In Memoriam
1946 Carl J. Austrian Jr. died June 27 in New
York City. A clinical psychologist, he graduated from The Hill School and Williams College and did postgraduate study at Columbia University Teachers College. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was predeceased by his son and survived by his wife, Jane, a stepdaughter, two stepgrandchildren, a brother, two nieces, a great-niece and a great-nephew.
1949 Charles Templeton Kellogg died
Nov. 20. He was born and lived in Waterbury, Conn., his whole life. He was the grandson of former Connecticut Gov. Charles A. Templeton. Chuck attended Waterbury public schools before Westminster and graduated from Princeton University in 1953, where he participated in ROTC. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany as an officer during the Korean War. After earning his MBA from Columbia University, Chuck joined Hubbard-Hall as a fifth generation family member of the chemical distribution company. His leadership roles included president, CEO, treasurer, and for the last five years, as chairman and chief financial officer. Chuck was dedicated to charitable activities and public service. He served on the Governor’s Task Force on Brownfields and on numerous boards of directors, including as chair. He was most proud of his participation in the Waterbury Oversight Board in the 2000s, where he helped lead the nearly bankrupt city out of receivership and into years of surplus budgets. He won many awards for his volunteer service and business expertise. Chuck competed in 10 marathons and played golf into his 80s. He and his family traveled extensively, including many bike trips throughout the world. Summers were spent in Rhode Island.
Chuck is survived by his wife, Martha; four children; seven grandchildren, including Oliver Frantzis ’22; his sister; his brother, Peter Kellogg ’59; many nieces and nephews, including Lt. Col. Hunter Kellogg ’86; and great-nephews Duncan Kellogg ’15 and Andrew Skipp ’07.
1955 David Arthur Werblow died Feb. 20 and
leaves behind his wife, Virginia, two sons, three grandchildren, three stepchildren, six stepgrandchildren and his former wife. After spending his formative years on a farm in Shaftsbury, Vt., he graduated from Westminster, NYU and Columbia University. He first taught in Australia and then spent multiple years teaching in the Connecticut Community College system, first at Norwalk Community College and then at Middlesex Community College. He built sailboats, restored cars and was a two-term president of the Connecticut MG Club. He traveled extensively into his 80s.
1956 Henry Ingersoll Brown III died Nov. 21.
Born in Philadelphia, Jerry attended Chestnut Hill Academy until his family moved to Wilmington, Del., where he attended Tower Hill School until ninth grade. After attending and graduating from Westminster School, he earned a B.A. at Williams College and an M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture. He spent his entire working career as an architect at Anderson, Brown, Higley and Associates in Wilmington. Jerry spent almost every summer in Greensboro, Vt., fishing and enjoying the beauty of the Northeast Kingdom. He married Caroline “Cookie” Schutt, his high school sweetheart, in 1961. The two were soul mates until Cookie predeceased Jerry in 2010. He leaves behind three children, four grandchildren and two sisters.
James Stuart Reyburn died Dec. 3.
Following Westminster, he earned an Associate of Arts degree from Mitchell College and a B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut. He started his career as a reporter for the Norwich Bulletin and then worked at Shell Oil, where he produced employee and marketing magazines. He also served as editor at Croft Educational Services and then at the National School Board Association, Board Policy Division. In 1976, Jim joined General Dynamics Electric Boat as a news information specialist in the public affairs department. After 14 years at Electric Boat, he pursued freelance writing with his work appearing in numerous publications. He also wrote two books. Jim served as a crewmember aboard the former Camelot Cruises on the Connecticut River and, later, with a business partner, founded Thames River Cruises. Subsequently, Jim joined Fox Navigation and crewed on the Fishers Island Ferry. He also operated a tour boat on the Mystic River for a year. A United States Coast Guard veteran, he held a 100-ton Coast Guard master’s license for 20 years. He was a member and board member of numerous organizations, sang for 25 years with the New London chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America and acted in community theater productions. Jim is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, two sisters, two brothers, his former wife, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father, Maury Reyburn ’32, and his uncle Lt. Col. John Reyburn ’31. Dick Clement shared: “My fondest memory of him is acting in the play “My Three Angels,” in which he and I were two of them, actually convicts, along with Frank Sands. He and I shared the vote for best actor in the class poll. We were also in the Harmonaires, singing barbershop sometimes at a local hostelry for a free dinner.”
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