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Robert
E. de Kieffer
Robert E. de Kieffer (SESP40, GSESP41), 83, of Boulder, Colo., Sept. 23.
A professor emeritus of education at the University of Colorado, Mr. de
Kieffer was an accomplished scholar, musician and athlete.
Born in Evanston, Mr. de Kieffer was giving critically acclaimed violin
concerts by the age of 14. When he was 18, he studied music in Germany
and became concert-master of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra.
He returned to the United States to attend Northwestern, where he was
a charter member of the Dolphin national aquatic fraternity in 1939. In
addition, Mr. de Kieffer played on the University's water polo team and
qualified for the 1940 Olympics.
In March 1942, Mr. de Kieffer was commissioned an officer for the U.S.
Navy. Four years later, after serving as a counterespionage agent in the
Caribbean, he was discharged as a lieutenant commander.
After earning a doctoral degree from Iowa State University in 1948, Mr.
de Kieffer taught at educational institutions in Missouri and Oklahoma
before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado in 1954.
Mr. de Kieffer was past president of the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology and the National Education Association's
division of audiovisual instruction. He received more than 40 honors and
served on more than 50 professional and civic groups.
Following his retirement in 1987, Mr. de Kieffer channeled his energy
into his farm, transforming his homestead east of Boulder into a showplace.
He is survived by his wife, Melissa; three sons, Donald, James and Robert;
three daughters-in-law, Nancy, Susie and Kitty; and two grandchildren.
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Stanley
Frankel
Stanley Frankel (WCAS40), 80, Scarsdale, N.Y., Nov. 12. While a student
at Northwestern, Mr. Frankel was an opponent of United States involvement
in World War II, but after being drafted, he rose from infantry private
to major during the war and saw heavy action in the Pacific theater.
"One of the ironic things about his life, he was very much a peace advocate
just before World War II," Newton Minow (S49, L50, H65) told the Chicago
Tribune after Mr. Frankel's death. Minow was Mr. Frankel's brother-in-law.
"The anti-war movement was strong at NU," remembered Mr. Frankel
in a 1993 Northwestern Perspective story about World War II veterans who
attended the University, "but after Pearl Harbor, we had to go to
war."
Once, in the Philippines, a Japanese shell exploded in the middle of
a room where Mr. Frankel was meeting with others to plot strategy on the
recapture of Manila. The explosion killed everyone but him.
After the war, he worked for Esquire magazine in Chicago and subsequently
moved with the magazine to New York City. He later joined McCall Corp.
and eventually became publisher of McCall's magazine. In the 1960s, Mr.
Frankel produced a television series, Adlai Stevenson Reports, with the
former Illinois governor and ambassador to the United Nations. The program
won a Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in broadcast journalism.
According to Minow, one of Mr. Frankel's proudest honors was being on
President Nixon's enemies list.
Never forgetting his combat experiences, Mr. Frankel wrote two memoirs
of that time in his life. An adjunct professor at Baruch College and Pace
University, Mr. Frankel was also known to Westchester County (N.Y.) residents
for his weekly series on cable television.
He is survived by his wife, Irene (WCAS43); his daughter, Nancy Joselson;
and his sons, Steve and Tom.
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David Platt
Rall
David Platt Rall (M51, GM52), 73, of Washington, D.C., Sept. 28. A cancer
specialist and a leader in environmental health studies, Dr. Rall dedicated
50 years of his life to research, acting as the principal or sole author
of close to 180 scientific papers.
Much of Dr. Rall's work focused on reducing the side effects of anticancer
drugs, which are often toxic in patients when administered in large enough
doses to destroy cancer cells. He also researched the effects of prolonged
exposure to chemicals in the environments of people in certain occupations.
Dr. Rall joined the National Cancer Institute in 1954. In 1971, he became
head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and was
an assistant surgeon general in the U.S. Public Health Service until he
retired in 1990. He was also the director of the National Toxicology Program
from 1978 to 1990.
"The study of how the environment affects our health has lost a
pioneer. ... In our current research on human susceptibility to the environment
and on alternative test methods, we are standing on [Dr. Rall's] broad
shoulders," said Kenneth Olden, the current director of NIEHS and
NTP.
In 1988, Dr. Rall received a Merit Award from the Northwestern Alumni
Association for his professional accomplishments.
Following his retirement, he chaired the program of chemical safety for
the World Health Organization, served as foreign secretary of the Institute
of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences and was a board member
of the Environmental Defense Fund. Dr. Rall also was a scientific counselor
at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria; a son, Jonathan David; a daughter,
Catharyn Elspeth Ertel; a brother, Edward; and two grandchildren.
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Raymond
Wieboldt Jr.
Raymond Wieboldt Jr. (McC46, WCAS97), 80, Northfield, Ill., Oct. 31. A dedicated
builder and community-minded philanthropist, Mr. Wieboldt always said he
liked to make things grow.
He was born in Evanston, the son of a prominent Chicago builder. When
World II started, Mr. Wieboldt was studying engineering at Northwestern
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York but joined the service
and rose to the rank of captain in the Army Corps of Engineers.
When he returned from the war, Mr. Wieboldt went to work with his father
but eventually started his own construction company, Raymond C. Wieboldt
Jr. General Contractors. He headed the company until 1976, during which
time Mr. Wieboldt built several commercial and institutional structures,
including new stores for the now-shuttered Wieboldt department store chain
that was founded by his grandfather.
As the former chair and long-time board member of the Wieboldt Foundation,
his family's philanthropic organization, Mr. Wieboldt helped support the
development of educational programs and other community projects throughout
the Chicago area. He was also the former chair of the Children's Home
and Aid Society of Illinois.
After he had enjoyed the retired life for a number of years, Mr. Wieboldt
returned to Northwestern as an undergraduate and received a degree in
his 70s in German studies. Mr. Wieboldt was preceded in death by his wife,
Jane.
He is survived by his daughters, Anne (KGSM89) and Nancy (KGSM79); his
son, Raymond C. III (WCAS81); two sisters, Nydia Hohf (WCAS43) and Mary
Sample (G47); a brother, James C. (WCAS47, L50); and four grandchildren.
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