HORACE J. HAYMAN, 86, who retired as assistant vice president and budget director for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, died May 15, 2006. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he served in the US Army during World War II and later received an MBA from Harvard. Predeceased by his wife, Mary Jane Ramsey Hayman, he is survived by two children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
PAGE G. HARMAN, an insurance executive who retired as owner of the Alton E. Woodford Agency in Hartford, Conn., died Dec. 19, 2009, at age 89. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he was the son of Harold G. Harman of the class of 1918. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. An accomplished athlete like his father, he was a founder of the West Hartford Boys’ Football League. He is survived by his wife, Janice Reed Harman, two children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
JOHN G. HABERLE, 88, a retired pharmaceutical executive, died June 7, 2007. During World War II he served in the US Coast Guard. Survivors include his wife, Jean Krout Haberle, and two sons. (For more information,, see the York Daily Record and York Dispatch of June 11, 2007.)
DAVID H. GREEN, a banker who became chairman of the board of the L.G. Balfour Company, died Aug. 30, 2011. He was 90. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and received an MBA degree from Harvard University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army. A commercial banker for 28 years, he joined L.G. Balfour in 1973. He was a trustee of several educational institutions and was an avid horseback rider. Among those who survive are his former wife, Betty Jeppson Green; five children, including Susan Dietrich Swanstrom ’76; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and numerous nieces and nephews.
ERNEST C. GOODRICH, who retired as a vice president of Aetna Life and Casualty Company, died Dec. 13, 2006, at age 86. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he joined Aetna Life and Casualty after serving in World War II. He remained with Aetna for his entire career. A tireless volunteer for Wesleyan, he served as class agent for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Virginia Okerfelt Goodrich. Survivors include his son, Ernest C. Goodrich Jr. ’72, three grandchildren, and two sisters.
ROBERT L.J. GILLISPIE, 89, a retired manufacturing executive, died June 9, 2009. A member of Psi Upsilon, he was the son of Raymond L. Gillispie of the class of 1910 and the cousin of the late David L. Gillispie ’39. Among those who survive are his wife, Cynthia Naylor Gillispie, and his brother, Charles C. Gillispie ’40.
ANDERSON FOX, a retired management consultant and bank executive, died Jan. 11, 2010, at 88. He was a member of Eclectic. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in English. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he received an MBA degree from Harvard University. He was predeceased by his brother, Philip C. Fox ’50, and by a grandson. He is survived by his wife, Madeline Sullivan Fox, three children, and three grandchildren. His cousin, William Morrill ’52, and his son–in–law, John Parkin ’57, MA’65, also survive.
DONOSON E. FITZGERALD, a retired sales engineer with the Engelhard Corporation, died Dec. 15, 2008, at age 90. A member of Psi Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as executive officer of a PT boat. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Parke FitzGerald, five children, four grandchildren, and a sister.
JESS EDWARD, M.D., former chief of anesthesiology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., died Feb. 3, 2010. He was 88. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Predeceased by a son, he is survived by his wife, Joyce Levy Edward, two sons, a daughter, and nine grandchildren.
ROBERT HENDERSON CROSS, 87, an oil geologist and geology professor, died April 14, 2007. A veteran of World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps in the Pacific. He earned a master’s degree at Louisiana State University and worked as an oil geologist in Venezuela, Montana, and New Mexico; he then taught geology at San Jacinto Junior College in Pasadena. In 1989, at the age of 70, he resumed his graduate work on a grant from Baylor University to study plate tectonics. After retirement in 1994, he served as a docent at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. He is survived by his two daughters in Houston and several nieces and nephews.
