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    1927-1950

1951-1996

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1951

Frank W. Barry Jr.
March 13, 2003

In Connecticut, at 75. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Barry had worked 40 years for the Aetna Life Insurance Co. in Hartford, Conn. He joined the company in 1951 and served for many years in the general liability/umbrella product management area. As director, Mr. Barry had been a member of the insurance industry’s Insurance Service Office’s General Liability Committee in New York City; he was involved in developing the industry’s simplified commercial general liability policy. A member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters Insurance Association, Mr. Barry had also been a member of the American Insurance Association’s Insurance Liability Committee. He completed two years of military service before attending Holy Cross. Mr. Barry is survived by his wife, Rita; a son; a daughter; two brothers, including M. Peter ’55; and seven grandchildren.

John P. Curran, D.D.S.
March 22, 2003
At Candler Hospital, Savannah, Ga., at 73. Prior to his retirement, Dr. Curran had maintained an orthodontics practice for many years in East Norwalk, Conn. He served two years as a dentist in the Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant junior grade. Dr. Curran is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; three sons; a daughter; and four grandchildren.

1957

Robert T. Brackett
Feb. 2, 2003
In Florida, at 67. During his career, Mr. Brackett had worked many years as a sales representative for Raytheon, Honeywell and Pioneer. He is survived by his wife, Valerie; a son; three daughters; a brother; a sister; 13 grandchildren; two nephews and three nieces.

1958

Henry R. Radoski
March 4, 2003
At his home in Sudbury, Mass., at 66. A civilian employee for the U.S. government, Mr. Radoski worked 36 years for the Department of the Air Force, retiring in 1998. At the start of his career, he had been a seismologist at Weston (Mass.) Observatory; he later did research for A.F.C.R.L. at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass. Mr. Radoski then relocated to the Washington, D.C., area, where he worked as a physicist for the Air Force; he returned to Sudbury following retirement. Mr. Radoski is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; three sons; a grandson; and a sister.

1959

John C. Corrigan Jr.
May 20, 2003
At his home in Fall River, Mass., at 65. Mr. Corrigan had been employed as an attorney with Corrigan, Johnson & Tudor of Fall River and Boston for 15 years; previously, he had been associated with the Boston firm of Parker Coulter Dailey & White. During his career, Mr. Corrigan had served as press secretary to the late former Rhode Island Gov. John Chafee Sr. He had also taught philosophy, theology and English at Salve Regina College, Newport, R.I., and led a biannual trial advocacy workshop at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. A Lizzie Borden scholar, Mr. Corrigan had appeared on the History Channel as an expert on her trial. In commemoration of its 100th anniversary, he reenacted the trial at the New Bedford (Mass.) Trial Court and also appeared in a play in Bristol, R.I., with the late actor Anthony Quinn. Mr. Corrigan is survived by a brother, Dominic F., M.D., ’63; two nephews; a niece, Elisabeth A. ’95; and many cousins. His father was the late John C. ’25.

2003

John D. Bombard
July 2, 2003
Of Port Jefferson, Long Island, N.Y., at 24. As a student at Holy Cross, Mr. Bombard had been a member of the varsity ice hockey and baseball teams and an Army ROTC battalion commander. “We are deeply saddened by John’s death,” says Holy Cross head hockey coach, Paul Pearl. “He was a wonderful young man who worked as hard, both on and off the ice, as any player that I have ever coached. His teammates and coaches truly loved him and will miss him dearly.” Mr. Bombard is survived by his parents; two brothers; a sister; his grandmother; a nephew and a niece; uncles and aunts; cousins; and friends.

 

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