DEAN P. WIKOFF, longtime manager of the Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid, N.Y., died Apr. 8, 2012, at age 85. He was a member of Sigma Nu and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. An accomplished swimmer and skier, he wrote poetry and was active in community affairs, which he continued after retiring to Florida, where he was also a real estate agent and banker. Predeceased by his three wives, among those who survive are four children and four grandchildren.
THOMAS H. ROBINSON, 80, an attorney, died Nov. 25, 2004. He was a member of Sigma Chi, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his degree with high honors. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, after which he received a law degree from Harvard. Among those who survive are his wife, Helene Bertrand, three sons, a daughter, and eight grandchildren.
FRANK R. RING JR., the founder and president of the Applied Plastics Company, Inc., died Feb. 25, 2008. He was 82 and was a member of Eclectic. A leader in the fight against diabetes, and a diabetic himself for more than 70 years, he and his wife established the Frank R. Ring Jr. Fund at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, to support clinical programs for children with diabetes. He is survived by his wife, Jean McLaughlin Ring, three children, a brother and a sister.
JACK REYNOLDS, a radiologist and distinguished faculty member at the University of Texas, Health Science Center in Dallas (now Southwestern Medical Center), died Sept. 26, 2007, at age 84. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army and then received his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. During his 48-year teaching career at the medical school, he earned many honors for his excellence in teaching, including being named a Piper Foundation professor, the Ashbel Smith Professorship, and having an endowed chair in radiology established in his name. A staff member at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, he was on duty in 1963 when President Kennedy was shot and brought to Parkland. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane Schermerhorn Reynolds, his son David Reynolds ’77, two grandsons, and his extended family.
FREDERICK A. RAGER JR., who retired as senior vice president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (a predecessor of J.P. Morgan Chase) after a 37-year career in corporate banking, died Jan. 14, 2004. He was 76. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Survivors include a brother, and a niece and nephew.
SALVATORE A. PETRONE, a retired mathematics teacher and golf coach at Hamden, Conn., High School, died Oct. 16, 2009. He was 83. He was a U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II and received a master’s and a sixth-year certificate from Columbia University. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Sweeney Petrone, two children, five grandchildren, and two sisters.
NORMAN E. OTT, the retired president of Brewer Perkins, Inc., in North Adams, Mass., died Apr. 17, 2010. He was 86. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, flying a P–51 on 90 missions without an abort. Survivors include his wife, Anne Perkins Ott, three children, three grandchildren, and two great–granddaughters.
FREDERICK B. NEWELL JR., a marketing expert who specialized in customer relationship management, died April 30, 2007, at age 81. The son of Frederick B. Newell of the class of 1913, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was the founder of Seklemian/Newell, an internationally renowned marketing and consulting business, and he was the author of four books on marketing and customer loyalty. His first wife, Hariette Hubbard Newell, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife; three children; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; his sister and her husband, Kenneth W. Steere ’48; and several nieces and nephews, including Sarah Steere ’84.
WARREN J. McENTEE, the retired president of FleetBoston Financial Corporation, died Feb. 3, 2008. He was 82. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the U.S. Army and then earned an MBA from New York University. His entire career was spent in the investment and banking field, much of it with the firm that his father had founded in 1932. He was a trustee of the historic Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York City. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Kurtz McEntee, two children, three grandchildren, and his sister.
THOMAS J. McCORMICK, an editor, writer, and former Vermont state legislator, died Sept. 7, 2005. He was 82. A member of the John Wesley Club, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a master’s degree from the University of Vermont. He was also a longtime author of the nationally syndicated cartoon, Our Boarding House. Among those who survive are his wife, Therese Duprat McCormick, eight children, 29 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
