Frederic R. “Rick” Morgenthaler ’55
Frederic R. “Rick” Morgenthaler of Wellesley died on June 21, 2015. A longtime member of the MIT faculty and a professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, he was a dedicated researcher and educator in the field of electromagnetism. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, obeying Wilbur Wright's advice to succeed in life […]
Richard P. Reinert ’68
Richard Paul Reinert died, surrounded by his family, due to complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) on July 10, 2015, in Loveland, Colorado. He was 69. Mr. Reinert was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1945, to William E. and Barbara C. Reinert. From age six, Mr. Reinert showed a passion for airplanes, […]
Jonathan Leiby ’58
Jonathan Leiby of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, passed away on May 28 at the Falmouth Hospital after a long illness. He was born on February 14, 1934, in Philadelphia, the son of Henry Nathan Leiby and Dr. Mary (Hiller) Leiby. He was educated at Friends Central School in Philadelphia and received a Bachelor of Science degree […]
William C. Schoen ’42
June 29, 2015
John H. MacMillan ’50
John H. Mac Millan, cherished husband of Ellen B. Mac Millan of Cary, North Carolina, died peacefully on May 30, 2015. He was born December 9, 1928, the son of Henry John and Mary Ruth MacInnes Mac Millan. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, John spent his childhood in Delmar, New York, and most of his […]
W. Herbert Arndt ’51
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William R Hauke jr. ’58
William R. Hauke Jr. passed away peacefully on April 1, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Aug. 1, 1936, son of the late William R. Hauke Sr. and Ellinor Bean Hauke. He was raised in Burlington, graduated from Burlington High School in 1954, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958, where […]
Henry L. Henze ’49
Henry ‘Hank’ Henze, formerly of Oakdale, New York, passed on Feb 5, 2015 in Lafayette, California. Born June 8, 1924, in Glen Rock, New Jerseey to Henry B. and Caroline B. Henze, he was one of six children. He loved airplanes, graduated from MIT, ran cross country, married Ruth C. Henze of Westbury, New York, […]
Matthew B Harrington ’45
Matthew was born February 12, 1925 in Boston to Matthew and Mary Harrington. Matt, who was in the oil and gas industry, and his wife Jane moved their five children eleven times in the first 25 years of marriage. This fueled Matt and Jane’s love of travel, sending them through all seven continents and over […]
John H. Burdakin ’47
John Howard Burdakin was born August 11, 1922, in Milton, Massachusetts, to L. Richard and Martha (Rogers) Burdakin. He graduated from MIT in 1947 after completing military service and married Jean Moulton on October 2, 1948 in Milton, Massachusetts. They lived in 16 cities in 23 years as Mr. Burdakin’s career advanced with the Pennsylvania […]