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Northern Michigan, 131 East Ridge
Street, Marquette, Michigan, 49855.
Arthur T. “Art” Osako ’55, on July 31,
2011. The San Juan Capistrano,
California, man was seventy-seven.
Art was a biology major and
graduated with honors. He was
a student manager for the swimming
team and joined Archon.
Art earned a medical degree at the
University of Rochester in 1959.
He served in the U.S. Air Force as
a captain from 1960-63 and was
stationed at the Itazuke Air Force
Base in Fukuoka. While in Japan
he married Michiko Morihisa, in
1962. He continued his medical
education in pediatric hematology
and oncology at the University of
Washington School of Medicine.
Art joined the Central Medical
Clinic in Honolulu. He was an
attending physician at Queen’s
Hospital, Kauikeolani Children’s
Hospital, and Kapiolani Medical
Center for Women and Children.
He taught at the University of
Hawaii. Art retired in 1996.
His son Tilden Osako said
Art cherished his time at Kenyon.
Art enjoyed gardening, painting,
cooking, reading novels, bridge,
ballroom dancing, world travel,
and spending time with his
grandchildren.
Art was survived by his wife of
forty-nine years; daughter, Lynn
Matsukawa; sons Philip and Tilden
Osako; sister, Margaret Platt;
brother, Warren Osako; and six
grandchildren.
Eric P.S. Jacobsen ’58, after a long
illness, on September 5, 2011.
The Cleveland, Ohio, man was
seventy-four.
Eric was a political science
major. He joined Delta Phi.
He earned a master’s in education
management at Pepperdine
University in 1978.
Eric retired as a colonel from the
U.S. Air Force after a twenty-sixyear
career in the intelligence field,
assigned to Strategic Air Command
Headquarters and, later, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Studies and Analysis
Agency. He worked at the Planning
Research Corporation from 1984 to
1991 and later became a consultant
in the development of competitive
proposals for software integration.
He was most recently employed
at the Case Western Reserve
University Office of Continuing
Education.
He was survived by his wife,
Jean; sister, Christina Pohe; stepchildren
Blair and Jennifer Morton;
and a granddaughter. Memorial
donations may be sent to the USO,
P.O. Box 96322, Washington, D.C.,
20090, and the Cleveland Animal
Protective League, 1729 Willey
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44113.
Richard Bradshaw ’60, on February
24, 2011. The West Chester,
Pennsylvania, resident was
seventy-two.
Richard was a history major. He
was a Lords basketball player and
manager for the baseball team. He
was president of Phi Kappa Sigma
and worked on Reveille. Richard
later earned a master’s in history at
the University of Pennsylvania. He
taught history at the West Chester
State College.
Stephen H. Solier 1960, on June 1,
2011. The Tucson, Arizona, man
was seventy-three.
He was a member of Alpha
Delta Phi. Stephen transferred to
Pennsylvania State University in
1958 and graduated in 1966 after a
stint in the U.S. Navy. He worked
as an electrical engineer at the
Boeing Company.
Harrison T. Simons ’62, on August 31,
2011. The Oxford, North Carolina,
man was seventy-seven. He died
while on vacation at his cottage in
Coles Point, Virginia.
Harrison was a religious studies
major. He also earned a bachelor’s
degree at Randolph-Macon
College, in 1959. He completed
a master’s in divinity at Colgate
Rochester Divinity School in 1980.
He received an honorary doctorate
in divinity from the Virginia
Theological Seminary in 2007.
As an Episcopal priest, Harrison
served at a number of parishes in
Virginia and North Carolina. He
was at one time the chairman of
Christian education for the Diocese
of North Carolina. As a sidelight in
1974, he started Education-Liturgy
Resources, a nonprofit bookstore
based in Oxford. Describing the
bookstore in 1992, a columnist
for the Durham (North Carolina)
Herald-Sun observed, “You find
yourself inside a small, crowded, but
sensibly arranged and amazingly
diverse bookstore.” Harrison’s enthusiastic
approach was contagious and
his knowledge crossed many genres,
the columnist wrote.
Harrison was an advocate for
civil rights. He was active on the
Human Relations Council and
received the Nancy Susan Reynolds
Award for Race Relations in 1997.
Harrison retired from St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Church in
Oxford in 1998 and from the
bookstore in 2010. He continued
to serve a number of churches until
his death. He was the longtime
chaplain for the Oxford Volunteer
Fire Department.
He was survived by his wife,
Eugenia; son, George Simons;
daughter, Deanna Hollis; nine
grandchildren; and sister, Dorothy
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An advocate
for civil rights,
Harrison was
active on the
Human Relations
Council and
received the Nancy
Susan Reynolds
Award for Race
Relations in 1997.
Gibson. Memorial donations may
be sent to St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Church, 140 College Street, Oxford,
North Carolina, 27565, or the
Oxford Volunteer Fire Department,
112 E. McClanahan Street, Oxford,
North Carolina, 27565.
Brian G. Farney 1966, on August 1,
2011. The La Crosse, Wisconsin,
man was sixty-seven.
Brian was a member of Delta
Tau Delta. He also attended the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
He served in the U.S. Army from
1964-67.
He worked for Allstate before
starting his own marketing and
communications business. He
was a gifted writer and photographer.
Brian enjoyed exploring
the American Southwest and the
country’s national parks.
Brian was survived by his
daughters Caitlin Goebig and
Sarah Ganesan; four grandchildren;
brothers Terrence Farney and Paul
Farney; and sisters Sheila Ristau
and Gail Burley.
Philip S. “Phil” Trimble ’84, of heart
failure, on August 5, 2011. The