Dorothy Jordan Simpson, June 7, 1995.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dorothy Jordan Simpson graduated cum laude with honors in Latin. She taught French and Latin at Sanford (Maine) High School until her marriage to Edward B. Simpson, who died in 1985. For many years she lived in the West and Midwest, where she was an active member of the League of Women Voters and a volunteer in church and civic groups. In the fifties she was an officer in the Chicago Bates Club, and served as president of the Maine Coastal Bates Club from 1962 to 1969 while she lived in Rockland. Since 1958, Mrs. Simpson had made her home in Bridgton, Maine, where she was a deaconess in the First Congregational Church, and a member of the Literary Club and two historical societies. Her son survives.

Martin L. Stevens, October 3, 1995.
Martin L. Stevens spent fifty years in aircraft and space vehicle design and development. He began his career in Connecticut as a design analyst and stress engineer at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, and was a pioneer in the development of numerous rotary-wing aircraft at Kaman Aircraft Corporation in Bloomfield. In the fifties, he was responsible for the first inboard-outboard marine propulsion system at Precision Gears & Products, Inc., and in 1961 he became president of Stevens Engineering, a consulting service division of Wavetronics Industries. At Ayrodyne Co. of America in 1965, Mr. Stevens was senior engineer for the remotely controlled anti-submarine helicopter weapons system. In the twenty years before he retired in 1986, he designed sections of the primary flight control and hydraulic system of the A-10 Thunderbolt and the T46A. Assigned to NASA, he received their award for contributing to the design of the vertical tail of the Orbiter, and supervised the Orbiter's waste management system. A member of numerous rocket, helicopter, and aviation organizations, he wrote technical papers on aircraft design and held several patents. Martin Stevens taught courses at the Universities of Connecticut and Hartford. An avid yachtsman, he cruised the Long Island and Maine coasts. He was also a musician, playing piano for silent films and with a dance band. He served as president of both the Hartford Bates Club in 1949 and the New Jersey Bates Club from 1962 to 1965. Surviving are his wife, a son, and a daughter.

Miriam H. Wheeler, June 11, 1995.
After graduation, Miriam Wheeler taught in Boothbay Harbor, then became secretary at the Auburn (Maine) School of Commerce. She worked in the editorial department of Houghton-Mifflin Publishing company in Boston for a year, then returned to South Portland where she was a secretary at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant for thirty-two years. Miriam Wheeler was a member of the State Street Congregational Church and the Women's Literary Union, and was past-president of the Business and Professional Women's Club. She served on the board of the Southern Maine Association for Mental Health and was a volunteer at the Maine Medical Center for over fifteen years. A member of the Bates Key, Miriam Wheeler was class secretary from 1939 to 1944, and served as president of the Portland Bates Club and as an officer in the Lewiston-Auburn College Club. Her interests included Portland history and playing bridge. She leaves five cousins. Her parents were the late Alton C. and Edith Hayes Wheeler 1899.

Edward C. Winston, June 8, 1995.
A lifelong resident of Kennebunk, Edward Winston served that community in many capacities. He was moderator of Town Meeting for thirty years; he was former chairman of the board of selectmen, a member of the Zoning Review Board, and president of the Kennebunk Free Library board. He served on the Conservation Commission for several terms. "Ed" Winston was a correspondent for the Portland Press Herald, a career postal employee, and active in the real-estate business. In 1967, the Chamber of Commerce named him Outstanding Leader of America. Following World War II, when he was in the Army's China-Burma-India Theater, he was VFW state commander in 1955 and 1956, and held several national posts. An active alumnus, he was president of the Saco Valley Bates Club for two separate terms. For the State of Maine, Mr. Winston had been involved with budget and affirmative action committees, chaired the State Real Estate Commission, and formerly had been on the State Highway Safety Commission. As a sports writer and columnist, he covered high-school basketball, receiving the Ollie Berg Memorial Award in 1988 for his outstanding contribution of thirty years' coverage of Maine high-school basketball in York County. He was a charter director of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Following his retirement as assistant postmaster in Kennebunk, Mr. Winston was involved in the real-estate business with his wife, Louisa. A man of many interests, he was past Grand Knight of the Old Orchard Beach Council of K of C, and a Fourth Degree Assembly Member. He had been active in the local PTA, and was president of the local Red Cross Chapter, the Men's Club, Athletic Boosters, and the Royal Canadian Philatelic Society. A communicant of St. Monica's Church, he served on the Parish Council for several years and was a Eucharistic minister. Among his survivors are his wife of fifty-four years, a son, a daughter, brother Thomas '43, sister Elizabeth Scott '36, and a granddaughter.

Ruth H. Jellison, June 6, 1995.
For more than thirty years, Ruth Jellison worked at AT&T in the New York area as operations assistant and supervisory assistant, and she retired in 1979 as a document processing specialist. After graduation, she had been a substitute teacher and then taught in the elementary schools of Newburyport and Amesbury, Massachusetts. In 1941, she taught at Cohasset High School until she entered the military, serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy until 1946. Ruth Jellison was a member of the Bates Key, and an officer in the New York Bates Club from 1958 to 1979. She lived in Goshen, New York, for the past sixteen years. A niece and several grandnieces survive.

Mary E. Kenney, July 12, 1995.
For many years, Mary Kenney worked in the family-owned Kenney Pharmacy in Lewiston until its closing. She continued to maintain the private-duty nurses' registry until her death. She was employed at one time by Ward Brothers and Depositors Trust Bank. Always interested in music, she was an ardent supporter of the local Community Concert Association and worked tirelessly to bring good music to Lewiston and Auburn. She served Central Maine Medical Center in several capacities over the years: as corporator, Women's Hospital Association board member, gift shop volunteer, and associate of the Central Maine HealthCare Association. Two cousins survive.

Robert V. Frost, September 25, 1995.
For forty years, Robert V. Frost was an educator. He earned his M.Ed. degree from the University of Maine/Orono in 1952. Initially a teacher of math and science and a coach at Wilton (Maine) Academy, he also taught in New London, New Hampshire, and at Junior High West in Arlington, Massachusetts. He was principal of Maine high schools in West Paris, South Paris, and Southwest Harbor. In 1950, Mr. Frost became a teacher and coach at Newton (Massachusetts) Bigelow Junior High School, and was appointed principal in 1951, a position he held until he retired in 1979. He was also an associate in education at Harvard for two years. During World War II, Robert Frost served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. For many summers he managed the Oceanic Hotel, a religious and educational conference center on Star Island of the Isles of Shoals in New Hampshire, and was executive vice-president and treasurer of the Star Island Corporation. A member of local and state educational associations, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Junior High Principals' Association, he was a life member of the National Education Association. He belonged to AF&AM Lodge. During the years he lived in Wellesley, Mr. Frost was president of the Senior Neighbors, chaired the Council on Aging, and was a board member of West Suburban Elder Services, Inc., AARP, and the Retired Men's Club. His wife survives, as do a son, daughter, and four grandchildren. Another son lost his life in the Marine Corps in Vietnam.

Louis Rogosa, September 14, 1995.
A lifelong resident of Lynn, Massachusetts, Louis Rogosa attended Harvard Business School after he graduated from Bates. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army. For forty years he worked for General Electric Company in Lynn as a contract administrator in the Aerospace Electrical Equipment Department. When he retired in 1981, he was requisitions manager at the company. Mr. Rogosa was a founding member of Interfor Club, and a member of the North Shore Jewish Historical Society, the Senior Friendship and Golden Age clubs, and the Jewish Community and Rehabilitation centers. He was a member of the Jewish War Veterans post, as well as the G.E. Retired Friends and the G.E. Sparkplug Associates. He leaves a sister, three brothers, and three nephews. His wife predeceased him.

Margaret Kilburn Larrabee Aplington, July 27, 1995.
After attending Bates, Margaret Aplington received her R.N. degree from Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. She was a surgical nurse there and later was supervisor of nurses at Boston Lying-In Hospital. Subsequently she shared her enthusiasm for life as owner of the Marguarite Shop at Shoppers World in Framingham, a high-fashion store for women. Her husband survives, as do a son and two sisters.

Robert B. Kimnach, September 17, 1995.
Robert Kimnach earned B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Boston College of Business Administration after two years at Bates. During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy as a pilot in the Aleutian Islands. Following employment in the automobile service business, he joined the Helio Aircraft Division of the General Aircraft Corporation in 1956, and became president and CEO in 1968. He originated the concept for Helio airplanes, and helped produce and market the short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, light fixed-wing planes used by the U.S. military and commercial operators in small areas. A resident of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Robert Kimnach chaired the board of selectmen for nine years, and was president of the Farrar Pond Village board of managers. A sportsman with hobbies of sailing, tennis, golf, and skiing, he and his wife participated in the People to People Sports Committee for promotion of international goodwill through sports. Surviving are his wife, a son, and three grandchildren.

George I. Lythcott, LL.D. '80, October 7, 1995.
Dr. George Lythcott was a distinguished physician both in the United States and overseas. He graduated from Boston University Medical School in 1943 and maintained a private practice in pediatrics on Long Island. He was a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1940 to 1955. In the sixties, Dr. Lythcott was regional director of a five-year assistance program to eradicate smallpox and measles in twenty West African countries. For that service he received the AID Meritorious Award. He was also honored by Boston University for his assistance with self-help drug centers in New York City, and for heading Columbia University's program in medical education for minority students; he received the University's Alumni Award in 1978. In 1969, Dr. Lythcott was appointed associate vice-chancellor for health services at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then became professor of pediatrics and associate vice-chancellor for health services at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter named him Assistant Surgeon General and administrator of the Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services. Most recently, he was dean and professor at City University Medical School and in charge of New York City's Bureau of Schoolchildren's and Adolescent Health within the Health Department. A delegate to World Health Organization meetings, he was also a consultant for the National Academy of Sciences in Pakistan, the Philippines, and the People's Republic of China. He served on a number of boards relating to the medical field, was a trustee of the Phelps Stokes Fund, and wrote many articles. When George Lythcott received the honorary doctor of laws degree from Bates, his citation read, in part, "Through medicine, teaching, and diplomacy he has single-mindedly served the needs of others." Among his survivors are his wife, two daughters, two sons including George III '69, a stepson, and six grandchildren.

Mary Everett Roberts, June 18, 1995.
After she graduated from Bates, Mary Everett Roberts taught in Vanceboro (Maine) High School and in Norfolk, Virginia. She was also a clerk in the Navy Accounting Office of Norfolk. While a homemaker, she was the pipe organist at the Methodist Church in Littleton, New Hampshire, where she was a member. She was past matron of Eastern Star and a member of the Nordica Society, a local musical organization. Mrs. Roberts played piano classics for her children, and enjoyed sewing and knitting. She leaves her husband, three daughters, and three grandchildren. A son predeceased her. Her father was the late Archie Everett '15.

Vivian Sampson Rollins, June 14, 1995.
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, and a Mayflower descendant, Vivian Sampson Rollins ran a co-op nursery school and was a skipper for Marine Scouts in the early years after her marriage to G. Allan Rollins '40. Then, for thirty years, she worked for the family-owned business Rollins Realty in Redwood City, California, until she retired. Her husband of fifty-three years survives, as do four sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. Her father was the late George Sampson '05.

Henry C. Feddern, September 2, 1995.
After he attended Bates for three years, Henry Feddern served in Korea with the U.S. Army Signal Corps for sixteen months. He earned the B.A. degree at Boston University. Employed in retail sales, he was a buyer at Filene's and then was self-employed as a salesman. Throughout his life he was an active layman in the First Congregational Church of Wakefield, New Hampshire, having been Sunday school superintendent, youth director, a member of several committees, and a deacon for twelve years. He was a member of committees of the New Hampshire Conference of the United Church of Christ. Mr. Feddern had been a moderator for the Wakefield School District and served with the local recreation department. He was past master of AF&AM. Among his survivors are his wife, a son, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

Steven P. Somes, October 18, 1995.
Steven Somes graduated from Bates magna cum laude with honors in economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his master's degree in 1983 from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at MIT. Initially he was employed at Arthur D. Little, then after graduate school he became a research analyst at Aetna Life & Casualty Company, and was promoted to senior securities analyst. He joined BEA Associates, a Manhattan investment firm, in 1988, then moved to Boston as a chartered financial analyst and manager at State Street Investment Trust. At the time of his death, he was vice-president and portfolio manager at State Street Research and Management. A member of the College Key, Steven Somes had been a member of the Alumni Council and host for a Career Internship. He belonged to the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, and served on the Prudential Committee. A member of Wellesley Country Club, he was on the Boston Council of Foreign Relations. Steven Somes was a direct descendant of Abraham Somes, one of the original settlers of Somesville and Somes Sound in Maine. He leaves his wife, Jamie Slimmon Somes '80, two daughters, a brother, a sister, sister-in-law Sally Nutting Somes '83, and his mother.

Charles J. Geiger, Jr., October 10, 1995.
A longtime executive with Geiger Brothers, Inc., the Lewiston printing firm, Charles Geiger served as a Maine track and field official for many years, working at countless track meets at Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby colleges. Devoted to Bates, in 1984 he received the College Club Service Award for his service to the College community. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Columbia High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Following the war, he joined Geiger Brothers, then based in Newark, a firm founded by his grandfather in 1872. The company moved to Lewiston in 1955. Geiger retired in 1985 as assistant vice president of production. He was a member of the International Typographical Union, the National and Maine Track and Field Officials Association, the Elks Lodge 371 of Lewiston, the American Legion, the New England Lawn Tennis Association, and the YMCA of Lewiston and Auburn. He was seventy-nine at the time of his death. Surviving are a brother, Robert L.; a half-brother, Donald; and a half-sister, Patricia Geiger Dudes.

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