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In MemoriamWe offer the following corrections and additionsto the obituary for Robert Bradley “R.B.”Cutler ’31, which appeared in the Winter2010–2011 issue of the Bulletin:R.B. Cutler had three brothers, Roger, JosepBradley ’35 and Eric ’36. He received theMiller Medal in 1931 and was a member of theRiverside Boat Club for 75 years, from 1935to 2010 (not 89 years, as was previously printed).Cutler was the first of his generation to attendNobles and was followed by 11 brothers andcousins. His father, Roger W. Cutler V’07, wasone of five Cutler brothers from the VolkmanSchool, which merged with Nobles in 1917.Philip Thayer ’32 died on January 28, 2011,at the age of 96. He was born in 1914 in WestNewton and raised in Boston. He came to Noblesas a freshman and, according to his classmates,“immediately assumed the scholastic leadershipof the class.” He received the Trustees’Prize three years in a row, and he was also astandout on the baseball and the crew teams.Thayer went on to Harvard and graduated in1936 with an A.B. in physics and A.M. in communicationsengineering. He then went to workfor Bell Laboratory, where he was employedfor more than 50 years, retiring as executivedirector of computer technology. Thayer wasalso a veteran of the U.S. Navy, in which heserved from 1943–1953. Outside of work, he wason the Montclair College Board of Trustees,Board of Trustees at the Morris Museum of Artsand Science and, throughout his life, he wasan avid golfer, swimmer, sailor and volunteer.He leaves his daughter, Margot Morris, andthree nephews, Peter, John and Nelson Clapp.He was predeceased by his wife, MarjorieBrown, and his daughter, Juliette Thayer.Richard Williams ’43 died on January 19,2011, after a brief battle against cancer. He wasborn in 1925 and came to Nobles in Class III.At Nobles, Williams (also known to his classmatesas “Shorty”) took part in the Glee Club,Quartets, Orchestra, Student Council, as wellas the football, baseball and track teams.He attended Harvard College and left in histhird year to join the Navy. He served for threeyears on the U.S.S. Champlin during WorldWar II. After returning from the war, Williamstook a job at the Shawmut Bank of Boston. There,he worked his way up to senior vice presidentin charge of the real estate department, retiringafter 39 years. He enjoyed his retirementby playing tennis and golf and by traveling.Williams is survived by his wife, Cynthia; his twodaughters, Sarah and Susan; and his threegrandchildren, Emily, Richard and Courtney.Robert Huson ’45 died on November 26, 2011,at the age of 84. He was born in 1926 andspent his childhood years in Wynnewood, Pa.,and Boston. Huson came to Nobles in Class IV,where, among other activities, he played football,hockey, and crew and was in the Glee Club.He went on to Amherst College and then servedin the U.S. Navy on the USS Herbert C. Jonesdestroyer escort in the South Pacific during WWII.In his career, Huson worked in the buildingmaterials field in sales and marketing. He retiredfrom Lumberman’s Merchandising Corporationin 1994.Huson loved his family and friends, his cottageon Biscay Pond, Maine, sailing, tennis, skiingwith his children, and all dogs. He is survivedby his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth “Betty” DalbeckHuson; his children Robert, Richard, andElizabeth Finegan; and his grandchildren Mark,Kimberly Zorch, Noah Finegan, Jack Finegan,John Relic, and Matthew Fair.James Walker ’45 died peacefully at hishome on January 6, 2011, in Avon, Conn.He leaves his loving wife of 46 years, Audrey;two children, James Jr. and Holly Nixon; sixgrandchildren; and two siblings. Walker wasborn in Bryn Mawr, Penn., and joined his olderbrother Peter ’44 at Nobles as a sophomore.At Nobles, Walker was involved in numerousactivities, including Student Council, Glee Club,Dance Committee and three athletics squads.He received a B.A. from Williams College, aM.D. from the University of Pennsylvania anda M.S. in Hygiene from Harvard University. Aftergraduation from medical school, he entered theU.S. Army, where he served as a captain in themedical service branch during the Korean Conflict.Walker returned to Boston to begin programsto benefit urban poor by establishing preventativemedical outreach programs. In 1965, hehelped found the University of ConnecticutMedical Health Center, where he worked asa professor for many years. In the mid-1980s,Walker became medical director at Avery Heightsin Hartford. He gave to his community in numerousways, including serving as the associatedirector of the Center on Aging at the Universityof Conn.; Chairing the Boards of the Conn.Community Care Inc., Duncaster, and theAlzheimer’s Coalition of Conn.; and as a wardenof St. John’s Episcopal Church in West Hartford.In his spare time, he was an avid sailor andwoodworker.Elliott Joslin ’54 died at home in the lovingcare of his family on January 15, 2011, followinga brief battle with cancer. He was thecommitted partner of Mary Anne Walker; belovedbrother of Carolyn Donovan; devoted fatherof Allen, Rachel Whitehouse, and David; andthe loving grandfather of five.Joslin spent six years at Nobles, where he workedenergetically in the Dramatic and Glee Clubsand played football and hockey. He went onto Yale University and then a rich and variedcareer that included work for the television showCandid Camera, building scenery for off-Broadway plays, running the Old StoningtonFoundry, and continuing his foundry work atDaystar Farm, pouring keels for sailboats. Joslinwas actively committed to the peace movementin New England. His family and friends rememberhim as a “humanist and a man of caring,both in his work and in his life, he shared freelyof himself and his talents.”Maynard “Bunt” Powning ’49 died onFebruary 23, 2011, from complications ofAlzheimer’s. Powning leaves his wife Andrea,son Philip, daughter Caroline Arbury andthree beloved grandchildren.Although he traveled the world, he was bornin Boston and spent most of his life in Massachusetts.At Nobles, Powning was well-likedamong his classmates for his “varied outsideinterests and quiet modesty.” During his threeyears at Nobles, Powning received the HarvardClub Prize for Scholarship and the Davis Cupfor Sportsmanship, on top of his involvementin Glee Club, the Quartets, and StudentCouncil, and other activities.Bunt graduated from Harvard in 1953, with adegree in psychology, and then served in theU.S. Air Force in Korea as an aircraft controller.He ran Koehler Manufacturing Company inMarlboro, Mass., for 40 years. Outside of hiscareer, Bunt was an avid hunter, fisherman, andskier. He was a member of the Somerset Club,the Harvard Club of Boston and Acoaxet, Mass.,and the Spindle Rock Club of Westport, Mass.Spring 2011 l the NobLES Bulletin l 61