THOMAS K. BEGG, the founder and president of Begg Company, Inc., and of Kirk Products Company, Inc., manufacturers of fire and safety products, died Jan. 26, 2003. at age 78. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Joan Farist Penfield Begg, two sons, five grandchildren, and a brother.
A. JOHN BARTIS, 87, , a professional singer, vocal coach, and theater arts instructor, died Aug. 24, 2011. A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, he was a U.S. Navy veteran and attended graduate school at Yale University. He appeared in several Broadway productions and was one of New York’s foremost vocal coaches. From 1974 to 1981 he taught at Choate Rosemary Hall. With his companion, the late Arthur Partington, he started the Connecticut Academy of Dance and Theatre before retiring to Southwest Florida, where he continued to teach. Among those who survive are his brother and several nieces and nephews.
MARK BARLOW, dean at Wesleyan from 1957 to 1965 and former Trustee of the University, who was vice president for student affairs at Cornell University and later the headmaster of St. Mark’s School, died June 23, 2012, at age 87. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he received his degree from Wesleyan. A member of Eclectic, he received a master’s degree from Colgate University and a doctorate of education from Cornell University. In 1957, he became Dean of Students at Wesleyan and later Dean of the University. See Faculty and Administration.
MALCOLM A. BAGSHAW, M.D., one of the world’s foremost experts in radiation therapy, and chair of the Department of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine for two decades, died Sept. 18, 2011. He was 86. A member of Eclectic, he served in the U.S. Navy and received his degree with honors. After receiving his medical degree from Yale University, he trained at the University of Michigan and then joined the faculty at Stanford, eventually becoming professor emeritus when he retired. He developed radiotherapy techniques for localized prostate cancer that have become the standard of care, and he expanded the uses of the linear accelerator in treating cancers. In 1996 he received the Charles F. Kettering Prize from the General Motors Research Foundation for his role in improving treatment for prostate cancer, and in the same year received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wesleyan. Predeceased by his wife, Muriel Hanley Bagshaw, M.D., he is survived by three children, eight grandchildren, and a sister.
