In Memoriam


1935 Robert H. Hughes, Nov. 2, 2012.


1938


Robert H. Snow, Lowville, N.Y., March 28, 2013. Snow was a World War II veteran and served in the U.S. Army for 12 years. After the war, he became the physical education director and coach at Beaver River Central School in New Bremen, N.Y., before entering sales with Beaverite Products Inc. (BPI). He retired as the assistant to the manager of inside sales of the covering and indexing department of BPI. Snow is survived by several nieces and nephews.


1939


Robert Gibson, Chesapeake City, Md., Nov. 4, 2012. Gibson was the founder of Cecil College and former superintendent of Cecil County Public Schools.


1940


Nicholas R. DeVita (G), Greenwich, Conn., April 22, 2012. DeVita was a retired public school teacher, counselor and administra- tor in Stamford, Conn., and served in the U.S. Air Force flying combat missions in World War II between 1941-1946. He is survived by his brother Joseph.


Henry B. Mattice, Cobleskill, N.Y., May 7, 2013. Mattice taught physi- cal education at several schools including South Kortright Central School, Andes Central School, and Sewanhaka High School, all in New York. After serving with the U.S. Army during World War II, Mattice moved into the plumbing and heating industry and eventually established his own business, Mattice Plumbing and Heating. He is survived by his six children.


Alfred C. Werner, Sun City, Ariz., Jan. 10, 2013. Werner served as a Navy officer during World War II, during which he taught flight training programs in California and


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Florida. He taught and coached at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.; the State University of New York (SUNY)-Plattsburgh; and the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. He retired as the director of athletics and professor of physical education from SUNY-Albany in 1978. Werner served as a trustee at Springfield College from 1968 to 1971. He is survived by his wife, Janet, two children, a sister, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.


1941


Frederick A. Janes, Sarasota, Fla., Jan. 27, 2013. Janes came to the United States from Newfoundland at the age of five. He served in the U.S. Army for 28 years and retired as a colonel. For 34 years, Janes taught physical education in the Framingham, Mass., school system. He is survived by his three sons, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.


1943


Frank R. Kelly, Jan. 12, 2013. Kelly was a retired lieutenant colonel for the U.S. Air Force. He served as a United Methodist minister at the Bow Mills United Methodist Church in New Hampshire. He was a wing chap- lain for the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol, and after his retirement, he was employed by Concord Hospital and the Regional Visiting Nurses Association. He leaves behind his wife Mary Lou, two children, and three grandchildren.


1947


Sybil Bailey, Natick, Mass., Nov. 17, 2010. Bailey worked as a dental assistant and then ran the family coal yard during World War II while the men in her family served in the armed forces. Her husband served as the U.S. representative to NATO and the two of them traveled extensively around the world.


She is survived by two children, six grandchildren, and 12 great grand- children.


Russell C. Tuttle (G), State College, Pa., April 1, 2013. Tuttle was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in British Columbia and China before attending high school. After going to college in the United States, Tuttle taught at the American University at Cairo, Egypt. He returned to the United States, got a master’s degree from Springfield College, and began teaching at Evansville College in Indiana, and then at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is survived by his four children.


1949


George T. Hamilton (G ’63), Jan. 26, 2012.


Dale Braden Lake, Winter Haven, Fla., Oct. 19, 2012. Lake served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II and returned home with the rank of lieutenant. He retired as a commander after continuing his service in the reserve. Lake was the founding president of Ulster County Community College and Kalazmazoo Valley Community College. He is survived by his wife June, five children, eight grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.


Helen M. (Miazga) Sambor (G), Wilbraham, Mass., Jan. 28, 2013. Sambor was a “Rosie Riveter” during World War II, working long shifts at the Springfield Armory making guns for the soldiers. She had long teaching career and, even in retirement, she spent her time teaching English to members of the Immaculate Conception parish that had emigrated from Poland, since she spoke Polish and English fluently. She is survived by her son, two brothers, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.


Arthur R. Troisi (G), Chestertown, N.Y., Feb. 3, 2013. Troisi served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a squad sergeant with five battle stars and awards at the time of his discharge. For 10 years, he was a teacher and coach at Johnsburg Central School in North Creek, N.Y., where his teams won championships in soccer, basket- ball, and baseball. Troisi continued teaching, eventually rising to the position of superintendent. He is survived by his brother, five chil- dren, and 12 grandchildren.


George Ulman, May 21, 2013. 1950


Richard Davis, South Yarmouth, Mass., June 2, 2013. Davis served in the 69th infantry in France, Belgium, and Germany. His love for drumming led him to form an 18- piece jazz band in Europe that entertained the troops and performed on a weekly radio program in Germany. Davis’ career started with the YMCA in Fall River. He then became the YMCA youth director in Baltimore, Md., and Waterbury, Conn. In 1968, he became CEO for the Cape Cod YMCA. In 1981, he retired from the YMCA and enrolled in the Boston University School of Theology. He was ordained and served as pastor at churches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Davis leaves behind his wife Constance, 10 children, 22 grandchildren, and seven great- grandchildren.


James J. Garland, Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 26, 2012. Garland served in the U.S. Navy before becoming a YMCA physical education director in Atlanta, Ga., Aurora, Ill., and then in Ashville, N.C. Later in his career, he took a job with IBM and retired in 1988 as a senior market- ing representative. He is survived by his son and grandson.


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