DECEASED
The section was updated October 27,
2014. Please note that deaths are
reported as we receive notice of them.
Therefore, alumni dates of death are not
always reported chronologically.
1934
John Bradford “Brad” Millet
a renowned sur-
geon, whose family
called him “Fire-
ball” because of
his vast energy,
diverse hobbies,
and deep curiosity,
died in Utica, N.Y.,
on August 30, 2014,
at the age of 98.
Dr. Millet was born on August 8, 1916,
in Buffalo, N.Y. to John A.P. and Alice
Murrell Millet. He spent his childhood on
both sides of the Atlantic, living in Stock-
bridge, Mass., and Broadway, England. He
enrolled at St. Paul’s as a Second Former
in the fall of 1929. During his time at the
School, he rowed with Shattuck, played
football, hockey, and squash for Isthmian,
served on the Acolyte Guild, and was
elected to the Cum Laude Society.
He went on to Harvard, earning his
B.S. in 1938, and continued on to Harvard
Medical School. He completed his medical
training at Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal and served in the Army Medical Corps
during World War II. He and his family
later moved to Utica, N.Y., where he spent
his entire career as a leading surgeon,
specializing in general surgery, vascular
surgery, and pulmonary surgery at a num-
ber of area hospitals.
Dr. Millet was an innovative physician,
who held patents on several medical de-
vices and worked to bring new surgical
techniques – including open-heart surgery
– to Upstate New York during the 1950s.
He was a fellow of the American College
of Chest Physicians and the American
College of Surgeons and a member of
numerous regional and national medical
societies.
On June 26, 1938, Dr. Millet married
Elizabeth Burgess Watson. The couple had
three children, but the marriage ended in
divorce. Dr. Millet married Constance
Hopkins in 1974. The Millets were married
for 38 years, before Constance died on Jan-
uary 12, 2012, following a massive stroke.
Outside of work, Dr. Millet was an avid
hunter and fisherman, a private pilot, and
a formidable backgammon opponent for
his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He belonged to the Adirondack League
Club, the Sadaquada Golf Club, the Har-
vard Club, and the Fort Schuyler Club,
among others. He also served as poten-
tate of the Ziyara Temple.
Dr. Millet remained active well into his
late 90s. He and his wife, Constance, were
the lone representatives at the Form of
1934’s 75th Anniversary at SPS in 2009.
Dr. Millet was recognized as the most
senior alumnus in attendance. He kept
in touch with the School, writing in 2013
that he was recovering from a broken
femur and was “ready to hit the golf course
again and work in my garden.” Not long
before his death, Dr. Millet published his
memoir,
My Life as I Remember It.
Dr. Millet is survived by his third wife,
Mary Edith Millet; his sons, John B. Millet
and David F. Millet; his daughter, Polly W.
Millet; his stepchildren, Andrew D. Kurtz,
Leslie B. Wharton, Bruce D. Culp, and
Douglas Culp, and their families; nine
grandchildren; two step-grandchildren;
and thirteen great-grandchildren.
1935
Charles Maitland Fair Jr.
a Renaissance man,
who excelled as a
scientist, editor,
poet, banana
importer, and com-
puter company
executive, among
other pursuits,
died of lymphoma
in Wakefield, R.I.,
on July 28, 2014. He was 97.
Born on September 18, 1916, in New
York City, he was the only child of Ger-
trude (Bryan) and Charles Maitland Fair.
He was raised in Manhattan and Oyster
Bay, N.Y., preparing for St. Paul’s at the
Buckley School and the Fay School in
Southborough, Mass. In the fall of 1930,
Mr. Fair entered the School as a Second
1934— John Bradford “Brad” Millet
August 30, 2014
1935— Charles Maitland Fair Jr.
July 28, 2014
1940—William Oliver Boswell Jr.
October 23, 2013
1940— J. Woodward “Woody” Redmond
October 7, 2014
1942—William Evarts Benjamin II
September 21, 2014
1943— Robert Barr Deans Jr.
August 13, 2014
1949— George Crouse Houser Jr.
October 22, 2014
1954— Howard Cocks “Crow”
Dickinson IV
October 8, 2014
1955— David Hurst Knott
September 5, 2014
1955— David Story Jenks Smith
September 30, 2014
1956— Yale Kneeland III
August 25, 2014
1966— James Francis Cavanagh II
October 2, 2014
1969— Paul Joseph Vignos III
July 11, 2014
1976— Justin Raymond Zak
May 21, 2014
1978— Henry Resor Laughlin
August 6, 2014
1984— Charles Andrew Villee
December 11, 2013
Former Faculty
Stephen John Becroft
August 17, 2014
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