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Richard G. Whitman
Nov. 27, 2004
At Vermont Respite House in Williston, at 68.
During his career, Mr. Whitman had worked as a hardware salesman
for IBM. Relocating to Stowe, Vt., in 1986, he had served
as a bookkeeper for the Stowehof Inn. Mr. Whitman was a veteran
of the Army. He is survived by his wife, Susan; a son; a
daughter; two brothers; three sisters; and many nephews and
nieces.
Thomas P. Whalen
Feb. 13, 2005
At his home in Arlington, Vt., at 65. Mr. Whalen
had been an attorney for many years in Manchester, Vt., specializing
in estate and probate law; at the start of his career, he
had served three years as assistant U.S. attorney for the
District of Vermont. Arlington town moderator for more than
30 years, Mr. Whalen had been a member of the town’s
Board of Selectmen and Planning Commission in the late 1960s
and a longtime member of the board of directors of the Martha
Canfield Memorial Free Library in Arlington; he had also
been a member of the Arlington Recreational and Park Committee,
serving as its president in 1977-78. Active in community
affairs, Mr. Whalen had been a member of the executive committee
and trustee of the Putnam Memorial Health Corp. and its vice
chairman, from 1991-93; a member of the board of directors
of the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and its chairman,
from 1991-94; and a director of the Factory Point National
Bank for 30 years where he had held the post of chairman,
from 1996 until the time of his death. A member of the state
board of education and its vice chairman, from 1985-87, Mr.
Whalen had also served on the boards of: Mount Laurel School;
Pine Cobble School; Manchester Health Services; and Southern
Vermont College. He had been a Holy Cross class agent. Mr.
Whalen is survived by four sons; a daughter-in-law; two brothers;
a sister; twin grandsons; a nephew; and two nieces.
Bernard J. Welch
Dec. 27, 2004
At HealthAlliance Leominster ( Mass.) Hospital,
at 63. A longtime educator, Mr. Welch had been the principal
of Fitchburg ( Mass.) High School for 18 years, prior to
his retirement. Beginning his career in 1965 as a teacher
at St. Bernard’s
Junior High School, Fitchburg, he joined the staff of Fitchburg
High School in 1967 as an English teacher and later served
as a guidance counselor; before assuming the post of principal
in 1986, Mr. Welch had been the school business manager.
During his tenure, he had served in various capacities, including:
Student Council adviser; class adviser; yearbook adviser;
Booster Club adviser; chairman of the Faculty Social Committee;
junior-senior relay coach; and coach of the varsity swim
and golf teams. In addition, Mr. Welch had been the principal
of the Adult Education Evening Program, where he had taught
English and U.S. Government. Other professional and community
involvement included: serving as an adjunct professor at
Fisher Junior College in Boston; an organizer of Special
Olympics Day; a member of the Fitchburg High School Building
Advisory Committee; a coach of the former Stephens Business
College basketball team; and chairman of the Fitchburg-Leominster
United Way Budget Committee. He had been a member of several
professional organizations, including the Secondary School
Administrators Association and the National Association of
Secondary School Principals. Mr. Welch is survived by his
wife, Rosemary; a son; a daughter; a sister; several nephews
and nieces; and grandnephews and grandnieces.
Brian T. Quinlan
Feb. 20, 2005
In New York. Mr. Quinlan is survived by his wife,
Annamarie; his mother; and two sons.
Francis M. Simms Sr.
Feb. 1, 2005
At his home in Mercerville, N.J., at 60. For the
past 25 years, Mr. Simms had worked in the banking industry–for
Citicorp Bank, Chase Manhattan Bank and Fleet/Bank of America,
as a senior vice president; most recently, he had served
as a senior vice president of Wachovia Bank and, as an investment
counselor, for Wachovia Securities. Previously, Mr. Simms
held sales and marketing positions for 13 years in the pharmaceutical
industry. Following graduation, he joined the Air National
Guard in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Simms had been active in the
American Cancer Society, serving as chairman of the Prostate
Cancer Awareness Task Force; founder of “Run for Dad,” an
event held each Father’s Day since 2003 to raise awareness
about prostate cancer; and vice chairman of the board of
trustees. The American Cancer Society selected him as the
recipient of its 2004 “Shining Star Award,” for
outstanding volunteer services–to be bestowed posthumously
last March at the society’s “Celebration of Life” event.
Mr. Simms had also volunteered at the Center for Outreach
and Services for the Autistic Community (COSAC), serving
as treasurer of the board of trustees and chairman of the
Budget and Finance Committee; from 2002-03, he had been a
member of the board of trustees of Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA). Mr. Simms is survived by his wife, Dorothy;
two sons; two daughters; two sons-in-law; a daughter-in-law;
a brother; and six grandchildren.
Thomas R. Gallagher
Jan. 22, 2005
At his home in Cross Lanes, W. Va., at 57. Mr.
Gallagher had been a corporate attorney for the Peabody Coal
Co. and the Eastern Associated Coal Corp. A scoutmaster for
Boy Scout Troop 2, he was a recipient of the Silver Beaver
Award from the Buckskin Council, Boy Scouts of America. Mr.
Gallagher had served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate
General Corps, attaining the rank of major. He is survived
by his wife, Suzette; his mother; three sons; four daughters,
including Meghan K. ’00; three brothers; and a sister.
James M. Milligan
Jan. 7, 2005
In New York, at 56. Longtime dean of the Admissions
Office of Columbia Law School in New York City, Mr. Milligan
had joined the staff in 1980 as assistant dean and the director
of admissions. Previously, he had served three years as the
associate director of admissions at Hampshire College, Amherst,
Mass. Mr. Milligan began his career as the coordinator of
residential life in the Office of Student Affairs at the
University of Connecticut and then held the post of assistant
director of financial aid at Teachers College; from 1976-77,
he had been an administrative intern in the Admissions Office
at Columbia Law School. A trustee of the Law School Admissions
Council, Mr. Milligan was also chairman of Columbia’s
Community Impact, which coordinates the volunteer social
service efforts of students and staff. He is survived by
his wife, Karen; a son; and a sister.
Lawrence D. Lorenzo
Feb. 25, 2005
In Boston, at 54. Employed by Legg Mason as a
financial adviser, Mr. Lorenzo had previously worked for
L.F. Rothschild & Co.
and Morgan Stanley. He had been a member of the President’s
Council at Holy Cross. Mr. Lorenzo is survived by his mother;
a brother; a sister; and nephews and nieces.
Francis R. Paradis
March 14, 2005
At the University of Massachusetts Hospital,
Worcester, at 55. During his career, Mr. Paradis owned and
operated the New England Chemical Company; previously, he
had been a construction laborer with the Granger Construction
Co. Mr. Paradis is survived by his fiancée, June Generelli;
his father; a brother; six sisters; six brothers-in-law;
and many nephews and nieces.
John E. Curran
Feb. 10, 2005
In Connecticut, at 51. Mr. Curran is survived
by his father, Hugh C. ’49; his mother; a brother,
Hugh R. ’84;
four sisters, including M. Kate ’85 and Mary Ellen ’86;
two brothers-in-law; one sister-in-law; and several nephews
and nieces.
Robert G. Flater
Jan. 6, 2005
In Scottsdale, Ariz., at 47. During his career,
Mr. Flater had been an entrepreneur, executive and business
management consultant for several national and international
enterprises; he had also been active in many Boston charities,
including the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In 1996, Mr. Flater
had taught a course at Columbia University in New York City,
titled “Management
of Financial Institutions.” A Holy Cross class co-chair
from 1979-83, he had been a member of the President’s
Council at Holy Cross–and, from 1993-94, a member of
the “Campaign for Holy Cross” Boston Regional
Committee. Mr. Flater changed his name in 2000 to Robert
G. Flaherty. He is survived by his parents; a sister; two
uncles; an aunt; and several cousins.
Gordon S. Hamilton
Jan. 23, 2005
In an automobile accident on the New Jersey Turnpike,
at 31. Mr. Hamilton was in his fourth season as the head
boys’ varsity
basketball coach at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn.
He also worked full time in the health and human services
department of the city of Hartford, coaching and counseling
children and teens at one of the city’s community youth
centers. Mr. Hamilton played varsity basketball at Holy Cross
and served as a co-captain of the team. Following graduation,
he played professional basketball in Belgium and South Africa.
Mr. Hamilton then returned to Connecticut, where he became
an assistant men’s basketball coach at Central Connecticut
State University; he also served in this capacity at the
State University of New York in Binghamton. A 1991 graduate
of Kingswood-Oxford High School in West Hartford, Conn.,
he had been a member of the basketball, tennis and soccer
teams. Mr. Hamilton is survived by his wife, Chastity; a
son; an adopted son; his parents; his grandparents; his father-in-law
and mother-in-law; a sister-in-law; his godparents; uncles;
aunts; and cousins.
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