MARK BARLOW

MARK BARLOW, dean at Wesleyan from 1957 to 1965 and former Trustee of the University, died June 23, 2012, at age 87. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he received his degree from Wesleyan. A member of Eclectic, he received a master’s degree from Colgate University and a doctorate of education from Cornell University. In 1957, he became Dean of Students at Wesleyan and later Dean of the University. Because of his age, the students dubbed him “the boy dean,” but he quickly developed a reputation for handling student academic and disciplinary issues with a sense of humor and an appreciation for individual personalities. He supported selected students who participated as Freedom Riders in the South during the civil rights era. In 1965 he returned to Cornell as vice president for student affairs and subsequently became Vice Provost. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan in 1981 and a Wesleyan University Service Award in 2011; he had served as Trustee from 1968 to 1971. He is survived by his wife, Jane Atwood Barlow, three children, and four grandchildren.