In Memoriam
	Harry Ernst Harry Warne Ernst (J53, GJ54), 70, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Oct. 10. Mr. Ernst was an award-winning reporter for the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette, a book author and West Virginia University professor and administrator. At the Gazette he covered some of West Virginia’s leading stories, including the pivotal Democratic primary of 1960 pitting presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. In that same year Mr. Ernst won a Sidney Hillman Prize for an article on Appalachian poverty. Mr. Ernst wrote and co-wrote five books. At WVU Mr. Ernst was director of university relations and a journalism professor. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen, sons Eric and Stephen, a brother, Maurice, and two grandsons.
	Milton Gray Milton H. Gray (WCAS31, L34), 90, Highland Park, Ill., Oct 25. Mr. Gray was a partner in Altheimer & Gray, one of Chicago’s largest and most prestigious law firms. Specializing in corporate securities and finance, he oversaw the reorganization of the Milwaukee Railroad, saving it from liquidation in the 1970s. Named an Eagle Scout by Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell in 1926, Mr. Gray remained active with the scouting movement for more than 75 years. He was preceded in death by his wife Florence "Toddie" Subin (WCAS35). Mr. Gray is survived by a son, James, a daughter, Roberta, five grandchildren and his companion, Sandie Berkson.
	Harriet Gerber Lewis Harriet Gerber Lewis (WCAS41), 81, Winnetka, Ill., Sept. 24. For many years Ms. Lewis was board chair and president of Gerber Plumbing Fixtures Corp. and was one of the first women executives in the plumbing supply business. She was also a founding member of the Committee of 200, an organization of women corporate leaders. Ms. Lewis was the first woman general campaign chair for the Jewish United Fund of Chicago. She was also in Northwestern’s Council of One Hundred, which mentors women undergraduates. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice (D38), and is survived by daughters Nancy Pollack and Ila and a son, Alan.
	Irving Markin Irving J. Markin (WCAS48), 77, Chicago, Oct 23. Mr. Markin became chair of the Goodman Theatre in 1986 when it was facing financial and artistic difficulties. His keen business and personnel skills helped turned the company around. A successful real estate developer, Mr. Markin also led the first five years of planning for a new theater site in Chicago’s North Loop and chose its location and architect. Last October Chicago mayor Richard Daley declared an "Irving J. Markin Day" in Chicago to honor his contributions to the city. Mr. Markin was preceded in death by his wife, Marge Fisher (S48), and is survived by daughters Anna and Kate, a son, Jack, and eight grandchildren.
	Stuart Nagel Stuart Nagel (L58, KSM58, G61), 67, Champaign, Ill., Nov. 19. A professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mr. Nagel coined the terms "super-optimizing" and "win-win analysis." He founded the Policy Studies Organization, a public policy think tank and publishing group, and taught political science at Illinois from 1962 to 1996. The win-win philosophy, he explained, offered a framework so that interested parties could arrive at solutions more quickly and with less anguish than through a conventional compromise. He is survived by his wife, Joyce (SESP58), a daughter, Brenda, a son, Robert, and his father-in-law, Arthur Golub (CB35).
	Peter Van Cleave Peter Van Cleave (EB49), 74, Chicago, Sept. 24. President of the Northwestern Alumni Association from 1980 to 1982, Mr. Van Cleave also sat on the board of the John Evans Club for six years. His firm, Peter Van Cleave & Associates, helped families set up charitable trusts to honor deceased relatives. He also volunteered extensively with people with learning disabilities at the Roseland Training Center on Chicago’s South Side. "He had an extraordinary ability to make friends wherever he went, from the janitor of a building to the local hardware store owner to the elite of the business community," a daughter, Claire Brainerd, told the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Van Cleave is also survived by a brother, John. RETURN TO DEATHS