CARL B. SWANSON, 85, who retired as a quality control representative for Pratt & Whitney, where he spent his entire career, died Dec. 25, 2011. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. There are no immediate survivors.
ROBERT T. SULESKE, a biochemist and musician, died Jan. 17, 2004 at age 52. Among those who survive are his mother, a sister, and a nephew and niece.
PETER DELLA SANTINA, a professor of Buddhism, died Oct. 14, 2006, at age 56. Blind since the age of 12 as a result of infantile glaucoma, he received a master’s degree in philosophy and a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Delhi. His writings ranged from the technical to the popular, and he served as coordinator of curriculum studies in Buddhism for the Singapore Ministry of Education, was a senior fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, taught philosophy in Taiwan and Thailand, and conducted numerous courses for Buddhist communities in all these countries as well as in Italy, where he lived for extended periods. For more than 30 years, he was a student of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, leader of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Survivors include his wife, Krishna, and a son.
DAVID SIME JR., the founder of Growth Ventures Incorporated and a specialist in mergers and acquisitions, died Aug. 10, 2011. He was 80. A member of Delta Upsilon, he was a U.S. Army Ranger during the Korean War and then received an MBA from Babson College. Among those who survive are three daughters, six grandchildren, and a sister.
ALAN B. SANDERSON, a reporter and teacher, died May 16, 2006. He was 75. A U.S. Army veteran, he received a master’s degree from Boston University. Survivors include a brother, several nieces and nephews, and a special friend, Rolanda (Lolly) Sturtevant.
ALEJANDRO D. SUJO, a journalist and musician in New York, Caracas, and Buenos Aires, died Oct. 5, 2008. He was 59. At Wesleyan, he had majored in theater. He and his wife, Laney Salisbury, who survives him, are the authors of a forthcoming book, Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art (Penguin Press, 2009). He is also survived by their daughter, Sophie Salisbury–Sujo. Other survivors include his mother, his brother, a niece, and a nephew, Nicholas During ’06.
THE HON. JOHN W. SCOTT JR, civil rights leader and circuit court judge, died of complications from eye surgery on April 16, 2008. He was 59 and had been blind since birth. As a teenager in 1963, he and several others won a federal lawsuit allowing them to attend James Monroe High School, considered a milestone in the integration of Fredericksburg, Va. At Wesleyan he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and earned his bachelor’s with honors in government. He received his JD from the University of Virginia, worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and became a managing partner at Hill, Tucker & Marsh. In 1989, he was appointed General District Court Judge in Stafford County, becoming the first black to serve on the bench in the Fredericksburg area, rising to the circuit level seven years later. He is survived by his wife, Alma, and three sons.
RICHARD B. SMITH, 48, a screenwriter, director, and creative director of digital media and live events, died June 29, 2011. He received a master’s degree from The School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California, from which he launched his screenwriting career. In addition to writing for the screen he also wrote a novel and was a member of the Writers Guild of America. He created immersive media for trade shows and experiential installations for museums, and he worked with numerous corporate clients. In addition to his professional accomplishments, he was also lead guitarist for the band Nooner, and an avid tennis player and sailor. Among those who survive are his wife, Mariana Schwartz; three daughters, including Adriana Clare Smith ’15; his mother; three sisters; three brothers; and a large extended family.
ROGER E. SCHUBERT, a pioneer in the computer business, died Feb. 22, 2009. He was 78. After receiving his degree with honors and with distinction in mathematics, he joined General Electric and continued from there to other technical firms, where he was on the leading edge of computerization of banking and printing, including the development of the Universal Product Code, the elimination of bank passbooks, and the conversion of printing systems from hot type to photography. After his retirement from Atex-Kodak, he was a RSVP volunteer for 20 years. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Hall Schubert, four children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Roger Edward Schubert, 78, of Palm Coast, passed away, Sunday, Feb.22, 2009, at the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House, Palm Coast, Fla., after a three-year battle with cancer. Roger was born on March 21, 1930, in Manchester, Conn., to Lena Roth & Max Schubert. A graduate of Manchester High School, 1948, and Wesleyan University, with Distinction, Middletown, Conn., 1952. He was a member of the DeMolay Masonic Lodge in Manchester and played on the football team at Wesleyan for four years. A veteran of the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. He and his loving and devoted wife Barbara were married for 56 years. He spent his entire business career as a pioneer in the computer business, starting at General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1954. In 1959 he joined Bunker Ramo in Stamford, Conn., to program and install the first savings bank on-line system, eliminating the use of the banking pass books. In 1965 at RCA in Princeton, N.J., he was systems manager devoted to converting the printing of newspapers, books and government documents from hot type to a photographic printing system for the first time. In 1971, his family moved to Westboro, Mass., where he worked with RCA, in Marlboro, to develop the Universal Product Code, in competition with IBM who won the UPC contract, and today is found on every product purchased. His career continued as Vice-President of Systems at Photon, Inc., Wilmington, Mass., then to the printing business at Atex-Kodak Bedford, Mass., in the ’80s where he retired in 1989. On retirement he and his wife, moved to Sea Colony in the Hammock, Palm Coast, Fla. Roger enjoyed golfing, cards, and crossword puzzles. He and his wife were active at the Palm Coast United Methodist Church. A great thinker, mathematician, debater, and humorist, he loved to watch the birds, the moon and stars, the sunrise and sunset, and appreciated great art and music. A RSVP volunteer for 20 years he worked with Whitney Labs and Marineland. Roger leaves his wife, Barbara, four children, nine grand children, and one great grandson.
WILLIAM D. ROWE, formerly president of Rowe Research & Engineering Associates, died May 16, 2012. He was 82. A member of Sigma Chi, he received an M.S. from the University of Pittsburgh, an MBA from the University of Buffalo, and a Ph.D. in business administration from American University. He also received a diploma in theological studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. A self-employed consultant, he taught risk analysis at American University, worked at MITRE Corporation and Westinghouse, and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Radiation Programs at the EPA. He was an accomplished musician and the author of books and articles on energy risk management. He is survived by four children, including Dr. William D. Rowe Jr. ’80; six grandchildren; his brother; his daughter-in-law, Teresa A. Kosciuk-Rowe ’81, M.D; and his stepdaughter, Alexandra S. Terninko ’92.
