April 2012 - Alumni News - Williams College

OBITUARIES
team captain. She received a
master’s in journalism from
Columbia (1980). She served
on the Williams Club Board
of Governors. Among her
survivors are her mother and
two siblings.
1981
JANE (ROTCH)
BOISSEVAIN of Esmont,
Va., Oct. 5. Boissevain
worked for 20 years at
the University of Virginia
(UVA), including as program
director of the Center for
the Study of Mind and
Human Interaction and as
associate director of the
Center for Global Health.
At Williams she belonged
to the soccer and lacrosse
teams, the band, Lehman
Council, handbell choir
and Phi Beta Kappa. She
received a master’s in public
health from UVA (2011).
She received the Leonard
Sandridge Award for
Outstanding Contribution
to the University, UVA’s
highest employee award.
As a Williams alumna
she was an admission
representative. Among her
survivors are her husband
Frederick, son Jeremy R.
de Moleyns Boissevain ’15,
a stepdaughter and a stepgranddaughter.
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All dates 2011 unless noted
1984
SCOTT M. CORNGOLD
of Avila Beach, Calif., Nov.
26. Corngold worked in
publishing and as a freelance
writer before being ordained
as a rabbi in 1999. He served
at Temple Shaaray Tefila in
N.Y.C. and Temple Emanu-El
in Lynbrook, N.Y. Most
recently he led Congregation
Beth David in San Luis
Obispo, Calif. At Williams
he belonged to Purple Key,
Jewish Association and Phi
Beta Kappa. He received
a master’s in Hebrew letters
from Hebrew Union
College (1997). He belonged
to the San Luis Obispo
Ministerial Association and
the Association of Reform
Zionists of America. Among
his survivors are his parents.
1989
DAVID L. GAILLARD of
Bozeman, Mont., Dec. 31.
Gaillard was a wildlife conservationist
with the Greater
Yellowstone Coalition,
Predator Conservation
Alliance (now Keystone
Conservation) and, most
recently, Defenders of
Wildlife. At Williams he was
an Outing Club board member.
He received a master’s
in environmental studies
from Yale School of Forestry
(1997). He served on the
board of directors of Wild
Things Unlimited and was
active with the Craighead
GAILLARD
Institute. He was co-president
of the Irving School parent
council, tutoring elementary
school math and leading field
trips. As a Williams alumnus
he was an admission representative.
Among his survivors
are his wife Kerry, a daughter,
two stepchildren and brother
Tom Gaillard ’84.
Other Deaths
PIERRE LOISEL PAPIN ’20
of St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 19,
1964
ROCCO D. BRUNO ’38
of Danbury, Conn., Feb. 21,
1988
JOHN HARMAN
BUSSER ’42 of Tampa, Fla.,
Jan. 24, 2009
JOHN LIGHT II ’46 of
Melbourne, Fla., Nov. 21
EDWARD R. PERRY ’46 of
Stow, Mass., Sept. 11
JEAN E. BENNETT JR. ’48
of Pacifica, Calif., Feb. 8
JEFFERSON D. ROBINSON
III of Granville, Ohio, Aug. 26
ROBERT S. BLOSSOM ’49
of Pacific Palisades, Calif.,
July 8
GILBERT A. QUINTANA
’50 of West End, N.C.,
May 6, 2008
CHAPIN B. WEED ’50 of
Fletcher, N.C., Nov. 13
PERKINS B. BASS III ’52 of
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 23
BRUCE M. BEATTY ’52
of Carlsbad, Calif., Dec. 25,
2010
JOHN T. PATTERSON ’62
of Glendale, Calif., Feb. 7,
2005
Of Note
A photograph of
Williamstown doctor Robert
K. Davis accompanied
an obituary for Robert J.
Davis ’44 in the December
2011 Williams People. We
apologize for the error.
Obituaries are written based on
information that alumni and
their families have supplied to
the college over the years.