Red & Gray Magazine: Focus on Service Learning - The Fessenden ...

In MemoriamFREEDOM H. AINSWORTH ’30of Manhattan and Princess Anne, Maryland, died April 20, 2008,in Maryland. He was a longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s disease.Mr. Ainsworth was an inventor including the gas station fuel blendingpump and served as one time chief engineer of Wayne Division ofDresser Industries. He was predeceased by his wife Norma Ruedi in1987 and is survived by his brother George Ainsworth andsister Lorna A. Forbes. In addition to Fessenden, Mr. Ainsworthwas educated at College de Normandie, The Buckley Country DaySchool and Great Neck Preparatory School. He graduated from TheGunnery School in 1934 and from Harvard University in 1938.JOHN B. DEMPSEY ’41died in a traffic accident near Syracuse, New York, on April 30, 2009,en route to the class of 1944’s 65th Reunion at Westminster School inConnecticut. Mr. Dempsey graduated from Harvard University in1947 and went on to become a real estate development and managementconsultant. He played a vital part in the creation of prominentdevelopments on both Florida coasts and in Cleveland, Ohio, where heheaded a $30 million apartment and condominium project calledBratenahl Place, reviving a fading suburb on Lake Erie. A trusteeemeritus of Kenyon College where he served on the Board for nearlytwenty years, Mr. Dempsey is survived by six children, fifteen grandchildren,and one great-grandchild.ELIZABETH BASINETdied Monday, January 26, 2009, in Webster, Massachusetts.Married on June 13, 1953, to her husband, Joseph Roland Basinet,Mrs. Basinet lived and worked at Fessenden with her husband until1992. She parented two generations of boarding students with greatwarmth, raised her own five children on the school grounds, andorganized the Fessenden summer camp with her husband. Born inMeriden, Connecticut, Mrs. Basinet was a graduate of Meriden HighSchool and St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut. She wasan English teacher for several years in Meriden and later served as anadministrative assistant to the president of the Watertown Bank inWatertown, Massachusetts. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Basinetis survived by her five children and eight grandchildren.EDWARD W. BRIGHTWELL ’32died at home in Ohio on Sunday, July 19, 2009, at age 91. Bornin Charleston, West Virginia, Mr. Brightwell was a graduate ofThe Phillips Academy in Andover and of Yale University. He servedduring WWII as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946.Mr. Brightwell was Past President and a member of The UniversityClub of Cincinnati as well as a member and past officer of TheCincinnati Tennis Club. He enjoyed over 50 years as a member ofThe Cincinnati Country Club. Mr. Brightwell was a member of theFrederick Fessenden Society, which recognizes individuals whoinclude Fessenden in their estate plans. He is survived by his fivechildren, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.DANA W. CUNNINGHAM ’69of Annapolis, Maryland, died on October 9, 2008, after a five-yearbattle with cancer. Mr. Cunningham worked for many years in themarine industry and was a long-time Fessenden class agent.GILBERT N. DRAKE ’43of Sugarmill Woods, Homosassa, Florida, died on May 24, 2008.After Fessenden, Mr. Drake graduated from The Hill School inPottstown, Pennsylvania, and enlisted in the U.S. Army, servingas a medic in Japan during World War II. He was honorably dischargedand went on to earn his B.A. in Political Science fromBoston University and a Masters degree in Foreign Trade from theThunderbird American Graduate School of International Management.Mr. Drake relocated to Florida in 1987 from Dover, Massachusetts,where he had been self-employed as a Motor Vehicle Safety DriverTraining Consultant. He developed personal classroom teaching methodsalong with writing and publishing Emergency Reaction DriverTraining books and films. Mr. Drake retired in 2000. He is survivedby his wife, Emma, three children, and five grandchildren.THOMAS GALLANT ’33of Wilmington, North Carolina, died peacefully on January 29, 2009.Following Fessenden, Mr. Gallant graduated from Phillips Academyin Andover in 1937 and from Harvard College in 1941. He earned hisMaster of Education degree from the University of Maine, Orono in1974. Mr. Gallant served honorably as a Sergeant in the U.S. ArmyAir Forces in World War II and moved to Maine in 1948 as a managerof Guilford Woolen. He followed his true calling, serving as a teacherin Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, for 25 years. Mr. Gallant was a Mainewoodlot owner and a founding member of Forest Products Marketingand Management, serving as president for several terms. He was anavid outdoorsman and loved the Great Blue Planet Earth, believingthat since you only go this way once, be optimistic and enjoy. Mr.Gallant is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dolores Strand Gallant,five children, and seven grandchildren.32 w w w . f e s s e n d e n . o r g