ROBERT M. PHELPS, a retired dentist, died Jan. 3, 2013. He was 87. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He received his bachelor’s and dental degrees from Western Reserve University. Among those who survive are two sons.
LEONARD M. LEIMAN, 82, an attorney and partner in Fulbright & Jaworski, died Oct. 30, 2013. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in government. After receiving his law degree from Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, he clerked for Appeals Court Judge Learned Hand and for Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. He joined the former law firm Reavis & McGrath in 1956, becoming a partner and playing an important role in the firm’s merger with Fulbright & Jaworski, and he remained of counsel to the multinational law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He practiced securities law, advised many nonprofits, and counseled numerous companies on how to navigate complex regulatory environments. He was a member of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the New York Stock Exchange, and was past chair of the Committee on Securities Regulation of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He also taught corporate and securities law as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and New York University law schools. His wife, Joan Maisel Leiman, survives, as do his son, Alan J. Leiman ’85, his daughter, three grandchildren, his sister, and an extended family.
CHARLES JACKSON HOOVER SR., an executive and mortgage broker, died Apr. 8, 2012, at age 82. A member of Delta Upsilon, he was the brother of the late Walter B. Hoover Jr. ’49, M.D. Predeceased by his wife, Joan Salvucci Hoover, among those who survive are two sons, including Charles Jackson Hoover Jr. ’75, two grandsons, and his sister.
J. BRUCE CARLOCK, 87, who retired as professor of English at Erskine College, died Apr. 5, 2013. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and received his PhD from the University of South Carolina. A U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he also wrote and produced musical comedies. His wife, Ruth McCardle Carlock, a son, and a daughter predeceased him. He is survived by a daughter, a son, and six grandchildren.
EDWARD CANNEL, a writer, reporter, and syndicated columnist, died July 17, 2013, at age 84. A member of Alpha Chi Rho, he received his degree with high distinction in creative writing and received a master’s degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. His reporting career took him around the world, and he received an Overseas Press Club prize for coverage of Africa. He was a syndicated columnist for the New York World Telegram and Sun. An on-camera essayist for several networks, he also authored four books, a play, an adult literacy program, and a program for the piano entitled “How to Play the Piano Despite Years of Lessons.” Predeceased by his wife, Elaine Applestein Cannel, he is survived by Doris Shulman Brenman, members of his family, and friends around the world.
ANTHONY ALLEN AMENTA, 87, professor emeritus at California State University, Long Beach, died Feb. 16, 2013. A member of the Commons Club and of Sigma Chi, he received his degree with high distinction in creative writing and then earned a master’s degree from Wesleyan the following year. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. After working as a writer and an award-winning film director for a number of corporations, he joined the faculty at California State University, where he taught courses in film and scriptwriting while continuing to write for various publications and corporations. A musician, he played drums and piano semi-professionally and published a number of songs. Survivors include his wife, Mary Bonvino Amenta, three children, and a cousin, Peter S. Amenta Jr. ’50. He was the cousin of Louis O. LaBella, M.D., of the class of 1920, the nephew of Italo M Amenta of the class of 1932, and the cousin of A. Robert Gordon of the class of 1941.
CHESTER J. DZIALO, a retired attorney and the co–founder of the Middletown, Conn., law firm of Dzialo, Pickett & Allen, P.C., died Mar. 16, 2010. He was 85. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his law degree from Catholic University of America. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army and landed on Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion on D–Day. He served on numerous boards in the Middletown area. Predeceased by both of his wives, Doris Griskhkat Dzialo and Barbara Jackson Dzialo, he is survived by eight nieces and nephews, two stepchildren, and several special friends.
HOWARD C. DYER JR., the retired treasurer and general manager of the New Bedford (Mass.) Storage Warehouse, died Mar. 15, 2006, at age 77. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Among those who survive are his wife, Norma Dalzell Dyer, and a sister.
LLOYD CALVERT, 77, a retired school superintendent and educational consultant, died Dec. 17, 2004. He received his degree with honors and received advanced degrees from Trinity College and the University of Connecticut. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. During his long career in education, he served as superintendent of schools in Windsor, Trumbull, and West Hartford, Conn. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Brooks Calvert, two sons, and three grandsons.
SETH D. ZINMAN, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor for 45 years, died May 6, 2008. He was 71. A member of Delta Sigma, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in government, and then received his law degree from Harvard University. During his career, he was responsible for drafting significant federal laws designed to protect American workers. He also served as the Department of Labor’s senior career ethics officer and as the principal legal adviser to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He received the Philip Arnow Award, the Labor Department’s highest honor, and the Justice Tom C. Clark Award, given by the Washington chapter of the Federal Bar Association. There are no immediate survivors.
