Obituaries | 1970-1979

Music program director and associate professor at Drexel University, died July 2, 2012. He was 60. A specialist in African American composers, he received his PhD from the University of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Drexel, he was music department chair and director of bands at Southern Connecticut State University, and an invited guest conductor at Yale University, the Hartt School, and the University of Michigan. His parents, Sonya Kleider and Robert I. Moss survive, as do his sisters and two nephews.

JOHN H. MANDIK, a statistician for the Delaware Department of Public Health, died of a brain tumor Jan. 5, 2005 at age 52. He received master’s degrees from the University of Delaware and from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He had also directed statistical analysis for a division of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and he owned and operated the Internet Design and Management Company. Among those who survive are several cousins, his fiancee, and many friends.

JEFFREY A. MARSH, 59, who had suffered severe degenerative neurological damage in an accident during his college years, and who spent most of his adult life in nursing homes, died Aug. 1, 2010. He was an advocate for the rights and interests of nursing home patients. Predeceased by his mother, he is survived by his father, stepmother, three sisters, and two stepsisters.

LEROY O. MOORE, who spent more than three decades smoothing the pathway for more minority students to succeed in college, died Jan. 18, 2010. He was 62. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he also received a degree from the College of William and Mary, where he was associate dean of students. In 1980 he joined the University of Tennessee in his native Memphis, and held several positions until his most recent one as assistant vice chancellor in the Center of Health Sciences, where he oversaw the Office of Health Career Programs. Survivors include his wife, his mother, three children, one grandson, his uncle, and a large extended family.

PETER B. MARTIN, 57, a psychologist who specialized in educational assessment, died Apr. 8, 2005. The son of the late Lewis B. Martin ’41, he was a member of Kappa Nu Kappa and received both master’s and doctoral degrees in counseling psychology from Boston College. He had a private practice as a licensed psychologist and was the founder of Psychological Services of Northfield (Mass.), where he focused on the assessment and support of children and adolescents with learning disabilities. More recently, he trained other professionals in educational assessment. Survivors include his wife, Molly Scherm, a daughter, two sons, and two brothers.

THOMAS K. LONGSTRETH, 52, the former U.S. undersecretary of defense for readiness and training, died April 28, 2009. After receiving a master’s degree in defense analysis and security policy studies at George Washington University, he worked successively for the U.S. Senate, the Federation of American Scientists, and the Defense Department, where he first worked on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later directed task forces for the secretary of defense on Iraq, Bosnia, and Somalia. He had also been associated with Teledyne Brown Engineering, the Rand Corporation, and the Center for Naval Analyses. In 1988 he received a MacArthur Foundation grant and in 1990 a Council of Foreign Relations fellowship. Survivors include his companion, Crystal Denunzio, his companion’s daughter, his mother and stepfather, a brother, and two sisters.

DORATHEA ANN LINDBECK, 54, an artist, bookbinder, and teacher, died Sept. 5, 2011. She received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. Survivors include her husband, William D. Stempel, one son, and a brother and two sisters.

PETER J. LIPTON, 53, the Hans Rausing Professor and Head of the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King’s College, died Nov. 25, 2007. After receiving his degree cum laude, he received his PhD from the University of Oxford. He taught at Williams College and then returned to England, where he joined the University of Cambridge. He lectured and published widely, and he was an extraordinarily popular teacher, supervising students at all levels. He was recognized as one of the leading epistemologists and philosophers of science in the world. His philosophical interests included the structures of explanation and inference in science, the nature of scientific progress, social epistemology, science and religion, and various topics in biomedical ethics. He was also a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and chaired its working party on pharmacogenetics. He was the author ofInference to the Best Explanation and was the 2004 Medawar Prize Lecturer of the Royal Society. He is survived by his wife, Diana Lipton, two sons, and his mother.

MARK R. KRAVITZ, 62, a prominent New Haven, Conn., attorney and specialist in First Amendment and appellate law, who was appointed as a U.S. District Judge in 2003, and who received a Distinguished Alumnus award in 2012, died Sept. 30, 2012. A member of Psi Upsilon, he received his degree magna cum laude and with high honors, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, he clerked for the Honorable James Hunter III in the Third Circuit and later for the Honorable Justice William Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court. He then joined the firm of Wiggin & Dana, where he worked for 27 years, eventually building and serving as Chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group. In 2003 he was nominated as a U.S. District Judge and was sworn in by Chief Justice Rehnquist. During the course of a nine-year career he wrote more than 700 opinions, an extraordinary achievement. He was extremely proud of his work on the Standing Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure in the United States Court, and he chaired the Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. Involved in numerous community activities and boards, he was a founding director of the Friends of Yale Children’s Hospital and the Connecticut Food Bank. The Connecticut Bar Foundation recently created a symposium series in his honor. He taught at the University of Connecticut Law School, Yale Law School, and the University of Melbourne (Australia) Graduate School of Law, and also enjoyed mentoring aspiring lawyers and law clerks. Survivors include his wife, Wendy Evans Kravitz; three children, including Jennifer E. Kravitz ’00; and three grandchildren.

CHARLES J. KREINER, 57, a consultant for social service and educational seminars, and a former dancer with Sonomama Improvisation Dance Theater, died Feb. 19, 2007. A College of Letters student who graduated with honors, he served as an assistant dean at Wesleyan and a faculty fellow at West College. He was also a gifted photographer.