in large part because we’ve made [the difficult] decisions.”

And second, as a nationally recognized expert in foreign affairs, particularly on U.S.-Soviet relations, Robison advanced the college’s reputation via the abundant news coverage he received. Whether in print or on radio or television, the commentator Robison always insisted that he be identified as the president of Middlebury College. “In the past 15 years I think we’ve raised the public image of the college dramatically nationwide. What has my role been?” Robison asked. “I can get us air time. And that gets more recognition for Middlebury College.”

Middlebury College accrued more than just recognition during his presidency. As College historian David Stameshkin writes in The Strength of the Hills, “Robison succeeded in making Middlebury a more exciting place and improving its self-confidence. . . . During much of the 1980s, the College was able to make important gains in faculty compensation and size, and in improving the physical plant. The malaise of the 1970s was briefly transformed into an exciting era of construction, renovation, growth, and raised expectations.”

John M. McCardell Jr., Middlebury’s 15th president, was a member of the faculty and a senior administrator during Robison’s tenure of office. He said, “Olin brought an international perspective to an institution ready to broaden its reach and raise its profile. He brought also a distinctive eloquence in articulating the story of Middlebury, which he once described, with perspicacity, as ‘an international university masquerading as a liberal arts college.’

“Olin saw things in Middlebury, and in many of us, that we did not at first see in ourselves. He nurtured those things, sought support for those things, and, when he stepped down, left to his successors an institution stronger and more confident because of his efforts. The measure of his influence is yet to be fully determined. It is that way with venerable institutions and also with their leaders. The long view will undoubtedly give him the credit he is due and for which generations to come will be indebted to him.”

Olin Clyde Robison was born in Anacoco, La., on May 12, 1936, grew up in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Baylor University in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in history, religion, and philosophy. While doing graduate work in theology and ethics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1958 to 1960, he also served as pastor of a rural Baptist church in central Texas. In 1959 he married the former Sylvia M. Potter.

Robison studied church history at Oxford University in the early 1960s, joined the Oxford Preaching Society, and served in the U.S. Air Force as a civilian auxiliary chaplain in England. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1963, returned to Texas, and served one year as dean of students at San Marcos Academy before accepting an administrative post with the Peace Corps in Washington.

In 1966 Robison was named special assistant to the deputy undersecretary of state. He was the State Department’s representative on the Rusk Commission (concerned with domestic intelligence matters), coordinated special projects, traveled abroad on assignment, served as a department spokesperson, and acted as liaison between the State Department and other branches of federal government.

The appeal of college life drew Olin and Sylvia Robison and their growing family to Connecticut where, in 1968, Robison accepted the post of associate provost for social sciences at Wesleyan University. While at Wesleyan he remained a consultant to the State Department and assisted in a comprehensive analysis of U.S. foreign policy. He also began a seven-year relationship with the Atlantic Information Centre for Teachers, based in London.

In 1970 the Robinsons moved up the Atlantic coast to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was named provost, dean of faculty, and senior lecturer in public affairs—three positions that he held until ascending to the Middlebury presidency in 1975. The decade also saw him expand his foreign-affairs portfolio with election to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council, and two London-based organizations: the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. His travels took him to the Soviet Union, the U.K., Germany, Belgium, France, and Canada.

At his Middlebury inauguration in November 1975, he identified three major priorities: redefining the curriculum, expanding library facilities, and increasing the college’s capacity to extend financial aid to students from middle-class families. Two months later he told the trustees that he also wanted to increase salaries to combat inflation and remain competitive; provide more funds for faculty travel and research; and renovate classrooms and living spaces on campus.

Historian Stameshkin said, “Robison succeeded remarkably well in accomplishing all these tasks and achieved other advances as well: curricular and program development, a larger faculty, redesign of the administrative structure, improvement and modernization of the physical plant, and changes in the admissions and student services areas. [He] helped raise substantial funds in pursuit of these goals and spurred unprecedented media coverage of Middlebury’s progress.”

He considered one of his most significant achievements to be the establishment in 1987 of the American Collegiate Consortium for East-West Cultural and Academic Exchange. This brought Soviet undergraduates to study in the United States, which was almost unheard of, even in the waning days of the Soviet Union.

When Robison announced on October 6, 1989, his intention to step down from the presidency the next year, he said, “I look forward to teaching. I look forward to being a member of the community. And I look forward to having weekends off.”

He took a one-year sabbatical in 1990–91 and returned to Middlebury as College professor, teaching seminars for first-year students and seniors. Later in 1991 he was named president of the Salzburg Global Seminar, and shortly thereafter he moved the American headquarters of that nonprofit organization from Cambridge, Mass., to Middlebury.

In 2000, the year of the College’s bicentennial, Middlebury conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws on Robison, who shared the stage at Commencement with Nobel Prize winner Lech Walesa and PBS journalist Gwen Ifill. “During your 15 years as president,” the honorary degree citation read, “Middlebury reached new heights of national and international prominence.”

Robison devoted his full energies to the seminar until he stepped down in 2005, but even in retirement he was never far from the public eye. Up until a few years ago, his voice was still heard delivering insightful commentaries on Vermont Public Radio on topics ranging from prehistoric art to bipartisanship in Washington to the politics of climate change.

He is survived by three sons: Gordon, a journalist with Al Jazeera English based in Doha, Qatar; Blake, the artistic director of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and his wife, Connan Morrissey; and Mark, professor of clinical education and history as well as chair of the Global Executive Doctor of Education Program in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, and his wife, Elizabeth Power Robison. He is also survived by grandchildren Halle, Mallory, Declan, Callum and Leah; great-grandchild Logan; and sister Sandra Nabours (Bob).

Olin Robison’s marriage to the former Sylvia Potter ended in divorce in 1996. He enjoyed a loving relationship with his partner of a decade, Marlie Rieder, and spent the past seven years of his life with his companion and caregiver, Connie Sophocles.

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Betsy M. Llandwarne ’08 died on October 24, 2018, in Arlington, Massachusetts.

(The following was published in The Boston Globe on October 27, 2018):

Betsy M. (McDonald) 32, of Arlington and formerly of Southborough, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 with her loving family at her bedside.

She was the beloved wife of Chris Llanwarne.

Betsy endured a rugged two years fighting an aggressive cancer, but at the same time taught us all how to respond with dignity, grace and grit in the face of adversity. Never once did any of us hear her ask, “why me?” Instead she lived her life triumphantly in between surgeries and sometimes brutal chemotherapy treatments, enjoying many happy moments hiking, kayaking, traveling, and most importantly, joyfully marrying her soulmate, Chris Llanwarne, on August 26 of this year. The McDonald and Llanwarne families are heartbroken, but will treasure the wonderful times spent with her. The picture is from an August 22, 2018 interview of Betsy on a Jimmy Fund telethon, juxtaposes telltale evidence of her cancer with the face of her indomitable spirit. This is the way we hope everyone remembers her, and the way she would want to be remembered

Born in Boston, she was the daughter of Wendy (Scott) and Alan J. McDonald of Southborough. Betsy spent her childhood years in Southborough, graduating from Algonquin Regional High School , in Northborough, class of 2004. She then attended Bowdoin College, majoring in environmental and Latin American studies. Upon graduation, she enrolled in the AmeriCorps in Augusta, Maine, before moving back to Massachusetts to follow her passion for the environment, working at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and earning a master’s degree in urban and environmental policy and planning from Tufts University. Betsy spent the last few years as a project manager at the Consortium for Energy Efficiency and the Center for Sustainable Energy.

In addition to her husband and her parents, she leaves her siblings, Molly Mazzaferro and her husband Mike of Watertown; Tim McDonald of Watertown; her in-laws, Trevor, Tom, and Sarah Llanwarne of Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, as well as many other family members and friends who loved her dearly.

The family is eternally grateful for the exceptional care provided by her Dana Farber and Brigham and Women’s Hospital medical and nursing teams.

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Destiny D. Guerrero ’14 died on October 31, 2018, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

(The following was published in The Times Record News on November 27, 2018):

Destiny Dawn Guerrero, 27, of Wichita Falls, passed away on October 31, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Destiny was born on September 9, 1991, in Wichita Falls to Johnny Guerrero Jr. and Mary Marie Bolf. She graduated from Wichita Falls High School in May of 2010. She received a full scholarship and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on May 24, 2014, with a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in English. She returned to Wichita Falls working at Cheddar’s and then started grad school in September 2015 at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. She was most recently working at Natural Grocers in Norman, Oklahoma. Destiny was a brilliant and talented artist and had a passion for Muay Thai fighting. She loved to read and write poetry and novels, and archery. In her younger years, she volunteered her time with Whispers of Hope Horse farm. She was a beautiful, compassionate, and amazing person with a caring heart. She was preceded in death by her grandparents: Juan Guerrero and Lee Roy and Mary Lee Bolf; and her mom: Mary Marie Bolf.

Surviving her are her dad: Johnny Guerrero Jr.; grandmother: Betty Guerrero; sisters: Nikki Brown and husband Andy, Stormy Garcia and partner Jessica, and Naomi Bolf; nephew: Nakota; nieces: Emma, Brooklyn and Harmonii; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

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