Obituaries | 1960-1969

Richard T. Smith Jr. ’64 passed away on March 2, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

Charles Crum ’64 passed away on March 27, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

James N. Reynolds III ’63 passed away on March 21, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

Francis G. Voigt ’62 passed away on May 21, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

Jeffrey P. Hughes ’62 passed away on Feb. 28, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

W.B. Lorch ’60 passed away on March 12, 2018. A full obituary can be found here.

Stephen W. Kidd died on April 5, 2018. At Wesleyan, he majored in economics and later earned his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania. Steve was drafted and spent two years in the U.S. Army stationed at the Pentagon. He spent his career specializing in financial accounting systems for the federal government until he retired in 2010. He and wife Elizabeth moved from Washington, D.C. to Gilbert, A.Z., five years ago to be near their only child. They enjoyed the southwest by taking road trips and cruises. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Elizabeth, and their daughter Catherine Kniss. He was predeceased by his son, Kevin, his parents, and his only brother, David.

We thank the wife of Mr. Kidd for this information.

Richard A. Hochberg, a psychiatrist, died on Feb. 1, 2018. At Wesleyan, he majored in biology then graduated with his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. He was a psychiatrist and had a private practice in New York before relocating to California and setting up a practice in Long Beach, Calif. Richard was a member of Congregation Lubavitch in Long Beach, where he worshiped for several decades. He was loved by the congregation and the community. He was an outspoken advocate and supporter of the local Hmong community and provided free counseling and therapy for many. He was noted for his extreme generosity and positive outlook on life. A large portion of his extensive library was donated to Congregation Lubavitch; they honored him with a memorial plaque.

We thank Donna Carty for this information.

Jan H. Westerman passed away on Sept. 4, 2017 in California. He owned his own paper and office supply company and loved to sail. He was divorced and left behind his ex-wife and his daughter.

We thank Bob Johnson ’61 for this information.

John P. Barlow, 70, cyberlibertarian activist, cattle ranger and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, died Feb. 7, 2018. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he received his degree with high honors from the College of Letters. After graduation he lived in India and New York before setting out for California, where he intended to tour with the Grateful Dead. On his way, he stopped at his family’s ranch in Wyoming and in the wake of his father suffering a massive stroke, he decided to stay. He would go on to practice animal husbandry for the next two decades, but remained in close collaboration with members of the Grateful Dead. Songs borne out of his collaboration include “Cassidy,” “Mexicali Blues,” “Black-Throated Wind,” and many more until the Dead disbanded in 1995. In 1990, he and two other cyber-activists founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In 1996 he published his futurist-philosophy manifesto that would become his seminal work: “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace,” which argued for sovereignty on the Internet after Congress had made its first major attempt to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. Throughout his life, he was a prolific writer and was a frequent collaborator for Wired, the New York Times, Nerve, and others. He documented his cyber-spatial journey to Africa in his Wiredpiece entitled “Africa Rising: Everything You Know About Africa Is Wrong.” In 2012, he co-founded the free-speech nonprofit, Freedom of the Press Foundation. Married twice, his first wife was Elaine Parker Barlow, with whom he had three daughters. His second wife, Cynthia Horner, died. He is also survived by a granddaughter.