Obituaries

JAMES A. GIARDINA, James Alfred Giardina (Wesleyan Class of 1977) died on Saturday 25th of August 2007 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, at his home in Rheinfelden, AG. James was born in Santa Monica, California on May 17th 1955, son of James Alfred Giardina (?) and Barbara Helen Nordgren Giardina (?).James graduated from Cromwell High School in 1973, then attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, graduating with a degree in European History in 1977. He began his career in Connecticut as a banker, then in 1979 moved to S?o Paulo, Brazil as a financial consultant. In 1983 he left Brazil to get an MBA from INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France and subsequently began a 23-year career in finance with the Swiss pharmaceutical industry. From 1983 – to 1993 he worked with Sandoz AG, with postings in Basel, Jakarta, Indonesia, Guadalajara, Mexico and Dallas, Texas. In 1993 he joined the Roche Diagnostics Division, returning to Switzerland. James was married in 1980 in Smiths Parish, Bermuda to Wendy Suzanne Brown (also Wesleyan alumni of 1977), and they have two daughters, Stefanie Grace, born in 1984 in Basel, and Francesca Blythe, born in 1987 in Singapore. In March 2000, James and his family took on Swiss citizenship. He is also survived by a sister, Nancy Giardina Bennett, who lives with her husband and two sons in Farmington, Connecticut. A service was held in his memory on Friday 31st of August at the Christkatholische Stadtkirche zu St. Martin in Rheinfelden. Instead of flowers, the family would be grateful for a donation to a charity of your choice, or the Aargauische Krebsliga Ambulante Onkologiepflege (AOP) Postcheckkonto: 50-72019-9 or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, (www.pancan.org) 2141 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245.

JENNIFER GATES, a student in the College of Letters who received her degree with high honors, died July 7, 2003 at age 47. Survivors include her three children, her mother, her father, two sisters, a stepsister, a stepbrother, and several nieces and nephews.

FREEMAN R. HATHAWAY JR., a technical writer for Hewlett-Packard who combined his English major with electronics training he received in the U.S. Army Reserves, died May 17, 2011. He was 77. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he attended Harvard Business School. Among those who survive are his wife, Wynne Berckmueller Hathaway; two children, including Heather A. Hathaway ’86; two grandchildren; a sister; and two cousins, Charles G. Hill ’46, and John N. Hill ’85.

WILLIAM B. HOW, a social worker with Concord (Mass.) Family and Youth Services and with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, died June 9, 2009, at age 59. He received his MSW from the Simmons School of Social Work. An active Quaker, he founded the Fresh Pond Monthly Meeting, and served as Clerk of the Committee of Ministry and Counsel of New England Yearly Meeting. He was also an avid outdoorsman. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Shippen How, two children, his father and stepmother, his brother, and his sister.

PHILIP H. HEDGES, 74, a retired partner at the New York law firm of White & Case, died Dec. 30, 2007. A member of Sigma Nu, he received his degree with honors. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago and specialized in corporate real estate. Survivors include his wife, Edith Nyman Hedges, three children, seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

BRUCE D. HALE, 73, who retired as vice president of the Rust Tractor Company in New Mexico, died Feb. 24, 2007. A member of Psi Upsilon, he received his degree with honors. Survivors include his wife, Connie Gunderson Hale, four children, and eight grandchildren.

HENRY G. HOLBROOK, the owner of Seaside Painting in Blue Hill, Maine, died Jan. 27, 2007. He was 57. An avid sailor and outdoorsman, survivors include his mother, two daughters, three sisters, and a niece, Cassandra H. Reid ’88.

PERCY H. HARVEY, an attorney and education advocate, died of lung cancer Oct. 3, 2005, at age 55. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was an attorney with Stokes Bartholomew Evans and Petree in Memphis, Tenn., where he specialized in health care law, real estate financing, corporate law, and government relations. Predeceased by his first wife, Peggy Prater, he is survived by his wife, Toni Blount Harvey, a daughter from his first marriage, his mother, a brother, and eight sisters.

WAYNE W. HOWARD, a comic book artist who later became a graphic artist, died Dec. 9, 2007, at age 58. He received his degree with honors and was known for Midnight Tales, a mystery comic book. Among those who survive are his wife, Carol Zavednak Howard, his mother-in-law, several brothers-in-law, and a large extended family,

JAMES K. HORTON, MD, a physician in Louisville, Ky., died Oct. 7, 2009. He was 60. He earned his medical degree from Howard University and had a practice in family medicine. Among those who survive are his wife, Jacqui Horton, two sons, a granddaughter, his mother, and four siblings.