Russ ’03 ’03

Christina Bechhold

RUSS ’03 is a venture capitalist and sought-after speaker who has found success in a field historically dominated by men. She leads Truist Ventures, where her team “invests in and acquires exceptional high-growth founders and funds bringing surprise and delight to financial services.”

Drawn to finance after being selected for the business school honors program at Boston College, she says, “I have a love of building things and am fascinated by technology’s ability to create.”

She has always been interested in new business models. “I started out as an angel investor, co-founding Empire Angels, a member-led group and fund investing in early-stage companies. It was the first angel group for millennials, with peers investing in peers,” she explains. “I enjoyed that work immensely—venture capital is a great career for anyone with strong intellectual curiosity.”

While women are becoming more involved in finance, Russ says they still make up only about 15 percent of check writers at venture capital funds. “It’s a similar percentage of women in executive roles in finance more broadly. We need more women at the table, in the boardroom, making the decisions. The outcomes are empirically better when they are.”

In a TEDWomen event, Russ spoke about women, wealth, and powering entrepreneurship. “I credit Hotchkiss Speech and Debate (the Vavpetics) and Hotchkiss Drama (Sarah Tames) for my comfort level as a speaker, which has helped me professionally,” she notes.

She was recognized by the New York Business Journal as a 2016 Woman of

Influence. More recently, she was named a Woman to Watch in Venture Capital by Business Insider and as one of Britain’s 35 Women in Business Under 35 by the Daily Telegraph. She is a contributor to publications including the Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur, again, drawing on skills she learned at Hotchkiss. “Being able to organize your thoughts and express them effectively is critical. Great writing absorbs the reader, changes perceptions, and illuminates ideas. Publications are always looking for those voices.”

Hotchkiss was Russ’s only choice for secondary school. “My parents went to boarding school—my mother, Northfield Mount Hermon, and my father, Hotchkiss Class of 1972. They spoke about their experiences with incredible fondness. I can probably tell you as many stories from my father’s time in Lakeville as my own. My grandfather was a member of the Class of 1948.”

Her Hotchkiss experience was profound “thanks to exceptional courses and faculty members. The Holocaust with Lou Pressman was one of the reasons I chose to double major in philosophy in college. Tom Flemma’s AP U.S. history lessons on understanding source material are still relevant. Jim Fornshell, Chris Burchfield, and Julia Trethaway were standouts, and Tim Acker wrote a wonderful recommendation for my application to study abroad in my junior year of college.”

Russ participated in numerous extracurricular activities as a Bearcat. “I loved the camaraderie of team sports and served as captain of both cross country and track and field,” she says. Her Hotchkiss trip to Antarctica during her upper mid-year remains memorable.

When classmate Bennett Rathbun ’03 decided to launch the nonprofit organization Hope on a String in 2011, he asked Russ to help. “My husband and I actually met there as founding board members. I’m proud of what Hope on a String has accomplished, building community through music and the performing arts in Haiti. Bennett did a tremendous job, and we were honored to be involved.”

Russ has made financially supporting Hotchkiss a priority. “The School helped form the core of who I am, and many of my closest friends are my classmates. I want to ensure Hotchkiss is a place of growth and opportunity for many more generations.”

She has also volunteered for Hotchkiss as a member of the School’s Board of Governors. “As chair of the nominating committee for School awards, I helped identify achievement—there is great value in sharing stories. We chose the first female Alumni Award recipient, Allison Janney ’77. You can’t emulate what you can’t see. That was a very important moment for all women.” H

ARCHIBALD MCCLURE P’68,’69, GP’00, ’00,’02,’02,’04,’04,’04,’10, age 99, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Aug. 6, 2022. Born in South Bend, IN, he graduated from Hotchkiss in 1940 and Yale University in 1944. He was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and served as a combat information center officer and later as executive officer on a destroyer, with two convoy escort runs in the Atlantic and two and a half years operating as a picket ship to support carrier task forces in the Pacific. After retiring from the Navy as a lieutenant, he joined the engineering department of the Quaker Oats Company in 1946 and worked at Quaker plants in Memphis, TN; Harrisburg, PA; Cedar Rapids, IA; and St. Joseph, MO, before eventually settling the family in Kenilworth, IL. He retired from Quaker as an executive vice president and director in 1979. He then served as vice president in administration of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago until his retirement in 1988. He served on the Board of the Quaker Oats Company, Holiday Inn, and the First Illinois Bank, among others. He supported many charitable, educational, and civic organizations such as National Boy Scouts, Coe College, and United Fund, and served as president of School and Kenilworth Union Church Boards, Presbyterian Home in Evanston, and United Religions Initiative. He was married to Sallie Van Norden for 40 years and was father to children Archibald McClure ’68, John McClure ’69, P’00,’02,’04, Sallie Stanley, and Marion Cartwright P’00,’02,’04. He had eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. They include John McClure ’00, Gene Cartwright ’00, Archibald McClure ’02, John Cartwright ’02, Douglas McClure ’04, Grant Cartwright ’04, Catherine Wallace Spalding ’04, and Stephanie Wallace ’10. He was then married for 28 years to Anne Downey and was the stepfather to her five daughters, who include Anne Wallace P’04,’10, 11 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. Arch nearly made it to his 100th birthday on Aug. 19. Though dementia had clouded his memory, he knew his family had been watching over him in his last weeks, and that was what mattered most to him.

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JOSEPH (“JOE”) SAMPLE, born March 15, 1923, died peacefully on Oct. 13, 2022, at his home in Billings, MT. He was 99. Born in Chicago, he attended Hotchkiss from 1937 until graduation in 1941 and subsequently graduated from Yale. During World War II, he led intelligence missions in China for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor of the CIA. Recalled into the Korean War, he served as chief, Domestic Intelligence, for Fifth Army Headquarters. His professional life began with work as an intern for a Chicago advertising agency, where he quickly rose to vice president and media director. While proud of his Chicago upbringing and his professional work there, Montana stole his heart. In 1954, he moved to Billings, and a year later joined thenKOOK-AM-TV as a minority stockholder and president. He established the Montana Television Network with stations in Billings, Butte, Great Falls, and Missoula. He served as president of the Rocky Mountain Broadcasters Association and was also vice-chairman of the Montana Educational Broadcasting Commission. Retiring in 1984, he became a programmer and board member of Yellowstone Public Radio. His jazz program, reflecting his Chicago roots, was called “Spreadin’ Rhythm Around” and aired for more than two decades with content curated by him as “Scatman.” He became president of the Greater Montana Foundation, as well as the Sample Foundation, which serves the poor and underprivileged, and continued his work with the foundation up until his death. During his career he served on numerous boards and was governor of the Western Canada Hockey League and president/owner of the Billings Bighorns. A member of the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame, he received the Governor’s Medals for both the arts and the humanities, and honorary degrees from MSU and Rocky Mountain College. Later in life, he spent his winters in Naples, FL, in a community developed by his father. Service to his country, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy made for a full life. He also found time to appreciate Western art and artists and to build an impressive personal collection, which he shared with museums all over the West. He loved the Chicago Cubs and baseball in general, having lived to watch both Babe Ruth in person, and, just days before his passing, Aaron Judge on television, make history. In the end, however, his friends and family most engaged and delighted him. After the loss of his beloved wife, Miriam Tyler Sample, and the murder of his son, Michael, he manifested the strength, resolve, and positivity of the Greatest Generation. He was predeceased by his sister and is survived by two sons, as well as seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

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JOHN PHILIP MARCHANT, formerly of Putnoe, Bedford, England, passed away peacefully at The Moorings, Earsham, Norfolk, England, on May 18, 2018. He was 93. After Hotchkiss, he graduated from Yale in 1945 and Oxford in the Class of 1950, where his major was physics. He served three years in the British Army. He co-authored a book with D. Pegg, Digital Computers: A Practical Approach, which was published in London in 1967 by Blackie. During his career he was employed by Advanced Computer Technologies Group and taught science at Bedford School.

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EDGAR JADWIN of Vero Beach, FL, passed away on June 27, 2022, at age 95, leaving to mourn family and friends. After graduating from Hotchkiss in 1945, where he was influenced by Carle Parsons, whom he described as a master of words and the English language, he earned an A.B. in economics in 1949 from Princeton. He worked at a paper machinery company for 10 years before beginning a 31-year career in jewelry manufacturing. In retirement, he enjoyed traveling and belonged to the Senior Core of Retired Executives (SCORE), counseling startups and small business operators. He won several gold medals in the Senior Life Games (swimming) in Vero Beach, FL. He is survived by his family, Normandy Beach and Vero Beach; his wife, Lois Breckley of Mountain Lakes, NJ; his two daughters; and his three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A cousin, Jim Lathrop, is a member of the Class of 1964.

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GEORGE W. MEAD II , an icon in the Wisconsin and North American paper industry, died in Madison, WI, on July 29, 2022. He was 94. He was known for his leadership of Consolidated Papers, Inc., formerly headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, and for his leadership in the paper industry. He also served as chairman of the Mead Witter Foundation, Inc., a family philanthropic foundation. From 1971 to 1993, he was chairman and CEO of Consolidated Papers, Inc., the company his great-grandfather started in 1894. He joined Consolidated in 1952 as a chemical engineer and progressed to production manager and quality manager before becoming vice president of operations in 1962 and a corporate director in 1963. In 1966, he became president and chief executive officer, the position he held until 1971, when he was named chairman and CEO. Under his leadership the company grew to nearly $2 billion in sales, was designated a Fortune 500 company, and became known as the world’s leading producer of coated printing papers. The company was valued at $4.8 billion at the time of its sale in 2000. Throughout his career, he served on a variety of corporate boards and held key positions in national papermaking organizations. Like his father, Stanton Mead ’18, he was an avid conservationist. He continued the work of his father in preserving land for hunting and fishing through active involvement in the Mead Wildlife Area, a 33,000-acre property owned and operated by the DNR in Central Wisconsin; the promotion of best forestry practices on Consolidated Papers’s 692,000 acres of timberlands in the U.S. and Canada, as well as serving on the board of Trees for Tomorrow, Inc., an organization focused on introducing young people to careers in the forest industry. A trustee of Lawrence University for 30 years, he also served as trustee, vice chairman, and chairman of the board for the Institute of Paper Chemistry, later the Institute of Paper Science and Technology. Following in the tradition of both the Witter and Mead family of support for the community, he worked his entire life to improve and preserve open park space for public use along the banks of the Wisconsin River. He enthusiastically supported the Madison Jazz Society and assisted in the archiving at Stanford University of the Jim Cullum Riverwalk Jazz concerts aired on Wisconsin Public Radio. He received his early education in Wisconsin Rapids and attended Hotchkiss from 19421946. After graduating from Yale in 1950 with a degree in chemistry, he went on to receive an M.S. degree from the Institute of Paper Chemistry in 1952. During his college years, he married Helen Anderson in Connecticut. He later married Susan Feith, who survives him. He also is survived by a sister; two daughters and a son; two stepchildren; as well as four grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, Gilbert “Gil” Mead, Class of 1948.

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RICHARD W. SMITH JR. (“DICK”) , a past president of the Maidstone Club, died at his Borden Lane residence in East Hampton Village on Aug. 20, 2022. The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest. Also a resident of New York City, he was 92. For many years, he worked at Bankers Trust in London and New York. In East Hampton, where his family had first come around the turn of the last century, he was president of the Maidstone Club from 1993 to 1999. He was active in the social life there and with local charities. With a fellow resident, James Tompkins, he helped establish a scholarship fund and tournament for caddies at the club, the Frank Collins Memorial, named after a beloved caddy. Born on Feb. 27, 1930, in New York City to Richard W. Smith and the former Anna Bailey, he grew up in Glen Cove and attended Buckley Country Day School in Roslyn and Hotchkiss. He graduated from Yale University in 1952 before serving in the Navy as a senior lieutenant until 1954. In 1956, he graduated from Columbia Law School. That year, he and Mary Louise Ryan were married. They had two sons who survive him, Richard W. Smith III and Bruce Bailey Smith. Mary Louise Smith died in 2002. He was also predeceased by a brother, Bailey Smith ’50. Lalitte Smith, whom Mr. Smith married in 2005, also survives him.

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HOWARD C. JUDD JR. (“PETER”), age 90, of Denver, CO, passed peacefully on Sept. 3, 2022. He is survived by his beloved wife of 25 years, Barbara, his two sons and two grandchildren, two nieces, and his brother-in-law. After growing up in New Canaan, CT, he graduated from Hotchkiss and Lehigh University. After college, he proudly served in the U.S. Air Force as a co-pilot in the Strategic Air Command, flying B-47s during the Cold War. After his military service, he received an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University. He enjoyed a long, successful career in sales and marketing that had him traversing the country coast to coast, throughout the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains. He held executive positions with notable Fortune 500 publishing companies throughout his career, and even in retirement, his drive kept him very active with various organizations. He was deeply proud of his sons. His son Peter followed his dad’s love of advertising and became a creative director. His son Ryan followed his dad’s love of guitar and became an accomplished musician and music therapist. After settling in Colorado, Peter married Barbara Berney. Together they looked forward to yearly fly-fishing trips in Wyoming, exploring the Rocky Mountains, visiting friends and family, going to CU games in Boulder, and cheering on the USC Trojans from afar. He even found the time to write a memoir, so his grandkids could know the full story of their grandfather.

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GREGORY G. CONNELL (“GREG”), 86, of Glenview, IL, and formerly of Northfield, where he lived for 40 years, died July 18, 2022. He attended New Trier High School and graduated from Hotchkiss in 1954. He graduated from Colgate University in 1958, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He attended Northwestern School of Law. While in law school, he served in the Illinois Air National Guard and spent six months with the Air Force in basic training and aircraft electrical repairman school. He was employed in the Trust Department of the Northern Trust Co. for 19 years before joining Lane Industries and Lionheart Trust Co., from which he retired as vice president. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Sally Hoelzer Connell; his five children and six grandchildren; and two sisters. Greg and Sally enjoyed vacations in Puerto Vallarta, river cruises, and theater. He was an avid Cubs and Wolves hockey fan. He will be remembered for sharing jokes and stories with friends.

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JR. (“CHRIS”), 86, died Oct. 11, 2022, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in New Haven, CT, he attended the University of Connecticut for a year after Hotchkiss. He then was appointed to West Point, graduating in 1959. In his Misch II profile, he credited Hotchkiss for giving him the educational background to make it through West Point. He selected Field Artillery as his basic branch and Aviation as his specialty. While attending the Officer’s Basic Course at Ft. Sill, OK, he met his wife, Linda Jones. He started his military career at Ft. Benning, GA, developing plans for testing the 11th Airborne Division concept. Upon activation of the division, he became a Caribou pilot and flew in support of the test program. He flew the Caribou in two tours during the Vietnam War. After his second tour in Vietnam, he and his family were stationed in Des Plaines, IL. He served on an innovated ROTC program at Loyola University and obtained his master’s degree in international relations. His next assignment took the family back to Ft. Sill, OK, where he was assigned to research and development in a new drone program. He always said that his major contribution to the service was his work on this innovative program, Aquila, which, though never activated, was a precursor to what we see today in the drone field. After a tour to Turkey as commander of troops in support of the NATO troops in Ismer, he finished his military career at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, retiring from active duty in 1981 as a Lt. Col. He went on to have a second career as administrative officer of the Mental Retardation Research Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, where he served for 20 years. In 2001, he retired to the family’s 10-acre “ranch” in Olathe, KS, where he and his wife enjoyed riding their horses. After the death of his wife, Linda, in 2014, he moved to Tall Grass with his beloved cats in 2015, where he enjoyed playing bridge and cribbage and building intricate model ships. He is survived by his two daughters, five grandchildren, and his two sisters.

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GEORGE GURNEY of Center Harbor, NH, died in Concord on Oct. 28, 2022, at age 82, surrounded by his family—his wife Susan, son Peter, and daughter Katri. As the son of Richard C. Gurney, who taught at Hotchkiss, and Margaret Gurney, George was the beneficiary of a wealth of educational, recreational, and cultural resources throughout his childhood, which he deeply treasured. After attending Hotchkiss as a student, he spent a gap year in England at the Bishop’s Stortford College with the EnglishSpeaking Union Exchange Fellowship. While studying abroad, he developed a love for art and found his life’s calling. Upon his return from England, he began his pursuit of expanding his knowledge of art at Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania, and concluding at the University of Delaware, where he earned his Ph.D. He taught at the University of Hartford and Sweet Briar College before entering the museum profession as a fellow at the National Gallery of Art. George worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum from 1974-2011, serving as curator of sculpture for over 25 years. He was named curator emeritus at his retirement. He drew professional satisfaction from exhibitions he curated, beginning with Sculpture and the Federal Triangle in 1979, for which he wrote the definitive book on the subject, and ending with Remembering the Running Fence in 2010, working closely with the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Upon retirement, George and Susan moved up to Squam Lake in New Hampshire—a place he had retreated to annually and loved his entire life. His two children also moved to the area, drawn there by the love George instilled in them of the region. He committed himself to volunteering for environmental causes—taking water quality measurements, removing invasive plants, conducting trail maintenance, monitoring conservation easements, and serving on the town’s Conservation Commission. Everything he did was with the deliberate intention of helping the people and natural world around him. In the evenings he and Susan would sit down and play a game of cribbage while they admired the sunset. He had one brother, Peter Gurney ’53, five years his senior, now deceased. He is survived by his niece, Christie Rawlings ’85, and a great-nephew, Parker Rawlings ’12.

CHARLES JAMES MCDERMOTT III (“JIM”) of Quogue, NY, died peacefully on Sept. 3, 2022, after a long struggle with a brain injury due to a fall. He was 83. Born in Brooklyn on April 23, 1939, he grew up in Madison and then Bernardsville, NJ. He graduated from the Peck School, Hotchkiss, and in 1961 from Rollins College, in Winter Park, FL, where he was a member of the crew team. An editor and writer, he completed magazine and fiction courses at the Columbia University School of General Studies. He served in the U.S. Army from 196264 at the Evacuation Hospital in Fort Devens, MA. Returning to New York City, he wrote for a number of small magazines until he began working at Norman Vincent Peale’s magazine,

Guideposts. He became articles editor there and was not only writing, but also teaching writing in towns all over the U.S. under the aegis of Guideposts. As Peale and McDermott came to know each other, Peale asked McDermott to accompany him on his speaking tours to “warm up the crowds.” McDermott traveled with Peale, esteemed author of The Power of Positive Thinking, making his clever introductions and capturing audiences around the nation. He married Judith Vandeveer of Bernardsville, NJ, in March 1975. They lived in Brooklyn and then Riverside, CT, where they raised their children. He retired to Quogue, where the couple’s life was filled with friends, sports, and extensive travels. He served as the warden at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Westhampton Beach and was an avid athlete, playing tennis, golf, surfing, skiing, and biking. He loved boats, fishing, and vintage cars. He was a well-known wordsmith and brilliant raconteur of many a joke and story at Quogue dinner parties. He is survived by his wife, Judith; a son and daughter; and a sister and five grandchildren.

JOSEPH HENRY STAGG III (“JERRY”) died on July 31, 2022, at age 82 in Bridgeport, CT, the city where he was born in November 1939. He credited The Unquowa School, his grade school, with forming his character and love of learning. He attended Hotchkiss from 1953 until his graduation in 1957. He went on to Brown University, where he studied history and competed in golf and swimming. From 1962 to 1965 he served in the U.S. Navy, an experience he felt gave him indispensable skills to manage people. He left the Navy with the rank of LTJG to begin work in the “real” world at Hawley Industrial Supply in Bridgeport, a 120-year-old private industrial supply business run by his grandfather and then his father. He became president and CEO in 1977. In 1973 he married Mercedes E. Walker; they resided in Easton, CT, where they had a son and a daughter. In 2006 Jerry moved to Dennis, Cape Cod, and married Judith Titus November. Over the years he served on many boards, including the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, United Way of Bridgeport, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra, The Unquowa School, National Industrial Distributors Association, and Cape Cod Museum of Art. He enjoyed researching and planning his extensive international travels to share with his family. He was a collector of many things and loved to tell stories about his family, his antique maps, and all his German Shepherd dogs. He played golf across the United States and Europe, including St. Andrews. He is survived by Judy; his daughter and son, and two grandsons; a stepdaughter and her son.

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GORDON GILLESPIE died on July 3, 2022. He was born in Barnesville, OH, and attended Hotchkiss from 1955 until his graduation in 1959. He studied German while at Hotchkiss and also, for a time, held the record in the hammer throw. After graduating from Princeton in 1963, he moved to England, where he studied and demonstrated against the Vietnam War. Due to England’s support for the war and hostility toward those opposing the same, he moved to Berlin, where he worked as a professional translator. He mastered and spoke fluent German and kept in touch with other Hotchkiss students. He is survived by his wife, Brigitte Crockett, and son, Patrick Gillespie.

RICHARD ALLEN PURKISS (“PURK”) of Devon, PA, and Avalon, NJ, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2022, surrounded by family after a valiant battle with cancer. He fulfilled his final wish and spent one last summer in Avalon, hosting family and fishing with his buddies. He was generous, kind, and courageous, and he leaves legions of family, friends, and colleagues who loved him. He also touched the lives of generations of young trick-or-treaters in his neighborhood through his role as the magical Great Pumpkin, a role he followed for more than 40 years. Each October he would carve an enormous pumpkin and attach a microphone, and as the trick-or-treaters came to the door, the Great Pumpkin would talk to them. When he retired the activity, the local news interviewed him. Born March 19, 1941, in Pasadena, CA, he grew up in Darien, CT. He graduated from Hotchkiss in 1959 and then attended Princeton, where he graduated summa cum laude in economics. He began his financial career at Walston and Co., and in the early 1970s he started a long and distinguished career at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia, ultimately serving as CEO. He mentored many young brokers in the Philadelphia area and after his retirement continued to participate in financial arbitration cases for the NASD. He will be remembered for his high ethical standards, his honesty, and his fairness. Always athletic, he enjoyed participating in many sports, particularly golf, skiing, softball, deep-sea fishing, and sport fishing in Avalon. He made hundreds of treks offshore in the Carolinas to hunt yellow and bluefin tuna aboard his beloved tuna boat, “The Tiger.” He ran two marathons and coached high school ice hockey as well. Remembered as “a fun-loving guy,” he taught every one of his grandchildren to water-ski and ski on snow. He was also an enthusiastic cook; his summer dinners at the shore are the stuff of family legend. He was dearly loved by his wife Christine (“Chrissy”), his three children, stepdaughter, and his 11 grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews. He was so generous with his time and always prioritized family. He was a patient and loving man to the end. He tirelessly participated in charitable events; his favorite was Laps for Lexi to honor the life of his granddaughter, Alexis.

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DAVID BEAM OSBORNE (“DAVE”) of Brunswick, ME, died on July 7, 2022. He was 80. Born on May 15, 1942 in New York City to James S. and Elizabeth (Beam) Osborne, he was predeceased by his wife, Deborah (McKnown) Osborne in 2003 and by his brother, John S. Osborne Jr. ’59. After graduating from Hotchkiss in 1960, he earned his bachelor’s degree from Williams College in Williamstown, MA. He spent his career at the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA, as a director of secondary school placement and a teacher of Greek and Roman history. His greatest enjoyment was the 34 years he coached the school football and basketball programs. Notwithstanding his quiet nature, he was an effective and well-respected coach. After his retirement in 1996, he and his wife Debby moved to Brunswick, ME. He volunteered with the Big Brothers program in Brunswick, as well as at the Parkview Hospital in Brunswick and for Habitat for Humanity. He was a member of Hotchkiss’s Town Hill Society and its True Blue Society. During his retirement he continued to enjoy attending high school sporting events and summers on Lovejoy Pond in Wayne, ME. His niece, Eliza Osborne, is a member of the Class of 1986.

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FRANKLIN WILLIAM HAMILTON

(“FRANK”) P’91 passed away after a short illness on Oct. 11, 2022, at Tucson Medical Center, with family by his side. Born on July 8, 1943, to Margaret and Frank Neunuebel, a market research executive with the AC Nielsen Company, he was raised in Lake Forest, IL. He attended Hotchkiss from 1957 until graduation in 1961, before earning his bachelor’s degree in economics at Lake Forest College in 1965 and his M.B.A. from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He met his future bride, Jean Turner, in college. They married in the fall following graduation and remained happily together for 55 years, until Jean passed in 2020. He had a successful career in market research and mergers and acquisitions. His true passion outside of work was travel; he visited more than 61 countries with Jean. He also enjoyed competing with his friends on the golf course and tennis court; collecting western art; and horseback riding. He volunteered countless hours on charitable boards, including most recently the Tucson Museum of Art (TMA) and Arizona Public Media. He was a founding member of the TMA’s Western Art Patrons, and the Tucson Museum of Art named its western art after Frank and his wife. His many friends will miss his quick wit, easy laugh, stalwart friendship, and generosity. He is survived by two sons and a daughter, Margaret Reeves ’91; his brother and sister; and three grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jean Hamilton, and his sister.

HOWARD G. MCKINLEY JR., 81, of Fort Defiance, AZ, died May 22, 2022, in Cedar Lake, IN. He was born Jan. 6, 1941, in Fort Defiance, AZ; his father was a Navajo tribe chief. He was born of the Bitter Water clan, born for the Red Running into the Water People clan. He attended Ganado Mission School in Ganado, AZ, and Hotchkiss from 1959 until his graduation in 1961. He said in a 1970 interview that he was the first and only Indian to attend the school on scholarship. He recalled, “I wasn’t aware that I’d be able to memorize long, long pages of poetry and even, you know, the ability to do it, to remember. I had never had any kind of experience like that. But there they made one work and made one really appreciate how much one is able to do and get done in class work.” Until his retirement he was employed with the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, CO. He enjoyed silversmithing and spending time with family. Survivors include his wife Valentina V. McKinley; a son and two daughters; a sister; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pauline and Howard McKinley Sr., and two brothers.

TEMPLE EMMET WILLIAMS, a journalist nominated twice for a Pulitzer, died in Boca Raton, FL, on May 6, 2022. Born in 1942 in Cleveland, OH, he attended Hotchkiss and Yale University and was swept up by the Marines. In his early 20s, he became a journalist for the former New York World-Telegram and Sun He went undercover as a police officer for six months to write a seven-day front-page series called “I Was a Subway Cop.” This scathing expose won him a Pulitzer Prize nomination and a less-than-favorable review from his former “colleagues” in blue. Next, he moved to East Africa, where his work supporting the FRELIMO fighters in Mozambique had him chased by colonialist rulers from country to country. His six years in Africa were interrupted by a trip home to marry his first wife, Janet. They relocated to South Africa, he became managing editor of the news magazine News/ Check, and they had two sons before the marriage ended. After returning to the U.S., he worked at advertising agencies, including Ogilvy Mather and Leo Burnett in Chicago, where he met the love of his life, Kerstin, known as Kickan. After their marriage, they moved to London, and he became the creative director of a leading ad agency, part of the KMP Group, in Great Britain. Once back in the United States for good, he served as editor for the Reader’s Digest, started a successful marketing and communications company in New York, and then moved to Florida, where he and Kickan shifted their attention to real estate. Perhaps due to the colossal failings of the medical industry after a diagnosis of prostate cancer in his 60s, Williams launched headfirst into his true calling of writing memoirs and novels. His first memoir, published at the age of 70, is the award-winning Warrior Patient: How to Beat Deadly Diseases with Laughter, Good Doctors, Love, and Guts. Williams said the book was more fun to write than live through, but he kept fighting and successfully battled both cancer and kidney failure. Warrior Patient was followed by three thrillers loosely based on various episodes from his incredible life. He shared his insightful commentary, gift for storytelling, incredible experiences, and no doubt collateral damage with friends, family, and the world. He died with his wife, Kickan, by his side. He is survived by his wife, Kerstin Williams, and his two sons, Douglas and Ethan. He was predeceased by his father, Lewis Williams ’30.

RICHARD HARRY BAKER WOODROW SR. (“DICK”), age 78, of Weaverville, NC, died on Oct. 20, 2022. Born in October 1943 in Washington, D.C., he was preceded in death by his brother, Peter Woodrow ’56. Dick had a generous soul that touched every human he greeted with an unmatched charm. He was genuinely interested in every relationship he made, and it showed through loving inquisition. His love for nature and his garden was shared with his wife and family. He loved being outdoors, undertaking projects at the ranch, and playing with his well-loved dogs. He was a very giving father and grandfather; he was inspired and in awe of his much-loved grandchildren. Throughout his life he mastered many talents, including as a competitive athlete, winning multiple titles in swimming and marathons. He loved to dance and play the piano, sing and dance some more. He had a laugh that moved mountains and a smile even more powerful. His physical presence is devastatingly missed; however, his laugh and smile are seen in his children, friends and family. His joyous presence will remain in their hearts forever. He was dedicated to his career at Raychem and Finisar. He enjoyed living in Northern California, where he fell in love with the 49ers and Warriors. He cherished working on his ranch in Colorado, which later became the Mountain Valley Horse Rescue, a great personal legacy. He was also a committed volunteer at the Vail Valley Medical Center. In Weaverville, NC, he volunteered at CarePartners Hospice. He is survived by his wife of nearly 30 years, Marcy Woodrow; two daughters and a son; two stepchildren; a sister and brother; seven grandchildren and four stepgrandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

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HUTCHINSON DUBOSQUE JR. (“TOMMY”) , of Huntington, NY, age 73, passed away peacefully Aug. 17, 2022, in Manhasset, NY. Born Jan. 30, 1949, in Manhattan, he lived a full and meaningful life, rich with humor, mischief, purpose, family, and friends. Growing up he loved ice hockey, sailing, and skiing. He attended East Woods School in Oyster Bay, NY, Hotchkiss from 1963-65, and Cold Spring Harbor High School in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. He received his degree in journalism from Hofstra University. He was an Army Medic in Vietnam, 1968 to 1970, and a member of the “Wolfhounds” 27th Infantry Regiment. He received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal. He was a veterans’ advocate, president of the PTSD assoc. of Northport, NY, and blogger, and pursued the Department of Veterans Affairs to recognize cancers caused by Liver Fluke Parasites as “service-connected.” His work and advocacy were covered in Newsday, and through interviews with local affiliates of major TV networks. He worked in manufacturing and naturally excelled in mechanical engineering. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Carol DuBosque; two sons and a daughter, four grandchildren, and three sisters. His cousin, Douglas DuBosque, is a member of the Class of ’72. He was predeceased by his father, Hutchinson DuBosque ’39, P’67, and uncle, Clayton DuBosque ’36, P’72.

Fire Department in 1975, where he met his future wife, Kathleen Campion. They married that year and embarked on a 47-year adventure that saw many moves and extraordinary love. SUNY New Paltz was the next educational stop, followed by a move to North Carolina, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in health sciences as a physician assistant. He practiced medicine, specializing in emergency medicine and later in perioperative anesthesia and surgical screening, optimizing patients for both anesthesia and surgery, to reduce the risks of both. One of his many strengths was as a teacher. He taught at the Duke Physician Assistant Program for many years and said that he found teaching and training new PAs to be fulfilling on many levels, but that most important was the opportunity to meet new members of the profession. He loved his students and colleagues. He retired from Duke in 2014. His new life was filled with enough time to indulge in his many interests: riding and maintaining his bike, gardening, as well as reading and discussing politics with friends and family. But most important, he got to spend more time with Kathleen and whatever dogs were currently sharing his life. Jack had many relatives among the Hotchkiss alumni body, including cousins Jack Dale ’48, Stu Keen ’55, Chase Lord ’72, Charlie Lord ’83, Deirdre Lord ’85, Tim Lord ’83, William Lord ’75, and Win Lord ’55.

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JOHN CLARENDON LORD II (“JACK”) died on Nov. 10, 2022, from a stroke, which was caused by an acute case of pneumonia. He was born in New Haven, CT, in March 1950. He lived with his parents in Weston, CT, along with his stepbrothers, Mark Williams, Paul Williams ’59, and Peter Williams. He also had a stepsister, Elizabeth Lord Peyton, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. His early years in school were spent in Weston, as well as Pompano Beach, FL. After graduating from Hotchkiss, he enlisted in the Navy, trained as a Medical Corpsman, and was attached to the Marines. He served with honors in Vietnam and then began his studies at Dartmouth. He joined the Hanover

TIMOTHY WOODWARD GRIMES (“TIM”) of Hamden, CT, born May 6, 1957, died peacefully at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT, on July 20, 2022. He grew up in Middlebury, CT, and attended McTernan. He attended Hotchkiss from 1971 until his graduation in 1975 and then graduated in 1979 from St. Lawrence University with a degree in government. He was deeply dedicated to his family and loyal to his friends. He adored his four grandchildren, who knew him as “Bear.” They especially enjoyed his childlike, playful demeanor and sense of humor. An exceptional athlete, he played paddle tennis, golf, and tennis up until a few days before his diagnosis. He was well-known in the insurance industry, having built his own business over 40 years. He was generous and heavily involved in the community, always striving to give back. He held many titles with the United Way of Greater Waterbury. He also held titles with the Connecticut Community Foundation, American Cancer Society-Waterbury Unit, and the Women’s Seamen’s Friends Society. He spent his summers on Fishers Island, NY, playing golf and tennis, and kayaking by wife Susie’s side during her swims along the sandbar. He loved to be outside, working in the yard and garden, or enjoying a rum drink overlooking the water. He is already sorely missed by family and friends, and by all who met him; his presence was joyful and kind, and he made everyone feel important. He was an animal lover and attracted all kinds of creatures who recognized his gentle spirit. His mother-inlaw, Peg Campbell, loved him like a son and will miss his delicious cooking and their golf outings. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Gordon and Dudley, Class of 1966; and by his parents, Elizabeth and Charles Gordon Grimes P’66,’75. Tim is survived by Susie, his wife of nearly 38 years; his three daughters; his four grandchildren; and his devoted yellow lab, Gus.

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CHUTINANT BHIROMBHAKDI (“NICK”)

P’09 , president and CEO of Boon Rawd Brewery Co. Ltd. in Thailand, chairman of the board of directors at Singha Estate Public Co. Ltd. and chairman of CB Holding Co. Ltd., died on Sept. 13, 2022, at a hospital in Boston, MA, where he was receiving medical treatment. His wife and son were with him. He was 65. His classmate and longtime friend Robert Chartener ’76 wrote to classmates that Nick had contracted pneumonia after having completed earlier rounds of stem-cell treatment and chemotherapy for an aggressive form of lymphoma. He was an alumnus of Cardigan Mountain School and attended Hotchkiss from 1973 until graduation in 1976. He then earned an economics degree from Boston University in 1980 before completing postgraduate programs in business management from Harvard University. “Nick was a truly remarkable man,” Chartener said. “He was the president and CEO of Boon Rawd, the brewer of Singha beer that had been founded by his grandfather in 1933. In addition, he had extensive business interests that included many hotels, food and beverage products, and various ventures in Thailand and southeast Asia. Nick also served as a senator in Thailand, was president of the Thai Karate Federation and a black belt in Shotokan karate, was a Buddhist monk several years ago, and played in a popular TV series. He was particularly proud of his extensive work with Thailand’s paralympic committee, of which he was president, and a tireless supporter of paralympic athletes, many of whom credited him for their success. He was extremely proud to have won the Community Service Award at Hotchkiss earlier this year for his work with the paralympics.” Ning Li ’76 shared the following note: “My relationship with Nick was more like brothers. We were brothers for almost 50 years, and because of our strong close friendship, our wives and children have also developed a close bond. All his life, he was a fighter, and he fought with determination and focus in facing his illness. After a hundred days of Buddhist ceremonies that ended Dec. 21, Nick’s funeral will be held on Jan. 21 in Bangkok.” Thailand’s national paralympic national team mourned his passing by blacking out their social media profile pictures. He is survived by his wife, Khunying “Tone” Piyapas P’09, and their three children, Chitpas “Tant” Kridakorn, Nantaya “Tui” Bhirombhakdi, and Lt. Naiyanobh “Toy” Bhirombhakdi ’09. Two items on the Hotchkiss website offer further information on Nick: an Alum of the Month profile at go.hotchkiss.org/NickAlum, and details on his Community Service Award at go.hotchkiss.org/NickAward.

DONAL C. O’BRIEN III (“DON”) P’09,’10 died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Nov. 24, 2022, after a courageous 10-year battle with a progressive neurological illness. A longtime resident of New Canaan, CT, he was the son of Katharine and the late Donal C. O’Brien Jr. ’52. He attended Hotchkiss from 1973 until his graduation in 1976, and then graduated from Dartmouth and the NYU Stern School of Business. After college, he began his career in real estate at the Trammel Crow Company. Over the years, he worked in brokerage, consulting, and asset management at Cushman Wakefield, CBRE, and Heitman Properties (Kennedy-Wilson), where he was a member of the firm’s acquisition and disposition team. He co-founded CIT’s Commercial Real Estate Group, was executive vice president at Collins Enterprises, and the founder of Entry Point Capital. A passionate conservationist, he was most devoted to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, where he served as board member and its chairman. During his tenure, he helped raise the association’s endowment and public awareness. In 2015, the board established an endowment to support The O’Brien Prize, an annual award for Refuge Friends Groups which honors him, recognizing his dedication to the association and his appreciation of the role of Friends Groups as ambassadors for the Refuge System. He served on the board of the New Canaan Country School and was president of the New Canaan Winter Club Board. In 2021, the New Canaan Winter Club Award was renamed the Donal C. O’Brien III Award, which recognizes selfless devotion to the club and to the game, through leadership, spirit, and effort. He was an avid outdoorsman and skilled sportsman, whose special interests were upland bird and waterfowl hunting, fly fishing, and surfcasting, activities he learned at an early age from his father and grandfather. He was a gifted and tenacious lifelong athlete, excelling at ice hockey, football, and lacrosse, captaining all three of these varsity teams at Hotchkiss and continuing to play hockey at Dartmouth College, where he twice joined his team at the NCAA Frozen Four. He later played in the European Pro League and with the St. Nick’s Hockey Club. A leader and trusted friend, he had the ability to share his talents and his deep interests to elevate and enrich the experience of others. His legacy is the impact he had on the people he knew and on those with whom he worked and played. Through his quiet leadership and modesty, he demonstrated a life of integrity and was an example to many. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Carolyn O’Brien; a son, Donal C. O’Brien IV ’09; a daughter, Elinore O’Brien ’10; mother, Katharine O’Brien; three sisters and their spouses; nine nephews and nieces; two grand-nephews and one grand-niece; and countless friends. Other Hotchkiss alumni in his family include an uncle, Steve O’Brien ’62, and cousins Jen O’Brien ’79, Steve O’Brien ’87, and Amanda O’Brien ’01.

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F. LEONARD DANIELS III (“LEE”) of West Palm Beach, FL, died on Oct. 17, 2022. He attended Hotchkiss from 1974-77 and earned a B.A. in French literature from Stetson University. He also received an M.A. in French literature from Middlebury College, an M.A. in journalism from Northeastern University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Sewanee, the University of the South. A prodigious writer, he worked in journalism, including for 10 years in Ukraine, where he was based in Kiev. He was chief editor of ICU, editing, rewriting, and fact-checking macroeconomic, geopolitical, and financial news and research for Ukraine’s largest financial services firm. He also wrote and edited corporate communications, as well as numerous travel articles, book and film reviews, and artist, writer, and explorer profiles. He wrote four books, his latest being Cornish Delight and Other Stories (2022). He was awarded a first-place prize in nonfiction in the 2013 Porter Fleming Literary Competition for his essay on personal insights into the developing world—specifically, West Africa. A dedicated volunteer, he worked for nearly a decade in economic empowerment as microfinance partner and development volunteer in a rural village in central Nepal. He served as vice chair, Outreach Ministry, for the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, participating in the ministry’s outreach in education, feeding, shelter, and grants initiatives. He also mentored gifted high school students through the program Take Stock in Children of the Palm Beaches, helping them achieve higher college board testing scores and gain full-scholarship admissions to the colleges of their choice. His late father, Forrest Daniels, was a member of the Class of 1937.

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THEODORE B. CHOI P’14 (“TED”) passed away on Oct. 27, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. He was 55. He was born on March 9, 1967, in the U.S. and was the son of Choi Il Chu and Choi Kyoung Sook. He attended Hotchkiss from 1982 until his graduation in 1985. He then graduated from Brown University in 1990 with a degree in international relations/ international science. He also earned a degree from Georgetown University in 1993 and passed the California Bar in 2005. He worked for Samsung Electronics and subsequently practiced law. He is survived by his wife, Juhee Lee, and his children. He will be sorely missed. He was predeceased by his son, Ted, Class of 2014, whose graduation from Hotchkiss made his father very proud.

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KATHERINE LATHROP MCSPADDEN (“KATE”) died at her home in Essex, CT, on July 26, 2022, of a cerebral hemorrhage. An artist, teacher, and passionate gardener, she was born on July 18, 1982, in New York City. She attended the Chapin School, Hotchkiss from 1997-99, and Miss Porter’s, where she graduated. An art history major at Vanderbilt University, she won the Phi Beta Kappa writing prize as a freshman and the prestigious Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award in Studio Art her senior year. Her spirit lives on in the art she created and curated and in the students she inspired at Avon Old Farms School, where for seven years she taught architecture, studio art, art history, photography, ceramics, and French, in addition to being a dorm parent and yearbook advisor. A self-described “plant nerd,” she had been studying horticulture through the Master Gardener program at the University of Connecticut while working at Ballek’s Garden Center in East Haddam. She had just established her own fledging landscape design business. She was a generous and thoughtful friend with an innate sense of empathy and an extraordinary intellectual curiosity. She reveled in a heated political discussion, live jazz, modern art, and philosophy. She is survived by her parents, Ruth Ann and Jack McSpadden; her sister, brother, and grandmother; beloved dog Toby; and fiancé Tom Taylor.

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WILLIAM HENRY WOOD (“BILL”) died at his home in Egremont, MA, on Sept. 10, 2022, at 85. A native of Egremont, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 and worked as an executive of the Insurance Company of North America in Hartford and later as vice president of Edward J. Kernan and Co. in Windsor Locks, CT. In 1977 he brought his family back to live in Egremont, which his mother’s family had called home since the 18th century. He served in the National Guard after college and for more than a decade as an auxiliary trooper with the Connecticut State Police. He was a campus safety and security officer at Hotchkiss from 2016-20. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lynn Humason Wood; a son and a daughter; five grandchildren; and a sister-in-law.

Neil Scott P’77,’78,’82

FORMER CHEMISTRY TEACHER AND WINNING COACH

Ever the quiet force, Neil Scott P’77,’78,’82 died peacefully in Sharon, CT, on Oct. 12, 2022, after 94 years of a remarkable life. Born in Bolton, Great Britain, in 1928, he spent an active youth sailing, rowing, fishing, and hiking around the Isle of Man, a small island between England and Ireland. He attended King William’s College on the island through his high school years and then was conscripted into the Royal Air Force. Always a man of wry humor, when asked what he did in the RAF, his reply was “played six-a-side hockey in the hangars.”

Following the RAF, Neil attended Keble College at Oxford University from 1950 to 1952, where he studied chemistry and won numerous rowing cups for Keble. He then taught chemistry and coached rowing at The King’s School, Canterbury, from 1953-69. At King’s he met and married his wife, Jill. Seeking new adventures, he moved with his young family to Quebec in 1969 to teach at Stanstead. A year later, he was recruited by Hotchkiss to teach chemistry. While at Hotchkiss, he started the sailing program and later coached girls varsity field hockey, both teams winning championships in short order. The Neil H. Scott Field Hockey Prize was established in his honor in the 1980s. It is presented to a member of the varsity squad who has shown the most improvement during the season.

Neil arranged a yearlong teaching exchange in New Zealand in 1986, where he and Jill enjoyed camping and traveling around the islands as much as teaching. He retired from Hotchkiss in 1993 and happily spent more time based in Lakeville, but out on the water whenever possible with his wife, children and grandchildren. He was a longtime volunteer for Reading for the Blind and used his science expertise while on the Salisbury Town Sewer Commission. As a 50-year member, he firmly believed in the mission of the Rotary Club—to provide service to others. His special interest was serving on Rotary’s Scholarship Committee, following his lifelong love of working with students. He is survived by his wife, Jill P’77,’78,’82, son David ’77, daughter Carol ’78, four grandchildren, and his brother Ian. He is predeceased by his daughter, Kathryn ’82, and brother Geoff. He is greatly missed.