Obituaries

THEODORE F. GOODCHILD, the retired president of Goodchild & Eidson, Inc., the Providence (R.I.) advertising agency, and class secretary since his undergraduate days, died Feb. 8, 2012. He was 92. He was 92. A member of Chi Psi, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-29 commander during World War II. He began his advertising career as a copywriter in 1945 and was associated with several firms before founding his own firm in 1972. During his career and after retirement, he was active in many professional and community organizations, including service as a volunteer with the International Executive Service Corps. His wife, Marjorie Leete Goodchild, died Feb. 27, 2012 A son and a daughter survive.

MILLARD G. GAMBLE III, who retired as vice president of Textile Fibers at the DuPont Company after a 39-year career there, died Aug. 9, 2009, at age 90. He was a member of Sigma Nu and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Because of the fiber department’s many contributions and his own philosophy, the Chemical Heritage Foundation recorded his oral history in 2002. A former board member of the Winterthur Museum, the Galleries Visitor Center is named in his honor. He is survived by his wife, Gloria Hine Gamble; four children, including Joan F. Gamble ’80; three grandchildren; his sister; and a half-sister and half-brother.

EDWARD H. FROST, the retired founder and president of the Ted Frost Studio, who spent his entire career in the printing industry, died Jan. 14, 2009, at age 89. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he received his degree with honors and with distinction in government, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was the brother–in–law of the late Edward O. King ’35. He received a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University and then joined the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II. He had been the president of the Copifyer Lithograph Corp., and was associated with William Feather Printers. In 1980 he began to paint and in 1988 received a degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was predeceased by his first wife, Janet Drumm Frost. Among those who survive are his wife, Sally Frost; four children, including Edward H. Frost Jr. ’76; three stepchildren; three grandchildren; three step–grandchildren; a brother–in–law; and a nephew, Edward W. King ’68, M.D.

BREWSTER N. FREIFELD, a retired sales executive, died Dec. 20, 2006. He was 87. A member of Sigma Chi, he served in the US Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the son of George F. Freifeld of the class of 1914 and the brother of the late George R. Freifeld ’47. Survivors include his wife, Harriet Sykes Freifeld, eight children, 17 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

HERMAN EDELBERG, M.D, who retired as a physician at Smith College, died Mar. 1, 2008. He was 87. The brother of the late Nathan Edelberg of the class of 1932 and of the late Harry Edelberg of the class of 1937, he received his degree with honors before receiving his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. During World War II and again during the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Navy. Predeceased by his wife, Dr. Eileen Lanning Edelberg, survivors include two sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren.

STANLEY J. CYPHER JR., an independent filmmaker and editor, and a former professor at the Bank Street College of Education, died Jan. 7, 2008. He was 89. A member of Phi Sigma Kappa, he received his degree with distinction in English and later received a master’s degree from New York University. After his retirement, he became an antiques dealer. His wife, Priscilla Foster Cypher, predeceased him. Among those who survive is his son, Christopher Cypher ’70.

JAMES M. COULLING, a retired insurance agent, died Apr. 30, 2007, at age 87. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and served in the US Navy during World War II. Among those who survive are his wife, Darlene Denman Coulling, three children, a stepson, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. (For more information, see the Hartford Courant of May 3, 2007.)

RICHARD L. CLARKSON, a retired US Army colonel, died June 16, 2006, at age 86. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and served worldwide in the US Army for 33 years. Predeceased by his first wife, Patricia Sutherland Clarkson, he is survived by his wife, Mary Wolcott Clarkson, two sons, two grandsons, two great-granddaughters, and a brother, Philip B. Clarkson ’46.

PAUL R. CAMP, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maine, who established the Ph.D. program there, died Jan. 9, 2012, at age 92. He received his degree with honors and with distinction in physics. A member of Eclectic, he was elected to Sigma Xi. He received a master’s degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. After initial work with the development of radar at the Naval Research Laboratory during World War II, and a commission as an ensign, he later specialized in solid state physics, with special interest in the surface growth of ice. His professional career included teaching at Reed College and at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, as well as work at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H. Survivors include his wife, Polly Newton Camp, three daughters, five grandchildren, and a sister. He was the son of Burton H. Camp of the class of 1901, who was professor of mathematics at Wesleyan; the grandson of Charles F. Rice of the class of 1872; the nephew of William C. Rice of the class of 1901, Horace J. Rice of the class of 1905, and Paul N. Rice of the class of 1910; and the great-nephew of William N. Rice of the class of 1865, Edward H. Rice of the class of 1870, and Caroline Rice Crawford of the class of 1879.

SELDON L. BROWN SR., who retired as vice president of the Corn Products Company, and later as vice president of the outplacement firm Drake, Beam, Morin, died May 9, 2012. He was 91. The grandson of Seldon L. Brown of the class of 1879, and the son of Walter C. Brown of the class of 1903, he was a member of Eclectic and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his degree from the University of Colorado after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. His wife, Barbara Donaldson Brown, predeceased him. Among those who survive are three children, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, his brother, and his niece, Diana White ’01.