Obituaries

FREDERICK B. NEWELL JR., a marketing expert who specialized in customer relationship management, died April 30, 2007, at age 81. The son of Frederick B. Newell of the class of 1913, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He was the founder of Seklemian/Newell, an internationally renowned marketing and consulting business, and he was the author of four books on marketing and customer loyalty. His first wife, Hariette Hubbard Newell, predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife; three children; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; his sister and her husband, Kenneth W. Steere ’48; and several nieces and nephews, including Sarah Steere ’84.

WARREN J. McENTEE, the retired president of FleetBoston Financial Corporation, died Feb. 3, 2008. He was 82. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he served in the U.S. Army and then earned an MBA from New York University. His entire career was spent in the investment and banking field, much of it with the firm that his father had founded in 1932. He was a trustee of the historic Fraunces Tavern Museum in New York City. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Kurtz McEntee, two children, three grandchildren, and his sister.

THOMAS J. McCORMICK, an editor, writer, and former Vermont state legislator, died Sept. 7, 2005. He was 82. A member of the John Wesley Club, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received a master’s degree from the University of Vermont. He was also a longtime author of the nationally syndicated cartoon, Our Boarding House. Among those who survive are his wife, Therese Duprat McCormick, eight children, 29 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

FREDERICK H. LORENSON, 87, the retired founder and president of Metalmold Inc., died Aug. 26, 2010. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with distinction in mathematics and was elected to Sigma Xi. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Darelius Lorenson, three children, five grandchildren, four brothers, and his sister.

JAMES H. LORD, a biographer and memoirist, died August 23, 2009. He was 86. At Wesleyan, he was an economics major before enlisting in the Army, where he served in the intelligence division as a French translator in Europe. After the war, he returned to Paris to live and write about the artists with whom he cultivated an acquaintance. His work includes A Giacometti Portrait, published by the Museum of Modern Art in 1965 in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition, and other books on the artist. In the 1990s he published several volumes of his memoirs, including Picasso and Dora: A Personal Memoir(1993) and A Gift for Admiration (1998). At the time of his death he had just completed another volume, My Queer War, published this year. He is survived by his longtime companion and adopted son, Gilles Roy-Lord.

RICHARD B. LEZOTTE SR., 88, the retired president of the Wolcott (Conn.) Tool and Die Manufacturing, Co., died Aug. 16, 2011. A member of Alpha Chi Rho, he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. His wife, Jacquelyn Andross Lezotte, predeceased him. Survivors include his daughter; his son, Richard B. Lezotte Jr. ’79; two granddaughters; a great-granddaughter; and two sisters.

The Rev. DAVID A. JORDAN, a retired pastor, died Sept. 2, 2003 at age 79. A member of Psi Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After receiving his degree with honors, he received a bachelor of divinity and later a master’s in sacred theology, both from Yale University. He served churches in Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts, and had been active in the civil rights movement. Among those who survive are his wife, Margaret C. Jordan, six children, 10 grandchildren, and a sister.

L. RUST HILLS, an editor who brought many of the nation?s most well-known fiction writers to Esquire magazine, died Aug. 12, 2008, at age 83. He received a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After the war he received a bachelor’s degree with distinction in English and a master’s degree, both from Wesleyan. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. After teaching English at Columbia University and Carleton College, he joined the staff of Esquire, where he edited such authors as Dorothy Parker, Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, William Styron, Ann Beattie, Raymond Carver, Bernard Malamud, Don DeLillo, and Annie Proulx. He was the author of Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular, as well as three off–beat books of essays. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Joy Williams, a daughter from his second marriage, and a grandson.

RUSSELL S. HOXSIE, M.D., who was a family practitioner on Martha’s Vineyard for almost 40 years, died July 30, 2011, at age 83. He was a member of Eclectic and received his degree with honors. After serving in the U.S. Army he received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School and established a family practice on the Vineyard in 1955. A pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, he also set up the first cardiac acute care unit on the Vineyard and was an advocate for innovation and modernization of health delivery services for his community. He served on many community boards. An avid writer and member of writing and poetry workshops, he wrote bi-weekly articles about the walking trails on the island that were collected and published as a book. One daughter predeceased him. Among those who survive are his wife, Mary Ann Hollister Hoxsie, four children, six grandchildren, and a sister.

DONALD H. HENDERSON, 81, who retired as president of the Minwax Company, Inc., died June 22, 2007. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and served in the US Coast Guard during World War II. He joined the Minwax Company, Inc., and retired as president 40 years later. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Pasman Henderson, two children, and five grandchildren.