GS Class of 1960

Robert K. Revicki ’60 MAT, of Fayetteville, Pa.; Jan. 8. He was a teacher, administrator, composer, musician, poet, and visual artist. He held positions of leadership and professorship while developing programs and workshops through the Department of Indian Affairs, the Ford Foundation, and as chair of the department of music for the Pennsylvania Department of Education in Harrisburg. Before arriving in Pennsylvania he was a teacher and a director of music in public schools throughout Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. He is survived by his partner, Diane C. Roland; two daughters; a son-in-law; a stepdaughter; three grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

Martin A. Buzas ’60 ScM, of Washington, D.C.; Nov. 8. He enlisted in the Navy at 17 and attended the selective Naval Air Technical Training Center. He was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base and flew in the Pacific Theater during the Korean War as a radio operator. He graduated from UConn in 1958, Brown in 1960, and earned a PhD from Yale in 1963. He had a distinguished career as curator of Benthic Foraminifera at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History beginning in 1963 and continuing until his death. He was the author and/or coauthor of 15 books and more than 100 scientific papers. His accomplishments were recognized by many honors and awards, foremost being the Joseph A. Cushman Award for excellence in foraminiferal research in 2004, the Paleontological Society Medal in 2004, and the Brady Medal from the Micropalaeontological Society in 2015. Also a teacher and a mentor, he advised numerous graduate students and post-doctoral fellows during his career. He is survived by three children, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two sisters.

Kay Schuster Baird ’58, ’60 MAT, of Charlton, Mass.; June 15. After Brown, she worked in Hawaii at the Korean consulate. There she met her husband, who was in the Navy, and went on to live in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts. She worked as a secretary and volunteered with the Republican National Committee before moving to Massachusetts in 2010. She is survived by her husband, Ron; two daughters and sons-in-law; and four grandchildren.

Edward G. Stockwell ’60 PhD, of Bowling Green, Ohio; May 16. He started his career as a population analyst for the U.S. Census Bureau (1960-61) and a professor of rural sociology at University of Connecticut (1961-71) before relocating with his family to Bowling Green in 1971. He was employed by Bowling Green State University (BGSU) as a professor of sociology from 1971 to 1997, where he continued to teach, research, and author/coauthor/edit multiple books and papers on population and society, specializing in infant mortality. He retired in 1997. He enjoyed the beach, a good single malt scotch and cryptic crossword puzzles and was a fan of collegiate level athletics. He enjoyed supporting and cheering the BGSU Falcons on to victory and watching the success of UConn women’s basketball over the years. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, two sons, two grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, a step-great-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews.

Guenter H. Rose ’60 ScM, of Vista, Calif.; Jan. 12, of Lewy body dementia. He earned his PhD at UCLA, where he did neuroscience research at the Brain Research Institute. He went on to work at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in the department of psychiatry and psychology, then returned to UCLA to work as a research psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry before joining Bowdoin in 1976 as an assistant professor of psychology. He was instrumental in the college’s creation of a psychobiology concentration. In 1981, he was promoted to associate professor and chair of the psychology department, retiring in 1995 as emeritus professor of psychobiology. He was interested in medical anthropology and received a Fulbright to study traditional healers in Nepal and Sri Lanka and learn about Ayurvedic medicine. He began a business offering tours of Nepal and collected traditional sculptures and masks from Africa and South Asia. He enjoyed antiquing, Maine, and traveling. He is survived by three children and their spouses; a stepdaughter; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two nephews.

Barbara Sanford Hugus ’60 ScM, ’63 PhD, of Aptos, Calif., formerly of Bar Harbor, Me.; Sept. 18, of cancer. She was the director of the Jackson Laboratory from 1981 to 1987 and remained on the faculty as a senior staff scientist until 2007, when she was named an honorary trustee and staff emerita. Before that she served as research director at Dana Farber Cancer Center and was associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. From 1973 to 1978 she was a branch chief at the National Cancer Institute and at Massachusetts General Hospital. She published numerous papers on cancer research and enjoyed mentoring younger scientists. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law; two sons, including Arthur ’73; three daughters-in-law; 11 grandchildren, including Kelly Sanford ’10 and Eric Sanford ’12; three great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. 

Robert F. Galante ’60 AM, of Newtown, Pa.; Mar. 27. After obtaining his MBA from NYU, he worked as an economic forecaster for AT&T. He enjoyed coaching baseball. He is survived by his wife, Juliet; three sons and their spouses; three grandchildren; and three nieces.

Atle Gjelsvik ’60 ScM, ’62 PhD, of North Kingstown, R.I.; Mar. 13. He was professor emeritus of civil engineering at Columbia, recipient of three Excellent Teacher Awards, and author of scientific journal articles and The Theory of Thin-walled Bars. He worked in ship building and the design of offshore structures, including semi-submersible oil drilling rigs, developing solutions to various problems associated with oil drilling. His research interests included buckling of arches, stability of elasto-plastic columns, design of light gauge beams, minimum-weight design on continuous beams, bone remodeling, plastic design, and suspension bridge cables. His collaborations with the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center led to advances in the field of orthopedics and joint replacement. He is survived by his wife, Carol Canner Gjelsvik ’59; daughter Annie Gjelsvik ’91, ’03 PhD; a son; and niece Elizabeth Canner ’91. 

Tomas Feininger ’60 ScM, ’64 PhD, of Quebec, Canada; Nov. 26. An eminent geologist, he first worked in Ecuador, where he founded the department of geology at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (National Polytechnic School). In 1978 he relocated to Quebec City to become a researcher at the department of geology and geological engineering of Université Laval. He went on to work as a geologist in the department of global physics for the Geological Survey of Canada before returning to teaching as an adjunct professor at Université Laval. At the same time, he initiated and participated in the geological mapping of territories in South and North America, notably in Quebec, and published numerous articles in specialized scientific publications. He served as president of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec from 1993 to 1998. He is survived by his wife, Johanne; three daughters; and six grandchildren.

Edgar L. Chapman ’60 AM, ’64 PhD, of East Peoria, Ill.; Oct. 11. He was professor emeritus in the English department at Bradley University, where he taught writing and literature from 1963 to 2002. He authored numerous articles and books, including The Magic Labyrinth of Philip Jose Farmer and The Road to Castle Mount: The Science Fiction of Robert Silverberg. He also co-edited Classic and Iconoclastic Alternate History Science Fiction. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the Rhode Island National Guard. He is survived by two sons and their spouses, three grandchildren, and a brother.

Chuan “Tony” Chen ’60 PhD, of Tucson, Ariz.; Aug. 17. He worked at Hydronautics, Inc. in Laurel, Md., before embarking on a 50-year academic career. He spent 17 years at Rutgers University, where he was chairman of the department of mechanical & aerospace engineering. In the summer of 1968, he was a fellow at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.  In 1980 he moved to Tucson and was head of the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona from 1980 to 1989. He became professor emeritus in 2002. He was an internationally recognized scientist in fluid dynamics; he published numerous scientific articles; he gave several seminars and lectures at universities and institutions across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; and he chaired multiple national and international conferences. He was a senior visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge, England; a visiting fellow at Australian National University; a visiting scientist at the Institut für Angewandte in Germany; and director of the Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics Program at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. He enjoyed building model ships and planes with his sons, hiking, swimming, listening to classical music, and traveling. He is survived by his wife, Frances; three sons; seven grandchildren; and two sisters.

Laird C. Addis Jr. ’60 AM, of Iowa City, Iowa; July 30, after a short illness. He taught in the University of Iowa department of philosophy from 1964 to 2004. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the State University of Groningen in the Netherlands during the 1970-1971 academic year. He served on several doctoral committees in philosophy and in music. He published many books, including Of Mind and Music. In retirement, he continued to teach in the University of Iowa Senior College. He was a double bass player and performed with the Cedar Rapids Symphony and for nearly three decades with the Quad City Symphony. He was a founding member of the Iowa City Community String Orchestra in 1980. He enjoyed opera, reading, playing golf, and traveling, especially to European countries. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two daughters; a son-in-law; three grandchildren; two sisters; a brother; six nieces; and a nephew.

Joerg Haeberli ’60 PhD, of Morris Plains, N.J.; Nov. 13, 2017, of prostate cancer. An organic chemist, he spent his entire chemistry career with the former Ciba-Geigy Corp., first in Cranston, R.I., then in Summit, N.J. He participated in numerous field studies of the valleys of Arequipa, Peru; held several patents; and published many scientific papers over the course of his career. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn; two sons; and four grandchildren.