PETER C. VAN VOORHEES, 81, a banker and former assistant development officer at Wesleyan, died Apr. 28, 2016. He was a member of Delta Sigma and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont. After working in sales at MacMillan Company, he joined the development office at Wesleyan, later moving into banking as a trust officer. He then spent the major part of his career in Philadelphia with First Pennsylvania Bank. While in Middletown, he and his family were active in the Oddfellows Playhouse, and he was an avid fan of Wesleyan football. He is survived by his wife, Susan Thomas Van Voorhees, two children, and three grandchildren.

FRANK O. AVANTAGGIO JR., M.D., a retired surgeon, died Feb. 8, 2015. He was 80. A member of Alpha Chi Rho, he received his degree with honors and was elected to Sigma Xi. He spent a year in Holland as a Fulbright Scholar and then received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. After surgical training at the Maine Medical Center, he served in the U.S. Air Force for two years and then returned to Damariscotta to practice surgery for the next 26 years. A lifelong bibliophile, he volunteered at a used bookshop. He was also an avid gardener. Predeceased by a son, he is survived by his wife of 33 years, Mary McFarland Avantaggio. He is also survived by four sons; one daughter, Andrea Avantaggio ’87; eight grandchildren; two sisters; and his former wife, LaDeana.

WALLACE E. CARROLL, M.D., a pathologist, died Mar. 23, 2016, at age 82. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania after a year in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. Drafted into the U.S. Army, he was in charge of the laboratory and blood bank at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri for two years. At Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif., he worked as a pathologist, in addition to being in charge of the school of medical technology, the blood bank, and infectious disease control. For many years, he and his cousin worked on an invention that would revolutionize assessment of blood coagulation. He also ran 16 marathons, including Boston twice. Among those who survive are his wife, Maria Luisa Lahusen Carroll, four children, 10 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, his brother, and his cousin.

JAMES A. STEVENS, a retired Stanley Works vice president, died Jan. 19, 2015. He was 87 and was the son of Lucian H. Stevens of the class of 1920. A member of Psi Upsilon, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and again during the Korean War. He began his career at the Stanley Works, where he remained for more than 40 years, retiring as vice president of architectural sales, hardware division. He was also active in industry associations. Survivors include his wife, Suzann Stephan Stevens, two children, and four grandchildren.

WILLIAM C. ACKERLY, M.D., 87, a retired psychiatrist, died May 23, 2016. He was the son of Samuel S. Ackerly of the class of 1918 and the grandson of Clifford P. Clark of the class of 1895.  A member of Sigma Chi, he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a U.S. Army veteran. After moving to Cambridge, Mass., he opened a private practice and was also the director of the Somerville Guidance Center. Always a lover of the outdoors, in 1965 he and his wife bought a house in Lyme Center, N.H., that was a few yards off the Appalachian Trail. There they offered respite to several thousand hikers, who stopped for water and other treats. He was known as “The Ice Cream Man” because he offered hikers ice cream cones. A man who loved good conversation, he enjoyed talking with the many hikers who came though each year. His wife, Frances Dickinson Ackerly, died in 2011. He is survived by one daughter, Susan A. Colfer ’88; three sons; five grandchildren; and three sisters..

WILLIAM B. DUANE, a retired insurance broker, died Feb. 18, 2016, at age 92. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, when he flew 36 missions in Europe. He had a successful career as an insurance broker, specializing in life, group and pensions. He was also a talented photographer and an athlete, and he served several terms as the president of the Wesleyan Club of Boston. Predeceased by his wife, Carolyn Bittner Duane, survivors include three children, one granddaughter, two sisters, and many nieces and nephews.

WALTER N. PLAUT, a business executive, died July 4, 2016, at age 97. A member of Beta Theta Pi, after graduation he worked for the Westinghouse Corporation at a job critical to the war effort. He then served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a top turret gunner on B-17s and flew his first combat mission over Normandy on June 6, 1944. An associate of the management consulting firm, Frank C. Brown & Co., Inc., he was also president for many years of the Lehn & Fink Products Company, a consumer products company, which first introduced Lysol to the U.S. He was an alumnus of the Lawrenceville School and remained active in the alumni association, while also leading other volunteer development efforts in Fairfield County, Conn. His wife, Sally Hayes Plaut, and one son predeceased him. Among those who survive are his second wife, Beryl Plaut, three children, and ten grandchildren.