ARLO A. BROWN JR. ’36

ARLO A. BROWN JR., 92, who retired as the head of Green Acres of the State of New Jersey, died Feb. 15, 2007. He was a member of Eclectic and received his degree with distinction in History. The brother of Robert L. Brown of the class of 1939, he also received a master’s degree from Columbia University. Among those who survive are his wife, Elaine Rushmore Brown, and three children.

Educator Daniel O. S. Jennings, 92, died peacefully in Brewster, Massachusetts on January 8, 2008. Dan’s connections to the Outer Cape were life long. He honeymooned with Barbara Lewis Jennings at Ballston Beach in June 1940 and subsequently summered at the home of his mother-in law, the former Peg Lewis of Provincetown. He was no idle summer vacationer during his stays at the Cape. The last surviving member of the original “Bone Dome Construction Company,” Dan worked on many building projects with foreman Jimmy Thomas, John Alexander, and Tom Soames. Over the years, he tended bar at the Atlantic House with Ciro Cozzi and the late Frank Hurst, Sr., ran the club house at the Provincetown Yacht & Tennis Club, delivered milk door to door for the Hood Milk Company, sold Compton’s Encyclopedias, painted the exterior of the Provincetown Art Association (more than once), and sang in St. Mary of the Harbor Church choir.

Dan’s teaching career began at the Governor Dummer Academy (Mass.) in the late 1930s, followed by terms at Hebron Academy (Me.) from 1946-57 and Montclair Academy (N.J.) from 1957-62. In 1962, his appointment as the first male head of school at Laurel School for Girls in Cleveland made local Ohio history. During his tenure at Laurel, he worked to diversify the student body, even as he remained true to the single-sex mission of the school. After his “retirement” in 1977, he taught for a year in Pebble Beach, Calif., before settling in Providence to assist his closest friend, Evan West, Head of Providence Country Day School.

Shortly after the death of his beloved wife, Barbara, in 1996, Dan moved to an assisted living residence in East Providence, before ultimately settling at EPOCH at Brewster Place, to be closer to his family.

Mr. Jennings, Wesleyan University Class of 1936, fervently supported his alma mater. He was awarded the Wesleyan Service Award in 1996, in recognition of his 60 years of extraordinary involvement. He leaves three great grandchildren, five grandchildren, two sons in law, and three daughters: Sally Jennings of Londonderry, Vermont, Marne Hodgin of North Truro, Mass., and Deborah Minsky of Provincetown, Mass. Born February 18, 1915, Mr. Jennings was just shy of his 93rd birthday when he succumbed to a heart attack. A celebration of his life is planned for August in Provincetown.