Raymond W. Pelley ’45
Raymond W. Pelley, beloved husband of Katharine Elaine Pelley (nee Carroll), devoted father of Raymond W. (Nikki) Pelley Jr., Anne B. (Tim) Guthrie, and Susan C. Pelley, loving grandfather Matthew, Katharine, Peter, Noah, Grace, Andrew, and Ruth, brother of the late Barbara Johnston, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2014, age 89 years. Resident of Montgomery, […]
Knut Berge ’54
Knut Berge died March 2, 2016 at his home in Bergen, Norway. He received his Bachelor of Science in naval architecture and marine engineering in 1954 and had a one-year engagement with Combustion Engineering, New York, in marine boiler design and marine steam-turbine propulsion. When Combustion Engineering made a licensee arrangement with Kværner Brug AS […]
John A. Worton ’48
Jack was born on October 29, 1927, in Fall River, Massachusetts, the fourth of five children of Ruth Middleton and James Worton. Shortly after his birth, his father changed employers, with short-term jobs that required the family to move to Sliver Spring, Maryland, and then to Chicago, Illinois. In 1932, his father became unemployed, and […]
Clay E. Collins ’77
Clay was a faithful partner to Marilyn DiGiacomo, a devoted parent of Ashley and Micah, and adoring grandfather. He was a man of science, an appreciator of fine arts, and a world traveler.
Charles A. Bell ’54
Charles was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on Jun e12, 1930, the son of the late Charles H. and Laverna Bell. He was raised in Westfield, New Jersey, where he graduated from Westfield High School. After high school, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. During the Korean War, he served as a […]
Edward B. Berninger ’50
Mr. Berninger, 88, died April 29 in Fort Myers, Florida. He was bom in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylania, in 1946, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an ROTC scholarship, graduating with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineeing in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 […]
Donald R. Welsh ’55
Don was born on July 30,1933, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He graduated from Montclair High School in 1951 and received a BS in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1955. He was a member of Pi Tau Sigma, an international mechanical engineering society. Don's 41-year career in engineering included time spent at GTE/Sylvania, Sybron, Nalge, […]
Bion H. Francis Jr
Bion H. Francis Jr. of Easton, Connecticut, beloved husband of Margaret Gale Francis, passed away surrounded by his family on April 22, 2016, at the age of 81. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 12, 1934, to the late Bion H. and Helen Collins Francis Sr. Bion graduated from Wellsley High School, received […]
John P. Liu ’73
Frederick W. Gander ’42
Frederick William Gander, age 94, of West Grove, Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at his home at Jenners Pond. Born January 14, 1921, in New York City to Anna Heins Gander and Gustav Gander. Following education at Bayside High School and MIT, where he earned both bachelors and masters degrees in chemical engineering, and […]