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French counter-intelligence units as
a member of the 6th Armored Division
during the combat campaigns
in Normandy and Northern France.
He later earned a B.A. and then an
M.A., from Johns Hopkins, and
pursued an advanced degree at
Harvard. He retired in 1988 after 35
years at IBM Corp. but continued
working with a private contractor.
Marshall is survived by his brother,
Richard; niece, Abigail; and nephew,
Stanley. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Alzheimer’s
Association, PO Box 96011, Washington,
DC 20090-6011 or alz.org/
join_the_cause_donate.asp.
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Thomas E. Murray Sr., retired advertising
executive, Venice, Fla., on
August 5, 2010. Murray was born
October 27, 1924, in the Bronx and
graduated from Long Beach H.S.
He served as a tech sergeant in the
Army Air Corps, flying 35 missions
over enemy territory during WWII.
He was a master radio operator
and bombardier on B-17 Flying
Fortresses. Murray was a retired
advertising executive of Thomas E.
Murray Preprints. He was a pioneer
in the field of newspaper free-standing
inserts. Murray was a member
of Epiphany Cathedral of Venice,
the VFW and the American Legion
and was a lifetime coach and
advocate of children’s sports and
the CYO. He is survived by his high
school sweetheart and wife of 63
years, Joan; daughter, Susan Snyder
and her husband, Will; sons, Tom Jr.
and his wife, Jane, and Don and his
wife, Louise; eight grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild. Memorial
contributions may be made to
Venice Hospice House, 210 Wexford
Blvd., Venice, FL 34293 or tidewell.
org/donors/how-can-i-give.
Marvin A. Schlaff, United Nations
official, New York City, on August
18, 2010. Schlaff was born in New
York City on August 14, 1926, and
educated at public schools and
Birch Wathen. He spent two years
at Engineering, then joined the
Army as a radio/radar mechanic.
Under the G.I. Bill, he earned a B.A.
from the College. He next studied in
Paris and spent two years in the Labor
Division of the Marshall Plan. In
1952, Schlaff returned to the United
States with the intent of becoming
a union leader. In 1953, he refused
to sign a loyalty oath as required
by the Bell System and told union
members that they did not have to
sign it, as it was not a condition of
employment; he retained his job
but lost his next union election and
abandoned a union career. Schlaff
then earned an M.A. in 1962 from
SIPA, worked for the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions
and the International Labour Organization
and in 1965 joined the U.N.
Secretariat. After retirement, Schlaff
worked part-time as secretary of the
joint appeals board/disciplinary
committee, the UN’s internal justice
system. He is survived by his wife,
Marcia; children, Elizabeth, Anthony
and Abigail; sister, Ruth Meyers;
and four grandchildren. Memorial
contributions may be made to the
New York Public Library (nypl.org/
support).
Irwin F. “Woody” Woodland, retired
attorney, Seattle, on August 25,
2010. Woodland was born in New
York City on September 2, 1922, and
graduated from Benjamin Franklin
H.S. in 1940. He served in the Army
Air Corps as a navigator, flying
missions over Germany and Italy.
He was a POW at Stalag Luft III and
was released in 1945. After earning a
degree from the College, he graduated
from the Law School of Ohio
State University in Columbus in
1959. Woodland joined the law firm
of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher as an
associate in 1960 and retired a partner
in 1992. He became a member of
the California State Bar Association
in 1960 and the Washington State
Bar Association in 1991. Woodland
was predeceased by his wife of 50
years, Sally Duffy, in 2005, and is
survived by his children, Connie
Woodland and her husband, Robert
Peterson, Patrick and his wife, Lisa,
Joseph and his wife, Katherine,
Rev. Stephen, William and his wife,
Linette, David, and Duffy and his
wife, Tricia; 12 grandchildren; and
sister, Catherine Howley. Memorial
contributions may be made to Music
Department, St. James Cathedral,
804 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98104.
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Francois D. Vaillant, teacher,
Pensacola, Fla., on September 14,
2010. Vaillant was born in 1926 in
New York City. He graduated from
the Edgewood School in Greenwich,
Conn., served in the Air Force at
the end of WWII and then attended
Columbia, where he earned an M.A.
from GSAS in 1953. He enjoyed the
teaching profession in independent
schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
North Carolina and Florida; he
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worked variously as coach, schoolmaster
and headmaster. His love for
sailing drew him to Pensacola Yacht
Club, where he was fleet captain and
secretary in the 1980s. Vaillant also
was involved with the Gulf Yachting
Association in the 1990s, becoming
commodore in 1998. He is survived
by his wife of 59 years, Susan;
children and their spouses, Frank
and Patty Vaillant, Michelle and
David Bell, and Madeleine and Jim
Simmons; eight grandchildren; and a
great-grandson. Memorial contributions
may be made to Manna Food
Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Christ
Church Parish or Covenant Hospice.
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Donald J. Bainton ’52
Donald J. Bainton, business executive,
Boca Raton, Fla., on June 13,
2010. Born in New York City, on
May 3, 1931, Bainton was a naval
officer during the Korean conflict.
After the war, he married Aileen
Demoulins and began his corporate
career with Continental Can Co.,
eventually becoming president.
Following the sale of the company,
Bainton acquired the name and
formed a second Continental Can.
In 1998, with sales nearing $600 million,
he sold the company to Suiza
Foods (now Dean Foods). Bainton
again acquired the name, and a
third Continental Can was formed,
resulting in a recent acquisition in
the United Kingdom. Bainton was a
Knight of Malta. He is survived by
his wife of 56 years; children, Kathryn
Sarka, Stephen and William;
and three grandchildren. Bainton
was predeceased by a daughter,
Beth, in 1998. Memorial contributions
may be made to Catholic
Charities USA (800-919-9338).
Eugene C. Thomas, attorney, Boise,
Idaho, on September 13, 2010.
Thomas was born in Idaho Falls
on February 8, 1931. He earned a
degree in 1954 from the Law School
and began his legal career as U.S.
District Judge Fred Taylor’s first
Eugene C. Thomas ’52
law clerk. He next worked in the
Ada County prosecutor’s office,
first as an appointed chief deputy,
and later, at 24, was elected to the
office of Ada County Prosecuting
Attorney. In the early ’50s, Thomas
and Willis Moffatt began the firm
of Moffatt Thomas, now known
as Moffatt Thomas Barrett Rock &
Fields. Thomas was elected president
of the Idaho State Bar at 40
and in the 1980s was the State Bar
delegate to the American Bar Association
House of Delegates; he rose
to chair of the House of Delegates
in 1985 and was elected president of
the ABA in 1986–87. He held honorary
LL.D.s from the University of
Idaho and the College of Idaho. He
is survived by his wife of almost 60
years, Jody; sons and their wives,
Mike and Martha, and Steve and
Maureen; five grandchildren; and
a great-granddaughter. Memorial
contributions may be made to St.
Mary’s School, Mountain States
Tumor Institute, the Boy Scouts or
the Idaho Humane Society.
Harold H. “Hal” Wanamaker,
retired otolaryngologist, Syracuse,
on August 29, 2010. Born on May
18, 1930, in Suffern, N.Y., Wanamaker
went to Syracuse for medical
school and stayed for his internship
and residency in otolaryngology
(ear, nose and throat). Following a
fellowship in otology at the House
Ear Institute in Los Angeles, he
was director of ENT at the military
hospital in Landstuhl, Germany,
for two years before returning to
Syracuse to join the ENT practice
founded by his mentor, Gordon D.
Hoople. Wanamaker was a pioneer
in the combined surgical approach
with neurosurgery for acoustic neuromas.
He practiced for 30 years at
Crouse Hospital and was a clinical
professor at Upstate, where he was
instrumental in establishing several
endowed chairs. He retired in 1993
and enjoyed gardening, collecting
and repairing antique clocks, root-