JAMES M. QUIGLEY, M.D., a radiologist, died Feb. 19, 2006 at age 56. A member of Phi Nu Theta, he received a medical degree from George Washington University. He is survived by his wife, Sandra J. Quigley, three sons, his parents, and five sisters.
WALTER G. TRICE, a retired actuary who was one of the top ten backgammon players in the U.S., as well as the author of several books, including Backgammon Boot Camp, died Aug. 23, 2009. He was 60. A contributing columnist to backgammon magazines, he also wrote computer programs. He received his degree cum laude. He is survived by his wife, Donna McDermott Trice, two stepchildren, three step-granddaughters, six siblings, and numerous nieces and nephews.
ELLEN “PUFFIN” D’OENCH, curator emerita of the Davison Art Center, adjunct professor of art history emerita, and former trustee of Wesleyan University, died May 22, in Middletown. She was 78 years old and had been ill for some time.
D’Oench interrupted her education at Vassar College to marry Russell ?Derry? D’Oench and raise their family. She completed her undergraduate education at Wesleyan in 1973, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in the same class as her son Peter. She received a PhD from Yale University in 1979.
D’Oench was curator of the Davison Art Center from 1979 until 1998. She served as a board-elected member of Wesleyan’s board of trustees from 1977 through 1979.
Her doctoral dissertation resulted in the exhibition and catalog, The Conversation Piece: Devis and his Contemporaries, at the Yale Center for British Art. She co-authored catalogues raisonnes on Jim Dine and Sylvia Plimack Mangold, and curated numerous exhibitions on topics ranging from the color photography of Robert Sheehan to prodigal son narratives. After retiring, she published Copper into Gold: Prints by John Raphael Smith, 1751–1812.
At Wesleyan, she taught courses on museum studies, the history of prints, and the history of photographs, and advised many tutorials and student-organized exhibitions at the Davison Art Center.
D’Oench was a gifted scholar, a generous colleague, and an inspired teacher who sparked in many a love of prints and photographs. With the aid of gifts and funds raised by the Friends of the Davison Art Center, she expanded the renowned collection of the Davison Art Center by more than 5,000 objects, including significant photographs and contemporary prints.
D’Oench is survived by three children, including Peter ’73 and Russell III ’77; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Her husband, longtime editor of the Middletown Press, predeceased her in 2002.
GREG A. YOLOWITZ, M.D., 47, an anesthesiologist and specialist in pain management, died July 2, 2005. He received his degree summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a medical degree from Columbia University. He is survived by his wife, Dr. Sarajane (Shari) Stirling Yolowitz, two daughters, his mother, and a sister. His father predeceased him.
RODERICK K. McLUCAS, 56, a theater director and faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College, died Mar. 28, 2013. He was an actor, director, and choreographer, and he also translated plays. His classical and experimental works were staged in many venues here and abroad. Survivors include two sisters; his brother, Dr. John C. McLucas ’74; several cousins; and his former wife, Margaret Tucker Ackroyd, and her daughter.
ADRIENNE WIENER BERNARD, an attorney and special counsel with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, died Mar. 17, 2013, at age 56. She received her degree magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving her law degree from New York University, she served in the New York City Department of City Planning’s Office of the Counsel. In 2003 she joined Fried Frank, where she specialized in land use, planning, and environmental and zoning law. Among those who survive are her husband, Mitchell Bernard; three children, including Hannah S. Bernard ’15; and a cousin, Pamela G. Dorman ’79.
MICHAEL E. NEWTON, a systems analyst in Seattle, Wash., died Sept. 26, 2012. He was 57. He received his degree cum laude and with honors, and attended graduate school at Washington State University. An avid outdoorsman, he was a member of the Mountaineers and enjoyed exploring the mountains of the Northwest. He is survived by his wife, Mira Zalokar-Newton ’79, D.V.M., three children, his mother, five brothers, one sister, and a sister-in-law, Nadja Z. Golding ’77.
ARTHUR C. CLAFLIN, an attorney in Seattle, Wash., died May 23, 2013, at age 62. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received his degree magna cum laude and then received his law degree from Yale University. He had been with the law firm of Bogle and Gates for 25 years, and since 2000 was with Hall, Zanzig, Claflin, McEachern. He had an interest in current events, great literature, and history, and he was an avid runner, having completed several marathons, including the Boston Marathon. Among those who survive are his wife, Gretchen Anders Claflin, two daughters, his brother, and several nieces and nephews.
JEFFREY WEINSTEIN, M.D., a neuro–anesthesiologist at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J., died Sept. 30, 2009. He was 52. He attended Wesleyan for three years before being accepted into a B.A.–M.D. program at Johns Hopkins University, from which he received both degrees. Survivors include his wife, Karen Blum Weinstein, his father, two daughters, and his brother and sister.
RALPH B. WILSON III, 52, died Mar. 11, 2007. Among those who survive are his mother, his sister, and countless friends.
