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In late 2006, Mr. Tucker moved to Maine
to be near family, where he spent quality
time with his intimate circle of friends,
discussing favorite books, wines, and
events of the day.
Mr. Tucker was known for his ability to
remember details. He could describe exotic
tastes from a dinner in Thailand or poems
read several decades earlier on a stormy
train to Paris. Perhaps one key to his
sharpness was his utter curiosity. The
local librarian had a separate shelf where
she held books for him in specialty non-
fiction genres – tales of female spies, bio-
graphies of geniuses, and slim volumes
of Robert Parker’s annual wine recom-
mendations. Mr. Tucker was also known
as a good listener, who always had time
for others.
Mr. Tucker is survived by his sister,
Minnie Kent Biggs; his five sons, Richard III,
Jeremy, Robin, Jonathan, and Alexander;
and his four grandchildren, Elias, Westley,
Caitlyn, and Ethan.
1948
Henry Sulger “Harry”
Jeanes III
a true naturalist,
who followed his
dream of becom-
ing a farmer, died
January 9, 2014, at
his second home
in Kittery, Maine,
with his family by
his side. He was
83 and a resident
of Mercersburg, Pa.
The son of Grace Price Morgan and
Henry S. Jeanes, Jr. Form of 1923, Mr. Jeanes
was born January 21, 1931, in Philadelphia.
He grew up in Devon, Pa., and prepared
for St. Paul’s at the Haverford School in
Pennsylvania and the Malcolm Gordon
School in New York. At SPS, he was a mem-
ber of the Debate Club, the Scientific
Association, the Forestry Club, and the
Missionary Society. He served as president
of the Library Association. Though admit-
tedly not an athlete, Mr. Jeanes rowed for
Halcyon and played football and hockey
with gusto for Isthmian.
Mr. Jeanes majored in geology at Prince-
ton University and later attended the
University of California at Davis to study
agronomy. Prior to his studies at Davis,
he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy,
patrolling the Eastern seaboard during
the Korean War.
He always had a passion for nature and
followed his dream of becoming a farmer
when he purchased a farm outside of
Mercersburg, where he raised sheep in
the valley called “Little Cove.”
Mr. Jeanes was a man of keen intellect
and character, who loved words, books,
rocks, stars, plants, and animals. He en-
joyed his summers in Maine and chose
to return there for his final months.
Mr. Jeanes is survived by his wife, Shirley
A. Jeanes; their three children, Grace P.
Jeanes and her wife, Leah Basbanes,
Amity Jeanes, and Henry S. Jeanes IV and
his wife, Ana; his granddaughters, Giulia
and Sophia; his sister, Carol J. Hollings-
worth (wife of Mark Hollingsworth ’38,
mother of Mark Hollingsworth ’72 and
Jane Hollingsworth Jacobson ’87, and
grandmother of Sophie Hollingsworth ’08
and Isaac Hollingsworth ’12); his brother,
Marshall Jeanes ’53; and many devoted
nieces and nephews.
1948
H. Warren Knight III
a retired Orange
County, Calif.,
Superior Court
judge, who in 1979
founded a private
mediation and
arbitration service
in Santa Ana, died
on November 15,
2012. He was 83
years old.
Judge Knight was born in Charleston,
W. Va., on October 16, 1929. He entered
St. Paul’s School in 1943 and spent two years
at the School before transferring to Milton
Academy in Milton, Mass. He went on to
earn his undergraduate degree from the
University of Virginia in 1952 and his law
degree from UVA’s School of Law in 1955.
That same year he enlisted in the Marine
Corps and was stationed in California until
his discharge in 1959. He worked in private
practice with Portigal & Knight in Orange
County for 12 years until his appointment
to the Orange County Municipal Court.
Judge Knight’s distinguished judicial
career also included six years of service
with the Orange County Superior Court.
1946
Richard Derby Tucker Jr.
of Portland, Maine,
died on Novem-
ber 6, 2013, at
the age of 85.
He was born on
June 10, 1928, to
Richard D. Tucker
and Mimi Brokaw
Tucker. He was
the grandson of
Samuel Auchmuty Tucker, a chemical
adviser to the War Industries Board in
World War I and a prominent figure in
education at Columbia University.
Mr. Tucker attended Green Vale School
in New York before entering the Second
Form at St. Paul’s School in 1941. He com-
peted for Old Hundred and Shattuck, but
he was most engaged in music, playing
the organ and singing in the Choir. Mr.
Tucker served as treasurer of Le Cercle
Français and belonged to the Cadmean
Literary Society.
Mr. Tucker went on to Harvard, grad-
uating with the Class of 1950. His first job
out of college was at the Paris branch
of J.P. Morgan (Morgan et Cie). Deeply
troubled by the situation in Korea, he
returned to the U.S. and became a trainee
in the CIA. He spent two years in Korea,
then later served at stations in Laos, the
Philippines, Uruguay, and Argentina.
He married R. Tiffany Bingham on No-
vember 8, 1955, and they had five sons. Mr.
Tucker resigned from the CIA in 1966 after
a bout with tuberculosis and moved with
his family to the Florida Keys. There they
built the Rainbow Bend Fishing Club, a
popular resort located on Grassy Key. Its
emphasis was on simplicity in its natural
surroundings, fine wines, true Argentine
food, dancing to a small in-house orchestra
(which Mr. Tucker presided over at the
piano), sailing, diving, and fishing.
In 1978, Mr. Tucker became a partner
in the popular Key West restaurant The
Affair. He sold his interest in 1979 and
in his later years became, in his words,
“a perpetual traveler.” From 1980 on, he
lived and traveled to many foreign coun-
tries, including Morocco, Brazil, Portugal,
Spain, France, and Italy. Beginning in 1990,
he made regular treks in Nepal, with the
remainder of his time divided between
Europe and Central America.
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