CARLYLE F. (“HAP”) BARNES ’48

CARLYLE F. (“HAP”) BARNES, 87, the retired chief executive of the Barnes Group, Inc., and the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan, died Jan. 21, 2012.  He was a member of Psi Upsilon. After receiving his degree he joined his family’s business, a diversified manufacturing company, and rose to become chairman and CEO in 1964, retiring in 1994. In 1977 he received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Trinity College. He was a director of numerous educational and charitable institutions, for which he received many awards. In 1999 he received the John Filer Award for Creative Leadership in Philanthropy from the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy. He also collected antique fire memorabilia, a hobby that evolved into the creation of the Museum of Fire History in Bristol, Conn. The brother-in-law of the late Edwin H. May Jr. of the class of 1948, survivors include his wife, Elizabeth May Barnes, four children, ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a large extended family