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Roosevelt Hospital personnel suspended
operations as a show of their support
when he was kidnapped on October 21,
1971, by Guatemalan guerrilla fighters.
The show of solidarity triggered his re-
lease, which included an apology from
the kidnappers. His son, Robert, now the
president of the Eye Foundation, will con-
tinue Dr. Quevedo’s legacy of providing
eye care to Guatemala’s underserved
population.
Although he was an extremely qual-
ified doctor and surgeon nominated for
the world’s most prestigious awards in
ophthalmology, Dr. Quevedo was a humble
man – dedicated, generous, kind, and
caring. He leaves his son, Robert, three
grandchildren, and many others whose
lives he touched.
This obituary was compiled with assist-
ance fromDr. Quevedo’s lifelong best friend,
H.J. von der Goltz ’55.
1978
Whitney McCleary
a successful career woman and beloved
friend and family member, succumbed to
complications stemming from primary
biliary cirrhosis, a progressive liver dis-
ease, on December 31, 2013, in Seattle,
Wash. She was 52.
Born on January 20, 1961, she was the
daughter of Jane Adams and William A.
McCleary ’57 of Walnut Creek, Calif., and
the great granddaughter of Edwin B. Whit-
ney of the Form of 1901.
Ms. McCleary prepared for St. Paul’s at
the Bush School in Seattle, before enrol-
ling as a Third Former in 1974. She earned
the Dickey Prize in history as a Third
Former and took particular interest in
her studies in English, history, religion,
and dance. She participated in the Theatre
Program as a production manager for
many performances. She served as a
Student Council representative and
founded “After Supper at the Upper,”
a program that included impromptu
drama, live music, face and body painting,
and a café. She also wrote for the Pelican
and enjoyed club sports, including tennis,
figure skating, crew, and gymnastics.
Ms. McCleary graduated with distinction
in English and religion.
Ms. McCleary enjoyed a long and suc-
cessful career that allowed her to follow
her passion for design and the software
products used by designers. She worked
her way up from trainer to instructional
designer to documentation writer to
editor and manager at Aldus (of Page-
Maker fame) and Asymetrix. She worked
in product development at Microsoft, ran
her own PR and marketing consultancy
for Adobe, Visio, Getty Images, and other
clients, and, for the last eight years, was
a principal marketing manager at Adobe
Systems, where she did marketing for
many products, including InDesign and
Photoshop.
Ms. McCleary was equally passionate
about the people with whom she worked.
She was known at Adobe for her warm wit
and as a “defender of the little guy, fighter
for what’s right, and a thinking soul.”
Ms. McCleary received multiple industry
awards for writing and editing, design
and production, and marketing excel-
lence. She collaborated on well-received
exhibitions related to Photoshop at the
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the Annenberg Space for Photogra-
phy in Los Angeles. In 2008, she received
the prestigious Founders Award at Adobe,
awarded for the significance of her con-
tributions and her embodiment of com-
pany values.
Ms. McCleary is survived by her hus-
band of 17 years, Joe King; her mother,
Jane Adams; and her sister, Jennifer
Bryan. The reach and impact of her life
was reflected in the hundreds of friends
and colleagues who honored her at a
memorial in Seattle and hundreds again
at company remembrances at Adobe,
both in Seattle and in San Jose, Calif.
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