1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
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veteran. After graduation, he<br />
was employed by<br />
Westinghouse Corporation as<br />
an electtic utiUties sales<br />
representative. He retired<br />
from Westinghouse<br />
Corporation as the Electric<br />
UtiUties Division regional<br />
sales manager with<br />
headquarters in Chicago, IL.<br />
Samuel T Edwards ('42)<br />
died December 9,1992, in<br />
GreenviUe, SC.<br />
Montana<br />
John J. Baucus ('36) died<br />
June 8 in Helena, MT. During<br />
World War II, he served in<br />
the Army Air Corps. He is<br />
tiie father of U.S. Sen. Max<br />
Baucus. He managed the<br />
80,000-acre Sieben Ranch Co.<br />
north of Helena since 1949. It<br />
is the largest sheep ranch in<br />
the state. Survivors include a<br />
<strong>Phi</strong> brother, WiUiam G.,<br />
Montana '39.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Carolina<br />
James E. EUis II ('50) died<br />
AprU 28 in WUson, NC. He<br />
was former City<br />
Commissioner of WUson and<br />
founder of the WUson Rescue<br />
Squad, also a World War II<br />
veteran.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Dakota<br />
Charles W. Goodman<br />
('49) died March 17 in Grand<br />
Forks, ND.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rthwestern<br />
Harry T. Baumann ('50)<br />
died in August 1992 in<br />
WUmette, IL.<br />
Theodore FMorf ('30)<br />
died March 29 in Springfield,<br />
IL.<br />
Charles R. Scheid ('35)<br />
died AprU 3 in FuUerton, CA.<br />
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Ohio<br />
Ralph W.Clark ('32) died<br />
in AprU in Athens, OH. In<br />
1975 Ralph received tiie Ohio<br />
Gamma Outstanding<br />
Alumnus Service Award. He<br />
was a Golden Legionnaire and<br />
served as secretary/treasurer of<br />
the house corporation for<br />
many years.<br />
D.Bradley Peck Jr. ('42)<br />
died AprU 10,1992, in<br />
Wynnewood, PA.<br />
Ohio State<br />
OUn K. Parrett ('49) died<br />
January 12 in Athens, OH.<br />
He was a Navy veteran of<br />
World War II, a counselor for<br />
Boy Scout Troop 101, and a<br />
retired animal nutritionist.<br />
Robert E. Winter ('46)<br />
died AprU 3 in Xenia, OH.<br />
Ohio Wesleyan<br />
Bmce B. Borton ('51) died<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 28,1992, in<br />
Bakersfield, CA.<br />
Larry M.Martin ('59)<br />
died July 2 in Sarasota, FL.<br />
He retired from the U.S. Air<br />
Force as a Ueutenant colonel.<br />
Frank G. Richards ('59)<br />
died <strong>No</strong>vember 27,1992, in<br />
Cleveland, OH.<br />
<strong>No</strong>rman R. Stewart ('41)<br />
died July 26 in Wichita, KS.<br />
He was a retired geologist and<br />
oU producer. He served as an<br />
officer with the Naval Air<br />
Corps' 5th Fleet in the<br />
Aleutian Islands. Survivors<br />
include a <strong>Phi</strong> brother, Graham<br />
F, Ohio Wesleyan '27; and two<br />
<strong>Phi</strong> nephews, John R., Ohio<br />
Wesleyan '53; and Frederick E.,<br />
Ohio Wesleyan '57.<br />
Oklahoma<br />
Joe D. Davis ('72) died<br />
September 11,1992, in Fort<br />
Smith, AR.<br />
Oklahoma State<br />
Gene D. Cowan ('56) died<br />
February 27 in JacksonviUe,<br />
FL.<br />
Oregon<br />
John R. Prather ('27) died<br />
May 15,1992, in San<br />
Clemente, CA.<br />
Pittsburgh<br />
Charles H.Ambrose ('29)<br />
died May 7,1992, in<br />
Indialantic, FL.<br />
David J. Fox ('50) died<br />
Febmary 13 in Bloomfield<br />
ViUage,MI.<br />
James E. Simms ('33) died<br />
in May in Lacey, WA.<br />
HaroldJ.Yates('21)died<br />
AprU 27 in Venice, FL. He<br />
was an engineer with<br />
Bethlehem Steel, retiring after<br />
30 years.<br />
Puget Sound<br />
Harold "Hal" E. Wolf<br />
('75) died in January 1992 in<br />
Yelm,WA.<br />
Purdue<br />
Jason Crawford ('93) died<br />
Febmary 3,1992, in<br />
Lafayette, IN. He was an<br />
undergraduate of the chapter<br />
Joseph W. Abrahamson Jr.<br />
and a senior footbaU player for<br />
the BoUermakers. '<br />
JohnC.ErtelIII('35)<br />
died September 29,1992, in<br />
Carmel, IN.<br />
Southern Methodist<br />
Eric H. Coffman ('41)<br />
died May 2 in DaUas, TX. He<br />
earned an MBA from Harvard<br />
Business School. He started<br />
Coffman Film Co. and also<br />
served as president of the<br />
ChUd Guidance CUnic, vice<br />
president of the DaUas Society<br />
for Crippled ChUdren, and<br />
treasurer for the Texas<br />
Psychiatric Foundation.<br />
Southwestern<br />
Walter E. Moss ('27) died<br />
February 19 in San Angelo,<br />
TX.<br />
Texas<br />
Robert H. Bowman ('45)<br />
died March 16 in Austin, TX.<br />
James H. Smart ('29) died<br />
March 1 in Abilene, TX.<br />
Roderic B. Thomas Jr.<br />
('44) died in June in DaUas,<br />
TX. He was vice president at<br />
DaUas Rupe 8c Spn as until<br />
1970, then an account<br />
Joseph W Abrahamson Jr., Colgate '58, died March 11 in<br />
Hamilton, N.Y. at the age of 57. He was Colgate University's<br />
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longtime men's and women's<br />
tennis coach. Inducted into<br />
Colgate's Athletic Hall of<br />
Honor in 1983, Brother<br />
Abrahamson had a 366-140-2<br />
record in his 27 years as the<br />
men's tennis coach, and he<br />
never had a losing season. His<br />
career coaching record stood<br />
eighth among all active NCAA<br />
Div. I tennis coaches.<br />
Abrahamson was very<br />
popular among his peers and<br />
the students he coached.
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