MIT Class of 1972 Memorial Page

Class Memorial PageMIT Class of 1972 Memorial PageDedicated to the memory of our classmatesLast updated May 7, 2012

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Mr. Kenneth M. BrownMajor: Electrical Engineering (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1972, SM 1972, EE 1975 Living Group:Date of Death: 10/15/2011Kenneth M. Brown, 60, died on October 15, 2011 in Sparta NJ. He worked for LucentTechnologies in Murray Hill, NJ as a Corporate Counsel. He was born October 2, 1951.

Dean L. Melnyk MD, PhDMajor: Chemistry (Course 5) Degrees: SB 1972 Living Group: Theta Delta ChiDate of Death: 7/2/2011Dean L. Melnyk, 60, passed away on July 2, 2011, in Eagan, MN following a valiant 14 month battle withleukemia. He was an anesthesiologist at the Minneapolis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center for twenty-oneyears.He is survived by his wife, Cathie, his mother Josephine, and his sister Donna (Daniel) Shinners. He waspreceded in death by his father, Bohdan.Dean loved science, playing tennis, and traveling.

Mr. Kwok (Lester) C. WongMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1972 Living Group: Date of Death: 5/25/2011Lester Kwok Ching Wong, 65, passed away on May 25, 2011 in Portsmouth, RI. He was a Systems Engineer atthe Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport RI.He is survived by his wife, Tan (Chui) Wong, his children Melissa Wong and her husband Timothy Chu, AmandaWong, and ToySun Lam. His son Bo On Wong preceded him in death.Lester Wong grew up under humble conditions in a village in China as the eldest of four. After graduating fromsecondary school at the prestigious La Salle College in Hong Kong, he taught mathematics, worked as a licensedacupuncturist, all the while mastering different styles of kung fu. Upon coming to the USA, he worked in thefamous Kowloon restaurant while earning a degree in Electrical Engineering at MIT. He had many firsts - first inhis family to attend college, first person in his family to write theChinese-script in an international Coca-Cola commercial, and first to win tickets to the 406 club in Fenway. Heeagerly sought advice from others, and humbly offered advice when asked. He was the quintessential "familyman." He had a sweet smile and infectious laugh, and would strike up a conversation with anybody, from 8 to80 years old. Also, despite his slight stature, he could not be messed with. Without him in the world, there willbe one less kind heart, one less intellectual, and a lot more cups of coffee.

Mr. Phillip BertoniMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) Degrees: SB 1972

Living Group: Russian HouseDate of Death: 1/25/2011Phillip Bertoni, 61, passed away January 25, 2011 in Ashburnham, MA. He was born in Uniontown, PA on August24, 1949. He was a teacher with the North Central Charter Essential School in Fitchburg, MA and a talented andaccomplished musician, playing in a band called Inside Straight. He was a talented writer who had a long-timecolumn in the Boston Globe, wrote for the Boston Phoenix and authored the book “Strangers in Computerland.”He also hosted a syndicated TV show called Computer World.He is survived by his daughter, Meg Bertoni, his fiancé, Cynthia Cambell, his sister, Melanie Bertoni Jordan andhis nieces and nephews.Phil’s quest for knowledge was unending. He will be remembered for his sense of humor, his incomparableintellect, and as a loving family man and teacher.

Mr. Francis J. SpahnMajor: Physics (Course 8) Degrees: SB 1972 Living Group: Russian HouseDate of Death: 12/22/2010Francis J. Spahn, 60, passed away December 22, 2010. He was born September 24, 1950. No additional detailsare available at this time.

Dr. Paul A. KargerMajor: Electrical Engineering and Physics (Course 6 and 8) MIT Degrees: SB 1972, MS 1977, EE 1980University of Cambridge Degree: PhD Living Group: East CampusDate of Death: 9/12/2010Dr. Paul Krager, 59, passed away September 12, 2010. He was born December 22, 1950. He

helped define the field of computer security with his keen insight into the meaning and mechanisms for highassurance systems. He was a deep thinker who contributed to almost every high assurance system of the1980's. An architect who understood the most intricate details of computer design, he was able to bring theoryand practice together into systems that were, actually, secure.

The field took a turn away from high assurance in the 1990's, and the resulting hodge-podge approach tosecurity reaped its whirlwind of malware. This opened the field up to a great diversity of point solutions in thecontinual cat-and-mouse game that is now the status quo. I predict that future generations will keep lookingback on Karger's work and drawing inspiration from its scope and vision. Dr. Paul Karger was a Research StaffMember in IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. His later work was on automated test generation forcommon criteria evaluations and on developing a high-assurance, penetration-resistant operating system forsmart cards, including the design of new mandatory secrecy and integrity access control models for commercialapplications.

He began his computer security career in the US Air Force where he developed some of the original technologyfor penetration-resistant computer systems. He founded Digital Equipment Corporation’s Secure SystemsDepartment, where he was the lead designer on the Security Enhanced VMS operating system prototype and onDigital's A1-secure virtual machine monitor security kernel. He was the security architect for the Open SoftwareFoundation and researched wireline and wireless telephone security at GTE Laboratories.

He holds 13 patents in computer security.

Two of Karger's professional colleagues have commented on his career:

From Roger Schell:He was a major contributor to early computer security efforts like the Multics vulnerability assessment, which herevisited a few years ago in his ACSAC classic paper. He was the undisputed technical authority and visionary forthe ARPA/Honeywell sponsored Project Guardian at MIT, and was so successful that the results were

incorporated into two standard commercial products: Multics with integral MLS controls (later rated Class B2)installed as the primary data processing engine for the Air Force in the Pentagon and for the Computer SecurityCenter at NSA; and the SCOMP (later rated Class A1).

From Steve Lipner:I first met Paul in 1972 (I believe) when he joined the computer security branch at the USAF Electronic SystemsDivision at Hanscom Field. He'd just graduated from MIT and was a very eager freshly minted second lieutenant.With Roger Schell and other folks at ESD and MITRE, he contributed to the Multics security enhancements, thedesign of a Multics security kernel, the CWRU work on security models, and countless other products. Perhapsbest remembered is his work with Roger on the penetration test of Multics in late 1972 or early 1973. In additionto developing some of the exploit code, Paul made a typographical error in copying working exploit code fromthe Multics system at RADC to the MIT system. When he tried it out, MIT Multics "went away." Fortunately, theMIT staff couldn't extract a smoking gun and the penetration test went on to be a great success.

When I came to DEC in 1981, Paul was in the tiny security research group. He had been with the company for ayear or two and had already prototyped what we'd later have called a B1 version of VMS - and was engaged in a"discussion" with the VMS group about whether to productize and ship it. We finally shipped a "special" versionof pretty much that functionality in about 1987 and a real product version in the 1990s.Paul and I came up with the idea of building a VMM security kernel for the VAX at a Mexican restaurant in PaloAlto the night after the 1981 Oakland conference. Paul worked tirelessly on the project for the next three years,first on the "design analysis" that outlined the design of the system and then on a prototype of the lowest layersof the system. I still remember the celebratory dinner the night when the system first booted VMS in a virtualmachine on a painfully slow VAX-11/730.

Shortly after that, Paul and Carol Lynn got married and Paul went off to Cambridge to work on his PhD. I stillhave a copy of his dissertation in my library.

Paul was "Mr. High Assurance." If it wasn't highly secure, he didn't have much use for it - and if it was, therewere few people in the industry who better understood it.

Mrs. Barbara Bloom RansonMajor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) MIT Degrees: SB 1972University of California, Berkeley Degree: MSNorth Dakota State University Degree: MSLiving Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 7/26/2010Mrs. Barbara Bloom Ranson, 60, of Sebeka and Park Rapids, MN, passed away July, 26, after a long illness. Shewas born February 7, 1950. She was a geotechnical engineer and a teacher of mathematics at Bemijdi StateUniversity in Bemidji, MN. Barbara wasa Winsor School graduate, attended Wellesley College and graduated from MIT. She received masters' degreesfrom University of California, Berkeley andNorth Dakota State University.She is survived by her husband, Ed Ranson, her children Mathew, John and his wife Bertha, and Benjamin, aswell as her parents, Gordon and Marjorie Bloom and her sisters Martha (Robert) Lindsay and Nancy Bloom andAlan Cohen.

Mr. Richard E. Henning JrMajor: Economics (Course 14) Degrees: SB 1972 Living Group: Phi Kappa ThetaDate of Death: 3/31/2010Richard E. Henning, Jr., 59, of Arlington VA died on March 31, 2010. He was born May 2, 1950.

He worked for Buonassissi Henning Cambell as an attorney.Rick is survived by his wife of 33 years, Renee and his children, Richard E. Henning, III and Michael S. Henning. He was a generous donor to numerous charities and political causes.

Mr. Don LevinstoneMajor: Electrical Engineering (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1973, SM 1974, PhD 1981 Living Group: East CampusDate of Death: 3/24/2010Don Levinstone, 58, of Lexington, MA passed away on March 24, 2010. He was born onNovember 27, 1951. After obtaining his PhD from MIT, Don was employed at Polaroid,

Motorola and then at Danger, a subsidiary of Microsoft.

He is survived by his wife Queila (Fagundes) Levinstone and his stepchildren Fabiana Arcselan, Mailua Hollandand her husband Shane, and Poy Fagundes, and his mother Theresa Levinstone.

Mr. Mark C. HabermanMajor: Humanities and Science, Biology, and Nutrition & Food Science (Course 21B, 7, and 20)

Degrees: SB 1972, SB 1974, SM 1975Tuft University Degree: DMD Living Group: Senior HouseDate of Death: 9/11/2009

MarK C. Haberman, 58, of Bridgewater, MA passed away on September 11, 2009 from complications of diabetes.He was born in Tacoma WA on October 12, 1950. He lived in the Boston area working as a dentist.

Ms. Cheryl Ann HutchinsMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1972Living Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 7/30/2009Cheryl Ann Hutchins, 59, of Vienna, VA passed away on July 30, 2009 following an illness. She was bornFebruary 12, 1950. Cheryl was a long-time employee of LR Wechsler Ltd in Fairfax, VA.She is survived by her husband Ben Long, her mother Georgia Hutchins and her sister Carla Hutchins.

Mr. Lawrence J. KernMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Phi Kappa ThetaDate of Death: 5/26/2009Lawrence J. Kern, 59, of Vienna, VA died on May 26, 2009. He was born August 2, 1949. No additional detailsare available at this time.

Mr. Fred W. JohnsonMajor: Humanities (Course 21B) Degrees: Living Group: Date of Death: 3/28/2009

Fred W. Johnson, 60, of Williamstown, VT passed away March 28, 2009. He was born on October 2,1948 in Johnson City, NY. He was text editor for the late world-renowned astrologer/writer FrancesSakoian. He was also an interpreter of the heavens for many New Englanders, and the inspirationalsubject of the local surrealist Julian Landa’s painting “The Astrologer.”He had lifelong interests in aeronautics, astronomy, and political science with boundless technicaland interpersonal skills, developed initially as an MIT undergraduate, allowed him to impactthrough astrology-based counseling the lives of friends world-wide. He also shared his computer

skills to help maintain regional small businesses. In the 1980s, while working with the US Defense Departmentin London, he developed a discerning taste for the world’s best wines that led to fine wine consultation andglobal travels.He is survived by his mother, Dorothy E. (Goundry) Johnson, and his life-long partner, Anne Seyffert.

Mr. Mark DaviesMajor: Physical Biology (Course 7A) Degrees: SB 1972Columbia University: 1977Living Group: Lambda Chi AlphaDate of Death: 1/22/2009Mark Davies, 58, passed away on January 22, 2009, in Ningbo, China due to a long illness. Mark was born July14, 1950 in Elmira, NY. Mark was a research biostatistician and lecturer, employed for 30 years at Columbia’sMailman School for Public Health and the Psychiatric Institute in Manhattan, NY. His work can be found innumerous studies in the area of mental health and child psychiatry. He moved to China in 2004 and continuedto teach in the field of biostatistics. Mark's varied interests included history, fantasy football, the New YorkGiants and most especially, golf.

Mark married Sharon Davies (nee O'Connor) of Tenafly New Jersey, August 23, 1975. Sharon was a colleague aswell as a cherished companion. She was a psychiatric nurse and Administrator of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic inthe Psychiatric Division of the Columbia University Medical Center; they traveled together to work every day formany years. Sadly, she preceded Mark in death in 2002.

In 2004 Mark traveled to China, in search of new areas of work and study. He met Cao Qun Fen, director of thegastroenterology unit at Long Sai Hospital in Ningbo China. They married December 10, 2005.

Mark is survived by Cao Qun Fen, stepson Ruan Qi Xuan, mother Lorraine, brothers Paul and Dave, and sisterLorraine.

Mr. Richard E. WilleMajor: Management (Course 15) Degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Zeta Beta TauDate of Death: 10/13/2008Richard E. Wille died October 13, 2008. He was the owner of We-Willie SA de CV in Zumpahuacan, Mexico. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Martin George MorrisMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) Degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Burton House and MacGregor HouseDate of Death: 5/4/2008Martin George Morris, 57, of Vista, CA, 57, passed away May 4, 2008. He was the ChiefScientist for Jaalaa, Inc. in Carlsbad, CA. He was born on July 9,1950 in Los Angeles, CA.

He is survived by his wife, Sari Morris.

Mr. John Daniel HuyettMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Nuclear Engineering (Course 6 and 22) Degrees: SB 1974, SM 1974Living Group: Delta Kappa EpsilonDate of Death: 3/2/2008John Daniel Huyett, 58, of Canonsburg, PA died March 2, 2008 after a brief illness with cancer. He worked in thenuclear power industry at Bechtel Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory for 35 years.He is survived by his wife Judith, his mother and sister, his three married daughters, and four grandchildren.

Mr. Joseph Pope

Major: Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) MIT Degrees: SB 1972Stanford Degree: PhDLiving Group: Sigma Nu OldDate of Death: 2/16/2008Joseph Pope, 57, of Newton Center, MA died February 16, 2008. He was born December 20, 1950 in New Yorkgrowing up in Scarsdale.

Joe made significant contributions in the field of sound-intensity measurement. At MIT his senior project was inlawn mower noise control under Dr. Allan Pierce. His Stanford PhD dissertation was on the transfer of tire androad noise to automobile drivers. He worked initially at the General Motors Research Laboratories at a timewhen, due to the Noise Control Act of 1972 and the establishment of the Office of Noise Abatement and Control(ONAC) at the Environmental Protection Agency, GM was very concerned about vehicle noise. At the same timethe newly available two-channel analyzers became an integral part of noise research at GM, by Joe and others.Through his mathematical and experimental ability Joe helped to develop the well-known cross-spectralformulation for measuring sound intensity using two microphones. He was the first to measure the sound powerof a truck using sound intensity and collaborated in measuring the sound power of engines and locomotives. Thework at GM came to an end when ONAC was abolished in 1981. (As an auto company GM was not interested infurthering sound intensity.) Subsequently, acoustical instrument companies, universities and other institutionscarried on the work in this field. As a result, in 1982 Joe began working for Brüel and Kjær as an expert onsound-intensity measurement. He continued at B&K in Boston until 1991 when he founded his own acousticalconsultancy, Pope Engineering Company. He maintained his association with B&K for a number of years,conducting seminars in noise control with an emphasis on sound intensity. Additionally, Joe was a board certifiedmember of INCE, an ASA fellow actively involved with the Technical Committee on Noise and a member of NCAC.

He was a coach in the MathCounts program and loved hiking and the outdoors, and community service as a BoyScouts of America Scoutmaster.

Joe is survived by his wife, Mary and their three sons as well as his mother, ten brothers and sisters and theirfamilies.

Dr. Roger Hilsen KochMajor: Architecture (Course 4) MIT Degrees: SB 1972UC Berkeley: PhD 1982Living Group: Alumni HouseDate of Death: 8/4/2007Roger Hilsen Koch, 56, died of a heart attack on August 4, 2007 while riding his bicycle. Roger was born onNovember 1, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. He was a research scientist and manager at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, Hewas an outstanding scientist with a command of computers, programming, and measurement and analysistechniques, coupled with a deep understanding of theoretical principles. He displayed an early interest in scienceand engineering. When his small high school in Edmore, Michigan did not offer chemistry, he taught himself thesubject. Roger's ability to self-learn and his insistence on deeply understanding all problems that he tackled werecharacteristic of his entire career. Roger earned a B.S. from MIT in architecture (1972). After graduating, he wasoffered a job tracing aspects of the history of technology at the Sturbridge Village Museum in Massachusetts.Rather than study history, however, he chose to contribute to technological developments, and took a design jobat the Van Dyck Corporation in Southport, Connecticut. Throughout his career, Roger retained interests in thehistory of technology and in the elements of good design. Subsequently, Roger decided to move into physics. In1977 on an NSF fellowship, he entered graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, where heworked with John Clarke. Together with Dale Van Harlingen, Roger measured quantum noise in Josephson tunneljunctions and, based on his results, carried out simulations showing that SQUIDs (Superconducting QuantumInterference Devices) should be quantum limited amplifiers. He devised a technique still widely used for reducing

the infamous 1/f noise in SQUIDs. Roger would return many times to the study of noise in various physicalsystems throughout his career. Roger joined IBM in 1982, immediately after receiving his Ph.D., and remained atthe Watson Research Center for the rest of his career. Roger was one of the first to develop a general purposedata acquisition and analysis program utilizing the personal computer. Although only an off-shoot of hisexperimental research, the program was used at various IBM sites for many years. Long before it becamecommonplace, Roger ran complex experiments and massive simulations from home, on the road and during dullmoments at IBM meetings. In addition to his research on low transition temperature (Tc) Josephson junctionsand SQUIDs, Roger worked on an astonishing number of other topics. Among his most widely cited papers arehis observations of vortex-glass superconductivity in high-temperature superconducting films and the firstmeasurements of high critical currents in these materials, dynamics of nanomagnetic systems, including spin-transfer induced switching, and STM studies of point defects in silicon. He wrote many pioneering papers onhigh-Tc SQUIDs. He was well-known for his studies of noise in a variety of physical systems, including SQUIDS,spin-glasses, metallic films near the percolation threshold and metallic systems undergoing electromigration. Hiswork with SQUIDS led him to consider the problems of magnetic field detectors in general, and he made andcharacterized improved flux-gate magnetometers. He also co-authored papers on chaos, geophysics, resonanttunneling, scanning tunneling microscopy, neural networks, and submicron structures. While an outstandingphysicist, Roger also enjoyed engineering, and contributed his time and talents to developing novelmeasurement techniques to address practical problems of manufacturing process control. Most notably, heconnected features of 1/f noise to incipient electromigration failures. In recent years, Roger led an effort todevelop essential elements of a quantum computer based on his unique approach using flux-controlledJosephson tunnel junctions. This project now involves a significant team at IBM Research. Although hiscontributions to quantum computing have been cut short, his invention of a control scheme for Josephsonjunction qubits based on a superconducting resonator is already widely cited, as is his theoretical treatment, withDavid DiVincenzo and Guido Burkard, of multilevel dissipative dynamics of circuits composed of superconductingqubits. The latter is an essential guide to the design of quantum coherent circuits. Roger was respected as asuperb and creative experimentalist who could hold his own with the best theorists in the field. He had greatpersonal integrity and a disarming directness, and inspired many others through his dedication to science, hiscreativity, and his warm personal style. He is survived by his wife, Inga, and his young son, Sasha, his brother, Jonathan, and his parents, Arthur andLoretta Koch.

Dr. Stanley ZietzMajor: Mathematics (Course 18) MIT Degrees: SB 1972UC, Berkeley:Temple University:Living Group: Burton House, MacGregor HouseDate of Death: 5/27/2007

Stanley Zietz, 56, from Plymouth Meeting, PA died on May 27, 2007. He was born on July 23, 1950 in theBronx, New York City, NY. He was a mathematician and scientist. Stanley studied at MIT, Berkeley and TempleUniversity. He wrote his PhD dissertation under the supervision of Hans-Joachim Bremermann on Cell CycleKinetic Modeling and Optimal Control in the Service of Cancer Chemotherapy. He was department chairman atUniversity of the Sciences in Philadelphia, tenured full professor at Drexel University, and published widely in thefields of mathematics, statistics, computer science, and biomedical research.He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth and his two daughters Bekah and Sukie.

Mr. James V. BonnemaMajor: Economics (Course 14) Northeastern University: SB in Mechanical EngineeringLiving Group: Date of Death: 12/25/2006James V. Bonnema, 56, of Middleton MA died December 25, 2006, following a sudden illness. He was born

March 31, 1950 in Passak, NJ. He attended MIT and Northeastern University, graduating with a degree inmechanical engineering. He began his career as an engineer with Gillette Corp, and then moved to SchawbelCorp of Bedford where he was vice president for research.He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Janet (FitzSimonds) Bonnema.

Mr. Paul Edward SmeeMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) Living Group: East CampusDate of Death: 9/15/2006Paul Edward Smee, 60, of Bristol, England died September 15, 2006 of a heart attack while dealing with cancer.He was born December 29, 1945 in Little Rock, AR. As a child his family lived in the suburbs of New York City,Cleveland, Pittsburg, and then Philadelphia, and Upper St. Clair, PA. Paul graduated from high school in 1965and was the first from Upper St. Clair to attend MIT. His undergraduate studies were interrupted by militaryservice in Vietnam (Office of the Scientific Advisor Saigon) from 1966 to 1967. In 1980 Paul moved to BristolEngland where he was a Senior Systems Programmer at the University of Bristol until his retirement in 2004.Paul enjoyed long-distance biking and camping treks in the western US, and travel in Europe.He is survived by his life partner, Ann French of Bristol, England, his son David Paul and daughter Kristen fromhis first marriage, his mother, and two younger brothers.

Mr. Charles W. Andrews Sr.Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Burton House, MacGregor HouseDate of Death: 8/27/2006Charles Andrews, 56, of Williamsburg, VA, passed away on August 27, 2006. Born August 5,1950 in Atlanta GA and a former resident of Saratoga, CA for thirty years, he had retired to

Williamsburg. He retired as an Engineering Manager in 2004.He is survived by his wife, Carol Christopher Andrews, his son Charles Andrews Jr, his daughter Erica Andrews,his brother and two sisters.

Mr. Robert H. McCallMajor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) MIT degrees: Living Group: Date of Death: 7/5/2006Robert H. McCall, 57, of North Hollywood, CA, died July 5, 2006. He was born in San Diego on May 12, 1949. Helived in Glendale, CA after college and then moved to Sun Valley, CA.He is survived by his wife Gail, and his brother and his family.

Dr. Nathaniel J. MassMajor: Mathematics (Course 18) MIT degrees: SB 1972, PhD 1975 (Management, Course 15)Living Group: Date of Death: 4/23/2006Nathaniel J. Mass, 55, of Manhattan, died of cancer on April 23, 2006. He was born August 15,1950. He led his own investment banking and strategic growth advisory firm, Nathaniel J. Mass

Associates, and was a Senior Fellow with Katzenbach Partners, LLC. Formerly he served as Senior Vice Presidentof Strategic Growth for GenCorp, and was a partner with McKinsey and Company. Dr. Mass also was Director ofWorldwide Strategic Planning for Exxon Chemical Company. He began his career as Associate Professor at theMIT Sloan School of Management, where he helped pioneer the Business Dynamics approach.

Dr. Mass is survived by his wife, Deborah Meredith Mass, his son, Alexander and his sister, DeborahGuthermann.

Mr. Conor Desmond ReillyMajor: Political Science (Course 17) MIT degrees: SB 1972Harvard degree: JD, editor Law ReviewLiving Group: Zeta Beta TauDate of Death: 11/6/2004Mr. Conor Desmond Reilly, 52, of Short Hills, NJ, died November 6, 2004 in Philadelphia. He

was born February 12, 1952 in Kansas City, MS. An attorney with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher,he was a partner in the New York office specializing in corporate bankruptcy. During his varied career he servedas Chairman of the Board of Acorn Products, a Director of John Deere Insurance, Special Adviser to HoraceMann Insurance Companies, and Bankruptcy Council to Solutia, FLAG Telecom, and Finova.

Mr. Reilly lived in Short Hills for 23 years and was an active member in the Millburn community. He was amember of the School Board from l987 to 1993 and again from 1994 to 1995. He also coached MillburnRecreation Youth Basketball for seven years and served for four years as head coach of the High School's DebateTeam — leading the team to the New Jersey State Championships in 2003-04.

A graduate of Regis High School in Manhattan, Mr. Reilly received a B.S. in political science from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology and a J.D. degree from Harvard University where he was an editor of theLaw Review.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Cannella Reilly; daughter, Katherine and son, Michael, both students atPrinceton University; and his father, Desmond Reilly.

Mr. Edward C. DelversMajor: Physical Sciences (Course 12B) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Burton HouseDate of Death: 3/29/2004Edward Delvers, 53, of Tehachapi, CA died March 29 2004 quite suddenly after beingoverwhelmed by an acute asthma attack. He was born in Kobe, Japan on February 12, 1950.

Edward Delvers grew up in Japan at a time when steam was still king. After his family returned to the UnitedStates, he traveled the country photographing trains through the late 1960s, then studied photographic scienceat MIT under the tutelage of Dr. Harold Edgerton. He has made a career in numerous fields, ranging fromenergy research to satellite communications to aviation, meanwhile maintaining photography as a passion. Hepublished several books of his photographs including Starlight on the Rails with co-authors Jeff Brouws andRichard Steinheimer. He was the owner of Rolling Stock Images. His passion for trains,planes, travel and photography brought him ultimately to Tehachapi in 1982, when he workedwith the company that installed the first wind machines. From the East Coast he made hisway west to California after many adventures (mostly train related) and decided to makeTehachapi his permanent home. His love of the Tehachapi Loop, the town, the naturallandscape and especially the people were of great pleasure to him.

Ed is survived by his wife Dianne, living in Stallion Springs.

Ms. Elizabeth A. HutchinsMajor: Economics (Course 14) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 9/9/2003Elizabeth A. Hutchins, 52, of Hanover, NH passed away on September 9, 2003. She was born on December 18,

1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Dr. Michael Terry ErrecartMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6A) MIT degrees: SB 1972Johns Hopkins University degrees: MS and PhD in math scienceLiving Group: Phi Delta ThetaDate of Death: 8/4/2003

Michael Terry Errecart, 53, of Shelburne, VT on August 4, 2003, of neuroendocrine cancer. He was born Feb. 18,1950, in Fresno, CA. He spent many hours in his youth with his father, working on the family's sheep ranch.Mike was valedictorian of his class at Tranquility Union High School in Tranquility, Calif. He was a National MeritScholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received an S.B. in computer science. He was aWhitehead Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where he received an M.S. and Ph.D. in math sciences. He beganhis career with Macro International, a research consulting firm, in Silver Spring, Md. in 1977. In 1980, Mike anda group of officers purchased Macro. In 1983, Mike moved with his family to Vermont to raise his children inShelburne, and opened the Burlington office of Macro. He and his business partner of 23 years, Frank Quirk,were instrumental in building Macro from a corporation with less than 100 employees in 1980 to a business of1,100 employees, including 175 workers in Vermont, in 2003. Mike retired as President of Macro in May, 2003.Mike served on the Shelburne School Board from 1988 to 1993, including two years as Chair. He served on theBoard of Directors of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations from 1991 to 2002. He also servedas an admissions counselor for MIT.

He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Joyce (Hier) Errecart; their children, Michael J. Errecart and JacquelineErrecart; his sister and her husband, Marie and Michael Kiser; and his brother, Bill Errecart.

Miss Elizabeth A. FurberMajor: Humanities (Course 21A) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 2/6/2003Elizabeth A. Furber, 56, of Savannah, GA passed away on February 6, 2003. She was born on June 25, 1946. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Harold Brown Jr.Major: Management (Course 15) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Date of Death: 10/25/2002Harold Brown, Jr of Kansas City, MO passed away on October 25, 2002. No additional details are available atthis time.

Miss Linda Yaye MayedaMajor: Chemistry (Course 5) MIT degrees: SB 1973Living Group: Epsilon ThetaDate of Death: 10/5/2002Linda Yaye Mayeda, 50, of Roxbury, MA, passed away on October 5, 2002. She was born on April 1, 1952. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Michael A KotchMajor: Aero and Astro (Course 16B) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Nu Delta, Phi Mu Delta

Date of Death: 8/11/2002Michael A Kotch, 52, passed away on August 11, 2002. He was born on January 1, 1950. No additional detailsare available at this time.

Mr. Anton ReishMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Delta UpsilonDate of Death: 5/16/2002Anton Reish, 51, of Sunderland, MA, died of occlusive coronary heart disease on May 16, 2002. He was born inLengries, Germany on July 15, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Robert B. BrayMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Alumni HousesDate of Death: 2/11/2002Robert B. Bray of Newport News, VA, 51, passed away on February 11, 2002. He was born onMarch 13, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Dr. Mark Steven LaventhalMajor: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Course 6) MIT degrees: SB 1974, SM 1974, EE 1977, PhD 1978Living Group: Date of Death: 12/9/2000Dr. Mark Steven Laventhal of Saint Louis Park, MN, 50, passed away on December 9, 2000. Hewas born in Englewood, NJ on November 14, 1950. No additional details are available at this

time.

Mr. Ernesto E. MurilloMajor: Management (Course 15) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Date of Death: 8/14/2000Ernesto E. Murillo of El Paso, TX, 49, passed away on August 14, 2000. He was born on May 17, 1951. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Benjamin Wright WilsonMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) MIT degrees: Elmira College degrees: BS in environmental studies Living Group: Date of Death: 8/3/2000Benjamin Wright Wilson, 49, of Corning, NY, died Aug 3, 2000, following a sudden illness. Ben was born October13, 1950. In 1968, Ben graduated from Corning Painted Post East High School, where he was an outstandingstudent and basketball player. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for two years; he earned hisB.S. degree in environmental studies from Elmira College. A gentle giant of a man, Ben love nature - fishing,camping, hiking, and collecting birds and reptiles. He enjoyed listening to music, playing chess, and watchingsports on TV with his buddies. Although he struggled with mental health problems all of his adult life, Ben was asource of quiet strength, sound advice and unconditional support for his friends and family.

Ben is survived by his sisters, Selma Wilson and Marcia Wilson Barry; and his brothers, Nathaniel O. Wilson andAlexander D. Wilson.

Mr. David N. WortmanMajor: Material Science and Engineering (Course 3A) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Alpha Epsilon PiDate of Death: 7/19/2000David N. Wortman of Boulder, CO, 49, passed away on July 19, 2000. He was born on February 28, 1951. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Dr. Robert G. LeeMajor: Physical Biology (Course 7A) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Senior House, Student HouseDate of Death: 6/23/2000Dr. Robert G. Lee of Burlington, MA, 49, passed away on June 23, 2000. He was born on June5, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Dr. John L. MillerMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) MIT degrees: SB 1973, SM 1973, EE 1974, PhD 1976Living Group: Date of Death: 5/17/2000Dr. John L. Miller, 49, passed away on May 17, 2000. He was born on November 3, 1950. No additional detailsare available at this time.

Dr. Bruce Warren PenmanMajor: Chemistry (Course 5) MIT degrees: SB 1972, PhD 1981 Nutrition and Food Science (Course 20)Living Group: Phi Beta EpsilonDate of Death: 12/19/1999Dr. Bruce Warren Penman of Salem, MA, 49, passed away on December 19, 1999. He was born on August 20,1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Peter Robertson WeitzMajor: Political Science (Course 17) MIT degrees: Brown University: BA in Political ScienceHarvard University: MA in Middle Eastern StudiesLiving Group: Date of Death: 9/7/1999Peter Robertson Weitz, of Washington, DC, 55, died of brain cancer September 7, 1999. He was born August 7,1944. He was a political scientist, consultant and former official of the German Marshall Plan of the UnitedStates. Mr. Weitz was a Washington native and grew up in Turkey and Europe, where his father was a United Nationsofficial. He graduated from Brown University and received a master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies fromHarvard University. He did further graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition toEnglish, he spoke Turkish, Italian, German and French. In 1972, he went to work for the German Marshall Plan, an independent American foundation that was createdthat year by the West German government. Its purpose is to commemorate the U.S. Marshall Plan, the massiveU.S. aid program that revived the economies of Western Europe after World War II. It supports public policyresearch, conferences, exchanges and similar projects aimed at promoting better understanding between theUnited States and Europe, with particular emphasis on U.S.-German relations. Mr. Weitz was its first program officer, and he played an important role in guiding its work. Over the years, itmade grants to organizations such as the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation and National PublicRadio. Since the collapse of communism in the early 1990s, it has undertaken a number of programs to promotedemocracy and the transition to market economies in Eastern and Central Europe.

In 1997, Mr. Weitz resigned to become deputy director of the Institute for International Economics, a think tankthat the German Marshall Plan established in 1981. During 1999, he had been an independent consultant oninternational affairs and was engaged in projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Mr. Weitz, who lived in Washington, lectured at the Foreign Service Institute and the Government FinanceCorporation. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Industrial Relations Research Associationand the National Economics Club. He was a past president of the board of trustees of Georgetown Day School. He is survived by his wife, Judith Humphreys Weitz of Washington; two children, Jessica Weitz of Marboro, Vt.,and Thomas Weitz of New York City; his parents, Charles and Gretchen Weitz of Portland and Vinalhaven, Maine;and a sister, Barbara Weitz of Madison, Wis.

Mr. Michael E. McClureMajor: Physics (Course 8) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Student HouseDate of Death: 7/31/1999Michael E. McClure, 48, passed away on July 31, 1999. He was born on March 20, 1950. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Peter G. TerwilligerMajor: Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) MIT degrees: SB 1973, SM 1973Living Group: Theta Delta ChiDate of Death: 3/17/1998Peter G. Terwilliger, 47, passed away on March 17, 1998. He was born on January 2, 1951. He was a MarketingEngineer at Brooks Automation in North Billerica, MA. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Greig Williams HarveyMajor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1) MIT degrees: SB 1973, SM 1976Living Group: Delta Psi – No 6 Club MembersDate of Death: 2/7/1997Greig Williams Harvey, 46, of Berkeley, CA, passed away on February 7, 1997. He was born on December 10,1950. He was a Vice President of DHS in Berkeley, CA. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. John E. LevensohnMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Bexley HallDate of Death: 11/15/1996John E. Levensohn, 46, of Somerville, MA, passed away on November 11, 1996. He was born on August 18,1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Bennett Evan WisemanMajor: Management (Course 15) MIT degrees: Living Group: Pi Kappa AlphaDate of Death: 9/17/1996Bennett Evan Wiseman, 46, of Santa Clara, CA, passed away on September 17, 1996. He was born on January2, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Steven D. LarsonMajor: Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) MIT degrees: Living Group:

Date of Death: 10/21/1995Steven D Larson, 45, of Yankton, SD, passed away on October 21, 1995. He was born on July 17, 1950. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Robert R. EbertMajor: Humanities and Science (Course 21B) MIT degrees: SB 1973Tufts University degree: PhDLiving Group: Date of Death: 4/11/1995Robert R. Ebert, 44, of Cambridge, MA, passed away on April 11, 1995. He was born on

January 1, 1951. He was an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. No additionaldetails are available at this time.

Mr. Stylianos V. DemetriouMajor: Management (Course 15) MIT degrees: SB 1972, SM 1973 (Chemical Engineering Practice, Course 10A)Tufts University degree: PhDLiving Group: Burton HouseDate of Death: 7/1/1994Stylianos V. Demetriou of Nicosia, Cyprus, passed away on July 7, 1994. No additional details

are available at this time.

Mr. Bruce M. WeinbergMajor: Management (Course 15) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Phi Beta EpsilonDate of Death: 2/5/1994Bruce M. Weinberg, 44, of Arlington, MA, passed away on February 5, 1994. He was born on January 13, 1950in Maryland. He was a law clerk at the firm of Gallagher and Gallagher PC in Charlestown, MA. No additionaldetails are available at this time.

Mr. Robert Arnold LentzMajor: Biology/Life Science (Course 7) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Date of Death: 4/1/1993Robert Arnold Lentz, 47, of Encinitas, CA, passed away on April 1, 1993. He was born on October 4, 1945 inMassachusetts. He was the founder and president of Micro Works. No additional details are available at thistime.

Dr. Lewis Erwin, IIMajor: Mechanical Engineering (Course 2) MIT degrees: SB 1972, SM 1974, PhD 1977Living Group: Sigma ChiDate of Death: 12/15/1991Dr. Lewis Erwin, II, 40, of Winnetka, IL died December 15, 1991 of heart failure. He was born April 2, 1951 inMA. He was a professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University and director of the Center forManufacturing Engineering at the university’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is survived by his wife, Jacquie.

Dr. Sandra G. Wiener

Major: Biology/Life Science (Course 7) MIT degrees: SB 1972, SM 1972 Nutrition and Food Science (Course 20)Living Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 9/24/1991Dr. Sandra G. Wiener, 39, of Santa Clara, CA, passed away on September 24, 1991. She wasborn on March 26, 1951 in New York. She was a Senior Research Associate in the Stanford

School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. No additional details are available at thistime.

Mr. Gary N. SolomonMajor: Economics (Course 14) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Baker HouseDate of Death: 7/10/1989Mr. Gary N. Solomon, 39, of Delray Beach, FL, passed away on July 10, 1989. He was born on July 5, 1950. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. John B. HortonMajor: Mathematics (Course 18) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Burton HouseDate of Death: 3/6/1986Mr. John B. Horton, 35, of Cincinnati, OH, passed away on March 6, 1986. He was born on August 7, 1950. Noadditional details are available at this time.

Mr. Philip J. Scanlon, Jr. Major: Physical Sciences (Course 12B) MIT degrees: Living Group: Date of Death: 10/1/1984Mr. Philip J. Scanlon, Jr., 33, of Braintree MA, died on October 1, 1984. He was born on November 20, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Harvey J. Baker Major: Political Science (Course 17) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: MacGregor HouseDate of Death: 9/10/1984Mr. Harvey J. Baker, 33, of Brighton, MA, died on September 10, 1984. He was born onFebruary 19, 1951. No additional details are available at this time.

Dr. Michael Sims, MDMajor: Mathematics (Course 18) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: MacGregor HouseDate of Death: 12/19/1982Dr. Michael Sims, 32, of Evanston, IL, died on December 19, 1982. He was born on October13, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. John Gary GaschnigMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Sigma Alpha MuDate of Death: 3/4/1982

John Gary Gaschnig, 31, of Mountain View, CA, died on March 4, 1982. He was born on June 24, 1950 in PA. Hewas working for SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center as a computer scientist. No additional detailsare available at this time.

Mr. Charles F. WendlerMajor: Chemistry (Course 5) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Alumni House, Third EastDate of Death: 7/2/1977Charles F. Wendler, 30, of Detroit, MI, died on July 2, 1977. He was born on May 16, 1947 in MI. No additionaldetails are available at this time.

Mr. Craig Warren JohnsonMajor: Mathematics (Course 18) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Alumni HousesDate of Death: 6/8/1977Craig Warren Johnson, 28, died on June 8, 1977. He was born on September 28, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA. Hewas a Research Associate at the Royal College of Art in London, England. No additional details are available atthis time.

Mr. Judson I. RichMajor: Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16) MIT degrees: Living Group: Alpha Epsilon PiDate of Death: 4/27/1974Judson I. Rich, of Chicago, IL died on April 27, 1974 in Boston, MA. No additional details are available at thistime.

Mr. Walter L. WalkerMajor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6) MIT degrees: SB 1972Living Group: Alumni HousesDate of Death: 12/29/1973Walter L. Walker, 23, of Oklahoma City, OK died on December 29, 1973 in Santa Clara, CA. He was born January 23, 1950. No additional details are available at this time.

Mr. Gordon WoulffMajor: Earth Atmosphere and Planetary Science and Mathematics (Course 12 and 18) MIT degrees: SB 1973, SB 1973Living Group: Alumni HousesDate of Death: 7/27/1973Gordon Woulff, 21, Bronx, NY died July 27, 1973 in a tragic climbing accident in the Grand Teton National Park. He fell 50 feet from Cube Point on High Angle Rock. He was the lead climber and was roped to a friend. He hadplaced a protection point above his friend, but the point pulled out when he fell. His friend managed to stopGordon Woulff’s fall after 50 feet, but he had landed on rocks and died on the scene.

Miss Mary Catherine BinonMajor: Mathematics (18) MIT degrees: Living Group: McCormick HallDate of Death: 9/20/1970Mary Catherine Binon, 19, of Saint Paul, MN, died September 20, 1970 in a tragic motor scooter accident inCambridge, MA. The scooter struck the parking garage wall on the third floor and Mary Binon was thrown overthe wall to the ground.

Mr. Kenneth D. RiceMajor: MIT degrees: Living Group: Alumni HousesDate of Death: 1970Mr. Kenneth D. Rice of Boulder, CO, died in 1970. No additional details are available at this time.

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