DECEASED
The section was updated July 2, 2013.
Please note that deaths are reported
as we receive notice of them. Therefore,
alumni dates of death are not always
reported chronologically.
1934
Henry Hope Reed Jr.
a noted and out-
spoken architec-
ture critic credited
with pioneering
the historic walk-
ing tour in New
York City, died on
May 1, 2013, at his
home in Manhat-
tan. He was 97.
He was born on Sept. 25, 1915, in New
York, and came to St. Paul’s School as a
Second Former in 1929. There is little
information available about his early
life or years at St. Paul’s. Mr. Reed did,
however, remain in touch with the School
as he made a name for himself as a pro-
ponent of the classical tradition and
author of several books largely devoted
to bemoaning modernism. In his book
American Skyline
, he gave a nod to the
St. Paul’s School Chapel as the first Gothic
effort in the American Renaissance.
Mr. Reed attended Harvard, where he
studied history, and later described him-
self to a
New York Times
reporter as a
drifter during his post-college years. He
spent a few years writing for newspapers
in the Midwest and studied decorative
arts at the
É
cole du Louvre in Paris.
According to a 2005 profile in the
Times
,
Mr. Reed began gaining notoriety in the
1950s for his screeds against the new,
streamlined style of architecture prolif-
erating in Manhattan. While respected for
his informed and insightful views, he was
also roundly criticized early on by the
modern-leaning establishment. In the
1980s, however, as the postmodern move-
ment saw a return to classical sensibilities,
his opinions were often quoted in news-
paper and magazine articles.
In the late 1950s, Mr. Reed essentially
invented the New York City architectural
or historical walking tour for the Munici-
pal Art Society, through which he helped
build a following for the preservation
movement. The tours became hugely
popular, expanding into Central Park,
where Mr. Reed pointed out elements of
natural beauty and enduring architec-
ture. In 1967, he published the definitive
Central Park: A History and Guide
, with
1934—Henry Hope Reed Jr.
May 1, 2013
1935—F. Cecil Grace
April 30, 2013
1936—Peter Marne Shonk
April 17, 2013
1939—George McKee Blair
April 10, 2013
1939—William Goadby Post
March 26, 2013
1944—Arthur Ryerson Hyde Clarke
October 12, 2011
1944—Allan Johnson Jr.
March 22, 2013
1945—Joseph Richard Busk Jr.
June 28, 2013
1945—Robert Langford Montgomery Jr.
February 26, 2013
1951—Richard Platt Jr.
April 18, 2013
1957—Steven Blanchard Buttner
August 1, 2012
1958—Charles Willing “Will” Browne
June 14, 2013
1962—Theodore David Tieken Jr.
May 20, 2013
1976—Gerald Steven Anderson
January 1, 2007
1981—Hakan Ali Onor
May 24, 2013
Former Faculty
John Francis Mehegan
May 29, 2013
Former Trustee
Jonathan O’Herron
April 4, 2013
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co-author Sophia Duckworth. His other
books include
The Golden City
and three
scholarly studies of American public
buildings, including the New York Public
Library, the Library of Congress, and the
United States Capitol.
In 1968, Mr. Reed helped found Classical
America, an organization designed to
promote the classical tradition of the arts
in America. He wrote to St. Paul’s School
about his new role, throwing a barb in his
letter to School faculty: “A pity that SPS is
so given over to what is called modern art.”
Mr. Reed’s wife, Constance Culbertson
Feeley, a former reporter for
The Wash-
ington Post
and staff writer for
The New
Yorker
, died in 2007. According to his obit-
uary, a full, bylined story in the
New York
Times
, he leaves no immediate survivors.
1935
F. Cecil Grace
a World War II
veteran, inventor,
author, and philan-
thropist, of Kato-
nah, N.Y., died on
April 30, 2013. He
was 97.
Mr. Grace was
born August 1,
1915, in New York
City and entered St. Paul’s School in 1929.
While at SPS, he played hockey for Isth-
mian and rowed with Halcyon. He earned
a Dickey Prize in French in 1930 and was
awarded Second Testimonials in 1931
and 1932. Mr. Grace was a member of the
Scientific Association, the Rifle Club, and
Le Cercle Fran
ç
ais and served as second
vice president of the Radio Club.
He went on to Harvard University, grad-
uating in 1939 as an electronic engineer.
In August 1941 he was commissioned as
a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal
Corps. He was one of the first 30 electronic
engineers the Army chose to send to
England as military observers and to
bring technical information on British
radar back to the U.S. He also flew train-
ing missions and worked in the Royal Air
Force maintenance shops as part of the
Electronic Training Group.
After the war, Mr. Grace continued his
interest in aviation. He owned two planes,
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