ARTHUR L. CONE JR, a retired advertising executive and copywriter who specialized in fund-raising materials, died Mar. 15, 2008, at age 87. He received an MBA from New York University. A lifelong fishing and hunting enthusiast, he was the author of Fishing Made Easy andThe Complete Guide to Hunting. His wife, Joan Nusbaum Cone, died six weeks before him. He is survived by four children, three grandchildren, and two brothers.
DAVID R. CLARK, 89, professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Massachusetts and an internationally renowned Yeats scholar, died Jan. 11, 2010. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in English. He received master’s and PhD degrees from Yale University. In addition to teaching, he helped to found the University of Massachusetts Press, was one of the founders of The Massachusetts Review, served as chair of the English Department, and helped to organize the Five College Irish Studies Program. An advocate for social justice and a pacifist, he and his family attended civil rights marches during the 1960s, and during the Vietnam War he helped to found the Quaker Action Committee, which collected funds for medical supplies for both South and North Vietnam. He published numerous books and articles, including a book of his own poetry. The brother of the late Leonard H. Clark ’37, he is survived by his wife, Mary Matthieu Clark, four children, and two grandchildren.
JAMES F. BARRETT, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who taught high school history for 25 years after his retirement, died Sept. 14, 2008, at age 88. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and was a highly decorated veteran of World War II. He received an MAT degree from Duke University in 1964. Survivors include his wife, Marian Collins Barrett, a daughter, and a granddaughter.
ROBERT A. BAER, 89, who retired as general manager of the J.L. Hammett Company, died June 9, 2008. A member of Chi Psi, he served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Lewis Baer, two children, three stepchildren, six grandchildren, and two great–grandchildren.
MYRON E. WHITE, professor emeritus of mathematics at the Stevens Institute of Technology, died Aug. 19, 2008. He was 88. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received his degree with high honors and distinction, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi. He received his master?s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. One daughter predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife, Eleanor Solomon White, three children, and a cousin, Rabbi Harold S. White ’54.
MERRILL A. SYMONDS, 92, a retired college administrator, died Oct. 23, 2011. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and received his degree with honors and with distinction in English. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II he received his master’s degree from Boston University and his Ph.D. from Clark University. He had been employed by Florida State University, was vice president of Pensacola Junior College, president of Florida Keys Community College, and vice president and instructor at Oscaloosa Walton College, from which he retired in 1984. He was predeceased by a son. His wife, Rena Ridler Symonds, survives, as do two daughters, six grandsons, and 10 great-grandchildren.
CARL F. ROGGE JR., an attorney who practiced law for 50 years in New York City, retiring as a partner of Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, died Nov. 23, 2009, at age 89. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and then received his law degree from the University of Virginia. Among those who survive are his wife, Julia Rogge, two children, and one grandchild.
WILLIAM H. MOOK III, M.D., 87, died September 5, 2007 at home in Cooperstown, NY surrounded by his family. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and was captain of the swimming team. He participated in an accelerated medical school program during World War II at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1944. After completing his internship at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown in 1945, he served in China as Lieutenant (jg) in the United States Naval Reserve from 1945-46. He continued his medical training at Bassett Hospital and completed his residency in 1949. He was a Public Health Trainee in Cardiology at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1949-50. After practicing as a member of the Rip Van Winkle Clinic in Hudson, NY, Bill returned to Bassett Hospital as Assistant Physician in 1952. During the Korean War he was again called to active duty in the United States Navy from 1952-54. He resumed his medical practice at Bassett Hospital where he was an attending physician specializing in internal medicine and endocrinology and associate professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University. In keeping with his belief in the importance of education, Bill served on the Board of Education at Cooperstown Central School from 1958-73, and he presented diplomas to all six of his children upon their graduation from high school. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara (Ives) Mook; a brother, six children (including William Mook ’75, Georgia Cosgrove ’78) nineteen grandchildren (including Simon Frost ’99, Emily Ramsey ’02, Louisa Mook ’05, and Leah Frost ’05) and nine great-grandchildren.
ROBERT H. MELLEN, a physicist, died Jan. 11, 2003 at age 83. He was elected to Sigma Xi and received his degree with honors and with distinction in physics. A member of Sigma Chi, he received a doctorate from the University of Connecticut and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. In 1980 he retired from the Naval Underwater Systems Center and at the time of his death was a physicist with Kildare in New London, Conn. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Lockhart Mellen, two daughters, three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a sister.
A. REESE MATTESON, M.D., a retired otolaryngologist who practiced in Danville, Ill., for almost 50 years, died Oct. 10, 2007, at age 87. After receiving his degree with honors, he received his medical degree from Yale University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Dusenbury Matteson. Among those who survive are three children.
