Obituaries

CLAIRE E. RANDALL, an education training manager as well as a singer and composer, died Dec. 8, 2016, at age 27. A music major who was a natural-born singer and performer, she focused on ethnomusicology and jazz studies. She was a member of New Group and Mad Wow, and she starred in a mockumentary Web series called Wannabes. She led and collaborated on many musical projects. After graduation she joined Trot Fox as a vocalist and worked for Resonant Motion, a nonprofit that focused on facilitating the creation of inspirational music. She also worked as education and training manager at Patron Technology, a customer-relationship management technology company for the arts industry. Passionate about social justice, she was an active feminist and never lost sight of the marginalized. Survivors include her mother, Anita Randall, two siblings, and her partner for six years, Gabe Gordon ’11.

MATTHEW D. LAMOTHE, a film producer, died Jan. 16, 2017, at age 30. A government major, he started his career working at Interactive Creative Management before becoming a producer at a private film production company. He later joined Tommy V Films. Notably, he was the executive producer for the award-nominated I’ll See You in My Dreams, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival; Intruders, which screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival; and most recently, London Town. He enjoyed sports of all kinds, watching movies, and traveling around the world to exciting places where he met new people and experienced great opportunities. Among those who survive are his parents, Laura Beaudin Lamothe and Henri Lamothe ’80, M.D.; five siblings; his maternal grandparents; and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.

MARK P. ANDERSON, a corporate attorney, died Dec. 20, 2016, at age 57. After earning his law degree at the University of Connecticut School of Law, he worked for Shipman and Goodwin before joining the Travelers Insurance Company Special Liabilities Group, where he spent 26 years. At Wesleyan he was an All-American shortstop; he was inducted into the Wesleyan Baseball Wall of Fame. He was an avid reader and he also coached his sons’ youth baseball teams in Hebron, Conn. Survivors include his wife, Juleann Quigley Anderson ’81, MAL’98; his parents; two sons; his sisters; several aunts; and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

GARRETT J. DELEHANTY JR., an attorney who specialized in commercial real estate law, died Nov. 13, 2016. He was 64. A graduate of Columbia University Law School, at the time of his death he had just celebrated his fortieth anniversary practicing commercial real estate law. He began his career in private practice in California, served as counsel for a hotel chain headquartered in Georgia, and held several further positions, both in law firms and in-house, before joining Kroll, McNamara, Evan & Delehanty LLP, in West Harford, Conn., where he had been a partner since 1999. He was also an avid golfer, traveler, and reader. Among those who survive are his wife, Sharon Lowman, his daughter, a grandson, and numerous cousins.

OSCAR L. LOOK JR., a lobster fisherman, died July 10, 2014, at age 63. Known for his skill and passion for fishing, he was a mentor, friend, and storyteller to many. He had an extensive literary knowledge and also wrote prose and poetry. As well, he was an active community volunteer. Survivors include his mother, Virginia Mitchell Abbott Look [who died in 2015], four brothers and sisters, a large extended family of nieces and nephews, and a close friend, Elyse Beth Rudner.

GREGORY L. MAIRE, an architect and interior designer, died Oct. 4, 2015. He was 67. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University. He had a long career as an architect and designer until he closed his first studio, Gregory Maire Architect Ltd., in 2005. His homes and designs can be seen on Chicago’s Gold Coast and throughout the North Shore suburbs. His firm was the consulting architects for renovations at The Baha’i Temple in Wilmette, and his international work reached as far as Saudi Arabia. Equally well known for his historically accurate detail or innovative design, his work has been published in a number of architecture and design magazines, as well as The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. He was a board member and past president of DIFFA, the Design Industry Foundation for AIDS for many years, and he worked pro bono for the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest helping to design a handicapped-accessible artist studio for their residency program. In recent years, he began to paint prolifically and had several shows. He was also instrumental in helping to create “Michael’s Museum: A Curious Collection of Tiny Treasures,” which went on to become a permanent exhibit at the Chicago Children’s Museum on Navy Pier. He is survived by his partner of more than 40 years, Michael Horvich, and a brother.

WILLIAM F. OCHS, a scholar, performer and teacher of Irish traditional music, especially the tin whistle, died Oct. 5, 2016. He was 70. A cum laude graduate who earned high honors in French and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he earned an MFA in theater at Sarah Lawrence College. He dedicated his life’s work to playing, teaching, and understanding the history of Irish wind instruments: the tin whistle, wooden flute and uilleann pipes. He sought out teachers in the U.S. and Ireland at a time when almost nobody in the U.S. was playing the instrument. The recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to study in Ireland for six months, he was also involved with the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan, where he taught for more than 40 years through 2015. Throughout his long career, he explored many aspects of traditional music: performing, researching and writing, producing albums of other musicians, creating transcriptions of tunes, and teaching. In addition he was a political activist as well as an outdoorsman. Among those who survive are his partner, Margaret Vetare, and his sister.