SAMUEL McLANAHAN III ’63

SAMUEL McLANAHAN III, who founded and directed the Rose Garden Coffeehouse, a showcase for acoustic folk music, died Dec. 4, 2014, at age 74. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. An advertising and marketing executive, he had been associated with Emery Advertising and Lyons Advertising after working in production for the children’s television program, Romper Room. More recently he was involved with Newslynx, a marketing consultancy. He was best known as artistic director and co-founder of the Mansfield, Mass., Rose Garden Coffeehouse. Among those who survive are his wife, Rae Ann Federici McLanahan, five children, five grandchildren, his sister, and two former wives, Alice Markell Mayn and Stephanie Weisz.