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  In Memoriam
     
    1924-1950

1951-2001

Friends

1951

Richard F. Burke
March 19, 2001
In Woodstock, Conn., at 75. Prior to his retirement in 1991, Mr. Burke worked 41 years with Belding, Hemingway Co., New York. He began his career working 18 years in research and development as a physicist. He later became president of the Belding Corticelli Division and, then, corporate vice president of Belding, Hemingway Co. His work involved extensive travel throughout Europe and Asia. Active in community affairs, Mr. Burke served as an alderman and, also, as a member of the board of education and the planning commission in Putnam, Conn. During World War II, he served in the Navy. Mr. Burke is survived by six sons; five daughters; two brothers, including Donald E., D.D.S. ’51; a sister; 23 grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.

1952

James J. Daubert, M.D.
April 6, 2001
In Rochester, N.Y., at 70. Mr. Daubert is survived by his wife, Irene; two sons; a brother; and four grandchildren.

1953

Francis J. Byrne
April 1, 2001
At his home in North Andover, Mass., at 69. During his career, Mr. Byrne worked 35 years as a systems engineer in the aerospace industry; previously, he taught at Chelmsford (Mass.) High School. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Mr. Byrne is survived by two sons; three daughters, including Maureen E. Byrne Gottfried ’80; and 10 grandchildren. 

Richard F. Doyle
Sept. 17, 2000
In New York. Mr. Doyle is survived by his wife, Hope; and five children.

1954

Henry C. Lemire Sr.
April 8, 2001
At his home in Warwick, R.I., at 70, after a long illness. Prior to his retirement in 1989, Mr. Lemire had served 24 years as the director of pupil personnel services for the Warwick School Department. Earlier in his career, he had been a guidance counselor at schools in Holbrook and Rockport, Mass. An Army veteran, Mr. Lemire served in Germany as a recreational supervisor. Captain of the Holy Cross football team, he was president of the Varsity Club in 1974; the following year, he was elected to the College’s Hall of Fame. Mr. Lemire had also been a member of the Holy Cross Athletic Council. In 1991, the Holy Cross Club of Rhode Island elected him its Crusader of the Year and, in 1994, the College honored him with the In Hoc Signo Award, in recognition of his many years of volunteer service to the College. Mr. Lemire had been a Holy Cross agent and a representative of the Admissions Office at college nights and other programs for prospective students. He is survived by his wife, Jane; two sons; a daughter, Mary Lemire-Campion ’80; a son-in-law, John G. Campion ’81; three brothers; two sisters; and six grandchildren. 

1957

Edward C. McNulty, D.M.D.
April 4, 2001
At Belleview Hospital in New York City, at 66. Dr. McNulty had been acting chairman of the orthodontic department at New York University, where he served as associate professor and director of the international program in orthodontics for foreign graduates. Dr. McNulty had also maintained an orthodontics practice in New York City and Greenwich, Conn.; he had been a member of the staff of the dental clinic at Greenwich Hospital and ethics facilitator at the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. From 1997-98, Dr. McNulty served as president of the American College of Dentists. A Navy veteran, he had been an assistant dental officer, and, later, a member of the U.S. Dental Corps with the Naval Reserve. Dr. McNulty had been a Holy Cross class agent. He is survived by his wife, Lynn; two sons; two daughters; and two grandchildren.

William J. Smithers
Feb. 18, 2001
In MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, Mass., at 66. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smithers had worked many years in the industrial electronics industry, for Raytheon, Sigma Instruments and Eltra Corp.; he had been a manufacturer’s representative. A quarterback on the Holy Cross varsity football team, he threw the winning touchdown pass in the 1956 game against Boston College, resulting in a 7-0 victory; he received the O’Melia Award for most valuable player in the game. Mr. Smithers is survived by two sons; a daughter; a brother; and a sister.

1958

James R. Suelzer
April 9, 2001
In Fort Wayne, Ind., at 64. Active in the title business throughout his career, Mr. Suelzer had been president of the First Land Title Co. of Fort Wayne and a former president of the Indiana Land Title Association. He is survived by his wife, Carol; a daughter; a granddaughter; and a brother, John G., M.D., ’53. 

1959

Thomas F. Madden
May 15, 2001
At his home in O’Fallon, Ill., at 63. A real estate appraiser, retired Lt. Col. Thomas F. Madden, USAF, was the owner of the M&M Appraisal Co., Belleville, Ill.; he had also been a real estate agent/broker for Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors. Mr. Madden retired as a lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force in 1985. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; five daughters; six grandchildren; four brothers, including John P. Jr. ’58 and Michael A. ’66; an uncle; and a cousin.

1960

John J. Moynihan
March 12, 2001
At his home in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., at 63, after a short illness. During his career, Mr. Moynihan had worked in banking, marketing and sales, most recently for Data Publishing Co., now Harris Publications. Previously, he had been employed by the Los Angeles Times Mirror Videotex Co.; Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York; American Express; Citibank; TRW; and the R.J. Toomey Co. in Worcester. An inventor and holder of many patents, Mr. Moynihan had most recently created a line of model products for national distribution to train and subway train hobbyists. He is survived by a brother; three sisters; many nephews and nieces; and grandnephews and grandnieces.

1961

James F. Coggins Jr.
Jan. 11, 2001
In Suffield, Conn., at 61. During his career, Mr. Coggins worked 33 years for Cigna, retiring in 1998 as managing director of investments. Active in community affairs, he had been a member of the Suffield Zoning Board of Appeals and the Suffield Emergency Aid Association. An Army veteran, Mr. Coggins served in the Vietnam War. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr. Coggins is survived by his wife, Norann; three sons; two daughters; a sister; and several nephews and nieces. 

1962

Robert P. Marshall
Jan. 28, 2001
At his home in Cape Coral, Fla., at 59. Mr. Marshall had most recently been the executive vice president and general counsel of Cornerstone Technologies, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Previously, he was general counsel of Horsehead Industries, Palmerton, Pa., and a member of the law departments of Gulf & Western Industries; the New Jersey Zinc Co.; Sybron Corp.; and the Michelin Tire Co. At the beginning of his career, Mr. Marshall had been associated with the Rochester, N.Y., law firm of Woods, Oviatt, Gilman, Sturman & Clarke. He is survived by his wife, Erna; two daughters, including Heidi Izadi-Marshall ’93; a brother; and three sisters.

1963

James R. Egan
Feb. 9, 2001
At Tobey Hospital, Wareham, Mass., at 59. Prior to his retirement in 2000, Mr. Egan had been the principal of Old Rochester High School in Mattapoisett for 11 years; he had also served as interim principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School. Previously, Mr. Egan had been an English teacher and assistant principal at Weymouth (Mass.) North High School. He is survived by two daughters; a brother, Paul F. ’57; an aunt; three grandchildren; and two nephews and a niece.

1965

Edwin J. Lanfear Jr.
March 30, 2001
In New York, at 57. Mr. Lanfear was a retired naval officer. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a daughter; his mother; and his mother-in-law. 

1971

Thomas S. Lyons
May 11, 2001
In Morristown (N.J.) Memorial Hospital, at 52. During his career, Mr. Lyons worked for Senior Resources Inc., a personnel agency in New York City. He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Peter M. ’74 and Kevin W. ’78; a sister; a nephew; and a niece.

1973

William L. Carey
March 21, 2001
At his home in Issaquah, Wash., at 50, after a long illness. Retired Cmdr. William L. Carey, USCG, served 23 years in the military, primarily in the American Northwest and Alaska, with temporary assignments in Japan, Bahrain and Florida. He is survived by his wife, Victoria; a daughter; his parents; a brother; a sister; and several nieces, including Caitlin C. Cusack ’01.

1981

Daniel N. Michaud
Feb. 20, 2001
At his home in East Hampton, N.Y., at 41. Mr. Michaud had been employed as the director of marketing for the Little Orchestra Society in New York City. He is survived by his parents; two brothers; a sister; a niece; several aunts; uncles; cousins; and partner, Samford Smolowitz. 

 

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