DONALD M. DAVIES, who had been a U.S. foreign service consular officer, died Jan. 20, 2005, at age 93. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he joined the foreign service in 1947 and served in Indonesia during its accession to independence and in Algeria during the battle of Algiers. His wife, Martha Birch Davies, predeceased him, and there are no immediate survivors.
DWIGHT H. BURR, a retired teacher and athletic coach, died Nov. 5, 2007, at age 94. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and received master’s degrees from Columbia and Yale universities. After 40 years of teaching history and English, as well as coaching sports at Caldwell (N.J.) High School, he retired but continued to teach and coach. His wife, Madeline Gilmore Burr, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his sister and several nieces and nephews.
CHARLES H. WARNER JR., 93, the founder and senior partner of the architecture firm Warner, Burns, Toan and Lunde, died Nov. 2, 2004. A member of Eclectic, he also received a degree from Columbia University. He is survived by a son, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
WILLIAM E. WALKER, 94, a retired accountant and the first city treasurer of Clayton, Calif., died June 29, 2005. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Russell Walker, three children, and four grandchildren.
JOHN D. TALBOT, a retired English teacher, died Oct. 19, 2005, at age 94. A member of Eclectic, he was the son of James M. Talbot, Class of 1906, and the nephew of Walter R. Talbot ’17. After a career as a teacher, administrator, and coach of tennis and drama at the George School, he taught in Hawaii. Predeceased by his first wife, Mary M. Starr Talbot, he is survived by his wife, Katey Sullivan Talbot, four children, seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and his brother, Robert L. Talbot ’35.
GUSTAV A. SCHWENK JR., 95, the retired president of G.A. Schwenk Associates, Management Consultants, died Apr. 7, 2007. The brother of the late Otto G. Schwenk ’30 and of the late Adolph G. Schwenk ’63, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and served in the US Navy during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Perry Schwenk, a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and a sisters.
RAYMOND E. MOORE, 93, a physician, died Oct. 19, 2005. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving an M.D. from Tufts, he practiced medicine in southern New Hampshire for 58 years. Predeceased by his wife, Christine Vaughan Moore, survivors include two children, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a nephew, Robert Vaughan ’70.
JOHN E. ANDRUS III ’33, the director and chairman emeritus of the Surdna Foundation, Inc., and a businessman whose family’s philanthropic endeavors included the University, died Dec. 27, 2012. He was 103.
A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he was the great-grandson of Loyal B. Andrus of the class of 1838 and the grandson of John E. Andrus of the class of 1862. He attended the University of Minnesota Law School and practiced law until World War II, when he served in the U.S. Army. Following the war, he established the Deep Draw Corporation in Minneapolis, a metal fabricating plant that he headed for 30 years.
He was active on a variety of boards for civic and non-profit organizations in Wayzata and in Minneapolis, Minn., and was a life trustee of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Nature Conservancy for two years, he received both their Oakleaf and Chevron awards. He was director and chairman emeritus of the New York-based Surdna Foundation, Inc., and was a director of the Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial in Yonkers, N.Y., and the John E. Andrus Memorial in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. The Foundation’s mission is to foster sustainable communities in the United States—communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by healthy environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures
At Wesleyan, the Surdna Foundation provided the funding for the John E. Andrus Center for Public Affairs, as well as funding for the library, the football and baseball fields (Andrus Field), and North College, a former dormitory that now serves as the primary administration building. His wife, Marion Haynes Andrus, predeceased him, as did his a cousin, David S. Williams ’51. Among those who survive are three daughters; seven grandchildren, including Megan Kelly ’06; one great-grandchild; one brother; and several nephews, including Colebert L. Andrus ’63, Winthrop Davenport Jr. ’64, and James D. Andrus ’66.
WILLIAM L. MAY, a retired accountant and office manager for the Atlas Powder Company (now ICI), died May 3, 2009, at age 99. He was a member of Eclectic. His wife, Frances Roberts May, predeceased him, as did his cousin, Emens Guernsey ’40. Survivors include his daughter, Margery May, acquisitions administrator at Olin Memorial Library; two sons; three grandchildren; and five great–grandchildren.
DONALD B. JOHNSON, a retired publisher, died Jan. 11, 2008. He was 97. He received his degree with distinction in English and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army. He spent most of his working years at the Worcester(Mass.) Telegram and Evening Gazette, eventually retiring as publisher of the Marlboro Enterprise and Hudson Daily Sun. He devoted many years to service in the town of Upton, Mass. His wife, Betsy Denny Johnson, and a daughter predeceased him. He is survived by five children, 13 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister.
