ROBERT M. HEATH, a retired division manager of operations for the Southern New England Telephone Company, died Nov. 21, 2009. He was 87. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Predeceased by his brother, John M. Heath ’40, survivors include his wife, Carol Anderson Heath, four children, 11 grandchildren, and one great–granddaughter.
A. LeROY GREASON, president emeritus of Bowdoin College, died Aug. 28, 2011, at age 88. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and received his degree with honors and with high distinction in English. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received master’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. He joined the faculty of Bowdoin in 1952 as an English instructor and became a full professor in 1966. During this time he also held administrative positions as dean of students and of the college. He was named acting president in 1980 and president in 1981. He retired in 1990 after guiding the college through a strengthening of its liberal arts curriculum and an expansion of its offerings. He led an ambitious and successful capital campaign that included the construction of a new athletic facility in which the pool is named for him. Equally devoted to work outside of Bowdoin, he served on the boards of regional and local educational and community organizations and in 1987 was honored with the endowment of an academic chair in his name to benefit the creative arts at Bowdoin. Wesleyan and several other colleges and universities awarded him honorary degrees. His wife, Pauline Schaaf Greason, predeceased him. Survivors include three children and four grandchildren.
STEPHEN A. GETTINGER, an obstetrician and gynecologist who helped to establish and maintain ethical standards and codes of conduct for the medical profession, and who was also the father of Matthew Gettinger ’79, died June 14, 2003. He was 77 and had received a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, and during the Korean War he served in the U.S. Air Force. In addition to his private practice, he served as a senior hearing officer for the New York State Board of Medical Conduct and as a mediator in medical malpractice cases. He was also a past president of the New York State Board of Medicine, a founding fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a professor at Stony Brook University medical college, and past president of numerous professional organizations. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Bonoff Gettinger, and three sons.
MALCOLM A. FOSTER, 84, a retired dentist, died May 23, 2007. The son of the late Wesleyan Professor of Mathematics Malcolm C. Foster, he was a member of Sigma Chi and received his dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II he served in the US Navy. He is survived by three children, including a son, Malcolm C. Foster, MALS ’77, and several grandchildren.
EDWIN D. SHAW JR., who retired as vice president of Milliken (formerly Deering, Milliken and Company), died March 1, 2007. He was 84. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the US Marine Corps during World War II and again during the Korean War. His entire 40-year career was spent with Milliken. Among those who survive are his wife, Ruth Meyrowitz Shaw, three daughters, two grandsons, and a sister.
PIERSON D. FELLOWS, a retired educator and director of guidance at Montclair (N.J.) High School, died June 13, 2006. He was 83. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he received a master’s degree from Columbia University. During World War II and again during the Korean War he served in the U.S. Army. He also initiated an alternative non-profit private school for teenagers. He was the grandson of James F. Fellows of the class of 1885; the son of Haynes H. Fellows ’13; the brother of the late Haynes H. Fellows Jr. ’40, who died eight days after his brother; and the nephew of Clarence Mulford Day of the class of 1909, of Louis DeV. Day of the class of 1904, and of Franklin E. Fellows ’21. Among those who survive are his wife, Joan Conkling Fellows; two sons, including James D. Fellows ’76; a brother, Stephen D. Fellows ’44; a niece, Denise Fellows-Kaplan Gill ’77; and a cousin, Robert M. Day ’39, M.D.
ROBERT W. DEVAUL, a geologist who specialized in hydrology, died Jan. 3, 2013. He was 94. A member of the John Wesley Club, he was elected to Sigma Xi. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II he received a master’s degree from Syracuse University. He worked for the United States Geological Survey for 33 years. Predeceased by his wife, Mildred Liebenow Devaul and his son, his daughter, Deanna Devaul, survives.
WILLIAM A. DODD, a manufacturing executive with the Davey Company in Jersey City, N.J., died Oct. 19, 2003, at age 82. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Peg; three children, including William Craig Dodd ’68; a brother, and two grandchildren.
ARTHUR T. DIETZ, the president of ATD Advisory Corporation, the founder of Emory University?s Master of Business Administration program, and a former faculty member in the economics and social science department at Wesleyan, died Oct. 15, 2008, at age 84. After interrupting his studies to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II, he received his degree with honors and with high distinction in economics. A member of Eclectic, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his master’s and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Before being recruited to start Emory’s MBA program, he taught at Wesleyan, Princeton, and Amherst, and he became a full professor at Emory at age 35. He served as chairman of the Finance Department at Emory and retired in 1988 as a professor of finance and banking. In retirement, he co–founded Strategic Portfolio Management and founded ATD Advisory Corporation. An avid tennis player, he played until he was 81. He is survived by his wife, Margie Lee Dietz, three daughters, four grandchildren, and three great–grandchildren.
CHARLES H. CRANE, M.D., a retired pediatrician who was part of the original group that founded the Manhattan (Kans.) Medical Center, died Nov. 28, 2009. He was 87. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy. He was the son of Charles G. Crane of the class of 1907 and the nephew of Howard D. Crane of the class of 1903. A medical missionary, he visited Haiti numerous times and worked to establish a nursing school to provide basic health services to Haitians. He was also an avid photographer and a private pilot. His wife, Virgene Graybill Crane, died in 2007. Survivors include three daughters, a son, two step-grandchildren, and a niece.
FRANCIS P. BOWLES, 87, professor emeritus of English at the University of Northern Colorado, died Oct. 20, 2008. A member of Chi Psi, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University. He owned Bowles Books in Greeley, Colo., for a number of years and then received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, after which he returned to Greeley to teach at the university. Active in civic organizations, he also had held several national and world records in Masters’ Track decathlons. His wife, Barbara Vehling Bowles, predeceased him by four months. Among those who survive are two children and five grandchildren.
