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William Eaton
William Robert Eaton Sr. (McC48), 79, Denton, Texas, Dec. 18. As general manager of the NASA Mississippi Test Facility from 1963 to 1968, Mr. Eaton oversaw testing of the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo missions to the moon. An Army Air Force veteran, Mr. Eaton was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked. During the war he fought in the Pacific, earning the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross. From 1970 to 1978 Mr. Eaton was executive director and general manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the agency then responsible for Philadelphia-area public transportation. Mr. Eaton is survived by his wife, Mary Louise; sons William Jr., John, Gregory and Mark; daughters Angela Wilcox and M. Camille Romig; and eight grandchildren. |
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Lawrence Lanzl
Lawrence H. Lanzl (WCAS43), 80, Chicago, Dec. 23. The former head of medical physics at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, Mr. Lanzl was a pioneer in using radiation to treat cancer. After majoring in physics at Northwestern, Mr. Lanzl worked during World War II on the top-secret Manhattan Project, which resulted in the atomic bomb. Following his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he spent a good part of his career developing high-level cancer-fighting medical equipment, much of which is still used. Mr. Lanzl is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Eric; a daughter, Barbara Beutler; sisters Mary Redmond and Elsa Betty Noreiko; a brother, Carl (EB38); and three grandchildren. |
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Lucille Lund
Lucille Lund (S33), 89, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., Feb. 15. An actress who starred in more than 30 films in the 1930s, Ms. Lund was best known for her role in the 1934 horror cult classic, The Black Cat. In the film she worked with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Between 1933 and 1939 Ms. Lund starred in many B-film westerns and dramas. She also appeared in comedy shorts with the Three Stooges and Charley Chase. At Northwestern Ms. Lund performed in the Waa-Mu Show. In 1933 she won a Universal Studios talent and beauty contest and signed a contract with the studio, which launched her career. Ms. Lund was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Higgins (S34). She is survived by daughters Terry Helmy and Kim Lund Rosenfield, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. |
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Edgar Manske
Edgar "Eggs" Manske (SESP34), 89, Los Angeles, Jan. 27. An All-American football player at Northwestern, Mr. Manske played for two years as an offensive and defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and for the Chicago Bears from 1937 to 1940. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. After service in World War II, Mr. Manske coached football at Boston University and the University of Maryland. For six years Mr. Manske was an assistant coach at the University of California and faced Northwestern in its 1949 Rose Bowl appearance. Eventually he became a high school biology teacher. Mr. Manske was preceded in death by his wife, Jane. He is survived by daughters Jane Ingebretson and Susan DeBrava, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. |
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Edwin Martin
Edwin McCammon Martin (WCAS29), 93, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. A career diplomat, Mr. Martin played a critical role during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. He joined the State Department in 1945 and was posted in Washington and London and with NATO before becoming assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs in 1962. During the missile crisis, President Kennedy asked Mr. Martin to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Security Council. Mr. Martin helped bring about a proUnited States vote on the crisis in the Organization of American States. He is survived by his wife, Margaret; a daughter, Patricia Sanjuan; a son, Edwin M. Jr.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. |
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Patricia Nolan
Patricia Gillick Nolan (WCAS49), 74, Glenview, Ill., Feb. 16. An art lover and philanthropist, Ms. Nolan had been active since the late 1960s with the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation and became its chair last summer after her husband, Arthur (WCAS48), passed away. Ms. Nolan, who was the Rices niece, met her husband when they were undergraduates on campus, where she studied art. In particular, the Rice Foundation has been a generous supporter of Northwestern, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center and the Art Institute of Chicago. Ms. Nolan is survived by a son, Peter; a daughter, Robin Papageorge; a sister, Betty Palmer; and four granddaughters. RETURN TO DEATHS |