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Boys from 1949–1954. From 1955–60,
Gould worked in administration at
CW Post College Long Island University,
Columbia and Lafayette. He
taught at USC’s School of Business
from 1961 until he retired in 1987.
Gould traveled widely in the United
States, Europe and Asia, consulting
for many corporations and teaching
business communication in a
number of Pacific Rim countries. In
1991, he was reunited with his Army
Battalion and attended 17 of their
annual reunions. Gould was very
involved in church activities. He
is survived by his wife since 1949,
Olwen (Stafford); children, Heather,
William, David, Elizabeth and Carolyn;
five grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
henry h. Mcdonald, retired ophthalmologist,
Pasadena, Calif., on
April 9, 2010. McDonald was born
on July 27, 1923, attended Stuyvesant
Math and Science H.S. and enlisted
in the Air Force at 19. He served as
a navigator in the European Theatre
of Operations throughout WWII.
As a first lieutenant, he received the
Bronze Star, flying 35 missions in the
B-24 Bomber, and later 25 missions
in the Royal Air Force “mosquito”
plane. Following WWII, McDonald
returned to New York, graduated
from Columbia, earned a medical
degree from NYU and completed a
residency in ophthalmology there
and at Harvard. In 1952, he married
Dorothy Dieckhoff and in 1957
began his practice in Pasadena. He
was on the staff of the Huntington
Memorial Hospital for 40 years.
McDonald was an early advocate
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of small wound incision cataract
surgery, the way all cataract surgery
is done today. Throughout his career,
and following his 1997 retirement,
McDonald was active in the creation
and development of ophthalmic and
surgical instrumentation. He loved
drawing, painting, chess and playing
piano. McDonald is survived by
his wife; children, Henry, Robert and
Robyn; and six grandchildren. Memorial
contributions may be made
to the American Heart Association.
1949
Kenneth f. hadermann, retired
teacher and school administrator,
Lake Wylie, S.C., on April 25, 2010.
Born in New York City, Hadermann
enlisted in the Army Air Corps in
WWII and was a member of the
American Legion. He earned a
master’s from Teachers College and
was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
Hadermann was a teacher and
school administrator in four states.
In 1976, he relocated with his family
to Berlin, Germany, where he was
the principal of the John F. Kennedy
School until his retirement to North
Carolina in 1986. A volunteer Boy
Scout leader for more than 50 years,
he received the District Award of
Merit and the Silver Beaver. As a
member of the Order of the Arrow,
a Boy Scout honor camper’s society,
Hadermann became a Vigil
member and received the Founders
Award. After his retirement, he continued
to serve youth as a Guardian
ad Litem. Hadermann is survived
by his wife, Hannelore; daughter,
Karena, and her husband, Jeff; son,
Kurt, and his wife, Elizabeth; and
one grandson. Memorial contributions
may be made to the American
Heart Association.
1956
paul i. “ivy” bartholet, controller,
Stonington, Conn., on May 20, 2010.
Born in 1933, Bartholet attended St.
Bernard’s School in NYC through
eighth grade, later attending Pomfret
School in Connecticut, where he
captained the baseball and hockey
teams. He earned a B.A. in economics,
and he and his brother, Chauncey
’56, ’57E, were doubles partners
on Columbia’s tennis team. Bartholet’s
first job out of college was with
Metal and Thermit Corp. in New
Jersey, where he was an accountant.
He took night courses at Rutgers
and was hired by IBM in 1961.
Bartholet rose through the ranks
during nearly three decades with
the company, working as controller
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for three major corporate divisions,
overseeing budgets and streamlining
accounting systems. The family
spent summers in Stonington,
where Bartholet won nine men’s
singles titles at the Wadawanuck
Club. Divorced in 1983, he married
Anne Baker Schwartz in 1985. Bartholet
was involved in community
activities and was an avid golfer.
He is survived by his wife; children,
Jeffrey, Frederick, and Carolyn Vail;
stepchildren, Robert Schwartz, Joan
O’Neill, Marianne O’Hearn and
David Schwartz; nine grandchildren;
brother; and sister, Elizabeth.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Denison Pequotsepos
Nature Center or to the Stonington
Community Center.
1958
James r. Meyers, civil rights activist
and retired librarian, Ithaca, N.Y.,
on April 15, 2010. Meyers was born
on August 9, 1936, in Detroit. His
family soon moved to Pittsburgh,
where Meyers attended St. Basil’s
Catholic School for 12 years and
initially wanted to become a priest.
While at Columbia, he met Francis
Joan Gillen, who became his wife.
The couple later moved to South
Bend, Ind., where Meyers worked
for many years as the film librarian
at the South Bend Public Library as
well as devoting his passions and
extra time to helping to end the
Vietnam War and taking part in the
countercultural ’60s revolution. In
1996, Meyers retired and moved to
Albuquerque, where he lived until
2005 when he moved to Ithaca,
N.Y., to be near his family. His passions
included spiritual pursuits
such as Dances of Universal Peace,
reincarnation, the Unity Church,
meditation, yoga, music, prayer,
television, Transactional Analysis,
astrology and co-counseling. Meyers
is survived by his sons, Pete, and
his partner, Mary Loehr, and David;
and one grandson.
1960
norman h. nordlund, pilot, Brookfield,
Conn., on April 28, 2010. Nordlund
was born in Pori, Finland,
on October 27, 1938, and grew up
in Hastings, N.Y. After Columbia,
where he earned a B.A. in economics,
he was commissioned an ensign
in the Naval Reserve through
the NROTC Program. Nordlund
became a naval aviator, flying the
Douglas Skyraider AD1. He served
on the aircraft carriers USS Independence,
USS Saratoga and the USS
Forestal from 1961–65. From 1965–
67, he served as a flight instructor in
Pensacola, Fla., instructing student
naval aviators in carrier landings.
After leaving the Navy in 1967,
Nordlund began working for TWA,
a career that lasted 31 years flying
various aircraft including the 707,
727, L1011 and the 747. He was an
avid fisherman and loved deep sea
fishing. Nordlund is survived by his
wife of 48 years, Denise; daughter,
Carolyn Montero, and her husband
Bill; sons, Michael and his wife Jennifer,
and Karl and his wife, Nicole;
and five grandchildren. Memorial
contributions may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
1965
george w. “bud” goth, retired
professor, Berkeley, Calif., on November
28, 2009. Goth was born on
June 23, 1943, on Long Island and
earned a B.S. in chemistry. After
Columbia, he moved to California
and earned a Ph.D. in nuclear
chemistry in 1973 from UC Berkeley
and did post-doctoral work at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Goth returned to Berkeley, where he
contributed to the grassroots newspaper
of Berkeley Citizens Action
during the late 1970s and ’80s. He
taught chemistry part-time at the
College of San Mateo in 1975 and
then full-time at Skyline College in
1980. Goth founded and edited The
Advocate, a union newsletter for the
American Federation of Teachers,
Local 1943. He retired in 2006. He
was an avid theatergoer and was
active in film and book clubs, attending
readings and serving on
the Board of the Berkeley City Club
for six years. Goth is survived by
his aunt and uncle, Elizabeth and
James Sharman; and 11 cousins.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the San Mateo County
Community Colleges Foundation,
memo line: The George Goth Science
Scholarship.
1968
Melvin l. dennis, architect, expeditor
and photography gallery curator,
New York City, on June 13, 2010.
Dennis was born in Portland, Ore.,
and grew up on the Oregon coast.
He earned a B.A. in art history, did
advanced art history studies at NYU
and earned a B.Arch. from the Cooper
Union in 1977. Dennis worked
for several architecture firms in New
York, including Pasanella & Klein,
and the New York Public Library,
and was later a building expeditor.