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Mr. Hunneman is survived by his
devoted wife, Alice P. Hunneman; his
sons, Dexter R. Hunneman III and Robert
D. Hunneman; his daughters, Damaris
Fletcher and Melissa Seig; five grand-
children; and three great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased in 1999 by Damaris
(Drummond), his first wife and the mother
of his children, whom he married in 1944.
1944
Watson Keep Blair
known as “Watty,” died of natural causes
at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., on No-
vember 26, 2013. He was 87 years old.
Born in Chicago to Wolcott and Ellen
(Yuille) Blair, Mr. Blair was raised in Palm
Beach, Fla., and New York City and attended
the Fay School before entering the Sec-
ond Form at St. Paul’s School in 1939.
He played football and hockey for
Isthmian and rowed for Shattuck. He
also sang in the Choir. Mr. Blair studied
naval architecture at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, then left to serve
in the U.S. Navy during World War II, earn-
ing four promotions during his service.
He continued his education at Yale
through the Yale Studies for Returning
Service Men program, earning a degree
in sociology in 1949. Following his grad-
uation, Mr. Blair joined J. P. Morgan & Co.,
Inc., as an investment banker, eventually
leading the company’s international
lending group.
He married Mary Josephine Cutting
McFadden on July 7, 1953, and the couple
had two children.
Mr. Blair left banking in 1970 to follow
an entrepreneurial interest in St. Louis
with National Transaction Networks,
a client of his at J.P. Morgan that had
developed an early concept for cash cards.
After NTN, he worked as an investment
banker for a brokerage firm in St. Louis.
He returned to New York in 1980 and
worked at U.S. Trust Company for a
couple of years.
Because his wife, Mary, was 10 years
his senior, Mr. Blair decided to retire early
so they could enjoy some time together,
and the couple moved to Hobe Sound,
Fla. Mary died in 1991. Mr. Blair married
Valerie Hollmann Ford Blair in 1993. She
survives him.
Other survivors include two sons,
Watson B. Blair and Wolcott R. Blair; and
his stepchildren, Mary McFadden, John.
H. McFadden ’65, Anthony F.W. Ford,
and Ian H.J. Ford. Mr. Blair was prede-
ceased in 2008 by his stepson, George
McFadden ’59.
1945
Chauncey Goodrich “CG”
Parker III
beloved professor of English and member
of the U.S. delegation to the United Na-
tions Security Council during the Cuban
Missile Crisis in 1962, died Monday, Octo-
ber 7, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. He was 86.
Born in Washington, D.C., on October
28, 1926, he was the son of Cecilia and
Chauncey Goodrich Parker II of the Form
of 1914, founding partner of the Wash-
ington stock brokerage firm Auchincloss
Parker and Redpath. Following in the
footsteps of his grandfather, Chauncey
Goodrich Parker (1881), father, and uncle,
Edward C. Parker of the Form of 1920, the
youngest Parker entered SPS as a Second
Former in the fall of 1940. Mr. Parker was
a solid student and active participant in
the St. Paul’s community. He sang with
the Glee Club, served as secretary to the
Missionary Society, and was a member of
the Acolytes Guild and Cadmean Literary
Society. He represented Isthmian in foot-
ball and squash and served as captain for
the second Halcyon crew.
After graduating early to join the U.S.
Marine Corps in January 1945, Mr. Parker
served with several of his SPS classmates
in WWII on the U.S.S. Macon. “As long
as I live, I shall never forget the day my
father, a colonel in the Marines, swore me
in while my mother stood off in the cor-
ner, engulfed in tears. It was the proudest
moment of my life, second only to finish-
ing Parris Island alive,” he wrote. Upon
his return, Mr. Parker entered Harvard
College with the Class of 1950. He went
on to earn his M.B.A. from Harvard
Business School in 1953. He was married
on May 18, 1957, to Elizabeth Phillips
Crawford, and the couple had three
children. The marriage ended in divorce.
Mr. Parker’s professional life was as
varied as it was successful. He worked
at First National City Bank, served as a
director at the graphic and product design
company Fulton & Partners, and worked
in development at the Cathedral Church
of St. John the Divine in New York City.
Mr. Parker eventually served as a Latin
American liaison officer and as an advi-
sor for economic and social affairs to
Ambassadors Henry Cabot Lodge and
Adlai Stevenson at the U.S. Mission to
the United Nations during the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Mr. Parker was also a writer, who pub-
lished his first book, The Visitor, in 1981.
It later served as the basis of the 1983
feature film Of Unknown Origin, starring
Peter Weller and Shannon Tweed.
In 1987, he began teaching English at
Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., and
embarked on “unquestionably the happiest
years of my life.” Mr. Parker had an un-
canny ability to connect with his students
and thoroughly enjoyed teaching.
Never shy with his opinions, especially
political, Mr. Parker frequently penned
letters to the editor of the Orlando Sen-
tinel , The Washington Post, and The New
York Times .
Mr. Parker is survived by his daughter,
Cecilia P. Mercer ’76; two sons, Chauncey
G. Parker IV and Stuart S. Parker; and
seven grandchildren, including Mason
Parker ’17. He was predeceased in 2003
by his second wife, Adelina, to whom he
was married on August 14, 1976.