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DECEASED
The section was updated May 2, 2014.
Please note that deaths are reported
as we receive notice of them. Therefore,
alumni dates of death are not always
reported chronologically.
1933
Corning Chisholm
instructor emer-
itus of German
and English at
Deerfield Acad-
emy, died Decem-
ber 12, 2013.
He was 99 and
a resident of
Oberlin, Ohio.
Born July 18,
1914, in Cleveland, he was the youngest
son of Adele Corning and Alvah Stone
Chisholm. He followed his brother,
William Chisholm, and his first cousin,
Warren H. Corning, both of the Form of
1920, to Millville.
Mr. Chisholm went on to Yale University,
graduating with the Class of 1937. He
served with the U.S. Navy during WWII
before embarking on a long teaching
career. Mr. Chisholm first worked at
Trinity College in Connecticut and, after
earning his Ph.D. from Yale, moved on to
Williams College in Massachusetts, then
to nearby Deerfield Academy, where he
taught French, German, and English.
Upon his retirement, Mr. Chisholm
returned to Cleveland, where he was
involved in many volunteer activities,
including service on the vestry at Trinity
Cathedral and the Overseers Board at Case
Western Reserve University. He was a
member of the board of the Great Lakes
Shakespeare Festival and a member of the
Tavern Club. He later moved to Oberlin,
where he served as president of the Kendal
Retirement Community. Mr. Chisholm
was a lifelong supporter of SPS and a
member of the John Hargate Society.
Mr. Chisholm is survived by his nieces,
Adele Eells Pierce and Kate Halle Briggs;
nieces-in-law Jane Williams Chisholm
and Cynthia White Halle; and 24 great-
nephews and nieces, for whom he served
as a beloved uncle, including Homer D.
Chisholm ’73, Alvah S. Chisholm II ’76,
and Reid H. Chisholm ’09. Mr. Chisholm
was predeceased by his uncles, Leslie S.
Corning of the Form of 1886 and Henry
W. Corning of the Form of 1887.
1936
John Osgood Morris
who used his tal-
ents as a writer
and attorney to
strengthen his
work as a social
activist and change
agent, died peace-
fully on March 28,
2014, at Hartford
Hospital in Con-
necticut, surrounded by family. He was 95.
Mr. Morris was born in New York City
to the late Katherine (Grinnell) and Ray
Morris. He attended the Arizona Desert
School before coming to St. Paul’s as a
Second Former in 1931. He enjoyed a post-
graduate year at Philips Andover Academy
before earning his B.A. from Yale.
Mr. Morris served as a Lieutenant Com-
mander in the U.S. Navy in the South
Pacific during World War II and later earned
his law degree from the University of
Virginia. He was admitted to the Bar in
Connecticut and New York. He married
Bernadine (Day) Morris in 1947 and they
had three children.
Mr. Morris worked as an attorney with
Aetna in Hartford. But, frustrated with
legalese, he transitioned to a career as a
plain language consultant with the federal
government and wrote a book, Make
Yourself Clear (McGraw Hill, 1972), on
clear communication in business.
An original founder and director of
Stratton Mountain in Vermont, Mr. Morris
shared his love of skiing with his family.
He married his second wife, Mary “Mollie”
(Newton) Morris, in 1978 and in 1990 the
couple moved to the Duncaster Retirement
Community in Bloomfield, Conn.
An idealist, Mr. Morris was constantly
pushing for social change. He was a firm
and active Democrat, who remained
engaged in current political issues until
his death. He truly believed in his country
and in the democratic process, but he
knew we could do better. In the words
of his dear friend, Peter Libassi, “John
so enjoyed making a difference.”
1935—John Inniss Howell
March 13, 2014
1936—John Osgood Morris
March 28, 2014
1936—Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
May 2, 2014
1937—Anthony Drexel Duke
April 30, 2014
1941—Harold Sheffield van Buren Jr.
March 4, 2014
1941—Brian Farrant Groom
April 30, 2014
1943—George Torrence Overholt Jr.
April 25, 2014
1943—Stephen Markham Stackpole
January 31, 2014
1946—William Prisley French
March 2, 2011
1946—George Ortiz
October 8, 2013
1946— Philip Van Rensselaer
2013
1949—Nicholas Sellers
February 8, 2014
1950— Garrett Allen Hults
March 5, 2014
1950—James Craven Manny
February 26, 2014
1951—George Leonhard Caldwell
March 3, 2014
1952—John Crocker Howe
August 9, 2012
1952—Pendleton Stevens
April 27, 2014
1953—Harmin Visscher Wood
March 4, 2014
1955—Arturo Roberto Quevado
March 8, 2014
Former Faculty
Josiah Hayden Drummond Jr.
March 20, 2014
Cornelius Anderson Silber
August 19, 2013
Lucinda P. Ewing
April 9, 2014
William S. Warren Jr.
April 14, 2014
Former Staff
Gladys Grace Phelps
February 10, 2014
Rita M. Brouillard
April 17, 2014
Ruth E. (Graham) Pahl
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