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In Memorium
Gladys Aldridge Dudley '36 died on November 21, 2000 in Louisville, KY. Her husband, Samuel Dudley '36, died on November 29, 2000. They are survived by two daughters and three grandchildren.
Elizabeth Dill Hoffecker '36 died on December 4, 2000.
James S. Kreeger Jr. '36 died on January 8, 2001. An avid golfer, he served as president of the Talbot County (MD) Country Club. He is survived by four grandchildren.
Katherine Anthony Clements '37 died on January 16, 2001. She is survived by her husband, Alday Clements '35.
William H. Jones '40 died on July 15, 2000. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Kathryn Martin Jones, and one son.
Margaret Wolcott Selby '44 died on December 24, 2000. She was a teacher in Maryland schools for more than 24 years. In 1994, she was appointed by then-Governor William D. Schaefer to the Board of Trustees of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center. She is survived by her husband, John W. Selby '41, a daughter and a brother.
Dr. Carl F. List '46 died on November 18, 2000. He was affiliated with the Coats and Brown Clinic of Osteopathy. He served on the Board of Directors of Doctors Memorial Hospital in Tyler, TX, for more than 20 years. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Vonceil List, and a daughter.
Dr. John W. Sutton '48 died on October 21, 2000. A clinical psychologist for 41 years, he is survived by his wife, Eloise.
Doris Reidt Cockey '49 died on November 12, 2000. She was the hostess for cast and opening-night parties at the Limestone Valley Dinner Theatre, which she and her husband owned from 1969 to 1981. She is survived by her husband, two sons and a daughter.
William D. Geitz '50, the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Texas Petroleum and a former member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College, died on January 2, 2001 of cancer. He was 77. Bill served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945, and was a navigator aboard the USS LST 510 in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. After earning a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Delaware, he launched his career at Mobil Oil Company. Prior to assuming the chairmanship of UTP, which at one time was the nation's largest independent oil and gas business, he was president at Allied Chemical's Specialty Chemicals Division and corporate group vice president at Allied. At Washington College, he served on the Board from 1982-1988 and was a member of the Development, Buildings and Grounds, and Student Affairs committees. He was the recipient of an Alumni Citation for Outstanding Achievements and Services in chemistry and business. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Laura Rainey Geitz '44, a son, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
Nancy Bate Bayne '72 died on January 2, 2001. A native of Essex Falls, NJ, she co-founded a student mentoring program at Oliver Springs High School for students who challenge the traditional learning environment. She is survived by her husband, Stuart W. Bayne, and daughter.
Romie Q. Robinson II '83, a social worker from Salisbury, MD, died on December 17, 2000. Winner of WC's Sociology Department Award, Robinson completed graduate studies at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Community Planning. At the time of his death he was employed as a community support team leader at Go-Getters, Inc. in Salisbury. He was formerly the Dorchester program coordinator for Channel Marker, Inc. He served on several mental health boards and committees and volunteered with several local charities. He is survived by his parents and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Pamela Cunningham Copeland, a former College trustee and the recipient of the College's honorary Doctor of Letters, died January 25, 2001. She was 94. A member of the Board of Visitors and Governors from 1966 to 1971, she served on the boards of several historic preservation organizations. She was the author of The Five George Masons: Patriots and Planters of Virginia and Maryland. Her late husband, Lammot duPont Copeland, the 11th president of duPont, also held an honorary degree from WC. Their son, Gerret van S. Copeland, served on the Board, as did their son-in-law, Robert W. Duemling, who teaches a course on American architecture at WC.
Lillian Cohen Solomon, president of the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation and an honorary College trustee, died January 7, 2001. She was 74. She had been elected to the Board of Visitors and Governors in 1975. She was an enthusiastic book collector and reader and a member of the Madison Council of the Library of Congress, where she established an endowment to support expansion of its Hebraic collection in honor of her father, a rabbi and biblical scholar as well as the co-founder of Giant Food. She is survived by three children and four grandchildren.
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