THOMAS A. OSBORNE, V.M.D., 40, a veterinarian in the Philadelphia area, died of a brain tumor Aug. 27, 2005. He received a degree from the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and had practiced in Washington State until 2002. He is survived by his wife, Natasha Kassell, a son, a daughter, his parents, two sisters, and a brother.
ROBINSON K. NOTTINGHAM JR., 46, an attorney who founded a residential real estate firm in Washington, D.C., and in Palm Beach County, Fla., died July 18, 2007. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia and practiced law in New York and in the District of Columbia for 12 years, including seven years as a prosecutor in the US Justice Department’s Criminal Division. He is survived by his parents; one brother, Charles D. Nottingham ’89; and two nephews.
A social-services activist in New York City and the director of Safe Space, a non-profit child welfare agency, died Jan. 11, 2013. She was 47. A board member of the Human Services Council and of the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies in New York City, she graduated from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining Safe Space, she served as vice president for strategy, policy, and advocacy at the Community Service Society. Among those who survive are her husband, George Locker, two children from her first marriage to Bill Shapiro ’87, a stepdaughter, her father and stepmother, her mother and stepfather, and her sister.
ELLEN S. Miller, a writer and a teacher of creative writing, died Dec. 23, 2008. She was 41. An honors graduate of Wesleyan, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and earned an MFA from the New York University’s creative writing program, where she also received a fellowship for fiction. She was also awarded a residency at the MacDowell Colony, among others. Her first novel, Like Being Killed, was published in 1998; her second, Stop Drop, Roll, is unfinished, although an excerpt appeared in the anthology, Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction From the Edge (2003). She is survived by her partner, Christopher Rowell, her stepfather, Scott Hyde, her two brothers, and her god–daughter.
DAVID N. MARCHETTI, a social services worker, died Sept. 28, 2007, at age 45. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he worked at the Oak Hill School and at MARC: Community Resources. Survivors include his father; his sister, Sandra DiPietro ’95; and a niece and nephew.
CHARLES A. MORSS III, M.D., a physician, died Jan. 21, 2008. He was 50. Survivors include his parents, two brothers, and a sister.
An investment banker, died Feb. 17, 2013, at age 53. He received an MBA from New York University and embarked on an investment banking career that took him and his family around the world. Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Clark Langille, four children, three siblings, and a large extended family.
LAURIE A. LINTON, an attorney in the public sector, died Jan. 10, 2005. She was 46 and had received her law degree from Columbia University. She held positions with the New York State Attorney General’s office, several New York City agencies, and had been counsel to the New York State governor’s office. Her work encompassed campaign finance legislation, welfare reform, the state budget, and charities fraud. She was also an activist in the gay and lesbian community and was a founder of the Empire State Pride Agenda. She is survived by her brother; her longtime companion, Murphy; and many friends.
SARAH HANNAH, a teacher and poet, died May 23, 2007, at age 40. She received a master’s degree in fine arts in creative writing and a PhD in literature from Columbia University. Her work appeared in several literary journals, and she was a semifinalist for the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 2002. She taught at Emerson College and at the time of her death was awaiting publication of her second volume of poetry. Survivors include her husband, Robert O’Hagan ’89, and her father, stepmother, and stepsister.
WILLIAM H. DAUGHERTY JR., a pharmaceutical consultant, died July 5, 2010. He was 49 and had most recently worked for CIGNA in Tennessee. Among those who survive are his wife, Laura Lamb Daugherty, his mother, his daughter, two aunts, and many cousins.
