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Northbrook, Illinois, man was
forty-nine.
Philip was a history major. He
was a member of Alpha Delta Phi
as well as the soccer and lacrosse
teams.
He enjoyed a career in financial
services and worked for a number
of companies, including John
Nuveen & Co., Oppenheimer &
Co., and Bear Stearns. As a vice
president at Bear Stearns, Phil
provided wholesale asset management
services to brokers, financial
planners, and investment advisers.
Phil and a partner opened
Lakeview Links in Chicago in 1991
as a sports bar. After ten years, the
business evolved into a live-music
venue called the Bottom Lounge.
It closed in 2006 to make way
for Chicago Transit Authority
improvements but reopened in
2008 in another Chicago location.
Philip was survived by his
wife, Jennifer; son, James Trimble;
daughter, Isabelle Trimble; and
siblings Martin and Emile Trimble.
Memorial donations may be sent
to the American Heart Association,
208 South LaSalle Street, Suite
1500, Chicago, Illinois, 60604.
Alexander C. “Alex” Walbridge ’06, on
July 26, 2011. The Delray Beach,
Florida, man was twenty-nine. He
died while visiting his mother,
Iolie Kriezi Walbridge, in Athens,
Greece, where he was buried.
Alex was a psychology major.
He was a member of Peeps and
participated in the Horn Gallery
Magazine, WKCO, and the drama
group Beyond Therapy. While at
Kenyon, he became fluent in Greek
and studied abroad in Athens.
He was an aspiring writer,
videographer, and comedian, and
he had made several music videos.
Alex performed improvisational
theater focusing on conflict
resolution in inner-city schools in
Philadelphia in 2001, while serving
in the nonprofit City Year program.
In addition to his mother,
Alex was survived by his father,
Hoyt Walbridge; brother, Nicholas
Walbridge; grand parents Kenneth
and Jean Walbridge; stepsister,
Anna Bacon; and stepbrother, Nic
Bacon. Memorial contributions
may be sent to the Miquon School,
2025 Harts Lane, Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania, 19428.
Yauncey Newman, who worked in the
Kenyon maintenance department,
died on September 26, 2011, at his
home in Howard, Ohio.
Yauncey befriended many
students during his time at
Kenyon, from 1984 to 1997.
He was survived by his wife,
Juanita, who had worked in the
office of Dean of Students Thomas
J. Edwards. Memorial donations
may be sent to Hospice of Knox
County, 17700 Coshocton Road,
Mount Vernon, Ohio, 43050.
Owen York Jr. H’93, professor
emeritus of chemistry and a College
statesman, died of a heart attack
on Wednesday, November 2, at his
home in Branford, Connecticut.
Owen and Bettye, his wife of
sixty-three years, were central to
the academic and social life of the
College. He joined the faculty in
1961, retiring in 1993 only to return
as acting provost for the 1995-96
academic year. His work for the
College included prominent roles in
the presidential search that brought
Robert A. Oden Jr. to campus in
1995 and in the construction of
buildings that transformed science
and music education by the turn of
the century.
“Fantastic” in the classroom,
Owen won the respect of the
entire faculty, said Charles E. Rice,
professor emeritus of psychology.
“He taught organic chemistry and
that was the path everybody took
to get into medical school. He was
considered very, very tough, but, if
you got through, the chances were
extremely good that you would be
admitted to medical school.”
Early in his career, Owen had
corporate-research opportunities,
but he embraced teaching. “He had
an incredible, analytical mind,” his
son, Michael York, said. “He loved
the students,” Owen’s daughter
Diane Linderman said. “He loved
the science. He loved teaching.”
Students were a common sight
for dinner or coffee at the York
household.
One former student, Thomas P.
Stamp ’73, now College historian,
in memory of owen york jr., professor emeritus of chemistry
was an English major who appreciated
what Owen brought to the
science classroom. “With Owen
York, organic chemistry was like
a challenging hike over rough but
often surprisingly beautiful terrain
with your brilliant uncle,” Stamp
said. “Years later, when I returned
to Gambier, Owen became a treasured
friend and taught me a different
but no less important kind of
chemistry—the perfect formula for
a dry martini.”
Conviviality was a way of life for
the Yorks. Adept at entertaining,
they enjoyed a home that was “very
cordial, very warm,” Rice said.
It was his keen interest in the
full breadth of College affairs that
led Owen to take decisive leadership
roles. “He was very sensible,
very level-headed,” Rice said. “He
was a rock.”
Perry Lentz ’64 H’89 P’88, professor
emeritus of English and a longtime
neighbor of the Yorks, called
Owen a natural leader. “For many
of us, Owen was a wonderful exemplar
of the College and all of its
best aspects,” Lentz said. “He was
intelligent, congenial, open. The
College instinctively turned to him,
even after his retirement. When we
needed an interim provost, he was
the inevitable choice.”
“With Owen York, organic chemistry was like a
challenging hike over rough but often surprisingly
beautiful terrain with your brilliant uncle. Years later,
Owen became a treasured friend and taught me a
different but no less important kind of chemistry—
the perfect formula for a dry martini.”
—thomas p. stamp ’73, college historian (and former student)