PRESTON E. SMITH, 66, an industrial psychologist who worked in international market research for IBM for 30 years, died Sept. 23, 2009. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he received both a master’s and a PhD from Columbia University. Among those who survive are his wife, Ellen Mara Smith; his children, including Matthew P. Smith ’06; and a large extended family.
FRED W. SHEARER, 71, who retired as a computer scientist at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, died July 23, 2007. A member of the John Wesley Club, he served in the U.S. Air Force. His wife, Lue Haggardt Shearer, died in 1998. Survivors include three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a brother and sister.
SANFORD L. SEGAL, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Rochester, whose interests also covered a wide range of scholarly pursuits, died May 7, 2010, at age 72. A member of the John Wesley Club, he received his degree with high honors and high distinction in classical civilization and with distinction in mathematics. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Sigma Xi, he received his doctoral degree from the University of Colorado after graduate study at the University of Chicago. He received two Fulbright Scholarships and was also a Woodrow Wilson Scholar. In 1963 he joined the mathematics department at the University of Rochester, from which he retired after 44 years on the faculty. A mathematician whose expertise was in analytical number theory and complex function theory, he authored several textbooks and wrote numerous articles. He was also interested in history and spent much of his later career researching, teaching, and writing about the history of mathematics, leading to a secondary appointment in the department of history at the University of Rochester. Survivors include his wife, Rima Maxwell Segal MA ’58, three children, five grandchildren, and two brothers.
ADOLPH G. SCHWENK, a retired Lieutenant General in the U.S. Marine Corps, died Mar. 24, 2004. He was 81. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was the brother of the late Otto G. Schwenk ’30 and of the late Gustav A. Schwenk Jr. ’33; he was also the cousin of the late William C. Schwenk ’39. Among those who survive are his wife, Mary Kaiser Schwenk, and two children.
JAMES R. SMITH, 69, a teacher in a Fishtown, Pa., middle school for 37 years, who co–founded DRIVE, an innovative program for at–risk students, died Feb. 26, 2009. He was a member of Chi Psi and received his degree with honors. After receiving his master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, he began his long teaching career, and after retirement continued to mentor students. Among those who survive are his wife, Kathleen Gallagher Smith, a daughter, and a granddaughter.
THOMAS M. STEPHENSON, who was associated with Bennett Brothers, a corporate employee rewards program, died May 1, 2004. He was 64 and had earned his bachelor’s degree from Ramapo College in 1992. Survivors include his wife, Janet Hanzalek Stephenson, his mother, three children, four grandchildren, and a brother and sister.
ARTHUR F. STAUBITZ, a philanthropist and former Baxter International executive, died May 28, 2009, at age 70. He received his degree with honors and with distinction in government, and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He started his legal career with Sidley and Austin, later moving to Sperry Univac (Unisys), where he became director of operations for Japan. After 20 years with Baxter International, he retired in 1999 as Baxter’s senior vice president and general counsel. He was also president of the Baxter Foundation. At the time of his death he was a trustee of both Arizona Opera and Carthage College, and as founder of the Staubitz Charitable Trust, he saw the trust fund seven Habitat for Humanity houses, as well as establish both a Stroke Registry and a Cerebral Palsy Registry at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Survivors include his wife, Linda Miller Staubitz, three children, and five grandchildren.
ANTHONY M. SCHWARZWALDER, a former Agency for International Development mission director at the forefront of USAID strategy development, and a longtime leader in international relief and development, died Feb. 3, 2012, at age 71. He was a member of Eclectic and received his degree with distinction. He received an MPH degree from Johns Hopkins University and was a graduate fellow at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. During his 23-year career with USAID, he served overseas in Bangladesh, where he was the first mission director following the Bengali war for independence, in Jordan, and in the Philippines, in addition to his base in Washington, D.C. He received the Arthur S. Flemming Award for Government Service and Leadership in 1972. After leaving USAID he worked for several Washington, D.C.-based organizations focused on HIV/AIDS prevention programs. He is survived by his wife, Cecilia Javier, three children, four grandchildren, his sister, and a niece.
H. GERARD SIEK JR., M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, died Apr. 25, 2006. He was 81. A member of Psi Upsilon, he received his medical degree from Columbia University and was a U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Michaelis Siek, and six children.
GREGORY P. SPEISER, a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley, died Jan. 27, 2009, at age 52. A member of Eclectic, he received his degree cum laude and received a master’s degree in business administration from New York University. Among those who survive are his wife, Sian Ballen; two sons: Alex, who was accepted, early decision, to the Wesleyan class of ’13, and William; and a sister–in–law, Kate M. Ballen ’75.
