Obituaries

CHARLES G. LINCOLN II, an actuary who was a pioneer in computer programming, died Sept. 26, 2006 at age 91. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in math. He was elected to Sigma Xi and to Phi Beta Kappa. During World War II he taught in the U.S. Navy V-12 program at Wesleyan. After his retirement from the Travelers Insurance Company, he was an active community volunteer. Among those who survive are his wife, Barbara Waite Lincoln; three sons, including Jeffrey C. Lincoln ’68; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

A. STEPHEN LASALA, 95, a real estate and construction executive, died Feb. 27, 2011. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and received his law degree from Fordham University. His wife, Helen Romagnoli LaSala, survives, as do three children, nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

STUART L. JOSLIN, M.D., a pediatrician who became a child psychiatrist, died Jan. 25, 2009, at age 92. He received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology, and was a member of Psi Upsilon. Elected to Sigma Xi and to Phi Beta Kappa, he received both a master’s and a medical degree from Yale University. He was the brother of the late Richard M. Joslin ’35. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy. He was one of the founders of the Mid-Fairfield (Conn.) Child Guidance Center, as well as the founder and chairman of the Well Baby Clinic conducted by the Fairfield Visiting Nurses Association. Predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Dennett Joslin, and by a son, survivors include two daughters and five grandchildren

WARREN L. (“Rib”) HALL, 93, the founder and owner of Rib Hall’s Educational Service, died April 27, 2008. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. He was affiliated with John Ahlbin and Sons, and retired as vice president in 1966. After moving to Maine, he founded his educational services company and continued working until 2003, also serving with distinction on the board and the executive committee of the National School Supplies and Equipment Association. He also served Wesleyan as class secretary and agent, earning the Wesleyan University Service Award. Predeceased by his brother, Sibley A. Hall ’34; his first wife, Dorothy Catlin Hall; and his son, Carter Bailey “Toby” Hall; he is survived by his wife, Phyllis; two daughters; four grandchildren; and three stepsons.

S. EDWARD EATON ’37, a research chemist and business developer at Arthur D. Little, died Jan. 2, 2013. He was 97. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he was the cousin of the late Walter Guyton Cady, professor emeritus of physics. During his 26-year career at Arthur D. Little he led more than 100 projects and held 14 patents. During World War II he was part of a group of scientists with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, helping the War Department decipher messages in invisible ink.

As a chemist, he worked on nuclear weapons and later on what he felt those weapons threatened, world peace, and he focused on causes that mattered to him. His first wife, Dorothy Gittins Eaton, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife, Teri Sands Eaton, four children, one stepdaughter, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and his brother-in-law, Professor of Music Emeritus Richard K. Winslow.

ROBERT W. CRAIG, a retired attorney, died Mar. 16, 2006, at age 90. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and received his degree with honors. He received a law degree from Columbia University and then served in the US Navy during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Baker Craig, and several children.

WEBB A. COOPER, the founder and chairman of the board of Belting Industries Company, Inc., in Kenilworth, N.J., died Apr. 19, 2009. He was 93. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was the son of the late Webb G. Cooper of the class of 1902 and the brother of the late Johnson G. Cooper ’33. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Ehlers Cooper, three children, five grandchildren, and two great–grandchildren.

JOHN B. CARROLL, a former psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, died July 1, 2003 at age 87. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with high honors and with high distinction in classics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, after which he joined the Department of the Army as a research psychologist. He later became a professor at Harvard University and a research psychologist at the Educational Testing Service before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina, where he was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology and Director of the L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory. In 2002 he received the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the science of psychology from the American Psychological Foundation. Predeceased by his wife, Mary Searle Carroll, survivors include a daughter, two grandsons, and two sisters.

VINCENT W. BROWN, a retired insurance underwriting manager, died May 21, 2005, at age 89. He was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Predeceased by his wife, Gladys Whitehead Brown, he is survived by three children and several grandchildren.

PHILIP N. BRIDGES, 92, a code-breaker for the National Security Agency and its predecessor agencies for 30 years, died Dec. 7, 2007. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. Elected to Sigma Xi and to Phi Beta Kappa, he received a master’s degree from Columbia University. Prior to his recruitment by the U.S. Navy as a civilian cryptanalyst during World War II, he worked on a Carnegie Foundation grant to complete his late father’s work: mapping the chromosome of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster; these findings were later published. After his retirement as a cryptanalyst, he started a printing business focused on scholarly quarterlies. Predeceased by his wife, Marjorie Lismer Bridges, and his brother, Nathan Bridges ’43, survivors include three daughters, a granddaughter, and a sister.