P. WILLIAM SIEVERLING JR. ’56

P. WILLIAM SIEVERLING JR., a former city editor and assistant managing editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. who retired as the director of the YMCA’s International Office for Asia, died Feb. 28, 2004. He was 69. A member of Delta Sigma, he received his degree with high honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He also spent three years in the U.S. Army counterintelligence corps and later was a Woodrow Wilson fellow at Harvard University. He won awards for investigative reporting and public service reporting in the state of Washington. After he left the Post-Intelligencer he worked for the YMCA. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Stout; two children; a stepson, Peter Stout ’85; a grandchild; and a sister.

WARREN T. SHERMAN ’56

WARREN T. SHERMAN, who retired as internist and cardiologist in Danbury, Conn., after more than 40 years of practice, died May 6, 2011, at age 76. He was a member of Sigma Nu and received his degree with honors and with distinction in biology. After receiving his medical degree from New York University, he served in the U.S. Navy. He had also been an assistant clinical professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. Survivors include his wife, Lyn Schmid Sherman, four children, four grandchildren, his sister, and his brother, David L. Sherman ’61.

BARBARA GIFFEN SWAIN ’75

BARBARA GIFFEN SWAIN, 57, an attorney who spent most of her professional legal career in the Office of the Maryland Attorney General, most recently serving as Principal Counsel to the State Treasurer’s Office, died Feb. 4, 2011. A religion major, she served as a VISTA volunteer after receiving her degree cum laude, and then received a dual MBA/JD degree in 1981 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also participated in the family business, The Dunes Manor Hotel and Dunes Motel in Ocean City, Md. A community leader, she was active in educational, religious, and professional organizations. Among those who survive are her husband, Fred Demers, two sons, and a large extended family.

TIMOTHY B. SAUM ’74

TIMOTHY B. SAUM, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine and preventive medicine at Meharry Medical College, died May 9, 2005 at age 53. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and a master’s degree in public health from Yale University. Among those who survive are his wife, Jean L. Byassee, a daughter, his parents, and a brother.

CARL B. SWANSON ’55

CARL B. SWANSON, 85, who retired as a quality control representative for Pratt & Whitney, where he spent his entire career, died Dec. 25, 2011. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. There are no immediate survivors.

ROBERT T. SULESKE ’73

ROBERT T. SULESKE, a biochemist and musician, died Jan. 17, 2004 at age 52. Among those who survive are his mother, a sister, and a nephew and niece.

PETER DELLA SANTINA ’71

PETER DELLA SANTINA, a professor of Buddhism, died Oct. 14, 2006, at age 56. Blind since the age of 12 as a result of infantile glaucoma, he received a master’s degree in philosophy and a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Delhi. His writings ranged from the technical to the popular, and he served as coordinator of curriculum studies in Buddhism for the Singapore Ministry of Education, was a senior fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, taught philosophy in Taiwan and Thailand, and conducted numerous courses for Buddhist communities in all these countries as well as in Italy, where he lived for extended periods. For more than 30 years, he was a student of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, leader of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. Survivors include his wife, Krishna, and a son.

DAVID SIME JR. ’53

DAVID SIME JR., the founder of Growth Ventures Incorporated and a specialist in mergers and acquisitions, died Aug. 10, 2011. He was 80. A member of Delta Upsilon, he was a U.S. Army Ranger during the Korean War and then received an MBA from Babson College. Among those who survive are three daughters, six grandchildren, and a sister.

ALAN B. SANDERSON ’53

ALAN B. SANDERSON, a reporter and teacher, died May 16, 2006. He was 75. A U.S. Army veteran, he received a master’s degree from Boston University. Survivors include a brother, several nieces and nephews, and a special friend, Rolanda (Lolly) Sturtevant.

ALEJANDRO D. SUJO ’70

ALEJANDRO D. SUJO, a journalist and musician in New York, Caracas, and Buenos Aires, died Oct. 5, 2008. He was 59. At Wesleyan, he had majored in theater. He and his wife, Laney Salisbury, who survives him, are the authors of a forthcoming book, Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art (Penguin Press, 2009). He is also survived by their daughter, Sophie Salisbury–Sujo. Other survivors include his mother, his brother, a niece, and a nephew, Nicholas During ’06.